Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1861-12-31

              .V. - wLJlJJ 'W.51 0m .rtUliA m - -I m . m - i "tv )i ip.ii tit).; TrU -V . .'-'o: ::jltvt r . - i .aanai a a- , .-.--?- - I - a a a -- x x --r a ' v. - r if CS4 1 YTd WAil Clltt sa Rtr7. T-(J " nVitKit ,or (Ac Jf(, Vmrmom Bannmr THE DYING VEAXU A Mag ft U daandat 4yj - " : Tba aiMrafoI ekaat, tad ta fsWaf Uv, t : A lri'! dirge, for the jer at' ga . r 'Ai'ira Uy U w7 U;" rett, . h r, : V v ftrntrpm itaut jloaJpa 0 a Ebnity' bouaileM VwmU' J(at ca w eakhroaAia lU alMnbcr de - T) ea f tackaB(iaK pastf : TafUiac tha aorrowa that wad at iweap, I . Tfca alaarata fat eaold aat laat t ' . If ! k ar traead on a Cadeleaf pg; "'t ItfaaiigMjir work af life 1 Jlad the rolama vaat oar fata aaall eat, A Ue i1mU abaU fea dark ar ilgkt. WiayW fk JfK rma JJmnmmr. i ar.VH-UAjf mi. s, - - ' " : ' f oman throw ber gentle kain Of lov aroand hara j" Ska laret to featly otUa wr pain Aadfeiraih aaay tka:.ear. :i a. Bhe la a aardiaa aagal itul . ... ' 4"'uTkoghaU thia.' wearied Ufa- ' rr . IU 0, wboan ara forget . .,. , - - Amatbar'a laatraHaertr S- ; . (Veflt aM ia ttnH leve, t , . ; .ri lraatT -. . v A abterVgentJa word , v till liBger aa'onr ear, . . Thougk aanderea bow by . ocean iy.ratHBiaay, aaaaj a jearrsj rida. Bat, O; tfceflrl we lera ! '' Her honied word of blias! Her ", fa aorrow'a darkest hour ; . And 'gainat temptatiea'a lurea "Tj' heij!wgaard and fiower. - ,3 X'; a!arrjft.. ranKCaaaar.' oarrr FIIET. i llai a negabcir rnjrad ya '- ; .. ' " - "CoaH fret; Vj Yew will aaase aff thi beat ; 5 . lle'a tba aaoet to aaiwar Sit l. ' " Nerer mind let itVreet . ' . - ; t . k ' -1 t ; l-t fret ! . - ' Haa a horrid lia been told? "' ' ' Don't frot j It will ran Itaelf to death, ';. V . . : If you let it qnite alone ' It will die for want of breath" ; : . j,. Den'tfret! Ara aonr eneniiaa at work ? Den'tfret; They injure yon not a whit, - if they And yow heed them not-. They will aoaa he glad to auit '. , . , Don't Irat! la adtenity yoar lot 1 ' i . . 1 "i. L Dea't fret; Fertaae'a wheel keepa turning round, "Every apoka wfll reach the top ."WbMilikn you, ia going down : - Don't fret I Bavaax,-Oaio. . - .. Sltetcjjcs. Aj Tragmnt of. English' Hittory. Wheu the tyrjunv ind the bigotry' of the Ust Jtmcs orore ms supjects to take ni anas against him. one of the 'moat formidable enemies to;his asucpa tion was Sir George' 'Cochrane, a prom t; inent actor in Argyles rebellion. . ' For agea destructWe doom seemed to hang oTer ihehoTise of Campbell, en- " relopinc in a. common" rtdniall whtf united -their: fortunes to 'thi cause ;OrHhe xhieftain.; The , samer doom enyeloped ,Sir John' Cochrancu ''.He' was jnorrpip- ded by the King's troops long, held 1 "and desperate was his resistance, but at length oTerpowered by numbers, he was taken prvspner, tried and condemned to . -dieon-the scaffold. - llo had but a few days tHTeyand the jailor only awaited the erriVal of - his i death -warrant, to Ied him forti) toTexecutoni' tfam ?r-r nisi: res hid rtllftod Kim! in "bris .CTL )zzi- eichanjreii wiwi& Ui Hie Ion - the' heart yearning farewell. . Tint there Vas one t h'6 ' cam&r ot vwith ! tba ; rest to recfeive hi lesff-4ofe .Srho-tthe pridcflffiscStnias ilxeuse -T ,ui wa.s casus a uaeu mu fitfcri t S child cr.lLis head was tret against tii3 cell, canp ctil, to cool the .... , . - - . .-..-- rpr-rthert-'t-r.u- ?,Lzsx t-A.-Ui - :r ?rcr;tsre'd, IJcrpmoa w&s txUaUd eo'x.'.v.uarjag, . . - . . ; - ii ... . - .. .1,. i, - .. -i ' ; i ' !.'..., .'. '. r deep to be wiped away ; and her raven trfcases . parted over an open brow, clear andpttrp as polished marbled ', The un-happy captivd, if aised his . . head -' as' the two entered.'" ' " - ..My child, my own vGrizelle I :ho ex-claimed, and she- fell upon his bosom; ' I My. father my dear . father ! sobbed the miserable, maiden, and dashed away the tears that accompanied the words. ; Your interview must bd1 short, '.very short, said the jailor as he torned away. , Heaven help and comfort thee, my daughter I added Sir John while he held hifr to his breast and imprinted ;a kiss upon her brow.' I fear ea thai I should die without .bestowiug my blessing on the head of my own child, And that stung me worse than death itself ; but thou art come and the last blessing of thy wretched ' father r ' Nay, father, forbear ! she exclaimed; not the last my father shall not die. : Be calm, be calm, my child, he returned. Would to heaven I .could comfort thee my own ! but there is no hope; within three days thou and all my little ones will be ; ' " . Fatherless he would havo said but the word died on his own lips. Three days, repeated she, raising her head from his breast, but pressing his hand,-three days,, then there is hope my father, shall live ! is not my grandfather with the confessor and the mas ter of the king ? From him he shall beg the life , of his son, and my. father shall not die. . v r Nay, nay, my Grixelle, returned he, be not deceived ; there is no hope. Already the King has sealed tho order of my execution ; and the messenger of death is on his way. - ? Yet my father shall not shall not die, she repeated clasping her hands to gether. - Heaven .spoed a daughter s purpose ! shd exclaimed, and turning to him, said calmly, we part now, nut we shall meet again. ,.. , , ; What, would my child ? inquired he, eagerly, und gaicd anxiously upon her face. " ' - - , '" ' . Ask not now, she replied, my father, not now, but pray for me and. bless me but not with thy last blessing.