The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1862, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1862, (eagle Gnteting 008 wllems “rant rid kot gt. if thom tan ely ge People ne “ly Femmiider would bo ei - a brief time be left to take their chance, till the blow cuutodes. post offices mow in the Confodorate States for the fiscal wil! relieve them, with the whole cy, Came . isting there. Genoral Jackson's enving movement: which we have beea in hourly ex 80, 1860 recent] all Lhe offiges in b= a ell Of seventy-six thousand men, aud can bring to bear on us, @t other given poiuts, thirty thousaud more. What the Confederate commander has, may not be Staiod, but it is probably enough to bia present Strong’ position against any uembers that might attack ir there. fet the enemy has the ehoied/to attack Bim there, or to pass aim on either side, ‘to hisrear and cut off his supp This Re can do by leaving a suficient @rmy in (raat 0. Geueral Johuston, while he can still send. wpen the right or left flank a force as large as he leaves Dehind, Yhat this is the of Buel is now no longer doubtful. Ho has placed a of eight thousand men at Glasgow, thirty miles to the gxstward of Bowling Groon, threa‘ening the rear of General Jobnston, while it 4s within easy supporting distance of two te eld in force by the enemy. ‘plan of Buc is sncocssful, it may resu't ina great dis»ster. To defeat be struck whore only itean be delivered. $1 617 525 thing decisive since yester: At prosout Genera! Johosten confgents superior forces rece: all the offfees ia w 1,091,212 | @rediixble to the cites the pr ary ‘bly been inter by the sudden of the enemy under Buell, one of the most cautions, |) — ———— | through in his hve months’ and 5 passengers from Manassa, who arri jo@taking and able generals on th otuer side. Genaral |” Bhowiny mide 0 EO a $420,524 | wards, it, aocording be: temeut t me end Tt oe, fall of snow as near us as Culpep- oll has now, immediately tu Mout of Jobuston, a: This , however, is based upon (ie returns fiom | other.—a statement rep ‘im the Novis—he never ex- | per t House, and this would indicate that in the high only 4,922 post offices, and the receipis must uccessurily pericoced any indignity. ‘At Noriolk, it being Chrastmas, twenty or thirty young offers aud ‘soldiers, who. had.'took sugar in theirn aud sore quite talkative, “‘awarmed on’” Mr. Bly. ‘The conversation that ensued was inost am.sipg, and many ood Ubingh wore gO Judi tena fees ‘the ola van St atstaice ight it qeite Loy atir-ous, ew bish, aud found kiy in ari quite seif possessed, and bandying jokes with & ae eT about Bail ‘un. Some grave individual expressed. a fear that it might be offensive to him, but ho averrod uot, and held on, giving the boys *‘as ‘a8 tho; nm T understood, after te By had aes flag of truce trunk had soar the region of Hampshire, more than two dogvees further north, there has been a severe storm, The have beowat half-mast onthe Treasury Build- ing and the Capitol to-aay in consequence of the Jeath of Hon. Judge Homphill, amember of the Provisional Con- peat Texas. his gontioman was a Senator in the last gress Of tho United Statos, the colleague of Mr. Wig- fall, and has scrved in the Logisiature of tho Confederate States since its first organization at Montgomery. He was man of great private worth, of rare amenity of manners and of remarkable research. Hie illness has ‘been of short duration, and his deceaso was unexpected by ret mane He died of [mars 5 nineeiir a despatch was recei' at ‘tors thi morning from General Magruder, for an immedi- ate call out of the entire militia force in the Peninsula be increased by the returns from the remuiuiug 4,024, though the latter are peosrely Small oilices scattered the interior, many of whieh the receipis will be inconsiderable. ‘There are other facts connected with the operations of tho department, which we reserve for a future article. THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS. T0E REBELS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT Is HERMETI- opened least possible period, assent. ‘the 2 ony gestion is, can the " can moved? We have taken the affirmative of this Tree v duty object. and the counties adjoining. The supposition is that the ‘Bim, it is absolut that more men should at | bulk of our great staples, cotton and sugar; and the and fo Checvagh search. jek in General has good reason to a) dan immediate at- once be sent to Bowling Green. Genoral Johnston | sels that carry it—that would carry it were the obsiruc- | style following specimen brick—‘‘I’'d rather you'd | tack by the enemy at Newport News, Ho has, however, ‘Must have a force sufficient toattack Buel in front, with | tions to the commerce of the city removed—would bring | bore that trunk than the one my head’s on.”* created @ sensation 60 often by his demands upon Gov. goa Pweg a suecess ; eg doing = will not beck fo the confodinnas one a seeamenen amy Sestantieioa barca bn Ltt Bing ad enna! for ane scheme on centre of the con- need, ¢ | HEALTH OF REBEL IERS—LARG! - | forcements that portance is attached , but immediately transfer the war to the ede of ter ut growing worl and maau- OF SOLD E MOR by the public, though there is danger that Onio, and thus save the whole South from the will freely despatches the ‘‘wolf”’ may come at last. Wo hear from the Pierpont dynasty at Wheeling that the bogus Virginia Convention recently in session in that town, has resorted to a measure of ishment against secossionists which is without a parallel ia the history of legislation. An ordinance has been adopted divorcing all refugee husbands from their wives and all gy vos from their husbands, declaring that no citizen ‘irginia and no one claiming the protection of Virginia can remain. united in lawful Fg 3 Groat dangor Of being overrun in the firat fine weather of coming sd upon our authorities and citizens ocurred c "the lig to im the our oon- argc ry matrimony toa citizen of Pierpont’s ee es aneee a tak We want Orakil tho virwlonce ot the disease, exposures or | Commonwealth, put that spo facto Might trom Lincola’s eanisor ret rat making somo other cause, they were past the power of human | despotism and se a lee ae aggre 3 “y <7 }, Opel iv inculo. next to secure Kentucky to them without the soldior was thus reduced he stop, of course, will be to bastardize the children and Gil the pan handle with illegitimates. As far as this farcical attempt to unsettle the holiest relations of life cam effect those who have fled from the oppression of the federal HAs to the freedom of the 014 Dominion, ordinance might as woll never have been written, but a more dangerous act of tion for the welfare of Fiarppalls | BaupAr. State could pot have been dovised. There 1s strongest proba- bility that hundreds of husbands and wives mal assorti will seek. a refuge from.their helpmates in seccssie, and that hepling will ere long be pulated, A course of lectures for the benofit of the volunteors 4s in preparation in this city to comntence on Thursday of next week or the week succeeding. Tho loctnrers on- fared, are the Hon. J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama; Dr. A. wden Pigott, of Maryland; Oliver P. Baldwin, Esq., editor of the Richmond Dispatch; Hon. A. T. Bledsoe, Assistant Secrotary of War; Hon, Henry W. Hilliard, Ex-President Tyler aad others. With such names thera can be little donbt of the entire success of the enterprise. Lieutenant Charies Carroll Simms, of tho erate States Navy, wasin town efforts lity of . This season of from pa i dence to us; we can now det nage, * pet and pre Pare for its execution in a short time, will render Baught and abortive all theoostly and