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days from Calentta, bount to Boston ; with afall cargo o¢ ‘Mnseod, saltpotre, gunny bags, &e., and whon in latitude “wenty-cight thirty north, longitude fifty-eight west» it being the 8th of November, we saw the slabama in hase of « schooner, but did not know st (hat time there ‘were any privateers on the ocean, Tho Alabama, as #000 @8 she made us out, gave up the chase of flie schooner and came to us, and we were seized in due form, and transferred to the pirate, Captay Lfueolu bad his wife with him, aud we had as passengeré the American Consul to Mauritius, his wife and family, ‘Phe ladies, with Captain Lincoln and the Consul, were taken down aft, and were not ironed, and allowed some privileges. I was not put in irons, but the re mainder of our crew wore. Captain Lincoln was allowed to retain his sextant, as it ‘was the gift of a deceased relative. ‘The mainyard of the Wales was takon to replace tho mainyard of the Alabama, which had beon sprung in carrying & heavy press of sail. The pirates, after removing the people anda fow article? from the vessel, set her on fire, and sho was soon burned up. : Hight of our men, and the second mate—an English ‘mau-Jjolned the piratical crew, some of them at the ting Being under the influence of bad liquor, given to them to induce their signing the ship’s articles. The Alabaraa is in a dirty condition, most of her crew D log dissatistied with the cruise, and especially the ofi- ‘They fear being captured aud hung as pirates. The description of the Alabama, as published in the Papers, 8 correct; but her cr. w is overestimated in num bers,wiich is plainly shown in the d aire to stip all the menthoy can induce to desert their flag and bouor as mon ° Ofthe future movemonts ef the ship the men and off, core ‘enw nothin (, or at least’ they did not let us know anything about them, We wore Jenced at Martinique on the 17th of Novem” ber, and (wok passage in a steamer for St. Thomus, who the Amcrican Consul took charge of us until we went on Voard of the Alice. Captain Lincoln, the Consul and their families went to Havans tw return home and Captain Miller took passage on borrd the brig 8, M. Newall, bound w this port. SHIP T. B. WALES. The ship T. B. Wales was built in Medford, in 1844, and ‘was. owned by T. B, Wuies & Co., of Boston, Sho was 590 tons, and rated A 2. She was a fine vessel, of full model, aud drew about 18 feet. she had two decks auda haif poop eatin, She was cimmanded by Captain Linco:n, & well known shipmaster of Boston. i SHIP LEVI STARBUCK. The Levi Starbuck was a sperm whaler, owned in New Bedford. She carried three boats and a crew of twenty- @ight mer, She was bound on acruise to extend over a period of three years, The cargo of the ship T. B. Wales was valued at $150,000; about $1U0,0v0 msured, including war risk, in Buston, and the balance in New York, ‘Un Woducsday ‘tho owners of the T.B. Wales, shortiy expecting her ar- rival, offered her to a committee of the Boston Goard of ‘Trade to gratuitously convey a cargo of provisions from Boston to the pore Poor in Englund NEWS FROM. NEW ORLEANS, ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP MARION. The Congressional Blections in the Crescent ated Haba and 1 Flanders the Success- faut Candidates, - &e., &e., were, &e, ‘Tho! stcamiship Marion, Cxptain Phillips, from ‘New Or- Jeans, acrived at this port eurly last evenjng. The news areival will be found we'l condensed in the letter of our epecual G.rresponaeut. Our New Orleans Correspondence. Ww Onixans, Lu., Dec. 4, 1862, Pie Bhe'ions in Louisiana—Complete Stonpage of Grog in Now Corleans—The Numbers Poli-d at the Eletion—A Crumde Against Dogs tm the* Crescent City—Gens: ap Poisoning of These Anima's—Theatrrea! Affuirs in New Orlean. atte Of the St. Charles—Fatriotic Mect- ing. de. ‘The elve ids, to Ol up vacancies in the First and Second Congressional districts of the State of Louisiana, came oif yesterday. It passed off very -quictiy, as the thugs and rowdies huye been pretty effectually cleaned out, or as ffectunily rendered powerless for mischief. There was not the iewst excitemevt, And here I may remark (au the way iv which the law directiag barrooms to be closed was obeyed would serve as a pattern for New York, whore a simtlur law is systomatically set at deti- anes. In New York,on election day, 1 have seen thy Police themselves dri..king in barrvoms, yesterday. not only were theBime Pure barroo ; Dut even vin bars attached, had thei In 1s ry sh iw that’ Mr. “Flanders number of votes cast was 13,424. coutiast with thess figures do tbe uch are the fruits of seces- tire voting It for New O leans used to be Dut there Leve were auy Wore votes cast elve fou Leen tioustud, and with the of tha.gery aud mumidativn the voi 11 to about ebb. of nine thousand. rot Messrs Hahn and linders has given @ the Union. Both ace Unionist, and were under he reign 0: tue secessionists. Me. Haba, He must be immensely popu that was nominated uo further ack thar unday mo n.ng by the Prue Veta, Up to chat time Mr. Durell, the nominee of the Union Commit- oe, Was the popular favorie, aud would have been eleoted bu | not Mr. Haha been placed tn the fied. Tue friends of Mr. Jacob Larker were sanguine of bis election; Nt has faleiied their auticipations. What: ivications of this kentleman, it fs as well, perhaps, that he has wot been the peo. le's chuico, He {8 too oli, aud oaght to give way te younger men at a risis when youthful vigur 18 #: mach needed. Acrasade is in active operativa agaist dogs in this city. The Lita rather dogmuticaily demanded atl dogs found running the strects should be deste and categorically catochisod Mayor Deming