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„ y /2 Vz /4 NE VV 'PAPER . _ z -- - •• ,64,, and the spiritz — Z, prophecy, utterlße at numberless - - --faltifiCations, declares-Nhatalie S must be defeaied by Stein and Slack, the Federal Generals in that direction, In Ken. tucky the Feileritl Generals were advancing tos wards Bowlint-green, where the Confederates under Buckner were awaiting them in au intrenched position. The former are reported to have 65,000 men—the latter at present only 25,000. The cross ing of Green River at Mumfordsville on the 17th led to a skirmish already mentioned, in which the Federal troops seem to have had the advantage, though engaged with a superior force. The town is on the Louisville and Nashville Railway, and a continuation of the advance of the same line will conduct the Federals to Bowling green, in front of Buckner's army. Since then some 16 or 17 bat talions have crossed the river, and are slowly feel ing their way as an advance guard. MONDAY, Dec. 23. At 10 o'clock this morning Lord Lyons went to the State Department and communicated to Mr. Seward officially the note of the English Govern ment. Mr. Seward expressed no opinion at this formal interview, and the note will be laid before a Cabinet Council, and will form the subject of its de liberations to-day or to-morrow; but, as the mail leaves Washington this afternoon, I shall not be able to communicate anything in addition to this bare statement of facts. My impression is that Mr. Seward will endeavour to open a correspondence, and that failing, as he necessarily must, in that, he will refuse on the part of the Government to sur render Messrs. Mason and Slidell and their secre taries. In that case Lord Lyons leaves the United States with the members of his legation. Then follows a declaration of war—a sudden, destructive, and sanguinary war between two nations, of which the one is already engaged in a desperate conflict with an internal foe, and of which the other is an ancient monarchy, jealous of its honours and its rights, but which has, neieerthless, endured long - the - thiesits — and menaces of - its powerful offshoot that forbearance has been construed into " dare not,'' and endurance has been mistaken for pusillanimity. Cotton and tobacco would be dearly purchased by England and France at the cost of a war which would. destroy our North American trade, shut up Northern granaries, and expose our commerce to the enterprise of privateers all over the world, act ing under the letters of the only maritime people which refused to abandon the right of privateering in 1866 ; but all considerations of the kind would be base and mercenary in view of the tacit submission to an outrage and the surrender of a principle for which Great Britain has so strenuously contended. One of the first effects of the war would be, of course, the opening of the Southern ports. The fleets which at present watch Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, and Charleston would have to retire and concentrate inside the Northern ports or under the guns of Fortress Monroe and at Baltimore. The ports formed at Ship Island, at Tybee, at Beaufort, at Hatteras, would necessarily be abandoned. Port land would be in danger. If the Federalists ob. tained any great success before our fleets assembled, however, and seized any of the Southern cities, the • fleets would be obliged to act with caution, as the defences of such places as Charleston and Savannah, at Sumter and Pulaski, would then be turned against us. But, at the same time, the Federalists would be placed between two fires; they would be cut off from their friends and from all supplies unless they found more Unionists in the South than I believe in, and the only way of saving them would be for a powerful army to fight its way down to them by land, and hold the adjacent country. Fortress Mon roe, surrounded by enemies, might, no doubt, make a vigorous resistance, but it would necessarily fall also from a heavy and long-continued vertical fire and by close blockade. Nor is it too much to sup pose that the concentration of a British squadron on the Chesapeake and Delaware would force the Federal fleets to retire, and lead to a complete blockade of Washington, Baltimore, and Phila delphia. The effect of a Federal victory, if it could be obtained, would be enormous. It would probably transfer the Confederate batteries on the Potomac into the hands of the United States' troops and plsce both banks in their hands; it would give them the possession of rivers which would have opened up a friendly coun- ...._ r ..._ _ e i e ik ', , .4. • ' lllllll. - ' ~ ' .. ~.... '''. 1ti'747.N11411 •', - , „„„„, ,1 N ,. t.e. ,. 01 71 „'%• ' '" 4 4 --z, - .- !,.:. , • if., o t : 41 ' 0 : 4 ,,, - 1/4......., . •,; i , -- . , : - 0, , , _.„„ „.,, 7"44 4 14 '' l l_a,,, "It ~!' *..''' '' '''' • • ' l.l6 #74ufigi - ' 4l ''''---,,' 1 " 1111 1111", , , , ;.1- , ,:. "'',. %..' , ( 9.) ' :' _, -, ,,* ---' - 'l - 44 - 6 7 - . 