The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 27, 1861, Page 2

THE NEW YORK SUN. FRIDAY MORNING, DPC. 27, 1861. The Fact of Surrender becoming Clear, ‘The evidence is accumulating that we ave to surrender Stipei1 and MAsox. It bogias to be admitted by the deliberate and conservative portion of our people that while the seizure of the Trent, and the adjudication of the affsir be fore a proper tribunal, would have been ley! ‘and according to international user, tho vio~ lation of her decks, which wa? cosasioned by half doing the business, «nd which eral not have takon place in the regular cours: of proce- dure, is without precedent in iatensstional cus- tome, and ix in principle, calcultted to du the British people a serious injury. That Government could no! allow a pro- ceeding to ‘be illegally carried out, emtailiny: pon ifs flay an AATPOAT Dofore wil the marions of the earth, whengly a legal coarse of powstire the rights of. ofr eougtry, and (hove of Eos land, might ‘have bem preserved, mud Mo kee dignity to an English vouol have been ofr We can hardty claim that the court inten. tions of Commodore WiLk es, procecdin they did, from the best m reasons to excus the forcible ac Trent, in caso this excust, if allowel by the BritishGoverrment, would hereafier subjective v 1 indignities not encountered if tho legal qgurse of procedure had beén rigidly oa- forced. To allow euch an excure, under those circumstances, would be, for its own interosts, an unwise precedent. The adore are the President's own views onthe subject, and aro those which ho expressed with in a few hours alter the seizure was first made knowa. They are likely to be participated in by a majority of the Cabinet, aad by ths more conservative portion of the Sena‘e, But while avening a readiness to redress an, ury which the Britt Government may have sustainod, the Administration claims a concession of the principle thata neutral flag shell hereafter cover a noutral cargo. For this principle the United States have long striven, and it will bo a wise measure of comproinise if we surrender the ro- bels and gain this very important poiot. If to this wo add a stipulation that Eagland shall no! hastily recognize the Southern Confederacy— for her course in this respect carries with it that of Franco—the Siipecu and Mason surreader will yot prove more valuable than t capture, ‘Those points our Government are trying to ac complish, and the prospects of success aro iroo. Cheering Signs te Missourt. Ocr. readors will not fail to notice the cheer ing results of Federal operations in Missouri Ben, MoCennocit has abaudoned the field, and Price. is barely rotaining a Flight hold upon ‘one corner of the state, with a emall and con: stantly decreasing force. The late importan capture has been a heavy blow to the Robels, and seooesionisin, unfed by incendiary proclam- ations, ta rapidly dying out throvghout the whole stat What Did ft Menn? A month previous to the seizure of Mason and Stpei.on the Trent, a Frenchman, from Now Orleans, whose attachment tothe Union ‘was 80 strony as to compel him to travel, fir his health, visited Canna, and now reports that be found there,manifested on various occasions, ‘a bitter and warlike fecling against the Yan- keos. How to account for it he did not fj nor has he since been able to explain it, other wise than on the supposition that a war had boon determined upon, and feelers had been put out to excire a popularity in advance of the fact of a declaration of war. One other explanatior might bo made—that Canada iv, ard has heen ous one 8 ee HD EEUEHIUL tho resort of thourands of tho residents of the southern states, who sought asylum for them- selves and their families from tho storm they know wns breaking over the country,and these would be untrue to the mould in which the southern mind has for years boon cast, did they not abuse and villify the United States and its Government on every occasion, ani by every possible means. Present Temper of the English Press, The London Times of Decomber 11th, our latest dato, gives its entire editorial attention to subjects growing out of the question of war, and the temper in which it discusses them is more moderate, now that the first burst of pas- ion has passed. From our American journals it gathers tho satisfactory informatiou ‘that there is already a considerable party in the Northern States distinctly anxious to avoid war with England ;" and, judging from the tone oi the journals before it, the Times thinks it ‘by ‘Bo moans impossible that the New York Pross may have dedi¢ed on the abstract proprioty of liberating the Confederate Envoys before the arrival of the British messenger with the mo- mentous dispatch.” ‘It is plain at any rato,” ite readers are assured, ‘that our demand fur reparation in the affair of the Trent will not have the effect of uniting all the Americane against usina spirit of irrational arrogance or blind desperation.” Blind, indeed, the Times thirks must be the fury which would superadd a war witb England to our “ present overwhelming em- barrassmonts.” For it thinks it cloar that th cause of the Union does not prosper. Nothing is yot done on the Potomac, and no important advantage, it tells us, has yet been giincd clzewhere on land, while our great Naval Ex- pedition has thus far “ proved barron of r sults.” The rebellion, in fact, appears to tle Times ‘as hopeless, as extensive, and complicated a3 a rebellion in China.” In view of such a condition of affairs, it asks if we ace disposed to force the Knglishinto a war with us; the very fact of the question seeming to indicate a disinclination ou their part to fore us to oxtremitics, Indeed the statement which the Ties gives at longth in another article, of the nature of Enyland’s complaint ayaiast us proves, what we have already stated, that it is of too purely a technical character to threaten any other conflict than that of diplomacy. In answer to a letter from J, Rampourit Gcay, formerly Charge d! Affairs of the United States at St. Petersburg and Vienna, the Timm~ Munits that the right of search of noutral ves Wols t+ @ part of the Law of Nations, but de clares that we have gone beyond its limits ir reason and propriety in seizing Mossrs. Masun and Stans. aswe did, The point upon which England takes its ttand, it rays, is, “that no thing can be contraband of war until it has been so characterized by a Prize Court,” Anil to the as crtion that Mason