in respect to his inteation in the premises. this had the effect of pro- curing from tho Mayor a .kase that from and after Mun- day alt dogs found at large must die, whether Puppy, myngre!, hound ‘or whelp, Or cur of low degree. And dire has been the simuyhter, You car now walc all over the city withont meeting a single canine quad- Fuped, Hut I cannot say the method of destruction is | commendable, oven supposiug that the “destruction itself at this eeason'of the your is right. Tho agent of death employed is poigoned sausages. Now, this is cruel. Jt is carrying tite dogma of ‘dog out dog ‘vo an extreme, and 18 a8 bad as tho story old A:sop—or is it Phuedruyy—tells us aboat an being shot by an arrow winged by one of his own featl vied Not betug particularly interested as Ido not keqp hoa we, 1 havo inade no inquiries; Boyt have not the sti dhtast fount ‘that savsages have falleu jn Prive, with a downward leucy. If this be the cane, it ‘will be tho only redeeming feature in the oruet urder’ of Mayor Deming. Seriously, though, here seems to be too Little discritoination in this wholesale destruction of man's best friend. Things are manageit better in Now York of canine execution. There the owner oF a valu- jo dog has au oppurtanity ph hon his favorive; but the indiscriminate use of poison here shuts out all hope of getting buck a good auimal. A case in point occurred in the house where | reside, My landlady ha had a favorite and good Jooking terrier, & most xceomplished rot catch er. By some moavs or other trip, w was bam, ma le his escape (rom dursnce; bet 0.1 Feturned with stvong evidence of having beem,cisoue., aud shortly after he dind, Nuisy, ye! the. certainly « nudesanco yrorthy of the ceath punishment; bat it is a.pity (0 seo a useful dog wanwwnly destroyed. ‘The Varioties theatre was opened on Monday’ night by a Lewis Baker and bts atmirable iroupe o: actors. Pp s the new cored, +)? the @mediatta ov iret Night; or, Deve. house was growded 5 mm f) "quot to cetfiny and the performer udere of applause shor, us Gortrude a 1 @ Lover,’ Vining Bowers, a8 Pouce Spykke in the game piece, receiver syoein! marks = Natives. as the frat’ appe cont City, and she tide ta: On noaday night Buiwer's celebrated pla a4 tante.”” The ‘The porfern drew do al favorit ¢ "The Lady of Lyons”? was petiosmed: but ia wun, quence of the eveving being rainy the audienco was. to @ large as on the previons event The tavor with Which the picce was received, however, was marked. Last night tho thentro.xning public "us prevented. with | ida the Huvelbzek,” by Sheridan Knowles. Tho audience eres an appreciative one, ‘The St. Hotel opens tu-doy, under the manage. spesnt Of ite propriotor, Mr. Hall gentiemen’s ordi. ry ig to be converted into « pubie restaurant. Mr. Bal ie not very aaagoive of making much monoy, in con: xmuonee of the absence of the members of te proprietary y and thor persons of means who were ,wont to tmogy curs ‘aud mongrets are | i sseciemaniememmeriieemntnaaiisaiassiaiateiiae smn NASHVILLE THREATENED. IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE. Advance of the Rebels Under Joe Johnston. OUR PICKETS DRIVEN IN. THE REBEL STRENGTH IN TENNESSEE, BATTLE MOMENTARILY EXPECTED, &o., &e., &o. Nasnvirex, Dec: 10—P. M. The rebels, under Generals Joo Jobnston, Brazg, Choat- ham, Forrest and Morgan, bave advance and appos od | in our front in great force this morning, driving in our | pickets at every pont. A buttle is momentarily expected near Hartsville. Rein- forcements aro being hurried forward, and every point will be strengthened. The recent rebol victory at Huris- ville hus greatly emboldene | the rebels. Gen. Nogley takes the field to-macrow in person, General Mitchell wili command the post of Nashville, and is rapidly organizing new troops, under ordors of General Rosecrans, t form a reserve force to invvo at any moment, Forrest has reachet Clarksville, aud holds that place with @ cousidorable force. * It {s not necessary to say how Ihave obtained the fol, jowing organization of the rebel army now in our front, it will be found quite interesting, and | am convinced and assured that it is very nearly corr ARMY OF PHE SOUTHWEST. General Joseph Eggleston Johaston, Commander 1-Chief. DEPARTMENT Nu. 2. DEPARTMEN! OF THE MISSISSIPPI. tenera! Braxton Bragg, Commacding. § George Wm. Brent, A and Chief of Staff. G. George C. Gar . RIGHT W Located Dec. 3 at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Lieutenaut Geuerai Leonidas Polk Lateef FI T DIVISION. Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky. First Brigacte. Brigadier General ‘haimers, of Mississippi. Composed of four regimonts, among them oue from Goor- gia and two ree Missisajppi. Serond ie. Composed of four Panne anong them the Fifth Ken- Colone! Thomas H, Hunt. Third B igude. Major Genoral rani Che fae. of Tennessee. Firs: Briyad . io Brigadier General George Mancy, of Tennessee. ma post sirst reximent Tennessee Volunteers, Thirty eighth regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and two others. Second, Brigada. “ul Donuelsup, of Tennessee, F1 st regiment Confederate infantry, Becond regiment Confederate imiautry,, Fourth regitnent Con ederate intangry, aud one ye Tennessee rextinent Brigasior Four epicienns, ‘one oF ane is from Plorias. TURD MmVI=I0N, Major Goneral Jobn Breckenridge, of Kentucky. ’ de, Brigadier Gene: Second Brigicie. Brigadier General William i'reston, 0° Kentucky. Third Urioade. Brigadier Genor: Located December 3 neva! Preston Staith Jes, whose orgauyzution is not known, ‘ SECOND DIV: Organization not known mmo Located Dec Lieutenant General : rutst D1 Malor Goneral Wit! Throe brigades, one of whic te ee es Three brivaces