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              v,; VI' ; i i .' t-'-::. i. ''site' ey .W'l-td-; Utn s- l.-cr ...... 1 1 f r . . ' - . A3 jilsrMrjr fjl LLJ 4"V cam V ef - MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: TUESDAY;, JANUAllY 7. 1862. .Volume NUMltElt 38. .1 " vaPTtt:-' " " - -' ; t li'i: r..iw - r. . s -J II I S . T 7 1 J 1 i V maw A . A - SB a " A. - ii I 'll .... - i I I i t ! c7 - - t 1 " "-v i j f I I ' t. lav la tc: cl iii.a.i'nti- ' -- - ' -' - Oflw In TTeodwarl ttlelc, Sd Story. a Li 1aXKMSv1 vollftr per annum. pyW !amd-.- within ix noBtb; $3.00 after the zpi . ration or the year. THE ' riCKET-GUARD. t k i Jr . 1 Tfc.A m .i -- z Ek ow and tbtt, a ttny picket . Ia rht be walks on bit beat to and fro, v .. ' Tv a riflrmaa bid in tae tbirkat. V 'Tn nothiftq -a prirata or two, now and then, " ' Will count in the Hew of t he batUe ; Kot an efflcer loet only one of the men ., iJlnaalnc oat, all alone, the death-rattle. . . .. . :- 3 ! . - -. - ' All eriet aknjf th Potomac to-nirbt wbere the soldiers lie peacefully deamine; ' " Tberr cvtix in the rays of the clear autumn moon . ' " O tbe Kgbt of the watch-fire, are gleaming. A ttmulna ipn..aa the gentle night-wind di'i : Tbroopb tb ftreat-leaves softly la rreeping;-Wbile atara rn above, with their glittering eye, , eep gnartl for the amy is fleeping. Tbere rnly the aennd of tbe lone sentry's tread 1-wv " . Ar be tramp fn'-m the rock to the fountain. And tb'abs of tie two tn the low trundle bed, farewayin the rot on tbe mountain. , Hi SBwaVet iallsslaxK bia fare, dark and grim. ;t .-Crowa gentle with aaemorlea tender, Aa he murtera a prayer for tbe children aaleer y-; .Tor his mother may Ilearen defend her! - Tbe moon reema to rbine jnt as brightly as then, 4 That night when the lora yet unspoken ."- i Leaded p to bia lip wha low-murmured tow - ; - Were p)edrd toTheevernnbrolen. . j Then drawing hia sleerea roaghly orer his eyes, . He dabee n teaca that are walling. And gathers bia gsa el ee p to Ha place, - - As if to keep down tbe heart-swelling. Tie peace tbe fbeataB. tbe bleated pine-tree, J- Tbe footaten la lacrrineand weary ; - Tr mward Be area, tbroarb tbe broad belt of light. Toward the shade of tbe forest so dreary, Dark I was it the night-wind that rnstled tbe leaves? '- "" Was tt naealight so wondronsly flashing ? . r It Va4ce4 liVe a riie--Ha ! Mary. god-bya V Aad the lie-biood is ebUag and plashing. ' All ejaiot along the Potomae to-nicbt, - N scnad save tbe rosh of the rirer ; , WbTie soft falls the dew on tbe face of the dead V , The picket's off daty forever. '-'' 'ftUn lonely,' oyer lonely, , r'Wa$t''n. waiting for one only, t " Tbas 1 eeeiat tbe weary snoments paseing by ; ; And tbe heavy evening gloom " Oatbers slnwlv in the room "-And the chill NovemSer d irkness dims 1he fky. " ; Jfntr tbe eoaatlees bny- feet ' Cross each other hi tbe street, And I watch tbe fares flitthjr, past my door. Jwt the rter that lintercd aiehtTy. Awl tbe band that rapped eo rirbt'y. And tbe. face that beftmod so brightly, : Come i more! - ."i T!y he fira-li-bfs fitful gleamias ... T am drew -ain Wi wrwPUT whb; ati aroonn, t : And Veieea that are ' nearest, v ' Or friend tbe best m4 Aesrait, . Appear to have a strange and distnnt sonnd. Now tbe weary wind is siirbing. .-: . A! tbe mwkinrr day i drin". Aal tbe withered leare lie scattefe-' round my door; - r., B t tbe Toire whose iroMe rr-eting .... 8' tbia beart so wildly beatin- . " J'- '' ;-At ecb fmd aad feqaent met tins; :'J Cne w tnore .. . - . A Curl Cut off "With an Ax. a TKtnc ixcicsirf. i . tDo you see this lock of hair V said an old man to me. - ". ;-"r - ! . i '"' 'ti Yea : but vhat of it? It is. I supdose. the Ctfrl from the head of a dear child long since cone to Jod." It is not. . It is a lock of my hair ; and it , is now nearly seventy years since it was cut from j this head." . --; :i . i ' But why do you prize a lock of your hair so much I", .. . - - ' ' ' ' Itbas a story belonging toit, and a strange one. I keep it thus with care, because ftspeaks to tne more of God and of his special care than anvt bins -else I roesess. -.- - v v- j. l-was little child of four years bid,'- with long, curly locks, which, in sun, or rain, or w'nd. hung down my cheeks uncovered. One day my father went into the woods to cut up a log and J srent with him. I 1 was-' standing little behind him. or rather at his side; watch ing with interest the strokes of the heavy ' ax. aa it went ud and came down upon the' wood. send ing off split ters with every stroke in all directions. Some of the splinters felt at i feet, and i eager Iv stooped to pick them up. 1 In doing so I stumbled forward, and in a moment t eurlv head lay upon the log. I had fallen jast-at the moment when the sot: was coming (sows) wi;haJI Ha force. It waa too late to stop the the blow. Down came tne ax. t scream ed, land mv father feu to the ground m terror. II could mit stav the stroke, and in the blind- n a n a a . tiesa waicji tire suaaen norror causea, ne tnoght h had killed hts hoyt -5 We eoon recovered ; - I from my fright, nd ha from his terror? He caught me inliis arms and looked at me from head to foot, to find-out the deadly wound ' which he waa sure '.ha 'had. inflicted. -cNot a 1 drop of blood nor a sear waa to be seen. : He ' knelt upon the grass and gave thanks to agra- - cious God. Hnving done bo, he took up his az and (bum al ew. hairs upon Jits edge. ' lie turned to the be he had been splitting, and there was a single curlof his boy's bnir, sbarp-ly cut through and laid upon-the wood. - How great the escapel ,: It was as if angel had turn- a asiae ue euge at n moment. when it was ' dascendincon mvheatL. WitlkrMii t.nlri upon hia Up ha look up: the curl, and went ' Home wtn mo ui nu arms .' ,. : s . . '. i -lifflvt a a a i aane rx net iock aept an otf oaya as. a 'nteav nal of God scare auid love. That lock he lea to 'at onhi4.dcath-bed-ras adu. .lloetof the fathers of the Church wore1 and rroved jot the i beard., demeat of Alexan dria aava.5 Nature adoruedcian. 