The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 1, 1862, Page 2

America. Haraup correspondent «beer ves that the tender of mediation In such # form would be « be fejected on that very notorious Peter Morrison is excited great indigna'ion, D'Acree will hoist his flit on board 7 is command on the North ‘at an hour's notice, should (hay be ra- ‘The two battalions of guards untered America, lef Loodon at an early hour this morniug, and will embark at Southampton today. The first battalion of the military train, and a battery of artillery embarked 9° South» Yosterday. The troops were aafe- Me within halt an hour of their acriv | in the dork. ‘The Post remarks that the bombardinent of Greytown, a place a der British protec'ion, did # not lead to war, nor did the seizure of Sin Juan and other aff So the Washington Cabinet may expect that the Trent affir wl likewise blow o The custom -houres of Boulogne, Calais, Da - kink, Valenciennes ani Cambey, are added oo the number of those which have already hyn opened for direct importation and clearsne for Kogiieh and Belgian textures taxed al ve ‘valorem. London, Dec, 19.—The Tims bas a severe article on the brutal zing sijcns which civil war is producing. ard strongly denounces v the Northern siatos, Bovorsl French journals maintain that Fr should give moral support to England b: ining her demands, and by recognizinys the i of the Sou NATIONAL the organ of Prince Napo- loon, = that Frases has no other enemy than gle , acd shookl not weaken the United States, Latest Markets, Liverpool, Dec 19.--Cotton—The sales fur the fast two days add up 18,000 bales, of which 9,000 were to speculators and expo the market closing firmer. Breadmuffs quiet but steady. Provisions firm. angel pot 19, 2. M.—Consols 90000! , for money snd account. American securities dul’. Berlin Deo 18.—The Panseniarnn Zerrena, of today says: We are authorized from the highest quarters to declare that the report of the epeech of the king to the clergy of Lezlingen has been exaggerated and even falsified from party motives. The king neither uned the ¥ol64 nor conveyed the senso respeeting am- net! ie! persons which have been aftributed to hits. Breslau, Dec. 18 —The Breslau Zecruna of today rays: “Myr, Walobrzoski, admiviatrator of the arebbiehopric of Warsaw, has bean ! todeath. Hla refused to appesl for pardon, and reid Thave dome nothiag which should by pun iohed with doath, News Halifax, Tueslay, Lee. 31.—The BR. M. stoamabip Avia, from Liverpool Doc. 21et, ela Qoeonstown bound to New York, hava rived here. Sho hes twenty-eight passengers for Now Yotk, and £7,200 in specie. Large nunbers of were leaving for British North Amori "The-Asia's political nows is without strikiny impomere at this juncture. She brought five hundred troops with stores, we. Sbip Boa, Payson, had arrived at > trom Charleston. Warlike preprrations continue unab sted, ef ditional troops are ordered to be ready to on- bark, but the Anwy ano Navy Gazerre of the ‘Qlat, says that no more aro likely to be pine d eae otdors until hostilities are actually de> é In that event some of the resin Mediterranvan parrisons will prova the war Corn easier. Nazaire t with 1.060 of Sathampton on the 2Ota for British Nort Americs Tho wtenme: Cleopatra would Isave Livercool on the 21at tor Queenetowa, there to embark over five hundred men of the Soventeenth regi ment. The Mydalena would embark one thousand men ai Southampton on the 2tat, ‘Tho mail atewnors of the Peninsula ant Ori ental Company, numbering about fi ty, were to to armed and made capatto of resisting priva: toors, in case of war. fo gunboats in second cliss rorerve at Porta= mout! boon ordered to be titted out immo- Post saya the Amorican’ ¢ ly complain of the tenor of the patch to Lord Lyons. A tologram of the 20th instant from Berne, Switzerland, contains the following important acuouncement: — “The Federal Council bas received « circular pacha ooh the F bh Goverameit to the n Powers, Jectyring that the arrest of saare. Maron and Slitell wis contrary to prin- Jos which are jozarded as essential to the sarity of neutral flays. Tho circular states that he French (iovern- int doomed it necessary to sabmit. this opin- 1 to the Cabinet at Washington, in order to termine itto mk» concessions which the pnch Govert ment consilere’ indisponnible.”” The Starving Gazerre saya, that either rimerchantaen must bearmed or the G> tment mnet dotail a num erof the furest A meat officiont ships to waich American pri toors. Mr. Cobden, letter declining to attend a blic meeting at Brighton, stren,sly advocates bitra‘ion ia the American dispute, Ho» saye at the cry for poace is hardly enough at th osont moment. What is required is p inciplos of impartial justice, and this obtained trouh an impar:ial arbitrator, Tho London Tiss edito ially disputes tho gamen's of Mr. Co'den, and says that the Urea he advocatos would by no means tend to @ preservation of prace, either in the prosout stance or for the future, DAILY Nivea, Wittie cowering thar Kaw. PS be satiated with pothing short of fal itisfaction for hor violated rights, says tha’ ic ould obviously be harsh, violeat and unjust, to say the Awsrican Govermment lt right of res [ying and positively to refuse to hour whats! e as to ursre og the lejral pointsat asus, S * She any difficulty at Washington ia a weting Eagland’s demands, a little inte suse and explanation between the two omen's, would, in ll probability, remove i od this would he by fur the bert, most dis: ed gad honorable way of settling the disp ailing it is for America to propose arty = tation, and England would not be justitiet in of buch intervention, article cons ludes by ¢onoancing the tone of menace an! asult adopted by some of the journals, The Dat.y News, ip another article, defen|s he North from the charges of the Timns, that