The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1863, Page 8

ee. NEWS FR “4 THE SOUTH, What Are thy Prospeets of Pence, and Hee it is to Be Attained. TP7% MOVEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, : ' What is the Position of the Rebel Cause in Tennessee? &e., &e., &e, ‘Wo seleot the following interesting items from our flea of recent Southern papers, viz—~ Richmond (Va,) ¥ -January 12 Richinoud (Ve 3 Dispaeeh. serv dan, 12 to 15 January 12 Richmond tat Rictsond (Va Petersburg (Va.) Express. Raleigh (N. C.) Progress. Savaviah (a) Republican. Bavannah (Ga.) Millodgevilie (C - M dive (Ala) Reckster - Jackson (M Jackson Wue Prospects for Peace—Do Not Relax the Energies for War. {From the Richmond Examiner, Jan, 12.} it may be premature to suppose that the war 18 ap- proaching ite end, and it would certainly be ruinous to Telax ilitary energies im such an idea Twelve monchs ago the South was even more sanguine of an early pace tham now, & leading Cabinet oficer having con- Ricouy asserted that it would transpire in sixty days. Within that sixty days, instead of peace, came a geries of disewters, ending with the surrender of New Orleaus, which had well nigh placed theSouchern cause in extremi- ties, The wrevasling empeciations of peace may be equaily deiusive now; and it is certainly the part of wisdom to Bhape our measures and policy with single reference to a Vigorous prosecution of hostilities and an euduring war. » is arndieal difference between the reasons onrage the expectations of poace now prevailing oo which like expectations were based a your Then ‘hey were founded om the ilea of the omnijyo- of cotton, and the supposed necessities of state Would coerce European governments into the mousnre of intervention. These Apes proved worse than delusive. They uot only were not realized, but the conssquences of relying upon them had like to have prow desuctive tothe Southern cause. They were por- sisted in until within a few weeks of the disbanding of our armies by the expiration of the twelve months term of service. the last hour they were dismissed, and eript aw was enacted, Jookiug to a permanent of the war witha permatent army. Until was bot considered orthodox in the Southern 0 did hot beleve that peace was immediately at hand from cotton aud intervention. Now, on the con- Wary, no capertition of inicrvention is entertained; no faith & reposed inthe cocreive powers of cotton, and the public Mind of the Souch has sectled down into a fixed and deep seated .esolution to owe independence to ourselves. ‘Tho war has preceeded for eight months on this plan, and with all dcanpomtments it can never bo denied that the 6: eral result is a decided improvemout in our affairs. The samwuinary bakiles which have rendered those eight monhs mamorio's have produced no siraegic or territorial advantage ce ihe confederacy. Thuy all resemble more or loss, eo one count, that ‘of Fontenoy, where it was said ihe buglish gonerai lost a8 much houor sowters gained. Bus all that blood a poured out im ain, No nation ohy OOutinus Buch a dreadful contest unless forced Dy the strongest bumau motive—the preservation of ex- tatence. The Sovth has that motive; the North is without wt The iatier country will cease to fight whencver ihe hope Of speeriy victory Jeparts from it. The carnage of the iast eight morihs, though without any military profits to ua, Ot least acbieves chia result, that it assures the enemy of our power und determination to fight. We haye taught the encmy iat subjugation is no holiday soldiers’ gato Or uinely days’ task, le sces that, after two years of war, which have cat him two dillioms of money anc haif a miltion of men, *he South ts stronger and be'ter organized and armed for resisiance than she was at the start. This is the suiy gafe ground on which expectations of can be Duilt; api isis $8 @ foundation on which they may bo safely based vow. The great task of the South is lo teach the North the impossibility of subjugation—to touch the fact not only % shat the intelligent may dolteve, but to hmm pregs i by such cogent physical arguments as’ to con- voy the knowiedge of it homo to the minds and hearts of the popoiace. When this task shail be tho- roughly accompished, then all the rost follows, aud nothing incro is to be done. Whm the North ‘comes to frl and know that conquest and subjugation are fmpossidle, i will not be long before th questions will arise, why coniinuc (is war? Why this gratuitous waste of life and Weare? Why this enormous drain upon tie wealth of We country aiid this frigh'ful accumulaiion of det and opprobrsum? 2 ‘A yent .igo wo hind made Ittle progress in establishing A wiiolosome wonviction of yur capacity for self defence. The batve ol Mavaseas and those of the first campaign had proved hat we could ght well; but ibey did nothing to establish a conviction of the jower, the Tesources aud the e:durunce u! the South. The second year’s campaign bos boon ebiefly significant in revealing?» the world, aud evento ourselves, the vast unexpected capacities of our country aa @ warlike power. Tho brilliant victories of tho fist your's eauspaign, splendid as they were, did not Temove the impression which 80 extensively prevailed of the evanescunan of our vigor. Even dur best friends * ab-oad feared (ust the splendor displayed in the opening Campaign of the war was like that of the meieor, as transient as dazzling. | When it was foand that the North withdrew from that cneounter ouly to organize six Bundred thousand troops, a navy*ef proportionate Strength, aud to project a plan of general invasion which should asenii every part of our confines at one and the rame time, the outside observer could not resist @be conviction that the Fouth was too feeble to withstand bo formidable an assault. But we have profited by tho very strenctu of (ais general conviction; for, in proportion as the mneans brought to bear against ‘us were vast and formidable, io that same proportion does our successful Tesistance Of them @!s6icso the power of the South to be. We have proved to the world, and, what is more important, we Rave prone? iv the North themselves, that we poraess all the elements of an unconquerable miliary pow 7; and we have Sonvinced them of tis fact, not by @ display of statistics, Dot by an array of verbalargument, but we have demon- strated the fact by the sword and the bayonet, Ly artillery end musketry, “pon the persons of their defeated soldiery. We ara now on the true and high road to peace. This road does not lie by way of Europe, and no where pursues @ course of iadirestion. Wo pursue it whea, relying upon thorough organization and hard fighting, we march Straight npan the enemy; and wo lose it whenover we look beyond our own’ exertions for the means of ending the war. Foreign intervention may indeed be one of the formalities attending the conciusi m of @ peace: but Peace, when it comes, will come only as the consequence of an extadlithed conviction that the South cannot be conquered. This conviction has mado tremendous ides at the North i the last three months; and it is ‘ily and hourly extending. We are, (herefore, infinitely nearer peacs in Janvary, 1863, than we were in January, 1802. thon, although it was confidently predicted in sixty days, wo were us far from 1k as it was possible to be, tho North being at the time absolutely certain of their prey from the carefully digested operations of their six Bus. dred tho:.sand laad forces and their vast auxiliary naval armameuis. These utterly failed to accomplish the work ex. ected of tiem. «df etiil another half miiliou of troops have met with no better success, The South has proved that she ig not iv be conquered even by thia enormous pecuniary and mortuary outlay, aud the demonstration Must sooner or later coerce peace. The N rth may bo vindictive enough to parsue a war of hatred aud spite jndefinitely ; bat it is not in human nature, much leds in Yankee nature, to resist in tie end the logic of the sober second thought which teaches that peace is cheap aod War expensive, that peace is a mine of wealth and war tho Brave of all prosperity. {m portant Movements tn North Carol: (From the Richmond Despatch, Jan. 12.) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. The latest informacion which reaches us from the coast of North Carolina dispels every doubt that the enemy is toncentrating in heavy force, with a view to strike a blow at the main |ine of railway counecting Richmond with the far South. It is stated that their forces at Newbern and ead City, on the cost, pumber from 0,000 to 0,and that they are evidently preparing for a for ward movement, It i# algo represented that a powerful Moet is now in rendezvous at Morehead (ity, with a view to an early naval attack upon Wilmington. ‘Tt is believed diac a eimultaneous movement wil be made upon Wi fr some other supposed accessible point on the great 3 i ‘The North Carolina papers indicate a asinesk not only Wilmington and tho t of Raleigh, but even for thy safety of tho the Petersburg Express; Jan. 15.) The s from Eagtern North Carolina js pretty much the sanie that bas been laid before our readers for the last wo ot treo day, and gives assurance that the enciy ts preparing for an aitack on Wilmington, and perhaps Go boro. The forceat Newhern 1s carton ly etimated—rome rooms piacing it Os high ae 75,000, and others as low aa 000. Thore are two irow-clads in Leaufort—one, the Parsvic, lonking badly, with two fect of wator in her punts, On Wednesday last there were about ral troops at Moorehead City, aud more were who went off with the Yankoes when they made Kinston has returned to that point from ‘ Foprosents things ima horrible condition Fthe negro at Newser, and begs his master to take rin to the mountains, as he does not desire to fall inte tio ands of the Yankous again, cree, ANOTHER STATEMENT. ‘ From the Raleigh Progress, Jan. 14.) There was nothing from below yesterday in addition to We foots already known. The force at Newhern a few days » was wd mare than 30,000 fo 38,000 men, with « few {vents at Morcbead City—in ail not more than 60,000 yo. Wwe hardly thivk that many. Tho telagram started ro! W Bere going the rounds to the effect taet there were now — at Newborn or on the outat, hay 1 fountain Ana‘ivices from the coamt are up Wi the Th oF By gk A time the force, asave have stated Aan Non but 4, 62.000. “How it ie now we are ertain that no mover ba on com yenoed by th. nemy up 10 Monday lene eae their raid \ Hin Oat the Catling § Mette Sedontery PWENDAT-SIX UOGIMENTS CALLED ovr y avvay OF UNIONIRTS BY Way ov none ee LINA—a' CAMY OF INSTRUCTION LocaTeD s PRTERSHO.G, VAL) ETC, | A Pix TRATION NY THR COVRRMOR OF ViRnIN, Having re om the Seer tary of Wa Hon emanatine frm the Urerident of the ( Tepe A FORE, “TRUESES G SARUARY 26, W008. Btates for the militta of all the counties near to the Werta | incisions in our line, on. “invasion of (he enemy from that direction, and deeming Py | by law militia who are not exempt by , ‘States, and who are within tho bounds of the Conimenta and of tbe. counties hereinafter named, Detween the ages of forty and forty-five years, to ren- dezvous forthwith at the city of Petersburg for a service of six months, unless sooner dischai ne ee a For this purpose 1 have caused tant General of this State, which have Issued by the Adju thi cA iy oe been transmitted to the proper offivers, and | ali ure enjoined to obey. Oliicers and employees of railroads and transportation companies, officers of banks and other persons who are exempt by the laws of the State aud Confederate States, ure not subject to this call All expenses incurred for the assembling, tre tioa aud organization of the ferce until mustered into the service of the Confederate States, will be paid for by tha government of the Confederate States. ‘The following are the parupenia and sounties from which these aroops are called:— Tho Fiftieth regiment, Greensville county; the Eighty- third, Dinwiddie; Thirty-ninth, Petersburg; Sixty-etzth . and Ninty-sixth, Brouswick; Sovonty-third, Lunenburg; Twonty-seoond and Ninty-eighth, Mecklenburg; Sixty- ninth, Fighty-Tgurth and One Hundred and Seventy- second, Halitax; Twenty-#ixth, Charlotto; Forty-second, One Hundred and First and Sixty-eighth, Pittsylvania: Sixty-fourth, Henry; Eighteenth and One Hundred and Fifty-sixth, Patrick; Forty-third, One Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred and Ninty-fitth, Franklin; Forty-ninth, Nottoway; Sixy third, Princo Edward; Fifty-third and One Hundred and Seventeenth, Campbell; and One Hun- dred and Thirty. first, Lynchb: rv. Officers commanding detachments, when they arrive at the rendezvous, will report to the oficer of the Cor federate States, who will be appointed to receive and muater them into service. Given under my hand as Governor, and under tho seal of the Commonwealth _ of Virginia, this 10th day of January, 1868, in the 87th year of tho Commonwealth. JOHN LETCHER. By the Governor: Guo. W. Mumronp, Secretary of the Commonwealth. GENKRAL ORDERS NO. 4 ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFF:CB, Ricumonp, Jan, 11, 1563. A camp of instruction for conscripts will be forthwith es- tabished at Petersiurg, V.a All persons liable to con- scription within the following counties will repair to this camp for enrollment, and all enrolling oMcors within Said counties will hasten forward conscripts to the sane point. The following are the counties referred to, to wit:—Greensville, Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Meckionburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Pittsylvania, Heory, Patrick, Franklin, Nottoway, Prince Edward and Camp- bell. By order of 8. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General. Rebel News from Fredericksburg. (from the Kichmond Dispateh, Jan. 12. ; FROM THE BORDER. ‘Thoro was no news of special interest recelyed from the army near Fredericksburg yesterday. It was rumored in camp that the federal army had returned to Alexandria, with a view tw take up winter quarters at that point. ‘The central train brought down from Staunton, last even- ing, twenty-four Yankee prisoners, whose capture by McNailljin. Hardy county, wo’ have kerotofore no. ticed, Among the party wae the Pierpont sheriff ot Barbour oonnty, who, we learn, has been very active in carrying out the behosts of his Yankee masters m that county, and in collecting revenues from the people to sup- pert the hirclings of Lincoln in thelr crusade upon tho loyal citizens of the No'thwost. {Correspondence of the Patersburg Dally Express.) FROM THE TWELFTH VIRGINIA REGIMENT. In Camp, Near Faxpeicksaure, Jan. 11, 1863. Another week has passed since my last aud po change has tuken piace in the condition of affairs arounde hero, 80 far as I have been able to sce, though w is cener- aily believed here that the greater portitm of the Yankee ariny have (eft the opposite side of the riv:r and gone, I don’t know where, provably on the coast of South Carvtina, leaving only Swumner’s corps to swarm the hills with the view of deceiving our generals; but Mf they succeed in that attempt they will have to be smarter than they bave proved" to be heretofore, for I am confident that General Lee keops thoroughly informed of their movements, ‘We moved camp a few days ago to got. mors conyeni- ent to wood, and the boys are now fixed up better than they have been this winter, for learning from sore ex- perience ‘the necessity of having eomfortable quarters, almost every one has mado excavations in the hillsile, walled them up with jogs of wood, stretched their ilies ovor this structure, built a fireplace and chimney in one end and secured the other end in various ways, and thus the interior of iuese ranches is mado quite as pleasant as one could wish, while he is compelled to remain in those wilds, It takes but a little while to construct them, and I would recommend it to goldiers goncrally, who are 80 unfortunate as to be without comfortable qnartersat this disagreeable eae) ot the year, as they wi!l find themselves well pald for their labor, A young friend who is good at sketching has promised to give me a sketch « our camp as it is at present, which I will send you so that you can have a peep at the life we are leading, A general order has just been issued from General Leo, which will cause universal rejoicing throughout this por tion of the army, and that is the renewal of the furlough system. Those who have not been absent from the army during the entire fall campaign will be the fiat to enjoy these furloughs, and then they are to be extended to the others, so that ina few days und weeks those who have been absent from home for many long months will have the swoet privilege of greeting home and friends and wil! for awhile, at least, enjoy other luxuries than tough beef and hard tack. A number of the Petersiurg boys will be in town by the miidie of the week, 1 visited a few days ago the monument of Mrs. Wash- ington (the mother of the Father of our country), which is situated on the northern suburbs of Fredericksburg, on a beautiful kao of ground, ‘the structure 1s of beau tiful marble, and ig at present only some fifteon fect high, for it seems that it has never becn completed, as a large stone, in its rough state, intended for a capstone, is st)!l laying by its side awaiting to be smoothed and elevated to the place it was destined for, But little care has been tuken either of tho monument or the ground upon which it stands, for tls sides seem to have been used in past years simply as@ mark for sporismen to try their skill upon, <0 they are literally covered with den's o> sed from buckshot and bulle’s, which have been i y fired at tt, while it has no enclosure whatever, (+ ve | small graveyard @ few steps distant will cnelus 1) wal, containing @ few ancient graves. 