4ik a' lion with i heard; as the mark f strength and pow f.'.ClActantiusvThsHdoret;-.'SL and ?t, Cyprian, are all eloquent Ih praise' of thi caanu;tric UsA are; about w hictt rany.tiis-cusfions were-raised ia the earlykgcs'oTtha Chureh,; ,whai iaatiers'-or dlsdjaeensaseJ Znnchf th atteatinn. TAf Il,b.M-JjjpJ a. 4 agreeable V taeee b a h urwas fchort-ead his benrd lan Creek churches hat Uea tie c-'J-.r if .we- n!V1dlBI2le't the-Gurta voun mersir. Unr Slack Diamonds" Poii nf eQ Df ChageAi.b.. 252 kh:: Sit Was the editors of hr tmmiX-ISSVr d acte4:"thateieric.sh.U. 0f hVeal.VKtimfcTKoff. lua beWn-shato quotes tc& plzctiiitch from Jayea itad beeome atergymantHis tionsKit Jesaid that when theoldfliaumenSrt, hahtw.cot anmedest tountenanceva. -fcboTe .aia(ei his fcriJ-3. e.e.wholSJ cvurrB-rwere m.u re.!!TJOtrz;' ana injf or not wearint the beard. The Greek Church baa adhered to the instruction of the early ChnrcJi, and refneed to admit any haven aaint into its calenders, and thereby condemn-1 ins the Romish Church for the oppoeite'con- duct. And on the other hand, the Pones, to ! , make a distinction between the Eastern and . . i - ' I F: vYesiem aecuions, maae sutiuies jjc ruucmii : BoriU. or shavine the beard. Some, however believe that faith and nature mirht be reconciled. The leading English and German lte-formers wore their beards, with an exception or two. Most of the Protestant martrs were burnt in their beards. " There Shall Be So Pain There." This promise is one of the golden clusters that grow on that vine planted for the healing of the nations,, the Bible ! Ho blessed a promise of the life that is to come is this one, thope only can know who have walked long and frequently under the shadows o. weariness and suffering. '"; : . t " No pain there," , to struggle with and endure: no burdens laid upon the eager spirit, whih tla w?a.k frame can TAot sustain ; no work, under which heart and strength fail, and which is at hut laid mourn full j aside ; no long hours of fever and restlessness ; no overtasked tram and nerves in the homestead of those whom God shall number as his jewels ! So, be comforted ye that mourn I Green and shining rise the banks beyond , the dark valley, and sweet healing is in the winds tliat wander oil' from the meadows, freightened with blossoms fairer than the rosea and lillies of earth ! , Take through your pilgrimage this promise let it be a new incentive, and strength, and comfort to you" There thall le no pain there! " The Harrest of Death. Dr. Lyon, ISrigadm Surgeon under Gen. on, at tne battle of Wilson Creek, was witness to the following extroordinary incident : A tall rebel soldier waved a large and costlv secession flag defiantly. When a cannon ball struck him to the earth dead. A second sol- J dier instantly picked up the postrate flag and waved it again a second cannon ball shattered his body. A third soldier raised and waved the flag, and a third cannon ball crashed into his breast, and he fell dead. Yet the fourth time the.flag was raised, the soldier waved it. and turned to climb over the fence with it into tbe wood. As he stood astride the fence a moment balancing, to keep the heavy flag upright, a fourth cannon ball struck him in the side, cutting him comnletelv in two. so that one half of his body fell on one side of the fence and the other half the other side, while the flag itself lodged on the fence and wan captured a few minutes afterwards by our troops. Our troops captuied three rebel flags hut lost none. Fotmi a Cart. ' Near Tioga, Pa., lived an old fellow named John Brown. If ;wa;ths proprietor of yoke of cattle, a cart, and a few acres of rather dto- ductive land. John Brown was in the habit of going to town wijh a ag . of wood or a little 1 1 L : u . I M.It Jli M m few shillings. "Then he would resort to the tavern . and get -most ' stupidly drunk, when fomt one would tnmMe into his cart and start the cattle for ho-ae, whee they usually arrived a fely. One afternoon when old Brown had been thus packed off, some youngsters followed him out of town a f hort distance, unhitched tbe cattle fiom the cart and permitted theiii to pro- eeod homewnrn. the warm sun awoke Sir. lirown afer a while, and he raised himwlf slowlv up. fin 1 gazed vacsntlv around. Rubi bing bis -eves and saratching his head he ihus soliloquized r": 'W-who. am I? A nausu. t. If l am John Bbrown, I've loS a yok' oxent .Fi h nt John ; Brown (another pause lo- key ! I've found a cart." Chargin? a Jury. If the jury 'believe. from theevidence that the p'.aiMtin' and defendant were partners in the grocery, aud the plaintiff bought out the de lendant, and gave his note for the interestand the defendant paid for the note by delivering to the plaintiff a cow, which fie warranted M not bfeachy," and the warranty ' was " broken by reason of the breacbiaesa of the cow,' ana he drove the cow back and 'tendered her to'the defendant, but the defendant retused to receive her. and the. plauitiu took' her home again and ut a heavy yoke or poke upon her to prevent er from jumping the fence, and by reason ol the yoke or poke broke her neck and died ; and if the injury further believe that the defendant s interests in the grocery was worth anything, the plaintiff s note was worthless, and the cow good for . nothing either for milk or beef, than the Jury must find out themselves how they muat decide the case-;' for the court, if it' understands itself, and it thinks it does, don't know tow uch sveafe should be decir ded.v - ' . '- :- An Incident vith a Moral. ; . A chaplain in one of the regiments of the Potomac narrates the case of a sick' soldier. which strikingly illustrates the reasoning of many men in the camp and out of it. Some one m ia mentioned to tne soidier the case of the Yennonter who wits eeuteuccd to be ' shot for sleeping on his post. During the evening. following, the fever eettipg. violently the aick inan imagined that he was the man sentenced to be ahot .Ths surgeon being called, thVfol- owing conyersation ensued: ' -.' '. Doctor, I amlo be ahot .il the snornfnsrl and; wish' TfJu 6 send for!, the chaplain. ? J de ir to. make all neceaaary preparation for- my ctiu. ... j . - , i: .. .. They shajl not shoot you. JU take ears of you. v noevfT comes te take you froni here. I shall have (hem, arrested and put under guard.