complicated de- ‘Vices of the adversary, PATENT LAWS—BAD CONDITION OF POSTAL AF- FAIRS. ‘We'subjoin a copy of the bill reported by the Military Committee in the rebel bogus Congress to establish sur- ‘Veillance over their newspapers:— esviian ie A REBEL Waisted eV Co eae OF THE Section 1. The Congress enact, That it shall not be lawful for any person to pub- (From the Fredericksb (Va.) Recorder.) the Sea Bil Wile eeen indian lie econ om sbury a. , 1o ire eties guess na et ergpepeor oer | ton of tw lt govern PAE, | Senco morse be ith ins he Moan, ver. | win the atumor Etro andthe edeal gnbraa ° ? “ag auance be 1o non was ve com! Uy river, scl SI , nm an or communication giving the nm x ition, | Confederates are not belligerents; so that in either case thar, more +s sf creek, and our men, thinking that she ventured in rather too near, let lip the dogs of war at her, two shots, both of which missed her. The Mount Vernon did not respond, On Sunday morning, tories at Evansport sore on Pensacola tempted to run the blockade of the batteries. Just before day our men atthe upper. batteries heard the sound of steam and commenced firing by sound, Tightly supposing that it procoeded from the Pensacola, which, having been for some time ‘‘cornered”’ in Washington, was trying to make her way out, This was kept up all the way down as far as our guns extended—some thirty-nine shots in all pee ecw ae, At is believed, without success, inas- carried into Norfolk, proved to be a water transport, and was proceeding with its regular supply of drinking water to Fortress Monroe, which was thus cutoff, The ‘Sea Bird went up under the very guns of the fort, KENTUCKY. {Columbus vero of the Nashville Union, jan. 2. Goneral Johnston has called upon the provisional go- vernment of Kentucky for a levy of 30,000 men, of whom 25,000 are to be entered into the infantry, and 5,000 into the cavalry service, for one or three years. A legion to be used for the purpose of enforcing State Ration movemonts or destination, of the land or naval forces of States; or the description, destination, @argo or armament of any vessel engaged in tho serviee of or {employed in the transportation of troops, despatches ©r munitions of war, for the Confederate States; or the ‘iption of any battery, fortification, cage of war, attack or defence employed there ig no semblance of reason why such foreign Powers should continue to respect the obnoxious mea- sure. We frankly /admit that the tendency of things does seem to point in this direction. The French govern- ment, it is said, has insteucted its Minister at Washing- ton to ak the United States government plumply, ‘“ Are the Confederates belligerents or rebels?” Let the bo what it may, Seward will find it cile it with existing facts in respect to the blockade. Yet the question in and again comes back, Will France or England, or both combined, really and i cally raise the blockade? They may certainly. There is no reason, as we look at the business, why they should “Dylaata fo of any ‘igual, badge,» i; Or Ly. which ma} . ro boan oF may be i nage ype employed comman cer AD, » dis- trict Contkderaie Statens dates the iblication thereof shall be first authorized by thePresi- ‘or Congress, or the Secretary of War, or of the Navy, she Aquia creek running very swiftly and the Officer of such post, district or expe- | not. and this has been the truth for more than six | without an, tans, Ge aire BOs Gomer Sreee of the Stade : ; ; i assistance, Gian: Provided, however, hat nething herein months past, Yet the bloakade has remained, and ihe | ‘Tho tugs which were accompanying her, by | the a pomicee pee a ra oertaayy Mie eg ntl alge prevent of information extracted or de- | great port of New Orleans been hermetically sealed Evansport batteries, and w! ere observed just as rived or aiher publications in (he enemy's | the commerce of theworld all that time, and may continue | thoy wore all getting by, were ‘doubtless yneroiyy aa. | St8%° troops, whenever two or more brigades have boon received, will, it is understood, be placed under command of Colone! William Preston, late United States Minister to Spain, who is to receive the appointment of Major Gene- ral. ‘The levy of troops called for will, when formed into companies and regimonts, be transferred to the Confode- rate service, and the legion act in the capacity statod. Governor Johnston will at once issue his proclamation, in pursnance of the call made upon tho State, and will armyall who may offer themselves, either with! shot guns or rifles. General Bowen's brigade, lately stationed at Felicians, hear Maysfiold, Kentucky) arrive here yesterday. It is ono of the largest and most effeciive in the service General Floyd’s brigade, from Virginia, are, upon arri- val, to be atationed at Scottsville, about twent from this place, and equally d'stant from lino of the L. ahd N. Railroad, at which p debark. General Hindman is still falling back. ‘Ther foderals, with the exception of a few scouts, t Green river. All is quiet above. The editor of the Fort Smith Evening News says he bas beon shown a private letter from Richmond, which gives strong assurances that General Price will be appointed Major Goneral of the Department of Arkansas and Mis- souri; that General McCulloch will be assigned to the commiand of a division of cavairy in Virginia, and that Colonel MeTatosh will receive an appointinent toa briga- dier generalship. THE LATEST FROM THE REBEL ZOLLICOFFER’S CAMP— HIS FORCE. . [From the Somerset (Ky.) Camp Journal, Jan. 7.} Mr. Winter, who has been in the custody of the rebels for some two weeks past, arrived in Somerset on Satur- day evening last, and took up lodgings at the In louse. He is a native of Georgia, but has been a resident of South Carolina some years.’ Travelling from home so for six months r unless we ourselves break the seal. Here isthe pinching point Shall we permit tho Port to remain closed six months longer without making @ bold, vigorous, a; desperate effort to open it? We Ro, and we this is the voico of almost the Community both in town and country. Open our port, and the cotton of the cotton States could and would go to England and France. Nothing, under the circum- stances of the cage, with the condition of the manufac- turing districts of England, France and Germany which we know to exist, and with the known public feeling in those countries as to the state of the American quarrol, could ‘prevent it. Open the port of New Orleans, thea, and cotton moves. ith that movement everything else would move. Every department of the goverament would feela thrillas if an electric spark had shot through and through it. The heart of evory man in the confeleracy would bound. Such a pean would salute the ears of our enemies as would trans- ‘fx them with despair. We do believe the war would be virtually at an end; but if it should not be,if the enemy, dent upon absolute self-destruction, should resolve to keep up the stapid and malignant attempt to annoy us, we should have received such energies through movement of our grest staples as would enable us to car ry on the war more vigorously than ever, aad with less conscious bardens, as long as it might sult the enemy to wage It. best way toottain foreign aid—we mean the best way to cause foreign Powers to it.sist upon their own rights under the laws of nations in respect to our commerce, is to show them that we are competent to open ovr own ports. They will see then that we are in fact independent of them in this particular, and they will not be slow to take advan- tage of what we shall bave done, and thus make our work permanent, and its consequences as important to them as tous. Letthe