The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1863, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES @ompon BENNETT, . GPFICE MN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 8T3. | ‘TERMS cash in advance. Money sent by mail will be ‘ab the riek of the sender. None but Bank bills current in New York taken. THE DAILY HERALD, Tueus conts per copy. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five cents per copy. Annual subsoription price:— $2 5 8 — -b Any larger number, addrossed to names of subscribers, @2 FO cach. An oxtra copy will be sent to every club of tea. Twenty copies, to one address, one year, $25, and eny larger number at same price. An extra copy will be went to clubs of twenty, These rates make the WamKLT ‘Human the cheapest publication in the country. ‘The Evuorsan Epinom, every Wedaceday, at Five cents per copy; @4@ per annum to any part of Great Britain, er @6 to any part of the Continent, both to include ‘postage. Volume XXV AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'8 GARDEN, Breadway.—Msnogant or Vanice— Loven. Loan ors acattgon’s THEATRE, Broadway.—Paovoxen Hvus- WINTER G. i ey r re }ARDEN, Broadway.—Caimney Cosnan— LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Paips ov m1 ‘Manaet—Bersy Baxan. sia saa ‘i NEW BOWERY THEAT! Bowery.—Bos Cover—Har- aguin Jace iuaerans-Octurioctivos amp Sxax. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Smanpy Maguine—JA0K Sop tas BuanstaLa—Jovataan Brapronp. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broad Lavura Waneen—Commovons Norz, 4c., at Coutzan Bawx—Afvernoon and Bvening. BRYANTS' ba ora Mechanics’ Hall, 473 Broad en Songs, Bortasqcns, Danes, 4c.—Hice Mise hours. whereupon the resolution was rejected. A bil suthorizing heads of departments to appoint persons temporarily to discharge the du- ties of said officials was reported. The bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the civil service was passed. The bill providing pecuniary aid for emancipating the slavea in Mis- | souri waa then taken up, and Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, made @ speech in support of the measure. At the conclusion of his remarks the bill was laid aside. The bill providing for consolidating the regiments in the field was discussed and postponed. A resolution was adopted that the Vice President appoint a member in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the death of Senator Pearce. A resolu- tion was adopted instructing the Committee on Territories to report whether the publication of the message of the Governor of Utah bad been suppressed; if 80, what were the causes and what was the message. The bill to increase the clerical force of the Quartermaster’s Department was called up, and Mr. Lane reiterated his suspicions of the loyalty of General Meigs. No action was taken on the bill, and after an executive session the Senate adjourned. * In the House of Representatives several private bills were considered. The bill reported last June from the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, with amendments, authorizing the en- largement of the Mississippi and Michigan canal for the passage of gunboats, munitions of war, &c., and also the enlargement of the Erie and Oswego canals for similar purposes, connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario with the Hudson river, was taken up, and & motion to lay on the table disagreed to by a vote of 42 to against 93. The debate on the bill providing ways and means for the support of the government was then resumed, and continued until the adjournment. Both houses adjourned until Monday next. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate of our State Legislature yesterday, bills were introduced to incorporate the American and Mexican Railroad and Telegraph Company, and to Isy out the streets north of 155th street, in this city. The bill toamend the Game laws was reported upon favorably. A resolution was adopted calling for information in reference to the amount of coin paid for interest on the State debt, and as to whether any deduction was made on acoount of the premium on the précious metals. Lieutenant Governor Averill, of Connecticut, beiag present during the proceedings, the courtesies of the floor were, on motion, extended to him. Inthe Assem- bly the proceedings were opened and continued amidst great excitement. Mr. Sherwood, the re- publican candidate for Speaker, withdrew from the contest; Mr. Depew, of Westchester, who was nominated as his suceessor in the race, also re- signed. Mr. Callicot, democrat, of Kings county, was nominated by the republicans for the Speaker- ship. This gave rise to a long and very warm party discussion, in which the whole day was eon, sumed, no vote being taken for Speaker. Before adjourning it was agreed that the balloting should proceed at twelve o’clock to-day. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A Liverpool paper of the 2d of January says the French transport Seine has received instruc- tions to go to Alexandria for a battalion of one thousand men, composed of negroes of Darfour, which Said Pacha, of Egypt, has offered the Em- peror,for his expedition to Mexico. They are old, well trained troops, sufficiently brave, and not lia- ble to be affected by hot weather or fever, which qualities will give them an immense advantage WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broad - Bowas, Danous. £0.