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WEEKLY PROG ItESS THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 6, 18G2. Bubnsidi axdthe Fleet. We have rccei ved nothing of interest, relative to this great won der, since oar last. There was a report going the rounds here ycs.erday and we tried to trs.ee it up so as to look it full in the face and ascertain what it looked like, but failed, it always presenting a new phase at every corner we met it. We did learn this much, however, thai, Major Hall who is in command of the troops in Hyde County had seen some of the enemy's Vessels in the Sound some time early this week, which makes it certain that the re wort that reached us through the Virginia pa pers Tuesday evening that the fleet had left Hatteras, is unfounded. Ths Parliament of Great Britain assembles this day. In a short time we may expect to have interesting news from that quarter. "Crushing the Rebellion." v The alove phrase enters largely into all the speeches and writings of the Northern people. Lincoln, in the outset of the war, called out 75,000 mtn to 44 crush" the rebellion, and old "fats and feathers," who has crushed himself, was going with that huge army to "crush out"' the rebellion in 30 days ; and failing to do o ia 0, was laid en the shelf and the new crush ing machine, McClclIan, brought into requisi tion. Poor Macf He has been crushing away for the last 5 or 6 months and instead cf crushing. the rebellion has well nigh crushed the government, and from present indications will very soon find himself crushed out of office and command, and like Fremont, have to retire to the shades of private life amid the taunts and sneers of an excited, disappointed and soulless people. The Northern Government imagines itself a great snake, with that portion of its vile carcass containing the balk of its snakeship's intes tines, loaded with a conglameration of all the abominable bitn mat tne reptuc tnue are. known to feed upon, lying'along side the Fed eral capital and its head and tail encircling the Confederate States. Old Abe, the cele brated machinist, stands at the lever as regu lator and every now and then applies the fag got to his snakeship to make him draw the awful coils around the rebellion to crush it, when, lo, and behold ! the contemptible sarpant invariably swallows its own tail and gags itself. Mr. Gurley, of Ohio, looking at (ho subject in this light, has become disgusted with the snake, and fears that its failure to " crush " when goaded, will cause England and France to r&o0gnize our incrushability. The following is a synopsis of that gentle roan's remarks in the House of Representatives on the 29th tilt: llr. Gurley, (RepM) of his said it wal use less to attempt to disgtiiee at fact now almost everywhere recognized, that We must have a more active and practical war policy in Con gxtsSy m the Cabinet, but more espwially in ttfb field, or we might prepare for a Foreign jand domestic war of several years duration. Proceeding as at present with our militar' campaign, it would be no strange thing to have the "Southern Confederacy" acknowledged b foreiga Powers, and our Government would then stand before the civilized world humilia ted and disgraced. Our army had long been ready, and our soldiers were burning and panting for the battle field. We had earnest ly cast about for a bold and during leader, ready for the great contest, and it was painful to confess, at .this late day, that the country had looked in vain for a Commander-if-Chief . exhibiting the will and the requisite enterprise and genius to lead our forces on to victory. He asked what stood in the way of meeting the enemy ? Was it the fear that somebody would be hurt, or did the ghost of Bull Run hover above the minds of our commanding Generals? We had lost more men by disease and sickness during ths last five months than we should have probably lost in half a dozen general engagements, and hundreds of mil lions of money had been spent, and one of the largest armies of the world gathered to remain comparatively idle, and become weak and de moralized by inactivity. If we desired the renpect of onr own people, nml the moral support of the world, we would strike out boldly for victory, and trust to good powder, strong arms, to well aimed guns, and to God Jt would be better to meet with occasional re veriec than to remain inactive. If we did not fight with justice, right, and human freedom on our side, oar people would become discouraged, the Treasury bankrupt, arid the Government brought into contempt. Did a General stand in the way to hold in check more than half a million of men, take him out of the way, Rive his place to another, if there be no other remedy. Gene rals, of themselves, are nothing in this contest, when thrown into the balance against the honor and integrity of the Union, If the angel Gabriel commanded our forces, and failed to msrch against the enemy, he would petition to the court to which he holds allegiance for his instant dismis sal. This war had reached a poiut where kid gloves, pleasant wordi, and gilded promises, were of no use. The hour demanded Lard words and harder blows. This contest must ckse either in -the ruin of a republic that has been tie admira tion of the world, aud possibly the destruction of