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TTT-F. BURLINGTON FEEE PRESS, FRIDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 10, 1862. 1 I i C. T. & G. G. BENEDICT. XnrrOXI AXD PaortriTOBt. fW'Tor (trau r.ajl..aB BTJRXIKGTOir VET DOST THEr MOTE I" Thif question, asked by so many thousands rrarj day. In regard to the army, without getting any satisfactory answer, may quite H well be pat in reference to Congress. A month hat gone by and how little has fcten done, compared with what ought to faTt been done! Saving a brief enactment iaUrging the duties on tea and coffee all mil far as it went nolAniy has been done on the all important business of supplying the wants of the Treasury. We hear that such a thing is talked of that the committee of Ways and Means are going to bring in a KB for this and for that , that there is talk of authorising a hundred millions of demand treasury notes, to bo made receivable for all dues to the Government and exchangeable for long loan scrip, and even to be made a legal tender ! but of what is needed, above all things, to make any national paper good, at heme or abroad, viz . a Bensible provision to nut the paper that is due on demand, or to meet the micrcst on the long paper, we hear nothing definite or certain. Now and then some one says, we shall have to lay heavy taxes." True enough ; any one but a fool can see that. Why then is it not done? The people at home are not all blockheads They do not expect that the entire expense of supporting the war for the prosecution of the Government, will be paid off clean, from week to week. Tbey know well enough that the payment of toe major part must be spread over many years, and they know too that the present outlay by the jeoplo has got to be large very large, also, to enable the Government to curry on its immense orra- tions with fucce-s. Tbey know, too, that this money the money to meet ordinary ex penses, lo meet interest money on a war debt without fail, and to insure a regular niuOton. of the debt, can not be got by bar roving ; it must lie got by taxation, taxi noK, and nothing else, and they are ready to meet it. The difficulty does not lie in the people The nation is wealthv. One hundred or two hundred millions of dollars can be raied by internal taxes, and not be felt so much as the sums frittered away by all classes in seedless expenses. The difficulty lies in the Alemhers of Congress. One is afraid to tax tobacco, because ho fears the cigar suckers won't vote for him ; or to tax carriages, be cause the carriage owners won't vote for him -or to tax rum and beer, because the rum and beer sellers won't vote for him , another has oras other sort ol fears,andso on. all seem to be waiting, each one in hopes that ' some thing willjtara up," in the way of a bill which he can vote for and feel easy about his next election. So the days and weeks slide away in talk about this and that and the other thing, of secondary importance or of so importance at all. One harangues about wattes and frauds bad things, outrageously bad things the more severe measures are taken to prevent the one and punish tbo guilty of the other, the better, we say , but lure provision to get the money wanted, should come first. .Another wants to go into deep investigations about past military blunders, when the first want it to provide means for tho eurport of the army and navy. No objections to investiga te as much as you please, gentlemen members of Congress, in the right time and place but you can be better employed just now than in disputing over resolutions on inch subjects. For tbe present, leave the conduct of the war to the Executive Depart ment, and give your attention to provide means to carry it on, we beseech you. Move cn. Movx on. Your own sluggishness and ina&psion is wasting the cation's money, as fast as an J" thing else, just now. EXCHANGE OI' l-'USOXERS. It has always seemed to ns a binder that the large number of rebels taken primers early in tbe war wero let go in the cat-J terms of taking the nath of allegiance. "Swear him and let him go," was the word fur every one.with rare exceptions; and none were more ready to tuke the oath than the deepest dyed traitors, multitudes of whom were no sooner released than they betook themselves to their lormer Im'inem ' ru" bing Union men, toariog np railroad tracks, burning bridgf b and shooting Union pickets. Tbe motive for this indulgent treatment was obvious enough. It was assumed that these aptured rebels were mostly acting under a belief that the Government meant to oppress them, to exterminate them even, and that when they were undeceived by such unlooked for kind treatment as tbey met with, not only would they return to their loyalty, but their influence would !e great to undeceive others, and to cause them to abandon the rebel cause without delay. Expectations of that sort have proved baseless. The rebel spirit has been too deeply implanted to bo destroyed in that way. It has got to be torn up by the roots. Other considerations aside, tbe military blunder of letting multitude of rebel prison art go free as soon as taken, became appa rent as toon as the Bull Run battle threw tome thousands of our men into the bands of the rebels. Then it was Ten quickly sough, that we bad given away for nothing, means for the protection of our own men which we ought to have retained. Uad an exchange of prisoners on equal terms been fait to be ever so desirable and proper, it vai then out of our power to make it, ex opt to a very limited extent. They bad. (and have still) many more prisoners than VI bars, and all through a mistaken leniency n our part. Exchanges are sow made in considerable Bombers, but unless the fortune of war soon places a considerable amount of fresh rebel material in the possession of our troops, Stacy a gallant Union soldier and officer will saset his death from disease in a Southern prison, who would have noblT perilled his life for his country on the battle field if he eould have hud the opportunity. All the exchanges which are made, take place under an informal sufferanoe to U. S. oSoert to make them, and not in conformity to any Governmental agreement with tbe chief organs of tbe so called Southern Con federacy. It wat in this way exchanges were sade in the war of the American Bevolu. don, so far as they were made. The British Government was careful to avoid doing any thing WLich could b taken for as acknow MgaBtDt that there wat any government, - properly freaking, n oomky 1)111 hcr crnor which might operate as a bar to her trying and haning as re ban ana mi" tcj of those who had been in array against hcr or who had aided the revolution, pro Tided she roeceeded in preventing its com gnrflmation. Correspondence ef the Free Press. CANADA BT A NATIVE. Borons, C E., Dec 29, 1861. Hurts. Editors ef the Frtt Press: Thouca Canada is not far from yon, it is a sort of terra incognita, as new that they talk of war. t may interest you to know what we think, ana how we feel. I mart premise, that I have uvea the best part of my life in the province, and know pretty well its situation, and the feelings of Its people, and that my interests are here. The inhabitants of Canada are hsoaans, or French, "moecasoned mntnt;" Dutch, whose fathers came here at tories in the revolution, and whose children still nut with thickened utter ance; renegade Yankees, "who left