—Sanvy ‘Ginaow ss eae MINSTRELS, Sonos, BUOKLEY'S Broadway —Brui ‘Stuyvesant Insitute. 659 NOPLAN Danons, dc.. —Tw Pomrzrs. COOPER INSTITU’ Breadway.—Dr. Corton’: RISITION OF THR lascuina Ga. ae BROADWAY MENAGERI! jroadway.—] Animas, Bearoxp Sant, ae se a RICAN MUSIO HALI Broadway.—Bat- uurs, Pawtoutnns, Bensceren ne ere PARIGIAN CABINET OF WONDERS. 663 Broadway. Open dally from 104. M. MUD Pe oS STON was HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.<Rrmort Gongs, Dances, Bortesqurs &c soiligs ni New York, Saturday, January 17,1863. NOTICE TO PAPER MANUFACTURERS. ‘Twenty thousand reams of good paper wanted. Sizo 82x46. Apply at the Hxnatp office. SHINPLASTERS. Neither corporation nor individual shinplssters are re- Ceived at this offiee. National postal currency only will be taken for fractional parts of a dollar. THE SITUATION. We learn by despatches from Cairo that the ex- Pedition of MoClernand and Porter up the Arkan- sas river has achieved a victory over the rebels at Arkansas Post, about fifty miles from the mouth, ©n Sunday last. The enemy surrendered, leaving -all their guns, stores and ammunition in our hands, ‘hey lost five hundred and fifty killed and wound- 4, and we captured between five and seven thon” @and prisoners. General Brown, in a despatch to General Cartis, desoribes the late battle at Springfield, Mo.,as a terrible and protracted engagement, lasting thir- teen hours. The rebels numbered five thousand. Despatches from Nashville state that Genera Bragg has been susperseded by General Long- @treet. The army of Longstrect is said to be at Bhelbyville. We give in full to-day the annual Message of Jefferson Davis to the rebel Congress, ® summary of which we published in our columns yesterday. The Alabama is again at her work of destruction Upon our merchant ships. The schooner Union, which arrived at Jamaica on the Sti inst , was captured by the rebel pirate, but subsequently released, as her cargo belonged to British subjects. She broaght with her, however, the crew of a Boston bark—the Parker Cook—which had only the protection of the Stars and Stripes, and not the ensign of England, to protect her, and hence (thanks to the Navy Department) was seized and burned by the Alabama. The Harriet Lane, which has been sent to sea by the rebels to assist the Alabama, has now half a dozen United States ves- eeleon her track, Admiral Farragut having sent the Brooklyn, the Sciota and other vessels to re- capture her if possible, and to destroy the rebel gunboats in Bayou Buffalo. Major General Dix contradicts the statements of the Richmond papers that our troops were defeat- od by the rebel General Roger A. Pryor on the 9th inst., at Providence Church, near Suffolk. It ap- pears from the official report of General Peck that the enemy crossed the Blackwater in considerable force, and attempted to drive in our right wing. In- Gantry, cavalry and artillery were employed by the rebels; but they were repulsed by Major Wheel- @n's New York mounted rifles. At dusk the ene- a@y's advance was charged upon and driven back upon his support. So that it was a victory for our @rms, instead of a defeat, as boastingly claimed by Pryor. CONGRESS. Inthe Senate yesterday o communication was received from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation of half a million for the Capi- tol extension, and two hundred thousand dollars for the new dome. The Military Committee re- ported back the bill to suspend the sale of land on the South Carolina and Georgia coast, with an amendment as a substitute. A bill to prevent and Punish fraud on the government was introduced ‘nd referred. A resolution was adopted directing the Finance Committee to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of encouraging emigration from Europe to the United States. A reso- lution was adopted calling for informa- tion es to whether the limitation im the act au. Shorizing Missouri to raise ten thousand men for Bocal defence has been exceeded. A resolution Girecting inquiry as to the practicability of widen Sng and deepening the Fox and Wisconsin rivers as adopted. A resolution directing the Naval Wommittee to inquire into the efficiency of the con- Ptraction of iron-clad vessels of war was intro- Wuoed. It was stated that the whole matter had peca referred toe board of competent engineers, over the Mexican guerillas. The. steamer Cumbria, from New Orleans, ar- rived at this port yesterday, with very interesting news from the Mississippi. The letters from our correspondents and the extracts from late South- ern papers, which we publish to-day, willfurnish all the intelligence which the reader can desire. The Cumbria ran great risk of capture; but through the skill and ingenuity of her captain she evaded the plans of the rebel pilot. The accounts Of the attack of the federals on Vicksburg, and the sanguinary conflicts that followed, will be read ‘with great interest. The bark Pallas, Captain Biddell, from Belize, Honduras, on the 2d instant, reports that during the month of December a number of Confederate schooners arrived at Belize laden with cotton, having run the blockade from Sabine Pass and Mobile. The Jast arrival was from Mobile, being a vessel called the Pelican, with eighty-four bales of cotton. Hon. David Tarpie, who has been chosen by the Legislature of Indiana for United States Senator, will take the seat in the present Congress now oc- cupied by Hon. Joseph A, Wright, who