The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1863, Page 8

we B MORE REVEL “TIONS FROM REBELDOM. Extraordinary Statements ofa London Correspondent. Dreadful Picture of Life in New Orleans, The Military and Financial A#airs of the Confederacy, Ree &e. Amodg tho ‘tess of important rebel correspondence whied recently ‘fell into the bands of oar government» and which We published yesterday, the following inte- | wemtiug letter4has been fyend. This epretic is mot writen: by Lawley, the regular Rickmond verte of the London rcs, ‘bUt'ey a-voluhtrer called Dante) H. Loudon, wko ‘Backs‘up'his extracrdtiary statements by a reference to Mr. Mason, the Conf et -vate Minister in England, whe, it Wil eo Temomberea, was £0 ‘recently snubbed by Bord ‘Jokn Russe? This lester was, of course, wpterded for pubication in the Times; but jp it Dee @itcipeting that paper ail publishing More ‘ikem, there is nothing 20 be snrprised t, in. apmnih as we “re in the hevit of doing these things. We English jowenals, and especially the London Times, have not yet pev over our graphic accounts of te Prince Of Wales’ tour in this country, because we gave the searhest‘repores of his movements to the British people. ‘his was: vows prepared ty our special correspondents. Now we find that we have éo give them the news from qbeir own foutbern correspondents in the seme way. London's letter, with his private note to the Zines, wil) “@oubtic-s be read with grout interest:— 0 THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TREES. Ricuatoxp, Nov. 29, 1862. You wMl find annoxed.a etter which 1 have written for “publication in your valuagie paper. I have ne counection with the government here in any way; but ‘1 am known personal!y to the Hon.“James M, Mason, the Ambassador Of the Confederate States to England, who I suppose 3s new i) London, to whom you may apply, #0 @8 to juscily you-tn relying upon the giutemonts of the letter, some of Which, | hope, will prove interesting to your numerous ‘readers, as they have net before been published in Lug- den! | regret that my time (ime does notaliow me to copy the letter, and Therefore asi you will eudeavor to send me a copy of the Zimes wich may contain “t. This you can do by sending it to Mr. Mason, with the s#equest that he forward it to mo. I am respectfully, yours, DANIEL H, LOUDON. P. S.—I enclose a8 correct liken: s avtibave seen of General Lc peral Jackson and President Davis, and othe newspaper sip of the Enquirer, resyecting the’ debt of the Contoderate States, which, | hear, is ollicial. Wepwrspay Monx1sG, Nov. 20, 1862. Mr. Sanderg wi)l.fnu enciosod a levter ‘to Messrs. Eyre, «Evans & Co., Liverpool, which he can mail as he may sweach the United Ftates o¢ any Post Oilice trom whiel it + ‘will go forward to them. Lal-oenclosea.ietter to tne Times, London which } wish Published, and if- it does uot appear in that” paper then it -aoight appear in some other Euglish paper. «Wr that yoa -aan decide. Your obedient servant, D. H.LOUDON. P. 8.—Tell, Mr. Mason I regard bis letter to tue Staicy- ai idgemen about recogudion capital in every sense. Yours, D.H. Le ConrEperATe States ov Aumnrca, Rucumonn, Va., Nov. 29, 1862. ‘Within..a few weeks there has been published in this @ity the foliowing Jetter from a federal mail boy, captured Sy Confoderate pickets in the neighborhood of Charlestown; Virginia, which is not far away from Harper's Ferry. Ms genuineness js not questioned. Its author is nepbew to Mr. Livcoln’s Secretary of State:-— . NEAR Cuantestowy, Va. , Ovt. 19, 1862. ‘Duin Uscix—] got, here from tue terry yesterday after- oun. [have not time to write you but atew lines now, ‘Dust wil write more fully in a day or two. Tgend you half.a dozen copies of various of the Rich- Mond papers, captured, by some of our cavalry lust Bight. ‘By reading them you will see that the rebels are vot yot fully .comyinced that they bave pot been routed in Ken- ‘ys The IWhig’s-edjtoriM@ says it never e: there whyie the, rebel army was under geneia!’. And the # améimer is sti!l ina staie of painiul a@oxicty about the battle.of Perryville. Mt spems dhey have received despatches from General Forre-t and numerous other sources telling of their vie~ fories; but Heagg’s oflicial report has not been received, and they, have segn the federal papers, and as uiv-o co mot admit ade eat tothe Union army, the utberners: gealip-doubt whether any has occurred. Is this not anether eviience of the wisdom of your poli- ey in regard tobe Northorn press? General Scott was right in saying that falsification was a necessary part of tho aaachinery of war. Ip (his war it isa powerful a asthe + ern press republish and seem to credit much of what we c&aoge to give to our papers. x Push your policy a6 to the papers sull further. Make them state every fight a giorious vic'ory, and stick to it W will.do great good North and South, No time for any mere dow. Robert Verplanck is here and well. Very effec jonately, yourmepbew, W)LLIAM H. VAN PELI. To tion, WyLtiam H. Sewarn. {Noww.—‘his letter bas beretofore been denounced as a forgery by those who; ought to koow.} Whon Mr. Welles, the Secretary of the Navy, was-ny- Plauding the United States officer for the outrage com: ted on the British flag by the capture of Mason and #)ide ad approving the transaction, this Secretary of St @isavow ing and repudiating it through Mr. Adame, Minis. ter of the United States in Londos. Mr. Lingoin was ibe eriminal who epoke falsely, since both statements were bis own, a8 what the President docs through bis ministe:s he does himself, and, with the suc *s usual toa hyp crite, Be secured the’ coutempt of all Louest minds. During the great batties around Richmcnd MeCletlan ee Arve cespatcbes to Washington city of his disasters. ¥ KOR THE TIMES, publisbed ones were manufactured in the oftice the Secretary of War. This mMement, I ‘was mado to Juige Bates, Attorney Biates, to his two bevhews. who are in the Confederare army, acd were token prisoners, carried.to Wesbington, and while there sioyed with Judge Bates. And now Cen. MeCicllan has too Jittie manliood to expose and denounce ‘the falsebocds practised in big name. Losi to every sense @f chawe, be js willing to se:ve masters for pay that themseiyes aro fit companions ouly for the base and de. eS: ‘bn tGen. Me’ ie:jan is bad Of the army no longer. t big masiers tell the reasons. I could not credit What J saw aliuded to #0 0. ten. as one of the menns of conduct. ing one of the most iniquitous an:t outrageous contests re- corded jn modery times, until I Nai the most positive evadence that falsebood —yes, faiechood persisted in—was one of the reliances of the Uuited States for the purpose of contivwing their struggle against the Confedcraie The above statements will prepare the for another TOMAR IBS 0 thge ie mong TENOlIDg thon any We which ine pert as Maytha conta bot, Savages even could not excel the desecration brought to light a the follow ng narraties, which ts * The cowardly liar is always or*" 16 those in bis power, and we cannot Zpuoln*”s the exhibition of one Tee by “we other; but there are some crimes co Fevolling “at we shudder to bear of them. ‘s letter tells of such, pended the following letter, headed “Varkee i shed in the Raleigh decament. ond write wesippi plantation in the ‘gencer. Wis ten by a lady ining on Southwest: — » ®, August 31, 1861. We haye haa the pie: of « Cetare and pom ° oe head of more then ope steamboat duriug the Tes 6 As ‘we now bold the river above at Vic Veiow at Port Hudson, oar be: Yeir hiding places, aud are beg trom ‘be Red river and Texas to the upper country. T do not think the federals will ever again control the Mirstesippias they have beretofore done, though they harass us, the border planters, by unexpected rai’s den surprises, as they did et Millsken's Bond. We have forces a short d4stance from the river, but the Yederais may make sharp, sudden, devastating forays. 