DTACHMENLS. Tennessee cov soripts HRT DITION. aael R. Andorson, site Gideon J. Pillow, Major General id By Brigadier haere Bri YH Morgan. At Board’s Mills, twelve Mites s uth of Lebanon. urd Brigade. Brigadic At Laverpne. Four Brigada, Brigadier Genera’ stearns, At No‘insviile PSTIMATED PORCH OF THE REBEL ARMY, RIGINE We Major General Buckner. ar Genera! ( or General jsre Mer General Preston, sniith Seo md Division Third Division Major Genoral Withers. Ma or General Anderson Third Division... «+. DE SACHS First Division Tennessee Conseripts First Brigade Tennessee Conseripts, Pit CAVALRY Bt igadier General Whecter Brigadior General Morgan , Brigadier General Forrest Brigadier General Stearns .. ARTILLERY. Estimated twenty-five batteries...... Total rebel force. AGGRESSIVE INDICATIONS. It is argned bere that the rebels cannot long remain idle where they now are. Ido not know or understand the argument for this. They are engaged in moving quietly iu our front, and it is said strengthening the force at Murfreesboro, They mawmake a dash ou us before we are ready to move; but they will not find us unprepared for receptiona, we are not in a condition to pay visits: A lack of supplies is all that prevents this army (rom moving upon them. Thoy make no demoustrations in our rear, ‘The robels are tearing up the railroad from Franklin to Columbia, and repairing the same road south of the latter place. I telegraphed you a short time since: that General Mc. Cown Lad beea left in command at Cumberland Gap. This | the telegraph changed to McCann. This MoCann is @ | rebel captain in Geveral Forrest's brigade, He wns for- morly «resident of Nashville and im the Inst political | campaign an elector on the Douglas ticket with Hon, Witliam H. Polk. McCann went into the rebellion, but Polk remained quiet, McCann owns a farm noar the city, just beyond our lines, and a few days since a foray ing party paid a visit to his farm. ‘The force accompany- jug the wagons war composed of the Thirty-nioth In- | diana, Colodel JTerrison, and the Kighty-ninth Minois, | Meutenant Colonel Hotchkiss. Ou approaching the house | Mrs Metann came out to mncet Colonel Harrison, avd, | with a very bright smile, Gnd appsrently cordial man- ner, Welcomed him to the farm, She said she had beou expecting bim for some time, and had been rather ear priced that he had not come before, She gave him tho keys of the cribs, and told him w help himself to every- ce wanted. On inquiries being made for her hus she stmilingly replied © That he lad slept at home last night, and bad jeft that morning, on being informed of the approach of the Federals. of Captaring Nashville. Nasivitan, Tenn., Deo. 7, 1862. Tt is strange with what pertinacity tho rebels of this Tho Rebel Hop city cling to the vain hope that the rebel army of | | Bragg will retake it, The hope, delusive as it may appear © 1s, i8 one as seriously eMiertained by many gensivic tho part of the Confederates.” fhis idea took root bere very early inthe mmner. «as tes grows ben reat the way of a quiet rule in ie heir alleianoe. | The coms t@ ru pl nee was Lina. ‘they ta talkod Lad it a8 an exploded concern, They had geen the iy 1 Johnston, thought to be 76,000 strorg, amd imnediately afterwards th t of General Buet!, thought to be weak and insignificant. They saw ¢ho two and compared them. Johasten's had dwindled dow a to ten or twelve iro thousand, and Buli's, Wag Soni eusily B0c, was at least Glty Us me Baad strong. compared the two—uumber=, arms, equipments—and thonght that the stiecass of the govern- meut was certain. arrayed against us—within two diya? march of v B TORE, Oxverie: diser lined men, and they hope that it may succeed, as we havedone. In a word, at uo time S.NC0 HS Capt re have the rebels of this city had atr hopes of our exsulsin, and at no time, in eonge juenre fF | the existence F that hope, buve they ever eon less sm- | ctived to return to their alloyiance. ~ Aud when will they | be willing to return to their allegiance? Only wien tant | hy pe is destroyed with the urmy whose existence it is based on, AUMNADS'S MOVENRNTS IMPORTANT TO ROSRCRANS. Thavo been particularly interested in listenine to the expressed views of a roel acquaintance, who bis istely ¥e chod this city from Rich He i & person who i6 likely to be inch better informed of the views | Richmo:d oilicials than the generality, from the faci that he has fh y AC itANCOS AL Ihe rebel capiia dis nn Of Mature juleMeN And strong Common seUse 18 ata es two thincs which may be rtroducet i this coo. | ection. He says, first, that Brags’s army isi Middle | ease purpose of bolting i aad of taking Nashville. ‘The recapture of the city enters largely 1 t> the plangand puryes sa: the reve: auth rities, and the | conce ty ton of a large ariny m our front is vot such an im webinle event | montiored to him the report vent you, wtew dvyssince,@ the remforcemoat of Brag by Price aud Pemborwon. This eentloman knows nothing a 8, but be says it would nots pe bin at ho aidas, ‘the gicat plans which Oe Vo feite- novitte him for the cogture of sashville dyed 4 1y on the movemen's of General Burnside af Frolericte ‘wip. 1° Burnie gus wo wimer quarters uf | Get pum, Nesteille will b: taken, General Lae has str toh ani rites Keinond tie wand men from before Richmond far the purjo; takin Nasho:ile.”” Yuniecune this simply to exll attention to it. 1 mean to endorse its truth, TF ieave the reader ani elt to speculate ax to the probability, poss’ buy housense or the idea, Has ic ever been settled yet that Reauregard siyed Richmont by strengthening Le aid Jeaving CoriithY Or was thats ecumiuon? Is it an im- possibility tor Lee in a week to throw 30,000 men irom | Richmond to a