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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-16
A REBEL SOLDIER SHOT

Private James A. Miller has been shot, near winches
ter Va IN pursuance Of sentence OF court MARTA
Tor attempting tho life Of Captain Henderson, the
Jefferson Cavalry He was shot by file of from
Captain II. IS company.
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CONGREGATIONS IN virginia.

Late Richmond papers state that tho Cashier Of the
Farmers Bank at Richmond gives notice that the pay.
ent OF $24 SAB o. which the bank holds the property
OF captain r. II, Ramsey has been 'senjoned" by tho
District Court or the Confederate States being Liable to
sequostrati0n. Tho Confederate States Court Rich
mond have conscsed SIS 900 the hands Of the bank
crs Purcell In that city the property Of Ashmead o. ais
of PHILADELPHIA
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THE REBEL GENERAL PRICE NOT sIrpEp
SEEDED N

From the Richmond Dispatch Dec II
Speculation Is again foot ON the sub ect of tho
rumorod appointment oil General to rank Price and
McCul,och for the District OF Missouri aud Arons.s
The report OF the intention Of the President TO anno
Colonel Heth TO that post, as Mayor General, excited
good deal Of comment and feeling days since But
the repor, has since quoted down, and tt stated on
pretty good authority thai the President had abandoned
the idea OF this appointment If he had eyer entertained
it,
The rumor that Price % be rsnkoi Ivy young
Confederate Office lost promoted travelled on the wings
q HE wiuI y g sris % me West, amt Judging .fru'
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REPORTED CAPTURE OF YANKEES.

Passengers who arrived yesterday from Manassas
brought report that Colonel Ashby's command had
sharp skrmshwith foraging party Of the enemy, on
Sunday last and killed een took eighty prisoners and
caltured twenty wagon loads well alled with piander.
Our loss Is reported at five killed We have means Of
ascertaning whether the story correct otherwise,
but it seemed to be generally believed last evening
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prohibit the during the present war blockade the
proceeds thereof 10 DO applied the support OF smlies
with us Of soldiers on tho tented field
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the papers received at this ONCE, excited one universal
burst Of disapprobation The popularity Of Price s not
exceeded by that OF any general In the Confederate ser
vice No one OF them has achieved 80 much renown
with means such no had. He placed himself upon the
tide of revolutionary enthusiasm Of his people, aud led
them on TO victory with courage and sagacty that hat
ranked him amongst the most distinguished and moss
popular Of military in the South. Especially Is this
the In the West and the temper OF the public sent
men there upon the rumor that no TO be superseded
was altogether unmisakable
IL is understood that there was some rivalry and dis
cord between Price and McCulloch and that IL was
deemed the best way quiet their troubles 10 appoint
an officer superior to them both But oven in adopting
that course is generally conended that the selection Of
an Old and distinguished general would have saved both
the rival generals somewhat Of that modification that
would DO inflicted by placing them young officer
not yet greatly experienced however accomplished nc
might be.
Colonel Hath is an officer Of decided merit. He is a
man OF true courage and honor and IL in no nnkind
spirit 10 him, evidently, that public sentiment has been
80 avese to his superseding ranking the brave ana
successful Gen. Price The regret has been to DO forced
10 object TO the appointment Of officer against whom
SO little could BIO said, indeed, much respected
wherever no was known. The regret was that 80 pro-
missing an officer should, upon bis promotion TO 80 high
spersedng tho man. at this time Of tho greatest Of
the public favoritcs.
The runor that this appointment is to be made Ia again
circulated on tho Streets with what truth unable
to say But wo trust that the matter OF the trouble Of
the commands in Missouri and Arkansas may yet be ar
ranged to the satisfaction Of the brave people out thee
aud without deriment to the prejudice TO that
general who has proved himself at least among those
VINO are equal 70 the present great and grand exgency
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FINANCIAL AND CONNER ciAL.

