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lOur Army Correspondence
FROM TIE EIGHTH REGIMENT.

BRAr1LEBoRo', Jan. 81, 1862.
N-ars. Editors Of The FRI, Press:
Camp Holbrook, instead Of the rows
Of company tents, company kitchens, and other
regulation srranrements-is wooden one. Par
alle with the color line is row Of Is sec
tional houses, Manufactured in burlington by l..
Barnes = Co. These houses are put together
withou; a uail-arc well battcnel, have tight
roof, a tight fcor, two windows, one door, good
stove, vcutilators, and a row of tiers Of double
berth. on each side, thus making room for so
men to sleep in-eaeh house Of the dimensions Of
To by -. Each company has one and half Of
these houses, and the men are as warm in them as
they would be in any house. The officers dwell
in tents III the rear Of these houses, and Dun
cans battery Is on the right wing Of the Regi-
ment, alsa occupying sectional houses. Large
temporary buildings have been erected for cooking
purposes, and also for the to eat in, and every
thing seems to have been done, and is being done,
to ensure good quarters, good and well cooked food
and an abundance Of it. still one hardly avoid
the rel cction that in other villages in this state
these expensive cookin; and eating establishments
were already erected and might have been used.
The extra expense Of having our regiments rem
devious at SO many different places will probably
never be known-but it must be enormous. 1t
may be said, however, Of Brattleboro, that the
cost Of these buildings is more than made up, by
the fact that all companies coming here are on
their direct route to the scaboard, and no long
journeys have to be retraced, as was the case at
ST. Johnsbury and Other points.
The regiment is fally uniformed and equipped.
and is being steadily and constantly drilled in
all the company ard battalion movements. The
foe sleshing is improved by crowds from the
town, who come up to see Whist can be Feen-the
artillery drill being specially atlractive-and as
the hour for dress parade approaches. he grounds
swarm with spectators. conspicuous among whom,
on account Of his tall and commanding
appearance Is our Governor. lie is attentive
observer-and everything that can be done for
the comfort and well-being of the troops, he in
sists upon having carried into effect. lie Is
nearly always on foot, and his kindly and IN
assuming demeanor is in striking contrast with
some Of the dashing lieutenants wEo, with gay
equipage, drive daily from town to cemp and
back.
The moral state Of the regiment is very fair.
Col. Thomns, with the same energy that seems
to be embraced in all his movements, has fairly
suppressed the infamous liquor trade that is al
ways attempted to be carried on with soldiers
lie is thorough temperance man himself and
seems determined not to tolerate even an ap.
proach to drunkenness in his regiment.
Yours, dc,
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.


BLAckwooD' s MAGAZINE for January, 1862.
Reprinted by Leonard Scott & Co, New
York.
Wass4il, Capt. CluttcIbuck' s Champagne;
and The Doctors Family, are continued in
thls number, attractiyely. The article on
the commissions in America, IS for the size OF
it the greatest compound Of ignorance, ma
Lightly and ierocious abuse Of the U. 5.
Government and the loyal portion Of the
Republic that we remember to have seen
anywhere Its extravaganza makes it lu-
dlcrous. OF course the writer Is wild with
admiration of the JEFF. Davis conlederaey,
and thinks it ought to be admitted
t. the community OF nations, tout
de sgfc, as the only portion Of our
country worthy IN any degree of the
friendship and respect Of high tories like
bims,lf
G9DzY's LADIES Book for February is
noticeable for its pretty frontisPiecs, its
abundant variety of tasteful patterns for
llli,, dr,-s and for itsrcading matter, which
keeps up to the well known standard of this
well known magazine.
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is often said that one must 90 from
home to hear the news Of his own town. In
this present war, we have had repeated ox-
emplifcatiOns Of this maxim in the reports
that have reached US from the rebels concern
ing our troops. The latest is the following,
about the garrison at Hatteras. in the Nor
folk Day5ooE of Jan. ~
1.-The rumor so freely circulated here yes
terday we find gains credence in well inform
ed circles as to the Federal garrison at Hat
teras having been forced to abandon their
position during the late gale, and 60 over to
the main land for security, where they de-
livcred themselves up to the confederate au-
thorities as prisoners OF war.
