The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-05 00:00:00

me; -- • ----- AM E R'' IC A. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4 The Royal mail steamship Arabia has arrived, with the New York mail of the 23d, Boston of the 24th, and Halifax of the 26th ult., and 111,650 dole. in specie. In the Senate, on the 23d, Mr. Lane, of Kansas, gave notice of a bill to authorise the President to raise 200 regiments of infantry composed of per sons of African descent. In the House of Representatives on the 22d, Mr. Vallandigham, of Ohio, offered the following reso lution which he proposed to debate :-- " That this house most earnestly desire that most speedy and effectual measures be taken for the re storation of peace in Americe, and that no time be lost in proposing an immediate cessation of hostili ties in order for a speedy and final settlement of the unhappy controversies which brought about this unnecessary and injurious civil war, by just and adequate security against the return of like calami ties in time to come, and this house desire to offer most earnest assurances to the country that they will in due time cheerfully co-operate with the Exe cutive and States for the restoration of the Union, to make such explicit and most solemn amendments and provisions of the Constitution as may be found necessary for securing the rights of the several States and sections within the Union under the Constitution." Laid over. Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, offered a reso lution that a protest and remonstrance of 36 mem bers of the House, submitted therewith against the unconstitutionality and injustice of the bill recently passed indemnifying the President and others for suspending the writ of habeas corpus, be entered on the journal. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved to table it. Carried 75 against 40. On the 23d, Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, rising to a privilege question, moved the protest he offered on the p rev i ous d ay to be e ntered upon the journal, The Speaker stated that the House had refused the entering of it on the journal, and cited former precedents in support of his decision. Mr. Penbleton appealed. The Speaker was sustained-74 against 20. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the Legislative Judicial, and Exe cutive Appropriation Bill. It was made a special order for the sth of January. General Halleck had received the following re port of the affair at Fredericksburg : " To MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF, UNITED STATES ARMY, WASHINGTON. " Head-quarters. Army of the Potomac, Falmouth, Dec. 19, 1862. " General,—l have the honour to offer the follow ing reasons for moving the army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock sooner than was antici pated by the President, Secretary of War, and yourself, and for crossing at a point different from the one indicated to you at our last meeting at the President's : " During my preparations for crossing at the place I had first selected, I discovered that the enemy had thrown a large portion of his force down the river and elsewhere, thus weakening his de fences in front, and also thought I discovered that he did not anticipate the crossing of our whole force at Fredericksburg, and I hoped, by rapidly throw ing the whole command over at that place, to sepa rate by a vigorous attack the forces of the enemy on the river below from the forces behind and on the crest in the rear of the town, in which case we could fight him with great advantage in our favour. To do this we had to gain a height on the extreme right of the crest, which height commanded a new road lately made by the enemy for the purpose of more rapid communication along his lines, which point gained his positions along the crest would have been scarcely tenable, and he could have been driven from them easily by an attack on his front, in connexion with a movement in rear of the crest. How near we came of accomplishing our object ; but for the fog and unexpected and unavoidable delay in building the bridges, which gave the enemy 24 hours more to concentrate hie forces in his strong positions, we would almost certainly have succeeded. In which case the battle would have been, in my opinion, far more decisive than if we had crossed at the places first selected. As it was, we came very near DuCCCEW. Failing in accomplishing the main object, we remained in order of battle two days, long enough to decide that the enemy would not come out of his strongholds to fight us with his infantry, after which we re crossed to the side of the river unmolested and with out the loss of men or property. As the day broke our long lines of troops were seen marching to their different positions as if going on parade. Not the least demoralisation or disorganisation existed. " To the brave officers and soldiers who accom plished the feat of thus recrossing the river in the face of the enemy I owe everything. For the failure in attack I am responsible, as the extreme gallantry, courage, and endurance shown by them was never exceeded, and would have carried the points had it been possible. To the families and friends of the dead I can only offer my heartfelt sympathy, but for the wounded I can offer my ear nest prayers for their comfort and final recovery. " The fact that I decided to move from Warren ton on to this line rather against the opinion of the President, Secretary of War, and yourself, and that you left the whole movement in my hands, without giving me orders, makes me responsible. I will visit you very soon and give you more definite in formation, and finally I will send you my detailed report, in which a special acknowledgment will be made of the services of the different grand divi sions, corps, and my general and staff departments of the Army of the Potomac, to whim I am so much indebted for their support and hearty co-operation. I will add here that the movement was made earlier than you expected, and after the President, Secre tary of War, and yourself requested me not to be in haste, for the reason that we were supplied much sooner by the different staff departments than was anticipated when I last saw you. "Our killed amounts to 1,152, our wounded to about 9,000, and our prisoners 700, which last have been paroled and exchanged for about the same num ber taken by us. The wounded were all removed to this side of the river, and are being well cared for, and the dead were all buried under a flag of truce. The surgeons report a much larger proportion of s li g ht wounds than usual, 1,632 only being treated in hospital& tc T ant glad to represent the army at the present time in good condition. "Thanking the Government for that entire sup port and confidence, which I have always received from them, I remain, General, very respectf u ll y , 1- Your obedient servant, " A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-General cora mandin Army of Potomac." An official report e stimates the Federal loss at 1,128 killed, 9,105 wounded, and 2,078 missing, making a total of 12,311. President Lincoln had issued the following to the Army of th e Potomac : "Executive 'Mansion thanks , Washington, Dec, 22. "To the Army of the Potomac,—l have just re • ceived your Commanding General's preliminary re port of the battle of Fredericksburg. Although you were not successful, the attempt was not an error, nor the failure other than an accident. The courage with which you, iu an open field, maintained the contest against an intrenched foe, and the con stimulate skill end success with which