The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1862, Page 8

nt ee 8 STEVENS’ BATTERY. eee ee nn TH EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ni New Youn, Jan, 6, 1863, ‘Having read with great interest tbe elaborate report of Bc se ‘eppointed by the Secretary Of the Navy to examine this celebrated battery, published in the fizna:y of the 4th imstynt, I boped for an Peeing tho battery, abd was agreeably surprised to read m tho Hnarp that a series of experiments in relation to #t were to talte place on Saturdzy. So, for the purpose of Seeing the bettery and the experiments, that 1 might if possibie apfteciate more Tully the weighty objections Drought sgainst it in the report, I determined to be pre- pent. Accordingly, Satarday morning, I repaired to the «epattery yard,” at Hoboken, and found there quite a pumber of political and sorentific gentlemen examining tho battery. . Well may the Board say that they found upon tho grounds of Mr. Stevers, at HobfKen, “a long, slender, iron vessel in az unftished state, evidently intended for high speed in smocth water,” Thore was, sure enough, simply the bull of @n iron vessel, without decks, the en- Mire central portion filled with engines} and boilers; for, although four hundred and twonty feet long, her ex. tremities are so sharp that for many feet at either tnd there ts no space which can be made of any use whatever. Her linea! dimonsions are largo, but her capacity in comparison is exceeding y small, ¥ heard the remark made by a prominent genileman present, “Is it possible there is $700,000 in that?” This remark struck me as being peculiarly significant, whem it is remem- Dered that the iron steamer Persia, a ship nearly as long, and of the same breadth, cost complete, with her pon- @erous machinery, &c., very little more than this. The Persia, though by no means considered a very strong weasel, is no doubt mueh stronger than this; and, be_ sides, sho has not the immense weight of armor and bat- tery to carry. After having eatisfed themselves with the battery, the party proceeded to the Elysian Fields to witness tho experiments. Here were two guns, mounted on exceed- ingly rode and massive wooden frames embedded in the earth. On each side of the trunnions of these guns, in a slot fermed in this frame, were a series of India rubber tar springs ‘to receive the recoil. In front of the guns was a platform to represent the deck, about twelve fect Jong and composed of planks two and a half inches thick. Underneath this platform was a small steam tylinder, with a length of stroke of piston equal to the length of the bore of the gun. To the piston rod of this cylinder wes attached the compound sponge and rammer. This cylinder was placed in such a positionthat when the gun above wes depressed about twenty degrees their axes would be in the same straight Yine. Suitable cocks, &c., were attached to this cylinder, 80 that the steam from a small boiler near at band could be admitted upon either side of the piston. ‘One of these guns was the old Puixan ten inch shel gan, of 9,300 pounds weight, which was condemned in the navy some years since; the other was a rifled 100. pounder Parrott gun. At about 650 feet from the guns, securely fastened to piles inthe river, was a section of the inclined sides of the loading house of the battery, its strongest part. The object of these experiments was, then, to prove the impregnability of the target, the sapability of India rubber springs to receive the recoil Of the guns, that a deck would not be injured by firing ever t,and the practicability of loading, &., by steam. As to the capability of the target to resist shot nothing ew could possibly be eliminated. No one at all con- versant with such matters doubted its impregnability. 1% was a section of the strongest part of the battery, and pronounced shot proof by the Board itself. ‘Tho result was as anticipated, the target dented slightly andthe shot ‘broke, “The India rubber springs became disarranged, and the strain, both mpon the and carriage, by this method of checking the rec. very much greater than whon the gun is permitted to recoil in the usnal manner. As to set! the question that the deck will not be in- fered by firing heavy ordnance over it, theso experi- ments cannot be considered as ataiiconciusive. The gection of deck fired over was only about twelve feet Jong, com; of plank two a half inches thick; where- as on the ry the deck to be fired over beone bundred and ‘thirty feet long, with plank two inches thick. The steam loading and swabbing arrangement Occupied a much longer time than it does a well trained °s crew on a man of war to perform the same duty to much larger gun. 8: 5 ent is rendered ‘Thiscomplicated necessary for the protection of the men who work tho guns, by the adopted by Mr. Ste of having the guns expos- =f made to turn around by Koro oh screws in opposite directions: This is the gunboat Mr. Stevens is to present to the government. ‘The writer io the Times of the Sth and 6th inst. could not have read the report thoroughly before makiog the statements which appear in that paper ef the above dates, viz-—ibat the Board have reportea fuvorabiy ‘upon the principal features, and states them to be ‘‘speed, impregnability and the power to throw the heaviest broadside afloat.” He appears to think that want of Strength and the inability to carry her armor features of cousequence. But ict us look at the report upon the three points men- tioned alone:—First,as to speed. The Board, after re- pg be @ number of horses power, 8,600, claimed by Mr. Stevens, to 5,320, and asscming, as Mr. Stevens ‘states, hat $,600 horse power will give her a speed of twenty mites per hour, 6,320 horse power will give a ‘of about seventeen miles per hour. Now, this al- lowance of 5,326 horse power is exceeding'y liberal. It can only be obtained when the boilers are elcan and free from sca.e, and after importam aud expensive o terations to the engines haf® been made to correct a great on gineering biunder, viz = to interpose between each engine where the crank shafis are joined a loose coupling or universal joint. Her masimnm speed would probably be about fifteen miles per hour. Second.as to impre;na- bility. Itappears that the only portiyn of tho vessel which is perfectiy impenetrable to shot {8 that part fermed the loading house, and that ouly when the vessei is kept to the loaded dranght, The'report says ‘tho side armor, where it joins the loading howse portion is well calculated to protect tho vessel ii she be kept at ali times * down to he loaded draught; but forward of this during a length of ninety-six feet, and abaft fer a length of one hundred and thirty-six fect, we regard it as very defl- cient in having the iron placed in an ine'ined position, while the caken backing only sup;orts it horizontally Although the shot comes ina horizontal direction, the Pprecsure upon the plating is at right angles to its surface, and therefore: ally upward. result would be that the iron would give way for want of proper support in the direction where the support is needed.” does to de- not look much like perfect impregnability. Third, as to the throw ing ofthe heaviest broadside. This is simply a tion, not of the battery, but of large quns. It would fewer bere to remark that one gun thoroughly protected worth half adorn situated en barietic exposed ction from the enemy's great want of strength ig apparent to the most fapual observer, The reportom this