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The Mason and Slidel Affair in Etgland a By the arrivai of the Steaml'ship llnmea froim Ltvcrpiol we learn that, the iiritish sea:mer fromi St. Thomas had arrived, tb.ig iin the intelligence that Mlussrs. Masuu and Slidell, the Southern Counissioners t1 Eu rope, hid been forcibly taken from the Brit iah mail steamer Trent. Thte must intense exciteitent preails throughout Enig:mand in r.egari ti, the seizure of those ueitle:nit on board the British steaiz.r. An indign.ttion meeting wts promptly h:ld,, a series of reso litiuns were carried by acclamaatunn denoun eing the iniilt and ca.ling nyou the ti. ern me,;t to nazmtain the ihgiity of its 111g. Some pruninent mereh-tns spok - ai!tinst the precipitate actioin, and si.d that the :nat ter hal better be left with the Governcent. The feeling of indignation is general. IIALIYAx, N. S., Dec. I5tb.-''e steiamsbip Ettripat has arrivoi with Liverpool da-ea to Nov. :to:h, and via Qecet stowu to Dec. 2d, w'her.- -h-i was detainel by the Government. She has the Que'iin's atess.-a'er en board, with dispatches to Lord Lyonas. EigIlatd demand- the uicounliti.mal cur render of the Sout ern Cornniss.ners, Mes.srs. Mason & Slidell, and their Se.reta ries, Messrs. Eustis and McFarland. Spr-cial dispatches to Lord Lyons, the English Minis ter in Washington, demand of him to call upon the United States for the transportation to England of these parties, and, in case of re fusal, to dem'ad his passports at once. France cu-operates with England in this demand ; and Europe is in a b!arte of ndig nation at the cour-e pursued by Captain Wilkes, ot the San Jaciniti. On the 30th of Nov., Her M.ijesty beld a Privy Council at Windsor, where three of Her aj'-.is .Ministers were present, previous to whieh the same three MAl.iers attend]ed a Cabinet Cou:cil at lard 'almersiou's official reaid.-no. The Lonlon Time., says that it has no hope that the Federal Government will comply with the tlenands of Englantd. Tie Ea:glbh jnrnals are very bitter and hostile. and continue to triet tie riEtr as an ii ,;.,ral~e in or It. 1.ri Ly.,' ins:rneti- i i w hi -h the Cabi not is said tv bte uianinus, are explicit and determine.]. Ti, lonlo Post says that an acknow!e Ige nt-nt of the error. and the surren'ler of the p~rism-rs by the :nit.-d Status. wil be receiv ed with great j.y, but if tthe Federalists fail to di so it no man in England will blind his ev..s to the a;t--rnative that England mest do hi"r dirv. Tie L o.Croi Tines re asserts that it has been .'eward's plicy to flrce a quarrel with England. awl ca-lls for energetic military prep aratiots ill Canaa. Tate LJondii T is. in its (diiritl c an m'iets .in the a r, predicts that three results wil.l im:n"- ia!elv +i.,w, viz: .ia. T:e de-truction of the bk.e ka lc of the Southern pi irts. 2l. Tfihe cmp:te and eff.ctual block:atle of ti - N.,rthern purts; and :!. The recogni:ilin of the Cond.lerate S;ae' ly France a:il En-land. T..e 'ari.4 Patrie argnes clearly that France will side with England and recognize the Soutirn Confederacy. A Li-rpool paper ,ive a rutlr that the E-nperor Napole.i had been pr posed as an arbiter between England and the United States. STILL LATER FROM EUROPF. C.at lhaeu, Dec. 13.-'he s:eanship City of W1.hiungton has arrived with Liveft.oul das, vi.: Qt..en:stown. to Dec. 5ith. i excteitwent in reference to M.-ssrs. Ma s 'a a;;d Slidell cotitilnue-s untab:el. The Paris Temps repeats the statement that tle Emperor Napoleon has tendered his ser vi::e: as a mediator between England and tih, United State-. -Th. - P'tis Patrie has an chit-i article fure shad,rwint the disposhtionl of Franco to re cognize te Southern Conifederacy. if Enighad A lairge niu:uhber of English naval vessels have been or lure-l ready f~or im-'nediate coum mni ~on. Severad were loaded with immi iense mii!itarv stores, and destined for Canadla. The'Quteen had is~ued a proclanmation for biddtintg the exportation of arms, powvder, lead, an i th.e materials f.r making powder. The Litodon r'Avercer says the Government wijlidemtanid the restoration of Mesrs. Mason and Slidell to the British Government. The OJbserrer states that the Envoysi should be restore1 upon the quarter-deck of a lit ish ved4t'. to the Admiral in comantd, at Nsw Y.,rk or Waishington, in face of ten or twelve mienof-war, whiose presence ona the Potomac wotuldl render the blustering Cabinet at Wa thington utterly helpless, just as the T[rent was beufore the guns antd eutlasses of the San Jaeintto. Thie Lumdon Times says the position of the Federai States is alnost identical. in a corn mnercial point of view, with that oft Russia in tibe Crimnean war. The breaking up of the blockade of the Southern ports would set free industry fronm the anxiety of a cotton famine, send prosperity to Lancashire, &c. The Liverpool Courier believes the iron platedl steamiser Warrior has been ordered to Annapolis with the ultimnatunm of the Govern. mnent to Lord Lyons. The instructionis are explicit, and were determined on unanimous fy in Cabinet Council. The gen'~raf impries stin is there will be war unless fall apology is ni .de.I A Lrge numbelr of vessels have been or diered