he war was bratalizing the No thern States t aloo justifirs the prjented blockade of Shatleston and S.vanosh by the sone ships as ' bite fide operation of warfare, The Henaup bit‘arly criticizes Mr. doward’s foreien nes, charging him with ineolence, tully and wickedaesa, a wanton og soleehie jevous a8 any that history records, Tims, also, an editorial oa Mr jeward'’s dinpatches, aid 6 them with ridicule, It says Mr. Seward’aesumcs to. in- struct the cniire human race a to the origi: of the ud prospects of the war in Aner (ca, and ent assurance as to the dine sions avd du of the war, are belied before bis words reach the public. Paris Pavaie in enumerating the tive Freuch vessels at New York, says others are shortly to be sent there, ‘aan and royal family hal gone to Os- * “onsatisfactory state of the » lishewa letter dressed Genoa Committes, which says:— the final rolution, notwithstanding the ob seecles thrown in our way by enemies, by false friends, and by the timid, where)y our pro ress bas been arrested, we must xo on to the Ghd. Tho rivalry of individuals must couse ; We must leave it to history to pass judyment on our tack. Latus be still more clovely united around the flag our Re Galantuome, “Let u mutually apf solemaly agree to meet on the Uist battlecdeld at the ide of our bravo army which will etill fiad companions worthy of itr brotherly Hom, All te a token of vio- "Ga ‘onc: y calling upon the Gotimittees of the Providi mopto focloty to loud their active co government from Calcutta to the Hills. Paris, Dec, 21,—The Tamers aasorta that a diepateh has been recetved from Mr. Seward, raying that the American ment ia ready to quarantes every fealty noutrals compat. ible with the rights of belligerenta, and would ve satisfaction in e86a of the infraction of any rule that had been adopted. ‘This dispatch was dated before the Trent afair, but it is considered aa showing tho peace- ions of the American government. 22 —The Borate has auroed to é ine coneultum by 18% against one vote. M. Fould maintained the correctnoss of his lave report to the Emporer, aod said that it caured arise in the public funda, which would have continued but for the rehennion of wi between En, land and Ameri lipary credit pening in 1 of extraordinary cr. dita, Paris, Di reas of ext Largo bodies , lable floots coula be dis 4d without Parliamentary action, 22 Turin, De ‘The Budget bas been ap. it 9 votes, monta «f Miniator Vasigi preeuiced a qoed imprerrion, Thedsticic for 1861 is put down at four hun- dred millions, ane for 1562, at throes handrod and seventeen tmilions, The latter by thy aliona ion ef the Neapolitan and Sicilian rentes, art by & portion of tbe Joan will be reduced to a hundred and fifty nine millians, which tho minister proposes to cover by favorsl now taxce, which iv is estimated will yield thirty- nine millions, and the balance can be ¢vered by treasury bends. The Onaxnvex (miniaterial organ.) says that Koglacd wiches for pa, but tha “ will gain by war, as it will onatde her to recti- ps her Am: rican frontiers open ths porta of the wuth, and pive a lesson to the United Sates, Commercial Intelligence rpool, Dec, 22,—The market clovd firm turday. Sales 6,000 bales, Prices are Droadstuffs firm, Flour quist and rovieions firma hipe Adriatic and Porsin at Halifax ANEW CAUSE OP WAR? Tho steamships Adriatic rrived at Halifax with troops. Pawengors by the Asia hore repeat a rumor, that the blocka'ing op of Charies ea harbor with stone is likely te lead to difficulty with Kuro pean powers. Tt is further rumored that Kagland's war- like preparations will continue ia view thereof, hat the surrender of Masara, Moon and Here cot the whole of Kaylend’s demanda, ithweal papers betwoen the Koa and Asia conti bo real bews, Turis corerpondents jgenerally say, the beliof tint hostilities betwe 1 will not be arrest The Acmiralty tiona have been in China and Lodian sea ‘The stcamery Cleopatra and Parana are likely to be at Halifax to shipping Our Wasbh atoo Correspoudonce Wasmixazon, D. C, Dec. 30, 1861, The Washington public is not yet quisted down to its wonted condition, Tho surrender of Mason and Slic ell still galls the pride of our prople, and itis till the topic of conv Ml circles, Tho published statemont inet agreed with sion to surrender tho pr Chase was firin from the outrot in his opposition to a fireign arat this time. Ie knows very well that the tinarees of the country will not ‘easily torr a rd, though the Briti-h jouw nels have written ‘im down as iu tayor of a i land, has all along contemplated nothirg but peace with France aud Kuglsad, utles those countries should opealy take the partot the retele, [tis rumored that Mon*- iomery Blair was the only Cabinet member who stood out for any length of time against tho proposition to surrencer Mosare. Mason and Sli- dell, and that he gave way before the able ar- woument of Mr. Seward on the question. Tt seemed for a day or two as if Government would call fort in Congress, but thiv is now hardly pr It is not expected that @ quorum will be present in eit ranch of Congress today, and if there is not no discucsion will be permitted. Tho pro- that there will be no quorum today. By that time the rampant incmbers of Cengress will have an op- portunity to cool down, and to look at the mat~ ter in the light of reason. Shortly after the capture of Mason and Sli- dell was announcul here by telegraph, Lord Lyons expressed bimeelf very decidedly, if not pnrively, upon the act, Sinco the surrender «rebels he bas conducted himself gene- rourly and wall. Thore has been no exultation over the success of the British deinanis, no ap- parent exhibition of pride in his demeanor ; but in his interviews with Me. Seward hia manner has tecn more cordial than ever before, Russel), of the Trt more elatod over the result than any oth wlishman