The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1863, Page 4

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Twoaty thousand reams of good paper waated. Size 60nd. Apply at the Heras. office. SHINPLASTERS. Neither corporation nor individual shinplaaters are re- Ovived at this office. National postal currency only will ‘be taken for fractional parts of a dollar. THE SITUATION. The capture of the rebel fort at Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas river, is confirmed. Six regiments of the rebels wore captured in the earthworks two miles below the fort. Two rebel regiments from Texas who arrived after the fort was taken—not knowing that it had changed hands—also fell into @ trap, and were taken by our troops. Our mop landed from the gunboats two miles below the fort, and took it in the rear. Late despatches from Nashville indicate that General Rosecrans will soon have somo stirring movements. The rebel General Longstreet has ® force in that neighborhood estimated at forty- five thousind, and it is thought thet he will soon make on attack upon our army, as he is said to have arrived at Shelbyville with thirteen brigades of General Loe’s army. The Chattanooga Rebel of the 16th reports a large fleet of gunboats and transports secending ‘the Mississippi river on the 18th instant. Our correspondent's account of the battle of Chickasaw bayou, ncar Vicksburg, to-day, will be found very interesting. A map of the locality ac- | eompeates our correspondent's story. We have some late news from the South, which we give to-day from Richmond papere of the 16th {ostent, referring to the movements of our troops in North Carolina, and the arrival and departure of rebel vessels which have broken the blockade. A federal transport went ashore at Wightaville Bound, nine miles from Wilmington, on the Mth imatant, and was lost. THE LEGISLATURE. The Senato of our State Legislature was not in session yesterday. The Assembly convened at eleven o'clock, and soon the excitement became even greater than that which characterized the proceedings of the previous day. Motions were made, points of order raised, heated partisan do- bate indulged in, and anything or everything thought of and attended to except the regular bu- Giness of securing an egiialenlicn of the House, At the adjournment on Friday it was agreed be- tween the two parties that the balloting for Bpeaker should be resumed at twelve o'clock yes- terday, when it was supposed the republicans would combine their entire force om Mr. Callicot, democrat, of Kings county; but the hour of twelvo errived and passed—and, in fact, the whole day’s session—without any vote being reached, the de. mocrate being determined to stave of the ballot ing as long a» there was the slightest probability of Mr. Callicot being successful if they should go into an election. At about four o’clopk the Am sembly adjourned over to Wednesday evening next, at seven o'clock. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Tho steamship Teutonis, Captain Taube, from Southampton on the Sist of December, arrived at this port early yesterday morning. Her news has been fully anticipated by the Jars and China, The United States steam transport M'ssiss!ppi, Capt. Baxter, arrived at thie port lest evening: fcvm Now Orloaus January 7 and Koy Wost Janu- ary. 13, at nino A. M., asking tho pad@age from the latter port to Sandy Hook in four days and | six hours. She left at Key West the propeller Prometheus, coaling; United States steamer Sa- gamore and propeller Osgood, coaling. The Mia- sissippi brings no news from New Orleans. Wo stated yesterday that the steamship Cum- bria had arrived,at this port from New Orleans. ‘This was a mistake. She arrived at New Orleans on the 7th inst. from Galveston. Accounts from Key West tothe 12th inst. state that the gunboat Sagamore had captured tho fol- lowing prizes:—Sloop Julia, with cargo of salt, soap, dry goods, &., fourteen miles from Jupiter Inlet; also the sloop Avenger, with salt, gin, oof- fee*soap, bales of linen, blankets, &0.; also sloop Anne, with 9 cargo of salt. This vessel was de- stroyed. The schooner Horace, lying at anchor in Jupiter river, was burned by the rebels to provent her falling into the hands of Commander English. ‘The Sagamore secured her anchors, sails, &c. Captain Fullerton, ot the bark Parker Cook, which was recently destroyed by the Anglo-rebel steamer Alabama, says that during the five days he was confined in irons on board the pirate Semmes was on the lookout for « California steamer. The new steam batteries (Monitors) Nahant and Weehawken left the Navy Yard yesterday after- noon, and weut out the river, the former proceed- ing down the bay and the latter anchoring botween Bedloo’s and Ellis islands. Joseph Tielor, tried for arson in the third de- gree, asstated in yesterday's Henaxp, by setting fire to his premises in Grand street, was yester- day