-' lie acrain pressed her to his heart.:a'na AimxenvrmmnmiiUB payk'.. ' Iri . affewjninates tho jailor entered, and they were torn from the arms of each other. 1 On the evening of the fecond day after, the interview we have mentioned, a wayfaring man crossed . the bridge at Berwick, from the north,' and proceeding along Marygato, sat down to ' rest upon a bench by the door of an hoster-lio on the south side of the street, nearly fronting where what was called the main guard then stood. He did not enter the inn, for it was above his apparent condition, being that which Oliver Cromwell made his headquarters a few years before, and where at the some what earlier period. James the Sixth of Scotland, had taken up his residence, when on his way to enter into the sov ereignty of England. The traveler wore, ariose jerkin, fastened around his body, by a girdle, r and over it a short cloak of equally ,; plain material.- ' lie was evidently ayonng man,' for his bea ver was drawn down so as almost to con ceal his features, ; In one hand he car ried a small bundle, and in the other a pilgrim's staff. Having called for a fflass of wine, be took a crust of bread from his bundle, and after resting a few minutes rose to depart. The shades of night were setting in and it threatened to be. a night of storms. The heavens were gathering black, the clouds rush ingfrom the sea, and sudden gusts of wind were moaning along the streets, accompanied by heavy drops of rain and the face of the Tweed -was troubled. Heaven help thec, if thou intendest to travel on such a night as this, said the sentinel of the English gates, as the traveler passed : him ' and proceeded to cross over the bridge. In a few minutes he wai over upon the wide, desolate, ' amd' dreary moor of Tweedmouth, which for miles presented a desert of furze and stunted heath. The rain fell in torrents, and the whuy howled as a legibo1 xt famished wolves. Still the strager hurried on ward,' until he had proceeded two ' or three miles from Berwick; when, as if unable longer to brave the' storm: he : sought ahelter amid some bushes Ty tho wayside. N.,v- Nearly , an. hour passed since he sought this - imperfect hejter, and the increased together when the jsbund of horse s feet was heard Jaadly splashing through the? water alone; the" roaiLi The ndcf bent his head torthe-blast,-tr ouuueuvy.tne nore was graspeu.py.uie Dncue. -the rider - raised his head, 'and the stranger stood before him, holding I a pistol td his 1reMt.?'v W-$s jL4ivut, wx,. me, ta, ine.-fttranger fitcarnlyv Aiijii-(S'-.hy::' The horseman benumbed and strict- tltfiHfliar'Madaiie hU arms, but in a,. moment the hind of we xuuHcry qtutwiigjwia crituo, grasped tia Ireast cf4 they rider, ad fira"rtd Mmlothe bundJHe fell heavily upon lus face, ,.-d. fcr, .eycral piautcsr- The z'.:2T.2r cr.Z2X tho leathery t: tII clr e c . tlLid ih to t nor th j w keross tia heath. MOTINT VERNON, w Earljon the following xnornitiff th InliAbitants of Berwick were seealitr?"- jyingihrbups'td teptf eho robbery had '. beeV eenitd d were scattered in every directioao over 2 the moori bnt no traco of 'the robber eould be obtained. ; . :!y " Three f days passed, and Sir. John! Cochrane still lived. The mail which contained his death warrant hair been robbed, vand before 'aiibtheerfor his execution had been gtyen,v'the intercession of his father, the. Earl of Don- aid with the KingV confessor might bo successful. . '' .;:Z?'' 'T 'fU .;!tGrizell6? now, became Ihis constant companion in prison, and : spoke to him word's of comfort; ' N,early fourteen days had passed since the robbery 6the mail had been committed, and protract ed hope in the - prisoner , haa ? became more bitter than the first despair.; " But everri that hope, bitter as it was, perished. The intercession of his' father had been unsuccessful, and the second time the bigoted, haughty monarch had signed the warrant of his death, and within a little ; more than, a day. that ; warrant would reach his prison. r. a . . v.. t The "will of Heaven be done 1 groaned the captive". " ; "" : - Amen f responded Grizelle, with wild vehemence, but yet my father shall not die I - 'Vi ni-: -, ;;-VVi4i '; Again the r rider had reached the moor of tweedmouth,, and; tho second time he bore with him the doom of Sir John Cochrane. 