in town. The fact is, Dr, Russell hates us. Ho has been somewhat ‘roughly handled by our newspapers for his manifest sympathy with the reels, and bo now over what he believes to be the humil fia of the American Government But Jet the Mason-Slidell affair pass out of sight, Wa pr ae jast now is quiet tical capital, and vory lively as a soe town devoting itaslt” to the festiv ties of tho holidays, Business is vory brisk — 10 lively before, in fact. Rents are o for this region of country, Stores which one year ayo rented for $500 a y oa «command $1,060, Tho same is true with everything of fuel is frightfully dear, There is one alleviating fact, hee ever-—all classes of cople can tind work todo, It's, in fact, the rest thing in the wold to gst any one wo do ajob of work, ‘The vastly. increasad business ofthe town employs all sterdy laborer, It is a common ‘thing for a man to wait two or three deya before he can find any one to shove in the load of coal which the art. man has deposited at bia door, Som the voal-dealers find it 80 difficult to retat ivers for their carte, that thoy sell at their oifices without agreeing to delfver, So that if the price of coal be high, poor men get such wages that they can’t afford to pay ii Clark Mills, the statue maker (che man who exceuted the bronz statues of Jackson and Wash inggton,) recently moved into town from Blaiens- burg, and was obliged to pay #100, a iu nth fur a very moderate, unfurnished house, and #1! nonth more for a sbed wherein to put his car- riage. This will give you something of an idea of the condition of fents hore, La ordicary times the same house would rent for $500 per ann tithe T need bardly add that some poop'e are making money, Mrs. Lincoln, the wile of our Presi- lent, is a prudent, thrifty woman, and not oaly knows how to dress finely and furnish the Whi‘o Howe with clegart splendor, but abe kaows how to save fe Abe's earaiues, dt was owing ent that two months ego the to invest $8,000 of his earn Government securities. normously, and, while under it a fair salary van be made, no large fortunes can be accrued Out of the peckots of our roldiors, It ja reported hore this morning that an unpleasant feeling exists betwoen Mr, Chass ard Mr, Thaddeus Stevens, the Chairinan of che Ways and Means Committes in the House of Rep newtives, Mr. Stevens is a ditlicult wan to get along with at the best, and Mr, Cha e cannot well work with him oo a propo: +» provide meena for carrying on the war, “+ Senate Finance Commit- ~dad as well ing. He we. tion, and no man wit qe than Gea, McClellan, The weather continues pleasant hore, Wo have rocold wonther yet—ro dowmibt cold reather, L mean; and tte troops us yot have no idea of what it will be to endure it, Quto A Panis correspondent of a London paper as- oits that Minister Dayton, Archbishop Hubos Jobn Bigelow, the American Consul at Pair, were conjointly the authors of the Lotter in relation to the Trent diflionliy, publishod over Gon, Soott's name, ‘The Year Past, and THE NEW YORK SUN. . proud. We are not bat Adaress It in with no ordinary emotion that we ra- |. Wadh ouh curries (Als your yeamee-taytinle fer to the past year. It opened in doubt and gubseribers, is itself wor'h more than the neual analety, ard has proved one! of clouds and gratuity which their kindness bes'ows, both as Ginaster beyond all precedent in our National 8 work of talent and of ert. It should be laid history. Ths early years of cur Republic wore | aside as the best historical momento of the war In accordance with our usual custom, no | ytare of trisland care, before which the bre" yet published, paper will be imced tomorrow. O1 éhe dey following, an extra sheet will be leued early in the forenoon, containing full accounts of the colobration of the day, with carrent news by tolegraph, &e, &o. Veet might well have given away to deapair,but in our more mature age a tide of rebellion has rclled in upon ta, which as severely taxes the mat hood and @rength of our country, aa cid the Revolution ite comparative infancy. ' The history of the war proper commences with the fall of Semter, which occurred on the 13:b of Inst April. From that poriod, the tide , of war ebbed and flowed with varying succes, bot natally in our favor, until the engagement | at Bull Run, which, although a brilliant victo- ry, ¥ as accidentally changed to an ignominious defeat. This disaster was followed by ot'ers in Mirren si, where awarme of excited slayeholi- ‘The Ithh Famine. We endeaver to keep our readers advised of the famine developments in Ireland, and, of courte, are governed in our statements by our Trish correspondence and advices. We make this remark for the reason that from the fact of our information coming from a variety of sources, discrepancies and contradictions some times appear, although wo have no reasoa for belie v ng that the wores cases we have stated in our various articles upon the subject, are not within yhe limits of fact. In a letter from the Archbishop ¢f Tuam, ad dressed to Lord PaLstematon, wuder date o SPRCIAL NOTICE. To the Readors of The Han: —o Once more I write myself Etitor and Sole Pioptictor of The New York Sum. My day dream of rural enjoyment is broken, and I am again prisoner to pen and types. For monthaT ‘i Le sought to avoid the autronder, but only or, in arma, wore aroused in all pars ; ilar WHI evall; fh ‘only to fed | i the State, emmedquent upon the Ill advised | comber %, the fol oming passage 0 curs out avail. ‘Thought and han! | ove tans ton of Gen, Fuasae—and by whom | _ Tho acddom canger of war from the fur coun | tries Leyod the Atlante may to longer mingle with productions of the al. ited at h Jarm excited at he boil; they must return to other ant better known roundaof duty. cannot dispel the by the more terrivle emy of famine. Too one may, and I trust will | be, orly