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              ; .'J '"ST" . VOLUME XXV. MOUNT R 26, ; 1861. t - ! ; NUMSEIl j . (it. graricratie Damur ' II mUBBIS TBHT -nriSBAY HOBTISO JT taceln XToodwafd Block Sd Story. v . - , . TE&MS. Two DoHart per anno m, payable in ad-, Vance tl.60 within iix monthi ; $3.00 after the expi . Ration of tli yw. j- . , - -l OGCEAT IV AVAL EXPEDITION! ' . - ' - Special Corrttpondenct of the World. Account by our Ovn Cormpon , ." ' ' .dents. . t .. . . - Flao Ship Wabash, . Port Botal. Nor. 8. J Tf T mnf n n' y the experiences of the fleet since its departure fort as one performed in haste and under disad-- . vantages. The smell of the bombardment yet hovers in the air, and our pulses yet tingle with the inspiration of victory. Neithereulphur nor enthusiasm are favorable aids to calm narrative, therefore accept the result with the assu-ranee that it would have been much better if I 1 had had more time, or if some body else had . written it. , . , We left Fortress Monroe, on Tuesdav, October 2'Jth, steaming and sailing out of the magnificent roadsted a nobler armada than the Goddess of Liberty. ever dispatched on a war- like mission before. The weather was not fine, but there was nothing in the look of the sky or the barometer, to indicate the experience which was in store for us. During the first v three days the ships were nearly alf in sight of yeacn outer, but on Xhursday night the last day 1 f Octoberthe storm freshened toagale which rose in intensity during all of Friday, scattering the fleet like chafl. The night fell upon a leaden, ominous sky. the wind a hurricane and only two Bails in 6ight. All night the gale continued without abatement, and although the Wabash rode it out splendidly, there wasa general apprehension -on the part of those on toard Jor the safetv of the remainder of thefleet. Many of thesmall-er vessels were bad sailer, unsuited to such turbulent seas as those which thundered upon our bows the whole night long, making the great ship quiver and shake from stem to stern, and t here was therefore apprehension that some -of them would founder or be blown ashore up xn the breakers." Saturday morning rose upon a perfect hell -of tumbling wafers, upon "which from our decks only a single sail was visiLlel The gale had abated much of its violence, but the wind was still fresh fiom the south-east and the sea .heavy. Oa Sunday sails began to break over the horizon in every direction, and a lively' cross fire !of signals was interchanged. These latter are perfectly inexplicable to a landsman, but they seemed perfectly intelligible to the officers with glasses, who noted the change and interchange f flags on the different mastheads, and drew certain inferences therefrom, which on close communication with the reassembling vessels, were duly verified. Our apprehensions, were during the gale, in a measure, conlirmed by the reports of casualties which began to reach us. Twaof the smaller. vessels were known to be lost, and not more than half of the arranda was visible from the masthead. Mingled with these reports of disaster cams the news, imperfect . and meagre at first, of the heroic rescue of t he crews of two of the smaller veasela which had been disabled in the storm. Monday morning the Wabash cast anchor off the bar which stretches like a picket guard oif the arterial inlets of the shore, about a dozen miles from the mainland. A long low line lay against the western horizon, dim as a cloud -and at our distance from it was scarcely distinguishable except to nautical eyes. Only -about half the fleet was visible when we east anchor, but throughout the forenoon vessels kept heaving' in sight, falling into line and preparing for the passage of the bar. Beats were sent out immediately on our arrival for . the purpose of sounding the bar and fixing buoys, a work which was completed early in - the afternoon, after which the lighter vessels were ordered inside the bar. "The sight, as they filed past us, and swept across the sunken shoal, waa magnificent. They were no sooner over the -bar and ranged in line, than they -opened a brisk fire upon the petty little squadron of the confederates, lying far in shore and .hardly visible from pur deck. The echoes of the batteries rung back across from the decks of the couriers of our fleet, making one and all on board the flag-ship restless under the delay to-which we were subjected, owing to the heavy draft of our vessel and the necessity ot a. waiting flood tide before venturing upon the fr. Early on Tuesday the report came that the water on the shoal would allow the passage of tne neavy drait vessels. 1 he VV abash weighed anchor immediately, and closely followed by the Vanderbilt, the Susquehanna and the Atlan tic,, effected ihe crossing in safety. The great-eat anxtety was felt during the crossing, as it was understood that the depth of water in some places, barely exceeding the draft of the heav iest ol tne ships. iSut the passage was safely T- Jil l . icueciea, sou ociore noon me enure neet was ' eafely anchored within the shoal The greater part .of the day was occupied in . taking soundings and planting buoys, the usual jana marJts or navigation navin ka.. -71 moved by the rebels. Toward evening, this hiving been accomplished, we stood in shore- ward toward the advance ships of the squad ron. lhe long, low shore seemed to rise out of the sea as we approached, and with the aid of glasses the fortifications upon Hilton Head ana Phillip's Island became distinctly visible. Owing t some; accident of pilotage, the Wa-fcash rap aground, and before she could be relieved, it was too late in the day to commence the bombardment. The squadron was there fore telegraphed to anchor out of the gans of the fort, and the attack was postponed. .,' Oa the fallowing d ly the wial blew a s'-ron off shore, and the assault upon the forts was Aain DostDoned. We rode out the nirht a rugh sea, the spray breaking over our bows now and then,' but. with hearts full of hope and expectancy.; ! 