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, 1861-12-18
FROM P0RT ROYAI. AND TEBRE.
Troops Gone to ReFnan1fna-The Eat.
hole blockade.

NEW YoEK, Dee. ia private letter from
Beaufort says the stone fleet sailed from So
maa-of-war. Ships were to be sunk in Charles
ton harbor Saturday lat
Tybce Island is occupied BY 1000 men, who
are to throw up batteries for 7se against Fort
Pulaski if necessary
The s1oop-of-wa Savannah and three OF four
snn-boats were off Tybee.
The steamer Baltic, With 1000 troops, left
Port Royal for Fernandina, with the BieavilIe
and another gun-boat. The Qualifications
there consisted Of q battery Of Arc guns,
manned by two Or three hundred men. 1t Is
thought it will fall into our hands after q brief
struggle.
, 1861-12-18

~ Capt Gordon Granger, Of the United
States Cavalry, has been appointed Colonel Of
tho I'd Michigan caTalry-thn first regiment
raised BY Hon. Mr.. Kellogg. The Colonelcy
Of the Sd regiment {Keuogg's secondl has not
been filled.
, 1861-12-18

W Capt. Rathlone, Of the steam transport
Illinois, reports that on Wednesday Of last
week, when the Illinois left. ali the Islands a1-
jacent to Port Royal were occupied By our
troops, and that they had succeeded in secur-
ing Sc 600 worth of cotton.
, 1861-12-18

DErFA1o, Dec 1.-THE warehouses former
ly occupied BY thc Michigan Central Railroad
and thc propeller DunkirE, lying at the dock,
were. destroyed by fire this morning. Five
hundred barrels If -four in the warehouses
we1c burned. Loss on propeller Sl8,003.
Other losses not aacortained.
, 1861-12-18

KANSAS CITr, No, Dec 17.-A1l quiet at
this place Col. Weir, Of the 4th Kansas regi-
mcnt, is in command. Col. Jennison's West
Kansas cavalry, with part Of the 7th and
18th Iowa, also a section Of Tottcn's famous
battery, cncampcl within few miles Of this
place, last night, and will move towards West
Point this morning.
, 1861-12-18

E Tic Widow Bagstock's boarders we're
discussing OUT national atIairs, upon which
10 certain point at issue, the schoolmastcE
raurmurcd ttaoa entendsz.' The rchct OF
Bagstock priekcdup her ancient ears. Not
i'll ten days. no, its three weeks since he said
it, and it haint come yet 1wonder what Mz.
Seward could have meant" The boardcrs, Is
well rs all the world, wondered"
, 1861-12-18
Naval Engagement near ship Is1and-'
Nobody Hurt.

Nobody Hurt.
NEw YoaE, Dec. 1.-THE Constitution,
which arrived here yesterday, left ut Ship
Island large body Of troops, her splendid
rife long range guns, &C., and six finc life
boats
On the day the Constitution sailed from Ship
Island, a naval engagement took place within
sight ard quite neaf the Isl:nd, between the
Cuitcd States gun-boat 1eac London and the
steamer Desoto, and two rehcl armed vessels,
the R1mzico and California, which were at
tempting to run the gaunt1et from New
Orleans to Mobile. Nobody WAS hurt on
c;ttcr side
, 1861-12-18

B Some excitement has been caused in
Cleveland by the discovery that the body Of
Mary keasney, the pretty depot girl, who
committed snicide i few days since, has
been taken from the grave in the Catholic
bu1ying ground
, 1861-12-18

8- On Friday Last splendid school honse
in Griggeyi1lc, Pike county, Illinois, costing
s14 COO, was destroyed by fire, with its CON
tents. Twas nearly ncH, and Is serious loss
to that community.
, 1861-12-18

tE False invoices in lumber art not con-
Aneo to any particular section Of country
where the Government is the purchaser a
Washington lumber dealer sl,aved OF 1.500
fccs from lot Of 1000 feet, ordered by an
officer ct Ale1andria, and was made to re-
fund.
, 1861-12-18
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The Reir1an Musk cts,