found guilty and remanded for sentence. Cotton advanced on Saturday to 733¢c. a Téc. for mid- dlings, with sales and resales reported to the extent of 2,000 bales. Flour, wheat and corn were a shade firmer, and in fair domaud. There was more activity in provi- sions, and prices were well supported. The transactions iM groceries were very moderate, without any quotable change in valae, Whiskey was lc. a2c. higher, with heaviersales. There was eonsiderable activily in hay, hops, bides and wool, while other articies of general merchandise were quiet. The freight evgagements ere fair and rates steady. ‘The stock market was buoyant yesterday, and prices were higher, with‘an increase of speculation. Gold sold 0148, 147, and lastly at 1463{. Exchange was pretty active at 16234 a 163. Money was active at 6 per cent. Intereepted OMcial Correspondence o¢ the Rebel Government. We publish to-day a batch of highly import- ant despatches from the principal secretaries of the rebel government to its agents in Eu- rope, Which were captared on the person of Reid-Sanders, son of George N. Sanders, last Oc- tober, on the Atlantid coast, ina small boat, while he was signalling to a vessel in the offing, It will be seen that among the letters is one addressed to him by his father, in high dudgeon at the idea of his losing the fat contracts for the iron-clad steamers. The correspondence is only now given to the public beeause our government desired to previously use the facts which it discloses in counteracting the de- signs of the rebel confederacy, It will be seen that it includes letters from Benjamin, Secretary of State, to Mason, Slidell and Mann; letters from Mr, Mem: , Secre- tary of the Treasury, to Mason, and the firm of Fraser, Trenbolm & Co., Liverpool, and let- | ters from Mr. Mallery, Secretary of the Navy, to Mr. Mason. One of these letters gives a glow" ing picture of the success of the Confederate arms, and of tho terrible losses in the Unioa armies from sickness and battle, amounting to $49 500 up te the 26th of September last. An- other is a letter to one Spence, in Liverpool, to negotiate five millions of eight per cent bonds, if he can realize fifty per cent on them. There is a letter about the negotlation of loans in Fngland on the security of “cotton certificates,” which George N. Sanders brought with him to Mr- Mason to be “sold—one thousand for the delivery of the great Southern staple at the Gulf ports, and five hundred for its delivery at ports on the Atlantio coast, at five pence sterling per pound, being equal to twenty-five Cents per pound in. confederacy money; letters about six iron-clads, for which George N. San” ders is declared to be coniractor—vessels which must combine the qualities of “fighting and freighting,” in order to run the blookade, said steamers to be paid for by Confederate cotton certificates, There are letters about saltpetre and a variety of other matters, including the moral, religious and political capital to be made out of the confiscation acta of “the Yankee” Congress. But the most curious and important letters of all are those which give an account of the intrigues of the agents of Louis Napolgon with the authorities of Texas to indue em to withdraw that State from the Southern confede- racy, and deolare ite indepeadence, under the protection of France. It sppears, froia a letter of Benjamin to Slidell, that Theron, French Consular Agent and Spanish Vice Consul at Galveston, and Tabouelle, French Consul at Richmond, were caught in flogrante deliclo, tampering, one with Mr. Lubbock, the Gov- ernor of Texas, and the other with Mr. Oldham, Senator from that State in the rebel Congress So enraged was Jeff. Davis that he ordered both to quit the confederacy, though he after wards relented about the Consul at Richmond, who succeeded, it seems,’ in explaining away hia part in the plot to the satisfaction of the rebe! authorities, though it is very evident that he is just as deep in the mud as Theron is in the mire. Benjamin says he can attribute this intrigue only to one or both of the following two causes: First—-The Emperor of the French has deter- mined to conquer and hold Mexico as a colony: and is desirous of interposing a weak Power between his new colony and the Confederate States, in order that he may feel secure against any interference with his designs on Mexico. Second—The French government is desirous of securing fer itself an independent source of cotton supply to offset that possessed by Great Britain ia India, and desires to effect this pur- pose by taking under its protection the State of Texas, which, after being aeknowledged as an independent republic, would, in its opinion, be In effect as dependent on France, and es subservient ‘to French interosts ap if a’ Trench colony. Mr. Benjamin further suggests to the com- missioner at-Paria that “the tortuous diplomacy of Mr. Seward may have had some influence