The Weekly Civilian & Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1862 Page: 3 of 4
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■aro than <Mt Saturday * Frdetal bin|w
amar - ta pntty 1 ata te tb Fart al
t* d at, when thev hautol
da a aad i#tura*d the fi-e.Tbey
*h« aad ah*H at the Fort
( it Iba
ta* *' iw1 é*
i MI fall.
Tbée u *11 esa
tat will hard-
bul Hill
•Mt of Ib*
at day dawu
advansd 10
Me laft lbefort
aad a Federal
bar oC ll is seid
ef Pon
•algwt aká {O
•tgarU
HítÉÉüR
I a rol lita
to thai total Hr wbna
|by
certain !■
• Division
ota tM S4
About
lU*JU>n for the
fW KwT^torW
(he "foramrd asureasen*" «(
has «O toag beau detovud
|y baria" fita tilt— of' lWr<t bat ai* n>
y he tí raitrned. Ti¡¿s i* te article
attaaai i ply imfnrh i| from the North,
.«aad war hare éiTikyd the fid theI
. if hap al bao*.
imm frwt it Telegraph that Gen.
Iiiii ■—faH li p t Martial Lav
a partir* oí the coca / i ,* El Paso.
1 i*< ef -uce propoaing aa exchange of
jaaheaa mMTfti from the F leral*
(T Our fcxwt Cash? - magnifies ereatly
Ha' lack or metr¡zt ta. -.jpoéuring a lot <j|
¡¿lar haantís* the South through,. aad
-uc. a aa; • ** him. The Civil-
éupebeCtoá |ÉL ■ It ¿ave aa urder to
-adaUgE ia hsrwtgu par .a, about two faontha
tt tí* al.JMfdt, arbaeh ,lag' reo. the
•tan to hand, aad• been paid for. We
>*<« iH-rfg* |4fer ¡>a ba^l ti sepply a .
EpW|«Bl bandee faratkh 10 tur? iseee
imwiiiit thai thr blockade of oaf porta i* a
aet rnmmi' aa* keep as fn>m intercourse
ib#- • f'ü, if our merchants will' hat
mseas la avoid ft. The country has a
te*xp*rt thatl^ Kre abo bare gas
so the wmtm tí1.-recalar irada,' will aot
uad *;*k ' aoaaething to beep a*
foods frooijf.tmjrp countries.
hs*a fee «aaasry and fltfee* plenty of last
be pa y tog fur them.
Hi
fraat ItowletCe knob, which wae
iho faiiraad.lA _ ______
ad the riral parallel to the ¡¿fee bald by my car-
alrv. FiekU were betweea a bod| of the eae
®t*• iofaatrj, aa atiméehées motyi IhiaaaU
* nthtoawMt. Theyi
tirrd apo® bf a ««all body af asy earatrr aad
mired. The ftriatf biíbiiI for abmt hall aa
hoar, aad I want la jMtasa to aaleet aaailabta
place fareáMfs Wa^| Cnloaal Terry ia «o<b-
tsaad. Wtih iiwlfmth^a to 4fat y tía eaeasr ap
the bin, where I eoald uae toy bofahtry and ar-
ulltwy w tb e«frt end be oat of the ranpre « f
the eaatty'a batteries.
LWfore to the eolaaaa lha fire fron -
the akirmtabera r^eoeunracal. The enemy ap-
peared m force apea ■! H«hlaad oewtre. Col.
Terry, at the bead el i
charted aboat three bt
aerewtyfire
JJT * vWb aAMi that part of the atock
Rtwdwr aa haad idr cupaM defeo^ea in Texas
kwia ahi||fd- fjrña •: the Sute, Tbe nmwr
Nrf^owded. V\' "t-ará t'-at the facti are a-
i aa t41ce< {"
iaelni Briwrt,. apgat • baias ■ app« .aed that
. arfe laaatitj of puwer beWmfiDg to pd|
** m t r-. at acertasft ptiiefioTi
«Mee* artari f«r ahipaseat to .Vrw Or
kat#hf deep* tc bed aa .oJSeer t. c4>taia
w t"> %-* A paaaesitftna of Lalf the qoaQtiiy
► The fckH erwoeot hot bet o jf apprized
i CMk« had d*«M, ient aa officer to
ihe wbr4#i í;tbe; payflar, with- order ta
jwahwa. of it Wer to tiie department of
oa|<té>bf>í) beliertttf tb*t the 0^*-
aaa aolapprrtsl. of the absolute oe-
wdb to take po-wesakMi
Wá lK^wder, has taken ibe rerpoosibiHsj of
{ that jo i. f ; and t js .to be
il4 « • • will y nata in turn- ¡o
back, but fell mortallr Wonnded. A body
**t tba eaearr, alawt the aame a *% attacked the
Rascara, aader Capu a Fairel, apoa theri|(ht
of the tatapika aaa a m rapa'aad with a hea
Tba aaany a>w be ¿rao croaim* by rm
am my riwhl aad left
Three coaspaoiea of IVloaal Mima*
dnke't C Firat Arkaaaae) batlattt were thrown
r«t aa akirmiahera oa ray left, eofa^i the eaa-
my a nfbt, aad droea them to Iba rifar, X aow
ordered forward CapCaia SwifV'a batterr and
the Baeoad Arkaaaaa mffiaeat to iufp>rt ñ,
hokkof the 8«xth Arkanaaa.rerneat ia marre.