to get ready immediately and go into The Melbourne left Woolwich ont the 12th instant for Ihalifax, with 30,000 standI ofI arms, a large <;uantity of amumuhition, six Armnstronig guns, andi was conveyed b'y the Irpheus, of twenty-one guns. Late Northern News. The effect of the news in New York of the Mason and Slidell afiair and the action of England has caused a great fall in the three per cent. st:>cks, and a depreciation of from five to six per cent, in all stocks. Missouri's fell three ; Sterling Exchange advanced to 110 a 111. Breadstuffs were mutch firmer. Cotton was generally withdrawn from the market, and Middlinig Uplands were voted at 42e. Saltpetre had advanced 15e The tone of the Northern press is universally for war. They say that Englanid miust be humbled, and that war is inevitable. The New York Time-s say that neither Lin coin nior any ineuuber of his Cabinet is com mitted in favor of the course ptursued in ar resting Mason and Slidell. The Times does not anticipate trouble. The World considers war not very probable. The Tribune urges suppressing the rebellion and the completion of thei blockade, and thinks the English dlfi eulty will heal to a long diplomatic corres pondenece. The Philadelphia Iwguirer~ con siders the c-oeiliet between England and the LUnited States no holiday diversion, to be eni gageui in without reflection. Ttie. Lad1er urge~s that the h~ke and river defencei be putt in the best piossible condition. The Northernt patpers state thatt :tt) of the Fort Warren prisoners woul leave 1 r Four tres Monroe, on the 1ith, Southward. to I1 e exchanged. TIhe ri-port about Minister Adams~ applying for his passports is ontly rumior. 'The Nuorth ern papers don't men-ition it. Culfee anad tea at New York have been withdrawn from thle tiarket or only offitredl att enormious prices. The anntounicement of the suspensioni of the banks at the North is premtature. The steamer Africa was detained a few days2 to take out Lord Lyons' response to the dea pa,.e or the BRitiBh Qoceimaa The 1 Queen's messenger nll the messenger froa Mr. Adams lcfr Boston on Tucsdny for Washing ton. Engrlish despatches were cent in basie to the Admiral of t.he North Atericain squad- 11 ron at Havana. The privateer Sumter overhauld the ship to Muntnutrency, from Davt,. Maine, recently, tit ransomewd her for $20,000, iand allowed her Al to proceed. . i The- New York Herald says that in three be weeks not a dollar wonid be left in the Fed- le eral treasury. and nu provision has beeu mlltde a to rep!eni-h it. Wail street is in confusion. n Stock have greatly declined, tid there is en- tlI tire stnrguati'on in -business in the city. 'F-e 1at Hera- urges the inonediatte enrolling of all w the ye.nng and able boedie.l ment ine the city. Moxm.tE.L, Deermber 1G.-Thie news by w the Europa creates much excitement. There I is strong British feeling throughout the pro- n vince. T Toaos-ro, December 1.-There is much 1 tl excitemen. here, and the action of the Home N Guveranment is strongly approved. Ik Despatches fron Detroit, Ch-veland. B-dti- i mnore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, H.srtfo'rd. Buf- 14 falo, Chicago and Milwaukee, all of the 16th, a report the people prepared to sustain the Ad ministration, and to resist the demand of f England. . - From Washington. k Wisuscrox, December 15.-Senator Wil- o son gave notice that he would introduce to morrow a bill fir the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia -paying loyal own ers the value of their slaves. A general bankrupt law is under cou.ideration in Con. gress. WASeNGTON, December 1G.-The Lincoln Government is firm in adhering to the arrest of Mason and Slidell, and fears no war with Englai.d and France. Val:aniighamn introduced the resolution last night which follows: Resolved, That it is the sense of this House that it is the duty of the President now to firmly maintain the stand he has taken, approv ing ani adopting the act of Wilkes, in spite of any inmove of the British Government, and that this lionse pledges its full support to him in upholding now the honor and vindicating the courage of the Government and people of the United States against foreign powers. Vallandigham moved the previous question, but the House decided. by a vote of 109 to I 16, to rfer the resolutions to the Committee on Foreign Atl':rs. There is much anxiety felt in Washington for fear that the jail in Charleston with the Federal prisoners was burned. The correspondent of the New York Times, of the 17th, says that the diplomatic corps seem more concerned about matters than the Lincoleites. S. C. Methodist Conference. The following are the appointmaents of the South Carolina Meth.>dist Cijnfereucj for 1862 1o: Coxsucar Dzsricr--W. A. McSwsIN, P. E. Ckesbury Circuit-J. M. Carlisle. Laurens Circuit-J. T. Kilgo, J. A. Wood, A. P. Martin, sup. Newberry Station-B. English. - Newberry Circuit-J. T. Wightmnan, P. L. Herman. Saluda River Mission-W. H. Lawton. Ninety-six Circuit-S. 11. Browne. Rocky Pond Mission-G. W. M. Creighton. Butler Circuit.