The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1862, Page 1

a on” | WHOLE NO. $532. SSS NEWS FRO4 BURNSIDE’S ARMY. A _* Rappahannock. The Cold Weather in the Camps. The Lee's Rebel Forces, - &., —— eo. ® ee, The Cold Weather in the Army—Meve- Our ments of the Rebel Forces. Huapquaarans Aaxy oy THe Potomac, Deo. 7, 1862. Last night was extremely cold, and: some of the troops ‘anffered for the want of blankets. Iceformedin the Po. emac and Aquia Creek from one ands balf to two ick, To-gay the sun came out fair and cheering, but” the air continues piercing cold. The roads are hard and very rough. ‘Omcers well informed state that Jackson has arrived Sear Fredericksburg, and joined his forces with those al- Ready there. They also report that the enemy have ex. tended their lines several miles further Bannock. y The report that Major Spalding, of the Engineer Brig” ‘Ode, ie under arrest for unnecessary delay in the trans” Dortation of pontoow teams frum Washington, j@ unfonnd- @4. That officor has been Gommendet by his supertors Yor overcoming weighty obstacles in executing his orders. ‘There have been nv field movements tiday. Wne Whereabouts of Jackson’s ond Stuart’s Forcese Warmxutox, Deo, 7, 1862. Information hs been received here that Stonewall Bagkson’s corps forms the left wing of the rebel army, Ptuart’s cavalry is op this side of (ke Rappahan- ook, and operating between tbe positions of Sigel’s corps aud Burnside’s army. ‘The intenso cold of last night occasioned the delay of a @avairy reconnoigsance under Ool. Wyndham to asceriain tho truth of tbe rumor that a body of rebel cavalry were down the Rappa- _ ecoupying Thoroughfare Gap and Warrenton Junction, 4s #00n ag the men can be prepared for the trip Stahl’s brigade will probably move upon a tour of investigation. Our Stafford Correspondence. Naan Starvory Court House, Va., Dec. 2, 1962. Mmactictly Still—The Combatants ‘'Mcasuring’’ Zach Otrer—Army Suilrs Robbing the Poor Soldier <An Order Affecting Trem—Our Pickes—How They Punish Thieves in the Army—Preparations for Cold Weather— dppoin ments of Two Colonels of this Division to be Brigadsers, dc. ur forces still rest on their arms hereabout, with @aly the occasional and uninteresting exercises of parading, drilling, cating and picketing, to keep their bigod in motion, A ride‘to Falmouth proves the forces in that" visinity ‘0 be situated likewise. The enemy are plainly visible pores the river, and the only wonder is that two such large divisions of the opposing armies can lie 80 near and Yet not come into actual aid deadly collision. T notice also that our forces are busily engaged in some places along the river in throwing up breastworks, But fearful ef trencning on other ground than what is my own Segitimate domain, 1 leave your prepor correspondent in ‘that place to give you details. ° ‘The gutlers of the New York regiments came up with ‘ws yesterdsy vory opportunely, the men being in want of ‘The little necessities amd delicacies they usually have on_ ‘Band. ‘Taking advantage of the wanws of our poor soldiers, ‘thove shameless army pediers fairly fleeced them before ‘the officers gained knowledge of their proceedings. For in (tance, our poor men were glad to pay two dollars per for tobaceo, which*the vender had bought in New for twenty-tive cents; while ior a smail cau of pre- an about tue size of @ lea cup, they were charged . AB oxtortion was the order of the day, every- ‘Whic,'/¥e80 robbers had ou band went off at an earl) ‘thouate prives, and, having sold their stock out, just lo time to escspe the summary pun- whieh our General had determined to mete out to order on this subject bas, however, been issu juarters, in whieh sutiers are required in submit the costs and charges of their the ‘generals of bdriga: who are ‘w fix a tariff of prices, allowing a reasonable per centage for This action wili,1 hope, prove a safeguard in future te the wor aBldier, who {s eo bound up with military ‘he has not the — to protect himself from ‘vultures who on him, A noticeable fact in the case mentioned above was, Shat where the men were obliged to pay two deilars fer Wracoo officers were only charged one. * Ihave learned that our division commacder intends ving this d I affair a rigid Investigation, and, in probabitity, whew pay day comes, some of these sut- ‘ere may, to their ‘in, discover that they will not De permitted to seize on allot the soldiers’ hard earn- ‘ebment them. 7 to to ware bag ae widen 3 caught in the act of steal @ome small artic! 1» were ron Pisced oo “ thiet” pia- Sas at tbe rose Youn Snir’ tesdaee eae, ve y uently powed to the pe ual stream The effect om the EE fe ‘The weather the pros- ofa are @ having tents feored, aod officers have stoves all aglow. In a et eee poner pet you could mi STRETy sovcacn rica et SP Bomads, ve atfeet! particular ge who cops! the earth their Go it to imi ir tents ere pitched in any pass ; since their sum- donum ia clod dadry blanket, This fa ail the idea Col, of the Seveoth Massachusetts Volunteers, to Bevens a Briga- Ger General. * Col. Thomas H. Neill, of the Twenty-third i eis, Pretident Lineoln, and will assume command of a commanded Brigade formerly by Gencral Bowe. Our Falmouth mdence. + Tw Camp, Naan Fauwtovrm, Va., Dec. 2, 1862. ° Fun, near Grove Churoh, sbeut thirty-three miles to our @icited from him amounted to vothing. The reoon- Moiesance dispels tho theory that the enemy is in any Boree behind us. ‘My attention has jast beon called to what purports to be wespecial despatcn, published in the Washington Ohronicle, wherein it is stated that a rebel force crossed (dhe Rappahannock on Satarday last, at Big ford and cap. (ured some three hundred of the Twelfth and Seventeenth ‘Mew York regiments attached to Col. Stookton’s brigade. ‘The despatch says further, that General Hooker was #0 judging the | are ox their one would suppose Still Quiet on rd ato winter auartere here and were pre"ar- Bupposed Locations of Jackuon’s and | js in eommand of the . For some time past it was in command of Capt: uryee, whose superior skill and enltaations 6.8. milary ‘Giecsphivarian were shown to vant 5 a from the style in which some of the oon z themselves accordi gly. ‘The Fourth Michiray regi- ment have fixed up their camp with elal and taste. Many of the mon bave alresdy er te able log buts, and the officers’ quarters are hedged in by ting rows of evergreen, reminding one of “anid syne” or Minor’s HIN. This regiment is now in command of Liettenant (clone! Lomburd—Colonel Childs lately resigned on account of sickness—and he will suc- ceed to the permanent command. His character as a disciplinarinn has giver him the name of “Old Regu. He bas been with the regiment in nearly every in which it participated, and his record for bravery is fret class, Under his rule the regiment