1 Ho spurred his horse to the utmost speed, he looked before,' behind and around him ; and vin ,the right hand he held a pistol ready to defend himself. The moon shed a ghastly light across the hgath,;which was on- ly sufficient to render 'desolation dimly visible and it gave a" spiritual embodi ment IS every shrub. ' Ho was turning the angle of a straggling corpse, when his horse reared at the report of a pistol, the fire of which seemed to flash in his very eyes. At the same moment his own pistol flashed and his horse reared violently; he was driven from his saddle. In a moment the foot of tbq robber was upon his breast,, who bending over him and brandishing a short dagger in his hand, said : ' : - - i ' , : Give me thy arms or die ! ': ; :'! '' ' The heart of the Kincr's servant fail- edwithin Jiim, and wj thout;.Tonturing a reply, he did as ho was commanded. 1 Now go thy way, ; said the robber sternly,'Trat leave thy mail, lest a worse thing may come upon thee, . v The man arose and proceeded towards Berwick ' trembling, and ' the robber, mounting the; horse "which hehad left, rode rapidly over the heath. . " . Preparations were making for the execution of - Sir John Cochrane, and the officers of the law waiting ' only for the arrival of the mail, and the second death warrant,to lead him forth tV the scaffold, when the tidings arrived that the mail had again ocen rooDca, jc or fourteen "days the, life of, the prisoner .L . . . .... , , 1 'in : 1 would yet be " prolonged. He 'again fell unon the neck of his dauehter and said : ' - - It 114 said the. hand: of Heaven is in this. - ' ' i-i '1 ''.-!' ' - ' r Said I not, said the maiden,- and for the first time she wept aloud,- - that my fa thcr should not dir. The fourteen days had passed when the prison door flow open and. the Earl of Donald rushed to the arms of his sonl His intercessions with the confessor had been successful, and after twice signing the death warrant for the execution of Sir John, which had so often failed in its place of destination the King had sealed his pardon.,, r ' i He had hurried, with his father from tho prison to his own house 5 - his family were hanging around' himj" shedding tears of joy. .Grizelle, who, during'the imprisonment had suffered more than them all,- was absent. - They were mar veiling with gratitude at the marvellous Providence that .had., twice intercepted the mail and save his life, wheaa stranger craved an audience; Sir John de' sired him to . be admitted a'nd. .the robber entered V ne was habited, as! we have! before desenbed,?.' with... the- close cloak and jerkin, but " his bearing was above! his condition; " On catering, he slight-j ly touched his heaver, but retoained un covered. : When Vou have perused these said ne, camng two, papers ,irom ms oosom cast them in the 'fire.' TSJ. :r i ' Sir 'John.; glanced, at them,; started and. became - pale--theT- were - his own death warransi-; t " -j"deliverj 1 eIateedeti,h!pV. phall llthankthee ; bw the savior, of my life xny father, my children, thank uim lorme. The Earlgraspedthelianc smfiafotWvrcb5d ees.Q :PJ?reijed and burst-into tears; Tsw.-i's-n V,.&i : TheBtxanj'er- werxt alpua anU raising his bearer tne raven tresses ji utriseiip Cochrane fell rJ tha'da'rs'a'-idal?? j rtraeioHeaveM ! (excIaIciedMhe asf oaished aod "ehr'ap tzred father,' iay own cliud---rjay.eaTior---ray-.own wn telle, itjv It isTU-xec " ""m, .- it:a.nnaici: cf tl3 r:i-:r. czz -"! ' - ther til TT3 m-fc-i l-.tlr. i;Cri; zll 3 ffctioaw hsT trieily and impGifsctly -ify. wnat name eageriy .enquireu oir J6TiflM&:Iarayden BaaBaBaBBaBaaaaBaBBaBaaaaBaaaaBaaBaaaBaBa " 8s:etchewi8iyh'. grandiaotherrtf rCttd f late John Rtft w.rt: of Allen Bant -"rWJ I wickihire. and trrandmother. of Courts; thcelebra'ied jbanker,: -y j .; ; ;.",t ;-: .. . n ) i -rw tiU.i The Caranaism of BillmMarata y Th War begatt-Jn., ApriL.i J5iujultaiuly itn the -outbreak of noeUiiuei a lar? nam her I f.fl.'V.Wt. K,.iilh luiinn tk I pai ira of bad lan ?ua ffck More 'foal words were throwrr than bullets,' and more .curses than bonJbehells." The more ardent4 and the better practiced TiantflerH of thia kind4 tof artillery at the North, were not satisfied .with directinr tt againet a foe where U effeetwas n!aible- It ! perha pa natural that those, who had fceen for.moBtbji ant$ years engaged in the,use ofthe tongue as a weapon ofoffense, blasting character and destroyed reputationV; hould Beize; an opportunity to exercise their skill; and sa th eharga of treason, was believed to be the-most deadly m itaeflectav these gentry catered een-am&upon the business of affixing to their respectable fellow citizens of the North, , the stig? ma of thbdark eruae. .. : ' T- .r-y a - ; It is instructive to reriew the Justory-of this campaign of UUimg8ate, :t : v. J i it began witu some of tne jnewajjapers, and ther abused their cotemoorariea. Thev then opened on private individuals, a,nd the sanctity V. huy MVwuv ua.mwm. imm- W9km traitorous brothers, that , lady had traitorous j connections, tjxia ikmily receded 'into their t' nouses traitorous acquamuuicae, ana on tne whole, traitors ittnii to turn nrl in the most as. tonisnine ouantttT. v . : . 