The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1863, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 964+. NEW YORK, MONDAY, F EBRUARY 9, 186 3. HE CHABLESTON AFFAIR. Arrival of the Princess Royal at Philadelphia. OUR SIDE OF THE STORY. THE FIGHT WITH THE REBEL RAMS, None of the Blockading Fleet Sunk. THE KEYSTONE STATE DISABLED. ty-one Killed on Board the Keystone State and Three on Board the Mercedita. Tw The following are the officers on board the Princess Royal:— Acting Master—Faward Van Sice. First Assistant Pngineer—H. ©. Victor, Acting Assistant Bugineer-—W. D. Kates, Third Assistant Engineer—R. A, Thurgton. Suri Dr. Bacon. é Acting Master's Mates—Charles M. Hall and Chis “My Dr. Bacon leaves to-night for Washington, with special despatches, Information is also brought by the Princess Royal of the attack by the ironclad Montauk on Fort McAllister | on the 28th ult. She was not at all disabled, She receiv. ed seventeen shots in her side and twelve in her turret, without reveiving any injury whatever. Although en- giged for five hours, she returned to her anchorage for want of shells, It being foyzy next morning, she did not return to the attack, ‘The Princess Royal has aboard, besiies a large amount of arms @ad ammunition, complete machinery for the vongtruction of an ron-clad ram, also as a passebger an intelligent aglish* mechanic, who is well versed in the process of mak‘ng aud hardening projectiles. Her value is ously estimated, but she i# doubtless worth # mil- lion of dollars. Her possesvion by the rebels would have been incalculable, and well worth the efforts they made to obtain her by the attack on the blockading squadron, | Arrival of the United Statcs Gunboats Circa) nd Water Witch. . The United Stateg steam gunboats (ircassian, Com. mander Win. B. Faston, and Water Witch, Lieutenant Commanding Auston Budergrast, arrived at unis port last night from Port Royal 20th ult. and Fortress Monroe 6th inatant. ‘The Water Witch has been six months in commission, The Reason for the Reported Disappear- ance of the Blockading Fleet. Narrow Escape of the Princess Royal, &e., &., &e. HLADBLITILA, Feb, 8, 1863. The iron steamer Princess Royal, in charge of Acting Master Edward Van Sice, arrived off the Navy Yard to day. Sho brings lrigbly important intelligence, both as relates to her capturo and the rehebattack on our block ading squadron at Charleston, showing conclusively that ‘there is no foundation for the aesamption of the rebels that the blockade of Chariceton was ever raised by tho departure of the United States fleet, only two ves out f the eight or ten having been disabled or obliged to eave. It appears from the statement of an intelligent oye wit Bess that the cause of this attack of the rebel rams on our squadron was owing to the capture of the [rin Royal—the captain and pilot of that vesse! baving ex caped ashore during the darkness of the night and com mupicated intelligence to the enemy, ‘The Princess Royal endeavored to run the blockade by way of Beach Inlet on the 20th ult., bat was discovered by the pilotboat Blunt. On signal bemg, given the Una Gia proceeded towards her and captured the prize without other assistance. It was then discovered that the captain and pilot had succeeded in getting ashore by a wmal) boat, carrying important despatches to the rebel povernment. The Unadilla caggted her to the ide of the Housatonic, and laia there till daylight, when a thunder of gune was beard, accompanied by sharp dashes of fire. It was suppoeed that our fleet was engaged in making, or ‘Whe Alabama or Florida were endeavoring to force, »n en trance. At daybreak two rebel iron-clads wero seen soming down from the direction of Stono Inlet towards our fleet. ‘They attacked the Mercedita frat. One ram struck her @ the water ridge, keeling her over, and at the same time firing a shot, which entered one of her boilers, caus- fag the death of three persons, including a gunner, by a @hot and steam. The ram then hailed the Mercedita, and Captain Stellwagen lowered one of his small boats, after Jeaving one of the pluggout, allowing the water to enter %t, ‘The ram answered our bail by replying, ‘‘Confede- rate ram Palmetto State. Do you surrender?” This was repeated three times, Captain Stellwagen replying at each inquiry ‘I sm in a sinking condition.’ The rebets answered, God damn you to hell, if you don’t surren- der we will blow you out of water, Send your boat aboard.” ‘The boat which Captain Stellwagen, lowered then con ‘veyed his lieutenant (executive officer) to the side of the rebel ram, and the officer asked to be admitted on board. ‘This was refused. The lieutenant then repeated Captain Bteliwagen’s statement that‘ we are in @ sinking con ition.” The rebel officer replied:—t' You can’t sink lower (tan the rails; we cannot take you aboard.” The oflicer thea gave his parole, as demanded, and returned to hie ship. The rebels were thus successfully deceived as to the condition of the Mercedita, thinkng she was in a sink (ng condition, She jaid in shoal water, and hence their reply that ‘‘she could not sink lower than her rails.” The ram then steamed towards the Keystone State, ‘end sent a shot through her steam drum, causing the @eatb of twenty.one persons—tweive by the show and five by being scalded by steam. Fifteen were wounded, ‘and are lying at Port Royal, some in 4 precarious condi tion. In the meantime the United States gunboat House tonic engaged the other ram, driving her away. At half. pect six o'clock in the morning both rams left the scene and proceeded up to Charleston. During this attack on our fleet, the Princess Royal, which laid near the Housatonic, and was the chief ‘object of contest on both sides, succeeded in getting off, mainly through the energies of Third Assistant Engineer Thurston, who piled into her fires all the inflammable material at hand. Her escape is chiefly owing to his en deavors, as well as her safe arrival at thie port, notwith Sanding the severe gale which prevailed during her passage from Port Royzl. Although the coal was the ‘enthracite with which our navy ie supplied, she made ten knots an hour on her trip with ease in the beaviest storm. Her usnal rate is fifteen knots. ‘Tho Mercedita steamed down to Port Royal, escaping ‘with only one of her boilers injured. She arrived safely at Port Royal, and would be repaired in a day. ‘The Keystone State was entirely disabled, but was towed down to Port Royal by the Memphis. ‘The rebetstatements that the federal fleet had entirely Gisappeared from the port of Charleston are entirely uo sustained by the facts. ‘The fleet consisted of the following veesels —The Una ilia, Housatonic, Augusta, Quaker City, Keystone State and Mercedita, besides the pilotboate Blunt, Memphis nd other veesels. x During the daytime our blockading fleet are not partion Jar as to keeping to the station, and on & ay of thie Assault most of the vessels sailed towards the Keystone Btate to ascertain her condition, and whether she wanty! any assintance. This may account for their apparent Absence at the time of the visit of the foreign consuls, as mentioned by the rebel papers. Our vessels, as veual resumed their positions at cark. The United States steam frigate New Ironsides, Com modore Thomas Turner commanding, arrived the next day to reinforce the blockade, Tho following i# a list of | her officers — Commander—Vhomas turner, Liewenant Commanding and Bascutive ( Geo. F Boikuap. Scer— Suergeon — Mi Crue Bnginer Newell. Paymaster—A. W. Russel Liewtrnant—Heary 1. Robeson Acting Masters—Geo. W, Donett, John M. Skilling aud John M. Butler. Aasistang Surgeone—Win.T. Plant, Bd. Kirshner Pirit Lieutenant of Morines—lleary A. Rartiott Secor @ Lieutenant of Marines—James B. Young. Rasign—Charies W. Tracy Arting Ensign—Heory Ranney Arit Assutant Enginerr-—N. 8. Pulls Second Assittant Enginers—0. H Borris Third Assistant Pngineers—Fvoret Battle, HO. Beok with, Wm 8. Wells. t 4 Clerk—Frederick Mason uter’s Clerk—mJobin F. ingon Acting Master's Ma'ee=Bhianger 3, Hand, P Morris, George H. Bradley, Thomas F. Harvey, Kobert age W. Howard, ‘Thomas Burnett, Lacky, Robert 1. doing active duty in the South Atlantic blockading squad- ron, and returne for repairs. ‘The following 1s list of her officers:— Lieutenant Commanding—Aunston Pendergrass. Exeritive Officer—S. W. Back. Aciing Master—H. 3. Kimbail, Ensign—J, M, Forsyth. ‘Acting Paymaster—1.. G. Billing. Acting Surgeon—W. oreo Pird Assistant Engineer. } Genther. Third Asstetant Engineers—Jobn Cooper and John Overn. Acting Master's Mates—A,. W. 1). Parson and Jas. Bigle. Surgeo’s Stward—Cooper Barratt, Paymaster—Wm. 8, Wilkins. reas riuigs six of the officers of the rebel steamer Huntress, that was burned off Charleston on the hight of Javoary 17, by her cargo of cotta being stowed too near the boilers, The Huntress officosrs were a2 fol- lows — Cuptain—H. B. Bremond, formerly of the United States navy, and first Neutenant of the rebel steamer Florida —Mr. Glass (Garnea to