js bound to maintain ite former brilliant reputation. Major Ran- dolph, a good and brave officer, ie acting Lientenant Colonel. Brooks’ Station Correspondence. Came’ Naan Broous’ Staion, Va., Dec. 3, 1862. Cavalry Pickels Caplured—A Movement—Gen. Burnside— Our, Cavairy—Likeness of Officers, Be. Liegtenant Hoffman and fifteen men belonging to the | inches | First New Jersey cavalry were captured yesterday, while on picket duty,a short distance north of Dumfries. ‘This is the second time Within a week that the robels ave succeeded in entoring, our lines and capturing our piekets. This ie the firet time since the organization of the regi- ment that the First New Jersey cavalry have ever bad a | man captured while on picket, and ag the regiment prides itself on its discipline and efiicieucy, it is 8 gouree of much mortification to them, The brigade received orders this evening to hold itself in readiness to march (ggmorrow morning at daylight, Whether this order is for the brigade to merely go upon scouting expedition, or that thore ie to be a genera! movement of the whole army. tie will dotermine. My impression 1s that within a short time the Army of ‘the Potomac will be again in motion, Thanks to the plea- sant weather, the heulth of the army is upustally good, and the men never in better condition tor fighting than now. All that is wanting is the order to advance, and our General will find jt readily obeyed, General Burnside ia gradually and surely gaining tho confidence and love of the a:my, and will soon, I dvubt net, be as popular as General MeClellan. His prompt and | off-hand manner of dving things just suits the men. Our cavalry, eince (hey have been allowed a few days of rest, are again getting in fine eoudition, Now horses have, io many instances, been substituted for old, and new lifo jufuged into thore stiil fit for duty. ‘The great difficulty whieu our cavalry have had to con- } tend againet has been in getting suitictent forage for their horses, If our cavuiry were allowed the privilege of | feeding: aon the enemy there would be no trouble; but every man’s hvuge aid fain—no matter how rabid a re- | bel he may bo—who asks protection for his proverty is furnis with a ‘safe ‘guard’ of infantry, while our ; horses are actually dying of starvation, and ‘there ie no j help for it. A party of cavalry out in quest of supplies | for their horses have no right lo cater wpon the premises | of any man protectod by a ‘‘eafo guard,” and the couxe- quence is our horses suffer and the rebel farmer raves his grain. | _ Much amusement has been caused in camp the past few days from the appearance in ong of the New York | Silostrated pa, ers of what purport to be life like likenes- | ges of the three g:eat cavalry officers in our army— | Generals Bayard, Pica. anton.ind Colonel Wyndham, The likenesges aré anythiog but flattering, and require & per- son of strong imagination to perceive the resemblance. Baooxs’ Stanion, Aquia Ranaoap, Dec. 4, 1962. The Army Ready to Mowe— Appearance of Fredericksburg— The Health of the Army—Log Cabins—The Construction Corps, éc. ° Winle the Army of the Potomac remains cuiet on the Rappahantiock, where, for a fortnight past, it has res on ite arms, watcning theenemy on the opposite bank, and but awaiting the word of its Commander-in-Chief.to | close in mortal combat with its foes, trusting the while that events whic are to follow will be the result of schemes from master minds, which, though pow we can- not predict or comprehend, will prove the wisdom of seeming fatal dolay—while thus we linger in listless expectation, not to say suspense—it je certainly gratifying | to witness through the columns of the press indications of an unmistakablo character asturing ue that activity | im other military and naval departmients ef the country tend toward the accomplishment of important and deci- sive reguits im the suppression of the rebellion. ‘The weather for a period of two woeks has been clear | of rain, while autumn winds have disposed of much’ of the mire which hasrendered the roads almost impasea- | dle. ‘Tho temperature ia yet mild, and it 16 difhoult to | i realize that already we are engaged in a winter’scam- | paign. As if to favor onr canse, the season and the ele. | | ments would seem to combine in their lentence, and we certainly cannot complain on that 80018. A ride to the front each day produces uo Lew apparent feature in the position of affairs. The oreste of hills tacing | the river, where, Inst summer, the camps of McDowell's | | army Jay io idieness, we now fiud occupied by a | cham of batteries, intrenched. It is a stirring eight, | even in its formidable idleness, to view here the | machinery of war in battle array, yet waiting. | Wach yun is sighted and the implementafor ioading and swabbing are in their respective places, We take a peep | through @ powerful glass at a point attracting the notice of the artilierisis, and discover on the bills opposite, at #@ range of about three miles, a regiment working hike Deavers throwing up breastworks. Why do not our ar- | tiles ry the range”’ upon these rebe's? is a question suxgesting iiself to our mind. ‘Icy doubtless have good ——— for not doing so until the proper moment shall arr Frederieksbarg bears the appearance of a forsaken and dejected city, though the women and children are not yet all gone. The cackling of poultry or the squealing of Pigs, or a glimpse of stray curs in the vacant 1s, in- dicate yet adegree of domestic life in this unfortunate town. The health of the army in the main is good, thanks to | 8 propitious season, ‘ree, a8 yet, from storm and severe ol Notwithstanding the favorable weather, many of our brave soldiers are daily laid beneath the Virginia soil. “Winter quarters’’ is naturally bow a theme for clamor | with a large share of the Cent flap nee ae | might the men-have been busy in building tl fort log cabine, with formidable tl cords of Virgibia pize, oak and ‘are reduced to ashes, mech to thenatisfaction of the troops, Dut jess te the Tie egray) the hereabouts. ‘Therd are ju Washington many loyal citizens of | ee teins oe tone that city on tho Sist of | August last. when our troops evacuated, «many the shortest notice, and whore families were left with but limited means or resources. The! jon is one truly dese ving the sympathy of our countrymen at the North, for they most severely ized the terrors of the war in their midst. Bo suddenly did the final evacuation take place that ‘Dut few bad an opportunity to dispose of or remove their stock or property of any kind. The lose entailed ‘upon some of these unfortunate people will prove ut- terly ruinous. The alternative presented at the moment was, ‘remain to claim your property from rebel confieca tion, while you will probably be arrested and confined in Castles Thunder or Goodwin, at Richmond, during the war, or fly North, and let your earthly all go the dogs.”’ Some of there refugees are now at Fulmouth, oppesite Fredericksburg, and while they are enabled to see their homer and iu geome meatances their families ata half mile distant—within speaking distance eal are yet coustramed to defor the ure of meeting wit! them, or oven o»mmunicating with them, as the stream which divides them at present forms the line across which the two great armies of the cvntiuent are ‘ed face to face, * Brigadier General Doubleday has iwaugurated a feature in bis division which should be adopted in overy other in the arnry, It consists of an ‘‘engiaecr avd constructive corps,” the object of which is tw pioneer the division | or army corps durimg the marches, to prepare the way for the column, se fort. com- which possibie, It often occurs by & march obstructions passage of the wagons and =men which, by & litte fore- hours thought and action, could be prevented, Frequently , too, a bog or mire mcst be paseed, which can be much in: proved by a detachment of men with the necessary im- ente, Sina'l etreams wiust eccasionally be crossed or orded, The “ construction corps” own, in a briof period, fell trees by which a temporary bridge can be made, thus saving an army of men the uncomfortable, not to say anheaithy, consequences of fording. ‘The corps is composed of practical mechanics of various in most part of the mea constituting the « construction corps’? of McDowell’s army, which taat wd HUMOR .Y AU = : WOM bas NEW ‘YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1862. be 8" coossful, but our armies have met with #o maoy #4 im Virginia vhat every ou bocms to bave become §® ® manner distr stful, Alitherto the cavairy have always been in the advance when in the face of thocnemy, but as the Rappahggnock is now the dividing lune the cavairy are allowed to in quietly in the rear until the artilery aud infamry shail Raye crossed and routed the foe, General Bayard, who is the yeungest, and, as every one whe knewe hum can testi'y,one of tho most efficient brigadier generis in the service, is constantly busy in getting his regiment in good fighting trim preparatory to a active winter campaign. His regiments have seen #0 much service that many of his ine und horses bad be- come unfit for duty, but the tow days of reat which they have had of Jate has been very beneficial. Nothing of general interest hae transpired sinoee my ast, swith the exception of General Frauklin’s move- ment. ‘The monotony of camp life was varied yeeterday by tho erection of a tall flagstaff and the raismg of the Stare an: Stripes. The camping ground of the First New Jersey cavalry, which ts hors high elevation, was selected as most appropriate spot for the ceremony. Every- thing was in redinegs at the dress parade of the regi- ment, and the troops drawn up in line, and ata given signal from Mijar Reaumont, who was 1h command. band struck up the “Sur Spangled Banner,” emblem of our notionakty was fluttering in the breeze. Three such hearty cheers have not been heard upon the sacred soil of old Virginta for many a day ag were heard ‘upon this occasion, General Bayard arrived upon the ground just in Lime to witness the ceremony. ‘These incidents, which are of no especial interest to tho country in general. go to make up the history of ‘life in camp,” aud will be remembered by those taking part in them long after this featricidal war shall haye been ended aud tho Uuion for which we are fighting sbail have been restored. hvery one, for the past day or two, who could elther buy of borrow a papur has been devouring tho Presi« dent's Me-sage. The general expression ju regard to it is : tory. the “grardual emancipation” porvion of it ae © meet with universal favor, us it sooms to open a way ‘or putting an end to the war, provided the slavo- hoiding States can sce it in thesame light. ‘The main por tion of ihe army would hull any measure with delight that Id put an honorable ond to the war, and at the same time deieat the political purposes of the ulica abulitionists. Niue-tenths of the army entered the so vice from pa- triotic motives, 16 perpetuate the gio: juuds* Union and flag under which we have been go prosperous; but when they fee the leaders of the party in power endeavoring to make it a war for the purpcse of carrying ous thelr party viows and measures, they become reckiegs of results and un- mindiul of what they wail gain by a victory, ‘The President, from bis houest intentions and conserva tive measures, seems to enjoy the full confidence of tho army. Our Fredericksburg Correspondence, Nur Army Corrs, OProgrre FREDERICRABUPG, Va,, Lec. 5, 1862. Quiet in Our Corps—Stonewalh Jackson at Fredericksburg— List of Recent Deaths inthe Army, de., des Nothing new. This, unfortunately, is the only thing I have at the present time to teil you. iverything is as quiet here ag cn a Sunday, and noone would suspect that we were eoncar the enemy were it not for the active preparations that are being made on every side for some grand movement. Tho solaiers are never idle. We have regimental and brigade drills, inspections and reviews ‘ave now of almost daily ocourrence, aud jn.all other re- Spects we are full as busy as the rebels on the other side of the Rappahannock. Strong fortidcations are being erected, behind which aro placed guns of the heaviest calibre, and other things of like nature are being done, an idea of which it would ‘ve highly improper to give. ‘The news from the other side appears to confirm the statemont that Jackson and his force are there, Jackson’s headquarters being within eight miles of tho city of Fre- derjeksburg. Tneir pickets still occupy the river front ; but we can with perfect safety travel on this wido of the river, they having no desire to molest us, ‘The citizens of Falmouth are greutty alarmed for the safety of the: lery duel, they are uncomfortably placed between two firés. There area few Union people there ; but they are proce & of the very poorest class, their more favored a 4 having taken themselves to a more secure place of retreat. ‘The following ie liet of the deaths which occurred in the Ninth corps during the month of November :— James King, Oo. G, 17th Mich , Nov. 20. Frank fl. Woek#, (o. 1, 17th Mich., Noy. 12. ' Corporal J. K, Jone, Co, 1, 45th Pa. , Nov. 1. Henry Booral, Co. E, 100th Pa., Nov. 2. | Corpora} Georye C. Barer, Co. C, 36th Mass. , Nov. 5. | Corporal George W. Perry, Co. G, 30th Mase, , Nov, 13. | Wm. B. Swift, Co. B, 86th Mass. , Nov. 15. Arthur F. Pierce, Co. tee Mass. Nov, 19. Oxborne ‘lain, Go. —, 6th N. H., Nov, 20. Nahata D. Laighton, Co. H, 9th N. Hi., Nov. 14. Joseph Pierce, Co. K, 9th N. H., Nov.'27. Jos. Jerome Kenyon , Co. A, 7th R. I., Nov. 25. Jovephus Franklin, Co. [, 7h R 1., Nov. 29, George Dingler , Co. | ist Pa., Nov. 10. Brackett, . 