The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1862, Page 4

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We do not return rejected communications, ‘Volume XXVIT....cescssseeesresseesse ee Os S61 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING; MIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Favst and Mancvenite. aw Alsons THEATRE, Broadway.—Isvisiaus Huvs- WINTEE GARDEN, Broadway.—La: _ Ents Aunass.don—Foutoss's nou wisi nasil LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Buorparrr. WEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Busa Ri: Baniequw Jack Saerrano—Pinare fc oy ‘BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.— Woov—Rosaxas or tau Prursere-Bonsoruaen ne GE! . i p@EBMAN OPERA HOUSE. Brosdway.—Masox axp BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Dnixs. Bach's Peurorwtne Be. . Goursan Hawn—Day and trening, Ole 20 at all Hours, BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS’ Mechanios? Hall, 473 Broad- ‘way.—Krmiorian Soxas, Bunuxsqums, Daxces, &0.—! AND Magcuxsire. a ag cae aie WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.<Brai0rian us, Dances, Bion oa Ga BUCKLEY'S MINSTRELS. Sireet.—Eruiortam Soncs, D, BROADWAY MENAGEAIL ANIMALS. lace of Music, Fourteenth &c.—Lucreria Borcia. Broadway.<Livixe Wip AMERICAN MUSIC MALL, No. Broadway.—Bat- Lies, Pantournns, Buauxeaiss, 0. ace PARIGIAN CABINET OF WON! Bread Open dally tos Waa, cries ames sen add HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.<Braiori Boncs, Danczs, Bunursquus a = sy = New York, Monday, December 29, 1862. = cles THE SITUATION. There is no news of importance from General Burnside's army. Military movements in the West Gre equally dull. We have nothing to report from that quarter to-day. The Banks expedition arrived safely at New Or- Means on the 1dth instant, whereupon the General ‘assumed command of the Department of the Gulf, recently under the charge of General Butler. The Btato of Texas has been added under the new re- gime. On the 16th General Banks issued a genera! order, announcing the fact that he had assumed command, and also a proclamatiomto the people Of the Southwest, promising, among other things, the enjoyment of all the privileges which o beneficient government can confer consistent with public safety. General Butler has delivered @ parting address to the army, in which he con- Gratulates them for “having restored order and quiet in the turbulent city of New Orleans, for having aided in feeding the famishing wives and children of their enemies, having checked pestilence and disease, and replenished the public treasury with half a million of money. General Banks lost Bo time in commencing warlike operations. On the 16th inst. he despatched a fleet and a strong force to Baton Rouge, the capital of Louis- » then occupied by the rebels. The B ws Sarriconed only by a few troops, “ama «they retired upon the advance of the gunboats. The Unioa troops under Genera! Grover were then landed, and the Stars and Stripes hoisted on the State House. We give all the par- ‘ticulars of the progress of affairs at New Orleans ty the letters of our correspondents to-day. Captain Jones, of the California steamer Ariel, left this city for Washington yesterday evening to fay his statement of the capture of the vessel by the Alabama before the authorities. We are en- abled to give to-day some more minute details of . the affair, including an interesting account from a Cuba journal of the mauner in which the pirate escaped from the United States steamer Sen Ja- ointo at Martinique. The Alabama is likely to be aided soon by an- other famous rebel privateer which has escaped from a blockaded Southern port to prey upon the commerce of the North. By our advices from Havana, published this morning, it will be seen thet the steamer “Florida,”’ otherwise and better known as the “Oreto,”’ has succeeded in escaping from Mobile, with a crew of one hundred men, having run the gauntlet of the blockade in the darkness of night. This vessel and the two others reported by Captain Starrett, of the ship Lizzie Bouthard, and Captain Weaver, of the bark Mar- ‘Yha’s Vineyard, will increase to four the number of Piratical crafts now scouring the seas for the de- struction of our richly laden argosies. We have further news from Key West. The United States steamer Sagamore, Lieutenant Com- manding Earl Bnglish, recently captured the wehooner Alicia in Indian river, Florida. The sohooner was loading cotton for Nassau, N. P. The Ninetieth New York regiment, Colonel J. 8. Morgan, has been superseded as the garrison of Key West. The Forty-seventh Pennsylvania regi- mont, Colonel