1 . . . ..... - . . . .. I - Practice made the' art of maltgnfngerfectl aud it was Very soon a matter "of no sort of im-1 portance who was- made to suffer. ' From' the I highest. to the lowest, soldiers,' civilians and Drrvat men Sad Women. weiemercileeBlV de-T livered to infamy. For some 1 me -previous to the war the strongest advocates of a peaceable 1 diaaoluiion of the Union had heen BetMibKcao 1 papers. - Suddenly this advocacy became trea-1 son, and the advocates adroitly turned the. fire f from: themselves by pouring it on others from their' own. batteries..' The loudest . in the war of words, were the very -ones who had. been most guilty. v; . . Every one could now recall the nam cof many merchants ladies, officers in tbVarmy and navy, J and others who were attacked The list which was roneu up ui inoee wno were sugmaiueu as traitors, and found innocent,'gfew so long, that the single victims are almost Jfergotton, unlcaa some incident recalls them toimind."- "u'r' ' ! Pretty much every one has already forgotten j the fury aad fixedaess lof purrjose with whieh j Hon. JanjasE. Harvey, Unite J States Minister I to Portugal,' waa haunted I V ' the een&atio t pressi ridiculous special J dispatch1 -from Wash ingtorr pronounced him- a traitorl'and in an instant the pack, was after hint in mil. cry. We defended the absent manassailed in such a cowardly manner. This action was jtholla diaintareatad oa our part, for (we "had" no acr quainta ace, .with. bim ,whUaaadott .thftesult was only, to torn the torrent f abuse on ourselves ; and poor Harvey continued a traitor, until it was ascertained one pleasant ; looming that the whole story was false,' that he . was in the confidence of the Government and Was doing excellent service abroad. " But we; have never -aeen'the accusation taken baek, or apolo gized by, any.-of -hia maligners. ' Shortly at terward the question ofthe power of the Pres- ident. to suspend the writ of habeas. corpus came up for discussion. It was a fair question for reasonable men, and aitbongu.it had never before had but one side, it was suddenly, dis covered that the men who advocated that side. whieh was the old: view t Blackatoae and Marahall, aod Paraooa, and such men, was- a traitor. .,:-., :,-,-.;i.-.iU";;. , - . ; A few days afterward the army was going on to Richmond. Some men had read thepapers and believed In the etrength ' of the 1 enemy Such persons warned the country that .lianas- sas was a strong point. lutv. an Vvroauvwho said that the rebellion had strength of aay sort or that the rebels could hy any poasibuityJiave any', money. clothing, provisions, , cannon .or men, to render them Ormidaoie opponents.. was a" discouraging secessionist ; and . traitor, aad ought to be shut up or strung up: -iftr.i-.r ;A ..4 A week later the wolves howled around our niirfirnni whft had tired' the "battle: and 'the O T o --7 r - - --- y. r--j . perienced a; change;' 'The men " who , were in favor of battle when the enemy were ready and we were notTwere bow trairorej-- It was as serted thafc they - had r.pla need ua ihto defeat. with evil hearts. .t - A few wecky later the Presi dent of the United States modified Fremont s proclamation, ahd out in Chicago, and down in Boston, and along Nassau etreet in NeW York, the President was called a traitor. A- little later the people began to demand that abolition editors be sent to Fort Lafayette as traitors. Three weeks agO a strong Republican paper an nouncecr tnat the editors or the lndepcneUni were' considered traitors 1 A Boston clique pronounced the Secretary of State a traitor. A St. Louis meeting charged the. Secretary of War with being a traitor. General Scott Was a doien times-caTled a traitor ia the early part of iuc cvuuicv. iuuviciuiu, ovine BiuptujiiaaQ nc. eoser declamt,'had received an -Offer from the Southern Ckn&dency of a commission which he would have Accepted, f not forestalled by a was a traitor; remoht was' accused of rebeK sympathies instantly after his' removal bV the t President, ' and as for-Patterson," Mcl)owelU Stone, hermao,.and CVea poor Halleck..wha has succeeded to .Fremout s vacant throhe, they are' on t by 6ne consigned to Infamy,by more or lese accusers''1-: "- ' '" ' : ' ' -;'-' -": :. The story is pitiable. It is a die?raoe to our national charaeterv t We sre so accuetomed to the words, here, that we pay little attention to t!a:2Wiin&fe llffe teadeauBciation-cpied in eU iobertiesa and I circulated in that country M ijluetratmg the na -"rW? of part cs opponents ja vtrr crpawput the Dm.