their country for their country's cood;" some Taareei who came to speculate, and sell wooden docks epriniling of Iriii, a few English, who think all thinrs "orrid tin the colonies," and that me una would relapse into the ocean, if it wis not for the "hold country," and that the sun only shines by royal permission. Over this people as rulers il.firft an Irish Lord, with his 'kit,' whose business is to 6iga his tame to acts of Parliament, and draw his tit bit of a tsllfj cl thtrty-one thousand dollars ajear. Next are tie a rwana of secretaries and clerks, either imported or lawyers of Montreal or Quebec, sppointed fur life, til members of the circumloeu tion cEee, of the "lite Barnacle" type; then swarm of deputies scattered over the country as custom officers, six men to etery oEeo requiring the labor of a boy. There Is also a moderate nam' ber of doctors and lawyers, but baring by law un- limited powers, and pewer of keeping out from their numbers all but the very few. There tre chartered monopolies, controlling life and the law. Then are the Catholic priests, that to their peo pie iare "the keys of heaven and the nether re giGa, and the clergy of the English Church, privileged class, but not very inuectial, becaue of the "heretics" or dissenters from the old ceun try or from across the borders. Nor may we for get the notaries,who must do all the legml writing "scribes who devour widows "houses." Most of the English-speaking t-eople lead Government is making some efforts to hare schools established generally, and learning of th common kind is becoming more generally difiared. The h&btans believe in religion and politics, what the priests tell them. They vote in elections for the man who pays the highest price. Goreramen to them is a chimera : they plough and sow, and smoke and dance, on holidays, and care little whether Ptrineau or the Pope rules them. There are parts of the Province where there are small communities that would do credit to iqj land in the Eastern Townships for instance but they are later emigrants from the States, and are tbe exception, not the rule. As might be expected, very few newrpap-rs cir rnlate among the people, and those few are from Montreal and Quebec, for tbe most part a dreary sea of platitudes, edited by men who know ntth- log of tbe country, or by renegade Yankees, who are for wir, or any thing that proclaims their flunky loyalty, and pays. Montreal has long assumed to be the head ef Can ada, or to be to Canada what Paris is to France, tVben she, like a wilful boy, broke ter toy because she could sot wholly dictate the govern ment, and burned the Parliament buildings, her glory departed, and tho Capitol was removed far beyond ber reach- Montreal bat a ne situation, both for beauty and for commercial advantage bat is so dirWed into factions by religion and Rationalities, that half Its advantages and comfort are lost. A some one remarked to me on, "nothing saeeceds there unless "juld country," or sprinkled with holy water." Were it not for tbe proverbial cosine of northern people, and the love of law of tho AnaJo Saxon people. It would be the most of the time in a state of anarchy ; as it is, it as badly taxed and as badly governed as any city in America. The Legislature of the lower Province is mainly made up of city men, w&o go into the eountry and buy up the people to return them to Parliament Tbe most unbluibing bribery goes cn, every four years, or oftrner if tbe ministry and the Parliament fail to agree; as then the Governor dismisses tbe parliament, and a new election takes place. This ione course of the opposition which you always hear of, and one reason why the government is more unstable than in the States, for if a party out can at any time earry a vote of want of confi dence, a breaking up mult take place. A few years ago they imitated their neighbors enough to pass a bill for a Grand Trunk Railway, ar-d pnSed it enough to get 17,000,000 pound sterling cut of the English peeple. The road was to be the main one for America, to carry all the grain of the West, and even all the cotton cf the rrouth. Sharing the fite of most railroads with you, it is. s far as the stockholders aro concerned, a dead failure. The Canadas must either assume the debt and tax the people, or repudiate. Part, if not all the clamor raised for war here, is by those fattening on the rpoils of this road, and .hey are seeking in the turmoil, or in the excitement of a war. to f f r?p" tb i & i.iMUilt-v . .,, i - the means of their gains. To the ercdi: of a majority of the Canadian Press, be it said thst they have taken a fair and honest view of the present clril war in the United States, as far as they coull comprehend it. A fraction of tbe press, and those that should have been better informed, have nsed all their power to embitter public feeling against tbe North. T&ey have cried out against the suppression of the treasonable presses of the North, well knowing that tbe time has been when there was no outspoken sentiment in Canada, and that the authorities only require the least occasion to sup press all in opposition to them. Even ss they art now beginning to hint, both as regard persons and presses. They fully believe as the witty Sid ney Smith Slid: "Orthodoxy is mjr doxy, and heterodoxy is your doxy." Tbey are now crying out that the suspension of specie payments is an indication ef speedy ruin, and an unheard of thing; forgetting the long suspension of specie payment by the Bank of England, under like circumstances, and at the same tboe foreseeing that tbe banks of Canada will also sotn suspend. Tbe interests of Canada aro indissolubly bound to those of tho United States. The reciprocity treaty, which added little to tho interest of the States, bettered the condition of the people here, and increased the value of property JLfiy per cent. Even now with all your taxes, tho depression in business is much mere severely felt here than with you. Hard times is the universal complaint; nothing is selling, and no money is in circulation. A littl' tTaic, and a few horses have gene to you, ana out a few. Tbe money that is returning daily to you falls to reach ss. This is another cause why a war cry is raised. If England sends out a large body of troops she must send money to pay them, and also large subsidies must bo sent out to make warlike preparations. Like yon we art troubled with a large corps of plaee-seekers,and a war Mils many a vacant colonelcy and commit saryship, at you can testify. But people who re flect know that their interests would all be for a lesg time destroyed in the event of a war, and therefore pray that it may by all me ins be avert ed. Part of the presses and some of the people however suppose themselves England, and about late eients cry out, like the fly in the fable; " See what a dust in raise." The mass of tbe people have little to say, and know or care very ittle about public affairs. The " government", or the Queen" lotkt after the nation, and they have notnlng to do with it, and enlr dread actual lighting and taxes. Under tbe various excitements above mentioned, and the extra stimulus of the sews of tho Mason andelidell aSairia England, the papers herei that never cry until they get word from their marten, tat London istra, it id emmt fmw, declared war, volunteer companies were organ-1 lied, and a general order went out to the " seden tary