The artillery apaaad Are o poo tbaenemy in the
tifl i adjacent to the railroad^ aad dro*e them to
the bank oí tba tirer. Firiaf aow caaaad oa
both aidas, Tba eaaaay made no farther at-
k-mpt to advance, bat knowing that be bad ai-
taadr croasad the rirer io foroe more than doo-
bta to mr own, and bad the means of cn*#smg
s.i líti'Wtál forres, 1 withdrew my oommand, br
war of the tarnp^ke, two miles atvi a balf, and
took position to aMct the aorroj, if diapoaeid to
iaria far Feder-
t jeiipw start
? Ttic Pt¿<k
pa«r
adtance. There beiog n# tmlicatiuns of aucb.ao
inte«Ut>o, I sMnioed to my camp here, reach-
ing this place at 8 o'clock r. tt.
Mr foe* in this affair w#« aa follows:
K tiled- Cut, Terry and three men of his reg*
intent. •
Uange VH*!y woaoded— Lirnteoant Mttrris
aad tb rea aaen v Texas R e^gera.)
pWightly woood 1 Cape. Waiker and three
men i Ye xas Bar atera,) and two n ea ot tba F irat
Ark Sosa* battalion
I estimate the enemy'• lo a ajt naraaty-ira
kil'ed and left oa tba gtoaadf wowaded a .-
konwo. I hare eight prtsoners—otbars were
uti*Q too badly wonnded to be nnir d.atid were
left at citbeaa* bímíMM.
Tbe ir. >ps ucder tnv coomnaad *ho were en-
g*£«-l, d -played courage is exces", Tfo <4b-
ers Wfre as steady-as i^araan. ;./■
R«sp 'dfollvt
T. C. HINPVIAN; lIrijgaáfor-General.
To Lteotenant D, tt. VhjTJL Acting A«a st-
ant Adjutaat-Cleneral Frst IJH rin*o% Caatral
Army ««f Keotncky.
Jsha iliirhell mm the laarrirsa
War. ■
I n a recent Wtiar to the Charleston Merca ry,
writlea from Paris, Juhn Mitchell apeak* there
etataeat and bapir'mg words i
Oa the whole now present nl to
fibe world, by Uie Southern Mtatias is a noble
sod topiring one. Shot up within their border*
by ara and land, asking nó foaaa, demanding
no sympathy, until they hare earned it by sac-
c -ís, ( for tiiata the price of sympathy in tbeae
day*) deprirad area of the ordinary OMnmmii-
caifona with their kind^rxl bidden from man-
Y nd bra thick, fon I clon.1 of falaehis>d and
jji, there they stand on their own gnmnd,
preparing, n ateto silence, for tba last ex-
tremity, looking to tbemaelraa alone, firmly
anchorad upon their own stroog baarta within.
Here is s new exemplar and moo'mentof
title fa óor race, pro ring that eren in this llctfc
gtne" enih cenfory, man baa wH alt *gether lost
Ha tr-uibts d; that h*a > rtne aoU h s pluck
patriotism demand at his banda, Vs™ wt J« (r«* ool ofbim-^ Tba C< nfaderala
fitat a will I ? one da*y with the blaaaing of
Wearers, great and g«orions Common wealths.
They bare reacnad sr-1 sarad. harmless, the
true Americsn pt iBciple of society of goreia-
ment; ami to them —not to the ampntated ramps
of the dismembetdd l'nion—men will berea,.er
look fur the ¿onset rstioa of the traditkw of the
fathers. Ood knows how I haye longed >,ba
with yóo these last thr"- months! How proad-
ly, and fr>nd y, br «d of map and of memory
sad imagiostión, 1 bare dwelt upon the migbty
of tba Confederacy, and traced its
grand limit# of ssspbre from the high central
Alleghantea, where aaaong laúrel thickeu the
áéer nemas dowa ta drink of tbé bright waters
of Tuscaluche, down to the rica fields of Caro-
lina and the saa islands d#Ganrgia, tba purple
tides fit the Southern Oulf, all r >«tad to tba
gw&i bill# of Kentucky will ere long frosrn
across tba Ohio, a terror and a waning to the
pork butuhara erf Cincinnati; and when 1 think
of tn^h a soil, and anch mea and such womeo,
' sak oiysalf whether tba srorld amy aot hope
to sea once more s Republic of mora than an-
tena majesty and mighL
Northern
RmaoKn, Jaa. 18 —Tba stéaas^r Bohemian^
Capt. trrange, has arrived at New York, brtay*
of lha 27th nit.
