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Notice to Correspondent!.Wa NaiMctfuUr aak thai our eorreapondanu will tor

br te tipmi Mtsaeocera. troui til point whereSm Xcprwaa feclUtlea. let ton Important

rntwt lOtMMtod for public ionmake felt request with tbe view of obUlnln

promptlT iucb correepoodeoce a frequently- - falla U

jajc on through tie maJla unUl It baa grow old and

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Traitor istence of society depends upon NoIt will be seen by the dUpaUhes from property secure without it. It to

Washington that Jesse D. Bright, of In such intolerable and savage out.has been expelled from the Senate rages that Halleok order. Mis-

ts tuned States by 32 to 14. eouri has been oursed with such incendiarism.This is sj should be. is the We oan all remember when Hannibal railduty that the Senate owes to itself i road bridge was destroyed and innooent

and Jesse D Bright is one men and precipitated into thegorgej im the dead hour of night, by the act

The doughty says he will noting the rebels. did the perpe-t- o

the people of ladiaaa for their decision. tutors of that act deserve for such aw " wj orimev ls not hanging too for

wrong in the case to them.That is just the plaoe it. The

people of Indiana will still snore effectuallydo what the has in a measure done.The Senate has expelled and the peo-ple of his own will "bury kirn out ofsight "

Well do the Democracy of Indiana, ramam.

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leave

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with bitterness he opposed military neoessitv. thisiamenw j uougias in tne canvass Halleok's letter he

organized leotion for the repudiates intention tooee keeping Douglas, who xuilty of such wanton destruction

of Democracy throughout the as has disgraoed the rebel oause Missouri,from reoeiving electoral vote of very astounding demand

that They well the a most time. We kave fullaee ingratitude ke kas shown his State, and unequivocal of a

the eons of Indiana were order from the administration of Jeffoaring their breasts upo n the battlefield, Davis. the liken the batBright WM recommending fire- - tie of was the order

"His Excellency Jefferson from Secretary of the SouthernDavis, President of the Southern Confederacy

And during last summer and autumn,when the Senate was not in session, insteadof going before his constituents to speak inbehalf of his bleeding country, and arousethem to the support of the government, hewas dodging about the hills Trimblecounty, Ky. conscious of his ownabasement, he could not stand the fire of theeyes of his loyal, honest constituency.

Slinking away from hie Indiana home in thenudst of the most important events transpir-in- g

uT the history of his he goes to

Washington as Ult "Senator of Indiana,"fresh from tbe ,ll of Kentucky, where, ifhe did not plot tree.0 or od abet it,he gave no comfort to h own State in itshonest endeavors to euppret'." theBe talk about submitting the rig or wrongof the action of the Senate to the peo fIndiana! He had submit to the."1

r one from ft rotate so loyal and trueto Ike Union, who has been expelled from

the nation as a shallever be permitted to makeeahis homeamong them.

This boast from one who has betrayedfirst his and afterwards his country,is quite as harmless as a fanglees addergnawing a file.

jBjgTThe Richmond Dispatch sneers at thesuggestion that there is any Union party in

the South. How does the editor know any-ikin- g

about it" Lent up Riohmond,surrounded by the military, ke is as ignorant as a donkey of South or North. Eatenup by a mulish ambition, and blind withparty hate, he couldn't see the truth aboutkis own section of the if it were beforehie eyaa.

We can tell him that there are thousandsin the South who, at least, wish him andkis armies that hot country not put down

in geographies. He will not believe notke and when the people of the South hangkim aad kis ks will still swsarthat are no friends of the theSouth. We are familiar with this Seceshblindness on one side, and amusing credu-

lity on the other. They still religiously that Kentucky is Seoesh, notwith- -

iten dmg the bad way she has of showing it.They die that belief. It is no

wonder if the editor of the Dispatch dis-

credits all buggeetions of a Union sentimentin the South. He does not wish toit. He will die in the faith he delights in,

in spite of evidence One would think thatWestern Virginia, Eastern Tennessee,

Maryland, Missouri and Delawaremight rise up in against the cherishedfaith. Wherever the are free fromConfederate vengeance, there is aparty, and the editor of the Dispatch will

aee it before whtn he does not wish

la ase it, unless he shuts his eyes and stopskis ears.

The reign of terror kave inaugurated

ia tke Boutb will not last muek longer, aad

eke editor oi t je Dispatoh even now imitates

kis eld fatker. who came in great wrath, for

ke knew his time wm short.

ajsjr"i.i a letter to a paper in Vir-

ginia, front Mar-hah- 'e command, the writer

elaims that the did great exploits de-

feating the Lineolnites who attacked them;

but adds, that Marshall fell back miles.

Tke writer notifies kis readers thatIke enemy will not his defeat.