86th Mass., Nov, 10. Roc George Menry , Vo, 1°, 35th Mass. , Noy. 8. Benj. Covert, tery L, 2d N.Y. Nov, 21. Carl Wiedzman, Battery 1, 2d N. ¥., Nav, 23. ©. 8. Wells, Co. I, 11th N. ., Nov. 28, Liigi Morelli, Co. H, 108d N. ¥., Nov. 13. 8. Maiiahester, Co. ¥, 4th R. 1, Nov. 25. Aibert Foaket, Co. B, 11th Coun., Nov 22, Joseph While, Co. H, 11th Conn. , Nov. 28. Corporal Charles A. Staples, Ce, G, 21-t Conn. , Nov. #1, John M. Brackett, Co. D, 21st Conn., Nov. 26. Charles H. Brown, Co, H, 21st Oonn., Nov. 27. Interesting from North Carolina. OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENCF. Brocxave Ory Witmixaron, N. C., Pec. 3, 1862 Three Prices Captured in One Day, c. A schooner this morning attempted to run the blockade at New Inlet, but was chased ashore by the United States Steamers Mount Vernon and Cambridge, and was soon de- Stroyed, This happened about daylizht, and at eight A. M. the Cambridge captured the schoonor Emma Tuttle, of Nassau, also attempting to run the blockade. At noon the schooner Brilliant, of Nassau, was captured by the United States steamers Daylight and Mount Vornon, thus miking three veanels lost to the rebels in one day. This ys the eighth vessel either captured or destroyed by the Cambridge, Mount Vernon and Daylight within thirty aye. OUR NBWRBRN CORRESPONDENCE. Newsman, Dec. 4, 1862. What the Rebels are Doing In and About Wiimingion— What Dees it Mcan?—Free Labor Association—Cotond Indien, dec. , de. From information received through what is deemed a reliable source, we learn that the rebels of inte have be" come suddenly and unusually active in and about Wil mington. They are mining the roads leading to the city on the New Topsail Inlet side. Now, all we have to do as regards this matter, is to take a few prisoners, make them precede our foree, and thus discover or suffer frem said mines. But from wha@we learn there is another side to ‘this matter. The rebels are vory shrewd in regard to it, in that those who lay the mines are to be sent to ight with the rebel army in Virginia, in order that they cannot bo compelied, either from force of circumstances oF position, to reveal the mines’ whereabouts, iu the event of their falling 08 prisoners into vur hands. In Wilmington the rebois are actively engaged in moving heavy guns, Whether these guns are being moved out of town, with a view to the eyacuation.of K.stern North Carolina, or to new positions or fortifications we do pot know. At any rate, we do know thot great activity pre- vails ia the neighborhood of the seacoast. There ix beth a public and private Freo Labor Associa. Hon in this State, Its headquarters are at Beaufort. Of it it may enovunter as little delay as | the publicassociation over one huudred are members. Abram Congleton ts President. Colonel Lediey,of the third New York artillery, was last evening presented with a beautiful sabre. All the art in this department bas been formed into a brigade, the same to bo under the command /{ Vol. Ledley, Acting Brigadier General. Barning of an Orphans’ Farm School. Rocugarsn, Pa., Dec. 7, 1862 ‘The Orphans’ Farm Schoo! at Zelienopie, Butler county, Pennsylvania, was burned on Saturday morning. Tho ehildren were saved. The building, costing twenty-five summer rendered such efficient service in ropairing the | thousand dollars, with the furniture, provisions, elothing» (woensed at Cel. Steckton that to be | Aquia Railroad and bridges om she Ki nocck, at Fre- ten rm hm aad ron Tie oe of the mont | Caannuyaar: ap, iy fag, | Hv Tey comes mendasious newspaper paragraphs on recor. There ie | Najor Charice F. Livingston, with Captain G. D.chitten- | The Story of the Capture of the Harriet 206 6 werd of truth in the whole of is, dea, Seventy ixth New York, Volunvears; First Lieu. [rom the © eerie De 63 Captsin Robert L. Livingston, of Gen, Butterfiela’® . Be Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers, a Deo. 6. taf, let to-day for bone, Having Vendored his reetgna. | Ziftt Lieutenant ©. Ford, Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, as Pi ete ta ln ite oh enatgc tres 0 beste, be fo gut ‘laiing tisha She aperies be Camp Naan Broons’ Station, Va., Doc. 4, 1862. re ee neat en ee an renee the ustained a Cow days oince from being thrown bye vicious | ZN Cavalry Not Fe Moving—Gen, Frankiin at Bell | foeout of the tauel track. Aa Captain Peabody, and: 14 and unmanageable bores, It ie his purpose, however, on Plain—A Flag Ratsing—The Prevident’s Message, dc. crew were thirteen days on the pirate, Wie the restoration of bis health, to rejoin the service. In my lettor of last evening I informed you that Gen, Sore sph ee rag gent arrived at Fall ‘River on the hie dutiog- an ald toGen, Bauer. | Bayard had received marching orders, and that day. | {n0" Save’ been inthe. immediate ‘enc od noc all trying soenes Of the | light this morning would probably find ua in the saddle, | pound wo and from New Yerk across ihe Atlantic. A 1 Rothe aged oi aa wanntuanee. 6 ‘This has proved true as far as our grand divinion ie con. | clearer statement of dates and poditions would be desira- mat ieee Hie withdrinral the ‘starr Gen, | CM*ped, but, moch to our regret, the order in relation ¢° Dre tadiner Gone tbe trek o€ therbate ninry? ins wo tered ie deeply regreted, alike By the Commanding the cavairy was countermauded, eaunot find any reeord of the brig Hiram. elthec leaving ai lig fem geting ogg General Fraoklin struck tents to-day and now osoupies | Pictou or arriv' at Pall River, and Decause Captain Eatin to accepting pay from the front tor | 2 Saatemimecanan tndoabiadly the com Corer ot hi bark rho foatdes bere, The rntssesne = mencement of active operations. . ‘Tho Fifth New York regiment (Duryee's Zouaves) | It te the general Sopromen vans weghin oly oF two seernat wi a eal envied Oo Would elon pe Ry the sound of heavy gums will again be heard, and our fave obtained Tull particulars, it ‘ot froma the Gap. ia forma in front of army will either have succesfully orossed the Reppatan. | “00! Ure rach deapatoh from Portland staten it they | nook or else have been ignominiously repulsed. We hore, | that Captain i’ ly had borrowed certain articles of ce Of ari | WHO Bre on the ground and have opportunitics of judg. | plothing in that ciyy ead Had gone on ® skating exoure oy of eveomium are | ng of the immensity of our army and the general pe veg ve the partieulare of bist neon Digh inerite, The Major ie now | feeling among the men, believe and doubt act that we! ture, The pronounces the story ‘' ” themsel ves and property, as, in case of an artil- | NEWS FROM THE SOUTR WEST. Interesting from Arkansas and Missouri. Gen, Blunt’s Prompt Movements in the Southwest. The Destruction of the Rebel Sakpetre and Powder Mills at