and Stipes. were “contraband of war," it further declares that “it was not possible that the Trent, going from a pevtral port to a neutral port, could carry contraband of w The Timzs pleads not guilty to our charye of complicity with the rebels, declaring that hiuh- erto it cannot be s0 much as pretended that we bave had any reason to complain of the May lish, beyond the sevtimental one that they have looked with “coldness” on our efforts to main tain domestic union at the point of the sword. “In that reepect, however,” it adds, “ the very events of the war have justified our views. The attempt which we thought was hopeless has ac tually proved so; nor has there been a predic tion of this kind hazarded which has not been fulfilled, In all material respects we have done as muoh for them us they could desire, We lave not only abstained from interference with a blockade which was paralyzing our i } Copenhagen, —Prusia has rejectel idered that. The Senator was too Southern News via Chicage. served at the Bellevue Hospital, at the entrances: wet ea cane win” oa | THE LATEST NEWS, | pcre afr th moment wf the | fin eonluioon, Bhs (Sumner) wrt elit | cum Dye 25.-The Mempbie Area, of > enn aids to the utmost limite of indulgence, Btrictly Mevrareo, Dearit—Wews of the resignation font tren in safe hands, and it woud ba | ShedOtb, bays that property to, the ameunt of | 4 speaking, the blockade has never been logally Foreign Intelligence. valid, and « rigorous interpretation of Interna: tional Law would have justified us in treating it as ineffectual, Wo allowed it, however, to ‘The Niagara at Halifax. if it had been actually enforced, and bee apg pares not get away by this morning's tide as intended, | duce a bill confiscating every pre- J 4 sy abetatned fan any attempt t0 get at tho | ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN NEWS owing te ae Jay in getting stores, ete., 00 | perty of al persone who have bad any connec: flet consideration to advance to planters $25 per phic place the Ma Corporation of the | ard fi " t jem rebellion, either in civil, atte tlemen cotton wenveded. We cannot be suspeoted of ——-. ‘The London Timea publishes a letter from | taitisry or waval capacity. Ma Fg OA ig Rg tind large number of citizens, were escorted by ade. | any sympatbies with slavery, or accused of any ENGLAND STILE EXCITED. Thurlew Weed, the m t of which is to Mr. Havlan iotroduced a bill for establishing provides that banks shall A mace Past, | tacoment of artillery and of the unilormed | clandestine dealings with the South, We have -_————.—-- ian i fe tety +" re trie nate ie prov loloral overnanasts in, a ae hotes in payment of p ror thet ye 4 oa KA ioe we tan {4 | A ieular, fro ‘ y fi aye ' \ ; beon reelly and truly neutral, with a very ein 12,000 Troops for Canada. | terion’ rowarda Englan!. To divctaime on bo- | tes Keleirel’ ho thege banks thal be recelved for all public dues, | ceremony of laying Uhe corner stone was observ] core wish that the raptare had never occurred, cme exoept war tax, and a desire that it might be healed i f breat of ingul ing Fogland which Mr. Sewant Easoureah Fire at Hornefiavitte, hendred thoumad dollars, 1¢ was sles geass hn liest possitile moment. Is this a poli grade to the Deke of Newennia, was merely | 447, 8 quorum not being present, Adjour 3 “ bait’ " ‘pouth ta it would be worth while to convert into one of A PEACE PRAYER MEETING Fela talk ov bedinage, Mr. Wood says he bee | tll Monday, Hornltsville, N, ¥.. Dec. 26—-A fire this | building. The front or southern presentation, active hostility? We cannot think s9, and wo rely on the good s nse of the I people for doing us justice now that we ary ern Recognition. compelled to ask it, " na % yusand ble tor that front, as it was ed that “ Extract from n Hatteras Inlet Letter, of GENERAL SCOTT'S MISSION. Werd's leior, aud saya he has mada the cause ptrshchetetie Fiaeifora Comapeniess Lane le (hound (0 1 ons city would bet extend tech shove Cues Dee. 17th. —— of bis een het country conslerably worse EXCITING SCENES ‘bers —— this serene in the stone would “The aauciest thing that “ eecesh” has yet Thurtow Weed to the Londen Times, than he found ft. ‘ a TI " not be obeerved.” That City Hall has long M be Koglard ask th from y . ‘ done cecurred the other day. Two steamers, Kaeia tee arciae tall Atat ein from actual Wastnisatoy, Dec, 26, CITY NEWS: Soabth hod Grier betiates tare hee ene the Fanny and Curlew, came up within two | STATRMENT ¢ miles of the forts, and elther destroyed or took AGENT. with them two large cam buoys which marked the chanuel, Our ships Wlazed away at uh while they wore four or five miles distant ; Censure Him. but as they caine closar the firing slackoned, and when they were elovst, oar ships did not THN ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIVS, fire a shot, but allowed them to co the mischief, 7 as The preparations aro represented as on a scale | the flames communicated to the various racks | steamtug Tiger, boarded the Arago, and had a | quence of its elevation. It was known as Potty~ ard leave Without damage. All this time, thore INTERESTING FROM CHINA, which would have astonished people in ante- | filed with bay, that the horses in. the stalls private converration with the General, Gen, | ker's Hill, In 1673 the government mado a wore two tugs lying at the fort, which could z Crimean times. were nearly all at the same thne #uffocated. tant of this land to one Van Borsum. The have moved. Thero is a very large screw loose some- today, She was boarded off Cape Race, from where, amd it ought to be attended to, Prob- | whence a synopsis of hor news was sent to tho , 5 Fretch government. He is doubtless ac+ | but were pursued by squads of cavalry with a . laying south of it, During the excavation for ably all the officers inthe Navy, with treason- | Asociated Press. quainted with the opinions of tho Emperor, and | view to their cspiure, “A large quantity ot har- | From the Brovoort House, Gon. Scott wont | the present Court House,h Tus bones bave Botts able proclivities, have not yet beon rooted out. [Published in our yoatorday’s paper. |—Epr. | that it is not favora'le to President Lincoln's very terest to older people as well. One of Kng- land's sprightliost writers takes up Benjamin Franklin's career, and pictures out, in a histori- cal romarce, the many interesting incident Which might have occurred in the philosopher's i \ life, Tho effect is pleasing. A moro interest. | Fey, from Newport, England, with coals for ing tale will hardly bo found in works of fic- tion, whilo the moral Tesrons conveyed in the form of conversations, &c., between old Uncle i hy considerable curiosity and nervousness concern- ti 112 feet deep; the wings each 148 feet | Ben and the litilo printer, combine a fund of | TH British war vowel Cadmus had arrived | from $1, Thomas; that she had coaled thore, | ing the object of General Sco't'asudden return | Ded on the occasion. 