The storm ragged with such fury that the
water rose TO their waists. Finding their
magazines and provisions submerged and
ruined, and the gale 50 furious as to prevent
assistance from the vessels, they succeeded IN
fastening together a quantity of lumber,
old Lighters, &c, making three large
RATS, on which the whole of them embarked
for the main land, which they reached
without material injury, only few Cf
them having been lost overheard in the
effort. They appeared, it's said, to be
willing to meet any fate in the
world in order to escape the slow torture and
certain death that awaited them at Hatteras.
They are reported to have surrendered TO
Gen. Gatlin.
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CoNGREss.-The Committee of Ways and
Means are understood to be hard at work
over their tax bill. Rpmor says that it will
be three or four weeks-perhaps morc-oe-
fore it will be perfected. Divers other mat
tiers come up from day to day; but nothing
of comprehensive or decisive character.
In the Senate, the business of speech
making on the Bright case, seems to be
prominent. The pith Of the whole matter
can be put in a single paragraph, but. for
some reason, quite a number of the senators
find it hard to see the point, and fears are
expressed that Il two thirds vote cannot be
got to expcl man who, being Il sworn SEN
ator Of the United States, acknowledged by
his form of address to JEFF. Davis, the rebel
confedcracy to be legitimate government,
and recOmmen' by letter a seller of an
improved fre-arm, as snch, to the patronage
Of the rebel chief himself.
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The BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. President Lin
coin reuedis IFS Destination. learn from
excellent authority that during the recent
visit OF the finance committee Of our Board
of Trade to Washington, an informal r;sit
was paid 10 President Lincoln, by whom the
committee was received with all of his we'll
known afability and cordiality. Encour-
aged by the Presidents open manner, one Of
the members Of the committee made bold to
attack him directly upon the topic nearest
his own heart, when the following dialogue
snsued
"Mr. President, wnh you would tell me
where the Burnside Expedition has gone77
"why don't you know where they have gone
I thought every body knew that"
well sir, II may appear very ignorant in NE,
but I must confess 1 don't know, and that I
would like to know exceedingly"
Z" You surprise me sir. The papers have been
full Of IL; everybody has been talking of 1t; and
L did not suppose that there was anybody who did
not know all about it. Of course will tell you il
you will promise not to give your authority
The gentleman promised solemnly. The Presi-
dent drew his chair c.cse to him, and with his
baud carefully interposed between him and the
rest OF the company. whispered, with mysterious
emphasis:
"a The Burnside Expedition, sir, has gene TO
sEA.-Pial. Brllsiia.
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SINGULAR DETECTION OF TmEF A mu
sician employed at one of the London thea
tres possessed an ebony flute with silver
KEYS. lie seldom used it, however, in con-
sequence Of one of the upper notes being
detective The musician had for lodgcr
a Young man, a theatrical tailor, aud bet.
wecn the two there existed a considerable
friendship. Well, one night, while the
musician was away at his business, some
one stole the flute with the silver keys, and
suspicious fell on an old char-woman who
used to come to do the house-work.
However, nothing tended to show that the
old lady really was guilty, and the affair
was shortly forgotten. In few months the
tailor left the house Of the musician, aud
went to live in 4 town a few miles off but
as the friendship between the two men still
existed, they occasionally visited each
other. Nearly year afterwards the musi-
clan TaId the tailor visit, and was pleased
TO find him IN possession of a beautiful
bullfnch. VINO could distinctly whistle three
tunes. The performance was perfect, with
this exception-wheneyer he came 10 a GER
tain high note he invariably skipped it, and
went on to the next. A very little rcAec-
tion convinced the musician that the note
in which the buliiinch was imperfect was
the very oae that was deficient on the flute.
So convinced was be. that he ut once ques-
toned his ex lodger on the subject, who at
once tremblinglY confessed the guilt, and
that all the bird knew had been taught him
on the stolen hute.- Boeton's Home Pets.
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taken the baccalaureate, and were proudly
repeating the pirouettes and spread eagles OF
that degree few could cross their feet,
on the edge, forward and backward, and
shift edge on the same foot, and $. were No
gistri Arts.
