The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1862, Page 1

‘uppears to be in not having ‘When Generals Hallecl aca Ma 2 with him the plan woe arrsoneit and the next day wore approved by the President, and he was ie Was to have pontoons sent there, and he General Sumner to march down aud § ~ boats did not come catil ten days aiter bis arrival ere ‘When GeveralSumner arrived thore to ford it, it would have required the men to have waded it m four fect of water, wh ch Geveral Sumner thought would not do. General Woodbnry, Chief of Eugineers, says the delay was tn not gotting the pontoous started in time. The commnition were e session vo-vight, at Mr. Covode’s rooms, for several es The testimony of Generals Halleck and Meigs will be toRen tomorrow, and the committee will be ready to re- meet nip i a Very Remarkable, Very Curious, Very Generous and Very Naive Letter from General Burnside. ut Be Assumés All the Responsibility and Exeonerates Everybedy. t to . meena General aot ie exonerated from all blame in not having the railroad to Fa'mouth done in time. The Pre. ment and Secretary Stanton aro exonerated from all Gur Loss in Killed and’ Wounded Over Ten Thousand. WORT the chien wade are vllliary ones, by wilkary men, and this t'me,as has always been the case, no Civilian has interfered. haheaeeseersieesiiasieteedl _ NEWS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE LATEST FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK, &e., &e., &e. The Anticipated Rebel Invasion of Ken= tacky. Letter of Major General Buruside. Lxxesetow, Ky., Dee. 22, 1862. ARADQUAKTERS oF cam AMY oF THR PoTOMAC, } Tt ia reported that Lexington is soon to be visited again e Farnovre, Dec. 19, 1862. by the rebels in large force. Floyd and Humphrey Mar- Major General B. W. Harteck, General-in-Chief United States Army, Washington: QrxeraL--I have the honor to offer the following rea- eng lor moving the Army of the Potomag across the Rappahannock sooner than was anticipated by tho Presi- ent, Secretury of War or yoursglf, and for croesing at a point different from the one indicated to you at our jast meeting at the Presidont’s:— During my proparations for crossing at the place Thad first selecied 1 diccovered that the enemy had throwo # large portion of his force down the river and eleewhere, ‘thus weakening his defences ia front, and also thought I discovered that he did not anticipate the eros-ing of our whole force at Fredericksburg: and Lboped, by rapidly throwing the whole command over at that place, to sepa- rate, by 4 vigorous attack, the forces of the euemy on tho river below from the forces bedind and on the crest, in the rear of the town, in which ¢ase wo could fight tim with great advantago in our favor, ‘To do this we had to gain a height on the extreme right of the crest, which height contmindod a new road lately mate by the enemy for parposes of mors rapid comnini-~ ation along his lines, which point guined. his position along the crest would have been scarcely tenable, aid ho ould have been driven from them easily by an attuck on ‘Ris front in connection with @ movement in the rear of ‘the crest. How near.we came to accomplishing our object future Feports will show, But for the fog and unexpected and anavyoidable delay in building the Dridges, which gave the enemy twenty four hours more to conesntrate his forces in his strong posi.ions, we would almost certainly have succeeded, in which case the battle would have. eon, in my opinion, far more decisive than if we had ‘srossed at the places first selected. As it was,wecamo | Very near suecess. Failing in accomplishing the main objeat, we remained in order of battle two days—long enough to decide that the enemy would not come out of his stropgholue to tight ‘ae with his infantry—afier which we reorvsed to this sie of the river unmolested, without the loss of men or property. A 4s the day broke our long lines of troops wore seen marching to their different postions as if going ou purade, ‘Not the least demoralization or disorganization existea, To the brave officers and soldiers who accomplished ‘the feat of thus recrogsing the river in the face of the enemy I owe everything. For the fajture in the attack Iam responeible, az the extreme gallantry, courage and enduravce shown by ‘them were nover exceeded, and would haye carried the points had it been possible. To tho families and friends of the dead Tcan only offer my heartfelt sympathies; bus for the wounded, 1 can offer my earnest prayers for their comfortable aud final | recovery. | ‘The fact that Idecided to move from Warrenton on to | shail are said vw have come through Pound Gap from Western Virginia, and aro rapidly advancing into the een” tre of the State,” ESuch disposition has veen made of the army of Ken- tucky as to prevent the smoot working of this pro- gramme, Last night the government forage barn In this city was firod by a rebol incendiary, and a large amount of proper- ty destroyed. ‘This morning the ‘orce of the patrols and picket guards | Was doubled, and many arrests have been made. The town and vicinity are infested with John Morgan’s spies, Four of them were captured early this morning by provost scouting parties a short distance out. It is told by truthfol persona that Morgan himself was seen #ix miles south of town yesterday. Hundreds of citizers expect Morgan will make good his pledge to eat his Christmas dinner in Lexington. | Doings of the Rebel Forces in Tennessee. Nasnmvinig, Deo, 22, 1862. eral Rragg bos addressed letters to Geuera} Rose- crens regarding the lutter’s complaivts of violations of the cartel in returning prisoners via flag of truce. ragu claims that what ho did was done through a humane vesire, ie eayg that, if required to send priso- ners to Vicksburg, ho will submit them to all the priva- tion he can. Ho says his men claim t) bave been badly treated while prisoners in our hands. General Rosecrans says they state differently when taken, and that bo has Jetters from the commanding officer of the Mispinsippi thanking bisa for his kind treat* ment of prisoners. ‘ General Rosecraus dectines further correspondence un- less the prisoners taken under flag of truce are returned. A foraging train from Franklic, 0 the Hillsboro road, was attacked by rebel cavalry. The