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Those privateera.

Tine story in the New York papers of
the capture of two privateers off Gardi-
ner's Island, turns out to be hoax. The
two privateers overhauled by the Lincoln
cutter, were couple of harmless Jersey
clam boats, "bound for Rockaway." The
Lincoln press is hard up for something to
blow about.
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From New Orleans.

Ntw Orleans, May 2O.-Arrived-J. II.
Jarvis from Hollyhead, Marathon from
Marseilles; barks Ocean Age from Rock
land and Morris from Rio.
A passenger from Texas just arrived,
reports Gen. Young pursuing Montgome-
ry and the Federal loops. lie overt ,ok
the baggage supply and ammunition
trains, which were seized with some
beeves and horses. Montgomery evacua.
ted Fort Washita and was on his way TO
Fort Arbuckle. Young is determined to
take Forts Cobb and Arbuckle.
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McMinn Volunteers.

Our venerable and gallant friend, Capt.
d. A. Cobb, of tho 18th Civil District,
has raised Company Of brave and patr-
otto men, which leaves for the Military En-
compment at Knoxville, to-day Thurs.
day where they will be mustered into
service. God bless the old man and his
boys"who are thus going forth at the call
Of their State, TO fight, and if needs be, to
die and may His sheltering providence
be above and around them IN the hour Of
conflict.
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LrNcoLN's WAR PoLIcY.-ln accepting
the fourteen New York Regiments, ten
dered by the Union Defence Committee,
n distinguished member Of the Admins.
tration said:
II is to DO hoped that this measure will
be received as an earnest Of the intention
Of the government TO deal with yigor and
decision with the Southern rebellion. I
can state authoritatively in addition that
the government will possess itself Of the
federal property at all points in Virginia
and other border slave States at all haz-
ards, and protect the Union men in these
States in the exercise Of their rights Of
American citizens TO the fullest extent Of
rs power
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From Maryland.

Baltimore, May 19.-Three Baltimore
ans, indicted for the recent uprising,
were bailed in the sum of $500.
Rappahannock is blockaded.
Gen Cooke with 5000 troops is at Cul.
pepper, and there are 1900 more be-
tween Culpepper and Alexandria.
Probably the first engagement will be
at Culpepper.
Gov. Wise is dangerously i'll.
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Latest from Northern Texas.

Mr. George w. Wright, direct from
Paris, Texas which place he left on Mon
day the 9th inst, states that the night
previous to his leaving an express arrived
from Col. W. G. Young, asking for assist
ance in besicging fort Arbuckle, in tho
Indian Nation. Col. Young had already
taken fort Washita, but found no arms.
10 had with him 500 Texans and 800
Choctaw Indians. l,500 United States
troops were reported to be in fort Arbuc-
kle. Northern Texas was volunteering
en- massc to 60 to Young's assistance. ~.
o. Picay,ne, l4h.
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consequences of the War Panic.

Aicrandria, May 2O.-Tho Bank of the
Capital, Albany, New York, closed its
doors Saturday. Cause said to be failure
Of borrowers.
In the Old School Presbyterian General
Assembly the Rev DR.. Spring offered q
resolution proposing the appointment of
n Special Committee to enquire into the
expediency Of giving some expression Of
their devotion to the Union and loyalty
to the Government. The resolution was
tabled by vote Of 1913 ayes TO l04 noes.
A motion to take up the resolution and
reconsider caused an exciting debate,
and the question remains undecided.
The Fourteenth New York Regiment
arrived in Washington last night, one
thousand strong.
Riots ave threatened in Chicago, unless
the laborers there are paid in other than
wild cat money A crisis seems to be
arising in the Northwest.
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Kentucky.