Frenah fieets wew about aailiog from
owe of them dcstioci for MexifeO and
It ia rexprted that Kngliah Irigate is crui*iag
off (libralife earch og all Federal rsasels.
The offioeTs of the French ^frigate Catine*,
were at Norfolk, yeslerder, and they will reach
Richmond vntebt ''
The Csbiaet brings dispatches to tba
Consul at Charleston.
Ctah is askiag admis«ioa aa a Yaabaa State.
A large portion of the Rarnsida expedition
laft Uampton Roads ye«lerday, bonad Soath.
A ruaotrtton has been a^loptná by the Federal
Banala, anthorixiox the exchsaxe
taken fro® the priratoer Jeff. Da*
al priaonsrs.
fr is t hered the sleanvf Australian ia
wreck -d. She ha* >o U ard i«e thousand Kag-
ÜthaoMirrii.
NoBFot.x. J n. t¡ . The Dar B- k pnWiAas
the following inte resting rotenigeoce from tba
rnited States : |
i. W. Zacharie, of New Otleaái. has been
releas d by lbs Yankee (fotarnment, and árrir
ad hare.
Passengara report three gun boat* and three
larger transports, wiUi 4.W lr<«op*, arrired to-
day at Fortress Monroe from A snapoli;.
< i real sctirur exists at Fortress mmwoc.
Tba Hew York Herald of the íHb inst. saya
Hoaae eoaacaittae appointed.. to' report. -
for raining foar hundred millions by di-
taxation has caused an upward ntoratnenl
in gold, and exchange is qnuted ai II i.
The Hrrald says Wall ^hraei has conspired to
the plans of the Gorernment for raisitsg
, sad t
tanner an<l
shoes irabort
. aa •V\ • ÍO ir.l a
ay the <4ber day, that be w*nt
c4y a khort time since, to bay
•' shoné'. ir the aoidlers of' bis
st. ihe sV -a ctHjid ant be bought bere^ t
í-'<o'r-'-wrtaa desaéndad for
P'raamaía
áorresf^nd '?? í,' lfliraBs; Tack a," ■ ■ tack les
tí ti*# penple can stand these
t csr^y - n a v %r like that «h vb
d, we will t merge from
Ibá- world. We cansee. no
Sbr snch - exborbtuuit; adrsoees m
Ta r-xft -p. <rtionóf the. buaincsa
svrrhant; . %m destroyed. Many ef his
ars ma*l«%blr, and mnst lie erer for
*mf; bwt has he a right to •.make up tha
laaa wha fc
-mff on articles which are mdispeaaabfte
Éhibía'aaáffh'bor to suatain tha. caaae of
aaari, and keep his family .from sofier-
Wf grosr aack at heart aa the mercenary
«*t->rs snd nWchaot* are forced
' aánd. There haa - bean.: less of it per-
a* than m sny Mber Sonthera(
M ^ jrain snd speculation
tha ^flpWes of the army, baa gooa
frnat;. <5tbl !Ki. until, it thought has
W hr , o ar^mpleU-ty baa it
tba Iradisr, that tía Richmond Exam-
«ays, rast |uanuties|if goU are now.guiaf
tr 'SeaS for gonda, aaraggisd orer the lint ,
a aXtrtbaiw. tha beary premium on g< ld to
.eaaws aaara Ibaa iteéf other.
puf omr Texas merchant* bare witb-
te a r .-ry gmat degree, tLe temptation of
f gain ; nlhers baTe seised witó¡ aridity
■ f5*«rtaaay to grow rich fr* m the misf<>r-
af the cooafry.. We could preaaot raer-
, flat' yet iblse brigbtly ta tba:;
of patriotism, who are endearorn% by
soadnct to tod the tfc untry. They sore-
■*i \WkiT reward in an apprar nj cr nsc ence
tba hlsssisga of the poor.
[^biasll, UL Í)., to a lata letter to the l ftdou
aüuding to the Trent outrage, «ays :
1 writs, tberp is a mpor.that Messrs. Ma-
ad Sitdeii are tobe surrendered. If it b*
>%as Curare ment is broken up. Tbare is
* «giiaoce of spirit smong the lower
«f tba people, and they are ab ignorapt
! *^tia ag sxeept their own polttioa and
• ai rau'i with pride and rsnitv,
' aar bwisuaable coacaimfoa,aran ia this hour
W' uUl prose fatal to its aothorn.
