The New York Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1863, Page 8

a NBW YORK HERALD, WSOWESVAT, JANUARY ¥, 1863, a? THE VICKSBURG aoe | pressed his determination tothe immediate stage 40 have rtimiiar expedition left from: opposite the mouth of the | sway, and Bie right tung badly injured. He has consider- WEST, was captured be was ia company with the Tioga, cruising’ AFFAIR. them stopped and to have she offenders punished. |] Yazoo, om o tke errand, last night. They struck the | able hemorrhage this evening, and but little bopes are INTERESHING FROM KEY . wear Rom Key, about seventy miles from the east end of Cubs. He reports the throe steamers of the so-called fy~ j Sng squadron of Admiral Witkes—vis. the Uctorare, Tie- The Great Armada of the —— railroad somo tem or twalve miles from Vicksberg, 10d eens Be pemrrone: Speen te aa ‘Usom Wwen, Dec. 24, 1863. hy destroyed it forthe dimtance of a milo or | gallnut Brave officers im the squadron, and his mis- MOVEMENTS FEDERAL SHIPS-OF- ga and Sonoms—as being utterly worthless fer the duty’ OF WAR they bave to perform, having no speed, net being able to Missiseippi. Peneee | ‘RATAL PREPARATIONS. ‘mere, Durning One quite large bridge. This expedition fortame bas awake..ed very general sympathy and sor- steam over nine knots, and totally unfitted for going to ‘The ram Samecs arrived during lest night, baving In | returned w safety thie moreieg. Tow. He was married quite recently te Miss tow two barges of conifer the savy, aa article that ie BORIIRG OF wriasK’e TEND. of Now York, und retumed from hie wedding trip only 4 sea. It is useless, knowing thesu facts, to ask the ques. Captare of the Anglo-Rebel | ty, iy we antame isnot coptored more than once; very much needed by de feet below. As themoverents | The troops that debarked at Milliken’s Band signalized | time to jcim thie expedition, -Of the a:mada are slow and upeertain the Samson was || their advent there by laying the town that gees by {bat Among the cagualtion on the Benten were the fellow- erdercd to precesd on thie morning with her cal, and |-mame in asbes, The town of Millikon’s Rend wae tho | ing:— Brig Comet. ay mal ie ee ee le ie ee Important Operationty. ayy. the the Louteville and Marmora were @irected to convoy ‘her | trading apd shipping point for @ very large oxtent of tor- oorent; tet, , executive officer , slightly, in ankle. Santiago has come for coul, stores and extensive re : down, So at cight o'clock we weighed anchor, leaving | ritory. It contained half a doaon stores, wme large ware- | one of the bravest inen su boast ced’ desersee copecial cite ire, Yenc qurtermidhe'' akan eae aa eee the army (raveporte and the Dalaneoof the naval teet | houses, bwo or three dozen dwellings, besides churches, ho- } mention. Yazoo Rivest. Numerous Arrivals at Havama | evening or 1 ; ana on duty coumected with the! * | Pebind, and are now pushing forward-with a fair pros | ils, eehoolhonses, ke. Tho Boud is about ten mites ing, | N. B. Willette, gunner, slightly in breast. s army. Ibe Unied States transport olenmer Ss AS vector reaching the mouth of the Yaxoo-early to-morrow }-nnd ia'the most.thickly settled locality along the banks of |, hovert Royl, ‘master-atarms, woth lege shot away— froma the South, pa pee ag hoe dn Sg It is mown that inatractions Rave :becn sent down to | the Mississippi. It is ow laid in reins. The destruction E. C. D. Brennan, master’s mate, slightly. Re, &e, ae Bioty near York. This morning at ‘two ‘ofolveke the: P Acting Commodore Walke to attack the robe) battery a’ | was the unauthorized work of the soldiers of Genera! | Thomas Smith, seaman, United States mnit steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspinwall, m uno: o of Rian d bese’ the Yazeo, | Sherman’ Aes, Snes Se lobes. with passe:)ccrs wud a largeamount of treasure, came inte: saat ica tweaty. miles mar me, herman’s ariny, As a matter ot justice the people | Alex’ Lyuch’ seaman, lower jaw broke. We have iste afd interesting news from Key West, | the burbor, and after procuring a few Eat Woke reduce it at all hazards. hopo now | dwelling im this Bend deserved this retribution for thei” ] Stephen Walsh, seaman, slightly in leg. by the arrival of the steamship MoCiollan, Capt. Gray’ | again for Now York before daylight. Not half ® dose to ges down in time to participate in this | pereistent, barbaric warfaro upon unarmed boats. cna Claes, Seaman, in head. retin Sa filly detalied Sa Our regular’ corseey i + | people ou the island, know of ber baving been bere, andi STUBBORN RESISTANCE OF THE REBELS. | scion. The battery ie in 2 commanding position, and | Soarcoly @ vesee! has parsed through the Bend since the ree Callonder, seaman, iy . pondence Jour correspondent was among the majority of unlucky uot meet the convoy sent to ke je bas taken hold of matters on the island. Tondeen gene y Stal off beyond the tant of te | - g moval of all offal beyond the liu! “4 at gua from Dist The seasan ad is tiking the most active measuree to have the Why—The Condition of the Eustern Gulf Glockading | ity et perfect order, snd thoroughiy cleansed, Squadron—Wilkes and His Flying Squadron—Admira! | The Ninotieth regiment left everything in the most filthy: war ‘broke out that has not been red upon by soee mis” Eisai 2h pot 53 —. presi ay co pay Men 4 tenant Commander—Wam. Gwin, command: creant concealed behind the levee or in aconveulent | Acting Master and imecudiee Ofeor Geen teed. clump of trees, Our gunboats even have not escaped elena: Sree Reed. thie guer ; aboat Cal cting Ensiens-~Gi!man G, Glover, Charles A, 5 his guerilla fire. A petty oM@cer ou the gunboat Caire aM Walker Wm. ee A, Wright, Our Key West Correspondence. Kev Weer, Dec. 26, 1862. mounts twelve hoavy gune. Its immediave reduction is essential to the plans against Vicksburg. At this point ‘he river is but eight miles back of Vicksburg, with « g00d read leading to the town. The design is to run the fleet of transports up t this place, and debark the troops March of the Troops on was shot in this Bend a short timeego, and others of Our 1" gctiny Assistant Pi c. Vicksburg, under cover of the batteries of the light draught gun | naval vessels have been defiantly fired into, Even | Acting Mastor's Matoo B.C. Bacmer John Ackley. Witkes at the Presentation of a Trumpet in Movang | Qoadition. < terns Lilled with patrid water, Morleec * &e., &o., &o, doam, while the iron-cieds take position im front ofthe | yesterday the rascals bad the audacity to fro into the | Acting Clef Enyineer-Josonh V. Starr. f About te Time Saumes Captures the’ Ariel—Saiting of | Send. cate, dois and rate could Bo found in every dineetiee., city onthe Mississippi, and open on the datteries of the town, & is essential, therefore, that this battery be silenced, and