Good, from Port Royal, succeeds the Ninetieth. Key West has been restored to the government of the city authorities. A letter from Falmouth, England, says:—The United States corvette Onward, Captain Nickels, put into Palmouth on Saturday, the 6th of Decem- ‘wer, from Payal, to repair seme slight damages yw ey o , ‘if NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1865, look out for tho Alabama. Her crew appear to de in a very unsatisfactory state of discipline, as her officers cannot come on shore in the ship's boats from fear of the mon deserting. The London Shipping Gazette publishes the following communication, dated om the 3d inst., from Madeira:— The Thistle steamer, Maxtine, from Liverpool for St. Thomas, put in here November 26, coaled and proceeded on the 29th. The United States armed steamer Tuscarora slipped abortly after, stood after the Thistle, and when about fourteen miles out fred s gun and brought her to; sent = boat‘on board, and after some detention the Thistle continued her course. In the meantime her Majesty's steamer Leopard got up steam and stood after the Thistle, but the latter paid no attention to the signal guns of her Majesty's ship, and after a chase of three hours the Leopard returned to anchor, without having been near the Thistle. The Tuscarora arrived here November 28, is still in pert, and will pro- bably remain here some time and examine the papers of all suspicious vessels.”’ MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ) The steamship. Glasgow, from Queenstown on the 12th instant, and the mails of the Europa, from Boston, reached this city early -yesterday morning. Our European letters and files ate dated to the 12th of December, and contain some very interesting details of the news telegraphed trom Halifax, published in the Hesatp last Saturday morning. The fact of the British government having agreed with the other protecting Powers to respect the protocol by which Prince Alfred is prevented from accepting the throne of Greece appears to have given satisfaction to the French Government and the Cabinet of Russia, The three Powers have agreed to recommend to the Greeks as their ruler Ferdinand, king consort of Portugal, fatheT of the present king of that country. Ferdinand acted as Regent of Portugal during the minority of his son. He is a duke of the royal house of Saxo- ny, forty-six years of age, and very popular. The news from Havana, Venezuela, Nassau, &c., which we publish to-day, will be found to possess many points of interest. The rebels in Venezuela were coming to terms with the government, and the Archbishop.of Caracas had gone on a mission to them in Maracaibo. The new Captain General of Cuba kad pardoned a number of prisoners con- fined in the jails. A rebel vessel had arrived at Havana with cotton from Mobile. The Nassau news is highly interesting. We have some additional news by the steamer Ariel from Aspinwall. The assassination of Gen. Arboleda was a most cowardly and shameful affair. President Canal immediately assumed the command of the conservative forces, and says he willnow fight Mosquera while he has a man to stand by him. Mosquera had called upon Ecuador to join the Columbian Confederacy or take the re- sults of a refusal. General Paez, the Dictator of Venezuela, was at the same time about to demand satisfaction of Mosquera for daring to invade the frontiers of Venezuelan territory. War was also thtpatening between Chile and Bolivia. The French and Hawaian Consuls have protested against Peruvians trading in the natives of the Sandwich Islands on the East India coolie plan. The eleventh anniversary of the Episcopal Or- phan Home, situated on the corner of Forty-se- venth street and Lexington avenue, was held yes- terday at Calvary church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street. Rev. Drs. Tyng, Smith, Dyer and Price officiated upon the occasion. Short addresses were delivered. The number of children in the asylum at presentis one hundred and forty-eight, and the institution appears to be in excellent condition. Tho McKinstry trial at St. Louis, it is thought, will be brought to a close this week. Major Mc- Kinstry’s defence will be an elaborate and lengthy one, embracing a complete history of the affairs in that department from the beginning of the re- bellion. The Albany Journal says the fresh rumor of Thurlow Weed’s intention to visit Europe ie wholly without authority or foundation. The Legislature of Missouri will meet at Jeffer- son City to-day. ‘The stock market was higher on Saturday, with the ex- ception ol gevernments,on the rumor that Congress is Prepared to authorize more issues of greenbacks. The