Arc wc to have an end Of the severe and
dangerous swindle, the Belgian musketss An
i:,,,iry should be Instituted as to how many
cf tl.csc dorb1e~acting shooting irons we have
in ,hc country, donnle-aeting because about
es:aa:ly dangerous at either end. 4 good story
is1old Of ono Of our Illinois colonels who was
1.*avd rr.ising the arm. Says he "h platoon
fling with the Belgian mrsket, lean tell what
] c:no: with any ether arm, and that is how
...an: pieces have been fred"
"Hcw can you tell tlat?'
oh, Icouat Tie i,4cu on Tie ground !; It never
d:ceivee me It is fire and .faN buck fat
Orc Of these Belgian znuskets will kick like
:; nsuic, and burst with the greatest facility.
Several soldiers in our Illinois regiments have
'ern killed in tl!= way. The bayonet, too, is
:snovelty,a Il sof1 iron affair, apparently designed
10 .oi1 round tie enemy as it is introduced,
t::n> taking him prisoner.
Nc AZ. glad to notice thai these exccrable
,."skets are bcin. rapidly thrown out They
si...u1d load tic next stone fleet Eight hun,
or, Ct them eent to Col ]. G. Wilson's Kane
Ev::,1:x Regiment were rejected at St. Louis
::t fo-t rs t}>ry were uuboSed
, 1861-12-18

The threat to hang Col. Corcoran raised
serious e1nesae among two Irish regiments in
the rebel service at Charleston, who became
SO excited tlat they Ind to be removed to
Sulliyan's Island. The lovely and a1niablc
ladies Of Charleston's first families only are
anxious that Colonel Corcoran should bc
hanged. They SLY he is a 81 subject for the
rope, and for nothing else. The gentlemen
are not quite 30 vi.u1ent Is their wives and
daughters.
, 1861-12-18

The N. 7. Herald says that the last
steamer from Harnna brought over thirty
Mexican gentlemen, each armed with COM
mission from tho McSican government to lit
out 4 1,riy:.tccr to prey upon the commerce OF
Great Britain, France and Spain This is the
run1or referred to in our recent dispatches.
Whatever truth there may be in it, there is
inevitably to be :: truth in it, at no distant
day, for there is no more reason why the
Nashville should rcfit in London docks, tt
prey upon our commerce, tl,an that Mexican
letters Of marque should similarly shelter II
New York.
, 1861-12-18

EFA a contract for army wagons and ambu-
lanccs is located in the Michigan state Prison
al jackson. There are many contractors who
dceeryc similar location.
, 1861-12-18

r. new cotton gin has been put in op-
Grafton in Joncsbo7o, and will be nu1ncrously
erected in the southern part Of this State tnis
vir:cr to prepare for the next season's crop
Of cotton on our pr:,srics.
, 1861-12-18
Chr Grihunr.


Troops have left Port Royal for Fer
nandina, Fla, where there is only u small
rebel garrison. The place is only valuable,
however, as harbor for our blockading
feet
, 1861-12-18

T OSF-Sat.lrday evening, on Ran
4 dolnh street. Aadi Jon street Cars OF. Rueker
Ile finder VIII be slsb!: rewarded BY lesarin. thr
sumo At N"t:escn HeEsc, Ut oaic1 room No. II.
tic kg3I-lt
, 1861-12-18

eE Tic latest arrivals from Europe show
that previous statements did not ovcrFate the
calamity, when mentioning the destitution Of
z.::!Eons who are usually dependent chiefly on
tic potato crop for subsistence in ireland
The severity OF the f.mine in that unhappy
country adds deeper shade to the general
dric:sncy in provisions through the short
1ces of crops in the southern European Ia
tinnh
, 1861-12-18

tE Louis Keller, principal in the Keller
Troupe that travelled through the States some
two years since, is nov worthless, penniless
sagabond at Havana. and our Consul there has
recovered some Of the children, whose scryi-
ces he engaged oftheir parents in this country,
and has sent them ho1ae. he took away
seventeen in all, only SIX Of whom have been
recovered, Those that have returned ten
awful stories about hin.
, 1861-12-18