Another thinks Marshall wouldkave done exploit?, but he was attacked too

coon before ke got to kis strong position.No doubt Marshall would have done well,if he hadn't done otherwise. We suggest to

Humphrey to get himself captured, and sentFort Warren, where he can have his

leisure and good it would far bet-

ter than running through the hills withOilfield after him. aad it is time far him te

aides anyhow. It's a constitutionalnecessity.

fr-T-he .Vewbem (N. C.) Progress says"Wi people have been excited

h eaa puzzled about Jhe Burnside expedition.Thej began inquire what had become of it

tA wag said it had gone to "Davy Jones'when an excited shouted,

fMj gracious' often Jeff. Davis to havedefended that pint?"

wjy aVUeueral Smith made an explorationjfL' tkrougk Calloway county acme week or twoejssjsfw. m.mmmrw ago Seeeehers all lied from their

The nee whan no

Confederates say the telegraphio aJsnf Whatever course our Governmentdispatches have sent a threatening com- - adopts in relation to the reoent demands ofmiction to Washington, that Corcoran, and the rebel will be dictated by a

infor benefit of rebels. This is as cool a

of impudence, and disgreoeful

to oommit murder as well, as could be

expeoied. If an army for its burns

bridge or destroys a railroad, laws

of war justify them; but the necessity

be patent. Those in or out of the army,who are guilty of and indiscriminate destruction of public or private prop-erty, art as liable to as in a time

the most profound peace. The very ex

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to puigof traitors children

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were murdered; they wereby our and the

cowardly midnight assassins, must beor gentlemen, taken in openkail be " As we have said, j ustify

the destruction of a there must be awhat legitimate and Gen.

of reoegnizes; but expresslyne any exculpate those

or the great are.hampica in

the This comes, too.State. remember, too, at remarkable

moresweeo- -Vhile gallant in

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Confederacy:

Wax Dbpaxtmsxt, Richmobd,Nov. 25th, 1861.

Col. W. B. Wood Sir: Your report ofthe 20th inst. is received, and I now proceedto give you the desired instructions inrelation to the prisoners taken by youamongst the traitors of East Tennessee.

1st. All such as can be identified tn havingbeen engaged tn bridge burning are to be triedsummarily by drum head court martial, and iffound guilty, executed on the tpot by hanging.It would be veil to leave their bodies hanging inthe vicinity of the burnt brxdget.

21. All suoh as have net been so engaged,are to be treated as prisoners of war, andsent with an armed guard to Tuscaloosa,Ala , there to be kept imprisoned at the depotselected by the Government for prisoners ofwar.

Whenever you oan disoover that arms areconcentrated by these traitors, you will sendout detachments, search for, and seize thearms. In no case is one of the men knewnto have been up in arms against the Government to be released on any pledge or oathof allegiance. The time for such measures

past. They are all to be held as prison-ers of war, and held in jail till the end ofthe war. Such as come in voluntarily, takethe oath 6? allegiance, and surrender theirarms, are alone to be treated with leniency.Your vigilant execution of these orders isearnestly urged by the Government.

Your obedient servant,J. P. Bkxjamix,Secretary of War.

P. 8. Judge Patterson, Col. Pickens, andother ringleaders of the same class, must besent at once to Tuscaloosa to jail, as prisoners of war.

Here there is no exoeption. No admit- -

tanoe of the plea of military necessitywhioh justifies the United States armies tocut off the most efficient means the rebelshave of reoeiving supplies and reinforce-

ments in Kentuoky. And, by a refinementof atrocity that savors of a barbarous age,the destroyers of the bridge are to be lefthanging.

This, it is to be observed, is net the aot ofa subordinate not the policy of a generaloffioer; but the direct, unequivocal order of

the department of war of the SouthernConfederacy. It is their policy, as statedover the hand of ths officer appointed to

express it. Now they come with the etfrontery of Lucifer, and ooolly threaten that iftheir own policy, modified to suit the lawsof war and humanity, is adopted by theUnion Generals, they will murder some fouror five unfortunate offioer s who have falleninto their hands. It is barbarous, savage,butcherly cowardice. Its only object is tointimidate the government, or, failing inthat, to introduce wholesale murder as theironly system of warfare. It oan spring onlyfrom the oourage of the bravo, and is utter-

ly destitute of the faintest semblance ofmanliness.

They have succeeded in getting into theirhands four or five gallant offioers, and uponevery turn they threaten to hang them.They put them in loathsome jails, and con-

tinually keep the hangman's noose overtheir heads. The same steamer that con-

veys th intelligence of the glorious viotoryof Mill Springs, will probably oarry thenews of the threat to murder prisoners ofwar by tke Confederates, aad the world oanjudge of the two contending parties fromthat circumstance.

It is on a par with their other acts. Whileoae side is laboring to establish the rightsof neutrals on the seas, the other is prey-ing on commerce by the means of priva-teers ; while one is building: bridges, theother is burning them; while one is endeavoring to mitigate the sufferings of prisonersof war, and to effect an exchange, the otheris threatening to murder them, on a plea,too, whioh they, by their most solemn aot,have declared to be the policy adopted bytheir own Uovernment. The respect whichths magnitude of their undertaking com-

manded, notwithstanding its wickedness,will be lost in contempt of an administra-tion whioh, incapable of winning victories,

rseftwil to the victory at Mill Springs:"We will haag Corcoran." No doubt ifthey had expected that battle, they wouldhave notified Thomas that if he whipped Crittenden they would hang Corooran. Theirnew demand, if the telegraphio reports arecorrect, which we hope are not, is moredisgraceful than any act they have yet perpetrated.

fajrThe Seeesh papers are suggestingthe blocking up of tke ohannels about JAlbe

marls and Pamlico Sounds, to prevent Federa! vessels navigating them. They hadbetter beware. Their friends in Europe aregreatly exercised about bloeking up thechannels of navigation.