-T. G. Herbert. EdgeScil Circuit-J. S. Connor. Abbeville Circuit-A. U. Stacy, R. B. Tar. rent. Anderson Circit-W. Bowman. Pendleton Circuit-V. A. Sharp. Pickens Circuit-F. M. Morgan, Rev. J. It. Pickett, late of Butler Circuit, is the ensuing year sent to Chester Circuit. t From the South Carolinian. The War Tax. We have been requested to publish the fol lowing: CoN r1::>ERATE S'r.uS Tuan-scar DEP'AanENTv. RictMsosD, December 14, 1861. r Joseph .D. Pope, Esq., Chief Collector, Colum-t bia. S. C. I SIR: Your. letter of the 5th instant, has t .been received. You will proceed with then organization of Sub-Collectors and Assessors. p and the preparation of tax books, and every I thing else ne-cessary to collect the'War Tax ; V atd in the event your Legislature should de- fl termine to pay it, you can a~sure the Sub- el Collectors that Congress will certainly make 1 equitable compensation for services connected J with said tax, in all cases, and that the As- ni sessors appointed under Confederate authori- 1, ty will perform the work of assessment, and cl receive pay the same as though the tax had 01 not beent assumed. Very respectfnlly, ti C. G. MEMMINGER, g Secretary of Treasury. k CHIEF COLIEcTOR's OFFIcE. st Coixarna, S. C., D~ecember 11, 1861. bi The Collectors of the Confederate War Tax 'w are hereby notified that by their appointment at they cannot be engaged in any other serrice m while in the discharge of this. They are ex- w' peted to report themselves forthwith as being tt within reace of their respective post offices, '1 and within ready communication w.th this mI offie. They should in advance he now en- w' gaged in sub dividing their collection dis tricts into convenient precincts and of securing ali competent assessors. South Carolina is lbe- of hind all of the other Stattea, and the grecafest ti promptness in ever y department is necessary gi to bring her up. As soon as the official bonds he of the ecollectors are returned to this offie, th the proper books, blank-s, printed instue. to tion, &.c., will be furnished. They will he N ready in a few days. As soon as the list oif ar collectors shall be perfected, it will be pub- di lihed fur the information of the public. Um Newspapers throughout the State will 1' oblige by giving this a platc. tr JCS. D ANIE L POPE, ci Chief Collector for South Carolina. en IMPORTANT NFEw.-The Norfolk Day Book. of the 13th, received a copy of the New York e Herald of the day before, which states that a to panic has occurred in Wall street, from the g Secretary of the Trensury having, in his re port, called for an additional six hundred tmil-.c lions ($6,000,000) of dollars, and estimating tb that if the war lasts till July, 18612, he will want one thousand millions ! It is rumtored W in New York that Gen,. McClellan had hat d- ,I ed in his resignation, because the Adm~inistra tion persists in conducting the war on Aboli ion principles. It We heard recently, in Richmond, that a t large number of otlicers would resign if that br: policy was determined on. g A NOnrLx Ac.-We learn that a drover del who arrived at Charlotte, N. C., with one i hudred head of beef cattle for another des- og iiation, upon hearing of the con flagrat ion at harleston, inoenediately obtaineli the consent me >f the Railroad company to transport themt an mere, and has turned the whole over to the ca, elief Commtittee. Fifty headl arrived in this . :ity yesterday. We were utnable to learn the als tame of tbe generous donor.-Charleston the jourier- the - - + a-i THE Beas-r D~istrer.-It is now ascer- the ainied that the sweep of the conflagration of~ tur ast Wednesday night was 1,800 yards in ltis ngth, with an~ averago width of abontt 2510 'ards. This is about one mile in letngth by ne-seveth of a mile in width.-Charlestoni ta Lrnrv. 19th. .. Battle on the rotomac. lirnvoxn, Dec. 21.--A portion of our ,tomac army suffered a defeat yesterday. ar ae particulars are as lblluws: pu At lour o'clock yesterday morning, Gener- an Stuart, with 150 cavalry. Jeff, Davis Ar- an lery,'the 1st Kentucky regiment, the I0th ell abaua regiment, the 11th Virginia regi- L, rut. and the '6th South Carolina reginent, in ing a portion of Gen. Longstreet's brigade, w t Centreville in order to attempt to capture tir Fetersl foraging party at Darn-soille, 16 TI il-s from Centreville.. As the force neared to e place, they fon-i the Yankees 15,000 di rong ; but Gen. Stuart, noathiing dannted, 8i ith his 3.00 mein, attacked trn. The al ;ht lasted the greater portion of the day, to iwn the Conf;lderates retired). S Our loss is about 30 killed, and an equal hi uaumter wounded. Am ong thei killed are Col. a aylor, of the 1st Kentucky Regiment, and N re Major of the sane Regiment. The I lilt n irginia Regiment, from Lynchburg, bad 7 I iled and 12 wounded. A third field offic. r ft as killed, and another had his art shot off. : our of I be Jeff. Davis Artillery were killed v t the r guns, and several wounded. I p Gen. Stuart sent to headquarters for rein >reients, and last night, the balance of it len. L mgstreet's brigade, consisting of four- i Fen regiments, went down to give the Yan ees another fight. Nothing has been heard a f their operations today. t Later from Europe and the North. A Ricuxiaoan, Dec. 21.