death). Hi. Black, : Baeculive Offi Paymashy— Besson. Chif Engineer—Thomas R. Scott. First As istan! Bugineer— —— Dunbar. Second Assistant Enginer— —— Chapman, She bad two passengers on board—Mr. J. M. Vernon, formerly editor of the New Orleans Pica yrne, and lr, Thomas Steers, of Richmond. the princi- pal Owner of the steamer’ and cargo, which was valued at $150,000 and consisted of 320 balex of cotton, &c., &c The above gentlemen, with the exception of the Paymaster and Mr. Black, are now prisoners on hoard the Circassian. the follow ing is a list « Conimander—Wm. B Erecutivg Opficer—Geo. Ferris, of officers of the Circassian: — Faton. Sailing Master—Heary Churchill. Surgoon—Jas. B. Calkine: Poyiwaste—Goo. Snowden Redfield. Chief Engineer—Samuel N. Hartwell, Ensgre—D, C. Kelts and John il. Ankers, Second Assistant Engineers—Wm. Tipton and Thos. F, Lewie Third Assistant Bngincert—Joho P. Cloyd, Henry Oakey , §. E. Young and Robert Pendeleur. Paymaster’s Clerl:—J. Bayard Redfield. Paynaster’s Steward—Thoo, ¥. Park. Surgeon's First Seward—D, M. L. Forman, Second Steward—Rodt. F. Odell. Feoman—Chae. T. Osborn. Caplain’s Cterk—N. M. Baseett, THE MEDIATIO! Interesting Letters from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The ‘Yellow Book’’ contains two communications of the | greatest interest concerning the position assumed by © France in the American mediation question. The first | shows that tho ,ood offices of France have been tendered | to our government as far baclags the middie of June last ; the other shows what has been the attitude of the French government since the proposition made on the 31st of October to Engiand and Russia. MR. THOUVENEL TO MR. MERCIER, Panis, June 12, 1862. Sm—The conclusion which, in the opinion of the Cabi net at Washington, could not long compictely modify its situation, seems always as distant as ever. Recent con- fficts, in which the advantage has remained with tho Youth, have not evident!y changed on the whole the criti cal position resulting from the latest operations of the federal troops. It is, however, :..porsible to deny that nowhere in the seceded States ix discouragement seen to follow defeat either does the appearance of a Union sentiment at the points eccupied by tho Union army sustein the hopes manifested by the federal government on that subject. The delay assigued for the resistance of the South has in reality elapsed without its having been sensibly weak ened. Jn al! probability it must be expected that the sea. son on which we are now eptering—more favorable to at tack than for defence—will still postpone the « struggle. In consideration of the endless prolo this great crisis and of the evil# consequent thereupon, you will understand the constant bist of public opinic We do not wish to assume any other attitude than that whicb we have hitherto maiatained; but, in assuring (he federal. government of our intentions, you may aleo say | that we earnestly desire that the m sds of the people in | the United States should be opened to ideas of conciiia | tion, which, in our estimation, are becoming more and more opportune. However persuaded we may be that on entering on sucha new and cruel sacrifices would thereby be spared to the United States, and that foreign complica tions, upavoldebiy produced by an excess of suflermg, would be done away with, we will not, however, part from the reserve we have always observed im taking the iwitiative of a direct advice. You are only au- thorized to declare what shoul! the sentiments to which I aliucde manifest themselves and gain ground, and the in terposition of our gook offices bedeenmed useful, we would lend them with the greatest readiness and with the conscious- nese of serving all interests, LETTER OP DROUYN D¥_LAUYS TO MR, MERCIER APTER THE KEPUSAL OF FRENCH MEDIATION BY ENGLAND AND BUSHIA, Panis, Nov. 13, 1862. Si—The proposition we made to London and to st. Petersburg, the text of which I despatched to you by the last 1, has not met with the im mediate acyiiesence ‘we had some reason to expect. Although we have received but summary information om that subject, | do not hesitate to look upon the common demand, in which we had reason to sup pose Great Britain and Russia would associate themselves, being impossible to be realized € Convinced as we were that an understanding between the three Powers in the sense presented by ua would an ewer as much the interests of the American people a* our own. that even that understanding was in the present ‘circumstances a daty of humanity, you will easily form an idea of our regret at seeing the initiative we have taken, after mature reflection, remain without results, Being also desirous of informing Mr. bayton of our pro ject, | confidensially communicated it to him, and even read in his presence the despatch serit to Loudon and St Petorsbarg. I could not be surprised that the Minister of th States should oppome his objections te the pro) aved to and to hear him express perso United tT! y \nubte a to the reception which would be given by Cabinet at Washington to the jomt offers of the good esot France, Russia and Gredt Britain, Hot what r might have been the answer of the federal govern r overtures, we have not now to nee the evideut dispositions of the two latter Courts were to observe an absolute neutraity. We will return, tke them, to the passive attitude oh we had also made our duty to observe—an attitude from which we would never have departed had we remained indifer | ent co th ‘athl consequeuces of the (a devastating wa ved by the press on thie occasion inted te yublic opinion, | neertainty about the true charac’ | have deemed it proper to oat | tures to piace before the eyes of - f on proposition, confident of | the approbation which the country will accord to our | pee We have thought that by giving open publicity ww our intentions w establish, against ail | | oF at least to tor of our CONtEATY supposition friendly aad conciliatory spirit | endir : the offer of our good offices. and the respect whieh, however pressing, we would have manvested for | the ind 1@ United States 0 of rir, we belie corning (he ince ud we desire the Cabinet of e will be mo m ir comAuct Wo hip Burned in Boston Harbor. » Borrow, Feb. §, 196%, ‘Bhe Scotiand, Capt, Lent, for Mentevide Of kerogene oil and lumber, at anchor in the stretm, took fire last night and was burned to the water's edge. The cargo was fully insured The rchooner Granite State, before reported ashore at Stonington, has got off, vernel tight. She would dix charge part of ber cargo and proveed. with a cargo that has just passer (he proof that i will find ws alveowe die pord to toned it f itchould demre at we me, the | Aesudance we show have been hay y bo have won avvepted at the present time in the eniorest of ponee ad -omel|tiuom SOUTH. | Very Late from Vicksburg, Charles- ton and Richmond. The Brilliant Run of the Queen of West Down the Mississippi. What the Union Troops Are Doing at Vicksburg. IMPORTANT FROM THE the INTERESTING FROM CHARLESTON The Expedition Against That Place. The Officers of H. B. ME. Ship Cadmus Tell the Rebels What We Intend to Do. FIGHTING IN TEN NESSEE, The Beported Killing and Wounding of a Hundged Union Troops, &e., “bee ‘The Richmond Ezaminer of the Sth and Enquirer of the 6th inst. have been received. They contain some news of importance. ae. The Expedition to Charleston. THE ‘‘AID AND COMFORT’? GIVEN TO THE REBELS BY BRITISH OFFICERS, TELEGRAMS 10 THE RICHMOND BX AMINER. Cuartesten, Feb. 3, 1863. The British frigate Cadmus brings intelligence that a mc! formidable nayal and land expedition fs about to attack Charleston, the preparations being now nearly complete, The cadmus brings orders for Robert Bunch, the British Consul, to go on board and yet wo Havena as soon as possible. Hoe will leave next Saturday. ‘The Yankee naval and land forces are gathering at Port Royal. It is supposed that the troops are drawn chicily from the North Carolina coast. ‘The iron-clad Ironsides was still off the bar this morn ing with sixteen other Yankee steamere. Important from Vicksburg. PID DASH OF THE QUEEN OF THE WEST. Vicksnurc, Feb. 3, 1863. The Yankee ram Queen of the Wert went down the river yesterday afternoon, with the supposed intention of destroying the shipping between this point and Port Hud fon, She was fired into at Warrenton, bul with no effect. Jacrson, Feb. 4, 1863. The Federal ram Queen of the West, which passe Vicksburg on Monday morning, arrived and landed at Vidalia, opposite Natchez, on the same evening. A guard of men was sent ashore, who attempted to capture Col. Zebulon Tork, but he escaped. The ram then steamed down te river, doing considerable damage. THE §PL THE SCENE OF THE EXPLOIT OF THE QUFEN OF THE wren, ‘New cARTHAGED f (( ny a5S\ D «) i} $ «< MORGAND Al pace Py ed FY ¥ There * wow brite torned. The whole tee the mouth of Troops have been landed on the ash “ terday intantry, cava and seen with @ rpygloe moving * vicinity of George W. ¢ 2 place A gentlown