Yellville, SUFFERINGS IN HINDMAN’S ARMY, OU OT ED THE “GEN. McNEIL” TROUBLE, de, ue, Hutena, Ark., Nov, 23, 1862. ‘The Course of Prade— Seirmishing—dMaj. Sam Walker , of ihe Fifth Kansax— Another Repedition Under Way—Ite Pro. davle Destina um—Hs Composition and Strritgth—Ai Quiet,at Lielena, de. The course of trade in this portion of Arkansas does not soem to run more pinvothly than that proverbially ascribed Wo true joye. Every woek brings forth some now arrangement of a matter which would be best if left unarranged, At one time we have a revenue agent, who issues permits to buy; at another time the whole business 's transacted at headquarters, and Mnally, a fortuiznt ago, wo bid a board of trade appoiuted by General Hevey. ‘This all thought was @ permanontestablishment, which would put at rest this'vexed question of trade or ne travle- Scarcely, however, had we settied ourselves in ibis ploas- ing illusion when a new order from General Stole abolished the newly established board and transferred whe whole business to the Ireasury Department, What :nay be the exact reasons for this stop {s ef course known only to a few; but, as usual, ramor is busy enough in furnishing the ignorant with information. Most prominent among the assigned reasons is the one that cortain mem dors of the board had been ongazed tn Segal aud unwar rantable transactions, abusing their positions for private ends. 1 give Chis for what it is worth, without at all youching for its correctness. Skirmishing iso’ constant occurrence in this vicinity. Occasionally w prisoners are captured, few killed ,or wounded on either side, and this is usually the ex. tent. Day before yesterdiy a three days’ scout, under Major Walker, of the Fifth Kansas, returned to camp | Thoy ecoured the country back of Helena in all dir tions, but were unable to get a fight out of the rebels: | She.ling the woods and urning a house were the princi pal resuits of the expedition, Major Sam, Walker, of the Fifth Kansas cavalry, is , the repatation of a dashing, dare-devil sort of a fellow, who would rathor fight thaneat, He is brave as Julius Cmsar—braye to a fault, and yet prudent and careful whore he is not personally concerned, The country peo- ple rogard him much as the Saracens did Richard Cour de Lion; and yet @ kinder, more generous man neyer porience, to cope with buehwhackers, he las made him- self a terror to them, and bag won for himeelf a brilliant Yoputation for dash and daring, Your renters will roosl- Ject him 93 @ prominent actor in the Kansas troubles? and aa shoriff of, Douglas county in that then Terriiory. ‘The expedition of whieh I wrote you in, my last having failed, another, under the sdme commanding gonerals, has boen propared, and last evening started frem this placo on a flcet Of srangports some sixteen {n number. I accompanied it as far as its point of discmbarkation, and h then returnod, not being able to gofurther. It consists «f about 6,000 infantry avd 2,000 cavalry, who go without tents, baggage 0: camp oy ipage, and without tr: tion more tha Dareiy suiticient to ¢ rry the amount of subsistence. Leaving the boats at smail town in Viseissippl, some eight miles below the troops bivouacked for the night beside mau camp fires, At sour o’elock this morning the land wus begun, and by eight nearly the whoig f out of sight, going stea ily on, with their tn heart of Pixie, Success is indeed jos Dilitios are hordly im its ‘avor, (ae w mate are all unce: jin, and the may mar the whole expeditio ¢ engaged in it, and, if bealth, stren ovemeut aud hopo will achieve the may have the pleasire of sending yi A large proportion of the troops are from newly a regiments, wir the most of Lew. Wallace's old « Jt ts a somewhat mooted question whether the exp will return at uli or not. Aside (rom this expedition all is quiet in camp, ckot, wicket, ant company, baita'ton and br oceupy the time of the men, and make it pas pleasantly and heakbily. We are not, however, with hopes of s/eedily being called upon for something more martial than this. May the good time 500° come is the earnest wish of one and all, Rao wile Our St. Lo Corrzspondence, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1862. | The Rebels Pail to Trap General Blint—Story of a lrisoner from the Cane Hill But le—Dertruction of Sal/pelre Works at Yeliviile—Eeplotion of Radical Schemes—The McNeit Case, fe., de. * ‘Since the return of the Army of the Frontier from Ar- kansas to the neighborhood of Springfeid the rebels in thestate mentioned have taken great courage, Many have conceived the fancy that the return to Missour! was compulsory, and are futl of the belief that no Union army ean invade Arkansas successfully. They had gathered a few thousand conscripts near the Bostom Monntain and laid plans for trapping General Blunt, who remains io advantageous contiguity to either Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas or the Indian Territory, preparing to strike in either direction, as the emergency may require. The in- formation received at headquarters indicates that the rebels considered they had a dead thing when they march. od Marmaduke’s column forward to annihilate Biuut in detail. But, like the Mamelukes, who caleniaied to over_ throw Napoleon in Egypt by numerical strength, the re. bel Marmadvge was foiled in his scheme by the | Prompt manwuyering of General Blunt and by the brief bat sanguinary engagement | Ouly five prisoners wore taken in thie engagement. One of | thom arrived in St. Louis last night. Iwas present at | hoadquarters when he was brought,there this morning to | ve questioned, The prisoner i# a young Missourian, who enlisted in the Missouri State Guard, and fdught under Price at Wilson's orvek, Lexington and Pea Ridge. His name is Butler, and be hails from Glasgow, in Howard county. His description of the eufferings of Hindman’s army in Arkansas is very vivid. Mo says the woder- standing among the men was that they would wioter along the Missouri river, in which eveut he ¢ sleulated to re* turn to his heme. The promise was held out by their off!” Deaton in the tirst fight, and when the retreat from Gene” ral Schofield took place across Boston Mountain the off” cers were openly derided by their men for cowardice. ‘The rebels claim to bayo saved Vicksburg by this diver. sion in Arkansas, Young Rutler (he is scarcely ove? twenty-two years of age) was taken prisouer, he says, by his own desire. Any torture the federais may iufitct canpot be worse than the sufferings of bis fellow rebels in Arkaasas. His account of the tight waa uninteresting, as he was captured in the first charge and seut to the reve. Geueral Heron, at 5) Meld, doos uot willingly let the | erase under his feet. Having received juforinstion | that the rebels at Yellville were busily engaged in manu- Pees eye y unpowder, and