a mere panic, inepired by natiooal hate and agyravated by na’ional pride, which the sewonable counsels of peace and wisdom can cflectually allay. But the other tna reality dsily epreading and gathering fesrful dimen. tio. from the continuous baleful influence of - the elemonts by which it was more iumediste- obliged the Leave Mutiican and his troops to | J) Gesteds You tle prophecy of two. months tive up a bard fought Bold This was tho turas | ayo, is already estoning to iis fulflment, and iy parted of the war, tie coennant of the wretched potato crop, which in FOI PlACem wae Since that timo we have captured the torte ab | HT. rtweteent, bus bon mati, in the hope of Hatteras Inlet ; have made a pormanont lodg- | pant ring as to be utterly tnent at Port Royal ; have taken posssasion of | fields, ‘The condition of the portion thee has Ty tee Idand, destroyed the rebel baitories at | beea dug, and pitted or housed, la scarvaly hot he 1 hed alive ly ter, rod how unfit they are for humad food ‘crracola, entrenched ourselves strongly at | yay be ivferred from a very general o'warva- Ship I-land and at the mouth of the Miwissippi, | tion, that they are actully refused by some ond have obtained porsossion of the harbor and | fowl Ltt ing ie for faatidious- one ‘ . +t, on miserable esculent, never lard, and regrota fast disappear in warm | city cf Galveston, in Texas, While much baa | Tork. “wad pow ina sata of decay, the lives ic dosires to ensuite the moat complete | too cur repid advarce upon the Atlantic cost, | or hundreds of thousands, until tho remote performance of that duty. ard on the G Ifcf Mexico, our arma have not | month of Avgust, are exclusively depeading. What, then, to tho Roators of The Suny | Ut lee viotoriour upon the Miscissippi river, | Mectings are being held in all the priacips! , in the state of Misouri, and upos the western Nothing save the announcement that Tam | order of Arkareas and Texas, Tho batteries Thoy | of Melmont have been destroyed, Paroe and roquire no other Proapectua, Programme or te gallart Lyon was repulsed and lost his life. A. this period the rebels had mie progroas in Woatern Virginia, had re-oceupied the towns alorg the Potomac, and successfully plotted tho reormion of Maryland, Soon after, the same neglect of reinforcements which had occasioned the cefeat and death of the gallant Lyo: Thut T congratulate my- self on my surroundings, Nover was prisoner It cor ainty is plowant fo and familiar faces and to resume old aswciations, though it be againat My old shooa, even, give back a grateful warmth and eare, atding thelr Mele mite to make smooth « path which can be but rugged at the beat more royally treated. to greet tried fr one's own will, in th My nasocintes in Labor join a Vands with ne in a renewed determination that The Sue sisi do its abare of duty in quoting the unnatural rebellion now rioting o'er the cities and towns of Lreland, for the purpore of devising means to alleviate the rapidly in- honceforth its Publisher and Manager. creasing dist revs. At one of those meetings, a MeCrntecu, with heir numerous troops have | Ictter was read from the Rey, Father Conway, teen defeated or scattered, ond the latter | of Giulway, We give some extracts: (i-ceral teen forced to abandon the state, ‘Gentlanen, le-t it should be said that my while the former is driven to ite ox- | statements wore ungrounded or exargorated, [ treme western lice, and there confined with | Will give you afow of tho many face which an irconsiderable force. Upon the westera borders of Arbanras and the confines of Texas, Uc ion forces are pow hovering, and holding the have recently come under my potsoval observa tion, and which, added to very many such cases rebels sternly in check, and with every in‘ica- tion of an enly advance, Matform, to declare what of good or ill the to them futuro will bring columns. Whatever my past managemont warranta thom in expecting, that much IT promise, If more comes within the range of my abilities, more Vor my advortisiey frionda T ahall, a8 ever, keep open house, and that The Sun will always boa welcome visitor ia ite old that T have witnessed, aro. su in my opinion, if not to convince Mr. Botterill do they shall receive, But there sveceeses, gratifying aa they ap- bide | in haunts, besides finding. m: many new ones, | Poor when reviewed at length, are but inconsid ut : vc f a arate bag ess of Loveb Corti I han hope. 1 make sure of at. erable whoa ea oe wih thore which our} ficm Tuam workhouse, I maid to ber, why MUSES S. BEACH. present preparations woult reem to have in | don'r ye0 go to the relieving ottioer? Sho said, e where will T find him, or how could we go? Aa- otber esse occurred some Weeks since—a woman died named C——k [Here Fatrer Conway observed that alchough he had the name there still lost it might be hurtful the feelings of a store for vs, The Burnside Expedition and Gen, McCiyi tan are almost ready to ad vance upon the North; a formidatle inland fleet, whose capsbilities ard magnitule are My congraty the Sex upon its return to the management of " . | little urderstoot the Kast, has boon | cf bor respectable relations he boped the ju its old and experienced propriotor, Me. M. 8, 4 diana would appreciate his ‘nelin.s of Gel'ac Beau, under whose direction it will advancs | Comcentmated at Calro, and le ready to th 5 would, thare. dercend the Miseia-ippi, w! the last regiments «f Butler's Expedition are on the point of de- parture to Bhip Island, All of these forces, togetber with those at Port Royal, will close in upen the rebel at ono and the sane time, and although wo may expect the mixed fortunes of war, which are soldom those of entire success, yet upon all the pointe named we cannot moot with failure, and signal advantages over the rebels may he regerded as certain, Thus for the coming yeXr