popular railway shares were 1 a 1% per cent bigher. Money was worth 5 a 6 per cent om call. Gold advanced 191824, amt exchange to 146. The usual trade tables for the week will be found in the money article. ‘The sales of flour on Saturday were confined to 9,100 bbis., and of wheat to 37,500 bushels, at unchang- ed quotations, while of corn 115,000 burhels found buy” ors at an advance of }c. a lc. per bushel. Cotton sold to the extent of 1,200 bales, and closed firmiy at 67c. for middlinge. Sugars were in moderate demand, as were pikewise the principal kinde of provisions, mese pork closing at $14 25 a $1437, and other articles as pre. viously reported, There was very little done in coffee, teas, molasses, tobacco, hides, leather, oils, or naval stores. Whiskey waa tirm at 39c.,and 600 bbie. were ispesed of. The freight market was very dull. Highly Important News from New Or- leams—The Mystery of the Banks Ex- peaition Solved. The mystery of the Banks expedition ie at an end. The solution is given in the very interest- ing and important budget of letters from our special correspondents at New Orleans which we publish this morning. Gen. Butler has been relieved, and Gen. Banks is in active command of the Department of the Gulf, with his head- quarters in the Creseent City. The flagship of his expedition arrived there on the 14th instant; his general order announc- ing hie assumption of the supreme command of the department (including the State of Texas) was issued on the 16th; and, in this connec- tion, it is somewhat remarkable that the terri ble proclamation of Jeff. Davis against General Butler and his subordinate officers was not issued until the 29d, at which time Davie was doubtless fully informed of all the movements at New Orleans which we publish to-day. We conelude that Davis thou ght it a good opportu- nity for » parting broadside at Butler in con- nection with a warning to President Lincoln im the matter of his expected Ist of January emancipation manifesto. ‘The introductory proclamation of General Banke to the people concerned is represented as giving universal satisfaction, which we can- not doubt, inasmuch as he promises “to the people of every class all privileges of posses- sion or enjoyment consistent with the public safety, or which it is possible for a beneficent and just government to confer.” His views, too, of the indivisibility of the Union, North and South, and East and West, are unanswer- able. Best of all, he enters upon the duties and great responsibilities ef his important depart- ment with a popular reputation both as a skilful military leader and as a clear-headed, sagacious and enlightened statesman, which it is the good fortune of very few men to win. We presume that the remonstrances of foreign governments against the stringent administration of General Butler have had as much to do with his removal as any other cause, and that upon these com- plaints he would have been recalled much sooner but for his decisive and efficient mea- Taw and order. What he has accomplished is briefly sketched in his parting address to the soldiers of his Command, in which he says that “with your oc- Cupation order, law, quiet and peace sprang to the city, filled with the bravoes of all nations, where for a soore of years, during the pro foundest peace, human life was scarcely safe at noonday;” that, landing in the city with a mili- tary chest of seventy-five dollare—all that was left by the rebels—his command have turned over half a million of money into the public treasury, while his expedition has cost only one-fifth of the expenses of any other of the same description. He tells his soldiers, among other things, that “you have fed the starving poor, the wives and children of your enemies, thus converting enemies into friends;” and that, “by your steady adhesion to the laws of health, you have stayed the pestilence, and in this most unhealthy climate have preserved your Tanks fuller than those of any other battalions” #0 long in the public service. This isa good record against the catalogue of high orimes and misdemeanors charged upon Gen. Butler by Jeff. Davis. All things considered, we doubt not that the future historian of this gigantic re- bellion will set down Gen. Butler's civil and military government over New Orleans as won- derfully efficient, comprehensive and successftl, though somewhat marked by occasional hatsh extremities of an absolute military power. But, having cleared the way for # milder and more conciliatory military administration in the Department of the Gulf, Gen. Butler, we think, is judiciously relieved of that command by Gen. Banks. To assist him in the proper