bad & battaion at the guard a pai) General Heron detailed the First the Wisconsin and the ‘Tenth Ulinols om to tw Feltville avd destroy | the works in q Gallantiy they wmed the task. About sizty prisoners were captu five hundred ‘and arms, and tho valtpetre works and po mills blown up with rebel powder. The same Gaueral Curtis (rem ns are may noteons feat to the! ed subsequent battle o. Pea Ridge, m March last. the are in a ferment over the t tht (ise returns received at Jefferson City elect a ity of con sorvatives to the Legisiature, aud that the emancipation iets are jn @ mi aii. This spoils many a af ay . tw wi and the wit the Legislature meets, re a @ Many members elected from remote countiés whose p +}tion on the great question je unknown, except to sheir immediate constituents. tt turn one way or the other, and all clahns of thir | or party are premature. Ano\ ber matter worries the radicals materially, It is ig ity ourrently rmored that Governor Gambie has seourcd en, sci thal n't ‘be applied to Maur, Be rt, aa this State, free from Confederate armieg and Wa” | ed ag follows HE NEW YORK HERALD. . —- PRICE THREE CENTS troops, # not proper!y a State in rebellion. has roores:nted to the Hesidant thet Me be salely je't wo the decision of the ext Legisiatnre, that there will be enough counervative monibers to join with the morltorate em tioniats to dev! does not | ticable and popular move of carrying grad.al emancipation poltey inte eilee Bult the radicaie, They wre howling for i tiate abo tion, and would overturn the institution of siavery In Migaouri with anarchy and confusion if they conid A report ie tn et-ciiation, and has found its way into the city papers, thit a messenger i# in town under a the of truce from Geveral Holmes, the rebel ¢mmnanter at Littie Rock, with a domand on Cenoral Curtis for the s1r~ "rendor of General” MoN®il, who some time slncesbot ten rebels in North Missouri Were it not for the threat, in ease of refusal, to bang ten Caton 8,the alfair wold be eupreme'y ludicrons, this demand out Here st ay im Impudence. Jei Davis refuses to recognize Misaourt gnerillis as Confederate sol‘iors when thoy are aflered Lo Dim for exchange, and yet he iesves a brutal de- signed to protect them. ” MeNetl can nevor be yielded up, no matter what unfortunate consequences may result from the refrsal, y All sorts of improbable stories are aflont concerning tho appointment of this, that or another general to supersede Genoral Curtis, T> the outward vision, Ceneral 'la'eck and the [resident have the most periect confide e in Curtis, and. there if no intention ef removing him at all, Stil), it his been reported that Wool, Buell, Pope. Hail. ton, Cullum or Keyes will be his aucocesor. Vovements in Mississippl, which may eventuate in re- pening the river, are recelved with a lively interest in thix city. The orders from Memphis have increased very Tapldly gince the pr. spect openéil of supplying a large ter- ritory, hitherto in the bands of rebsla, with goods, Cot ten epecuiators are buying un Tennessee money at a pro miuinfto operate with in Miesiseipplaud Tennosee. it is said that one individ-al bar bad an immense om unt of shinolsters struck off, parporting to have bee issnet by myth banks in Ceo via and Alybani, wrth which ts delude the unsophi-ticaced in Mis-issinpi. Moyemenis of troops from this eity are lively, but tho detaiw are cou traband, de. INTERESTING FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA, Official Report of the Succcssful Expedic tion to Greenb: County Camp Somervitie, Va,, Nov. 12, 1962. Brigadier Genera! Croox, commanding Kanawha Divi: B10 — Sin—J herewith submit a report of my expedition into Greenbriar county. Un the 9th inst proceeding agreeable to ordor, 1 bi- Yourckod three miles beyond Ganley river On the morn sng I marched all day without interraytion, bur Larned that General Jenkins, nel Huun’s force, occupied U Dunn’ with 2.500 men, in addition ty Colo. wutry belore ine, Ration mn ant between jewis | dow Blifls, pasturing horses. 1, | William: notable man in this country, Among the rebels he has | lived. Pro-eminently calculated, by his past Kansas ex- at Cano Hill: | cers constantly that the Union army at Springfleld could be | yvlar Virginia cavalry aL Mew h a battalion of four hundred cavalry on the Wiidernoss road ae agnord a i force at White Sulphur, and General bh mainder ofehie commant, on Muddy at Lewisburg, ever, pushed forward until within three miles of sburg, W ore | came upon a wagon trat OF: ing to Geueral ‘enkins’ © and. Ley were enc for the night, titending t) loal with wheat the day. J surrounded aud captured tue prisoners aud property, na toll we | named J, 1. Evaue, Cavtain and Ac’ ing missary: Win. L Evans, waton master; (sulisted men), theee wagoners (ouizen wagonors apd two citizens, who were pres: | rested in the grata. | ‘The property taken ie as follows. —Twenty three horses ant ‘our mules, and twer t; Ater setting fire to and dai with the bailding it meeting Captain mi river, teu miles from Gauley rive ‘arrived in this camp with the « o'clock P.M. onthe 11th tust. 1 bed, Im aes befr wagons Grain for my h burg and Frankfort, the Fourt cavalry at Willamsbary, one regi and jie sted the gr in toa my return, ¢mmand on Cherry ferd. dove prisovers at five ound the reads very AS vory scaree, se while xone. if wheat. ye the honor to bo, very respectfully, oho dient servant, GaLW. GILstUke, Captain Commanding Kauay ha ivtsion, Thomas ©. 3: i b,and isthe man wt GW. G, One of the citiz Correspondence, Chantmsre 1 Dec. , 3, 1842, General Jenkins’ Rebel Cr alry—Huw They are Dispowd— The Thirly- iath Ohio in’ Winter Quarters—A Dress Parade—Cen ral Crooiss and the History of the Reji- ment, de, Matters in this department are quiet at present, The enemy are juno vonsiderab'e foree in the Kanawha dis- tuet. Jenkins’ rebel brigade of cavalry, about three thousand strong, bas boon separated into detachinents of from one to two hundred oneh, and distributed at diler- ent points in our front and on our flauks. The reason of their separation into sinail bodies is owing to the diftl- culty of abtaining forage for so Jarge body of horses. Theve detachments of rebels are to-carry on a guerilla warfure during the winter, aud prisoners ree*atly cap- tured assert it is the intention of the rebeis to draw supplies from ug during the winter by making raids on our supply chaonele at points where we least expect thom, Gene al Crook is apprised of their intentivus. attecd to them in duc season. by invisatic my Crook, 1 visi meut, ol Andrews, wt L Thirty-wix!le Ohio regi- i pon the eppesite side ot the G (Ikjriver, nour (his town weral, with Liss, con sisting of Caplain Kennedy, sasistant A gutaut deieral; Captan Craig, Al ab Quartermaster; Livutenauts Muchtoright a’ d Mov dls