7, 1862.

strict regard for the cause of humanity.There have been several men hung inTennessee for bridge burning already, andnot one man by the United States. Whateverpolioy is adopted, must include a guaranteefor the suffering people of East Tennesseeagainst the oontinuanoe of such acts. Thewholesale bridge burning adopted by Prioe,endangering the lives of passengers by rail,must be stopped, either by Halleok's hangingthe perpetrators of it, or by a ohange in thecourse of the rebels. The oause of humanitydemands it.

The Cincinnati Commercial, of Wednesday, suggests the name ofWright to supply the place of Bright, ofIndiana, in the United States Senate. Wemost cordially second this suggestion. Mr.Wright is an able, loyal man, whoss abilityand patriotism are alike an honor to hisState His high character and knownconservative opinions will kave great weightin the councils of the nation, and theappointment will be approved by the Unionsentiment of the whole country. We sin-

cerely trust that the Commercial's sugges-tion will be adopted, as in all probability itwill.

nT3v Amongst other sins charged on thiscountry, Mormoniem is made prominent byan English writer. It is true that the im-

poster was a native of this country, but hisdisciples are mostly drawn from Europemostly from the British dominions. Th'scountry has been the reoeptaole of a greatdeal that is valuable from Europe, and weoan afford to accept some trash amongst thegrain; but it is mean to reproach us withthe character of suoh trash.

UL.We have a letter from Calhoun giv-

ing rather more information than we deemit wise to publish. General Crittenden hasfallen back from South Carrolltou to Cal-

houn. The troops, of course, preferred toadvance, rather than fall back; but, wepresume, there are good reasons for themovement. The rebels are fortifying

anticipating a visit from the Fed-

eral forces.

lSWe have before us a speech of Geo.W. Julian, of Indiana. He is a deoidedrebel against tho Constitution of (he UnitedStates and tho Government under it. Hewishes to make use of the war to ohange itto suit his views. He belongs to Gurley'sschool. He holds that the Administrationis wrong in trying to restore things as theywere.

jfttV Discussions are now going on as towho killed Zollicoffer. Perhaps it wouldsettle tke matter to state that some scatteredSecessionists assert that he was not killedat all. As the discussion is useless, wesuggest this as a solution.

K&.Ben. Wade, it is said, told thePresident some time ago that he was withina mile of hell. Look out, Linooln; nobodyknows the road to that place better thanBen. Wade.

HyA soldier from Columbus wishes theFederal forces a safe journey to h 1. Well,they are on the way to Dixie, and are, mostlikely, to make the journey safe.

Tun Difficulties of a Rebel Envoy.A Southern agent, writing from England to

the Riohmond Enquirer, describes mauyof the difficulties that he has enoounteredabroad. He tried to promote shipments of

manufactures to the Southern ports, witha promise of one hundred per oent. profit,but the sturdy manufacturers said ten percent, and no risk is a thanone hundred per cent, and extreme risk.Nothing was accomplished. He adds thathe has some doubts whether the foreignpowers will reoognize the Confederacy, andassigns the following reasons: 1st. BothEngland and Franoe are strongly conser-

vative, and both possess important oollonialpossessions, and they do not like to encour-rg- e

revolts; 2d. A prevalent impressionthat the North and South would soon come

together again if separated; SJ. A fear that,in case of recognition, the North wouldundertake the conquest of the South; 4th.The determination of England to rely here-

after upon her own sources of supply forcotton; and &th. The determined anti- -

slavery feeling among the people of bothnations. Some, or all these cases united,he says, will long delay the much hopedfor foreign intervention.

Prevention of Wood Rottino. To prevent pests and piles from rotting, the fol-

lowing coating has been resommended,whioh is the more suitable since it is eoo

nomioal, impermeable to water, and nearlyas hard as stone: Take 50 parts of rosin,40 of finely powdered ohalk, 300 parts (orless) of fine white sharp sand, four partsof linseed oil, one part of native red oxideof oopper, and one part of sulphurio acid.First heat the rosin, chalk, sand and oil, inan iron boiler; then add the oxide, and, withcare, the acid, stir the composition carefully,and apply the ooat while it is hot. If it benot liquid enough, add a little more oil.

This ooating, when it is cold aad dry, formsa varnish which is hard as stone.

Tub President on thb Wax. The Hon.Mr. Diven, a member of Congress fromNew York, in a letter written for publica-

tion, says that the President stated the otherday in his presence that there was probablybut one man in the country more anxious for a

battle than himself, and that man teas McCleU

lan. "The President repudiated, in wordsef withering rebuke, the charge that he, orMr. Seward, or General MoClellan, weretampering or delaying out of any considera-

tion for rebels or rebel institutions, or thatthey indulged any thought of ending the warby any means other than conquest on thebattlefield."