head says:—"Tho @reat ‘engibof the vessel compared with the transverse @treng\h strikes a nautical man at once, and @ careful in- ‘vestigation clearly indicates it would be the height Of profeesional imprucence to send such a vessel to sea, The action of the waves would cause her to writhe and twist to an exteut (hat would soon open the seams of her Hgit iron sides. Her use, if completed, would therefore be confined to the ‘ef@nce of the harbor. Her inconvenient length and draft of water, which cou!d not be reduced to ‘much less than nineteen fect even for this fervice, when fully equipped, would militate against her usefuiness to a certain extent.” To appreciate more fully these objec- tions as to strength it is only necessary to cousult the papers ce the strength. of irom ships by Win. Pairbrain, Great engineer, and seo how far this vessel falls short Of the requirements there set forth. She woul! not be safe at sea, even without the immense weight of ber armor aud battery. In regard t the inability of the vesse! to support the woight cf her armor and battery, the report states:— “The sides of the vonse! above the (ourtern feet line have bo extra support beyond those usually applied tow merchant stearger; and yet, in the propored plan, they are to sustain the weight of the side armor aud tie up- right side witich rises from its outer edge, whichamounts 260 tons added to this is one-half the upper melined armor, which the sides of the londing house ander the guns, making together 800 tons to be carried by the upper edges of these light overhanging eides, with out any extra provision being made to carry any extra ‘weight whatever.” Fina ly, if a shot pierces her light iron bulwarke near the water |ine forward and abaft the loading heuse, when the is down 'o her fighting dranght, the deck, npon which ere the quartors for the officers and men, would be flouded with water and the ship would sink, It becomes painfully evident the more the affair is examined that, notwithstanding tho great reputation of ber projectors ai » whole concern was con- M. TRUTH. PERMISSION FROM MR. SEWARD TO Lan THR BRITION TROOPS AT PORTLAND, MAKE. Pontianp, Jan. 11, 1962. ‘The steamship Hibernian will come here frst and land GENT 4AL MANSFIELD’S DIVISION. O'R NEWPORT NEWS CORRESPONDENCE. Canr Burin, Newronz News, Va., Jan. 6, 1862. Return of a Prisomer Belonging to the Third Massachusetts Battalicn—Interesting Narrative of His Adventures— tn Prisom of Federal Deserlers—Siale of the Weniher in Camp—Negroes Deserted from 4 Secessia”—Captain and Provost Marshal Christensen Appointed Aid to General Wool, dc., de. Among the prisoners who were released from Richmond Jail on Friday last was a private belonging to the Musga- chusetts battalion stationed at this post. His name is Augustus Blaney, and he was taken prisoner on ‘tho 2lat of October last, some eight miles from camp, when two of the companies of his battalion were on a foraging tour, with twenty-four weod wagons. He givos his story a8 follows:— I was sent out, together with two others, as an advance guard, and probably ventured a little too far off from the main party, We knew that some of the enemy’s soldi.rs were in the neighborhood, amd had informed Capt. Barnes of the fact, but bad no idea that they were very ¢.ose upon us, when, all at opee, a party of more than a hun- dred of them came outof the woods, not two hundred yards from us,and the officer commanding them gave order to fire upon us. Before, however, they could get time'to discharge their pieces we had thrown ourselves down on the ground, and managed not only to escape their shots, but to creep in amongst some bushes growing on the side of the road. My comrades escaped in this way, havingsneceeded in getting pretty well sheltered, ‘Dut my legs, nnfortunately, were caught sight of by one of the pursuers, and the whole crowd at once bounced upon me, No sooner had they got hold of me than our main party came in sight, about half a mile up the road. As they gave signs to approach, tho whole rebel force wasseized by aterrible panic, and all fled helter- skelter through the woods, without listening to the com- mand, “ Rally, rally,” shouted continually by the officers. Iwas drivenalong with the crowd, kicked and beaten whon I did not run fast enough, and sometimes even threatened with death if I impeded their @ight in tho least. I could not help chuckling inwardly at this stampede, when I found out afterwards that besides these one hundred in. fantry there were three or four companies of cavalry right back of the woods, and Jess than a mile from them a whole” regiment, and knowing that our force consisted of only one hundred and fifty men in all, who, besides, were encumbered with twenty-four wood wagons. The panic was general, and the whole force, infantry and ca- valry, did not stop in their ¢ wild career” until they were safely inside of the intreuchments at Young's Mill. I was put in a log hut, where I remained for about an hour, af- ter which I was tied on a horse and taken to Yorktown, where I arrived the same evening. I was at once brought before Cen. Magruder, who .agked me a great many ques- tions about our camp, the strength of our force, if we purposed attacking him,and so forth. To all of these questions I affected the greatest ignorance, telling him that asa private I bad no chances of information. To me the General looked like a man who was under the con- stant Inflzeuce of liquor. He wore that ug'y smile which characterizes the drunkard, and lacked that bearing which one expects in man of such high rank. I was | time without any covering at all. hor mails and-passengers, and ten go to St. Johue,N. ¥, | Seward has telegraphed permission for the Br. (ah tr ope to be bended here and gonveyed to Canada oF eeo. whe | kept in close confinement at Yorktown for two days, and bad occasion there to speak with sevoral rebels who were under arrest for attempting to desert. They estimated the force then at Yorktown at from twelve to fifteen thousand, and gave me a good account of the general dissatisfaction and suffering which existed. While in Yorktown | was to sec three deserters fom our side—two from the First ent New York Voluntecrs (I believe their names are nis Gleeson, of Company C, and Jobn B. Telyea, of Company G), and one from the Sixteenth Massachusetts regiment: the name of the latter I could not find out, but I learmed that he was an old State prison bird. In justice to the rebel soldiers, I must say that they showed the greatest disgust tor these miserable traitors. They told. me repeatedly that they would trust an honest prisoner a hundred times more than a deserter. On the 23d of Qetober I was taken from Yorktown jail and on board of a. steamer that ‘went some distance up York river, when J was trans- ferred into a railroad car, which touk me to Rich- moud. On my arrival there i was at once teken to one ‘of the tobacco warebouses, which are used as prisons, ard, although the prospect before me was not very bright, I felt a certain kind of joy in being in company with men of my own faith, and to have the privilege of their sorrows and privations. room in which I was confined contained a hundred prisoners, and ‘was altogether too small; there was not four feet square roum for each. The cold and dampness were at times terrible, and we had to sleep on the cold floor, most of the ‘When the cold gat to De so severe as to endanger our lives we were each given @ thin quilt, made