-The Norfolk Day Y took of Friday and Saturday reached here .night, containing the following synopsis of ows: The steamship Jura had arrived at Portland. le., with Liverpool dates to the 6th inst. ngland continues excited in regard to the I ason and Slidell atair. Active prepara ions were mnakirng for war with the United , ttes, should it become necessary. Gen. Scott, in a letter to the Paris Presse lenies that the Washington Cabinet had pre. etermined to capture Mason and Slidell; tad hopes that amicable relations with Eng and will be preserved. Demonstrationr hostile to the United States rave been made in some i' nglish ports. It is reported that Minister Adams regard- 1 4 his recall as inevitable. The press of Brussels and Paris are unani- t noun in sustaining England, condemning the apture of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. A letter received in Washington from Liv- V ;rpool states that all arms destined for the a inited States have been removed from the I essels on which they were shiped. e Lincoln hopes diplomatically todelay affairs t vith England. lie thinks that England will d elect France to mediate on the subject ; if , the United States will select Russia for he same purpose. No result will follow, and Lincoln will continue, unmolested, his war a vith the Confederate States. The New York Herald, of the 19th inst., avs that the Lincoln Cabinet has not deter ninel upon the course that it will pursue in he Mason and Slidell affair, as the English essenger had not yet arrived. From lomphis. MEMPH is, December 20.-A special dispatch o the Aralanche, from Clucmbus, says tliat copy of the Chicago Tribuae of the 18th vas received there to-day by a flag of t:nce. Lincoln's Cabinet anticipating England's lemand, have unanimously resolved never to urrender Mason and Slidell. The gun boats Brton and Essex, which cre aground at Cape Giradeau, are now at airo. An advance down the river is women. arily expected. A special to the Arulanche from Jackson. diss., says the Legislature passedt a bank bill mabling the banks to receive Treasury notes r all taxes except the war tax. Fruom the Riebmond Dispateb, Dec. 17. The Battle of Alleghainy 3Mountain,. We received huan evening, through the ~ :indnss of gentlemen from We-stern Virginia, ome fort her incidents of the battle fought on 'riday last, on the Alleghany- mountain. The t eport which reached the city on Sunday, hat the forces of Col. Joahnson were sur- 0 rised by the enemy is, we are assured, en- 14 irely erroneous. The action, in, fact comn- C aened on Thursday evening between the r ickets ; and this contradicts the statement a meviously rmade that the enemy approached t -om the' rear and front turning both our V aaks. As near as we can ascertain, the Fed- 'I ral~s, who were doubtless gauided by the h nion men of the vicinity, came upon Col. s hnson's ca.n p. soon after daylight, from the g orth, their strength being four regiments of a ,000 men each. They attacked our forces, J nsisting oif three regiments of arn average I S400 eon each, two battalions numnberintg Z egether 2030 men, and two biatteries of four c ans each, The fight continued until[2 o'clock ti . ML, when t he enenmy retreated. One great advant age that the Federals pos ssed was a position a ehind some felled trm er at a convenient distance from our camp, p here they were well protectedl from our fire, y td had a good opportunity of picking off our st en whenever they showed themselves. They e: ere, however, finally sheled out by our bat- ti rie, and forced to make a rapid retreat. oi hey carried most of their wounded downa the ra ountaint to the ambhulances, though some a ere left on the field. t Captaint Anderson, of the Lee Battery, was a Lt dead from the houtse at an early period fl 'the light. A letter to .l udge Camden men- tr yns the death of an ofhicer of thec 12th Geor- pm a Regiment, but gives no name. We also tar that Lieutenant Regani was killed ; but th r are contradictory statements relative to at o death of Lient. Lewvis Thompson. The or orthwestern hoys behaved most gallantly, of d deserve much praise for their heroic cona it. They advanced and attacked the ene- pa y three separate :imes, and, being thus cx- n< sed, suffered more heavily than any other at ops. Only two companies of the Fifty-see- Li d Virginia Regiment (Col. Baldwin's) were fri gaged in the fight-Captain Skinner's and er sptain Lilley's. Several were wounded in ese companies, butt only one was killed. T Our inibrmnant states that Col. Johnston sovered himself with glory, and is entitled the appellation of the Hlero of the Alle- Ti any." At an early period of the battle, th ten our men partially fell back tunder a fierce A arge, Colonel Johnson placed himself at hr ir head, amnd seizing a stout bludgeon, In tved it in the air, shouting words of enacour emet and bidding defiance to the enemy. be Ce men were fired with enthusiasm, andlo huson led them on to the charge in pierson, n eeping the Yankees before him like chaff. is represented to have been a montent of Hi -rible excitement ;but the troops and their he ive comander proved equtal to the emner-1 acy. A young mtan froma the camp says T tt many a true solditr shed tears over the ith of 'the brave Anderson, but all joined tw the shout of joy on witnessing the heroism Johnson. When we take into considleration the nu-re rical weakntess of our force, and the strength I advantgeous position of the enemy, we mi inot but regard it. as one of the most des- P0 -ate contlicts of the war. That the Feder-b| sufrd heavily there is no doubt ; yet ir mendacious newspapers will pursue ir usual course of miisrepresenitationis, andmit oune, :t as a grand Union triumph. YetC y will scarcemlv have the hardihood to v'en-C e another attack upon Col. Johnue~. n' comninnd. 