you crossed and recrossed the river in the face of the enemy, show that you possess all the qualities of a great army, which will yet give victory to the cause of the coun try and of popular government. << Condoling with the mourners for the dead, and sym pathising with the severely wounded, I con gratulate you that the number of both is compara- Lively so anil!. " I tender to you, ofneerg and soldiers, the thanks " ABRATTAM , , LINCOLN . " of the nat i on. General Burnside tendered resig nation to the President, b ut it was not accep t e d, to his command on th o 22d. his and he re turned On the 16th the Republican members of the Senate met in cau cus, and after a sessiun of four hours, during which several senators made fierce attacks upon Secret ary S eward, making him re bponaible for the defeats, and declaring that the country was tired of the present conduct of the wikr, a MOW= was Oft recl by Senator Grimes of lowa, declaring a want of confidence in Secretary P should be substituted for 'to,' so that it may read, Seward and requesting the President to remove ' crossing at a point different from the one indicated him. This was passed by a vote of 13 37, as to 11 by you at our last meeting at the President's.'" nays. A long discussion was entered into, Senator A flag of truce tressed the Rappahannock this Sumner making a lengthy speech, ate eking the afternoon to communicate with Gen. Lee, the pu t -- foreign diplomacy of Secretary Seward. Others were port of which has not been made public. made by Senators Sherman, Trumbull, Wade, &c. It The Richmond papers of yesterday and to-day was charged that Seward's policy was a Fabian one, have found their way here. that of delay ; that he had encouraged M'Clellan The Richmond Inquirer says the loss in A. P. in his delays ; that his idea of surrounding Hill's division on the 13th was 211 killed, 1,494 the Confederates was a delusion ; that he was \ wounded, and 417 missing. This division was con responsible for sending the Banks expedition away fronted by Gen. Franklin's left, and consisted of to the Gulf instead of to the James River. They six brigades with artillery. More than half the then adjourned over to Wednesday, when, after the Confederate loss occurred in this division. adjournment of the Senate, they resumed their con- Intelligence from below is to the effect that the sultations. Senator Harris amended the resolution, Confederates have considerably strengthened their to read " That, in the judgment of the Senate, a forces near Front Royal. reconstruction of the Cabinet would increase the The enemy maintain a contraband communica confidence of the country." Senator Sherman ob- tion with their northern friends via the Potomac jetted, because this was too broad ; that Secretary and Mattox Creek, crossing the peninsula and the Chase would resign at once if that w ere passed. Rappahannock at Leeds, about 30 miles below this Senator Fessenden then amended it to read, "A point. particular reconstruction," and upon that the re- N o s h ots have been exchanged with the rebels for solution passed, and a committee of seven was several days. The river pickets maintain a friendly formed. Afterwards Senators Howard and Harris disposition towards each other. were added, making it nine. On the 18th Senator The soldiers along the southern coast and in King informed Mr. Seward of the action o f th e Vi rg i n i a were compla i n i ng that they have not been Senate, and he and the Assistant-Secretary at once paid a cent for five months. sent to the President their resignations. In the Gen. Foster has reported as follows his capture evening the Committee of nine waited on the Presi- of Kingston, North Carolina : dent, and laid the matter before him. The com- "To Major-General Halleck, General-in-Chief. mittee retired, and left the matter in the hands of "Headquarters, Department of North the President, believing that it was all tight. The Carolina, Kingston, Dec. 14. committee from the senatorial caucus were invited "I have the honour to inform you that I left by the President to meet him at the White House Newbern for this place on the 11th inst., but owing on the 19th. On their arrival they found the whole to bad roads and consequent delays to my trains, Cabinet there, excepting Secretary Seward. The &e., I did not reach the South-west Creek, five President introduced the subject and stated the miles from this town, until the afternoon of the object of the committee. Secretary Chase at once 13th inst. The enemy were posted there, but by a stated that he did not come there to be arraigned by heavy artillery fire in front and a vigorous infantry senators. Senator Fessenden said he did not come attack on either flank I succeeded in forcing a pas there to arraign any one. The President said they sage, and without much loss. This morning I were all there on an equality, and invited an inter- advanced on this town and found the enemy strongly change of opinion. Senator Harris stated that he posted at a defile through a marsh bordering on a was not a personal friend of Secretary Seward, creek. The position was so well chosen that very ithough formerly a law partner, and thought there little of our artillery could be brought-in play. The were a large number of Republicans who would main attack, therefore, was made by the infantry, rejoice at his leaving the Cabinet, while an equally assisted by a few guns pushed forward in the roads. large number were in favour of his remaining. He After a five hours' hard fight we succeeded in thought it would be impolitic and uncalled for, be- driving the enemy from their position. We fol cause he quietly opposed any changes. Secretary lowed them rapidly to the river. The bridge over Stanton said that the resolution was evidently the Neuse at that point was prepared for firing, and aimed at some one else besides Secretary Seward. If was fired in six places, but we were so close behind any one supposed he was responsible for the disas- them that we saved the bridge. The enemy re ter that had occurred they were mistaken ; that all treated precipitately by the Goldsborough and the charges made against him were false ; that the Pikeville roads. Their force was about 6,000 men, President knew that the charge that ne was respon- with 20 pieces of artillery. The result is we have sible for the movement on Fredericksburg was taken Kingston, captured 11 pieces of artillery, and groundless; that neither he nor General Halleck taken from 400 to 500 prisoners, and found a large was responsible. Senator Grimes made a fierce on- amount of Quartermaster and Commissary stores. slaught upon Mr. Seward. Mr. Fessenden was Our loss will probably not exceed 200 killed and firm but determined. The meeting lasted until a wounded.