of cotton cloth. We bad two meals a day, but the quantity was insufficient, aud I could easiiy have consumed a whole day's rations at one single meal. 1 was in a continual state of suffering from want of enough to eat, and { con- tracted .cough, which kept on all the time} was in prison, and the effects of which I will not get over for months to.come. | lost forty pounds in those two months. Many of our soidiers—strong, y men when put into prisop—were terribly reduced by the coid and dampess of the room; no medical assistance was rendered, and some have received such shocks to their constitutions as probabiy never can be quite remedied. Qur great trouble ‘was how to make time pass. Woe soon got tired of talk- ivg together and pacirg up and down theroom. If any one dared to approach the windows he was at one fired by the guards; @ Fire Zouave was shot in the head while in the act of hanging his shirt up to dry in front of the window. Im the latter part of our imprisonment we noticed that the es ie much relaxed, , 1 presume, on account of the force betng reduced to anextent sto putghe soldiers on guard every other day. There wero only two relieves, and only mus- kets for the men—thoze going on duty took the mus- kets from the that were relieved. A more misera- bie, woebegone set of mem than these secession soldiers cannot be imagined. Not one out of ten could read er write: and in their bebavior towards their officers they were by turns insolent and dogged. In order to make them attend a littie to their duties they had to be plied considerably with whiskey, so that at last « was an ex- ceptionable case to seca sober man on guard. It hap- pened sometimes that a sentinel would cali upon one of us to read to him the regulations posted around the walis and stairwaye. They did not try to conceal their dis- satisfaction atall. Qne of them said to me the day be- fore we left:—‘ I know that in the long run we wil ket an awful thrashing, and 1 wouldn’t Arve gotie if I hadp’ been obliged to.’ Very few of them had uniforms, and hardly auy decent shoes; the old pair I had on and had worn for three months they offered me four doilars for. Altogether, | received a most patoful impression of the ac- t al condition, morally and physically, of the poor white man of the South. He is stupid, ignorant and lazy, and devoid of every feeling of humanity or honor. When the white man fare so badly, it can bardly be expected that wy care was taken of the uegroes—in fact, they looked terribly wretched. They were overworked, received no clothing and poor and scanty food—and this is independ- ov ju the South. Can any one wonder that we receive wy secret evidences of the fnct that Union senti- ment is fast increasing in Richmond? Occasionally we had joyful times in our prison; the news of any victory gained by our forges would Ue sure to reach ug and throw # gleam of tight on our miscrable existence. ‘The news of the victory at Heaufort reached ug the day before it was published in the Richmond pa- pers, and likewise telligence of tho-burning of Charleston, The gio: ate at Dranesville the rebels free y a mu be am ignominious defeat. Nothing can depict the thrilled through every heart when news came of 6S were to be sent home. The Privilege was of evurse accorded to those who had been imprisoned the longest: but somehow or other 1 managed to get into the good graces of the man who called” the roll, aad I persuaded him to add my name to the list. On Friday morning, the 3d of January, at half-past five o'clock, two hundred and forty of us left the placo that had been our dreary abode for such a sad, long time, and embarked on the steamer Northampton, which brought us down the river, one hundred ‘and’ thirty miles, to tho lighthouse, opposite Mulberry is.and, where we Were transierred to the Union steamer George Washington (happy omen’) and ones mare gladdened by the sight of our sacred flag and by the fooling of freedom. 1 cannot look back upon that happy moment without feeling stirred in my innermost heart— 5 or amply for all the sufferings I bad en- wrod. Ihave etillafew remarks to add. Tho three Union deserters whom I met at Yorktown were also carried to Richmond and put in the same room with me. When I told the circumstance of their desertion to my fellow Prisoners, it wae concluded at once to give thom atrial, and ular jury was em) aunelled, wilh judge and coun: re be all other requisites. The whole ceremony was ucted io the most earnest and proj er manner, and it finally concluded that we would not suffer them to remain in our prison. When the delinquents remon- streted, a sound drubbi administered to them, which had the effect of ca:ling the attention of the officer of the goard, who at once bad them removed, stating that in bis opinion the entire proceedings were perfectiy pro- v PERU the little le in Richmond. 1 in one of their pap 1, $4; butter Whew | was in Yor the selticrs were “mormpe.”? The digabled men ha {life were vory scarce and dear tye following quotatious 1 60 per pound; tea, $4; $1 26 per gallon, ke. srd told mo that m fever ant eeven hundred ‘day T notiend onty i Molberry island; er on the same r ‘d one, on the le Of the river down, had eight try 8 generally very level, and from the but few barracks aud tents { should ouly contain a sufficient number of che at Jamestown had tweive gun sido, forther down, bad & that Blansy, whose rtatement is given above, b a excellent character in his battalion, and his statement may be relied upon with entire euuf. dence. 0 day the worst we have had yet thie » slippery, cloudy, nasty and yphied 0 i—eutiiely out we Congress. No doubt they % information about the et jsterieon, Into cf the Firat reg bicera, bas Doon appointed Ald ve wv * Ho Fermains ab cot in lye oftee as Provost Marehal of (ais pert, m New ¥ GENERAL PORTER'S DIVISION. - OUR MINOR’S HILL CORRESPONDENCE. ‘Minon’s Hut, Va. , Jan. 6, 1862. ‘ond Evening Parade—Soldiers and Their Winter Quar, tere—Interesting Mementoes of Colonel Minor and Minor’s Year's; the sky cloudless, the sun shining brightly, and thoir country’s honor. itself to view. The myriad tents, cnvirene mented with evergreens, that cover tho hil the newsboys, those omu with their shrill cries of New York "ERatD,”” bavis tacle in quick exchanges of Heratos and half dimes, respective chaplains. fields, or looked upon more eager listeners. time of war, and that these marching men are soldiers against government enemies and traitors. army divisions bat completion of the new quarters have been made an import the men had acces and then the main structure is thatched with doughs laid on flat, affor: rain or snow. In this ¢ poses, cover! laid ei soldiers have a fine opportunity to bring their mechanical genius, and usually the disp! credit on their powers of adaptation. ment has been made in making wooden wails of logs, and forming a the four feet from the main surfa occupants high, savering ‘aro evergreen adding both beauty and comfort to the Lents. most attractive appearance. For exterior deco- rations the woods about each encampment haye been well culled of their most beautiful cedars and evergreens of every kind. Great skill and most exeslieat taste have been shown by a good many regiments in the formation of boundaries, arches, canopies, groves and shaded walks. Where these external decorations have been carried to the mast artistic exteut—as in the ease of the Fourteenth New York Volunteérs, Fourth Michigan, Ninth Massa- chusetts, Sixty-seccnd