'News from New York says that (Gen. Shor- Jen; n, aucersor of Gen. Andersos, in Kentueky, is an' From Virginia. 1 RietnNn. Dec. 19.-Charles J. Faulkner at -ived this evening. le was mgret at the dle- tat3 by Gov. Letcher, the Mayor of the city, d a large concourse of citizens, with music, d was escort.1 through a portion of the vI' y, when the cravwd increased to thousands. th< .dies from wiudows and on crowded Lalco- art -s saluted the processsion, with mctiles and re. giving handkerchiefs. and cheers were con- nP mtally given from the thronged sid..walks. it re was a fand procession along the road the the City Hall, rhere Mayor Mayo intro- he teed Mr. Faulkner. M -. F. miade a short he csch, detailing his captivity, imupriiontent tai id present position on parole, and referred Is the -osition of England and the United w, ates. le said that if Lincoln recedea from I s present, status in the Mason and Slidell; ti fair, a tforious abolition sentiment at the 1of orth will overwhelm him. and if he does int >t, lie will be involved in a war with .ng- n uid. Mr. Fau'kn-r also said that he was a ed Ilow.prisoner in Fort Warren with Messrs. re Fason and Slidell, who said they never wa- f'1 red, but f:el confident that.England will bt romptly vindicate the outrage on her flag. al' Gov. Letcher made a few remarks, welcom- .tl ig Mr. Faulkner to Virgiaiti, when the im-' tense crowd dispersed. . Congress passed to-day and the President et pproved an Act supplementary to an Act au- E borizing the issue of Treasury Notes, and u roviding a war tax for their redemption. u] LIso, an Act providing for the recruiting ser- It ice of the Provisional Army. P Nothing from the camps. t RwiiuioxD, Dec. 20.--Th, Virginia House I f Delegates has passed a bill appropriating 4 fty thousand dollars for the relief of the C ,harleston sufferers. The bill will probably ass the Senate at an early lay. The Government consents to the exchange r Ely for Faulkner, and Ely will soon be sent forth. Rumors are abundant to-day, but nothing - as been received in utileial quarters confirm ag any of them. The "Barricading" of Charleston Harbor Begun. On Thursday last, an increase in the num er of vessels off this harbor was noticed. )n Friday morninr, not 1e4 than twenty bree sail, of all classes, were in sight. As ell as could be judged, using a spyglass at ,t a distance of three or four utiles, there nire some four gunboats, one large steamer, pparently a frigate, and the- rest seemed to r ,e mostly sailing ve-sels. One of the steam- b rs was sartioned to the northeast of the Bar. tear the Rattlesnake Shoal, and the. remain Icr of their fleet was near old Ship Bar. )uring Thursday night and Friday morning, vith the weather calm, the sea smooth and t monlight night, they succeeded in sinking ome seven hulks, consisting of two ships and p ive barks, in one of the chauneli. Later in a hle day, the enemy sunk eight more of the a stone fleet," making fifteen in all. From pperrances, it is inferred that all their hulks hich have bet n brought here up to this time, rave been made use of; and that those now I >utide are blockaders. This is the first step in the fiendish Yankee ' >rogramme of permanently barricading and unning, if they can, the noble harbor of a .harleston. The hulks lay on their sides, o ith a list aport; some of'them having al- b eady been stripped of their canvass, and ., thers having their sails flying loose. A a :nall steamer, of very light draught, was seen o ov:nL actively about. She was supposed o he the tuag tised to place the vssels in po :tion on Ihe' shonis, previous to sinking. The Uteen old vessels, if p!aced in single tile, and P llowing the large space of two hundred feet bstructing capacity tor each vi el, would d lockade about three thousand feet. U Charleston Harbor has a water front-- a ro the Rattlesnake shoal to Folly Island t, each-of about six miles. from numerouse assages to and from the sea. On the occur ence of the first heavy northeaster, after the inking of the wrecks, the force of the wind, be heave of the sea and the action of the ~ uicksands, will, according to all previotus ~ xerienice, dissipate the Yankee obstruc otis with a rapidity ntearly as great as that c the late terrible contlagratio.n. We have ia nownl new and fir.-e.Lla-is ships, of nearly ri ne thousand tons capa':ity, loadetd with rail- ti >ad iron, stop on the Bar, in mid channel,i n in a few weeks there would hatrdly be a i ae of thetm, and what could be Ifound had orked upon the shallcw part of the Bar. " he permanent closing of Charlest'.n Harbor sinking vessels at the ent r:wee we con der an itmpossibility ;and nothittg but a t]: Dvernment mad with 'oily and reveng~e would i, .tempt it. This attempt of the Yankees, si never, will have one good effet, in tend- h ig to quiet the nerves of any exeitable citi is who may have supposed that the Lin lnites intended an attack on otur city from h t sea.