-' .. - - ' . ! 4 "Will Tottdear Doctor?- Thank youUt'svnk you well, then; yett pee4 not send for- the chaphud Just; jetitvif,.jtt l.i.i-OM ,iof cuapiain ; in; neauanog ui - instance, add How like ainaen at heme V? ? 'V;ii Liiii til'i'U'Vli.'t Tit Amm,S' iflritt-iipi'ii - tut ui ti ).', ,., -,.;(.- I f mtwn , aenona:deiiigs w iwenmond. A f Jetted frera there to the Nashville Unieo sayss 'i - ". fah 13 r$i a earned to the altar a miss of kimft,J: toliphouic .Land the. t roorei m PertlU. stbrrh-of,r-ean'i:t J '::s r ttfce t"iscoiiceof'the 2 frc w 1 u evUintly-wteuIngiftf hard breai. tetvr r- trt g j .-r , .. , .'"'. ': . -; -' ' " - - ' . . Tt is curioua obserre that aa nitty iace is renerallr the indication of a humorous WiUt mind : it susseata Innumerable exh tins wiuisiams in the wearer himseUl and tK nnu of wit to others. There is, aoareelr ! a merrr, shrewd, witty fellow, in fictitious his- ... . " . T m . . . 1 lorr, but n as tne nonor oi ugliness aiir;uuie3 to him. iEsop was a very ugly little huncbr back ; uglier still was Socrates, no leas -a man of wit and a man of humor than a philoso- iher. The heroes; 6t Rabelais, were -famous or personal deformity. Sancho Fanza, his master, and Rosinante, were in their" several conditions absolutelr pnttema of this interesting qualification. Iludibras and Ralpho, were still more conspicuously uglv Scarron,,the favorite wit of France, was the most deformed little creature a lovely woman ever; allowed herself to be coupled to. . ' : ' Father," said a young hopeful 'the other dny," how many fowls are . there on this table ?" Why said the old . gentleman, aa he looked complacently on a pair of nicely, roast-ed chickens that were smoking on the table, there are .two." " Two I" replied th smart boy. ' there are tliree, sir. and I'll prove it," " Three !" replied the old gentleman, who was a plain, matter-of-fact man, "I'd like to see you prove it." Easily done; easily done. Is not that one ?" said the smart boy, Iaying Jiis knife on the first ; " and that two?": pointing to the second : " and do not one and two make three ?" : " Really, said the father, turning to his wife, who was stupefied at the immense learning of ber son. " really, this boy is a gen-nius, and deserves to be encouraged :" and then, to show that there's fun in old. folks as well as young ones, he added' V' Wife.. do yoii take one fowl, and I'll take the second, and John may have the third for his learning." QQYERJffiKST CONTRACTS. r We have received the Report rjf what is known aa the Van Wyck Investtgatinig'Com-. mittee into Government contracts." It imm-bers 136 pages. Of course we can only make an abstract. We have already made note' of the report so far as it applied to the purchase of vessels and the enormous profits accruing to Mr. Morgan of New York,' the brother-in-law of the Secretary of the Navy . We make a further abstract as follows : THC CaTALtXK. .. " The first matter enquiredjn to was the char ter paty of the steamer Cataline. This steam er was chartered bv order, of Gen. Wool ot New York, during the time when the railroads near Baltimore were ripped up. The'boat was chrtere4 at VJGO per m6rtih, Ahs Govern ment to hae the refusal of the. boat at 60,-000 during the charter, and in case oT, destruction bt fire the' government to" payJoll.(0y.--The day before the contract waa made the 1 - - . 1 1 1 Wn.cTnir' jnava aajsawas w-a- vrjt va ' of 21 montVr the boat was burned.. It was shown that the boat if new would e worth- about 30,00O, and that -at the time she went into government employ she was' worth only about $12,000. , The 'swindle in this case was perpetrated through , a , steamboat captain, Coincrfock, who was confided in bv the govern ment agents, while he' was praying into the hands of the owner. . ruacBAsc or, arks. ' The great 'demand for arms produced unprecedented speculation, ami the Government was tlie victim of more than one couspiracy - A firm iu New York sold 5,000 Austrian mus kets to Gen. Fremont at $C 50 each.whkh cost in. New York for 12,000 of them; and $2 40 for 13,000. These were nyec ted Austrian arms. They wtre ordered by Fremont, when in pressing need. These arms are of but little , value, owing to their peculiar construction. . There is an unpaid claim for them of $166,000. The committee say -the "purchase of the arms was Au act of manifest ipiprovideiee.f'-.v 1 ' There was another purchase ot" Jtau s car-bines ' five thousand four hundred. in which Simon Stevens, of Pennsylvania, Sold the lot to- Gen i Fremont for $eacti, he, Steveiw.Tiav-int? bouirht them ... for &li&0 each, of a Mr. Eastman, who, bought , them only last June of our Government at $3 oO each and after altering them at ah expense of 73 cents to l!25each sold them to Stevens. 1 neealein June by our Government was by order of the Secretary of War on recommendation of the Ordinance Bu reau, and this, too. when we were buying rejected arms from : Europe. ' The Government got for them 3 50 each, and in a few weeks bought them back again at22 - eachlosing $X),t.X) in4sMotienticKi" TftlSl Siemens at the lime said he had aTerbal , appointreBt wilder uten.-rremoni as Aid. 'tne otter was made by Stevens- to rremont ty telegraph, and Uen Fremont replied thus! - ' " -', ' I will toke the whole 5.000 carbines : send by Express. Send also ammunition', ttemtt yourtelj telely to that,, busmet. to-day. ;n : :;:. - - - " J ." J FREMONT, The words we have put in. italics show .that t rcmont supposed Mevens was aetin? under his orders, nod for tbe Govern ment-ind shows the pressing need for the arms at the West. The evidence shows Stevens ui ttoguev!;1 In thip transaction the Committee report that the Gov eJnment was swindled to ' the amount1 6f ! 