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I knew well if the Brigadier had a chance , he would introduce emanci pation at the point of the bayonet, for, as I de scribed him at the time, he is of the Balfour of Bur ley school—a dour stern Puritan, and he will smite with the sword of the Lord of Gideon and of Phelps anything he thinks evil. Maryland,and some 6 0 or 70 miles, as the crow flies, fram Washington, a force of 9,000 men, under the Con federate Brigadii n. Jackson, had made its appear ance, and was preparing to cross the river yesterday, in order probably to beat up Banks's division at Fre derick, and to mal to an attempt to secure the stores left at Williamsport. If General Kelly be ad vancing, as it is st ated, with his Federalists upon Winchester from B ,omney, the Confederate General has an enemy far ;at his rear and one immediately in his front,and the. movement becomes inexplicable. On Tuesday, a clf;tachment of the Ist New Jersey Cavalry got into 'trouble below Alexandria also, and the officer, Lieutenant Janeville, was dangerously if not mortally wounded, and they are evidently in much force along the river. Few batteries have been thrown up„ and no man-of-war has yet ven tured to encourag:e them,though some small craft have run past up and, down. The Pensacola still lies motionless off A lexandria. From Kentucky there is a report of Olie of those extraordinary engage ments the like of which cannot be heard of else where. A Confederate commander comes down with three regiments of infantry and a battery of six guns upon a picket of four companies of a volunteer regiment from Indiana. But the picket repulse the enemy, who fly ingloriously, their leader, Col. Terry, who is said to be the man who killed Senator Broderick in a duel, being slain with thirty-three of his followers and fifty more wounded, the picket losing one lieutenant and eight men killed and ten wounded. It is probable that by this time the port of the unfortunate city of Charleston has been. effectually closed - by the stone ships. The Federals on Ship Island, which lies between Mobile and New Orleans, off Mississippi city, must be prepared for hard times of it, as the stormy season will soon set in along that coast, and maritime operations will be almost suspended. As to the army of the Potomac, there is no chcice left. It must stay where it is. The weather has been and is indescribably lovely— days worthy of the best May that ever poet sang— voluptuous airs, glorious moonlight nights, cloud less skies, and such sunsets ! Painters of the world, come and see. Never will you catch brighter, more delicate, or tenderer hues in Italian winter's eves, or in the softest skies of Rome. But still the army does not move. And in a few days all will change. Rains, snows, frosts, and storms will render Virgi nian roads utterly impassable, and no enemy is needed to stop an army. Meantime the Confede rates have taken post in advance of their old posi tion at Manassas, and are now resting on extraor dinary defensive works at Centreville, whence M‘Dowell advanced on Bull's Run. It is a small village on a commanding hill, about seven miles from the junction at Manassas, and the occupation of the site indicates a desiro to protect the railway, as well as an accession of force. The arrival of "contrabands" has nearly ceased from the enemy, but it is reported that runaways are flocking into the district from loyal masters, in the hope that they may not be re turned. The anti-slavery petitions increase in num ber, and 1,000,00 dols. bas been appropriated in a bill, which will receive the sanction of the House, to recompense the masters of slaves who will be liberated when the district of Columbia is declared to be free by Congress. The Marshal of the district has reported, in answer to a resolution of the house, that he had imprisoned slaves to keep them safe for their masters in compliance with usage, and that usage was founded, no doubt, on the original law of Maryland, which held good here. lery from Colonel Bayard's Regiment ; altogether numbering between 4,000 and 5,000 men. This brigade having been ordered to advance in the direction of Dranesville, which is about half way between General M'Call's headquarters and Leesburg, for the purpose of obtaining a quantity of forage known to be in the possession of the Seces sionists, marched from camp at about 6 o'clock in the morning. General M . Call ordered another bri gade, commanded by General Reynolds, to follow at about 8 o'clock. This brigade proceeded as far as Difficult Creek, where it came to a halt to await further orders, and was joined some two hours later by General M'CaLl and his Staff. In the meantime General Orde's brigade had advanced to a point near Dranesville when it was assailed by a Confede rate force and an engagement ensued, during which General M'Call arrived at the scene of conflict and took command. General Reynolds was sent for, but his force did not get up in time to take rart in this action. The engagement lasted nearly an hour, when the enemy's forces fled in the direction of Fairfax Courthouse, abandoning on the field a num ber of their killed and wounded, besides arms, clothing, and other articles, including two caissons with their harness, the horses having been killed. The enemy's force was composed of the lst and 11th Kentucky Regiments and the 10th Alabama, with a regiment of cavalry and a battery of cannon all under the command of Colonel John