militia, or the malicious companies as I heard one doughty captain call them, to enroll seventy-five men, to be ready for active service if required, from each brigade a brigade consist ing of from five hundred to a thousand each. These were warned out, To most of them it was the beginning of hostilities. Some ran across the line, some ventured to stay at home. From all can learn, the most that volunteered was City, and from that down to fire, from a brigade. The alarm hat passed, and the people have re turned quietly to their homes, thankful that they have escaped battle this time. A friend has given me an amusing account of the view he had of one gathering. There were eight or ten hundred together, one oompany all wore mocaslns, and red belts; none of these volunteered. Half another company wore moeasins and the other half shoes or boots outside of their pants. In one eompscy was a negro, all in tatters, with a straw bat on, and no stockings. Do not tell it at the South, he volunteered' Be fore night a third of the battalion was dead or wounded, killed in a furious charge on whiskey. Miny do not sympathize with England; most of the Irish do not. Thomas D'Arcy Meuce, mem' ber of Parliament, and once a famous rebel, tried to raise an Irish regiment in Montreal and was hissed down. But do not make the mistake you did with the Konth. Ttn-lind -uur, and the people of Canada will fight for hcr. Their hoaes and prop erty are here, and if war comes they will fight for them, whatever be their sentiments now. We pray that wax may not eome, and we pray that you may soon finish matters lath tke Ssutk, as that will be the chief means of averting war here. Yours truly, T. METEOIIOL.OGICAL. TABLE. DECEMBER, 1E1. ev rnor. lic'i. rurr. LocAUrr. Unitertity of Verssmt Lat. Tl Lous. 73 10'; Hei-ation above tide-water 367 ft above Lake Ckaaplain 277 feet. lloraf or Oat IB vinos. 7 A.M., 2 r.il., 9 P.Jt ! TnERKOKETER. 'BJ.KOII-' SIESJCTIOX ASH nr. a. o&cr or wnrM. 7 a. i m.'9 Dt.'(moii)":.ii. xr.K. Sr.if g .46 SW1 E2 SE2 10 " .45 5W; An j SWi 6 ".68 XW2NW2 3JW1 9 " .75 XW1 SW2 SW3 4 ".56 SW3 SW1 SW1 s, 30.10 SWJ SW4 bW4 10 2.7 SW4 bW4 SW4 " .52 -Wl SVt 1 J1W1 6 1 .63 S.W1JTW2NW1 )0 i ".48 SW2 SW3 SW3 8 " .74 SW5 NW4 NWS 5 30.19 -Wl SW2 SW2 6 30.00 sW3 SW2 SWJ 4 29.61 W1 6W3 Wt 7 " .90 S5 NW3 SW2 " .S6 SWS SW1 NW4 10 " .51 SW1 SE1 SE4 4 .64 XW3 NW3 XW1 " .67 SE1 Si sWI 10 .62 SWI W4XW4 5 30 03 .VW1 Wl JfWl 4 297 KW1 SKI SEi io " .15 SE1 SE1 Si 10 .40 XW4SW3 3 .91 KW1 Kl XI o " Si SKI .-13 bEi 6 ' .46 SW3 W3 NW5, 10 " .97 NW3 K3 XI t) ' .75 SE1 SE1 Kl e " .75 XW2KW2 KWS 9 " At 2 SWS tWl 5 1561 21-33 1560 20s; 35 s Msan temperature of ta Higbeat, Lowwt, Rain sad gutted saaw, Snow, Barometer, oeaa Average etoaoHseta, S2 -6 -5 1M fasek.1.26 in lticefc. 12 lata 29.710 29.62 7. 6- ANXUAL TAR LB I'OK 1SCI norm, atas vawr. taROKitm. (oaean.) 23.661 -29.a4 29.54 29.SC 2.47T 2S.M5 3MH 2S.CSS 2.S3 Z9.623 21.4S5 z.7ia aus. stow. (kaeh.)(iaeB.) 3.00 28 Jaasary Fekraary March April May Juae jaiy August SepLMaber OeteC" 11s 91 24 09 15 87 42 30 Sio 37 a 71 66 it 64" 61 i7 06 4?o 21 2.57 21 3.93 9 3,00 S 78 19 S.25 131 27 S.94 2.6 J.SP Xoverabe.- 34 95 Dectcber 3 33 14 16 lstl. Mean temp, of Use year 43 IS Highest" " "56 Jose 11. Lo eat -32 Feb. 5. Rain and melted snow 42.SS inches. Snew 106 iotket. L!e frost in Rpriag May 3. Earliest do. ia Autumn Oct. 21. Lake closed Jan. 23. Barometer, mea, 29. 580 I860. o 32 ss Ag. r -13 Feb. 1 30.58 itch 'l 54 inoace. May 21. Sept. 29. Feb. 1. -.5t (JoCVTEfi TETTER ARRETED. A mail who gives hi name as G. H . Tabor, from Fort Edward, .N. V.. passed at Brinsmud ILldretlTi on Saturday evening, fire dollar counterfeit bill on tbe Bank of Commerce X. Y , receiving in cnaoge $4,63 in good money. He then offered a $10 bill on tbe Bank of Ruyalton. at the Clothing Store of er T,. , .hu. . rwwM aoitneel to taar These tacts coming to tbe knowledge of ofr oer White be proceeded to scour the town, and soon found and arrested him at tbe Lake House. A saarcb disposed on him a otmn terfeit 10 bill on tbe Bank of Itovalton. a counterfeit quarter of a dollar, and S12 in Rutland and Middlebury mosey. A des patch from the Sheriff l Middlebury re ceived Monday .states that saeh a man puced a $10 counterfeit on the Bank ofltoyalton there on Friday. He was broueht by State's Attorney French before Jnttice Uollenbeck,Monday forenoon,and those facts appearing, Mr. Tabor was bound np for trial in $1000, and on default of bail was com mitted to jail. He takes it coolly, and is supposed to be an old offender. The Bink of Koyalton counttrleit is a new on-, admi rably executed, and in (act one ol the most deceptive ones yet issued. Distressing Aitair A Bor Frozen- to Death. A shocking affair occurred in Euosburg last week. As the story comes to ns. a party, mainly composed of French, were carousing on New Years' night at the house of a family named Ordway, in a rough portion of the town. Tbe candles giving oui, a little boy of the family about ten years old, was sent to neighbor's thrco quarters of a mile distant. to get some more, and in 1 rder to fc tify bim against tbe gale, he was dosed with half a tumbler of whiskey, before storting. The liquor doubtless stupi fiedthelad; he wandered from the path, and peiisbed in the snow, while the revelers kept on their frolic till morning, when the disappearance of tbe boy becoming known to tbe neighbors, search was made end his body found. Ethan Allen No. 4. At tbo annual meeting of the Fire company, beld Saturday evening, Capt, E. W. Peck, who has been its foreman since its organization, und has been one of tbe best possible of captains, declined a re-election, and John F.. Peck, previously First Assistant, was elected in his place. The officers for the ensuing year are : ForoTianOIIN E. PECK, First Assistant V. A. TYLEK, Second Assistant H. H. REYNOLDS, Clerk and Treasurer SAYLES NICHOLS, Auditor and Trustee of tht Trust Fund 1 nniirTT-v- TT i :s so 31 : if si I It 19 IS t e is 53 i !i 35 31 C M 37 35 7 37 45 43 ft 35 4 . 44 ) St 39 39 10 46 51 51 II 40 25 19 11 12 25 2 IS 14 35 Is 14 28 3 43 15 25 25 15 SO 42 30 17 15 26 25 16 36 35 31 1 IS 34 35 20 31 14 7 1 0 11 6 J2 1 20 lU 20 JJ 22 2C , 21 34 15 16 5 l -S 7 -3 26, -S 21 27 27! 34 32 13 25 5 7 2 1 2 15 11 30! 13 19 15 SI 6 20 21 Tho Annnal meeting of Fire District No. , took place Slondaj cvening.with the rcsnlto recorded in the official report below. The Beer Saloons made a rally on tbo occasion, and the meeting appeared to be mainly com posed of the representatives of that import ant interest. The changes made in the officers of the district, are the choice oi Mr. Sajles Nichols to the lucrative office of Clerk in place of C. J. Alger, bja vote oi 115 to 11, the dropping of Mial Davis, wbo'has been one ol the mo efficient and capable Assistant Engineers we ever bad, and of A. VT. Allen, also an experienced and eatable Assistant, and the election in their places oi Mr. Socrates Beach and Mr. E. Peterson, who are excellent men, and will doubtless make good Assistants. The majority of the meeting, having, as they bad, the entire control, are certainly entitled to great credit for permitting tho choice of so good a Board of Officers. As for those citizens, who etay at borne, and permit important meetings to bo run by roughs, they can, of course, have no right to complain of any results of their own