'J'Y.? " , t)n Thursday morning the attack began.. The fleet was drawn as close in shore as practicable, and the ball was opened by the gun boats, : which steamed pasf Fort Beauregard one after other, and sending broadside after broadside in toi that fortification, and calling out m return :o brisk a ' cannonade that the smoke rolled. Above it .ia volumes vand hhng ,6uepeaded la ' mid-air like a plume." Volley after .volley rain ma upon tne fort as. tfie boau steamea past, ine j , larger vessels bringioj Up the "line-arid ihrow-l ' ?n5 splendidlv-mej braLiides-of eheHa upon ( the fori. When the gun boats had "passed the -.point of.rand upon which the fort. la. situated-. and were out of the reach of its guns they turn?-' ed aTid opened a brisk' fire Upon the unprotecb-"ed rear of the fortress.'- . , ' The guDs'of thenemy were principally: fied caacoa. and their practice; althougV-not trer7 snperior, was now and then' accidentally "tTi ctivu.' An SO-pound thot-' struck bur.maia- jr.eif cutting a jaed aperture dean through it, and making the shrouds shiver like reeds. Two shots passed through the hull, one dropping in upon the Lieutenant's roomy with the most chaotic result conceivable. . The bombardment continued for over three hours, when the enemy broke and a wild stampede ensued. A strong, storming force was thrown on shore from the squadron, but before it touched the land the last rebel had evacuated Hilton Head and the fort deserted, a lone Confederate flag waving over it," absolutely yawned to receive them. Although scarred with our repeated broadsides, the earth about it torn and tattered with the bursting shells, its superiority as a fortification was at once apparent. On attempting to strike the rebel flag, a mine burst in one of the houses within the fort, and subsequent investigation proved that it had been mined in several places, and the lanyards of the flag so arranged that pulling it should explode them. Fortunately, howev er, the only explosion which occurred was harm less., - '.. - FUBTHEB PAETICTTLAES. GRAPHIC ACCOCKT OF THI EXPEDITION'. On Board the Steamer Bienvifie, vilie, 1 2. ; November 12. REBEL STEAMERS PUT TO FLIGHT As our vessels were movinc about in circuit. so as alternately to come within shot range of the opposing forts on either side, three, rebel steamers appeared in sight up the stream. These steamers, as afterwards Droved, were part of the wiadron. numberin? eirht vessels. under command of Commodore Tatnell. formerly of the United States Navy. A few well directed shots from some of our ships convinced them that it was better to head t heir prows in an opposite direction, which proceeded, in inglorious haste, to do. It was not lone L- ore me am outline ot tneir retreating forms faded from our view. " CIECriT OF TBI CAJfTOXADIXQ FLEET. The plan of the naval attack was arrand with great skill. Three circuits of the chan nel were taken. At each circuit a broadside was opened upon the fort opposite. In this wav the whole force of the fleet was brought to bear upon the enemy with irresistible efiect. Each firing met with a prompt response. THREE CHEERS FOR SOCTH CAROlI.VA. Capt. Smith, of the Bienville, as stated elsewhere, is a South Carolinan, and so is Capt. Drayton, of the Pocahontas. In the movements of the cannonading fleet the two vessels came side, by side, the two Captains standing on the wheelhouses, facing one another. " Three cheers for South Carolina 1" shouted Capt. Smith, swinging his hat over his head with enthusiasm; " Three cheers for South Carolina and the American flag !" responded Captain Drayton, in a voice equally, stentorious, and with circuitous movement of his hat equally enthusi-astic. - THE STASIS AVD STRIPES ON'CE MORE RAISED OJf "SOUTH' CAROLINA SOIL. : Now comes the most exciting event of the engagement the raising aloft of the Stars and Stripes on the ramparts of Fort Walker. Our men were now- oSoth Carolina soil, and 1 Over their heads prouoly . waved the American flag, whose folds have not floated on the breeze in the Palmetto State since the fall of Fort Sumter. The cheers that uprose on hoisting of this flag was deafening. The stentorian ringing of human voice would have drowned the ro.ir of artillery. The cheer was takeij up man by man, ship by ship,' regiment by regiment. Such a spontaneous outburst ofsoldier-ly enthusiasm nev er greetl the ears of Napoleon amid the victories at Marengo, Austerlitz, or the pyramids of the Nile. The next morning Fort Eaaregard, on Eay Point was also occupied. ixside fort Walker. - From one of the wounded rebels taken prisoner at Fort Walker, I gather some interesting details f the conduct of the men daring the engagement. It was confidently asserted that no vessel could possibly pass the batteries, and the General in command had promised his men that every ship should be sunk as it came up : and it is certainly wonderful that we escaped with so little damage. The rebel, batteries ware served with the greatest activity. The great fault was in their firing too high. An inceRKant shower of shot and shell rained over us, but with little or no eft'ect. The wounded rebel says that on the first circuit round, the General told them that a number of the vessels must have been sunk, but seeing them emerge from the clouds of smoke and pasa on, he concluded they had been disabled and were drawing off. The men thought the victory-was theirs. Refreshments were served and cheers given for the Southern Confederacy. Their consternation at seeing the Wabash again wind the column and approach them was great; but they sprung to the guns and fought with desperation. Again they comrratualated themselves the vessels had.drawn off disabled : but on seeing the Wabash, the Bienville, and the Susquehanna rounding up in gallant'style for the third time," apparently unharmed, the panic was complete, and they broke and fled in utter dismay.. THE TORTS AND SCRROCXDING3 AFTER THE BAT-: . TLE. On landing, the forts were found to be utfer-erly deserted, and everything give proof of the heallong and utter confusion and haste with which the rebels had vacated their hanl-frtucrht I :.: i : ,.,. .'