53 feet dep. The extreme lyngth rood sense and intelligence not usually foand off St.Thomas,to protect vossels against another | and that two of her officers, passing thamsebeos | from Eurcpe. They evidently fear the interpo- At half-past two o'clock the Mayor, Board of | about 200 feet, and the extreme depth 150 feet. in Locks intended for school boy use. Tho Sumtor & Isabel Blookaded, | war, tho Timms advises tho stock, frou Key West the 224, artived hero yes | A telegram from Brussels, of the 12:h, to the torday morn : . be laid, might bo devoted to the " " ; media’ ion in the Amoricaa confiict will be offer. | Sir:—With reference to your lottor of the 9th was about to y mle The Mayor concluded with ths coremon; Diverters report groat distroes att discontent in | ei'ty King Loopold. ig ae tailing the circumstances under which nformation, which | ends of justice end truth, that the e'ty might in ] 4, in Wana ali k ae feo! tha fatal As ‘The Monnina Poor seys: It was gonerally faron end Slidell, Cominissioners from hay been received | future be blessed with a wise, just, and exonomi- J yn e Cte tn A I Tho U. 8, sloop Troquota has the robel privas | reported that Gen, Sco:t had some sort of | mi , Biatos of America to southward. Judge Clorke wat the next epeaker, He teor Sumter blockaded in C gunboat Flambeau is blo. kading the port of | financial circles was thy Nassau, N. i ed for Havana, loaving tho lately captured pri- command ofthe regiment, but he refused to ab A u ho Royal procismatien, atid thereby’ show to | lawleas bande of marauders and bridge burners, | Reports of tho Commissionere of Emigration. | This ogusluded the exercise j their arrival upon Santa Rosa Island, but prior | Lord Shaftesbury declined to attond the | ) ’ and of desling with tho utmost leniency with | Reporis of the Comptroller of the city “of N i Copan wie REA TUINE: to their leaving Now York. Should ths colon- | mecting, statins in his reply to an invitation to at England's neutrality is strlet and | treo ho lay down theie arins and retarn to |e” York for 1057-89-00. ° N°W | ‘The land taken by the Commiscioners for the olcy of the rogimont become vacant, the oflicags it would be latorpested by the bulk mmercinl—The Very Latest, peacefi 1 occupations, will do much to restore Manuals of the state and city for 1801. erection of the building fronts 327 feet om propose to tender it to a United States army | the ia Siig fra paiemnabadl Car Liverpool, Dec, 15.— Cotton—Sales yestenlay peace to the state, Manual of the Board of Education. Chambers street, with a depth ef 200 feet. Im officer. papers eben mare W lie eereeallin vsti ational ater From the Pacitic, HaUocsiy, Fotis laguenn a fect of granite have been cut and placed, and a sion at present. Great events aro axpectod | i7619 be adopted for the protectionaf morciant —— antics best of employees on the new | largo quantity in now ready for use, ‘The work’ soon to oceur, and, meantime, the impationt | yessols in case reak XXXVIT_CONGRESS—Senate. SAPTU! RY 5 Pay ploy members of the National Legialature can best | Kevplnent Sndt'ehe ried tees Out betwoon Firet Sesion. CAESURE OF A FEIEM: Coast Hate, oe De j will bo completed in about a year, About 450 keep quiet at home and in the bosom of thei: It Prince N e Washington, Dec, 26.—On motion of Mr. PES Repeapeip igh ‘ay Fo! 9 Street Department, laborers have been employed on the work, fasniliee. If the plane of Gon. McClellan | nuod to arene egeinnt the cx eitos cent | tale, it was agreed’ that whon the Senate ad: | _, Washington, Dec. 20.—The flag officer of the | .,Acdreises on this occasion of his Honor the _—— of the country will be more inclined to lend money to the Government. This is General McClellan's expectation, and Mr. Chace has faith in it. Gen, Seott’s return is still the topic of conversation here, It is the general opinion now in diplomatic and political circles that there will be no war with England one of the many rumors floating here this morn- ing. perhaps the most probable, rh of | during the Mayoralty Marquis of Wilenpolonki. ts, rece! He to reserve th for been already confiscated by the | A premium was offered Ct tea of Gouna! of State, fecta, ard mot net Y hypothetical case. Feceiver, and this is only about one- the amount of Property iu our midet, afte: Latest via Liverpool. erate et bow we ee Geers we emt of ta i the Hating battery up the | 40" Thumaay ahernoon, 3 iverpoot, Dec. 14, P. M—The Niagara di 5 20,000. ‘ ormed J hi , Dec. 14, P.M Niagara did | Mr. Davis gave notice that he should faite | The Kliateetpe lature have a picn tm | form ; ia froat of the old Olt halfof Mr. Seward any unfriendly foelings or resoatatl intentions towarde England, and says that the soap h heca toner seni gl ALT AVAILABLE STRAMBRS CHARTERED, No basi was transacted in the House to- ‘The cost of this City Hall was about five | i — P.M. destroyed the Rose and Tutilo block, a | 40d toth sifes, aro of a whito marble from the Teves if Fogland’s dispatch to Lard Lyons is From Washington. three story dvelling, and two dwoiling houses | 4Barries of Stockbridice, Massachusetts. Tt te poremptay ts ph auc Oak 0 = adjoining ; also Livingston's liquor store, A. | olserved that Heo stipe Heaton Cet bers tory refuel 6 appeals for nro: " , | Pope’ ory, Meadil + * | street is of an inferior red tons, The rea- teats as tbellaty ine hod vt avoitiag «| Fire ia the Government Stables. | ps nance, pegcine, cre tne Oa: | em foe thie wan that, i, pees ory, Gooeiea ore iste eMiettilly commelie oa Me, rorme—inaured in the Home, New York and | if Tiree, te nce ret a oe 3 pclae went ant | Prince Napoleon Against South- —- 200 HORSES BUaNKD TO tT TRENT MAIL mente, and otber buildings have for many years sagtlent 8 fire broke out in the Government Return of Lieut. Gon, Scott. been fund sem. sik a ate stables, near the Observatory. They containe Gon Scott returned last evening by the Ar n this spot once stood a large building, to a Massachusotts regimont, only 11 were, i. | R, at about half past five o'clock, a large crowd ground was also once used as a no is said, saved. 