our prospects are good indeed, and ere another new year breaks vpon ua, the most bitter, extended, and un- alled for rebellion which the world has ever witnessed, will have teon met and subdued The rebels, depr in hear and puree, already ive gre of exhaustion, and their agents at Pars are casting, about for the ways and means through which te close tho war. Although wo may have much yet to accomplish, tho crack- ting which precedes dissolution is new to be heard, and the end ix not distant, It will come speedil+ whon it begins, To that kind Providence who has watched wver us, and made the yea: one of unequaled cbrift in agricultural pursuits, and of unusual mildness as to the severities of winter, and, above all, who has blessed us with national realth aud strength to fight, as we believe, in {is cause, our hoartfolt thankegivings are duo, May we fight valiantly to the md, and may hu- won rights free@” any «@, which ara mitted to our b, 2g — doniyy loss of 1ho last dollar'dpBur property, the de- struction of our homes, and the giving up of our lives. This will be the hear felt’ prayer of every patriotic American, ati with this detor- mination, our cause can knownosach word as Fan, rapidly upon its wonted career of prosperity, al letters. 5 with the good wishes ofall, and coue moro sine core than those which I hore tender. 1 may add, for tho informaticn of many friends, that ny own responsibility for the management of the Sun ceased with my withdrawal from ita publication in December, 1860, and during the past year it has been entirely under the direction of others, with whose action I havo had no connection, W. C. Cavnon, New York, January 1st, 1 S t - Tt stare whieh, jentler ght sho was ‘wat fre in her house as would pipe, muh less warm thoss charitable ixhbors who watched and aat uround her re- © o'clock on that night, the pricat know wa were hee ut fire, be would send ua rome ‘tort.’ Upon thia rome persons volunteered to come to the priest's house; they told him their story, atd at orce he gare then a crib of turf, acd they shemrelves drew the cart, whica he cheer ly cave them to the wakel Somme days ® Ww. inan named Giyun came to me, ant id rhe was badly off, Lt is not for me to say she got some relief; on the same day Twas ing by her wretched hut, and I saw her ng outside by the wall; Tacks’ hor what wdoing there, she» ix sho felt warmer han ineide, as she had to 1 and the aun was warming her And pow, gentlemen, allow mo to give you ore mora case, which this very day came un- der my obrervation, and which must close for ome one ssid—If Tie Departure of Siklell aed Mason Nothing ce: has transpired as to tho day when this shipment of damaged goods for Eu- rope, is to be made, but the moat probable day is understood to be the &th of January, It has eon surmised that tha hesitancy of fixing the day has arisen from a fear of thoir rescue, but such has not been the care, ‘They will Le ship- ped by one of the Cunard eteamers, A New Mors. On Saturday we shall commerce the publica- tien of an original story, written expressly for The Sun by Mus. Ann S, Srevituss, ontitled HUNTED DOWN, The high reputation on- joyed by this talented authoress renders any special enconiwum of this story superfluous, Thar it will deeply excite the interest of the reader wo are well assured, It will prove, however, but one of many attractive features to be an joyed by our subscribers for 1862, to attend a sick woman, ths wife of a trades. man, whom [ found in extrome need of relief ay cf food, rather than phy inistering a litle to her wanta, L departed, and as [lett the house, a poor inan, named Murpby, a tenant on the Headferd estate, ap- proached and addressed He told me he was in grea’ want. aww, be! that what he stared was experier i * ae end—all ‘ue indications of I went with him to his how nd his wife and a widow nai Saul, another widow named Hussey, and a man hand Jane Connolly—all Living ia t sane house, phy's two sons, one aod and the o Were at pehool. Te told me that is wite, his two sons, aad the idows were liviog for some time on eae meal yi end that meal consisted of rotten pota- toes. That, at the time I called, he and his wite, the two widows, and bis children, who were at school, were fasting; it was then 12 o'eleck noon! That the othrr woman, Jane Connolly, was the only ono Ia the house who had breakfasted, which consisted of one half penny worth of Iread, ditto of tea, anda pinch of sugar a kind neighSor gave her. He further informed me that Widow Saul had applied to ‘The Goverament Suspension, ittee of Congress on Ways and 4 an iinportant section to the bill providing for a national currency, in view of tho suspension of the banks in all the lead- ing cities, The now section authorizes tho issue by the Secretary of the Treasury, of notes to the amount of $#50.000 payable on demand without specifying any place of paymont, and of such denominatiors as he may deem expe- dient, not less than $5 each, which ehall be « legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, and shall be T Means have » sub-cot A Grand Preseniation. Presentations have been in vogue since The World began—and longer yet, for he Sun's tirot modest ray was the presentation to our cit- izona of the first daily penny newspaper ever known, And now 7he Stn is taking a yet ‘rosboratart. Un tor the auspieos of its propri- ; stor in former years, Mr. Bractt, every ono of [ exchanged at auy time at their par value the | “tT tA r x John Morris for coal, and did not get any; that same as coin, at the Treasury of the United | 't# thousards of subscriters, on the 4th of Jan- 1 be himself got a store cf coal, but paid’ three S'atoa, the oftices of Assistant Treasurers, | U#'y instart, is to receive with his paper, but [ halfpence for it at Botteril arm yard, He also told me that he had gone to Mr, Botteriil, previous to meeting me, to tell him bia sad tale, that he met him at the hall door of Head- ford Castle.ond asked him to gi imaome work. He told bi urphy) fe could not help him then sent for the chikiren to the It wes pitiful to see on their the evident. traces of burger, I that Thepe I acted to#ards them asa Christian aud a Catholic priest should, THE LATEST NEWS. Waiisaien , Dec, 31.