. Forts Walker and Beauregard are considered by old army ofBcers as the most skilful and formidable earth works that thev hiye ever seen. Fort Walker, on Hilton Head, is much the heaviest, being a gigantic mass of earth works thrown up in angular walls, the corners being protected by etrons redoubts. Both forts had Trobablv " been erecteii far ni no rF tar months, as the soil, wbere not rent by our ter- 1 H 1 . 1 1 , . . f . . nnc ure, w45 urm agu weii-setuej, ana clothed in a luxuneni mantle oi grass. The country around is one of much beauty and fertility rising irow luc bki gcniiy, me coast sloping oir fair into the ocean, miking a long, . shallow spread of water. ' A heautiful cotton-field was near by, the bills already bursted, and the long. wnue couon hanging irom luem in tne great eat profusion. A Northerner, unaccustomed to the sirht of a field of ripe cotton, the scene pre sented me was one or unrivalled magnificence and novelty. ; It seemed as if a liviri? mantle of snow rested upon a square of beautiful country, and undulated like the yellow grain in the gentle. winds." I passed also over a fine patch or sweet potatoes which bore good evidenco of -""5f6 vwu wniij. sM well by the fertile s weat of slaves. The ground in every direction was ploughed into uhn :u our shell and . -balls The"" earthwork! were honey-combed and' torn intK m,.;v.i;i.. treeshattered in eyery directioa, and long laies cut xnrougo tae pure white ;fiald or i The forts, now deserted except by the .ehastlv eflect of our fire, and he rapidity with w the rebels had quilted the works and fled when we tame, fresh, and determined .as eyer, to the third; ana. as ins proved, taecnal en4"ment At Fprt ;VreIker only, three' guns were found dismounted. . The rest remained "in their tI- J weil aimed, and had been well flgrved. They were of immense size, carrying from 150 to Lou pound balls, and rifled, isome of them were of old English manufacture, and others were probably cast at Kichmond. X hese were of rather rough exterior, but proved to be equal in utility to the others.: They were already loaded when we found them, and not one spiked a fact which evidenced the terror created by our final broadsides. ' SCEXES OF THE EE BEL FLIGHT. ' , The rebel Tatnell, who had landed from his muskito fleet, and who had assured his subordinates that their position could not be taken, was among the garrison oi low when the precipitately fled from their forts and ran h ter-skelter over the South Carolina soil back to the woods in the rear. lie doubtless thought that, whether or not " blood is thicker than water," it is a bad thing Id lose. The exodean flight from Hilton Head has not been eoualed by anything in the history of the war; and al though in truth the rebels fought well and desperately until the laet moment, yet their running bears off the palm. And aa the terrified horde fled, the balls and shells from the fleet continually screamed around and above and among them like very devils on the wing, and made many a panic-stricken fugitive" bite the duBt. The whole of the ground passed over was scattered with fragments of shell, and torn and mangled corpses. For two miles back in the woods dead bodies were found of those kill ed bv our ehells. All the rebels wounded were taken off, but the dead remained. In a massive bomb proof in Fort Walker was ; found the dead body of a Surgeon Burst, formerly of the United Stated army. He had doubtless retired to this place for safety, and it indeed seemed secure, formed as it was of massive walls and strengthened by great beams of wood., A large shell had whizzed into the small room through the small diagonal aperture, and etruck a heavy piece of timber, tearing away the eup- Eorta and tumbling down the walls about his ead. A splinter from the fractured beam struck him upon the head, killing him instantly, just as he had thrown up his hands to shelter himself from the falling walls. His watch was jBtill keeping correct time in his pocket, when a Federal soldier pointed out the fearful tableaux of death. . : DOCCIIEXTS AND LETTERS POCXD. In the forts and in plantation residences around, were found a mass of documents, letters of all descriptions, and official papers A telsgram was found, sent by Jefferson Davis tc General Drayton, stating that from reliable information which he had received, a fleet was ; about leaving New York; destined for Port Royal. : This was dated about the first of the month. . - - The officers of Fort Walker had established their headquarters at a rich old plantation mansion, not far from the fort, on an estate belonging to a family by the name of Pope. Here was a splendid library, a mass of papers and document?, and a file of the Charleston Mercury, for the last thirty or forty years. One was seen dated as far back as 1812. The order of battle for the day was found, givin directions for the mode of repelling a Federal attack. It appeared that they had been in entant expectation of oitr attack ever since theIilw.U -hnt .ppeo.rcJ tbc Vi , Monday, and had been buaily preparing for us. - . - A large quantity of love letters were discovered, from the Flora McFlimseys and Amazons of Georgia and South Carolina,, to various officers and mea stationed at" the fort.