-Charlestoni Mercury, 21st. A Gun-Boat Crippled. Pconruoo, December 19.-A gun-boat t iss by Port Royal about half-past 1 o'clock 3sterday afternoon. Our batteries firedl and . ruck her three times, upon which she steam I past and rune aground aboutt three miles bi e other side of the ferry. Upon knowledge I the fact, the North Carolina Field Batte- P , under Lieut. McElbenny, was ordered to u pont oppostte the gun-boat. in the mean- r~ te, three flats, crowded with the enemy, en oved from the opposite shore, utnder a sharp p e from one of their own batteries uponi the >ops on t his side, namely, Capt. West's Coin. ny, of Jones' Regiment. Liet. McElhenney's Battery opetied upon e flats, sinking one and dloinig great de uction upon thie other two. Night comuiig we stopped fire, and the steamer moved with the flood tidle. Colonel Jones' Regiment was moved up le omp.ly to the support of Lieut. .\l~ihen- or y's Battery, hut the enemny abandoned the a tempt to cross, if that was their intei~tion- tr eut. Mc'Elhenney's Battery was under fire c > the giuns of the steamer during the whole gagelent. te Fight at Green River, Ky.--Addi- i tional Particulars. 1 BownI.Ic GREEN, Dcc. 18.-Yesterday 200 xas Rangers, under Col. Terry, canme upon enemy's pickets, and dtrove them in. cr1 Jout one mile this stide of Green River i" idge, they were attacked by 600 of the 32d iana Regimnent-300O on each side of themi. Ti The Raiigers were concealed in a cornfield, bind trees and haystacks. The einmy's Ta s was 75 killed and wounded, anid 8 priso- M rs. Col. Terry. while leading the charge, s killed, theo ball p:;ssing thirotgh his neck. horse was afterwards shot throiigh the ud, and killed. Th: R-ingers lost 4 killed, i nortally wounded, and 89 slightly wountdel. tu e essian who shot Col. Terry was after rds killed, and his gun secured; he killed pm just before he fell. o NASnIvHL.E, Tenn-. Dec. 1$---Col. Terry' a nains arrived at 2 o'clock, P. M., to-day. Ih e Legislatutre adjtune~ned iin respect to his| dii ory, and p.rocee'ded in a body to the de- as .where the~y joined in the fiunerasl proces- I low . T1he escort, wM cumtpis-.d of the Mili-ha 'v, Masonic lraternity, Memibers of the Leg-.a ture, Memblers of thec City Ucuncil, andtI z':ms generally. 'he body of the deceased] was taken to the pitol, where it was laid in state ini the il mae of Represecntatives. It has been for- fl rdd to New Otrle:i a to-ight. 9 'assngers by to-day's train, repaort thze en-sn y crossing at Green River, in two placesI diai I a geera1 engagement is thereforo ex- hou tei. tl. k gentleman who participated in the fight Green River bridge is now hee:; he says It he counted fifty-five of the enmy killed u Tir. COM.ANDEI of Ttt: STiA.-nit NAsii. .L.-It has already been atnintnneed that Coned!erate States steamer Nashvi!!. has ived at Southampton. The Richmond cor- 1 ipondent of the Memphis Appeal thus I ?aks of her galant commander: a With the single exception of Coln. Tattnnll, :re is not an otliceritn the service whowould c treated with utore consideration, or whn.e t artingr would inpire greater respect in Eg:1 id than Capit. l!abert Il. Pegramn, who cu:n &uds the Nashville. Sonie years ago, he I 1 is honored by the special thanks .f the Ad iralty and the Queen for his gallant and nely assistance extended to Capt. F'ellows, the R. al Narvy, in an enopunter with an Inense fleet of piratical junks in the Chi Se s(as. In this adventure he was wound s, and came very near losing his life. The metbrance of his conduct is still fresh in ugland, and when they came to see the dsuine, fratnk, open-hearted sailor, who ed hia blood for his brother Eugli-htnen. iey will't,ut love hin: the more. Titu Lixcourr's AT NoRTH E psTo.-Sev 'al of the ene-ny's fleet still occupy North disto Inlet, and one of their vessels has been p to White Point on Wadmalaw Sound, but p to yesterday they had not attempted to end in force. Two small vessels, loaded with as and Cotton in the seed, have been cap ired by the enemy, but their crews escaped. he vessels captured are said to be the sloop shley and the schooner Osirin.-Charlestou ourier. Qt tisetr. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25, 1801. The Cash Nust Come. FOR ADVERTISING, SUBSCRIPTION and O8 WORK, from and and after this dote, the ASH MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE. Deectubor 2, 1861. -4 -e " Happy Greeting." "Happy greeting," " Merry Christmas," and many more returns of the same," to all our eaders. What though "wild war's deadly blast" as blown across the laud ! What though an in olont foe has come to our very shores, in the ride of his naval superiority, and threatens, in be bosoltedness of his conceit, to scourge us with he sword ! What though his vessels accumulate n the deop and his miserable soldiery find a tem orary lodgment on our coast! What of all this mpty parade, when " our country yet remains," ndl, with it, the bright hopes of a