was ap- pointed by the Governor to fill the place after the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright. His term ceases with the present Congress. Mr. Turpie was the antagonist of Schuyler Colfax in the Ninth dis- trict, at the October election, for member of the Thirty-cighth Congress, and was defeated. The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomi- nation of Richard S. Field as Justice of the United States Court in the district of New Jersey, in place of Philemon Dickerson, deceased. Mr. Field has just been superseded in the United States Senate by Colonel James A. Wall, and therefore st>ps from the Senate Chamber to the District Court bench. The election of Alexander Ramsey to the United States Senate by the Legislature of Minnesota will * probably cause him to resign the office of Governor of the State before the 4th of March next. The office of Lieutenant Governor is now held by Hon. Ignatius Donnelly; but as he, too, becemes virtu- ally a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress after the 4th of March, he having been elected to the House of Representatives in the Second district, the duties of the Executive will probably devolve upon Hon. J. H. Baker, the Secretary of State. All the bodies of the Sioux Indians who were re- cently executed at Mankato, Minn., have been resurrected by the doctors for scientific purposes. The losses of the Massachusetts regiments in the battle of Fredericksburg were ninety-nine killed, seven hundred and fortyeight wounded and seventy-one missing. The question, ‘Who furnished! the transportation for General Banks’ expedition ?’’ still remains un- answered, and the SenatoriaPcommittee appointed to investigate the matter will return to the St, Nicholas Hote) on Sunday next to glean additiopal information on the subject. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday, the trial of Joseph Tielor, for arson, was conclud. ed. The jury retired at a quarter past one o'clock, andup toten o’clock last night they had not agreed. It wasrumored that the jury stood eight to four, but whether for or against the prisoner we could not learn. Alderman Farley reesived, yesterday, a telegra- phic despatch from Alderman Boole, dated Balti- more, stating that the deputation were still unable to obtain a pass toFalmouth. Alderman Boole emphatically advises the Committee on National Affairs to convene immediately, and devise some measures for the defence of the harbor of New York. Alderman Farley replies that they cannot convene until the committees of the Councilmen are appointed. The stock market was again unsettled yesterday—lower in the morning, but better in the afternoon, and closing quite rampantiy , with « see abana wondene + Money ‘was ip active demand at 6 per cont. Gold fell 146 in the morning, rallied to 140%, and closed 146% bid. Ex. change closed at 161 a 1. There was more firmness in cotton, which closed at T2c. a 72)ge. for middlings per Ib., with sales of 900 bales. Lighter movements were reported in flour, wheat and corn, which were rather lower, as likewise in provisions ‘and groceries, at about former rates. Thoro was unusual animation and baoyancy in dry goods, particularly do- mestic cottous, with less activity in freights, and no remarkabio changes in other eommodities. Message of Jom. Davis—The Daty of Mr. Lincola. The mossage of Jeff. Davis to the Confede- rate Congress, an abstract of which we pub- lished yesterday, and the whole of which we give this morning, is of more than ordinary importance. It is evidently inspired by a con- Sctous security which has never hitherto characterized aay manifesto which emanated from the rebel Executive, and it breathes an air of determination and defiance which is not justified by what meets the public eye. It is true that the Confederate President is aware of the divisions and disgust at the North produced by the abolition policy, and particu- larly tho emancipation ediot extorted from Mr- Lincoln, which is worth two hundred thousand men to the cause of the rebellion; for it en- ables the rebel government to prove that their anticipations of the designs of the radical party are fully realized, and to make out a plausible case of justification before the people for the rebellion of the South. The rebel President gives extracts from Mr. Lincoln’s inaugural address, and quotes the resolution of Congress defining the war to be a war for the vindication of the constitution and the maintenance of the Union, and not a war of subjugation or for the purpose of interfering in any way with the domestio institutions of the Southern States; and he then cites the subsequent acts of Congress and the policy of tho administration as totally opposite to the pledges under which the war was inaugurated: In relation to the proclamation he adroitly ap- peals to the sentiment of the civilized world— “to the instinots of that common humanity which a beneficent Creator has tmplanted in the breasts of our fellew men of all countries to pass judgment on # measure of which several millions of human beings of an inferior race— peaceful and contented laborers in their sphere— are doomed to extermination, while, at the same time, they are encouraged to a general asenssi- nation of their masters by the insidious recom- mendation to abstain from violence, unless in necessary self-defence.” The administration and the radicals seem to have given him a chance to appeal to the