—l am, with great respect, your obedient late hour, and adjourned without any result being servant, accomplished. Secretary Chase, however, tendered "S. G. FOSTER, Major-General Commanding." his resignation to the President, in order to place "MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF, him in a position to use his own pl easure . P ost - WASHINGTON. master Blair refused to resign. I n a ll th e i n t er - "Head-quarters, Department of North views the President defended M r . S ewar d warm l y , Carolina, Dec. 20. denying that he had actively interfered with the "My expedition was a perfect success. I burnt military movements, or that his poli c y h a d b een the railroad bridge at Goldsborough and Mount detrimental to the conduct of war. He expressed Olive, and tore up several miles of the track of the the most unbounded confidence in Secretaries Stan- Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. We fought ,. ton and Chase, and th oug ht S ecre t ary W e ll es h a d four engagements—viz., at South-west Creek, King done all that could be d one . ston, Whitehall, and Goldsborough, and whipped The following extracts from a l e tt er flora Mr. the enemy handsom e ly eac h time. Henry J. Raymond, which was published in the "S. G. FOSTER, Brigadier-General Commanding." New York Times, gives an account of the Cabinet Advices from St. Louis of the 19th state that crisis and its causes : General Curtis, the Federal Commander, had re "On Thursday evening the c o mm itt ee f rom th e ceived a demand from P res id en t D av i s f or an in quiry into the facts rel a ti ve t o th e s h oo ti ng of ten Senate caucus had their first int erv i ew w ith th e Confederate citizens, by or d er o f G eneral M'Neil, President. Senator Coll amer , as th e chair man, read a brief paper whi c h em b o di e d the send- Enclosed with the c ommun i ca ti on was a printed slip from the G rena d a Ap pea l, conta i n i ng a passage ments of the entire committ ee . It s genera l purport was to urge the importance of a Cabinet which credited to the Palmyra (Missouri) Courier. The should be united in its views of public policy, and Confederate Government desired to know whether which should insist upon a vigorous prosecution of the statements in that journal were correct. the war. It avoided all referen ce t o i n di v id ua l It was positively asserted that General Banks members. After this had been read each member of would supersede General Butler at New Orleans, the committee expressed his individual vi ews on th e and that he had instructions to capture M o bil e an d subject; they were such as would natu ra lly b e ex - counteract and schemes of France in th e S ou th ern S pected from the antecedents and k nown op i n i ons o f States. He would also co-operate in th e reopen i ng tho several senators_ Pr oc id on t Li nco l n li atcned of the Mississippi. with attention to all that was said. He then ex- A despatch from Cairo, Illinois, cf the 20th, re pressed the profound solicitude which he felt on ports that on the previous day a troop of Confede the subject they had brought before him, and the rate cavalry made a raid on the railway three miles overwhelming anxiety which oppressed him con- from Jackson, Tennessee, and destroyed the track cerning the condition of the country and the pro- i and a quantity of stores. A successful attack had gross of the war. What the country wanted, he also been made on Trenton, Carroll Station, bHum said, was military success. Wi t h ou t t h at noth i ng boldt, and Kenton, and a t C o l um bi a appre h ens i ons w could go right ; with that no thi ng cou ld go wrong, were entertained of a vi s it f rom the Confederates. He did not yet see how the measure proposed by From Nashville we learn that on the 21st there , was some brisk skirmishi ng w i t h the Confederates. the committee would furnish th e reme d y requ i re d ; if he had a Cabinet of angels they could not give the The authorities at Charleston had constructed a country military successes, and that was w h a t was number of shanties and b arrac k s at G reenfield and Somerville for the temporary s h e lt er o f t h e poorer wanted and what must b e h a d. B u t h e prom i se d his most careful attentio n t o th e su bj ec t, an d an - classes of the inhabitant s , mos t o f w h om were other interview w as appo i nte d f or t h e next even- dependent upon public cha r ity f or support. ing in presence of the Cabinet. Last evening The Richmond papers contain accounts of the (Friday) this inter v i ew too k p l ace, an d l aste d f our defeat of Burnside at Fred er i c k s b urg. T he Rich hours—Mr. Sew ar d, o f course , not b e i ng present. mend Dispatch says:— The President at the outset said that what he de- " Our loss has been heavy, but bears no compari son whatever to that of th e enemy . W e h ave to sired to know was wheth er more h arm or goo d would result from the acceptance of Mr. Seward's regret about 2,500 killed, wounded, and missing, resignation, and each membe r o f th e comm itt eewas while, according to the repo r t o f th ose b es t s kill e d desired to express his opinion, with the grounds on ) in making estimates of this description, their loss which it rested, upon that practical point. Mr. Fes- does not certainly fall short of 10,000, and in all senden declined to do so, saying he did not feel probability greatly exceeds it. This will not be called upon to discuss the question. Mr. Grimes de- regarded as at all improbable when we take into dined, because his views were sufficiently under were that his ex c l us i on f rom the Cabinet, under exist- against it, m a i n l y on the ground sit ing circumstances, would seem to the countr to the country." consideration the relative p os iti on o f th e oppos i ng stood. Mr. W a d e , M r. T rumbull, and Mr. Sum- armies. The Conf e d er at es were on th e h e i g h ts, ner were uneq u i voca ll y f or its acceptance. Mr. which rendered them l ess access ibl e t o cannon. T he Collam er , M r . H arris, and one or two others Yankees were in th e l ow groun d s , su bj ected to a murderous fire of ar till ery an d mus k etry as they advanced. Every s h o t t o ld, an d t h ose who wit 3, nessed it say th a t t h e s l aughter was awful beyond like the triumph o f a f act i on, and would lead anything yet witnessed i n t h e war . General Long still further divisions among t h e loyal people of the street succeeded in g e tti ng possess i on o f a long stone North, and thus increase rath er th an d i minish the wall on the outskirt s o f F re d er i c k s b urg, and in evils that afflict placing a whole di v i s i on b e hi n d i t. The Yankees, A despatch from Washington of the 22d s t a t es with more boldness than they usually exhibit on that the President had acknowledged the reception such occasions, attempt e d t o ge t possess i on of it. They were repuls e d w ith unparalleled slaughter in of the resignation of the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, and the Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. every attempt, and at l as t b ro k e and fled in confu- Chase, and had informed them that, after duo deli- sum." beration, he had come to the conclusion that the A correspondent of the Richmond Examiner acceptance of th e i r resignations would b e incompa- writes on the 14th : tibia with the public welfare. The President, there- " From Fredericksburg the Rappahannock flows fore, requested both Mr, Seward and Mr. Chase to nearly due east. The valley of the river, lying resume their respective functions as Secretary of mostly on the south side, is a mile in width near State and S ecre t ary o f th e T reasury. The two secre- the town, and widening as you go down stream. At t aries accordingly resumed their places as heads of Hamilton's crossing on the railroad the valley is their respective departments. three miles across. From Hamilton's crossing to The M'Dowell and Porter Court of Inquiry was Fredericksburg the railroad and the old Richmond still proceeding. stage road, both running parallel with the river, From the Army of the Potomac we have the fol- skirt this valley. South of the railroad, beginning lowing despatches : near the town and running to a point at Hamil " Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Dec. 20. ton's crossing, and also parallel with the river, is a " Yesterday morning, about daylight na , c a ' bout 100 