organ of the State, then, boldly take escort as @ precaution against an accident and for the purpose of rendering assistance, should any be needed. ‘As the Pensacola the creek, the batteries gave her two peng snee, but without doing any damage. The excuse made by those in charge of the guns for the failure to strike is that the steamer was running very fast and a thick fog was provailing at the time. Without meaning to criticise the blockade we must be permitted to ssy that, as for efficiency, it is about as next akin to no blockade at all as could well be. On Saturday evening, as we learn from a gentleman who witnessed tho occur- rence, three foderal steamers ran tn near the shore just off the farm of Withers Waller, Esq., and fired upon his dwelling, each some six or seven times, the result being that the part next to the river was completely stove.in, and, indeed, the whole building was completely ruined. We further learn that the house was unoccupied at the time. Another informant says it was the house of E. A. W. Hoos, Esq. The fact, we suppose, is true that one or the other bas certainly been demolished. , or of Fey wo Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful for any person to write or communicate, for publication, to re newspaper or pws Publication, as aforesaid, or to the editor or pub- thereof, by , despatch or otherwise, informa. tion, the publication of ‘which is declared unlawful by the first section of this act. Sec. 3. Persons offending against the provisions of this ect shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be subject to indictment in the District Courts of the Confederate States, in the district where the offence shall have been commited, and, on convietion, shall be ‘Bned in a sum not more than $1,000, and may, in the dis. cretion of the court trying the same, be imprisoned for a Period not exceeding twalve months. AMENDMENT OF THE PATENT Laws. A bill has been introduced into Congress, from the Com- ‘mittee on Patonis in that body, toamend the act estab- ne the Patent Office, and to secure to citizens in the ‘States whatever rights or interests they may avo in old United States patents. The bill provites for the full revival of United States patents issued to any atin, on the © they will THE ROLL OF “INFAMY.” The Richmond Ezpress saya:—Resolutiong have been introduced in the South Carolina Legislaturo recording as infamous, for the execration of posterity, the natacs of Wm. Bradford Shubrick, Cornelius Stribling, Captains in the United Status Navy; Percival Drayton, Heury K. Hoff, John J. Missroon, Chas. Steedman, kd.’ Middieton, Hoary Lorando, Commanders in the United States Navy; Henry C. Flagg, John F. Hammond, C.8. Lovell, Uniti States Army. ‘These men still claim to be citizens of South Carolina, FREE TRADE DURING THE WAR. the Montg (Ala.) Advertiser, Jan. 5.) It is reported from Richmond that Congress and the Shall hereafter become so by the accession of new States or Territories. The provisions of the bill, with referonce to the impor. tant subject of assignments, recognizes ap valid ali as ents of patent righis made to citizens of the Con- States prior to the 17th day of. April, 1861, pro vided that the assimnments be recorded in the Patont Office six months after the termination of the existing war. i Congress is likely to reduce the rates of postage to lace the rates dofficiency in the Post Office can constitute an; for such aroform. We learn that the Pos Office r fedderate have sulin of dollors, compared for dco F 8 f & this, bull of the by the horng.and make an effort | President are supposed to favor the policy of throwing | when the secession of his State tock place, and not gree- oe — the old rr ng gg re the excl. | ay least, and a plucky and wise ong, to wrench them out | open the ports of the Confederate States io, absolute free | ing with tho suicidal act, le chose not again to take up © June last there have been more petty? ‘otiaes | bY the foots. Nobody will stand ‘upon the mannor of | trade during the continuance of the war. inclined | bis residence in the pestiferous and petulant little Com discontinued than establisbed, and doing it, provided it iq done. ‘The Senate of the State has monwealth. Hence he had for como tim is atop- oy "4 to believe that the adoption of such gags the present the world. It is taken action in the premises. Theaction that has been had | time would be both wise.and judicious. le our ports piace in county, Tennessee. A ane at ae Coreenenionen,. Jeduent has for its object substantialy that which we have desig- | remain blockaded, the amount of revenue colleeted uador Evid Tmo that aetin ‘eg arm fos, Unionlap to yo. ‘only explicable cause for this falling off of receipts, where nated, the restoration of the commerce of New Orleans to | tho prosent tariff must be inognsiderable, ite the likes of the : Seay. and doesnot all other causes bave conspired to enlarge hem, oan be to form a Naval Board of five, | compensate for the loss of trade which its operation or to be inted Governor, to ide war vessels | causes us. Let it be that all cargoes of goods On his way he and his companion, Jo. Nealy, were cap- on iets cates boing: almene te Pesos tyne AS Aocariplishy Oe (great Object? Ito Ul can eine | ouek ruscand ts evading the blockade and ame 9 "port | tured by an indepenient thieving company, that ‘han <aeti iis ties on tiers eee etn proved in any particular, let it be done by all means. Lot | of the ‘Slates, can be entered free of duty, and a | sorue sort of understanding with Zollicoffer, and taken to there be no scheming or party or personal feelings mixed. up with it This isno day for such a spectacle, and wo t the man who is found intriguing for any private in- terests when such public ones absorb the energies of a whole people. Let there be an exhibition’ of seif-aban- donment, frank and manly determination to act with asingle eye tothe magnificent end aimed at. Let the Legislature consult practical men about details, and ob- tain all the light possible. We believe the Governor would appoint as such » Board of practical men who could not be thimble rigged into any scheme for the pro- motion of private interests. No man having any reputa. tion to lose would dare, if base enough, thus to act. While the utmost vigilance should be exercised over the acts of the government in all respects, since “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,’’ that disposition that would see in every man a villain is a most execrable one, and isby no means complimentary to him who entor his camps. After staying undor arrest several days a ropitions moment offered, and during a storm at night S escaped from the guard tent, where a number of soldiers were watching over him. Storms are nobie in stitutions at times. senior editor of the Journal left Gen. Zollicoffer at Knoxviilo, some four months ago, under similar circumstances. Mr. Winter informs us that the rebel soldiers are poorly clothed. ‘We asked him how their clothing compared with tho federals? He replied it was not near so good. Tho men under Zollicoffer are about eight or nine thousand, aud great dissatisfaction prevails. They are expecting & fight, and send out a large picket force at night. There wate, thereby reducing the revenue dorived from this ‘branch of the public pein MOWEY CLAIMS AGAINST THR GOVERNMENT. Mr. Bragg, the Secretary of the Department of Justice, , im pursuance of the act of Congress, prescribed a dis” tinet formula for such - ry inducement will be held out to shippers to run the risk. amount of duties to be food under the present tariff, added to the risk, does not leave a margin wide enough to induce many to make the attempt to evade the blockade. Take away all restriction for the present and we believo a, tw ab be favorable to the commercial interests r th. E (‘Special al numer tkiae phis A| y cial cor: lence of m] OE TOY Christmas at the won, wit Weather--Fotal Buel Near Yorkionn-—& Schooner Stout Off Mathias Point—Rumors of the Day—Congress—Sui.