- - - - i: . : rio -'- tntliiArthe Norths oimyefioiifseotimeatattheSoa . T 'Tir7A'nw"mw -J v1 -pri the intense host pending w any one, higher low, we eanaot but it WM rczrci. me rcutrcsanesa wnu iuo ine accusa i Theri? d a"sttch event victory by thV Gonleder: rrr''r'' CTi T vXtys'4Jlltl9Jxnu to-night. -Xhs prisoaer r "T th t North; w Sc have "this taU vcd ia' Various States.' surdity here, fcr it Ixh ti.U!. -'i v . ".a I. '.' s't:.'; . i - '.-''i"Ce-t;":ac':j 'It., .i t f '-neci'r-t.'- it 1 j-Li.ca W a,.- f t:-.t ia ti.3.t c:!, th s w&s tiii cpenly caC fuctlca til?-ii.ycr dklayalry' tad "tLt f MMrtlCI. TTT.riin- : ? iu5 ted staus 7nukets and. some or the meaare nunoreoa cr taoimus or Amnocrat io votea oi i f the Etatameat-ia a-suXicieutdenial I -; . , ; i3rrr & - t l3:.Eurcre,'Bd:h.thset:er3ys cities, I lltjorlTcHea.'yfiA lC3mon cf Ccl.:tV- 2;Icl fi trrth.-f sJt2Tea reri2r!iible lcna re-:;e?it.- encouLtcrei and r er,ulc.j cessTdn Deriwcrats'were 6mpletelrroutia.' A the Democrat polled . ib.teen linhped ptea, ao4 were ateik ir SmJj ; St hftadrd, this statement would imply that Hartford is in a Bawl War, wr 1th about balr Of its Voting popu- 2o seeetoiu and aiaioyaJ. ' in new thwisajae tboliahrand bliod- Jcocrse is dot- iguad br therclstftsated Dnrtr. irhou haaine baen outroled . b Mioiemocrata, declare the iue to have beQ"pttrioiaih "and aecefwioo," and v ir.v.n u.ik. ..m.m w the itoryill-ifwiated ihroughout the c u ...nu ..t. -,.w news coming froin Charleeton,. and originating in a. Chartegtoa newspaper!" '.' " . .; -JIt time, il Was time long "-afeoy to end this ' - ' - s, - .- . criminal camtakn . of T bad'' language.' The orth is united adesire to preserve theUnion; If we differ about wave and mesas, let us diff er like honest men and good citizena, Jd.ot -like a-nation fof,; Journal isf f Uommerce, ; ; Sharp Skirmish' near, -Draixwiyille.- . - .a J TXil Sis U.:i?ti,, . ii i i ii i . Wi-. f EtEBVJS TtE PULSED WITIT COS. lIXo FeaT Cf a T7ar ; with 3Snland ttlPOETAKT IS EEQASD TO '-2GEZZ- .... .,.CAH, AgfAIRSr : . : . ...I.-.-.- J I-- -.. Ti ' " " : . - " 5niauiu.i. Special to tht llerald.--Gen." Ord started at six o'clock this 'mOmiri.' His command con sists 1 of four retriments, the EastenT battery; (consisting of two twenty-four and . two twelve Bounders howitzers.; "Thev rjroeeeded on a for laine expedition in the direction orDraina- ville-. Gen. - McCall,u antiwratiug that they might be attacked,' ordered the 1st and 2nd Brigades to follow at 8 A: M," The 1st Brig ade,- Gen. .Reynolds," -advanced on leesburg and took a position on Uimeult Oreelt to await further ordera.,.-Two hours.later, Gen. McCall with his staff and an escort of cavalry, follow j1 in the same route... Meahume Menurd ao tranced to near Drains vUleV when his command waa suddenly fired upon by a force Jying . in ambush in dense ' woods' adjacent; This was uie.aignai Oi oautc, wiu a, uris engsgetnem promptly ensiied. - Gen. ilcCall, who arrived a few minutes previously, took command in a moment's time. 'Eaton's battery wa planted -alonz side the Thorntohi House and' fired rar idly and with terrible effect i the. enemy's ambush. Col. pane's Bnck tail Riflemen, were placed in advance, and fired union the enemy wheTever thev madertheir appearance."' 'The rebels who- had- a battery of six pieces,- returned the canonading, and replied to-the Rifle's with musketry. Firing was. kept up some three; gunrtpra oflAa.h6ur. when the enemy; rejUreJ rapiaiyt our ore oeiaz too not ror tnera. i UUT.iroo pa stood Ap braTely under the sharp volleys of theu rrti'rls "':Ttiaii itrsiltnaaa aaaa praised by uen. JlcAJall and his omcers. The rebela took the direction of - Fairfax Court Hbuse, leaving on .theeld a number of their killed and woundedi-Our troops pursued a abort distance and - returnad." r Several . of the rebela were picked op ad ;15 wounded taken -prisoners. Oeo.' Ord captured j 9 wounded prisoners and 2"eaiaoiia.'-'with am4 I munition.- -" " "" - '' , - In their haste the enemy left behind arms of tall deacripUona, clothing, c Their loss is estimated at 150 killed and wounded. ' Anion e their killed waa Col. Thil- er, of Frankfort, Ky and commander of the 1st Kentucky regiment of rebels- The forces of the eneiriy consisted 'of three infkntry regi ments, 1st and lltlr Kentucky and lUth.Ala bama with a cavalry regiment and a battery, all commanded by: Col,: John H Forney,' of the lUth Alabama,' actmg.. Brigadier r Ueneral, The dead rebels were left xn the field." : ' The loss oft our side wa 6 killed and 8 wound ed,t most pfwhom belonged to the Bucktails. Cof. ilane received a slight wound, r , r At v o ctoefer r. JH. Our troops had returned to eamp bringing in "over fifty wagon loads of forage,' ' .-': ; .' - . ;. :', . ,'; -'-' ' iiw r - -"-"' ' "' -:" i v-v-t T-valLv"." ars'ii.LJ v ' I AWCi CMOUAUWiU Ul jtt IBaUUXX. OSE UUXDKED HILEH OF RAIL ItOAl lSTICOYED I 34k Car oads of tUbel PriSolzers ItriUlaat 0ash at Tiadjon, HK IT0T0EI0T7S COL. 1XAQQTTIN CAP- . 