'f ove.0? oar sentinels should be caught asleep again, per examie At Mailiken’s Bend they took prisoner a of curs—a Mr. John Farker—pot a pair of Rim mad Wok hin off with them. aid fail roe if T attempted to give y adjoining country. ‘Union sentiments and loyal cit piace where the folera's re destente ethor it is here in Louisian In New Orloans the ladies mever co out of their houses i tbey can help it, and when they do +o they go armed —ae, in fact, the women in all party of the State are. I believe J am the only wetnan 4m thie part of the State who does not carry arms aud who does net know how to nfe them: and i think 1 could shoot too in an emergemty, only 1 bave ruch a distaste to weapons that I think T weuld rather be Killed than to kil anybody. T would not short in defence of life, but! would of honor, The other day, when the federais made their raid. at the bo se or one of thy rela ives, n young girl was Bick, jurt recovering (rom bilious fever. The other young lady of tre came age, a widow of ue week, seized a rev nd stationed? berself at the chamber docr of ber # lative, determined to shoot dwn the first soldier who dared to approach the room. Fortunately the officers ed bumandy cough to pre- think servant came to the had teft, and en- ner Young mistress ever acnin he she said ‘the sol talked 40 dreadfully abou! the porng Iatier.’ At anoth Doves of a relaiive of mino, che firet question theve wretehee asked was, “if there were any marrigeable daughters’ In tbat house there are tw Alter the battle of Haton Rouge a foloral transport Jaden with ‘wo bundred and fity wounde!, was ran inte accidentally by one of their own boats. aud #.nk, carry tg all Ou beard to the bottom of the river. The federsia pretended to believe thit it was not shot a b had prodve a oy house of Mr and ment re rected fam a =~, ODE Of OOF dad op utent of ope dey the Nire. y +g by her s.de air, a a’ om eet * = ‘ ~ tress. My pen almost fails me. ‘lowed. mmey ‘these small occurréiides, upon 80 great a Held of opera- fades in Py ene temeid servant, tops, must be expected. We must look at the gardie of Mrt. 2 bikeous enureaties #0 pare er | results, and upen an impartial review of the eld, fervaut and jeave her chamber. 2g, threatened | to arrive at a correct conclusion of the presevt condition Mrs, ——— with insult, if she did not ‘her tongue. | Of the Confederate States. God, Thou saweet all this, Mr. ——— came in, and Every candid mind must regard Mr. Lingoin’s procla- Muding bis wife thus ox No ipeovonce and outrage, | mation ag the idle threat of an imbecile; but wm: ‘Die proud heart so swelled with indignation that the io possession of such immense resources ag tbe chords of lite Merally snapped, Dis bears beske, aud he patersiae lave, with so gt 2a ormy. witb such “ and guch a gover — an} fat dead upoe the ocr. "Oh, Lord! how Jong Sihton ‘on the face of the gicbo—bavieg beom cbliged to - these | discard an ailiance offeusive aud unprofitable, alter @ trial Of eighty years, upon the most Mature consideration and devils for a hme t f aa “ oF Lime nts bad picked up their master’s body | i tho fear of God, and with such spicudmd results as an work. Toe eergcantly, Two foderaia eompletel robbed | eviderve of their prowess, valur and Weaith, cannot fait the bouso of ail tho silver, jowelry ana cise Bog to socure the respect of all nations. Avy political associa- tion er community which collects its own revenue and spends it ab it secs fit, makes its Own laws free from tho power and intert+ re! of any ether pation cbserving ‘the civilization oj the age in weeeb it exisis, 8 a nation indeed, aud, in tit, worthy of respect, aud sb.uld be ‘Bo tr and regarded. A” must see that a market would immediately spring 1 tbe Confederate States if peace was concluded aa extensive as the Indies, which that nation will Beat secure who first embraces it, As & preliminary peice must ‘be made, and until that is re- stored, every question of commercial advantage must be then went_off to to ther “Anodic instanee of the savagery of Butler is as fol- Jowe—-A fricud of ours, ‘inthe last stages of consump- ten, was carried from New Orleans to Fort Jackson in spite of the entreaties of ‘his poor wife that be might be writted to die4n peace, as his hours were numbered, Tre federals sent him of. Of course the fatigue and aumicty the unfortunate man had to undergo goon prs Sue the glimmering Jamp of Mie, His only crime was ‘being a secessionist, an@ the son-in-law of a former Cem- ht wel! there will como @ Gay of is. x ; ‘al. pac ha atic forall . prejudiced, land or France, certainly both, cam now, During ihe federal occupation of the portions of Virginia | &bd always oould have, commanded the peace with as much ecuse a8 @ @ouutry ‘squire wyuld command ibe peace between two meu who-vere fighting on the court green, ‘The true sclutien of the difficulty must be the accom- plishment‘of that which is just and right between ihe combatants, and plainly the first step towards (bated is: the fight ‘mest stop, The States themselves must decide their relations to their ive parties, ‘Those wishing to go with the Confederate States must go with Wem; th se deciding to remain with tne so-calo@ United states-must do so. My impressions were, during the dast winter, that abgolute free trade would have beea aceorded to England or France for their aid in the confict, butvwhe comidence Bow evinced in the ullimate issue may render such an arrangement more difficult, but a minjority of the people of the Confederate States javor a repeal of the tari, preferriug to collect their revenve by dorest taxation. Acting under the force of this opinion the repealwas carried throngh the lower House withonly seventeen dissenting votes last spring, but tailed in ihe between the Rapp#hapnock river and Washington city, large numbers "6f slaves, men—women and (cbikdres— were enticed away from their owners into she ewcamp- ments of the Nortkerp army. When the federal encampments were brokea up and they armies ‘retired hundreds of negro children, girls and bays of atheges, were left, in the woods, totally un- protected amti’sioue to perish’ or fall a prey to auimals, aud many de! perish and die, Their fathers ard mothers were forcol away or were so neglected and overlooked 10 the confusion of the retreat as to be disqualitied or pre- vented forcaring for their own sufering offspring. The negtoes, who have been enabied to make thei ae back to Bneir owners, report the hardships throug! which they have passed as fur beyond anything ever before known to them, The credulity and submissivences of te negro is as much a part of bis nature as the color of his skin, Tpca- pacity among the glayes jor taking good care of them- selves is so geueral that the most seduious atteution and } Senate, It a treaty couli be couciuded yy the watchiulness on the part of their owners és necessary to | Pasis ‘of absolute free wade with the Confederate keep them healthy