The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. The Canadian mail steamship Hibernian has arrived, with advices from Portland to the 31st ult. New York advices report that heavy snowstorms bad prevailed. A steamer, supposed to be the Princess Royal, had run the blockade of Charleston. Her cargo included marine steam-engines. In the Senate on the 27th— The Bill indemnifying the President and other persons for the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus and other acts done in pursuance thereof was taken up. Mr. Davis opposed it. A long debate ensued on the Bill. Mr. Saulsbury made a long speech, and was called to order several times in the course thereof. Finally, when censuring the course of the President of the United States, calling him an imbecile and calling him by name, the Vice • President called him to order, and requested him to take his seat. Mr. Saulsbury continuing his remarks, the Vice-Pre sident said if the Senator did not take his seat he should order the Sergeant. at-Arms to take him in charge. Mr. Saulsbury—Then the voice of freedom is not allowed in the American Senate ? Tho Vice-President—The Sergeant-at-Arms will take take the senator into custody. Mr. Saulsbury was thereupon taken out of the Senate, displaying a revolver which he took from his coat pocket. After a short time Mr. Saulsbury came into the Senate again and began to speak. Mr. Doolittle called him to order, on the ground that he had been called to order for contempt of the Senate, and could not be allowed to go on without leave of the Senate. Mr. Saulsbury—Does the Senator from Wisconsin say that I am in contempt of any honourable man ? The Chair (Mr. Clark)—The senator from Deleware will take his seat, as he is out of order. Mr. Saulsbury—Just as I please, or otherwise. Cries of " Order." The senator will take his seat, and the Sergeant•at-Arms will take him in custody. Afteffurther discussion Mr. Saulsburyattempted to speak. The Chair—The senator will take his seat. Mr. Saulsbury—No, sir. Mr. Sumner rose to the question of "Order," that the senator from Delaware had been committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and he saw him on the floor. The Chair said the senator was in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and if he made further disturbance he would be removed from the Senate. Nr. Saulsbury took his seat, shaking his fists and swear ing at the Sergeant-at-Arms and Mr. Sumner. Mr. Sherman offered an amendment, that any person not in the military or naval service of the United States, and not subject to the articles of war, who shall be arrested in any state or district, wherein the process of the courts not obstructed, during the rebellion for aiding the rebellion or obstructing the execution of any law or military order, shall be discharged, unless within ten days charges are filed in the clerk's office of the district where he is arrested, and it shall be the duty of the judge to discharge such person or hold him to bail, as he may deem necessary for the safety of the country.—Adopted. The Bill then passed. Yeas, 33; nays, 7. In the Senate on the 28th, — Mr. Clark offered the following :=--Whereas, Willard Saulsbury, senator from Delaware, did on the 27th instant bring into the Senate a concealed weapon, and behaved in a turbulent, disorderly manner, and, when called to order, did refuse to observe order until ordered into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and then threatened to use the said weapon upon the Sergeant-at-Arms, and in the presence of the Senate did draw said weapon and threaten to shoot said Sergeant-at-Arms, and behaved in a manner disgraceful to the Senate and destructive of all order and decorum ; there fore resolved that said Willard Saulsbury be and is hereby expelled from the Senate of the United States. Mr. Saulsbury said he had not a word to say on the merits or demerits of the resolution, and neither avows nor dis avows what is charged. Let the Senate act according to its judgment. Laid over. On the 29th, — Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, expressed his sincere regret at what occurred on Tuesday evening. He had no dispo sition and no desire to violate the rules of the Senate. He was satisfied that he was wrong, and was willing to make all reparation. If upon that occasion he used any discour teous language he expressed his regret for it. Mr. Clark. after hearing the explanation, said he would not call up the resolution to expel Mr. Saulsbury to-day, On the 30th, — The bill granting aid to Missouri for emancipation was considered. Mr. Henderson, of Mobile, moved to extend the final time of emancipation to 1885 instead of 1876, as in the bill. Rejected—Yeas, 15; nays, 23. Mr. Henderson moved to amend, so as to make the amount given £14,000,000 if emancipation is completed in 1876, which after discussion was withdrawn. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, moved an amendment as a substitute, providing for the payment of 20,000,000 if emancipation is completed on the 4th of July, 1865, but no money shall be paid for slaves hereafter imported, or to any one who in any way has aided the rebellion. Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland, made a speech opposing the Bill. Mr, Harris, of New York, moved to recommit the Bill to the Judiciary Committee. Agreed to. In the House of Representatives on the 28th— The Bill authorising the employment of negro soldiers was taken up and debated. Mr. Cox moved to table the Bill.—Lost. A motion to refer the Bill to the Military Committee was lost-32 against 103. Several dilatory motions were made. At half-past six there were several vacant seats. A call of the house was made, and excuses made for absentees. The yeas and nays were repeatedly called on trivial ques tions, the object of the Opposition being to defeat a vote on the Negro Soldier Bill, which the Republicans were de termined, if possible, to obtain to-night. It was now 8 o'clock. Mr. Olin (it being nearly 9 o'clock) asked general con. sent to make a suggestion to relieve the house from their embarrassment. Mr. Allen, of Illinois, on the Opposition, and Mr. Bing ham, on the Republican side, objected. The calling of the yeas and nays was assumed on trivial questions. During the proceedings a few emphatic words were ex changed by Mr. Vallandigham and Mr. Colfax, the latter temporarily occupying the Speaker's chair. Mr. Vallan digham insisted that he had a right to appeal from his (Mr. Colfax's) decision, and Mr. Colfax refused to entertain the question, claiming that under such circumstances as were now existing the rulings were uniform. Mr. Valiandigham—The Speaker himself just now en tertained a similar appeal. Mr. Colfax the Speaker refused to do so. Mr. Vallandigham—l appeal to the record of the House. The conversation though of short duration, was re markably earnest—to such an extent that members lounging in the cloak-room and on the sofas hastily rushed to the scene, thus increasing the confusion. At 11 o'clock no quorum was present, and the spectators had nearly all left the galleries. The Speaker stated that as there was no quorum no busi ness could be transacted. House still in session (midAght) without action. On the 29th, — The Negro Soldier Bill was taken out. Mr. Hickman modified his substitute, striking out the distinction of white and coloured as to commissioned officers. Mr. Maynard moved to refer the subject to the Military Committee. A long debate ensued relative to the status of black soldiers in the army provided this bill pass. Mr. Wickliffe denounced the policy of employing negroes as soldiers. On o the 30th, — The Negro Soldier Bill was taken up. In the course of the debate Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania, opposed the employment of negroes to help to put down the rebellion. He believed that by a reconstruction of the Cabinet and the restoration of General M'Clellan to the army the e° ll Tary could be saved. [Applause burst forth in heavy volumes from the galleries, accompanied by the stamping of feet and the clapping