1 ' .1 k. IT St Cuiatss, 3IoDtGi 21. ..A, precpneerted, movement was made last nigh t by secessionists along the North MimoU I ri Railroad and rebels recently returned from l Price's army, by which about 10U miles ofthe f road' was nearly destroyed, or at least render- leu umsicw. ; .. vv!uiucuiii e swui g uiuca buuui ( of Hudson, they burnecUhe bridges, wood-piles. I water tanks and tie tore up rails for miles, I bent them, asd J destroyed . the telegraph line. I work of .destruction- ceased. How many were rconcerned is this villainous workris., not vet j known, but there ia no doubt that it Was a pre concerted and ' simultaneous motiment of the citizen) along the. road. : as q .single - party , could have accomplished so much in a single night;-Three -hundred Of the villains are i known to have been engaged in the destruction I of the. bridge, aod. track at WarreiitOB. -r?l :,.v'.i;V'aanioY0Wr BeSS.''..: hevictoryt&raiasvmeonthen trrpsieiliaut; r been m action. t . r-r Eetters fbund on dead bodies 'of rebels'ahow ility of the South lb the North, impoesible forth Federal 4o remaio much longer on.thePotoinao. VTheeT- . - - m .m " ' ' m. ' "a e a a if Con cvess wi .1 'com t kcaelUn to avTbTe: : -. .. .'-:- , I : . mt jLitaaa iiapacaaTe noiew nave pRSBea ! - - - tr l"i BL 111 m - H .i r . I Hor'to Co EtrLduia foinTght. "-The prisoaert of aJIanyf .ths arms, esttredart Bar- pur troops at Ixicgton'jgraf !Ji Swag- ruli cf Hudisu isii lUIed I V w Mia vt - lOrnltrlTl". ,1'ive cfcnr tr:;-3 v "St. ed all the ttsck, LtlitL. t. j..- eaeri, and vvers ia XL act-, ef, uclc; .z ti.s ! aif : (Muar. mews. 7" stock, when the tram, puick andxpen were res-j cued, by onr troops , learned vesterdaT that amons.the crif on ers taken by Gen; PoprUst Thtuiday was the: aotortous aiaoSn,'for ueorettown, 21a. About two weeks azo CoL2Iaeon sent Word to the commanding officer that hia .wife was aaiigerousiy ill and . beeped to be permiited to see her ere he died. -r. '- 1 j I He was informed that if be woa.lt rr hia parole as a prisoner oT; war, hiareouest wokl be erguted. He did. so and went home, and the next ' tivat was heard of him. was ' that he commanded the 1 whole force- which defended the bridge that Col. ? Davis carried Waisaulti That he fled with itia party, end was Sot taker) on tu some time after the rest of ihe- rebel . force had surrendered, and in 'consequence pf the! darkness of the night ho was not recogruted until the aextxiavi ,- :i , ii -y a'- .n-it i It seems.that CoL -MagoJSnvhavin Tisited his home and arranged hi affairs,'.'sent a mej senger recalling hie paroie butiwtead of sur rendering himself asmcers usuauy do ae left and before this meesengerreached-edaiiJil ti,.u .nr.. -r,r tV. fi, , -m mt T was iri the rebel arm v. and when the fieht came on- feeling that he deserved, and WouM probably receive different treatment from those, who had forfeited all right to be treated, as prison ers of : war, fought desperately but unavailing Gen." 'Pope refused to accept his parole and ordered him to be placed io confinement' Until ZlJi7fLi?ZJ aud it is to be hoped that he will receire one punishment liis criinea and .forfeiture of his word deserve. 'iz 3 ' I: l ' - j fig? Ttfo" Days ller; from Europe; 7ARUKE . . - ESTGLAHD UZTABATED. in Znblin. 1 FrljraUe.TTaarrior te Leavefbr Amer lea on me, sm " . Halifax. TJeci 21. The 'America from Liverpool Dec;? th via Queenstowu ; 8th. -pufln here this morning, short ofcoil. Her dates -are two days"-' latere Warlike senUmeats and preparations were un abated in England,.- A large antiwar meeting bad, however been, held at Iufclm. laelim. ish (government aeaCa letter approving the course of Com. "."WiUiams thVxoa.. agent oo board the Trent.:', ; .-. --.-t'"-- trr ls ' Paris papers assert that the BrUiah Govern meat. In answer to petitions from the man u fa 0 luring aismcis,naa siatea tnai tneeouon pona of the boutheru., states .would, .be. Qpaned by-. Februjury af tho. mtmt The British . parliamentThad Wealfurthe Orogued till the 7th of Ja'auary. , - i,-u .vr' Tx ihat nrgrt , thy. of a half a million quarters ol whea il"tccil sent to the Black, sea ports from Loudon, with in the last few days, for present and future "use; The British frigate-Warrior, was taking in 760 tode of eoaL preparatory to serviee on the L North A mericai coast. A. considerable sum her of. sddrUonal English troops were to beseat .to Canada, v Vl- s .. ? ; V n ,-r r. i : 1 ' , French' journals say that France will remain neutral U 1 the event pf a , war. between, England and the United States. The Hero, carrying 8G guns, waa to leave Portsmouth on . the 18th for the North American cost The ship Silas Oreen man. for New York having ; 100 tons of lead on board, aas stopped in the river Thames..