and decent jn their appearance, States on the part of Franee, 1 'AS to using tie slaves for soldiers, as the United States | shouid regard it as the government propose (0 do, it is simply absard. They the Conte ‘root of their porting the g words, who should pay the taxe: tion will arise in every confederacy and break it ep un imnay make the negroes robbers, thieves or assassins, but they can never maxe soldiers of them. The proposal to emancipate the slaves of the Confed- erate States is placing a purpore far in advance of an event, the oo ce of which 1s more than doubted, as | lees the revenue is apportioued among the States before it cane nly be done after the conquest aud sobjagation of | it is collected, us itis in the German Union of Customs, whee and the ability of the Northera It cannot be pewsivle that the kurepean nations will States to ac this may well be quostioned, as the | ‘allow themyelves to be shut out from such large markets following consideratious will demonstrate. | as exist in the Covfeder 8 by the matice, the }gno- rance or the ambition of Lincoln, Seward, Weiles, Chase tates or nations, now When the « aud Blau, or by the folly of such Ianetics as Heecher ireeley, Hale, Wate and Philips, not one of whom ey designed auy benefit to the poor negro, whose condition they cannot improve, and it they could they would not ates of America, bega Mina, on the th ef December, soul jn any of these States was ates, The Confederates now heid by the th hold I Morgan Fort Sauater ant the furtifi- | a it were to them time. mey or W¥or; but who, cations at Charleston fort at Wilmington, cer- | to aggrancize thempelves, are willing to deluge their tainly three lees Lban was held by the United States at | coun ry in blovd aud to shroud te whole land in moun the outset of the ession. The Confederates tad wo | ing. it is a matter of surprise that the whole world should be nade to feel want in so many ways, and Ubat thous nds are to be buried on battle Lieids or io waste away i hoy. pitais, mutilated for Iife, aud that Christianity is t0 be Outraged! by finding so Many of its professors with dioodt- red hands ‘raised t those with whoin ihey ave broken bread and drank wine in commemoration af se Prince oi Peace, anit that the w that a father or a bust effort to restore a L 0 shak anized their provisional govern- ment ot Moniquiery; they have now uncer arms one large enough to have yesisted, indeed to bive over: thrown that army which Lord Talmerston told the Kag- lish ¥ ficially, ja his own proper place, as be- ing the authorized statement of the minister of the so eadl- ed United States, numbered, if my memory ig correct, abont seven hundred thousand med, alt placed and ready’ foracty Vice, 1 am unable to state the 1 c erate army, {thas beeu a part of their polies conceal their numbers. A statistical table will dls- army when they 0 enough and which, if rea 1 boon found, aiter the eiiusion of xo much vlvod, euough Will be upon a basis r 18 years a'wild bo. Retween 25 These enormities cannot and onght not to fail in arrest Between ing the thoughts of every ph lanturophist in Christen There ure abund ir * at m which Hew through the world upon the subject of negro slavery compelled the slayeboiding States er nations, now confederated in devence of law, order aud Christianity, to examine all the foundations upon whic they rested their existence a8 political communities, and, after searching for the path of duty, they have stepped from beneath a tottering shelter that they had aided in serecting; and, delying the power of their former ass who bad impudeatty assumed to decide every q and ailiust ail arrangements for their own beaett, they dave relurtantly taken up arms because they preferred to govern themseives. They will not lay them down agaid Ull they do so honorably; for they Ubink they are in Me ving this, they calmly awa their bg in the God of Batties. ready , at all times, ge Lhe pavoply of the battle Geld or the imple- d yocntions of peace. negro can only be by “improving tho circumstances of his owner, and since IT have shown that tho intoresis of the slaveholders would be promoted by peice and the recognilion of a government created for Ahemeelves. they who contribute to these resuits are tho wisest (rievds to both races. They who defeat or impede these events are the enemies of the blacks as wel! dow. Between F it evidences that both parties Between .6 aud 140. ts.) 12167,545 1,000,000 Legitimate free Confederate population by census of 1560 — $8,602,400) Dedvet free negrocs as in 1850, probably not 235,509 J Inereased materisily on account of emigration. 891 not including Kausas, which is doubtful. 15 Deduct ove bai tor women ‘ay in round i mbers; ag women are more nu- nierous, probably 4 6U0,000 Four millions, aud jor ut pember our table would stand as (cltows Under 18 years Between 18 and i “sp and 4: Ad and &: £5 and 100 7,205,882 : i} 1s + 452,700 + 670,180 ‘51d “ Tot; -. bsteseneemtt sy a rcacies -4,006,060 Showing 1,581,788 within ihe ages capable of bearing arms, ‘Tho federal newspapers represent the numbers of the army of the Confedcraies as 648,000 men, The con j tion Im April teek all betwoen © een and thirty ive | a8 ike whites, There is no apology for these enthusiasts, years old, exempting, of course, certain person’, Im | who are ready ¢o turn the world upside down about negro Get ber a farther authority was conferred on ihe govern | slaveryin these Stvtes, but who, when asked for a reme- an would who, to dy, furnish as absurd a one as a pb tiept's head off ment to extend the conscription to all between thirty-five cure a deformed band, should ent the gud forty five years old, which act has not been resorted to for any beyond forty years ol, and the plain inference | ‘The public mind seems to have reached the conctaxion is, Leomure the men are not wanted. Theré must be ¢ all of the representatives of foreign governments in ducte! trom the numbers estimated above of 1,581,788, | the Cont le Slates must go out of the couniry, or ito all who escaped from the conscriplisn in Marylaud, Dela: | the army. Certain it 1 tat they will not bo allowed the ware, Kentucky, Missouri and elsewhere, now occxpied | exercise of consuls much. longer at their feveral places of by abe enemy." There must be added all in the army, as | residence, Personal Intelligence. C.F, Hall, the American Arctic explorer, who returned Jast fall after an absence of over two years, bas recently received tbe cougratulations of several distinguish Furepean persomages, among whom we recognize A. B Beecher, R. N., of the Hydrograpbical Office, British Ad miralty, and Jobn Barrow, F, 2. 