SUNDAY. Dec. Is, 1861.
The imports for last week, for the first time for
many months, show an increase over those of the
corresponding week of last year. The heaviest
item of import was guns, Of which 1851 900 worth
were received; after this tea coffee, sugar, hides
and hemp were the leading articles. 1t will not
do for our imports to increase at present, and, II
they show tendency to do so, Congress should
raise the duties on all articles Of luxury which can
be dispensed with by our people. The exports OF
produce continue very large, and we understand
that the receipts Of produce by rail are SO large
that there is to apprehend any falling on
in the export movement at present. The following
are the official tables for the week and since Janu
ary Is
For the Week. 1859 1890. 1861.
Dry goods. ......... $4ST ,045 $685. OFT 704, 1853
General merchandise. 2,3lS445 f,st70eS 1,s3oS52
Total for the week.. 81, 800 400 23le9s5 2541 01o
Previously reported ga 64s 227 ZIG 372 118 SCI
Since January s227 1T 218 1858 1887 57l
For the week. 49,. !. 81 500 800 2147413 3,4O4 1855
Previously reported. 81 9i2723 ZIG l245l727S
Since January l. $as 6s2 81 ,f29 1877 922 22s
EXPORTS sPEcIx.
For the week....... $685. 710o0 None.
Previously reported. 63,3o5,s3o 42,5o3737 s2ss.sSS
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THE sx,RMlsn AT soAEs ssf. Ky.

7
- . SoMER ri, KY, Dec 7, 1861.
On thu ID Colonel Connell and some OF tho company
p'e " ne seventeenth Ohio regiment advanced abon
ls - nnd able place Tor tie rettn n, "a cnr,n,,
el,Fdei spot .oF ,Ptlig "a t,1rts artillery 4,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30
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VARIETIES.

ERIE RAILRoAD.-The correspondent of
the London american, writing from New
York, speaking of the Erie Railroad, says:
THE present prosperity Of this road is due,
in no small degree, to the untiring labors of
Charles Minot, Esq, the superintendent.
It is said that Mr.. Minot is the most efficient
railroad manager in America. There are
none more deservedly popular"
Out of $4,000, 900 paid by the Navy De-
partment for the purchase of vessels, the
commissions allowed have not been less
than two and a half per cent, or q total Of
$l50,0O0.
William Tillman, the colored man and his
prize crew on board the schooner J. s. War
ing, and took her into New York, have been
awarded $4,000 salvage.
MoRE BEANs-Mr. Whiting MetcalE of
Franklin, Mass, thinks he has beat the New
Hampshire man who raised 4l5 besns from
one seed. Mr.. Metcalf says that few years
since he raised from two beans l53 pods on
one and l56 on the other. The beans counted
up 1888.
PASSPORTS TO CALIFoRNIA.-Mr. Seward
says passports are required of persons en-
barking for California, because citizens OF
the insurgent States and agents of the in
suTgents have taken passage in the steamers
from New York 10 Aspinwall for disloyal
purposes, ard especially for the purpose OF
embarking for Europe and elsewhere.
The apprehension of war with England
has given great impetus to naval recruiting
in New York. A large proportion Of sailors
returning from foreign cruises Immediately
enter the Government service.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30
A Model Proclamation.

General Dumont, of Indiana, issued a
proclamation upon assuming the command
oftHe troops at Bardstown, short time since,
which will serve as a model for all other COM
mandeTs of divisions. He tells his troops
that they have come to Kentucky as the friend
and not the enemy, Of loyal and law-abiding
citizens, ard not TO interfere or tamper with
any of the institutions of the State, or rights
or property of the people, but to maintain
the law and the Constitution of the State and
of the Federal Union, aud not to suffer either
to be trampled upon He asserts, too, that
private property must be respected, and the
people among whom they have come as
friends must be protected against all tres
passes, excesses, aud outrages.
With view to carry these out he forbids
the men to use fences, out houses or building
materials for fuel, and instructs the officers
TO permit no rails, boards or fencing to be
used for firewood. He seems determined to
preserve every loyal mans home inViolate,
aud prohibits soldiers from entering any
building, public or private, except when
granted permit by their superior officer to
attend divine service. General DumOnt,
regarding "order as Heavens first law"
allows no one TO leave camp without written
authority, most strictly interdicts the gift OF
sale of drinks to the soldiers, and will moi
permit Suffers to keep intoxicating liquors
No building is TO be occnpied, unless the
necessity is apparent to the Commanding
General, and then compensation will be made
10 loyal owners. While he is thus deter
mined TO protect the peaceful citizens from
all aggression and preserve private families
from all annoysnces he says distinctly;
while all good citizens will be protected II
their rights, treason, treGeAeEy, peIjtdy anc
rebellion, secret or overt, viii meet the re
| ward due TO fragrant crime. He who viii
Taise his hand to strike down the Union anC
subvert the Government, or secretly plo
aud confederate with her enemies, will b
dealt with according to the nature OF the Of
fense; but to prevent mistakes from beinI
made, and wrong being done to the innocent
such cases should be brought where prAC
tjcsble, to the attention of the commandin
General, and his decision had in the prem
.es. The brave soldier will not be guilty
apy thing incoD sistent with humanity or u
Ussges Of civilized warfare 'a 1l,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30