Indiana troops are concentrating along
the Ohio river, firing into boats, and in
terfering with the trade and commerce of
Kentucky every day. In the mean while
Kentucky proposes to remain neutral in
the contest between the North and the
South. The Lincoln administration evil
IDENTITY does not intond she shall remain
neutral long.
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1NDlcATlyE or THE FUTURg.--A CORES.
pendent Of the Richmond Eramiaer calls
attention 10 tho following passage in tho
2nd chapter Of Joel, Goth verse, MS indoa-
tive Of the future:
"But will remove far off from you tho
Northern army, and | will drive him
into land barren and desolate, with his
feoe towards the Eastern sea and his him
der part towards the utmost sea, and his
stink shall come up because ho hath done
Froat things"
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LATER FROM ST.. LOUISA gentleman
who left st. Louis on Saturday night, says
the Union sentiment is on tho wone since
the massacre, and that some Of tie strong
est Union men are now determined to
resit the Lincolnitcs. lie thinks the
State will certainly pass an Ordnance to
90 out Of the Union.
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we cannot maintain the relation with
them of subjugated slaves. Our only
means of aYerting such calamity and
dishonor is to take our arms in our hands,
and meet and drive back the invaders Of
our immemorial rights, and, Initiating the
heroism of our fathers, reassert the unal-
ienable birth right of rreemen.
Hon. A. R. Boteler, of Virginia.
The Winchester (Va.) RPutiiean pub
fishes the following extract from letter
from Hon. A. r. Boteler, the late member
of Caarsx6 \ivdstrict. The Re
publs6S ap,eler was one of
the first 20 join avolunteer odsaGany as a
private in the ranks, and march to Har-
per's Ferry, in obedience to the orders of
Gov. Letcher Mr.. Boteler says: w
"In reply TO the inquiry contained in
your last letter, | have no hesitation in
answering that heartily approve of the
recent action of our State Convention and
expect to reiterate my approval atthe
polls. 1. 81. on e...r .iale. sft.s,'i
You know with what devotion have
loved the Union, how faithfully labored
with those who struggled to maintain IT
upon it, original Constitutional basis OF
Justice and equality, ard how reluctant !
was to abandon the hope of its re con-
struciion. But alas! the coercive policy
of this perfdious Administration and the
malignant alacrity with which that policy
has been responded to by all parties in
the North, has abundantly testified that
the Union of my love, the Union which
our fathers made for our protection, has
been perverted by sectional hatred into
a weapon of oppression, that il is no Ion
ger shield of safety over our heads, but
sword of subiugation at our hearts; and
that the only alternative now left to us is
either base submission or revolutionary resist
0nce,
Il therefore, recognize no other rallying
point for my patriotism than the unfurled
flag of our good old Commonwealth, and
no true Virginian will hesitate to follow
its fortunes or to fight beneath its folds.
Mr. Boteler was one of the gentlemen
who co-operated with Mr.. Nelson in the
last Congress in his Union efforts. Hon
John A. Gilmer, Of N. c., who is nov
enrolled as private in North CAROLINE
volunteer company, was another OF MIR
Nelson's ablest coadjutors in the SAME
cause.
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The Wheeling Convention.

The Convention which met at Wheel
ing a few days since, turned out pretty
much like the Cleveland Congressional
Convention. Met, resolved TO do moth
ing, took drink, and went home.
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More Trouble for Abe.

The London Herald regards our Difficult.
ties as likely to necessitate war between
England and tho Northern States az a
means to the restoring Of supply of
Cotton.
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Washington, May 20.--Gon. Butler has
been ordered 10 Old Point to take COM
mand of the Land forces. Nine thousand
men are to be sent there from Washing.
ton for operations on the land side be.
tween York and Jimes Rivers.
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Ney Orleans May 20.--Cotton sales to
day 300 bales; middling lllmll2. Flour
stiff. Lard in terces %. Freights ono
penny, though ships are asking II.
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atheus gost.
TERMS:

Two DoLLARs YEAR, payable In advance.
Announcing names Of candidstesfor efice $500,
Cash.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged a,
he regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote the pri-
vate ends or interests Of Corporations, Societies,
Schools or Individuals, viii be charged as adyer-
tisemcnts.
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Can't Stand If

A despatch from Washington says
The expenses Of the War Department
are said TO be enormous, and fears are en-
tertaned of not being able to raise sufli-
Gent means for carrying on the war.
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Washington, May 20-Great fears are en-
tertained here Of a pcstilence among tho
troops.
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Senator Douglas.