The HuTan^ah Republi-
iyai ? .
«II jt liWTlUIT
place, ia oa the road
to Port Royal Ferry,
the t ormer and four from the
ta a' crush runa'ag to. arftbia a
uf the spot which woul l readily
gunboats at ftocJ tide, aa<*
t to use their h*ary gun a
18"H
numbvr of
that they ,
vrtist
11 amp
already
dad to
fMr pka, it is said, ia In nagsaa
t Sewell a i'.,«at, and to land their
Liaahirea, aarch up aad attack Nor*
iksrsar /
The Cincinnata Enquirer takes arery gloomy
riew of the military prospects of the North :
The winter has fairly set in, snd military op-
erations must naoaasartly be suspended until
tha efMs^i of springy Aa oar armisa on the
Potomac aad in tba West needed reposa, tha
opportuai|jr will now. be afforded tbem for
good rest*
We had no doubt for some time that there
w asno intention to make aa ad ranos on the
Potoinac before Springv
What effectwinter's r*at will bare on tba
armies of the Korth snd the Sooth remains to
be seen.
Tba adrantagea that a winter's rest and
pTtiparatioo will gire the soalb are incalculable.
A rsbaüioninbe successfully treated, mast be
crushed at alee. To sho# a great difficnlty, if
dot doubt, ta being able to aoeompiish Ra or«-
throw, adds to its strength wStb
ana, - Eight XBcaatfea, with *■ ,«rali
army *4 half a million troops, bare
ployad to crush out tba rebellion, aad we ara no
oñaírer, apparently, the aeooniplisbment bf that
object thaa wban: we. commenced.; Winter
thaiwhen we are at tha rery height aad
completeness «T our preparationa for
^rating onr power to cmah ont Iba raba**'#
rary nnf«>rtnnale provided H baa
t nition of the Adminiatmtion to permit a big
ight anywhere, wbiab is doubtful.
Spring wilt now tn£ aw In p worse condition
than we are now tn. While it wiR find the Con-
federatee better preparad for resistance.
■v. . < ..." ..
; . ygT Says the Memphis Aralaache :'
'd A sabmarinr torpedo of a new patent
triad up tha rirer laid Wedtoeaday, and
eminently successful. An immenae fiatlmni
wat bfoara uj> so high that only a few apliatars
ware heard from. *
' recently taken , ..
made tbat aomathHaf done
üvarüdi of MIP ?***í*9**•f*s m
bare hnen recently distributed totbn Yan-
Wiary. '
The Aanapolls cor responden t of one of the
Hew Yei% papers tha* ad i ait teas the extent of
4* aext Federal ieet desbasd tbr Iba Rontb
aa If aothiag waa wanting la ren-
i hi' neeaaaary, and
addition of Ibe naral resects now 'lying
at Fnrtreaa M<aroe it ia bslierad that the expe-
dition, to siae snd strength, will far surpass the
one aant to ftwt^Boyal.
**TkWI a6''tiiT0
one brig, elereo sch^^Hkre fioating batte-
A(l é.i a, ykaaa tm narhsrva swat
mil Iva%J*vOo- ▼ Vvlfw a WOT MT^| W"
hair the resse!s to he eaqptoyed ia tha expedi-
tion, which will be large!forced at For-
are counted, none of the naral vesnela bare
come to Aoóapolis. All of tba transports, large
nsall, sr% hawarer, armed, and carry
suppliaa af shall and hall for nee in the
as arall aa on baard abtp."
V -—.yea*
the Tret sury will be without a cent
in another week.
The Ph lade I pb a ba nks refuse Tressiury
nates, sad tba public begins té cry out," iN'Wu
with the beats," sn l call f -r s nati nsl cur-
rency,.
says í 44 M'e vtsnd *-
of the tremendous and
of ibe Yankee nat i«nel
debt." :
Tba Qoremment >♦ Prussia has addressed a
note to tlie IVusacsn Mintator kt Washington,
wisdsniaiag the arrest of Messrs. Means* and
SlidaiL
WamjpiMÉÉd^Ma. Ther* ^ rrest s<'ti*ity
UeulsiegdfcOf Mi^nturu haK tMderrsl hi*
reaiguation t^BbCinrernmt^il.
*Ñoart LX, Jan. *.—Hf tag of traee In New
York, dales at ^at city h« t| e fob were restor-
ed to-day. ■ if •
There bad been an arriral ftom Fagtsml,
Tha
Tribune, urging a forward
at the Mjactirity of
the Fadwal arm
If the peopla bsAitrad that the preseat torpkl
policy ia to ebaraclsiiim the remaia^sr of the
war, they would fitH «W the jaw* of despair,
and sak tbé; goreramaat k disband ■■ the armr
aad submit to tba dma*mbermeoi of the Union.
