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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
RjUSR aloft onr starry banner, 
Lot her float in azure sky, 
Let the heavenly zephyrs fan her, 
Nerve onr hearts to do, or die ? 
Oon, onr shield, onr battle brand, 
Will protect onr native land I 
Tills our union bailie cry ! 
ROCHESTER, N. |Y., JANUARY 24, 1863. 
The Army in Virginia, 
Up to the present writing, (Monday A. M.,) 
tout little roliublc intelligence has reached us 
from Virginia. Snob as has come to hand will 
be found below: 
The Surgeon-General reports the sanitary con¬ 
dition of the Army of the Potomac tut good. 
Some new regiments complain of the quality of 
the food and provisions, and also that they have 
an insufficient quantity. 
The army correspondent ot the N. Y. Times 
Hays:-~The rebels are evidently anticipating an 
early attack. On the 13th, they threw up rifle 
pits, extending over half a mile of ground. The 
new rifle pits arc nearly opposite Fulmoutb, and 
on the right of our position. Indications show 
that the army is liable to receive marching orders 
at any moment. A movement must certainly 
take place before the expiration of many days. 
Col. Wyndham returned from his scouting ex¬ 
pedition on the night of the 14th. lie was not 
allowed to bike with him the force he desired, 
and went no further than Rappahannock Station 
and round to Aldle. He obtained information 
that 55 regimopts have been sent from the rebel 
army under Gen. Lee to re-eul’orcc Gen. Bragg 
in Tennesson. 
The following has been received at the Wash¬ 
ington headquarters of the army; 
FoutrkSS JIOsroh, Jmi. 16, 1863. 
papers are boasting ttmt won. i ryornaa repuiseu 
our troops near New Providence Church on the 
9th inst. The following dispatch of the 15th 
insL, from Gen. Peck, gives the true version of 
the affair. His attack was repulsed by our 
Mounted Rifles under Major Wheeler. It m due 
to the latter, and our troops, that the truth should 
ls» known, and if you have no objections 1 should 
be glad to have it published. JOHN A. Dix. 
The enemy crossed the lilac kinder in consid¬ 
erable force and attempted yesterday to drive 
in our right wing, tout were repulsed. ‘ Infantry, 
cavalry and artillery were employed by the 
rebels,' but they were repulsed by the New York 
Mounted Rifles, under Major Wheeler. At dusk 
the enemy’s advance was charged upon and 
driven hack on his supports. At intervals 
throughout the night sbellH were thrown from 
the relxil batteries. J. A. Pkck, Maj.-Gen. 
Advices from Fortress Monroe to the 17th, 
state that Col. Ludlow, from City Point, says 
that all commissioned officers of the United 
States captured after Jan. 12th, will be handed 
over to the Governors of States when captured. 
He says it is highly probable that all officers cap¬ 
tured before the 12th will be released. There 
are a large number of Murfreesboro prisoners 
now at Richmond. 
Department of the South. 
The Passaic and Montauk areat Beau fori all 
well. Neither of these vessels was disabled. 
The Passaic went safely through one of the most 
terrific gales recently experienced off' Hattera& 
An officer of the vessel writing to a friend, says 
the superstition of the sailors and of some of the 
officers, was one of the greatest difficulties to be 
overcome. Some of them gave up all for lost at 
every dash of the sea, and the deck being almost 
continually immersed, the appearance of things 
in a measure justified their fears. Professional 
men, however, are highly pleased with the sea¬ 
going qualities of the new Monitors, and see 
nothing to be improved upon, save a further 
strengthening of the sections. 
Capt. Worden, of the Montank, has reported his 
arrival at his destination to the Navy Department- 
The Montauk attempted to enter the harbor in 
the morning, in charge of a coast pilot, and struck 
on the Shackelford shoals. The accident was 
caused by the misplacement of a buoy. The Mon¬ 
tauk remained fast until 6 o'clock in the evening, 
when, by the assistance of the tug boats John P. 
Freeborn. Capt. Almy, John P. Levy, Capt 
Rogers, and the gunboat Miami, she was got 
afloat and towed into the harbor, anchoring 
abreast of Fort Mason. She was entirely unin¬ 
jured. 