- One was from a Georgia lady to her husband, telling him to remember that they haoTbeen married but six months, that he promised her not to" go as a soldier, and that somehow or other he.must get away as soon, as possible. There was something ambiguously added about longing for his embraces, and if he has continued running at the rate with which the Georgians and South Carolinians started, he doubtless enjoys them by this time. ; THE BATTLE OF BELMONT. The Enemy Defeated and Their Camps ' Destroyed. - s - . Tliey arc Re-enforced bus. , from Colnm- OU11 FCMICES ItCTIRL TO COMPELLED TO I hi: IK. JUO ATS. Sloody Eagraj3m3nt on tne ZLiver. Two Taylor's Artillery Capture Louisiana Gnus Special Correspondence of thf Chicago Tribune. Cairo, Not. 8 10 P. M. Wednesday eveninz Cairo was the scene of some popular interest. The Illinois 27th, part of the 60th and 31st regiments, were put in motion and marched to the levee, with rations iortwo days, boon they were embarked' on several boaU, and moved out into the stream, GeneralsGrant and McClernand were on board. At liird s Point the Illinois 22d and Iowa 7th were put on board : also. Tavlor'a hatterv of igui aruuery. At a late hour in the nitrht our fleet ot fhllv under way, when the fact was revealed that we were bound down stream of course to Colum ous. Alter moving down Bomeeisrhtor ten miles, we stopped and lay bv until near dav- ight, when we moved down to a toint some three miles above the Columbus batteries, the two gunboats Lexington and Tyler leading the way. Here our fleet, consisting of five "noble steamers and two gun boats, went to the shore on the Missouri side, and our forces were soon disembarked and formed in order. " By order of Gen. McClernand, the Illinois 27th. under the command of Col. Buford. took the leading I attacking position. In a few moments the whole moved off from the ri well known what was to be done. .The whole camp at Belmont was to be taken and destroy- eu. - . - - Scarcely! were the troona out of nitrht nf .the- boats, when our gunboat dropped down a lit- tie in ine stream, and opened hre on the Col-! umous oatteries, the response was prompt, and for near two hours little was heard but the roar of heavy guns. Many shot fell near lis, some short, and others beyond, and not a few learmuy near us. Sheila were seen to burst at great highta : others, after strikincr the wntr Their large shot, eighteen inches lon and ter minating in cones, were projected from rifled cannon.. -These made horrid passed near us. One struck the river bank within a few feet of. the .stern of the boat on which, your correspondent had been deft in charge, ,- Only one shot struck the gunboat.Ty- ler : and killed one gunner : two others were seriously "wounded; -The: firings went on.- however, until most of the rebel batteries were si lenced. We. hive since learned that our guna had donegreit executioh.r 4 ; .d ij la the meantime, the attack ear the: rebel camp was brought oa-trr-Col. Buford, accord ing to programme, with : great' spirit. ? ETery regiment -fell-: into ' its place, nd . the whole movement was sustained with iTigor ; worthy of Teteran: troopa. : The en emyy proved to Ibe .a choice body of. troops; well armed, And- nuni-i oering from four ta six thousand, t i heyJought desperately;, but. in n incredibly hort" time.' the work was done. The enemy had surren- ereo, or abandoned their artuiery, aad wwe in full flight Over two hundred-prisoners. Their flag pole was cc' colors taken possession of, and t. ment enveloped in flames. TL guns, 5 pistols, sabers, and horssy t very great. ' ' J tut at this time, however, ft Seet was observed approaching from Cola-over three thousand men. ' At the f terrific fire of ball and shell opened from the Columbus batteries; -, C opened on the fleet of boats, dolr-Nothing,. however, delayed the", a few minutes we were in a ho' before.' . -.Our men fought not , ready fatigued, and with" t" from the heavy hatteriea of ( caused them to falter, it war could not be held. In truth, intended. Many of the prisoi and our men were falling fast. regiments drew on. in good, , were safe but the 27th. First c onel Buford was the last to a was kaminent. The way of ret: i ' :.3 : tie : .a j- " oiy . cral . r the that him and our boats was cloeedv i obliged to find another route.;- A '. i 1 27th reached the boats in order. ? TI. ? ed had been coming in some time I Scarcely had all embarked when th ? appeared in strength on the shore, wul. pieces of artillery. It was judged l e t boats to push out into the atresia. . moment, the best music of (he cay ct ml The two gunboats turned their fc 1 J.s to the shore, And, each with six heavy ' coiumbiads, began to pour their death de-ling missiles among the foe. Besides th 5 v we ""lad on bjbard Taylor's splendid. brass Chicago fcatiery - all brought saiely away together with two fine brass pieces which we hadorrowed of the enemy at Belmont. These had plenty of canister and shrapnel, and never did boys make better use of ammunition. For half 'an hour, it'is believed that we averaged a gun for every second, while our men standing bravely on the hurricane deck, kept up an incessant "fire of musketry. . &ivi-:-v--.: v,". . ." - For half an hour, aa we moved . slowly up the stream; the tneray hung on the shore, endeavoring to form, and get their .guns in position; But our coiumbiads were too much for them. , bevnral times at the" flash of one. of mem, 1 observed a dozen men and horses turn somersaults together. . Several times their guns were observed to take position, ; and in a moment more were observed ten. feet in the air, bottom uppermost. Never did fellows' fight, or try to fight, triore bravely. They seemed actually to court, death at the very muzzles of our heavy guna ;' and vast numbers of them sought it not in vain. But gradually they fell back, and abandoned the pursuit. Such bravery was worthy of success. - - " ; In the meantime the gallant 27th was sup. iu uave oeen cut 011 ana made prisoners. We cams away with sad heart. But our sor row was of short duration The detour which Col. Buford had foun.d necessary to' get off the field. had thrown him back; near a mile from the river, v On hearing the heavy firing - at the uuuu, us juagea 11 pruaeavto. keep bacK, ana move parallel with the river, forshot and eh el L as we suspected, were thrown toward