1911 was stated reoently that BishopAtkinson, of North Carolina, was the onlySouthern Bishop who had given his sanc-

tion to the usual circular notice sent to allthe States, on the ordination of BishopStevens. Sinoe then Bishop Hervey Otey,of Tennessee, has acknowledged his rec-

ognition of the Union and the undividedoondition of the United States EplsoopalChurch, by forwarding a note of cordialacquiescence, without political or ecclesiastical comment. Bishop Otey is a nativeof Virginia.

1AILYLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY

better.business

What Hb Cah Do With It Captain Er-

icsson is confident that, with his new bat-

tery, launched on Thursday, he oan sinkthe Merrimao in a given number of minutes,and in oase he can't sink her in one hour,he oan bang at her any number of hours,without any fear of her armament, until hedoes sink her. As for her battering ram,he has an impression that "two oan play atthat game," and he has no hesitation inchallenging a game of this sort. It is inti-

mated that he will seek oooasion to try itbefore the batteries at Norfolk. That hjust the plaoe for such an experiment, orpossibly Fort Pulaski, at Savannah. Ifhis floating battery will stand the hammer-

ing it would get at either place, he mayconsider its reputation and his own, as aninventor in this department of science, asestablished beyond any cavil. If it aooomplishes what is expected of it, we shall havea tolerably effeotive defense to any of themail-cla- vessels in the English or Frenohnavy, the terrible character of whichpresented to us once a week by that amiablepreceptor in national temper and manners

the London Times.

Fanatical R avisos. An Abolition oon

vention was recently held in BostoB. At

this meeting Stephen S. Foster, in one ofhis speeches, said they had something elseto do besides giving the negro his freedom.We must put him into the Senate, andadmit him into our sooial circles. We havecot to swallow the negro whole, with allthe wool on him. When we cm do that,then we shall havs the millennium, and nottill then. If we are not prepared to do

this, we had better fight on the Confede-

rate side. He would not support the govern

ment in its present position. He had endeavored

to dissuade every young man he could fromenlisting, telling them that they were going tofight for slavery. Wendell Phillips said heshould deplore the complete success of Qen

hcClellan, if his present policy was to be

cont inued.

If the remarks above quoted are not suf-

ficient to lead to the arrest of those whoutter them, then the doors of Fort Warrenshould be opened and those incarceratedtherein set at liberty.

France Choosing an Empebor for Mex-

ico A Vienna letter in the Boersenhalle,of Hamburg, says:

It is positively asserted that the projectof eventually putting forward the ArchdukeMaximilian as a candidate for the throne ofMexico, has been the object of confidentialoommunioations from the Cabinet of Paris,or that at least certain inquiries have beenmade on the subject. There is no doubtthat within the last few days this question

as been again under consideration, becausethe Frenoh government wants a decisiveanswer from the court at Vienna beforePrince Poniatowski's departure for Mexiooon a confidential mission. If wo are cor-rectly informed, tho Cabinet of Vienna re-oently inslruoted Prince de Metternich toreply to the offers of the Cabinet of theTuileries, and in such a manner that, with-out absolutely rejeoting the proposals ofFrance, he should let the French Govern-ment clearly understand that the court ofVienna is determined never to accept theovertures oonoerning Mexico as a point ofdeparture for negotiations relating to atransaction on the subjeot of Venetia.

Sugar. The Cincinnati Gazette has thisparagraph of interest to speculators insugar at high prices:

A member of a leading foundery establish-ment informed us that their chief business,at present, was tho manufacture of sugarkettles. We were also informed by a gro-cery merchant that there is an extraordinarydemand from the interior for buckets, somefarmers buying as many as five dozen.This means extensive preparations for themanufacture of maple sugar. This busi-ness, owing to the high price of cane sugars,will yield targe profits, and with a favorableseason a crop will be produced that willastonish the sugar trade of thercountry, andsurprise and disappoint those who have beenanticipating a largely increased revenuefrom the imports of foreign products. Themanufacture of maplo and sorghum in 1862,if the signs do not fail, will, with the econ-omy that is being praotioed in consumption,make the loyal States wholly independentof Louisiana crops.

.Russell, the correspondent, has goneto Canada. That is j ust the place for him.The politics of that provinoe are narrowenough to suit his observation and comprehension, and he may there play the prophetwithout any fear of being laughed at, forthey, like himself, are engaged at the samework, predicting all sorts of evils to over-

take the Republio, aud finding themselvesoontradioted by facts as fast as they prophesy.Neither of them grow any wiser, becauseboth of them look through the same medi-um prejudice which in an English atmos-

phere is as thick as a London fog, and asdittioult to disperse.