dispensation of justice among the people con- cerned, he is accompanied by Judge Charles A, Peabody, of New York—a man whose personal and professional character stands above any suspicion of reproach. We have nothing to fear, therefore, but everything to hope, from the investment of Judge Peabody with plonary judicial powers in the department of Gen. Banks. This now office of the Judge, too, will be anything but a sinecure, as may be inferred from the alleged sweeping liabilities of the planters of Louisiana to the pains and penal- ties of the Confiscation act, and in view of the President’s confirmatory emancipation procla mation, which, we are apprised, will be forth” eoming on New Year's Day. This Banks expedition to New Orleans, how- ever, embraced an imposing military force of many thousands of troops and a number of ves- sels-of-war, which, added to the land and naval forces already on the ground, are suggestive of active-warlike work in some new field of opera- tions. What great projects are these combined forces appointed to accomplish? We cannot an- swer; but while the reoccupation of Baton Rouge indicates some larger enterprise up the Missis- sippi, the annexation of Texas to the depart. ment of General Banks suggests some formida- ble expedition in that direction. It is well known that a large body of the people of the interior of Toxas are only awaiting the appear- ance of a supporting Union army column to strike for their deliverance; and it is as well understood at Washington that our military oc- cupation of Texas would cut off from the armies of the rebellion elsewhere a large proportion of their subsistence in the way of grain and catth. At all events, while the people of the North were disdppointed on learning thatgthe Banks expedition had sailed by the James river, they will be gratified with the news of the General’s safe arrival at New Orleans, and with the promising auspices under whieh he has entered upon his great mission aa the military chief of that department. We may accordingly enter” tain the hope that from this distant field ef the war we shall soon hear of some grand results which will atone for our late disaster in Vir- ginia, and contribute not a little to simplify the programme of operations designed te reach “the heart of the rebellion.” And so we turn over this interesting budget of our latest New Orleans correspondence to the careful con™ sideration of our readers. England Withdraws Her Candidature te the Throne of Greece. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Drouyn de Lhuys, has addressed circular to the diplomatic agents of France abroad, a resume of which we publish in another column. It will be seen from that document tbat Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador at Paris, has announced to the French, government the withdrawal by England of Prince Alfred’s can- didature. Our private sources convey the same in- formation as regards England’s action in the matter of Prince Alfred's olaim to the throne of Greece. We are told that England will not consent to the Prince's acceptance of a crown tendered him bya vast majority of the peo- ple, and that she will encourage the placing Ferdinand of Portugal upon the throne so recently vacated by Otho. It is asserted that France and Russia will disavow the claims made by the latter in favor of the Duke of Leuchtenberg if England will give up all idea of accepting the votes of the people of Greece for Prince Alfred. This, we are assured, Eng- Jand will do, and as the Morning Lord Palmersten’s organ, advocates openly ti ehoice of the ex-King of Portugal, we may safely pre- sume our informants correct in their assertions, England has not dared to run counter to the evident hostility of France and Russia to her attempt at securing the throne of Greece. The immense warlike preparations of both those Powers are a menace against England, and at this period she feels too much isolated to brave openly the anger of her neighbors. Se she bas agreed that the provisions of the protocol of 1830 shall be binding—the more £0 as it places the candidature of the Duke of Leuchtenberg out of the question, the Russian government having acknowledged that prince as a member of the imperial family. Ferdinand of Portugal now in his forty- ninth year, is a prince of great capacity, and is considered as most eligible for the dis. puted throne, The Greeks may object to him on the score of his being a Roman Catholie, they having a most determined dislike for that faith; but otherwise his tried ability marks him as a desirable ruler for Greece. The tone of the English journals upon the sub- ject of the Greek throne