H. Forney, of the 10th Alabama Regiment, acting Brigadier- General. They left on the field 40 dead bodies and 1 9_0i their wounded. Eight of their.nunabovoin- (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASHINGTON, DEC. 19. The agitation produced by the news from Europe has been increasing, but the Press has succeeded in assuring the people that there is no peremptory demand for the surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and that there is therefore no immediate fear , of war. So far as I can judge, the Government and the people are watching each other with anxiety and without any decided policy. They encourage each other by declarations that they will not consent to the surrender of their dearly-loved captives, but I am certain that at least one member of the Cabinet would very willingly yield them up if he could be satisfied ho would escape being de voured by his:countrymen. The doctrines laid down in our journals are much canvassed, and it is held that there is no reason whatever in the argument that, though the American captain could not seize the Confederates from the Trent, he could have car ried the Trent with her passengers into port for adjudication before an Admiralty Court. It was as carrier of contraband the Trent was liable, if at all. An Admiralty Court could not condemn Mason and Slidell, although it might condemn the ship that carried them, and the right of taking them would, it is contended, remain just as it was when the San Jacinto sent her boats on board. It is probable we shall have plenty of law on the case if the interna tional lawyers are to deal with it, but there is a national sentiment which is above all precedent, and war is more frequently employed to create than to enforce precedents in reference to principles of action between nations. Mr. Seward is in a very good frame of mind for a fair consideration of the questions at issue, The President has, it is said, in American phrase, " put down his foot' , on the question of surrender, and said, in reply to some representations on the impolicy of resisting an appeal founded on justice and on the common opinion of Europe, that he would die sooner than submit to the humiliation of his country ; whereupon it was observed that Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., FORES T KEE P. DEDICATED TO LADY TItEVELYAN. "A highly successful novel."—Messenger. " The author has a vivid fancy, and a remarkable power of eloquent de,cription." -John Dull. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members and Friends of this Fund will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 1362, at Five p.m. precisely. JOHN ABEL SHITH, Esq., Treasurer, in the Chair. By order of the Board, WM. THOS. LENTORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Dec. 31, 1861. The Annual Accounts may be inspected at the Office a week prior to the Meeting. people, of course, deprecate a war with England, but the press and bar-room sentiment is more in the I"Ercles vein," and there seems to be a determina tion to see how far war can be approached in the hope that Great Britain will recoil the first from the conflict. The members of Congress most averse from such a war are the very mon who are most jealous of American honour, and yet they do not see how the Government can comply with a demand for the restoration of Mason and Slidell to the shel ter of the British flag. This Government has com promised itself on that point. The only Minister who reports to the Congress directly is the Secretary to the Treasury. All the other Secretaries send in their reports through the President, who by the act adopts their language, inasmuch as ho can strike out whatever he does not approve. Now, in the re port of the Secretary (4111 f lyy there was the I most Mitttalifia and adoption of Captain Wilkes's act, which is therefore approved and adopted by the President of the United States. How recede from that position with honour? How, 'with out, at any rate, the lowering of great pretensions and left pride ? Then, on the other hand, there is the ruin which war would bring upon the United States—the distraction it would inflict on her coun cils and the operations of her navy and army, the probable frustration of her efforts to subjugate the South, the probable success of the Confederacy, the national bankruptcy and destruction of the Govern ment and State—and all for Mason and Slidell! Had they been given up at once, as was recom mended to the Government here by persons of rank, experience, and intelligence,. acquainted nations on such have f w en o l u in ld gsol:op b E e n e r nw e e a l n l. 'The United States i w x) i i t n h ts t , h a e ll Government would have given a proof of good will and respect for England worth a thousand speeches and despatches, and would have lost nothing but an unrecognised right. Now there is hot blood on both sides. There is the usual talk about seizing Canada at once, and eventually grander conceptions are to be realised. 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There were only three infantry regiments of Confederates opposed to five regiments of Federals, P,S.