Wade, U. P, added to these an indefinite
list Of combinations and fresh contriyauees.
lie spun spirals slow, and spirals neck or
nothing. He pivoted on one toe, with the
other loot cutting rings, inner and outer
edges. forward and back. liz skated On one
foot better than the NJ. A. s could on both.
lie ran on his toes; he slid on his heels he
cut up chimes like q sunbeam on bender.
he swung light os if he could fly if he pleased,
like a wing looted Mercury. he glided as if
will, not muscle moved him; he tore about
in frenzies; his pivoted leg stood firm, his
balance leg tapped like a graceful pinion
he turned somersets; he jumped, whirling
backward as he went, over platoon Of boys
laid n 1t on the ice; the last boy WINGED, and
thought he was amputated; Wade few over,
and the boy still holds together as well as
most boys. Besides this. he cvuld write his
name with a flourish at the end, like the
rubrioa of Spanish hdaig0. lie could pod
graph any letter, and multitudes Of ingenious
curlicucs which might pass for alphabets OF
the unknown tongues. He could not tumble
1t was II fine art.
Bill TarbOx sometimes pressed the champ
lon hard. But Bill stoppel just short of fne
art in his high artislnship.
How Dunderbunk cheered this wondrOus
play! How delighted the whole population
was to believe they possessed the best skater
on the North River How they struggled
to initiate How they tumbled-sOme on
their backs, some ON their fees, some with
dignity like the dying Caesar, some ret ellious-
ly like a cat thrown out of a garret, some
limp as an ancient acrobat! How they
laughed a themselves and at each other
It's all in the new skates. says Wade,
apOlogizing for his unapprOachabls power
and finish.
It's suthin' in the man," says Smith
Wheelwright.
&" Now chase me, everybody" says Wade.
And. for a quarter of an hour, he lodged
the merry crowd, until at last, breathless,
he let himself be touched by pretty BetseY
Purtett. rcsiest of all the Dunderbunk bevy
of rosy maidens on the ice.
" lie rayther beats BOsting," says Cap
tain Isaac Ambuster to Smith Wheelwright.
:" It's so cold there that they can skate all
the year round; hat he beats them all, all
the same
The captain was sitting in queer little
bowl Of skiff on the deck Of his tug, and
rocking it like a cradle, as he talked.
=. 5Osting's always hard to beat in any
thing" rejOIned the ex-Chairman. "But
If Bosting is to be beat, here's the man to
do it."-Atldnfic for January.
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LAUNCHING OF TIE ERIcssoN's BATTERY.-
The ErIcsson's iron steam battery of which
80 much has been said, was safely launched
at Greenpoint, near New York, on Thursday
last. s. many doubts had been expressed
as TO whether it would 1jat at all-many
contendins that it would sink at once, ike
lead IN the mighty wators-that few Of the
lockers ON were anxious to be on board when
she took her dip.
Al such fears proved to be idle the
strange craft drew less water than even Capt.
Ericsson had calculated for. The plan Of the
vessel contemrates showing, when her ar
mameut is on board. bat foot or two above
water, with the exception Of her central iron
shot proof tower. She Is TO show nothing
but iron to the enemy, and is so shaped that
shot which hit must mostly glance from her
thick iron shell. The general impression is
that for IaIbor defence it viii prove a vessel
Of unexamplcd power, but that 1t is not
adapted to 20 to sea. Its ends are sharp, 40
that IN moving in either direction it can act
as an iron ram Of great power.
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HEADQUARTERS FITIH ". Ii. YoLs.,
Camp California, Jan. 10, 1862.

The NASHVILLE AND THE TUscARoRA still
lie at Southampton, watching each other.
and tie British Government has ordered a
irigatc there to watch them both. Every
movement is taken notice Of, and reported.
Southampton, the English think, is likely
to be very shortly crowded with American
war vessels, both Federals and Confederates,
who will be watching each other, while
British men-of-war will be watching both.
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TIE C.mmissilncr Of Patents has IN
cLarsc Che business Of procuring valuable
seeds from foreign countries and distributing
then Over tie U. S, each Congrg,-lna" ''--
inr furnished with quantity Of parcels Go
sond to his constituents Ii has been 0i'eu
said that there was very little good aeccm-
pllshed by this Department of Government,
that the seeds were often worthless, and
occasionally even foreign insects were 10y
their means imported and scattcred over the
country to the great detrimcnt of the crop.