in inspiring such designs,” and urges him, in tbe mame of th® Confederate President, to “nse every effort to discover tho source, extent and designs of these intrigues, and whether the Vhited States are parties to them.” fs then directed to use his art to awaken tho Jealousy of the British government, so as to in- duce fit to acknowledge the independence of the Southern confederacy, 90 as to put a stop to the progress of Franch aggrandizement on the American contivent, so detrimental to British interests, The rebel Bocrotary of State mai tains that the fntrigue now on foot ac” cords completely with the traditional policy of France in regard to Texas, and be refers in confirmation to the fact that Seligny, the presen, NEW YQRK HBRALD, SUNDAY, JaNuaRY 38, | Frongh Miniator in Mexico, wigs had been Chars® 4 Affaires to the republioof Texas picTam © ite becoming 6né Of $ho United States, wae vehemently opposed to its ainexation, and was active in his endeavors to prevent it. “Even at that date,” says Benjamin, “the despatohes of Mr. Guigot, whioh I bad an opportunity of read- ing, were filled with arguments to show that the nteresta of Texas were identical with those of France, and that both would be promoted by the maintenance of @ separate nationality in Texas.” What effoct this intercepted correspondence has had upon the ultimate destination of General Banks’ expedition it {s scarcely necessary to aay. The colncidence of the capture of these let- ters and of the sending to the Gulf of so large a force, when it was needed to co-operate with Burnside in the operations against Richmond, is sufficiently striking to induce the belief that one of the main objects of the expedition is to cheok French designs upon Texas. Now, we think it would have been better to have left Texas to take care of itself, or the Confede- rates to fight the French for its possession for the present, and to have employed the force sent to the Gulf under Banks in striking at the rebel capital, the head and the heart of the re- bellion, We could afford to wait till a more, convenient season for the recovery of Texas; but we cannot afford to postpone the capture of Richmond and the destruction of the rebel army of Virginia. If there be any reality in the scheme attributed to Napoleon, the best way to defeat it is to whip the rebel army in front of our national capital, instead of wasting our strength in distant expeditions, and perhaps protecting territory for tho ultimate benoit of the enemy instead of for ourselves- Tf, on thé other hand, this be a scheme got up between Slidell and Louis Napoleon toivide our armies and lead them off on a false scent, the administration has fallen into the trap. As appears from one of Benjamin’s tetters to Mr. Mason, the entente cordiale between the Emperor and Slidell is by far too strong to admit of an interpretation to this correspondence which would show French hostility to the Southesa confederacy. These despatches, in whatever Nght they may be viewed, are well calculated to awaken apprehension about the future of the country. But the moral to be derived from them is, sueh”a prosecution of the war as will speedily strike down the main armies of the rebels in Virginia and the Southwest. Curtous Lerrxr ov tHe Pxesivenr to Gen, McCrucran.—It is known to our readers that the radioal journals," after the publication of Burnside’s letter exonerating General Halleck and the War Departmen™rom all share in the Fredericksburg disaster, raised a shout of vir- tuous indignation against every one who sought to put the saddle on the right horse. It is now admitted by one of these: journals that nothing of this whitewashing letter belongs to Burnside but his signature, and that it was extorted from his good nature, and is veryQdifforent from what will turn out to be the truth of history. This view is confirmed by the letter which we pul lish to-day from Mg, Lin i G last April, when the irik before eal It shows that the President was induced by the War Department and the “On to Richmond” cries of the radical press to urge MoClellan to a premature attack, contrary to his own judg- ment—~advice which MoClellan, with true moral result would be similar to what afterwards happened at Fredericksburg. The despised spade and the placing of the siege guns in po- sition caused the evacuation of Yorktown with- out loss of life. The opinions of Mr. Lincoln about the overlagd route to Richmond heing equally good as for an army as the route by water, and that Manassas was a3 good a field ou which to fight a decisive battle as the suburbs of Riehmond, and the reasons assigned for his retaining on hand McDowell’s corps and preventing ils co- operation with McClellan, contrary to the pre-. vious plan of the campaign, must amuse all military men, when it is remembered that the President knows nothing whatever about war. Tho intriguers at Washington im- posed upon