8 me of the animals were #0 | was assembled at the pier, awaiting bis arrival, ground; it was no doubt devoted to hoot tee te Se yappesed’ the contagraiion and met him with « most enthusiastic welcome. | Fatty: private “property, Deas copee ag resulted from carclosenees. $0 quickly wore | Surveyor Andrews went down tho bay in the | have Leen selected for that purpose ia conse= catrage, or that it it is commitred, she shall make resscnable reparation. If ahe will do thia, it is wells tf not, the alternative will not come ip the desired form of protracted negotiation, o command in eblef of the forces in Canada will remain in the hands of Sir W. Fen Wi barnes No cavelry or herse artillery will go to Cans ‘a before Spring. =, | Tho Government Petitioned To eee ‘Tho Paris correspondent of the Times saya the general belief is that Gen, Beott nas gone back with the intention of enlightening the Washington cabinet aa to the ideas of tho Tho scene was sickening and offensive. Tho | Scott upon landing, was, im company with his | limits cf this grant extended along the line of remainder of the horves not immediately io son-in-law Mr. Hoyt, at once taken to tho Wergceaed in ally | hiya the aa the fire, wore either loosed or broke their fas | Brevoort House. HH. tly ii ed | Subsequently it was to the Corporation tenings and wildly ran in different directions, | in thealh. S appears Greatly improved | the city, and connected wilh the common landa na out to meet them, but they nover | j7alisiur, Dec. 26.—Tho Niagara arrived hore 1 a boure occupied as a dwolling by | to the houee of Mr. Hoyt, No. 45 West 17th | disinterred, doubtless those en policy. . Seott will probably convince his countrymen that they cannot ‘count on the moral support of France, Something is also suid of his being charged to propose the mosia- tion of the French government. Commedore Williams, R. N.. who in charge of die mails on board the Trent_was en- ner by the Royal Western nogroes probably. were alto deatroyed. stret, Nothing definite can bo ascertained ag | Duried there over a century ago—it have mation received today from Gen. Mc- | 14 whether he is the bearer of dispatches or not, | ee®® hundred and ity years ago. I division is to the effuct that early this be out of glace for me to add that this Park is ni Foing our pickets extendiug toward Draings- | He senta lot‘or last evening to the Secretary | sacred Revolutionary ground, It was the rally- vile were driven in at the latter place. Tho | of State, but it was said to be of an entiroly } inc plice of the Sons of Liberty before and dur- Febel force, it in bilioved, have boon largely | private nature. ing the American Revolution, As arly ae reinforced, ° Hence increased watehlsneas of March, 17 4, the patriots of that day, resisted " f t beeo }OOORRAT Y. aatempt of ti Ai to bay rig hn Ak ol War tas alieseed thet no Layina ov Tar Coanna-Sroxe “or Tin with thelr right to elect liberal ‘tea cathe Cee more hones be bought until all now belonging | New Counr Hovse.—The corner-stone of the | loniel Convention. It was here that Alexander wernment are in active service, w Court House in the Park was laid yesterday | Hemiltoa, although a mere youth, rallied the Department has iseued an order A 4 ta Io, by his powerful eloquence, to resist the ni ry regiments be organ- , With appropriate ceremonies, in which hit nny of tho British Crown, Ludesd, {claim not Down wustarel cto | Honor, the May or; Judge Clerke, of the Supreme ew York that it was here, and wichin one y be transferred to some | Court; Rev. Dr. Spring, W. R. Stewart, P, is of this spot, and not at the ETN eat eee Ts tha Ronan | Maett OF the Bouse of Repetvii ray ant W, era peg Gal terete Ars 10 President iis tiominated to the Senate . hy + GT shed in the cause of the Revolution, 1180, Chas. H. Foster, of North Carolina, to bo Mar- a heer Commissionore, officisted. we Luildic g we now. prapees to oie m4 shal for that district. otwithstanding the extrome coldness of the white marble, ard of a plain, substantial or ‘Tho members of the English embassy oxhibit | day a very large concourse of people was assem | “ef of architecture, It will ba'139 foot long, by Som. Sho has $61 troops for Halifax, and will be due in Boston on Saturda; Tho steamsbip Australasian, which loft Liv, orpool with 265 troops, a field battery, large quantities of ammunition, stores, sledyes, etc., for North Amorica, also arrived at Halifax this morning. Tho West India mail had taken to England nows of the escape of the Sumter from Martin ique, as also that on the 28th November the Sumtor captured the American ship Montmo- We have here a novelty in the literary line, It is a work well suited for the holidays, and ropriate to children, yot proves of in+ Me in aceount of the affair with the San Jacinto, differing iu almost every detail from the accounts published in the American journalr, He flatly denied the statements mado ut ifax, saying that he parted ual apologies, in case pore sons] offence had been given on either sito, As to the seizure being unauthorized,the San Ja- cinto was at St. Thomas on the 16 hor 17th of October, and when commander Williams re- turned to Hi aon the 6th of November, he found that the San Jacinto had been to Havana the St. Lawrence, but released heron receipt of a bond by the captain, promising to pay $26,- 000 three months after peace was proclaimed, ‘Tront affair, fit On the first foor will be six large court rooms off ea routherners in sentiment, bad lunched 1 and four small ones. The seme number and with Mr. Slidoll ard his family, and extracted from them their nded movemerts. Miss Blgell brande Y ot Napoleon, re en 4 Supervisors and Commissioners, and other war steamer Ponsacola has goue down to tied t 5 i saramant r | Indian Head, on the Potomac, for s trial trip. | “cten invited to participate in tho coremon'es, | si79 uf court sooms will he found on the second Itis reported that the President and two or marched in procession from the Chamber of the Hloor, with the addition of two fair- three members of the Cabinet are on board, Board of Supervisors to the site of the new | tole used either for libraries or G ———— Court House. roons — Tkere will be six 1 7 ; ; four {air-sized rooma in the b Wilson