19. - :-.-;.ww The Committee repbfta that' in the Western Department satonaabpli(th rdace or contracts.' Une instance i nn hr. the firm' of Child Pratt 4 Foxi fsti touia. ia a a&ie oi ow,wu supplies to the army,-mad a pront or J per cent. The committee, say. 4 JU is proper to remaric that in Turn ishing supplies In the western department.- thc,unm&iwlin general was peculiarly mfertnate in the char acter ot the men by whomlie wassurrouaded,'' (We do riot see that Gen..' Fremont ''integrity. xuv commiii.ee cans .attention n to, tae paxn ehAse of sxmplies in NewiYdrk: bV; Alexaadar Cuionrniings, nucjer direction, of (he Secrgtary . oi Sectary- of Warems o have :beeH.fware orur.-mmuittiiar. toesa ,foreo! un porvant xiuvv ms me purc.naaej.ordFuppUea.v-i Two-tnilliona or dollars - were'- placei i! the handsor ilr.' Uummins without aa t security, aad of this Jhe. cotasaiUsa. aayr-'4 Ur. Com miaga aeeri, 4. Jiaye -f xj-;t5e4tl,r,2Ji. aor coramg to his own laocr, buyin .among .pth persoivi he tiiarofwere'r"; noC'trnd wiibbut IfnowiD , iyli -Jar- dealers fir. at -kind .-of -rror V vyifeions; berrcaa ,?4--., ite. toti"tit.:nef r ,end 1 . . ... - - d - " - - pk'of Cprhin'' Zi ; ,tx. ci, AiO'iny i;o ere H miware; rr.cn.-1: e,u;ur 1 n pu po"!ng leri tObe'aeatera in ficiuf il tr i .tr"-.nr..entirdv i f tecftitfoflhatfirm'Le puixha. In l'--es-onnt 'pftca, ora 'jton bouse J. tLii, clerk, lvip3 - ; -'.'" ' - -'.;. -"' .'-""'-'. -.'-' -",..r:. ',';''--.' attea- TTgliaesa. IB KHaBBHaiBHaaMaaaaBaaBaBaBmB i , - . CO . 'P .. 1 feUiinjlOp yortii;Cf LnesipantAsBqd This' ilr- Curun,in i tc;":t.rTI'',vT5 FHht but'&eeir. thembr fevta'tnowi whether the Jtiw, personally. to the inatUr. Ha chartered ateam boats without So"fw tottaage, in know thtiV names, nor whether he paid 1000 per day or $1,250. Mr. Cummings pnrchasea, in fifteen days, reached 50,00u. Mr. Cum-mings stated ia. his evidener.that his personal relations with the Secrete ryof War had leen very intimate, and that they 4iad acted together politicallV'fox many yeara. After, Mr. C. had concluded hja testimony,' and on reviewing it. he stated that he had regained ifl40.W0 which be overlooked in his testimony,: beside ' what fee .bad stated in bw; - testimony; :-The Comiuittee couclude this lTACh by Ravine that the employment of Mr. Cummings was unprof- imuie ana injurious -m we mnc interests and a -dangerous preceilent. They ceusure the War Department, for -allowing four. months ro. elapse without calling for the vouchers for the money so exDendeo. and say such a ruinous rofl- gacy in public expenditure will organize an army of ' sappers and.ininers,. whose, covert assaults on the nation would scarcely be less ef fective than the open assaults, of its traitorous J enemies. . this Mr. Oummings is one of the editors and proprietors of the New York WorlJ, a paper that has always defended the War Department and was' exceedingly bitter towards Gen. Fremont.) - - :" - CATTLE, HOSSB3 I AKD WAGON'S. ' . There were cteat frauds in .the purchases ofl cattle. Government paving but little less lier jtouna uya weint man octnxeuuteii ai in tne markets. --In' one case six horses.; a earriase and harness were bought for $970; the purchaser retained two horses, the carriage and harness and turned over the four horses at the price paid for tlie whole. We shall continue our abstract of this re port. ' Corroption in the Army The Report ef ute, wan m yex uonrentenai uommit .' . - k . ' Tbe New: York Erpreu, in'speaking of the report of.-the Van Wyck Congressional Com mittee, eayt: ', : While we. of New t York, were pitying the rnrva"t raltirlrswl wtlraa.1 iwwua TTaolA Vam . ICe v pvvf avvvt . ew iiviv 'w aaaa a wm wt Louis, aa is almost alwavs the case, "the Greeks" were here, in New York eity, under our own: eyes, by our own doors. - The steamer Uaiane was nought ty the collusion ofa Gov ernment agent, with a promise to pay 0,000 tor her in tbe case ot lotte.'for ln,UH), the original cost. Mr. Cummings, of 1m World new-paper, had 0-jO.OtHj on hand, of which he' spends $ Ji0,0(X) without any proper vouchers ?,iiv ui wuica are aaia lo ce imot! n man ot K. M. Blatchford. vouched, for. Cattle are brought for Washington at 3 cents ir itwn i live weight, tut sublet to Wilson and Alter ton of New York for Hi, the nrodis on which to the original contractors were 5d2,i68 17, whil Wlson tl AHerton uiude a profit, at Gi cents of from j,0; to Jl . James L. D-trton, of 111 Nassu street an agent of the Government : buys of John OTavlor. of New. York, ix iiorae&ia top hu fcgyaadtWeit. la af i n fop J7ubut .OQrJoU;a.noe inel ove t6 tTieoferntrienlT6rthose iSrUT&hd no buggy, no harness! , J he engraving, of to Treasu'rvhotee here turns out to be ajob. Th steamer Stars and 8trir?s; ,whirthy t,osiheNew. Haven Propeller Com iin v-oV5,00JV- ie so!d to 'hit'. Geo- D. Morgan, bv the President of ;het Comniinv. Mr. CS. Busline. 1, for :s5,0vK), and the Compfinv gives him'fJJ.-t a com mission-for muking the anle of $H,0tM, 'while '.-Morgan b:is 2 per cent, as his couainisssou- on ;the pur chiise ! Mr. Geo. if. Morgsn's- conimiA.ot s h ive already been near. lOO.OiM), and are daily increasing. Old Austrian rejected muskets, invoiced here at" $2 to ;S2.4'j were sold, liere foi Fremont's army at 660. '.They . could not be use 1, lor they wete good for nothing for our ar mv. ' The flail carbines' sold by the Ordnance Bureau, costing here $4.50 or 75, were sold to one Simon Stevens for .the $4 5l or i4 75, who sold the entireJot-.fo Fremont's armv, ai s22 each ' I rameuee ,army ; snpplies; both in tbe army and pavjrvhave, been, , purchased priv vately, under contract express o- impliedi-'wit trout any competitionJtiping. invited. A vasi amount of supplies, have l beensbi-onght upon what is called reottjsinon. xn'tjor r-itoq an.t woonei x ompains, or tne .unite i oiaiea-Army. n this eatv.' ham wmctmAllv suTversenetl la vaeir parcnasea- here, dt.ju.. Aiexanaer Curomins. of: the World. The Seoretarr of War having authorized Cumniings and Govern.