range of hills covered with oak forest, fringed on its of Hampton's rebel cavalry entered a lieutenant and 30 privatesc"fquan, and northern border by pine thickets. Our forces occu capturedthe 10th pied the whole length of this forest. Longstreet's New York Cavalry, who were guarding the tele- corps occupied the highlands above, opposite, and graph lines. Eleven sutlers and six sutlers' wag. for a mile b e l ow the t own . Jackson's corps rested so ns were also seized by the reb e l s . All is quiet on Lo ngs t reet ' s r i g h t, an d extended away to the to-night. Members of the Sanitary Commission and eastward, the extreme right under A. P. Hill,cross ing the railroad at Hamilton's crossing, and stretch others who were at Falmouth on the day succeed , and their uni- about six miles ing the battle report that the ground on which our ing into the valley across the river. Our front was were posted length. tt tlkhleoss skirts i o r f t s the f batteries of st dead soldiers lay was in full view, form s giv e a blue colour to the field until the rebels both corps had stripp e d th e b o dies of their clothing. No new alon g th e l i ne of railroad, and seven batteries in movements of the enemy have been observed since C o l one l Li ndsey Walker's regiment and Stuart's we evacuated th e sout h s id e . Everything is quiet horse artill er y b e i ng stationedin the valley between , along th e h oes. Although the stoc k o f su tlers in th e ra il roa d at Hamilton's crossing and the rive r . this ca m p i s nearly exhausted and supplies are The enemy's forces occup i ed the valley nor th o f t h e much needed, it i s not deemed judicious b y t h em railroad from Fredericksburg to within half a to transport their goods by the overland route. mile of our extreme right. . • ' His light bat teries were posted over the a ``Falino o th, D ec . 21. southern extremity o f " This day has been c lear and cold specimen I the valley, at from a quarter of a of Virgi n i a D ecember, and a good mile to a m il e specimen of the from the railroad , while the hills on the n or th ern Sabbath in th e army. Aside f bmthe nsuill Sun- b an k s of the river from Falmouth t o Fi tzhugh's day morning i nspect i ons, no duty has been required . of the regiment s , b u t th e weather was too cold of the men. Di v i ne serv i ce was attended in a few studded at intervals of half a mile with his batteri es secure large audienc es . t° of heavy gun s. The opinion had prevailed on th e " Headquarters, Army of the P o t omac, night before that the enemy was to attack our lines Dec. 23. the on yesterday morn i ng , but when day broke "By comparing an official copy o f G en. B urn- without the Soun d of a gun b e i ng heard in front it began to thought th at h e b a d deferred his ad of the same in the side's report to Gen. Halleck with the publication vanes until e this m orn i ng. r e he sun rose c l ear , b u t Washington papers this morning a di m fog shronded the veil. ]hutting the vision several important errors are noticed. In the Bret to a short half The— sY, mile, enem parpgraph, in the last line but one, the w or d , b y ' bo within A wile of y was supposed to the • raiix'Etd at Hamilton's crP64 - , ing, but these were no indications of his presence. At half-past 8 a.m. General Lee, attended by his staff, rode slowly along the front of our lines from west to east, and halted in the valley a mile to the east of Hamilton's crossing and half a mile in the rear of our batteries on the extreme right. At 9 o'clock a colum n of our troops, which proved t o b e Ewell's division, General Early commanding, ad vanced up the valley from the direction of Port Royal, and defiled into the woods to the left of Hamilton's crossing. The men were marching at a very leisurely pace, with a careless, swinging gait ; but there was that in their quiet dignity of de meanour which told that each, though undaunted, was conscious that the next hour might be one of stern battle and death. Scarcely has the rear of this division disappeared in the woods when directly in their front the artillery of the Old Stonewall brigade—Woodis, Brixton's and three other bat teries—opened a brisk fire on the enemy's batteries north of the railroad. At this time, owing to the fog, few of the enemy's infantry were visible. After events proved that they were lying close to the south bank of the river. The cannonading'soon be came general along the front of both armies. In 10 minutes from the time of firing their first gun the Danville Battery, Captain Woodis, had lost 15 men killed and wounded, a number of horses, and had two guns disabled. The enemy's battery 800 yards dis tant had the exact range from the first fire. In the beginning of the action the loss of the other batteries of Taliaferro's division were also quite heavy. Oa men fired with great precision, their shells bursting in front or directly above the opposing batteries. In the course of an hour the artillery fight had become so general that it was almost impossible for an ob server to distinguish what particular battery of the enemy was engaging the attention of any given bat tery of ours, and vice versa. Scarcely a battery that had been unmasked on either side but was ex posed to a direct and enfilading fire. The roar of cannon along a line of six miles was tremendous. The air was resonant with the savage music of shells and solid shot. The white smoke wreath of explod ing shells were everywhere visible among the trees of the forest, which hid our forces in the valley and away beyond the river in Stafford. Lines of ambu lances could be seen bearing off the wounded of both armies, but there was nothing by which to judge that the advantage rested with either side. At noon the fog had cleared away, but there was a thick haze in the atmosphere. About this time the enemy's infantry moved forward from the river towards our batteries on the hills. As they pressed forward across the valley Stuart's horse artillery from our extreme right opened upon them a destructive en filading fire of round shot. This fire, which annoyed them sorely, was kept up in spite of six batteries which were directed against the horse artillery as soon as it was unmasked. By one o'c , ock the Yankee columns had crossed the valley and entered the woods south of the railroad. The batteries on both sides slackened their fire, and musketry, at first scatter ing, but qui c kl y i ncreasing to a crash and roar, sounded thr oug h the woods. Dense volumes of smoke rose ab ove t h e trees, and volley succeeded volley, someti mes so to blend into a as rapidly prolonged and continuous roar. A. P. Hill's division su s t a i ne d the first shock of battle. The rest of Jack son ' s corps were in different lines of reserves. D, H. Hill' s di v i s i on w as d rawn up in J . L. M arye's field, under a long hill, in rear of our line of battle. Here they re mained during most of the day, being moved from time to time to the right or left as the exigencies of the battle dictated. Shortly after the infantry fight began a brigade of this division was moved at the double quick a mile and a half to the right, and posted in a dense clump of pines in supporting dis tance of Stuart's horse artillery. In 10 minutes they were brought back to their original position. The celerity of this movement would be ineredible to any one who had not witnessed it. To an observer the sight was singular and exciting. A long black line shoots from the position of the reserves, crosses the railroad at Hamilton's station, skims across the valley, and in a few moments is lost in the pines, nearly