of hands. The Speaker rebuked this,] "Mr. Wright said General M'Clellan was no favourite of his, lie had never advocated him here, but believed that no other General in the army em bodies their feelings and sentiments. If you want to carry victory on your arms, you must have a commander in w h om the army has confidence, General M'Clel lan was the heart of the American army, and should be placed in command. (The ga ll er i es again broke out in applauze.) Mr. Wrightbcionntinrueepd—Let. the Presi dentof twothe make a new an d en mired ca• M'Clellanet' representing the co tt ram t great parties, rest ore u 'army, and call for 200,000 men, who would rally tc. his standard in an instant. Further debate followed. - house adjourned. General Burnside had issu ed the following ad dress : Without taking action the "Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Ilear Falmouth, Jan. 26. " General Orders No. 9. <, By direction of the President of the United States the., Commanding General thi s d a y t rans fers the command of this army to Major7GenPral 3 oseph Hooker. " The short time that he has directed your movements Eu ls not been fruitful of victory, nor any considerable advance ment of our line; but it has again demonstrated an amount of courage, patience, and endurance that under more favottr able circumstances would have acecomplished great results Continue to exercise these virtues, be true in your devotion to your country and the principles you have sworn to mrdn - tain, give to the brave and skilful General, who has 1 0131 g been identified with your organisation and who is now to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING', FEBRUARY 12, 186 command you, your full and cordial support and co-opera tion, and you will deserve success. "Your General, in taking an affectionate loave of the army, which he separates from with so much regret, may be pardoned if he bids an especial farewell to his long and tried associates of the 9th Corps. liis prayers ere that God may be with you and grant continual succe_b until the re bellion is crushed. "By command of Major-General Burnside, "LEWIS RICHMOND, Acting Adjutant-General." The following order had been issued from the War Department : "Washington City, Jan. 20: "Ordered,—That , Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, is authorised until further orders to raise such number of volunteer companies of artillery for duty in the forts of Massachusetts or elsewhere, and such corps of infantry for the volunteer military service, as he may find convenient, such volunteers to be enlisted for three years, unless sooner discharged, and may include persons of African descent— organised into separate corps. He will make the usual needful requisitions on the appropriate staff, bureaux and officers for the proper transportation, organisation, supplies, subsistence, arms and equipments of such volunteers. " EDWIN M, STANTON, Secretory of War." A despatch from Washington says a list has been prepared of more than 80 army officers, who are to be summarily dismissed from the service for violat ing the army regulations by the use of improper language inb reference to their superiors and the commander-in-chief, in connection with the re moval of General M'Clellan and the court-martial and the sentence of General Fitz John Porter. Advices from the army of the Potomac report heavy snow storms, and that the roads were nearly impassable. Vigorous measures are in progress to secure the return and prompt punishment of deserters. Respecting the sinking of the Federal gunboat by a Confederate vessel, we have the following in telligence, via Key West, under date Jan. 20 : "By the Northern Light we hear of the most audacious act yet performed by the Alabama, in which a United States steamer, the Hatteras, has been sunk by her heavy battery, and within sight of our coast. The particulars,as near as I can obtain them, appear to be as follows :—The squadron ordered to Galveston, after the retaking of that city by the rebels, consisted of the steam sloop of war Brooklyn and a number of smaller vessels, among them the Hatteras. While the squadron was lying off that port a steamer was reported in sight in the offing, when signal was made from the Brook lyn for the Hatteras to get under way and see who the stranger was. The Hatteras at once obeyed the signal and stood to sea. It was not very long before heavy cannonading was heard, when the Brooklyn immediately got under way, and stood in the direction, and after proceeding for some distance picked up a boat's crew from the Hatteras, who reported that their steamer had been sunk by a broad side from the " 290" (Alabama), and that they alone were left to tell the tale. They further reported that on coming within hailing distance of the stranger, both crews being at quarters, Capt. Blake hailed, and asked, " What ship is that ?" and the reply came back, "Her Majesty's steamer Spitfire." Hearing this, Captain Blake gave the name and character of his vessel, and said, " I'll send a boat on board of you." While the boat was pulling from the Hatteras to the stranger she fired a heavy broadside into the Hatteras, which was at once replied to without apparent effect, for her battery consisted of but three or four light guns. The Hatteras sank in a few moments from the effect of her an tagonist's broadside, and carried down with her all the officers and crew except those who were in the boat. Such is supposed to be their fate, for no traces were afterwards discovered of them. The Brooklyn proceeded to the locality of the disaster, but found that the Hatteras had gone down ire nine fathoms water, and that the stranger had disappeared. Such is an outline of one of the most dar ing and at the same time one of the most cowardly actions ever perpetrated on the high seas, The rescued seamen say that it was the Alabama who did it, but their description of her rig is that of the Oreto. The Alabama is barque rigged, but these men say that the vessel they encountered was squareleigged forward only. This answers the de scription of the Oreto. Semmes may have sent down his main, maintopsail, and topgallant yards to disguise his vessel; but that is not probable, for he knows that with the Alabama, in case of her being disabled in her machinery, his only dependence for safety is her canvass. Consequently he would not be likely to disable his vessel in the manner I speak of. The mischief is done, however, no matter who did it ; and it would not be surprising to hear that other ac tions of a similar nature by the same vessel have been per petrated in our immediate vicinity. I here assert that the blockade of the entire line of coast comprised within the limits of the Eastern Gulf blockading squadron could be raised and the blockading vessels destroyed by one vessel similar to the one that destroyed the Hatteras. I have be fore stated the reasons why this could be done. Conse- I quently there is no use in repeating it ; but if any one, Go vernment official or otherwise, is desirous of knowing, it will afford me much pleasure to give once more the desired information, and show to the country fully the material of which this squadron is composed." The same correspondent adds some further parti culars of the event : " Since writing the above I have conversed with Acting- Master De Hurst, United States Navy, who was attached to the United States steamer Brooklyn during the recent affair between the Alabama and the United States steamer Hat teras. He confirms my account, and states that the mast heads of the Hatteras were discovered above water ; that they removed the pennant, which was still flying from her main truck, and they discovered two boats lashed together, apparently belonging to the Hatteras, besides the one that contained the men. From this they are of opinion that these boats were used to transport the crew of the Hatteras to the Alabama after she was captured, and that in all pro bability, the majority are prisoners on board the pirate. I have also seen a copy of the report made to Admiral Farragut by Acting-Master L. H. Part