the river kept free and wnobstructed up to ‘that point until the arrival of the transpert feet. As there is no probability that this letter wil! have ; immediate despatch, I shal) incur no risk of making 0 Premature amnouncement in recording here the glad tidings of the destination of the Banks expedition, though | shall be agreeably disappointed if I surprise you, as doubtless the administration has revealed. the: secret by thie time, ONCT OF THR BAYES EXPEDMON. General Banks sailed with orders te supersede General Butler in command of the Department of the Gulf so foon as he should arrive at New Orleans. He was also furnished witb erders, conjeintly with Admiral Farragut, move immediately up the river and form a junction with General Sherman and Admiral Porter at Vickeburg at a specified time. That time has yow about transpired, and we all look confidently to meeting that force on our arrival at Vicksburg, or to®eing joined by them very soon after we arrive. Intelligence has already been received that Admiral Farragut was off Port Hudson on the 18th inst. Fle does not appear to havo been making any determined demonstration against that fortification; buf’as the 19th was the day appointed for General Banks to be there, the Admiral was probably only reconnoiter- ing and awaiting the Genera’s arrival, Port Hudson is very strong, as against a naval attack; but ite garrison is known to be small—only two or three thousand at most— and its land defences very indifferent, so that with any decent land force there need be no trouble in taking the position, If Admiral Farragut has, as reported, reached that point, he will find, after passing it, n0 trouble in reachivg Vicksburg. ‘THE GREAT PATTUB FIELD. Should wo succeed im taking Vickeburg—of which no one entertains the slightest doubt—that place and the lower river will be committed to the care and keeping of General Banks and Admiral steamer Champlen No. 3, one of the vessels of the pies Sacone hasttamt Hoffman. armada, with a six-pounder field piece, sending a ball Acting Tint pen Engineers—0. x Rigely, Robert through her pilot house, baraly escaping the pilot's bead. | Lowe, Oliver Bray. These outrages call loudly for getribution and place Pio ke bua F. Morten. ‘his commanity beyond the reach of the sympathy that | x4 Ciucinnatt was struck ones, but was not injured ot is:due to the other points higher up the siver that bav® | 2 No casualties oscurred on any ef the other vesgels. ‘boon simiharly visited, Mr. Reose, Executive OMicer of the Marmora, was on *, But it isthe generat improssion -that :the roldiers iD | qe Renton at the time ef the engagement, and was in- gueh cases should notibe loft too much to weir own dis- | juredquite badly, though not seriously, in thearm and cretion, A little well-timed severity would check all dreast’by a splinter. Tiotous tendencies and :prevent the rocurreace of such |" wight approaching, the vessels withdrew from 4h? acts as those referred to cn the part of our. sokliory. action, closing the engagement at five o'clock and twonty It 4s currently reported that in this tast-montioned in- | minutes. ptanoe a determined effort was mado to restrajn the men, ‘We have no means of knowing what damage wo inflict and that, by onder of the commanding efeer, they were | ed upon ahe enemy, but are confident of injuring them fired upon and seven of them killed and eleven weunded. | quite as seriously as they didus. Our gune were admi- I mention the report in justico to Generai Sherman, mere- | raply aimed* and our shot could be seen falling very ty expressing the hope that it is true. thickly allabont the robe! batteries, throwing ap the sand REBEL @HARPRROOTERS ON THE Y4z00. in cloads. The rebel position is a very strong one. On Tuesday last the Benton, with the boats mentioned | Nothing has yet been heard from Admiral Farragut or above as now in company with her up the Yazoe, was | General Banke. sent up that river with instruetions to ascend to the vici- nity of Dru: Ve Bluff, (or Haines’ Bhuff, it calle bore, and take pewssmionf io river aoa bola | IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. it at all hazards. Considerable| difficulty was ex- perlenced in getting up the stream. When in the vicinity of tbe point whore tho Cairo wee | Lhe Reported Assault and Cap- sunk by a torpedo, emall boat was sent tothe bank to feel along for cords or wires that might indicate the tare of Puebla. vicinity of one of these submarine infernal machines Scarcely had the boat reached the beak when it was fired upon with a volley of murkotry and nine of ite crew | FiVe Thousand French Said to Have Defeated wounded, A vigorous shelling of the shore followed; but Twenty-five Thousand Mexicans, the enemy , concealed behind the natural breastwork fur- nished by the levee, escaped unbarmod. Soon after the gig of the Lexington was passing to the Benton, when it was met with « perfect Deilslorm of mucketry, maxing | HE FRENCH IN POSSESSION OF PUEBLA, it almost ® miracle that any ope on beard escaped alive. As it was, I believe no one was injured. beled Pe a The Fertress of Perete Abandoned United States Steamers—Commander Spotts—Arrival of | when an exasuination was had or the condition of the elty” the Uriel Sis Seamer Tio—Wrck of the snip | Hera pam not wo be wouicred a tint Yale fener ie on 4 if Na ag of the Wrecked na ite geen erin ieee? and Pe ue ‘ Steamer M. Sanford—The Weather, kc. mn Ont, vizger Stealing by wholesale, drunkeness: We hear from Havana of the numerous arrivals, almost | dbsushery. «iting @ rascally abolition newspaper and! 2 Avals, Almost | trying to -» indie the government formed : the whele oe; daily, of rebel and English vessels from blockaded } oupation of Colonel Morgan and ‘his quarterraaster, At-! ports, principally loaded with cotton. These arrivals saaig to thor Jeaniraste Beds at Spagaee ag of: establish one fact—that either Mobile should at once be | Heir Prograiime, nor Mid they Appear to a beast taken or additional vessele of a proper Kind be seut to Pe ore “ie Pee "tenant sly od fore the Eastern Gulf blecka@ing equadrob, An examination ML ts wi ap a eal) of the vessels now composing that squadron will discione nived Staben Ser Tee erate art trom Sl 8 themelancholy (rath that ‘there is not one pitted sor ube | Wise mry ner eae ct erat on’ leave har wee von duty they have to perform. They are principally sailing | One of the Uctorara’s prizes arrived this morning. She is slenabea Cant the schooner Sent Hane, of Nascan, loaded with salt. Her yaneele Aa a Ne: have not what is most’ | Cie rance from Nasauu waa (or Port Rogal; bat aa eadt is) ' | desirable, viz: speed. The removal of the stoamers | worth | Port Ruyal than Nassau we are free to infer \ Santiago de Cuba, Quaker City and Mercedita from