-or Morgan to make all netessary arrangements for the transportation: of troops, etc.,- the Governor bequeathed the extraordinary power1 to w: i..i T. . i.... rt. . was the real man. Mr..Cummings buvs shoes of Benedict.t Hali hefewho, lend-hknTmoncy from t ime'to tibie, fbr $i liitl a pair, worth $1 0 to bat if pegged. Only $15 e pair. The abiquitous- World editor Gutomingsv purchases coal in Philadelphia, .when there is -an officer of the Government there a Quartermaster arid Commissary. ..There are other purchases of his lipen pants 170,000) etraw hats -r-,i,ooi, articles never provkiearor tne ar my with ale and porter, and tongues, etc.. etc. - ' Jt -.r '- t Bnt-r-enoughV:: Enough! Column af.er col umn' is filled with evidence and detail on these points 1 The Rev. Sidney A. CireyV a clergy man,, residing:! in ; Tnirty seventh street.' near Fifth .Ayenue,.. was tu the horse ,,centracta of the Secretary of War," Corey resold part ol hie contract for si bonus of $500, to parties' who a - www . i -m . . . ass nave gone v eat to purcaase norse to nu it. r- But enough I :: Enough 1 Enough i- j Impudent vtoPOseVilqpoaed. The House Commiaeejof Electionethaveire ported a resolutioai that Charles Henry Foster s not' entitled to a seat Sn thut Congress,Teitt from the first or second districta of North Car olina, The Committee pursued the- investiga tion so far aa to berentirelr satisfied that the claim' Was founded Win position, and o well satisfied of this fact' -was Mr.Foster hiinseif (hat, he reluctantly abandoned the fclaim. w The resobation ? waa,,: adopted Thiv - man v.Foster1 needs Jooking; ,aenAhfU. lurfoUtpaper states that C H. . Foster . Union'- roember of Congress fpr, North larolirw,! !JBfgh?l the; Golden Circle end sworn .even, aid .the a ?W, f active and prbnuneni member of the' wsociatioTt In North Garelinavand administered fthe solemn oath, fait to mnny .merebera.ttaei'ev" -Iti aU6 ctates that llarble N.Taylor. 1)0w Provistooi aj Governor oforth Carolina, waa a chaplaia in a North ADarobna rehncat,-asJ:an feArneit preacher of Uie V ord aa giveaito-him by the qiiired Into. f.vMcwvu, ? luee aubveutentS snouid PC in- ut .'' ; -;--"l4v" --.-." V'.'; ..-' r XCGea Hallsck ia describe r:f a man who saw him, aa aprWarin'g to'have nct V isg to do'jp xcept smokeJIe pniT eontinnallv, 8 f V-J P.'l.'.3,'5vorksccn(nual.f w.'tl.-.J joss and, rel tspefi '""wevr-TiriigthfttvJB go7nTrri.vvjre hasA'rich f :Mf r the everciee ipign;,i;T if fco- "t or rout of the cTia 01 ortnjv fs: xz. . mwci.t.' j prove I iY ciiJy i Cj-.c.-sI, Lut r.3 itucaaE ilerarJ n& em,-siMLI Ywi8Taaie.irvtnCy wera wixaL was ranreeeiuca a qki not .vn VAVU rVitVe MABOH & SIIDELL GIVEN UP TO -Li" ,fc5--l.-.-'jr- ..... ., . - : :'V-----,bv' The OiEcial Correspondence on "the .r"2)- WasBiKOTO!, Dee. 28. ; Messrs- Mason and Slidell have been given' up. to England.' - The official correspondence will be published 'mmediately. ' - . -' ' . - New Yokk, Dec. S. The official-correspondence between our Government and Great Britain relative to the seizure of the traitors Mason and Slidell is received. 1 , . ; .' v .'-: : The first is a letter from Secretary Seward to Minister'Adams. dated Nov. 30, in which he compliments the latter for wisely Bpeaking and acting at the Lord Mayor a dinner, and also states he told Lord Palmerston simply the fact, when informing him the life of the insurrection waa Sustained by the bojee of its recognition by England and France, and if these hopes caesed the insurrection - would perish in n'netr lays. . ' ; :'--. . . Ila refers in the same note to the fact of the arrest of SIi.lell and Mason by CapL Wilkes. as. a new and: unforeseen circumstance, which is to be .met by the two Govern met ta. if rossi- Ide. in a kindly spirit. Lord Lvons had said nothing -on the aubject and no explanations were furnished Minister Adams, it being deem' ed prudent that the ground taken by the Brit- isu government should first be made known here and discussion be had here, but Secretary' Seward deemed it proper to state-! that Oapt. Wilkes acted without instructions, and the sub- jecrtherefOre is free from embarrassment which might have ensued if the act had been specialty: dim: ted. . - He trusts the British Government will consider the subject ta a lend ry temper and it may expect the beat disposition on our part, ,; :-. . - ; ; - v. The next letter is from arl Russell to Lord Lyons, dated .'November SO, which details the Trent att'air. He says it thus appears that certain individaala have been forcAbiy. taken from a; British visel, the ship of a neutral power on laWfnl atid innoceht voyage, ait act of vi olence which was an affront to -The British flag and a violation of international law. Her Ma jesty a Government is willing to believe the jet was, without autl:oriy and resulted from a misunderstanding,' as the government of the United States must te fully aware that the British Govemuienl ' would not allow ' sue Van .itfront to her national - honor to pass without lull reparation, and the British Government unwilling to believe that the U.S. deliberately intended unnecessarily to force a discussion of ot) grave a question between the-two governments, her M-.ijesty's government trusts that the government ofthetjftited States will of its own accord otfor such reilress as alone ' could atkfy. them, ' vis rthe. liberation' of -the . four persons and their delivery1 to Lord Lyons, that ihev may agaU -be placed 'under British v au- 1-lhority attd -a saitabte'apolofy1 Tor the aggres teencitrsaewtd esei3an- woe tie ottered by Mr.. Seward you will propose them to hi:n ' - -' ""' - ' --.-' ,-A.dispatch from M.; Thouve lal to 3irMer iliur French. Miuister io ,ou Govermeut,,ia ilso contained iii the correspondence, in which. j. nou ven ii urge.