him, but. his regiment. Whan our firing ceased, he iud- gea that the enemy had fallen back, and ventured to approach the river. His eieaal wag readily understood : and at a point five miles, above where we had" taken on the other troops, the 27th was taken on in good order, and we reached Cairo about ten o'clock at night. Strangely enough, aHer all the efforts of the enemy, I could not learn that anything larger man musicet bans had struck our boats, and very few of them. Certainly not a man was hurt on our boats. The number of our killed and wounded is not yet known. I have helped to dress the wounds of over a hundred of five different regiments; but of all these not more than three are thought dangerous. Some are known to have been left dead, and perhaps a few wounded, on the field. A flasr of truce coes -down this morning to bring off the dead and wbundr ed, that may have been left. We brought away over a hundred and thirty prisoners. I have .been through some of the rcrtments to-day, and a more undaunted set of men I have never seen. After all that we have lost, we. can now calculate on our army for twice the service and efficiency of which we, two days ago, thought them capable. . C. BHBEL MINISTEES SLIDELL AND MASON CAPTURED I ALL. THEIB PAPERS AST) LETTEES . . . SEIZED I Tlie TV ay - tltey were Taken! ',' Fortress Moxrox, Nov. 15. The U.S. steamer San Jacinto has just arrived from the coast of Africa, via the W eat Indies, where she had been cruising six weeks. Old Point was electrified by the tidings that the Sah Jacinto had: on board Messrs. Slidell and Mason, who were going abroad as Ministers of the Southern Confederacy. Com. Wilkes reported the news at headquarters in person and will forward his dispatches tonight. ... : . . The Belvidere having been . repaired, will leave for Port Royal early to-morrow with mails and dispatches. Special to the Tribune sajB: " Mason and Biideil were aboard a iSrttieh mail steamer.- Wilkes sent aboard and demanded, their sur render. . The reply was there is not force enough to take them.' Wilkes sent additional force and put the San Jacinto in convenient po sition. " Slidell and Mason were then surrenden-ed. -; ' . 7 The English steamer took them en board not knowing who they were, their business or destination. - '. ' - : ; y .-. Capt. Wilkes, it is understood, aced on his own responsibility. ' Gen. Wool granted Slidell and Mason permission, to Bend open letters to their friends this evening. :-A Fortress Monroe 15th special says Slidell and Mason were taken from an English' mail steamer, on the 8th,off Bermuda. Lieutenant Fairfax and 35 armed mea went aboard from the San Jacinto- with five officers and racVd but the Commissioners. ' Thev made feeble re sistance,-but were indneed to leave. ' The Cap tain of the steamer rayed and swore, calling the United States ofBcers " piratical .Yankees. -Ac. Eustis, one of the rebel secretaries, also resisted, but himselfand colleague accompanied their employees intc confinement.; : Slidell hatLUiis wife And four children aboard, who were allow-; ei:to" proceed toEawpei.::;.-. Com.' Wilkes had aa interview with -,Gen. Wool, iand expressed the pinioti that1 he ; did right and aaid that right of wrong these men had to be 'secured,' andif hehaddonewronghe Could do no more than be cashiered for it. . itTt-'j.? pi;-.;..---: WAsniGTOx,; Nov. 1G CaptiTaylon -who has arrived here with dispatches, reports that when the San-Jacintostop- ped at Uientuegoa, the escape ofSlidell asd Ma son was. ascertained. ; i'roc eeuing . inenoe- 10 . 1 t - Havana, it was understood tlieTiad taken pa ed 6a the 7th ins t.,1 oa th e Bri tis h mail . s l&si as- am- er Trent, plving betweert "Vera Crnz via.-IIav- ana and t i nomas and tkratLararrtoa. Tv hue - the-narrowest part of . about muea to the ae packet and as usual - in ohot across her bows and re sent to her, under command ix, who boarded the packet and a and Slidell, who were perBon-.0 him: They at first objected to . ed without the employment of force rpoee..;. However, .- they- were - soon jyed without further trouble and coa-1 he San Jacinto. ; Their respective Sec- Eustis 'and McFarlaud, were also .t da board and are now on their way to "Xofk. c '..- .. ,-,. . .: j.he packet had no other Bare her own flag, e remainder of her passengers, including the .'cs connected with the Shdell ond .Mason arty, were not molested, "and were therefore .1 free to pursue their journey.-Official dispatches are voluminous and include several accounts of the capture, together with a protest of Mason and Slidell against be-in taken from a British ship. : . V ' . Tie Search, of the British Steamer. ' : . . s WAsniNGTos. Nov.-17. The search of the British steamer Trent, and the forcible taking from her of Slidell and Ma on; are fully justified here by ' all who have made international law a'study. The case is strengthened by the recognition which England has so.pcrsistently given tohe.right of marine search. - She has never abandoned this right, but has ftlnvays claimed it. Commander Wilkes is regarded here . as having exercised his lawful privilege with a hasty prudenee or an excessiveleniency.. The Trent was herself liable tt capture,;'1 and .the'-British Government would have found it difficult to establish a claim in behalf of her ownera," after having: justified and sustained McLeod for cutting the steamer Caroline put of an American port, and sent her over Niagara Falls. The Caroline had carried troops to iuvade British-teritory. " The Trent was carrying embassadors to negotioate for an invasion of American , territory. ; When the Hebel emissaries reached the deck of the San Jacinto, Mr. Mason, having added to brdinary F.1 F. V's stock of knowledge, while Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, : saluted Capt. .Wilkes; but Mr. Slidell passed pn without noticing -him; f I desire you to observe. Sir, that I'm Captain of this ship," : remarked Captain Wilkes-- The hero of Plaquemine saluted. : . . . .