de Camp, Jett’ beaiqaurters ip Charieston at four o'clock YM, We gatoped thr: ugh town ata risk pace, Iu lifleen minutes we ceached Une Eik river, at ite juverion With Lhe @ eat Kanus crossed the former river on & pontoon briige, th sion bridge having bee: on thelr :et eat irom here bing the ey the river we rode a.) a deciivitous road tor a few husdred yards, wien we reached a yast piat-au, or flevl, at ihe Torthest part of which the Thi ty sixth Ohiv regiment ie encamped. Lookig towards the encampment tt lo ked | like wm iittie vil Tne troops have gone into winter quarters, fhe goverment furnisved the Tegimont with Sibley tout, wut the troope, leviy of pine boards and mpinent au appear. ane yf a youd-sized aud ceepectabe joking viliaze, General Crock proceeded to the tent of the commandant of the regiment. The C post and gave the General a soldie.’s w paments or the day were “xchanged. a: cap to take @ short ride ou the return in ashort time t wituess the dres regiment. theu up a hill side, from tie situmit of which we had an unobstructed view oi the great Aanawha vailey for miles arcund., The @eneral noted att the prominent pons and hilis for fature use, i case any conting rey should arime, We then :eturned again to camp. ¢oionel Andrews ro- ceived us again, and we dixmounted. 11 just forming for dreas parade. In the } | several of the soidera’ tents to learn how were provid-d with shelter. The Sibley teuts were set upon wood work ex feet high, aud oun forming to the shape of the tent, tho latter making @ sort of canopy. Tho tente ure provided with wooden berths for fifteen men, They are well floored, | each having @ brick flveplace. b iit by the soudiors them. xeives. In several of these fireplaces—whien, by. th way, aro of the old fashioned sty lo—there were huge tires, | with the hietorical backlog in tne porepecuve. ibe teats were in good order und scrupulwsly veat, fhe oltivers | have board shanties; furni hed wiih ruetic fuemitur All officers and men appear to enjoy theniseives h Afver our partial ispection of the camp Lae wat and the canpanies mi ched to the parade geouua and formed line. Let me say bere thet ‘Thirty-sixth Obio i not to be cla overy regiment in the service, ue “crack” regiment, proverbialiy know plines Ohio regiment in the tlvid, and second ty none in the forvice. It was roused nar Mariotta, Uo, and was for merly commanded by Colonel (wow Genera) Crook. ib was through that officor's mstrymentali'y it atiaived Ps | present fame The General brought inty the reciieut@ | West Point education and @ long experiesce in the fuld on the frontiers as ca, fantry, As the regimont was torming line Co'onel Ans | drews solicited General Crook to take commend of his “oid boys’ He modestly declined mere spectator. As the line was drawn 1 particularly admired the regiment iu avid, determined appea ance of the by therrown ingemaity and Joc, have managed to give the en he General left promising, to rade of the owe Visited the tioops. They stoot lice statues. ‘Their tent appear. | ance, the scrupulous care displayed in adjusting thelr | equipments, the giitt-ring appearance of uveir arms and their bronzed countenances impreseod the vebolder with | anding the their valor as suldiery. As their regimental color waved jn (he strong breoze that was blowing ut the time I saw in golden letters the inscriptions, Carni(ax,’’ “Lous berg,” “Seath Mountain’ and A: Ih all these battios this rezinent ‘participated. an: the gellantey At iu bury, in May, 1862, this wi nnder tao cominand of Colonel Crovk, fought and routed three rebel fegime.te, ander the rebel General Heath, At the other batties jnseribed on their banner thoy with the same determination against numbers, but with similar snecess. The form droes = parado § was wih, and, im addition, @ drill arms, The movemeuts were exeauted with precision and ib avieon—ae oe pret mac! mt over one U od med, among whom, in the ranks, are, some of the principal agriculturists of Ohto, Colonel Andrews, ‘the succosser of Colonel Crook, holds a hich pubse and social rauk in Obiv and bere, He was for: | merly Vrove-sor of the Marietta Theviogidal College. When the war Re wue laid down 8 jayod in each crowned thein with Sanaa r 0 regiment, his thology and ap Ho is & steriing bas good soldier, end oni the Union — In the line @ are gentlemen of docome good very Leigag fled & wumerous gather returned to town after it } nde-troyed was about iwo hundred and fifty | m of Brigutigr General | Away we went, galloping over the plain and | myanies were | °4 nin the Fourth United States ine | oowing to act as a’ | regimeut musters | NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE, Another Member of Co 8 to be Elected from Southeastern Virginia=The Vir- ginians Anticipating the President’: Bmaneipation Prociamation, vourkes Monrom, Dec, 5, 1862 To-morrow General Vielo, as Military G vornor, will Insue a proclamation and a writ of election for «a membor of Congress from the Nortolk detrivt, comprising the counties of Norfolk, Princess Anue, Nansomend and isi® of Wight, with the cities of Norfolk ani Portamouth, A large vote will be polled, as the residevts re anxious wo save their slavs property from the eilects of the Presi- ent’s proclamatien by conforming to its req virements, \t is known that Ton. Joseph Segar has su Jod tu haying his district—the counties of Northampton, Acco imac, Charles City, Ehzxbeth City and Warwick—exemor- ed by the President from the effect of his late prociama tion. A heavy storm bas been racing here all day. The Fortress Monroe Mall Boat. Battimour, Ihc. 7, 1868, Tha Old Point boat arrived this afternoon, She did nor yeave till Saturday alternvon, on xecount of a high gale, which bas prevaile| ail day. Disasters are feared, No pews was received Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence, Forrke # Mowaog, f 6, 1862 The Departure of Gnevol Keves for Washingion— (he MePow U Inve tigaty —The Retrlsand the brue—Corre spondence Belween Gover Henry A. Wise ant Genera? Keres, dee. Major General Erasmus 1. Keyer, commanding tho Fourth Army corps, came from Yorktown this morning and leaves this evening. for Weshington, ng beaw sun m ned to appe rasa witness in the MeDewell court martial, Te will be remensty red that Major General Keyes commanded a division under Met owell at the Brat bath of Pull eum, and distin bimecif weat'y for colnet aud bravery. and having boon in che thickest of the fighy is uppored to know coneiderable f the career of’ Genera | | | } Mebewell on that memory le day. General Kayes raver reluctantly leaves bia com | mand, thouch temporarily, bat he has sofueed them | with high prineiplos of discipiine and anmned York | town into an American Gibraltar of defines, k eyes is too good a soldier not ty obey eres otha wi proban y be away a week