ridge, United States Navy, the officer of the Hatteras who was in charge of the boat that Capt. Blake sent to board the stranger. He says that in chasing the stranger they came up with her rapidly, and when close up with her she stopped. As the Hatteras ranged alongside within pistol shot Capt. Blake hailed, as I have before stated, and her reply was, " Her Britannic Majesty's ship Spitfire." Mr. Partridge was then ordered to board, and he says that he had not shoved off a ship's length befere the Alabama poured in her first broadside, which was immedi ately replied to by the Hatteras. This occurred just tit dark. As the first broadside was exchanged both vessels steamed ahead, side by side, exchanging broadsides as fast as the guns could be loaded and fired, and within a very short dis tance of each other. Mr. Partridge was pulling ahead all the time to endeavour to reach his vessel, but did not suc ceed. He says the cannonade lasted about 20 minutes,when he heard the sound of musketry. By dint of hard pulling he came again in sight of the vessels, and found them stopped, with the Alabama alongside and the Hatteras blow ing off steam, and heard cheering from the Alabama, prov ing that the Hatteras had been captured by boarding. Deeming it best not to be taken prisoner, he pulled back in the direction of our squadron, and was picked up, as before stated. This is the only information we have of the affair, and it is in all respects reliable. The Hatteras was a small iron steamer, slightly built, with engines and boilers ex posed to shot and shell. She mounted probably six guns of small calibre, and possibly less. She has been doing block ade duty in the Gulf for a year past, and was the vessel that took possession of Cedar Keyes. She is nothing in com parison with the Alabama, either in size, speed, or in the number and calibre of her battery. She was enticed into the jaws of the lion and crushed, without the slightest pos sibility of her being able to injure her antagonist in the smallest degree. She has been captured, after a most gal lant fight, by overwhelming power and numbers, and by English sailors, and under the plea that it was one of the English navy. A long time may elapse before the fate of her gallant officers and crew is determined.' A Key West letter of the 22d ult. says the Oreto, after burning the brig Estella, of Boston, proceeded to Havannah, where she was coaling at 11 o'clock on the morning of the 21st. The United States' steamers San Jacinto and Oneida were about to leave N ew York in search of the Oreto. There was not one United States' ship of war between the Florida reefs and the coast of Cuba. A New York letter of the 29th says:—... s that 'at. " The captain o f the steamer Eagle, from Havannah, re ports that on the 27th, atnootnu,rnhi, ho saw H sm e o a k ls e o to st th at e e e ward, probably so me vessel the American Consul, Mr. Shufeldt, at Havannah, pro tested to the Spanish authorities against allowing the pirate to leave until 11 o'clock in the morning of the 23d ; but the pirate captain stated that the Federal cruisers would cap ture him if not allowed to go to sea sooner. He was allowed to go, Soon after the pirate had passed the guard-ship, at night, the Wachusett arrived at the same spot, when the Spanish authorities kept the Wachusett there until morn ing, before allowing her to enter port. The captain of the brig Estella was offered a free passage home in the Eagle, but he preferred coming in a British steamer." The following official report had been made to the Navy Department in reference to the loss of the Hatteras : . " Rear-Admiral Farragut has forwarded to the Navy Department the report of Commodore Bell, of the steamer Brooklyn, at Galveston, giving an account of the sinking of the Hatteras, 11th inst. Commodore Bell states that he has heard Partridge, of of Maine; persons who escaped, viz.,—Acting Master James Bailey, ordinary seaman, of New Jersey; George A. Falkenburg, of Philadelphia; Jas. Wright, of Troy, New York ; W m . H. Jenkins, of N ew Jersey; Wm. Brown, coxswain, of Boston. Commodore 13e11 reports that at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 11th, the Hatteras was sent in chase of a strange sail, which was reported from the masthead, and was seen after sunset about 12 miles distant bearing south. At 715 the Brooklyn was un der way steering so uth q uarter ea st , and at the same t i me the Cayuga steered south by west. The Brooklyn cruised in several courses as far as 63 miles south of Gal veston in search of the comb r a ea tan ch t ed s, supposing t o h n e t e h n e em a y te t r o . be the 290) and returning' noon of the 12th. About 11 o'clock next day discovered two masts of a sunken vessel standing out of the water. The tops and rigging were awash, and the United States' naval pennant was flying gaily from the main truck. No ensign was found, and the hurricane deck was adrift. Sh was recognised to be the Hatteras by certain marks made on her hurricane deck by the Brooklyn some time ago." From Havannah we have further intelligence re specting the Florida, alias the Oreto The pirate Florida arrived here on the 21st inst. from Mobile. She coaled during the night and sailed on the 22d on a piratical cruise. The pirate first met the bark La Ciguena from Portland, but the bark kept well in shore and the pirate's boat was recalled, the La Ciguena escap ing. On the afternoon of the 22d, four miles from the coast, fell in with the brig Windward, Captain Roberts, from Matanzas, with molasses, for Portland. The Windward was robbed and burnt, the crew being sent ashore in their own boat. The cargo belonged to a Spanish merchant. On the morning of the 94th, off Cardenas, the pirate captured and burnt the brig Coals Ana, of Machias, Maiae, Capt. Small, from Philadelphia, laden with shooks. She was only one mile from land. The captain and crew were sent into Cardenas in their own boat. Soon after the pirate captured two mere brigs, just out from Cardenas. She burnt one and sunk the other. A schooner arrived at Havannah on the morning of the 24th, which states that the pirate was last seen with the British flag flying, steer ing for the Bahamas. The United States steamer Reaney left Havannah on the 23d, but returned the same afternoon, having been fired into by the Spanish man-of-war Prin cessa d'Asturia. The American Consul ordered the Reaney to proceed on her voyage, and the gunboat Oneida, which had just arrived, was sent out as convoy. The Reaney had the American flag flying when fired into. She had the American mails and Government despatches on board. The gunboat Wachusett arrived at Havannah on the even ing of the 22d, twelve hours after the departure of the pi rate. She coaled and sailed on the morning of the 24th. The rebels in Havannah are in high glee. Mr. Helm, their agent, holds receptions every Friday evening, and ex-Mayor 'Wood's daughter was present at the last one. The rebel schooners Ray and General Worth, from Mobile, arrived at Havannah on the 23d The rebel schooner Mary Harris was to sail on the 25th for Matamoras. The French Consul-General at Havannah had lately drawn 1,000,000 dole. on the French Treasury, which draught was honoured by the Spanish bank." _ A despatch from New Orleans received at New York on the 30th ult. says : _ " The Harriet Lane is blockaded in Galveston Bay. The rebels are fortifying the island and fitting out the Harriet Lane, and large numbers of rebel troops are concentrating on the island to resist our attack. Our fleet is large and amply sufficient to retake Galveston, but it is hcped that it will be able to recapture the Harriet Lane without destroy ing the city." A Port Royal letter of the 26th ult. says:— " An exciting naval conflict is believed to be impending in the Ogochee River between the Montauk and the rebel ram Fingal, said to be guarding the steamer Nashville. An effort will be made by Capt. Worden, under the orders of Admiral Du Pont, to attack and destroy the Fingal and cap ture the Nashville. The Montauk was still close to Fort Pulaski this morning, but it is