neglect, be they what they may. MEETING OI' FIRE DISTRICTNo, I. Echukctok, Yt., January Ctb, 1E62, The legal voters of Fire District So. 1, met in Town Ilall, in pursuance of the call for an an nual meeting, and were called to order by tbe clerk. Hen. Wyllys Lyman was chosen Chairman and Sayles Nichols Clerk. In the absence of Mr. Niebolt, Broth M. Webb was efaosen Clerk r" tern. Tbo reports of tbe Prudential Committee and Chief Engineer were read, acoerHed and adopted. The followiag oSeert were elected for the year ostaing. II. Rolf, ) A, C. Spear, Pndtnliml CmU A. Trouty, Jr. S. Huntington, Brash M. Wett), C. L. Nelsea, R. S. Stylet, (Msttm, Trsasarrr, Cif Emfinerr, 1st F. M. Van 2d 3d 4th S. Batch, Eaot Pettnta, OatMtitaadjtmrnd. BROS! -M. WEBB, Clerk pro tn Thi Bcbukcton Law Libbabt. Tbe lawyen of our Bar have done a good thin; Aware of the importance of a common library, more extensive than any private library of the kind eould be expected to be some of their number began to move in tbe matter of library association. They pro cured the incorporation of the Burling too Law Library Societr, otganized toe suae under it charter ; imed stock, payable both in cash and books, which waa taken ly tbe members . leaaed and fitted up in plain bat neat and com fortable sty:e, a epaciuu library room in Bank Block, funned by cutting eff the Eastern end of I'ciun Hall, with an en trance by the former Eastern stairway to the H-11 mnA have commenced the collection of a Library. This already numbers about 2000 volumes, containing all the New England Reports, tall selection from New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Ohio, I". S. Reports, a choice selection of Engbeb Reports, &e Though but the beginning of the Library, this if already larger and more complete and valuable than any law library in the State, public or private. The rnlee of tbe concern are similar to those of tbe Law Library of New York city. Tbe books cannot be re moved from the room, except to go into Court , the Library is kept open daily, is of coarse kept warm in winter, and affjrds a pleasant place oi casual meeting . to the members of tbe Bar. So auspsetonsly start ed, presenting such obvious advantages, and at well managed at it evidently is, tbe Law Library cannot bat be a permanent w Its o&cera are as follows E. J. PHELPS, J'rtsum E. J. Panrs, W. G. Shaw, E. R. Uad, T. E. AValis, Levi Underwood, Directors. F. G. Hill, Lsbranm. Oar Amy Cor respondem IT.OM THi: THIRD IlLOUIE.vr. Car Qturru, Virginia. ) January 2d, 161. Meiers. Editors of Ike Free Prest ' A little over t week ago we moved from a bleak hill into a piae woide, "here we now are encamped. Our camp is snrrosaded by second irowlb piae trees, which are to thick that tbey kuep off a great deal of wiad, which trouble! as not a little in oar former oasspeo that wita me tow teats we have received, we ars oomparatiTeiy eosafortaele to what we aav teen. The regiment it in zol eoadition I think. Not quite at satay tick at there has keea lor tome time past. a" suefct Ut i were all talleOI et to fight fire, (the omcer of tbe day mU4) but when w had got t short distance from camp, we eame to a ball, the " roll" was called, and those that were not preee&t were tent on ' picket," a warn ing which will compel them mot to " fall ia" in toy eaergeecy, than wan tbey to he sent to the "gaard noose" a dozen times. Picket guard above all things, at this time of the year, it stoat dreaded- In summer, a avldier, if beb on picket, will think himself loeky ; for then there ire rJenty of paathee, applet, melons, green corn and the like. Bat in winter to go oat and etay in the oold twcnty.fevT boors, te net as pleasant as It might be. There was nothing tzeitisg going on here Xew Tears. I beli ve the captains and lieutenants bad a I tipper somewhere, bat there was no cele bration generally. Yours, ie., J. C The surreiider of Misun and Shiell is a sore affliction to See-etna. They counted upon a war between Great Britain anl the United States us a sure thing, and with that tbey believed tbe success of tbe rebel cause certain. Under the disappointment they console themselves witb-dilating on the dis- raee which they suy the United States government has fallti into by the surrender. It is surprising buw sensitive they have become, all at once, fur tbe honor of tho government they are rebelling against. One or two extracts will eufSse : From the Kichmond Examiner of Jan. 2. The year closed under gloomy auspices : icilh a chick at Drainsville, and a rumortd disaster in Missouri. Tbe year which Yes terday began has opened with evil tidings. We tear that there is no doubt of the fact that the Northern Union has consented to tbe surrender of Mason and Slide); and with that event all hope ol an immediate alliance between the Southern confederacy and Great Britain must cease. Under other circumstances wc miirht do rive a consolation for the loss by considering me ineuaceauia uirgracu mat laus on toe enemy, -evtr, unce tue numiliation of the Doze and Senate of Genoa before tbe foot stool of Louis XIV., has any nation con sented to a degradation so deep. The Unit ed States has lust no character by an exhibi tion oi poltroonery as vet unknown in tbe diplomacy of other nations. That country had already sunken beneath the reach of inlamv. From the Kichmond Dbpaleh, Jan. 3. In the surrender ol Mason and blidell the British government will ascertain the exact capacity oi the Yankee guns. In succum bing to tbe English demand the Yankees j..,tni (hit thev nave no sense of national honor, and that dollars and cents are their supreme law of action in matters public as well as personal, xucy too ircni wim ciuj uiv. -----do and indignify ; the government made tho act its own by receiving the Commissioners, into its possession, and confining them as prisoners ; the &ccretiry 01 oiaio ium " the Kavy, and the House of representatives applauded tbe outrage to tbe ech- . tbe M . r . 1 . TT c,,,A),MfnHl with wboie press 01 mo uuium - the most uproarious uuu " , ,, j . r- .... 1 1 .1 tiuitnnt .1 r, 1 1 , Ml over tbe act oi i iiara, h-uij, and humbled the British lion in every con ceireable shape and form. After all this. to back down insiauiaueousiy, , u. first menacoor England, to surrender the Commissioners, is to exhibit not only a lack of all honor and manliness, but a shamelew ncss so shocking that hereafter the Stars and Strit.es will become a badge or dradauon and infamy throughout the world. Ibis humiliating eurrenuer, so ui u" j-uj..