The Des Arc weekly citizen., 1861-12-25
FROM GEORGIA

AUGUSTA, Dec. 20.-Charleston Courier, this morning has despatch. announcing the disabling of one of Lincoln's gunboats, near Port Royal Ferry, by the North Carolina artil- ery. They also fired into three flats filled with Lincolnjtes, sinking one and causing great destruction on the others. The enemy is coHcentt ating on the other side of the ferry.
 The Charleston Light House hes been blown up by CoHfederate<.
 AUGUSTA, Dec 21.-The Rome Georgia } Southernef says an attempt was made to burn the State Road bridge over Pettel's Creek on Monday night The ncenlary was caught and bung at Cartersyite on Friday.
 SAvANNAH, Dee 20.-The News this morn ing learns that seven wbalers were sunk in Charleston chanrels yesterday.
 FROM VIRGINIA.
 RICHmoND, Dec 20.-The Government consents to eXchanqe Ely for Faulkner. Ely will soon be sent North. Rumors to this eff feet abound to-dayJ but nothing received at official quarters, coFfrlniLg any of them.
 Virginia Honse f Delegates passed bill approPriating fifty Thousand dollars for the releif of the Charlsston sufferers. The bill will probably pass he Senate at an early day.
 A report has heei current all day about the collision of federalfreSiments near Faitfax and capture of fedfais by Confederates, but the report is uncorfrmed
 RICHMOND, Deq 2l.--A portion of our army sustained aIdefeat yesterday at font o'clock.
 Yesterday mornF@ Gen. Stewart, with the 18th Cavalry, Jeff Davis Artillery, 1st Ken tucEy regiment, lt9h Alabama regiment 11th Virginia regimen9 and 9th South Carolina l being portion ofGen. Longstreet's division. 1 left Centrevi!e to ittempt to capture federal 1 foraging party at Drnmsville, sixteen miles 1 from Centre file As they neared the place where the Fed9fai5IWere l5000 strong, Gen | Stewart, with his poo, attacked them. The | fight lasted the gydter part of the day. when Confoderates retirR. Loss thirty Killed, and | an equal number W3unded Among tha killed is Col. Taylor, of he lst Kentucky, and the Major of tho samefegimPnt
 The tn Firgilh regiment, from Lynch burg, had Serau Iled and twelve wounded The third field offer was killed. and another had his ar.n sdot ol Four of the Jeff Ddyis' artillery were SAo8 at their gpns, and several were wounded an. Stewart sent to head quarters for renfAcements, and that night the balance of 9L. Longstreet's division, consisting of fourfn regiments. went down to fer the yankes another fight. Nothing heard of their opeRtions to-day.
 RICHMOND; Dec Rl-Norfoik Day Book, of Friday and Sahaiay, reached here tonight, and the following ynopsis has been eceived The steamer J1ra Priyed at Portland, Me, with Liverpool dtes to the 6th.; England continues to be exdted about the Mason and olldell aifalr. Acfe preparations are being made for war witAthe United States, should 1t become necessaif.
 Gen. Scott, in aaetter to the Paris Press, denies that the Wilmington cabinet predeter- f mined the cap ureif Mason and SlidelI. He { says demonstatids of a hostile character have been mae irsome of the English jour- nals against the lhited States, but he hopes amlcable relatonsYth England will be pre- served. It is reports thf Minister Adams regards his recall as iavitbe.
 The Press ( Brlssels and Paris are unani nous Tn coadmnlig the capture of Mason and Slidell,
 A letter ha' beed received at Washington from Liverpod, that all arms destined to the 3 United Statesyoul{ be received from vessels and no more h shipped
 NORFOLK, lee ls.-Flag of truce arrived here from Ne Yok, with dates of yesterday Great excitennt tfoughout the North. The Washington dbinf will endeavor to calm it, Q saying that thre will be no war with Eng. ' land; but the iorthirn people are incredulous. k
 Stocks are own, ,and everything is in chaos. C
 Throughout CaIada the excitement is in- T nense. Thectio1 of the home government P $ universallypprTed. The people are pre- et oaring for we. Montreal and Toronto are .lready in ari. F English nes mlde profound sensation It Cincinnatiand hrdughout the West.
 All quiet II Mcglellan's army, except oc- asionai fight witdscouting parties.
 Capt BaRrd reports 48 forts around Washington az mdnting 300 guns, and ma 4 ing circurnerelte he reports of 35 miles b n progress, ad al appropriation has been ct sked for to cr1Dldp it 1s