civil and religious freedom in America, or in the perfect supremacy of law and order and the Stability of our institution, lie had faith in the latter result, for revolutions move the world for wardnever backward. He asked the Clerk to read a striking article from the Richmond Dis yateh. showing up our military blunders. Its truthfulness, he said, could not be denied. We had let slip golden opportunities for . crushing this rebellion, and of achieving bril liant victories. The great cause of dissatisfac tion asaong our troops was that they were not permitted to strike at the rebels. lie prefer red no charges against the Commander-in-Chief butvin bis judgement, the man did not ttve who could successfully command six hun dred thousand men, scattered over a territory of two thousand miles. Yet the destiny of this republic had long hung upon the volition of the will of a single man. No other Gavern rjoent invested its Generals with such unliir.it authority. No man had been found great enough to use the supreme command of even three hundred thousand soldiers. A part ol ibe tremendous, burdon thrown upon the shoul '(.ders of our young General should be removed, and divided so as to call out the best energies - of th bee officers, and secure general unity of j&tioq. Thus far our commanders ave been the r.c ims jf some fixed, unalterable plan, the fruit of one mind, Jhich yfen bad accomplished but one marked f TesUlt; It had prevented five hundred thous-.-: an 4 .men from attempting precisely what they cai tbge'ber to accomplish that was, to '-JBghif sfnd whip tbenemy. The very men who vust receive the shock of battle were those 'who complain most of inactivity. He said that if the question were left to. them ten out v'0f th twelve would say there had been no i.,ifv for the delay of the past four jjeceiwitr ted that the great plan was to strike at all p ints. It was a simple impossibility that every ar rangement was to be made in Missouri, Ker -tucky, and Virginia, so that as by a single click of the clock all would rush upon the enemy at once, and crush the rebellion at a smgle blow. He h.id it from authority, and it could not be questioned, that some three weeks ago from ten to fifteen thousand Confederates in the neighborhood of Romney were virtually in the power of a division of cur army, num bering about forty thousand. General Lander sent a messenger to- General Kelly,saying, in substance, "Join me and General Kelly, without the knowledge of such a messenger, sent one of his own bearing a similar message. Meanwhile one of these Generals telegraphed to General Banks to advance on one side while he advanced from the other ; but unfortunate ly they telegraphed at the same time to head quarters in reference to what was going on, when an answer came in the form of at: order not to "advance," acccmpnnied with a repre rmnd for even any suggestion of the kind. That a baU'e would have sadly broken in up on some gi it plan, was quite prob-.ble. It might have finished the 'great ani-.aeoi.da," as the newspapers have expressed it. But it must not be forgotten that the mammoth rep tile that was to draw within his f ids and crush he rebellion at a single sweep of his tail, had already swallowed up our comtempia ted victories and gorged himself with the sub stance of the people to no purpose. . T2IE EUBOPEAX 5fEV,'. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, THE PEO P L E, A ND THE G O YE KM EXT. From the late Northern papers we continue to extract interesting foreign intelli gence : THE CHANCES OF WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE V. S. A FKENCH OriNION. From the Opinion Xationale, the organ of Prince Napoleon, of Jan. 7th, wc extract the following : The same race lives on both sides the At lantic. The English will not readily renounce a project so dearly prepared, the Americans will not willingly forget the danger which has threatened them so closely. The English will probably not disarm, but the Americans will certainly arm. A year ago they had no regu lar armv : thev have now 7G0.000 men under arms ; tiiey have no navy, but before six months they will have a formidable one. England is well aware of this. Will she give the United States time to terminate her inter nal war and prepare for a foreign one ? Fright ful symtoms are already manifesting themselves in the South j terror, it is said, prevails at New Orleans. Five hundred houses have been burnt down at Charleston, and the torch serves as the signaJ for insurrection among the slaves. However strongly v.