expected to be ready to go to work in the morning." The Memphis Bulletin of the 26th states that Gen. Joe Johnston commanded the whole Western department of the Confederate army, and was march ing with a large force to Vicksburg. It was believed that he could concentrate 150,000 men for the de fence of Vicksburg. The Confederates were deter mined to stake everything to hold Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and to keep open the communication between Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. The for tificationa at Port Hudson were complete, and Gen. bl~Clernand's forces and Commodore Porter's squad ron had reached Young's Point, a place only 20 miles above Vicksburg. A despatch, dated Goldsborough, North Carolina, of the 25th ult., says— " It is reported that the Abolition fleet, 92 sail, including twoXonitors and six other iron clads, are in Beaufort har bour ; also that 52,000 Abolitionists are encamped in Moore head and Carolina cities. According to a despatch from Newbern, General Stanley had sent in his resignation in consequence of the President's proclamation. The Richmond papers of the 24th ult. contain the following intelligence : Mobile, Jan 23. The Advertiser and _Register have received the following despatch —" Macminniville, Jan. 22:—A detachment of 100 of Morgan's men, under Col. Hutchinson, made a dash into Murfreesboro' yesterday in sight of the enemy's cavalry camps, and captured 2(•0 prisoners and 20 waggons. Trust worthy information from Kentucky states that on the 13th 1 inst. Gen. Woolford made a speech to his men in the pre sence of 3,000 citizens of Lebanon, telling them to go home for 20 days, and if within that time Lincoln did not modify his proclamation he would not call upon them, to fight against the South, but he would himself take the field in be half of the South against the North," Fredericksburg, Jan. 22. The Yankees are building immense warehouses at Acquia Creek, and repairing and refitting the railroad to the point opposite this place, and building huts and other more per manent conveniences for their army. These preparations, together with the erection of batteries in front, indicate that their present line has been established as the permanent base of operations for the winter. A new earthwork, with several guns in position, was visible just below Falmouth yesterday. Considerable bodies of troops have been moving up the opposite bank for two or three days past. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New York, Jan. 30. At the Second Board to •day the stock market was not so firm. Stock quotations—Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 92 ; Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 90; Galena and Chi cago Railroad, 94 ; Michigan Southern Railroad, 61; Cum berland Coal Co., 211 ; Pacific Mail Steamship Co., 166 ; Hudson River Railroad, 914 ; Harlem Railroad, 39 ; Michi gan Central Railroad, 974 ; Michigan Southern Railroad, guaranteed, 103 ; Illinois Central Railroad scrip, 95/ ; Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, 109; Norwich and Worcester Railroad, 82. President Lincoln and the Working Men of Manchester. The following letter and enclosure have been re• ceived by the Mayor of Manchester (Mr. Abel Hey wood) : have no hesitation in assuring you they will excite admira tion, esteem, and the most reciprocal feelings of friendship among the American people. I hail this interchange of sen timent, therefore, as an augury that, whatever the case may happen, whatever misfortune may befall your country or my own, the peace and friendship which now exists between the two nations will be, as it shall be my desire to make them, perpetual. " ABRAHAM LINCOLN." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—It is painful to find that the reign of an Emperor who has conceived and carried out the emancipation of the serfs throughout his dominions should be disgraced by the acts that are openly charged against the Warsaw Government. It is not merely a question of nationality, it is not whether Poles should live under the sceptre and serve in the armies of a foreign master, but whether they should have the rights which human beings possess even under the tyrants of Central Asia. The friends of the Russian Government are already beginning to excuse it at the expense of the instruments which it employs in Polish administration. It is said that the military governors to whom the management of affairs has been committed for some time are men full of the ideas of the past, and accustomed to look upon every Pole as a rebel whom it is useless to con ciliate, and whom power must suppress, or be con tent itself to perish. Old officials, and the wretches who do the worst work of a police, have it is alleged misunderstood the spirit of the Czar, and without his knowledge instituted a reign of tyranny in Po land. We do not believe in this defence, but the fact that apologies are offered is a proof that the scandals of the Administration make even the go verning body in Russia ashamed. And there is good reason. Unless all that reaches us irom Poland be a fabrication, the conscriptioit as practised there of late has been an iniquity surpassing anything told of Christian Governments in this age. It is bad enough for the youth of a country to be taken against their will to serve, not in their own land or in a neighbouring dependency, like the French, not in defence of their homes or fora cause dear to them, like the Germans or Italians, but to march off thousands of miles, to fill up the wasted regiments by which a merciless policy is ever seeking to advance the Russian frontier. But there might even in such a case be contentment and resigna tion if the conscription were a fair one. If the kingdom of Poland gave its share of victims together with the rest of the empire—nay, if the selection were just even within its own limits, there might be some possibility of submission. But it is solemnly asserted, and we believe with the most complete truth, that the conscription has been sys tematically made a machinery for picking out and carrying into lifelong servitude every young man who showed the genius, the energy, or the promi nence of character which the police considered dangerous. This accounts for the statement that the last conscription has been more felt by the citi zens than the peasantry. In the towns of Poland are, of course, to be found those who have been -most affected by the great events which for the last 15 years have been passing in Europe. In spite of Imperial neglect, education has advanced ; in spite of discouragements and actual prohibition, that education has taken a national—the Government would say a revolutionary—character. The Govern ment cannot repress thought on political matters, except by showing Polish society that to be sus pected of thinking is fatal. It is almost acknow ledged by the Government that the conscription has been used as the means of carrying off the most dangerous young men in Warsaw. To make sure of the revolutionary leaders, the authorities deter mined on selecting every man who was at all con spicuous for ability or attainments of any kind. We are told that in Warsaw " very many students of law, medicine, and theology were taken to the citadel during the nights of the 21st and 22d of January. Two thousand conscripts were levied in Warsaw, though the city has no more than 160,000 inhabitants." Who can wonder, then, that the popu lation has flown to arms P Probably the inhabitants of the capital and the large cities began the move ment as the only chance of safety to themselves, but it is evident that the whole kingdom, proprietors, traders, peasants and all, are now in rebellion. Again, the priests are at the head of the movement, which shows that it has nothing in common with the revolutionary movements of Western Europe. In short, it is a thoroughly national rising, and the Catholic priests are impelled both by their patriot ism and their jealousy of the almost forcible con versions made by the Imperial Church to take part with their flocks. The