who started from Mouroe got a glint 6 of the atrs | and Stripes about half a mile abows pr | burned back, Iie \hiuke be saw two bu: dies amd Oty ——— of the enemy on shore. A number of men, supposed to be abolitionists, are reported to have been seen yeeter- day examining the famous canal, which never bas been fitied, and through which water will commence running in a few days, if the river continues looming up a8 rapid- ly as it pas been for the two weeks past. Qf course no one knows where the next attack will be made; but many are of the opinion that a road will be built from Grove'# across to Bedford Point, just above Warken- ton, when the enemy will haul barges across, and then run their {ron clads past our batteries at night to tow (heir barges over to Warrenton with their troops and land them under cover of their gune. This will be @ slow process, and if they ever attempt it we will completely checkmate them. Whatever may bo their design, and po matter where they may strike, we are satisilet they will be repulsed as completely a2 they were at Chickasaw Bayou, The running op and down of steamers, the continua! whist}ing, laud ag and doparting below Groves place, re Minded usof the commotion created among the Yankee fleet on the memorable morning of the 16th of July last. All day transports were bringing down troops and land ing them about a mile and a half above the tamous canal. Comp fires were visible aiong the levee, and large squads of the enemy could be observed with a glass maneuvering about the canal. In the afternoon White's feld was dottea with tents, and troops were perceptible all along ‘the river im front of Dr. Yourg’s, the old Stone, Some twenty trans Ports were fastened to the Lduisiana bank, An ironclad gunboat came down about noon and took up its position below the transports, Occasional visitors in the shape of shells were vent over to the troops who were pitching their tents, by our inen at the lower batteries; but tho effect is not known. They are, we believe, out of the | range of any of our guns. The mortars below the city commenced bellowing | slowly in the afternoon, and a fdw shots were fired from the upper batteries during the day, The enemy seem to | be concentrating a large force near their old camp ground; butour mortar, if fired at intervals, will render their situation very unpleasant, It would seem that they have given up the Yazoo, for the present at least, and will attempt the reduction of | Vickeburg by @ new route. We believe everything é¢ in readi for them here. Important from Tennessee. “REPORTED PIONT NEAR MURVRBESBORO. Cuatraxoowa, Feb, 4, 1803. The following despateh has been received by mait from Deckard, daved January 31, 1868:— ‘The enemy advanced twelve miles from Murfreesboro, yesterday, with one brigade and six pieces of artillery, on a foraging expedition. They made a vigoros attack on our cavalry, shelling us pack a short distance. We concealed ourselves in the woods near Forrestville, and Anderson’s brigade, which fortunately arrived, repulsed Chem with @ loss of thece hundred killed and wounded, Our loss small. Heavy skirmishing may be looked for daily. eral Jobnston has issued a congratulatory order to the army of Tevnessee, and will direct future movements He was serenaded last night at Tullahoma, The Rebel Finances, 1¥vom the Rich ‘The bill passed at tho tinuing the issue of Treasury notes, fandable in eight per cont Bonds, ff just beginning to be duly felt. It. was hocessary that a certain amount of the seven per cent convertible potes, the issue of which was not fairly begun Lill the Ist of January, should be put in circulation be | fore the bill designed to retire the eight per cent notes could exert its efe6t. The volume of the seven per cout | notes hag becom@large, and the eight per cent notes are becoming correspondingly scarce, Already brokers tind difficulty in ‘obtaining them in quantities sufficient | to supply the and for bonds, The banka have ceased to pay them ont, and since Saturday last they have commanded a premium of one half per cent ‘The coutideyes of our people in the stability ef the go veruiment being firm, the demand for tho tos wil continue; and should the time for © footie wot be extended there if no room to dy a acom- paratively brief period they will ali ve Union Soldiers Desertt Jacksox, Feb, 4, 1303. Within eight hours previous to yesterday, two bundred | and ity Yankee deserters arrived at Grenada, Desertors | are constantly arriving, and the country is