The national Republican., 1861-12-19


McGi egor. ordinary seaman Fraucis Brown,
seaman; and Charles Hawkins, seaman. They
are all doing well, and will soon be on duty.
This Is an important capture, as the schooner
was large one, with accommodations for
thirty persons N,
Kdnsds City, Dec. 1.-THE Santa Fe and
Canon City mail with dates to the I'd instant,
arrived here on Sunday morning.
This mail brings intelligence Of a horrible
massacre at Fort Stanton On the approach
Of the Texans to that post, in the summer, all
the citizens in the vicinity fed to the settle.
ments, leaving their homes, their crops, and
everything else behind. After the Texans
abandoned the place the Apache Indians took
try around. In the fall, a party numbering
twenty men determined to revisit the neigh
borhood, and obtain what they could Of their
remaining crops, when the whole number fell
into the hands vt tho savages and were bru.
tally murdered.
GENERAL POPE IN PURSUIT OF THE REBEL ARMY.
Tpton, December 10 Yesterday orders were
received here for all the forces at this point to
hold themselves In readiness to march vt 4 mo.
ments notice. At the same time, General Pope,
commanding the Department Of Central Mis-
souri,, at the head of nearly all the troops In
winter quarters at Otterville, marched west.
ward towards warrensburv, for the purpose,
MS generally believed here, Of cutting of Gen.
Price, whom our scouts reported as making
forced marches to reach the rebel force under
Generals Rains and Stein, now in the entrenoh-
ments ut Lexington.
coSFLAGRATIoN AT PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI.
Ledpentoorth, December IA portion of the
town Of Platte City, Missouri, Including the
courthouse and post Office, Wac destroyed by
fre last night. 1t was set on hre about one
O'Clock by the rebels, but the flames were sup.
pressed by the troops under Colonel Morgan.
At four O'Clock the town WAS again successful.
IL 6rad. The county racOrda aavAd hnt
tho Office was destroyed. Many arrests have
been made, including some of 8. Gordon's
Guerilla Band, and one Of Prios's captains.
FIGHT IN KENTUCKY.
The following dispatch was received at head.
quarters here yesterday:
LOUISVILLE, Dec. lS.-Io MAJ. Gen. Nc Clelldn:
McCook's division is at Munfordsville General
Mitchell at Bacons creek.
Zolicoffer is either retiring across the Gum.
berland river, or is preparing TO do so at the
approach of any superior force.
McCook reported that the rebels attacked
my pickets in front of the railroad bridge at
two p. m. to-day.
The picket consisted Of four companies of
the Thirty.second Indiana, (Col. which, under
Lieutenant Colonel Won Imboa.
Their forces consisted of one regiment of
Texas Rangers, two regiments of iifantry, and
one battery of six guns.
Our loss was Lieut. SAKE and eight enlisted
men killed, and ten wounded.
cluding Colonel Terry, of Texas, and about
fifty wounded. The rebels ingloriously re-
troated.
d. g. BUELL., Brig. Gen., &c.
[Oolonel Terry is doubtless Judge Terry, (late
of Calfornia,) who shot Senator Brodorick.-
Ed. REP.]
ARRIVAL OF THk STEAMER JURA.
Portland, Dec 1S.-The steamship Jura has
arrived from Liverpool via Londonderry, on
the 9Th instant, Zone day later)
Warlike preparations continue in England,
and considerable numbers Of troops are under
orders for Canada.
The Daily Neps thinks if tho American Gov.
eminent will treat the difficulty in the same
spirit AS General Scott, that war may be
avoided.
ssamen on leave are ordered to join their
ships.
Il is reported that Mr., Adams regards his re.
call MS Inevitable.
American shipping interests were already
disastrously affected.
Tho London Star thinks that General Scott's
letter will receive hesrty response In England
as " message of peace.
The Times says that Gen. Scott, like his coun.
trymen, is rather inclined to disavOw the con.
cepton Of the outrage than to repudiate it, now
that 1t has been done.
1t is reported that rebel and Federal priva-
teers are cruising At the entrance of the English
channel.
1t is said the Admiralty have ordered two
ships to proceed Immediately to the West In.
dies. TO act as convoy to mail steamers.
The excitement relative to the Trent affair
continues unabated. The stock market was
more heavy and unsettled than ever.
The U. s consul at Paris had communicated
to the French papers a letter from Gen. Scott,
In which he declares there Is no truth In the
report that the Cabinet had ordered seizure OF
the Southern Commissioners, even under the
protection of a eutral flag. He is quite ignorant
OF the decision of his Government, but says II
is necessary TO preserve good relations between
America and England; and England, he hopes
will agree on resolution Of the question,
whether the prisoners we're contraba and or not.
II they were agents of the rebels, he says II
will be difficult to convince even impartial
minds that they were less oOntraband of war
than rebel soidisrs or cannon. In conclusion
Gen. Scott expressed his conviction that wal
between America and England cannot take
place without more serious prOvocation thar
at present given.
The strength Of the American navy ia belns
canvassed in England. The Tn,esAsays thai
although the whole Federal navy scarcely pre-
sents a dozen worthy antagonists, it would be
imprudent in the extreme to despise the power
Of the Americans at sea. We have done tha
| once, and paid the cost of our thoughtlessness
| The Americans will do little, but that little
will be done well. They will give our heavy
| squadrons wide berth, and concentrate theft
efforts on single vessels.
| Spectators from France represent the pre-
dominant feeling favorable to n reconciliation
of the difficulty between England and America
Commercial Intelligence.
Cotton had declined ld.@l4d on the week.
| sales of 30 900 bales. The market at one tint
| was nearly I'd. lower, but rallied.
Breadstuffs we're steady. Provisions steady
Consols 9l40S9s.
Trenton, N. j., Dec. 1.-The midnight lin
| from New York last night, brought on a mum
her of companies attached to General Thoma
T. Meagher's brigade. While at the Trento
depot, \ number of the privates got out to a
their canteens. In the messtime, the trai
started and there was rush to get on boar
again. Martin Collins, of company D, Fourt
regiment, fell between the cars and had bot
! his legs crushed so that both had to be ampr
tated, and he had since died.
Michael O'Niel, Of company E, Fourth reg
ment, was badly jammed and internally Il
jurGd.
Two others were slightly hurt.
Boston, Dec. F.-Tho barQue Island Cit
sailed to-day for Fort Monroe, with $50 Ha
teras prisoners, who have been released by tn
Government.
The Hudson river is now as clear of ice