insurrection can only be brought to an end by two means—either a long and merciless conflict with the rebels, or such a change in the administration of the kingdom as may con tent the Poles and regain for the Emperor the esteem of Europe. On the first alternative we will not speculate. But we do hope from the character of Alexander 11. that he will not think fit to renew the horrors of 1830 before the face of this genera tion. Such an outrage would justify the cessation of all cordiality between his Government and those of Western Europe, and would probably isolate Russia, if not from the Sovereign, at any rate from the Legislature and 'people of every csnstitutional State. Even the partners in: the work of Polish spoliation have made some reparation to the people they ruined. Galicia has been fairly governed by Austria, and is now one of the least discontented provinces of the Empire. Prussian Poland has its deputies who oppose their flighty King with as much boldness as any German on the benches. The Sovereigns of both these States are, no doubt, de sirous to see matters go as smoothly as possible with their Imperial brether ; but should he out rage too much the conscience of the world, they may be forced by the opinion of their subjects to oin in condemning him. DAILY NEWS.--What is the use of Royal Com missions ? They cost a great deal of money—they are excellent means for shelving an inconvenient subject for a season ; but they seldom lead to any practical results. The first thing that a responsible Minister does with any report which does not agree with his own opinions, or with the traditional opinions of the office over which he presides, is to throw doubts upon the soundness of the conclusions of the report, and sometimes even to direct his sub ordinates to collect evidence in contradiction. Royal Commissioners have lately reported on the Concen tration of Law Courts, on the Education of Pauper Children, and on Educational Charities. These investigations have occupied in some cases years, and have absorbed many thousands of the public money. The legislation of last a ession did some thing to carry into effect the recommendations of the Education Report. But as for the Concentration of the Law Courts, the Education of Pauper Children, and Educational Charities—these subjects seem to be practically abandoned. To those who take an interest in the subject of Charities it is satisfactory:that so competent an authority as Lord Wrottesley should have brought it before the House of Lords; but it is far from satisfactory to find that the Government intend to do nothing in the matter. It might, perhaps, be supposed that after the sub ject had been so thoroughly ventilated, public writers who pretend to enlighten the public, would have taken the trouble to inform themselves, by reading that chapter of the Education Commis sioners' Report which refers to this special matter, before attempting to criticise it. If there is one thing which the Report deals with more elaborately than another, it is with the question as to the body that ought to be endowed with power to reform use less foundations. It has been ca lculated that the value of all the property dev oted to charityis be tween seventy-five and one hundred million pounds sterling ; and of this vast sum p i art is wasted on schools which have no sch olars or incompetent mas ters—on objects which 11(17 absolutely failed, or which are actually demoralising the people. In one single case there is a sum of more than one hundred thousand pounds which has accumulated, and yet there is no obj ect to whichit can be applied con sistently with the terms of the original gift. Are these enormous sums to lie idle, or to be applied to useless objects, or what is to be done with them ? At present there is no power which can deal with such charities, and certainly one of the most impor tant and difficult problems which the Education Commissioners had to solve was that of ascertain• ing . where the power of remo d e lli ng c h ar ities ought to be vested. Vested somewhere it must be, for otherwise large sums of money devoted to charity must continue to lie idle, or be used actually to promote demoralisation. Now, if there was one body to which this power could not be entrusted, it was the Court of Chancery. From the time when Lord Brougham's Commission was appointed, more than thirty years ago, until the present moment no difference of opinion has existed on (Copy.) " Legation of the United States, London, Feb. 9. " Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to you by the hands of Mr. Moran, the assistant secretary of this legation, a letter of the President of the United States, addressed to you asi chairman of the meeting of working men, held at Manchester on the 31st December, and in acknowledgment of the address which I had the pleasure to forward from that meeting,—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. " Abel Heywood, Esq., Chairman, &c., Manchester. " To THE WORKING MEN or MANCHESTER. "Executive Mansion, Washington, Jan. 19. " I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the ad dress and resolutions which you sent to me on the eve of the new year. " When I came, on the 4th day of May, 1861, through a free and constitutional election, to preside in the Government of the United States, the country was found at the verge of civil war. Whatever might have been the cause, or who soever the fault, one duty, paramount to all others, was before me—namely, to maintain and preserve at once the Constitution and the integrity of the Federal Republic. A conscientious purpose to perform this duty is the key to all the measures of administration which have been, and to all which will hereafter be pursued. Under our frame of Government, and my official oath, I could not depart from this purpose if I would. It is not always in the power of Governments to enlarge or restrict the scope of moral re sults, which follow the policies that they may deem it ne cessary, for the public safety, from time to time to adopt. "I have understood well that the duty of self•preserva don rests solely with the American people. But I have at the' same time been aware that favour or disfavour of foreign nations might have a material influence in en larging and prolonging the struggle with disloyal men in which the country is engaged. A fair examination of history has seemed to authorize a belief that the past , action and inflaences of the United States were generally regarded as having been beneficial towards mankind. I have, therefore, rec k one d upon t h e f or b earance o f nations. Circumstances, to som e o f w hi c h y ou ki n dly allude, induced pleasant duty flue b n to o me especially to exp ec t t h at i f j ust i ce an d goo d f a ith s h ou ld be leashostile practised y influence then acknowledgetUnitedhep ar States, tof the Great they Britain. I would encountertisnow no a an given of your desire that a spirit o : you have of peace peace and amity towards this country may prevail in the councils of your Queen, who is respected and esteemed in your own Country only more than she is by the kindred nation which has its home on this side of the Atlantic. "I know, and deeply deplore, the sufferings which the working men at Manchester, and in all Europe, are called to endure in this crisis. It has been often and studiously re. presented that the attempt to overthrow this Govern ment, which was built upon the foundation of human lik rcilgushitvse,laynodntothseubbastsiitsutoef for it a o n ne sl w av lu e c r h y, ely to shwas oul . d rest ex obtain the favour of Europe. Thro u g h the action of our disloyal citizens, the working men of Europe have been sub jected to a severe trial, for the purpose o f forcing their sanction to that attempt. Under these circumstances I cannot but regard you, decisive utterances upon the ques• tion as an instance of sublime Christian heroism which has not been surpassed in any age or in any co untr y . I t is indeed an en erge ti c a nd reinspiring assurance of the inherent power of t rut h, an d o f th e u lti ma t e an