Can a Husband Opbn a Wire's Letter.'There was a ourious case on trial at theUnited States District Court in Albany lastweek. A man and his wife living in thewestern part of the State, had separated andlived apart by mutual oonsent. During thisperiod the husband opened a letter writtento his wife. He was arrested for this at herinstigation, several months since, and thetrial took plaoe last week. The jury broughthim in guilty. The judge sentenced him totwenty-fou- r hours' imprisonment in theoounty jail, and a fine of $10.

t& Advices received from Athens to the28th ult., state that a violent shook ofearthquake had occurred along the northerncoast of the Peloponnesus. Athens wasuninjured; but new and old Corinth, Algionand Patras had been damaged. TheChambers at Athens had voted a sum of10,000 drachms to relieve the sufferers bythis catastrophe.

nf.A grand ball was recently given atSan Francisco, in honor of the officers of aRussian Man-of-w- lying in the harbor.A Jenkins, in describing the affair, says theoffioers, true to the instincts of the Russianbear, hugged the girls in the polka in themost natural and charming manner, and thelatter rather seemed to like it.

Teas The ship Union, which sailed fromChina August 7th, arrived at New York witha very large oargo of teas on Wednesday.By the date of her papers (previous to

August 5th), the shippers save over $200,-0- 00

in duties, whioh would otherwise havegone to the government. A single firm savesthe snug sum of $75,000 on its shipmentby this vessel.

19 An exchange states that there 1b afarmer in Putnam oounty, N. Y., who has amile of ohildren. His name is Furlong, andhe hat eight boys and girls,

democrat:Late Southern gfrW

THB LATK BATTLE.From the Nashville Union. Janua.T .

On yesterday morning we published astatement, which was got from ene of ourexohanges, attributed to Capt Sheliha, amember of Oeneral Crittenden's staff , whichhe thinks was aot accurate, and he hastherefore furnished us the subjoined circum-stantial account of the opperations of thearmy, on the approach to the field of bat-tle at Fishing oreek, at the battle ground,on the retreat, and in the intrenohment.

Capt. S. states that Geu. Crittenden'sforoesleft camp on Sunday morning, 12thlost., marching in the following order, viz;

1. Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer's brigade, com-posed of Bledsoe's independent cavalrycompany, Col. Statham's Fifiteenth Missis-sippi Regiment, oommanded by Lieut. Col.Walthall; Colonel Battle's Twentieth Ten-

nessee Regiment; Col. Cummings' Nine-teenth Tennessee Regiment; Col. Stanton'sTennessee Regiment, and two sections ofCapt. Kutledge's battery of artillery.

2. Gen. Wm. U. Carroll's Brigade, com-posed of Col. Murray's, Col. Newman'sand Col. Powell's Tenn?ssee regiments. Col.Wood's Alabama regiment, one section ofCapt. MoClung's battery, Lieut. ColonelMoClellan's oavalry battalion and Brenner'soavalry.

They marched about nine miles ever averykeavy road. Bledsoe's IndependentCavalry, whioh was the advance of thearmy, was fired on at 10 minutes to 7o'olock.

Zollicoffer's infantry deployed as skir-mishers in the following order: The 15thMississippi on the right, supported by Bat-tle's; Cummings' regiment on the left, sup-ported by Stanton's; Rutledge's artilley inthe oenter. The formation of the groundwas unfavorable for artillery maneuvers.

Gen. Zolliooffer fell about 9 o'olock, andsoon afterward the regiment, gave way tothe superior numbers of the enemy. Themen retreated within our breastworks, andthe enemy pursued us without cavalry, andoommenoed a d cannonade at3:30, p. m , which was kept up until dark,when they ceased firing. Our breastworkswere then abandoned during the night lorwant of supplies, there nut being a singleday's ratioas in oamp, except those pre-pared by the men before marching. Welost one pieoe of artillery on the field, thehorees being too muoh exhausted to extri-cate it from the mud. Eleven pieces wereleft during the night, for want of trans-portation over the river. Most of our am-munition was lost. Many wagons wereleft for the same reason. Perhaps eighthundred horses were left or drowned in theeffort to oross. All the oommissary andquartermaster's stores were destroyed byburning. The steamboat Noble Ellis wasburned and the flatboats sunk. The ene-my's loss in killed and wounded was prob.ably greater than ours.

More promptness in the cxeoution of fieldmaneuvers, a higher degree ef discipline,together with the proper means of distinguishing friend from foe during an action,are most sadly needed.

Col. White's regiment was ordered fromthe left bank to the right after the menreached their in trench men ts from the battlefield. Our force did not exceed 3, 800. Thatof the enemy, judging from the report of themusketry, amounted, probably, to 8,000men. Their artillery was well served, andits range was greater than ours. It is im-possible to give an accurate list of the killedand wounded at present, in consequence ofthe enemy having possession of the battlefield; and there being many stragglers ab-sent, whom it is impossible to classify.

I From the N.O. Delta ol the 30th.THE SITUATION OF COLUMBUS.