FOR SALE AT a BARGAIN,
y one Of the best located alsa. and Provision 3,5
Eets on State Etrcet, doing good basiness owner
cannot sttend to- It on aceOalt Ct sickness Ouiv i
small capital required. Address Market Pos+ Oce
Boz S27a. Chicago. dc s-haJEis
, 1861-12-18

H There are two reports about the Colo
nelcy Of the 10th Iowa regiment; one, that
Capt, Chambers Of the army has been ap-
pointed, aud smother that John Edwards, ex.
Speaker Of the Legislature, Is the man.
, 1861-12-18

E- Police Superintendent Kennedy, OF
Of New York, has notified the various Calilor-
nia steamship companies that the Department
of State requires every passenger, whether
going to AErinwan Or not, to show pass,
Heretofore, ou'y those going to Aspiuwan had
10 be furnished With the bold signature Of Mr.
Kennedy. It will be seen, also, by the Con
grcssional proceedings, that the Senate, ut The
Instance Of M1. Latham. has called for infor-
nation by what right such passports are re-
nr15rnd
, 1861-12-18

E There is pctticoat at Washington to-
ken from she seeesh, that weighs Gfty
pounds. The garment is apparently quilted
one, but instead of the usual filling, it is
thiclzly wadded with the finest quality Of sew
ing silk Of assorted colors, the skelns being
carcfully arranged IN 1aJers. It is provided
with straps By which the weight may be sup
ported by the shoulders. Sewing silk is ont
of the articles most needed, next to quinine
in the South, This is the second attempt al
smuggling the article into Dixie by womcI
That has been discovered.
, 1861-12-18

I OST--Somewhere near the Ga
L lena Depot, Morocco Poke. Book, containing
SleM IN btH= i've cent piece, aud two street car
tickets Any person returning the same superior
street Kill he x{1jfah.Y ceEarl;tI istSi,1l1kIt
, 1861-12-18

E- A few days since the Nau1nkeag Cotton
Company, Of Sa1e1n, sold one hundred bales
Of cotton at the enormous price Of thirty cents
per pound, cash. This was the highest price
yet paid for cotton in tho Eastern market
, 1861-12-18


LEArESwoRTH, Dec 17.-Adrices from
Mound City to the 14th mention . foray By d
Twenty houses we're pillaged and one man
killed. Col Montgomery had gone In pursuit
of the nazauders. It was believed at Mound
City that none Of Puce's forces had crossed
the Osase.
, 1861-12-18

TARD.-Drs. R. s. J. Hunter,
- PEraictaos for the diseases Of the THRo.tT
tEcfr Patients and thoze ,desiTcns, o. consulting
them In tni4 part of the country, that tI..x
have opened Branch Office at No. II Adams
s1reef chicago under 1he personal attendance of Dr.
JAMES HUNTER. Special attention Will be gi7en to
all diseases Or affections Of the
THROAT. LUNGS OR HEART.
To wh!rh branch Of the profession the Drs- msnser
Hours If Constellation l. u 10 ! p. II C.iica 20
Office. No. Il Adams street, near Michigan. Avenue
New Yotx Office No. 81 Eas. 1atR street dclsED3-iI
, 1861-12-18
The Dubuque Shooting Affair.

dubuque Correspondence Of Galena Advertiser. ]
Quite tragedy has Just been enacted IN this
city This (srnday) morning. about three
captain, was shot and instantly Killed by Mrs.
6trockey Tor some similar naIne) the wife Of a
former Mayor Of your city. It Happears she has
becn kept by Conway, but Of late young man,
about IS 5cars Of years Of age, has sqpplanted
him. Conway attended the concert last night
at the Jnl'en Theatre and was intoxicated.
About three o'clock this morning, he went to
Mrs. strockcy's house, and 6nding the dooa
fastened, burst it in, aud was shot 1T, the bal
missing him. Hc then attempted to 60 ur
stairs, when Rhe fired again, the ball entering
lis breast about bi1 inches below the chin
when he fell corpse. His body is in the
and Washington streets. She was arrested ani
is noW in Jail:
, 1861-12-18
Disaster on Lake Michigan.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Dec. IA fishing
boat was Inn down of the ha1bor this morn
ing by the schooner Peoria, and three men,
Peter De Hans, Marion Fe1hulE, and Patrick
Walker were drowned.
, 1861-12-18