-t may feel in fa vor of the annihilation of slavery, we cannot believe it can lead to good results if it has to be purchased at the price of incendiarism, bloodshed, and devastation. If the servile war extends, will not the armaments of Eng land have had some share in it r What is cer tain is, that the Northern States have hitherto set aside that poisoned weapon in their strug gle with the South. But exposed to the threats of England at the moment when they are loyally resisting the rebellion of the South there will be few Americans who will not ex claim, "It must be put an end to." It must be said that we call for war ; but that is not the case. W e wish, on the contrary, to find a means of preventing it, and we see no other than the veto of France, the incident of the Trent being set aside. But under what pre text can England be prevented from interfer ing in the United States if the slave war breaks out in the Southern Confederation ? Can it be expected that the U. S. will allow themselves to be cut up without saying or doing any thing. The recognition of the South and, the violation of the blockade will prove the inevi table dissolution of the areat American Con federation ; no one can doubt it, and every one feels the presentiment or it. e musi, therefore, behold the annihilation under the double blows of an internal and a foreign war, if that new Power, which, in spite of its ex cesses, retains in its bosom the saving princi ple of human liberty and of social emancipa tion. After having re-established the balance of power at sea, the United States, it is said, threatened to overthrow it for their own advan tage. Who says that ? England, which is about to lose her naval preponderence, and who wishes to resume it. We shall be reproached with making common cause with the United States against England We, in fact, do in cine in favor of the United States, because .og!an i wishes to overthrow them under prerext of checking their too threatening de "ciopments and their excessive pretensions. If the existence of England were threatened, as that of the American Union now is, who would reproach us for making common cause with England? It is our conviction that Eng land wishes to destroy the existence of the United States, ana whatever tne issue me inci dent of the Trent may have, our opinion in that respect icill not he in any way changed. Does any one exactly know what England has expended in armaments since the breaking out of the secession in America ? A grant of three hundred millions was voted for the navy in March last ; the expenses of the fleet and of the army have been carried up to the enor mous amount of seven hundred and sixty five mdlimis imd the funds of three thousand ' savings banks have been put into requisition o give the finishing touch to tnese immense preparation. It is only to make herself res pected, and for no o.her object, that England has sent 30,000 men to Canada, supplied with guns all of ler innumerable, vessels, and called ;dl her niaratime population to arms. Such demonstrations, in our opinion, cost too dear to be allowed to remain idle. The English know too well the value of money than to lav ish it tor the childish satisfaction of offended vanity. And if this prodigious increase of military force has not really taken place with a view to the United States, it constitutes a Still greater cause for us to feel uneasiness. History does not offer an example of an aris tocracy so admirably and powerfully organized as that of England. Peace and war have al ways been in its hands a means ot government and the British aristecracy have well known how to make use of these elements ; but now, whether the clients have increased or whether the patrons have declined in number and influence, the equilibrium between the two classes has been visibly deranged. Peace is no logger what England wants, for the mar kets ot the world being eveiy day more and more closed to English commerce by competi tion, she finds herself ill at ease. What has happened as regards cotton proves this. Pa cific agitation may surely rain the English ob ligarchy, military agitation would save it. It i.r therefore, i?i a near that it icill seek its sal tation. ENGLISH OPINION OP SEWARDS NOTB TO LORD LYONS. From the X-ondon Times of the 10th of Jan. With a verbocity never equalled even in diplo macy, and witn an inconsequential vagueness never surpassed even in Congressional debate, Mr. Seward in this long document wanders fVnT.ll rVl tH. Klcinrv of all nast transactions. Inasmuch, however, as he concludes that, not- iimi.pii aai Ha 1 " '. ' rfcaiato n.,. -...-..- -..--c . , .. - . . n. n. i'aaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalaaamaaaaamalaaaalaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.i i. ' vaguly promised, he can come to no other c .ncltision upon the circumstances of the pres ent case than that the act was indefensible, and that the prisoners must be restored, the obvious course was to accept the fact of the reparation and to disregard the comment.- Such, we believe, h.-.s been the course adopted by our Gove.nment. A cabinet council was held yesterday, at which this very ; elaborate document was considered. An answer will, we understand, be returned, expressing the gratification of her Majesty's Government at the disavowal of the act of Captain - Wilkes, accepting tho satisfaction rendred, and assum ing that the precedent in case of the Trent will rule the more recent case of the seizure made by the Captain of the Santiago de Cuba on board the British schooner Eugenia Smith. As to the general discussion of the law into which Mr. S. enters at so- much ienglh, the Government will decline any answer until they have had an opportunity of .submitting tne 'whole rote to ihc-ir law o friars. There are ! propositions laid r'own in this note which r.re j not at all admisWc. and it is cf the Irghest vb I portance that we should n-t suddenly hind our ! selves to the abo itio i of b. 1 igere it rights, which mav to ourseives, at some luiure niu, s vital