has betrayed an intense anxiety to secure the tempting bait; but pru- dential motives have overcome England's natu- ral greed and rapasity, and she will abstain, The conduct of France and Russia proved how averse they were to England’s securing Greece; in fact it was plain, from the tone of thy, Rus sian organs, that that government would make the affair a casus belli. France has already as- serted she is no longer beund to act in concert with England, and the latter cannot undertake sures for the repression of the turbulent ele- | unaided a war with Russia,*the more so as probability that France would have seized the ooceasion to | faithful ally, perfide Albion, Lord Palmers- ton understands Louis Napoleon too well to expose himself to any sudden treachery on the part of the latter. Se England will, perforce, give up Greece, and will bide her time for re. turaing with interest the new obligation she is under to France. This she willsoon be ena- bled, to do should. Napoleon continue his schemes for conquest on this continent. The Greek question, which bade fair to dis- turb the equilibrium of the great Powers of Europe, now seems to be in a fair way for set- tlement, should the people of Greece accept the ruler proposed to them by the nations most directly interested; but as yet that consent is not a positive fact, and complications may still arise from a refusal on the part of the Greeks to accept the rule of Fe rdinand. The Pirate Alabama and the Navy De-. partment. The alarming fact that the pirate vessel Ala- bama has succeeded in oapturing one of our California steamships putsa new phase upon the proceedings of that craft, and should stir up the Navy Department to a sense of the dan- ger which menaces our whole carrying trade on the Atlantic, and indeed on every ocean. It was no matter of surprise that the Alabame—which proves to bea ship of immense speed—should repeatedly destroy our sailing vessels; but it was hardly thonght that she could run down and capture with. per- fect ease a steamship like the Ariel. That she has done go, therefore, should be a warning to Mr. Secretary Welles—if, indeed, anything can stimulate that funotionary to action—that at the present time our commerce on the high seas is absolutely without protection. For the past two years the government have been creating an immense navy, until now there are nearly three hundred vessels. at its command. Yet one craft alone, boldly flying the rebel flag, it appears, can sweep the ocean without molestation. The swiftest steamship we have—the Vanderbilt—was re- jected by Mr. Welles, and it was only through the instrumentality of the President and the | War Department that her services were secured at all. She could make short work of the Alabama if she came athwart her. Then there are two other vessels which are now in the transport service—the Atlantic and Baltic—and might be fitted out without much delay for a cruise in search of the pirate. They could be armed with one gun of large calibre— say a hundred pounder. Plenty of officers would be found to take command of them, and either of tiem codld outsail the rebel vessel Three other steamers of great speed aro also of soon will be at the disposal of Mr. Welles for this serviee—the Connecticut, which has gone South somewhere; the Rhode Island, which is nearly ready for sea, and the Iroquois. With this fleet of fast steamers the career of the Ala- bama could soon be brought to an end, if we had an active and vigilant officer at the head of the Navy Department, instead of a fossil like Mr. Welles, who will probably wake up toa conviction of the real state of affairs when our marine commerce is totally demolished. It is fast coming to that deplorable condition new. Our merchant vessels are seized without mercy. The national flag is no longer a pre- tection. Our shipowners and merchants are 80 terrified at the danger which menaces their property that they will not venture to trust it upon the ocean, except under the egis of some foreign ensign. England is openly and boast- fully aiding ‘this privateer system, of which Captain Semmes is the leading spirit; and she is doing so im order te destroy the carrying trade of this country, abd transfer it to British bottoms. She is working out this object successfully, The British or some other foreign flags are the only ones under which an American vessel can dare cross the ocean or venture into the Gulf. Earl Russell declared with apparent candor, but with real malice, that, as far as the British government was concerned, all parties, whether subjects of Great Britain or others, should navi- gate the seas at their own risk, taking chance for