Nineteenth lilinois, guarding Negley’s train, killed one and captured five re be's, losing one badly wounded. Stanley's cavalry , on the Hillsboro road, killed two and captured six rebels, Tho rebels daily make demonstra” tions on our lines, and are thonght to be advancing. The Chattanooga Rebet of the 19th, says that parties 4rom Marfroosboro gay that the avance guard of Bragg’s army ts within ex miles of Nashville, ‘Tho latest advices from Vicksburg say the Unionists dre waking demonstrations iv that latitude. An editorial in the Rebel, exposing the speculations of the rebels, says that Breckenridge collected and sent South from Teunessee, before Braxg’s army reached Mur- freesboro, one hundred thonsand head of hogs, ten thou: | sand beeves, two millions and a balf pounds of bacm, | Bixty thousand bushels of wheat, and ten thousand bar- reis of flour. The country was £0 far depleted that Brazg had issued orders sayipg that the system adopted by the obief commissary had 90 completely depleved the country of aubsistenoe that be found 1. impracticable to subsist this line, rather against the opinion of the Prosident, | his army. Secretary of War and yourself, and that you left tho Bragg has suspended the pay of all officers absent with- whole movement in my hands, without giving me erders, | ont jeave. makes me responsible, I will visit you very soon and give you more dednite information, and, firalily, will send you my detailed re port, in which a special ackuowlodgwent will be made Of the services of the different grand division corps and my general and staff depertments of the Army of the Po- tomac, to whom Iam so mich indebted for their support | and hearty co-operation. I will add here that the movement was made earlier than you expected, aud after the President, Secretary and Yourself requested mo not to be im haste, for the reason ‘that we wero supplied much sooner by the different staff @epartmefits than was anticipated when I iaet aaw you. Our killed ameunts to eleven hundrog and fifty-two; our wounded, to about nine thousand, and our prisoners to about seven hundred, which hast have beon paroled ‘end exchanged for about the same number taken by us. ‘The wounded were all removed to this side of the river, and are being well cared for, and the dead were all buried ‘Snder a flag of truce. ‘The surgeons report a much larger proportion of slight erounds than usual, 2,652 only being treated in hospitals. Tam clad to represout the army at the present time in (g00d condition. ‘Thauking the governweut for tuat entire support and Confidence which I have always received from them, I Temain General, very respectfully , your obedient servant, A. E. BURNSIDE, Major General Commanding the Army of the Potomac. Ruekner passed through Chattanooga on Wednesday, going to Mobile. General Lovell and sta’ arrived at Chattanooga on ‘Thursday. The rebel army of Eastern Missiesippi evacuated Oka? Jona on Monday, Saltillo was taken on the same day by twenty-five abolitionists, and Shannon was attacked the same day, ‘The Rebel has the failowing -— Witsaweron, Dec. 17, 1862, ‘hing official has been received. General smith is z heavily reinforced. Thore was heavy fighting at Goldsboro yesterday, in which the enemy was repulsed with heavy lows. Ours wae smal}. Morn, Dec. 17, 1862. A special despatch from Vicksburg, dated 16th, says:— ‘Two of the enemy's gunboats went up the river yester- day, and another thiz morning. On Friday a federal gun* boat wax destroyed in the Yazoo river by @ torpedo, son’s Laudiog, Miss., witm $75,000 in cash and a fine lot of provirtions and clothing. Avarsta, Dec. 17, 1862. The Steamer Herald arrived in a Confederate pert to- day with a valvablecargo. Interesting from North Carolina. REBRL ACCOUNTS OF GENERAL YOSTFR’S MARON ON GOLDSBORO. The following despatches are published in the Richmond papers of the goth :— * Goxnenono, Dec. 19, 1962, A reconnoiseance laat ulght by a squadron of the Third North Carolina cavalry, under Captain Carroway, found the enemy encamped abont two miles below Whitehall, ‘The citizens represent them os soured and ont of food and ammunition. A tumor on the streets this morning says reinforcements have passed Kinston, on the south side of ‘the Neuse, to eueoour their ekedaddling friends. As The emoke of batcle clears away it reveals a con- siderable siaughter among the Yankees at Whitenall on Tucstay, A hundred of their doad were left unburied on the field, and a pit, one hundred yards fong, filled with dead, bss been found. Only three compauies of the Fifty-ninth and Pleventh North Carolina were engaged. Colonel Ferrebee, of the Fifty-ninth, with eighteon men of the Fourteenth, fought the chemy for soveral hours, unttl reinforced by three of his own companies, Who were subsequently relieved by the Eleventh, Colonel Leaventbrove, under the immortal Vethel flag, who ultimately drove them from their quue inte the fold, The wonty-tirat North Carofina, € dan, waron the fleml, but, with the exception of one jary, sceme to © taken no part in the action, Bornswono, Dec. 19—P. MP Colonel Freinont Chief Py Railroad, bas just arri passed over the ontire track to Ue Whaving beon stated that @encral Bornside had ten- dered the resignation of his command, we think it pro per to mention what we understand to be the fact—that the President bas not accepted the resiguation, anu, gt iv ‘Believed, does not intend te do s9. Departure of Gen. Burnside trom ton. : Wasimscrox, Dec. 22, 1862. Gen. Burnside left to-day to retura to the Neadquarters of the Army of the Potomac, opposite Fredericksburg. Sunday in the Army of the Potomao. Morrn, Duc. 21, 1862, ‘This day has been # clear aud cold specimen of Viayinia December, and a good epecimon af the Sabbath in the ‘army. Aside from the weual Sanday morning inspeetions no duty has beon required of the men. Divine service was attonded in a few of tue regiments; but the weather wae (oo told to secure large ainliences Falinouth boasts of one church, which bas been sus. tained on the rotary principle, each denote ination being entitle’ to conduct the services in turn, To-day the Rov. Mr. Barnett, of the Chrivtian Sgnitary Commission, held forth under the auspices of the military @enuminations. But little notice was given, and but few of the enirens were