- tnai a neuira n-g irom a 4 -neutral to another neutral port covers the per- The following is -fiom Lord Lvons to Mr. Seward f'-.'- ;' v' ":;'::-!- iT'- -X-''.lV,--vr,''.'":': .- ..WAsn.ixuTex, Dec 27. io the uoii. ivm. li. Reward, c : - Sia : 1 have this morning rewlved the note which you did me the hojjor to address to me yesterday in-unswer to Earl Russell's dispatch af'No-SJ, relative to the reuiova-l of Mr. Ma-sou antl Mr. blidellattd Mr.' McFarland and and Mr. rJustia, from the Britiah-mail packet frent. "1 -will withouttOsa of time forward to her Majeaty 'e GveremenL: a. copy .oi the im-jyoi tiiat vouiinunicution which you have made to me. ' 1 will also w.thout delay do myself the nOnor to vonfer with voU perionallv on the ar- Vangements to' be made for delivering the four renWeuien to me in order tiiat they may again be placed under Uie protection of . tbe Briush tlag.' 1 ha ve the houor to.be ic ' '. r . - - ', -'-' ' 'Signed, - : ' --'- ; -- . - : -' .-- -'v ' -' 'T v.;'--?'.1. - - 'Lrojts. -' - Mr, Seward replies to Lord Lyons by whom he was furnished aopy Of Eart Russell s letter stating the dispatch has been submitted to the President, Mr, iivward states that the Britit-h Government rightly conjectured what is now my duty, to. state that Capt. Wilkes acted upon lus own suggestions-of duty without any direction or instruction or even ibreanowt-eJiVe of it on the Dart of this GevernmenU No tlirectiona had been given hin or aay other na val officer to arrest the tear, persona, or any oi them on the .Trent, or aay other Britwh-yeasel, or any neutral vessel there or elsewhere. After discussing the whole subject at great length on all its Uaringa, Mr4 Seward says i I trust 1 have shown to the satisfaction of tbe British Government by a very. aitu pit and natural statement of facta, aiid.aoelysia ofr law applicable to them that tbia Government have neither laeditateii nor practiced nor approved " any deliberate wrong tn the tmBtacvioa to which thev have called its sttehtioB. ahd on the con trary that what - has happened, has ; been, sin. vlf an inadvertency consisting in a departure uy tbe Naval officer; free froiu any wrongful av rule uweertaiaiy established. and probably by the aeveral parties conceraed 1 either impertectiy unoersiooo,' ot num; uny known. For this error the British . Govern ment hasa right to expect the : same ..repariw iion that -we aa ao-.1ndepehdent SUte ahouhi expect from Great .BriUin, or irpra any otner, tViendlj'NatioW in a similar case. ". -.v ,-: 4"t have ' oof beeif ' unaware 'that in , examiog this que&tioa.' I -have fallen into an argument for whAseetna U be a British aide of it against my owa eountry.'.but I am relieved" from; all embamsament on that aubject. I had hardly fallen" into'that' line Af argument- When I die-covered that I was really defending and maia-exeldaivelv' British InteresL'but an old, honored aird 'cherished "American; cause! British aithorUiisi btlturKiny'TjriiiCTi- fples thateonatituis vlara jroxtiottofjtht die-runctire policy by which the Unitei,55 tales baye deveiopeatue reooufceoi wuniutHuii hnrtomsi :k' coosideraUeft&aritfmei -txw'er1add woa the ! respect and confidence cf tetejraav-tiona, 6 f , -.;,v.,-:r ; Vx!; -i t Taese princ-ipies -wwi uuu uuw n tur uy. .f amea lladison .ia 1S04,- when-Secretary of State underi J eeron ibskia' Isiiractionslti JameaMoxirci tie ; oar jIjcj; teri joEe lanl-.--, t s-K . -, . r,"re" - i llr: Eewlr 1 says, a f. -r acu n ikfe a in s ruc-tionsthtt s'iri Uiclda- t!."i cAse'ia'iaVor'cf ray' dwtj: G pvexr.rn - -;t.? I inu.it tdlsataw! . ila -most cheri-hed -rin: rt!'f? ei irersa and forever a Lanaon itsessentiil policy. The country cannot afTord the 6af,rl."ee -If I maintain lI:eS3 frinc;plc3 and adhere ta -that pc'.v. I Bust, currciicr tlit cia iutl : It ..-wiU. te -v.-v. an n.f litnSS'h la.dtA u Mieea urtil olnvtts r hm- principles laid down in the dispatch ot Earl h VVestern Repubbc, UnUed, the States ot liussel. to which AIK Scwai-d appropriately re- America might defy the world but while t hey . . ... .r i V :t- are divided the interposition of a powerful ar- aeea, tharefore, that this GoverBtaant could not deny the justice of the daun presented. We are asked to do to the British nation just what t iln lniirl mil luttnna oairlil tA to u. In coming to tny conclusion I tav not forgotten that u the safotv of this TJnion jd required tne deteauon of tbe Union pruonera, it would be done. It - would be the right aud duty of this government to detain them, hot theefi'ectual check and waning proportions ef the existing insurrection, aa well aa comparative unimportance of the captured persons themselves, when dispassionately . weighed, happily forbid me from resorting to that de leuce, -nor am i unaware that American-Mt-izens are not in any case to le unnecessarily surrendered for any purpese into the keeping of a foreign State. Only the captured persons. however, or others who are interested in them, could Justly raise a question on that ground. It would tell little - for our own claims to the character of a just and nagnanimous people ir we should so far consent to be guided by the law of retaliation as to lift up the buried injur riee against national consistency and national conscience, . - ; Putting beyond me all anggestions of this kind. I prefer to express my satisfaction that bynhe adjustment of the present case upon rrinctples confessedly American, and yet, as trust, mutually satisfactory to both nations concerned, , a question is finally and rightly settled between thenvwhich heretofore, discussions', .but. also the ' arbitrament of war itselt for more than half a century," aMftnated thr two countries from each other and perplexe.1 with fours aad apprehensions all other nations. The four persons in question are now held in military custody at Fort Warren, in the State of Maasachusetu. They will be cheerfully liberated, Your Lordship will please indicate fi time and place for receiving them. I renew my assurance of my . very- high