Pennsylvania, Griffin's battery, Fighteenth Massachusetis, Twenty-second Massachusetts, Seventeenth New York Volunteers and Eighty-third Penn- syivania—ahe encampments are so completely orna- mented with cedars panted aloug the company divisious, across the front, rear and sides, and around each tent, that at a littio distance the tops of the ténts can only be geen in the artificial grove. ile all this adds beauty to the regimental ef the army, the chief result obtained is the warmth and comfort for the men. Many, |, have given such attention to making comfortable their encamp- ments that the order to pull up stakes will come unwelcome to them. But only # fragtional of the Tegiments comprising the grand army of the Potomac have made any arrangements for wintering here. Large numbers are still sleeping op the ground, and suffering ail the rigors of a winter campaign. These are expecting daily an order of aivance, and are prepared for it. Spegking of an advance, I must say, however, that all are groWing impatient at the delay, and are anxious to meet the enemy. The euthusiasin of the troops was never ata higher piteh, and confidence in final victory more uni- versal and decisive, than now. It js believed that an avance will be made in lees than a morth; but 1am not at liberty at present to state the grounds of this belief. Tam writing this letter at Minor’s Hill, Gen. Moreil’s headquartors. This is a place to which attaches a large degree of historical interest, as counected with the pro. seut war. Until the time when Gen. Morell’s brigade advaceed here from Hall’s Hill, this wes tho rebel picket headquarters. The plage derives iis name from Colonel Minot, whore resideuce for nearly half a century is now comm y In the war of 1812 he did gallant service his regiment against the British, and, besides taking ac- tive part in other battles, wes conspicuous at the battle of Bladensburg. As an juteresting historical memento of our last war with Great Pritain, I send you a copy of the following letter, found here among Col, Minor’s papers written to bug by President M®nroe, while Secretary of War :— ‘War Duparruszyt, Oct. 4, 1814. CoLoxm, Mrvon:— Sin—You will, with tho corps under your immodiate command, keep as pear as possible to the enemy’ ing, watch their movements und endeavor to ki small maurauding parties from plundering the couatry Adjacent to the river. ith Colonel Fenwick and th You wili co-operate cont manding vilicer of the cavalry ;who have the direction of of the vidottes, and through them keep this Depart well advised of your own as well ag of the moveme: the enemy. Yours, respectfully, JAS. MONKOR. : Wartinetos, August 30, 1814. Bim—The President of tho United States desites that you will move immediately after the reeeipt of this, with ommand, to Bladensburg, and give me rival, that orders may be sent you, a cily or to take some position east Tam, with Fespeet, your JAS. MONROE. if is an old one story structu fall of great chimneys, whero groat logs were aud sill burned on great’ dogs; mahogany tables, massive evoards, a clock of undoubted ‘antiquity #,a writing deak of quaict and curious for- relies of the olden time. Over head . washed beams of rough hewn logs, while the mantel- pieces are at an altitude the top of which only a Russian out mounting a chair of extra length of years Col, Minor entertained guests | yy vho has lived years in the neighbor. a thrifty farm d that Col. Minor, now past hood. Tt will bo reme eighty years of age, w aud incarcerated in t HU, (rom which he was shorty iiberated in oxchange for one of our prisoners. The dining table, sideboard, secre tary and clock now di ent servicd in making eom- fortable Gen. Moreil apd staf, and ju aiding them in Ue dixpensation of hospitatities, the liberality aud profuss neag of which have already wou them a distinguished name among their numerous friends and brother ellicers. Nour the Minor mansion is an obvervatory, which las been cousirected since Gen. Moroll has been in posses. sion, and which, from its high clevation, forma a five Ivekout of the adjrcout corniry. Of army news I con write nothing Of special interest, &s the telegraph articipaics every event of moment that transpires. An event occurred to-day, however, worthy of passing Noticd, being the preveniation of a new and splomdid set of colrs to Cob made’s regiment, of Gen. Moreii’s brigac presented after the evening \d ware received with all the honors and delight yting with the occasion, Col. MeQuade's reginent ck regiment, and comes from Ouelda county, N. ‘Vue Colone, ig am old Knight of the quill, haying bad for years oditorial charge of the Utica Telegraph, Bo has aleo heen a member of the State Legisiature, in whieh | city Le fought vallantiy agaimet the gridiron railroad j oad thor schemes of legisiative @orruption. General 1m y remark en pearant, 13 one of the mont eMeient brigadier cereals wa have this side A graduate of Wost Point, and firet in \o His [D (he dingharge Of his oftieil <iaties mst Lorongh eiseiplineover the mon, aud |} Diooght them to ® profetenoy oy drill add ofthuiasm Of the Pot nae Sunday in Camp—Newsboys, Preaching, Letter Writing Hill—Anziety for an advance Movement—Health of the ‘the roads almost as dusty as in midsummer. Yesterday Morning the ground was covered with a floecy mantle of snow, “all glittering with silver sbeen;” but it was of short duration, It hardly secms possible that this is January; but a summer-like day is now araraavis, At night, however, whatever the warmth of the day, (he tner- mometer extends zeroward, and the air is cuttingly cold. It is then our brave soldiers suffer from still being kept in.summer quarters, and most of all those on pickot daty, whose period of watchfulness extends twenty-four hours. No word of murmurmg is, however, uttered. Our sol- diers enlisted to do soldiers’ work, and expecting to suffer the hardships and privations of @ soldier's life, and they do the work cheerfully, and with gallant heroism submit to the discomforts and dangers self-assuracd in defence of How fair and still and beautiful and unwarlike is the scene that this morning presents and orna- ides and plains as far as the eye can see, seem nestling in pastoral Topose, and the curling smoke rising aboye them is only suggestive of calmest quiet. There is not the usual bustle of camp life, tho week day sound of stirring music, the marching and countermarching of serried columps in regi- mental, brigade and division drills. The early coming of present personators of progress? in their lively and abbreviated utterance a metropolitan smack of smartness, is the only disturbing event of the forenoon, saving, of course, the reveille, that never fails at dawning day its savage summons from slumber. For half an hour each encampment presents an animated spec- ‘Then succeeds the cager devouring of every column of news followed by writing letters to parents, wives and sweet- hearts. In the interim large numbers of each regiment attend the Sunday religious exercises, conducted 4y their Ihave never listened to more im" pressive sermons than those I have heard on these tented At four P. M. comes the evening dress parade, which is never intermit- ted on Sundays. Were it not for this evening parade, the martial music of the regimental bands, gleaming of bayo- netted muskets and the American flags, whose patri tic ines proudly wave to view in every sunbeam, I should almost believe these tents I see about me were