aware of it in time to attend. Thir je the rw the church has been opemed for religious sergions « ‘the advent of our trooops, it baying been used diwine the time ae barracks for the roldiers. Lieutenant Breom. Ald-de-Camp to Genera! Zook, wout ‘over the river aynin to-day to receive a reply toanote | @aking pormiseion for the brothers of Captain Lavghtin, | of the One Hundred aod Thirtieth Pennsylvania Yolun- teora, to disinier their brovber’s body. The reply had mot been roceived at the river ab dusk, and Lientonan® Broom returned without it. The fing was received by | ' | | com daye. and the bridge over the Neuse in six or eight: Ali quiet here, ‘The Kaleigh Save Jovrnal of the Ith says vine rogi- | mants and two batteries af artillery arrived on ‘iwesday, und eeveral brigades are on jhe way. Prudence wil not allow 1 ty from whonce they were drawn; but the concentration was rapid,and by this time a force is in and around Goldsboro sufficient to batsle, if not cap. ture, the invaders. The Ataminer states that the Confederate forces at Goldsboro on Wednesday evening were about soventeon thousand, with reinfureements hourly arriving and ex pected. A correspondent of the Progress: says:—ttellighnoe has reached Gotdstero @iat Eanks’ column had probably joined Porter's, making some forty or fiity thonsand of the to epe @aptain Hamilton, of Philips’ Georgia Legion, who treated ‘the boarcr with great respect, apologising for not wviting him to dinner. The mio a the Conduct rhe War returned this | exemy morning from thearmy, where they bave t | Seo mccain a maumnien.. been for fon! Con: sth @ represented as sanguine of sucoess,. ‘The toarimoty before then makes the pimber of kiried avd Ie erted that General Lee had telegraphed him and wounded leas then ton thouwind; ene-linf of the lat ter will be able & retarn to thelr regiments in a ahors The nit south of Goldsboro has doen torn ap ec ee Rurnside does wot Mke ach @ bad view of the ome distance bythe enemy. aril of course ali com” cova spare him, 1 necessary, thirty thousand adnir ae io Scare otbers, and contends that had Frantiin’s division maintained their pagition Whew vained on (Me lett | hho could have carriet Weir whole line the next destroyed their army. Hie takes upon himeolf the responsibility of r but a council of war, including his generals, @n saturday night, wore not im favor of coutioning the Attack, aud be could only withdraw 40 this side. Jt was bis plan to change the basy from Warrcuton to toavow with Wilmington has been cut of. A later des ateb to the North Carolina Standant states that Lue egamy Bact disappeared south of Geldebore, Vhe Richinond papers of tho 20th ray an effinial do. spatoh wes reecived at the Wer Department yesterday from Geweral Lee, stating that thore were symptoms that Eight federal transports from Lake City captured Car. | and says he cau cepair all damages ou the road in two | he enemy Was retarning to the Potomac, } a ERALD. ————— NEW INTERESTING FROM HAVANA. ARRIVAL OF THE UNION. ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN GENERAL DULCE. HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Departure of Captain General Serrano and Family. His Farewell Address to the People of Cuba. GENERAL DULCE AND THE SLAVE TRADE, Ber Re, ae ‘The Havana and New York mai! steamer Union, Com- mander Wilson, from Havana, arrived at this port early yesterday morning. She brings us very interesting news from Cuba, but nothiug very important. There have been no arrivals from Mexico or South America since our last advices, of the harbor, These were tilied with tadies and gentle- men, and al} the veseols were handsomaly decorated with flags, the bands on board playing royal marches, &o. A national ealute was fired as General Serrano passed the fortifications. ‘The secgsh intended golng in the rebel steamer Atlan. tic, t0 accompany Genera) Serrane out, us a mark of conrtesy, but ho requested therm not to do so, and General Dulce forbado tt; 20 they had a bal! on board the William @. Hughes instead, which was rather a small and yoor affair, and broke up about midnight. ‘The rebels also bud a grand ball at the house occupied by Mr. Helm, rebel agent, and Mr. Crawford, rebel Vice Consul, acting as Consul General. ‘The offleers of her Bri tannic Majesty’s men-of-war Vesuvius, Immortalite and Steady, with the bauds of music attached to those vessels, vere tho lous of the gathering, There were still some forty thousand boxes of sugar, of the old erop, of hand, The upusual and very late raina have somewhat injured and very much retarded the new | crop, which, it tg said, will be small, There have been no new arrivals of rebel vesols exogpt two with cotton, ono of which was from Matamoros. ‘The Magoclia has been bere from Key West, and the Wachusett and Sonoma are now here, with’ all well on board. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, Det. 15, 1862. Arrival of Captain General Dulee--Ris Determination Suvpress the Slave trade ana Improve Havana—Hia Inaugurah Address to the Peopie—-Departure of Gencrat Serrane and His Farewell Addres—The Opera--A Pow Words of Thanks—The St.amer Onion—-Pre ntation to Captain Adams, of the Kagle—An Ancedote, be. We underanew regime. His Excellency Captain General Dulve arrived im her Catbolic Majesty's steam } frigate Isabel II. at bait past oight o'clock P, M.on Monday, the 8th inst.,and while a gay and brilliant assemblago was gathering to the farewell ball of her Excolleucy the | Duchess de ks Torre, at the Quinta dolos Molinos. Our new Governor remained on board that night and tho next day, uot feeling well enoush to undergo the fatigue at. tendant on ap official reception and installation. o’elock on tho morning of Wednesday he landed, amid salvos of artillery and the frightful noise produced by a dozen military bands, ail playing the same thing and ne | two beginning or ending together. Ho was received by nothing of troops, whose name was jogion. The morning way very rainy and unpleasant, the stroots nearly as muday ‘as those of New York, and. every ove looked bine, expe- cially the poor soldiers, whom I pitied as they stood thero im thoir Jately snow-white uniforms, now splashed with mud and drenched with the chillipg rain. The distiu” guisbed stranger aud the no lors distinguished