point net more than tive hundred mites | uninterrupted connecis nsf | Is it gich an im robable result of inactivity on Burn. nivo's part? These are questions for others This Iknow. The rebels here took anxiously jivt of the mactivity at Fredericksburg, aud ts masterly inactivity, ereening a scheme OF imporians, | ‘or wrether on forced on Burnside by cre mustances. i | a matter of far greater iuterest to them than it appe: tw be to the peuple of the North, The question, wil | he or wiil he nok go into winter quarters, enters very largely into the plans and hopes of the repels, A Rich mond despatch, afew days siico, stated that thy occupa tion of Frede:icksburg by Burnside wes looksd upon as afeint. They are now very anxious for & solution of the mystery. But they say that. if Burnside ges quarter's, lovk out for sharp work in tis distr regard to at ke an safely pre thirty o Capture of Twelve Hundred Prisoners and More Coming In, Virtapeiema, Dec 11, 162. Despatches from General Grant's army, received at Washington, stite that we had captured 1,200 prisoners while in pursuit of Penborton'’s army, and more were coming in hourly. Positiun of General Gt Forces— | General Hovey’s Encounters with the Enemy. Cairo, Ill. , Doc. 11, 1862 An army officer from Oxford on Monday, reports main body of Grant's infantry eucamygd a shor: dist nee south of Oxford, and the cavalry, under Colonel Dickey, | near Coivevitle, &teen miles from Granada, It was not pre that the'iufautry would move bolore toway, for the reason thit tuey were awaiting the.arrival of supply trains trom Holly Springs. Texas Iungers possess the country, west and south of White river. Intelligence from Holona states that Hovey's oxpedition destroyea a portion of the Mississippi Cantral Railroad, and burned the bridges and otherwise obstructed the Massivsippi and Tennessee road. Durmg the m hh he ong god the enemy as three different pulnts, aviving them back in every instance. but none killed. Movi ents of General: Hovey—Recon« issuance up the Yazoo River. Caro, IM. Dec, 11, 186 General Hovey and staff arrived at Friar's Point, on the Mississippi riveryou sunday morning, It was not known | whether his entire commaad returved with him, | Two hundred negroes returned with General Hovey, twenty five of whom he found chained in a cauncbrake. A rec unoiesauce had been made by gunboats up the Yazoo river, the results of which wore unkuowa, it is reported that there were from four to six feet 0, water in the channel of th: river. THE LATE I BATTLE IN ARKANSAS. she ‘Battle anda Complete | ory—the Union Loss One sundZhe Rebel Loss Estimated at | Double that Number—Oilicial Report | wl Curtis, &e. Br. Lowrs, Dec 11, 1862 Major Gongral Hauinck, General tn-Chief, Washingtou:— vither details are recsived from Generals biunt aud | ronfrom the bactic ground, Prairie Grove, near ia) ie, ArkaNsas® | Our Loss in killed and wounded is now estimated at one thousand, and that o: the enemy at ever two thousand. The rebels lott many of dheir dead and most of their wounded |or us tv care for Latensive hospitals wilt 2, be improvised in Fayetteville, Versous returned from the battle flelt represen: that the enemy are twenty-eizht thousand strong ‘Their actittery was much crippled. We took four cais- sons filed with ammusition aud a large number of smal arms. General Munt moves forward to day on Cane Hill General Herron rewains at Prairie Grove, burying the dead. ‘ Tho enemy tayfied their wheels and moved off in the night, cantinuing their retreat to Van Burea, and proba- bly cvoasing the Ark«nsas river. Colonel McFarland, of the Nineteenth Iowa regiment, is Killod Colone! Black, of the Thirty-seventh Miinois, and Ma‘or Thomas, of the Twenticth iowa regiment, aud a large number of subsitern vilicers, are wounded. It was a hard fought brttic and a complete victory. 5. R. CURTIS, Sinjer Geaeral Commanding Additionsi s-articulars. Sr. Louie, Dee. 11, 1862. Goneral Blunt telegraphs Goueral Curtis that the revels with whom he fought the battle of Prairie Grove, near Fayetteville, Ark., have probably crossed tho Arkansas ‘The enoiny foft all of his wounded and most of his dead on the eid uncarod for. One hundred of their wounded have died since tho | battlo, ange largo portion of the remainder aro wounded mortally. The total ths of the ememy is estimated by General | Blunt at vearly two thousand. Onr loss is two hundred kilied and about five hundred wounded. Most of the Intter wil! recover. { General Herron puts the Jona of the cnemy at from five to kovon huvired killed aod tweniy-Ave hundred woond- ed, and estimates: our own loes higher than Geueral Blunt does. Colonel Black, of the Thirty-sevonth Iilinow, is among the killed, and Mojor Thompson, of tho Tweutieth lowa, among the wounded. ‘The enemy just five colonela. Theatrical. “The Droker of Bogota’? will be played at Niblo’s Gar- don this evening, for the Grat time in ight yenrs, ‘The drama ig by Dr. Bird, and, although tt ‘atic at the | Broadway theatre when first prodiecd, it is the opinion of good judges that the fatiore was owing more t» the bad actiog of the company than to the demerits of the play. Mr. Forrest ought to know whether the drama will bo successful of uot, and fe appears ia i to-night. Mr. Wheatley also ploys 8 leading charactor, and will be well or be tw as good an actor as he is a manager. * coed to | that nar ose on the pirt 0 We had several woundet, | oi Bre vth of the con Sh | vati&¥y A. cannot now frecali it: bot: tho jettel instructions to Genwral Banks, to which | have ale roierred, wil! give iuvormation’oa tac wh fe si | of high prices. | slowly, Ratos have lowered to 10°, ‘The cast thronghout is very strung, end includes tho