full of them. Not less than five hundred bave deserted from one di vision of Uo Yankee army, Raid of Morgu A special despatch, dated at MeMionville, % inst., says that twenty-five of Morgan's men a 4 foraging | party of four Lundred Yankees, with forty wagous. | Morgan succeeded in bringing of eleven wagons and’thirty prisoners, aud in burning a quantity of baggage. Cheating in Soldiers’ Clothes. In gard to the report of the Quartermaster G tho rebel Senate, in reply to certain resolutions r ado; ted, stating tha: officers of the army are allowed to purchase fabrics from the Government Clothing Bureau wheo x in excers of the wants of the privates moud Eeaminer of the ith says — We take it that the #tock of clothing materkl now on hand # fuperabundant, officers of the army may be | ly seen at the merchant tallor establishments on Main strect, selling at an advance of from one to two hundred per cent the cloth obtained by them from the Clothing bureau. 1 Convention, | Editor Avavera, Fob. 4, 1863 The Editorial Convention met this morning. About | | twenty papers aro represented. Joseph Chiaby, of the | | Macon Telegraph, is President, and ¥. N. Ells, of the | | Atlanta Baptiat, Sooretary THE ARMY OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK. | Conimission | nouueod by the UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION, Large Meeting at the Academy of Music. GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT PRESIDING. Speeches of General Scott and General Burnside, &e., &e., &eo. Tho United States Christian Association held a meeting atthe Academy of Music in this city lastevening. The attendance was very large, os it wan known that the veteran General Scott was to preside, and that Ceneral Burnside, #0 recently in command of the Army of the Rappahannock, would also be present to address the meeting. Tho meeting was openoa with prayer by the Key. D. C, Van Norman, and addresses were severally made by Dre. Tyng and Reed, and Colone! M’Kean, General Scott attracted the attention of every person present—the old General looking as hale and bearty as ould be expected. n rising to speak he was greeted ‘with loud and continued applanse. He said: — Priiow Cittxx8—The honor you have done calling me to occupy the chair upou an of so much importance as the present the heart of an old soldier and {ilk me witl tude and lore, ladders grat New York city has sent forth her thousends and tens of thousands of Lrave ous to fight the battles of the constitution and the Union, and she has not forgotten them: for when they return home they shall he coredMor and cherished, ‘The care of this city hae been ine asant, w York has given every aid aud comfort to. She has watched for bis steps, cared for his family, att led to the wounded and made preparation for their return home, The object of this association is known to you all, and its services and it benefits are greater than I can attempt to tail to h continued toe Cuneral, society and enab'e to e-atinue its noble services for many yours to come, \ppianse ) General Buansine being presept was called yon by the audience for some remurks, and responded at some length. He said the meeting. haying prover)y dove boner to the great and noblest eaptain of the lind, it could scarcely be expected that he would say more than a few words in reply to the call made upon him. The object of their meeting that evening was one of the noblest within the range of Christian philanthropy, os Chirvetian that nociety | was t t, mental and moral, of the condition of the jo fiéid, No one knew better than he | the val ssociation, and the extent to wlio’ it | tonded oti the soldier, A few mouths mi | more fu | the real benefita of sich 4 society: for in a few weeks a | great battle must be fought, and two ible armies dust be brought into collision, Itmay be supposed ne coasary§ for me to say soinething in connection with the army. Muny persons were impressed with the idea Uhyt the army is demoralized. ‘this ix not the ¢ It isa my, well clad, well fed, well arined tull of ‘The soldiors are ready and anxious wo be | nilict, and they will make their ‘tingguie | the the face of the know their appreciate generals , ood while domg se render implicit obedience {fo whonwscover might bo placed in euthurity over them, Mistakes ivay be made, but ube soldiers themselves are always trne to the duties they have to perform, whatever Cireummtance may betide “Many discouraging lettern have been written to the soldiers, and in some