5., formerly ‘of the Ad_ miralty, for bis most wonderful divcoveries in the years 1560, ‘C1 and '62, relative to Martin Frobisher’s expedi- volunteers, below cightoen years and over forty five. Ja the outset the Contedrates had po arms. They now have certainly a yory large number of all kinds, Petweon the adjournment of Congress in May, 1862, and its reas- sembhng, the Ist of August, there ‘were addod eighty thoueaod email arms alone. (This iz official) Since that period there isto be added all t#ken in the baities be- tween the Rapidap and Washington, and thse su ed at Harper's Ferry, which was the mest val a brilliant cceurrence of the war, as the fruits were eleven thousand prisonefs, seventy pieces of artillery, and quite as mauy muskete ws there Were Inea,and many more. To these must be added the vast number which are made jn Lions of 1576, "77 and *78. Although tho reiics which Mr. Hall recently gent to the British peovle have not yet arrived in London, acknow" ledgments that do hosor to our conntry Have already been forwarded to Mr, Hail, testifying that there cap be no doubt that Uhore relice are of Frobisher's expeditions of near three centuries ago. It will be recollected that Mr. Hall also determined from Dis intercouree with the Esquimaux tbe fate of the five Evglisumen Frobisber bad captured from bim on his firet voyage (1576) to discover the Great Northwert Pas sage to Cathay, & Drullard, of Buflalo; George Gray, of Albany, Dr. R. H, Porter, Charles Butter, James Smith, 8. Marmpduge per, &e., are produces in qvantinies sufticient for | and J. Heiser, of Washington, are stopping at thie a 4 me eg Nigholas Foie), 7 thing is being produced iv quantities suffiviont to E. Randalle, F. @, Roberts and &. Wail, of St. 1. moet the ueceasities of (he army, although the cargoes | 1. Lord and wife. ot Ceunectieat; D's. Denier, of Weeds coming in are valnoble assistants in this respect; byt at G, Ellis, United States Army; W. H. Barobart. ho distant day teal necessary will be niade by R. Raton, of Ohio, and George Clapp, of the people, True, many y high in price; | Auburn, are stopping al the Metropolitan Hotel, " bot when ro sudden and exter sive a demand is to be met by labor bithorto devoted to other pursi r Bir. Skelly and family, of Piermont; Jobn Hancock, of labor bithorto deve 0 other pursuits, we are in no one; N. . Saw of Boston: E.G. Merrick, H. pt elyro way to wonder ot the prices which parijeilar artich 4 ! vgherparseal Pn” . C. MeKepzie. of Detroit; J. Stanford and pa New York: the Confederate States, Tn this respect there has been developed a capacity which is surprising in every depart ment,everything needed by an army. But a farther ad dition iv to be made cf the Arms taken at Richmond, Ky., and at Muvfordsvilie, besides several cargos im ported from abroad. It may be safely stated that there is now no uneasiness felt os to the supply of arms of all kinds, Wha r hurmber of arms may ba tos Sn bultle muss ve deduc ation not to Le feit,and arce at one pevied as to create has been overcome since the Secretary of War stated to Congress, in Angust, glint nitre was beirg produced im such quantities as to justify the opinicn that soon there would be no Recessity for further importations of All the other necessary for ammunition, sach as chareoa’, sulphur, lead, Seat then Gertie oe ne Eli Whitney, of New Haven. Licnt. cloths for thearmy. Yet the prices are aot such ap t prevent their use, The comily is being increased 90 dams. of Providence; A. H Hakes, of Connecti- Fapidly as to relieve all fears upon the score of the sup | Cut; Dr. Rudenstein, United States Nayy; H. W. Gardiner, . Ip food and subsistence nothing is furth of Proj : Bemie, m . ee eee aa aderane Pie” Salar tna ® | Sherwdbd, of fcehedter ae govpg ot tee Lat Bet Fees my wow vigeceee ge o-yeems saeco 2 1 Marge quantities wh Buel} pois, aud Wbe qhahiny will ia idee ions Fires in New York. FIR® IN TWENTIETH STREGT. Yesterday morning, between three and four o'clock, a fire broke out in a row of brick stables in the rear of Nes. 88 and 90 West Twentieth street, owned by Mr, We!ls. ‘The firemen extinguished the fire, the bay lofts of the soon be ample for all acmands, 1 come now to refer to the fiosuces. In the outset there was no revenue. Lot vs seo the facts and the foundation upon which the credit of the Confederate gov- erpment rests. Their receipts from the commencement have been more than three huodred millions of doliare by the report ef the Secretary of the Treasury, and the entire disbursements estimaicd for up to January, i r 863, will be about Give hundred millions of doil cy urine go eye ude oty too aoe ie leaving a debt of not more than that the buildi.g will be about $200; insured. ‘Ibe frame for ail pecounie, Since this sum is to be | dwelling adjoining was stightly damaged. The occupant, croditei by the incomes from the war tax, | James elly, estained about $100 damage to furpiture ; and the customs, and for sais of the public property, of Jancs, &e.. whieh will moretthan counterbalance any varinvons by under estimates wow 40 cover (his debt, and 10 pay the taxes Decossary to mect nd to liquidate the principal there is in the erate Statee certainly four millious of bales of cotton the two crops of tobacce muet be som tivecn fifty and one hundred thowsaud hogehea pitch, tar and turpentine. Taking all these articles at luc in Liverpool, the quantities now in { bricg more (han ten hon- dred millions of dollars. Your readers can very soon make their calcolations ag to the valoe of a Confederate €¢ cotton at 2s. dd. the pound, and Jeai 30 to 4) pounds im each ‘bale, and nd the goverament bold certainly ' four insured for $200, in the New York Fire and Marine Tn: surance Compauy. The fire is supposed to have been enused by several bummers, who were in the babit of sleeping in one of the unoccupied stables. FIRE IN CHERRY STREET—LOSS $25,000. shortly after rine o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the stable attached tothe lomber yard of Condit & Jobunson, 208 Cherry street. The flames epread rapidly, and soon communieated (he fire to the lumber, rendering it impossidie to save two valuable horees which were in the stable, The alarm was promptly given by the police, 14 the Gremen Foon arrived ; but owing to the fire sprend- ing between the lumber in the varios piles, it was very the people millions of bales, and probab'y five millions. . Out of this enormous capital the interest need ult toanply the water witheffect. At one time it bid the public ereditere i# not more to bo ap extensive fire, conrequently the exempt sof Hollins at this time, Ae the bonded | Gromen were noted and every exertion made to subdue : one handred millions the istof August, | the flames, AU the piles of iumber bad to be pulled vot Teach more tban two hundred aod fifty mil. | down, and it was pot Lill six o'clock in the afternoon that was extinguished. The police of the Seventh under Captaia Bennett, ayded by bis ser- and the reserves from "the Fourth, ‘Tenth, Thirteenth and Seventeenth precincts, the Dat of Ary, 1865, a8 a large partof the Lcoutioue in Treasury poles, redeémable six Tite Weaty of ycace without interest, being sary for the circulation of the country. You will k how bas avch an amy been supported for such a tm’ There if this (vet, worthy of the highest praise, for eay imount—a very large part of the army wag sent jute the Geld already equip the generosity of the people ve Upon application at the offlce charged with the ex. change of prisoners between ike Confederete pavernment bt me eants, Pleventh were kept busy all day in keeping back the crowds who flocked to witness the couflagratin. ‘The fo lowiny list of losses aud insurances:—Condit & Jobneon, No. 268 Cherry street, estimate their loge at abovt $80,000; ta. sured for sols 000, as follows :—Jeflereon , $2,000, total, $5,000. Joseph W. Daryee, 268 Cherry sthect, estimates ® which will ace and the oited States, | wot unable to ebtalo Jort at about $5,000, insured for $20,000, ns follows — exact da’ but 1 feel justified an the etarement | Tradesmnen’s, $5,000; Merchants’, $5,000; Fast River, that there has been delivered from the Contedernt $5,000; Jersey