The letter which we publish from ourcorrespondent at Columbus, relating tothe situation of that post, deserves morethan a passing attention. This oommunityhas reason to look to the defense of no posi-tion in the whole circle of the war withmore wakeful vigilanoe and keener con-cern than that occupied by General Polkon the nights of Columbus. We can affordto in Julgo a comfortable sense of securityweth reference to the seaboard approachesto New Orleans. We feel sure of our abilityin defending the river against any fleet ofthe enemy attempting the oapture of thecity by way of the river from the sea. Werealize even a less degree of exposure uponany of the land approaches from the Bee tothe city. Fifty thousand men thrown uponthem would be lost; to a hundred thousandthey would be impracticable. But what isthe fact in regard to the route down theriver from Columbus? Should Columbusfall, what is to prevent the enemy fromsweeping down the river with the immensefleet of gunboats and floating batterieswhich he has been so long preparing at St.Louis and Cairo, and with a hundred thou-sand men under Halleok, to attack us onone side, while an expedition striking upfrom the sea would attack us on the other .'

Who can answer? Do effectual defensesanswer? Do preparations for defense inrapid progress answer? Where are the defenses? Who is engaged in the preparat-ions? These questions admit af no satis-factory answer.

Our dependence at present for the safetyof the city from the approach of a formida-ble expedition down the river, is uponColumbus That is the northern key to theMississippi delta. That in possession of thsenemy, the floodgates of invasion will beopened. Our situation would not be hope-less, for the soul of Southern men, fightinga war of independence, must not dream ofdespair; but we would be confronted withterrible dangers, and the whole oountryexposed to fearful evils. On one oonditiononly oan we realize a full assurance thatsuoh dangers will not ooour, and that suohevils will never impend. That oondition isthe impregnability of Gen. Polk's positionat Columbus. But it may be asked, is notthat position already strong? Strong itundoubtedly has been, as the enemy'sgunboats that encountered its batteriesfound out, and as his army at Belmont bit-terly discovered. Strong it still is in pointof its defensive works, in the resolution ofits defenders, and the vigilanoe, prudence,ability and energy of its commandinggeneral. But in war strength is relative.The foroe under Gen. Polk's command, it isto be feared, is not so large as it should bein view of the augmentation of the enemy'sforoe threatening his position. His foroehas been stationary while the enemy's wasbeing increased. He is scaroely in a situa

tion to extend his wings, td guard hisflanks, and prevent his position from beingturned by a oolumn of the enemy pushingpast his right.

These reflections are not penned in thespirit of an alarmist, but that they are call-ed for by the oooasion is sufficiently evinoedby the faot that Oeneral Polk has sent anofficer to Louisiana and one to Mississippi,to urge upon the executives of those Statesthe importance to the security of the LowerMisssissippi valley of a speedy reinforce-ment of his oommand. Captain BernardAvegno, of this city, entrusted with Gen.Polk's communication to Governor Moore,arrived yesterday, and has already had aninterview with the Governor, who, we under-stand, will oonfer immediately with Sen.Lovell on the subjeot of the communication.Gen. Trudeau, who has charge of the heavyartillery at Columbus, is also in the city, andoorroborates all the apprehensions ex-pressed in the foregoing remarks. Is itnot possible to send five thousand men fromthis city to Gen. Polk's reinforcement? Itis safe to say, perhaps, that a muoh largernumber could be spared at present, espe-cially as they could be speedly returned byrailroad, in case of any emergeaoy whichis now not foreseen. At all events, Colum.bus demands the earnest attention of ourauthorities. The enemy is making a lasteffort, and we should be ready to meet iteffectually everywhere, but above all tomeet it ffeotually at Columbus. We haveonly to stand our ground for sixty days,and the enemy will sink in exhaustion anddespair. But he will drink new kope andlife for an indefinite prolongation of tkewar if we fail to stand our ground at

TELEGRAPHIO.From Yesterday's " Evening News.

BRIGHTdispatch dated to-d- ay

EXPELLED! 0rwit 9 force ie within four aSH

Poroign Noxxr& I

LANE NOT TO TAKE COflMAND!

Important from Cairo Grant's Force nearPort Henry Rebel's Force-At- tack

Imminent!

Trem Burnside'. Bzpnditio.nl

SECRET MISSION FROM JIFF. DAVIS!

Important from the 8andwich Islands

afBMtl D. BRIGHTS CONDITION

XXXVIIth Cowfress First SessionWashibotob, February &. Semite The

Senators who voted against Bright s ex.pulsion were Bayard, Cowan, Carlisle,Harris, Kennedy, Latham, Neemith, Pearoe,Powell, Riee, Saulsbury, Tan Eyok, Thomp-son and Willey It. Veea, 32.

The Vioe President said that as two-thir-

had voted in favor of the resolution,it was adopted.

,The Senate adjourned.Washinotob, Feb. 5. Herald's Corrts

pondence. The only event .yesterday was theassumption of his oommand by General T.F. Meagher, who, accompanied by GeneralShields, took oommand of the Irish brigadeamidst great enthusiasm. General Shieldsaddressed the troops ia most effeotive terms.

Captain Griffin's battery did some moresplendid shooting to-d- ay ai Miner's Hill.They fired a dozen rounds with shrapnelshell from two 12 pounder Ps rrott guns, ata 1 th ahallatree l.bou yards distant.but exoloded. and even struck tiring at

a few feet the tree. afternoon aCorrespondence. grows and at time tow-- i

into belief Secretary tanton will inf aomln"g. be a floatingspeedily take commenced kat'ery- -

in form, the oonduot of the 1 rar, whichusage and departmental law gii es theright to do.