beet aiombers of the exceilent company at Nibio's. » Mr, Barney Williams takes hig fret Denedt this ecason at the Winter Garden ‘Shandy Maguire” and The Latest trom New York” —hoth for the first time thi winter--and the burlesque “+ Prines Poleroso” will | presented. From the crowded housea at th wo should imagine that every perform to Bar ney Williams as weil as to bis many THE M’DOWELL COURT OF INQUIRY. mony. Warsmaron, Deo. 11, 1862. peaceable aud mere 1 Deol came here as pee were | Comrelusion of Gencral McClellan's Testi- ‘The count met at cloven o'clock. Tho examination of Gon, Motion was resumed. ‘The queatiun propounded yesterday by the Court, and which was Wid over tl Wo-day at the request of Gen. Me lellan, wes again read to the witness, as followe:— Q—You have suited that troops were retuined for the mand, and if 80, how large was the furce to ve retained and what (ro0ps wore 1 coupriae it? A,—The soo; to ‘ve retained for the defence of Washi: gton were almost entirely from those urder my immediate com- mand, and I cannot give from memory sloan an acoirme statement @ their position uni strength. On the 1st of April, 1 think it was, 1 wrote a iotter §» the Secretary of War, giving Soil iformation imeeg urd to these pints, Ihave not a copy of that letter with mo, bit willeubmit it to the Covrt aa #oon aa f ean socure it, The for eft visposable fer the defence o Washimutow v about 70,000 inen, independent of the earps of Gon, t ‘oe the letter to which you re‘er disclose what ot troops, 70,000 in nawib tw ont (und if it oes not, state your wie @ A. ~The letier dock not. My reroiie. tion Unbers stued bi the deter were present yiteation with - fne Lo he ret ras, which Iwill do Xpkin What you refer toas the devendencios— foo ured in the letter of Wuchmet ny A.—! re eried to odher of die a ches to Washing on, b th ae the die reotion of the Orange and Aboxmedrie wid, ted by the bensndleah valley, The iasirueth os ciwen iu revard to atig Of these troo x, contemplaed posti g the dw 82 OF thot in the vicinity of Mapavsax, ad uihe | ho Mo nassas Cap roadway, newer brew ig, that the with them regiments, Loar not answer th the ely. Ist of April, the nt ferred to, J wrote a fetter of i structi« for his guidance m p sting treope in fro tor W. which 'e would be a more ‘ull answer to the ¢ than the gene alone ths mit ty Howell having made Kaown to the Comet that in bis opinion it was gate and pio,e@r for bisa to peo- erate with you mvainat Mehmed, and bav- ing Sielded Lis purnose s+ te do on/y in obedience to his bee orders, vou will stute your judgment as to the soundness oi that opinion ond’ the inélrery propricty Senera velowell, To thit end you with info the court wh t, i your jud onent, was the object of Jacksou's movement against lanks on or about (he 2401 of May and whit were the probab the success of that movement if aided by the frees of the enomy at Richinoad, an if Richmond were at the time additionntly, thre tered. by McDowell s eo operating with you. What force had the enemy to spare at aid Tnekson or otherwise to Uireaten) Waehingte wore the probabinities of the force so dis sed wa’ ching-Washing- tnyand in whe time ard iu what.nan err A.—L the k thal Gerera! McDowell was correct in bis option that it was safe and. proper for him ts wite with the Army of the Pot mac, T think that immodiately e'ter the ove. vel nof Ha over Court House by a ortion of the Army of the Potomac, there was no rebel foree of any came quence betweek Hino ver Court Houre nd General Mel well. I think that the main .deot of J movement against Genera Buks was vent reiuivicements from being sent to the Army ¢ ‘ovonine, aud expresed that apinion in a beleg!am to the | resident within a day ot the time I received in formation o Jackson's movements. 1 think that if Gene Mehowetl had moved direct npon Honever < ourt fustead of 19 the direcwon of Front Hoy l would hove rapidly ret rebel army at Richmond. own in the vicinity. of Richio: de not think that the rebels woud have de! ficient lores to seriously endanger th: | Washingon, Qe larles sneral Mc owell knowledge of your letter to nt, and Chat it corn tod ines as to the sire gih position troops deft to caver ic (hut he had, I sent bin know apie of , othr derive wie lAde ha eens F Waeht gone Hot th Genvral sieDowei tn that cominatic rie tathns with yeu or other wi Pigeon of tro ps to the 1 tht fron vedau:ton whieh We had, Dut probaly not & “ow Teta t 2 the bat ‘er of t10908 la t. sa ly 28 you cat what knows’: be hard point: Af cusnet prete:d to recutlect, being Dtsy im the detaits of an exvedition vo large asthe oe efe” od (0, and holding’#o many conversations. it is in eto remember whut was communicated ia ; no one, however, kuew #0 well a s; ot which pence ? tvete the ling et numb oF tronns auggeRted by sny cor 8 commander to be iert to cover Washi wih ns depe dev 1 in this counecti he notoher p epeged) by Ge Hof the siggestions 8 to the forces to be teft varied from forty to fify thousand, T thitek Mobowel! p-opored the inber. OF one thing am confilent, ‘That, with the res iy my wind, T thouseht that] loft more than was suggested by any corps commander. eral Banks did now fore tin before he namy 8 line, aid had you not relivb’e wor. h was the case, and did you nol 60 report O.