1 cannot account for this sir ment which was intended + 4 oF respect to the memory of one who reared hit, wl won the admiration of not only his countrymen, but o: the world. J could not but feel while standing and viewing this revered spot, what burping di tt was to roe it in its present condition, ava I that whenever peace shall de restored, that this place shall be fitted up iu a manner betitting the memory of her who has #o jong been laying beneath its god. History avers that “Mary, the Mother pf Washington,” ts inscribed upon tho tompetoug; but I looked in vain to eee tt, for no inscription can found upun it to tell the name of the dead, only hundreds of names being written upon iia sides by those who were dosirous of their names living with the revered dead. There is but little sickness with us now, and it almost a universal thing that the boys, votwithstanding the hard fare and hard life that wo are leading, are as fat as moles. At an election in Company “C,” the “B. Grays,” a few days’ since, Lieut, Benjamin Graswitt was elected second junior Keutenaat, the vacancy being occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant Marks to captatucy. egteet of a monu- Can Roseerans Advance Again? (From the Savannah Republican, Jan. 8.) THE SITUATION IN TENNESSEE. In carefully thinking over the circumstances attending the late battic in Middle Tennessee, we have ceme to the conclusion that, though whipped in tho fight, we have suffered far less than the enemy, and that our condition at present is tar better than his. Tho Yankees ackuowi edge a fearful destruction of life on their part ; tho loss of oft.cers, they say, is without precedent in the war, and it follows ag a consequence that the men must have at least correspondingly suffered. Furthermore, we havo. in our possession four thousand prisoners, thirty-one cannon, a large number of smell arms, while our cavalry Mave de- ‘od, it is believed, the greater portion of their trans- portation, commissary etores and «munition, by its operations in the rear of their army. ‘Un our part the loss is heavy, though the exact amount is unknown. The Yankees boast of having captured sev- oral huudred prisoners, and on the third of the fight we wore compelled, by overwhelming numbers, to with draw. This we evidently did in good order, as we'saved all our prisoners and property captured of the enemy, as woll as our own trains. It may be thought by some that Pragg wag outgeneraled by Rosecrans in tho failing back of his centre and right wing on the first day, under the sup- position that it wae dove as a decoy in ofter to lead our I from a 8 Pegition; but the flerceness of the battle, and the large number of prisoners captured, repel this idea, aod prove that it was nota strategic but's ne- cessitous movement. Had it been a matter of choice they would have fallen back earlier in the day, and bovore they had suffered so terrible a loss. ‘hus stood the aspect of affairs at Inet accounts, whilst reporis diifer on ihe point of Murfreesboro having been occupied by the enemy. Two questions now. arise, Firat, can Hosecrans advance on our new position or go further into the “bowels of the land” at ail, in bis present crippled condition? We doubt if be can. Second. fyewhat can he do at all with his provisions destroyed and his commanteations entirely cut off so as to render a resupply impossible? It ap; to us that the victory hae deen a dear one, and loft him in a decided fix. If wo have the troops to spare now is tho time to renew the fight on our part, and press him to the wall. We hope soon to her of a revival of our cause in that section, to be followed by a complete expulsion or annihilation of the enemy. The Rejoicin, About the Vicks! D jter=-The Rebel Loss One Mundred ed Mise! + Jackson Appeal, Jan. 5.) OUR SUCORSS AT VICKSBURG, All accounta agree in the fact that the enem:; vicinity of Vict’. have, for tho present ry sisted from their opere! from the point oo whch (lo made auch a persistent attack. ore by (oe lea) ain bring the informa. ton that the land force re-einberced, and that the whole floet, gunboats as we! 6 (okerports. has gone out of the Yazoo and up the Migsiseipp), and that in doing eo they were in such baste a8 Ww lave behind a considerable smount of public property, which has failen into our bande ‘This jo the reeult of a protracted effort of al ten’ days, during whish time a land fore aaah hen forty to fifty thoufand, assisted by @ smal) portion of the runout fest, was engaged against us. The importance of fe remult cannot be (90 highly appreciated, The time pamed wilh enableus to strengthen every weak point, as well as accumulate reinforcements, aml when a third attempt ie | made to “open the Mississinet” we have every venson ‘o becieve a ntpre divastrous defeat will fall upon the inuad-re, | who are no dowlt already discouraged at ‘new failures, and | T noe again meet ue with the sama con fuleney fo the least, do- on weainat that city and retired Our trifling lose, lear thaw one Jumired jn killed, wounded and 1 dy When eora;ared Ww that of the eoomy, AMOnMEmE Lo Rone filtwen bum 1rd, demons irsted wo the latter the Abrength of ove works, Threp ditto and vigocone efforttap Be toany diferene day , W 4 left, centre and right succes- ! sively, resulted tu wot ap iueh of ground being lost. Tbe efforts of che enemy were gallantly made bet the orbe orga pcmnin a pate their mocemenis, and prepavt accordingly; success in 80 dieposing of hie awe complish great results and at the exe ume 94, the lines of his men in & contest wath wie as ee superior in force, will Wg eutitan of the ospe and S08. es ‘The fow days SLOW" LO" segue uitinge dim dole -— templated were, 9 A, warormmed noes srt the groatest seheral ooratuar ing, who allowed cieesoee by tho ¢ nothing 10 ¢scaP* als obeotvaldou, “and would perinit no laguarde 10 “gic. So congetate are the works rand with al co formie’ pis, trak every corrfalence is fell, "There aro Dodoubiej«m camp. Wb: or where the enemy with VEXtM kg hits appOarawde thero have been no omjectures; but Ye will fud everything ready. Value of Vicksburg. ‘Prom the Jaeksva Missiesipp an.) Too muca importance cannot be attached to the late engagement at Mer 3 We mast not allow the im- Benge successe8 and brilliant victories that crow our @rmnseisewhere to divert us from a full realization of the ereat necoasity of dufending this point successfully. We ast pot permit ourselves to relapse inte an over cemf- dent mood, fer @ disasier here would neutralize the whole some effec's of of our elsewhere, A disaster here, while it will not crush tie rebellion, will entail upon us a dovastating war of indefinite duration, But it we prove ouree.ves equal to tho emeryency that is ao™ upon us, and lafile the enemy at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, us ve i oi & do, our opinion is that the war wil! be virtually ‘The banks of the Migelssippl, either at Port Hudson or Vicksburg, will be the theatre of the last grand battle waged by an intolerant fanaticism against the dear bonght qr of a free people, There may be numerous skir- mishes in their grand atiempt to remove the war from the Father of ors: but we don’t think there will be any imdre general engaxements; for tho politicians and Lewspar of theNorth agree that the rebellion must be crush a this winter or the job must be given up. ‘fie North is beartily sick of the war, The South was never more detormmed, and her armics have provod themselves