d universal triumph of justice, humanity, and freedom. Ido not doubt that the sentiments you have expressed will be sus . tamed by yeur;great nation; and, on the other hand, I FROM ITALY TO POLAND. (From the Datly News.) The following letter from the celebrated Venetian poet, Dail 'Ongaro, to a friend in this country, has been placed in oar hands for publication : Florence, Feb. 4, 1863, My dear Friend,—ln the midst of so many con tradictory rumours as to the character and scope of the present movement in Poland, I have been led to make anxious inquiries of the emigres of that un fortunate country. They are as much in the dark as we are ourselves. But they appear somewhat disheartened, and despairing of a happy issue to the cause of liberty. To them Czarism is still the all in all; and seeing that the French Government is at present on the best of terms with Russia, these gentlemen are too well disposed to repeat the old and sad historic exclamation, Finis Polonice. It looks as though the Polish exiles, like the exiles of all lands, were determined to put their trust only in " the Emperor," and in whatsoever he may mean to do. So in default of living testimony I have taken counsel with the dead. At Brussels I knew the Father, the Cato of the Polish emigration, Joachim Lelewel, Count or Prince, General or President of some sort : I would give him his title if I knew it. I knew him as a working man. He owned a couple of blouses, one for summer wear, and both at once for the long winter months. Somewhere in a box, however, he kept an old threadbare coat, which he reserved for the annual commemoration of the Polish martyrs. I knew him for a man of learning, and an artist. He would draw up memoranda for writers who came to consult him upon obscure passages in ancient history, or disputed points of ancient geography. He was his own hands, and I fancy he transferred with his own hands to the plate the medallions which he drew to illustrate his great Numismatic work on Ancient Gaul. Ever accessible to all corners in his pauper's garret, which was also his workshop (Rue de l'Ecuyer—l forget he would chide us gently i f w e t knockedthe n number) , m a b t e r) h his door before we came in. He had written on that door, which was always ajar , Come in without knocking, lest, absorbed as he was in his work, he might fail to bear a knock, and leave a visitor for a moment waiting. Pray do not suppose, however, that this compa rative destitution was a reproach to his wealthier countrymen. Several of them had tried all manner of honourable and delicate ways to place consider able sums at his disposal; hut he always refused. By regular work he could earn the few pence he needed for his lodging and his maintenance. King Leopold offered him the situation of Director of the Belgian Museum, with a salary of 4,000 francs. Lelewel went to see the Museum, and replied to his Majesty that as the whole contents of the Museum were not worth a thousand francs, he felt bound to decline an appointment which could not justify its cost. To the offer of a professorship of Belgian his tory he made a similar reply. Some time after a noble-hearted Flemish gentleman left him by will I I an income for life, which he refused to accept be cause he said it belonged to the natural heirs; and when the next heir of the deceased confirmed the legacy, Lelewel went himself into court to plead against his own life-interest under the will. How the matter ended I cannot say. On my arrival in Florence in 1859 I endeavoured to induce the Tus can Government to invite Lelewel to Florence, to lend his aid to the Italian savants who preside over our rich collections. The affair was under consi deration—too long; for meanwhile Lelewel died in his garret at Brussels. I had hoped that the sun of Italy and the dayspring of our new liberties might have prolonged his future days, to the profit of science and to the honour of our coantry. It was too late. Pardon me, my dear friend, for all these details and this long digression. I wanted you to know the manner of the man before I gave you the words I once heard him utter on those Polish revolutions of 1830, which tore him from his studies and elected him a member of the Provisional Government. One day when I was dining in his company at the house of a veteran Italian refugee, the conversation fell naturally enough on the revolution of 1830. The great Polish exile's eyes seemed to dilate and glow with unaccustomed lustre : he was no longer the savant, but the chief of that historic insurrection which was drowned in blood. He said but a few words, but those words are stamped upon my me mory, and I seize this occasion of recalling them. "The Polish revolution (he said) failed for three principal reasons—First, because the revolutionary forces were concentrated at Warsaw ; secondly, be cause the aristocratic leaders and the general mis trusted the popular element and shrank from its alliance; lastly, because no appeal was made to the Cossacks, proclaiming their independence." Old Mazeppa, he added, would have understood me. The Cossacks bear no love to the Czar ; they have no liking for hangmen's work ; they are oppressed like ourselves ; they have a country like ourselves. We should have taken in earnest and largely applied the device of Poland—" For our liberty and for yours," Lelewel was sublime as he uttered these words; be was prophetic. I should add, that he was no great believer in the inten tions of France, and no wonder ! He had small faith in any movement not begun by patriots living iu the country. He trusted that the voice of humanity and of liberty would be heard sooner or later in the Russian army itself, and that the double bureaucracy, military and civil, which weighs on Russia would at length weary oat the entire nation. All this was said before the war in the Crimea, before the death of the Czar Nicholas. His words, it would seem, have not fallen to the ground. Lelewel's counsels, repeated continually to every Pole, to every Russian who would not leave Brussels without paying his respects to the vener able Cato of 1831, are prevailisg at the present moment. The insurrection is working from the cir cumference to the centre. Several Russian officers have listened to the voice of the Bell.* The Cos sacks themselves, if the despatches speak true, have given signs of national life and a sympathy for the Polish cause. It is to be hoped that the chiefs of the insurrection will not forget the popular ele ment ; and the brethren of the revolution will not again be at the mercy of some of those generals who have done nothing but arrange with more or less skill the clauses of a capitulation. To learn nothing, to forget nothing, is the device of de throned kings ; nations should remember their faults, and learn everything from experience. Thus much, my dear friend, the dead have told me. Will their words come true ? Will they prove more discerning than the living whom I have con sulted. Events must answer. The die is cast. But come what may, we will never cry Finis .Polonice. Nations do not die. Right is immortal. The com mon sympathy that binds all struggling causes and suffering peoples is a cheering sign. Let us hope, then, and do our duty. Faccere et pati fortia.: Let us die like martyrs; not mumb ling litanies in churches, but sword in hand, hold ing inch by inch that sacred ground which is ours o defend-. PALL 'ONGARO. *Alexandre Ilerzen's journal, published in London. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Hamburg- American Company's screw steamship Borussia, Captain Scbwensen, sailed hence at 1.30 p.m. to-day for New York. She takes out German and English mails, 100 passengers from Hamburg, Havre, and this port, 21,500 f. from Havre, and a full cargo. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and pills.— Never neglect a Cold.