City, $5,000; total, $20,000. The origin more than fifty thovsond prisoners that 8 clear balance upon this acount exists in favor of the Confeterate States, alier deducting the pionera of their own, which the Uolted States goveram-ut has re turned, of st twenty Ove thousard pricovers, The officers a! inerous and far apart, aud AetouEL I* Bo r itly changing that aw eriimate-only can be made of the balance; but I havo seen the umber agnines (ue pow. ernment cf the United States state tas bigh as forty thon. of the fire is bot Daring the day there were several, iy bis among rome of the fremen, which were promptly supjwersed by the police. ef war, and Arrival at Portiand, Ponriann, Jan. 18, 1868 The stcamedip St. George, from Glasgow 2010 and Greenock Sl+t ult., arrived bere today, with twenty wwo parsengers. Her catpo is mottly for New York, for which port ehe wil) sai) to-morrow. wand. . T regard thi# account reepreting the pricenee ae ey dence of the very bighest ci aracter that the wivaviages thus far are largely io favor of the Couledesatcs co = a aanemt ‘ the war. Commmanion oF Free Neonoen =A targe returned from Kenincky to bie | meeting was be hie-ter county 0 i ali kinds, | Ma, on the 3d mMpact entered re | ropresented ae eo large | He ie eoppesed to have r more arme than inte by thes free negroes Or ¢ pet to bire oot for the prese nd adjouing dein cts ar. A committee, con. teen thowear be cared ting of Mestre R. H Jaekton, W. A. Sherman pte entirely made up Of Keptuca | Web’, a. HL Murley and W. Manning, were ap ca Cother, inves, horses, bacon, and Wag wit who reported a seried of resolutions deneur eng the com ' B that f i be pet nbunconed fee “ Mair io South eeotalipo, ween | pot be toler P . a ext gaivetat federais sent to break | applic Parca bewwecd bark eles and Seveubad There | evinces at every hasard, Loss of the Transport Ship © Sparkling Sea. MORE PRIZES CAPTURED. THE TRANSPORT SHIP LUCINDA ASHORE, Rory her ae Our Key Went Correspondence. © Kay West, Fla,, Jan. 12, 1863. Arvival of the Unite States Guntoat Sagamore—Eapedi- tim into Jupiler {wb t—Caplure of Prises—Loss of the Transport Ship Sparkling Sea—She Has the Twenty-jifth New York Battery on Board—Tthe Transport Ship Lu cinda Ashore—She is Gollen Off by the Sagamore—Second Gencral Order of Rear Admiral Bailey, de , cc. ‘The United States steamer Magnolia has retarned from ‘ashort cruize, with her boilers in a disabled condition, be captured two prizes, The Huntayille, St. Lawrence, Santiago de Cuba, Penguin, Dale, Vixen and Missiseippi are now in port, ‘This moroing the United States eteam gunboat Saga. more, Liewteaant Commander Kart English, arrived from y 6 sbe arrived at Jupiter Inlet. A boat expedition was sent invide, dnto the river, wick captured the sloop Avenger, the east coast of Florida, On the morning of Janui from Nassau, The Avenger hid run into the iniet the day before, Her captain had «dismissed all fear of boing cap tured, aud was greatly sarpriced when the boats vaptured of ary gcode, gin and satt, The Sagamore reports the totaj loss-of the transport ship Sparkling Sea, baving on board him and his sloop with a full cargo the Tweuty-fi'th New York battery, Captain Grow, on the Florida ree.s, Rear Carysfert reef, yesterday morning about daylight, eight of the meu, who were left to take care of the horses. In conversation with some of the ollicers apd smen, they say that ther passage had beep a very rough ou; they Lad leet some twenty horses up to the time they ran axhore, and others must die. It was about duy- Nght when the ship struck the reef’, avd she soon after “biiged, aud willbecome a total loss. Several wreekers: were alongside when the Sagamome left, apd they were airoudy stripping the ship. Admiral Bailey and Colonel Good will at onee despatch to the wFeck all ni ry as. sistance W save the governinen ‘The sranspo. ship Levinda, of New York, Capi mith, with tro: aiso rau ashore mear the sparkling Sea, but on ayartet the reef where the water was rather deeper She thumped over the reef into deep water, whcu she was n low by the Fagamo.e, and bronght out inte the Guill, and sent on bor way reoicang, Captain buglish is of the opiuion that the Sparkling Sea has men ou board oi her who are not w be trusted, and thinks that her ropning on the reel was as much design as accident. 4 stexmer Swan has been chartered by Colonel proceed to the wreck, embark the horses aud what pro ‘Visions are Lecessary, and carry them, with the men, to Ship Iskuwd. ‘dhe Sagamore has taken still another prize besides the one 1 sent you an acoount of by the Elackstune—the sloop Julia, of Nassau, with the usual inward cargo of sult au eoiiee. She is now on her way to this port, and will arrive probably this alteruoon, ‘The captain of the Julia belongs in Klorida, is @ secessionist, and is sup- posed.to be the man who destroyed tbe lens and lights of the igbihouses at Cape Florida, Jupiter Inlet and Cape Carpaveral. Uf be proves to be the person an indictunent iting him here. Captain Engtish tyforms me that fast here coaliug two schooners were totally wreoked and their cargces Jost on the Florida coast, neat Jupiter Iniei. bey were fron jaseau, bound to run toe ‘Dlockade. They “most have plenty of yeseels and pro visians in Nassaw, to Jose them as they are now doing, without feeling it materially The steam traps) orts Prometheus and Ozgood bave ar rived anvl ave now cualing, avd will leave in a day or bwo for New York. Tey bring no tater iutelligeuce from New Orleans. The Keane returned from Havana yester- day morning, bringing the mail ot the 3ist ult. only, the steamer Pacilic net baving arrived when she left. The eloop Judia, prize to the United States steamer Sagamore, arrived yesterday, aud the steamer Swan, with the schoover Amelia Aud iD tow, left yesterday at noon for the wrecked ship Sparkling Yer. ‘The following 1s the second general order of Rear Ad- | mira) Batley. H contains full instructions to commanders of vereels-of. wangrespecting the capture of vessels, aud is @ document. long needed. With at before bim no com- Mander or prize apaster can go agtray, md much trouble Will be avoided i consequence. We have no prize vases to arrive to-day. The wind is blowing a gale irem the northeast, and matters generally wiil be dull i - sides. Tbe transport Mistissippi sails to morrow at day light. While governue: purebasing: fine ships, 1b would be well to bave an eye op the Mississippi and ber sister clip, the Merrimac, for they are unoy: allod by any screw steamers 1 hive yet seen covstructed in the United States: — GENKHAT ORDPRE—NO, 2. Unitgo Staves Piacente St. Lawrence Key Wrsr, Jan. 1, Li ions to the a_iicrrs commanding ves: the Eastern Gutt bloel sqtediou, it oud: attached to ‘8 owned dy the vessole With their cargoes, noder whawever flag they may be sailing, that have violated the blockade or attempted io viowte it; in the voyage they ma J ane otor attemptiny ne out of, biockaded el be emp mp carrying: of to all American vessels tracing with the new coast without jie: Dee. 2-—To enable you to device capuure, you have the right to stop, —On boarding the veste! the oiticer should, in we mand of the caplain the docnments ind papers be to the vesse! or relating (o the cargo, fo: Aton and imapection. These consis u nt her any vesse} {4 Hable tw od hi Wage anil car may. be ia'8¢ nnd fabri a n order to cover np tie unlaw fuldesigas of the pares interested tn the ship