to be invincible veterans. Other causes will force a peace. ‘ihe curtain is now rising upon tho last act of the drama, If we ploy our part well, at we will do, owr cause is safe. ——— What the Union Troops Accomplished Opposite Vicksburg, [From the Vicksburg Whig. DELHI NOT DESTROYED, We saw a young man from De’bi yesterday who con- tradicts tho report of the Yankees laving burned that place. Some fifty of them crossed the Macon at Miller's Ferry and went lo Delhi, where they burned the railroad depot and a cer loaded with lowells for the government, The bridges over bayous Macon and Tensus were also iurned to gether with some malt bridges anit the depot af Dalla:. | We jad eight hundred cavalry and a battery of Nght artillery over there, but we hayo not yet hoard of their doing any thing to check the enomy uring thie raid. We need a Morgan, e Forrest or a ¥. uoeler in Loulsiana. Did the Rebels trom Predericksharg Re- taforeed Beaggt THE SEVENTH TENNESSEE VOLUNTERRS AT YREDE- RICKSBURG. Caxp or Frera Bricape, A. P. Ente Div Near FaepenioKsnura, Doc. 17, 18 Ep. ReaRL:— Sm—I soad you evclore’ Perewith a list of oi Seventh, Reciment Tennessee Voluntesrs im the fight before edericksburg on the 12th instant, which | hope you will publish for the information of our friends at home. {Here follows the list. G. A. HOWARD, Adjutant, Seveyth Tennessee Voluntecrs, THE SEVENTH TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS AT MUKIRESS- BORO. [From the Chattancoga Rebel, Jan. 2.} General Willich and thirty e cher feceral officers of different grades arrived here lua! evening from Mur- freexboro, undcr escort of Cotonel John Fite, of the Sven Tennessee. [The above two paragraphs provo clearly that Pragg was reinforced at Murfreesboro by troops from Frede- rickeburg, althoug the Southern papers attempt to deny the statement.—kd. fIkRALp.} ANew Rebel Gener emoff. [From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 14.4 “ 4 LITTLE MORE GRAPK.* By oonfusion of the enemy Geueral Bragg inflicted as much damage vjwa the Yankces us they have probably suffered in any other battle of the war, Tho slaughter was terrific, That he wag not totally routed was proba- bly owing to his vast preponderance of numbers. After all, in view of the terrible havoc. which the enemy sut- fered, aud Bragg’s successfu! taking off all he had captur- ed, the falling back of Gen. Prag is not without allevia tion. He has taken away all the prisoners and all the gchs he has captured, and 18 now ready to give the ene. my; if ho chooses to attack him, ‘a little more grape.” he“ taking off ? of everything he captures is & pecu- Marity of this General, for which he eserves some cre- dit. “Ho captured an imameuse quantity of supplies in Kentucky, and took them off sately. He captured four thou- aud net, twenty-four cannon and five thousand stand of sinall ring at Murfreesboro, aud tock thom off algo. We 1—Braxton B. Took- shall not be surprised if the Yaukeca, in view of tho ht ey is aiways delivering tnem of, should degignato him the, Cossack of the South, In thatevent, we would Hy svgxest that they give him the name of Go ‘This is a very good Rs rsiay name, and antage of distingwisiing ihe Gencral’s po cular vevins. We trust that he try continue to merit the title, and take off guas and Yaukecs to tho end of the war. Hon, Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsyivania, Giving Comtort to the Rebeis. [Prom the Richiwond Whig, Jan. 14.) KENTUOKY. In the Yankeo Congress there was a good deal of sharp- shooting the other day iaregard to the loyalty of Ken tucky. The representative man of the abolition party, ‘Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennaylvania, pitched iuto the Ken- tucky tories with commendable vim. He believed that three-fourths or four-kths of the people of that State were traitors at heart to the Yaukoo domination, and referred to the report, that the Legislature was intriguing to take the State out of the Union, His attack roused the tory representatives of that State, who twisted and grimaced a8 wes proper and becoming, but denied both Stevens’ facts and conclusions. They admitied that they abhored and repudiated Lincola’s proclamation, but con- tended that they were the most !>yal poo; le on the con tinent, as they would prove by most joyfully submitting vo measures which they detested. Thoy only asked the poor privilege of protesting, for deceney's sake; but practically nobody should outstrip them in abject aad ser- vile submis 5 There are no veople whose homiliation affords more satisfaction to tho generous mind than these tories of Kentucky. They deliberately sold out their State to the Yankees, and to be made to eat dirt tn the face of the world by their hard hearted masters, is a spectacle which God and men may eontemolate with pleasure, We hope Stevens, who is a merciloss tyrant, will Intl: them up and down the aistes of tho hall at least once a week. The Reward of Treason. {From tho Petersburg (Va.) Express, Jan. 15.) HON. JOHN BELL. The correspondent of the Journal and Messenger, writ- ing from Rome, Ga., under date of the 19th ult., says:— the pleasure of meeting with the Kon. been driven from his home and es. tates in Tennessee and is now living with his family in a modest little village near Rome. Mr. Bell is quite ad- et Jooks ruddy and hate. He is gentleman, and of most agreeable presence. He is imeaus hopeful of a speedy term) tion of our troubles. Had he succeeded to the Presidency , instead of the mountebank that now rules the United Atates with a rotof tron, we should heve had quite a different state of things at present. Mr. Bell has two sons in the army. I met with one of them at Rome. vanced in years, and truly a fine ary ol y No Death of Gen. Lee’s Daughter. Died, at Jones’ Springs, Warren county, N. C., Annie Carter Leo, daughter of General Robert i. Lee, Confede- rate States Army. “On, Butler, On; We Await Your Coming Here.” {From the Richmond Diepateh, Jan. 14.) GENERAL BUTLER. It is rumored in Northern papers that the “beast” is to be sent ov an oxpedition against Charleston; and wo are gind to it for two reasons. In tho first place, Charleston will never be surrendered, with the example of Batier and New Orieana before her; and, in the next, we shail have some chance of capturing Butler. If the hoary reprobate could once fall into Southern baud, be will not have lived altogether in vain, Evacuation of St. Simon's Island [From the Savannah Nows, Jan, 4.) We alluded, a few » tO & report that the Yankees had joned ome of the tslands on Our coast, Wo loarn that they have evacuated St, Simon's Isiaud, The force on the isiand comprised some three hundred whites and two hundred negroes, who, it soems, on learn. ing that Captain Pazara, with his corps of rangers, bad nearly comploted nis arrangements for an attack on them, suddenly embarked on uw couple of guuboate and leit tho place. Maine Liquor Law in Georgia. (From the Charleston Courior, Jan. 6.) Tho City Couneil of Macon hus ficod the license to retail epirituous liquors in that city at $10,000, News from San Franciseo. THR STRUGGLE FOR THE UNITED sraTs SENATOR- SITIP—NRAVY TREASURE SHIPYENT FOR KNGLAND AND NEW YORK. Sax Praxcnco, Jan, 21, 1863. Thore were twelve ballota for Senator iast night in the Legisiature, The last Tho indications are that prominent can be elected, Search bag been commenced for a compromise candidate Sailed, Golden Age, for Panama, with 180 pagsengots ond $1,836,000 in tresenre for Frgland, $454,000 for New York, and $25,000 for Vavama, Arrived ship Memaonger (rom New York, and George from Hong Kong. on eneelied dewards the four | it Aity men have be companies @ cavalry only ere to joig ome Maen chuaetes regiment, ft te jo omppenics will be | fully recruited by the Lith to wath in the | stearner with Leaves on tle Dawes from th of bean rece! ved. fooved Kvbeln oebip Heny | ‘The Amen to the Proclamation—Address ef Wendell Phillips at the Cooper In- stitute, Notwithstanding the exceeding inclemency of the weather the large hall of the Cooper Institute was last evening filled to overdowing by an assembly drawn to- gether by the announcement that Wendell Phillips would pronounce his “ Amen”? to the Prestdent’s proctamation Of negro emancipation. Among the vast assemblage were | very many ladies, both upon the platform and jn the body of the hall. Precisely at eight o'clock Mr. Phillipe ad- vanced to the front of the