—Lord Lyons and Mr. Seward had two in terviews to-day, but from motives of courtesy and consideration the English Minister did not present the note and ultimatum to the Secretary of State, who was, however, made acquainted with the nature of the Government demands and did not express any desire for the presentation of the note. Mr. Seward did not, I believe, give any opinion as to the course his Government would pursue, but was friendly in his tone and remarks. Lord Lyons having thus cleared the ground will be obliged to seek from Mr. Seward a formal interview for the purpose of presenting the despatch and making the de mands on the part of his Government, which the American public fondly believe will be of the mildest possible character. 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We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally fla7r, ant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. • - Up to 1 o'clock to day Lord Lyons had not seen Ie ssel leave Mr. Seward, nor had any communication taken place between them. orderviihle 3 to n reachg e r New must Yorkv e in at 4 30 this evening, in time for the Cunard steamer, which has been de- J. B. OWEN, 111. Al, Chairman of the Weekly Board. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. 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To begin with the date after my last letter:— tained for him since Wednesday, so that Lord Lyons will scarcely be in a position t o commun i ca t e a t much length with his Government, but as there is another steamer on Saturday further despatches will no doubt be sent on by an additional messenger to-morrow afternoon for that boat. There is no sign of a peaceful solution if the British Government in sists on its demands and the American Government maintains its present attitude; but there are many who believe that, sooner than invoke the last tri bunal, the Government of the United States may be induced to give up the prisoners under a sort of pro test. Still, it is hoped there may be a good deal of protocolling, note presenting, and despatch reading before the ultimate question comes to be decided. It is to be hoped, indeed, that there will be no intem perate haste on either side—no precipitate action. Those who may desire to see the United States en feebled to the last degree need only stand by and wait; no man with the smallest foresight can ima gine this war will be borne six months longer. There are some who say it must end in half the time, owing to the want of means. - .+As yet no one has suffered from the war by the action of the tax gatherer, but when he begins to go round the world will see whether the people in the West will put their hands in their pockets. Mr. Chase has been summoned by the exigencies of his position to New York, where it is rumoured the Government are going to suspend the exportation of specie. Mr. Chase has, however, denied the report if the telegraph speaks truth. An issue of national paper, redeemable after the war—in other words not redeemable now—must take place. There aremillions others s sterling tractors who cannot get their money. The banks here hold immense demands of that kind, w hich they cannot get the Treasury to settle—in mil a o n fact, the only classes paid with punctuality aro those dangerous to keep unpaid—soldiers and sailors. The army and the navy perhaps are the only bodies employed by Government which have no right to complain up to the present time. To the eyes of MONDAY, 16TH. Last night the news came that the Europa had arrived at Halifax,bearing a Queen's messenger with despatches for Lord Lyons, and it was added that TEA.-STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. Id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. the British Government had come to the decision to demand the surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, Now ready, price 2s. 6d., MADAME CAPLIN'g Large and Beautifully Illustrated WORK on HEALTH and BEAUTY, or Corsets and Clothing adapted to the Human Body. By the same Author, Woman and Her Wants. Price Is. 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The President has not referred the English question to the Senate, nor is he likely to take it out of tho hands of the diplomatists. The matter which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, of which Mr. Sumner is chairman, is kept perfectly quiet. It a regarded with the utpasAkinteret. in the inner political world here, and excites as much, if not greater interest than the English complica- States Government and the conduct of the British Ministry with warmth and exeitement. So far as 1 ATRS. DOCTOR GOSS attends and corresponds -I- with ladies in all Female Compla'nts and functional irregularities, and in pregnancy, midwifery, and the disap pointments of marriage. References to ladies of the highest distinction. 