sym- pathies of the white men of the North and of the Caucasian race throughout the world: They have enabled him to consolidate the mili- tary strength of the South by a conscript law, to control its financial resources, and unite the people, morally and politically, as one man, while their programme has had a most disas trous effect at the North in dividing and dis. tracting the popular sentiment; and, according to the abolition press, it has utterly demoralized and destroyed the Army of the Potomac, on which the success of the Union cause so greatly depended. Hence the President of the rebel- lious States is confident in his expectations and rampant in his threats of retaliation. He says he has directed the execution of Gen. Butler and “one Gen. McNeil, who murdered seven prisoners of war in cold blood,” if they should fall into the hands of any of the Confederate forces; and he has alao marked out for ven- geanee “another general by the name of Mil- roy,” charged with hideeus atrocities in West” ern Virginia. Then he expresses‘his determina- tion “to deliver to the several State authorities all commissioned offieers of the United States that may hereafter be captured in any of the States embraced in the proclamation, that they may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of those States providing for the punishment‘of criminals engaged in exciting cervile insurrec- tions.” There may be little in these threats, as the intended victims are ,not yet in his power, and are not likely soon to be. But there may be something in these menaces after all— something more than the mere military, political and financial situation would warrant. It is more than possible, notwith- standing the general terms in which Mr. Davis complains of the European Powers for not recognizing the independence of the Southern confederacy, and for shutting out from their ports privateers and their prizes, he has some understanding with the Emperor of the French, which will be brought to light in due time. In confirmation of this view it is worthy of remark that in the rebel Congress, on Monday, a reso- lution was introduced eulogizing France “for her endeavors to induce European interven. tion.” And when we cast a glance at the other side of the Atlantic, we find that the relations of Mr. Slidell with Napoleon and his ministers are far more cordial than is consistent with strict neutrality, much less with the warm pro- fessions of friendship for the United States which he has constantly made. The greeting of the Emperor to Mr. Dayton on New Year's day was, to say the least, decidedly cold, if it was not a piece of bitter irony under the cir- cumstances. Here, then, is abundant foed for the calm reflection of Mr. Lincoln. The earnest deter- mination of the South must be met by a corres. ponding determisation on his part and on the part of the people of the loyal States; otherwise the Union is irretrievably lest. The same unity of purpose and of action must be de- veloped at the North as at the South. The rebels are terribly in earnest, while everything that transpires at Washington shows that the administration are, “like Nero, fiddling while Rome was burning.” There is but one path of safety fer the President, and that is to remove from his Cabinet the radicals, fanatics and im- besiles who have brought our national affairs to a crisis so full of peril, and to put im their places men of well known capacity and of conservative principles, who hold the salvation of the Unfon paramount to all theories about negro equality, and who will advise Mr Lincoln to withdraw his preclamation and return to the constitution in all things. Let this be done, and soon sball.we witness again the earnest enthusiasm of the people and the troops which marked the beginning of the war. Victory upon victory will ensue, our finances will flourish once more, and the people of the South, having no longer any real object to fight for: will lay down their arms and return beneath the shadow of the flag against which they have been waging ap unnatural and insensate war fox the last two years. Gexerat Rosecraxs w Dancer——We per- ceive that some of the politicians in Congress are beginning to glorify the admirable qualities of General Rosecrans as a military leader, from which we apprebend that that exeellent officer is in some danger. The history of this war on our side is a history ef » war against our generals in the field by the politicians, and the moment that any prominent general pro mises to become a popular favorite, from his successes, that moment our intriguing party politicians at Washington commence their work an sapporsand miners against him. Let NEW YORK HERALD; SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1863. General Rosecrans endeavor, like MoClellan, to have nothing to do with these dirty politi- cians, and he will hardly escape, unless Presi- dent Lincoln, once for all, shall “put his foot down firmly,” and insist upon it that at least the successful general hereafter shall be re- tained at the head of his army. Am anp Comrort To Tax Exeuy sy Woon. 8aLx.