two miles away. After scarcely a breathing spell, the same line emerges from the pines, and retraces its steps into its original position. As this brigade resumed its position in reserve, the fire of musketry directly in its front slackened. A few crackling shots were heard to our left, along Long street's division, and then a succession of volleys, which were kept up at intervals during the re mainder of the evening. The musketry fire on our right was soon renewed, and the battle raged with increased fury. Our batteries along our whole front again reopened, and Col. Walker's artillery regi ment, composed of Latham's, Letcher's, Braxton's, Pegram's, Cronshaw's, Johnson's, and M'lntosh's batteries, stationed in the open low grounds to the east of the railroad at Hamilton's station, moved forward several hundred yards in the direction of Fredericksburg. Hill's and Early's troops had driven the enemy from the woods and across the railroad in the direction of the pontoon bridges, near Deep run. Our men pursued them a mile and a half across the bottom land, and fell back only when they had gotten under the shelter of their batteries. Our troops then retired to the south side of the rail road. Again the enemy rallied and returned to renew the contest, but were again, about 5 o'clock p.m., driven back. All the batteries of Jackson's corps were at this time in full play, and in the approaching twilight the blaze of the guns and the quick flashes of the shells were more distinctly visible. The scene along the valley was at once splendid and terrific. The result of the fight on our right wing may be summed up briefly. We drove the enemy back, kill ing three to one, and at . niAht held the ground oc• cupied by the enemy's batpitfes in the morning. The enemy had 20,000 men engirged on this wing, whil e _ altogether, from first to 1 more than 10,000 in the line of fire, victory was even more complete. He ny into the streets of Fredericksburg five to one. At dusk the firing ceased y on both sides. General Stonew whom many almost believe leads a ( had a very narrow escape. He was .iattle, and standing at the time neat en a bullet struck not more than tNi his head. The old hero continued his observations unmoved by the incident. An incident occurred at the summit on yesterday which is worth recording. A Frenchman in our service rode to this point just as an amputation was about to be performed upon a Yankee, who was suffering great pain.- Said the Frenchman, on the impulse of the mom:ent, which fully overcame him, 'By Gar! what la aeatfare ; medicine is a contraband article; a sharrti Mho ever heard of the like? Hottentots woul • worse. If our surgeons had chloroform that - tion could ho performed with little or no pain to the: sufferer. Lincoln, one dog ; oh, that he could sie this suffering !' The force of this remark needs no comment to show its pertinency. A group of offi- cers, consisting of General Cobb, his adjutant, Captain Herring, General Cook and his adjutant, Captain Butler, and Captain Brewster, were stand ing in the telegraph road, near the scene of action, when a shell exploded in their midst, a piece of which struck General Cobb on the thigh, the same piece also striking General Cook on the left temple, fracturing his skull. By the same explosion Captain Brewster was badly wounded, just above the knee, and Captain Herring seriously in the hip. General Cubb on being struck quietly asked for a orniquet. A silk handkerchief was made to serve . _ he purpose so far as possible, but to little avail. _ _ Ho was led from the field, and all the aid rendered that medical skill could devise, but in vain. He expired in a few hours, freely giving up his life in defence of his country's freedom." HORRIBLE ....CENE.-011, the 16th ult. one Thos Cook, a blind man, was executed at Woodstock, Canada West, for the murder of his wife. The ropy used on the occasion being above 9 feet long, caused a very great fall, and the result was that when the drop was withdrawn the vertebra) and muscles of the neck gave way, and the head actually rolled off, while the body fell with a heavy plung e into the interior of the scaffold. The life-blood poured out in streams from the headless trunk, and the torn ►nuscles and gaping arteries presented a sickening spectacle For some minutes the body lay as it fell, the authorities ap • parently shrinking from the task of touching it; but it was at length raised and put into a coffin. This shocking oc currents was attributed to the man's emaciated condition the effect of dissipation and bad living, and to the diseased state of the body, ast, wf.& had not Lo gireet's e dro enen kill east d si; .LlO all • -wl thar;,:k , b ratet--; the is an baitir6e, wh o inclus above THE WAR IN AMERICA, (From Use 2iines' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, DEC. 23. From Saturday morning until last night the town has been in a state of unusual political excitement in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Seward and Mr. Chase. The disruption of the Cabinet from any action of either of those important mem bers was not expected, though the public was quite prepared to learn that Mr. Lincoln had " put his foot down" on General Halleck and Mr. Stanton, and replaced those very unpopular officials by new men. To-day the excitement has subsided ; the difficulty in the Cabinet has been temporarily smoothed over; Messrs. Seward and Chase have consented to resume office upon conditions, which conditions are surmised but not publicly stated. Gen. Halleck and Mr. Stanton have been relieved of responsibility for the failure and butchery of Fredericksburg by the valorous avowal of General Burnside—that no one prompted him, no one coun selled him, no one interfered with him, and that he, and ho only, is to blame for the disaster. Good, easy Mr. Lincoln, has thus made things pleasant again, though only for a little while. His inhar monious Cabinet will support and adhere to him until his Abolitionist drivers shall become obstre perous, or until some new disgrace or calamity to the Federal arms shall arouse the slumbering anger of the pUient and sorely abused people of the North. There will be then a second crisis, and a far severer ono than that which has just terminated. It was not so much the announcement of Mr, Seward's resignation as of the underhand agencies by which it was effected that excited people's alarm and wonder, and caused reflective men to shudder at the chaotic state cf public affairs, and the all but hopeless anarchy into which the Government is drifting. While people, according to their reason or their passion, were calling for peace, an armistice, or a vigorous prosecution of the war, and while both parties were indignant and dis gusted at the flagrant incompetency popularly attributed to the whole Cabinet, but more espe cially to General Halleck and Mr. Stanton, a se cret caucus of the ultra-Republican and Abolitionist members of the Senate was held, at which it was resolved to make Mr. Seward the scapegoat of the disaster at Fredericksburg, and to urge upon the President the dismissal of that Minister. Mr. Seward heard of the proceedings in spite of all the care that was taken to prevent tt.eir coming to his knowledge, and, being apparently as much dis gusted with his colleagues, with the Republican senators, and with the state of the nation as the outer public is with the conduct of the war and the general aspect of affairs, he prevented the further action of the conclave by sending in his resigna tion. The results were of a nature that the sena tors did not anticipate, and