escaping the rebel pirate vessels like the Alabama and the two or three other smaller eraft which occasionally,turn up in different quarters. At the same time the British govern- ment is treacherously fostering the fitting out of armed rebel vessels in its own ports, witha view to so cripple the merchant marine of this country and render the seas so dangerous for American vessels that British ships will enjoy the whole carrying trade of the Atlantic. The commander of tbe Ariel, after escaping from the clutches of Semmes by giving heavy bonds as @ ransom for his vessel, very prudent ly declined bringing back any treasure on his return voyage, and consequently left a million of dollars behind at Aspinwall because he had no convoy, no protection whatever to hope for from our armed vessels, and he knew that he was at the mercy of the rebel pirate if she should lie in wait for him. The gold of California, therefore—the product of our wealthiest State—is no longer safe in vessels sailing under the flag of this republic, to our shame be it told. That portion of eur carrying trade also, we suppose, must be entrusted to British ves- sels, as the American navy will not be permit- ted to protect it. Is this disgraceful state of things to eontinue? For the henor of the nation we trast not. Are our coasts to be swept by hostile vessels? Is our flag to be dishonored, and a great maritime country like ours to be dependent upon foreign ships for the transportation of its own treasure, while our harbors are teeming with the armed vessels of as fine navy as the world can show? These facts must be as patent to Mr. Lincoln as they are to the whole public, and we hope tha’, he will insist upon some speedy measures bei 4g taken to remove this disgrace. For the regu. tation of his administration, for the safety of the commerce and the prosperity of the rv spub- lic, the President should see to it that t'se seas are cleared of this pirate ship, the Oret’), which has just run the blockade from, Mobile, to act in concert with her, and al), the other piratical craft that infest our coasts, Ample means to accomplish this are in the hands of the Secretary of the Navy, and, ‘with such ships as we have enumerated at his command, there is no excuse for the depredat'ons upon our ves- sels being allowed to covstinue for another thonth. Tax Prerenven Censorsur or tHe Press, Some of the New York journals are pleading the censorship at Washington as a reason for the absence of news in their columns. This is sheer humbug. There is no such thing as cen- sorsbip. The fault lies not in this, but in their finances. The Hxxatp is not preyented pub- lishing any telegraphic intelligep%e it ploases, may be seer from its columns, and from side against her | bills it pays the telegraph companies. Jour- | Bale without enterprise or “tin” must invent some other exouse for dearth of news in their columna, —— Tax Artayrio Terxorara—By the last steamer from Europe we received some further intelligence touching the progress of the efforts that are being made in London towards the revival of the Atlantio telegraph. The amount of new capital called for is £600,000, which is divided into one hundred and twenty thousand shares, of £5 each, the whole being entitled to a preferential dividend of eight per contum per annum in priogjty to the payment of any dividend on the old capi- tal. Besides this preference, the new stock will share equally with the old in any profits that may accrue after providing for a dividend of four per centum on the latter. The financial results of the enterprise, as estimated by Mr. Saward, the secretary of the company, are as follows:—Gross income, £438,000—which amount will leave, after do- ducting £25,000 for working expenses, a net profit of £413,000 per annum. The calculation which gives the gross amount of income is based on tho assumption that two hundred and forty messages per day from. each side of the. Atlantic will be sent over the wires—an amount of business which will seem excessively small when compared with that done by the two con- tinental cables, which transmit, at the present time, an average of fifteen hundred messages per day—an average, too, which is daily in- creasing in amount. Assuming that this esti- mate is not overdrawn, the company will be enabled to pay a regular dividend of ten per cent in addition to the special dividend provided for the old and new stocks reapectively—that is, a dividend of eighteen per cent on the new stock and of fourteen per cent on the old; qnd, after providing for these dividends, there will remain 9 balance of up- wards of £240,000 for the formation of a re- served fund—a sum