The latest dispatches from Chicago
leave no hope of the recovery of Stephen
A. Douglas.
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bS- Home Guards are being formed all
over the border Free States. What does
it mean2 Are they afraid Of m invasion
from the South?
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The N. Y. Seventh Regiment.

Washington, May 1.-THE New York
Seventh Regiment will return homo next
week.
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Kentucky Money Thrown Out.

Cincinnati, May lS.--Kentucky curren-
cy has been refused by nearly all tho
bankers to-day.
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FIour OR SrARvE.--Capt c. f. Rue in
forms the Norfolk Herald, that the ex.
element in New York is calming down,
and the enlistments we're confined to
those who had nothing else before them
but starvation. He saw company Of
men without coats or shoes who were to
be sent South, but the men were more
anxious to go where they could get some
thing 10 eat than fight.
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LIST. The fugitive slave clause of the old
Constitution is so amended as to contain
the word "slave," and to provide for full
compensation in cases Of abduction or
forcible rescue on the part Of the State in
which such abduction may take place.
I'd. Congress, by vote of two.thirds,
may at any time, alter or amend the Con-
stitution.
TEMPORARY PROVISIONS.
lst. The Provisional Government Is
required to take steps Immediately for
the settlement Of all matters between the
States forming it, and their other late con-
fcderates Of tho United States, in relation
to the public property and the public
debt.
I'd. Montgomery is made tho Temporal
ry seat of Government.
3D.. This Constitution Is 10 continue one
year, unless altered by two-thirds vote,
or suspended by permanent Govern
ment.
Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-19
TmE TRENT CASE.

BosToN, Dec. IT, rhe mayor Of one of the
cities OF Canada West writes that the people
OF that region are highly excited about the in-
dignity to the British flag, aud military organ.
izations are rapid" forming 10 resent it.
The tone Of private letters by the Europa
and Jura indicate firmuess on the part OF the
English public, to insist upon the surrender Of
Mason aud Slidell, but they express the hope
and belief that our government will give them
up at once. Other correspondents predict
that England will 90 to war without waiting
for negotiation. There are indications that
American stocks owned in England will be
sent here for sale, but it is believed no great
amount has yet been sent foward.s
New YORK, Dec. Is The Evening Post
learns from the Commercial that letters of the
highest character, received from London, say
the British government seeks explanation OF
the Trent affair, and perhaps an apology wifi
be asked for an Irregular proceeding, but no
mention is made OF demand for the surrender
OF The rebel prisoners. The English writers
hope the subject will be treated by US with
patience and kindly spirit.
Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-19
ERnM wASHLNGTnN.