—One of our abolition organs of this city published a letter yesterday, purporting to come from the “Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac,” which is a contribution by wholesale of “aid and comfort to the enemy.” All the declared treasonable or disloyal publi” cations of all the newspapers heretofore sup. pressed by the government amount to nothing compared with the mischievous disclosures, if true, of this sensation letter of our aforesaid abolition contemporary. It tells the world and the rebel army in front of ours at Fredericks- burg that the “administration looks with dis- trust on the Army of the Potomac,” and that that army “looks with distrust on the adminis- tration;” that General Halleck has denounced this army as “disaffected and dangerous,” and that, in fact, “the Army of the Potomac has ceased to exist;” that “the animosity in Washington towards the army is amply repaid by the bitterness of the army towards the Cabinet;” that General Burnside had been or- dered to move against the enemy “last Thurs day week,” and that the order was couater- manded with the discovery that some of his generals “had no confidence in him;” that- the army itself has no confidence in him; that the army is demoralized and in a dangerous posi tion, and that the Cabinet is debating whether to break it up, to appoint # new commander, or to try another advance under its present organization and leader; and so on to the end of the chapter. Had a spy been employed by Jeff. Davis to come over into our lines and gather all the inforthation that he possibly could calculated to demoralize our army, to strengthen the ene- my and to weaken the government, he would have returned abundantly satisfied with a copy of this aforesaid letter. In the simple fact that the Army of the Potomac has remained sta- tionary since the battle ef Fredericksburg there is evidence of something wrong; and from the numerous idle rumors, and bits of fact, and in- genious exaggerations, afloat in Washington, it is easy to understand how the disclosures of the letter in question were woven together. But, whether false or true, if such efforts among our professedly administration journals to hold up to the contempt of other nations and tothe advantage of the enemy our army and our government can be quietly permitted at Wash- ington, it ‘may as well be proclaimed at once that the loyal States are open for the establish- ment of newspapers directly in the service and pay of Jeff. Da’ - Tae Parer Moxorotists Berore Conaress— A Curiovs Comciwence—~We publish in an- other column a report of a meeting of book pub- lishers, held at the Trade Sale Rooms in this city, yesterday, to protest against the continu- ance of the present practically prohibitory tariff upon foreign paper, and against the out- rageous monopoly which a combination of paper manufacturers are attempting to impose upon the public. The statement of facts made at this meeting is brief, telling and irrefutable. Common paper: which sold for ten cents the pound only six months ago, cannot now be obtained for less than twenty cents; and the prices for all other kinds of paper have been propor- tlonately advanced. Yet, at this very time, the same gradea of paper can be purchased in England at four and a half, five and six and a half pence the pound; con- sequently, were it not for the oppressive duty of thirty-five per cent upon foreign paper, large quantities would be imported, our revenug—to which foreign paper yields nothing under the present tariff—would be largely increased, the monopoly of our papermakers would be de~ stroyed, and the people relieved of the tax upon knowledge which theee monopolists have levied: These facts are too plain to require comment or elucidation. It is evident that the recent re- fusal of Congress to reduce the tax on foreign paper from thirty-five to ten per cent prevents a large increase of tbe national revenue. Who benefit by this? The paper monopolists. Who suffer? The people, who are obliged to submit to increased taxation to supply this deficiency in the revenue. It is evident also that the people are compelled to pay an unnecessarily high price for books and papers. Who benefit by this? The paper monopolists. Who suffer? The book and newspayer publishers and all readers of books and newspapers—that is to say, ninety-nine one hundredths of the people, It is not a little singular that the refusal of Congress to reduce the tariff on paper occurred just after the meeting of the paper monopolists and simultaneously with the appearance at Washington of the committee of lobbyists ap- pointed at that meeting, and furnished with ample funds. We have never had a very high opinion of Congressmen; but this coincidence is certainly eurious. Something or other must have happened to prove to Congress that right and justice ought not to be considered in this matter; that the public revenue ought not to be increased, and that the people ought to be heavily taxed for the benefit, not of the nation but of @ few papermakers, Could it have been filthy lucre? With the case of Simmons before us we must sorrowfully hesitate to decide. Senaton Wave on West Powwt.