million of pa riot hearts, unquenched, ay, undimmed by the in pomp of his prepar.tions. Thank Heaven ! he good Festival of the Nativity finds us pre ared for the worst. !ristling bayonets and brave irits form the rampart of our safety, and the anners of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina nd Virginia are already waving by the side of or own Pialmetto on our cherished soil. What inders then, that we renew to all the stalutations f this greatest and best of anniversarea. The nemy is confronted and defied,--here, as at every ther point of our new Confederacy. By the lesing of heaven, our generals are rulling back n tide of war iu spite of all his superior np nintedness by land and by sea. True, there have llen in our cause many gallant and beloved sul iers of every grado. To their menuory the tear f :affection and of gratitude will dow again and ain, for many a lung day. Yet they have no ly done their whole duty in the dearest cause on arth to man,--the blended cenuse of home anal f ouutry,-and there is nothing in the renmem rance of their fall to detract from the heartiness f those congratulations that are incident to this lesed season. Is there not, on the contrary, much in the rents that hiavo transpired duriing the past twelve onths, touch in the prospects of thet immzediate uture, to inspire songs of gladness cuoionanat with te musings of this over-bright and hiallowed ason ? Again then, dear readers, a hiappay greet ig, a merry Christmas to all, to all. But far uove very other thought or sentiment, may that star in the Eut'' arise to every saint, beaming ve, andl foirgiveness, and benetieence throughout i land. And while we are permitted to believe, Sthe language of' a holy man of old, that we tall " be saved from our enemies and from the d of all that hate u<, may grace enable each e of us to say with the blessed virgin-mother. My soul doth magnify the Lord. and my spire tth rejoied in God my Savio~ur." 'The " Reserves " Are Going. By a ntice in another column it will be seen at our"o Edgefieldl fRecree" (Cnpt. AaxrTv) are leave ron Thursday the 2Cth. The hoer of par ag will ho a sal one to many, and the day will in some respeLcts a gloamy one fur our town. at let us cheer thenm on, as host we may, in the thiway of dutty that lies before thtem. And let hope that they will not have beeti long in the Id beforo the morning will break brightly and ch and every one of them he restored to us rithx peace and independence) in erafety and hap Mark the suggestian that hellp will he needed forward this coimpany 00 its tirst day's march. The Lesson of the Day. In its full scope it is this : Pence on Earth, 'od will towards men." But there is a snmailer soi comprised in this general one,--:o lesson special benevolence and " kinadnesi iu the little rld of each home and its vicinity." Tao ilus ete this, we pubhlish 'an our first pnge, for the ildre, a peculiar story which we hiape they will ad with care, ad not onhy they buit the telder oale too. It is from the pen ar Mrs. Foutn, the fe ot the excelout teetur of St. P'a eL;'s Church Augustn, Ga., ad the sister of the hunmentad now. We picked it uap at a fair siome year or a ago, iand have prescrved it for- ouir jniaiir readl- I . It. conveys a noble leson beautifully and I aresively dlevelopedl. te Confederate War Tax Collectors. I Ir. Eiixuuo Pxitrs has becen appointed the War x Collector for Lower Edgefield, aud Mr. C.e MAr for Upper Edgefiehl. Interesting front Saludit. Iajor i. Di. Hlzcua inapaarts to us the informta ii that Mr..TIso. Cor.as will haave renmdy by last of January abiaut :3000 lbs of park, a!9 'sent for the soldiers who nre doing service in State. 11 .so, that the Bethiany Aid Society of Saluda j *e sent boxes to the Charlottzeville H[ospij.tl ing the past three mauths, ca'ntaining a lairge artment of useful articles, ...uh as e5ie-t5, pai -o a anl ulips, towels, panits, rhirts, coa ts, taucks, dkercifs, a variety taf medicinal storcs, b..n s, he., ke. e regret to learn from the seae sonrcc, that hursday night the 12th inst., Mr. LUKE IIAv. lost lby fire his harn anid stales ; one miu~o ei burned to. iloath anda others muchl inijureda. a il ttity of tudader :and a wai.-on were also coat- Iui e1. Supposaed to he the work of an incen- 1 ryas saen as the alarm could lbe givene ids were put upon the trail, carried it to Lit: 1 h1nan river. and thiro lost it. Latest from the Coast. Mr. WiLLZAM i0ohnAN, of Col. .1OYNS' Regi ent, is just returned from the coast. He reports e et health of the men as generally very good. u here are few cases of severe sieknea-. r We regret to aid that he fully cotrms the re- I urted capture of six 'men of Capt. Wxsr's Com .Ly ; they were three LANEORn's, two MAtuit'S, ad one JrxNix'COn. Dr. A. W. YouNtaLooD went over with a flag f trace to seo to the matter, but was not ullowcd > visit the men. The officer who received him, aid that two of the men were wou:nled but not eriously, and that they had fought very bravely efore being taken. On Sund.ay night the enemy had a;nin made an ttack on the point at which Wxs:'s Company was 3:nrioned. Our informar.t had not heard the esult. To Our Soldiers. Christmas and its gratulations Bring to mind, above all others, Friends afar, In patience braving Absence from the household lnres, Absence from the charmed circle Where beneath the smiles of Heaven, Truest bliss alone is given. And our hearts go out this morning, Soldiers of the bright Palmetto! In eno gush of strong emotion, Freighted with ten thousand wiahe For your safety and your glory! 