platform and was immediately gheeted with 4 round of enthusiastic applauae Mr. Tweopors Tiron nominated as chairman Mr. Edward Ketchum, who announced that at the close of the address would be sung a new John Brown gong. (Applause.) He then introduced Mr. Pumps, who spoke a8 foliows:— Lavies axp GENTLEMEN—I am to speak 40 you to-night 0b the t’resideut’s proclamation of the Istday of Janus- iz eet proclamation of freedom to fon 4 slave in Tebel States of the Union. Aud I think the firat thought that occure to us, or that must haye occurred to every one of the promulgation of that paper, was the im- mense progress which the nation had made within the inet ¢wonty months. You remember twenty months ago— 3 Httle more than that, twenty-three—on the Ith day of Fsbruary, 1561, the Congress of the United States almost unanimously resolved thai slavery had wotbing to do with thic war; tbat n0 man ju tne frev States and no power in the government had either the wish or the right to interfere with it; that those individuals who cherished such au idea were so few 10 nambers, go insig- nificant im position, that it was not worth while to aitempt to approviate their influence on the pub lic, On the very day that Congress thus an- pounced to the world that there was something more sacred thao Union tu thts muiipent and momentous strug- gle, and that was the syatem of negro boudage—on that ve day Abraham Livcoin ieft bis house at Sprivgfield on his route to the capital. ‘The tirst voice heard from theexpectant Prosident was his pledge at Cleveland to execute to the utmost the Fugitive Slave law of the re- public. He reached Washiagton hunted and disguised, and the first word beard from his military substitute was apledge to put down every slave insurrection with an jron hand. ‘The uation Jaunched on the great civil war of the century with a pledge from every department that it would pot take one step towards justice. A few minutes jater, on his boleag: utrost in Missouri, | reemont— (great applanse)—utt the statesnmm word that was both fit and abie to cure the ii] of the republic. Iusiantly timid Cabinet hastened to castier him. Months of con- Rillation, ind our way—-the still ision, compromis followed, sud we groped great tunse of the people, tireless, but rard—till the 22d day of 'Sep- al! the Prosidoat undertook to ¢ that said to the indi- vidual rebel we will weaked you by taking away your siaves: we will punish you by tue confiscation of your property ? and theu turning Lo ‘he expectant millions that watched his lips, the only iniimation he could muke to them was, “ Negrees, if I cousent to emancipate you, will you instanviy leave the country”? ‘ine 1st day of Jauuary dawned wad @ wow voice floats to us from the White House at Washington, It is no threat lo the indi- vidual slavcholder, “ Viieripple your right hand,’ itis ho penal evactment to a rebellious citizen—youshail be pouished by fine for your treason; it is tho nation in the huine of absolute justica | ive to he throve of the Aimighty—capplanse)—it vresident of the United States, not commanding the freedom of the slaves of rebels, but \cipating every slave whether froping his master be.° loyal or teaitorovs in the vebellious sections of the Unien. (Cheers.) In other words, it —it is the vusuinmation of the pledge or the acaiysis which Abraham Lincoln hivself wade in fue, Inés, whemhe said “Tue agitation which pervades he rep ible can ceuse only in two waya—oue le the dis: ropt og of the Union, and the other is that a country now hui slave and half free ehall become either wholly slave or wholly free.”” Ou the Ist day of January of the present month ho announces, in the name of tie nation, that na- tionality ig heuecforta liverty, aud that the bation is henceforth to be wholiy fies, (Applause.) It is not a stop onward, it is turning his corner, and launching into anew channel; it js not the punishment of treason, it is the. inauguration of justice. (Cheers.) He loads his cannon with broken felters aid fires them from the bastion of absoltite justico—(cheers)—and {ustead of saying to the oxjectant citizen clothed in a black” skin, I colonize you to the jungles of South America, he addresses him like the Pre. sideut of the Decinration of Independence—may I colonize you Into the forts and ships of the Union and put a rousket ip your right bana? (Kenewed uppiause.) The nation, ia other words, Jaunches on @ new cluinpel, 5) undertakes to say that the system of slavery is iucomp:- tible with the perpetuity of the republic. ‘The na. tion aunounces that docirive, records it on her statute book, and henceforth tho motto of the Amorican eitizen is, “Liberty to the Blave or dewth tothe Union.” (Ap- placse.) In @ deeper meaning than Webster annoznced it, the motto of the thirty miluons over whom Abraham Lincoln iswright(ul Presiden: is, “Liberty and Uniou, now aud forever, one and inseparable.” Well, who would not say amon to such a step; None. Who would stop at the first flush to measure its absolute extent, or count ony seeming deliciuncics im the measuret It is ouough for us that at last the nation announces its purpose to use the full meusure of its power. fhe srench Minister said, at the commencoment of this riggle, “I kuow the North bas power amply sufficient crush these rebels; but I know, as weil, that sho bas ver the will to use it? On the Ist day of January America announces her determination to use the power which the cannon agaicat Sumter gave her, aud that is the vignifleance of the provlamation. Now I know some men criticiee its extent, and there are some that find fault with the exceptions made by the President, No doubt there eal be smo fault correctly found with the exceptions to that great instrument; but the merit of it js that it bears ia its borom the seeds of a comp! cipation tor every slave onder the Stars and Stripes. (Cheers.) I know tho Vresitent stops, as we all are, in the Soe of the rapids on the edge of Niagara, td save a chip; the but he and the chip will go over toge (Great laughter.) God bas launched this pation & voyage whose only port is liberty, and whether the President hesitates or the cabin boys conspirosit matters not, absolute justice holds the helm, aud wo n-ver shall come into harbor until every man under the flig 18 free. (Cheers.) Why do I say this? Vl tell you. 1 just used the word north, fe are accustomed to use the words North and South familiarly in the present months. They once ant the land toward the pole and the jaud toward the i. They have a deeper s'gnificance at present. By the North I mean the civilizetion.of the nineteenth century, J mean that equal aid recoguized marhood up to which the race has struggled by the toil and battle of nineteen centuries. I mean free speech, {ree types, open Bibles, the welcome rule of the majoriiy. Fase the De- vation of Independeace. (Cheers.) And by the South, on the contrary, 1 mean likewise a princi- ple, not a locality, “an oloment of civil tile, not fourteen rebellions States, That element is present In this city; itis workmg at Albany to-day; it triampled at Harrisburg as certainly as it triumphs at Nichmond and Montgemery. (Cheers.) And wherever you .nd men (and you wisi find thém in this very crowd) inen who think that he who -ells Lis brother and uses him js a gontieman, and that ho who makes his lifing by the sweat of his brow is not, he belouge to the federacy, (Applause.) Now by tho South 1 mean just that ele. tment—an clement which, like the days of Queen Mary and the Inquisition, cannot tolerate free specch, but pun- ishes it with ¢he stake. “I tvean an aristocracy that considers the Dec!aration of ladependonce @ sham and do- imocracy @ snare; that thinks and promulgates the creed that cno-third of the race are born booted and spurred, and the other two-thirds ready eaddled for that third to ride. I mean a civilization which prohidite the Muble by statute to every sixth man in ite community, and puts o matron into a folcu’s cell for teaching a ‘blick sister to read. (Voices—“Shams, shata Now those two elements are at w. n% nineteen those are fighting, ‘aud it is no that they ere fighting. Thoy could not exist side by side without fighting, and they uever have. In 1787, when the constitution was formed, Thomas Jefter- son and Rufus King, followed by the ablest men in the convention, appounced that the discrimination between the States was not betwoen great States and little, but between free States and slave. Even then the couilict had begun. In 1833 Mr. Adams said on the floor of Congress, “Whether slave and free States can céhere into one government is @ matter of philosophical «peculation. aro trying the experiment.’’ Jn June, 1858, Mr. Lincoln used the language which I have just quoted, ‘This coun. and half free; it must either break or wholly free, In October of tho » in bis great irrepressible conflict speech at Rochester gaid the same thing. This was a jot between two irreconcilable civilizations. tury of reventy yoars-was the history of two civiliza tions conjointly struggiing, always at odds, except when one or the other ruled. So long 48 the South ruled, up to 1819, we bad comparative peace. The Missourt Compromiee was the first rising protest of Northern civilization against the Southern, It was an unguceess! ul oh evel the South put it under her feet, but she did not {Ih it, “It chet out again in the compromise of 1850, but again itwas strangled and put tmder the heel of the aris- acy of fourteen States, yot it culminated again by the irresistible power of God's own laws, 801 it wrote of Abraliam Lincolu on the wal o Y. The south was beaten at the ballot box, and it appealed rom the niveveentl century of argument to the sixteenth century of cannon. The Minie rifle was ieft to thom when types failed, Tt was an old strifo and a new method—nothing more. She thooght becauge once, twice and thrice the S)anielof the North had gone down upon her knees, that'this tume aleo, poisoned with cotton dust, she would kiss her feet As usual, (Applause.) Bot rostoad of that for the drat time in our bistory the Puriten lifted up the gauntled and flung itback into the gulf, and said “by the Almighty the Mis- siseippi is mine and I will have ft.” Now when ehali come peace out of this conflict? When shall come peace just as it came in the confilct of parties and discussion. ‘heu- over ene civilization gete the uppermost decivively then there will be perce, and never until thea. There is no new thing under the sun; tho light shed upon our future ia the lamp of ¢xperiouce. Seventy years have not left us ignornut of what the aristocracy of the South 1s, if jt has left the Secro. tary of State ignorant. The South needs to rule, or ehe goes by the board What would am imaginary line do to divide South Carolina from New EB glond? it was not Sumner or Wilson in the Senate, bu ‘was the ideas of Now England that made tho inetitutions of South Carolina diferent from ours, Thowprogramme of Jet Davis war to prevent the change of those ideas. He imag ines that be can protong his days by allying himealf with the weaker race of Spain and Mexico, but if he were to put New Englond oot in tho cold, abe wos still there Give ber only the (ulceum of Mymouth re will upheave the coutitient. Jom Davis’ ty omeke an efpire 80 wiry thet it trol New Fugiand ad New | York dawn the free dircurjon et S Tle hee not on nice 8, henviniant tow b none and Kiowew tt what tiuhik ie the sis eholding confederacy, but lave Ys being a silent, unprotesting Commonweaith, in order i fhat Maryiand, and the Carolinas, aud ewes bea » peaceful people. That isis object. Well, wise ‘and be knows what he wants, and he wants it with @ will, and, like Julius Carsar of old, he bas every dollar and every muac'e South, and he will buri bis power like a thunderbolt to achieve his purpose. And Snpeccea times, and a long struggle, and a terriple battle will these Fastern States have, for they will vever make peace. Tho Yankee, who comes from Cromwell’s bosom, will fight his Nasoby ov: year bofore he is overthrown. The struggle will be for us to carry civilization all over the South; for this ia a contest between twy civilizations, and which ever conquers predow inates over the other. This is a struggle that will never have an end till one or other of the two elemenis of civilization subdues its rival. Therefore we, like the South, must be penetrated with Dut one Idea, and ready, with unanimity and courage, to sacrifice everything for that idea, Why, bo man can fight Stonewali Jackson, an honest fanatic on the side of slavery, but.’ohn Brown, an equally honest fanatic «a the side of freedom. (Applause and laughter.) They only are chemical equals and will neutralize each other. Yon cannot neutralize nitric acid with Cologne water, neither can you hurl William H. Seward againat Jeff. Davis. (Laughter.) You must have @ man of ideas en both sides, otherwise the elements of tg atruggle are not equal. The object of the North is to subdue the South, We have the right to Our connection was nots part- nership, but s warriage. We put our interests altogether. We jomed our houer and our wealth, Our fathers ac- cepted slavery as part of the civil eoutract, on the ground @etts not into bei into a that it was into the common lot with freedom, wealth, intelli and education, If it stood ite own, well and good; if it went by the board, so. Ie bargain. Slavery consented to take meantime the negro was bia to wait, Our fathers could not then free them; but that time would come when the wave civilization or the right band of armed power will strike off your fetters. Amd 80 the slave ewalted. AB it was said the time at Jast came when the master ran away fiom the slave and the slave arose and said children of Hancock. 2ud Adams fulfil your pledge— Ihave yested generations of submigsion on it—give me om you promised. The reply was, not yet; and he sat in tho darkness of his despair in the huts of the Carolinas, and he waited on and God alone conted the mo- ments of his agony, A last the gun sounded against Sum- ter, and he sprang to bie {cet and he cried out, New York and Massachusetts, fulfil the pledge of your fathers in the name of Cod and of Justice. (Applause.) In thie contest the stronger will give color to the nation. If slavery prove the stronger we must be a slaveholding nation, but if freedom be the stronger then we shail be a nation of free men. If we area nation we ask Mi. Lincoln to use every dollar and man to defend the nation. (Applause.) If we are nota nation then stop the war, for every can- nou pointed at Sonth Carolina js an outrage upon State rights. Jf we are only a confederacy @ State has the right to secede. We are either a nation or a confederacy. Ifa confederacy merely, stop the war. If a nation, carry iton like a nation. (Applanse.) Men say this:—titere sve nineteen millions of people pitched against eight mil- hops and cannot whip them. But whore 18 tho South's strength? Besides her eight miujliong of white men, she has tho sympathy of foreign Fowers, and she bas the Iahor of four millions of slaves, What has the North got? Division, Divided about etjvaily into (he republ can and democratic parties, The re ans not willing, perhaps, to co half way; the demoerata not willing to goatall. (Lacghter, and cries of “'That’s {t.”’) ‘These are the two elements fighting in this bettie, The contest is between slaveholders and free labor, and it is the duty of wise meu to use every means withiv their reneh, and the people, as in every contest against (he aristocracy, are bound in their own Tight aud in right of their children, and in right of ihe great interests of the world whieh hang upon their sue- cess, to bestir themselves aud to undersiand and use every weapon within their reach. I contend, therefore, both constitutionally and rig! ily, and more than that, by absolute necessity, this government should, in the hour of its peril, call upon the four millions of blacks to aid us in this stroggle, which mean’ Nberty to them. (Applause.) Tam not epeaking az an abolitionist. The heur is a womentous and serious one, We are deeply in dobt. With a terrible loss of biood, with the future before us, the question is, How shall we pilot the ship of state—the hope of the world—throug) the storm? ‘The silver lining to the dark cloud that overhangs us is the ineradicuble loyalty of four millious of bonds- men, who hold the scales in their hands, The President's proclamation has announced how they may be used, It ‘was a great mistake for the President to except Tennessee in thattpreolunation; for in this conflict a hundred thou- sand loyal hearts and hands would be momentous. Besides, tl effect will be bad on the negroes 0. the Gulf States. John, at Corinth, looking at Sam, at Nushville, will doubt the proclamation. Tho ouly way of judging -of the Stars. and Stripes is it see [be men who stand