Admi* | that the ) wag not bouné there, but to Dixie. A should be bere. What we want, and should have ut | schooner froin Wilmingtou, N. C., loaded with cotton, once, are four steamers of great speed to cruine between Surpen rpentin e, Ae. Showa pres Sek. Por? a 7 hear one of the islands, and ia port. the Tortugas and coast ofCuba. If wo had them, four @f | Tr che ‘ig cicarod by the court on the ground of being every five vessels that uow enter the harbor of Havana } taken within Rritish jurisdiction, is she not liable to cap~ with impunity would be tuken, aud the ones that were _ and pepdenn anit. 8 a rene leptegemo lucky enough to arrive in port would never got back | She gues fo sea from this port Or is she Hable © condemnation a8 evemy’s property at once, leaving: again. Four vessels of the kind mentioned, aud stationed | tho other :atter for future settlement? Who knows?, aa I advise, would be of more service than a dozen off tho Dec, 30, 1982. port of Mobile, aud for this reason: the vessels that aro ‘The United States transport steamers Contipentals now successfully running the blockade from tbat port | Empire q@y, Key West and City of Bath arrived here aroof very light draught, not more than five,sixor | this morning aud last night, bringing us New Orleans seven feet. They wait their opportunity and take advan- | papers of the 27th instant. They will all coal here before tage of a fair wind and dark night, and, deing able to go | going North. Tho City of Bath will get off to-morrow, and 4 almost anywhere if there has Deen a heavy dew, slip ouy |; takes the mail. is you may*seppose, we are all anxiety by the blockading fleet without diMcuity. Once at sea, | roy farther news from the North. ‘The last we had was they are comparatively safe, unless they happen tofall iD | of the most decponding character. We feel, as it were, in wie 8 strsagiing erviaer. eae poe te gate doubt as to the ultimate result of the war; and we seo thay would have more diRcaltiee co cae oe, Spain | prainly that if unsuccessful we have no one to blame but a ee oe ee be” than in, passing through the | ourselves for the result. The policy pursued on this fleet of departure. An examination of a by Golf of Mexioe’ shoring rene pe islaud during the past six months by the military authe- { roe and the my Our Army Correspondence, Gummcat Manwona, Bow @arnms’ Lanpma, ‘Moenssipr: Ruvea, Dec. 23,1862. ‘Tho difficulties attending the despatch of communications ‘up the river, offer but litte encouragement 10 a corres. Pendent to prosecute his labors with any decree o: in- dustry. ‘The yreat armada is moving down, and until’ it Peaches ite destination the course of all vessels will be southward, carrying us farther and farther daty from mail and express facilities. For this reason I can only ‘row my letters somewhat jato the form of a journal, or @ary, and await a favorable opportunity for despatehing them. ‘THE EXPEDITION ON THE MOVE. 16 is something to say that the great and jong talked of Mississippi River Expedition is finally on the move. Anda formidable expedition it is. One standing upon the banks Of this great river and watching its passage must bo struck with the immense resources and vast power ef the government of the United States, and however strong the cbserver’s prejudices may be, a single glance at this mighty fleet, which has been called into existence like magic by the legitimate government, and which is but a drop ip the bucket 2s compared with the whole. strength Rew in the field, and which is as nothing when considered fe comnection with what the Union authorities are able to command—I say, however strong thé observer's pre- fudices may be, he must be convinced that all Ropes of ultimate success in contending against wuch a power are futlie and childish, I have’ . conversed with planters and citizens along tbe river, and this poems to be the wranimous sentiment. Jt is a sullen, 11] favored acquiescence in a result that they have mo power to avert. They arc al) s®cossionists, though why they cannot intelligently inform you, but have suffered immense loases and made impoverishing sacri cos to establish am independent government under which they were to enjoy boundiess mythical blessings. north rorids | nities is looked upon by the majority of oar population a ee eee ey cxhibit the strong | Thaseative of the intention of the government towards all for. Admiral Wilkes has the Bahamas to Jook out for | tbe people of the South, loyal as well as diskyal. There APPARENT DEMPAIP OF REHE! SYMPATHIZERS. i 'ax0o here who have been deprived of their all—men They have failed, and having no alteruative left them, | Farragut, while this expedition pushes on up the ¥: completely riddled with rife balls, some of by the Mexicans, ith ple Sying squadron. (may 1’bo forgiven for calling | YS, “ttrongh all uno trouble, wore. , P i. hem e, yal to the ern- totheir allegiance very much in the mood | river, witha view of forming ® junction with Geneyal | which passed through the heavy boilor iron with which ue. peepee fa oe gy IE re aorps raberael BEE aiabeg desiy, tnveisaten, sith. Sea pean rant at Yasoo City. Jeff Davis bas publicly declared, | tne tug ia cevered, wounding the engincer and cook vor¥ * &., ae. This “flying equadron él be consolidated with tho | 200se and tar and feathers by those who have now left hipped epaniel obeye the order of his master 8 diseour:ged, disheartened, cullen, embittered , tired of the strife in which they bave been so engaged, and which has brought thom so much o, Buffering and distress, and anxious to return to the ted avecatians of peace—preferring, withal, a peace + from Northern associations, yet accepting the boon, even thougn obliged to receive with it the, to them, undesirable accompaniment of the Ni association. ‘This J find to be the universa} sentiment the river @o far as J have conversed with the people, and 1 have ‘R08 failed of improving covery opportunity of getting at Fastern Guif squadron under Admiral Bailey, and not bea | 8@ island. These porsons believed that the war was peyarate commun. Noithor eit politiocr economical | fF the reconstruction of the government, havin measure to make Havana the headquarters of any aqnad. | te constitution of “the United States as the basin? ron, when the port of Key West is so near: for it is well | DUS when they see their property—every cent established.that a veasel.of-war letting go anchor there they are po: ed ol-—taken from them unlaw, © finds it a difficult matter to lift it, especially daring the | fully by military { end by an act of Congress, @ gayetics of the winter season. (Un the score of economy | debarred from baving that property getarned by the it is far better that no vessel should enter the port of | Same power that xtolo