The weekly Butte record., 1862-01-25

Roval to December llth Affairs there seem
in the best possible condition All OF the
Islands about Port Royal have been seized, and
are now held by the Union troops, and the
cotton upon these islands IS being picked by
the contrabands under the direction OF cur
officers About two million dollars worth of
cotton has already been secured. and this sum
viii almost pay the expenses Of the expedition
TEE BATTLE AT ALIE6H4ST CAMP.
+ We have the following particulars Of The
battle Of Alleghany Camp. in Western Nir-
ginia:
On the 18th of December, one of the hardest
and best fought battles of the war was fought
at Allegheny Camp, Pocahontas county, Va,
/ between General r. H. Milroy, commanding
the Union troops. and General johnson Of
+ Georgia, commanding the rebels.
/ The fight lasted from daylight to Pm.
The Union loss was about thirty, and the
rebel loss over two hundred including major
and many other officers. and thirty prisoners.
Gen. Johnson was shot in the mouth, but
not fatally.
The Twelfth Georgia regiment suffered the
most.
Gen. Milroys force numbered 80 men,
from the Ninlh and Thirteenth Indiana and
the Twenty-fith and Thirty-second Ohio and
the Second Virginia regiments.
Gen. Johnson's force numbered over two
Thousand men,
The rebels set fire to their camp and retreat
ed to Stanton.
General Milroy has thus driven the last
army out of Western Virginia.
The Richmond Dispatch Of December 9Th
says:
l. Let Congress declare, by solemn acts,
that whoever shall ask or receive a per cent.
in consideration of the exchange of one sort Of
money for another, whether it shall be specie
for paper money, or one sort of paper money
for another. shall be guilty of treason and pun
ished with death.
9 Let it be instantly provided that each
State shall receive, at its own Treasury, at
par, any paper money which may be lawfully
issued by any bank, corporation or individual
within its Jurisdiction.
3 Let it be provided that any such money
shall be received at par in payment OF all taxes
and dues to the Confederate States Treasury
4 Authorize the Treasury Department to
use the public funds and securities for the re-
demption Of any paper money in the Confede
rate States.
s. Require each bank in the Confederacy to
Congress be warned, and wake up to the fnan
cal perils which beset Us. The banks are the
allies of Lincoln.
WAsHNGroY, December l6th.-Richmond
and Norfolk papers Of yesterday have been re-
ceived
The Centrevlle and Fairfax correspondent
Of the Richmond Dispatch writes, under date
of December 18th, that the lortications around
Centreville are now completed, and present
quite formidable appearance for field tortif-
cations. They are built very strong, some of
the works being bastoned forts, constructed
in a manner that shows skillful engineering on
the part of somebody. Gen. Beauregard, pre-
sumo. Some care seems to have been taken
with embrasures, which are built to combine
convenience for handling the guns with the
best method of protecting the men. They are
very Strongly Y built with hurdles and sand bags,
and will stand heavy cannonading before
giving way. The armaments of these forts
having arrived from place where they make
most excellent guns, they have been put IN
position. and all that is row asked is for Gen
Mcclellan to bring on his Yankees. Different
artillery corps are drilling in these batteries
nearly every day, and some have become pro-
ficient marksmen. All have attained perfectly
the range of any point where hostile battery
could be planted.
A series of resolutions have been adopted by
the Legislature Of Tennessee relative to the
opening of Southern ports, and recommending
that no crop Of cotton be seeded the ensuing
year.
r. NJ. T. Hunter is censured by the CORE
spoudent of the Examiner for wishing to re-
sign his place in the Cabinet, to avoid the
trials which may possibly await the Admins
ton.