under it free, The negro wants toseea fleshand blood preciamation. He wants a fact. We must preelaim that proclamation or it will consum- mate nothing. We have hat forty-five days to work in, On the 4th of March next Congress changes its character. It then becomes largely democratic. If the administration /does nothing with a republican bayonet behind it, how much will it do with the demccratic drag under ite feet: Let not, therefore, tho ship of State go dena set against the Gibraltar of ‘the Supreme Court, Taney, at 99, tells the President that he cannot make a proclamation of freedom, But I believe yet in the unextingulshable vigor of God’s law of the univerge, that this country shall be free and its tag wave over a fiee peopie from the lakes to the Gulf, who would stretch hands over twe hundred thousand bloody graves and clasp bands with rebels must be put down under toot. General Butler is the oniy genera} in the service who acts on the principic that we are all right and the truitois are all wrong. (Cheers for Butler.) Ninety-nine out of every hundred of the other generals act on th: princi) le that the rebels are bel! tight and we are hull wrong. (Applause and cries of “Thal paid to fifty slaveholders in New Orleans, the idea that there’ is a democratic party at the North who will make a bridge for you to'get buck to Washing- continued he,“/am a democrat, and I tel! you that 1 will burn every house fo the State and put every negro’s hand on the white man’s throat beiore | take down that banner and go home. (Great applause.) As I said the nogro wants a symbol. How cau we give it to him, The quietest way is to put him in a United State’s uniform. with a Minic rifle in his right hand. (Appluuse.) Send (Cheers for Freemont.) Now I love Hunter and respect Butler. I believe a Saxton, and I think Hooker a brave soldier and a noble one, but we are pressed for time and we cannot munufacture reputations, but the name oj Fremont has been a household word with the since 1556, when they believed that his election wou C ‘the jubilee of their freedom. They would not need the evidence of ‘eo proclamation to believe that he hore freedom to Yhem on his eagles. (Applause,) Tue resident means well, but I bave no confidence in the counsellors about him. I have no confidence in the son of New York, who stands at his right hand to gnide the vessel of State m this tremendous storm. ors, mingled with hisses.) ‘That is right; I honor the man who expresses his opivion. Iam uot speaking af the motives of Mr. Seward; but when @ man is dying a mistake in the medicine is as bad as poison. (Laugh- tor.) The question ja whether his is the statemanship of the hour, and if not then, by every theory of parliame: tary government be is bound to retire and let another occupy his position. I am not speaktng of his honesty. I do not speak whether Geveral McClellan was honest or not, but ask what was the result of bis conduct? It « man can find a way better to sorve Jeff. Davis than he did I would like to know it. WhatIsay is, if Seward’: philosophy which he ennoonced with regard to this great sicuggle is one oppored to the proclamation of the President, the policy of which the nation has accepted : according to every principle of ‘liamentary government the j’re- ‘micr retires, when the idea he thus opposes comes tito power. What did we choose Abraham Lincoln for? Se- venteen hundred thousand people said he represented all we consider necessary to eavety of the Stxte Suppose when he was chosen, that Mr, Seward went to itn and said, ‘You have been elected, but I will take the Presidency, if you please.” The reply would bo, No; you are defeatcd because the people did not like your ideas.’’ On thé 4th day of December, 1860, Jumes Buchanan wrote a message to Congress, and, it is stated, that before he sent it, he submitted it to Seward, and from that time till March, 1861, no fortnight passed that he did not consult your New York Senator with reference to the policy of the government. Rightfully and maguunimously Mr. Buchanan took to his counsels the statesman of the repnblican party, And for the history of the closing months of that administration, written over with trea- son, I say Mr. Soward, your Secretary of State, has his share of the reeponsibility. (Applaue and hisses.) Thur- low Weed denies that Buchanan and Seward spake to each other on the subjectof the public affairs at the thine; but if he inquires of Judge Black, he will tell him the means they took to communicate. On the 4thof March Lincoln came into power, and on the 9th of March the present Minister to Portugal began to telegraph to South Carolina the result of Cabinet meetings; when tue Wornment seized the contents of the telegraph offices u seized tho telegrams of that traitor, tho Inst one revealing the plan for the defence of Fort Sumter 60 treason that Harvey dared net to sign it. Thig telegram was laid before Seward, and yet he sends the writer of these treasonable tolegrams to Portugnt to represent this government. In August the President laid before his Cabinet this procia- mation, and Blair and Seward wero the only members oppored to it, and Seward telegraphs for hia Siamese twin to Aibany, and when he got to Washington the proclama- “tion was ‘smothered, and to a Moesuchusetts Senator Seward said, ‘*! smothered it, and the best e@rvice I evor rendered to the nation w. oT emothered it’ In conclusion Mr. Phillips he thanked God that onr flag in the thapksg'ving of the glaves, and such a breeze r walted a banner to defeat. He would not believe hunt tho boifest act of the nation was to be its last. The new John Brown song was then sung, and tho assemblage dispersed, s The State to Pay Massach tts Soldiers, Boston, Jan. 21, 1803. Governor Andrew sent into the Legislature towiay @ mossago suggesting that measures be taken to jusure hereafter the prompt payment of Massachusetts troops, expecially where the families are dependent for support. The Governor assumes that the troops will be immedi- ately paid up by the United States to November 1, 1563, To Insure the early payment of the sume due thereafter he proposes that the Legislature authorize the Treasurer of the State to borrow the money from the banks at a low rate of interest, and kdvance {t in such manner as the soldiors may desire, the State receiving it formally Jrom tho United States, Denave Charles Scudder, a well known merchant of Bos- Havana ano, New Weide, J T benfiert M Steamship © rowel Lalor, J Altada M Ololt, P Convoy, Rovsos Avnes—Bark Kete—A M nd lady ] Livearont -steamebip ¢ Cand—T HM Bend, Mrarrench, Mies Freeh 8 Gay, Capt ie Fira, Prulant, A C8 Wer say Chas M Beiale John C, Fremont to Charleston. | | Yam he The Storm. WA About three o'clock yesterday morning = heavy northeast gale set in.- The tide was unusually high, and the cellars about the North and East rivers. were flooded and several piors submerged. In most. ‘nntamces the goods stored in the cellars were not of @perighable nature, and consequently the wetting they got did not mflict apy great lo=s om the owners. Dur- ing the day bail and snow fell alternately, while rain came steadily down all the time. The streets were, as is. usual on such occasions, muddy, slushy and slippery, presenting @ fine feild for the operations of those indus- trial juveniles, with stubby prooms, who pertinaciously impede yeur progress at every crossing with the cry of “Please give me a penny, sir!" Pilot boats ariving from. sea reported the wind outside blowing heavy gale from the east. The Fastern steamers all arrived at ap. early hour. At lato hour last night there were no signs Of the gale abating. RAILROAD COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED, PUiLADELPHLA, Jan, 21, 1863 No trains will arrive or depart to-night southward. It. #8 Understood that the interruption of travel was caused’ by the Susquehanna being Liocked by ice, ll 2 HEAVY GALE AT FORTRESS MONROE. g Fortress Mowarog, Jan. 20, 1863. % A heavy storm of wind has been raging here all day> ~ from the northeast, Quite # fleet of schooners lay ay anchor below the fort till the storm became 80 sovere- they could endure it no longer. At one o'clock they up with anchor, and in abont one» ¥ hour’s time about seventy-flve schooners passed tho guard boat, up the Roads, for better harkor. Tho Thomas A. Morgan, which has formerly run be, tween hereand Yorktown, was huuled off two-day for slight repaira. The steamboat Swan takes her pl.ce; but, owing to the. storm, did not leave to-day, The propellor Karnak has returned to Hampton Roads Interesting from Tennessee. UNION LOSSES IN THE MURVREESBORO BATTLE—MOVE- MENTS OF REBEL CAVALRY, Louisvittr, Jau. 21, 1863. At the late battle near Murfreesboro the Unionists lost.