One 10, Of seeds, procured at good deal Of
expense, it is said, proved to be a weed COM
mon enough here, but quite rare in the
country whence the seeds came. There is
now on hand at the Patent Office, a large
quantity of thistle seed, imported from Rus
sia, as plant Of value Tor the benefit Of the
bees The present Commissioner OF Patents
has ordered many parcels Of seeds burned,
it is said, lest they should be by accident
mixed with others, or sent out
1t is certainly desirable that any ralaa5ie
plants which can be introduced here from
other countries, should be, and it Is well
enough to have Government aid the agricul-
tural resources Of the country in any way it
can. provided the work be done discreetly.
But the business certainly should be in
charge Of persons who know what they are
about. We have quite as many varieties Of
thistles now as the farming interest care for.
We notice that it Is proposed to relieve the
Patent Office Of this part of its business, and
to establish an Agricultural Bureau, to look
after the agricultural interests of the
country-an arrangement which strikes us
very favorably.
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THE Co1Toy SUPPLY.-A small lot of India
cotton, imported at a cost of about ISL cents
pound. has been worked up at the Naumkeag mill,
salem The higher grades Of India cotton prove
TO be Of 50 much better quality than was supposed
that 100 bales more have been ordered tor the
above concern. The enterprise Of growing cotton
in nayti has been commenced and will be carried
forward with great vigor, and with good promise
of successful result In the province Of ST. Marc,
about /, ,2oO colored men have been collected,
principally emigrants from the United States and
uanada, and including a nu-ber of "conirab ands'
from the South, who have commenced the WORK,
having been assured Of the countensnce and sup
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the selfsacrifcing efforts of the scamen FROM
tho gunboats

the selEsacrifcing efforts of the scamen FROM
the gunboats.
Great credit is due to Captain Howes Of
the steamer Spaulding, for his valuable SER
vices in plotting and towing the vessels over
the Swash.
| am happy to say. frcm Gen. Burnside
himself, that notwithstanding his great
losses, if the people and government will
only give him little time, he will yet car
rY out his plans. More than two-thirds Of
the expedition were safely anchored in Pam
lico Sound beyond the " Swash," on Sun
day afternoon, when the Eastern State left,
and before this near y all are safely over.
Some vessels, mostly SC hoOners, are missing
bat Commodore GoldsborOush thinks they
stood out to sea some miles, and were safer
there than those close into shore. Many of
these were in sight on Sunday afternoon.
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tia. Information To tho rebels, and was immsdi-
a,ely discharged few days after he appeared
,--oo-.,-,-ejo,1,@ri THIS letter was fom Gov
ernor OF one of The Western States He writes
80, ~ ',,1 ,I ~ ~, nod and ioyaI citizen. has
been most unjustly dealt by and winds up by as
1I i- y as Ss -.i,.,, i, bis oise Ami t5e reoue,
was Immediately complied with Directly after
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to him in my life
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- - -, e., w,sb;,c,or
or.- tho COUNTRY n the dstrimcnt o., the
public service. whether true or false. Itfalsc,
Of oours, it is miscbiovous. and if true. it is
nearly as much SO. because it lacks every
thing necessary for the remedy or prevention
of sncb seandaIous proceedings. The reader
will obsarrs that not A name is given, from
becinning to end. Who tells the story to
the T,,B,rre. who was the earnest Republican
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The armament of these gunboats is very form
liable The calibor of the guns range from the
steel-riled l2-pouRder, to the 20 and 3O-poundeF
riAcd PARROTS, the long, 10Th, 32-Pounder, the
rifed 62, so and l00-pounder, tapering of with
good supply of nine and ten inch columbiads.-
The majority of the guns are OF the heaviest call
bro above named The rebels have none to match
them.
The naval comma nders, chief and staff, are:
Conmand,r.in-C { Chi,f-Flag officer L. NJ. Colds
borough.
Chit Of Staf-Cammander Augustus l. Chase
Medical OfcT-Assstant Surgeon samuel +
Jones.
Aefirg SigaaI OGeo-H. g. d. Fisher.
Ssersfary 10 Flag OFcu-llenTy Van Brunt.
Cie,k 10 Flag feg-Edwari P Meeker
Commander Of FIRST Column-Commander sam-
uel Z. Hazard.