—Aftor to ihogo ver =e your up be the tim amner’s corps to precede Uhut of Gea, dl T think it was, QUESTIONS BY THR COURT. Q—Were the otter corps com Meowell. atvised on in ormed ini the portticn aud umber of t a § Washington? A. were nor rmed in fn generat omversaifin. My recstlection ts Aer with him iadividuadiy and TR, besites Gen. way by you as to U for the © pease state i the force to be left ided in the number tor Q—Do you mown to be unde stood that or signed to be emnpioyed in e OF the petsiusubs . was to be the Urst corps w oppowed by the enone ville, and, if 80, y the route Togion anti tit, Shou'd be Washinxtor Doing — attacked Washington 1 was satisled then or danger, and I directed Sumuer's corps to be embarked Loire General Nebuwell’s, for the reason Zvehed to employ General Mefewell’'s corpe us x unit. Tdid not leavg General MeDawetl’s ewrps behind for the prose oO covering Washington, but expected it to foliow me the m the transportation for it was ready Neichor the‘ ourt nor General Met owe'l haying any far- Lior questi ns to propound to the witness. General MeCtel- lan wan cequented to lay tho paner to which reference had be @ betore the Court at as earl® a moment as pos- sible, ud also for a day or two to hold himself in roxdt- ness to appear before them again, if furdher testimony id he desire jou uh there was by the exem: Keyes was next examined In rogard to his knowledge of the differomt conversations ‘ferret tons having leon held batwoen G weal Mes the different corps commanders; but nothing ne cited. The Court adjourned till to-morrow, News from San Suna sco, Japan aud i ax Frasetseo, Dac. 10, 1868. Arrived, ship John Tucker, Now York. Sailed, ship Swat'ow, Catlao, ‘The money market is easy. Atlantic currency and ex- change, 18a 21 per cent diccount. Legal tender notes have been preased on the market im auch quantities that dealers havo ceased buying at 17 @ 18 discount, Trade is stagnant, the speculative disposition noticeable two weoks ago ta no longer visible, but all agree that genoral apathy exists compared with corresponding exporicace of former years. A small achooner hag arrived {from Kanagawa, Japan, with dates of Octover 27. The news is uu'mportant. Saw Francisco, Dec, U1, 1862. Sailed steamship Golden Age, Panima, with 635 pacsen gers. $727,000 in treasure for New York, and $863,000 for Engiand. ailed steamer Moses Taylor for Pnaama, with 546 pas. Bor 201 3. nuong the pasaengers per the Gollen Ags are a com. pany of one hundred rangers, recruited here for a Massa- ohnsetts regiment. cighty-niag eases of tobaeco and 420 bales of wool went i | forward for New York. Salog to-day of 700 firkins of butter at Lie. a 25¢. SHANGHAK MARKET. SHANGLAR, Oot. 8, 1962. Thero ate largely increased demands for tua. There aro heavy recvipte of the new cop. Tacks are casler, Greens aro firm. Si/ks are in limited demand on acenu Ships uy for New York are vending jor teas and silks, BAS AGAWA, Japan, Oct. 27, 1862. Teas have materially adv need. Saventa Reoment NanioxaL Quand Bany.+-The third Promenade goncert of the Seventh Regiment National | Guard Band, under the direction of Mr. G. 8. Gfatulia, will take place at the roginontal armory on Saturday | evening, 13th inst. Mane FoR THR SQuannoss.—The supply steamer Cir caseian wilt sai} from this port on Monday, touching at oll the naval beadquarters on the const. She takes out But now they see @ great army | defence of Washinggjon, Did those plans provido for & tat | force to be relawed from thé troops then under your com- NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, Wasuinarom, Dec. 11, 1862. THE VIEWS AND PURPOSE OF TUR vERNOH GOVERN: MENT ON THE BUBIKOT OF MEDIATION. Private letters received by tho late wails state that immedi toly after the rofusal of England and Russia to adhere > the proposition of mediation of France,» cabir bal council was hold, in whieh the fubure ection of tho Freoch government cogoerning that project was disc asod and settied. Its decision will be made known to Wash. ington ue coon as tho effect produced by Drouyn do Lhuys’ letter in the United Stutos will have been ascortained. If 1 am to trust the information I receive, the intention of the Freueh Cabinet in introducing the subject of modi- ation to Fngiand and Russhe was not to engage tte Lesa im a systematic pian of actiom with any one of these tons, bot simply ( ask their asnent to a measure wholly dependent on the will of the American people, and ending immod.ately aftor the exprension of that wilh Lue iuiomed by the highest authorities thas the Freneh government is 0 well sattwfied that i¢has in no way acted Fo a8 to wound tho interests, auazoptibiity and leer of the Northern States, is fools #0 confident of the Biagerity and honesty of its purpese, that ittas de- cided t@ present itself, and without the concourse of any wther Pewor, its projest of mediation to Mr, Jéncoln leaving entirely the mutter to his own juitgment and wo ‘hat of Lue American people, GPNEKAL M'ORELLAN'S MOVEMENTS, Gonerat AlcCicllan, having Auished bin testimony inthe Maiwwell Oourt. will leave for Now York to-morrow, eleven o'clock, in & xpeciud train provided for Lim by Mr, J. ', Gavross, President of the Baltimore aad Olio jail. read, A splendid dnner.was given at Willard’s to-day to Gen. Mo WHan, by Hon, 8. 8. Cox, of Ohio, Among the gues wore Geo. Fitz, Johw Porter aud the evtire Ken- tucky delegation in Congress . An informal meeting of Gen. McClollan'’e frionda de. torm ned t0-dag to give him » graud serenade to-morrow evening; but it is now known that he will leave in the morning. H@bhaa doclined the invitations of theatrical managers. The vamo of the General is constantly intro diced ia performances, und is imvasiably oxcites enthu siastic applause. SENATOR PESSENDEN AND THE HERALD, Senator Fesse: den in the dotuse to day upou arbitrary arrests alkided to the press, and intrmated that ifne were i resident he would suppreas the Naw York Henan, no matter how great its powor and imfluonce. This was said in soference to the support gives to éeueral McCletlan by the Tura. NAVAL ORDERS. Lieutenant Commander Fitzhigh and Lioutonant HE. Mullin have been ordered to the Lroquois. Acting Volunteer Lioutenunt Joseph P. Couthony has ‘Been @ dered to the atoamer Colsmb:a Acting Master John I. Giddings has em ordered to the ‘steamer Hondrik Hudson. ‘Couxon Prmas.