or cargo. A informed shipmaster, encaged in @ lawful yoyave or trade, will yeadily deliver up for inspection ali the pipers relating t9 the ship or carco, aud will make any cago apd ull other cir ums:anees, it see] Or cargo ix not Liable 10 Lure, 1 to Pers should be restored and the vessel permiited proceed on her voyage. If. on the contrars, the ease is one ‘of donbt and ancertanty, the officer shoni proceed to search the vesee] for other papers or letters oF tage suspected to be eonceated or knowingly withheld, He may, i peeessary to clear up the doubts about the case. open sevled letters. of ekages and read their contents, and may open the batches le should proved n may be necessary ng odicer to decile wheiber the ves. ure Or BOL, All the facie of the 4 prize crew sufficient to navi gat’ fety snowid be puton board and the ves- Fel sent in for adjidiration. hould cause the pens and book, to bnd efamine the ebaracter of {ste far in the agar HO fo anable he commanding officer ‘ov vessel, incl linguigh officer f as were withbelt or cop: ealed, Papers found on board, however niinute or ap- United sie cause all the Berenety uaieaperiant, to be sealed Up and sent, re Istrict Judge or th: Pry wt to which theptsest is gout vice should be per! pe sagen (Sy ta, soit wo can ke affidavit before tne ‘oF Prize Commissioners That the sealed package oF packages coulain all the yapers found.on board. 6.—It is unlawful for you to exercise a eh y veutral Dat o three miles of the shore. A\ ough y remain in any of tose places for any lawful purpose, unl idden by the sovereign, yet it is oplawiul for you Lo « urpore of Lying in wail for ve: nding Out DoatA to capture the: gat the neutral nation. a Gull oI adjudication, unless t character compel the sending of port. , reargo (if there be any) aud two or more of the keamen ed (0 the captured veRsel must be prodiv-ed to the Prise Commissioners, they Leing (be ne- or witne requi wv. FFve prive foanter shout be furnished — Virst—With a copy of the printed fokm furnished by the Geparument Jor pri masters, containing his orders properly files up. oond-—With a ieter to the Judge of the United States the fuil parciculars of the seizure, stating the Iatitude and longitude at sea and the bearing and distance of the nearest lem wone (or regarding the d Vease! as a lawful prize, and what public ships or In Werenin sight at the Ume of capture and ented to share in the 7.—The master, mate. wize. ‘ThirdesWirh a letter to the Secretary of tie Navy con! fag the like 1uforwation and acgompablod with ® full 0 5 in 0 pr the of * and crew entitie signed by the pavmaster World be well for he paym on hand to auticipare me emergency: Fourth —Wi ) ent in duplicate of the , Specltying the date of hie enlistment, ibe pee us Of “his service,” toe arcount to be'signed by the paymaster aud commanding often, FiitheWith @ letier to the admiral commanding the syvadron, detailing the cireumstances of the qapiure, ns in be Disc tuie Jotter to the Bec.ewty of the Navy and prisoners are (o be treated with kindn ve need except when imperatively rely of the captives and prizes. A portthe prize master will proceed at once to the United Stator District Judge or to the I'rize Com- Wiesioners, deliver op bis papers aud ovialo bis instric: tions. He wii next calj opon the District Attorney, aud this done Will report bimecif to the admiral commanding the time on the cap: in. thai y event 7 J unless tn case Of hecessily. an oaiy the color sailing at the time of only the colors under which she was —It in of the vimost importance that these directions sale Hiw ct une wment importance that shes resins vauly embarrass Ibe co trt aad create confusion ood delay The ad ciation wpon she prize. " HP WATLEY, Acting Roar Admiral, ObCIL Ha Oui! Bibonadiog Squadron. United Ste trenit Court. FORGERY OF LAND WARRANTS. Before Hoo. Judge Shipman, Jax. 16 The Bail d Sous ct.,John Botine and Zarha. via Seociere-Thedefendanis in thig case were indicted or ferg ng nd Warrants 1a the Dame of bh K. omen, oar ip Petemac. Bodine piearded > my. ot git We ay trial, and was copyieved hentence deferred The Sagamore brought dowa all but ‘ood to . ° It is with pain and mortification that the General com- Place, with all tho valuable stores it contained, on the few men, who form an honorable exception; and this, too, few hours defences sullicicut to resist, with a small garri. reibforcements, which the commanding officer was noti fied were marching to bis relief, could have reached him. The conduct under the circumstances, is highly reprehensibi to gay the lenst, thoughtless. By the terms of the Dix prisoners, and sepd them to Vicksburg, Miss., or unless some other point is mutually agreed upon by the generals commanding the oppesing. armies. By arefusal to be paroled, tl my, from bi: take caro of the prisoners would have been compelied either to have released them unconditionally, or to have abandoned all turther aggressive movements for the tune being, which would have made their recapture and tho discomliture of the cnemy almost certain, It is gratifying to uotice, in contrast with this, the con- duct portion of the command, conspicuous among whoin was the Yocond Ilinois cavalry, who gallantly and successfully resisted being taken prisoners. ‘Their loss was heavy, but the enemy's was much greater. Boch conduct as (heirs will always insure success. Had the commandant of the post exorcised the usual and ordinary precantions for dofence, the garrison was suiticiently strong to have repulsed the enemy, saved our Slaten teams Heattactcnl tek tecomagtemniinee capture. the troops who accepted a paroie did go tho ightlessly and that in future they will not be canght in tho same way, By order of Major General U. 8. GRANT. Jno. A. Rawuins, Assistant Adjutant General, The Rebel Raid THE KEBEL accounr AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THEY DESTROY! [From the Richmond Dispateb, Jap. 15. VAN DORN’S BRILLIANT CAVALRY RAID—INIERETING PAR TICULAR. ‘the recentecayalry raid of General Van Dorn in the Wost was one of tho most briltiant feats of the war, not ‘ailing sborLofany that have been made by the renow Stuart or uviquiious Morgan, A correspondent of Mobite Hegister gives the following interestung particulars of his britiiaat achievements in the vicinity of Holly Springs, Mise.:— Into Holly Springs. » BTC. by-way and meandering ronte th within eight miles of Ef vamp, and veiving, wher hours before day, w leaving the Texas brigade he moved cau on the height jously into outside disturbed shimberers, and the toren applied fo the canvass which covered them, To paraphrase ** Pelginm’s” picture— “Ab, then and there was hurrying to and fro, And running in hot baste, Ava chocks ull pate and blanched with woe, Exhibiting Yankee cowaraice.’