The scene at the olose of the expulsionof Senator Bright was dramatU . Therewas desperate derisiveness ia "no ' withwhioh Bayard answered his nan te. WhenCarlisle, of Virginia, voted "no," the flut-ter significant end loud. k ad beencounted only among the doubtful. TheCalifornian McDougal.and Mr. Simian nswrreat first absent, but not a moment U o socn

in and voted.The vote decided the law thai i a the

American Senate hereafter, no traitor shallhave a seat.

When the result was announced, the gal-lery burst into applause, but it inata ntlychecked.

Mr. Bright then bundled up t he portableproperty in his desk, turned his back u( onthe court whioh had tried him. went to Setary Forney's room and drew pay to the

and, a defiant and there now ai theof Committ on are protectionhis of the poet.

her presenoe, the hatruined politician sat down, and, haggard andcrushed, contemplated the wveck hadmade of his fortunes.

Mr. Arnold was authorized to-d- ay to re-

port fully the views of the Lake and RiverDefense Committee upon tke fortificationsof tke frontiers, and the arming and eqaip-in- g

vessels the lakes. Their recom-mendations be thorough.

It is said that Governor Morgan's nom-ination as Major General will be rejectedby the Senate. If it is confirmed, it iaapprehended that every Governor of every

State will olaim this raak and emolu-ments.

The New York Times' Paris correspondentstates that a secret dooument from Jeff.Davis has been furnished to the govern-ments of Franoe and England, whioh givesthe full details of the military and commer-cial resources of the Confederacy,which points out In detail the advantageswhich Franoe would derive, by aiding in theestablishment the new government. Inits details of military resources and finances,

is expected to see that the Confed-eracy is able to resist the North forever,whioh entitles them to a recognition; while

its commercial details are seen thephantom of free trade and commercial

riohes.The Times correspondence reports that

Vallandigham, Pendleton and Corning,with Morrill, both Conklings, Houston anda few others, held a caucus this afternoonand agreed to comprise all their proposedamendments to the demand Treasury notescheme one bill, with a view to managea stronger combination against the bill ofthe Committee Ways and Means, whichthe administration has indorsed as indiapensable to maintain the government incarrying on the war. The vote mayclose, but the chances are decidedly in favcrof the legal tender olause.

John Parker, U. 8. Consul at Hono-lulu, has arrived here, with important in-

formation for the government. He saysthat agents have been to Englandhypothecate the entire group of the Sand-wich Islands to Great Britain.

New Voxk, Feb. 5 Speoials state thatthe is very olosely divided on the

tender olause of the Treasury notebill, and it is said that a majority of theSenate are adverse.

It is stated that the War Department hasreceived official dispatches from Federaloffioers, that the gunboat expedition ismoving up Tennessee river, flanked by in-

fantry on shore, to attack the rebels, andgreat anxiety is felt learn the result.

The Assistant Quartermaster of Burn-side- 's

expedition is here, chartering moresteamers and sailing vessels ia which toforward ordnance and commissary stores.He reports the health of the good,and when left in the Eastern State, therewere about 100 vessels of the expedition atHatterae Inlet.

A Cumberland correspondent of the Cin-cinnati Gazette states that Generalis about to resign on GeneralMoClellan ordering him to retreat fromRomney and reprimanding him. This isdoubtful.

Nbw 6 Prior advices fromKansas Qen. Lane was there,announoed that he had (not?) accepted hiscommission as Brigadier General, and thaihe visited the State only as a member of theSenate Committee. He declinedto assume military character, but main-tained the most friendly relations with Gen.Hunter, between whom and there isao practical difference of sentiment withregard to the relations of slavery and thewar.

The report that General Soott is going toKey West is erroneous. He did intend togo the benefit of his health. The gov-ernment offered him passage on board theRiohmond, hut the vessel was delayed untilthe season was too advanced, and he hasresolved not to make the voyage.

Gordon, the slaver, was yesterdaythai a respite was granted, by whiohexecution is postponed from tillthe 21st inst.

Caibo, Feb. 5. Special to the Chicago Jour-nal. The foroe under General Great arrivedai I tree landing, six miles below Fori Hen-

ry, yesterday afternoon. The gunboatsEssex and 8t. Louis made a reeounoissanceof the rebel works, purpose of

forces. Tkey went within a mile and ahalf of the fori, throwing shellsinside the intrenchmeuts. The fire weereturned One shot struck the Essex, goingthrough the oorner of Capt. Porter's oebia.

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Nova Scotia. France willadditional foroe to Mexico aad wilt j

lead in operations there. TheClothilde was reported

Italy. The Turin papers puklpatch from Rome asserting thai tke).Government was about to address athe great powers that the state of Piconstitutes a perpetual menace, aadit necessary that she should be reqdisarm.