- The Naval bill, pending in Congress,
and likely to pass, rctircs all officers Of more
than forty-fve years. service, aud will operate
TO strike from the active istforty-six officers,
among whom arc Dupont, Bell, stribl1ng,
Stringhssn, Kcarncy and Shubrick. But the
bill gives the President power to suspend thu
operation Of the law in Individual cases, whlcl
would preserve to US the valuable men Of th'
service, and relieve it Of the dead-wood- Tit
measure is intended to 1egIslate certain inca
,sablcs out Of Office, doing that which, it
said, can never bc reached by g board Of naya
officers
, 1861-12-18

Great Western Band Of Chicago.
To the Ckieago Associated Press:
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 17.-The Great Western
Band has been mustered out Of service at
their own request. They will arrive ut Chica-
20 in fen days. WM. BCCKHAR1, Leader.
, 1861-12-18
TEE LATEST NEWS

By TElEsEEGRAPH.
, 1861-12-18

1 The New York Hor2d Of the 10th, says
that recentlya 5opound scmi-sltcll gun, forged
By the Franklin Forge Of New York, and
s;orcs ril1cd and finished by Ale=srs. Carpenter
! Plass, was taken to Staten Island for trial
proof, where at the ninth round 1t burst; and,
upon examination, it was discovered that to
cover some defects III tic hast Of the bore,
an entire fa1se chamber lad been made and so
nicely fitted in the gun as to defy the most
minute detection until tho gun broke. Had
this passed the proof of ten rounds, when re-
ceiycd into the naval service afloat it would
doubtless have burst and caused loss Of life,
and serious damage to the vessel. The forsers
attribute this clever piece Of villainy to the
Gn;shers Of the gun.
, 1861-12-18
our ENelm mRi* RELATIONS.
VAN wYcK eoMMlr1EE's REPORT.
Gen. Fremont'&G Gun Purchases.
CONTRACT FRAUDS IL EXPOSED.
MOVEMENT osMH.Exlseres, M no.
RuMoRs ABoyT FORT .PAlAskl.

STARTLING a{@Ws EXPECTED
, 1861-12-18

G. z. SCRIFEN4 Adrertising 4g&as, IS Deer
bo5nat il authorized 70 Teceite Advertisements FOR
Ss end all tie Leading Papers or TIE Nortfrvst.
, 1861-12-18

TOR SALE OR EXCHANGE, an
- Improved Farm OF $50 acres: Il? acres nns.er
lence u,,i cultivation, 70 acres good Ther haltne
from large tavern. t1Ee County Sears House, Barn.
shceG Pens: The best living spring IN the ConntE &C.
&c Ili- IS one If H.. test Stock F:lrlH1 it the West
VIII sell on long time and favorable terms, Will
chaEge foE GIy ICopeIty. Price 5000. Apply TO-
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Two to One.

While great care and anxiety were being
exercised and felt as to how the Senator
elected last fall should vote, and pledges
were required from both Keller and
Bound; not one word was said about the
members. The result is that one votes for
the repeal of the tonnage tax; and both of
them in favor of the Stupendous Sunbury
and Erie Swindle, if possible the greatest
abomination Of all. The election Of Senator
turned upon this question, and the vote
for which Steele was left at home would
compare very favorably with those on the
present phases of the State improvement
question, .-.
The Pennsylvania Rail Road Company,
and the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road Com
pany are identical in interest, and almost
identical in persons. A vote in favor of
the one was in effect vote in favor of the
other.
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III A r r I AG e s