A Fortress Monroe correspondent states an 
arrival from Newbern on .the 13th furnishes the 
following: 
The rebels are suffering seriously in conse¬ 
quence of the destruction of the railroad at Golds- 
boro. They have sent a large number of negroes 
to repair the track and rebuild the. bridges, pro¬ 
tected by a large force under Gen. Evans. 
French's “rebel division has been moved from 
Petersburg to Raleigh. 
A portion of Lee’s army has been sent to 
Richmond to be ready to march to North Car¬ 
olina. 
General Foster has been heavily re-euforced, 
and he is determined to keep rebel railroad com¬ 
munication between Richmond and the Gulf 
States severed. 
It is generally conceded that a large fleet is 
now at Newbern, and is designed to co-operate 
for the capture of Wilmington. 
It is rumored an attack will soon be made on 
Charleston. Gen. Naglee and division, and many 
other troops, are ready for action. Beaufort and 
Newbern harbors are filled with gunboats and 
transports. The health of the troops is excellent 
Department of the Gulf 
The following particulars of the land attack- 
on Galveston have not heretofore been published: 
On the night of Dec- 31st a reconnoisance was 
made by Capt Shreeve with 25 men of the Rox- 
bury City Guard, which resulted in the discovery 
of a large rebel cavalry force in tbe western part 
of the city. Capt Shreeve at once reported his 
discovery to Col. Burrill by a messenger, when 
two platoons, of 20 men each, were sent out It 
was reported soon after that Capt Shreeve had 
been captured, but the platoons which were sent 
out met him and bus command falling back in 
good order. 
About Ibis time the Harriet Lane sent up a 
signal which announced, firet, enemies approach¬ 
ing by water, and soon after, enemies approach¬ 
ing by land. Col. Burrill being notified of these 
signals, immediately turned ofll his battalion, 
which, all told, numbered JesR than 300 men 
under arms, and constructed barricades of bar¬ 
rels, hogsheads, boards, and whatever else he 
could -find, across the wharf, and tore up the 
planks, leaving only a narrow passage for the 
retreat of his pickets. 
Word was now sent iu that the enemy in large 
numbers were crossing the bridge, and had 
already taken possession of the rear of the town 
in strong force. During the day the rebels had 
crossed light pieces ofartilley concealed in loads 
of hay, and when they bad reached the town in 
sufficient numbers, and the Harriet Lane was 
fairly engaged, they opened fire with these 
pieces upon the Union forces, while the pickets 
were driven in. They had been planted with 
the purpose of obtaining an enfilading range on 
our men, but a skillful change of position and the 
barricades which the Colonel hail hastily erected 
had defeated the designs, Tbe soldiers stood up 
to their work most bravely, not a man flinching, 
and for four hours they refused to yield to the 
overpowering numbers which poured down upon 
them. 
The euemy was fairly repulsed twice, notwith¬ 
standing his artillery, while our troops had none, 
and notwithstanding he had ten men for one of 
ours. 
The full b'gbt of day came Indore this fight lie- 
tweon the rebels and our handful of soldiers was 
at an end. The little band was standing up 
against all odds, when it was discovered that a 
white flag was floating from the Harriet Lane. 
The meaning of it was not understood, for the 
Colonel was ignorant of die fact that the Harriet 
Lane was in possession of the enemy. Soon a 
white flag was displayed on the gunboat, Owuaco, 
and Col. Burrill now determined to loam the 
cause .of these unexpected signs. He accord¬ 
ingly sent his Adjutant, Lieut. Gluts. A. Davis, 
to the O wasco, the vessel nearest tbe wharf, to 
learn the state of affairs and to consult as to the 
course to be pursued. Adjutant Davis pro¬ 
ceeded in a small boat, and having completed his 
business on the Owueco, was about to return, 
when he discovered that the Union troops on the 
whar wore marching off*. I le saw them go to the 
street, where they were at once surrounded by 
rebel soldiers and by citizens. They had, in fact, 
surrounded them, and the Adjutant, of course, 
did not return. 