practically sufficient, says the secretary, to pay for an additional line of cable every two or three years. We understand that the prospects of the com” pany continue to be very encouraging. One hundred thousand pounds sterling—irrespec- tive of intended subscriptions by the direc- tors—have already been subscribed to the new capital, and the list is being rapidly filled up- Mr, Cyrus W. Field, who has spent the greater part of the summef in London, in constant com- munication with the projectors of this great enterprise, will arrive here in the Persia, which left Liverpool on the 20th. It is his intention, we believe, to make further efforts to push the interests of the cable on this side ef the Atlantic. It is soarcely necessary for us to recommend the American public to give Mr. Field all the aid that it can. The importance of telegraphic communication with Europe was never more appreciated by our people than at present, when foreign governments are eagerly watching an opportunity to further complicate matters here. That there is an equally strong desire on the part of England and France to see the enterprise carried through may be assumed from the intense interest with which the arrival of every steamer from this country is looked for. With such powerful motives capitalists on sides, and such fa’ conditions as bave been obtained from the manufacturers of the cable, we see no why the line should not be laid and in order by the beginning of September next. Tae Porrer Covrr Manrur—Gen. Potter has been compelled to make an earnest and feeling appeal to the court before which he i® being tried to induce it to rescind its decision to exclude the orders and telegrams that he of- fered in evidence. We can see no principle of justice or legal usage which can be infringed by @ compliance with his request. A great latitude should be allowed accused in such cases, and it is eapecially called for in the present one, from the character of the testimo- ny adduced by the prosecution to show the animus by whieh the defendant was actuated towards Gen. Pope. If the evidence that he offers is excluded, and a finding ‘adverse to him is pronounced, the suspicion will become pre- valent that it was a foregone conclusion with the court. Count Apoxis Gunowse1 Acary.—It seems that the Count Adonis Gurowski is superin- tending the MeDowell Court of Inquiry, at Washington. He hops about with the sage air of am antique raven, frowns om the witnesses, regulates the officers of the court and makes audible comments upon the evidence. Evident- ly the irrepressible Count is meditating another diary. In his last book he played the part of Jeremiah, and he now sees all his woeful pre- phecies coming true. Before long we shall find him in the role of Ezekiel, and have the pleasure of Istening to his lamentations. The sooner the better. Movements of European Steamers. ARB/VAL OF THE BOHEMIAN. Porttinp, Dec. 28, 1862. The Bohemian, from Liverpool 12th via Londonderry 18th, arrived, at fifteen minutes of nine o'clock this morning. St/e onlled at Cape Race the 24th. ‘Tho stearr/sbip Caledonia, from Glasgow for Portiand, Put into Sty Johns, N. F., for coat on the 10th, THE ARABIA OUTWARD BOUND. Hausrax, Dec. 20, 1862. ‘The /fadia arrived from Boston at four o'clock A. M., and #6 fed at nine o'ciock. A Womay Buaran to Duarte ny Hex Baotmen.—Coromer RF anpey held an inquest yorterday at No. 98 Trinity place ‘@pen the body of Margaret McLaughlin, a widew, wh) ‘was beaten to death by her brother, Austin Heency. The ht of the upmatural crime,ao developed on the inqnest, are these:—On Tuesday evening the brother and sister bad an angry quarre! concerning the poseezsion ‘of a bank book, whioh finally resulted in the poor woman spectacle, evi ‘conclusive, the culty in rew 3 oS of rics at the hands of her bret 1) The prisoner was committed await the action of the Grand Jury. Hi yenrs of age, is a native of I and ipa ts. han gered Coroner Wildey held Svrcips oF A SAILOR BY an Inquest yostorday, at No. 44% Water strost, upon the , & sailor, who committed body of Kingsbury N. Miligy suicide by hanging. Tho wife of deceased testified that usband was Jow spirited in Gravois troubien, V4] hed frequently threatened toil . was forty-two years “ne. He was formerly port; but at the tise i baa g g { & native sailing owt wee “eyed, T ct ca | THE ALABAMA Additional Particulars of the Operations of the Rebel Privateor.. eee THE SEIZURE OF THE ARIA. Spanish Account of the Escape of the: Alabama from Martinique. Interesting English Advioos from the Pirate. The Departure of Captain Jone of thi Ariel for Washington, ‘The news published yesterday of the seisurecf