it, what are they to think? Certainly” Havana; for every dollar paid by the government at that | NOt that the rights of loyal citizens under the constitu- place costs about thirty per cent premium. Wo hear of | tn are to bo respected. Under these circumstances cin Admiral Wilkes, of this flying squadron, being present in | it be wondered that tho lite government of this island Havana at the presentation of a silver trumpet to Captain | bas made secret enemies Msiead of open friends? Thero Adains, of the steamsbip Eagle. This presentation tuok | 27@ men now residing ou thir isiand professipg the Place abont the time of the capture uf the Aric! by tho | Most intense loyalty, holding vo slave or any othor +200” (Alabama) off the east end of Cuba, and,as tho | Property, ready to flee ata momont’s warning to auy so 1am informed, that the great battle of the Southwest would be fought in the vicinity of the iatter city. My own impressions are that they will not fight in the immo- diate vicinity of Yaroo City, put will get back from the river to avo our gunboats. If this is their policy, both General Grant and General Shorman aro prepared to sccommodate them. The former is now moving overland, and is, of course, provided with all the land traneporta- tion he requires, General Sherman has an abundance of ‘transportation wagons and mules with him on Dis trans- ports, and is prepared for apy movement of that ature everely, The expedition, however, worked its way up to the point designated, avd then one of the light draught | The steamship Eagle, Captain Adame, from Havana 2d gunbonts—zho Signal—and a ram, were assigned to patrol | instant, arrived at this port last evening. Sho the river below them to the mouth, On the following } ‘portant news from Mexico. day ,as tho Signal was passing along her eat, sbe dis- covered two rogimonts of rebel infantry drawn up on she Dar.diawe pepe emanate ‘ies bank. She fired her broadeite of four ‘howitzers into : . , ‘Tho ironclad frigate Ta Normandie bas brought us them, which they roturned With such vigor thatthe boat | srexiean mews to the 20th finstant of great importance, wag obliged to back off m apap to reload her ay rig singe it informs us of the advance of the Fronch army on succeeded, however, after a shert engagement, in dis | poepia, the defonces of which are said tobe very strong persing them, giving them grape.and canister io their and numorous. If Genoral gr should be rep 1 " ‘ that may be required of bim. tion. Ne Admiral was present; his flagship, the Wachusett, other clime, thet epeuiy and in the most public eed ~~ rea! peepee é 4 wisest’ sleet entire satisfaction. Noone was thes the gapboat, sepa _ 9 a paietans if the French would give up | ayo been in the hart Ip, op an ee advocate the en propensities Fedrglaay for ? have said thas the present moveme or. * wriaatileret THE ASCENT OF THE T4500, a hor idea of , feouulresh, (rerlly: the Union | od his crow, and. do, notihesita oa ginct be sas EO eg teen ety Orr Istanp No, 95, Missisurri Riven, Dec. 25, 1862. a mi aE fare lea of the conquest of Mexico; not because o mar Aas oe in Havana and the rebel Semmes , nortpenitate: to gisevover-th ‘THE BOILERS OF THE FAMRON. repulse would daunt those brave soldiers, but because it Late in the afternoon yesterday the Samson burned one of her boilers quite badly, and we were obliged to round to° aud wait fer her to repair. Tho evening was a very fine oneg the moon shining brightly, and but for this accident there would have been no obstacle in tho way of our running at least halt the night. Ae it in wo are just getting under weigh (ten A. M. Christmas), whereas wo expected to be at the mouth of the Yazoo by miles playing the Old Harry with | that the militarypowor has no right to return sach Qurcommerce. I cail the sion ‘Chainber of | Property, aud yet they say that they a the conati- Commerce of New York to this circumstance. Wiikes | Sutionof the Uhited States. How absurd. One of these has reached that ago when, according to the act of Con. [ terribly loyal mon, during the secession excitement grese, he should go on the retired list. “Let him be re. | bere, wishing to turn an hovest peony, am@ed hinwelf tired as soon as possibie, and his flying squadron attached | OY Manufacturing the stars and bars out of the old tay, to the command of gallant Rear py he be ‘Theodoriis Ba: | #24 selling them ut nioderate prives to secession friends. ley, tho man who is more foad of a “jolly xood fight,” ag | Now be advocates the freedom of all niggers, and “pro» ‘ he termed the capture of New Orleauz, than presenting viding every new bor baby with @ red flanuel silver trumpets, over a bottle of wine, ‘of course, in the | Shirt and hanakerebief.”’ Another, when harbor or city of Havana. it will be then managed with itary posts in Florida during tho more ability and far leas expense than it has been under | Séminole war, was in the habit of selling rum to our dol- of the boats left at Miliken’s Bend, got under weigh aud } woud cause @ delay much more disastrous than halt a moved up the Yazoo river, convoyed by the flagship | dozen repuisos; for you will remember that, without a Black Hawk, Baron De Kalb, Cincinnati, Louwvilio and | yatcte, ahey have already lost probably half the expe. Marmors, the rest of tho naval fleet remaining at the ditionary army through sickness. But General ‘mouth ef the river to guard the entrance. The feet moved Forey fintends doing all in bie power to prevent up the stroam without avy wnoldent about aixteen miles, | any euch il luck attending him, for bis int where the debarkation of troops commenced. In the tention is notto make a direst attack on the fortit. meantime, the gunboats Benton and Lexington moved on | cations, but to surreund Puebla in such a manner 4s tp off all communication from mber of troops in the movement. These steam trans- “Fecetved their living freight, part at Memphis ‘and the balance at Helena—about an equal number from cach piace, The whole is under the imme- ‘@iate command of Majer General William = T: Sherman, late commandant at Memphis, subject {to general orders from Major Geveral Grant, commanding (the department. The Memphis troops (one division of ‘them) embarked on Baiurday, aud dropped dewn the up to Antony’»Ferry, within a mile and a half of the ‘the surrounding country, | its present commander. diers and powder to the Indians—for what purpose you siver to Friar’s Point, which haa been qetermined upon f°Y Mistime. =| dettery on Drumgoo?’s Bluff (or Hatoes’ BinfH, and COA cpa eer age Dac. 27, 1802, | MAY Imagine, Such am, tov, tho loyal menand abo- ‘asa place of rendezvous. Hero they wese joined by Ad- | while we lay at anchor last avening nearly tho entire | commenced a vigorous shelling of the battery ith the