or les Tu th tim | Brigadier General Na, ee, a set ior oficer ) have command of the ures on the peninsula durig lve ptay of Gen. | eyes at Washington, I pave been favored with a ory of a corresnonteneo relative to the Wiliansburg (Ya.) Lunatic Asylum frou the rebel General Hen'y A. Wire to Major Goneral | yes, | ty axcertain the troth of rnmors and newspaper state | ments alleging that the United States forces inted the | asylum fur military purposes, which J append; likewise the anewer of Major Gereral Keyes. The o rrospondence willbe found tp eme, and sa yors strongly of @ 1K 1D Folation | to our Corchieations, he jodowing is the ettor of Lenry | A, Wises ‘aaThay’s Fara, | ny, 27, 1962, | Town Ovr1 oe CosmaxDine THE Uxnien srates Forums at Wri riamencre, Va | Sin—Relatives of (he unfortunate inmates of the Lunatic | Aevinm iw the city of Wiluom-burg have become greatly | alarmed and distressed by se ing it stated. in ube news- papers of the ‘ay, and by reports and rumors seeming contirm these stavements, 7 1. That the United sia'es authorities have removed, or | intend to remove, either ali or # portion of the inmates of the state funat to some Northern lucality or BinGabe Heavge aRTERS, tu | elsewhere unknown: nud | 2. Tht eiuce tho invasion of Williamsburg by the | United Staten fous 0 Ubey have oceuvied @ large portion of the buiiding of the State Lunatic Asylum for military nies, and 3 ‘that they have so disturbed alt discipline and roy | lations of police as t wal thet aes and the vari- | ous classes Of inmates in the Gunatic Asylum Logether iv the same wards and apart tas, These complauts have been made by the f.miljes and friewis of he pationts to the Present of the Confece- uty States. He hos orceved propor inquiries to be mule, | and J am authorized to send a tag of truce to you at Wil- | liameborg to agourtwin tha reo\ state of facts In regard to these allegetions, Ptrust [need not sty that the Con fede ate wnthorities are not willing to © these ftate- | mews ave Ure without be iny mor OF Hewspapers, and Ww cnemy the urtanity of vindicating Lis reputation wore the civilized word against at doubt as to luhu- manjty like the Therefore this ag of truce im gent to soothe and quiet apprehension, naturally and excusubly | excitable fp mothors, fathers, brothers, sisters, busbands | wives and trends, and to pay resp ct to tho tendorest | charities of life and the most aw/ul alilictione of mau- | Kind—charities and witlictions #0 waured that Staves and | God only can deal with them with proper ¢ aod such | as are always keyt sae from all intrusion, The | Lupatic asy! at Williamsburg i & State char- tubie institution, long established a | character of hospilais the most exempt of trom the least touch of war, When the building# of the | venerubie William and Mary College were burned, her ancient volumes of e 1 Revolution and Amer the j resident of the © y the verdict of all civitized men, and ho protest was called for from bim. , of autitction | Stares abited sitar wed the But bow tht th are eard to be wh these + er authority that: thet of Heaven tw Christianity. For Lieutenant Coiouel R. Harsison and Major Stack, of my command, Task an interview with you im persop, aod | that they may be pecmitted, under parole of honor, as | officers and gentlemen, to wake any aud all proper inqui- | ries wud mspection necessary w evable them to on fully aud accu vely otf that matter of this comman| tion, Tam, sir, ies: respectfully , HiNKY A. WISE, Brigndier General. On receipt of the abs communicated wii aor € lowing lotter in answer to General Wise — Hsapyuartae, Founin Anwy Comrs, Youxsown, Va., Dec. 3, 180%. To Brigadier General H. A, Wim, C. 3. A., commanding, te., Chafa’s farm :— Sia—Your communication of the 27th ult. , addressed to ~ | the oiticer commanding the forces ut Williamsburg, and brought by Colovei Har: ison and Major Black under a flag of truce, bas eS ee to aay “a Mao. General Dix, commaudiog department, decirfod that those officers caunot be allowed to come within our lines, but that Mr. Douglas, the supertstendent of the La atic Asylum, can see them and lay before them | @ statement of the exact condition of the institution an inmates, It ts mot the intention the | a y authority given to ocvnpy the build- jug of the asyluin .or mi itary purposes, further Uaan was. necessary lor protection, A surgeou of the Uvited States forees has been directed to render bis provessioual ageiet- ance the lunatics, and full ratious of previsions have | been issved to them, Coal is now being sent op, and nothing in my power has been omitied to render the * fortunate intates of the asylum as comfortable as eireul ! stances will permit, Your communication, though based avowedly on rumor and ne} reports, evinces a disp sition to credit — e of cruel: ty towards the insane, since you associate the | Tumors with the destruction of the fe William and Mary Collego, assuring that to have been dove by us. Tho college bi iidings w rq burned ip the confusion of byt vilized wariare. {fully that the awful attietions and the tender charities w th -y deserve to awake jo our breaats, and which are main subject of your communication, should be from every wach of war They snail be so far prevent, and I would not, to spite you nor cause, do acts deserv’ the of the civilized world, and ta arbitrament of that higher tribanal to which fer, Heaven shieid us! Who knows which deserves the greater pity, the poor lunatic in the asyium as Willlame- burg, or the men who have made this war! Ihave the honor to be, sir, respectiully your most obedient servant, 52 & 5. i 5 = ef E. D. KEYES, Magir Genoral commanding corps. ‘The ekirmish ov the Llackwater on Mon twas e very brillimnt little affair, and Col. Samuel P. Spear, com- Kleventh Pennsylvania cavalr, the cntire expedition, ovvered themselves with glory, He leaded a cavalry charge in person, and, without a fot, decided the action solely with the sabre. Gen. Peck, * ag well ag Major Genera! Dix speax in the bigbest terms | the bravery and tact of Cokmel spear. Mr. Porter sher- man, @ New Yor! ebant, is at present on @ visit to this place on business with the government, ersonal Intell Hinges of ah ith A. dD john A. Varker and 8. H. Price aud = p> castor, Pu., are stopping at the St. Nicholas gar and Goorge F. Austin, of the B. Parker, of St. Lania; A.B. Lyon, of California; H. K. Randle, of Mayland; , and Ben. Holladay, Jr.,@f New Yi stopping at the Metropylitan Hotel, M. Robinson, of Vermont; F. P. Thompson Rice, of Boston; L. Sturtevant, of New Urieans; B. Mar~ shail and wife, of Phi 5. aud J. Ww. @. Ai Ways Se Maem Now York. are atupping at Lord Auguetus Loftas, ree alee ee WH BO recalled, ‘aw Toads to re.tuce him by an oker he aooredited as a Hon. Jean the United States Army; Parkeraborg, Pa , and ot ———