A mair age was talked of betweenof Sweden, and the second di

of the ting of Italy.Moneeigaeizr Cerli, an agent of Vatonefi

been arrested at Legftorn.i he Bank of F ranee had itdnoed ite

of discount from C to 4k. Tke be

buoyant at 70f 40c.Salt Iakb City, February 5.- -

Frenchmen. Silver and Serine, startedtime since from Rocky Ridge to go laRiver Mountains. They were overtaken 1

a storm, sad lost their way Afterabout twenty-tw- o days, they found

teiegrapa poies, and remained therepseked up by a stage driver. They were ian exaeuaied condition, having evenaog, ana a portion of oae of theirand a beaver hat, to sustain life.

Bab Fbab .isco, reb. 4. A courier"with ik . .v. , - . r" " im,ik(;uh ui iUW MIWI Of

"my in a severe battle at tnMnational bridge, near Vera Cruz. The baatie lasted five

Accounts from Western Mexioo geaesjaMHrepresent the termination of internationaldiscussions and a union of all parties teresist foreign invasion.

Fonr MoBxon, February 5. The Cons tintution, whioh sailed yesterday morningfrom Ship Island, spoke the gunboat Maine,about miles north of Hatterae, last night,ia a sinking condition and unable to makesteam enough to take her into port. Tkerebel fleet ia Elizabeth river has bamoving about considerably ell day. This

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couraged rebels or manifested a sympa-thy wltn thsir cause. It Usome persons the west, after drawingtheir pensions, have openly joiaed theenemy, while others, who have takenthis extreme step, have openly sympathise!with rebels and drawn their pensions.The law just passed affords a partial remedyagainst disloyal pensioners receiving moneyfrom the Government.

Roll , Mo., February 5. The Corres-pondence the Missouri Republicansays the remainder Central S; gel's divis-ion started West on Sunday morning, ui d rcommand acting Brigadier General Cole.Asboth's division started several days ago.

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1 he Union refugees from SouthwesternMra ouri are taking up their line of marchfor their homes, and once more, every day,mav bat seen on the road, wending their waytowards wHe southwest.

Tbwre u a rumor that Paris has been cap-

tured by Laao s forces, but it needs confir-

mationAdvices from iebanon j uglify the infer

eace that it will be several days, perhapsweek, before the am. y .moves forward, mdno movement of importance need be ex-pected natil all the troope to take part iathe campaign shall have been concentratedat that point.

The latest news from Price, received bythe public, is that he is eight miles thisside of Springfield, and intends to showfight.

Bostox, Feb. 5. There was an immenseCorefran demonstration in Faneuil Hallthis evening. About 4.000 people werepresent, and much enthusiasm prevailed.

Pittsbubo, Feb. t, m. River I fret bypier mark, and falling. Weather cloudyand damp.

Pbtbolbcm Oii, as Vali ablx as Cottox.An English market circular, speaking of thePetroleum or Kerosene oil, which id solargely produced in Pennsylvaaia, predictsthat if the rocks aad wells of Pennsylvania,Canada and other districts, continue theirexudation at the present rate of supply,the value of the trade in this oil may evenequal American cotton. Montreal is nowlighted with this oil, aad the Circular saysthere is no reason why LonJoa and Liverpool should aot be, for the oil gas distilledfrom the raw petroleum is much moreliant than English coal gas. The writer inthe Circular says I

We have sent coals to America for gasworks, and it will be a singular freak ofevents if she and Canada should aow sup-ply us with a better expedient lavestedinterests will, perhaps, stay it for the momeat, but will they ultimately ' In my firstcircular it was stated thai some 7,000 bar-rels of crude and refined were on the wayto this country, aad the London Times ofthe 13th ult. mentions 8,000 barrels on theway to London. There are lO.OOo barrelscoming to Liverpool, aad 2,000. barrels toGlasgow, ia all about 20,000 barrels (worth

100,060 sterling, aad the trade not sixmonths old), a simple tithe o' what we want;American hostilities and the ice in the St.Lawrence (although we have still St. Johas,New Brunswick,) may stop supplies to someextent, but I have no donbt the future willvindicate ths expectations I have so fre-quently expressed.

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The Norfolk Day Book of Jancontains a letter te the editor of the

Riohmond Whig, without aay mention ofthe date or plaoe from wheaoe it waswritten. It pretends to be a report of thebettle, and oommences with "Well, we havewhipt them." After making a ramblingkind of statement, the letter proceeds thus;

"Here the enemy opened a terrible fire(I think they must have beenbut we returned it for more than aa hour,when they retreated, to return no more.We could hear their offioers distinctly at-

tempting to rally their scattered forces.Three desperate assaults had they made tocarry the heights, aad three timed had theybeen repulsed. Night was coming on, andwe remained till late, burying the dead,attending to tke wounded aad awaitiagorders; but we had eate..- nothidg fortweaty-fou- r hours, aad were ordered fourmiles further oa thai eight by GeaeralMarshall, aad so lost the eclat of sleepingoa tke battle field. Tke enemy, as welearned, could aot have loot ia killed endwounded lees then four hundred. ' Theysay nothing about tkeir own lose, but denyanything like a route or surrender.

l9Miohelet, the Freuok antkor, says:"Eagland was always a mystery to sen

until I visited it. I found it a great sendbank enveloped in fog. The fog fed thegrass, the grass fed the sheep, aad tkesheep fed the