- cide of Gen. P. St. George Cocke, dc. Christmas has come and gone, the holidays aro nearly over, and mid-winter Sper fhe festive commissioners of the United States. it is understood, that the-claims are only to be reported to Con- 4 for such disposition as it may choose to make of has been uo considerable reinforcements sent forward to Zollicofier. Flo has received in. the last ten days four pisces of artillery and about five hundred men. This hows we regard as perfectly reliable. How long till we give them an opportunity to fight? THE POSTMASTER GENER AL'S REPORT. (From the Kichmond Dispatch From the report of the Hon. John H. an, Post- | tains it. po pte Io pscipecinaaebepones REBEL GENERAL BUCKNER SOLD OUT. master General, we gather the following facts relating to | The objection to an effort of tho State to open | Ss 'much'go as if no hostile lines confronted our foress: (From the Louisville Jourval, Jan 11. 7 nora of the departinent over which he pre ih og — Py “aon ae beer pon the city the hilarities of our yearly saturnalia have been | In accordance with previous notice, the household attended with but little lawloasness and violence, and the social entertainments customary at this period have been of an unusual temperate character. One or two stabbings in the streets and numerous littic eveuing parties have marked the Christmas week, which wili be set down as altogether the dullest within the memory of that worthy pergonage—the oldest inhabitant. Here and there, at old mansions in the country, the holidays were celebrated after the ancient fashion with innocent fun and love making by parties offair young maidens and officers on furlough, just as though “ wild war's deadly blast” had never been biown across the border, and the blockade was a meredelasion, In the glow of the bright wood fires, the young heroes told the story of Betho! and Manassas, and Leesburg, and, per- haps, another story of a tenderer, but not less interesting sort, into the eager ears of enraptured lsteners ; and as the joyous time wore away, few thoughe of the months to come, the privations and exposure of the encampment and the bivouac, the long, and it may be the firal, sepa- ration,betwoen the guests of the hospitable homestead, The weather of the onrront Decomber, which bas beon all along more like that of italy than Virginia, became sotver and more delicious as Christmas approached, and is even now as bright and Deautiful as a dreain Fine weather for military operations, and yet nothing efiects of General Simon Bolivar Buckher were offered for sale yesterday, in front of the Court House. Quite a crowd assembled, among whom were @ number of per- rampant for ‘their rights @ southern sum ake them; but stillamong them all there were hone—no, not one—who would come forward with the amount, settlo the tax hill and prevent tuo sale, Mr. Thuxton, the collector, proceeded with the sale until sufficient ‘money had besh realized to pay the taxes ow Buckner’s property in Louisville. ‘ seared at the word navy. Let it be unpronounced, on. It is upnecessary to call the vessels which the @ may provide anavy. They will not be so in fact. AS to the cost, the revived commerce which would follow the opening of the port would pay the expense ina month. This is a suiicient answer, but there is auother which may be more satisfactory to some. We believe will cheerfully refund to war, every dollar she may Can anybody doubt it? ‘The restoration of the of New Orleans would be that of the commerce of the confederacy. Fur the ac- complishment’of such an object, could not the Confede- rate government afford te reimburse Louisiana for her Would a single vw +, The total cost of the mail servico in the eleven States ot , Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis- e i, North Carolina, South Carclina, Tennessee, Toxas abd Vj77inia for fiseal year ending Ju 1860, upder thd geYernmont of tho United State $4,206,246 73, and the iors! receipts for postal very same year were $1,517,540 oS: excess of expendi. tures over receipts, $2,778,706 23. The recsipts for the quatter of one month, ending th: of June last (ap shown by the meagre and imperi wore SOUTH CAROLINA. COTTON OR NO COTTON—-THAT 19 THE QUESTION. The Charleston Courier inguires:—What aro the planters agroeiyg or intending to do.as to planting cotton tor 18627 Some have advised and agraed that no orttor be plewted unless the blockade and war aro removed from us early in January. Others urge, that for domestic consump: and other obvious reason: some portion of a crop shoul be planted. We have expressed an opinion, as a hiut and a basis, that cach planver shovid give to ecttm one- fourth, and Bo more: aud, i preferable, one-ufth of the aves of bis last crop, What do the plantors say? into effect an relative to telegraph | in the Con- ”’ there has been expended $15,136 77. ight Ii telegraph have been built, of the aggregate of 217 miles, at an aggregate cost of $4,965 52. Ten fength ‘tiles of insulated copper wire, with batteries, ‘fec., have been made and sent to the’ army, for fleld operations, at a cost of $4,763 86. Operators and wi ‘nave been cmployed at ayoast of $1,606 23, ag 376 has been paid. Contracts were ma: xas Telograph Company, and with the je Telegraph Company, for building and fines and sending government despatches to jons of the confederacy. The first was to el any hasiy action. On the contrary, lot the utmest deliberation prevail, so that whatever’ is done cbaracterize’ by’ good sense, patriotism and pree sagacity; so that the measures adopted may be At once comprehensive and effectual. If it be thought advisable to wait, before incurring any actual expense, the arrival of our Commissioners in Europe ia order to see what England and france will do, we are content. But joss some action by these Powers be had—and that speedily—then let our Logislature go into the work of ri port of December. driving the blockaders into kingdom cotse or some other | Whatever has been ‘ono in the Peninsula or on the roe LAY FOR: 2HE COFTON PLANTERS. 3} bave been completed by the 19th « mber. driving necka: Potomac, We are still under the spell of the masterly {From the Advertiser, Baton Rouge, Lo, Jan. 8. There are in the Confedarate States 2.579 post roads | country. is 2 inactivity.” Ap act was ander discassion yeslerday in the House of established by law. Of these contracts have been pre oune io ut Neate, and sent in letters of instruction to for execution by the contractors on 1,372 Toutes, and 833 of the numUer have been returued pro- ly executed thas encountered roany iMeulties in its efforta to secure eflicient postal service, ‘and the carhes of failure to obtain contracis upon a large of routes are given in detail in the report. . ‘are ninoty.one railroads and branch roads in the Confederate States. of this number only fifteen have en- into contracts. Many ¢ the companies have watved $ contract for the present on or Ppreess. Many of them decline to accept the and compensation assigned to their roads, js manifest that many of them intend, if they ‘A very foolish and fate! duel, omigioating in a quarrel about the jrice of a box of candles, was fought on the 24th inst.,neor Young s Mill, in tho’ Peninsula, between Dt Forward ood | Jeuteuaat Jones, both of Colonel Hunt's reginfent of Louis.aua volunteers, which terminated