—Recent_ reconnoissan- Smith's and MoCall’s divisions free of cost, a copy of a Complete Map of all th Scuthern States, This map shows distinctly the chies and towns, the harbors and coasts, rail- reads aril post roads, positions of blockading squadrons, &¢., all surrounded with an orna- montal border, which includes portraits ot the President ard Secretary of War, and Generals Scorn and McCLets.as—the seme map pro- duced at #0 great expense by Harren & Wrothers, The map is printed on a separate shoot of fine paper, and ready to post up for refererce, It is of the same size as the sheet on which 7’he Sun is printed. fthe coupon or reyistered bonds which tary of the Treasury is now, or may hereafter be, authorized to issue; such trea ury notes be bo re-issued from time to time, as the exigencies of the public service may re- quire. It is expressly stated that this issue of note= is {vr a tomporary purpore only; but as it is to continue until the notes authorized by the act into which it is introduced are put in circulation to the amount of €100,0€0,000, it may be taken as the virtual acknowledgement on the part of the Government of its inability to longer con rr Washingt ccs from G Addrees. duct the war upon a specte basis, New Y show the enemy has a strong picket guard be- Still, there fa no special cause for alarm in Tux Sun's New Year's Address, published [ youd Durnsville, but he tsuope at that plac this admission. It is what we had every roa- } today, excels im intorest any istue of the kind |, The Quarvcrmaster of the Seventh Maine reg iment, received from the clothing Guresth on Saturday, coats and pentaloons for that rogi- ment, but was soon afur obliged to return them owing to the fraud, which, in their manu facture and material, had been practiced upon the government. Goners! Sumner, lately injured by the stum- bling of his horve, ‘has been brought to Wash ington for medical treatment.¢ Free. Daniel S. Dickinson, today presented a costly atard of sti lors to the © Dickinson Goad," 89:h New York Volunteers, Hom, R. I, Duell received them in bebalf of the regi- ment, delivering a folicitious address. Mr ey, of Baltimore, arrived here this P. M., ard was placed in the privon for females inthe wertern part of Washington, It will be vd that she was recently arrested as a only in the folds of bor hair, wore discovered contra band which are in possoasion of the proper authoritics, 4 Several days ago Mrs. Greenhow, wh arong the fir sts, and who in priron, received a her's, ur known to the |. Bofore deliver- ing i nto ber hands, L ut NE Sheldon, of the Sturgis Rifles, suspecting sonsethi bien examined the cake pki | Tmbeddded there in a dot informing the lady that arrangements bad tecn made for ber eecape and conveyance to Richa ond, naming the day and hour for her celiverarce. Col. Kerrigan’ acain in prison, Thursday. Importnut from Kentucky Cincinnati, Dee, A epecial dispatch to the Commenotat, from I disnapolis, says that thore are rumors of Syhting in Kentucky to- son to expect, and no more than we find proce dent for in the experior.ce of avery Government With England, even, the largost ca;italist in the world, the suspension of specie payment on the part of the Government in time of war has been more than orca necessary. There, how ever, the possersion of a national bank enables the Government to concval its owa ina bility, undor the cloak of a gracious permission to the Bank of England, which is bat a branch of the Government, to suspend the payment 0: ~ With no such disguises, our Govern. ment must face the responsibility directly, re lying upen the ability and willingness of the people to most its requirements in the payment of taxes, as soon as the machinory for their col- lection “ball be put into effective operation, which has ever before appeared. The war, pust, present, and to come, ia represented ina yeautiful allegorical picture,which pourtrays the mor ster phentom of rebellion, enveloped in the task clouds of war, thoroughly startled by the udvancing hosts of the Nortn, and now about taking his reluctant ‘light. In one band is rasped the broken chain of human bondage, on which his hopes have rested, while the other dutches the red torea of war's destruction, which lights up the demoniac features of the grim monster, as he seowlingly tlies away. The clouds of war are soen lifting from the United States, which appear represented be neath, and their dark shadow only rests upon vur extreme touthers shore, To the North is obeerved a brighter scene, There the genius of Liberty, with our country’s shield, and ovr country’s sword advancing on clouds of radiant light, is seer, marshalling the vast armies cfthe North, before whose impetuous cureerthe Southern demon, and Southern war is rapidly awept away. The sun appears, in all its kingly splendor, to aid the glorious work, ard, with its mighty power, is arrayed on the side of Liberty, dispellirg the gloomy clouds which obstruct its rays, and lighting up the shudows with promige of a better year. It is tho truthful portrait of our own journal, whose rays aud influence will ever bo cast upon the side of freedom, honesty and right, The pictorial features of the address ere equalled, if not surpassed, by the stirring rela- tien of the events of the year, written by that highly talented authoress, Mrs, Axx 8. Sre- yRens, whose pame and fame, at home aod broad, is one of which Now York may well be dross, but