importance: nor that we should, on life o'her hand, admit the right of any foreign State to carry our mail pac kets into their ports and submit them to the arbitrament of their Prize Courts. After the delivery of the pris oners nil these points may be very pro; e- ly raised, and can be conveniently discussed ; b it it is expedient to sepa rate this discussion entirely from the settlement of the misunderstanding which has so r early precipitated us into war. When ever the proper time comes we shall probably insift. with all the authority in our favor, that a beligercnt has a right to communicate ncith a neutral Power in a neutral ship ; and that it is a presumption that in such a communication there is nothing inconsistent with the charac ter cf the neutrul nation, and therefore nothing injurious to the other btligerent. ADVANTAGES OF RECOGNITION. The London Herald, of January 10th, s iys : The recognition by this country of the in dependence of the Confederate States of America, cannot under the pressure of circum stances, be much longer postponed. In defe rence to the urgent entreaties of Lord Russell, Mr. Gregory and other ardent supporters of the Southern cause reluctantly withdrew their motions in parliament on this subject, and th. last session was allowed to close without any debate upon the right of the new republic to .be received in the family of nations. The sub ject, however, is. now ripe not only for discus son, but for immediate decission, and on the reassembling of Parliament it cannot fail to command the early attention of both houses, along with the collateral topic of the illegality of the blockade. Reserving for a future occasion the political treatment of the subject, we propose here to direct the attention of the mercantile public to the important benefits which may he anticipa ted from the aforesaid recognition and the rai sing of the blockade. These steps would restore to us our valuable trade with the Southern ports, which the ille gal paper blockade has suspended for upwards of six months. Cotton, tobacco, rice, turpen tine, &c, now pent up in the blockaded States would replenish the British markets and give a great stimulus to trade. Our cotton spin ners would again breathe free, our mills would resume full time, and ample wages would be insured to thousands of struggling operatives whom short time and reduced earnings have two long subjected to heart-rending privations and distress. THE REASONS FOR RECOGNITION. In another article on the subject the same paper says : As a last measure, when despairing of suc cess by other means, the North may endeavor, by exciting a servile insurrection, to reduce the South to such a dessert as was once made of Hay ti. Should matters come to such a pass before the civilized States of Europe have lifted a finger in discouragement of a struggle fraught with such seeds of horror, they will have themselves ever to blame for the fearful catastrpphe. It is against the interest of our common humanity, it is to save from probable massacre and such outrage as makes one shud der to think of it, brave men and delicate wo men of our own race and blood, that we urge that this step should bo taken, all the senseless outcry and impotent threats of the Northern States notwithstan- ding. m We cannot better put before our readers the arguments in favor of this cause than by summarizing them in the words of tha intelli gent author of "Sketches in North America." Som; m.y differ from Mr. Reid as to the ques tion of the right of secession. We are sure tout on the c tiier head-, in to some of which we have not space to enter to-day, we shall all be thoroughly agreed. Mr.. Reid advises that we should recognize the Confederate Govern ment as soon as this can be done and for the following reasons : 1. Because the Confederates have right on their side. 2. Because we may now consider them as a government established de facto, and the sooner this isacknowlged by other Powers, the sooner will an end be put to this unnatural fraticidal ; strife. j 3. That wc may aid in preventing a fearful ! calamity a serf He iusurrtv-tioti, excited by the 5. Because th?re is no siifScient reason win' mankind should be interdicted from intercourse i with so large and so rich a portion of the earth s surface as the Confederate States, and their indtpiudence is the quickest mode of re opening them for the general bciiefit. FEDERAL GUN BOAT DESTROYED ii -i 1 SAVANNAH. Augusta, Feb. 4. A private letter from Savannah, says that heavy firing was heard in the direction of New River, S. C, on Monday morning. It lasted i over 4 hours, and wa3 supposed to be an en gagement with the enemy s gun-boats. Pas sengers this morning from Savannah,, say a Confederate officer at Savannah stated that the batteries attacked and destroyed one of the enemy's gun-boats. From Below. Six steamers loaded -with troops left Old Point yesterday. One of them left about ten o'clock, and the remaining five about eleven o'clock. There are now three French frigates in the Roads, one of which, the Fortune, arrived yester day. Norfolk Day Book. THE BATTLE IN KENTUCKY KILLED AND WOUNDED Nashville, Feb 1 Tha ofEicial report of Lt. Colonol Wahruro, cemanding the Fifteenth Mis sissippi regiment at the battle of Fi.hing Creek, or Somerset, states that forty-three were killed one hundred and fifty-three wounded and twenty-four Xorth as a last dexparate ertort. u.Mug w u.u u ...i-., j - - - f (,-", w;., ,iv.e5 Se:-.fie tfu..