- tiating the European wonu, win w,u..uvv . tbeui of the con ious weakness and parali- 1 iin cowardice ol tnc clustering i. , with six hundred thousand men m arm'i, permits its nose to be pulled and its faco to b3 spit upon without an cnori ai rcsrjiuiaiii. vi;k.mont items. Chilton's lumber and gristmills, in Sharon were burned on tbe morning tjf the 23ta ult., with a machino shop adjo jning. Ijsb thought to be pretty heavy. The lost at tbo burning of Read's Tannery in Jamaica, is now ct' .mated at $6000 above the insurance. Geo. VY. Wood, ol Jamaica, died on tbo :5th ult., from infants received two days previous, a oou vnieh lio was riding nav icg plunged do'n a steep bank anJ thrown him against a, tree with very great force. Mr. Wood did not at first feel tbe hurt, and went to help up his colt, which was badly injured, but soon bad to go home, and suf fered much before his death, 36 hours after. J. F. Paige's store in Brandon was broken into, Dec. 31st, by boring out tbe window fastening, and $100 worth ol goods stolen A man by tbo name of Alonzo lioders has been arrested on suspicion. Alomo Clark, tbe horse thief, has been arrested, and is in jiil at Amberet. N. H. He indignantly denied having stolen eleven horses, "it was only few." He pretends to be crazy - Wis. Otis of Dauby has maic a cheese, lor a present to President Lincoln. It, it (aid to be a splendid one, weighing 134 lbs. An Irishman was ran oer Tuesday, on tbe Western Yt. R. R. where, oar autho rity does not tute, and bad one leg cut off below tbe knee. Patrick Somen of Sntatsbmry, while t drank, on the night oi the 31t alt, lay down to rest, went to sleep of course, and woke up next morning with hands and feet frozen. It is feared be will loose both. There is to be a new kind of 'ihoot ' at Wilmin-too on the 11th. the vritet, instead of turkies. being a coo pie of fat Umei bears wcishine over 300 Int. and .worth $'A each. A horned uwl was eaeght in Waitaf eld some time siuse, measuring four leet nine incite from tip to bp of hi wings, and with a foot wnone claws span five inches Whether his release will be demanded ua tbe ground of the illegality or informality ol tbe arrest is not yet determined Hiram Uaynes of Rutland was lately fined 70 and eosts. and Rnel Wild $130 and ousts, for seHiaz liquor. Emerson S. Rowe of Mendon and Marm Uulett of Rutland, for an assai with tent to rob Joseph Weston. sr ,n 1 'jmoutn about a year a? .i imprisonment in the state'i .lilCV J la' - pri" Tur SotrnrJLN A Kir. The Richmond Etaminer complains in strong terms of the frequent drunkenness and idleness of the o&cers and the consequent demoralization of tbe privates. It says " We cannot shut oar eves to the fact te arm i becoming o name of terror and dread lo the mends of nr cstezens The newspapers are still filled with advertisements of bonasses for "fabetltates," althocrh the ar Department has adopted a rale restrietinr tbe number of snbstitatee to one in each company. The rates paid for sabs titates are enermons. We are informed that they average from two bnaired to two honored and city dol lars; and we bare been told of a recent instaaoe where fifteeen handred dollars was paid for the prompt procurement of a substitote to take place of a private suddenly constrained to leave the armv. i.ndentei stare us tn Ills e or in vniril' Uneness of men to otter the life of famine, dirt an t nt idtentss in the armv . bUchmond is filled with soldiers who hare eome out ol the boepitals. or hive got hee on some pretence or other, ap plying lor dischargee, ana striving ant wriggling in all sorts of ways te get out of the army. It was 'Kit a lew days ago that a soioier, aiseeargej irem one of the hospitals here, committed saiode rather than te constrained to return to the armr. i'EUMiNAI" o.umi!ssary I. B. Bowdisb wasin town Mon day, just trom Newport News, on a visit to hie family. He is looking finely, and it a living proof that tbe subsistence department of the army if all that could bo wished. If brings no news except tbe general word current in tbe army, that something ejterj bite is going to happen skertly. in tbe list ol tbe iU Bull Bun pneonerc exchanged and brought to Fortress Monroe on Friday, we find tbe inames of Corporals R. 0. Fife and W. C. Murphy, and private II. L. Ilreekenreid, A. L. Graves, J. Mar- ray, G. A. Martin, P. A. Streeter, D. R. Stlekncy, B. Taylor, and J. R. Wheeler, all of tho Vermont 21. i ilk ce uirisoxs m iriiDRAWx rsoM tbe Potoxac. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Trot eirr says that the divisions of Generals Frnuklin, Fitz John Porter nod Smith, aro to be withdrawn from tbe lins jn fruDt of Washington, anl tent diwa to Annapolis to co-operato in sjaie secret expe dition. Another letter Bays tbat five thou s ind were on the way to Annapolis Tue day. Haowc. The Grand Lodge of Vermont commenced its annual session hcreWednesday morning. I he attendance of members is very large and it ia expected that the session will continue several days. The annual meeting of the Grand Com mandery of Knight Tern plan, of tbu State of ermont was held Wednesday, and was very fullv attended. At the annual meeting of Hook aud L ad der Co. No. l.hcld Tuesday evcning.tho fol lowing ofSccTE wero elected : Foreman P. D. Balloc. Fast Assistant Uiatv S. Wuite. Second Assistant Snrnrjf JIcLaxk. Third Assistant John Paoots. Clerk and Treasurer R. S. STrLis. Tnx Jacart Teem of tbe Supreme Court for Chittenden County commenced here Tuesday. Judges Aldis, Btrrett.Etllogg and Peck being present. Tne following cases were beard Tuesday; Preston ts. Wells tl els. Eicon ds for Plaintiff. Roberts for Defendant. Di'ron et alt, rr.Titrn of VnderhiU. Aril- bur for Plaintiff. Wires k Shaw, Hard for I yfc notice with pleasure that Hon. II. J Dcfcndant. n,rmnT,it. M Ww Ynrk. has been elected by Gillcts rs. Cutler, Administratrix. Ed- rounds for Plaintiff. Roberta for Defc cdant . SPKECII or SENATOR T'jOT. Te e Vermont Cavalry IZrjimenl on ,. after it arrived at the City of Was Jyf,a. Col. Plavt, officers and told- ,m cf the First Vermont Cavalry Kegimcnt:t. fc,- Joa to ae cept tie assurance of iny;ratef .i a ppreciation of tbe personal and flattering jompliment of this talutation, and of the oppor" iunjty afforded to me of adireesing a few rtmars A j0( hici, al though they will bo br rtf, I trust will not be inapppropriato to th j occasion or to tbe ta credness of this sabb- th day; and which, per haps, may be accepted tt introductory to the more appropriate discour jth which I am to be fol lowed by your wor j,y 4E(j excellent chaplain First of all, let n M aj, I am happy to greet joer presence here t j-dxv, at the national metropolis, ia so remarkt' fine order and condition after tbe fatigues and privations of a long journey. I beg you alyo to accept the proffer of my congrat ulations an tne uncommon lacuity ami sucess with vthlch this Regiment and such a Rettiment has been raised and organised in ourbtate- I may be permitted to congratulate you also, on the faet, which I am gratified to be able to state here on this occasion tnd in this presenco, tbat this Regi ment or i ermont men ana ol ermont horses, was raised and organized, and (with the exception of arms, which wero furnished by the govern ment) was fully equipped and ready for orders and ready for actun too, within the brief space of forty dajs from the dato of your Uolonel s commission. I remember well, at you, Col. riatt, doubtless remember well, tbat in the early part of Sep tember last, tne promise was male to the beereta r of War, that, if authority were given you to raise a Regiment ot Cavalry in Vermont, you would le able, in a very short time, to present him at cooa, n not a ueiter I'.efiment. both In respect to the character of the men and tbe qual ity tne ncrses, man wouii oe orought into the field from any other section of the country. That promise was nothing more taan my own pledge oi conntience in tne aomiy and the wil lingness of my state, promptly to meet the call. I rejoice In the privilege of being able cow to say and my own eyes are at once my witaee, and my authority for saying it I rejoice in the priv ilege of being able now to say, that that pledge bat been fully redeemed. Officers and soldiers : at tbe call of