—lt is painful to hear of th e many fatal cases which commence with the ordinary of a common cold. Hollowa's Ointment rubbed upon the back and chest prevents all y disastrous consequences. It soothes the inflamed lining of both throat and chest. After rubbing in the Ointment for a few days the pectoral irritation and the tightness of breathing diminish ; the cough becomes looser and less frequent, an d the phlegm is expectorated with less difficulty till the lungs become free and respiration natural. All subject to take cold from safeguard against symptoms slight exposure to varying temperatures will find Hollo way's soothing Oint men t and purifying Pills an effective pleurisy, bronchitis, asthma, and eon- JTI this point. And yet a contemporary, with a forces have been directed to more important dis-. forgetfulness of ordinary facts which is amaz- tricts, in the certainty that the issue of the war in ing, solemnly suggests that this tribunal no way depends on any operations which may be should be invested with additional powers in carried on to the west of the great river ; and if order to remodel useless charities. The rea- beaten in Virginia and Tennessee and Federal sons which have induced every person who had forces must be withdrawn or expelled from the considered this subject for a moment to reject the States of Louisiana and Arkansas, and probably idea of calling in the aid of the Court of Chan- from Missouri. If Grant and Rosencranz should eery are simple and conclusive. In the first place, be thoroughly defeated it is probable that within the Court of Chancery is too expensive. It must two months New Orleans would be the only point be remembered that out of 28,880 charities there west of the Mississippi and south of the Missouri are 17,972 under £lO a year, with an aggregate that would remain in Federal hands. And no income of £58,187. And when it is added that defeats will induce the Confederates to listen to the in the opinion of Mr. Senior, himself once a terms suggested while they can possibly keep an Master in Chancery, "the instant a charity not army in the field. Theiall of Richmond, Charleston, exceeding £3O a year becomes the subject of a and Mobile, would not oblige them to cede a single suit it is gone ; one of £6O a year is reduced one State that has once joined the Confederacy ; and if half; one of £lOO one third "—the absurdity of they were no longer able to do more than maintain invoking the aid of the Court of Chancery in such a guerilla warfare that warfare could be main cases becomes obvious. Indeed, as Mr. Senior tamed even more easily and effectively on the says, "the prudent friend of such a charity will western than on the eastern bank of the Mississippi. submit to see it mismanaged to any extent short It would be quite as easy for the Federal Govern of the destruction of all its utility, rather than sent to conquer the whole of the South as to con risk its ultimate annihilation by the ruinous pro- quer those states whose natural character and half tection of the Court." If any further evidence desert condition make them far more defensible were required of the extravagance of the Court than their sisters on the Atlantic seaboard ; quite as of Chancery, even under the present reformed easy to subdue Virginia and the Carolinas as to coin system, or of the folly of investing it with addi- I pel the submission of Texas and Arkansas. And tional powers to deal with charities, it is furnished thevery reasons suggested by the writer as justify by Mr. Erle, the Chief Commissioner of Charities, ing his proposal—the helplessness and insignificance Mr. Martin and Mr. Hare, both Chancery bar- to which it would reduce the Confederate States-- risters and Charity Inspectors. The mere appoint- make it clear that those States will never consent went of new trustees has cost near £BOO, and in to be so divided. They must be conquered altoge the "Attorney-General v. Corporation of Ludlow" ther. No middle term is possible. Again, the Fe the costs amounted to £20,929. The second rea- deral Government has no right whatever to the son for not investing the Court of Chancery with States west of the Mississippi, and the Confederate any new powers in matters of charity is that the Government has no right to cede them. Texas, Judges of that Court are incompetent to deal with Louisiana, and Arkansas are members of the Confe such subjects. These magistrates, however learned deraey ; the two former were among the seven in the maxims and precedents of law, cannot be earliest seceders, and all the three are as completely expected to have studied, or to have arrived at Southern and as bitterly hostile to the North as South any concurrence on, the more difficult principles Carolina herself. Whatever right the Lombards have of social science, or on their practical applica- to be free from Austrian tyranny ; whatever claim tion. Indeed, they naturally shrink from resort- the Greeks have to national independence; whatever ing to such principles as too speculative allies for right any people has to be rid of a yoke which it positive jurisprudence. Mr. Hare, himself an abhors, and a connection with its most detested eminent Chancery barrister, and an Inspector of enemies, that right, and a still stronger right, have Charities, has spoken in the strongest terms of the the South-Western States to be for ever released incompetency of the Equity Judges to remodel from the Union—stronger, because they have on charitable foundations. Although there is a sum of their side not merely the natural rights of a people £3,000 a year in St. Dunstan's-in-the East which is willing and able to maintain its f-eedom by the totally unappropriated, Mr. Hare urged that no ap- sword, but the legal rights of sovereign and inde plication should be made to the Court of Chancery pendent communities. It is not our business to for a new scheme. He said, 6. The constitution of liberate them any more than it is our business to set that court makes it the proper authority for enforc- Poland free from Russia, or to drive the Austrians ing the execution of trusts, but not fo r solvin g the out of Venice, but to suggest that any influence or problems in moral science, or determining the great sympathy of ours should be lent to those who desire questions of charitable economy." "Even," he adds, to reimpose on them a hated yoke is like asking no if it possessed materials for this great function, the to restore Lombardy to the Austrian, or to give our subject is only presented to it in a detached and moral support to the system which has driven the unconnected form, which renders it impossible for Poles into a desperate insurrection. Finally, it is the Court to lay the foundation of any great insti- impossible that any arrangement could be durable " 3 " tutions for the moral advancement of the poor and which should leave the North in possession of ignorant classes." This is not mere theory. The one of the States forming the Southern Confede action of the Court of Chancery in matters of charity rac y, or of any portion of those States, except, per has always led to the most disastrous results, Under haps, Western Virginia and Eastern Tennes see ' the scheme settled by that court a whole parish in Missouri and Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, Herefordshire has been demoralised. In the case of might, after half their population had been driven Sir W. Perkins' School at Chertsey, the Court of into exile, be colonised from the North, and remain Chancery settled a scheme, in 1819, at the cost of tranquil in their connection with the Union. But £2,898, which was so absurd that it has never been Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and the territory of carried into effect. And the same thing occurred New Mexico, are thoroughly and completely South at Ludlow, where the scheme proved to be imprec- ern—Southern by climate, by institutions, by race, tieable. At Exeter there is a very large sum an- by interests, and by passion ; they never could be nually devoted to charity—more than £l,OOO a persuaded to remain in the Union as States, for their year; but yet so incompetent is the Court of Chan- State authorities, chosen by the people, would be eery considered to deal with these funds satisfac- for ever in open resistance to the Federal power, torily that