-t It otv. . i.in-ty ?ii v-w 1 i 4. Because it is'the undoubted interest of expected it to be one by an amicable arrange- , emb-mi U,ut K--,- the nations of the earth that the great fertile ment with General Hunter He never intendeu - - ,eu,,ast at;sl t!,e h,,ty oS Mexico- I" Sonthorn Tr,. 'uihern P. .ev,- ! continent of North America should be occupied and does not now intend that it snail be mde- now to Urvq the:r urn ,.f',,oubleT for an in- .-' - ,l,'al "'l T A"" "1 - a-d w ia j by several independent States, acting as checks pendent of General Hunter, or in any way of-. V!uling. army is now esr.blihed on their soil. 1 YSXhKoi See. " I on one another, instead of beivig under the fensive or dishonoring to bun. h&t Ocnera. j We may feel pity, we cannot feel report, fori .-!, i.'our'.ro -aiiia1talnay "we i,ot w - -r Z1 domination oj one orcrocarmg (jrott-vmncnr, ai- --ji'l "'"' 1 "- "- ( UlIS .j.-.-pia. x nti- h-.k u:ij . :.u n.ic lh... n.r. , j ready distinguished bi its uneyaalled and in-! tcr, and the President will oe glad if General , Saxn n.ce in th- StHt.-s is slowly but surely de j ! sr.-tf'eradle arrogance, and itself under the sway Hunter, acting with n the range of his orders j terogatuig from the ongmal type. In the ca.e j fV1() re-Vlrss turhnl-nt and leat intelligent and sense of dutv to the public, can give oi the ..J.-xican.- there are nor.o tir-:u: kl.e mat- i ! Jt ' tJlbdkllt' and 1Caat 'nt sucU ordcr8 as wfn be satisfactory to Gen. i tcr, it being agreed on a-1 hands ihe fcoamsh l ctttsaes. . 1 bh-od in their veins has rather spou-d tiinn nn- FR1DAY MORNING, FEB. 7,-'18fi2. ttUKKSiDE'tf Flekt. At last we have postUve intelligence of the dc ovement of thi3 armada. A courier arrived here yesterday morning we under stand from Maj. Hall, in Hydo co., stating that 40 steamers with 30 transports in tow, passed Middle Creek. East Shore of Hyde county, on Wednesday, at 10 o'elok, A. M.. heading towards Roanoke Island. They had ample time to arrive at the Island Wednesday night, and, no doubt, a battle was fought there yesterday unless they met with seme misfortune on their way. We wait with much impatience the arrival of further news and devoutly pay, mean time, that the enemy may be delivered iu the hands of our brave men at that post. , ... .... r E sun continue our eiuai i.ou, u.x- ern arid European prints. Those from Europe in this issue will be found unusuallj interest-j in-j;, looking, as they do, to a speedy recogni- j tion of our Confederacy and an uplifting of the , . , , - , biockadc. The northern papers, or some of them, still try to whistle the spirits cf their Lreaders up by publishing windy yarns about the great sa'isfaction ihe settlement of the Trent aiiair has produced abroad; but then, the most casual reader can detect the existence of dread and alarm iu the minds of the Yan kees, lest the ire of England's wrath, now full, should speedily burst forth ii a furious storm and sweep their silly and distracted govern ment from the face of the earth. SouTnEKN Monthly. This valuable period cal for February is upon our desk. This num ber contains photograph cuts of Major Gene als W. J. Hardee and S. B. Uuckner, besides iis usual amount of interesting reading matter. STILL LATER. From the Baltimore American, Not York Herald, and Philadelphia, Inquirer, of the 3d says the Norfolk Pay Book, we extract the following late Northern news : FROM WASHINGTON. OUH FOREIGN KELATIONS GOOD FEELING ItES- TOUET. Washington, Feb. 2 Notwithstanding the alarms and croakings of some of the foreign journals and letter wri ters about the stone blockade and other simi lar sinister reports, the despatches received at the State Department are regarded as con clusive of a complete restoration of tne entente cordiale bfween the United States and Great Britain and of the best possible understanding with the governments of France, Italy and Continental St itcs. Yesterday Secretary Sew ard and Lord Lyon3 exchanged congratula tions on the adjustment of the Trent affair in a spirit similar to that which, in the same case, animated Earl Russell and Minister adams. THE riilVATEEKS RELEASED AND TO BE TREATED AS PRISONERS OF WAR. Washington, Feb. 2. On Friday last the Secretary of State direc- ,..1 Vw. v. .1 . Vn- ltrf- 1 nfsirnttii nf oil fbt .i. 4- . i.....,i ,,f fi. irersons u.ie.i iieni jh wun. ui t.