morially to both parties. Ouiy, ope report was heard, and the combatenta fell in ther places and died in a fow minuies, Witoin the last two days an affair of honor has bern ripened into a hostile mseting between two officers ot high tank now in Richmond, but was nipped in the bud yesterday by the timely arrost of one of the prin- cipals at his |. Far better would it be for these gen tlemen, who are so sensitive to affront, to consider that in time of war every life is wanted by the country, and ‘to imitate the example recently set in New Orleans of Representatyes for the relief of the cottcr planters of the State of Louisiana, by which it is proposed tu issue State ‘Troasury notes to ‘the amount of ten millions of dollars, to be leaned to cotton planters on the pledge of the cotton in their possession. We have no time tday to give even ‘an outline of the ball, nor to discuss it on its merits; we allude to it simply for the purpose of declaring our’ un- qualified oppositios to the proposed scheme. We con- ceive the measure to be full mis.hief and pregnant with evil consequences, one that will « je everbody, but espectally tose for whose aid ia is desig 7 addition of so large an amount to our alread; and recited, is alone a sufficient & thie tilt and all there of a similar chardear. If it were within the province of the State government to afford relief, and CONGRESSMAN ELY’S IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN AFFAIRS. r denee of the Richmond Whig.) Contrary to the expectation of many, but in aecord ance with my Lopes, Mr. kiy bas proved consistent and morally courageous onough to #t» .0-1 the Northern people his convictions upon Southern maiiers, jrst as be stated them here. Hence, acting on ‘:ieud's suggestion that it would be(nteresting, I state some of wy unpressions, formed fom one or two interviews here and from a trip to Norfolk, which happened to concur with lis, As, after the first interview, he presseu rus to come and see him again, and as Tfound him to be wiellivent, of good collo- quial powers, burnorous, apparent.» -eck.og truth and i end it can, to evold liability and ti timate control of the aimed to fii his mind with such | settling the ‘spate by a resort to fisticuffs. if the measures for relief were consistent with sound department by Fefusing to enter info contracts, while, at Cpe to Srpeeneti0e ‘su would erable hisn to Feotty the | Congress wok a recess of a fow aye for the holidays, | policy nose weeld. be. betier entiied te 1) than cotten ‘the same time, they signify « willingness to perform tho | Se of his misguided and fanaiival countrymen—errors | and was (o reaasemble to-day. A fow members were in | planters, whowufler from the war and blockadsmore them service, but under some protest, and generally that they spawned in myriads by ® meudacious prise. If we can | their seats, nnd no business was transacted any other class; but we do not beiteve it to be within the must have pay. The department ja pursuing a rely on Northern papers, le has proved couriatent and The melancholy suicide of General Cocke remains a | scope of Panta o to afford relief, and if it wore, course to meet and overcome objections in truthful. He told me that, though identified with the | myste A wan of the highest character and position, | such relief as this bill proposes.would only lond a little this republican party, be was aud bad been opposed to boll. | a mili wich loving family and everything that | temporary helpat the cost of overwhelming damageat 20 A of the is devoted to @ notice of the ir. | robiiloan PAP. cmed to be us ware now very much | makes iife desirable, nothing but aberration of mind cam | distant day. ° of the mails, on account of which the depart. | iti had been for years com milie! to the cardinal | seoount for it. THRATRICALS AT hATON" ROUGE. has been visited with moch ceasure. The momen d principles of abolitioniem, until | quoted numerous out- Ricawown, Jan 4, 1862. Comyapenats Tagatne (Lats AcapaMy Haut), G. A. Pratt, of potting proper schedules adopted and a. | | givings of ail the republican leaders; whereupon hecan- | Wintry Weather and tts Probable ‘Death Manacer. —The mi most respectfully announees to of the roads in trans) . ing 80! ea) uP’ | Gialy said ho eaw grounds for most serious apprehension Hom, Judge Hemphitl—Another Sensation uch from | the citizens of this that he has fitted up the above a munitions of war; the military schedules run | Cote bart of tne South, particularly beeause of the | General Magruder—Grneral Divorce Act by the Pierpont | place in superior style, and will open on Saturday, Jan- order of the War Department, with the ordinary | vo sna Victory, the claim of mapority | power North- | Government—Course of Lectures for the Patriotic Fund— | wary 11, 1862, with & most excellent aompany, carefully cnaoee of delay and lone of connections, aa as eps ern constitutional construction, the Chicago platform, The Affair of the Seabird and Express in Hampton Roads, | golectod from the New Orleans theatres. Benefit ot the off the track, wy Solty gta -- eomong tend | 804 tho sno concession, no compromise’ cry. I think | de free market. List of company :—Mr. John Dayis, former- mails so irregular as to make it au accident now, ins hia debut in active public life was at his election to Con- | The bitterest weather of the winter is upon vs, Last ly of the Varteties, ate of the Academy of Basle, Now of the rule, to have bong connections between any dis- gress, on the sole ground of opposition to the Reciprocity | night we had a hail and sleet which gave a yenooring of | Oricans; Mesars. J. R. Tarry, J. MaClosky, @. Cheevers, tant and important points. It is alleged that the depact- | frat "cnich was seriously injuring the border coinmun). | ice to trees, Iamp posts, fences, house tops and pave. | F. Thompson, J. Pannell and G. A. Pratt ; ment has done everything in ite power to avoid these ir | (ee ch ae iinffalo, Onwogo and Rochester, the last of | ments, and'to-day the air is all ‘noodles, with a heavy, | Forrest and L, Crood ; Mrs, Joha Davis and La P Togularition, 80 ey in ne ee orety generally novi. | Which be represented. itis first speech wae on that | loadon #ky above us that gives promise of snow. It is | Julia; Master Tom Davis, For particularssee bills of i z i t i sad to think of the poor fellows on those bleak Fairfax hills around Centreville, or away off in Kentucky, ex- posed to the full severity of the season, in whose ranks rheumatism and pneumonia are to make greater cliasms than even the bullets of the enemy, We, who sit by tho biazing fireside and read Seward’s despatches by gon ground. His second, and last, was in favor of the propo- sition to call a national convention to consider the eum. plaints of the South, and if well-founued to give new conatitutional guarantees. This speech Mr. Sumner characterized as ‘a disgrace to @ republican.” How Mr. E. may bave acted in other matters, day. THE RIGHTH OF JANUARY IN NEW ORLEANS. Tho Now Orleans Orescent of tho 8th imet. gays: our all it can by way of does compel alarity in the ible, without a publication of the bh we have not space, to notice jon with the proceedings of the partment in this and other important respects. : HH arms over the Br be voted, I know not. He considers Mr. Sumaer | light ip comfort, who smoke our cigars in well heuled | of thom, but with a conscious valoread reso%ation to ‘The whole number of post oMces im the Confederate | OTH A eines the authors of tho misfortunes of apartments, and retire to Inxurious beds at our own | maintaid our soil and oor honor against all inva#iers, and Re ee ee ne oe ence 185, | the country, aud that their infuence must cease when | hours, have but little idea of the sufferings of the voiun- | with a. fesling predominant over all others, 0 inaxtin- ber there have been discontinued since that date 183, | ioe vortn auall discover two egregious orrora which he | teers, nor bogin to appreciate at what sacrifice of health guishabie hats and undying hostility against the enemy yea? jon 8,223; number established since feels bound to expose:—1. That there is a division of feels | that living wall has been built up ch defeud# 08 | who, ina far worse case and im a manner Taore ‘njusti- the June, seventytwo; whole number | i" the South. 