The rebels, in addition to their prisoners, cap¬ 
tured 30,000 rifle cartridges, and 500 picks and 
500 shovels. The loss of the Union land force 
was quite small, probably not more than four 
killed aud twenty wounded. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Missouri.- A dispatch from Gen. Blown to 
Curtis, dated Springfield, 8 tli, says that the battle 
lasted 13 hours. The enemy numbered 5,000 
picked mounted infantry, with two rebel guns. 
Tbe expedition was fitted out in Arkansas river, 
and marched at least 50 miles in 24 hours. 
Tbe euemy opened on the town without giving 
notice to move the sick or women and children. 
Our forces, coil sis tod of the Missouri militia, Iowa 
troops, enrolled Missouri militia, convalescents 
and stragglers, numbering 2,600, with two old 
iron howitzers, one iron 6 -pounder mounted on 
wagon wheels and two brass 6 -pounders. The 
enemy were badly whipped. Gen. Brown was 
treacherously shot from a scce&k residence while 
leading a charge. 
A dispatch from Gen. Warren dated Houston, 
Texas county, 16th, says the enemy are in fuH 
retreat toward Arkansas. 
M arm ad uke's force iu Hartsville fight was 
between 4,000 and 5,000 strong. Their loss was 
about 300 killed, wounded, and prisoner:* The 
famous guerilla McGould was among the killed, 
and the notorious guerilla Porter badly wounded. 
Arkansas.— The ram, Storm, which left Ar¬ 
kansas Post, Monday, arrived at Cairo on the 
17l.b inst. and confirms the capture of that place. 
Au attack was made on the evening of the 9th 
by gunboats, tbe land force debarking two miles 
below, marching in the rear of the fortifications. 
The rebels bail earthworks two miles below the 
main fort, from which they were shelled — not, 
however, before some damage was done to the 
gunboats. Throe balls entered the port boles of 
the Lexington, killing four men. The main fort 
is represented as very strongly garrisoned. The 
officers of the Storm say that the Federate cap¬ 
tured six regiments in the works, and at daylight 
Monday, two Texan regiments, ignorant that, the 
place had surrendered, came to re-enforec, and 
were also captured. Nearly all the ammunition 
taken by the rebels from the steamer Blue Wing 
some days since, was recaptured. The following 
dispatch has been received: 
llKjuxjOARTfiaa A rut or Mississippi, > 
Post or Auka.vhas, Jan. 11, 1863, j 
To Maj.-Gen-. U. S. (fronts Commanding the 
Department of Tennessee:— I have tbe honor to 
report that the forces under ray command attack¬ 
ed the Post of Arkansas at 1 o’clock to-day, hav¬ 
ing stormed the enemy’s works. We took a large 
quantity of prisoners,'variously estimated at from 
7.000 to’ 10,000, and all their animals and military 
stores. Rear Admiral D. Porter, commanding 
the Mississippi Squadron, effectively and bril¬ 
liantly co-operated, accomplishing iIns complete 
success. John A. McClkrxani>. 
Tennessee.— The following official dispatches 
relate to the recent sucfessful raid under Brig.- 
Gen. Carter: 
Cinci nnati, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1863 
To 11. W. JlatlccJc, <renerairin-Chief: —1 have 
just received a dispatcl from Mty.-Geu. Granger, 
that the cavalrv force which lie sent, to East Ten¬ 
nessee on the 5lst uit-j under Brig.-Con. Carter, 
to destroy the East Tennessee railroad bridges 
has boon heard from- Gen. Granger received a 
dispatch from Gen. Carter, at Manchester, Ky., 
stating that on the 30th nit, he entirely destroyed 
the Union aud Wautaga bridges with ton miles 
of railroad. Five hundred aud fifty rebels were 
killed, wounded and taken prisoners. Seven 
hundred stand of ;irm j and a large amount of 
flour, Halt and other rebel stores, and also a loco¬ 
motive and two cars were destroyed. A brisk 
skirmish look place a; the Wautaga bridge and 
another at Jonetsvilk*. We lost but ten men. 
The expedition has lieen characterized by Gen. 