THE OLD PUBLIC FUNoTIoNARY Nor A
THIEF.-The Washington National IntslG-
gencer comes to the rescue of James Bu-
chanan's reputation thus:
We are requested by gentlem an whose
official position at the time enabled him to
know all the facts, 10 contradict calumny
recently transmitted 10 a notorious New
York press by one of those letter writer's
here whose INSCRIPTIONS missiVes are we'll
calculated to bring disCredit on the whole
fraternity. This gentleman denies that the
Pnnce Of Wales ever presented to President
Buchanan any pictures of the royal family
for the Presidential mansion, or for any
other purpose.
The Prince, shortly before he embarked
for England, sent to Miss Lsne as a token of
personal regard, six loose sheets containing
likenesses of the Queen, Prince Albert and
four of their royal children. She had them
plainly framed at her own expense, and
hung up in the family sitting room until
she could return to Whestland.
The charge in relation to the Chinese OF
Japanese curiosities, in the same letter, il
equally untrue. All the articles presented
TO President Buchanan by the Japanese EN-.
bassadOIs were, by his direction, deposited
in the Patent Office, with the original list
and a receipt taken for them.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30

GAYETY OF THE CAPITAL One Of the
most striking features of life here is the utter
carelessntss and iRsoueiance of every one.
From Mrs. Lincoln, driving in her gaudy
coach, and MIR. Lincoln amusing himself
with feats of 'sprestidigitation," down to the
young officers dancing gyaly at the balls,
every one seems 70 consider the present time
one especially created for amusement. There
is not the slightest seriousness any where,
that have been able TO discover; it is all
fuu. Aud any one who looks or speaks
earnestly OF the critical condition of affairs
is regarded as bore by all but some few OF
the older heads One would think all the
"fssp boys 10 the country had come to
Washington, fornons of the men here seem
TO care for much else but jollity. The streets
are tbronged with officers and privates, all
intent on amusement; and dashing young
cavalry men clsnk their swords and Jingle
their spurs in dancing rooms as well as bar.
rooms. The mournful faces are all at the
homes that the war has made degolate. NeU
York Post
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NUMBER 1O3
-aa.
Inactivity.

The Port Roya. expedition, from which
the public had q right to expect so much
seems likely to turn out one Of the most
wretched failures of the war. The gallant
attack of the navy on the forts is, for all that
appears, to stand alone, unsupported by any
corresponding deed of the land forces. 1t is
now seven weeks since Commodore Dupont
cleared the way for General Sherman and
his troops; there have been reports of pro.
jected movements by almost every steamer
which has arrived from Hilton Head since,
but hitherto no operations of importance
have been begun. 1t is very certain now
that a thousand men might have taken
Charleston by rapid advance from Port
Royal, within a week after the capture of the
rebel forts. The panic of the South Caro-
linians ought to have been of use to us; but
they have had time to recover from their
fright and indeed, in the seven weeks Sher-
man has given them, they have had time TO
arm and drill the white and blacks TO oppose
our march; they have had time to destroy
supplies we ought to have captured, and
roads we ought to have secured, aud to
strengthen the defenses Of all important
points.
No cause can afford to throw away the
fruits of brilliant victory in this way. Our
Generals must learn to follow up their sue.
cesses, or else we shall find the most glorious
efforts of our army and navy as barren and
fruitless as the Port Royal affair has been so
far. We have stopped up Charleston harbor;
we may even possess ourselves of Charleston
and Savannah in few days; but the moral
effect of these deeds will be almost nothing
compared with that of blow prompt and
swift, such as an able General had it in his
power to strike, in the middle of last month.
The public has been very patient toward
General Sherman and his aids. He has not
been hurried and worried, as some COM
msnders have been, by either press or peo.
Pile. But there is growing conviction in
the public mind that he is incapable, aud
that by bis incapacity he has failed to OBJ
tain results which would have had an i'm
pOTtant bearing upon the general aspect of
the campaign. What we have a right to de.
mand OF our Generals is, that they shall
show energy and skill; that they shall lose
no advantage the enemy's condition or their
own success may promise them. Caution is
good quality, but if Commodore Dupont
bad been as cautious as Sherman he would
not have pushed the Wabash our finest frig-
ate, over the bar of Port Royal, in order to
insure the victory over the forts; and if
Sherman had had little of the energy and
audscity of Dupont, the real object of the
Southern expedition-a diversion of the
enemy's force from the Potomac-would
have been gained. We are not friendly to
frequent changes in commanders: but, if one
man does nothing, it is but right that bet
ter should be put in his place.-NeU York
Post
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EnsIhh specuIutiOns on ,ho Cotton Suppl,