2. That Southern strength must he | against the fon, fiable and barbarous, now pollutos our soil with ‘his foot now in jon, 8,300. Number of post divided to keep down the negroes. And he admitted that If the frost should continue—more especially, if | prints. Groat and signal as wes the victory or, the plaine which the ae number of | 11,6 south could not, in his judgment, be conquer His | one of those Arctic snow storms wheh at ‘not driving ove fot fn upon oem cellent, be- | very long Intervals of time oppor iting iniormation were m trom, the culset © Virginia from the North, sho will that ba whieh shall cause, from the outset of his imprisonmont, he aimed to June, 6,261 ; num ¢ commie, hy the department since that date whole ing. ite dimer 4 umber of resignations during the same tof it; and belag affable and an object of | there will, of course, be an effectual inted homes. The anticipation of 184; of whigh amber 469 were resignations of | make the Mott dA thousands of intelligent ‘vasiwors. | wi imilieary operations for three months. The Fowtnaa ry, tar moro than the event fe which this {8 by thie department, and 491 were | Mitat he may be instrumental, in the bands of Provi- | will bo closed with fee after three days and nights of the 1 give significance,io the colebration ‘of. te Reld-under the government | 1 IO in causing truth and justice to prevail procont temperature, and the Burnside fleet may acek F. § st rare are 110 Foute agents employ. | Aer Searing the depot at Petersburg, on out trip down, | anothor quarter than Evanagort for its offeusive de, FExAE. have sppeintet one temporary Special agents | crowd was apparent, and he desired to kuow i be was | rmonstrat Jon. Should the residue of January rage sg AN od f if he wont to get broakfast, | | as cold ar the last three days, th ankees will be driven AWRIVAL OF A BRITTO "YRAMER WITH AnMa, ‘the probable receipte for the year ending | in danger of indignity F out of Western Virginia by the sheor imp*ssibility 67 ex. readily promised to guarantee bina against it, relying on Fatimate June 30, 1902, compared with the receipts from ali she colebration of this day, then, let it be borne in that it is with no pride and exulsation io the triumphy of our , with no unkindly remin¥concus of Chaituette, ® far maore connie and gloriews triumph the infamons Y,nukeed howl- ‘agony from onr shore, ‘hack to their ‘The Houston Zelegraph O ‘ee ist instant learns from yy, thata. has i cl eee in Past wee 7 © Dritish eqlors, " Rone ot Susie Dewder, large of rife ', 700,000 army cape, 6,000 cannon primers and considerable iat of coflve, dr: 8, ing, re aumou! ‘ y goods, bags! GALVESTON NOT TO BE ABANDONED. The Galveston News (vow published at Houston), al- tothe report the abandonment of Galveston had determine: upon, says:—We think we are au- thorize:t to say that this is entively incorrect. It is pos- sible that Galveston may have to be abandoned, but we venture to say that it will not bo done without a strug. gle; otherwise we can sco no senso in the extensive de- fences that have been constructed during the past five or Six months, and which are still progressing with groat activity, Of one thing we are now sure, and that is, that if this city is taken, if will be at some cost to the captors, and will besides prove a barren victory, for they will find nothing that it will pay to take awoy. ARKANSAS. On Fri night last, Mr. Edmundson, see mentee who roy the organization and dosign of the in- famous abolition ay awking society in the northern part of this Stato, which was recently crushed out, was murdered by some of the gang at his home in Lard coun- % Mr. undson was called te the door of his house it ton o'clock at night, and was instantly shot down by in the hands of six men (disguised) who were io zens, Great vy ane in the neighbor- hood, and v tot sworn against jayhawker who tay be caught. Mr. Edmundson ‘was formerly a member of our Legislature and an estimable citizen, Tho Searoy says:—A deserter from Cross’ regi- ment and s nogro man named Serie Som. in pei A from the 1@ and are now, doubtless, safe in the army of old Abe. The difforent companies near Pocahon- tas are busily engaged in preparing winter quarters. The militia, who had been ewan is fo cinty and sixty days, wore discharged onthe 18th inst. Eleven of the Ut from Fulton county passed through here on urday last, en route for Little Rock. The Fort Smith News of the 28th ult. has the following: — A-Choctaw Indian was killéd night before last, near the forks of the road, by another Choctaw by stabbing. Cause, whiskey. We learn thata man by the name of Scott was 80 badly beaten at Sulphur Spring on Christmas eve, that he died on Thursday night. The perpetrators of tho ve fled. A SOUTHERN SCENE. “Oh! mammy, have you heard the news?” ‘Thus spake a Southern child, As in the nurse’s aged face ‘She upward glanced and smiled. “What news you moan, my little one? It must be mighty fine, ‘To make my darling’s face so red, Her sunny blue eyos shine.” «Why, Abram Li don’t you know "ths Yankoo Prenidest, Whose ugly picture onco we saw, ‘When up to town wo went. Well, ho is going to free you all, » And make you rich and grand, And you'll be drossed in slik and gold, Like the proudest in the land. A gilded coach shall carry hero'er you wish to Et bat And, mammy, all your work shall bo Forever laid aside.” ‘The oagor speaker paused for breath, And then the old nurse said, While oloser to her swarthy cheek She prossed the golden head:— “My little missus stop and res— You’ talking mighty (as; Jes look up dere, and toll me what ‘You seo in yonder giass? You sees old aro He wrinkly face, ‘As black as any coal; And underncath her handkerchief Whole heaps of knotty wool. i 4 darlin’s face 18 red and white, for skin is sof and fino, And on her pretty littlo hoad, De yallar rivgiets shine. “My chile who made dis difference ‘Twixt mammy and twixt you? You reads de dear Lord's blessed book, And you can tell mo true, «De dear Lord said it must be 60; And, honey, I for one, Wid tankful heare will always say, His holy will be done. “7 tanks mas Livkum all de same, But when I wants for free, Pil ask de Lord of glory, Not poor buckra man like he, And as for gilded carriages, Dey’s notin’ tall to see; My masaa’s coach what carries him, Is good enough for me, And honey, when your mammy wants ‘To change her homespun dress, She'll pray like dear old missus, To be clothed with righteousness. “My work's becn done dis'many a-day, ‘And now [ takes my easo; A waitin’ for do Master's call Jos when do Master please. “And when at !as do time's done come, ‘And poor old mammy dies, Your own doar mother’s soff white hand Shall close dose tired old cyes. “De dear Lord Jesus soon will call: ‘Old mammy homo to him, And he can wash my guilty soul From ebry spot of sin. And at feot I shall lie down, ‘Who died and rosg forme; And don, and not tifi den, my chife, Your mammy will be froe. “Come, litte missus, say your prayers, Let old mas Linkun ‘te, The debi! knows who b’longs to him, And he'll take care of his own.’? MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A FRENCH OFFICER JOINS THE REBELS. ‘The Mobile Advertiser of iho 8th says:—By a recent ar- rival at a Confederate port from Havana, Lieutenant P. Ennean, late of the Frcnch army, came passenger, aud is at present in thia city. Lieutenant Ennean has latel; been a resident of California, whore he devoted himself to organizing and drilling a corps ofscara’siniers, whose testimoniats of their high appreciation of h's service he bears. But preferring the reality to the image of war, and sti! more, preferring the side on which the sympa- thies of his compatriots are enlisted, and where so much of the blood of his race is to be found, as ready to flow as that of tho gallant Dreax—preferring this side to that which has thrown disgrace upon the name of Zouave and almost upon that of soldier, he has come to offer his sword to the cause of the confederacy. DEATH OF A REBEL CAPTALS. Tho Bowling Green (Ky.) Courier of. the 4th inst. saye:—We understand that Captain C. E. Merriwether who fell while bravely charging theonemy-at Sacrameu on Satarday last, had long been an intimate and devoted friend of Colonel Jin Jackson. He was om endorser for Jaokson for a large amount, aud as Jackson bad become utterly bankrupt by heavy'losses at tho gambling table, Captain Merriwether had been compelled to pay some twolve or fifteen thousand doliars of this endorsed paper withia the last three months. Callous thongh he may be, we do uot envy Jackson's feolings when he reflects that through his agency and his men his best ¢riond and bene- factor bas been dc od of life. Message of the Governor of New Jersey Tress, N. J 15, 1862. ‘Tae State Senate has partially ore Ow the second ballot Mr. Crowell, udependent demo. coat, of Union, voted for himeelf and was elected Presi a len isightoen ballots were had for Secretary of the Son whon an adjournment took place. Tl ally voted for A. R. Seer, of Now Broaswick, and J 8. Ward, of Monmouth. the latter recived two votes— Messra. Crowell and Reskk s: In the House the Governor's Metaage was read. ‘The Governor gives aconcise account of the finances of the State, and of the arount expended for furnishing soldiors for the war. He reeommonds that rosolutions be passed urging the location of a naval academy at Perth Amboy: aso resolutions testifying a grateful remembrance of tite services of Lieutevant Gene! infield Scott. He slgo recommends a tax.of $100,000 forthe payment of the in- terest on the Stata debt and to provide a sinking fund for tho debt. In the Senate tttsafternoo the democrats nominated Morris R. Hamii‘ea, of Camden, for Secretary, and he was elected, Mr. Crowell voolng for him. Linn Boyd, of Passaic, was elected Engroasing Clerk, and —— ®yaus Assistant Secretary. The organisation being coraplate, the Governor cent in hia Message. The Message of Governor Harvey, of Wisconsin. Masxsow, Wis. , Jan. 10) 1962. The Legislature correned yesterday. Governor Har- vey’s message first alludes to local matters apd the oiee dl — ea 4 she Sons ae In bs nap g g war tex to. says tl ne consin do. not. valua. property, oe ihe, tact, weighed: against the existence of the government long blessed and protected them in both. mends economy and & wise administration meet this tax. He. als@ recommends instruction in military tactics, and drill in the publig schocis, He suns urges @ memorial to armocy,aiso a naval aed military arsenal and Milwaukee, ite a harbor, water power neue of ship material sag accessible. position ren the best point on the lakes. Alluding tothe rebellion and the rebels, he says, surely a few more lessons will toach us, if indeed we be not already taught, to’ under. stand what treasoa means, and to regard these rebels with that horrid aversion with which the royalist holds. the regicide, They atten regicides of the best overnraent under heaven. The contest must come to 0 fought om the principle that the protection of the Union alone given ness to soil oF institutions, No person,or any of property hae any sacred. ness or claim to regard outside. the constitution. Slavery ja, moreover, the interest which the plotters for aSouthezn monarchy have played upon to cleom and unite their ‘sootion until that whole poople have gone mad upom {t, Conaorvatism in politics cannot save it now frora the doom which awaits it, Whothor % finds its fate in the struggle, or dies lingering of ita wounds, is yet in the order of Providence, aad not to be directed by our im patience. Cortina Maton on THe Honsow River.The West Troy Advocate says that the restilt of the curling matches played on the river,on Thursday, Friday and Satarday 29 shots; Brand, ekip, 27. Friday, Gillespie, shots; Brand, skip, 21. Saturday,’ Gillespie, wki shots; Brand, 11, Mr. Brand repreasated the Party; Mosars, Monoely and Gillespie (hage of Woat Troy, of laat week, was as follows:—Thursday, ienoalty ki 1p, Bd % Now York | INTERESTING FROM PORT ROYAL. OUR HILTON HEAD CORRESPONDENCE. J ‘Huon Heap, 8. C., Jan, 8, 1862. ‘The Body of the Missing Soldier Found—The Retreat of the Rebels on the 1st—Theiy Force—The Cannonading Heard in Charleston and Savannah—The Rebels Dread Our Hea- vy Guns—A Savannah Contraband Picked Up—Hi De scribes the Fecking of the Revels at the Renditionof Mason and Slidell—Southern Cities Deserted—Troops in Savan. nah—Resignation of Commodore Tuinall—Sailing of Am other Secret Expedition—The Defences— Understanding Be- trocen the Members of the Press and General Sherman— Arrival of the Alantic, de. Quiet reigns in the department of South Carolina and Georgia since tho affair of the 1st of January at Port Royal Ferry. We have sent a scout of one hundred men over to the mainland, near the acene of the recent cea- flict; but they saw but few of the rebols, consisting of @ mounted patrol, which put off on the appearance of our ‘soldiers. ‘The body of the missing Michigan soldier was foundam@ buried. The rebels had retreated to Gornor’s Cornerse” about five miles back, and then ceased their flight aad Prepared to make a stand. ‘We have since learned that the enemy’s force consist, ed of the Fourteenth and Sixteenth regiments of South Carolina anda body of three hundred cavalry, name ua knowm, This is a prisoner's story, and must bo taken for what it is worth. We are pretty well eatisfied that the rebel force was superior in numbers to ours, and they haa the advantage in light fleld ‘pieces; but, with all advam™ tages in numbers, guns and position, they did not dare te accopt a fair field fight, which they are continually wism- ingfor, and which, once given them, would result in our defeat and overthrow, Nor did they die in the ditches, as they promised to, the last man being as anxious to rea as the first. Still we must Hot too lightly estimate the valor and skill of the rebels. They have every iiduee ment to fight well, and we must not be too sure of an casy conquest. I know that the commanding generals do not underestimate the strength, skill and courage of the ene- my, and will not be lod into any Big Bethel or Ball’e Bluff disasters. We havo not heard of tho effect which tho affair at both cities, and must have known that the elevon imo» guns of the gunboats were playing an important part im the conflict. They droad these hoary, ge, and whem they heard them thoy felt the chill of defeat and disaster come over them. y will have occasion to feel their wel in before long. Commander John H. Gillis, of the Seminole, now off Wilmington river, Georgia, we have somo vesting intelligence. A negro, Savannah the ‘and Wilmington the 2d of January, was picked up small boat by the, Sominolo while ho was escape from ia, The negro is quite