the habitations of some mammoth phalansterie, whose vota- ries were those of peace, and that this was their Sab- bath of rest Wt worship, and pot that the present is the panoplied in the dire accoutrements of war, to do battle 1 have intimated above that our soldiers are still con- fined to summer quarters. Although, as well known, the army havo not been ordered into winter quarters, still mauy on this side of the Potomac have arranged tents for themselves in keeping with the weather, The summer canvass tents supplied by the government to the different not been wholly cust aside, but ip the t= ant auxiilary. Some regiments have erceted new buildings: or cabins, consisting of log walls, split, hewn or round, according to the size or quality of the timber to which ‘The chinks are stopped with clay, spruce ng @ secure protection against her di d with, bein tem he ipteadine seer gcther dispenfed with, being on! for 1g. pur- erally, however, the canvass is still tecdads ng for the tents, the wall being constructed of logs, r in a horizontal or perpendicular, position. The ito active use lay Where the Stall roof shaped tents have been occupied, an improve- placed horizontally, the teat being placed om the roof of these, roof, in case of the round, conical tents, the winter addition consists of wooden walls made of upright logs, generally divided into halver. To put these in their position a circle is marked on the ground about the size of the baseof the canvass tent. Digging a trench eighteen or twouty inches deep, the ends of the split logs are placed upright ia this, after which the earth ja thrown into it and pressed firmly down, thereby fastening in the ground securely. Sawing off the tops about ce of the ground, the ‘tent is then fastened upon the top, thus affurding for the commodious sad warm quarters. The chinks betwoen the spit logs are closed up with clay or moes, and, giving the tent a reat and handsome outside boughs, tastefully Siem uniformly finished im this styie, the encampment has a Commiasary. iP. Aid-de-Cam ptain George *,. Lieutenant Vg Mitchel Lieutenar’, yy, , ‘Tho he’ arth of the army of the Potomar, all ‘Hickman; sidere’y,” in Cov" possibly be. ‘The leading diseases are Patermittent and ¢3 Burgeons and assistants are most vi the discbarge of their duties, every given to the sick that humanity and skill can suggest. GENERAL HEINTZELMAN’S DIVISION. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. ‘Wasumerox , Jan. 1, 1862. hick Church and-its Ruins, dc. effects say that of his recent the jatter from the Mis physicians vate the injury. of both divisions, in Pennsylvania, ceived an appointment from which State to a cadetship he United States. country in California and the West. army. He w which he led at the battle of Bull run. in the dered him weeks. unfit for he had General Heintzelman will charge of both divisions. about the number of troops original! tute one of the toperform. Captain Isaac Moses, his Assistant Adjatant General, will probably share the labora with Captain J. position in General Sumner’s staff, and was with General whiie in command of the are Captain Wiihelm Heim, New York, and Lieutenant Granville E. Eoston, Ai The evemy has not made O forsome timo. ton miles or so in front before you tind him. treme.right of the cuemy’s pickets, opposite our left, be- gins abost Mrs. Bai 01 absent two miles and a bali 1m Pobick church, oxtends voyond Pohick, and thence down the Ox road to Fairfax station. You can gee the Occoquan, only two miles dis- tant, and the rifle pits, which the enomy has thrown up rifle pits can sweep this side of the river, which, in many om ig less than a hundred yards wide. Theenomy jag NO considerable numbers on the northern side of the ‘Occoquan, but bas a large force on the other. Seouting pai ties scour the country occasionally, but that is all. The pg and scouting are principally done by Stewart’s Virginia cavalry, many of members ef which were raised about there, and are familiar with every road and bridle path in the vicini * Pohick ehurch, which is alternately visited and occu- pied by small parties from both armies, js situated on the summit of a hill. Beyond @ few scattered houses, the ancient church iteeif is all that there has been to eu- title the vil! toaname. I was there the other day with a party in search of the enemy; but all we could see were four rebel horsemen on a distant bill. The mensions of the editiee ape, I should judgo, feet by fifty. It is now nearly a iry since dedicated to the service of the Almighty. The Rev. Ed- ward Fairfax, Rathiogion’s friend and pasior, has fre- quently officiated, ‘Washington himself has often rere there. Reverently bowing in his is still pointed out, silent sence led from the heart of our Washington for blessings on his country. But the church is now going to decay. Many of the flat stones with which its floor was ved are misplaced. Many of the windows are broken. ¢ high backed pews are all thore, but have been con- siderably ag omg ‘The quaint pulpit bag lost much of its carving. Within the altar excicsure, to the left of the pulpit looking at it from the wall ia unique design sculptured by W. wi ere is on tho . Sears in 1773, you can still read, in gold lettors of the ol style, the Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments and the Creed. The walls are covered with inscriptions in charcoal, most of which are not in keeping withthe sacred character of the place. One of the oldest inscrip- ies in the charchyard, which, in the absence i of any- important to record, I copied into my Dotebook, 8 follows :— ‘To the memory of Mrs. Susan Milis, wife of John Mills, merchant, who departed this life June 12,1774, aged 30 years. Whato'er she was forbear to say; "Twili best be known on that great day, Where you and all, and every one, Must give an account ¢f what they’ye done. To say Lo more—she Ifved approved, Died ited and beloved, Bulls Before the Assembly. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Mr. Saxm introduced a biil to extend the provisious of section 28 of the act to provide for the incorporation of insurance companies, to all foreign companies, partner- ships, aesociations and individuals, whether incorporated or not incor ied. Also, & a ers that no fire insurance company chartered by this State shall hereafter divide to its stockhoiders, in any quo year, an amount greater than one-tenth of its capitel, unless it shall be in possession of a surplus fond in addition to the amount of its capital and of such dividend, equal to the whole amount receiv- ed by such company for premiums on policies which shall ‘be fn force at the time of declaring such dividend. PREMICM NOTES. Mr. Tenor introdvced a bill providing that actions upon premittn or stock notes given toa mutual insurance ompany must be commenced within six years from the expiration of the term of insarance for which the note was given; but if the eix years ehail have expired before the passage of the act, thon within one year thereafter. ‘That when an action is commence! more than thirty days after the expiration of the term of insurance for which the note was given, the plaintiff shall only recover the amount upon such pretuiam note and the interest upon such amoont. That in actions brought by tho receiver of an insolvent mutual company the de- fendant shall be entitled to security for costs, as in action brought by a trusieo of a debtor. The two latter Provisious are made apyiicable to