-. Latest Prom the South. . From the Philadelphia papers we get the following : ; . '' '. : : " . ; ' From lhe Caarleston Heronry. ' ' ' The r expected Battle en ' Ike Pvtom aa. Th a Richmond papers etill peak in confidence of a battle sooa to take place between , the main bodies of the two great armies on the Potomac Such a battle must be terrible in iu Blain, and most critical in its consequences.' But there is hurdly,. we presume, a ra an in the Confederate fcrmy, or. in th&. Confederate States, who will not gladly nerve themselves to know the cer tainty of such an event. - Even; as a matter of preirable to the disease and destruction which must await the army in the unprepared, and desperate winter quarters near Centreville and Manassas. - The Confederate troops have conquered in every battle which has been fought upon the Potomac. - . Whether their superiority consists in superior courage and enthusiasm, or a superior use of arms, or in both of these causes j ' the fact is unquestionable, they are superior to the United States troops in battle. Gen. Beauregard's report, just submitted, of the battle, of Manassas, states that, at that battle, there were 28,-000 men in the Confederate army, Our readers will remember now the correct.statements of our published correspondence ia this particular, and with, what incredulity these low figures were received shortly before the batte. It was mistakenly believed we had under Gen. Beauregard, from 40,000 to 60.W0 troops. Of these twenty-eight thousand, there were but. seven thousand immediately engaged. What a vast disparitjr in numbers did our troops vanquish on that eventful day ! And what a fearful risk was run by the previous- rejection of twelve months' -olunteers l . Our es cape seems providential.-- The United; States authoriliea admit they had fifty-six thousand men in the field. Gen. McDowell, in his official report, states that eight-sen thousand'eross-ed Bull Run and were engaged. This would make the proportion nearly four to one, besides an immense body in reserve. Gen. Evans, in his recent gallant victory at Eeesburg, where there: were three, to one, only repeated the practice of our daring and success. Will Gen. McClellan,-after the defeat of his troops at Bethel Church, Bull Run, Manassas and, more recently, at Leesburg, 'commit the consummate folly of attacking the grand army of the Confederate-States on their chosen field, behind their intrenchmenta ? To us it appears absurd to expect it ; and yet it will not be more absurd than the whole war. The attempt to subjugate the South is as' stupendous a folly as to attack our army again at Bull Run. We earnestly hope that our enemies, like rattle-shakes in August, may be blinded by their own venom. ; - : We verily believe that, in one day, on a fiir field, our noble army can settle forever the destinies of the South, and make us at once a great, independent and triumphant people. While, therefore, we look with confidence to future achievements of this army, if permitted to fight, we cannot but return with regret to its j past inactivity. We are floating along, relying The Spanish Fleet Affairs ia Ilezico. '. New York, Nov: IS. The Cosmopolitan arrived from 'Havana on the 12th The Spanish fl eet for Mexico is now only awaiting the arrival of vessels now past due from Spain. .The Mexican news is not favorable to the Jtt-arez government. The disaffection of Gen. Ortega, who has retired to his own State of Zae-atecas, tells against the government. -, General Marquez, though once: defeated, was approaching the valley of Mexico. It was supposed however, he would be beaten. " " -' The constitutional guarantee, suspended by Congress,' has been restored to the edict of Jtt-"arez.' ; - - -' . . . ' . The report that Mexico has acceded , to the demands of England and Spain, was not' be lieved at the capitoL T -i " " " The ; Eebels Prepariflr to Zlake - another .-: ; Attack cn.7ilson' Zonaves. ' : Naw'.Yoas.'i Nov.-18 By the Cosmopolitam, from Havaca, w learn; that Mr, Savage U S Vice Consul at IIavana had been to Key West and returned On the 10th Inst. lie reports that fifteen hundred rebel troops were discovered by the Unioa patrol some twenty miles from the Fort on Santa-Rosa Island, '.-.The patrotimrae1- diateiy intormea the commander of tiue fieet, who'eenta force and shelled them 2 the island with great Jofss. : Their object was,'. to' ret to- gether some five Ihov: -and c r inre rebel, and uiuie afiOtLcr hTLt 'aU.-.ck oa V.'il-ca'a Zou aves. The greatest viilanc:' is exercised -1 J tne cemmanaer ci teouavra. -V .JStirriDppeaL-ynj The following, liyely appeal has been issued by. Gen. Buckingham ; t . : .. . . ! , , ' , -t IlEADQCARtKtS OHIO MtlJTXA, I j' -" AwctAW GiNsait's" Orinca,'V :.- r41- Cohtkbcs, November 16: ' ) - 7b tKt Cnaity Uaty Cbmnt: 1 . ; - c ! '-The time has come when the army of Ohio mast be completed. Our gallant navy, which has never yet disappointed the nation,- has established a base of operations upon the shores of South Carolin a. Another will be establish ed on the gulf. Loyal men of Eastern Tenses see invite us to the heart of the rebel cos feder acy. the U nion men of the, South are throw ing on tne letters 01 a tyranny which, bound them. ' ' " .-' ' ' ' '- 7 " ' ' ' : North Caroliha having yielded to fbrce, ia anxious to return to her allegiance. . Friends every where will welcome those who come as their, deliverers from despotism. " The day of ment of revulsion See commenced.