—Part_1—One hoor canses. 2261, 1663, 2099, 2267, 3, 24 26i8.” Part 2—(Regular 18/4, 1357, 1868, 1660, 1860, L861. 1862, 1863, 1364, 1869, Levu, 1808, 1868, 1809, 1871. Oficial Drawings of “larray, Kiddy & . tuck and Missouri State Latter: Ava O87—De evar M1, 186° Go, Ls, 19, 40, i 43, Circulars sent {ree of charge OR Covington, Ky OM-lal Drawings of the Delaware State Lawwiies. . Dat Decesnhor 1, 1432 rt, Wh, 74, 40, $8 403—Diceinber 11, Taha ee %, 1, » OX, GL, 23, OB, 48, O4, 50, y Address JOUN A. MORRIS & 00. imingion, Do'aware ived.on aceslp pany Lutter tie oS. Browdbent s Cd. ber 1s 18Gz, the bu-ivessw. ibs conducted 8. BROADBUNE & UO., Bangers. sendk ak in'te name f —A Premium of wee paid for Doub \YLOR « CO., Rank ra, 16 Wall street, Prizes Cashed in AN Leestized Lote tories. Information given, JOSEPIL BATES, Broker TL Wail stre & room No.1. Paper Makers.) he al Havana Lotte cent paid for prizes. E loviis, American: Gold and Sul ute Capitatiat 0 a committer appointed by mand acting for the a Press in the city a: New WILL receive. y0- apple of ie Woe or any pare af 30:00 per week, fur Sore om the Vint day verfected), Bun ome, corer Nassan and P 3AM ELS! oftice, corner Nassatt and 8} kel upon “fav ortie wath a way ot his Cece nose Hint (hat he has annual claim apon tne His stock of Furs is the largest aud rcuesi, ws lis west and beat, Fre Haws are the copie | er Style of Gentlemen's . Pear Duane street | vs W Heavy Wnit All Wool UNDER SHIRTS AND DRAWERS J amd made too der | On hand am wade 9 TON ADAMS, No, 637 Broadway. Lattices and Ge tleme n tet Your Carto do Visiven for New Years at VAUGHIN'S, 288 Bowery , 12 for Bl None better. Arum Photographs.—Finest Styles: Worthy the best albuma, at HOLMES’ Vark Gallery, 264 Broadway. Kighe Cartes de Vinsttes for §tnt Paret’s. Remoted to 835 Broadway, between Ninciventh aad Twen- tictn streets. Still Ahead.—A Sp do, ‘artes de Visite for $2, orner of Busciay. BALOH'S, 233 Greenwich Maison Maillard, ‘ 621 BROADWAY. Exhibition of CY HOXES AND FANCY ORNAMENTS, jSfMAS AND NEW YEARS PRESENTS, Wul commence ow jn Moniay, December ib. Hiram selling English Carpets, Oi ious Mats, Matting, &c., prices. Ankiets.<It You a Make a Christ- present to your wile or daughter, get a pair of Ankiews MILLBi'S, 357 Canal stereo Ankicts=Worn! Over the Top of ¢ . boot, Nectiag the ankle from cold and wet. the nicest thing, fof skating. For sale at W. 1. JRFYERS, No. 573 | — ait Poudre Subtile Uproots Nair + of the body. Warrayied, 453 Broadway. Bares. ‘Bos. ma, «Hair Dye—the Best in the nevis, harroless and reltable, Sold oy 4 mersevery where, Factory, 8h Barclay vt air Dye, Hair Dycing | the Innis, at W. AL a Crean Barelt ELUWS, Iu Bond tree ee we o's Hair Dye, Preservative and | vhatesale and retail, No, 6 Astor House, «The | Beautifal “Complexton —haird's Bloom of Youth aud Laivald Peart, for the 4 stn, light a wel All droxge 409 Browdwa Tr Marat ‘Truss ill at No, 2 Vesey street, ji connection with any other office of the sam attoudant, Trusses.—Marsh’ dical Care Tr corner of Browdwa: 7 feuin, A lady attendant. No connection with any olhier, Best Sonp in Use is James Pyles 0. 1K. | Boap.—-All the soar keep it. | paneents : ss Died. . On Thursday, December 11, Damar Doww are Aw WAN, all ronan, te fran of the are 2 sweet lly invited to ay ‘OO funeral dance, 293 Ton na 0, OEE OF venue A. te ibis (Wridsy} hs Com: afternoon, xt two oa it . Jovo.—On Thuraday ‘+ in the 90th year of her Fee aa ot Mis aro raspeifuly Invited attend the funeral, from her | residence, 118 Kast ie Vonteonth street, on Saiurdm” Morning, wt Kahne without further potice. Her 2Pemaind will bo aloo reonwoud Lor intorumons. Laonake.—On Thursday morning, Be December 11, allen \severe illness, Maky Ans, tho beloyen’ wife & James rd, aycod 28 years. no (rienda of the farnily, and the actiwe and honorary Mombers of Engine Company No. 21, sre roapes Wally ia Vited to attend the funeral, this (Hriday) agoraon, st two o'clock, from the residence of her mother, NO. isn On — On Thuaday, December il, Pammeo Mom Barwon, a noiivoof the pariah of Clenish, county Ferma = Ireland, alter @ sort but sovere Unease, egw 0 ._ and friends of the family are rospengh invited (0 Attovd the (uneral, trom lis late reaidence, Marko BLLeet, OD Saturday afternoon, at two o'vlucks pre cisely. ~ McDexap.—Ip Brooklyn, on Tinuraday, December I at his residence, No. 43 Douglas esreet, Captain Jom Melonsnn, in the 4d Yoar of hi Notice of the funeral in Savurday morning's papers. (Hor Giher Peat is Ser Seen vd Pa; Mm wiitropasvonsiibesbee COMWOMIC, ATION, D te Wo are permitied to pubiall Sho following important otter, received by our friend D. b, Buried. eaten acm, Sept 10, Lin You will not mn yo isan, asaclations, abould exalt the © (0 (he lagpiration and beauty of Tovah toy tony: travels, bored *HeTY, sq Maite CORN) M, LONsHip, and Lh in vee Atmos, Well would. i 4 the cructhle, i your own aily Upon a bowrd misled Aging’ One em unSeY Whiew the sacred mar word eigen hundr d yeare Ad, XA iota an neue Can et ippre sa sme wham “No danger; istized, egrtaln. Drake has bot ; Wut no dovbt some tawalid ured by the Plantation Bltors, wished to advor- ins place trom whence all knowledge thud no article wan avur ay 6 Satu wid here wich his Fluntation Bittera,”” We de not know who did travel fyi atrenstiten and invigorate Phe’ cveate & henithy appedt wenn ansdoin lomanogs of alee sie ects of dissipation and inte hatire tem a the mid. Severs, ry