A correspondent, alluding to the Inactivity of
McClrllaa'sarmy.aays i
It has been intimated m me by
perwias that tha army hare would at mata pre-
cisely as now, euaply as a protectee la tha
capital, and fW btroaaa a pmmiaeoi feature of
th« government. I know there is a powerful
effort beiag made to that r#*st; whether it will
be snceesaftrt tema ins to be ssea. The mem-
bers of rongreaa that I hare heard apeak af tt,
rrry bitterly pfenoaaaa it and tfoiaa ia aatbieily
who fa*.* it. The plan hi to *
wfo-re it ia—aar
an«- ia sctire duty in
erer itmsybe r «c*ssaryte
tbority of the Uaton. This point gained, the
Liverpool daten loathe 27th
sales of cotton in the market r«r three
waa 31,00# bales, and the market haaoy
Prinaa had adraaaad '^d. The salea on
before the sailing of the steamer,
15,004), The atock wan 5¿s(tfoa, baléis, of
wbicb Aaaericaia 216,0aa bale*.
The war st^it in England and In France,
towards the I nited States, onntino ^l. Funds
French frigate Catinet has arrired in
Baasptoa Roada wUh apacial dhmatchéa.
/ The aoouetary article of the New York Her-
aid, of the Sth iost., reports that a financial cri-
áis íü approaching; that m lens than a week tha
Treaaury notes will be exianahid; that
tal ists are dispuatrqt of tbeit. property for
and exchange, and a* pr
abroad imtnadiately. Both
are at an immaaaspremium in New York.
The lleraid frapreaeoL* tha panic af unparal-
leled, and recommends a ditael wa# tax. ex-
mends a direct war tax, c
ikm that 12W,W«,0W will
and
is dinctissiug
iew York are
toe expe-
beginaiog to
Ospoa
presaca the
net* asar j
whole aeootry
and ruined.
Tba U. S.
dtenca of
The bank of
fuse treasury notca
Ricuaowo, Jsn. V. In-Cdigress,
bnsinaas amhnim^wtant so far as
-Tbara- srn a beary firing al Acquia Creek
bast night, the Yankee r esse Is having engaged
eur batteries, "No1) idy hnrt" on our side. The
dama^ to the Federals ia noknowa.
The fireenbriar raid is conceded to bare beea
ited by a yaukee plundering
off horsrs, est ile sod other
Yankees, it is belie red, escaped to
The Lynchburg Republican haa
'from' WíatÉaatar that there has
little skirmishing, with only á few
The Confederates burnt s bridge
**é.destroyed dam No. 6, of the Chesa-
peake JKbl; also some bridges oa the Balti-
mors SdOhto Railroad, and* than retornad in
ia the wsettoa of Winchester. TheCtmfwfor-
ates baton tbaexpeditfou about ten men. •
On Mioakday, about 14 miles below lbs town
of Romoey, the Confodaratas in «malí foros
ware shacked by Yankees. We lost two
or three killad aad a few tatoa prlstam* a; also,
two cannon and three baggage wagons. The
enemy bars destroyed the property of aereral
Southerners in Hat region. We daptarad in
one of nor expeditions two cannob and froiu
MJmu> 4##©0 dollara worth of f fothing aad
military atoraa.
Capt., Alexander of the Arkansas regiment,
ia a lelller firom Camp Alleghaay,. dated 6th
inst., aaya í No attack baa been made oa fMa
camp or o« Monterey; the enemy after depreda-
at IIuntarsrille. *' double qaiehrd " away.
Ja . ll.- lato|l|gaaeaí f tha mart
md awcaeatoua character la oar
acikp.aéd'MM' .people has just Wn redshnd
from <-airo dheat, giring full particulars of
bllii!
bare for a
m
in the
macha i
afesa <^$n^^^adá#^^ám' saw^^Mh ■ ah'
iriMi vuimn wvmm upon ■
he L acol lea^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
aad leek the ena-
w bo at Mrat raftmsd
' J*W"4^?üS
r.fies, with bsyoneti, belu and cartridgs
aad one Kentnckr rifie were aetasd. A
^ and groceries, Wfoaigi^g
to s Soutbsm rights ettiaea, ware haad d on a
_ §f oae w'the
and brought
Tbs I ifdim asfgaipnadBid of tbe Manchester
ia hie letter of the 13tb ult., saya :
The ponrietioo forcea itself upon maay that the
dar üa not far distant whan the Southern Coa-
fo faratioa must be raoognixed ; and tbat recog-
nition may be eipectM to bring abonta fraeb
difficulty, in which are mast be prepared to
maiaiata our policy. It Is with this rtew. aad
as a demon sirs tioo of our lotentfoa to bom onr
own wsy, that the Government are sending ont
10,000 man to Canada without aay reference e
the reply of tfc* Amerkaa ChWhsi. If Maasrs.