In Harveyville, Lszorne CO., on the l4th
OF February, 1861, by the Rev. Mr.. Porter,
DR.. NJ. STEcK, NJ, G. of Arizona, formerly
OF Columbia county, and Miss ROSE A,
daughter of BENZ Harvey, Esq, of the
former place
with the foregoing agreeable information
we acknowledge the receipt of most
delioately formed and very luscious Bridal
Cake, Tor which sensible token of their
generous remembrance of the Printers, the
happiGed couple have our warmest wishes
for their future felicity and prosporityl
At Town Hill, on the 18th inst, bv
Rev. Il. Wadsworth, Mr.. NELSON KILE,
to Miss AMI HOLMES, both of koss twp,
Luzerne County.
On the 9th inst, by the Rev. John
Lloyd, of Cattawissa, Mir. DANIEL Lock-
ard, of Luzerne co., to Miss EMALIyE
McMurtrie, of Columbia co.
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The Hindoos.

Most Of our readers will remember to
have seen in the papers few years ago,
notices of a highly educated and intelligent
Hindoo of the Brahmun caste, coming to
the United States to study divinity. His
name was Joguth Chunder Gangooly.-
He has written a book, "Life and Religion
of the Hindoos," very curious, very inter-
esting and very poculiar-illustrated with
drawings, and having as an appendix, the
ellie and Experience" of the Author
Mr.. Gangooly was a unitariau-he gives
his rcasons-he explains many things in
Caste, and in Hindoo life generally. The
book is full of authentic information. Get
a copy 1,OO-Address-Crosby, Nichols
Lee & Co., No III Washington Street,
Boston.
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Jo. r..

\ HERo.-After We had pcnned our
description of the freshet, We were
informed that the life of Mrs, Luckcy
(whose husband was drowned near Troy
was saved by an act Of heroism which de-
serves especial mention, Alex Puterbaugh, ,
a stalwart, rcsolute young man, living with
Col. Deuison, heard the cries of a woman,
but the night being too dark to see, he
waited some moments to discover the
direction of the sufferer, whose voice could
only occasionally be heard above the sound
of the rushing water. lie then went to
the stable and taking out one of the
Colonel's horses that he knew could swim,
succeeded in reaching the woman-took
to shore before the person who had started
to Forty Fort for boat could return -
Here, then, is true hero. This one act
of that young mans life may cause him
greater happiness than all others combined.
All honor to Alex. Puterbaugh.
Luerae Union.
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From Michigan.
Correspondence # The Penasylcaaian.