Mr. Lincoln, aud alarmed his fears about Washington, which was perfectly safe, thus playing into the hands of the generals of the rebel awny. It is worthy of remark that, while the War Department informed Mr. Lincoln that McClellan had 108,000 men on the penin. sula, he had only 85,000, which goes to show what frauds the War Department have perinit- ted to be practised on the government and the country by fictitious army rolls and men on paper, not in the field, though the couatry has to pay for them juat as much as if (hey were in arms. It was thus that General Banks found himeelf short by three thousand men of the number he ought to have had by roll at Cedar Mountain, and thus was induced, under a false estimate, to make a disastrous attack on the strong position of Jackson, That our troops should win any battles under such manageqent is almost miraculous. Tue Rapicat, Proonawwn.—The radicals, conscious that they are the cause of the acca- mulated disasters to the republic which threaten its very existence, have heen reeently plotting how to extricate themselves from their perilous position. To go om or to go baek seoms equally desperate. Their plan of operations is as follows:—After the bill to inundate the credit of the United States below sero, is passed, together with the Conscription bill and the, Appropriation bills—and the term of the present Congress expires on the 4th of March—the programme of the y@dical leaders is to induce Mr. Lincola not only to return to the despottsm which has reeeived so severe a check by the elections in the loyal States, but to something sti!l worse— to abolish everywhere free speech and the liberty of the press; to suppres: all journals which call in question the acts of the adminis. tration, aad to throw their editors into bastiles; to prevent pubif meetings of the people; to eatablisi martial law among peaceful and loyal, citizens, and ‘deprive them of all their civil tights and ijberties; in short, to inatigurate @ reign of terror rivalling that of the Jacobi in Frauce during the Revolution. When the pre- sent Congress is dissolved, and thus free from Ge responsibility and danger of such # poltoy hegro-worshippers will ondeavor to make , Lingola theit sonpegoat in Washington, Ilt-- tle caring what becomes of him or the govern: ment after they skulk away to their hiding places. Such is known to be the programme agreed upon by the revolutionary radicals in Congress, who, in their desperation, will stop at ngthing, if Wey only foot porsonally sale from the consequences. courage, refused to take. well knowing that the | country with paper money, and reduee the | The War, Bast and West—-Important Afoet. he enewy. another advance upon v.. eon to Aquia pension at Wushingtoa of p. ~« of “‘some- oreek, the numerous rumors aflo. ~sae days thing in the wind,” the absence for 90. ‘om past of our,accustomed daily reports 1. Falmouth, the bustle and animation in our military circles at Washington, all indicate the breaking up of our army camps on the Rappa- hannook and another effort at hand for the dislodgment and defeat of the rebel army of Virginia. We believe that the event is too near to be affected by any foreshadowings from New York; for we hope that our noxt intelligence from General Burnside will be the cheering report of @ great.euocess, It beon umored of {ate that the Arily of the Ponaes was not in a condition to advance, and pro” bably would not be till spring; that the Pre sident and his Cabinet were debating the ques tion of relieving General Burnside, and whether Hooker, Sumner or Franklin should supersede him. We are gratified with the assurance that all such rumors may now be considered as con” clusively answered in the forward movement of the army under General Burnside's direction- It is understood that after his repulse from the enemy’s works, on the 18th of December, he was in favor of a renewal of the assault the next day, and was convinced that it would be succesaful, but that he was overruled by the prevailing objections of his council of war upon the subject. But General Burnside’s opinion, though overruled, may have been correct. From the fact that, with the repulse of our troops the enemy remained behind their in- trenchments, with our forceg between them afd the river, it is evident that General Leo was too much crippled to follow up bis advantage. We think it, at all events,a just deolsion on the part of thé President that General Burnside is allowed an opportunity to retrieve his mis- fortune of the 13th December; and we believe that he will fully justify the confidence of the administration. The time appears favorabbke for an advance from the Rappahannock. The rebel army ip front has been sensibly diminished to strength- en the defeated army of Bragg in Tennessee, and perhaps also to strengthen the rebel forced onthe south side of James river. It may be that the extensive establishment of