in The English News. Tho death of Prince ALomnt created a pro found sensation in England, i not throughout Europe. The American question had lost none © tee inte) and continued to be he topic o! It is hard to ploase wher rmination to Ond fault, and was as much dissa\isfed with .N for not refering to th bis Message, as would have {he openly avowed and sus ® arcle having expired he is iis trial will be resumed on tained the oe. A private dispatch received from Washington, states that Gen, McClellan, on investigating the specitications of the charges against Briga- dior General Benham, bas ordered the latter's release fiom arrest, and he isto be ordered at once to duty, eay. Gen, Buell had ordered to Green River @ re- iment of Fuaileers and a regiment of light ar- ullery befire be went forward. Gen. Bu kner’s cavalry were yesterday with- in w short distance of our pickets, and it is sup- ‘osed that he intendd attacking Col, MeCoo P AFFAIRS IN MISSOURL ee Women and Children Mide Homeless. ~_ Otterville, Dec. 31 —One of our man ¢ by the rebels, and carried to Springficl just retorned, ing loft that * on Christ mas. He at Gen. Price with 8,000 men had taken all the houtes in Springiield for his troops, turning the women and children into the streets, He had unloa’ed his wagons sad ‘waa making prevarations for a long atay. The people of Arkaneas refused to allow Gen. Price to enter that state with any other troops than those regularly enlisted in the Confuderate mevice, and he bad only 1.500 en-ollot in thes orvice, The conntry north of Springfield men fer urt ing from Py vf stg ah they Mt abd Shabes the rath of allegiances, P ica would be I only his regular Confederate troops, sda From Fortress Monroe Fortress Monroe, Dee, 9, ria Baltimore, Deo atthe Norfolk Day Book which was recsiv. col by a tag of truce, gives 2 curt st of the can'ure of Cen teeta Boerend,” anus ore ihings i ia aated that roa of or bout A ge ene ee eaten fi o8 Bie. All image dove by our shells. at Point ts said 10 have beon ing Protas Sowall's the killing of a “roo Tr. Philip &t. George Cooke, recently appointed @ Brigadier G: neral in th ry of th Peon committed aui-ide on Thured: ' derce. He was a graduate at Wos esteemed aa a fine ofheer, The commissary stores, including « the ordnance department Ceetroyed by fire 0 the nip . lows imated at nearly a million dollars, Tho fyilovirg wre the Tennessee Coagress- men: First District, J. BB. Hoisk Swan; Third, J. B. Gentry; Fifth, G evenh, J. D. Wright; Ninth, DM. Cur Sx contrabunds were taken from eimall canoes in the Chesapeake Bay, off Back River, thia morning, in an wlmost exhausted condition, ‘They state that the inhabitants of Yorktown avd’ the military authorities are very much frightened at an oxpocted attack, tis beli fl pedir certainly deatired to go up river, hat Gon. Woul will co operate in the attack upon Yorktown — Gen, Magruder is said to have telegraphed the cor of affairs to Kehmend ard asked permirtion to destroy Yorktown hy fire, and to haves r.ceived a reply Acceting bli to refrain wntll he la certain tbat Place is to be immediately attackad. Strevie hattecies are pliced on exch sida of Yok River, and the force is eotian ited at 30,000 iu the virinity of Yorktown, wortion of ns’ Bank sure je bead spect payment tod Miltary and Naval Tha U.S steamer Connecticat will sail from the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, on Saturday nex:, communicating with the Atlantic and Gulf Hockading ¢quadrons, at Hampton Roads, Port i ', Key Woat, Pensacela, Mouh of the Mirsissippi, Lettors small pack ages for these places, will be forwardod, if left at the Naval Lycoum, Navy Yard. The Ninetconth Regiment, New York Volun- teers, will aot leave Governor's Islacd till ‘Thursday, as the Colonel is desirous that h amen hall be poid before thay go to Key Woat, ‘The ateamer Llinois hawled trom the foot of Warren otreet, into the stream, last evening, and is pro- paring to tase this Regiment on board. On and ofier today, the volunteer recruiting service will be placed under tho control of regu- lar oflicer®, who were detailed, one to each state, by a recent goneral order from the War Depart- ment. Today beie ys New Y. will be kept at the Navy Yard uch the sane way as Christmas The roll will be called at sunrise, and any man wishing toabsent himself will have the privilege of doing #0. rr Jous O'Doroy as, L. L. D., the dis inguisb- ed Trish ech lar and auth r. died in Dublin en he 9th of Do emer, aged 51 sears, Bir. O Dotovan was the translator of the Annals of the Four areand ot! > enciont Irish works, « terary man entrated at 1 shot, w Z vi the war. Ty comprires 12 gunboats, carrying 200 of the hea- viest gurs, S8 mortar boats, and 28 tug and steamboats, ‘The gunboats are cased with iron, netructed with concealed wheels and machin- ore hevé sides sloping back from the water, whick wil caure shore to glance off herealessly, and are otherwise wlinost perf impregnable to atiack. The guna are fag gens Ae ge iy inside, with closed port holes, and no'hing e posed to injury eave tho smoke pipas and the muzz'«s of tre cannons. The expedition is al- most ready to move, and is expected to start at the sume time with the Burnside expedition, and with the advance movement of General Me- Clellan, CITY NEWS. Bagnum's Meseem is, upon all common oc- casions, an interesting place, but whatever Barnum does on common occasions, he alwaye manages to shake out more reefs forthe holi- days, and the Musoum then comes out uuder iremendously full sail. [ {The advertivement handed to us of today’s performances, might be written for the pro- gramme of the great London Exhibition, 90 we'l filled is it with promises of things likely to at- tract. Tho fishes and hippopotamus are enjoy- ing their accustomed health, and the latter opens his mouth as