? The rapidity with which the tents of the enemy were vacated was marvellous; and, impelied by burning torehes and rapid discharges of side arms time to prepare their toilets, but r atmosphere of a December’ morning clothed ver; ‘ly to Jeseyh when the lady Potip attempted to de- tuin bim, Ube scene was wild, exciting, timultuous. Yankees runuing, tents burning, torches flaming, Con federates shouting, guns popping, sabres clanking, aboli- Uonisbegsiog for meroy, ° ebels”? shouting exltingly, women en dishabelle clapping their hends, frantic with joy, crying “Kill them ! kill tem P'—a heterogeneots mass of excited, frantic, frightened hyman bein: ented an indescribable picture, more adapted for 1 of Ho- gurth than the peo of’ a newspaper correspondent. ‘Tho surprised camp surrendered 1,800 mon and 150 commissioned cilice:s, who were immediately paroled, And thn commenced the work of destruction. ‘The exten: sive buildings of the Missisippi Central depo'—the station house, the engine houses and immense slare houses—viie filled with supplies of clothing andcommissary stores, Out. vide of the depot the varrds of Ki were esti mated to be half a wile in length, one hundred avd fi/ty fer Uerough and fifien fee! high. “Dupentine was thrown ‘over this, and the whole amount desirom’—up town, tho court house and the public buildings, livery stabics, aud all caracions. establishments, were fied, ceiling high, with medical and orduance stores. These weve all yired, and the explusion of one of the buildings, in which wat stored one hundred barrels of powder, kuocked dion nearly alt the houses on the south side of the squar. Surely such a scene of devas‘ation was never bore priscnted bo the eye of man. Glance at the gigantic estimates 1,809,000 fired cartridges and other ovdnance stores, valued at $1,000,000, inluding 6,000 rifles and 2,000 re- bers 100,000 suits of clothingand other quar'ermaste:’s store, valued ot $500,060; 5,600 barrels of flour and ether commis: sary sto) 6%, valued at $500,000. $1,000,000 war'h of me:tical stores, for which inrvices to tha! amoun! were exhibited, and 1,060 bales of colton acd $600,000 worth of sutlers’ sioret. « Whi'e the capture of the cainp, parolling of tho prison. ers and destroying of the stores was going ov, the Texan Ringers, comprising {he Niet, Sixth and Third legiove, became ergaged with the Michigan cavairy, and drove them peil neil (rough town and run them of nort, with a considerable lors to the abolitionists, and a lose of thirty nkiliol aad woup ted on oar part. rushed out from the houses, wild with joy, cry. ing out-—* There's some at the Fa'y Grounds, chicse hem , them, Jor God's sake.” One lady eaid, that “the fede commandant of the post ia iu my house; come and eatch him,” snd @ search was instituted, but without siceess, when the noble woman insisted that he was there, concealed; and finally, after much ado, the gatian (ave the mark,) Golonel Murphy, the iutrepia Yan ve ce mandant of Holly Springs, ws ted ok from und-r his a ns peeeenet himsetf in his nocturnal habiciments fo nis cay tort. The Provost Marshal was also taken, and, addrcesiog General Van Dorn, ssid-—* Woll, General, you've got us fairly this time. I knowed it. J was in bed with my wife whea I beard the firing, aud I at once said-— Well. wife, i's no use closing our eyes or hiding under the cover; we've gone up.’ ”? Our'a tension was given (0 Grant's headquarters, which he had tefl twenty-four hours befure. AL his papers, charis, maps ele., were captured, together with hissplendid carriage, which was burned. Among bis pi was found a pase, to the bearer over all rail: and sieamboats in the ; ted States. at goverument ox i,t pase al picke' wards, and other papers, at once interesting oa valeaie Wi: Grant tan ale captured, bal me indignity was offered to her. Nearly every store on the public &ynare was filled with sutier stores, and after our men bad belpcd themselves, the balat.ce 0! the goods were burned. When our forces first reached the depot, there was a train about jeaving. ‘The engineer jumped’ of and run nd one Of Our men took his pinec, sBut the turottic wee the train, Sixty cars and twolecoms- Noa es red ond Cestroyed. After the complete desivoction of all public property about the place, and after cach man bad supplied Lumseif with a suitable quantity of clothing and boos, at six o’clxk in the morning the march was renewed, and Davis’ Mill was the uext place attacked. Here the enemy were iotrenched, and sheltered themaclves in a block house and fort formed of cotton bales. The cavalry were com- manded to charge, and attempted to eo; but the swamp ‘and intricate lagoons breaking off in front of the eveiny’s position would not permit it, The Yankees opened tire with gome effect from their fort were supported by bine pound rifled gun, mounted off'an iron elad-railroad it, forming a railroad battery. The Jexans we: ordhred to charge, and Major Wlion,of Van Dorn's stall, whoe gatiantry during the expedition was particularly conspicuous, attempted to lead them to the attack, but the men refused to follow, betieviug the hy A impassable and the position too strong for cavairy de! ‘tration alone. Col. McCullough, of the Mississippi cavalry, was ordered to get in the rear of the railroad battery, cut the track to prevent its and capture it. I believe he succeeded in cutting the road, bit our forces were com Ied (0 withdraw, and the seam tattery mas not taken. Fie force then pushed on to Miadiebarg and Bolivar, and attagked both pinecs, but found them Wo eirongly ce. fended and garrisoned to eed iu taking euber of the ints. Phen the command turned back after its ensnceersfal attack upon Bolivar the eucmy seut a force of 10.000, comprising the three biancbes of the fervice, out afters Vaa Porn, aud made great efforts to Bank and cut o' foree, but this dashing ofecer was too wary for them, andl suececded in refurning wih 400 hear of captured horses and mules, aden with spoils taken fron ‘The people of Tennessee are represented as having been almost frantic With joy at the apycarance of ovr forees ence more npon thelr borders, They fod our soldiers with a bountiful hand, and wept fer joy. *-‘Ihank God, you have come at last!" one aud all exclaimed, Their hospitality was not a lille surprising to our soldier hare bern co uniformly twindied end ertorted Siem sie The poopie of Tennessee had ver udnced to Dehieve that ‘ant's headquarters wee at Jack- son, Miss,, and that oor whole army bad been captured. Judge, thon, of their eurprise, when they were visited by Van Dorn's command, ‘pe entire nuinber Of prisoners captured and paroled og the raid is two thousand one hundred privates nd one hundred and seventy Ove commissioned oifcers. Court of Gen Before City J ‘al Seas ge MoCuna. Jam, 17.—-In the of General Sessions this morning pte hare a were brought be. fore City Judge MeCuun for rentenee. “Tames Howard, for araautt abd baitery, and. Nicholas Fitzgerald, for grand lareeny, were #ix cents each, Laura Mortimer, a eee Su larce- by., wae sent to the City Pri Cy y Tiktry Hier, convicted of the samo offence, to eix mouibs ip the penitentiary. Sarah Morray, for assaulting Margaret Flynn with « dangercus weapon, was sent toe same place for three months, pichnet Smith, for assault and battery, Cily Prison ateher, for an attempt at borglary \n the third degrée, state privonel wo yours Francis Eowright, for assault aod batt bg a One of Bix cen Rey uoids , for gran pris 0 for Lwo years. Gcorge Henderson f » was let of was Sout to (he State ceny, forgery In the fourth degree, to he | iary cur year. A Tudors avd. itugo. Dumar tand bat tery, were fived $50 each. The Give was inmediately paw wud the pares Jef the courk. manding reflects upon the disgraceful surrender of thi8 ‘20th inst., and that without any resistance, except by a @fter Mrning bad been given of the advance of the enemy northward tho evening previous. With all the cotton, public etores and substantial buildings about the depot, it ‘would have been perfectly practicable to have made in a fon, ali the cavalry force