General Buraside’s troops in log huts has led General Lee to the conclusion that they have delibe- zately gone into winter quarters, and that a comparatively small force In their front will be: sufficient to watch and hold them in cheek till spring. Hence, perhaps, the large detachmenta, of his troops which Lee has sent away for im- mediate service in other directions; and hence, we conolude, the forward movement of Genera, Burnside, which, we guess, is at this moment a substantial reality. Under this impression, we anticipate before the lapse of many days the news from Virginia of a blow ‘which will o; Sur way,to the hg he alge” ao Ta the West, however, the most acl ‘o tions are in progress, from Tennessee to the Gulf of Mexico. It is reported that General Longstreet, with thirteen brigades, bas arrived at Chattanooga, en route to take the command of Bragg’s army; and we are inclined to believe this report, from the manifest designs of the to whole . favored by ceases these hah to speak in glad term. opinion in Europe in favor upon the subject between the ~ France and those of England.and Ruse | deemed by him “a gratifying advance in appreciation by those governments of the true interests of mankjnd, as involved in the war on this continent.” He avers that it is to the enlightened ruler of Francefthat he (Davis) is indebted for the first official exhibition of sym pathy. Our readers will understand, when they have perused the message of Davis, that our fears of the existence of a determination on the part of Napoleon to ald the South are well founded. The extract given by the rebel President from a letter of the Emperor's Minis” ter will prove to all how France views the contest which is deluging our land with blood, and will also attest to the favor extended by France to the rebels. That any Minigte™ of the Emperor of the French sbetiid have given to the rebels sugh Sitéouragement as is contained in the eftrat we refer to proves the bias of t6 master’s mind. As conclusive evi- dente of this we append the extract. The French Minister says:— There has been established from the very bepening of this war an equilibrium of forces between the bellige- rents, which has since been almost constantly maintained, and alter the spilling of so much blood they are in this respect, in @ situation whieh has not sensi! changed. ‘Nothing authorizes the antiolpation that more decisive military operations will shortly occur. Accord- ing to the last advices 4 ger in Europe the two armies were, on the contrary, & condition which permitted neither to hope within @ short delay advantages eufl- ciently marked to turn the balauce definitely and to accolorate the conclusion of peace. - In the face of such evident encouragement of the rebels, it is idle to assert that France aad her ruler are our friends. Every action of Napoleon’s proves the contrary, and well does Davis appreciate that in the Emperor he has anally. In England Davis and his followers have open and avowed sympathy from the government, the aristoeracy and the press, The people of England are with us, Their sympathies are for the Union, our laws and our grand and uoble constitution, which they. appreciate as“ man’s only true char. ter for lberty and independence, Bright, Cobden, Newman and others-guide and in- finence the sympathy the English people feel for us, and these champions of our great cause have succeeded hitherto in keeping back the tide of the ill will felt towards us by the atistocracy ‘and government of Great Britain. Spain has oct vis kid jat he can count upon the sympathy of that Power, which, like his owa usurped government, is slave-owning. Let us hope that the message of Davis will silence those journals which have at all hazards constantly repeated their absurd assertion that “‘ Napoleon is the friend of the North.” It is time that fallacy was abandoned. The Em- peror df the French, a dexpot, cannot be and is rebels to recapture Nashville, to . re- cover West ‘Tennesse and Kentucky, not the friend of any free or conatitations) aa’ keke 'e' ‘Crk fh “the North’ form of government. He is our enemy, and bas been our natural foe ever since he strangled the French republic. From the moment our rebellion broke out*the official and semi-official journals of France have not concealed their joy at the occurrence of this great catastrophe. They have proved by their malice and spite the true feeling of the master mind which rules in France. We repeat oum advice to the ad- ministration ag regards getting readggfor all contingencies, and we denounce the efforts of Greeley and his republican aiders and abet” ters in their present intrigues at Washington to induce our government to permit the media tion of foreign Powers. Greeley and his fol- lowers gre noy frightened at the immensity of the fatal results brolght upon the country by their accursed machinations, and would seek to escape the ruim they