Granger as one of the most hazardous and daring 
of the war. It was attended with great privation 
and hardship, owing fr the almost impracticable 
nature of trie country, length of the route of 
nearly 200 miles each way. and the inclement 
season. The important results of the expedition 
can hardly be overrated, severing as it has the 
main railroad communication between Virginia 
and tbe South-west Gen. Carter and hteofficere 
and men deserve the thanks of the country. 
Great credit in also due Maj.-Gen. Granger, 
under whose supervision the expedition was 
fitted out, and whose long cavalry experience 
was a guaranty that nothing tending to its suc¬ 
cors was forgotten. 
H. G. Wright, Maj.-Cen. 
To Maj.-Gen. Wright, Cincinnati :—The daring 
operations and brilliant achievements of Gen. 
(Tarter and his command are without a parallel 
and deserve the (banks of the country. The ex¬ 
pedition has proved tbe capacity of our cavalry 
for bold and dashing movement, which I do not 
doubt can i*e imitated by others. 
H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. 
On the 9th inst, General llalleck dispatched 
the following to General Rosecrans: 
1Ik>iwjuakticun Army or tiik Potomac, ( 
Washington, I). C-, Jan. 9, 1863, j 
7b Maj.-Gen. \V. & Rosecrans, Commanding 
Army of the Cumberland :— General — The 
rebelaceouuts freely confirm your telegrams from 
the battle-field. Victory was well earm'd, and 
is one of the most brilliant of the war. You and 
your brave army have won the gratitude of your 
country and the admiration of the world. The 
field of Murfreesboro is made historical, aud 
future generations will poinlout the places where 
so many heroes fell gloriously in defence of the 
Constitution and the Union. Thanks for the liv¬ 
ing, and tears for the lamented dead. 
II. W. Hallei k, General-in-Chief. 
A special dispatch from Nashville, dated the 
ICtb, contains the following: 
Brig.-Gen. Forest, of tbe rebel army, with a 
force of about 4,000 men and 12 pieces of light 
artillery, attacked our relief store ships coming 
up the Cumberland r yer, and succeeded in cap¬ 
turing five steamboats laden with commissary 
stores and the gunboat Slidell. Several of the 
boats contained wounded soldiers, who, in jump¬ 
ing from them while burning, were shot in the 
water. 
The negro crews were stripped of their cloth¬ 
ing, tied to trees, cowhided and left to starve on 
shore. The boats were all anchored in mid- 
channel and burned alter being robbed of valu¬ 
ables. The officers and soldiers were stripped of 
their clothing, placed on shore and paroled. 
Several bridges on the Louisville and Nashville 
Railroad have been destroyed by Hub same baud 
of marauders, and mail communication cannot 
be resumed in some lime. The wires between 
this place aud Murfreesboro have been cut by 
secessionists, who pretend to be quiet Union 
farmers, and 1 have no word from our army to¬ 
day, but it is ready for the enemy. 
Nineteen deserters from various Tennessee 
regiments came into Nashville on the 15th. Au 
entire rebel regiment, numbering 300 men, de¬ 
serted and came into our outposts 16 miles beyond 
Murfreesboro, yesterday. 
About $90,000 of Confederate State funds have 
been seized from brokers in Nashville and con¬ 
fiscated by order ot Gen. Mitchell. 
Gen. Longstrect arrived at Shclbyville with 13 
brigades from Lee’s army, and he has succeeded 
Gen. Bragg in command of the rebel army in 
Tennessee. 
Reliable information has been received from 
scouts that efforts are being made by the rebels 
to cut off Rosecrans’ supplies aud retreat, and 
then crush his army. 
Gen. Longstrect will attack us, it is said, next 
week. Gen. Rosecrans is fully prepared for the 
enemy, but will uot move upon him uutil certain 
expeditions destroy a railroad and capture For¬ 
rest and his men or drive them off'. 
The Chattanooga Rebel reports a large fleet of 
gunboats and transports ascending the Mississip¬ 
pi on the 13th. 
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. 
The President sent a message to the House 
on the 14 tb, in reply to a resolution asking why 
Senor Murillo has not been received as the rep¬ 
resentative of the revolutionary government of 
Grenada, aud what communications had been 
had with Senor Hem cf, the representative of the 
Confederacy of Now Grenada. 