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We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on Doming out of'a Tiliki3llDatil. " :7 - Era , QM 13, on. - into direct relations with the Slave States for the supply of cotton. Nor are they without a hope of actual reunion springing out of a war with England, believing in the hostility of the South to the British rather than in their attachment to their Union.iThat, however, is admitted as a remoter consequence of war. It was suggested last night, that if Great Bri tain waived her claim to Slidell and Masou,and mag nanimously said to the United States, " We aro satis fied we have a right to demand this restoration from you, but we do not wish to bear hardly upon you in the time of your trouble, and to lower you in the eyes of the world," that the whole heart of America would respond to the chord thus struck, and would be moved to eternal gratitude. TUESDAY, DEC. 17. To the great relief of President, Cabinet, States- men, and the General, it has been determined to ad journ the House of Representatives over the Christ mas holidays. The Congress men resisted stoutly, for they have all speeches and motions to make, and it may be the Senate will insist on sitting. There is nothing talked of, written, or read but the de spatches on their way from Halifax. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18. The Queen's Messenger, Captain Seymour Con way, telegraphed to Lord Lyons this morning that the train had broken down between Boston and New York, and consequently we shall have to wait another day before the despatches are received. It is announced that the Rinaldo at once got up steam and proceeded round to the flagship of Admiral Milne, on the arrival of the Europa. The mails will not be despatched from here till to-morrow night, and the Cunard steamer will not leave till Friday morning. Once more suspense in the capital. In the field there is nothing, though the rumours that there will be an advance are revived, and are rendered probable by the increasing necessities of Govern ment and by the pressure of public opinion. In East Tennessee the Unionist uprising has been suppressed, and the Confederates are hunting down, killing, and capturing all who had assembled together to main tain the Government of President Lincoln; the latter are hiding in caves and mountains. Parson Brownlow is in prison, instead of being at the head of a victorious army. Martial law has been pro claimed in the districts where Unionists had collected or manifested any signs. The Government makes no sign. Soon the people will begin to ask, " What are you doing with our 600,000 men and our millions of dollars ?" The hatelligencer of this morning, in giving details of the occupation of Ship Island by Butler's column, alludes to the strong abolition pro clamation of the Brigadier-General Phelps in a tone some there are unexplained sources of wealth in a war with Great Britain, and in order that they may have enough to do the Senate is to take into consi deration in secret session to-day the affairs of Mexico, with which there is every disposition to interfere if there was the power. It is p ro posed either to gua rantee her liabilities or to lend her the money to pay them. Certain deputies and friends of Mexico have arrived here, and have had interviews with the leading statesmen. But there is no Midas in the Cabinet—l mean as far as aurifying properties are concerned. There is a deficiency on the appropriation of last July amounting to no less than 135,000,000 dol lars ! And yet those appropriations were magni ficent enough, exceeding as they did 310,000,000 dollars. Since that time the expense of the war has been going on increasing —crescendo, it has got up to some million and a half dollars a day. That is but a guess, and may be much below the mark. It cannot be under, because it is certain that not very long ago the expenses were a million and a quarter. And to hear the speeches! Last night, passing down a street, I heard a man shouting from a win dow to a crowd assembled round a brass band, and on drawing near I caught, of course, some allusion to England, "whereat the mob shouted." " Ho gloried," he said, that they had Mason and Slidell ; he -would never give them up. Sooner let every man of the North perish ! England merely intended to test their spirit, and if England dared to declare war, let old and young gird up their loins to punish her insolence. She desired to humble America, but she could not. God had a destiny for her which," &e. This was a member of Congress, I was informed, returning thanks to the brass band for a serenade. This is the way in which the American people are taught to regard their relations with the nations of the world. It is estimated that the whole amount of coin in the country does not exceed, if it equals, 300 millions, and yet a loan of 900 millions is to be raised out of it. There must be some circulating medium, and the result will be an issue of paper money to the extent of four times the available coin. I place great faith in the spirit of the American people, but I cannot see how they can hope "to brave the world in arms," as they say, unless they display qualities which they have not as yet put forth in suppressing this " rebellion." The enemy emboldened by fine weather, are beating up their quarters along the front of the city. The pickets were driven back last night at Accotink, below Alexandria, with some loss to the sth Michigan ; in our immediate front the Confederates have appeared and given the Federalists several alcrtes, so that the Brigadiers have been summoned to the outposts more than once. The Union lines have been pushed out a