CommaHdp Ct Second C7lUmH-Co nmander
Stephen e. Rowan.
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port of the Government Of the island. Agricul-
tural tools, furniture a. have been ordered from
Boston for this colony. Twenty barrels of the
best sea island cotton seed obtained at Beaufort,
S. C.. have been sent to President Benson of Libe-
ria. With the choicest seed in the world, and the
most favorable of climates, the people Of Liberia
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Army MUsIc.-The Paymlster General
estimates the cost Of the regimcntal bands at
S5,OO0,000 year besides their clothing and
subsistence. This includes. however. tue
SIO0 bounty to which each man Is ruti-
tied il he serves through The war. The
number of musicians is estimated at l. SEQ.
A bill has been introduced in the House to
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Inasmuch as the publication Of this Is to be CO.
ineident with the intelligence 1f cur descent up
On the foe it proper 20 alludc here to the points
Of attack which are we'll known in the fleet 10 be
Roanoke Island. 70 Is about fity miles up Pam
leo Sound twely- miles long, three miles WIDE
and said to be fortified by the rebels the south
ern. Uc,tcru and eastern shore. The most t-lsi-
BE approach 20 tho island is by Croatan Sound,
which is about one mile wide, with two channels.
and nine feet OF water ia each. Gen Burla-o.s
intention j. proceed to the scene Of operation,
as soon as 10 gets 900 men over the ''SW2sa-
To-Day t-cr- $40 a5 az 900 over, and tomorrow
uislt 10y =ce a. D. moonlight.
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Yours, dc.,

\ SHARP LErTEK.-One Oratus j. Very
enlisted in the 5th n. Hampshire Volunteers,
representing himself to be q years OF age,
when in fact he was younger. After getting
two months pay he became sick Of the ser
vice aud pleaded baby to get discharge.
Hon. L. NJ. EDWARDS, Member of Congress
from n. Ii. forwarded the documents to the
Colonel of the Regiment, and got the follow
ing answer;
HEADeUARTERs FTIH ". Ii. Vols,
Camp California, Jan. IL, 1862. {
Hon. Thomas " Edrcaris, Washipgfou;
Dear Sir; Private 0ratus j. Very,
Company +, will be discharged according to orders;
but allow me TO say that his discharge is an out
cannot fail have a had example. The young man
is strong able-bodsd and if 4, is discharge, with
equal reason might one half of our army be dis
charged.
snail see that Oratus J. Very is prosecuted
for obtaining money and clothes from the United
states false pretences. 1t seems to me SV, with
all due respect that a: this crisis Of national
affairs, Members Of Congress would do better ser
vice by attending TO public business, retTenchinS
expenses, Furnishing corrupt officers, and providing
mcaLs to pay those vino are enduring the hardships
and dangers Of the field, than TO spend time and
energy in getting able bodied men dsc1arg ged from
service. such, sir, is the opinion of
Your obedieat servant,
EDw ARD Z CRoss,
Colonel Fifth N. II. Vols.
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DEArB OF VENERABLE CLERe YNAS,-Ihe
Rev. Joshua Wells, the Oldest minister OF % sne
Methodist Episcopal Church, died ss bai.lr u
more on the 25th inst, in the ssth yeat VI
bis age.
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disc barge all these bands after the lst of
March
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one Of the steamer. sworn to draw g feet,
hght, while she actually draws, with water out Of
her boilers, and Goals and stores overheard sigbf
fsd. This is fair statement of the case, with
nearly every steamer IN the feet
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The extent ofthe naval forces accompanying tAis
expedition, is shown by the following li-t OF gan
boats and their armament:
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INSTANTLY KILLED.-We are PANIED to re-
cord the death Of lad about eight yeaIs
old, son Of Mr. John Waters, who was
killed this afternoon, on the railroad track
at the foot Of Bank street The boy was
sliding down the steep bank this side Of the
track and came in contact with loaded
hand-car on the steep descending grade at
that place. The meeting was so sudden
that it was impossible to stop the car, and
the lad was killed outright. We under
stand that the father is member of the
regiment now in camp IN Rutland.
The boys body was caught by the car
and carried along little way, but was not
mangled. When taken up he was quite
dead
No blame is attached to the men on the
hand car.