alarmingly as ever; but the whale, we are sorry to learn, finds the climate too warm, and is apt at any time to closo his blowing career, But as he yet makes a decent +plurge be has a full tank to roll in, and may recover his health if the weather becomes cold. Tux Goon O1p Crstom of ringing the old year out and the New Year in was most hap pily coreummated last night by the chimes of Tritity Church, which for nearly three-quar ters of an hour poured forth their melodious and reepectable crowd was pre tevt, as wore carriages of fathionables from all ports of thefeity, Tum Curistian Avciance held @ prayer and watch meeting at Barnum's Museam, last night, remarks being mado by several gentlemen pretent, as vlao by Mr. Barnum. A few minutes before 12o'clock were spea: ia prayer, and when the midaight hour arrived, all joined in singing the bymn ‘ My days are gliding swiftly by," when the congregation were dis missed. ‘Tuy Concent SALoon keepers aro troubled by the war made upon them, and baye culled « meeting of the craft, to avert consequences, in the shape of Legislative action, Comrrrouien Haws yesterday removed from the oitice of Superintendent of Market Rents and Fees, ex-Pulice Justice William 8. Davidson, His successor will be appointed on Thurw’ay. Tur following pariios were on Tuesday re loaged fiom Fort Lafsyette:—Jumes Hopkioson, Arthur Wordle, Wm, Cuthburt. Michael O'Brien, Wm, Langer, Wm. ‘oclle:7T ose were the crew of the bark Express, and were reloased uncorditionaly. John Q. A. Bultor and Arthur McAbey, of the prize ship Lida, were released unconditionally, Casper Clock ‘and Wm. Brown wore released upon taking the gath of allegiaade, 20a am, Me % only bave been decided Sexist to ‘Kia, Dayton moved a vote of thanks to SRB he fara ie le vn ba to tbe events of ‘be yeah, at were then read and The minutes «f the Ro. rped vine die approved, ard the Board ad| The members of the new will be sworn in nrevi but will not meet until Morday tex Ly Board of Councilmen. At twenty minutes three o'clock the past Board was organized, with © nike bik ith Councilmaa Barasy A. retition from Capt. Dernis C. M ntarn, of inant 000, the Montgomery t) of the First Re (Cavalry) X. Y28. M, for. the sum of to reimburse their ¢xpendicures in Fen wnving ina Pie an Coan 7 was referred to the Committes teal a A rerolution to extend for fifteen time to be allowed the contra:tor for mizing Second Avenue from 61+ to atreet, was taken from the table and in. A committee from the Boant of entered the Chamber, ard annonocud that Boa'd was about sdjournin: sine die, ata they were empowered to toni cation from the Board of Councilmen, A bill cf $86 for advertising the triennial of the Fire Department, two in Wilkes’ Sriett of toe Troe Wrought op, mete an excuse for much aboot: g betwee Birney snd Pincknoy finally Yost a - A resolution aosted by the Boart of Ald men to award #250 for extra sarviess te} Boyes, revter of that Bivrd. was low, move for recensideration and | id over. ( re % | ol Me i on of a claim fo e205 *. Dodge for extra aorvicns an clerk of the Committee on Sewers, Mr. Orton mado quire the funny speech cf the d hutrorovsly on the om ipresent “doden" @ had been prominent in every session of the Hoard in some share, expecially where quas- tions of france were oo ceraed. Tae resvlu tion was let A reedlution, adopted by the Board of Al- dermen, to pay the Clarks of the Board of Can varsere, war coreurred in. A reoer, for helt an hour, thon took place After which, concurrence was had on the Having of Second atreet, from the Bowery t Avertue D. A resolu'ion ‘0 open 74th atreat from 5th Avenue to tho Fast Kiver, was ul concurred in. Av journed watil Thareday evening next. rther News, sec Third Pag w Year —Fx-Ciner Maney How vin will not r Ha of Nias nity fierce on New Ye tooth oft - et rol ives during the past year conmtiaing thin ty inyhe Hin deeinion Tans Keesns Tarn « Arter Deer ont thir Beeningy there will be two portiven the Hy twentysfive ¢ Wricox & SR WING MACHINES, moe BROADWAY #10, $30, . NOTH ERA G ET THE BEST! THE NEW YORK SUN! ow Cont poreopy! Served by Carrer, at 64 Gent A GRAND PRESENT her te The Sun wi up of the SMP horn & showin all the COnAtS, ponit tiem and towny tH of blockading: meq and post roada, with portroity of B and Hee McClellan, On Saturday, January Ath, 1462, widow the sane date Will be ox olia The har On + tout Linoia Comeron, General Beott and Gea Mra, Ann 8. Stephens besides the usual full summary of news, letters from correspondents, & willl conducted with an energy aud enterprise ited ten aes pd oll the MOSES 8. BEACH, rot the Sun Establishment, y Nani and Fulton sts, Neo A.—To the mombers of Diamow The remains of our lite brothers R A. Pr. Lentge, Ni ALEXANDER M. REILLY, arrived dn thie oity You are requested to met at the at LP. My to ate th B.s.ef US. Erin —A spect hove Society will be | M Panetual at- ws particular By order, JOHN GAR ’ tory t Iyny to ps waned brother men eof respect to! our STOPHER GIL ~ hire are reapeott n Thursday dan ® teluck P.M. Mom PHILIP CLARE MICH an ) W. CHERSBROUGH, Gi Army of the with Ret, N.Y. Naportith ue being ant sary Tn wdilition to the bounty a ern ve will Le paid for sighing the 1 1). For furtl Lieut, J IRANT, Rov Int Regime ¥. Ob HON, JOHN COCHRANE, © 100 able bodied men wanted to fill up te reginent, Bow in active service, and ta beautiful location near Washington Poy, rationny dey Wall ber furnished fros ve #100 bounty ats 4 Six By ruiting O8 Jackson Artillery AUTHORIZED BY 113 EXCELLENCY, GOV, MORGAN. Young men wishing te join # fleet claws * it, Will find this good @hunce nnd recruits are furnish 2100 bounty paid ab the expirat Term of enlistiuent three. ye iat ms caat al Bet Ayorters, Bowery, ; : EDW gut! 2 gAMES F, FARBEL, any c ‘aman years | 4, wan! Sealing an " .ee— 245 t » Opes Bes =o fr, + ¥, i