exception of @ mall guard, in order | The United States steamer Huntaville, Captain Rodgers, | “tne United Sea's steamer Octorara, Commander Napos mira] Porter, with bis flag ship Uncle Sam, designed a8 “ | 1494 01 transports rau by ws, furnishing usa most deauti. | 40d the rebel camp adjoining. Under this diver- Ld ban eee nay Lf a CA ae a sailed last evening, and the United States steamer Maguo- ~~ B. Coltins, lus arrive from a cruise on the Bahama r Gene: % Ve ” Hand will it bi convoy, the main .portion of the naval squadron being J ri sight, ‘There wore sixty-nine of them, all running in | Sion the troope were aafely debarked at various points | him would pe the praiel tpt thorny iiss acting Master obese, tale catestag, The:mawe from) se decra, eee big. Cosaein ui fo iale enliowde from the junction of the Yaroe with the Old River np to | The French havo built a bridge at Soledad, and the Johnson's Farry, a distance of three miles. The debarka, | Foad from there to Vera Crus is alive with convoys of tion was entiroly om the south or Vicksburg side of the | PTOVisions and materials of war. It js said the guerilins ‘alroady at anchor off the mouth of the Yazoo river, a few Cuba has had something to do with the movements of | Cuburaisy an miles above Vicksburg. On Sunday evening the gunboat: * close order, with sigmal lights of red, white and green these vessels, and] look for the return of them at aay | Sagamore, Li burning, and cabins lighted up, making # scene surpassing ed towday. The United States steamer Conmnander Karl English, bas compieted time with the material to swel! tho list of prize yeseols her repairs ana is now ready for sea. The s ere ie ‘Marmora, Captain Getty,and the Conestoga, Captain Se! | soy panorama that waa over painted. We could dis etary " ed predatory that since the ond dou fridge, arrived from Catro and came to avchor under the } tinctly near their whistles fax they came to a few miles | river. occupation of Jalapa very few have’ shown themselves, | How in the harbor. Commander Spotte, of the Magnolia, | Vite "she was boss reat ther denne 4, of Maar tte ' stern of the flag ship, increasing the convoying foree. OD f yoiow us as the moonlight was fading into darkuess TUB LANDING OF TER TROOES, Five hundred mules from New York and Santiago de | has been condemned by medical suryey, and will go North on her boilers three Lu the same #6 the Helens troops embarked on abee! F ing we now have some expectation of running by them | A® 1 write (SP. M.) they ere nearly all aehore, and | Cuba, and two hundred and fifty w. from (he former | py the first opportunity. I do not know the nature of his , : rahe pecans at = Ra moving inland by brigades and divisions, the men all in | Pct; bad arrived at Vera Cruz and been forwarded to excellent spirits and anxious to fail in with the enemy. A rumor was prevalent in Vora Cruz that Gen. Donai’s J understand that one brigade will movo directly back to | division hed reached Amozoc, which is but a very short the line of the Jncion and Vickeburg Ratiroad, about fe | inte resistance: Tk wae, sapposed® Wn Gon voles or ten miles directly inland and twenty milos from Vieke- | would eetablish his headquarters there during ihe opera- burg, and destroy the bridges and trestle work at the 4 “ons against I'uebla, Gen. Basaine bad murched from creasing of the Dg Black river, while the balance of the | hau bcsn dismantled ‘ene ine pene fikoe ee Phone Tie force wil! move down the Vicksburg rad, and take up | fall of this place would undoubtedly open the road position in. rear of the town, preparatory toon attack, ta the capital, whither the Erench wont ‘marci with. wh bain pe, out any material opposition, notwithstanding we ‘Tho digtanee from Johnson's Ferry to Vicksburg is Dt | have heard about the fortifications of that city. The at the slightest part of ing deficient. This sper gives, hat particularly Mr. Henry a bak second axsict ales Navy. The foliowing are tho thirty eteamers, came into the common rendezvous, apd Made fast to the banks. TRIAR’S POINT DESTROYED. Nearly one baif of the village of Friar’s Point, em , Dracing all ibe business portion of the piace, and severa! s@weilings, was wantonly set on firo last night and burned to the grouna. **= COUNCIL OF WAR BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND NAVAL COM- / fee MakDERS. “Ghundidloew. Op Monday morning the commanders of the army an digease, but am under the impression that anxiety and worriment at being kept imactive throughout the war, by haying command of vesseis only fitted to buoy the harbor, | the enxiueer in charge. or at that did nothing else while he commanded wer, United them, have bad the effect to break him down completely, | Sagamore’s officers: — A fow weeks at the North and a command auited: to his active temperament, wi Prospect of participating in ot aps on Seiac eng ha Freem4 Shae pings uty. of “suppressing the rebellion,” will no doubt bi him back to bis vaual good healt. Trust theopportue | Aeting Assistanc Paymaster—John F. Wood. id nity so long’desired and seught after by hit will be speed. |, Sngineers—eury Snyder, secoud assistant. soting ily granted; For be has not had the chance he is entitled | Cbief; W. H. Harris, Frederick @. Coggin, third assist to, not only on acnount of his age in the service, but his | #218: Martin Ven Buren, acting third assistant. daring the day. There seems to be some fave pas in their movements, as they wore running down last night with- out any mayy convoy whatever. The Admiral har not yet passed down, though the Conestoga, one of the con. voying feet, passed un this morning, and rau on evidently seuking to overtake them. i Riven, Dec. 26, 1662. COLLISION PRTWEEN THR SA MAC THE GUNROAT DB KALB. Without any further accident wo kept on our om io i J co esterda nf he 00 les, with a good road all the wa; t of intercst thorefore is Puebla, and neithe navy were engaged for avery long time in commun reo yesterday, reaching the mouth of the Yazoo | eigby mi good y point of interest thorefore Is Puebla, and neither party | Sruition te be foroment, Master's Moies—JeN A. Slainin, Charies A. Fleming, cating with each other by means of signals,and finally | at about five o'clock in he afternorn, Here | ‘The westhor'bas Deen fue and pleasant since we left | ¥il Bo ima hurry to aotest, an accedent might. precipi. | "The ‘United Staves Stoamor Fog’ Commander A. ¢, | George 8. Sideli, Pravkdia B. Ford. | Admiral Porter repaired on board Gen. Sherman's verse’ | an unlucky accident occurred. Tho Samson in | Memphis until this evening, To-night we have had con~ | \Sagirosul sehen a4 fovseri Gaasnen of oy ty Cleery, has arrived, last from the Beinini Islands, Bahama — a. ey. ‘i Ee. | siderable lightning, avd it is now raining, with a fair } Mesfean will succeed iu a game where the glory of the | Pauk®. By her we hear that the ship Thomas Jefferson, WO ote wae wae oe rounding to struck the iron-elad gunbost De Kalb with one of her barges of ooal, injuring te latter to gue cnextent that sho sunk almost instantly. The DeKalb waa pot injured by the accident nor the Samson. The where @ protracted interview was had, at which tho de ‘tails of the movement of the armada were agreed upon ‘In this manser nearly the whole forenoon was consumes, and it was eleven o'clock before the feet got under weigh. prospect of coutingous stormy weather, ono and the country of the other is the stake that is played for, aud our jadginent in this, as in many other matters, may probably be warped by our wishes and in clinations. I may as well mention that the officers of La aga Isbeonipe Peponmaes two days, was gotten off with ‘The transport stoamor MeCiellan arrived jast evening assistance of the wreckers, and preceeded to Nassau. | from Now Orleans, and after coaling! will leave f The Jofforeou was loated with cos! and hay on govern: | ‘yory 5 nok ele ie os ia ken sine ment account. After she was gotten off the reef her crew + Catone! Co o Ono, Ham Gnd: Ghity’ ‘ from New York for New Orleans. ran ashore on the Be- Dwo, 31, 2862 | JonNsoN’s LAxpine, Yazoo Riven, Dec. 27, 1862. i ar meek a good rate of | barge Rad about eight thousand ‘bashele of cos! aboard MORE TROOTR. Normandie are in possession of aymor that Puebla had sustal a wei Copmecaant Gated cocoa Hamaad Cts Gatun deena zinfietis This morning the following additions) transporte ar’ | been taken before they left Vera Crug; but that rumor is | Mtinied, aud thirteen of them were brought to this place | sixth New York, evetsined a fracture of the collar bono speed, without any incitent worthy of record, until sun | which tsa total lost, aud a very severe one, as cual wa} pet dh evemly serethes te goby yates Lene nt | by 0 a irous. at the time of the wreck of tho steamer M. Sanford. He 7 PF rived from Milliken’s Bend. questiot . r evidence that the | “Captain Cieery had heard nothing of the capture of the r wet, when we came to just below the meuth of the White [ great ‘city Jost now, avd auless the Ohio quickly risus ate i wish ix fa'her to the thought. They may probably have Ariol until his arrival here, He says that at the ti ‘of | Went with his regiment, however, to New Orleans; bue ‘ rei f Post Boy, Dee Arc ’ . ime 5 bus riyer, the naval vessels anchoring in the stream and the J ou he falls at Louisville no amount of morey will replace Tei. Dickey Metropslitan, fone sioge aud harder time at Puebla than they | ber capture he was within tweive houra sail of the spot, | the injury was found on arrival there to be of a more army transports tying up to the banks. the lost fuel, Aw it is the Dept is left with # single barge Ohio Beiie, J.©. Swan, ae ee as the Governor of the State of Tamaulipas poe yee er ee ba will take in coal | serious nature than rst Mipposéd, and he returns to New From some unexplained reason the floot of trausporte | containing scant seven thousand bushels Hiawatha, Citizen General Lopox) knew of the cocupation of Tampico by the | Pa4,suore® And fail to-night for another cruise. May he | vory im he MeCiellan ou sick leave, 43d not alt wesc the resdexvons, ior lind’ they all come ARRIVAL AY THB MOUTE De THB -YABOO 3. Prag 4, .W, (heeeman, ronch he proelsimod martial jaw and gave ocders for | nard, with all the cruisers we have sitet thas totem “Wonders will never cease,” for the steamer Magnolia ¥. reyle, A very man vo ar! imself. a clama- - he ’ : ; op at the our of starting in the morning, which was | On our arrival at the meuth of the Yaxoo we found of | Loutslana, R, Campboll, a. thon it the Brownsville Hanner, which runs ne follows | cauuot be captured. However, the luek may turn, and it | hastaken a prize. Singular to relate, however, Commander much earlier than om the previous morning. At eighi | iho uaval flect the Magship Bleck Tlawk (nithorto known | ‘iyo troops that dobarked yesterday had ull moved ii, | PRidow Crzexs—Tamaulipas ax been called to | (i4be Our eharce, maybe, before many days, when & | spots was not on board. The Slagnelia’s luck commenced, calebrated 290, beyon @elock wo were undor weigh again, steuming down | w the Unelo Sim), the Baron Yekald, Carondelet, | iaud previous tothe arrival ofthe above,and thesefoliowod | CAF er share | of pry, Yet are few, Dut | a shadow of doubt under Capt, Rodd, ceased when Capt, Spotts took ooramand. Mream. 4 good rate of speed was kept up during the | Cincinnatt, Mound City, Pitteburg and LowisviNe—all iron’ | co soon as ttiey wore landed. Tt Bae been ascertainog | Zaae; 1 do. not alluro ‘you with grows rosources;-ao, | ,, Te. ¥Teck of the steamor M. Sanford was sold, as sho | of her, and returns as soen as he leavos her. Tl! luck ap- forenoon, and until abort twoP. M., when we rounded to | ciady but the flagship—the ram Sw 'svertnd aad | ghat cho malu rebol army feat Haines? Blaff,and our forces | you sball have many bardships to endure, you sball pple he ag te Tees gg Lk. he red pears to agtend this active and energetic officer, who is,£° OM Gaines’ Landing to wait for the fleet to close up. This | the storeship Sovereign at anchor in tho rirns7.and the | are moving to get iato position bohind them. Nothing Foy donner nite Ef datentors tf Gi cbebtsy ss weather holde good he will be able to make a very hand. | am rejoiced to say, vastly improved in health since b Proved to be an all night's waiting, vessels arriving con. } following trausports, with troops apd suppl inde fuel | has yet been heard of the success of thelr movements. | which exalts men, and raises them above tho level of | S2me operation, for hor walking beam, shafts, cranks, | piaced on sick leave. it will be deeply mortifying him, Waotly until after midnight, iucluding mot only une strag- | to the buwk — The rebels arc fourteon or Often thousand strong, and | others. T count upon you. All should lend weir services. | thousand dollars cont here The: tolee eee weverel | however, that he does not sbare in the prlae just taken , tera ot the origin! Geet, bat the reining éiviio of he Porest Qreon (Srexbip), Die Verner RirooKly posted, ertumanded by a Grvoral G. W. Smita | Noome should excute bimwet sivas be bas a cacrod inte: | very well for the United States steamer Magoili, and | MG.bAYe the credit of capuuring Ler. Memphis army, avd tie irow boat Loutsvi Emyrone, War (vet Gustavus). though on the authority of an “intelligent | Your independence attacked, and your violated. rightg i. | Could be pat on board here, thus saving the necessity of | ,,m4, Magnolias prize is thaxchooter Uncle Mage | Sno nara : iy. 1} | sending ner North for repairs. It is new, or " ee o the light draught gunboat Forest Rose ( Von Ph contrabana’’ 1am aathorized to state that General Lee ia | call upon yon, that we may march to mect the stranger | Su4 could have boon purchased a fow anys since for w | 1'xie. The Uncle Sore was first captured last June by the $ MIGHT VIEW OF THK ARMY AND NAVY ” direc atior 7 and defen iy cause of our nationality, United States steamer Tahoraa, Commander J. C. Bowell, 7 The sight that wan predbnted at this landing darit restate ang -nipniew here kom <i If Goubral Lpper fights as well ss be writes, be wit! do Ta rpay ee tal eaten fo ie hens ce ants tt they will bave J ioaded with cotton; ahg was brought to this port, con . daring ? SEPP. DAVIN ARRIVED AT YICKSITERG something montioning one of these days. Bat bis | ie eae ere ee La by @ abip- | Gemned, aud sold wo WH. Curry, who ent her to Nassau aight was singularly beautify). On both sides of the river ‘ Post Bo, ov Saturday last and remined wutil Tuesday, Me hat | proclamation bas not prevented the French from marching ‘Bide ‘and resold ber. Now she returns here to go through the © he bunts liped. whh f 1d be ie 9» ‘fut of Tampico to Join thelr’ com fe Orisa, whe fe may soon expect another norther, the wind has 7 ns view of the troope at Main Bn ak rae pte ty town mo poke jar 8 ie sees fe op mg nd re f the troops at Haines? Dreffon Monday, | Sou icin the wholeot the wallay of San andres at far ae | Got Tound to the southward, and the weather is very , the lights of which, with the camp = pu which occarion Le made a speech, assuring | Ameoe. Dobiado bas done nothing but get thrashed, | T*'™, whieh never laste long at this season of the yer, | vound wo New York soldiers ou the shores, very strikingly resembled ir Northera this year appear to come weekly, an i them that the rebel cause was safe and victorious | His Suto is overrun by the followers of Mejia, who is be- | yuio. Iant year th od Empire City, Key darkness a vast city at night. ‘The effect war heightenet Konner at the East, and that ererything now depended on the | piahing Qvercearc, and. who whlyped this same Com- | tho intent! fr ow perfec, ant ed fren tog | Devord 8 aldo nero, bound 40 Port Rayal. Others ura Oy ibe barning Detidings, Coen Giaveen mere plies Pale tese ret may — valor of the Southwestern army, aud that Vicksburg must | Seems ‘afraid 40. eure in ehort. if’ the aos ten 2@ | sober-minded people, and breathe {reer and more che air | MOUFY expected from the westward ritber bank, which had been fired by the soldiery —, Thowas Tutt, be held at all od 8 good deat mora in the gatne | Puebla do vot check the French Mexico lies at the fect of | Pf liburty since Morgan and is satellites have left the MISCELLANEOUS. DESTRUCTION 09 TIM TOWN OF GAINKA LANDING bh Emma vein. Hie presence iuepired the soldiers with much | ‘°° _—— = § anon wenn ee OE Half the town of Gamer’ Land ww ruins tur, later " " ‘ NNOUNCEMEND—DR. J, WALTER 8&1 *. CHIEF Sabie & mas tieeenbis anebaee ce om Na . Southwest eathasiasm ; Accounts from Mexico vin Texas. Kar Want, Dec. 20, 1063. esiinnt Pigsician to the New ‘vork Medical Tastitsie cluding a fine jon warehouse, and the residen coon ENGAGRYNNT AT RAINES ELUTY, By the steamer MeClellan, from New Oricane, arrived | A77!##l of tke Steamer Santiage de vuta—She Captures the | Of wlecitclty and Hygiene. No BU ulin square, may dally 4 and outbuildings of Mr, Gaston, who is well known w a John J. Roe Chanvellor This morning the gunboat fet was ordered to move | 4, this port yeaterda: We ‘be : 4 | AMalo-Rebet Brig Comet, with a Valuable Cargo— The Ee aged {he mont Ssertcate, dette snd ene ent bold and outspoken Union mau. A fine plantation uv Nebraska City of sephie up the river and attack che robel battory at Haines? Blaff, DS ies thls Manabe as ker ue Steamer Octorsra and Her Prise Large Onton Cap |" cae aol when nd . of the town completely : raane , with av attrac at 2 Nea N elton taken % ‘ Ve are daily curing a clase of diseases which tq 5 below aud ou thecutekirte of the town wae complet sl eee. with a ( attrnoting attention from the army move: | the Vicksburg Whig of the 19tb ult. ture—Cotonal Goorte and the Gotormment of Key Wet'— | nave vexicod Uae hi eat) medical geil’ Sard for books, laid in ruins, while another, a few miles above the tows Westinoreinad, ments inthe rear, ‘The morning and much of the after kas 4, 1008. Arrival of the Transports Hayes and Bricwson—A Knotty | (free)... New York Medical Tostitute of Hloctricity gad Ty t 9 ’ Artonio , Deo. won juare, o¢ corner of eapplied with elegant buildings and ov» of t Southwest neon were consumed w feetiog the way’ up the atream, to | py os * wwe aro in receipt of the fol. | a for Our Prize Court—A Fld of Sleamert—Arrival fan'Pourih avente Prot WALIER SCORE, JOUN Be sotton gine on the river, war similarly tre arid itte he above, we passed about fifteen trans. | avoid torpedoes, Five of those submatine infernal were SS sae “ + 1 of the Transport McClellan-tAnother Prize Captured by | BEDFORD, W. W. SHELDON, Resident Physicians. \ ‘he opposite side of the river son we wrt 1 Milliken's Bend, twelve miles abor, | fi nd Femeved tncsidont The tron-cleds lowing interesting item of news:— the Magnolia, de., de — — — . y f . A French force of about five thousand mon (part of the arighage 'TVO LATE FOR ©) piles, containing not less than & thowan! cor Ya (il for @ Special service, to whieh Twit | then got uider weigh again and moved up advance guard) met and engaged a Mexican div: of Tho first arrival on the list yesterday wae the United SiFUATION WANTED bY A ‘ woll seasoned wood, were firo@and laid in ashes on Jide hereafter to the bet river fnoiup the robel po | spout twenty-five thousand, commanded by Gouer States steamer Santiago de Caba, Commander Ridgley’ Tican), aged 17 years, ty & commission sequence of which wood is exceedingly scarce along Th ad ganboat Benton, with the light draughts | sition, and ab a mile Mistant, and opened the , from acruise on the Nahama Banks. She reports the | ping oftiee) bas good recommendations; has worked in» We! NM find gr ‘ovble in | Sign moo and t the of " 7 Ortega, near the town of Poobla, and efter a sharp ight ‘shipping olfice for over a year, Address Terry, box 179 He~ river.