placed the President in a dilemma from which it was not easy either for his friends or his opponents to discover how he could extricate himself without damage or danger. Mr. Chase alleged, perhaps unjustly, to be playing a game of his own, in which Mr. Seward was his opponent, unexpectedly followed Mr. Seward's example, and placed his resignation in Mr. Lin coln's hands. But neither Mr. Stanton nor General Halleck thought it necessary or expedient to ease the President of the load of opprobrium which they, and they principally, had contrived to cast upon the Administration by retiring, and leaving him free to appoint more popular if not more efficient Ministers. Had they done so, the President by se lecting Gen. M'Clellan to succeed Gen. Halleck, and Gen. Banks or Gen. Dix to succeed Mr. Stan ton, might have satisfied the country for a time, persuaded Mr. Seward and Mr. Chase to recall their resignations, and patched up a truce in his Cabinet, by which it might have been held to gether until the spring, or until General M'Clellan had either achieved a great victory or suffered a great defeat. But the President had had enough of Gen. M'Clellan, and did not desire to call into hi councils a man who would infallibly have come in as the master and dictator, if he had consented to come in at all; and he had, besides, personal reasons for not wishing to deprive himself of the services of Mr. Stanton, whom he thinks to be as honest, as efficient, and as vigorous as he is unpopular, and whom he resolves shall not, if he can help it, be sacrificed to an unjust clamour. He had also a very reasonable and well-founded objection to the dicta torial attitude assumed by the anti-slavery doctrin aires and "exterminators" in the senate, who had taken it upon themselves to usurp his functions of Cabinet making, and prescribe to him what Secre taries he should appoint or dismiss. Believing, moreover, as he appears to have done, that although his cabinet might not be a very good one, he would fail in constructing a better from the ranks of either the Democratic or the Republican party, he resolved to defeat the dictators of the secret caucus, the friends of M'Clellan, and the enemies of Stanton, by one and the same course of action, which was no other than the very simple expedient of persuading Messrs. Seward and Chase to withdraw their resig nations. In this he succeeded after a struggle of three days, commanding them with "pleasant impe riousness" to resume their portfolios. The two obeyed with equally pleasant submissiveness, and once more Mr. Lincoln stands before the country as master of the situation. But the unpleasant part of the business, as events will speedily show, is that the situat ion is a very bad and untenable one. It is true he has asserted his authority against the unwise and violent theorists who are pushing him along the facile grooves of revolution, and refused to part with the most Con servative of the politicians who share his confidence; but he has not succeeded either in satisfying the Ultra-Abolitionists, who have his soul in their keep ing, as Mephistopheles had that of Faust, or in persuading the public that his administration can or ought to stand, or that he or any of his Secre taries can save the country from the countless perils that environ it. After the Ist of January some of these perils will take a formidable shape, if he issues on that day his threatened proclamation of freedom to the slaves of rebels. This and many other dangers will have in due time to be con fronted, not only with a diminished support on the part of the people, but, worst of all, with a dim nished and diminishing army. It is, in fact, the military, rather than the politi cal, situation that causes disquiet. The telegraphic reports that are permitted to reach New York from the headquarters of the Army of Potomac represent the troops to be in " high spirits," and "eager for a renewal of battle." Were it possible to make peo ple believe these statements, or to hide from them the real state of matters, the military censors of the telegraph might flatter themselves with the notion Att, if they had not inspired confidence, they had 4,q‘plAts prevented mistrust, and done some . ®.render unfashionable the crime of despair . - 4 , :li." 'titrepublic, But these reports deceive no be falsehoods in the evening, which the Post . - de in the morning succeeds in dissipating. According to the newspapers, General Burnside's army is in nowise daunted by its late disastrous re pulse, but, like the war-horse of Scripture, snuffs the battle from afar, and rejoices in the hope and prospect of victory. But between the published telegram and the private and unpublished letters from soldiers in the field there is a wide discrepancy. The one is all optimism—the other all pessimism The one speaks of valour, strength, and discipline —the other tells a tale of discouragement, weak. ness, and desertion. General Burnside admits a loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of nearly 10,000 men. Reports from the camp, while they do not assert a much greater loss under these seve- ral head, introduces anew element to account for the rapid depletion of the Federal ranks. Ten thousand only may have been killed and wounded; but twice the number have disappeared since the day of battle. Twenty thousand soldiers have, in American parlance, "skedaddled" by ones, twos, and threes ; and, in some instance, by whole com panies. In fact, if these letters from officers as well as from soldiers may . be believed, th e once great Army of the Potomac i s rapidly melti ng away. it has no longer its former confidence in General Burnside ; it never had any in the subordinate briga diers, colonels, and captains appointed by political influence to command it, and threatens to disappear altogether before the winter 15 novo shall baye melted, unless, which no one expects, some heaven born general shall arise in the interval to lead it to victory. The publication of General Burnside's letter, in which he assumes the entire responsibility of the unhappy movement against Fredericksburg, has not satisfied either the army or the public that he is the proper man to command so large a force. Everyone admires his courage; everyone applauds the fearless avowals which he makes in his singular letter; but most people shake their heads with mis trust when they learn that the President has refused to accept the very proper resigna tion of so indiscreet and unfortunate a leader. There did not need at this time so unlucky a proof of Mr. Lincoln's kindness of heart as a man, and his incapacity as a states man to deal with great events. It is sufficient for him that a man does his best in the position in which he has been placed. General Burnside has done his best, and, therefore, should neither be blamed nor displaced. Such appears to be the rea soning and the motive in the President's mind ; but such a course of action is not the one that in the great crises of a nation's destiny brings out great soldiers or great statesmen, and that turns the de feat of to-day into the victory of to-morrow. Mercy to proved incompetency may be cruelty to the na tion; and to continue General Burnside in chief command, instead of placing him in that subordi nate position where he might achieve success, under the direction of a more judicious superior, may here after cost the lives of thrice as many men as perished uselessly at Fredericksburg; if not the total col lapse and failure of the war. The seal of secrecy on the objects and destination of the expedition under General Banks has at length