- '' It needs but the vigorous prosecution of movements al ready iaaugurated to bring it to a happy con clusion, ana au tne signs promise a urignier to-morrow. Now is the time to strike. The deliverance of the nation- rests with the people.. - In- this dayOhio must dp nobly her . part. She has already .done much, but much more ahe is ante to do. To the great Northwest belongs the work of opening the Mississippi. : The river ia ours,, and we need it. No longer should rebel batteries- be allowed to cut us off from direct communication with the ocean. . Our honor and interests alike urge us to the effort. The warm sun of the South invites us to a winter campaign. .Kentucky and a large portion 01 iennessee will join ns in the march. .Union, men will hail with delight their deliverance from the pressure of an intolerable despotism, and if we are true to ourselves and them, the Spring will open upon a re-uiuted people. . 1 en days more can be allowed lor the completion of regiment tow forming in camps. Within that time much may be done, and by the 25th of aovember, Ohio contribute at least thirty-five thousand "more of her soldiers to the grand column en-route for Nashville and New Orleans. ' '. : To the accomplishment of this great object.' the instant, earnest, and combined efforts of officers, committees and patriotic citizens, is most urgeiflly invoked. Companies are now more valuable than regiments "will ,be in the spring, if the rebellion 4s allowed to survive the winter. Now, when the rebel confederacy seems to be staggering, is the time to strike, and the blows being vigorously followed up, the victory will be ours, and the stars upon cur .banner once more represent a united nation. C. P. BUCKINGHAM, . , ''Adjutant General, Ohio. , From tks 3T. Y. Expret. . ; : Abolitioii War ttpoa. the Gorernsieiit. : It is the sole and body of Abolitionism And has. been - now; for twenty-five years,-7-to; war upon the pro-elavery part of, the Constitution the Fugitive -Slave compact, the three-fiftha principle of slave representation, as well lawsr-Ahat is, upon the Supreme Court, and the Federal -Government. Secessionism and Abolitionism in this respect are, and ever hare been, upon identical, thorough extremes, for in this war upon our whole system of govern ment, the extremes meet. ITS-MODES 07 ATTACK. The National Anti-Slavery Standard, of October 26th, a paper published in New York by the American Anti Slavery Society, has a correspondent at Cincinnati, who is highly commended by the editors, and to his letter of this week is appended an editorial paragraph ex pressive of the good he is doing the cause.- This correspondent writes from Cincinnati, Oct. ICth, as follows : As matters now stand, there is a prospect of a revolution in the vest and rorth-west, as soonaa the politicians of Washington have hlied up the measures of their iniquities. This they will do;- Evil is always blind enough to do, just that. -Deeply are our people aleniatcd from the Administration ; and for rU policy toward slavery their contempt ia profound. - 1 he government is perhaps deceived by the fact that there are hot so many violent attacks upon it in the Western press as there was three or four weeks ago, A.once conservative .Democrat vesterdav told me that this eomcarative quiet is only that which precedes a storm ; he added, A few weeks ago, - the editors and leaders of public opinion spoke out impulsively what they thought and felt ; but now the evidences have come pouring in that the whole mass of the people is so near to a volcanic rev olution against the Administration, that these leaders hesitate at every word for fear that word will, hasten the. tremendous result.'' I believe that three cheers proposed for Lincoln in the streets of this city, today, were he here, would be responded by three groans; and I know that such would be the case were it -Mr. Chase or Mr. Seward. On the whole, I regard the feeling of our community here as in a healthy condition. I think considerably better than the feeling in the East. . . - The Journal of Commerce well eavs : A more bold, defiant attack on Government, order and law has not appeared in any paper south of Virginia than is this which is publish ed m xew x oris under : the- very eyes of the Government. We do not attempt to give the legal name of the ffence, lor with the adminis tration of the law we have nothing to do, But the friends f the administration and the friends of the Union eheuld distinctly understand that the American An ti-vslarery Society is encoura ging a revolution in the isorth, and that the newspapers which defend t" body are allied with them. - " (Troai tte Bnffl Conrier.y " The ALolitioa Cry. . ; ; ; The New York Tribune prints a five column speech, by Gerrit Smith, delivered in New York, from which we make the following spec imen extracts:, .. . . " ; ' ; ;" ' t -. f'l love.my country butt strongly fear that she is loflt.. Perhaps it was impossible; to save a country, whose people-, had been trained to worship a Constitution and to scoff JU the set ting up 01 vioa s taw above tt... 1 confess that, when the war begun, . I thought ?"t wetld, be a f-hort one ; lor I was so simple as, to .assume thav the Government was already, or quicklj would be aroused hot merely to.fight the rebels, but to conquer them, I took it iorgrantr ed that the uoverament wouiaoenaye miwu. ally, tT j y would no more suffer- the. Const ito. tion than any other fa per to eiana wj slave property, no more than any other prop-or Vptv noon, ho" ver.1. bern to iearn m, r-nt miafakefor very soon the -Grn- TvT't i-ateii of moving with. irresistible tiTiht t -jlL. : tie He, and dor;g w iU or, without Conf-1 a crrji.-j tu by ua tiaa or irarpp llip" it caJcr ptft, as m'-t ecea mexpe-iyt was found worshipping aid lacutci.:" - u. ship of the Constitution, and tjicg c; t . provisions the hands cf Loth Govern-;-. : , : : people." - . - Farther" on 2Ir. Smith ch.s.ras iLu t' 1 . 1 ident in policy and practice is with tie though in heart and purto&3 Vila I.-3 coc - r. This.; Abolitionist, ."wh-ce. .Uresis i, .:. . . government the TriUM- prints, oor.cl: 1 ti foUowa-t-'Aa God lives adrcfzna, c. ' -r .'-' nation. will abolish slavery or slavcrT v. ' - , ish It 1 It is passing Btranre to ts tl -; Administration will permit lie puLl.. . n . ; appeals to th e reopl e to thro w tl e Cc n . C . -i to the winds.