-io j vm al nff tho . nekn If which order ins oen undoubtedly executed.' It is true, as has been stated, that Gen. Wool, under instructions, asked General Iluger, whether if Smith, the pirate, were delivered to him at Norfolk, Col. Corcoran would be restored to liberty and sent North. The answer in the negative was on the ground of a difference in rank as to the two persons. Hon. Alfred Ely, member of Congreess from New York, late prisoner at Richmond, had an T-w i in . ! interview witn the rrestuenx ana oecretarv, Seward yesterday, and it has been determined I to place the Rebel privateers now m JNew York and Philadelphia upon a footing of pris oners of war. An order has been issued re moving them to military prisons with a view to their exchange for citizens of the United States incarcerated in the South. This im portant and humane course on the part of the Government may result in the return of Colo nels Corcoran, Lve, Coggswell, Woodroof, Wilcox, Yodges, and the other officers now held as hostages for these privateers. A gen eral exchange of all the prisoners will it is be lieved, follow. The interview of Mr. Ely . in coniunction with several of his associate members of the House of Representatives was . a not only interesting, but is described as affec- J tine:. Lieut. Edward Conuelly, of the Sixty-ninth New York Regimeht, prisoner of war, has ar rived from Columbia, South Carolina, and was present at the interview with the President and Secretary of State. He reported that the heal tli of Col. Corcoran and other prisoners there is pood. G KIN'. L.VSE TO ACT SUBOHDINATE TO GEXEIIAL DUSTER. Washington, Feb. 2. The President in conversation, yesterduy, with representative Conway, of Kansas, stated j that he appointed James II. Lane, Brigadier General, with the express understanding that he was to serve under General iiunter. mat uenerai xane ircquenuy ueciareu ins willing ness to do so that he (the President) hail and has the strongest desire to oblige Gen. Lane aud consequently appointed a hirg staf to suit and ".ratify him. That while he hoped and expected an expedition somewhat to his L.ane. rUOM FOItTI.ESS MOXMOE. Forth ess Moxkoe, Feb. 2. The United States gunboat Daylight sailed hence to day for the mouth of York River, where she will relieve the Young Roer in the blockade of that river. The Rover will proceed to the mouth of the Rappahannock to releive the Dawn, which will go to Nw York for repairs. The Mystic isstili off the Rappa hannock. The troops of the New England J)iv'sior, who have been encamped on the beach for two weeks, re-embarked on the Constitution this afternoon. The Constitution is still ta king in coal, and probably will not get off before to-morrow. The health of the troops is improving. The John Trucks with tho D'Epineull Zouaves sailed for Annapolis this morn ing. The sloop of war Hartford sailed fcr the Gulf during last night. The steamer Rancocas sailed for Cherry Stone to-day, but was obliged to return on ac count of the weather. A flag of truce was sent to Craney Island, but brought back no passengers or papers. The crew of the Rebel steamer reported that heavy firing had been heard at Norfolk during the past two days. A submarine cable is expected here shortly which will be sunk across the bay from this point to some point near Cherry Stone, and the Eastern Shore telegraph line which m l place For'.ress Monroe in telegraphic communi cation with Washington and other points North. The Herald of the 3rd, says : The bark Trinity left Boston yesterday for Fortress Monroe, with 38fi Southern prisoners rank and rile, and eleven officers, from tort Warren, to be exchanged for an equal nuiiito of our soldiers in the hands of the rebels. We learn from St. Louis that some corapn ies of the 4th Missouri Volunteers having dis played mutinous feelings and disobedience or orders, have been severely dealt with by Gen. Ilalleck. The non-comm'ssioned ofikers ai.a privates have been disarmed, and will be sent to Cairo to work on the fortifications there until show a disposition to respect ann return t." v. eirduty. The commissioned offt- rprs nave oeen uis-uas u the . r ;.. iia niiifinniK d'.nosi- not lor ra. i.e. naimsi 1.1 J r - . - f t ericovcinrr di iscip- , ' - tJ ra:?';s reaiarkable letter from Quebec, Canada wi'l be found in i.ther column. It seems " ... 1. . T i.-HArernl (Mot our j that our naB X J 0Vnrt t ji-rexent troubles aih.rd them a good opp'Ttu- f . real;ze an old an I cherished " wish of U'.eirs namelv to annex Maine, and so obtain :i winter outlet to the sea. I hey were disap pointed at the surrender of Mason and Slide!!, , and are now anxiously looking out for some new cause of quarrel. The knowledge of their intentions will doubtless tend to hasten the fortifications of Portland, Maine. If Portland were properly fortified, our correspondent shows clearly enough that war between the United States and Canada would be ruinous to the latter. There are now about 14,000 liritish troops in the province. From the Journal of Commerce, fOKEIt.N" INTERVENTION. The foreign news received during the past few days cannot but lead to the gravest solici tude for the future. The tone of the French news is even more unpleasant than that from England, while it is evident that a strong pres sure will be brought upon both Governments ti induce them not only to recognize the Southern Confederacy but to interfere by force to raise the blockade. The general principle is now strongly urged that the American war has been of long duration without practic.il results, and that the means of warfare adopted such as tha stone blockade, for example, are contrary to the moral sense of the great powers .if the world. The urgency of the Abolition ists to declare the freedom of the slaves and thus create the horrors of survile insurrections is now regarded by their old allies, the Eng lish, as an evidence of the tendency of Ameri cans to barbarism, and is u:-ed as an argu ment to induce national interference in our affair.. We cannot but feel the melancholy fact that America is regarded in Europe .is a weakened power with whom it i; possible to deal as with an inferior. No Government has yet ta ken this view, but public sentiment is strength r.inir in mat cureciion, unu it win require Teat caution and moderation to prevent such I I action on the part of England and France as will make it nccessar for America to assert her dignity ond prove her power. The London Observer is entitled to no credit and we are not induced to place any reliance on the "latest intelligence" which comes from that ofnee. 