they are still administered without any and for ever passing ordinances of secession; they definite scheme. And no wonder, for we are told c o u ld only be held as subject p rov i nces , an d then that in this very city of Exeter t he court, instead of only by the sword. enlarging, has sometimes narrowed the scope of the original gift ; that gifts have been appropriated to particular. .trades which have since migrated from Exeter; and that the trustees are now, in fact, as much hampered by the restrictions of the Court of Chancery as they were once hampered by the terms of the original foundation. In fact, experience has proved that the interference of the Court of Chan cery is a positive evil ; and that if charitable foun dations are to be utilised, some other tribunal must be appointed to deal with them. It is notnur pre sent purpose to discuss what that tribunal should be; but it is important that the public should be misled by the ignorant suggestion that the Court of Chancery is that which ought to be invested with such powers. It will be as rational to invest the Equity Judges with the nursery arrangements of infants because it manages their property, as to invest them with the power of remodelling table trusts which have failed. COUNTRY MARKETS. - .4.- LYNN-TUESDAY. We have to report an average show of wheat, and the value was is per qr less, with a moderate demand. Barley is dearer. White 50s to 638 1 Barley 38s to 39e Red .. ..49s to 51s I grinding .. 32s to 3 30 B eans . 34s to 408 I Oats .22s to 260 New —a to —a I Peas --8 to —4 HERALD.—It is, we think, at least 12 months since some of our most impartial contemporaries urged that the North, abandoning the hopeless attempt to subjugate the Confederate States, should confine itself to the more possible endeavour to se cure a good boundary; should, at least, admit to itself, if not proclaim to the world, that it must hope and would fight only for a frontier. A long series of defeats and disasters has induced the more judicious friends of the Northern cause to look on this advice with less disfavour than they at first felt towards it; and we have now before us a little pamphlet embodying their idea of the frontier which their clients should demand, and which Europe ought to extort for them, since they cannot possibly obtain it for themselves. We cannot com pliment the anonymous writer either on the ori ginality, the ingenuousness, or the good sense of his proposal. The frontier which he has traced on the map annexed to his two or three pages of ad vice is the same that was suggested some months ago by at least one newspaper devoted to the Fe deral party ; the map is so unfairly drawn that no one would guess from it that Texas is an organised State and one of the most important members of the Southern Confederacy ; and the suggestion that Europe should recognise the Confederate Govern ment only on condition of the cession of two-thirds of its territory, and the insinuation that European influence should be used to compel its acquiescence in such terms, are simply and utterly absurd. The frontier proposed is defined by the Missis sippi, the Cumberland River, the range of moun tains which divides North-Western Virginia from the rest of that State, and the Potomac. It would give to the Federal Government the States of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Ken tucky, with portions of Virginia and Tennessee, and the territories of New Mexico and Arizona, besides the States of Maryland and Delaware, which it at present holds by sheer force, and would surround the Confederate States on every side with the domi nions of a hostile and an aggressive power. The proposal is made and defended chiefly on the ground that it would thus injure and imperil the rising na tion—a nation with which, for many reasons both of policy, interest, and sympathy, England should desire to be on good terms ; and though the proposer pretends to impartiality his one object evidently is to make the successful and peaceful development of Southern resources impossible, and to strengthen as much as possible the worst enemy of Great Britain and the most inveterate disturber of the peace of the world. It is open, besides, to three conclusive objections—it is impracticable, it is immoral, and it could not establish a lasting arrangement. It is impracticable, because no European power will ever intervene to assist the North in establish ing its authority over a vast territory whose popu lation is intensely hostile to Northern rule, and because the North has not the least chance of conquering that territory by force of arms. The Federalists have been driven from their foothold in Texas ; they have nothing more than a foothold on Louisiana and Arkansas; and they have not a secure possession even of Missouri and Kentucky. It is true that they have the power to ravage and plunder the plantations along the banks of the Mississippi in Louisiana and the neighbouring States, and that the maraudin g expeditions of Gen.a Butler have spread de vas t a ti on and anarchy very considerable porti on o f the former c ou ntry. It . on of is true that Ne w Orleansis in their h ands, and tbat possession while the war la s t s , an d they reta in p over thet they the sea and th e l ower part of the river,u d Crescento not City cannot be wrested from them.B govern in Louisiana ; they are there not as rulers, yas invaders; and tohreevoenniyasrecoasnoqnuewrohly.s,tbhueitrsimphas not been i l invasion more effeotiyely resisted s that the Confederate HULL-TUESDAY. A fair supply of English wheat to-day at market, Will ch ! was taken off at about last week's currencies F o reign War still negiected. Barley for malting sold rather Oats, beans, and peas were at late rates. Wheat.... Old white per qr. sos Od to 5 3 s 4 : 43 Old red f ) New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic Konb , kc. old white 52s Od to 57s 0 " Dutch, Belgian, and French. 68s Od to 628 O d Baltic and Hamburg, red Barley.... English malting 3 ls Od t o 388 Od Grinding 3os Od to 338 O d Saul and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 2 Bs Od t o 29s Od 28s Od to Grindingdearer. 318 Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2id to 13 d Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 08131 d Swedish and Danish Oal2id to Osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4ss Od to 468 Od, New pigeon 42s Od to tis Oa New tick. 4os Od to 428 Od Egyptian 34s 6d to 358 oa, Peas Foreign boilers .. Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding 528 Od to 56s Od crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) 110 5 0 to £lO 10 u n Foreign 8 15 0 to 9 0 " Rape cakes Bones 6 6 oto 510 NEWARK— We had a quiet market, bul •WEDNESDAY. a fair demand, at is reduc- Lion. White wheat new, 52s to 56s Red do. 448 to 50s Old white sBs to 62s Red do. 54s to 58s Barley, malting 38s to 43e Peas,.... Barley, grinding 30s to 310 / Oats, old, .. 27. to 3 1 00 New do 21s to 26e Beans. 42s to 4 40 1 Beans, new 36s to 400 ,44s to 48s. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 18. v i a Marseilles Feb. 12. brazil and Capp Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6. C C h a p in e a o , f r G en e o a d n g il oapned, Singapore, Ascension, v a i n a d s S o u t . t h I l a e r 0 1 e p n t a, Ma on . Feb r 3. .. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12 ' Falkland Islands Mar. 6 . n Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 1 I n dia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. I n 2• India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. „, 1 , via Marseilles Feb . 4 " . P0rtuga1.......... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. " Feb . 10. via Marseilles .. Feb. 18 ' Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo • v b• l2 ' e ' U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... • - •by U.S. packet , b 13. by Canadian packet r e ' 10 W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Feb. • 1 1• Bahamas, via New York Feb. Mexico.. .. Feb 28. 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