WAsnINGroN, Dec. 1S.-Gen. James II.
Lane of Kansas has been rendered the position
of brigatier general by the president. He will
accept it as soon as he can lay before the ju-
dietary committee OF the senate additional evi.
dence vindicating his right to seat in that
body, V hlch is now contested. His command
will embrace all the troops in Kansas.
The memorial presented in the house to-day
by (, A. ConkliBg, from the board of dele
gates of American Israelites, praying that
members of the Jewish faith may be placed
upon footing OF equality with those OF the
christian denomination as respects chapiai"s
in the army, was referred to the committee on
the Judiciary.
The government contract investigating COM
mtiee will tomorrow commence their inquir-
les into the alleged abuses connected with the
sutleyshps.
The proclamation of Gen. Phelps, at Ship
Island, is condemned by all classes OF poIiti-
clans. 1t was his individual act, and must
therefore be regarded accordingly.
The Richmond Wing calls upon all the
farmers of Virginia near the lines of railroads.
to build ice-houses and collect large supplies
of ice during the present season, and the Whole
south will have to get its ice from Virginia in
the coming summer.
The post Office committee of the house have
unanimously decided to introduce bill to
abolish the tranking privilege. The commit
tee have also concluded to grant no further
privileges in case Of soldiers letters, other
than that now given of sending their letters
ward without prepayment
Col. IIastead OF New Jersey was tried, to-
day, before court marshall on the charge OF
malteasauce, which he denied,
An individual called Thomas Hewitt, who
runs duckiug boat from Alexandria, ~ and
down the river. was, to day, seized, with his
vessel, by Lieut.. j. c. Williams, United States
navy, who commands the brig Perry, OF the
Aotilla. On the boat was found a rebel mail,
containing spy communications.
Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-19

The Examiner says that inteleence appar-
eutly better founded than that which generally
finds its way from Washington, haze been re-
ceiyed, OF an intention on the part of~ mil
tary authorities of the United States to7EsS<4
another advance on the lines OF the PotomNe
and risk another general engagement, within
the next ten days
Silver is selling in Richmond at twenty-five
and gold at thirty y-tive per cent, premium
An adjourued meeting Of the citizens OF
Richmond was held last night to take into con.
sideration the manning OF the batteries around
that city.
Gen. Humphrey Marshall has some forty or
fifty thousand men under his command and
swearS that he is going to dine in Lexington,
Ky, on Christmas day.
The Dispatch of yesterday says OF the night
in Pocahontas county, Va. "We received
last evening through the kindness OF gentle
man from western Virginia some further in
cidents of the battle fought on Friday last. The
report which reached the city on Sunday that
the forces OF Col. johnson were surprised by the
enemy is, we are assured, entirely erroneous.
The action comeuced on Tlurday evening be
tween the pickets, cOntradlctng the statement
previously made that the enemy approached
from the rear and front, tufniag both our Baa6S
As near as we can ascertain, the fcdelals, who
were uOuulleSS SuitlSu ny OHlOii iiISi VI tiS
vicinity, came apon Col. johnson camp soon
after daylight, IRON the north, their strength
being four regiments OF about one thousand
men each. They attacked our forces, consist
ing of three regiments, of an average of four
hundred men each, two battaliOns, numbering
together two hundred men, and two batteries
OF tour guns each. The fight continued until
two o'clock p, NJ, when the enemy retreated
One great advantage the federals possessed
was position behind some trIlcd Der, at
convenient distance from our camp, where
they were well projected from our fire,
and had a good opportunity of pick
ing off our men whenever they show
ed themselves. They were, however, final
ly sheIled out by our batteries, and forced
to make 4 rapid retreat. They carried most
of their wounded down the mountain 10 the
ambulances, though some were left on the
field, Capt. Anderson of the Lee battery was
shot dead from his horse at an eariy period
OF the fight. A letter to Judge Camden men
tions the death of an officer Of the twelfth
Georgia regiment, but gives no names. We
also hear that Lieut. Regan was killed. There
are contradictory statements relative to the
death of Lieut. Lewis Thompson The north
western boys behaved most calamity, aud de-
serve much praise for their heroic conduct.
They advanced and attacked the enemy three
separate times, and being then exposed, suffer
ed more heavily than any other troops. Only
two companies of the twenty-secOnd Virginia
regiment, Col. Baldwin, were engaged in the
fight, Captain SkidmGre and Captain Lilley's'
Several were wounded in these companies but
only one was killed.
Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-19