iostances the public papers have written disrouraging paragraphs, which have falien under the eyes of the soldiers. All these y. 1 fe Friendship of t & | things have done a good deal of harm, 0 diseouray dug lotters and newspapers have boc ted Ubrough the army ; and as they are i they by This je not right. Mistakes been made, but they have ber been entertained with reference yernwent, abd various opinions hianyes veceasary to be brought about, But it should be ever borne m mind that the President of the United States bas been alected in ae cordavce with the principles of the comstitution, and f hoor for all true men are bound to such. He hax been elected and one half of that tine bas pated away, and if the peo ple are disastified with him and bie policy, they can, at the end of his term, set him agide and charge Die p These things may, to a certalu extent, have been sy posed to demoralize the army—"o some extent they have dene #0. but yet to no great extent. He looked at the labors of the association with great respect and high ap precintion of ity benefits to the army The doxology was then sung, and the benediction pro v. VR. Shell, after which the large him as four years, audience dispersed THE WAR N TENNESSEE, Force Sent in Pur- ng Rebels—Capture of Two Members of Forrest's Staff and a Number of Privates, &e., Ke. Naive, Feb. #8, 1863. The oxpedition under Generals Davis and Morgan, vent in pursuit of Forrest and Wheeler's retreating force, re turned this evening. Seven miles thin side ef Charlotie we captured thirty Carroll and Major Kumbrant, of A number of pay re bave arrived here and will s00n commence paying off the trooper. Trajoe will run to Murfressboro early thie week INTERESTING FROM MEXICO, Our Orizaba Correspondence. Jan. 4, 1863 The Inhatatants of Jalapa Rejuest the A ch Bemerel Porey ey—He Prefers to Let the Opperition Party Overthrow the Juaree Govern ment than to Undertake that Task Himelf—His Altvance with General Mejia—The Rumor of the Taking of the Mutes by the Guerillas Unfownded—Stowness of the Mil tary Opera OmABA Uncertainty of the General's et arrived from Jalapa brings in formation that General Antonie Hingra, at the head of five The Reserve Grand Division Broken Up—Gen Sigel to Command the | Eleventh Corps—Tne Reorganization p Avany, He., Ke., de. | Frarrony Covet Hoven, Va., Feb. 8, 1863. An order has been iseued disslving the reser | , att returning General 8 to the com the Kievouth corps, ‘Ble corm ix being concentrated The work of reorganizing the army iW prog General Hooker appears to be thoroughly in earnest in hin forts to p army on an efficient basi | NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Departure of Kebet Prisoners= Clothing Medicines Sent he Union Sol- diers in Richmond, &. Forties Momnon, Fob. 6, 186% The hospital ship Euterpe, Captain ph Avey, hae tr r¢, only forty-eight hours from Newport, Rt. 1 The storm i atti! raging, and the rains have carrted way al! the snow whieh fell at the commencement of tne tort The steamer Erteanon bas arrived at Hampton Roats The steamboat Thornas A. Morgan, Captain Milmm, ma The storm pre *) her telp to-day from Yorktown domg so yesterday fay three dew She brought Fortrors rters from the Thirty-eixth Vir a cavalry, © Forruom Monon, Pet, 1, 1863 he fag of trace bowt New York loft thie alternoun for y Poiwt, with thirty re harge of ¢ nA sander Mann » arg ¥ Of clot . eo tof the Umen pricomers in and about Richmond Of the New York we expect about eight t fired Valo prisoner, to arrive storm haa entirely cleared away, and the telegraph sty toe repair Non-Arrival of the Kare latsvan, Fob, 6 “ Of the steamed!p Europa from . ary 24, via Queenatown 25. Weather clo. dy at the Navy. r The gunboat Jeninta bay returned sgaio, | of & defect io ber safety valve mavmrina, Feb #1 seq cence hundred horsemen, entered that city immediately after the departure of General Wazaine for Perote, and bung | the Mayor and the Municipal Council appointed throughs the indu pon the resotminendas tiou of the principal citizens of that city. Several fami. | Hos have left Tampa, en rowe for Orivaba, in order to place themeeclves ander the pr tion of the French t | expected, however, that Rive pake & long dence in Jalapa, t h being bo great distance | from that city, ar ng ® pot a] at Corre Gordo, where they party day Me tbe the bewt weaxouing the 6 Apan tarde , bave vem, are pro vow ber he crew way byt r * 4 Mexean b bombard Pyebta hee wot A at Orizba. Th ® ane 8 theve of operations. 