G. Hunt, Eaq., called tho moeting to ] helph xt the fest story will bs order and introduced the Rev. Dr. Spring, who sory, 20 feot; and of thy bavement, 14 delivered an elegant opeving prayer. He pray- inches, ‘Tho extrem long'h of the ed that the building, the corner-stone of which moenesitueciintinmmsatismsmsasts Great Betiala. FROM FORT PICKENS. The attitude of, and preparations by, Eng show no change. —— In w loader on the internal affai 4 of the civil federal ment to make peace in time before it is commit- ted to a treble war, viz: with the Coufedorates, the British, and iis own abolionista. Jed his speech sived the approba- tion of bis Government, by the fuliowing let- lute chief, which ho then read auidet much applause’ Soornasrtos, —o Retreat of Gen. Prio», eto, —7:-_— MARTIAL Law DECLARED. The stoam transport Baltic, Capt. J. J. Coine Timns, says: ; Mattors at Pickons romain as at last reported, | — ‘There isa rumor in diplom i, from the si nlk to the top of the parapet, will be about 78 feet. circles that moat to the Wash. al impression ia ho carried out a mo. tion from the French sion from tha French gove , with their secretaries, ington Cabinet, ‘Tho ge ly teken out of the Trent, contract eienmer, on’ the Sth of November, in Babama y Whore the Tuabel is, mentuous commun Crannet, by an armed party of of ors and mea 9 } ‘ ¥ i]. ) KOvernment, vom the San Jacinto, United States steamship On the 21st the U, 8. achooner Wandorer salle ) SF thi inated that about twelve thousant | of war, Lam commanded by the Lorda Commis- troops are to be sent to Canada, to be ready to | sioners of Admiralty, to convey te you the take the field immediately on liniing. Tao | Lordstips' approval of your conduct whilst act- arie, of Now Or- | British Government contfaued to charter ali } ing as vaval agcnt on board the Trent on the available «toame occasion in question, and also of the Ordors have been issued for the hasty mana- | steps you subsequently took for mal facture of two thourand pack es, and a | matter known to Lord Lyore and proportionate number of ambulance wagons and {| m: ; wil 7 foe other British ip ned, spoke of the advance of architectural art being an index ef eivilization, aud ins'anced it by hise torical exampl», referred g> the powor of and | neceasity fur jas'ice in a Wvilized community, and condemned the pliciog of inpediments ia the way of its administration. In conclusion he hoped that this building eommerced in a time of national darkness, in commotion and strife, might emerge complete in the brightness of nstional peace, with out fuegos, and the f th ie ' ; ‘ s) The day after th stare, Gen, Pope set out cal city government and an incorruptible jadi to Johbacn county, and drove ia Gun. Rains, | Cary, and that our Union might be triumphant Price withdrew. over its traitorous enemies, Bains was driven across tho river, and tho Mr. W. G. Hunt then announced the article next Cay marched eight miles southward with , cats, fila whole farce, to bo deposited ia a leaden box within the cor- At last accounts, one division of his army | ner-stono, each article as he named it being was at Neosho, and the main army, under Price, | Jaid in and the whole then hermotivally sealed. had just left Hammonsville, on its way to War- saw. Vice mays bis retrogade movement was in obedience to orders from the President of the Corfederate States, but his meng Vateor Beauregard as pruard The Baltic brings 3. W. Z Jeuns; J. Renau, of Kentucky ; Thomas §. Ro- gers, of Texas; all prisoners from Fort Taylor: They have been sent to Fort Lafayette. ‘The list was as following: Two copies of the Bible Declaration of Lode pon Constitution of the United 5: morally be- " { fi . care, for dispatch to Canata, c as Parnt, it was in consequence of wn. Fope's Washiogton's Union unshuker, ard our national honor, at I in eprte by the Tate at srius ae Cal. E. Be Wethorill i, Caytnin of the Superiotententa, — Yl Prfe's far that or would be | verte op nt genene’e Monae, home and abroad, vindicated cultics have arisen betweon the staff and the eteff in Canada, and Major Generals Pram. ‘The ship Vanguard, from Liverpool for Now | thrown fcrward to cut of ‘een southward | Reports ie Gecretary of State, of the Treasu- lion. W. R. Stewart, I’residert of the Board , rime o 4 1d Di sell aro ordered t ba : x t and anotber fe ced in nt, in which | ry, of War, of the Navy, of the interior, and of pitdiesss . ¢ a the (aah Aedea ib Harhacorautiny al ne? | fk RALGWURIAMUR eee ree York, put back on the 14th with loss of calla, | Voki eupplies would have been exhausted the Postinaater General. of Supervivors, was noxt introduced. After al- Forth jain the atath Togll dL Serncre, were adopting a syator for their out ward bound vcasels, to commanicat to parsing English ships that © Was & pr pect of war with the United States. They had also resolved to form a society for mutual as- surauice against war risks, The United Prayer Meeting at Exeter Hall took place on the 12th inst., as announced. Hon, and Rev. Baptist Noel, and other minis- ters, participated in the proceedings, and fer- vent prayers wore offered up for peace. ina few day Jed to abandon Oserola, ever the moti , it is certain that the movement was a disalvantageous one for Price, for many of his men who, for mouths have been expecting to march upon and drive the Federals from the state, will be disgusted and refuse to follow him out of Missouri. Gen, Halleck’s policy of showing no mercy to Tho Monstxo Hrnarp (conservative) takes strong yround against the Daily News’ argu. ments in favor of arbitration, and opposes gach a settlement in toto. It sys negotiation can- not be listened te while Mason and Slidell aro retained as prisoners, ‘The Sheftield Foreign Affairs Committee had petitioned the Government to visit its high dis pleasure on Captain Moir and Commander Wil- june for having, inthe Trent affair, violated 4. be would have been compel- tues asa military man, and accuse him of con- commandiug position at duct highly culpablo in a commanding officer, On the 18th all tho oilicers, with two exceptions, waited upon and requested him to resign the c 8 os De ae luding to the fact that the accommodations for Jonstitution of the state of Now York, the transactions of court business had long been’ roa Ye Corporation of tho city of | inguatcient, Bir. Stowartaaid that the buil ing, Charters of the city of w York from 1636 to | When completed, would surpass in