- The export of .the article having been prohibited. : .' j - -n. : The Shipping Qatette has an article on the xuestion of ocrcoru"8Upplies,.in the event of j war wia onn Ajnenca. j i aoea noi rrgara their future prospects with feeling of alarm. The Shipping Gazette ia perfectly eatisfledthat our importations of food ' during the coming yeas will excel in extent those ofthe last 4 "or oseasonsv- i i'v,-.:-, ' - i ili h TheIondon laily Ifews orrespoaaeat, W4i-ting from Pari&j.saya thatitis'a very general opuuoa ioat tue - jrairie. was imperittcuy informed of the intentions of the - French Gqv ernment, whea if spoke of France joining with England in an armed mediation. - v ... . - ! A large force of engineers, it .U stated,"-wTll be immediately sent to Ca'uada. . 100-pounder Armstrong guns are now , being rapidly distributed among ships prepariagjor sea. The Defence, an iron-plated frigate, is to have- a crew of 450 men. She Will be manned. with out the least difficulty The Cunard steam ship Australasian and Persia are to convey troops to Halifax and a ouraber of others have been chartered. . .a L.: -. - z';.. :i t ... The- screw steamer .Orph us, carrying 21 guns, called last evening at Plymouth Sound, whence she is to conver the' screw trans do rt Melbourne With troops, arms aad stores to the St. Lawrence or Halifax The London Herald says that the first bat' tahon of the Rifle Brigade, now stationed at Dublin, and the first battalion of the 16th Regiment, stationed at Sheffield, received' orders yesterday to embark, . . ; A great mass meeting was held ia: the. Bo-.tunda at Dublin to take into consideration the aspect and position of Irish national affaire at the present Crisis.. The following resolutions tiassed' ' ' ' '. "- ". ' ' .' . ' ". : RuQtocit f hat the poputalioa ofthe fcpttb- lic from lae Jt iawrence to tne trolf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to Pacific ahorea,- being 1 m 1 iflnftvwtutff -f 91 tin - inf: Trimly a,.- V' nH Irish blood, it Would be anatural to swppoee that Ireland could remaia aa indifferent- spec- iiici oeiwwi ongwaa anil Ancncarr:t .r : itcsott&L, That the events- or toe hour imperatively dictate to aH Irishmen' a forgetfal- ness or the past saner". ces aad a-'- uaited. rally or the old cause of their coontry;' r-" Jleaotved. Thai xi Qtairmaru tea Secretariea and a Committee of 21 aiirber,-each having been dnjy aod aeparately. pipoaed and seconded, be choaeouby a- majarilyof-vokf at'This mass meetipg. to,take vinto considerapen Jhe idvtsahLlity ptan orgahtzatioa ja'therieseat statS of affairs.' at home and abroad. - '-Ti ' Th Liverpool Post -sars the whole rairnon of the" meeting Waa to. 'express. oa every : varie quite natural that this ehould.be the tendency tof the Irlshievea apart :Jrom 'their Jiatred-'io juuiauu, lurareir.any iristtiomiLy a.un-represented U the United 'StatesI "The; mee-ing. howeTcrjraa useless andaeedleair: " ' - .The Uverpool J f ewtiryay ift at the only item of irapbrtaaca In the latest news from the United ?:UeVii thshrief abstract of,the address of Prtt' lent Davis to the Confederate f tatca!'- :5TL S ai JreVs,' it aJiai' is .'hopefal and C;t?rr-.IrLe 1 i-i6neaDitlowsthatawareolu y t'.:: ::I;i3 ty tr.e icna,ccv; p tly :et of tie T-KitV It ij t' . f:l t: .stevi: r -n Cover-- inceVlU t tlz: 1 te." re tr? Ea- '-.ii to r-ove tt"'lbeH'ck- r - .1 ' i i " i'. - .1 1 - I r . i 1 - - . - , . . '-': t'L t ' 1 Lia 'j-.-; the l2Thdoa Ti2.tarclty article sava it be kept flTrietr that tie asi-as ef Uti f , p rdnrepc!a.foraoetizetobavabeen ; cauaa-of disagreement io tha yt'ttJuaca C V .inet, and, that th decision "pf the pre?-" rtiea- tion thertfeo-e is hot entirely la. Vae c- o J that personages Later advices are awalUd with great anxiety. i it iaseen that tie cczra oy cxreamstances may; pe iznica jaoc.rs.-rT' anything that mav take place between t- c posing armies iu: tie 'interval from, tc r i.z.1 the arrival ofthe British deaUads. 4 A victory bp xhe. Jederalista: might perhaps . S3 astU,-thejnphae ta.enable Uietoverpiaeut.ta 4t independanUy andoB thaother had-a e.'rst might be equally ja-oductlve, or pacic Mcff. At the aune "time, however, there is tiat that UuJbad fe&turea T.the ;itaatkMr nay i aggravated , by iotaUigenee .-of aotaenew .f- lejaee ou ine pari ui.jae x aaerat .orura;n.ca-era. - , -. - , . , :h f aack.PiAr rpiCTaieTt that'dlepalth es sent by the British-rorniotat to LcrlLr- oaa, althsHhffiehed in moderate .TUC3 Uiaresuwion,01 the wmruBiopcT. If Qud i refosexL Lord Eyons ts toieavs V a&h- '...'.J.i. ..... 4 V I m . . ingtoe with all the eahoersof ihelaiic. " The same jouraal affirms that the Eaiah war vessels which are now heing prrpared forssa. wouixi isavcior America iar xne Beginning JaaaryJrs.:;:'l'-.iv The. Patrie publishes thefonowlaguhdef Cls - It is tiatedti.it Ec4 tvoas. to be eommancatd-toPraat- deatTwirtcola, is based exclusively on legal sideratioria .This decision establishes that tas-Commander of the San' Jacinto, by .acting as he has done; has committed a flagrant ' breach ; V ot maritime law and ineulted thelEagUahllagt that the only right that officer WilkeapOMeas ed. was, to compel theTre'nt to go to somt-Amef-ican port" where, the case couldhati beea .