TLe President recites the diplomatic relations 
heretofore existing between the United States 
and New Grenada. In 1861, a revolutionary war 
broke out in Grenada, assuming to set up a new 
government, under tin: name of the United States 
of Columbia; this war has .had ite vicissitudes. 
But the revolutionary organization has hitherto 
lieen simply a military and provisional power, 
without a definite constitution or government, 
and no government of the latter kind has been 
organized in lieu of the government of 1868, 
which has been recognized by the United States. 
The United States Minister, appointed in 1861, 
was instructed, in view of the occupation of the 
capital of New Grenada by the revolutionists, 
and the universality of civil war then waging, 
not to present his credentials to either of the 
governments, but to coDducthis affairs informally, 
as customary in such cases: to report progress, 
and await the instructions of his government 
The advices received have not been sufficient to 
determine the President to recognize the revolu¬ 
tionary government, and Gen. Herron being 
here as tbe representative of the government so 
long recognized, he had not received any repre¬ 
sentative of the revolution, as that would be an 
act of recognition. 
Official communications have been had, on 
occasional and incidental questions with Gen. 
Herron as Minister of the Grenadian Confed¬ 
eracy, but in no other character. From these 
communications no definite measure or proceed¬ 
ing has resulted; and a communication of 
them, at this time, the President does not deem 
compatible with public interests. 
Our blockading fleet has captured some very 
important dispatches from Jeff’. Davis and his 
Secretary of State, to Mason, Slidell, and others 
in Europe. Those dispatches give many import¬ 
ant facte and details in regard to the condition of 
the rebels. Private letters, captured at the same 
time, give the strongest statements of the des¬ 
perate straits to which the rebel leaders are 
reduced, and show that unless they can quickly 
get relief, either by European intervention, or by 
dividing the Free States, and thus paralyzing the 
efforts of the Government, they must give up 
their bad cause for lost. These dispatches 
airived in Washington on the 14th inst They 
were put up in a tin box coated witli lead at one 
end, so as to sink quickly in an emergency. But 
our sailors were too quick for them. 
The National Intelligencer of the 17th publishes 
eight columns of the intercepted rebel dispatches, 
being letters of instructions to Messrs. Mason 
and Slidell, and other rebel agents in Europe. 
The first is a letter from Secretary Benjamin, 
dated September last, exaggerating all the rebel 
victories, and summing up the Federal losses in 
all the battles up to that time at 350,000. 
The most important portion of tbe composi¬ 
tion relates to a movement on tbe part of the 
French consuls at Galveston and Richmond, 
supposed to have originated in Paris, to induce 
Texas to secede from the Southern Confederacy 
and eFtablish an indejicndent government. The 
result of this discovery was an order to Magru- 
der to send the Consul at Galveston to Mexico 
as soon as possible, and the Richmond Consul to 
leave forthwith. The order with regard to the 
latter was, however, rescinded. 
It further appears, that the reception awarded 
by Earl Russell to .Mason, at London, is not such 
as comports with the latter's sense of propriety, 
or the expectations of the Confederate authori¬ 
ties at Richmond. Mason is, however, compli¬ 
mented for self-abnegation in consenting to 
remain at his post, notwilhstandlngthe arrogance 
to which lie conceives "himself subjected by the 
evident coolness of Russell. 
The second portion of this correspondence 
relates to the European operations of the Con¬ 
federate Treasury and Navy Departments. 
Meminiuger explains the schemes for raising 
money in Kngland, by the hypothecation of cot¬ 
ton in tbe Confederate State's of America. The 
modusoperandi by which coin may he transmit¬ 
ted in English vessels from blockaded ports, to 
lie employed in F.ngiand for w ar purposes and 
payments, receives elucidation at the bands of 
the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, while 
the use to which a portion of the funds is put, is 
explained in the accompanying correspondence 
of Mallory, Confederate Secretary of the Navy. 
The utility of iron clods and means by which 
they are to be procured in England, formed the 
burden of one interesting paper. 
From those papers we also learn the names of 
the Confederate financial agents in England, and 
what houses are ready to fill the military and 
naval orders from Richmond. 