Maa<« and SlideII leaded at Liverpool to-mor-
row, not a atddier the less would be neat out.
if sr# are to have a arar with the North, in cam-
nectioo with tbia L"ni' *d Sta** schiam, there
eoald| i aa asare favorable time than the pres-
ent. ll would be a shot , snd deciaira war, and
would baTe aritot influence on the preserva-
tion ef psaee aad tha uaioterrtrpted freedom of
aomdseree for msny years to cotae, sntboat our
bar i eg to pass through the ordeal of social and
mercantile eoefaskm wbicb wars, as a
rule, entail.
5
latent
lam out 1014
Jht4m.
rirer. aad bare w Pfftr
a ef Caws City, hartog
twenty lagtMsata oa tbta
aide of the river. Tbay are tryh* all *frts af
tridta to entrap onr feráa^ but tbey have ta 1-
ad, aa they alwaya will.
beea to create the ii
ed, and are aboat t
moreuieat oa e^bt
calculating on aa advance
way of ItopfcinerUie.
managers are eiial aa
foiiod them at every point.
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A Yaakee correspondent.:. writing (Mm the
MaAe^al capital, aaya 5
Our (forereaocnt is Undoubtedly ia possessing
of information from Paris rendering it certain
tbat if there is a coaiteal batwaaa Oreat Britain
aad toé Cuitad States, France will studiously
etsnd alord, preserving a strict impartiality.—
Rut it is also stated tbat toe Emperor ban si-
read r urged the Rtitiab Government to break
the blockade of the Southern ports, ami that if a
declara don of war by Queen Vic toria ia fol -
fowad bir another royal ¡iroclamation, recognij;-
mg the independence of the Confederate.State*,'
LmiisKapoiemwUlfolbweuit.
IlkaEngiand, is too ready to regani
arar for the l'nfoa as a conimercíil
between the tariff men of the North
Southern free traders • and now, the
at Lyons aud Manchester combine In
ibe execution of the •' barber law < f n*"
calh
force here witl be kept aa Ibe staudtaf army of
the g vernti^t, until erery resttoe < f dieefke-
tkatahaU havo disappeared, aad arery excuse
for its cuatlaaaaoa eaaasd to exial
I gire ron this programtno for arbat it b
worth. Erents certaiuly indicate tbat such a
plah baa w werfnl back era, snd practtcally is
no J la existence. One thing ia certain, there
will be no change as long aa it caa be prevent-
ed by those reaping woeh prodigious harvests
from it daily.
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The steamer Gray Clood, which arrired befe '
yesterday fromBttoxi, baring succeeded in run- '
mag Ow Abs'* Wocktde. repT^t a only s ix of the
enemv *s reesels in the vicinity of Ship Ialsnd
though tbare hsve been recently a* many as
tamal tare In bight from toe Mississippi cqaat
atouetime.
TbeGrsy Cloud also rep sis that a French
war Reamer lyhig oulsida of Ship Island bad
been htjurad by being run Into, accidentally, by
a tT. S, eteemtr, aad that aba bad aaat a boat
habóra for the porpnee'hf nwaamaslnallag by
with the French Oaasal al New Or-
lionftbn Times says :
Goremment haa it.ielf emphati*
sdmitted the failure of their naral bhtck-
aa act of ^barbarity which - is unparsl-
le led tin tha history of national wars. They hare
actually andearored to nndo what Colombo*
bad dona -to shot up fireua all mankind foreear
th 4 porta which tha great dfaacovwrer opened to
the human race, and to daateoy by artificial
impediasents the gatea by which men of all ua-
taoas:ebter and pasa ont of some millions of
square d^lsa'ol'fof^s.' and., product i re lands.
Thia is a crime strafost all bninsn kind. If it
doeained hall down . .universal. onpositi.-n, it i*
only because the enterprise id believed to be as
imptaaible as its design ts execrable.
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Louisville Courier contains the foliow-
A report reached thi# place, through sereral
Special to Iba Pleaya a.3
Bowuno Gwxxs, Jan. 3, Idft*
RusBors bare prevailed yeatevday and today
of forward awivementa of the enemy in the r -
cmity of Green River ; bat hey bam not hem
traced to a reliable aowree, aad I do nob credit
them. Tba railroad from near Green hver u>
lUndman'a camp bM been so tboraa^hly d.
stroyei tbat tbs ealg will bare üarüTitolj
rebuild it U they
aae B for
f
thrown in
^ Jffiitrdb-'j
ject being to harass, annoy, fat^ae", awl dis-
pirit bis forces, tearing them ia tt 6 worst p.
aible condition for a fight when the# reach tin-
battle ground. It Will take theai, 1 think, leu
days at least after they «fotfl hav« crossed the
river to reach Bowlibg Greea.