-brought before the proper authorities; la pre-. . , . eace of the. Engliah Consul-, that if fa hi ! search dispatches had beena found esUWishiyg 'P. ; that Messrs. Mason and Sl'dell were qn arata- - ; sion directry or immediately connected' wittt military' operations," the tmmander ' would have beea justified in seiaing these dispatches -. . aod srresting the envoys, sendiogia a detailad . report of the transactions with such notes and , observations as the English Consul might think' fit to annex ; that these formalities, not having been, fulfilled, so charge caa be sstahlishad . araint the two prioaers arrested : that. their arrest, therefore, must be regarded as null;ihtt me xreni, DCinguie Ticumoi anaronirary acw contrary to every precept of right, England ao Ung in. a conciliatory aad friendly point of vie. has asked as .the; enly reparauoa tor tu grave act the liberation, of Mason and Slid elL. and that If Bhe does hot obtaia it Lord LyOnt would leave Waahinstetf With alljthe members" OTihs arerassttreaUhat the dispatch was drawn " - avoids any h artful xpresioos, but that 3 1 is . firm In its eohclttsfoat From laformatioa thit r tt harn rrrriTtnl aai tr ; xhac presea t ' -xaemeex, - we dOj Sc4 belie va 4t likely; that lis.: daea - will give. up' the priabaera. .i.. .. . -. r i Th very general opiniou'teowis thattheTa- fIHe iiai of the French Govern Blent, w hea it Went ia so strongly, for -immediate war with America?- r ranee join iDg. wjia icgiana as aa umea cia- diator, ,- ' " "v "T" ' - ... J -Pisis,'Dee.!Cth.-Thfeurie cbntmUM fiat. Rentea opened at &St5c aatLcresed 63f 10a, t Javrer than pestjtrdsy';; -iTr.w 8T1X .'si J y ... Ifsf tikft lVepaxrsvtisriis Cemttxteg sr. JoBsVSr.T Dc 2ti The Arago has''arrrved off Cape Bjictv'llarrs the 11th, Southampton thS I2lh. - --a Gen Scott is a passenger oh her, htshaaltir is improvjed. ... ... . . The Warrior Would be-surrid fth eTght Armstrong 100 wunders'', and Would change her 40 tundcrs4 foe 10 pouaders. She Would be'ready for three years service. v The Grenadier Guard are to hold themselves In readiDs a embark at a moments' notice.'- Other troops have- beet ordered, to weeeed '. immediately . The French Pras mrrt thfTnbiraur mi f Frsarce Wiitremalirhetttia! If tters ? be tween Eagtand sad thsU sited 'StateeC -i - usA.largestaff iof Meaaial officers have been ordered to Canada. . . '.-,. . ' Capt Wflnama7 of Trent, .received a letter from the British Government approving' his COnmcU -f--"S'fq t.: .i ;v ; tr-- -rr? : , .. i At Loyd's, lisksr.on- Amerwahr'aoips hats beea refused. :. Cotton firmer and slightly ad vatoced. . Breadstuffs generally' dull. Wheat quiet and declined. "' corn heavy and declined. Gen.1 Scotu previous to' embarking on the Arago hadarginterviewwkh VPrice 2Capr There is no abatemeat in England of -. . war- uKC preparations. - Th ilt etf thMTVTnrlfl - An Eoglish:eBgideer7 named' Leonard tfom er, has sank ninety-five shafts iathe'Valieyof1 the Nile, with a view -of asoerta'ming the ags tt s Egypt bv- rouatinf (ker Isyere -deported Shnu ally. . The layers were everywhere' found reu lar, and the sediment seems to have been de poaibsd at the rate of three and a'half incL tain a ceatury -AcCordin to this 1300 vaars . ago. jman was far enoogh advanced - fa 4 "fcgy t - -1 to mahufactaretteTyAas thirty, feet forir inches below- the surface. fVagtacnte orpoilary' hici exhibited considerable skill were fouod la good state cf pVeaervatiaat itThisrtallias Very well with the atateraeau f Lepras a&4 tber Egyptian scholars aod shows, that thslearth is much older than lajbputatly rappceed. At the depth shore mentioned gravtl was foiindj a aad how lOsgrHrWaa; beorai iaadr sad Wittf were separated how 4qn- thu gravet.Brts-forming before the "?'lej, overflowed, or before j the water wereujpegnated, with, vegetabis 7 : matter, God fealy "known, of-eycit can Jtoow; ?-ih.-nr!i T ; r- - ; v' - t.-t:V,i --' ,Xctf'(ri, 1ssbw 'well kneww (. t-hisinTentire geaiua, basgfreti hi aiteoti'ri Li ; theBubjeet,v and" it is sadw has-.tuacoctci a preparation which whenjgui'el, -becpr "-sn unqagncfcabl fiameof J5re . and bt'- - ' He prepeeea to put ft up ia glas Lc. . , . h asceaaiou ia e hallaon, f.o6t orer c i . ohe rebelsr tpMycr the boClcS, r! ..kh. ' --io breaking, will explode and r-t t' - s ' firs aad MowjMT-iUJbajtl. :r .-.aisj'. them, to nes 5cnwural laf" -. , aadGomcTah,' ot to .8. pr' t , i f fiiaalto' preserve tLaGovcrizicr.t, . v . i to give the rebels a foretaate cf tis m .L come 1 ? There c -r ta d:cul;5e in s-cutioS cf uch a , l- t a. f.w rr -: would lest i:3 t ..icr.:- It wouLi I ; war "5 I ; a t.:i tin rzzt'-r thirds h: :i is the Yasket-' tO C.C- 9 ( T - aa an?.;