The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-03 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The following is the order in which President
Lincoln modifies the late order of General Dix
Readquaiers, Department of the East,
New York City, Dee. 17.
Oesieval Order No. 100. —The President of the United
Sham haviag disapproved of that portion of Department
Dowel Order No. 97, current nem, whisk intros% all
military oommenders on the booties, in aerials mess therein
spotted, to Gross the boundary line between the United
15.4itel and Cloak, sod directs pursuit Isle ventral WM-
tosy, the said Instruction is hereby revoked. Is ow, thew
foes, of sty future resisodies erpsdities into OW territory
from Canada, military commanders on the fraelhe will

report to throe Ledgopflsn for orders before creel* the
bonodory Use he of the guilty partteL—By room-
mod of Malow4iwaseal Dix.
D. T. VAX Bow, Colonel sad A.A.O.
• CHAU= 0. Jowls, Major ea A.D.O.
On the 19th the Rouse of Representatives passed,
by a vote of 09 to 58, Henry Winter Davis's re-
solution disapproving Mr. Seward's apology to
France for the Mexican resolution of last session,
and smarting that " the propriety of any doclara-
tion of foreign policy by congress is sufficiently
proved by the vote which pronounces it ; and such
a proposition, while pending and undetermined, is
not • fit topic of explanation with any foreign I
power."
Colonel Charles F. Bulkley, Chief Engineer of
the Russian-American Telegraph line, Dr, Fisher,
surgeon of the expedition, and George Kaman,
telegrapher, sailed on the 20th for San Francisco
via Nicaragua, on the steamship Golden Rule.
On his arrival at San Francisco Colonel Balkley
will start exploring parties to Sao, New-Arch-
angel,up the Frazer River, and other places on the
North-Western Continent, to accomplish surveys
necessary for the future operations of the great
expedition under his direction.
The official order respecting paasporta, is as
follows:

Department of StMe, Washington, Deo. 17.

The Presidesi dimets that, except hareignal pima-
gin directly mitering an Amerkan port by see, no
traveller shall hereafter be allowed to eater the United
Bisbee from a foreign country without a passport. If
althea, the passport mast be from this department or
from some tailed Mateo =Mister or mint abroad ; and,
if an altos, from the competent authority of his own
souistr—the purport to be countersigeed by a diplo-
matic agent or consul ol the United BMW' This regula-
tion ie intended to apply especially to persons proposing
to come to the United States from the aeighbouring British
provinces. Its observance will be strictly 'steroid by all
°Seers, civil, inilltsq, and naval, la the isawke of the
United Mates ; and the Mate and municipal authorities are

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requested So aid is its 'micelles. It is sampled here that
so inualgrant piminpr main by eon In the manner afen•
said will be obeireetal, or any other possess who may eat
out as their way hither baton intelligesoe of We revision
meld reameably be expected to nub the country from
1 which they may have Merle&
Hu-Lux H. &swim Seorelery of Mane.

Respecting the new draft, the New York Herald
of the 20th says :—" The work of correcting the
enrolment for this city, in anticipation of the
aspect/ea draft, is being pushed forward vigorously
by the provost-marshals. It is essential that the
list of persona enrolled should be weeded thoroughly
of all exempts, in order that our quota may be
properly ascertained, and thus much confusion and
loss of time avoided when the period arrives for
executing the draft. Every citizen not liable to
military duty, and who may be enrolled, should
present his claims for exemption to the provost-
marshal without delay."

THE "RICHMOND ENQUIRER" UPON
THE ABANDONMENT OF SLAVERY.
(From the Richmond inquirer of Dee. 16.)
Wlmaerer we are mimed so low that we cannot male.
tab the coated, then we ma seem liberty sad satimality
by the amides of slavery. Hal until ,we are prepared to
Mike this moridoe it is no see to look to Zeroes, fee help
either by recognitioa or intermation. All the military
authorities, those who ccousead the maim and those
estimated with the administration of the coneaript harem,
are prepared to my that the population of the country will
maintain a force la the Uhl that Mall Isar to that of the
enemy the proportioa that the armies of the two maims
bore to sash other ia 1863 ; thee no seessaity mina for
either arming Um negroes or appealing to Europe for pee-
tectioa. _ _ _

But if Were authorities shall answer differently, then we
submit that a crisis is upon us that demands the alternative
of enbjogatioa without slaves or iodependeaos by arm*
the mem. There is every proved for fan years more
of war, sad as lea( es we net cm the defeesive the enemy
osa carp ea the war without the risk of defeat. It they
know that we Dever follow up our repulses, bat must
always remain on the &Naive, they know that though
they may not be able to defeat our armies yet, we will never
detest theirs, and the war is merely a question of exhaus-
tion. Shall we prolong the war for the sake of the
!legume I Shall we imariam our children to preserve
oar slaw' Shall we exhaust our country, destroy our
noble defeedan, and eedeager every institutiou rather thea
test an experiment that may give us the means of recruiting
our armies, of assuming the offensive, sad of conquering •
speedy peso*! Neither rhetoric, nor argument, nor autho-
rity can determine whether the Degrees will maks for us
a faithful soldier, experiment must test sad decide this
question. Oemeal Lee asks that this experiment he made.
But we , hats, dates; sad despise the seamy far mare than
we love cad admire slavery, and if oar liberties mascot be
pined but by.the morifiee of alavery, we are prepared to
make that sudden, and to urge that iscrilloe upon our

countrymen.
We would not return into the Unica if every slave could
be returned to hie waster, and every guarantee that ha•
man ingenuity mould defies were mosived for the proton-
nos of the institution. We prefer liberty with free m-
oiety to re4inion upon** securest basis of sl►very. Such
embolism to be the sentiment of the people of Virginia.
Bot we know that a great many doubts beset this ques-
tion of armieg the impose ; and yet the experinseat ought
to be tested, and the fast asoartained whether the negro.,
will make soldiers.

ALGIERS.
ANTICIPATED VISIT FROM THE
EMPEROR.

Letters from Algiers, dated Dec. 29, state that
tho colony was in a state of excitement, owing to
a report of an approaching visit of the Emperor,
and that Marshal Ni'Mahon's prolonged stay in
Paris was connected with arrangements for the
desired event. According to the rumour, the Em-
press would stay at Nice while the Emperor was
in Algeria.

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ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALFRED AT BERLIN.
BERLIN, Us. S.

Prince Alfred arrived here at 8 o'clock this
morning from Gotha, and was received by the King
immediately after his arrival.
His Royal Highness will remain on a visit to the
Crown Prince for some days.