personage that received him embraced each other on the wharf. Dur. ing this interesting formality the rain ceased, as if the sun wished to take a peep at the official embrace, and the whole party availed thgmeelves of the opportunity to pro- ceed to the palace ip procession order. The band struck | up, and onco more the “Queen's Hymn’ was “janzled out of tune’? as the bepiumed and bedizened officialeand dig- nitaries walked between the lines of soldiers who were | drawn up on either side of the way. They had scarcely | reached the palace when Aquarius resumed business, and the rain fell m torrents. The crowds of idlers and speo- tators soon dispersed, the troops were marched away in doable quick, and I presume those in the palace sat down, to breakfast, Not being in the confidence of the cook’ | preferring, besides, to leave this duty to those who have a talent for dabbling in such small matters. Daring the day General Dulce went to the Real Audien- cia and the Ayuntamiento, thusformally taking possession of his office, and issued mext day the following proclama- tion or address:— TO THE INUABITANTS OF THE I81.AND OF CUBA. Majesty the Queen, Dona Isabella I. (whoin si‘vreanrye), who ortectan the loyal isbabiants of thie on Tasmmeloe tha taaroles- ment, and relying the efficient co-operatiun of the mille kind remembrance of the 4o- Cuba will os es tapan rhment our a “ DOMINGO DULCE. Diplomatic courtesy st least, required that Generai Serrano should sesuea farewell address, which he has | Qone both elegantly and cloquently, in a manner entirely worthy of the accomplished gentleman that he is:— 70 THF INHAWITANTS OF THK ISLAND OF CUBA. Not in vain did I invoke, on taking possession of the civil government of the island, the claims to considera. tion which this province had upon me—the ties of affec- tion which bound me to it, During the short period of my adrminystration, through various causes, Known to Overy One, mercantile difficul- ties, political crises and neighboring wars have arisen, which were calculated to affect adversety the prosverity of this rich Antilia, cssentially agricultural and essen. tially commercial. Nevertheless, thanks to its privileged situation, to the fertility of ite soil, the activity of its merchants and working classes, the aid of its most en- lightened men, the patriotism of all ite inhabitants, the ‘eistance of hor Majerty’s government, and the protec. tion of God, who watches over good, industrious, perce. ful, loya! and Christian people, thore difficulties have dis. jared, those dangers passed, and under the shadow of table peace, of a power etrong and just, and of a secu- lar monarchy, the traces of recent misfortunes are being rapidly erased; commerce revives, new felis open ty agriculture, a sister Antilla has united herself, of her own accord, to the mother country, and foreign [apm oe ad | heretofore envied by many, envy in turn the profou nillity and growing prosperity which this fortunate | ya. Teckavel xe, loyal inhabitants of Cuba, that your en. | | lightenment, good sense and patriotism have made my task easy and pleasing: even in the midst of the gravest | cireumatances ; 1 proud to have been at the head ef the it Of such a people to the end of my career. Tam sorry that the moment of ‘tion from you ap- proaches, and shall never forget ether the virtues whi | ennoble you or the esieem and consideration | have won | ainong you. ing could assuage this feeling it would be nn- aoubtedly ithe ot the t and en! his ¢minent ability into the hands of my worthy ateoessor. YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER Genera) Serrano (the late Captain General) left on the | 12th instant in the San Quintin, He was accompanied by | eight steamers, chartered for the cecasion, to the mouth | Ateizht | Captain Genera) Serrano amd a host of dignitaries, to say | Joan give none of the particulars of the augnst meui’ | 23, 1862, landing of this kind? Nothing, unless he sends bis police te collect those negroes and return them to their native Africa—a duty he will find it very difficult, if mot utterly imposible, to perferm. Noro laborers are needed in his island, aud the number landed every year is not very great. Tho free blacks, who form nearly one-half the colored population, as you will perceive by the consus report, asynopsis ef which 1 sent you lately, will not work i cane plantations; and as tho island increases in?) prosperity the demand for hands increases, to su | which mouey abounds. and money procures everything we desiro in this world The question theretore re- solver itself simply into one of political economy, and, wi paid for or carried free from Africa, negroes are weeded here for agricuitural purposes. Consequently, | without them we stagnate and retrogrede. One might | just as wel) furbid trees to be cut down and yet expect | ships to be built, Among other plans enterteined by our new Captain General, | understand jt is hie intention to tear down the @wkward and worse than uscless wall which separates | the city proper from the point called Extramuros, and | convert the ground into a boulewrd. This would be &@ splendid improvement; but I de not expect to see the plan realized, from certain legal and other difficulties ym the way. The fact is, the gronnd now lombered with the wall was donated, section by section, by the owners, to be used by the government #0 long 2s tho wall steod, with @ proviso that whonever the wall was removed the Proprietorship in the ground should revert to the donors. ‘Tho tities to some sections are already disputed by some families, and it iv easy fo wee thit the pniling down of | that vile old wall will make a world of trouble Un the day béfore yesterday, the 12th inst., ex Captain Goneral Serrano and’siite wert om board her Majesty’s steamer San Qnintin, at about two o'clock th the uter- | half-past three the steamer weighed anchor (directly to Spain’ We ean well imagine how happy « day it was for the dist partyon | The departnre from the Quinta de k's Molinos to | the point where the barge was in waite tw curry the | fioneral aud suite to the steamer was a very fae afiair, the whole length of the route seme lined with | treopr--say adistaree of three miles, When the San | | Quintin started down the buy she was followed by a