vuur cuun try you have eome forth from jour quiet homes and irom your peacefai aoosesuc avoeauo&s, and have just entered upon a mission the most impcr tant, the most solemn and responsible, tu which men can be called a mission no lest isaporlant. no lets solemn tod responsible than the defence, the proteouun and the preservation of year Gov ernment and your oountry, against a zir antic re- bellioo a rebellion formed and exittux without oa-se a&d witaout piovoctroa against a oonspir aey tho moat meaairous and the most winked in the annals ol tin world's history a conspiracy wnoee aim u nothing lets than at the very life of your government whose object u nothing I than the overthrow and naaj ooatiactiufl ul tho boat, tho nooleal, the taott ttbetml and tbe most UtMBstat govtriittml on which the sua shines. buck, my lei.uw erne-, is the great mission upon which yes hive now entered soeh4i the neat tatieiea. nimes th aweeaae uf which. I.k your fathers mf too revolution, you have staked "year livst, yoer lorvuat ana your sacred honors." To you and to your ooatpaeriots in arms it bntitngt to decide this saoonntoca issue by awe -wager of battle.'' No oUer alicrna tsre is now left to oa. Shall we be permitted, frr one moment, lo doubt what that issue wi,l be1 I retort the answer, no, sever' shall we be allowed, tor one mooaemt, to entertain the fear, tbat this rebellion, so infamous and t fuoj. will finally prevail I answer back, n , never' shall this government of tan, so bec:gnan' asd hitherto so favored and su bleated, bo soocesa fally defied, brAen down and '.r4ueu under foot of dastard anJ rebel iraitan: bnall u.ia Ust experiment and taia last hope of free g -ernuient be blotted out lorever by a rile and hell-born conspiracy against the higbtst tutu porai interest ol ataakiad I answer back in tho responsive and isutignaat voice of twenty million s of loyal American lreemen, no, net er , no, never' I assume to say emphatieailj, a.- an A merle sn oitisen and an American senaur. that this unholy conepiracy matt be pat down, at all events and at sul haiarda. I say empbaueaily, tbat this Union tad shit government of ours matt be upheld and sustained, oost what it may ot ueatara or of list. Ihonga this lead ot ours shall be baptized u tne blood of a nation's free bora tons and daughters; yea, though this land of acre aha 11 bo wrapped ii. consuming fire, this ataoly rebellion snail be Mpprwavsd, and the aataonty tod integrity of this government aaaii be maintained. In easing this 1 am but spott ing the will tad tht parpoM ted the por ef the true and loyal people of eee American But, my fellow awn, " and soldiers, the time lor maefe raUuv -"oat batineee has gone by. Tbe tieae x"er tfaeetwat-isg apoa this aabject S pissed. The tisae lor dboeeeioa and .r,.,.:.ttiD bee ooote and goto. The rebellion s upon ua, and tho time for ecrwa has eome. Tbe rabeUioo is upon as, and - fur deedo. rain er thao nra, ia upon us, also It ts atae wmw... (4tay vti dew as well as so mart sasd and - noun joomssed. This rebellion, I need not tall you again, it to be pet down, bat it is to be put down by hard and rotgtd wl, not by sounding words, nor yet by the emp ty pomp and pageantry of war. It is time, and nigh time that Mews and hard eieva were asren , as well as received. Tbe question of national life or national death is pressing hard upon us, and it is tisae to meet it like roeu.aad like men in earnest, aad acraoilv to do much more than we have yet done, asd to boast ourselves a little less af what we are going to do by-and-by. bbowy parados, and grand review,, and flag presentations, tod speech making and merrymaking, are all well enough in their appropriate time and place. Bat jutt now, we bare on hand quite too serioas work, and tbe slake ia too vaot and too eelean for indulgence in those pastimes, however agreeable they may be. It is out of time and oat of place, allow me to say, for empty shows and idle ocre momee ; and above all. it is oat of time and oat of place for 4,loag debate,' either tn Congress .r ear of Congress, when tbe very national tiittance M banging upon the oontisgenciet of the boar A'.wo, prompt, entrgttic. decisive a ct ion ,11 what we want, and what is deeataded by tbe popular voice. The oratory of musketry and canaoa is what would be more appropriate, and it whttjust now is moot needed, and whit wonld bo most eheenag to patriotic ears. I am hippy to be lieve, however, that the day of inaction is passing, if it has not alresdy pastea away. The agencies of war are oa theetir. By test very stotsiage des patches, glad tidings eome to as from beyond the Atiechanirv of ti.e operation of oar arms in tlis vourt, wbich cheer the heart and nerve of every patriot. Fel ow men of my honored and native Stale int his great work, the work of putting down thie rebellion and of upholding this government, Jr- saoat experts every man of hers to de his dutv lu this work of labor and love in this work ol daty, of honor and glory too, Vermont expects every soldier of hen to do bit fall part. I know, indeed thai you will tot to it well, that in tbn ezpeetatioB she shall not be disappointed. And now when this great work of yoax ntieaion shall have been done, and mmU dona, tad Small done, yoa will retara, and ay prajrr is with ranks anDTuen. to vour own aeaeefal hoar. .mM toe rraiaiatians ana toe neneaiciioiu ol t retoi- woe inn gTateiai poopie. Tom Ixmexse Gat is SamtXTo in 1?C1 The year lc-61, as far as the Like coniucroc is concerned, is effectually alosed, and the following figures show tbe total amount of Grain that has been shipped frou the uort of Chicago, from the opening to the final closing of navigation Flour, Wheat, Corn, Oats, Hyo. Ilartcy. 546,900 bll-. 11.99,-t.O bus. 1,500,750 ' S68.759 -x,t;s Reducing the Floor to bushels of AVbeat. we have here an arcreeate of 43.765.703 twibeis ol Grain shipped by Lake Iron Chi cago m 161 Chicago Jour. A Baser, or Sensible Canadians. Tbe Cobourg Sin oupses "with pleasure" tbe following from the Kingston Whig No mat ter what tbe news may be of the action the British Government mav take o ntne Mason and Slidell affair, we entreat our readers not to fret their fat with any dread of a war be tween Great Britain and the United Stats. Sensible men are at the head of both gov ernments, and know the horrors of war too well to hasten into it without adequate cause. hatever might be thought of tbe war at home, it would be very unpopular in Canada. It is all very well for us to poke up the Yankees with a long stick when they bra of their victories, and the nress feeds its readers with "fbp dodle," but to fight with them is beyond expectation. Thev are our neighbors, and best customers. Many o f us aro connected with them in ties of blood and ties of business. They area kind, hos pitable, intelligent race ol peoples if they would not bra SO much am linr nwn V t n dred. and the idea of cutting each other's miu.iu is utterly out oi the question. Duowmd. Mrs. Albert Boardmtn of Sjuth Ucro was drowned on Thursday cvir. ning.on Heeler's Bav. She and ber hrn- band and Mr. J. S. Halbcrt of Fairfax were crossing on tho ice about 7 o'clock, when the deign broke through. Mr. Brardriiaa and Mr. Haibsrt nxrrowly escaped drowning also. The horse went nnder tho ; , . m.:nritr. Sneaker of tbn Y. I "J - D J ' I very Asscmblv. Mr. Raymond lia3 held tnai position orcc before, as well