The report of the Commissioners appointed in 
pursuance of the act of emancipation in the 
District of Columbia made their report on the 
lflth. The whole number of servants from whom 
compensation has been withheld, is 111. The 
toted number for whom compensation has been 
awarded, is 3,100. 
The Committee on Naval Affairs have, accord¬ 
ing to a resolution passed unanimously, com¬ 
menced an inquiry into the practicability of con¬ 
necting all our naval and military stations 
between Fortress Monroe and New' Orleans, by 
submarine telegraph cables. Cyrus W. Field, 
Esq., of New York—now in Washington—has 
presented to the Government an offer from the 
celebrated firm of Glass, Elliott .t Co., of Lon¬ 
don, to manufacture and submerge cables con¬ 
necting all points between Washington aud New 
Orleans. They are to lie paid only on success¬ 
ful completion, aud delivery to the Government 
of the lines in good working order. In other 
words, they take the entire risk of manufacture, 
shipping across the Atlautie, laying down, work¬ 
ing the lines, Ac. The importance of such 
arrangements for telegraphing is admitted by all 
parties, both as a matter of economy and actual 
military necessity; thence there seems no doubt 
that Congress will, without unnecessary delay, 
make an appropriation for that purpose. The 
linn of Glass, Elliott A Co., last year, laid a 
cable for the English Government 1,535 miles 
long, which has been in perfect working order 
ever since, while other linos laid by them have 
been in uninterrupted operation from nine to 
eleven years. 
The Secretary of the Interior has sent to Con¬ 
gress, accompanying a letter from Indian Com¬ 
missioner Dale, the recommendation of the dis¬ 
tribution of $50,000 at once among the Indians 
of Utah, based upon the fact that many of the 
savages are becoming restive and insubordinate, 
believing that the Government has lost its power 
and ability to protect them on the one base, and 
keep them in subjection on the other. He also 
recommends two temporary special agencies, 
one to the Chippewas of Utah, and the other for 
upper Missouri. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Short-hOrne for Sale—T O T'clcn- 
f/OcaJ Agents Wanted — B C Erupt. 
Tempemncc Monitor— U H Mills. 
Elmira Keimvlo O'lleire — Her A W Cowles. 
Basket Willows —K G Wood. 
Special NatlccA, 
Reader, Stop and Think — D. B. DeLand & Co. 
Brown's Bronchial Trochee. 
®()C Nnns (Honbcnser. 
— The cholera was raging in China at last accounts. 
— The French, 4,000 strong, have landed at Matamoras, 
Mexico. 
— Delaware has re-elected to his place in the Senate the 
Hon. Jas. A. Bayard. 
— The boring of Artesian wells is being carried on with 
great activity in Algeria 
— It is stated that Queen Victoria will wear deep 
mourning another year. 
— The prise steamer Caroline was sold in Philadelphia 
on Monday week for $34,500. 
— A college in connection with the Church of England 
is to be established in Liberia, 
— Serious apprehensions are entertained of Indian out¬ 
breaks at the West in the spring. 
— During the year 1862 nearly thirty thousand people 
ascended Bunker Hill Monument. 
— Gov. Ramsey has just been elected United States Sen¬ 
ator by the Minnesota Legislature. 
— Hon, Charles Sumner has been re elected United 
States Senator from Masaachurctts. 
— Lot M. Morrell was elected Senator from Maine, oo 
the 13th by a vote of 120 against 45. 
— The Baltimore Relief Union distributed 3,000 loaves 
of bread to the poor on Christmas day. 
— The death of Mr. Thomas Hope, author of Anastasi- 
um, at Dresden on Uie 5th ult., is announced. 
— A New York firm lias bought over 80,000 lbs. of to¬ 
bacco in Pataka township, Dubois county, Ind. 
— Prof. James Ilenwick, LL. D., died at his residence 
in New York city ou Monday week in his 71st y ear. 
— Tbo money order system, after the English fashion, 
has been introduced Into the Post-Offices in Turkey. 
— City railroads are building in Kan Francisco, the om¬ 
nibus proprietors taking nearly tbe whole Interest in theca. 
— There were coined at the mint in Philadelphia during 
December five million four hundred and thirty thousand 
cents. 