Correspondence # The Pennsylcanian.
Colon, MICnIoAs, Jan. 81, 1861.
Mr.. EDITOR tt observe by your pa
per, that our brother Democrats of Penn
sylvania are as sternly opposed to "coer-
cion" as we are in Michigan; and We will
stand by them to the last. The right
wrongs no man, and our Southern brcth-
rem desire only to have their rights. We
are whole souled Union men, who desire
to preserve the Union in its ancient glory
and prosperity, but not by the sword, for
that will not give to our sister Southern
States their equal rights. War is simply
intended to deprive them of all right, and
to subjugatc them if possible. 80 g.
Is it possible that it has come to this
that we must take up the sword, charge
our guns, and wage war of determination
between countrymen of the two divisions
of our Union! And for what? In or.
der, first, that the North may deprive the
South of all right and choice in her own
Government; and secondly that the North
may obtain, not some right of which she
has been robbed-fo she has lost nome
but simply that she may crafty the base
and malignant passions which Abolitonists
have toward the South, and that she may
elevate to position and puff up with pride
and self consequence an infamous horde
of vagabond leaders, who but for this
question of slavery would sink into the
contempt which they deserve. ..
assure yox our Michigan Democrats
are in favor of the Crittenden resolutions
Before long we will have meetings against
coercion preparations are going on rap
idly, and old st. Joe will roll out a good
Democratic meeting.
The Republicans, or Abolitionists as
they really are, seem quite down in the
mouth, but they say tue stout Democrats
will be drafted to fight the South. No
doubt they wish this, no doubt the COW.
ardly gabJlers want men to fight their
battles for them. That is like them, great
to wrangle and abuse, and the first to run.
Don't they hope they may catch the Dem
ocrats in the trap they have set? But
they won't do anything of the kind. The
mission of Democracy is not to "reform'
this country by plundoring the South, and
mixing up the white and black races all
ever the country. Democracy means
citizenship for the white race, peace to the
country, equal rights to the States, and
perpetual life to the Union as our fore
fathers formed it.
Hoping that the God of the universe
may guide US, that the Union may bepre-
served, and that all may enjoy the bless
ings together.
1 am yours, in the true faith of Dcmoc-
racy.
Jo Y
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Destructive FREsHETs.- large
number of our exchanges bring details of
the late freshets, which seem to have visit.
ed many places, both at the North and at
the South. The Albany, N. Y, papers
estimate tho damage occasioned by the
freshet at that city at 100000. The
Troy papers set down their loss at about
10000. The water in tho North river,
at Albany, has rapidly reoeded during the
Iast two days.
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MOFFATs LIFE PILI,s-Tbe hish and envied &c
ebty which this preemncnt medicine has acquired for
Is Invarabe efficacy in all diseases which il processes
TO cure has rendered the usual practice of ostenta
putting not only unnecessary but unworthy Of them -
They know by their fruits their good works testify
for them and they thrive not by the faith Of the cedu
lons. In all cases Of costvcness, dyspepsia, bill ious
and liver affections, piles rheumatism, cyers agues
obstinate head aches and all general arrangements Of
health, these Pills have invariably proven certain and
speedy remedy single trial will place the Life Pills
beyond the reach Of petition in The estimation of
cry patient.
Dr. Moias Phoenix Dtters will be found equally OF.
hcacious in all of nervous debiity dyAprpsia
head ache tho sickness incident females in delicate
health aud every kind Of weakness of the digestive
gang. For sale by W. D. hotfat, 335 broadway. New
fof and by medicine dealers and druggists generally
throughout The country.
February 10, lsUU-l2m.-
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.,,-I-T1J@ 2 =
we all remember with WnnI IIuSGIssxd.

tNl1FI<<
We all remember with what rnTseSslsssa.. s
dignation the bill authorizing the sale of
the State Canals was received by the people
of Pennsylvania. How several persons
who voted for the sale ruined themselves
politically, and wrecked their characters
for integrity and honesty forever; though
they were enabled to pay their debts
Immediately after the legislature adjourned.
We also remember the alleged fraud upon
the State which allowed the Sunbury &
Erie r. r. Co., to purchase for three
millions and half, Canals worth five
millions. But all that outrage and villiany
has been exceeded by the infamy lat week
accomplished
Let US 60 back little. When the
Sudbury and Eric company purchased the
State canals, it executed a mortgage upon
the whole line of its road finished and in
process Of completion, of seven millions of
dollars to secure the payment of bonds of
an equal amount, one half of which (s3 =
800 O,OOO) were retained by the State as an
equivalent for the canals, and the other
half held for the use of the company.
At the last session of the Legislature
the company was authorized to issue scrip
to the amount of $4,000 for, the pay.
ment Of pressing demands, which was
made first lien upon the road, taking
precedence of the seven million mortgage.
Now the company ask that the Legis-
lature authorize it to issue So ,OOO, 900
bonds and secure the same by first mort
gage, and that the STATE consent to take a
second mortgage for S4, 900, 900, covering
principal and accrued interest on account
Of the State canals.
That will put the State FIVE MILLIONS
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS behind,
aud thus insure the total loss to the State,
ef all her public improvements We regret
- gay that Kline voted for this most infa.
nous bill and Osterhout for it and also
for the repeal Of the tonnage tax. What
nsItl See proceedings in another column.
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THI N. Y. Tribune OF Nov. 9th, 1850,
said--"The. right to sccede may be a
revolutionary one, but it exists, neyerthe-
less" Read that-Republicans. The
right to secede most cmphatically declared
by your prophet ..........