mul- | titude oF small steamers, ayly decorated, and hav- | ing tho indigpensabie band o° music en boara, 1 think ! eve inace in Hava waa out that day, filed with | far oo without whose presence nots t | proper ng ali (iat boauty can | the x scene. Mt tour 0 1 rai fast look at the fair island } \orned so ton i | Yor it is the his wife aad children, and | } whh such tes he can nevoreease to think kimily of | poor Cuba, ay bive the vower to | ropay her { wrt sh has be | upon mim by oh shall Wit Ler toa by yt a proR- perity whieh sha.lmake her more than ever a Queen among the Antilles, To piss from urave to gay, le opera. The company bes not at ali diminished the | good opinion | h-dtorined 0 them re | ‘lect to think their performances ¥ pight and night before we h with Mme. Medori as Am and ® debutante, Senora kay a word about the tier, a young | <ignor Bellini appearet as Rowe, and a German lady, made an e:cellent Birica, though a little weak in voice, Me- | dori was, as Loxpecied, very fine, Mazzeleni is aver € ‘od teyor, and playedshis partadmirebly though 1 Uhiul je spoils bis singing by a certain amount of affectation. Bellini is inte riin the mle trifle too cold: yet, withal, he is good, Tho uther parts | were well suotajned, and thy performance drew repeated | | bursts of applause from an audience not any too mi posed te accurd it, ‘The del wante—I am oorry for the | poor littl woman—ynde a tajlure, H For my own part pers nally, 1 must be permitted to | return any thanks for tho marked attention and courtesy | extended to me by Messrs. Marotzek and Joel, Lem sorry the seaeon will close so soon (Feb, 15): but | when the o-mpany appours in New York 1 am sure | you will agree that | Lave not said w word of unmerited | praise in regard to ayy. ‘The steamer Union, which leaves to-day, arrived on | Thursday evening, the 11th, having made plondid time, though the piesace was Very rough. The steamer Co tumbia arrived the next morning, and teft in afew hour crwards for New Orleans, Vrier to the departure of | Stevmer Fagle hist week Captal: Adams was pre- | | sented by some of che passengers with a silver trumpet, , | mado by Mos-re, Hanghwout &t0,, of New York, The ceremony was foll wed by a dinner on board, at which | A’ mira) Wilkes and Consul shofeldt attended, mira} came here in the Wachusett. | Our friends of the Liarin del Marina are very eevere | on Mr. Linevin's late message Unfortunately 1 bave | mistaid my translation of their remarks, and at this late | honr cannot afford to hunt itup. In gore respects the | | document is moet eflectuaily cut to pieces, i Lhaye just heard » good thing. A certain Consul, repro | | senting tho commercial inter sts of a certain friendly | | Power, when presenter! to General Duleo, asked “what the | peo: ton Madrid thought of Mexican aituire in their pre | seat posture”? The General ro lied, rather brnsquely, | Gthat when an ambaszador shonid wek bim auch a qqee: | tion bo would return a snitible answer; bit that a mere consul he? ne business to meddiv in political mat- ters." My anthority is so good that I have no doubt of the trath of the anecdote. Exchange on New York this morning, 122. The Police Commissioners and Japanese Fund. The Japanese fund has been disvosed of at last Tho Police Commissioners met yesterday and settled the vexed question by passing the following resolutions:— | Inasmuch as @ Inrge majority of the members of the | | police havo requested thix Roard to expend the moneys, of the Jupunese fund in aid of the familior o the reeruits, or | ts lies other onject as the Board may dem expedient, the efore:— | Manassas Junction, and wheo tb | necessary to seni to him | muniea ed Uh The Ad. | N | ville, by Carter THE M’DOWELL COURT OF The Testimony of General Sigel. ‘Wasureron, Dec. 22, 1862. ‘The McDowell Court Martial held its twenty-toventh session to-day. General Sige! rosumed his testimony, a8 aiene olin ‘With regard to the record of my testimony ofS 7 Ttake the tie ra that Tam exceedingly sorry that ap al was made on General King’s drvisten on the evening of the 28th by the enemy, under circumstances where they had to fight alone, whilst they could have deen supported by my corps at'the right time, { thought that these troops of Geveral King became unnecessarty exposed, I received tie order of General Pope, placing my command under Generai MeDowell, after my arrival at Warrenton, where I found Genera) McDowell. | remem- ber he wished me to state the strength of my command, Whether the order placing ny command undor General MePowell came directly trou General Pope, or J found tt in my book aud read it there, or whether it reach- ed me direct from General Popo or MuDowell, Ido not kuow. I reported to General Mclowell Decanse he directed me to dO so. I remember, when MeDowely and myself were together, that wo held aconversation, This was at the time the enemy had marched wo Manageas, He questioned bother it was not good to march to Saicwm sit aur treopa, £0.98 W | MMe | port toe During this vps, Wherein he come between Jackson and Doweil approved of this, and said that he woolt Longstre: jeral Pope in regard to this day I received a telegram from (eners gaid that Genoral McDowell should wuts the move: ment proposed. I alterwards vece!ved an orsoe by Gen, MeDowell te warch togHuckiand Mille, on tite road to Gainesville. Whether @ was writen or verbal I exnaoe say. [received an order from General Popa to maren to Centrevilie on the 25th of Angus:,abons woop, wher vay advanee guard, under General Ml y. bad arrived at main force was near 1 sent my adjutant to Manisa Rethlehem ch Junction to ¥ and to report 10 ¢ I was, ‘The a/yatent order of General Fope to mai say that} proposed ty Genova! Pope Market instead of Manassas, heanse the enemy Slanassas, Timderstood Uant 1 was to nar then under the command of 5 pu net send io him for. rd his corpe. and T seat iny n front ni «i wer that we immed Tequest, a statement iB writing | atrengih of my corps al Longstrest join Lata Ge Q.