been removed. The General has gone to Ship Island to prepare for an attack upon Mobile, and is to supersede Gen. Butler at New Orleans. But Gen. Butler, though removed, is not to be dis graced. He stands high in the President's estima tion—higher even than Mr. Stanton—and is thought among all the worthy soldiers of the Republic to be the most worthy of reward and dignity. Perhaps amid the new complications that are certain to arise in the Ministry, when the President shall have either withdrawn, modified, or renewed his procla mation of slave emancipation on Jan. 1, a place may be found in the Cabinet for the President's fa vourite. Gen. Butler, though odious to the Demo cratic party, is the idol of the Republicans and ex terminators, and if he were appointed to succeed Gen. Halleck—which is not an improbable result— the appointment would be hailed with delight, not only by the ultra-Republicans, but by a large class of people, who look upon vigour as the one thing needful, and who are content to condone Butler's numerous offences, in consideration of his great virtues of strength and firmness, if not of success. The part which some of the preachers of New Ycrk and New England have played in this war has not been creditable to their Christian charity. The Episcopalian and Roman Catholic clergy have not fanned the flames of dissension, but have for the most part confined themselves to their proper function—the cure of souls. Not so the Puritans and ultra-Evangelicals, of whom the Rev. Dr. Cheever, the Rev. Mr. Beecher, and the Rev. Dr Tyng are the types. These gentlemen have made themselves political partizans, converted their pul pits into arenas of strife, and angled for the applause and sometimes caught the hisses of their congrega tions, as playactors do with their audiences. Not contented with their own liberty, and with the absence of slavery in the North, they have sought to enforce their own ideas upon a different people living in a different state of society—not by the in fluence of persuasion, but by the aid of the sword, the rifle, and the torch. They have been intolerant, persecuting, rabid, and relentless. They have evinced the spirit of Mahomet and the Caliph Omar, and of their own Puritanic ancestors who burned witches in Salem. Were they priests of Rome they would be Jesuits and Grand Inquisitors, and had they lived in Spain in the days when the auto da fe was a recognised institution they would have burned heretics for the glory of God and the ad vancement of truth with all the zeal and gusto of their prototypes and predecessors. Many of them hold slavery, intemperance, and the consumption of animal food to be equally sinful in the sight of Heaven, and invoke the aid of the civil magistrate to free the negroes and to prohibit the sale of alco hol, if not of mutton chops. They hold it to be their duty to God and to man to be intolerant of that which they believe to be pernicious to the body and hurtful to the soul ; and in the execu tion of that supposed duty preach doctrines which not only tend to prolong and embitter the war in which their country is engaged, but to destroy all liberty whatsoever, except such as they may be graciously pleased to concede to an oppressed peo ple. The Rev. Dr. Tyng declared on Thanksgiv ing-day from his pulpit that it was not merely the duty of the clergy to restrain " but to uproot the crimes of the wicked," and among the crimes of the wicked he enumerated the holding of negroes in bondage and the sale or use of alcoholic liquors, both of which crimes were to be " uprooted," not by the tongue of the zealous preacher, but by the sword of the civil magistrate, urged into action by the dicta tion of the priest. He did not explain how the sword of the civil magistrate could be properly em ployed in punishing acts recognised to be legal and constitutional by the very same law which appointed the civil magistrate and allowed liberty of con science and of worship to all men, but simply noti fied that if he, and such as he, had the power, they would usurp the functions of the Executive and es tablish a theocracy upon the ruins of the republic. On Sunday last Dr. Cheever, commenting upon the disaster at Fredericksburg in the church of the Puritans, declaimed against the folly of intrusting the war power to military men, and stated that if Congress, acting as Dr. Cheever would have had it act, had passed a decree of universal emaneipation, all the defeats of the Federal arms would have been converted into victories. Because this had not been done by Congress the wrath of God was upon the Northern people, and would con ti nue to be upon it. War, he added, was a beneficent power in proportion to its destructiveness. And as for the policy of not inciting slaves to insurrection, he laughed it to scorn. The mischief done by New England clergymen of this stamp, in originally ex asperating the Southern people, and in continuing to inflame sectional animosities in the North, has begun to excite the notice and the anger of all who really love liberty, and who object, as men of Eng lish blood and extraction are generally found to do, to no form of tyranny and domination so greatly and so abhorrently as to the tyranny and domina tion of priests, and has led to the proposal, far more serious than it appears, to reconstruct the Union without including the Puritanic State. In alluding to this subject at the anniversary meeting of the New England Puritans last night, the Rev. Mr. Beecher said, according to the report in this morn ing's Herald!—" He understood that an effort was to be made to placate the South to induce the rebels to lay down their arms, by our setting the example, and to have the West, Pennsylvania, and New York come in, and New England left out in the cold. He defied them to keep her out. New England was the pickpockt of the globe—the picklock of the world_ She could go where air could go; she could fly where birds could fly; she would be found where the seasons could travel. Did they think that by geographical and political lines they could keep New England at home? Why, New England Would vex them more by the printing press after she was sepa rated from them than she had ever done before. There should be a murrain of it. Did they think they could keep New England's daughters from being fair, and would they have a league and cove nant that Southern and Western men should not love them ? If they would not allow New England to regenerate the rest of the country by her religion she would immediately marry her daughters to them, and do it by the original process of—[Mr. Beecher dropped his voice to a whisper, so as not to be heard by the score or two of ladies just behind him, and amid a general outburst of laughter repeated the word regeneration,' without the first syllable.]" The phrase " pickpocket of the globe," though apt enough to describe the New England contrac tors, who have grown enormously rich out of the profits and plandere of the war, was probably a lapsus lingua; but what is to be said of the modesty of the proposal that New England should regene rate the rest of the Union by her religion—i.e,, her Puritanism, or.• of the vulgar indecency of the joke with which the irreverend gentleman concluded his speech—if it be not in congratulation of America, —that though it have many Tyngs it has but one Beecher ? SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE CHESTER CUP. The following entries for the Chester Cup include the latest nominations received from the Clerk of the Course on Saturday : Yrs Accident 3 Acrobat Colt 3 Adventurer 4 Agag Alcestis Alice Amelia Anfield Asteroid Attaman 4 Avalanche 6 Balham Bally Edmond 5 Barbadoes 4 Barchettina Bathilde Ben Webster Bernice Bonny Lad.... 3 Bro. to Spring bok Brown Duchess 5 Beachy Head 4 Bellman Benjamin 4 Berkeley 4 Black Deer 3 Blue Peter 3 Bohemia 3 Bosh Breechloader Brewer, The a Brighton. 