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channels, that on the day after the %bt
to, Uaa. Crittenden shipped bis ar-
dowa Greaa rirer, aad it aras understood
neighborhood of Calhoun that the desti-
waa liouisrille. Connected with this
report that Calhoun had baett evacuated.
A, O.
Be prociaimeu
0 reported that
t to make a call
It ta aaid martial
bare next Wedoeadsy.
the military authoritiea
for aerara! thoasand
vice. It is rnmored the
rery badly erected, aad tba arark df putting up
gna§ l| going on rery slowly.-X O. iltf<.
A !*aria letter of tha Ah Duceutber, to Iba N,
ne, says : It ia worse than falaabbod
what I know it ia wnraathaa patriotic
to adaitt, but what it is the disagruuablu duty of
a reporter to state, tbia paaatoamtoly disputed,
but reaaouably i ad is puled fact, tbat Che reoogni-
tkm of toe C. S. A. as an existing nati n by
É^glaad and France is rapidly approaching di-
plATnatic record.
The Charles too MereadÉ^^tlie «th ¡ust.,
ears that the Yankees h^^^B the mainland
and retornad b Port Rofl^H|l4 much to tl e
chagrin of onr soldiers. W Lea, who onm-
mand* on the Atlantic coast, haa aeat word to
the Ooreruaiwit at Rlchmoaad that he la sufFi-
cfootly smssg to keep the enemy from Charles-
ton add Savannah. AH be deairea ia to gel the
enemy from the enter of bis fi<ating guns .
f^r The Bowling Green Conrier says :
A large lot af hoga passed through Princeton
tha other day ea route frw the.. pork house* at
Chufka*^lte,TSM. The beat of the j¡4e la they
weredrireu fnen lllinoi*.
We laarn that sereral thousand aira now on
the are? from Madisnorilte to the same point.
driren North from the naigh-
of Márifaoavlltr. Tbia doaa'al k«4
i ike alar 1 lag out the Southern Oottfod-
Appeal has
. b# *aMia<
the follow ing
y^ Jsn.f. Si. lamia papara
bare been receirsd bare of as late dala aa Iba
filblaaL Ad vfeea from Rolla oontainad in them
stale that Gen. Hfegat, Msj. flasaandaubal, aad
thirty ether «fibers cnadswM with tht art^y at
Ib pmnt, bare rw^baq.
fa* Waa ta VimífinA Caaaa^
Frbm a source which seems'worthy- of credit
0 that tba Federals have nearly finished
na river bridge. If they doa^ tntead a
on aa, R is a little atranga they should
in a srdrk of socb eon«dersble magni-
tude, When It ta eomplete, they may more in
darmsaiim^nuaabera towards the military key of
the iponth. .
U WaS reported by a gentleman jaal
froas Care City that the Federa'a bad begin to
fortificaUons oa toe groassd where Colonel
Tenfr fell. This ia uot vary probable.
A aatiaqmadaat of tito New Y«ek Exprés#,
Writing from Fort Pickens, say* :
Serkius difficulties have arisen between the
staff snd line officers of the rugirnent sod C >l.
W'ikfon, They are sa d to be greatly dinsatis-
11.-1 with his statute* as a miiilary man, ami
accuse hhaaflnMhduct h'ghly culpable n a
On tba l3th, aB tbe offi-
With two exceptiooa, waived upon and re-
qnafiad him to resign the command of the reg-
it ia said tbst he refused to listen to their re-
The officers seem determined to retira
tba regiment thamselres or Compel him to
*' " They feel tost they have been dt*-
him in more ways thanvine, not ófdr
since th«^r arrival upon Santa Roas Island,
but prior to their leaving New York.
Tie Fort Saastb News,ef the 2d, aays :.
We received a totter yesterday from W. F.
Wisely, Esq., published in tha Arms Arr us,
dated December 2¿th, from whicli we learn that
Gea. Price ¡a nt Spriagfield, with about H^Nto
tr*K>ps, aad recruits are coming daily in flom
10® to 3«b, entering ' the Cohtodeaslf' service.
General Prioa iutenda staking a-move. anon. ■
The Pederala are deatroymg all tlie prnpsrtr
along the roads, Imratag houaea, mills, towns,
and ahootiag maa token in arms. Mr W. says
we will get sll back, with 1U.90# CeaSsdaTate
W* e
can «leaa out Miasouri in sixty day*.