little, but the moment they send out small recon noitring parties or patrols the enemy are upon them and drive them back. At Falling Waters, on the Upper Potomac, nearly opposite to Williamsport, in tions. The President has, in fact, thrown the whole responsibility of dealing with the Mexican question upon the Congress. The whole of the papers and correspondence connected with it are before them, and there is no doubt the United States would in other days have been disposed to take part with the Mexicans in vindication of the Monroe doctrine, and would make a show of resist ing the allied Powers in their endeavours to obtain redress and satisfaction. It is now assumed that the allies must have their own way, unless the Congress can devise some means of obviating what are called Spanish designs upon Mexico. There are some who affect to think that this is a more important matter than the Mason and Slidell affair. Indeed, I was informed to-day that the English Government had not made any demand for the restitution of those gentlemen, but had contented itself with a request that " reparation" should be made. It is probable my informant was very much mistaken, and the New York papers are beginning to evince a most remarkable mode ration. There is no more writing about the " sensational exaggerations" of the English Press, " Et tu, Brute !"—no more hurling of defiances—no more invitations to Ireland to rebel immediately, and to rely on the United States, which cannot quite readily deal with its own rebellion, to aid her—no more solicitations to the whole of the Irish people to come over here and fight the battles of the Know nothings and Native Americans—no more affront ing words about the bluster and swagger of John Bull. There are some papers here which are always very much affected by " the miserable state of the Irish people." How far their sympathy goes may be learned from the magnificent list of subscriptions for their present relief from a desolating famine brought on by the British aristocracy which I sent by last mail—a list of two and a subscription of £25! The contrast, however, between the tone of the papers now and that which prevailed even as recently as the beginning of the week is gratify ing. It begins to be feared that England is really in earnest, and New York is [apprehensive of trouble. The financial capital trembles, and the Press, finding itself opposed to the public senti ment, suddenly drops a few octaves—almost its full range from the war pitch and Jefferson Brick key. And, indeed, it is enough to induce any Ame rican who seeks the perpetuity of the Union, or even the success of Northern arms over the South so as to be able to dictate peace, to take every means short of those dishonourable and degrading to avert a war with another enemy when he perceives how little progress has been made in subjugating the old antagonist. There is much insubordination in the army, and Gen. M'Clellan is so well aware of the defects of his organization that he will defer aggressive movements to the last. Meantime,the Con federacy is drifting towards acknowledgment here. Already her prisoners are clamoured for by the North in exchange for Southern troops, and an exchange of 282 of the Hatteras captives have been sanctioned by the Government for an equal number of men on the other side. Officers on parole are permitted to come from one side to the other to effect exchanges. There are courts-martial on high officers, which are almost as bad in a military sense, as the Van Eyck report shows the civil affairs in contracts and the like to have been. To-day, while I was at the Senate there was a Skirmish at Drancsville, on the right of M'Call's division, between his men and the Confede rates, who were greatly outnumbered. The brigade engaged was under the command of General E. 0. C. Orde, and consisted of the Gth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Colonel W. W. Ricketts ; 9th, Colonel F. Jackson ; 10th, Colonel John C. ITCalmont ; 12th, Colonel John IL Taggart ; the Bucktail Rifles, Lieutenant-Colone l Kane ; Easton's battery of two 24-pounders and two 12-pound howitzers, and a detachment of artil- The Irish organs are shouting out very defiantly, and there are pleasant hopes of a Hibernian insur rection, just as the Northerners rely on a Negro in surrection in the South, of which as yet we see no signs, notwithstanding the rumours of a great upris in Mississippi. And so, while the men of war at Willard's are waging fierce battle in words, and killing many Philistines with the weapon of Samson, the journals come in from New York, which, being the city of dollars, has more influence than its rivals like to admit on the politics, or, at all events, the poli ticians of the country; and what do they say? Mark the eager rush at the fluttering sheets as the newsboys bear the moistened bundles into the crowd. AniAmerican journal is certainly not a thing for eternity. It is read and flung away at once— luckily for it. See how the leaders are read and the news is scanned, and the rag is thrown on the ground, and the angry look of the captains. There is a sound of peace when there is no peace but that which comes from the iron club of necessity. She is breaking the men