« 1,474 killed, 6,813 wounded aad 2,000 prisoners, The rebel cavalry have left Harpeth Shoals for Frankli. Nasavinax, Jan, 21,1863. Five hundred wounded rebel prisoners captured at Murfreesboro arrived hore to-day, and will be seut North. Several citizen surgeons have been ordered to accompany thom. The Missouri Legistar thon. Jscrensoy City, Mo,, Jan. 21, 1888. In response to an ing. from Washington asking the Assembly to fix a sum necessary to compensate the slaye- holders of the State, Mr. Strachn introduced a joint reso- lution in the House to ask twenty-five, thirty and fifty millions, The resolution lies under the rules till to morrow, Return of the Maine Seventh Regiment— Thelx Reception in Boston. Boron, Jan, 21, 1868. A detachment of the Muine Seventh regiment, under command of Lieutevant Colonel! Connor, received a warm welcome in Boston to-day, on their way back to the sca). . of war. They were escorted through the city by a pro- cossion of Sons of Maine and the Boston Light Infantry Association, undor command of Copel Charles 0. Rogers, . to the Fall River depot. This regiment has been in ten. battles, and was allowed to go home to fill up its deci, mated ranks, pete ee City Intelligence, Cuniove Facts ConcersinG te Deap IN Tie VAULTS O Suruvan Street Cavrcn.—Siice the developments re- specting the removal! of the dead bodies from the vault of the Sullivan street church, Colonel Daniel E. Delavan, our vigilant ity Inspector, has had a spectal person gu- pervising Abe operations of the Jaborers, and some cu- rious facts hayé been brought w lght by the searching~ observations of this official saperintendant. The most remarkabig development is in relation to the apparent rapid decay af the bodies, flesh, bones and everything. Some cofliie been taken out in a good state of preser- vation, and, upon being opened, disclosed nothing inside buta little cmt, apparently the only remains of what wore once living, animated beings, Burials were only made in the vaults during a period embraced within pelea rd yea It Se an eneiaetateape of therefore, whether, during {that period, tho Dodies entild be. so’ coniploue. aa 1s inclade tho abeehite trensmutation of flesh and boues into thecondition of powder. The generally received opinion certainly heen that even in the earth skeletons would not: moulder away so rapidly. Therefore in vaults ourrod- ing Influence of the earth does not operate upon the coffins and , tbe latter ought to remain in the ekeleton state for a tauch longer period. 'n view of these facts and reasons it ig supposed that the bodies alluded to Must bave been surreptitiously taken from the ie and sold to the surgeons for purposes of dissection. Such things were not at all uncommon before the of the legislative act enabled medical mon to obtain sub- jects in absndance from the pubic hospitals and ons. should it prove true that in the vaults of the van sercet church the resurrectionists. Lave carried on theit business, the people will naturally think twice before de- positing their dead {riends in vawits in preference to the bosom of mother earth, with a view toa better aud longer Preservation; for if such practices caa be safely carried + ou it is evident the vault is a less secure place’ than the earth, inasmuch as the former is more easily accessible. Tu the case of the Sullivay street church it is supposed that after the removal of the bodies by the resurrection- iets clay was thrown {nto the coffins, to give probability tothe siory of decay. One of the coffins opened dis- closed a white shroud, covering nothing but a skeleton, ‘The shroud was in a perfect state of preservation, without ‘eveu having lost the stitenig. « Another remarkable fact developed is that the jewelre on te persons of the dead ~ have been appropriaiod, it is alleged, by the laborers em- 1 in removing the bodice. it this be true it ts cer- tauly disgraceful, and culls for @ rigorous investigation. If it is not truo the men wh se reputation are involved nro entitled to @ contradiction. Mr. Delavan will oer- tainty give the matter the proper degree of attention. ‘Tae CoMPrRoLLEn’s Orrice.—The commotion in the finance department hag subsiied. Comptroller Breman - Laving made nearly all 11)> apoointinenta in bis gift, the office seekers have mace th mselves scarce, and as @ cop, Fequence, order is begining to reign once more in the. various bureaus of his departinent. It takes some thine to become perfectly familiar with the various ramifica- tions of the city Mances, and there have not been want- ing many cunning people who sought to take advantage of Mr. Brennan’s inexperience during the first few daye of hig accession to office. Thus several individuals, hay ing claims against the city, were coutinually rushing upon the new Comptroiler urging the absolute uecessity of having their billa paid tmmediatoly, hoping that their importunities would indcee Mr Trennan to sign the ne cessary warrants without investigation. But gueb people wore very much taken aback by the penetration of the Comptroller they sought to im uyon, Mr. Brennan refused to act iu ail esses until could be per- fectly satisfied as to what he wus doing, and hence he. » has escaped the snare in which some of his pre teceasorn: were entrapped by want of a little forethought and Presence of mind. Some few more appointments will be made shortly, but ‘will not take effect until the middie of pext month, The: » names of the persons are withheld for the present. Tuk ARMY Fracp Ixvesrication.—This investigation, which has conducted with great zeal py Commis: "awing to 4 close and the official requite may be expected in the course of a week or so. Color} Olcott has finished up that branch of his foqviry relating to the claims of contractors, and is now engaged in fer- reting out the operations of regimental officers who are said to havo carried on the most extensive system of swindling. Any officer who is discavered to be impli cated in is will be inimediately apprehendod and sub- mitted o tender mercies of a court marca). The most ohromaey proceedings will be taken in reverence to- these matters. » Coroners’ Inguests. . Tee Late Homernm on rar Siny Vieronta.—Tho inquers in the case of Michael Conroy, mate of the ship Victorias who was killed in an affray with Houry Waltenbarg, tho cock, was held yeaterday, at the New York. Hospital, by Coroter Ranney. From the ovitence adduced it appears that deceased and the (ook were quarreiling over somo. money matters, when blows wort struck, and Waltenburg was obeerved to draw a kvife, In a few minutes after. wards the mate exciairmed (hat he wat stabbed, and be. fore any of the crew o arrest the aswailant he jumped) overboard and ofcaped. FE wts were made to capture: Waltenburg; but he managed to get abourd a barge on the waite side of the ship and then di red, since: Witch be has not ber heard of. The sary rendered. @ verdict against Waitenbury, and a warggnt his appre- hension was issued by the Corer, Favat Fatt on Sairvoann.—Coroner Ranney aleo held fn ingest upon the body of Lewis Lyons, @ native of this State, agod twenty-three years, who died at the New York Hospital from the ecocts of Injuries accidental! reoeived by failing into the hoid of a ship a pier No. 4: North river. Verdict in accordance witht the above facta. upreme Court of the United States, Jax b0-—-Om motion of sie. Attorney General Baten, Jobo G. Nicolay, Raq., of aeity was admitted ap ator: ney and counsellor of this court. ben motion of Hon, Alfred Ely, Reuben Wisner, Beq., + New York, was admitted an attorney aud counsellor this court. No. —JSohn A. Porky, appeliant, ot. The Winnt- palo seine pol and Wool Manefaciaring Com. pany. be argument of this cware wae oontinued by Mr, Hinckott (or the appellees, and eoneladed by Mr. Ourtisfur eer renal M. Wright, Auditor, o al., app-t- « Wm BA. + L=Tiew cause was submitted to deraton of the Gon tou the eourd and argument Tekus, for the appe: a Saar dpeli Ba tiff th error, os. N. Cor: ‘of conusal for the da. vermismed, wiih comm by ate Ny Oe mation of Mr M this nth eile shi to-we use w os at clevewo’olock, reand Emaneipas 4 i