4 Brilliant Buckstone Cairncastle Caller Ou Camerino Cobbler Count Cavour 3 Canace 3 Canzonette Carisbrook 4 Catch-' em- Alive 4 Chaff Charles Fox Chere Arnie 6 Columbine 3 Conical 3 Coistraito 3 Costa Cowley Croagh Patrick 5 Cygnet Dalesman Damascus Darlington 4 Dictator Yrs Doctor Syntax. 3 Donne Canne 4 Double X 3 Doefoot Donnybrook Dualla 3 Dulcibella 6 Dunkeld 3 Dusk Earl of Surrey 4 East Lancashire 3 Egyptian Emily di Lona 4 Erin go-Bragh 3 Ernest 3 Fantail . „ 3 Father O'Leary 3 Fitzavon 6 Flexmore Forester Gaiety 4 Gardener 5 Guiding Star .. 4 Glance c01t.... 3 Gelert Glenochty colt 3 Gorse Haddington Hartington 4 Henham Lass 5 His Excellency 3 Investment 4 Ivanhoff Jack of Hearts 3 Jack o'Newbury 3 Jealousy a J. 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Brignall 5 Voluptas 3 Watford Weathersby 3 Welcome 4 Zetland PETROLEUM—This new:article of commerce has now become better known, and its properties are duly appreciated. At first a serious opposition was got up to its introduction and sale, on account of its inflammable nature; but proper precautionary measures for its storage on a lone island in the Elbe (where large warehouses have been built on purpose) having been taken by the executive authorities, the danger is reduced to a minimum, a reg ular trade established, and the article quoted in the Official Price Current published by the Board of Trade.—Oil Trade Be view. A GENEROUS ACT.—An accident in the field, at• tended by an act of unparalleled generosity, has recently occurred in the neighbourhood of Redisharep Suffolk. A few days since Mr. J. L. Gordon,of Redisham• hall, was shooting in a plantation on his estate, accom panied by two Polish noblemen, Prince Radziwill and Count Poloweski. The game had been driven up to a corner of the wood, a thick hedge separating it from the fields. A boy named Walter Birch, who was acting as brusher, had been stationed on the other side of the fence, and, seeing a rabbit running towards him from the wood stooped to be in readiness to prevent it. At the same rao ment Count Poloweski fired at the rabbit, and a portion of the charge, penetrating the brushwood, was lodged in the boy's body. On removing the clothes it was found that the extent of his injuries were only three slight flesh wounds. The boy was immediately taken to his house and before returning from the sport Count Polowesk visited him and gave him £3OO in six £5O notes. The Count also promised that if, when the lad recovered, 11 0 liked to enter his service, he would give him £6O a year for life. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. Effects of Cold.—ln many periods of the year almost e ver,' current of air is pregnant with sore throats, influenza, 04 a similar host of disorders. All may be readily subdued by rubbing Holloway's ointment externally over the affected parts, which quickly penetrates any diseased or dis ordered part of the body ; and whatever or wherever the seat or nature of the malady may be, searches out its cause, and safely effects the precise remedial action required, with• out weakening the system, or leaving behind any particle of the disease. Holloway's pills greatly assist this curative action. The sick of all nations have voluntarily borne tes' timony to the extraordinary cures performed by thes me' dicaments, COUNTRY MARKETS. , LEICESTER —SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 50s to stis ; new, 47s to 51s per 3 6 stone. Old red, 50s to 54s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 31s ; old oats, 28s to 32s ; new oats, 21s to 25s per 24 stone. Beane, new, —s to —s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. N ORTHAMPTON —SATURDAY. New wheat, 46s to 51s ; old, 50s to 565. Barley, 29e to 39s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 27s ; old, 28s to 34s por 24 st one . B eans, old, 39s to 42s ; new, 32 s to 38s. Peas, 36s to 448 per qr. NOTTINGHAM—SATuRDAY. White wheat, from 4Gs to 635; red wheat, 40s to 555• Barley—malting, 34s to 42s ; grinding, 28s to 30s. peg old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 265. Beans sold at 34. to 45s per qr, Flour, 41s to 445. YORK--SATURDAY. Wheat, red 44s to 488 Oats . 2os to 240 White do .48s to 52s Beans 42, to 40 Barley .338 to 358 I Peas ....—s to -- 0 Malt, 64s to 66s per qr.; rye, 395 per qr.; flour, 403 to 42s per sack. NORWICH —SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat, but the condition wag very moderate, and prices advanced is per qr. for all de' scriptions. Flour the turn in favour of the seller. White wheat. 48s to 51, I Red wheat ........ 44 s t o 4So Malting barley ...36s to 37s I Chevalier ba r 1 ey...338 to 355 Distilling d 0..... 28s to 30s I Oats.. ............ 24s to 28 4 Flour, 34s Od to —a Od per sack from the miller. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aur.ralia and via Southampton .. J a n, 18. via Marseilles ...... Jan, 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 18. Falkland Islands via Marseilles ...J an , 12. Gibraltar, via S ou th amp t on Jan. 4. 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton J an , 18. via Marseilles Jan. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 10. via Marseilles .... Portugal. J an. 4. ... ............................... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... Jan. 10. via Marseill es Jan, 4. GNewfoundland Jan. 4. porto and Vigo .............. ...... L. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Jan. 7. by U.S. packet b Cana Jan. W.C. of Africa, M a d e i ra, and Ty eneriffe .dian packet Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico. •........ Jan. 15. ............................... . . Jan. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 California, and B r iti s h C 01umbia............ I J an, 28 Births. BLACKBURN.—On the 2d inst., at 19, Orsett•terrace, Hyde park, the wife of llerbert C. Blackburn, of a son. FAILRELL.—On the Ist inst., at Leinster-street, Dublin, the Ron. Mrs. Farrell, of a son. NEWDIGATE.—On the 31st ult., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Newdigate, of a sou. WOLRIGE.—On the Ist i ns t., at 39, Crave n - hill-gardenst the wife of H enry WoMika, Esq., of a sen, Marriages. HOMEWOOD—MERCER.—On the Ist inst., at St. John's, of Palestine -plac e , C am b ridge-heath, South Hackney, Henry Stephenson, secon d son of Thos. eldest daught er o f Francis J. Mercer, Esq., East India Chambers, c it y. VTALLS—PODMORE.—On th e 3d i nst., at Saint George's, q., to lianovor-square, Ch ar l es Homewood, o Emma, Es Marsh Vialls, Esq., of No. 59, Chester-square, to Charlotte Kaye, daughter of G en eral Podmore, of Osbo rne H ouse, Cheltenham. Deaths. BARBER.—On the Ist inst., at Tulse-hill, Surrey, Thomas Barber, Esq., aged 68. BARROW.--On the 30th ult., at Ryde, 1.W., Simon Bar row, Esq., aged 75. BRIGGS.--On the 28th ult., Frederick, son of the late Mr. Henry Briggs, of the Ordnance Office, Tower, aged 41. FORD.—On the 30th ult., at his residence, Heathfield Lodge, Shirley, Hants, B. W. Ford, Esq., aged 63. PRINGLE.—On the 31st ult., at Bessborough-gardens, Emmerson Pringle, Esq., aged 34. J. Timms,—On the 2d inst., at Spohr Lodge, Upper Tulsa hill, Jas. Timms, Esq., late one of her Majesty's name Judges of Newfoundland, aged 83. 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