—When did Ge where and by what rou: Tonerat vackson, | al MeDowell« to prevent such a yimetion, A! hen we veri | at Gainesville with “the corps, after sh at Buckland Bridge, we had taken , aud found mone among plong nl news hy my ing to scunts, of the 2uth Ge oral Long-trect was repo abont ono o'clock on his march from Gaiwesrilie to the fied, I beheve that on the 28th, inthe mourning. one di- vision shon!d have been posiet 80 as to bindor Gone Longatreet from passing through Dhoraghtare Gap or | New Marker, if it was too late w held the Cap. Tcome | factor Lonystreet’s approach to Gonerid MeDowell on the mgbtof the 27th, at Gainesville, When | it was prop sed to mareh to Saem 1 seit ma that | Longstreet must be berween Salem a ny if We were to march to Salem, on; wonld suite and se arace the tw Besides,1 had received an order f to rend my whole cavairy fi op an expedition T gave the order MeDowell proviovsiy nnder Bayard to Salem | & this elect to Gulo- | | nel Beards ey.commander of my cavairy,who was at Salem. When he returned, on the 29th, during the bat- tle, he said that Longstreet’s force was near -aom A my cavalry was attached to the cavalry of Goverad M Dowell, and as on the at night.» question arose between General MeDoweil aud myselt as to what forces should be rent agaiuet Longstreet, and wsted Ge ral McDowell to m: ware of tht approach of Longst Thoronghfare Ga about tive | miles from Gainesville nd three and a bal) iiles from New Marker, His best road was from wainosvirle. by | w Market, to the GayfAnother rood was (rein Bunker Switoh, leaving New Market to the | | richt. believe General Tengsirest bad wbuut thirty- | five thousand men, infamy, cavairy and arti- | lery. My whole corps could hive been H there, and the corps of General Mel owoll was behind me at Buckiand Milis, The road trem Ginesyille to Thoroughfare Gap is ex Was abort ten tbo. sand stron a brigade of | how many troops amount of foree then with Gen | Diteen thousand men. Jackson mut bi | tine near Manassas Junetion, ard beyond wards kettie ) run, and from deserters | learned thut be bad with bin kweli’s and Hill's and his own diviwon, thousand at the highest. I would have sent thousand men to have retarded the moveme: Longstreet. 1 do not believe that by have been »ble to fight him all aay; but ¢ | Tetarded his movements considerabi | sion is that it was easy for Oe, come through the . E did not see the engage. ment between Hay Market and the Gap. This 1 | what induces me te gay that the veceesary arrange. ments were not made to hiner Longsirect trem | ming the main rebelarmy The troupes of Lengstrect ad mavto a long mareh, and if they hae! been oblied form line of dattle near Thoroughf-re Gap they wuld My = impres Longstrbet Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed to convert the prineipal of that fund, amounting to $18,600, into cash, | whion, with the accrued interest, amounts to $14,650, and expend the same in the following manner, 1. To pay over to the Committee of Police now | having charge of the families of policemen who | have enlisted in the army o° the United States the sum | of $12,000 for the benefit of the families in their charge. { 2. To pay to such members of the polic as have de clived to aasign their intorest in the fond thoir equitable share of said fund. ‘3. To pay to the aforesaid Committee of Peticemen the | residue of the fund that. tnay remain after paying the po- byes * past have dertined to assign their five ‘st in the | und. | ‘The following is a statement of the amount now in the | above fund:— $13,750 | ° 900 | Total. ses eeeseseeneseees serene ee ees 1S, 600 Captains’ rewards, given at their roquest to the togal , herein bt Carolina, . Sergeants Cropeey . . The Skating Carnival. Notwithstanding the oold weather of the past few days, there was no skating at tho Central Park yesterday, al- though there was alarge congregation of skaters diswp | pointed in the object that brought them there. The ice issmooth as glass, and seems almost ready for the skaters; | dnt the Commiseioners refuse to allow the eport to go on uptil there ie au additional jayer or two added to the slocial surface. is suppowed. however, that the pond will be throw on ty the p to-day, if the sligmt change in the weather, w | noon, dow: intertere. cinded from the Central Pat the less preient Though the skaters were ex. | + pou!, they were notgrom | line of the Fourth L etreet. ‘There the | was enjoyed by thon. | Pry SKATING TO-DAY AT THE CENTRAL PAR i Everything bas been placea im order ut the Central | Park, and Jack Frost has been eo for influence | that there | will be good skuting on the ponds at teu A. M. to d: ‘The luxury ef skating bi Season , 80 let all who can only just now commenced this “lide,” i je Election in Bridgeport, Conn, Ruwasrorr, Dec, 22, 1862, | The demooratic ticket is all elected, The Selectmen had two huudred and thirty-seven majority. Lact apring | the majority@Pas between two and three republicans, Tt will be recollected that it was at this place that the repnbticans afew months ago destroyed & demosratic newspaper office. Thus the revelution sweeps onward. Arnis’ Fenn Secery.—We beg to call attention to the | fact that the sale of the collection of this society takes place this evening, at tho Derby Gallery, 625 Broadway. Tt comprises pictures by our best artiste, all of them painted expressly for this year’s exhibition. Those who have money to spend in this way cannot havea better The Result of huudred for the | the collection which would bea treasure to any private gallery. Court Calendar=—This Day, Continue to Cleplay towards bit the same considera- tion, confidence and support ne have shown me, and the wishus | otter for your,Wwell being, your future and your happiness shall be completely fuiftlod, Uavas,, Doo. 9, 1862. FRANCISCO SERRANO. Gen, Dulce comes expressly charged by the home ) government 10 tise all means In his power to suppress the | ) elave trade, and it je said he moang to do it. Singularly enough, @ cargo of nine hundred live Africans was landed ‘oe, 1716, 4722, 4796, 4728, 4740, 4742, 4746, 4748, 4754, 4756, 4758, 4712) 4798, 4778, Seay STs IM ATH 0, c,d. m4 4810; 4812, 4818, 4820. . Pe em | Cann Losr.