its architec 1857, inclusive, | ture, In its adaptation for che purposes for which ) Laws of 1868 and 1861 authorizing the erection | jt was designod, and in the stability of its con- | of the new Court Hor i Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors up to | struction, any building im possession of the city © 1861, or county governments. listen to their request. They feel that thoy have been disgraced by him in more ways than one, not only since The success of the movement, and the praise and corgrotulatiors the troops have received had a good effect on them, and they will move for- ward when next ordered with ‘still greater ala- crity, and with still stronger assurance of suc- 4,000 bales. The market closed flat, at un- changed rates. ‘i Breadstuffs quiet, but steady, Provisions rm. London, Dec. 14,—Conso's closed at 90 1-4 a New York Cit [ Ditestery for 1861—2. al vor the opinion that the country was not united Constitution of the General Organization of on this serious question, He commended the purpose of the meeting, but thought it would be better carried into effect by private and con- the centre of this will stand the building, 24656 RAM, feet front, and 150 feet in depth. The werk Colton's Map of the United States and maps of | was commenced on September 28th, and vines § the state and city of New York, that time 71,400 loads of earth have been ex: ton Correspondence, 8 1N Proornss—Gan, Mo- Our Washh Great Move CLBLLAN'S XPRCTATIONS—Mr. Sewanp | gregational means. » 90 88 fol cess, utder Gen, Pope's command, Royber's plan of the city of New York, engraved : 4 wabhe f Ils : se Pranig Ata meeting of the C ngregutional Board, | * Gantent 48 1.3 i G bas ds in 1776-7, Cavated, 38,000 cuble fest of stone walle laid ta oe ae a eM ie Mixisren—Nuws Prom lutions were a¢opted depresating. hoetill. inate Central paren #1 2048 1-2 discount, inca eae earn Lise te United States Census for 1860. cement, 660,000 bricks laid, 6,300 cubic foot of ties, and calling for arbitration, if diplomacy fails to secure i Copies of Tue Sun and the New York Press | foundation stone laid in concrete, 7,800 foot of A circular issued by the Minister of Com. geuiady, including religious, secular, literar i aud scientific Steal reports Of the Hit, | Which have been used, ‘and about 1,800 cubie in ace cordai.ce with directions from the President. Wasixaroy, Dec. 26, 1861. Tt is quite as well that Congress is not in ses- Congressional Proceedings, work as be expecta them to, by the Mayor, Judge Clerke of the Supreme Court, and midlle of January there will’ be su.h ing from Panaina, Dec, Breve Uecat Wer oxperstanp a letter has been received | Southern states, and that he was instrumental journ today it be to meet on Monday next, and in causing General Scott to go to Washington. Pacific squadron, Ww when the Senate meet on that day it adjourn t hes, by a friend in thial 4 decided succers of the Government troops in | "The Patis correspondent of the Posr asserts, ) ‘© next Thursday All remains quiet at Panama and throughout ment scroll, bearing the names of the | from Archbishop Hughes, by Kentucky, that Congreasinen will be less criti- : Mr, E a resolution that the Prosie | the Isthm t recognition of the Mos- | Board of Snpervisors and their clerks. city, stating that the hoalth of the reverend, Kontueky, that Congressmen will be lew criti: that peaceful antclpations prevail! among the | Mf; Hale offered rosslution that the Peon | ee ace ta ce outhontnios Sf Paces | _ A aine plate, engraved on which was the in~ | © i Americans in Paris, and says Minister Dayton aud Corsul Bigelow used all their influence combined with that of General Scott, to inspire conciliatory counsels at Washington. He asserts that the French government desires poace be- tween Englard and America, Tho same writer also, in reference to Gen. t's return, says it is not imposible that France, if asked, may become mediator, and at the same time the laws of neutrals may’ be revised, provided England, according to the wishes of the other European governments, agte.s to a modification of the existing code. The Paris correspondent of the London Giony says M. Thouvenel's dispatch to M. Mercier, at Washington, is known to have con. fined tho Federal Executive to the simple di- lemme—‘‘ Are the southerners belligerents or robele#" ‘They have boen flatly refused any rights in the first capacity, and, In the sec the right of asylum acquired by political refu: goce has been set at naught, and France must make the case of the Trent substantially her own, The Paris Puxsse says Gen, Scott's mission rs to have been arranged so as to allow Lim time to full it before the ultimatum of Eopland is remitied tothe Federal Government, ni Cy to mandily the nature of this step on the part of Ei Ml, The Pays asserts, on the contrary, thgt the Foglieh ultimatum will be of a positi rac ter. scription ! "The foundation stone of the new | Sentleman has been greatly improved by his. Court House wae lait OF the Mayor, the Ion, | voyage across the Atlantic, Tho letter is dated ° Fernan¢o Wood, (0 the 20th of December, 1401. | at Parist mmission Ga. it, J.B. Ce J, piping Salmon. Theda Little ent George Kellan, Tux Howaxv Misstox, and Home for uta flats, Comings BA Packer, Superiu- | tle Wanderers, at 26 New Bowery, Rev. W. Lithograph fuc-simile of” Washington's ac- | fy, Van Meter Superintendent, ts very # count with the U.S f this winter. During the past few days oe ‘Ma, seems to hav lic interest, to transmit copies of all diepatches which have passed between this Goverament and Great Britain, relative to the seizure of Mes+r’, Mason and Slidell, said dispatches to be communicated either in open or executive ses- sion, as may be deemed proper. Mr, Sumner objected, Mr. Hale eaid that he had understood from the public press and those who held more inti- mate relations with the administration than hime gh the absence of this intimac: was not his fault, as he was willing to be as tidential ar anybody—that for three o four da’ past the cabinet has had under consideration a proporition fraught with more evil to the coun- try than anything that had yet marked its his- tory, ond that was the surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell to Great Britain, By doing this we would yield all we had gained in the war of the revilution and be humiliated toa second rate power. No man would go farther than himself for peace, but he would