of war in sunder. Let us take the New York Times, a decent An glophobiac. It tells the world there is an under current of popular feeling in England adverse to the national passion, which is a current we, being so long in America, do not be lieve to have much " go" or force in it, and then it gets on to the probable solution of the English ques tion. What that is we might not understand; but we can understand what the American q uestion in re Mason and Slidell is, and on reading w e find the New York Times argues that, as Captain Wilkes "unfortunately allowed the subject matter of adju dication and the proofs to escape, the United States Government is bound to restore the rebel Ministers to their original status." A very sound and very peaceable conclusion. But think of another view presented to us a few hours ago. Lord Lyons has now obtained an appointment from Mr. Seward for Monday, when the British Minister will present his ultimatum. The facts will soon be known. Yester day it loomed in New York that some very positive demand would be made, and all men's brows were clouded. Since I wrote there has been little altera tion in the aspect of affairs. Missouri is very much in the state of Burgundy or Lorraine during the wars of the Middle Ages; marauding bands plun der on both sides, burning towns and villages, the resorts of rebel guerilla bands, or of " Black Repub licans and Lincolnites." The recent news would, if true, indicate that the Federalists are getting the best of it in their struggle, and the capture of 1,300 Confederates and 1,000 horses with stores, &c., just reported, must prove a severe blow to the enemy. Nevertheless, General Price is advancing from the South once more to cross the Osage river, try to us. On the 18th or 19th of this month Charleston was closed by .the sinking of large vessels laden with steßfstk i miknutsisle, the bar, and . that operation will be ref*ifod afether Writ whew: - the Federal forces may fail to secure a foci4nk:' The blockading of the American coast will be art Mit im possible for several months ; even the blockading of the principal ports will be difficult, because a great consumption of coals will be needed in bad weather, and the ships will be compelled to retire from time to time to the coaling stations, so that not more than half the blockading squadrons can be available at a time. The weather in the early part of the year is thick and tempestuous. These are a few remarks which occur to me as I write in haste in reference to this prospect of war, but I heartily pray and hope that it may be averted by the exercise of good feeling, of honourable concession, of the spirit of equity, and above all by a sincere desire to avert that horrible evil, of which no one who has seen its ravages once can seek a repetition, and which should, indeed, be the ultima ratio when rea son, and humanity, and Christianity, and justice have been appealed to in vain. The reports that General M'Cleilan will be com pelled to advance by the pressure which is brought to bear against him are now entitled to credit. In the event of war with England the Federalists will be forced to strike a blow before the pawerful di version they may well dread is made on their flanks. Last night it rained in torrents, to-day it is dark and stormy, and showers of sleet alternate with torrents of rain from a leaden sky. In such wea ther it is impossible to execute extensive movements in a heavy wooded country, full of hills and rivu lets, like Virginia. General M'Dowell, however, who is, after all, the moving spirit in all questions of massing, manoeuvring, or quartermastering, does not see much difficulty in the way of the advance, so far as the weather and roads are concerned. He is persuaded that corduroy roads can be made with ease in all directions, and that they will answer perfectly for the passage of infantry, artillery, and horse. Certainly timber is abundant by the roadside, and there are armies of lum berers and men handy with the axe in the camps ; but, at the same time, "eorduroying it" up to an enemy is tedious work, and when it comes close to the front it is liable to interruption. B es ides, the process as it goes on shows the enem,7 where he may expect to be attacked. It is true his front extends for nearly 30 miles, from Occognan to the left of Centreville, with an outlying corps at Leesburg, and his line may be pierced at some place or other, but it will not be forced at any point where he can concentrate. The Federalists have two railroads in their service running towards the same point, and close to their base of operations ; and it is clear that the Confederates will meet the same difficulties in moving which the Federalists will encounter—se that, if attacked, they must stand their ground, as they are without much chance of manoeuvring or changing their guns and cavalry from one place to another. Every consideration, however, points out the necessity of shaking the Confederates from their hold of the Potomac, and making a vigorous effort to gain a decided advan tage over the enemy before a new adversary appears on the scene, who, in effect, will be the ally of the Southern Confederates. 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