—teorge W. Hopkins, @ pupil of the Deat | and Domb Institute, absented himself on Sunday last, and | slender figure, has s fiir complexion, blae eyes and light | at Marianao, or in that neighborhood, about the time he was receiving official visits at the palace a day or two | | after his arrival, Dét what cam be do against a furtive brown hair, His name is marked oh his clothing, itis | fy reside at Fishkill Landing, and it is supponed that carried heyond bis dest! taken some public conveyance to go howe, and was | tramn the fusuace, at five P. igation, | destroyed, | attack resuited in the defeat o1 our army. Whos © | eneiny or assisting the division of General King. will tramsxet all ia 4782) | Irish Bri bu ton, and would not have been able to support @enerat | Juckson en the evening of the 20.4, te make agroat | attack against our leftwing on the’ uextday, which | * De Mc! owell’s and my corps were on their march to Mi | nustus, and the enemy was on the inarch between Ma- nussas and Gatnosville, and was therefore not in order of | ‘battie. and p:esented his left tiauk, if my corms and the | nons of Gen. McDowell had attacked }.im be would mot | have been abie to come up so early to the point whieh b: intended fo reach, between Groveton, Centreville aud | Now Market: and, again, if my corps had vot been | ordered to march to Manassas we could bave assisted | those troops which I took to be General Kivg’s on the | evening of the 28th of August. By sending away my | corps we lost the opportunity either of Lr msgs bo { not think we could have defeated the evemy; but we would have retarded his movements, and have brought | him to a stand where, perhaps, he would not have | cared to fight, and given our Commander-in Chief an op an a seeing clearly where the eneiny's positi was how to direct his own movements. strong. Yott { had to cover by one | division, 48 1 did not know, up to twelve M. or one P. M., | that Genera] Reynolds was on my left. {could net make any diepositions of the divisions of Genera! Schenck to asstet my right wing and centre, because be bed te cover any lott wing. My opinion is that the division of General Reynolds (td not understand their task to attack the | enemy on his right flank and rear. I am also of the | opinion that if division of General King bad been | united with that of Genoral Reynoids,on tunt same day | tnoon, or in the afterno.n, and the fifteen thousand | mon composing thom had marched against the right tiauk | coourred yesterday atter- | of the onomy, be must have been routed. tsappose tint | © these divisions of Gemeral King had remained on the Held | at the place where the tight was on the axrh at night. | 1 suppe them on the mareb on the 29th: and, as 1 | supposed they took the shorvort road to the wattle field, 1 can’t :nderstand why suey only arrived at ecnset | on the 996k. Ido not think that Jackson, on the goth, | vould bh resisted our attack in front i! Mebowell” troope bad come to our leit, especially when Heintzel- | man's corge, under Hooker snd Keerr believe JePhaon needed wii lis men attule time to tect himeetf in front and centre, and eouid vot have | sufficicnt namber of troope to oppose the attack Dowoll’s, and therefore could have be ot and { to yield hie position, Between five and s'x 0 evening of the 29th our line was ae this —Cen on the right. Iny corps on the centre, with «e er’s, which had partiatly relieved my cor: in good orger, and ready to advance. Gn the shad arrived. 1 | | ft of this 4 | line was Kono, in support of Gesers! Schenck. ‘The whele number in lino was thirt of General | Rey nold’s division and aby of 8 troops. The | enemy hat leet ground during the od in the after. | neon At thir stage of the procecdings the court adjourned. | Military Movement: DEPARTURE OF THE OXK HUNDRED AND SEVENTY- FIFTH REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTERRS, | AND PORTY-SEVENTH MAS#ACUUSRTTS, | ‘The steamship Misrissipp: swiled yesterday with tho | One Hundred and Seventy-fifth New York State Volune teora, ander conimand of Colauel M. K. Bryan, On by of the gaine steamer was the Forty-seventh Marsachu- oppertunity of investing it, There are several goms in | setts, They both goto join the Banks expedition, The oMicer# detailed for recruiting for Colonel Bryan's regi- ment in this city are requerted to report tothe head. | ra | , 887 Broadway, to Capt. Edword Gorman, who tiers in relation to the departed regi. , who wats kisled at the battle of Froderiex® » will take ninth regiment, New York State National Guard, are ro- quested by Biajor Bagley to assemble at their armory, Essex market, i fatigue, without side arins, at twelve : o'clock M., (or the purpose of attending the funeral, hhas not since boon heard of. *He is twolve years old, isof | Burning of the Episcopal Ch Jamestown SAMHRTOWN The Bpisoopal eharch of this SB. Y., Deo. %2. 1862, | 9 jage'took fire, probably v dus» rance, 62,000. | that it ‘im the | of iowa ry. { don’t know | T think that tne | wus at least | been at that | ' in tue judgment of U | tial reconstruc’ not have arrived till the afternoo. 0. we Zab atu ove | Mem ton on the 84 of December torday morning the navy, and ordered ty sys Place, to day. The ofleors of the Sixty: | delay. saye ' stock which em. BF Peeled le Vumnouke. Vid paper haw fallen to four con sm worday and wae emtire!, 5 08 po he -f rags oF Old papet eri v PRICE THREE CENTS INQUIRY. | IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. The Resignations of Secretaries Seward and Chase. The President Refuses to Accept and Requests Them to Resums — Their Portfolios. They Do So and Are at Work Again, Rory Wesmmenon, Dec, 22, 1662, The President bas acknowledged the reception of tho Yosignatious of the Secretary Of State, Mr.cewerd, and tho Secretary ot the ‘Treasury, Mr. Chase, and has informe? dive deliberation, he hiscome to the ptanee of their resin stions would ‘he pablic welfare."