‘ of transports will find great tro: bi a uiiet,and the old class wooden gan. | eagacement at four o'clock P.M. preciely, The Bonton the Mexicans gave way and flod in all directions. capture, on the 26th instant, twonty miles north of Abaco, | Mit’ was ; tee Do Peete ae cae ata theninr tid ip ogeancnieendeg Shel perso Pegs | -5-ys dowratmmmeetivor ar directly in the | the victors took possession of Puebla, whore thoy atiii | f 'M¢ Anglo-rebe! brig Comet, from Naseau, bound ® | 7 okie WELLES NICHOLS, AUCTIONRER, them, aod because of ite destruction they will now be . were w on a short distance, vend. ‘The Baron 1 nnati and Louteville got | await the arrival of reinfor ta, and will then ad- | D'!e,although charing for St. Jobns, as usual, with © ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD PURNITU! MIRRORS Hed to se f op their « qT b be nt thon t be ke bernempeney:d . ORSES, ©, 3 compelled to send all by asbere and chop the: * pboat F Dto position vader the slern of the Benton, firing mean. on the city of Mexico, distant ninety miles. cargo of woolles and cotton cloths, brandy, wines, 8OH8r®, | were son & NICHOLS will «ell, at auction, on Thursday as they need it Ei Pied r vt, and also the ordnance | time across the pois, All the boats improvedsovery op: ‘A Frenoh force (6,000) Innded and took sion o¢ | Salt, ke. A prize crew was put on board and the vess ol} Jan: 5 ee cooks haar Saou of anat Forme. GOOD HENAVION OF Tha », g " ‘posses. od on gen ape, In ccntrest wiih these ete ot (2 oat or “a ae Malcetee Baa MOrINe Bones. | portunity \o fire upou tho enemy, making @ very brisk | Tampico, It is supposed that port will be opened to tne. | Ordered to this place, whore ahe is hourly expected. The | Pinived tor convenience of mle, the property of s peritie™ che mary baba vols send meet Saghty, s Milken's Beud, protecting the } caunouading and owe tne exweutico. The Laxingion | coumerce of the world; but trado will not be permitted | Comet in. beautiful vessel, and Captain Ridgley reports | man destiins tontttnltgiance by Vrwue, Behrmer, Recs, od hon al wha age ter a y re troone sports at that point also made fast to the south bauk and made herself asefal. to extend beyond the limite held by the invaders. that when ho was last in Havana hor crew were in the | nq others, for the Present owner. G ? ’ @tabio c ote e po none of hit mon KARL COT OFF FROM ARKANSAS eCPPiiEe. To all this eannonading the enemy kept up a vi - bi wont with a secession Cay —e! I le ‘ aires Py “ny ; igoroue to, with Babit of pulling round Bim ia & dark sorrel Horse, long tail, 15 hands, 6 years old, pers © tad we on momtlun my aot shen se romn M/'\ikou'® Bomd back to tbe Shreveport and Wicks, | reeponse, eventing seven guns, all located wm separate 1 cog be bg eaten toumians oo fyiog, finging the “Benny Bluo§Fiag’” and cursing the | foctly cont, See aula venti vent sree ae veers Ms ose thes they comtalt no depredations. Last eve Sapa tenicastlts Hea batteries upoo ihe Whufs ant tn is face, no two guns be | the mouth of the Rio Grande, and rupporing tbat all of the | ofcers uf the Santiago whenever the opportunity offer’. | Rest cy "yuilt iree-quarier Carriage liven with moroes: ait no dep amt evening uty Crom Arkansas ‘come ower this | ing within three ba: yards of each other. Thei a Now she i# a prize to the vesse! so grossly insulted by ber | has been used but a short times also & niog two seated vorsele belonged to the same nationality, they mace post haste to Matamoros with the alarming intelligenee Phaeton, with top. for one or two a; also Hay Oners, be had corasion to procure some snpplies, wher ent Pr py ° crew Forks, Pale, ac. 2°. as |} war likely that too rebel army | firing showed three very hoary rifled guns and other bie private secrotary akhore, with a proper @cort, with Jin Ar would BO #eDL 10 Vicksburg caliby United States staamer | Catalogues on Wednesday, at the above piace, of our off inetructions te purchase the needed articles, and in coe P sgn ae it wae known that ihe bulk of the nee Siete becnatioied La ied am, | (EMEA Freweh feet bod arrived to blookade and probably We arte aed peor ir Ned ring saveral prison | 218 Pearl street (Ht Eg 4 anes *¢ F s00n 4 : bull of the Union enyagoment lasted an bour and a quarter. Ocséeara bat bode suecesatel ta ‘eagte zeroes bi r , De planters Red them and refueed to seit them, then 1 } ropes hed boen withdrawn fre Helens, it was deemat | enton lay in a vory exposed posiion, and the enemy's | rete OU™ co hor departure from this port, One of thom may bo | FFOUSEKERUER WANTED —WANTED, A YOUNG take them by foree and to leave a receipt for thew pradent to make ttorongh work of the destruction of eailen fell ubout her like hail. he enemy's | The news created quite a panic in Matamoros, and it | %! sal sb pajan ok the wor, 1u4rds an oveibeey toir. lady of goatael addres 1p take charge of 8 gentienan'a \peediens to say the secretary wae well received, aud a vailroad, It was to accomplieh this purp. reg ai en 2 plreri 7 Ary rail. : 6 id struck twonty- 7 wa not until the facts of the case were ascertained and conn gerber eho ptdiewt ena es penrdi iaren hthe house; eZee rod feect an pores name ond. ‘ mete’ pp not see " pil 2 igh, ap tae ve times, hots passing ‘hrough hor decks oe oe boat, J yent home ani kind {fend by Sejlling diapesition war manifested to mpply w sabarked at Milliken’s Bend, From that poiat, by . porta | made public that confidence waa reajored. ‘The foregoing | cclion anda Barrel of tar, afd wae running from in. | Zeer ¥ addressing, witn and upper works, ‘ving considerable execution, None of J expjaine many of the rumors in circulation tham penetrated ber armor. Cotton bag fallen twenty-six cents in Matamoros. Captain Gwin, commanding the Benton, white standing upon the spar deck, watching the evemy through a ma. Court CatendarnPaie Dag. rine glass, was struck by @ t Common Pies vo=NoR, 939, 940, 941, 042, O44, peas Fe eho om bie right Bogs. tae, 047, 040, 940, 060, 061, 062) 607/01.’ Part = breast, and very severely, if not mortally, wound: | pry 2, 928, 928,927 098, 920) 930; 931, #82, #89, Cd, 5 Tao, mipaslee of WR shgnldgr rare al) put Bed, 88, 997, 988. - ; — ‘ Papionlars ae ‘0 age, circumstances, &c., J. M., bor Ms He- dian river to Naseau, One bale of cotton one the preeetee. eS LE crew of two men were lost, The Octorara hoisted over. | rWHE PARTNERSHIP TOFORE EXISTING BE- + Sd. 8 Ve board the cotton on board, atk the boat to her davits, | ame ofa. s & Vows ee “any aloofved by metus and is expected here shortly with her other prizes, Cap- } consent: either will ES -) in Hquidation. 8. Tom wt Ridgley tind now ‘of the capture of tho Ariel continue the buwiness at the same place by the Alebage uaa) mis AEZITM Dare OR tye day she} New Yous, Jan. 1, 196% * ' ending even to the calling ont of the slave 0 int ond catch cote shoop, which were cluded tr ‘te: | SoeXers: 840 prop. Jost to cay that at an interview between Py ’ 1 Sherman last evening, ‘he todece thes sf Na spe oui atin, wad narchine twenty miles inland, they will strike the ravroad about twenty-five or thirty tiles rom Vicksburg. Their otdera are to tear up the rack, blow up the enlverte, burn tho bridges, destroy the water gtatjoom, and gonerally make such « completo wwreok Qf ho road Wapt | cannys Do susesily revaired, 4 i f