not sub- mit to National disgrace and dishonor to obtain such a peace, He would favor the arbi- tration of another power, but it a demand has been made by Great Britian for the surrender of Messrs Mason and Slidell war should be declared against her instanter, He would make all honorabie concessions for peace, but a peace involving such a surrender would be tely worse than war. His friend frem Indiana (Lane) had remarked this morning that bie stato bad now sixty thousand men in the field, and would doublé that number to maintain the ratiocal honor, If this Senate ‘anquilized the public mind and produced a general feeling of security not experienced for many years . lapatcbes from Caunmander Ridgeley, cruts- ing off the coast of Texas, have also been re- ceived, from which it appears that early in De- cember he captured the English schooner Victo- of seventy-two tons, from Point Isabel with aclearance from the rebel authorities, having run the blockade, The vessel was sent to Ke West. Seven of thore on board took the oat of allegiance and six were detained as enemies of the United States, The rchooner Eugenie, on the 9th, was also overhauled, but was permitted to depart, no contrabard articlos being found on boar: persons of two rebel agente, however, were se- cured, namely:—Thos, 8. Rogers, of Toxas, and Mr. Seachary, of New Orleans. The papers found clearly implicated them as rebel agente, seeking to make their way to Mexico, thence to other parts. FROM BOSTON. hn Bull is Lent on a fight, and so bent upon it that he will not listen to reason, it is surmised that Louis Napoleon Teena to reason, the tie die that uis Napoleon. proposes: we be referred to him, with sn intimation that fr nig a refuses arbi ration, he wl defend this erpmrnt from English assaults. Such is jor the year 1783. _ . _ | received a large amount of provisions 4 aye Wood then delivered the folowing #4: | ctsiing, and, while under an expense of $17, ae per week, it does not owe a dollar, The p1 4 We have assembled here. teday to lay the | fmily supported, averages 250 in number. corner stone of another public edifice. This, we Tux Fxcatsion Brioave creditors aid, all ntl ps be fest LE anaay ed ie kind city of Ni a P able fal, of pa lmaeciate tor the another meeting at the Astor House yes! nes, waserected by the Dutch West India | Several additional claims were preeented, shows Company, at the present northwest corner of | ing, thus far, an indebtednoss of atout $100,005! Pearl street and Coenties slip, Though at first used by that compeny for {te objects, it~ was jum much less than the Committee ha in the iubsequent year, coded to the city, ‘and | been led to expect, Tho Chairman, Mr. Nom used afverwards as a Court House, To show on the dlfferecce between the uses of a” City ‘Hall | Wal empowered ‘o employ & proper Perac in those days, and at this time, it may not_be | Procure a list of such ether claims yo, out of place to add that the original City Hail | have been handed in, and to confor with Ger, was devoted to the sittings of the Burgomasters | Sickles, who is now in the city, and seoms an: and Schepens, and for a city prison, lited. | The Commit The chamber occupled for the elttings of the | 00! to Bave the bills audite a Magistrates was on the southeast corner of the | feel aseured that all just claims will be pails ret fory 1, the plana Cnge in the rey, shortly. hung in the cupola, was rung fer the . erat kis ani aseemiling of the Magistrates, ‘Tho Maxis. | No Skatixc yet at Central Park. one | trates or Judges eld thei Court onco a fort. | workmen were allowod on the ico yesterday § night—the bell ringing for that purpose at 9 ue French M shown decided pa ister, who at times has ity for the Southern Cong federacy, is now friendly and intimate with Mr. Seward, Some of the news-mongers consider this as indicating a friendly feeling in this particular affair on the part of ‘the French mment. It probably has nothing to do our scouts just in from Manase: , brings Fe encouraging stories r ing the condition ot the rebels there, He says there is 9 4 y of ever the eating line, and of freeh beef Salt, salt pork avd beef, coffee, sujgar, molasses, and other necervary articles of diet are not to be i ‘The tents of the rebel troops are inautti- clent for th protection, and they suffer greatly ther The weather thus fur has pian Reported Release of Mason and Slidell. Boston, Dec, 26,—The steamship Europa stop- ped at Fort Warren yesterday, and it is rumor- ed, with soma appearance of truth, that Messrs, Mason and Slidell were put on board of her. The Europa sailed at noon yesterday for ver pool. 6 authorities at Fort Warren refuse to say Ttaly, The eruption of Mount Vesuvius continued. Houses wore falling in Terre del Greco, and the i ft y . ho are preparing it for a good smooth fon very fine, acd thay Wook upon Hane | cine erm nine 18 Tear ad should go home after such @ surrender and bu- 7 , o'clock in the morning, and at the closing at 12 | ¥2°™ F pecial interpraition of Providence in thoir | by tavan Al communications botwesetnlacea te | millation, it would be subject to the scorn and J *°Y¢Hi0K about the matter, o'clock for dinner, “AU 1 o'clock the sittings | ion, in case a “cold snap” of weather fayor, The cold cold weather now coming on | _ nity ard the monntain were interrupted, | iNdigpation of the country, He rozarded the SKOOND DISPATCH were resumed, if the business of the Court | come. The report in regard to Mosers, Mason and Slidell going cut in the steamsbip Europa, which sailed for Liverpcol yesterday, arose from. the fact of the «pa sopping there to dis- arrogant Cemand of land as a pretext for war, She was determined ¢o humiliate us first and fipht us afterwards, Let our cities and villages be pillaged and burned, but let our na- ional honor be preserved. Francis I said that will try them, as they have not yet been tried, There fe already much grumbling ainopg them, and itis safe to say that the rank and file aro sick of the war, and would gladly byuskes were frequent. In the bay ol ‘aples the tea had receded fifty metres, befor his execution, is that he had been deceived made it necessary, It wos seldom, however, Thir that afternoon sessions were reyuired, until 4; | Further News, see Third Pages lawyer ramed Dirck Van Schellyn arrived f i ry frem Holland, when, of course, litigation large- WORTH OF GENTLE- lay down their arms,’ if they dared. But | by the logitimist