7% eiay singularly (rien the Of tie Mears and of the poders, eho woud a them ct only Ci whe are wulloring mud (rom (er dope bt | Gazelle state mstrats the value and eiliciency ax well ax | a TS INTERESTING FROM EUROPE. PRICE THREE CEN THE MAILS OF THE HANSA Speech of Milner Gibson, President of the British Board of Trade. on the War. He Denounces Slavery, Denies Interven- tion and Warns England Against a War with the Union. The English Consuls at Charles. ton and Savannah on the Stock of Cotton. Consul Bunch Promises Four Millions of Bales when the Southern Ports Are Opened. The Spanish Cabinet Endorses Gen Prim’s Mexican Policy. British Opinion of Napoleon's Plan for the Latin Race. Four Hundred Negrocs Kidnapped in Egypt and Transported to Wexleo, a, ao The steamship Hausa, Captain Vou Santon, which lef Southampton on the 2ad of January, arrive’ at this pert early yesterday (Sunday) morning, and @ coplous eum. mary of her news—which i four days later—was pub- lished in the Ebetaco immediately afterwards, Our Bure: pean files are dated to the 22d of January, and contain some very tuterosting details of the news which appear in our \eswo to-day The Paris correspondont of the Army and Navy twat tt dW have said | to Forey when he was starting that (t was “the heaviest | affair of bis reign The Emperor ta «ald to have lately | made some remarks ay to the + w | the American Minister, to the effect that he should Koom | be obliged tolntariere Captain Frieault, of the Imperial Nayy, Ald de Camp of | the Minister of Marin mvey the ratification of the treaty of 40 Coehin China, A letter from Rome of the Lith of January ways aquin (the ttahan “Puneb ') lookn akex & chuerful view of things, as it eof han moet entries, The wit the Mexican mndon Kanperor is reper nee of the wa t to feave Paris to avanion ulated that it will cost a psive; ib Is ¢ Napotcon. La France laments the death of Said Pacha, ax being a serious check to Freack policy in Egypt, It saya s— Jarnatl Pacha, the new viceroy, does not share the ideas or, De passes for) ing entirely devoted to fnglioh influenes A letter from Paris of the 21nt ultimo says: It mptated that the Imperial Prinee Is to be emanet pated from pettiovat goverument Hext mouth and placed under the care of a Witor. Lam nok able W ineution the bamo of the Keutieman weleeted for thin respomnible post, Dut it is positively #aid that be in not « bishop, Al the ly meeting of the executive committes of | the Britieh Cotton Supply Association, held in London, kranis of cottan seed wore made to cultivaters ia Brazil, Conta i wid New South Wales. A cotton was also Branted to an applicant In Queeunland, A letter was read adv ing the purchase of a quantity of New Orieass end Sen Inlands cotton seed In New York on account of the jation, the bulk of the New Orleans need being in at lor distribution by the Turkleh government in ium ase te dominions. A letter was alee read from @ gentleman in Tobago, suggesting that cotton cultivation should be ear ried on there on a large weale by the aid of freed negroes from the United States, and giving an eetimate of the cost of cultivation, showlvg 4 handsome proft to thore en Paging in the proposed undertaking. Lord Fermoy, MY address to his constitue ents, in Marylebone, E fu referring to the Amer) cab (uestion, raid he did net believe that the civil war hat boen bronght about by a republican form of govern ment, On the eomtr he believed that under apy other than 4 republican system of goverument the Unio would have beeu broken up years ago Mr. Harvey Lewis, M. P., the ouileagne of Lord Fer moy, xaids— Jie thengbt It was fortunage Lbat thie country (Rngh had cock aman aa Lord tm at the heed Ls . uy French mhediton The people of Amer Chat of Bngtand suppoied hat an offer uf metiation woult te alert with sanafac tory rerulis she would te the firrt te put st forward. (Heat, we) The Freneh government, La Prance says, ie about to take pomvorsion officially of Obek, a point in the Hed tem 8 proximity to the sFaite of Rabel Mand: t frigate Hermione bax, it i* sald, been charged to this into effect. Obek i admirably witoate a coating Atation, and the hecorary works will shorlly becom The London Timer of the 22d alt., ret ring to the move - ther eaten, — | tile rere that the Kemperor is te with the pore w prov hove thei old feetories and the power eee trade ® hich ie epringing op THE AMERICAN QUESTION. The British Cabinet on the War. SPERCH OF THR RIGHT HON. 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