The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-26
THE SITUATION.

The army of tie Potomac celebrated Chriatrnas
o'' yesterday very generally. No duties were re-
CURED 81 the men except dress parades, and mi;
Fste dinners, speeches and music were the order
Oh the Gay in many Of the regiments.
intelligence was received Yesterday from Dranas-
Ni"'' 10 the effect that terrible panic ensued
among The rebels upon the late attack of Genera,
hccail's division. They fled precipitately in all
directions, leaving their dead unburiea Tho iii.
@eh7 Oh Dranesvle performed the rite of sepulture
giving to each separate grave. The party who
brings thc information states that he saw them
buried, and that they numbered one hundred
ana siXty-hve in all. Among them were
some twenty officers, including Gen. Stewart, who
commanded the rebels, and Colonel Tom TAYLOR.
Fhose head was completely shot away. These
Diiicers were identified by the names on, their
pnder clothes and by papers found on their per-
ions squadron Of General McCall's cavalry,
who have Just visited Dranesvlc, also report hav-
ing counted one hundred and siyty.iye fresh
mounds where the dead rebels were Inferred
No progress was made yesterday in the Mason
and Si.de!i affair. The British government, how
ever, has not presented any ultimatum: the Cabi-
net has not lad any consultation yet on the mat.
ter, nor have The negotiations reached point at
which any consultation can be held.
The main ship channel to Charleston harbor is
now effectually blockaded by our stone feet The
work of sinking the shalers commenced on the
10Th inst, aud on The night Of the 10th fifteen of
them had gone down to their watery graves, thus
completely stopping all egress and ingress to
Charleston BY Chat channel. The feet was towcd
over the bar By the vessels OF our blockading
squadron from Port Royal and as each old hulk
reached its destination the rlug was withdrawn,
and she quietly settled down. Our correspondence
to-day gives full and graphic account OF tic an
tire operation, and will be found Of the hghealn
terest
We have received interesting accounts. from
Nassau n p, to the 18th inst. That port appears
to be the rendezvous Of tie rsbel vessels siat sue
coed ii RAINING the blockade Of Charleston. The
capturei) arrived there on tile 18th, ;ae steamer
Isabel on the sth and tare steamer Gstrdon on tia
9th-al, from Charleston; the first named with
cargo OF rice. and the others loaieti with Gotten
The steamer Gladiator, from Liverpool, loaded witl
munitions OF war for the rcbels, had also arrived
Nassau, together with brig nom the same POI
ar aI% h,cL. ~, Gov a ..,ln
sist in running the blockade. 1t was supposed Il
authorities would make some show Of opposition
the landrg of the cargo Of the Gladiator, as tho
had refused to permit the schooner Z. W. PER-
from Philadelphia, 70 discharge her cargo Of Goa
and obliged her to lay OF the port. 4
american steamer, supposed to be gunboa
arrived of Nassau on the llth.
The Gordon is said 70 have run the blockade Of
entered some Southern port, with a cargo q sa
coffee and West India fruit
The steamship Niagara, from Liverpool, pass
Cape Race en- route for Halifax on Monday nigl
with dates 10 tie 18th, the same date az the tro
chip Persia. The death Ct Primes Albert occur
at eleven o'clock on Saturday NIGHT. tie t4th in
His disease was typhoid fever The Paris Pat
says that all the great Powers Of Europc have be
consulted by Great Britain on the arrest OF Mas
and Sdell, and that they all concul N declar
the conduct Of Captain Wilkes to be violation
the rights Of neusrals.
letter from England to GaRgtdat, Of Pa
says:-On Sunday, December |, at several Of
churches and chapels in Moth cham ailus
were made to the insult 70 oil. faq and the crit
position OF affairs. Tie sentiments 81 the pre-