committee at Paris, and that ser carge her pilot. ‘ Iy increased. Ju and dlisnts at once bad | $130.000 sews wisten chlor tlie rebel leaders are despotic, and do} po elements of revolution agoinst the Italian r the battle of Pavia all was lost but honor, Th h LATEST. their bande full longer sessions were re- Pants aud Vout | not permit public sentiment to have a voice in} government existed in the eet ed Uf this surrender was made, the administra: | The report that tho Europa stopred off Fort | quired, Proclamations were made from the ° the management of the war upon the Gov- | Vincea, tion would meet with sucha fire in the rear ‘arren yesterday, led to tho cutrent rumors | front of the Ball door by tho ringing of the yp cdl ernment, Tho soldiers under Beau India and China, that it would be jhurled from power, If we that she took on ‘board, Masou and Slidell; but | bell Dengee wie ae ee 4 Johnston have been solemnly promis ; ° ; da war with England it would be for the | She did nothing of thekind. Both individuals | ‘The building was of stone, threo tories high Ts now being old they shall winter in Washington and Baltimore, | gon ea ive ir honten alreached Marseilles, Y sano cause. that had sent ‘one King to the J temain in the fort waiting fur somothing to | and cost lens than. $10,000. It stood U0 yoarty hte . and as the cold and severe winter weather ap- | Fican portion of it wo forward by the Niagara, | lock and ancther homeless and houseloss over J tum up” te and was regarded highly by the substantial citi 66 J | prouches them, begin to complain’ that they Canton, Oct. 31.—Tho reports Wan the the world, and one that would appeal to men From Fortress Monroe. zens of that day, as the ark of their safety. It | At EVANS’, AND} Fulton st, bet, Gold and Cl | have been deceived, Quip. Sesslam Leaatines oh Pokin sok ts tathaten wherever the nyllah language Waa epoken.— J was finally sold for £920 at public auction, It Os Lal = " ory. Ho believed too that fapoleon ‘one de- hpmnapce sepanpael ave place to a crew City Hall, constructed OVERCOATS | Execution of a Denertor. agtnton was finally evacuated on the 21st of J sire more than another, it was to wipe out the | THE RELEASE OF HON. A.B. ELY. | the cofuer of Wall st. ard Nasu at, aprosing | BUSINESS COATS Richan! Gatewood, of the First Kentucky Ro- | “ghanghae is ina stato of alarm in consequence | *#it upon the French arms at Waterloo, All peace Coa where now stands the Custom House, | BLACK PANTS. .... | giment, was shot for desertion, at Camp Cox, | of the proximity of the rebels, cvor Canada there were thousands of Irishmen} Foy tress Monroe Dee, 25, via Baltimore, Dec, was commenced in 1699, CASSIMERE V fear Charleston, Va., on the 20th i Tho Koulich and French’ troops assisted the | WH2 Would rush to arms to sustain such a cause fo, 'TTon. A.D, Ely came down from’ Nore 00, It was a plain but substantial 7 we of execution took place in h sand and Second Kentucky as ours, Our principles were our grea’ strength, and if war must cone, be would say let it come Chinese to bold Cheo Foo aguiust the rebels, folk lato this aftornoon by a flag of truce, Afver | buileirg, sufficiently large for the then pur- my who ultimately retreated, vinit to headc fc d se8 of a Court House, and cost only £3,000, -_ Ghle fealmnents aad Capes Eien's Cotton gocds at Canton wore active and ad | Sh! thavk God that we are the instruments in | thmore.” Nematuarters he took passage for Bale | Pri eat coud for over 100 years, finally yield Wee Sin re Dragoons. Seven mon of the Twellt vancing, ‘Tea without chate, Exchange » | Lishands to work out His own causo. amereniehoenteiemneats ing to the present Custom ‘House, a building ‘They direet you t» ALuKo's, approached to within twenty yards of him and | half per cent better, ial i _ Mr. Sumner, cf Massachusetts, said that the Move: of Colonel Mulligan, very far its inferior, whether considered for its 'To get good coffee and tea, fired. Four bullets entered his breast, killing ‘Japan, Sen (Hale) had made a war speech or what Trenton, Dec. 26,—The brave Col, Mulligan, | architectural beauty or tho uses for which it | ALBRO & POLIEMUB, Deslers in ‘Teas and Pi might be termed such, For himself hs (Sum ner) had rather consider this grave and impor tant question when it was presented in a prac- tical form. The Senator has treated the whole matter as an hypothesis, He (Hale) had said him instantly, Affvirs in Japan were unsatiefactory. The European Represontatives were awaiting instrections from their governmenta, Latest Intelligence via Queensiown. whose heroism’ is im everybody's mouth, ar= rived in this city Jast night with his family, He was visited by cur state, military, and civil authorities, had been devoted, There is no edifice now | Groverics, No. 1255 Broadway, junction of Bix standing in the country, except the Indepand- | Avenue, near S4th #t, Also, BENJ'N ALBRO, ence Hull, of Philadelphia, which possessed at | Thira Aveune and 17th at, flac old Java Coffee, a the time of its destruction the interest of this |} ie grade Teas ay the Original pi aap venetatle relic of the Revelation and a past | (4 Win's aud Brandios fur medical purposes, ‘The Sixth Rygimont of New Hampphire troops, Col. N, Converse, arrived here yester- day, by the steamer Connecticut, of the Nor- Loulon, Ree Rf mathe Ousxaven, | an. | that Gk at Britain had pads an arrogant de. | Heavy Canonading Near Gardaer’s Bay, veriod. It was from its front portico that | P-Sugareat reduced prices, wich lize, aud proceeded on their way to | nourcing the death <f Prince Albert, exclaims : | mand of this Government? How did the Sona | Scenington, Dec. 26.—All day heavy cannon- | Wa bington delivered his Inaugural Address as W a “ec pid " ** Peace to his ashes. A good husband, a good | tor know this, or the Senate, or the country? - | the Fi 1LOOx oy Washington, by tho Caméen and Amboy Rall- | taiher, a wiso Prince anda, safe counsellor, | He (Sumrer) did not kuow it, The Senator | socitthce. "& neesshine oss Fiaker's Letacd | within ita walls sat the memorable Congrtes of SEWING MACHINES, road in the evening, They aumbored 1,023 | Kagland will uot 00a look upou his like J bad taid be would favor an arbitration—how | reporte a mysterious light last eyening in that | 1787 and 1789, ‘The iron railing frou ng the 006 BROADWAX, eal did he krow but what the Administration bag” vicinity. portico whore Washington stood is yot pro 0, ” w