—When the bill making apprepriations for the support of the Military Academy at West Point was called up in the Senate the other day, Mr. Senator Wade, of Ohio, expressed very: emphatically his opposition to the instieution. “He believed it had been a hotbed of treason. Had there been no West Point Academy there would have been no rebellion. He believed that the very officers from that school were obstructions to the army to-day.” Mr. Senator Lane, of Kan- sas, took the same view, and believed that if the grave is to close over this government its epitaph will be “Died of West Point.” Now, we know that Lane is a disappointed aspirant for a high military position, and that he has been once or twice cut out by a West Point officer. We have some faint recollection, too, that “Ben Wade” about a year age was mentioned in some abolition organ as the proper man to wear the castoff shoes of General Scott. We can account, however, for this malignant hostility to West Point of such incurable nigger-worsbip- pers as Wade and Lane partly from the fact that very few of our army officers from that in- stitution are abolition fanatics, and partly be- cause West Point has eclipsed and thrown com- pletely into the shade the military achieve- em, ments ead aspirations of General Fremont. Senators Wade and Lane could have their wey, it is probable that the one would be Secretary of War, the other General-in-Chief, and that General Fremont would be placed in command of the Army of the Potomac. But these things can never be, so long as these rabid and ridiou- lous anti-West Point notions of Wade and Lane are scouted by such decided republicans as Senators Wilsen, Fessenden, Grimes, Foster and others. West Point survives, and Sena. tors Wade and Lane and Fremont must bide their time. IMPORTANT FROM ARKANSAS. Successful Expedition Up the Arkansas River. FORT ARKANSAS POST CAPTURED. Artillery, Ammunition, Stores and Seven Thousand Prisoners Taken, ken ken ae. Oaino, Jan. 16, 1663. ‘The ram Switsorlaad arrived this evening from the equadron. She brings nows of the taking of Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas river, one hundred miles from the mouth, by the land and naval forces under McClernand and Porter, ‘The surrender occurred on Sunday, with all the arms ‘stores and ammunition, Full particulars have not yet been received. Our loss was reported 200. Rebel loss 550 in killed and wounded, and from 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners taken. These results may be modified by fuller and mere au- tnentle accounts. Additional Details. Caio, Jan. 16, 1863. Fighting commenced at Arkansas Post oa the evening of the 10th, On the 11th inst., the garriaon of geven thousand men surrendered, unconditionally. Our toss is reported to be two hundred, mostly by shelis from our own gunboats. ‘The fort mounted nine guns. An immense amount of munitions of war fell into ou" haods. The rebels were cut off from retreat on both sides of the river. No further particulars. Our Naval Correspondence. Mowraomeny’s Pout, Movra or Warrm ws} Jan. 9, 1863. After leaving tho mouth of the Yazoo, the fleet, unde? the eommand of General McCiernand, slowly and leisurely steamed up the river'to this point, making repeated stop” pages, and being just omo week in making two hundred and ten miles. At Milliken’s Bend, where such a large supply of dry wood was obtained in going down, we again stopped and took in anotber large supply. It excited some surprise that it had not been burned during our absence, but. on lending the eyes of the captains of the beats were gladdened by seoing long-extended ranks lying just as we had left them twoweeks bofore. Tho reason of the frequent stoppages was, ne doubt, to give officers the opportunity to report to Gen. MoClernand, With m0 more important incidents the fleet arrived at Montgomery point where it now lies, preparing for two minor expeditions, one up White River and the other up the Arkansas. What is expected to be accomplisbed is more than I can divine, possibly something which, if it does not wipe away & portien of the stigma of our defeat at Vicksburg, may serve at least to divest public attention from too close @ scrutiny into its causes, It 18 rumored that the expedition up the Arkansas is to capture “Arkausas Post,’’ a square fort, with bastions, mounting four thirty-two pound emooth bore guns, and ‘one one hundred-pound Parrott gan, and manned by about five thousand troops. It is situated on the first bluffs, about seventy miles above the mouth, following the wind- ings of the river. The lowness of the water in White river may prevent the transporte going very high up. It is stated that the banks are lined with masked batteries, and that on the level ground wheae the cut-off makes into the Arkansas, there is a camp of fifteen thousand rebel treops. ‘This is not believed, however, as there appears no ade- quate motive for the rebels keeping such a large force at that point. It ia probable that the whole of the fleet will come together in the Arkansas, just above the cut-off. IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE. ‘The Rebel General Bragg Superseded by G@ 1 Lo treet—Lomgaetreet’s Vir= gin Corps Shelbyville—Our Gun- boats on the ay to Nashville, &. : Nasnvitux, Tenn., Jan. 15, 1863. General Bragg has beeu superseded by General Long stroet. ‘The Jatter’s army corps, recently in Virginia, is at Shelbyville. @eneral Forrest is still near Harpeth Shoals. A fleet under convoy of gunboats is on the way here. Conacripts are deserting the rebel army and fiecing to this city daily. ‘The river is rising, with ten feet of water on the shoals, és Fort Hexry, Tenn. Jan, 16. 