brought against them, until the oMcors and men iM accepting paroles, and, Hill cartel, each party is bound to take care of tbeir point on’ James river, Va., for exchange or parole, is inability to The Genoral commanding 4s satisfied that a majority of from wast of knowledge of the cartel revorred to, aud OF THE AFFAIR AND THE he bivouucked bis force until two. : 4p a As onr foreos dasRed ia from all sides, the eu reserve. trance proved a complete surprise, the breaking stvcaks of daylight showing the Yankee tents with their yet une A charge was ordered upon them, . @THE NAVY. “ eee, Sailing of » Wicet of Men-of-Wars Yesterday & cel of men-of-war,two of them ircs-clads) took their departure from this port, bound op active and important servico. Annexed is a brief account of cack veseel:— Nawanr, 2, iron-clad Ericsson battery, loft the Navy ‘Yard on Saturday, and anchored off Pedioe's leland, wherd ebe took ber powder on board. On ber arrival here @ most awkward blunder was discovered by the authori: ties in connection with the turret, The port boleg jo all the iron-clads have been purposely left colorless, in ordor that they should not present a shining mark to the enemy. ‘The Boston people, bows ever, painted them black, thus rendering then exceedingly conspicuous. Tho officers of the Brocklya yard were then obliged to paint an entire black band around the turret, which covers tlie forts, Thus the Nahant wil! easily be known from all the craftof ber class. She is said to be one of the most successful of the jot, “a ent consists of the regulation battery, one one fifteen inch gun. Although ber com- mander has not had much experience 10 working iron- clads, be is known to be brave andcompetcut, The officers Of tho Nahant are;— Commander—Jobn Downes. Re, Lieutenant and Executive Oficer—David D. Har- Acting Master—William Carter. otitina Engincers—Charles C. Rutter avd Charles A; Assistant Sur, E, Stedraan. ™ Assistant Paymaster—Edward Putnam, Second and ‘Third: Assistant Engineers—T. B. Bordley and Abram Michenor, »Weemawien, 2, iron-clad, accompanied the Nahant, who took her powder on board, and iz atsea. Captain Rodgers, the commander of this vessel, worked might ‘ and day to get her off, but two accidenis delayed bim» First, a sort of fire broke out on board, aud then? Ubrough carelessness, a part of the machinery became deranged, When these matiers were put right th® weather became foggy and suspicious, a fact which, im view of recent events, made it advisable rot to send the ferry craft away until the wind changed. Upea the top of the Wechawken’s turret a railing fr rifemen hag been placed, from which the crew can fire on the enemy’s troops when ascending rivers, and which. secures them in a great measure from returns ing balls, Of course there 13 nothing impregnab@ about this afiair, which a discharge of twe pound grap® would destroy, Captain Ericssov, as already stated, bas introduced ditional improvement ia the gua appara” tus, which enables (he hands to work it witb great ease, Ou her late trial trip its usefulness wae dem oustrated in the most satisfactory manner. The commander of the Wee, hawken, Captain Rodgers, is called in the navy the ‘fguting Rodgers.” His conduct under fire at Fort Das* Jing, while in command of the Galena, cic:ed wart com mendations from the Secretary. ‘The {lowing ig a listok the Weehawkeu’s oflicers:— Commander—toha Rodgerz. Lieutenant Commanding and Rxccu'ice Oficer—L. He Newman. ‘ nehon, Acting Chief, J. H. Batley Hardy, Henry J. Marion apd —— Mitche’ Lackawana, 9, screw frigate cr céryette, cute ward bound on her first cruise, as Just been completed at this station. She is one of the most symme- trical sbips in the service, was lauxcbed en the ¢th of August jast, and js in every respect a regular navy vuilé craft, She is a single banked corvetic, two hundred and sixty-two feet long, thirty-two feet wide, seventeen feet. ten iuches deep, ond meastves about 1,0(0 ters, Her machinery was constructed in this cily, aud is believed to be serviceable. It consists of two horizontal back acting engin ith cylinders forty-two jn bes in diame, ter, and (thirty inches stroke, The propeller isa fixed brass one, Cully fifteen feet in diameler. Her offeers ar as follows:— ‘ Captain—Jobn B. Mareband, Ticutenant Ce E. f. stants, — jt t G. Vorser, rd Marblane (First Assistant); 4, BL sher, Orleans 1.0. gave, +. H. Seymeny tnd Engine-rs-— Gnonell, A. 1. George W. Isoche, Troqvor, 9, screw ganboat, is also a regular pavy builé man-@f-war, She is the fastest of her class, and wnen some convoy business is performed will be seu: to rein- fovee the fect chasing the Alubama, Her first service was performed in the Mediterranean, where she became gomewhat seriously damaged on a reef. She subsequently put inte Genoa for repairs. Whert { the rebel}ioa broke out she was calied home to serve op the blockade, which she did most efliciently. Since ber just arrival at this port she has been thoroughly over- hanled, and is now as good as new, The Iroquois w 1.016 (ons burtben, aud js rated for nice guus. We subjom® list of her officors:— Commander—~ —— Case, Lieutenant Commander—H, E. Mullan. Surgom—NW, £. Taylor, Assistant Paymaster—Jobn A. Bates, of. Basi joseph Avant, J. 1). Deyber, Thomap rs—J. W. Storm (Firet Assistant); W. JL (Acting Si Assistant), Warren Ewen, M hird Assistauts), W. J. Barringtop, & Gunier—Jobn C, Clapman, Boatswain—John H. Downes. Arrival of the Colorndo, Cororano, 40, one of our great screw frigates o, 1855, reached this port last evening. Sve comes for re. pairs, The Colorado sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., @ few weeks since, after undergoing a thorough overbault ing, rendered necessary by severe service on the blockade’ She is a most formidable vesse!, and rated with the Merri- mac (the great rebel iron-clad), the Minnesota and. Wabash, She will probably drop down io the Navy Yards to-day. Her officers are:— Captain—Jobn R. Goldaboron, Licutenant and Executive Ufficer—Vdno und W. Beory. Lieutenant, W. Miller. —Gouverneur K. Haswell, Paymaster—Jobn O. Bradford. Chaplain—David X. Jenkin, D. D. Engincers—Chief, Richard M, Bartleman; Acting First Assistant, Chas. WV. Penpington; Second Aesistanis, Joho Wilson, @. S. Perkins; Third Assistante, Thos. J. Lavery, A. KE. McConge!l, Robt. Wallace, H. B. Greene, Paynaster—Wtm. H. H. Williams. Captain of Marines—Geo. R. Grabam. First Li wlenant of Marines—Chas. A. St!!\man. Assistant Surgeons—Thomas H. Whitney, Martbew Chal- mere. Acting Masters—Ho!lis Bianchard, Thomas Hanrabap. ‘Acting Ensigns—Menry Arey, Charles B, Barlow. Coplain's C.erk—Ciifiord S. sims. ' Paymaster's Clerkt—H. A. Holden, W. E. Hail. Boatrwoin—A. M. Gunner—J. M. Bal Carpenter—Wm. Satimaler—Wm. N. Maail, ‘Acting Master's Mates—A. 0. Child, Joho S. Rowe, Jobex L. Vennard, Charles H. Littlefield, Wilis G. U. Perry. The Workmen at the Charicstown Navy Yard. Boros, Jan. 18, 1963. Ata second meeting ef the workmen of (he Charlestown: Navy Yard, held on Saturday evening, it wes voted to continue work until the decision of the Secretary of the Navy in regard to an increase of wages be recerved. The payment of arrearages to the workmen bas commenced, The Nova Scotian Outward Bound. Porttanp, Me, Jan. 18, 1863. The Nova Scotian sailed at nine o'clock Inet evening with forty passengers aud $15,000 in spec.e on Canad) account. 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