--Why thoulia.raaa 1 ? i-c--; rated for talking about peace, which i c -1 ' ' n aoeuraiiy-Au me present concuuca ci- , wien a man like Gerrit Strath, is alioww S.j v. ter treason tmrebuked T": - - - - - T t Abolitica " Consiraer Elardcir. I ' 1 The'IT; Herald, U a long article, trc-'.t of, the Abolition movements peech, 1 against the Administration and Preilct Z-lr coin as a oonsplracy to overthrow itend tlct demands summary measures against the c . a eplrators.- The Herald, 'to' esublich iu f . zi. cites what some of the Abolition JourtiJa tre saying, thus i l - ' ' J- "" Z '. J' The Boston Lilcrafor savs' that ' !Trv Xini coin has already received "the stigma of the slavehound of Illinois." . " We have ari-Ltt proclaim -loudly' it continues, ' against. the infamy with which he has violated theConstii tution." Yet it'adds that Vthe Constitutioa of the United States was 'cursed with a curse aa soon as it was made,1' aal calls on Conjrerx to " lese no time ia enacting the total abolitioa of slavery, unconditionally, throughout the country." it spitaout venom against the He of the Union,' and asserts that the eagle c the United States is a very deformed, obscene; thievish, gluttonous and Cruel beasts," x4 that "not. the slightest faith ousrht to te rut in this foul, lazr creature !" The Anii-, very Standard calls our patriotic chief Mrl stratehe '-'rinlooked for assistant of Eeayre gard and 17 vis," and falsely accuee him having "quenched the enthusiasm of the r - - pie,- and done more 'to paralyse the Ncrtl -1 arm than all the successes of the Abcllticc-ili, The Herald adds j ' : j : . r; " It is high time that the stronV Lind c? ' powerahould.be raised against the cr-tir ct insurrectionary Abolition in our midst- - 1 ' - j are bent on creating disaflection and di.o-tentr and it is the bounded duty of gsvenuiu to put a stop to their intrigues. - - - l : - V.; - va&hiritoa Item. , - - a 8ai.ct. r eom farrisH enrs, jV The national ealute fired to-dav in hor :r;t the event at Port KoyaL was' from tie ivaziv one guts captured from the British cuilr- tL" war of 1812. VT- ; : " - ;i - - .sms ros beet catt.. i. 5 'The bids about a hundred in tnr.hr ' supplying the" government, "with 16.000 be - ( cattle were cpened to-day.- ;The lowet succca-' ful bids were : For the stock to be deliver cl: in, Waehingtos; $3,93 ; and that de'ivtr: i tl jn"ftri-;btjra Mrbundred, on the Lc-r' jl 1 here weae lowerhwis, lut the propoeera, -wiita their Barnes were called, were absent. - - '-; - . , POT B0TAX. TO Si MAD A POBT OV rVTEr- nr ; Frame houses have been sent to Port RQji and large quantities. of lumber for warehon?. Wharves will immediately be constructed, every means will be employed for thecreatica-of a large and flourishing port, contraTwCd wUhV which Charleston and Savannah will be cf jeo account." ; . ; . Gen. Burnside has already received V'Vuri-berof applications from merchants to be allow ed to follow ia'thewakeof his vessels and cpea trade with Port Boyal. : Other Jalk; of bvyici ' Good Hew froa Tennessee. r , Our news from Tennessee is highly en cour aging. - The Union ' men have started a bat kT fire- in the rear of thf rhl armv hnrnin n a road bridges in Backner's rear, cutting c5fc:s. Of transit of rebel troops from -east to west-The rebels are met by a fir in the rear oa their own policy, and by Southern mea- These are: indications of the allies which, a vigorous; ed, jance oa the part of out armies wilj eecuxe par in the South. With euch a panic as this en e- J :n . . , , , , . m uuiu wui treaw; lUBoug tne reoeis, a ucii forward movement would place oar troops -&a Confederate soilj then the secession can? p which have occupied eo ranch of the ener-;I of our troops in Kentucky, would diestfjv into loyal men. Let Gen. Baell not delay his cLar- lot wheels. -Now is his ; great pportunityr- Cincinnati Gazette, . -. . f - ; The Canada Press oa the Carina AAasua &a.a ouaeii. ; Toaojrro, Nov. 18. . The Globe and Leader newspapers have se-" vere articles to-day -on the seizure of Masoa and Slidell. The -Globe says it will add to lie-strength and dignity of the American G overn meat if the captives are liberated without re-c monetranee from Great Britain. The Leau ir. -a fli-'j.n says it is aa insult which the meanest govern. meat on eartn would not soomit to.. . . - - JUiisonri Dispatches. St. Locis, Nov. 1?. Generals Halleckand Uamilton arrived this; morning. G ene. iiturgisa and Wyxoaa arrived last nighU . - r t . .. .... , The divisiona of Gens. Hunier, Stnrgies and Pope have marched to different points a the Pacific Railroad, where they wilf await crdera from Gea. Halleck.' -". 7 - . Gen. Wyman'e brigade marched to roll yesterday, and the divisions of Gens. C'el and-' Aebeth will arrive to-day rto-nrrowr Gea Wynan brought number of rebel ja-IsoBera, among whom, axe Col. Price and several -other officers. . - : .; : : r ... -t . ; - 20ST0X. Nov. Li Three thouaand of Gtr.I Barber's New Ecglaad, Division are unier cr( dera to leave on Wednesday. They erahark et, Boion:l The 11th Maine JSegimeiit arrived to-) day, route South- ; ' A letter in the Transcript frem. Fortrs ? T: roe, dated theJJth, say wa just reached here that three thousand rebel eoldiers bad r- - '. a-, iedat Norfolk, also, that -most of the c,;l .:-. had determined to fight for the Unioa. " In ccr-firmation of this Captaia O. Tag, Unit el 1 . 1 army, says the atarsaad'stnpes wcr j f -' - -' from Pig Point, oppo?ite Newjort 2ewi, vr''- r' the rebels have for a long tlx e hid i. V -" ble battery.i :-; -.---.. Zr B. F,;.IIal!ct, of, Ptoo,. if. long letter to a ccmraitt(i ia IJoIr. which ia published in tie-Ft,' in which he says L j - . .- - f ,1 rrr !ad. "There ja do i5.; I " Shall Ce CHi'i'.vrot I'- i s iand t'n cwry &:a!e and 1 lrrJ?: have'-reai;a?ed ii by 'tVc. Uke eare; that the free tt tv AbcHtia. - Both areu Unfo-; tsid Loth 'csii.-t I Eden, or we can have no U in it if .we had Vj&." - 5 Ci m . .