int aa gives soine important information, if true, in regard the state of affairs ia Savannah and Wi |. Hore ports that the rebels are greatly dishea since they have learned that our government has delivered up Magon and Siidell, as they hoped that we would hold om to them, and that war would consequently ensue betweem Great Britain aud the United States, which would results in the success of the rebel movement. Now that the. wise © policy of the government has prompted the surren- der of tho traitors, the rebels feel that their last prop hag been knocked from under their sbaky and that tho crash which will carry death and destrue- tion with it will surely come. Heneo thoy are depressed. and disheartened, but vow that Savannah shall be burn- od before it falls into our hands. Provisions aro very high, and widespread destitution and want are fell. The nogro reports that ammunition is plenty, and every ma- nition of war abuncabt. How true that story is will be seen by a perusal of a general order issued by the rebel Gonoral Lee. All that could have loft Savannah and rotirod to the back country. Wilmington, Georgia, has been entirely deserted, ex- copt by & few negroes, who still remain. There are fifteen thousand men in and about Savannab, some of arrived from Virginia since the capture of ‘The rebels complain greatly of Commodore or hie failure to sink our gunboats and show fight to our navy. He is pronounced effete, are made for his removal. Commander Gillis is not ine.ined to place much reliance upon tho negro’s state- ments, and I repeat them for what they are worth. Apropos of Tatnall, I have just learned from an authontie source that Com. Tatnall has resigned and will retire in diogust from the rebel service. He has not been Preciated by the rebels, and his efforts to sustain rebel flag have been received in the meanesi spirit. and disgusted. with bis masters, he retires in his old age to-obscurity , where, it is hoped, he may find time to reflest. ‘pon the vents of the past year dispassionately and calmly, and detect the ftagrant errors of his latter and -by'an honest, loyal course’ts futuro atone in a for them. Certainty he bas had good cause to resign, and no one can blame him for the step he has taken. after he will give a sort of negative support to the rebel case, An expodition of a secret character sailed from here yesterday morning, designed to operate not a great dis- tance from this. ‘The party Saree it belong to the Kagineor regiment, Colonel ferrill, Captain Walker command. The service on which it goes is hazardous, bat, if sucoeasful, of groat oand value. It fail, and for that reason | will not givo any bints ag to destination or object, as it will Be repeated. Im a day or two wo may expect to hear from it: Affairs: at ‘Tybee and Otter telands hovfeatures of importance. The work of defonces is going on at both points with great rapidity, and we now feel confident of holding them against any fores. the former point dissatievaction in expressed at the injurious reports furnished to thepress by parser or government agent on the: steamer Marios. is these very reports, furnished: by: ir ble and known correspondents, that give the regular here all their trouble. "We hayecome: to: an ing with Generat Sherman in regard to: the: our reports, so far as they refer to the strength and position of our trowps, and: to give any intelligence which raay: be off sorvieo enemy or detrimental to our onuse. Therefore, voluntary correspondents ex} our details of onr posstions aivul; commanders: in’ the New York personal injury. Gur tennew bere de of the editorsof or respective pay respondence continues: ppesr, I termination of Genera an I the acoredited corresp sudants. of tbe press wil from thiadepartrant, and not allowed to roturn o ticipate im any futage2 mevement. We anderstand Wishes ofthe navel ar .d uxilitury authorities, and sue a course whiee, y “hile it will resntt in giving the tho infornr.tiog , that can be of interest to it, be detrimental toow ; cause or advantageous to the Voluntary; or “irresponsible correspondents know this, am ( hence the necessity of a change. amsinn» Atiantic arrived on Monday, desired file of daily Heratps and @ d been without news from tho N nd you can well imagine the pleasure it afforded all togee the woll knowm the harbor. : surrender of Mason and Slide! those who read the ingenious and mag- f Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. His was 80 cleacrae 4 perfect that it carried conviction to minds of theome st hitter opponent to the act,and we are eiinowwolloat isfed at the result. However, the phobia has aro yn more intense, and all feel that the will come wi 4. wo shall give the English lion a tussle, im whieh it *tlu¢ ome out socond best. ‘The Atisaid brought an immense quantity of goods for Adams’ Expr 8, and a general joy was diffused thr. out dept —rtment as the long looked for boxos came te hand. Gvar six huudred boxes and 1s wore brought, and neasiy every tent had its The company labors under great disadvantage because of its inability to Lra2spe@ -t its goods on the government steamers. The Quactorm@ ster at New York seems to be in fault. He afforcan® assistance to the company to sond its, goods, and th iae tly very difficult for it to get them off. eon aes aged texmsealatety wee a new system age ted. It wi reatly to the advant and corsfor8 of the soldiers. ee aad her is cold and cheerless to-day, with indiea- m. tor: The’ jeean Queen and Matanzas sail yt cary pyr mater 5 to-day, the former PH i BEF i ret a Hit et gbeeat =f lide i apeigebees Milltary Movements in Kentucky. " (From the Louisville Democrat, Jan. Ry “ © jeutenant Colonel Enyart, who is in command of the is in Cincinnati, or was on Sa a in hi tia 0 First and Sicond Kentucky ted both tae ee w is city. Ho immediately ordered the ofeers of the two ¥ ogiments who might be in Cincinnati to report to him on Monday morning on the mail boat. ‘The regimonte bs) expected at innati yesterday and would mot @ Fortieth Indiana, tn charge of Lieutenant Colonel Blake, left the ¢ ground ville ~~ pA south of the Nashy 9 Economy is tad here to. to-morrow with 250 soldiers from Pittsburg. “8 oF There have been recoived at this ime inthe last thirty days about 950 wagons and sots of harness, with horses as ingles Janemareble, ‘unday the mail boat brought in, among other 0049, the following clothing for the army'—1,48, cavalry overcoats ; 5 090 airs of pan ; 1 cavalry jackets. Py the arrival of the train last night from rivers we lsarn that all wasquiet in that direction, with im- manea energy in pri for a forward movement; but whon.that movement will take plage time and Goo, Buell only ‘can determine. ‘be Fourth Kentucky cavairy, Col. Bayles, loft Camp Anftorson morning for Bardstown. ‘A large humber of horses arrived U3 river yesterday, fart have Find the Pen Rai — Green rivor was finis! on Sati f And the cars on Sunday, going dows the tend #6 the point wheretho ett oe torn up by the rebele— some four or five miles south of the rtvor. A special despatch to the Journal on Saturday, from Charleston, Va,, says the Second Kentucky regiment, Col. T. D. Sedgwiék, would leave that day for Kenticky. We may look for them in two or three days. Heavy Oxpnance.—The Boston Journal says On Wednesday thore was cast at Algor & Co.'s foundry, South Boston, tho last of twenty cleven-inch rifled | ee for the government. This firm contracted to furnish fifteon of these of heavy ordnance withim ninety days (rom the date of the contract, and will have them finished within that time. The romaining five werful piqoes will be Piatshod ina vory fow days after. uoee colsmbiets rolghh aight tons eack,