pending actions. THE LAW OF DivoKcE. Mr. Wents ‘oduced ® bill to amend sec. 31, art. 2, title 1, chay , part 2 of the Revised Statutes, by mailing it read as follows « No marriago shall"be annulled on the ground of force or duress, if it hall appear that, at any time before tho commencement of the suit, ‘was @ voluntary co- habitation of the parties as hi id and wife, nor on the ground cf fraud where there was habitation with full knowledge of the facts constituting fraud. But this section en or may be procured by the fraud of any for t nt the time of her said marriage, with « child as the fruits of an illicit conuection with any person other than her enid husband. CRIME AND CRIMINATS. Mr. Ackrey introduced a bili to authorize the Judges of Courts of Oy er and Ter miner and Courts of Sessions, tos tonce ecavicts for any crime now punishable in Stateprizon for a tori mot lees thau one year, the maximum to remain as now fixed by law. The inspectors, physivieus and chaplains of State prisons are vd, (0 report annually to the Governor tho ho: rve executive clemency, in their conduct and hall be entitled to one ce per month, and at the nment, to one dey's extra earnings pet month, for six months; and after that poriod,, tor continued obedience and conduct, to two day's commutation and two day's extra earnings per month, Tho Keepers to report monthly the names of all convicts entitied to this indulgence,and the act to be printed and p sted in overy convict’s cell. BILL LS RELATION TO COUNTY TREASURERS, Sretion 1. Evory person heretofore appointed or etect- ed to the office of County, Treasurer, within thirty days ater his eppeint ment or election, and betore be onterson fice, shail, in addition to the bond now required’ by law to be given to the Supervisors of the county, give abond to the people of the State of Now York, with toro oF more auretion to be anpreved of by the Compveoler, and th auch sum aa he shall diroet, condte Yoned thet evch perros shaft faithtully cxucute tho duties of bis vilice, and shall pay ecoording to law limoueys of the term of {mpr: things con- far better now than it was antici) pa id fevers; but the per centage of here General Heintzelman in Femporary Command of Two Di- visions of the Army—Brief Sketch of the General—Po- In accordance with the order of General McClellan, of which I informed you by telegraph, General Heintzelman has assumed command of General Sumner’s division, to- gether with his own, until the recovery of the fall. General — will be able to resume his military duties in a few weeks. But the shock shattered his system more than was ab first supposed, and it may be many weeks before he will be able to get into the sacdie again, The General was much mortified when his horse stumbled* into the post hole and threw him from the eaddle, Although his hair ig white with many years’ experience, it was thesecond time in his life that hohad been thrown. He said he was qctermined toride the horse back to his tent, however, and he did rido him, which undoubtedly tended to aggra- Im General Heintzelman the Commander-in-Chief has chosen another exporienced officer to take charge General Heintzelman was born ro- in the Military Academy at West Point, He graduated from there in the summer of 1826, and immediately entered upon a career of active service in the regular army of the He distinguished himself in the war with Mexico, and has since rendered valuablo service to his Recently he was at San Antonio, New Mexico, as Colonel of the Fe- venteenth United States infantry, and a year ago was summoned to Washington as Inspector General of the t Governor's Island, N. Y., at the out- break of the rebellion, and thence was again called to the capital and given command of a division of volunteers, A wound right arm, received in that action, ren- active service for several When sufficiently recovered he ente:ed the fiekl again in command of the division form- ing the extreme left of our Imes, in the region of the Occoquan, With that of General Sumner, adjoining, he has now more troeps under his command than any ether general in the army of the Potomac, gave Goneral Me- Clellan himself, Should General Sumner not scon recover, robably have permanent is command now embraces intended to consti. corps de armee into which it is said Gene- ral McClellan desii¢s te divide the army of the Potomac. General Heintze’man’s staff officers wii Bave double duty H. Taylor, of the regular army, who holds the same 1° Department of the Fa- cific, The other officers on General Heinize!man’s staff hical Engineers, for- merly connected with the expedition which took the Japanese Embassy home; Lieutenant Levitt Hunt, from Johnson, from ‘appearance When you want to get a glimpse of him you must travel ‘The ex- , on the Colchester road, along in the region of Mrs. Violet's, on the Telegraph road, ou the southern bank of that stream. ‘The fire from those Sec. 2, Fhe several county treasurers shalt on or before paper gerade 2 pay to Me 4 ‘State the amount the Slate tax, , raised. and paid over to them respectively, retaining the com- Pete arf en tae not Patt over aa in the wecond section of this act, the shall thore- steam! i Brooklyn, and to hav a ‘The rates of fare to bo thirty cents for each the twocities. The rates of extra baggage, ten cents por cles of the company. realestate to the amount of $200,000. to make the following statement:— by Gen. Blenke: confidence. of the divisi where the cther falschoods and inventions ee Nr Brigade Gen. FUL. STAHEL, Com Col. ABOLPH VON STEINWEBR, Gol. 1, BUHLEN Com. 3 Lieut. Col. A. Bi Col. JOHN A. Lieut. Col. JOHN W. KLEEFISCH, regt. Cam. Rifles. ‘ON MATZDORFF, 40h regiment Pa. Vol. Lieut. Col, HOCH, 54th regiment N. Y. V. Major A. Capt. L. SCHIRMER, Light Batter: Camp on the Potomac, Jan. 2, 1562, brigade. > ger for onc mile,and Afteen cents for each additional mile or part of a mile, aud forty cents for crossing the ferries between fare to recommence anew after crossing the ferry, on the side to which you cross. One ordinary trunk, valise, &e.,to be free; but for any kage for the first milo, and five ceuts for every additional 1aile or part ef a mile. The Mayors of the cities are required to license the vehi- ‘The company is authorized to hold General Biencker and his Calumniators- 10 THE ELITOK OF THE NEW YORK BERALD, We, the uniersigned, commanders of brigades and regiments in General Bienker’s Givision, deem it our , duty, well as proper under the present circumstances, A purely military difference which existed between the superior military authority and the commander of our division has been settled in a manner honorable and satisfactory. All other explanations in regard to the causes of this momentary dilference, circulated by ru- mors, such ag investigations concerning tho adminis- tation of the Quartermaster, Subsistence and Sutler de- partments of the division, &e., bad nothing to do with this difference, and are simply malicious fabrications. Furthermore, no word was ever mentianed as to Gen. Sigel’s coming to take the command of this division; on the contrary, we hereby openly and honestiy express our opinion, in the name of the corps of ctlicers as well as of 0 Men, that it is the wish of all to bo led to the battle ho has thus far organized and com- manded (ne civision, aud in whom we place the fullest ‘Tho reports as to dissensions and intrigues in the camps emanated from the saime impure source ated, ‘Com. 2d brigade. SHIPPING