have almost rendered in- ovitable by a call upon.foseiga assistance. A ourse is upon the tongue of any American who can ask from aught save ous own intelligence and power the remedy for the ills which now bear down upon us, Let the President get rid of those fanatics who now poison his mind with insidious demands for mediation. Let him procure the aid of loyal and good men, and we | shall triumph over all our enemies. Surely the experiment is worth the trial, Mr. Lincoln. As we are now drifting, ruin and disgrace await this great nation. It is your bounden duty to save it atall hazards. Get goed and loyal men around you ere it be too late. west on the basis of the free navigation of the Mississippi river. In this view we might regard the presence of Longstreet and his re_ inforcements in Tennessee as full of peril to General Rosecrans, if it were not that from the approach of an overwhelming rebel army he can retire within the encircling fortifications of Nashville. As for our late victory in Ar- kansas, we fear that it is counterbalanced by the destruction of one of our gunboats and five transports in the Cumberland river, en roue with supplies for Nashville. Farther to the southward, from rebel sources, a large squadron of Union gunboats and transports are réported ascending the Mississippi, which was doubtless the Banks expedition, advancing io the attack on Port Hudson. We only hope it may have arrived there in season to take the place, by reaching" in advance of soy rebel reinforce- ments from Vicksburg. The premature ad- vance and gonsequent repulse of General Sher. man from Vicksberg, however, -may afford | the enemy there the opportunity largely to strengthen Port Hudson. Such are the chances from the bre: of a single link in a | chain of military combinations. East and West, looking at our mititary situa- tion in the most favorable light, the prospect of aspeedy suppresstep of the rebellion tas veuished. The abolition programme—espectally, the emancipation préclamation—bas thoroughly | { united the rebellious South aud is dividing the loyal North. This winter's eampaign must be | decisive against ,the strongholds of the rebel- lion, or Europeangintervention and a divided North will settle tha question against the re- storation of “the Union as it was,”’ territorially, upon any terms. If we cannot, during this winter, give some degisive blows te the rebel- lion, we shall be too weak im the spring to re- sist the probable demand of Louis Napoleon for a Southera zonfederasy. Meantime, as the abolition programue hae proved a delusion and asnare, we would, even at this the eleventh hour, to President Lincoln to fall back upon his eriginal conservative war policy, ! which unitg? the North and divided the South, Otherwise we shall most likely pass through the winter only to discover that we are drifting headlong, floancially, commercially and politi- cally, to dissolution and universal ruin. Rar ‘THLEGRAPHING- yesterday pub. | Mshed the entire message of Jefferson Davis to the rebel Congress. This important document, occupyieg nearly six columns of the Herat with every quotation and reference, was tele. graphed by the American Telegraph Company in two, hours, with searcely a single error in the whole message. This shows how efficient and expert are the operators of this company and is another evidence of the immense advan! tages of reliable telographic lines. wEws FROM WASHINGTON. Wasmnaron, Jag. 17, 1963. THB WAYS AND MEANS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THB GOVERNMENT. ‘The Sub-Commit tee on Finance from the Committes on Ways and Means—Mossrs. Spaulding, Hooper aad Hor* | ton—bad along interview with, Sectetary Chase to-day upon the finance bill bofere the House. They discussed (te Dill in all its details, seetion by deotion, and the Secretary assented to all iis main fontutes. He agrees to the legal tondor issu, the specie interest motes and the twenty years’ bouds, The bank question was, by mutual coa- sent, loft open, The result of the conference was satis factory to the committes, ore of whom is the author of the bill, This ig considered op, important concession om the part of the Seeretary. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS TO DELIBERATE ON PUBLIO Ax A number of republican representatives held a caucus to-night at the Capitol to deliberate on Pabito affairs, ‘Those present wore enjoined to secresy regarding their It ts known, however, that there was not a fall attendance of members, somo altogether disapprov- jay of the caucus, and others abseating'themselves from iy GENKRAL DURYES’S BESPONATION ACORPTRD, ‘Tho reaigoation of Gen. Durgee has been accepted. THR CARR OF MA. KENKEDY. It is usi@oratood that the committee of Investigation aa to the alleged disloyalty of Mr. Kennedy, Suporintendon, of the Consus, will noeut the acousation. TER WRW Pinar COMPTROLLER Mr, Taylor, the sewly appointed First Compirotigr 0, Bcrmaton Spex on tHe Ocrax.