of the stomach. Ther see the best Blvers. In bic work. Bucy make the ie mats wbrony, ann iw ei.auatad Mature's Brom Kwntar er Brokx Hema, the onlebrased Galt age By Birde a ike Tenth Vermont ery woidier hud a Lottie of Plait he mont effective, perfect amt harm y Fever used. is {rom the famous hotel proprivtors at Ws NOTON, D, C., Nov, 4, 180% e Malt Drage & Oo-rFlsge tend us twos. toréa Were, Tuoy ure mach liked by tue gwenia M Wanhiets Mer’ Manu our hou apecttnily, yours, SYKES, CHADWIOK & €9. Propt tora Wallact’« Hi The Plantation Bilters have cured me ol a long. mai And terrible dyapepsda tev. J. 8. CAPHORN, Rochester, N. ¥. ach ix the-ianignage Foaching ee tec. he mesg. eet mequal sale, Under no eveumstnners velit te pure ard of the materials ised be de] drnizgat, ach at cat nigel vine Bittors are soid hy all the Broadway, New York. On Dat a elm and restannrannin Beat note of Uke proprietae'a signature o _ WEDDING CARDS AND NOTE ayers of hewalital patiorna, All the newest styles my the & plore, O. Brogiway, Corner Deane Bret. ADVANGE 50 Rice 2 NOTIGE TO THE PUBLIC ‘The new tarifl of “Wol-e's Sch iedhens Aromatic Selaappa’® can be hast on application at tite office ‘UDULPHO WOLFE, 24 Beaver aiect, Sole Importer and Manufac wrer. by TILMAN’ 8, 712 BROADWAY, eof Bonne and Headdresses, for fifteen con the. th of December, Mr. Tiimew {rich Honnrts aud Tieaddresses, lowe nt ommienoe 1 splendid » nets in be fdr cases, with Pore bo AL toe aru AS ts WANTED—TO Avrsety and Right Tam roost Acu day rowuway, ark in pin L. TILMAN, ‘ 7 BOWERS, NEX CTO FIFTH are ‘BT, W Tiled avenue. Boks Twent,-iourth ste 1 aaxrore niny be Lound the DARE mange ince of good nd slocs in this ity, at the nef get loons oash eanrket VEN, Aseut. every rm ant whacown are. ve ed, they, Can, Nvertiwiens, be siti as anal, The expense i very Gitling, comsider ag thelr Grintort wud dura ity Firat claws geterenes can be hind ow i ‘0 the Motailie Weather trip Oo, 212 Broadway, OR MEDICAL Wass yor te by the ,adomeor bot! ir hrowinas. QB byt aad Bist—/HOT GRAMM ALBUM, ey morace, wo comlain I ty Pi. tars 6. With a great variety Loiday gilts, at the Looking Glass Warehouse 0: nie WHITTEMOCE BROTHERS, No. O79 Kromdway, oppoai.e Metropuliian Hove. N, B.—Open eveuiujs tll January L INVERTED NAILS, ENLARGED Of the fret eared witho Cpaln oF it by Dr. GAGKARIE, Sur, Keiers to physicians aud» BUNIONS, LABELS AND TAQS—ALL KINDS, unieoor dpe nied and pues i wHAMbdn. Uo HOR K. MAUGER'S, NS Cosmvere ARECTION w inte J Abit purchasers, mt VOT! 'SEASES OF 1 aud ware core —f 1K THROAT A a—) ailavion Of Innoasal remedial pow luation by setters wilh wip o A! SIMMS, THE SEDUCBR, ON THE WITAESS STAND. 1. WR BY GREEN oC RBE AE wabsihad mur Cus FiDEAC 1 MAN, earrie yen Ot pence t nee Se “Datta PRESL DENT LINCOLN EXPOSED. Read NATIONAL POLICE ( ype DYE COLORS. A SAVING OF EIGHTY PER CENT. EXPRESSLY FOR FAMILY USE. © colors and shades; bifiliant fast colors, lor aa many uote os would Sak © hows’ tine. Ad every aiore sce sarmplee of each , pat upia ms wr av 13, conte SMauutact ire by e uitaet a For aale by wholesale Deuggists and iad Dealers tn New Yor, and every city am town. L' ADIES, Ht (AEKRRURRS Ak 4 fir Seripelon of Howse % PERSON clase Silty r Pirated Pirayer Mate and every dew ing Arties nt ED. ARD D. BASSYORD'S Great Bacaar, Couper Luss TRRORS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.—THR LaRGUsP sasoriment ti dhe cy, for ate at “capa pei 9) by WETETR Oi ito ry No, 57 Broadway, opposite Me _N. BoeOpen evenings HieJannary 1 TEW CURRENCY MAGIC POCKET BOOKS. ‘A large assortunent for thy jiolklays, at whelosate, LLON, Soin Sina tactarer, “AF Aun Stree ay staursy Ni NEw PKR, YOR SALK WARD, sy BROADWAY, Fort Ty HOLIDAY: SAPASBS'S AKU CHIN, oy) * RIOST Yu 8 Av? ur steoes, near the Post nificr -DR. VON MOSCUZISK stor the last years hi ta thst AND Var STBARAS, 49 Cow. (T AND HEARIN youtist and A vO wei Vince. ms New Yo Veosthe Oo poblie Mea. Me begs io stay 0 treated o¢ applied te the pervs formerly WM ivertied wad passed blineo.t ms Woncheisner, tht he. haw fo compection with inet rea to New Orloans duritg the winter months.“ He says hears them exp This special oocasion may be intended, how: ory For urtner pw ciculars and inquiries direct Dr, Vou at Hertiave tuo house amply to keep I clean, aud iy if pied Tres coonvendl as atin tas Oliagheaty | benesit to the public, and in Uist point o& Liew it trévery. | Over sixty ofeera As paxvongers andl the mails DR. 4 Winsiow's Soothing Syrup, fOr | rivker, taf Uru; ianin w7enne, =. Be. ondgney , to iutimated that he would rathor not have | i boily’s business to go and see and appland an netor who | 1 rates silty aud | penis Hoticed in the nowepapors, have the pleasure of livtoning, Ianghing iv my sleeve at sevee forgete New York, no matter where he may travel, Javan Tevemmarep,—Dr. D. 1. Macgowan, the famous ne Invigo pow igor ove a ore oe Shae iW Tee ann, D JEWEL FURY 0 Ee | A numero ay attended Union meeting was held in the | ihe rame time, while a robol gives bis Views on the sub. | and always recurns to us, like n bed penny or like the wm, | Pastorn travellor, has accepted the invitation of & num. Canal street, | and laughs ue out Of our blues or doldruns and iuto @ | ber of one prominent citizens to deliver a short course | solida ject of the recapture of Nashville. They mention it asa “Hate, Moliday y BateAlso in | Sreatwar, ‘urs, pat SUG | 20 0.000, SE Ein! Nia pean Te | . Tlall, on Thesday ov ening ,at which speeches fireinarmlad posrtonlo motiantars wwe aleveree n of ourselves, Barney Williams and tne ‘Colouel T. 6. Thorne Pin other gontlomen, P i % rt pris ta lectures 08 Japan, commencing on nest me nit einen i... Monday evening,