EnRIiIh SpecuInTiOns on Ihe Cotton Supply.
The London Economist, commercial Jour
Dal, has the following remarks on the uues.
tion of the cotton supply:
flour mills work two thirds of their usual
time, or about four days a week, 80 as to
keep the operatives out of reach of actual
want; and if no extraordinary supply ar
rives from new Indian districts; and if no
considerable quantity of cotton runs the
American blockade; and if the Continent
takes the amount we have Gmpartially) esti-
mated-tben by next summer we shall have
only about eighty thousand bales left, or not
more than three weeks supply. No doubt
before that tme-long before that time per-
hsps-tbe whole aspect of affairs may have
been changed by the termination of the
American conflict, or the cessation of the
blockade by the Intervention of either France
or England in the war.
The crop now picked, or in pro-
gress of picking, is stored on the plantations
IN its toughest form. 1t is neither ginned
nor packed; packed, indeed it can not be for
want Of bagging, nearly all of which is
usually imported; and this will have to be
sent from the producing countries before the
process of baling can even commence. Then,
| too, there are no ships in the cotton ports
four fifths of those usually employed being
at this side Of the ocean, and likely, for the
| most part, to remain here till peace is pro-
claimed or till the blockade is broken.
| Finally, the means of inland transport, on
which so bulky an article as cotton is par
ticulsrly dependent for transmission to the
porls of shipment, have been greatly disor-
| ganized by the war. The river steamers are
built for three or four years duration; this
! year scarcely any have been constructed, and
| the greater proportion of the existing ones
have been taken up for the conveyance of
| troops and warlike stores, and will probably
be returned at the expiration of the war in a
nearly unserviceable condition. Nearly all
the bullock carts and other vehicles are also
said to have left the plantations and gone to
the war, where the demand for such things
insures large profits to their owners Alto
gether, the reorganization of the usual rapid
| channels of communication between the cot
ton plantations of America and the cotton
manufactures of England must be q work
of time and difficulty and even if the ports
were opened MS early as the lst of February,
it would probably be the lst of June before
cotton could reach US thence in any quan.
tity.
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London Hoax.

The following paragraph, from the Lon
don Times of the llth, shows to what petty
SANDERS that Journal descends to inAame
the English people against the Americans:
RETURN OF EMIGRANTs.-A party of re-
turned emigrsnts from America, passengers
by the Niagara arrived yesterday at the
Euston terminus of the London aud North
western Railroad, from New York, Via Liv-
erpool They consisted chiefly of persons
of small means who had left this country
four OF FIVE years ago, and established them
selves as shOp-ketpers in New York aud
Boston. One cause of their return is stated
TO have been the annoyance British resi-
dents were subjected to by the lower class
of the population since the affair of the
Trent They state that numerous English
families are about 10 leave the Northern
States in apprehension ofa war breaking Out
with England.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30

The DEATH OF PRINCH ALBERT.-The fol-
lowing are additional particulars of the death
of the Prince OousOrt:
The first iDtimation of the illness OF the
Prince was had on Tuesday, December 3,
when it was stated that he had been suffer-
ing from a feverish cold. The FIRST bulletiu
in regard to his condition was issued ON
Wednesday, December IL. 1t stated that
the Prince was suffering from fever, unat-
tended by unfsvorabe symptoms. On the
following day bulletin announced that the
Prince had passed quiet night but that his
symptoms had undergone little change. A
bulletin of Friday, the 18Th instant, stated
that bis symptoms bad assumed a more
serious form. A bulletin issued at nine
o'clock on Saturday night was more favor
able. - .... ,.Jg. D..
At balf-past four o'clock on the afternoon
of the l4th bulletin was issued, as follows /:
"His Royal RICHNESS is in more critical
state" ...--..-.. se...
From that hour his symptoms commenced
TO take a most unfsvorsble turn, aud fever
of typhoid character set in.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30
Camping at beaufort.