as tbat of pro tiding ofScer ot the State Senate, and is one of tho most accomplished presiding officers in tbe oountry. ANNUAL III! POUT, ! Of the Cluef F.rtginctr of Fire Pislrt.t jVe. , of Uurhngton. The Chief tnjineer in accordance with tbe rules of the District, presents hit Annual Report of tbe fires for the Iat year ; iLs v 1st. N'eKmn's Cfcair Factory, on St. P jal street, took fire from tbe aoesdtntal boilrj!; over of a kettle of aspbaltum and spirit of turpen tine a preparation for painting. The alarm was general, ar.d tbe Ea-ine Or .n panic and liook and Ladder Oompauy w re promptly on hand. The fire wat refsdily qnesled without much cfTirt. Lost, I aro red. Mat lath. Tbe Brick School House it District Ho. 10, took fire in tne ni-bt a I May If, and was entirely destroyed. Tbe several Com panics of the Fire District wera prosnptlyon band. There was however bat little water in that part of the town and their effortr, were unavailing. This fire arvr-e, near as could be ascertained, from tee leaving 0f wood or shavings too near tbe month, of the furnace in the cellar. Loot, iKOO fully infuei. Aruber 12th. Early in the morning, while it was yet dark," on the 12th of August, tbe iiat and Cap Store of II. Lynd. in the old "Howard store," on Chrrch Street, was discovered t) be on are. The several Companies ot tne District were promptly oa hand and va quelled the fire, i'be fire was etklently the work of an irtoendiary, hot your nusar n unable to ttate wbo tbat incendiary wo. Lots on building, L- ts on merohtmdisc, i JV Both rally iuared. Whole lots by fire for the jear 11 i $-, wj all wbich wat felly insured. There have been several nlamta el fire dur ing tbe year, caused by tise bciraing out of chimneys ,and in one fx two instances serious danger wae apprejended. Tbe Engine Com panies, and H'ydk and Ladder Company wen promptly on band at sttch times and ready to do tbur duty. The Chief tnpneer in ci ng ass septan, cjrrratuutes tne Iiatrsct on their happy Odcape trotn several good CantBca for tfere firee. All wbseb is rtitpectfully tubtnittttd. C. L. NELSON, Chief Engineer. i.s Sanaa at Ponr KoraL The Providence Journal state n fact which fully exculpates den. Sbennan lrora any cbatse I dclav in regard to moling inland. lie wa.- furnished with only one battery of field artillery, and has no cavalry. Of course tbe Gov emmcnt only intended the exf edition to occupy tbe soaco tst, lor which puqvwe it w.-u wUl supplied witn neary ortunc.'. li'iiSE n rial When yoar house is on tire, lie in bed and calmly reflect for half an t.our whit is liest to I ii ne. Having ar ranged vjjr plans, prepare to put them into execution. It impracticable, calmlv reflect again, dbuuid vou be unable to arrive at anv drtcisiua, or eboubl yon tall into a slum ber, tbe anient remedy in euner caee it to tie a ailfc baudkwcniet overyour eye aui las- ten yours.'! to the bed pott, then thru Toureeif out of the window. tV post will tireat 'benyou Ull. !- not s.-ram, or vju my wake tbe neighbors a selfish art on your part. Ii you follow up these directions closely, any thing lurtner will be uaneues- SiTV- Tux -NiiT Thlnc ox llasi) A.ter the Trent queetion, comes the no K'St auOft- tuotw one of roviding money to carry on the war. Detnand ireaturr nob-s will meet the emergency for a period, but they should be need sparingly, and as a laet, rather than a fiat jenouroe. Those wbo read tbe eigne oi injudicious tenderness of the Administruti on noon tne svbjeet of war taxes, nor the best tancy and imprudent delay with wbseb Congress colls upon us to meet them. AVe want no irredeemable National paper, and no experiments upon banks cr currency, but we want to make the simple square pay ment, oi so mocn money as will meet tne interest of the public debt, relying upon Congress to see that tbe principal is seenred to every noiocr. Aim toe sooner a stringent war tax it accomplishing this object, tbe sooner will tne ananeial ease (a-, credit ot tbe Government be establiahtd, upon the only sound and honest method of doing so. Tbe case is a short one. The p:ople ex pect to pay for the war, or to shoulder their own muskets and carry it on themselves. The sum to be raised ia not formidable, taking into account our numbers and pros perity. Five cents jr day for every man, woman and child, in the loyal states, would produce at once a million dollars per day, or three hundred and sixty five million dollars per annum. But the uncertainty as to how it is to be raised makes every body nneom-lortaM-. Among the measures to be taken up, at the end of a direct tax, will be the stamp duty, which yields England an anual reven ue of lorty millions of dollars, collected from business classes well able to bear tbo bunlm. A moderate imposition of this tax here, would provide un---balf of the reqoi eite revenae.ani other modes ol collecting it not Iom certain or rasy of coHectnoi, are rapidly being suggested. But at first tbe war tax is tbe only measure needed, L-t ns have it .V Y Sun lVl l LATION or TUX BsiTlSB PnoVXNCES.- Tbe consus ot Canada taken last summer gave a j. ulation of about 2,500,000. Lower Canada had 1,U7.371. of which 89,595 were of fiench t'riwin. The population of Nota Scotia was JJ0.857, of New Brur wick 250,000. and of Newfoundland, exclu sive ol tbe coast ot Labrador. 122,638 . F.icrs adoit Cott is. On the first day of last month the stock of cotton at Liver pool was only sixty-seven thousand beJes less than at tbe same date last year, and the stock in England was undoubtedly much larger than it was a year a;o, it being well known tbat the manufacturers hare laid in unusually heavy supplies. The English trade returns for tbe montb ci October are just published, and tbey show tbe tol lowing recoils as to the imports of cotton: In 1360. 267.367 twta In 1861. 487.436 Ot these imports, the East Indies fur nisned 467.57s cwts. against 115,504 cwts. last year. Thus it b t:ne,that India, as tl,e English men are in the habit of saying, "always fur nishes lehatttxr is wanted ol rr.'' Whenever and However the eivil war in this eountry may end, matters have already gone so far, that the cotton monopoly of tht negro-drivers of the South is ended forever. If peace is made to-morrow, the old ootton productiveness of the South mnrwit ha r. stored in eeoson tu prevent the firm establish ment of the cotton culture in so many quar ters of the globe, as to destroy tbe control of this staple, which the nrro-drivr or,, enjoyed, and by a tenure which was proof against everything but their own suicidal loiiy. Tbe following from th e Toronto a specimen ot the falsehoods bT whioh the war spirit is being raised in Oinada. "We have information that at Rochester and other places near to the Niagara frontier, large squads of men are drilling with a view to incursions into the frontier district of the province. It is understood that organizations has special reference to a plan for the destruction of the locks of the Vel land eanal, so soon as the slightest pretext for an irruption can be found. Tbe tame danger menace tht Ridem eanal." Thirly-aix gnn carriages went through btre I'rrday, by Railroad, far Port Moat gnaery, at Eoosea Point. Tnz Wmiis:. Fine overhead but a cold sharp air. Mercury at 8 below zero Saturday morning at sunrise the coldest yet expe rienced here this winter. Road? bard and smooth, but no skighinz. At St. Johnsbury on Saturday the met. cury stood 22J below zero. MISS SLIt'LLL. The girl steed on the steamer's deck. While men in araat were thick iroend , And from Jitis tot thro teoing skIm 1 seore of cannon en ber frowned. Sbe bode them leave her lather there She challenged them tt debar hurt, she madly laid her besom bare. And feuletsiy exacted ner abfrt Uena&iet men's friend j pay that his ina.