1862, The steamer @leans, with commissary stores for the army at Corinth has returned. ‘The rebels,to the number of 2,600, are reported én- camped in the vicinity of Savannah. Fears are entertained that the train which left Pittaburg Landing on Sunday for Corinth, under an escort of 1,600 men, has been attacked and captured by the rebels, as their presence in that vicinity was entirely unexpected. They were receiving artillery for the purpose of block- ading the river. It i# believed that no steamers will now be able to go up the river without the protection of gunboats, Forrest crosecd the Tennessee on bis retreat at Clifton THE BATTLE AT SPRINGFIELD, MO. ; 8. Lovis, Jan. 16, 1863. A despatch from General Brown to General Curtis, dated Springfield, 8th, ays the battle at that place lasted hbirteen hours. The enemy numbered five thousand picked mounted infantry, with two rifled guns. The ex- edition was fitted out on the Arkansas river, and marched ‘at least fifty miles in twenty-four hours, ekirmishing with our scouting parties most of the way. The enemy opened fireon the town witbout giving notice to remove the sick or women and children. Our forces, consisting of Missouri State militia, Iowa troops, enrolled Missouri militia, con- valeacents, and stragglers, numbered two thousand six bundred, with two old iron howitzers, one iron six pounder, mounted on wagon whoels, and two brass six. pounders. At Vat Lyon the enemy were badly whipped, General Brown was treacherously shot from @ secesh re. sidence while leading a charge. A despatch from General Warren, dated Houston, Texas county 16, says the enemy are im full retreat bet . a (rebel) force in the Martsvil deem: demeeas Geeanerat Se Saat strong. Their loss was about three hundred killed, wounded and prisoners. The famour guerilla, MeGould, was among the killed, apd the notorious guerilla, Porter, was badly wounded. penn News from Fortress Monroe. GENERAL WISK THRBATENS TO HANG UNION OFFICERS. | Forrnsss Mownom, Va., Jan, 15, 1863. ‘The stoamboat Thomas A. Morgan, Captain Plim, from Yorktown, brought down two rebel prisoners (cavalry men) who have recently deserted from General Wise. ‘Thoso prisoners report that General Wise is now stationed: with his command at the White House, and threatens to bang any of the federal officers bo may capture who wore in the expedition that recently made the succossful raid | upon the White House. ‘the goods they there captured wore brought to Fortress Monroe to day on the steamboat | ‘Morgan. ae “8 Great Snow Sterm in Canada West— Sudden Stoppage of All the Of! Wells. Toronto, Jan. 16, 1863 ‘There was agreat snow storm all over Canada West last night. Great excitement exists in Enniskillen in consequence of the sudden Of all the flowing oi! wells, rill: ing to a groator depth ts being resorted to, and thore ara qanguine expectations Of reashing ancther strata of ot THE ALABAMA AGAIN. Two More Vessels Captured by the Pirate. One of Them Destroyed and the Other Released on Giving Bonds. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRIZES. THE CALIFORNIA STEAMERS, kee Bee ke. —— Bosrom, Jan. 16, 1968. ‘The schooner Union, from Baltimore, arrived at Port Maria, Jamaica, on the 8th ultimo, having om board the captain and crew ef the bark Parker Cook, (rom Bouton for Aux Cayes, captured (no date) ia the Mona passage by the Alabama. Tho Parker Cook was subsequently destroyed. ‘The Alabama also captured the schooner Union; but, her cargo being owned by British subjects, she was allowed te Proceed on her voyage after giving a bond 6f $1,500 om the vessel. ARBIVAL OF CAPTAIN FULTON AT SALTIMOES Barriuons, Jam, 16, 1868, ‘Tho brig Josephine arrived here to<dey from Kingston, Jamaica, bringing as passenger Captain Fulton, late of the bark Parker Cook, from Boston for Anx Cayes, burned at wea by the 200" on Nov. 80, off Cape Fagano, St. Do- mingo, é The Prizes. It will be seen by the above despatches the Als- bama bas done other damage in the vicinity of the Weng Indiun Islands besides capturing the Aricl. On tho 30th of Nevember, about a week before the capture of the Ariel, the Alabama was oraising off Cape Kngano, at the extrome easterly point of the Island of San Domingo, in about latitude 16 30, and fell im with the bark Parker Cook, which vessel was bound from Byston Aux Cayes. Having taken all the valuable portion of the cargo out of the bark,ber captain and crew were removed to the | Alabama, and the Parker Cook was set fire to and de stroyed. THE PARKER COOK AND HER CARGO, ‘The Parker Cook was a small brig, of about 136 wns burthen, and had been for some years engaged as @ packet between Salom, Mass., and the coast of Afrion. She was recently owned by BE. Habicht & Co., of Boston, and had been chartered for the West India trade. She cleared from the port of Boston on the 12th of NovemMer for the port of Aux Cayes, with an assorted cargo, coa- sisting of axes, beef, biscuit, bread in barrels, butter im kogs, cheese in boxes, codfish, crackers, drugs, flour, fish, hams, lard, linseed oll, onions, potatees, pork in barrels, soap, &e., and sailed on the 13th under the charge of Capt. Fulten. Seven days after her departure from Boston she fell into the hands of the pirate, aud was by hor de- stroyed. Of course, the whole of the above cargo would be extremely valuable to the Alabama in tho way of stores. r ‘THE SCHOONER UNION. ’ The schooner Union, of Baltimore, is @ vessel of @ little over one hupdred tons burthen, and cleared from that port om the 12th of November, 1862, for Port Maria, Jamaica, by Pearce & Gray. She went out under the charge ef Captain Young, and arrived as that port on the 8th of December. Un her way sho had been captured by the Alabama; but hor cargo Belonging te British houses she was allowed to sail on her voyage, having first given