considera tions. . I signed. ) Wm. HZ Sswaan. Soaltls OQrlea em m TTavr wltli Eas . : AAUSa. - The National Brotherhood of St Patrick to the Irish in America. From tke Pablia Frcemaa, December i. j In a letter addressed by Mr. William Smith O'Brien to Mr. Seward . Secretary of State o ' the Unite I States, we find the following ad., sions to recent events : By the recent seizurr of the Confederate Commissioners on beard- o. British mail steamer, theGovernment of Mr Lincoln has incurred a fearfol -responsibility i take for granted that this act will' not be die avowed. .1 take for granted that it was inten ded as a deliberate atfrount to the English ria uon, l taae tor granted mat n was designs ; as "a bold and defiant answer to the insolence which ha been directed ag-tinst the American nation, by every organ of British opinion eve-smce the civil war broke out in the Uotte.i states. However this may be, it is assure llv ai: act : which U,.fra5hthconteAiuieBce that may nerealler become most disastrous to both parties who are now contending with each o.her. Unless England consent to forego all claims to man hood or national honor, she mus recent this seizure, and, if the So ith be dispo ed to-aecept her cooperation, the successors o Washington must be prepared to encounter hu ardsmore dangerous than have ever nanace; b.ter mubt rule their destinies The navy of England, issuing from the ports of Halifax. St. Johns, Bermuda and of the West Indies,; and co-operating with a land lorce which appears to le little short of half a million of men. will not onlv raise the block ade of every Southern port, but will sweep the American coast from Jew Brunswick to tbe Potomac burning every town and-city which lies within reach of the ' formidable preiectiles of modern artillery, and capturing every commercial vessel that tn-iv vent a re to quit the protection of a Federal fortress. ' As for Cana da, the modern statesman of England care little whether it call itself British or American but if an attenivt be made by the "Federal States to force the Canadians into an incorporation with the Northern sectien'of the fepub- S" ..l ' I lie, tney win aimpiy onnupon themselves an additional foe. They will be attacked on their northeru as. well as their southern ' frontier and, thus overmatched, they will be compelled to yield to the dictates of necessity sod submit to an ignominious peace. This is the course of events which British opinion now antici pates, Scarcelya single Englishman or Jrich V eet Briton is to be found who did not rejoice when the civil war broke oat in America, localise the English people have been made to feel that the United States were becoming u power with whose ascehdence they would soon bevBable to cope. . . ? : - -i - ' . For the reason am : convinced that they would now rejoice to obtain an opportunity ot destroying the, Northern section, ot the republic by forming an alliance with the Southern. They would thus acquire, without impediment, the cotton and other raw raateriale with which tbe Southern States have been- accustomed to dupply them, whilst they would extinguish tM political and commercial greatness of a forroi J- able rival. In view of these contingencies do i ask yoa to lower the '-Stars and Stripes,'..' and te humble yourself to England ? ! By no means; but. I earnestly entreat yoa to- renew relations Of amity, if net of affection; with those who are your natural friends, who ought to 1 your brothers in affection as they are your brothers by the relation of k:ridred. M Answer-the British demands in the language of diplomacy. Quote authorities and precedents to snow that foa are justified , by he. law of aatioos. ani 4Delalr.-; by the example of England, in the aetzure of these commissioners.''' Such discus-SHJns will give yoa .'tinris' fhf defiberatlon and Kr preparawon : uui ioe not an nour in iioer- atine the ;eomtoissioners.u Send them to the Confederate headquarters;"and tell them.tVre- turn to tvaaningion aa pieaipoienuaries amy kutiiorized to treat respectrng the. terms of an immediate soepensionrofaniis'anid'Tespecting aa early: adjustment of- the questions - at issue between the Northern and Southern States; i If this be the jaaguse. of common; sense; do aot 'desnisa it because it "comas from an.ialarwt hkh has for ages been the victim of misgov- mineau , 1 believe thatThe language which I fnow beu bespeaks the sentimenu of a larze .najority o mf fellow countrymen ; land there t roc mmonj (A Uu tartAn peopu muck ijfcc&m 'm U fetlly thdlriJL,. iThcyMv? fsrybZ VJti tVy vsrt tijH aidotUrtd bytk AssierisMS et mCm wA thty ip drioc from their, kaxui bv lllitKjKi uhen. thar (btalK. vnutcnvLon md. xu vtr aawa Eng?ad wilhAjtheit aot&Jfioa which wu not eon fx ed to lherrr:tdicfi mar Jot aflvwrf rdle Us mombU aardt'f,?T?.S Qdit ttrffom. &zsa,fr,Theyar vc aUU. reiamJet that this exT:ation was e!rrel -and: is shared, by tk Ip j.n atateameh of EnrHnd by mini- t eni viccrovs. who are stiil in the habit of j ia every decrease of the populatida of ..BannaaimBnnaanaamnanaaaaaBaaanwMMaiMwaMSMMiBUMM, 6i of a gtbUtuatt. Irelaod fc ambjeetof congratulation. If yoa make peace with the South, there will be no war with England. Some, coavenieavand plausible pretext will be discovered for forbear ing to resent ui anront wjuca naa been osr to th Bntish flag. arlasd would not hesitate to asraH roe. aa she assailed the .Chinese, if you were unable to .' difend yourselves ; but when she ehall find that the shores of America are to be protected . by a million of armed, men. who have profited by the experience of at least, one campaign-when she shall find that every harbor ana tr. ery river from the frontier of Maine to the extremity of Texas ia about to send out privateers " which will intercept, even in . Australia, the golden laden vcasels of England whew she recollect that if she places a regiment on the borders of Canada . a large portion of that force will desert to the United States when she rejects that