- tion at Port Royal ' owiaz to his destitu.. tion of field ar -ilkry, and that without gui s il wonld madness for him to move. lilWBIO.N TO BE LVJCTATED, On tl 20th ult, a council ot war was held at Gal veetoo, at which it was dttermined that it was impossible to defend the city sucwwtu! ly. It was thought best, therefore, under a,i tbe cireu instances, to evacuate Galveston and occupy a position in the rear cf tbe aty . so as to repel any advance of the Federal troop after tbey bad landed. In consequence of this determination an order was issued "r the n moral of all the hospital patients from Galveston to Houston, which was accom. pjistocd immediately. All the public and pri vate property was being rapidly removed t Houston, The suns bad been taken away, and even tbe newcrcpers decamped. A Modekx I.vsTiCK In a certain villi;, in this state, tbe sexton, wbo unites tbr basinets of saw filing with tbat of sexton received a note, after the church service bad begun, and without looking at it, sup posing of coarse it was for the minister th read, proceeded with it to tbe pastor, wbo, after reading it, was unable for some time t continue the eerviee. It read like this "Mr , the saw yon filed for me is too coarse please file it a fain, and make it as it shoul i it be." Coneord Ststittman. WAR ITEM. Tbe second exeeutioB by banging in t! " army ef the Potomac, took place Moods j The convict wa private Lanaban, of ii Kegiraent TJ. S. lnfantiy, arid tbe oSessc wae killing Serge nt Brenner by shooting njai. Tbe gallows was erected io the north ern suburbs, and the eonvict was hung r tbe presence of detachment: from 5 rei menu of the regular infantry. ("apt. Ki'-hl of the Reindeer brought u; to Washington Monday two rebil prisoners from Gen. Hooker's division, twenty-tw four bushel bag of india robber overcoat, besides s..v- ral sackt of undershirts and a large quantity of quinine. Tbe prisun.r were captured while attempting to cocvv these stores from the Maryland to the Vir. ginta shore. The Yassdtrbslt from Port Royal on the morning of the 3d, has arrived at New York She bring 3,697 bale Sea Island ootton Gen. Stevens' brigade advanced on th main band on tbe 1st, and took possession t tbe rebel batteries alter a short resistance. soaiBted by tbe gunboat in shelling them Gen Stevens followed op to within six miles ol Charleston railroad. A flag of truce from tbe rebels requested permission to bury their dead, and an hour was granted them lor that purpose, when they fell back on their fortifications, which are said to be very extensive, and deiendtyi by front eleven to twelve thoosand men coder Gen Pope. Their !vos unknown. Oar force us 4500 and S wounded, including Maj. Watson of tbesth Michigan, mortally t,en. Steven now holds possession of a post on the main land and awaits reinforce ments from tbe North to proceed. A messenger from Columbus on Sunday, reports at Cairo tbat Gen. Pillow resigned on Triday. Eighteen hundred troops left Columbus but week for Bowling Green. The officers of the rebel government wens impres sing all clasbcs of men. Over a hundred cannon were planted on Columbus BlufT.aaJ th? vj.vr 'Jpckaded bv a chain stretch! ""mappcarua rromT Cairo. TheonlycurrencTistheStxta rt..v of South Carolina, Tenoesece ntM , Confederate scrip. Tbe latest from Hancock states. ,k.. body has been killed on our side in ..j, ling of that town by the rebels. An expedition ooneisting of 400 of the it. Ohio. 300 of the 2d Virginia and 40 0f Bracken's cavalry, wbieh was sent out by Gen. Miller to attack liuntersrule in wew em Virginia, was completely successful. Tbey attacked tbe enemy on Saturday morn ing," consisting of 400 cavalry and 350 mili tia. After skirmishing an boor the enemy retired with a loss of CO killed and wounded On cur side none were lost. 18,000 worth of army stores and clothing were captcred and destroyed. Hunters villa was a depot tor rebel supplies m western tirgmia. the cavalry were armed with Sharp's carbines , and attacked ns two miles from iinnterrvill'-. We drofe them from point to point. Finallv tbev boat a hasty retreat out of town as wc charged through it. Their supplies, con sisting of 350 bbls. of flour, 300 salteu beeves, 3W0 pounds of salt. Iar:-o Quantities of sogar, ooSee, rice, bacon, and army cloth ing, worth from $25,000 to $30,000, were entirely destroyed. We captured a large number of Sharp's carbines, sabres and pss- toH. in stats ana stripes were lett float ing over ths Court House. Oar troops returned to Huttoneville in fine spirits. The rebels have no idea of permitting the reopening ol tbe Baltimore and Ohio Road, to proceed without interruntion. On Sat urday six thousand rebels attacked the 5th Conn, regiment protecting the railroad near Point of Rocks. - After a slight skirmish. oar men reared tiroes the Potomac to await ranfoTci-mcnis. Meanwhile the rebels de stroyed t railroad vnd telegraph lines. Gen. Lander marefains to the relief of the 5th regiment, with raSoseot force. Loss on either side unknown. The rebels were shel ling at intervals, all day Sunday, but dtd no mischief. The soonttn- nartv which rmshssl tin t,. Great Bethel on Friday, wns 700 strong, in cluding three companies of cavalry, all us der command of Col. Weber About tw., miles beyond Little Bethel the infantry halted and the cavalry proceeded towards Big Betbel, and six miles this side of that place met the mounted picket which was driven in. On arrivme at Bie Bethel, the place was found to be deserted. Ii had ap parently been occupied bv three or fnnr thousand men. including two or threa hnn dred eavnlry. Breastworks were found nearly half a mill- in extent, and pierced for twelve guns. After a short stay the soouting party returned. No guard was left there. Tbe vessels of Gen. Burnside's fleet were inspected at Anrupolis on Saturday by Gen. Porter and Col. Sackett by order of Gen MeCltllan. Tbey report the accommoda tions ample and arrangements excellent. Tbe men were paid off. $700,000 were dis bursed, three-fourths of which was sent to tbeir families. Geo. Lane of Kansas is making prepara tions for tbe active campaign, on which f will soon enter. Green River Bridge in Kentucky, which was destroyed by the rebels, has been rebuilt and is completed. Repotts from tbe Indian country show that the war has fairly begun between tbe loyal Indians and the Texans,and half breeds In a fight in the Cherokee country, it is re ported that Cooper, a Texan, and Mackin tosh, a leader ot the half breeds were killed. The loyal Indians lost 14. From Texas the Galveston Civilian of the loth says, last night the mail brought ad vices from the Rio Grando that a Lincoln propeller bad arrived and was blockading tho river. Sbo bad captured and burned a sobooner. The Houston Telegraph of tbe 20th says the peeple of Galveston are in a considerable stew over the reported orders of Gen. Her beit directing tbe destruction of tbo city u it could set be defended. The federal Cact near New Orleans hat captured several rebel steamf rs.