bonds for the vouel for the auth of $1,600, and agreeing to take On board the captainand crew of the burned bark. Parker Gook. Thesrimvolan- tary passengers were taken to Jamsios, whence the cap- tain sailed to Baltimore, where ho has arrived in the brig Josephine. Bat What About the California Steam- ers? ‘There are two California steamers that are much over- due—namely, the America and the Champion. The Ame- rica sailed from this port om the 11th of December ia company with the Ocean Queen, Gad arrived at Aspin- wall on the 22d. When the Ocean Queen left Aspinwall on the 24th the America was atili thore; but since tha we have not heard of her, The Ucean Queen arrived here on the 3d of January and sailed again on the 12th. Had the America sailed at ber usual time she would have been over due more than « wock since. The Champion is now over due about five days, and there is yet no news of her safety. We have already calied our readers’ attention to the fact that both these vessels have been in great danger of capture, aud we do not yet know but that the notorious Semmes may have caught up these two missing steamers. It is not impossible that the America may not bave left Aspinwall upto this date, as her time of sailing is very irregular; but it is to be reasonably supposed that the Champion, belonging to the regular mail line, would bave left that port at her usualtime, Consequently, if we do not hear of her soon we may expect that some disaster has befallen ber, if not to the America Do not these repeated cases of piracy call upon the go. vernment, and especially the Navy Department, to besti- themselves, and rid the seas of its present annoyance? ‘The threat of England to send out a fleet to annihilate heg urfless she be more careful with regard to tsritish pro- perty Las made Semmes very particular to respect car- goes shipped on British account; therefore whywhbould cne vessel be allowed to brave the whole naval force of the United States, when she thus quails from a threat from a country three thousand miles distant? mer Princess Bostor, Jan. 16, 1863. A letter from Halifax gives the following description of the Bristish steamer Prinesss Royal, previously reported ceremony. «Dies Irae’’ was beautifully rendered by the choir, | . The “Di as having sailed from that port for Nassau, with @ valua- able cargo, principally powder and munitions of war. , ‘The vessel is built of iren and schooner rigged. She te Propelied by a screw, amd makes an avornge speed of about twelve knots. After coaling at Cunard’s wharf she ran out into the stream, and for the last two days paint- ers bave been busy transferring her hull, spars, funnel, , ‘&c,,from Diack to lead color. Her captain professes to belong to New York, but it is certain that his real intem- tion 18 Lodaprapmignstery atevindtond Being ge two hands, two young men at Malifax, ‘whom be Preemieed s kandovaie bounty if he should sue- ceed in getting into Charleston. The Princess Royal has ten large guns in her hold; she has no on deck, aad the cargo is represented asa most valuable one. She wag Dujlt at Greenock, Scotland, in 1861, and is » beautifab. model. ‘The Princess Royal sailed from Halifax January 12. Requiem Mass for the Failem of the Irish Brigade. ‘The requiem mass for the topose of the fallen of the Irish Brigade drew together an immense congregation yesterday morning at the cathedral. The intertor of the church was appropriately appointed the solemm occasion, and on every side and every (ace, when the people had filled the pews and the aisies.” were observable evidences of the deep emotions which the occasion was so woll calculated to excite. se catbewral. wae ee See BD ben polled the gloom which nature itself seemed to have thrown around the occasion. ‘The mid aisle of the church was kept vacant for the honored remains of the dead. In the centre of the cathe- dral the memorial catafaique was erected, covered by @ velvet pall, which, as usual, was ornamented by # white cross, Twelve immense tapers illumined the improvised tomb within which the remains of the brave symbolically slept. On either side of the catafaique stood a guard of honor, Mee | of twenty marines, Two officers off} ciated ag sentinels. ‘An immense crowd of people had early gathered, and speedily filled up the pews and crowded the side aisles. —oae pe p ibe aslo, 8 igadjer Ganareh Son ber bend o up the aislo, Bri t Moaghe fe Ee soe , followed immediately by gallant Nugent, presenting in worn looks and a halting step che proofs of his valor and devotion to country on the en- tained field of Fredericksburg. Who more honorabl, or charecteristically than Nugent could represent Ir valor or Irish fidelity? Through the kindnoss of Cuytaim Mead, the exoelient Nand of the North Carolina yuardship were present, and assisted in the musical portion of the jon of the mass the Rev. Father ee crseempet: the pulpit and delivered the (unerat oration—an eloquent and beautiful tribute w se jantry and heroism of the fallen heroes of the Irish Bri. gade. sermon a dirge was performed, during which ane as attendant acolytes marched from the high altar to the ‘conotaph ia the centre aisle in the followung Order olyten, with Thurible and Navicular, Aalyte with holy water. Deacon, with cross taper rers Om ei oo = "The Clergy , in doubie file then after “ om Aternum’’ pronounced, win aes tas coma sveins af the “Requicscad’ a | pace,” whon (he large congregation dispersed.