'here the Southern agents seem i-. i . , , v-w. v.. .. , ... w v....,.a, ..... p for a departing steamer to produce an ef- feet on this country, and the despatch appears to be of that kind. But ths entire tone of the European mind is not to be mistaken. It is now a question of great moment for France and England whether an armed intervention will be justifiable, and it justifiable, whether it will pay for the cost. This will be discussed for some weeks. If at the end of a e r iron the commencement ol tl.Q vor wr sb:ill remum in the s;imr nosition , " ' the urgency of the pressure on those powers will increase. Meantime we are now approaching the op portunity ta exhibit the forca which General McClellan has been gathering. That force sur passes anything that Europ an powers have supposed. It is beyond anything that Ameri cans imagine. We speak not without author ity when we say that the artillery forces of the Un'on army to-day-surpass immensely, in all that constitutes military strengthj anything the world has ever seen before. No such result of military skill, foresight, pre paration and drill has been realized in any na tion up to the present time. When this is brought into night by the movements winch are ,n h"mnV. the'tone'ef hhirooean e.rirhds,,. will chaise, and it will be acknowledgsd that they had no conception of the strengh of the Amer- tcan Government. Jt is now a question waetner we snail dispiay to Europe a suiheient force; to be the best argu ment against their ideas of inteileriing witi us. If they are convinced that we are a great nation, unimpaired in on- vigor, they will rcmaiu quiet. Otherwise thev may .attempt to settle our trou bles for us aud no one can foresee th results cf such an attempt. TIse 3liV31.l05l ol" Mexico. 212Y FOIl EXGLAXD S Oil F WHAT SOI. HER PA11TXER, ITT Ti rprora the London Herald (Derby oran.) Janu- ary 17tb.J The conIrient of North America t?ks soma j thS.:2" i.-.re than its share ".a the interest ct the i day. I' is not euoutre, it ."eins, tfint .ih-nge; portion of that coiUineiit stion.d b jt!st now : agitated to it centre ry a civil content which ' proved the bread of a people that is inferior in all j elements of manliness to the race of civilized j heathens whom Cortez conquered If it be urged on their behalf that nt all events they succeeded in id &kiug off . the rule of Spain, the plea i m-it by the statement that they did no such thlnir If it had net been for the difficulty wbh Na-th America a British force woa'd ere this, have b&en in company with the Spanish gqrtadron in. the waters of Vera Crus. At present we hear only of the Spaniards, and to their fleeL and army has fallen the credit of the only success which is like ly to be gained by tha intervening powers of Mexico. Vera Cruz has fallen into their hands ; the Mexican commander has retired before them wi hout an aftempt to save the place, and the fortress of tSan Juan de Ulloa has hoisted once more the flag of Spain. . We are at a losss to conceive what the Span ish commander intends to do next, or what the French end English forces are to do when they have joined him. . It is clear that the in ter enti-an cannot be intended for the sole ad vantage of Spain. If the Spauish General, who in his procla mation, speaks so magniloquently of his mis sion to avenge the wrongs of bis countrymen, entertains any idea of this sort, or harbours the notion of reconquering the country lor his mis tress, we think it well that he should be set right as speedily as possible. The only forward movement possible to him would consist in a march on the c.ty of Mexi- .ii ilV.. fcli wJi . jb Koi tt 5X.t i 1 cmil1lr?;'.'t'j. from Vera f!m nr,A i -l , w. ,,iV4 av, rt ueiLTin, ot 8 fUirv f.-ct above the level of the sea, as the countrv between these places is for the most part m and desert. u h a inarch would obvious! v 1 attended with considerable difficulties. "And as even the most pusillanimous people mav ex eel in a sort of predatory aud gnrrilla warYare it wou.d be most unwise in a commander to at fempt such an advance without an army t-n jo laio as iuai wnicll Utneral Prim iistenms to iom. We think it a most unfortunate thing that r.ur government should have given its sanotm n I ul co-operation to a wild crusade which seems k-Ay to have fLr its chief result the furtherai.c oi .vcieiufs iu agrjss on ana eonrruest. y shall gain little credit ; we ma- expect les profit from this ill-advised Mexican intervep. iiiui. i j L. iii .iiti u i.ii fjuii ;'j over H-tj - . ... , ,,1; v which, as it is t ie chief s.'