ifahe goes to war with united America she will be met by two hundred thousand " Irish soldiers, who pent for an opportunity of avenginthTMrrongs of their race when aha '9 conscious thitfive millions of Irishman, in- -; h.hitin an Island which lies bv her aide, will sympathize with "America rather than with Lngland in such a struggle when she fore--bodes with gleomy forecast, that the glory of England will forever pasa away, and become matter of history, if ever France and America unite in hostility to her when she knows that, the ruler of France is watching, like as eagle. tor an opportunity to pounce upon his prey,-ind that France will be supported bv lhesym- mtny oi opain, ana tne grautuae oi itaty, sue will be slow to encounter these hazards even n defense of the fiaer that "has braved a thou sand years the battle and the breeze," , A Defeat Instead of a Victory - The Wheeling iafeZSpeacsr of the 23d saya . hat the late battle near the top of the Alio ghanies between Gen. Johnston on the rebel : sUlm and Gen. Milroy on our side, waa a defeat o us instead of a victory. The first accounts wer i fictions, for it turns out . not to be - true ihat Johnson was shot through -the moafh, . -leilher did the rebels slip sway in: the sight, burning their camp. The JnitiSgtnctr gives as -acts as following: -- '. - -V - Gen. M. took parts of some four or five regi-nents the id Virginia, the 9th and 13th In-liana, the 25th and 3d Ohio, marched . from. Cheat Mountain to the Allegbanies, come thirty miles, and came upon the enemy in ambush. : ome two tnousana strong, wiut nia own xoea luite exhausted Our men discovered at, the tint fire that a great mistake had been made. They had been lead to expect a different meet-: ing. .Scouts had reported the enemy only about t thousand strong, and in afplaee where they ipuld easily be taken. Oar men were all eager- .less to bag them. They supposed themselves fonble as strong as the enemy. Instead of that, they were scarcely, more than half as many. No wonder,. thenlthat in finding their mistake, a id coming oh a heavy fire, one or two of the rimenu flinched badly at first. .The expedi tion was"aoluwteer one altogether. a.nd companies were made up tVom the diflerent regi-menu just as individuals offered. ' - t. How many we lost does not seem to be known . with any degree of certainty. Most of our . dstd were left-in possession of the enemy.- Neither do we know their loss. It is only "pre-samed that they suffered more than we did It is well known, that the design of the expedt- : tion was frustrated, and we were compelled to fall back with the enemy un begged. " -A TPorres pondeni of the Ohio Siale9urn, who was in the battle, speaks of it as "another repulse." , - Twice did our friends drive tbe rebels, but after fire hours fighting, and the giving out of the ammunition our forces withdrew, leav ing the dead on the field. . vs Rebel Eracuation of.tJalrerton. : A short time since the telegraph annoaaeed the evacuation of Galveston, Texas, by the rebels ; but, so unreliable are rumors in general, that no one believed this. The rumor how- eer, tarns out to be correct, as will be seen from- the following extract from the Houston Telegraph of the Sd inst: " 5 . 1 J On the 20th ult a council of war was held at Galveston; st which it was determined that it was impossible to defend the city successful ly. The larirest guns at the fortifications un- on the Island were 32-pounders, smooth bores. having a range not exceeding two miles, while the enemy's guns were of the largest calibre. : shooting with accuracy three or four miles. luiiwaikiii usc wh.iiuiij ui iuie tii a surrender or ds -truct ion of our troops and; the city, without the power of inflicting injury up-;-on the assailants. It was thought test, there fore; under all "the circumstances, to evacuate Galveston, end occupy in theear of the city,' so as to repel any advance of the Federal troops after they had landed. - . . la consequence of this determination an or der was issued for the removal of all the hos pital patients from Galveston to Houston, which. : was accomplished immediately. All the public and private property waa being rapidly removed to Houston, when Judge Hill left Gal veston. -" '.'-..- " '- ' " " - The vjrowieior of the Jvcws kad rented' a hotue in lloustoa, and announced, that . hU next issue would be printed in rhat city. -aal all the 'other newspaper' establishments, it !, supporsed, have done the same.'' The guns haye 1 bee removed rrnm toe diserent Xortic cat ions,-and the troops have fallen back to the texuita'. us of the railroad bridge u the bdand, and still larger force stationed atirgmta Point, oa the mainland.1 - - . ' It seems that General Hebert "has been 'ac-tl--fied of a con teri plated aftacki but is 'noVd- vised:aa to the point that may be ' first ''ul-. ; SitineM la our Amy at Port HajzL. y i fThe:Nqw Ycjk Tnitae:, Port Royal eorre-rnjience,.which'we publish this roornjag wiU l le read wjth inurestand-orrow. . The Tn&tt '-eays editriaUy --JC -. v --i c;-: 'i:n-I MtJeneral Sherman's expedition Isnded at J Port Boyal on November- Brfart tki tnd ef do AauUcmi tA tkiU Clhtul ty-four died in November,' and ai the last a.l r- ces mvvre than six hundred were'yet -BeriiiUv ill. j The dtseasce-wkich have thus r? " the axpsdiuoa are congeetivs ata r.;:Ri vers, acute dysentery and tr.aia.ric- T"-'"'n " niaallof the tioet rail: .stacl . - ' troi. end to os proaucea oyvzr von az. i T. m . -v 1 1 The cB mtU Is unl ; - rt Ur: all ieciisai to ts cl.zz t a t : - are peculiarly, trji rjbtist:c!i rs.t''.0 under proper telir.' -'It i xa; i I Cll" i i . U.a-.. peraturson L ,:::r was folios: correspcsvl: u I v instaat Uerease b ber of 41 . . C t C it ai-ht,thr: jn e.fair r- rtf r "overy. nsvir t r prSiectloi J.C..1 tl.e weather.' wc:. zen- to de-it'.i their systems wc tess. r.st U'.r.i sUe to res'ft a r "JC. tv.it hrol lu & h "wcil r t ; source oX Ukcomfort.M ' , r t t :t A. i t: a '.' --- J. -..V lis r .f