NEWS, Movements of Ocean Steamers. FROM EUROPE. Names. John Beii.. KINGSTON, JA., HAVANA, MATANZ.AS AND NASSAU,N. P. Ja, on the 20th lew York on the bout the 15th, re yet fixed for for Tavana, but at Key West out: Cixzator—From New York for K! day of each month. The Cleator 6th of each month, and wiil be due here Covuksts axD Manton—No stated iriure of the Columbia and Ma: the depat M they will ail about every ten days, touching ward and homeward. f leaves for ton, Port of New York, January 11, 1862. Allep. CLEARED. Stcamship Northern Light, Tinklepaugh, Aspinwall—D B ane Chesapeake, Crowell, Portland—H B Cromwell Ship E Ferdinand, Max, Queenstown—Holmboe & Co. Ship Tigress, Cravtiee, Bark Minona (Sard), Meincke & Wendt, Bark Volunteer, Gorh Bark Melody, Lane, Kingston, Ja—J © MeArtbur. javre—C © Duncan & Co, in, Dublin for orders—Funch, , Cette—J W Elwell & Co, Berk Maytower, Domiit, Barbados—H Trowbridge & Sons, Brig Chr's jena (Bry; May, Liv Brig Volascano, Siganti, Brig “ Schmidt, Schr Cordelia, Horn, Liverpool—Thos Dunham, Schr W Lancaster '(Br), Waycott, Laguayra—Miller & Houghton. Schr Haze, Booth, Havane—tT B Gage: Schr Campbell, Ficket, Cardenas—C Schr May, Smith, Zaza—D C Murray. Sehr Reftideer, Lynch, Port Roval— Schr Lamartino, Jobnion, Bal Sehr Ocean Wave, Price, Balti Schr § D Bellows, Clark, Balilm Schr J Strickham, Babeoek, Schr J W Lawrence, Schr Mury & Elizabeth, Behr A Treat, Bodine, Sehr F.C Smith, Anderson, Egg Hai Schr Washington. Smith, South Au: Schr Life Boat, Reed, Newburyport Schr J M Freeman, Tue’ r. ee, Lewis & Co. , Gloweester—L Kenny. pool—U J &C A Dewalt. twerp—Holinboe & Co, ‘orlo Plata, Hachtmann, Port aa Platt—O F & HG Ir &E J Peters, Rogers & Rite. timore—Maste: imore—Mevready, Mott & Co. jore—J W. Baltimore—E Deiturivut & Co, Deals Is'ain—Master, . Reed, Philacelpht: Philadetpisia—W F, Bloop Gerirude, Freeman, Saowhill—A C Havens, Sloop W H Brown, Brotherton, Provid Sloop Southport, Coe, New Haveu—H ARRIVED. nee—L Kei B Rackeit. nny. HB M gunboat Medea, Commander Preston, Rererote, ¢ le days. “Moun! Ti 1 ggeen, (U8 t Royal Bar Jau 8, 6 PM, with cotton, and St Helena 47 days. Ain mid hus a crew of 1G) thon; bi pat Racer, hence, mirived 3d inst tnt 30, boarded bark Noonday, rom Boston for Havana. ip John Adams, J M Berrien, Commander, China, Dec 2y, lon 74 33, Ship Palinurus (Br, of Liverpool), Irwin, C lonttay 125 et with gonny eloth, w Craig & Nicol; x ruced light SE tnd NE trades frst part of the pasta, ce Dec 25 heavy gales from NW to WNW. Sept I, lat 4 ton 93 ~_ Lr ship Philosowher, from lays ont; Sept %, lat 163 8, ton 66 20 B. Record, from 2851 8, lon 45 for London, 10.da gPigimno fcr, La . apOke, fo 7 Oke Troseac West Austral: out; hip s Oct fo Antagonist, Londo at 32.3 8, long 18-40 By spoke fre ReneS BR aie fo 17 8, Jon $42 BE, ship Trane H By y vie Ma daya out; Nov 1, ord, I 85 us a bark Bar, fever 1 ‘0, lon 74 7a8, ut; Dee 20, 44 Elirabeth, oft foa Pir | fat & ie bar Be Geet Tat Tost three amen aver 0 whil ‘Was unable to han, 30, las 12) W, 6} #8 ‘for Falmouth, W, spoke Br bark Ruck: 1; Dec 26, lat ir ‘ont; Jan iat 27 19 8, | 46.0, duris trys od le f1 at , lon uring a strong gale board i! ie iui rq render them any assistance wit aleutia (or London, is, from. strom M 2 16 9 m yA Ot; ti voy ‘Russian bark main far Falinouth, $3 days out; Oct 22, Int ke Br bark Maurilius out; same day, Br bark Hotepur, from 2) days out; Oct 97 8, fk on 38 34 ton “ for re je ow har of Yow 12, lat rdtoan, from Bom- Ik 20 lavane for ia, the Jat 20 10.8, lon 115 B, from Moulnusin for Falmoutn, 28 8, Jou © French days outs, era, from seit Cc Tat: ateerin, the. foresail; exception of throwing them the life tnoys, Their names were Lg Lord, of Liverpool; ‘Tho iit lored), trick Hon Grinven Mintaen Go. be? 38 of lon 49, Ee ete ‘nn, Martin, Glas ham Dee 12, lat ihr, of Greenock), MeLe fn ballast, to Muitiand, Phetps & Co, Bark Alice (Br), SUk, Valentia, Bork Bks Jast, to Holm! oe Bark Night ico and Bros’ & 00. Riis NH called off St of New Haven, omnas 284, with Dee 28, lat Ponked bark Reindeer, hence for Barbad pecan Kagle (of Guliferdy Ct), with palm oll, tron, de, to Yai vy weaihor onthe Downi, rok, 19 days, in allast, to F Talbot & Co. 'N 84 39, 8) Brie. john Freeman (0: ba) allast, to master, rig Leviathan (of logw ood, &e, to Metcal * rig Caroline, Porter, Aspinwall, laroline, . Aspin a Hh) F Jo} Had some ve hv Brig Sarinaw, Me NW gries the ent bes s, Jani, ‘ork, oston ), Crowe Vers 1s fot yy ), Singer, Le split, salls Now vownd Bonth, Brig Malirivio (Duteh), Sehroeder, Cr hides and #004, to Downle & Co, Dee 21, boarded by the U8 gunboat Anders bogtt Br Dee Togias Snow 6 Wil Minar, fo P jot ‘a, Ie, Edwerds, Rio Janeiro, Dee 25, in ballast, ‘of New Haven), Parn e! 05, Jon 89 Alice Mowe, hence, bound Bouth; s0h, ‘at 3 ten, 2 ft before report 0 a & Danean, Has had heavy i, Mahoney, of London Pictou, NS, 4th inst James ndonderry, died of dysentery. oore, London Now 12, with chaik, to xperteneed very dl sh, ) with : weather! * Demarara 26 days, heav, in N a migar, to A lat 7 My Bo 4 Ku com, 97 A tat 28 oxy ae san lov 15, via Pi Jon Knoas, Po weather, 94 day ballast to order, , ja (Norw), Knudeen, jeaux, 4 days, in bal rt Spain, seed bo on. Yates, Gaboon, WCA; orterfiellt & Co, seage. ionterideus, Oct 19, via $i Thomas ov ke brig Laarange, henee tor Buenos Ayr:e, 8, lon iro, Nov 27 days, with wool, skins vy wen her. Bay, Ja, Deo8, Had heavy aod received other on 73.20, spoke schr ——y from a with lou 08, was ny and a mall put on 4 von), Lotd, Sis terre, Mae © Vo. Mes oranes beavy weather on (he passage; lost gaits, Capes of eyes oe New Delaware, passes trig H&P Cromwell, from Care ae ate percha eae asad with fales (Br, of Bt NB), Lowerson, Ha seems), Desler, Cardenss, 98 acess Tayo coy Malansas, 20 days, . of Heer) huey, Menanie, are weather, Brig Machias (of Machias), Meuvitas, Deo (2%, to hada ieee wtieptinaees maaan, a tea vy Bem; 10 days N teras, with h A aring NNW 60 in direction of Norfolk; pay ines sere sane, day, saw steamsbip M “rp hring Cbsol fart aa ri . .d Fortune ‘Island, Dee 19, with bel pea or gales th entire passa, i Calata), Zaza, Dea webu dranie sal (Calls), damlenom, Ease, Cube, Deg if Hatter with strong NW gales. NRE AB Cook, Perkins, Bermude, 28 daye, vin Holmes? erperien B rile with salt, fo Simapaon & Clapp Has heavy NW gales the entire passage: been ¢; aplit sails, Lost boat, &e. the Bay (of Mystic), Holloway, Port Royal, 1} ter. ‘Brockhaven), Hand, Para, Dee 18, with fe (ot Londonderry), Chisholm, Granas the Gui dayn‘in ballast, 0 ays, in bal Schr Aldebaran (of mdse, to E L Corniny Schr Prince of Wal Deo 2, bark G Dec 2, sage Schr lit sa of » in Turl olden Ru ob su But with Lender, 1 Tsland Ps Tat 80.50, by ee me brie th 2 lon , 8] a iy "etting Hlonitran, who reported on the 280 had had eed very blown twice across Dewolf. joc 24, with salt, to HJ & CA Jat 21 $2, lon 71 spoke wells scare 8 had ‘Passed hr Aun Leonard (Br, 0” St Andrews, NB), McKenney, yra, Dec 21, with hides, &c, to Jed hye es Holes (Br, of Yarmouth, N to Thom: es. ‘albot (of Camécn), Amabury, Fortune Island,, t, to Brett, Son & C 8), Allen, Nevis, Deo as Jan Had’ very rough vas ove bagi, surted bowsprit, dc. jarton, &elir White Cloud, Leavitt, Deer Isle, 4 sinia, Me days, ays. fob Emeline McLean, Buskiin, Blizabelyport, and sated for Boston. Schr Evelyn, Palmer, Elizabethport, and sailed for Stam. ford. Sehr Ve Brig Three Sisters, fro: ST Dr 0 Dragon, King, Clendenn‘n, Calats, 