A letter from one of the soldiers in camp
at Beaufort, December IA, says:
Most of the residences are elegant to a
degree seldom seen in the North. The
grounds surrounding them are adorned with
all the beauty of tropical cultivation; flowers
are in bloom of many varieties. Now,
almost at Christmas, l ratified down the
golden oranges at every throw. Inside,
the stately mansions show that their lords
rolled in every surrounding of luxury. In
spite of our resentment at their unnatural
rebellion, it makes one sick at heart to go
from one ransacked house to another and see
in every place but repetition of wreck and
ruin. In my tour to- day not door did l
find unbroken by negroes. Not Yankee is
allowed, under penalty of death, to plunder
or enter house, patrol being always on
the rounds. The vandalism of the slaves is
astonishing. Rosewood and mahogany are
heaped in piles of fragments, letters aud
papers Uttered on the floors, books torn up,
pianos broken for what was supposed by the
blacks to be hidden in them, beds emptied,
and all done by the affectionate chattels who
were to defend their masters lives by the
sacrifice of their own. They deserved it all,
but it is pity to see 80 many nice things
spoiled.
Our tents are pitched right under the shad-
ow of Barnwell Rhett's house, the quondam
SCHuIOl' ~ 10 a Anl bhlhB lOl uo W DC hAOu
SO happily. The weather is genial. The
tents are all hoored by contributions of doors
from the town. Each mess has captured a
! table from the village, and meals are served
in the most civilized manner upon mahog-
any, the company seated on chairs.
Our fare would tempt the most fastidious.
| The contrabands bring all things to the tents.
| The following are the market prices: Oysters
five cents pint, chickens from one to FIVE
cents, oranges one cent, sweet potatoes ten
cents bushel.
This is rich region in every respect, ss
| prolific of animal life as of vegetable. On
picket duty, squirrels tautalze us by jump
| ing around, five or six on tree; wild ducks
flock and swim in the marshes, and snipes
invite US by their cries from the mud. But
ofcourse, rifle in hand, we can't shoot. The
contrabands continue as amusing as ever.
One old frosty top feighty yearssays, MAS 10,
tot heaben was up dar, but dis is heab9n
to me now" Again he continued, us all
desc men from de Norf" Being assured that
they were, he said, "Gor mighty, Massa
dey must breed up dar, just like dis" stoop
ing down and taking up handful of the fint
sand, and letting it sift through his fingers
AS an evidence of the severity of the block
ade, it is said that here in Beaufort they haC
been long out of writing paper. Their cor.
respondence shows that it was procurabli
neither for love or money. May the goot
work 60 on.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-30
Important II RumOTs-Hints Of New Com.
piIcatiOn with RnEland-An Improbable
Especial Dispatch to the New York Post1

StOrys
Especial Dispatch to the New York Postl
WASHINGTON, December 29.--There are
flying rumors to day Ofa new phase of the
troubles with England. The story runs that
Lord Lyons, instead of making direct issue
of the seizure of Mason and Slidell on board
the Trent, has revived the question of the
Maine boundary, demanding the relinquish-
ment of part of that State to Great Britain,
and claiming that the boundary line has
never been definitely drawn. Connected
with Ibis curious rumor are some vague
hints concerning revival of the Oregon
dispute.
The common report in the streets in re
gard to this new complication is said to have
emanated from high authority, aud give it
as one ofthe floating rumors Of the day, with
, out voucbing for its truth.
1t is added, with some show of authority,
that the President aud the Cabinet entertain
no apprehensions of q war with England on
the Mason. Slidell question, believing that
that affair can be satisfactorily adjusted. The
Maine trouble, however, is reported to have
caused some uneasiness in official circles.
Mason and Slidell having been given up
by our Government, it remains to be seen
whether the British Government will seek a
new cause for trouble with this Government.
We have little faith in her professions or
promises, when her interests are at stake.