* efore requested both Mr, Seward dey ae. them that. aft usion that th incom) The Pres cone vs and Mr. Chase to 8 thelh respeorive fuctions as Zocretary of state and Secretary of the trea: thy The two Secretures have accordingly ces inet their plaves as houde of their respective departments. Pinal Settiement of the Cabinet Ditwatty. Wasmincoon, we. 22, 1862. The three days’ wonder has ended, ihe broken Cabinet in repaved, the resigning Secre(aries have | returned to ther viaces, the Presitemt mas ad- sumed the responsibiity of the uct of his advisers, and the — meddit natosial been rebuked. This virtual rofosal of the Pre, to the strom ted dictets uo) the Sena. inet for to suit ure to arr tors who d 3, has crenied bo god ieeling between Mr. "Linooin and the would be ¢ wagh thee are many hore who believe tha 8 missed the yoiden oppor tunity of = arranging — the whole C.binet e should coujorm to the puble seutimen, biy manifested in the recont of peace, ve at least the return to the old ord hus affordel roll to those that the pressure browpht to deat upon Mr, Lincoty would have compeited him w adopt tho unity of extreme radicalran im bis Cabinets which would unquestionably have crested a diva commotion througho tall the loyal States, have produced a revolution #8 feartui as the rebellion Ltselt It is now plainty understood that there are to be ne chapges whatever®iiher im the Cabinet ur the military commande:s, and ut least for the preseat ulfairs will be conducted pretty meh as heretoinre ‘Whis refusal of Mtr. Livcola to yield vo the inpertinens importunity of the Seuatocial caueus is reparded as a To nifestativn on hs jart of inwre firmness wed detern| estoratic ministration, who feared | tion to act the part of Vresident of the United Stated than he has oxhibived at other times when ihe same pressure was brought co beur upon tim, The Cebtnet and the Senate, Wasminuron, Dee, 21, 1882, Last Tuetday the’ repubticau members a tae renate alters session or tour boves, during Leree ULtAchs upon Secre- lary Seward, mah uy bh apousible loro) cotests, and declaring that che coantey was ured oF the peebent or the Wat, i Te deena , and re passed bye V © Bion Wis entered iplo bh, aypeckin Trambell, policy 0 herman, Wale, ae. as 4 Fabian one y ‘elon wb that tis » rebels was & that he 2 UUNKS eayon ition away oi Surtout roepnsiby uit inetewd « ee to Wednesday , w hws, w no Cabinet would meroase the cont Senator Sherty n cbjected, because this was too broad ; that Secietary Chase would resin at onee if chat was passed, Pascotior Fessenden then amended it to tead:—A par- on, abd Upur thal the resout 1D pasted, seven was forinéd Afterwards rig were udied, making it nine, Un Thursday Sevator hing infertaed Mr. Seward of the action of the Senace, and he and Assistobt secrotary yard at ouce Bent out their resigoaniond. On Thursday evening th nities of Nine waited on the F resident and laid t sp NO Teale was arriv. d ut, bat epecel * by the enemies ‘of Mr. ceward in which he was denounced i uimeasured terms. The committee retired and left the matter im the bends of the President, betieving that 1 wes ali right. The cominiti@ from the Senatorial caneus were ipvited by the Preajdent to meet nim at the White Hate on Friday On their arrival they found the whole Cabinets cepting Secretary Seward. ‘The Presideut introduced the sulyeot and Stated the ob- ject or the committee. 4 cretary Chase at cnco stated that he did not come there w be arraigned by Senai ors. Monator Yesecuden eaid he did not come there to arraign any on The President said they were all there on an equality, aud juvited an interchange of opinion. nator Harris stated tha he was nots friend of Secretary Seward. though formerly aliw partuer, and thought there were a large number of Durans whe wonla rejoice at bit leaving the Cabtuet, whiie an equally large ammber were in favor of hie remaiig He thought i wonld be Bein et uncalled for, becanse be e any cami aid aS eS a aimed ot some one ciee bosktes Secretary Seward. ifany ono supposed be was responsible for the disaster that had occurred, ther were mirtaken; that all the charges made’ inet DUA were false; that the Preeideut knew that the r Uhat he was rosporsible for the movement on Fredericksburg was groundless; that neither he por Gen, Neck was responsi ‘to a flerce onslanght opon Mx. Senator Grimes Soward. . Mr. Fessenden was firin, but determined, ‘The meeting lasted ontil a tate ho: without sny result bein ned however, tendered ni in order to placo him iv mittee Of and adjonrned 1, the moss are. Postuvaster Plair, who is, next to Mr. Sows he inter- objectionable man. refueed to resign. In all views the Prosident detended Mr. seward warmly, deny~ ing that he hus actively interfered with the wilttary movements, or that his poricy bas been detrimentat ro tie cotdeet of the war, Lie expressed the must mubgound od fidence in Secretaries Stanton and Clmee, aud thought Secretary Welice has done att that coat bo “one He will not remove any member, and unless they re- and insist npou theit resignations being xecepted, wil be nochange, The Sevaters have taken this considering it nbeossary for the sucwesst f the war. fatter fa only be to gin with renewe tury about the Cabjnet is comownat allayed Seward having signified his intention and the President having Mr. Chase hat con- rhe exeltor night, Secretary to withdraw hie Pesignatio solicit sto withdraw bis d f answer ty morrow, and be bas veen wiv | waited apon to night by several Senators to tuduce him to dose. No attack was taade upon him, and bis course has alwaye given entire sattsfaction, The committee from the Sonate consisted of Senators or ( bairmoan), Fessenden, Harris, Samver, W ‘from rimes, Howard ami Pomeroy.» Of tore, Horie is (he only one net in favor of an it understoud by the Senators that none of ix distinetly then: will accept any position in the Cabinet should @ Tecastbe made. Ea, Arrival of the Bavaria. ‘The stearaship Bavaria, Captain eis, from Southamp. ayaived at this port early yen Fler news bas benn anticipated by the Scotia. “rhe Navy. mn Past A. U. William, United States Navy, has Scranme Count—Cincort.—Part 1—Nos. 44 ment. Allmen absent without feavo are ordcred to re. | Pas auanter W 4057, 4843, 4249, 4351, 4955, 4u50, rl & port immediately at headquarters, or they will be treated | jee: fod to the United © -ta8 ship Colorado, at Hump Soon Ga0st adot! Gait 4410, a00t? Sea? Seat Gaus? | “vuemnals oP A foLDTIn oy ‘rm a | eee nm, i i A » 4425, 4499" UNERAL OF yy THB iH BRIG. | 4 : + an acti i 4485. 47%, 4700, 4 | The faneral of Liewienant. birwing se Mengtae’s | 0: 1. Cearbban beens sn ceeng pay wneier'te at Washington withont ot or Ragt.—The Boston Jowmnal ‘uca age going dows. Om Wednesday they fell two antavand. greater eckves Urrentened. ‘Tbe amount of present thigh pric have Brorgat Prouwe mx rte 7 1, and ong pacty In thacity who bes beow bay ig oy WeRety hen sooyped purciwalag, huving now ovoe , wanda on band, Shoxe wht are bonrding thot ther gpl ab ongo,