—The depre- | dations of the rebel steamer Alabama have proved one thing which we Lope will produce proper effect on the Navy Department. Wo Must have eevels of superior speed in our Gavy if we would protect our commerce from utter desiructlon. Every other consideration is secondary to the great desiderata—strength and speed. It is by her acknowledged speed that the Alabama bas thus far evaded the national cruisers that are in search of her. Mr, E. K. Collins, of this city, » gentleman of large experience in these matters, has frequently urged this fact upon the government, but with little success, Two of his fast steamers are now in tho service of the govornmont as transports,while rebel plates are scouring the seas in positive security, and preying upon our percoful, ootamerce. Would ft not be more advisable to send. these swift steamers on the track of the Alatame ead her saslstants? Wo self-reliant complacency. He makes a show of blaming the said Powers for unfair leanings “\erards the North, when it is patent to the svorld how greatly the South has been + England, France and Spain. He ** uttered complaints, hewever, sof the change of public > af the rebellion, a3- ~ which passed serting that the correspondence Cabinet of ‘aseen } Iand transportation for the army. tue Treasary, has been bere, but has gone beck to Ghia for afew days. FUMBRAL OF COLONEL GARROCHS. ‘The remains of Lieutenant Colonel Garesche, Adjuten’ General of General Roscorans, killed of Murfreesbore, arrived here on Friday, and laid in state in 8t. Aloysius church. At eloven o'clock to-day, in tne presence of dense throng, grand high mass for the fallen hero wes colebrated by the Rev, Father Wigget, the Deacon, Sub- Deacon, end other clergymen, The choir, asslated by that of ®t. Matthews and many amateurs, sang the Grand Requiem Mass of Mozart and other with effect. The Rev. Father Maguire delivered in clo” quent address upon the life and character of the deceased, and the loss sustained by the country and the Churca in bis death. He beld up his life to his surviving officers of that army in which he was so well known and beloved ‘as an example of the trae Christian soldier worthy to be perepiregergr ge pwr ei by the Marine Band, after whe body’ i ‘a detachinont of the Troth New York to the hearse, The pall bearers were Colonel Townsend, Colonel Thorn, Colo? nel Ruggles, Major Siinpeon, Major Woodruff, Major Miller, Captain Curtz and Captain Benton of the regular army, ‘The military escort comprised six companies of the ‘Twenty-fftn Maine Volunteers, Lieut. Colonel C. E. Shaw~ \ Several members of the Cabinet, and Major Generals “aallevk and Butterfield, Brigadier Generals @hields and ~ anda large number of officers, were prosent. The . ‘<a 000. of deep solemnity, and the services Stone, "Sing of the land ever witnessed in this occasion wo. 4 surpassed anytu. SERN ATION, city. ~~ was presented to Lieut, “aa, Reyuolds’ stat « SWORD Fn. ‘This afternoon an elegant swo. tn token of Col, Durra, Chief Quartermaster on 6. * Senge 06 by the clerks in the Quartermaster’s oflle., 1 appreciation of his services while be was in c.. CLAIMS UNDER THE EMANCIPATION ACT, Mr, Jones, tho present Acting Comptroller , has decited that the claims of persons under the act emanoipeting slaves in this District should be paid by the United States Troagurer. —_———__—__. Religious Intelligence. OMY CHUROHBS TO-DAY. In tho Fordyth street Methodist Episcopal ohurch, nate _ Division street, thd Rev. Jotm Pegg, Jr., pastor, wily preach at half:past ten o*dlook this morning and taf, past seven o’clooks#thisevening. Merning sermon—‘The Jubilee of the Angels.” Evening sermon— The Great Vietory.”” 4 W. H. Pendleton preaches ia Cannon street church at hall-pest ten o’clook this meraiag—‘ The 4 rying of the Bridegroom and the Condition of the Bride.” The Rev. George Junkins, D. D., late President of Weak. ingtqn College, Virgimia, will preach in the Canal street Presbyterian church, entrance in Greene street, at half- past tem o’clock thie morning an@ three o'clook this af- ternooa, * Rey. Dr, Shedd, of the Brick Presbyterian church, will . deliver the secend of his se ries of doctrinal discourses yn the South Baptist church (Rev. Mr. Burlingham's), ‘Twonty fifth street, between Seventh and Kighth avenues, ‘at half-past seven e’olovk this evening. Subject—' The Bondage of Sin.’ . In St. Ann's churoh, Fighteouth street, near Fifte ave- nue, services at balf-past ten, three and half-past coven o'clock, the afternoon being for desf mutes. Tae Rev. Mr. Shackelford, of Newark, will preach this morning, the Rev. E. Benjamin tn tho afternoon, and the Rev, F. B Fagan in the evening. » Rev. Edward Payson Hainmund (evangelist) will preaok this evening in the North Presbyterian chureh (Dr. Hes. Geld’s, Ninth avenue, corner of Twenty-Gret street, at nalf-past seven o'clock. Chiliren's meeting in the after moon at half-past three o'clock. . Rov. 0. B. Frothingham will preach at Ebbitt Hall, 56 West Thirty-third street, this morping at balfipest ton * o'clock. Subject—'‘ Diccords and Harmonies of Com- ‘sotence."’ . ’ Rey. Sidney A. Corey will preach ta the Bethany Bup: tist church; Fifty-fith street, between Lexington aad Third ayenues, this morning at bailf-past ten o’oloek- Walsey Moors, the young pteacher, will proach ta the evening at balf-post seven o'plock. In the Protestant Fplacopai Church of tbe Atoneueats Second avenue, corner of Thirty-third street, Rev. M. = ‘Wiiling, rector, tlfis morning will preach on the doath of Mr. Howland Davis snd Mrs. Virginia A. (Arnold) Stan- ley, two of bis Sundsy school teachers. Chas. C, Gone will commence a series of lectures to the young men of thiselty upon Christian Heroism, as the Tabernacle, No. 446 Broadway, this eventag at balf-peat seven o'clock, Mi In the Fourth avenue Presbyterian chureb, corver of Fourta avenue and Twenty-second street, weat side, Preaohing at balf-past ten o’olock in the morning. Rev. Dr. Hitcheock will preach in the evening at half-past seven o'clock. In the Church of the Resurrection, Thirty-Gfth etrest, enat of Sixth avenue, Rev. K. 0. Flagg rector, Digine service this morning at half.past ten o'clock; evening as half-pdst seven o'olook. Rev. Sidney A. Corey will preach fh the Stone churok, Twenty-eighth street, near Troadway, this afternoon a three o’elock, Subjeot—‘Christianity a Power.” Inthe evening at Balf-past seven o'clock he will deliver hie sixth lecture to young men. Text—‘This, Our Bon, is @ Drupkard.”” ‘ At the Laight street church , coraer of Laight end Vario. streets, Rev. 1.3. Kalloch will preach, this morsiug, @ sermon in the course upon “The Sermon on the Monnt,” and in theeveming upou “Winter—the Néason of Reli- gious Eifurt,’* In the Bleecker street Universalist church the Rey. B. ” Poters preaches this morning. In the evening Rev. Moaeg Ballou will give the third discourse on human depravity— “The Scriptural Argument.’ In the Chriatian chapel, Seventeenth street, moar Sixt avenue, services at half-past ten o'clock A, M, and hai” past coven P. M. Preaching by tho pastor, Urban 0, Brewer. Subject in themorning—The City om « Hill,” . evening ~The Fiery Trial.” A sermon on the practical superiority of the Universalis doctrine of retribution—the seventh of the series—by the Rov. F. G. Brooks, at the Twentieth street church, be- twoon Sixth and Seventh eventes, this afternoon atthree * o'clock. Morning sermon at haif-past ten o'clock. In 8t. Matthew's Eoglish Lutheran church, Atlantis street, near Powers, Brooklyn, Rev. F.C. H. Lampe, of Potteville, Pa., will preach at haif.past ton o'clock this morning an -paat seven o'clock this evening. Rev. Matthew Hale Smith will preach iu the Athe- awum, Brooklyn, this morning at ball-past- ten o'clock, on the ‘Scarlet Line iu the Window,” in the evening at half-past seven o'clock, on “The Porila of City Life Young Men ia Business.’’ ‘The new French Protestant church, Eglise du St. > prit, Twonty-second street, between Fifth and Sista ~ avenues, Rev. Dr. Verrem rector, will be epened fer Divine servioe, in Freach, this mording at half-past tos o'clock. The gas @xtures intended for this charek net being yet completed, there will not be aay Ragiish even. ing service until due notice is given to that effet. In the South @ongregational church, Brookiym, corner of Court and President streets, there wil! be by the Rev. Samuel B. Beil, st balf.past ten in the meraing end half-past seven In the evening. y At the Reliof Association, 194 Broadway, the Rey. H. H- Milburn, of the Joba street Metbodist Episcopal church, wit! preach to the soldiers thie afternoon at three o'clock. Fourth Untrersakst Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rev" James Powors, of Carlisle, Mass., will preach in the ; chapel of the society, No, 874 Cumberiand street, thin =’ morning and evening at the naval hours. The pablic are 4 inyited to ’ ra St. John's church, Breoklyn.—The Rev. John Fieve Mines, of vill proach in this chareB this more. ing avd evening. Wervices at huif-past ten in the morn- and hall-past sevenin the evening. — * ~ em oe W. Nichols = iceagh tp j ya, bear Be Kalb avn ue, Thin evtanng werwtee® half-past seven o'clock. Arrtvale and Depertares. ARRIVALS. Hanavre—St p Toulon Lin gy ber Breder, int Wiede, isby, F 7s a erage, its v (s Ae | re i m se “8 Ww New Onttans ax. Kx apt arcing and chor, NR Wakely. Jonnsom, fe Kabwer, J 1 Mo- ows il, wo r. ce New One Har iwell, be - + a Ma Ai doaD fo Sadat: es Seman cee ould mpiemeyer, Joka W Was. Redon. i Pndens CB Witter: Mie nner U S'as | Kober: UBieat fawkes. Ht Py Niivse, Bee Swed bia € Bonaren Ai eunroor—steums! & Vesbleg\ne- ies ry seer eng sal crate te a erent ie i cemese ricrag, Mr , Bai ieel Treenttoys, Vinr—emd @ibars Vie steornee. cue, 9b Mas.