Caawn.—Tba regular Washington correa
pandea* of the Hdaafn Tribonr make* the fol-
lowing candkl admiaaioo
The fact ia, tha eause .§(, the i atop has no)
inch a^fibare, bat baa ct«.
If lost ground ersrywhere. Il ia not to
of Mr,, Seward, ta aeaaedhata--,mi«b
Girrctat Rxkwtp or ritx tionp xr DxAisa
T11.t.a.— Gea¿ Staart,ln his official re|^i% aa|Ti
^s to the strength of the enemy d the imi
current «tatemante of the citiseus reaidtogiaa
his route of march «aa be credited, lar had fif
teco rcginmals at infantry, several battenet,
and aeren coaapaniea of carairy The latter
had star ted in the direction <d oar wa+juef
before the «moa begxit, bet afaft then rala
«lar wounded, who were for the time pri
nere. say that tbe enemy's lw¥u aekanwl
edged by them u be rery haary f and among
.the oflfoare kMad, - or. mortally woondad,5 dim
Col. Kane, of Utah notoriety ; and citieen* br-
lag he'dw dteclare that They carried off twenty
iaigoa toada of killed and wównded, haMilaiii-
tny dead before tliem on their borsaa, pud
that as snoh as their daad and aro andad Wer>-
reaiored, they left the fi Id pr.<ipltatelr, le*i
fog behind much bf the nuterial, which we h-ft
en the field, but which we reooráred tba
day.
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Life at toe Cxmai-—According to the
Washington eorrespondunt of the New York
Evening Post, gaiety preraila at thc.Federal
Capital this winter:
'• One of the most striking feature* of !if« her
is the utter eareteartieaaaioA *<atmW*acs of e*
rry one. From Mr*. Lincoln, d^nnug in h^t
gaudy eoamh. and Mr. Lincoln ait'nsing btaaai l 1
with Hermann'8 . feats of. " praaiidkialtou,"
(town to tbe young (ifSieer* dinciog gaily at H>
balls, erery one seems to ooaudder the prasaut
lima one especially related
irbart ia not
that 1 tiare been able to
And any one who looka oír a.
tbe critical condition of affair* is regarded as a
bore by all but soma uf toe few oldea heads.
One would think all the "faat" boya of the
country had come to Washington, for none > t
the men here seam to care fair much alee Iwt
jolity, The s tree ta are thronged with officer
and privates, all uteat on amusamcnt, and dash -
log roung cavalry maa clank their sworda ami
iing'e their spurs in dancing reama aa well as
liar rooms. The mournful faoea era at tiw
iKimea that tlie arar haa made daaoiate.
a
pKtun-T or IxwiKA. - Tha Naa'it die Baaaer
ia n | partial to Bright, but likes pluck, iiear tt
Senator Jesse I). Bnght, ' f lodisna. has 1
no flsrorite of uuri. Very far froau d
like pluck whararer found and caa
iadeft.wednnot desire to help it Ndw to the
P"tot nadar eoaaiderattoa r Bright a apenoh in
the Senate the other day, on Senator Wilkin
aon'a reaolntton to expel bun from that body
for alleged ffidlnyalty to the North la a «sal
gallant and aaaniy pro lucti *a. lie said, ia 6*
fieut language, that ha waa nppoeed to tba war,
opposed to Lincoln aad hia amatoMrattoa, dad
if tbia coaa tita ted Treason the Senator could
make the moat of R. Bravo, Jatee, to «bis to
staeea -wa lielicre that you epake the seatimaata
o( your heart, and for them we honor toa.
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Tha New York Herald Saya, ll may aakbe ka
poHtic to aay that the reamen why Ibe expedí
mdwr the command aar« rally of General*
lions under the command aev« rally 1
Butler and Burnsida hav<* not left for their pla-
<** of deatidstloa baa deen to uenasqusati of
the raeaatcompyeattou with Great tiritase Th,
settlemant ef Uto Tráhaátt sHair bad ahaag'd the
face of thiols, aad now
MaClellau willaaddauly
ua land aad saa, and ia 4
Meat will only br p*twn«,tbe
tor understand tha eauaeof 1
delay, but wbicb la «air a
ttoa to a final pad gtorforaceam
Ttfi Yadxxx Paisoagas.
I. - AH tbs Yankee prteuners
including Cafoael Core ran,
14, this afternoon in a ^
« 3
aad which ia
Ua
for the
bad it id bia pwrer to bare eap
i._ «i i .1
ne aivwywi ana lum uv*
twelve gunboats sad
front Northern
Cairo, and ace already
The crews hare
w
Ihnr aid la
Royal, fur the temara of the Veak.
ikruui.
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