.mrrf r.f : j .should be considerable, would atfori i s t ri s' pect of obtaining some indemnity fir oiir (- -- --- - - - - - i .C' p-'iises m tnis e;p dr.. on, 1. not Rll ti i SUtl.s- j faction that we ask. Flag or Tklck. The Khu.ee brou.h: up to the Cry, yesterday afternoon, thct'oliov, -in j: passengers : Cart. Duke North Carolina. Lieut Wis 44 44 Lieut. Shaw " Lieut. Lamb Capt. N. D. Farley, General Punhiini'.i Staff. Lieut. F. de T-aradenc, 7th Reg. S. C. Sergeant T. -If. Dunhnru, 7th Va'. Car. Private F. E. Lone, 1st Kv. Reg. W Nelm P. Hughes .1 P. Moss 10th Ala. Reg. W. Norris, " James Williamson, " F. Hildebrand, 2nd Ya. Cav. The first four were taken prisoners at Hat teras, have been confined at Fort Warren, and are now released on parole. The remainder have been confined in the old Capitol Ruilding in Washington and have been regularly ex changed. The Kahukee also brought up Capt. Fran chise of the French Frigate Fortune and Eitv. Dub; ei ie of the French FrigateJ Pomone. X. Pay Book. Gai Company. Having made a statement the other day of the condition of the Gas Company which is feared may lead to wrong impressions, we very cheerfully publish the following conununica. tion fiom one of tho diractors cf the company : ErnroitGr Progress : I)ear Sir: The re port cf the affairs of the Gas Company in your issue of the 5th inst., is calculated to create a wrong impression in the minds of the consu mer of gus, and also of the Stockholders. The Company declared a dividend of 13 per cent, in claims against tiie town of Newbern and not in casli and acknowledged a R inus in unpaid accounts, material and cash of 5 per cent. one per cent, only of which was made during the past year. The profits during tho next year will not probably be near as large as during the past, owing to the expense cf making gas with hc:t from wood instead of coal, which makes the services of an extra hand necessary, and also to the probable great rcductian in the amount of eras consumed. Should the company nay a j cash dividend of eight per cent. luriiur the next vcar it will be fully as much as can be a expected. DIRECTOR. Newbein, Feb. G, 1802. KICKED BY A HORSE. A little son of Lieut. J. T. Kenned', of this place, aged about nine or ten years, was kicked on the head hy a horse, last Saturday evening, breaking the skull bone. We undir stand his condition is a critical one, though ho may recover. GolJsboroug Trib. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. We leard that a son of Mr. Wm. Dawson, be tween 31 and 12 years old, was run over by tho freight tra-'nf on the A. N. C. Railroad, Inst Saturday evening, at Mosely Hall, rru.ihmj: both his legs in a horrible manner. Wo lrara that he was playing on one of the cars, when thj train moved up to dischargo nome freight. Tho boy thinking the train was about to leave, aftemr ted to jump to the platform and fell with his le;;s across the track. His injuries are fatal Go! iis, Trihunr. "Tiie lt'H Im mightier Ikuu ilin fjword."' THE "S0UT11EKN .MONTHLY:'' A Literary Magazine, at Three Dollars per Year. ALL OIUUINAL, BY SOUTHERN AUTHORS. H.H A i aie 2ZzU El irpport stiOJilil bo Car!:nl. KoMier or Civilian wh wouid feeour CoT'dera y truly nee t-xt;-u'. your aid to build up an InIh'.'K?- Dt.NT i-.OLTHilKS Ll j KKA ru RK ! By fuMflilit ..i'-oura-d..- it, yon er. et an nt'nrintr bulv..rk lr ibeity that will defend yoa where anr.it vie ww- (iive it. our support now it wi.l iJ:iy y ! . thousand fold. Gallant armies on the battle liHd i defend you airi.iiu't open foe? tho I'rcBs, p-mpt-ny I uafl"-d. wi'1 do no h cs ; it will pn ti-ct you jrn,'t i,.ih i!..T"-f-vti'i-? K.fi.i :?)'.!. or r. ."I ;-.- n f, ", -.. .1. .-.!.. jf .-.rt. : ;i I -1 1 .-.-I V.-.itr:!"!' "I'l hImi. . .m " ip.i '-'1,n jis :in nnnv with bin !ii:rs," will t.:ev. ir- the ei-scniination. ot" pure inria-ei.c.-s, r.i.d iiiiri. j-. pirKti.'ii5. nd tru prii cipl-:', ih'ht the Co-.l f.iflit of l.-.valty t nr .-r.utitry nKin-l f... wi'y Xevl'.jueii. -w !.;"linv.-h ;r.-:id bra.H'ieovc-r .:r J;m-'mi'- .1.1 tr.-;r ii"x:'.iis exiai.ii:o:i. , i:i. . c i. of f. X ':?";. Pol :'ti(;.l h c: " n-.ini. i:--d bv us. V iVer V"" i - SO! I Ii i il: MOATIIIY " fis f.n cxpoi. nt ri-f--ti Sr-i imnit's. Hottlharn Palir? aud Sou.i.r- :!-.r.itirv of 5v:n!'.ein I t n.rv i"or iO.OO ( subscribers. w TiUTTOX He Fi:::i.Tr:.T. Memphis. Feb. 18ui. I'ul.h"- rT aBueliaSnanbcr can ilH be Pnpu'h 5 ITJf.HTAKV BOCas. r a a' 5-: Ii f d 17 JL Eiivele loi.ets ii..-receiv..-d h! tie JsVwoem Store by S. V. STABLY, ProprietreM. ot21 cl&wiit. Q J K X' r 1 1 A X I O IV H it T 1 ' K -1 i ;t v 1 " b K rt app.inted Keeeiver for the C'.untie of Cravn Jonea, Onslow and Carteret. I hereby notify "yery attorney. Hsreiit, farmer, partner, trustee or rner persons, holding or controlling within aia wu'.i.c few-a. torndertomeaniccnnt thereof, and so farM practicable to place the same in my hand. .No. A. D 1S()1 lJaM-a. Receiver for the counties of Craven, Onskw. Jones and Carteret. . X. 13. I will attend at my office m the town NewVern from 10 to 1 o'cioed to attend to the busi ne s. .Vo v 3 d Ac vrtf ' OYSTERS ! I Norfolk Oysters qhu be had at the A.han.bra. Craven Street, served up in any luawier , shortcbt notice . Ti ivate fair dies cr.n btf KICHAKD Newbern, Nov. 14, ISCl d&w3m . i j WAIVTK-One or tro able Wied Vpv Men for the use of the -Newbern Ga fi "Hi r. IRfVTf fl4f ' any lands, tenements, or hereitil-ainem, chatties, rights or credits, or any iiict ll!.r f1"' of or for any alien enemy of the C"nw.itte ut(. s OYSTERS !