20 days. ‘Ellingwood, Calais, tha, Stanwood, Portland, 10 days, hr Nile, Boothby, Portiand, 7 day days, James Brophy, Mulien, Portland, 1¢ days, br JV Wellngtan, Nickerson, Boston, ‘teamer Peilean, baker, Providence, Bris Mary (Br), 39 ¢ Also several others, unknown. SALLED, Steamship Northern Lijht, Aspinwall, Wind at sunset SW that there i Be 711 PM, ENE. PLA MisceRaneous. Snip Asnonz—A despatch from River Head lith inst states ship askore opresite South Bay lighthouse, about three miles south of Quogne, LI. She has some of her sails standing, same as when she went ashore, She wenton Priday night. ‘The wre: ng schr Ringgold, with Captain Merritt, has left the city to her assistance, ‘The steamsh{p Etna, Capiuin Kennedy, sailed yestorday at noon for Queenstown and Liverpool. The steamship Borussia, Capt Trautmann, for Southamp. ton and Hamburg, sailed yesterday at noon, Br Buia Lors—Sag Harbor, Jan 1—The Br brig Lots, from Belfast, I, in bailast, bound to N “ iopton, Aying well upon the beach, fy if the weather ho’ Southat to be got otf jew York, condition favorable. Ellwood Walter, Esq, Secretary Board of Uncerwriters.: RIS % at Holmes? Hole for A BCook, ‘steamer Sumter is ashore near (By telegraph tor Pert:ing, recently seized by the anthorities: r supplying the privateer with coal at St Thomas. arrived at this city yesterday. Om her assage to Holmes’ Hole ale experienced very heavy weather; sprung aleak. Br Scur Litty—The bark Azor, Burke, al, reports: —Jan 6, ‘York for Yarmouth, N83. condition, and took from her all hands, cluding three passenge Fay cl ir Lilly, from New it at Boston from Jat 42 10, lon 65 15, fell in with the Be~ and brought them to port. Scnr Ean pe Russig, Neill, from Havana Oct 25, bound: to New York, with a deck load and cargo of mo- Bermuds 27th ult. On thi jovember renger, fi th board, She ts a comple ‘@ native of Bilboa, Dy 08 had @ succession of ner wreek, bavit ‘her waist and ‘in plates, ber decks torn up, and everything swept there- vam. Shocame toachor among the reefs tothe north Of ¢ islands on the night of the 26 Georges through the terry passage on the following day. ni tached carried away. On the 18th lost @ pas-- ° Antouia St M Since then , and was towed inte St. Sz Grorcrs, Bermuda, Jan2—The ship Devonshire, pre-- bark viously reported, remains in the same ition. ‘The Virginia has been sold for the benesit ef all concern :d, The Br bark Record, from New York for England, wit: @ cargo« of corn, arrived yesterday with loss of salis and leaky, and ve el badly strained. ‘The ra Leone, arrived this morning with lossof sails, £e. (BY uertoElwood Walter, Exi, Secretary Board of Ui Dee 20—The sebr Castor, {rom New York for Nimrod, Paynter, from Montreal 68 of mizen VALENTIA, for’ Liverpcel, pat into thie harbor with lo: top- mast, mainmast and sails, bouts and bulwarks stove aud other dana Towed by the } «2 had to throw overbow experienced very heavy weather, aud On the 18\b inst she hailed the ‘schr Sir W: ngerton (*), from J about 800 bbls rcported the Anomia, of Giasgow, to have becn xb.ndoned by ler crew on the Abomia's crew, Nev 2i for the Clyde. The Ship List rig Currier, 29" $24,000, and ni 10th, The 'N took on board four of the }, in @ sinkin; eight in number; Im. (The Anos:ia, MeAllister, cid at New. York: 8:—We notice the sale of Ali ship Ola- tons, built at Newburyport in 1561, at ladiola, 655 toms, built wi Sullivaa, bai Me, in 1361, about $25,000, cash. Notice 1s here! word “Wi Notice to Mariners. WRECK AT THE ENTRAV ET OF THR RIVE USK, BRISTOL CA} reck” jousE, reel Hi DON, Dec 24, by given «ta orven Buoy murced wath the sunk off the entrance o! tue River Usk. The Buoy lies in Sfeet at low water the fone mark and compass bearings: spring Uides,_with 3. ae) clump gt ween, Windward Polat and East Usk Buoy in MS Si Shthouse, N by W By ates x New Bedford, Dbis ap since leavin lon 31 19. v. P. H. BERTHON, Secretary. Whaiemen, A letter from the first of}ver of ship Trident, Fisher, ris her st sea Nov 9, no 1g Payta Oct I L &c, with [58:5 bbls wil all old. kon, ke. 8; Ship Lammergier, fon taeeater Callao, Nov 17, lat 88 mp A ‘ens Teg an from NYork for Buenos Ayres, Nov 10, lat Brig 1M Denson, from NYork' Tor Para, Dec 16, lat 2146 N, lon 4% ae ‘big Milo, from Boston for Cienfuegos, Dec 27, lat 2502. Jat" cht DN 414, m 73.45. Richards, from Philadelphia for Jamaica, Jan 8. 8-hrCarrie Hucs, from St Domingo for Boston, Jan 8, lat. Foreign Ports. 33.49, Corsi me Istaxp, Dec 19—I: —, of Camd oxroxe Isuaxp, Dec 19—In port sche of fe ey TA16. Fe Me, for N Grpras LEAR, Deo =O the from Odessa for England; 17th, Reruvpa, Dec 24—Arr b iil, Havana for NYork, 8 Mountain P: York; sehr Hound, Richardson,. R¥ork (to sail Bixt for Jar Masters, do; schrs Emma de 4 Vaceuta, Dec 17—Arr Josie Nicholas, Iicholas,. Guiding Star, Bearse,, island Queen, Bolliho, from: Conetuntinople via Malia, for Falmouth, B; Tanthe, x yr pmaeplmealipeed Liverroot, Dec 27—Sid Liuda, Turner, Pernambuco, Bahia. and Rio Janriro. Loxvox, Dec 28—In port Gorge Bradfors, Robbins Bost. Wil, Ranger, Chase, and City o: Montreal, Bliss, for Boston; Mau- ritiws, Uruikiaak; Tritoniag Empicion; Jacob A. %s-amler, Young; Win Tapscott, Bril, and Livery ool, Chamber ain, for York} Parthenon, Robisinon, for Trt sue; Thatner, ic for Howoluiu; Westward Ho, ‘Wilkinson, for Kurracl, others, une. Lagvayna, Dec 21—In port bark Thos Dallett, from Phila- delphia, just arr, Br brige Ocean Wave, for NYork; Magi- cian, wig, Be MALAGA, Dee 10—Arr Sitka, Elliot, Gi Dwina, for NYork, raitar; 16th, M Be Braindall, ‘Davis, Almeria, Old 14th, Modena, Ryver, Mes na. Manes, Deo 1—-Arr Forest Bell, Percival, Alexandria, Messina, Deo 19—Arr Helen, tilisbury, MIRAGOAX®, Doe 12-—No Am Ain vet , Trieste, sacl in port. Nuvis, Deo 3—No Am vessel in port, Pana, Dec 13—In port brig Julia Hallock, hence,'ding; schr- Fleetwood, for NYork, tae. Port Se, from Baltimore, St Thoma: Janeiro, K ‘boldt, une; bai fori York, th discre loch, elm: KE, echrs Susan Can iu distress; Chara, Grace, nesota, #ortel Ar. at Maracait id ats, arr 2 do Dunning, Buenos Jobneon, Poin Nights TorKs NY¥ork J Dun 3 Maria aria White, Biuings, (rom Barbe loon arr ar, Lo € Billlugs,. Who}; 16th, id 23d for NYork): schr brero Inland (and eld "ro jAi, |, Dec 17-—No Ain Vessel in port, oe Tih] ate a a 0; Wel nebars i fog weer, Wh ry (rot Phil Thth bark Teresa, ‘brig Windward, Rovert s t-a-Pitre (and eld 3) Br brig Amelin, for Liv a Janciro; schrad W Oranweb, NYork: low shi Ama: nery. ra, Dee from Nye p Martha tar (Br) ek Union ( TLADEBLIPHLA, York, yi i Yair bark Wao num. B Wiieler, hitmore, Prevle, Pearce, from i iro; sehr Sunny Sout! Dyer, Swan Han), Schutte, Bel Jan 10—Arr sche Ol Dec 20—In port brig A B Patterson, Knight, Beett a port ships Globe, Boker, from Rio» renci, Brown, and J W Clark, ucket, Leighton, iron Oardit yer, ett, miu om New- un GO, are” nn, Brock- jeeler, {oun Newport, y, rr ros Bw m Boston, arr 22d; 0 1, arr 23d; ae Plummer, — om GI arr ipa ae Te do, Postar NYork, (ans ol Rovinsen, rk, for + jo Janeiro (and eld 26th 10 Na latte arhre GF Young , Shourds, Philadelphia, Star, for onduras;. for hs ToLim pon Tack Pride of the Sex, Pettigrew, import 4 et, had ten dave’ ™ . eae: only Am vessel, Taylor, and MeLaughlin, Bosion, Be: le, from dh Jor York. Bd op yn ete rick, Mont- Ry NYork. nw bark Polnieto at, ver ri Me id brig Brandywine, igen, Prraam- Ghee ana mkt; echt Pataway, Compton, .' 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