the California steamer Ariel produced considerable’ exete. ment in town. Ali the partloulars of the affair are to be effictally laid before the authorities in Washington (o-deg dy Captain Jones, of the Ariel, who left town tastevet™ ing for that purpose. ° "asl We bave received other accounts of the recent opers> (ons of the Alabama from pessengers of the Ariel, ana” also from English andSpanish sources, It appears by tho English accounts that the underwriters in Livers pool had been advised of the intention of Semmes: # cap- ture the California steamers, “ Among tho incidents of the late capture of the Ariel by the Alabama are the following :— s As tho passengers of the Ariel were seated at thelr dinner on Sunday, December 7, Captain Joues. was ia- formed that a war steamer was bearing down upon them, and, although he made light of the fact, still he left the dinner table and ascended tothe deck. The war vessel ‘was descricd about four miles off, sailing under the Stare and Stripes; but Captain Jones soon discovered that the build and rigging were English, and, suspecting mischief, ordered tho Ariel to be put @ full head of steam intending, if possible, to leave the suspicious oratt far behind. But his efforts were ucavailing; for shortly after & biank cartridge was fired, closely followed by twe shells, one of which, ® common round shell, cut @ fearful piece from out of the. foremast. The other shell, which fortunately passed over the vessel, ‘a destructive explosion immediately it strikes any objeot- Had this shell burst over or against the Ariel, there is ue knowing what loss of life might have been caused to the unoffending non-combatants on board. e The marines, who wore one hundred and forty strong, any resistance, and the marines were ordered below. Captain Jones, whose bravery is well known, that his flag should not be lowered under any stances, but that he would fight it out: The however, being disarmed, “be had to give way, very reluctantly, and the Ariel was surrendered to the alabama. At this time the Ariel was going” about eight anda half knots, and the Alsbame eleven: knots, under Lieutenant Low, having made inquiries of Captain Semmes about what he was to do with the United Stasse ‘officers and men on beard the Ariel, on bis r.turn parole them that they were not to serve the United States go- vernment in any capacity, er at place, during the present war, and prohibited them even garrison duty at the forts of California, to which place they were bound. The following are the names of the Bteece, Lieutenant, United States Navy; T. L. Meirath, First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps; 7. H. Corrie, First Lieutenant, United states Marine Corps; W. B. McKean, Virst Lieutenant, United States Marine Compe; A. W. Ward, Second Lieutenant, Unitea States Marine corpa, ©. H. Daniele, Second Lieutenant, United States Marine Vorps. The officers were ordered to give up their slim arms and the men their muskets and equipments, whicty were al! taken on board the Alabama, Lieutenant Low next called for the manifesta, and, finding some meney om them, took porseasion of $8,000 in Treasury notes, Delonging to Messrs, Wells, Fargo & Oo., and $1,500 in silver for Nicaragua, belonging to Peyton Middleton, Eaq., Inte United @taten Special In- spector of Customs in Panama, and to hie American part- ner im Nicaragua, KE. §, bane, Esq. Boing assured py the purser tbat the Ariel had no letter mail, be did pet over. hau! she sacks, and in fact nothing in (Bat line was dis- turbded. Wells, Fargo & Co's sacks, the private sacks of the Panama Railrosd Company, the South and Contra? American and Panama mails, and even the State Depart- the whole to be paid te the rebe) authorities within thirty days after the establishment of the independence of the Confederate States. Y, Lieutenant Low, having destroyed all the sails of the Ariel, ordered her to keep company with the Alabama, and both ships steamed (towards Jamaica. At aight e ‘again visited the Ariel, and towk away with him ene her steam valves, 80 an to temporarily disable theenging. | Captain Jones was informed by Captain Semmee that his | would be ianded ats point on Si. Domiggo | which has only a few hits and is at @ great ‘trek’ | supplies, ‘To this Captain Jones earieatly oratod, | stating that eight hundred and Atty persons, % third of ‘them women and children, could find v, to live om thore. He then sald he would land them ‘in Jamaica; for he was determined to burn the ship in fevenge for Van- dorbilt having given ong of the nest steamerg in the world to the gofernmens to run him dows While the ariel waa deuriyse: of hor steam valve | | ” i