— The number of disabled soldiers who have been dis¬ 
charged from service since the 1st of the present month is 
6,309. 
— The Hudson River Railroad has paid its first divi¬ 
dend. It has proved itself a paying concern to its stock¬ 
holders. 
— A female preacher occupies a pulpit in Pittsburg, 
preaching statedly to a congregation of character and in¬ 
telligence, 
— A railroad has been opened across the Swedish pe¬ 
ninsula, connecting Gottenburg on the Cattagat with 
Stockholm. 
— The Internal Revenue Commisioner has decided that 
the “probateof wills” and “letters testamentary ” must 
be stain ped. 
— Tlie Girard House, at one time the principal hotel of 
Philadelphia, has been re-opened, after two or tlirec years 
suspension. 
— The Government redeems in coin the debt of 1842, 
of $2,800,000. The holders get their debt and 33 per cent 
profit on it. 
— Secretary Chase reports that the delay in the payment 
of soldiers results from the restrictions imposed upon him 
by Congress. • 
— A National Exhibition is to be opened at Constanti¬ 
nople ou the 1st Ramazan (last of February, 1803,) for 
three months. 
— .Alabama has authorized the employment of slaves 
in defense of the Southern government. The same is true 
as to Georgia, 
— On New Year’s evening, in East Greenwich, R. I., 
Cteaar Clark, aged about 100, was married to Betsey Fry, 
aged about 70. 
— J. Miner Botts has just purchased an estate of 2,800 
acres, in Orange Co., Va., for $104,000, and has taken 
possession of it 
— Col. Moses Wisner, formerly Governor of Michigan, 
dic'd in the camp of the 22d Mich. Infantry at Lexington, 
Ky., on Jan. 4th. 
— There is a report that Gen. Hindmap has executed 
ten Federal officers iu retaliation for the teu murderers 
hung by McNeil 
— The bill authorizing the issue of $100,000,000 legal 
tender notes, for the immediate payment of the army and 
navy is now a law. 
— About $1,680,000 of gold were sold on speculation in 
New Y T ork York last week. Stock sales in the same city 
oegistered $4,467,620. 
— Generals Cobb, Hill, Jackson and Preston, of the reb¬ 
el army, were all officiating Presbyterian elders when the 
war was commenced 
— Rev. Dr. Nott, President of Union College, is danger¬ 
ously ill at his residence at Schenectady. He is paralyzed, 
and cannot long survive. 
— The reported death of Claib Jackson, rebel Governor 
of Missouri, is confirmed by letters received in St Louie 
Hard drinking killed him. 
— The Republican Convention of New Hampshire, held 
at Concord on the 1st inst., nominated John A. Gilmore as 
their candidate for Governor. 
— The Legislature of Illinois has elected Hon. W. A. 
Richards to fill the post of Senator df that State, made va¬ 
cant by the death of Douglas, 
— Jackson, Jeir Davis’ escaped negro coachman, was 
one of the speakers at an anti-slavery meeting held iu 
Loudon, Eng., on the 12th Dec, 
— One jeweler in New York sold $96,000 worth of 
Christinas presents. Army contractors and their wires 
spend money with a fearful looseness. 
— Several Ohio and Pennsylvania officers, absent from 
Camp Parole without leave, have been dismissed. Others 
absent will be similarly disposed of. 
_Albert C. Greene, for nearly half a century prominent 
at the bar and public councils of Rhode Island, died in 
Providence on the 8th inst., aged 71 years. 
_Custom House receipts at Boston for 1862 were $3,- 
536,315 in excess of those of 1861. The entire receipts for 
duties at that port for 1862 were $6,839,751. 
— The total number of passengers carried on the trans- 
Atlantic steamers last year, was 78,600, of whom 28,600 
were to Europe and 50,400 to the United States. 
_The Governor of Alabama says that the salt works 
which are worked by the State, produce two thousand 
bushels of salt daily. It is sold at $2 per bushel. 
— A number of gentleman have petitioned the Massa¬ 
chusetts Legislature for an act of incorporation as a com¬ 
pany for the manufacture of type-setting machines. 