NEW YORK, Dec. l8.-cor.rON firm: sales 1850 bales

NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-CoTrON hrn sales l45O bales
at 81 a i0c for Ini1dng uplalids.
fLOUKSales 1870 O00U bbls; and western Sc low
or; superfne state S540 q 545; extra state S5,65 %
$500 round hoop Ohio S5,S5 a $780, supertne western
S5O a 5.45: common to good extra western S565 "a
S5; southern unchanged sales bOs mixed TO good
S5,I5 a S60 fancy and extra 81 20 a. SIS; Canada
shade easier; sales GOV bbls superne $40 @ $780,
ira $50 a 100
GRAIN-wheat opened firm, but closed dull at a de-
cline OF lie; l40,SO0 bushels Corn a lower;
sales 100000 bush mixed western 666Ic; yellow south
SIC oats lower; northern and western AZ a 44c.
PROVISIONS.-Becfd drm: sales 200 bnls. Pork quiet {;
sales 175 bbls; sll25 "a l25; prime SS25 "a SIS;
prime mess S3 a. 1850 Lard steady; sales 500
bhls at O. 9fc WhiskeS steady saies 200 bhls at ut
q 203c Rice dull. Sugars trm; MuscOvadO at u q So
100 boxes Havana at s3c. Coffee steady firm 2l00
bags Rio at 2 Isle Molasses quiet; 40 hhds Barba-
dUrs at 81 g a5c.
market buovant; prices remain about the last
week; receipts 400O Sheep and Lambs 25c hfher, and
in better demand; receipts l2,UOO Swine active and
rather better; sales at @ 3lc; Receipts 3S,OO0
Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-19
FROM THE UPPER POTOMAC.
THE. REBELS ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER.

Frederick, Dec. 18-A gentleman who
arrived from Williamsport late last night re-
ports that JackSOn's rebel brigade has been
largely increased. and is supposed to amount
to 5000 men at Falling Waters. At 9 O'Clock
p M, tity.o wagons belonging to the rebels
were backed down to the shore, and a boat
from each quietly launched into the river.
Two of the boats, which Were OF large size,
were tor the transportation OF Jacksons artll-
lerv AT this iuucture our informant lett for
Gen Banks headquarters. Our informant
thinks the object Of jackson is to cross over,
make a dash on Wiiamsport. aid secure the
stores and arms there. He informed Colonel
Leonard of all that was transporting, and
thinks the latter has taken full precautions TO
prevent it by removing the stores, &c to more
secure place, and that lie also took steps TO
concentrate all his available force to prevent
the passage of the river. Our informant
passed the fifth Connecticut regiment en- route
for Wiamsport, two miles northwest OF
Boouesburough, sixteen miles from Williams
port and BeSt's battery three quarters Of a
mile in the rear of the Connecticut fifth.
Later intelligence says the battery reached
Williamsport at six o'clock this morning, hav-
ing passed the Connecticut regiment on the
route Our informant met at Dam No 4, yes
tertlav. deserter from JacksOn's brigade,
resident of Rappahannock county, Va, who
SAID jackson had not less than 10000 men
but this is considered an exaggeration by our
informant, who had tor one hour Il good view
of Jackson's whole command. The deserter
says Jackson's regulars, including a Georgia
regiment who had just Joined him, were de
termined to 20 10 the devil with their com.
mander, but the militia were equally as ohstl'
nate in refusing to cross the river. jackson
was determined to cross the Potomac this
morning.
On receipt of this intelligence by General
Banks, orders were issued to the third brigade,
General Williams commanding, to be prepared
to perform IL forced march TO WilIiamspOrs at
a moments notice; but, up TO 10 O'Clock this
morning the brigade had not moved, but was
in readiness to leave at any time.
LATER 1t is reported on the street that
one regiment only is about to move, which
indicates that Jackson has not sufficient
strength to execute his threat, but has proba-
bly, tried the experiment, and met with a
check Firing was heard at six O'Clock, the
hour at which Best's battery had probably
reached the river, opposite Falling Waters
Passengers by the Haserstown stage report
rumors of firing at Falling Water, this morn
ing, and there are thousand other reports,