'Tis a people's voice sends greeting To their cherished sons and soldiers ! Need we tell you how that mother Knelt in prayer, bofore the dawr.ing,e Unto to Ilim whose-star attracted Eastern Magi to the manger, That the same bright sign of promise Still may rise to gild and gladden All the toilsome path of duty Where her boy, with noble promptings, Seeks to win a hero's cbap!et In the cause of Independence. Need we tell how wires and sisters Cluster pearls of fund remembrance, As they watch the lonely portal, Waiting, waiting for the coming Of the voice and of the footstep That wore wont to form the surety Of each dear domestic Eden. Need we show where little children, Clinging 'round the sacred hearth-stone, Wonder at the Christmas greetings Reft of all the old-time laughter, Wonder at the quiet meekness In the mien of those that watch them, Till the stocking on the mantle Loses half its mystic meaning. And they hasten to their frolics As if dreading lest their fancies Caught the sombre hues around them. But avaunt! ye thoughts of sadness, Welcome ! Hope's bright beaming ray ; Rather let us, with the children, Rush into the open day. There they go, the merry prattlers; 'Round the yard, in mocking march, Sticks for guns, and pans for drums, With " heft " at every other straddle, On the little squad advances. O ! 'tis gool to loam of children low to throw aside dejection, How to look with thankful ferror On the bright side of the picture. Looking thus, we see you, suldiore, Triumphing o'er all your dangers, Werking out, like God's own herocs, " Pence on Earth" against oppression, ' Peace on Earth," against the madness That would fill thu landl with Forrow, " Peae on Earth," against the demons That would stain our Southern altars Wirh the trickling blood of freemen. Looking thus, we see your banners Hallowed by a light from Heaven, Hallowmad b'y the watch of angels, Hallowed by the Father's blensing. Looking thus, we see you comintg Crowned with joy and fame undying, For the jaurel wreath is blended With the palm-leaf of Salvation, And the hateful strife bas ended In the bright innguration Of a people true to duty, True to Justice, true to Heaven. Looking thus, we see the era Lung foretold by I[enivenly te:-chinge ; And upon this gracious imorningf, All in view of coming blessings, All in view of coming Glory Greater far than man's poor triumaphs, Let us crowd around Ilis footstool, Kneel before our "' Prince and Saviour," Wh'lile the shout goes up from millions, " Gloria, glori4 am e.r'clia !" Chess Problem. st.Ac . .-. w'.$tE./ , ... ....... ..... t_ _ " Stransger than F ictions." A wordl to the- "irl',--but in the first place, onng la.iics, " 'Chr(i,,um Gift" as loud as we can awl. You: airo caught, aint it so ?-and wehat shall lI he ift he ? Wh at anall it be? What shall it be ? a h at.s the question in all heairir.gs. We sdall see. n the mana timec we have a very affeting little oient to tell you. Listen: As laor the Christmas fires burnecd withie a ottage home, a war-worn moldier, just returned ro~n whr~ro the Atlantin forma, w.is splashing b aist a hostile flort, eamne to the door anda took is seat and whai-peredl to his .shnewdowy feet, Wee cmne, ,t last we've come."e The daulet voice of mnaiden fair, wvas singing weet and. lmow, buet little thoughat she !..e was there, f C, murm' ig ':ad and slow, ahe said " oh ! dar ng of my sut, htow heavily the hours roll, my art is bitt a darkened scroll when you desert e: eO so." Why draoops the soldier's muarky head? why p asps' he thus his breast ?an, rising. he with wostly tread draws near like phbantomn guest. A Ia ytory is on his t.row, it seems to ay " I am not, ne, the maortal thing that made the vow that bi arms this Jurtle's nest." Just thena a sudden wintry last flings wide the e ttago door ;--the maiden's weary song is past, e sees himi nuw onco more. IBut l.orrors ! what fli earthly sound is this she hears as, with a hound, a e warror drops his mnartida sharond, (ai greysome ak) and scaTns aloud : " Old C1r1ta 4coe 'I once a year,. Oh. biClng, is yoim. adck don~e ~j dear. True Pathos. As gerniain to this kindly season, we make an xtract from the celebrated "Dombey and Son," f CHA r.Es DIcKBas, and suggest it to our lady. eaders as a gem of simplicity, truth and beauty. ?or those who may not have read this book, we hould reu ark that the illusioi is to the death of fire. Domasrv, a frail but devoted mother, who eaves behind her a little daughter of some seven minmers and an infant con' The little girl had been immediately sent from home on the occur rence of that event, but she returns in a few weeks and enters by surprise the room where the good nurse, Rcnatnns, is watching her infant charge. The latter had been introduced into the house af ter Ft.ouscs'a departiur, aud they were un known to euch other. But thekind-hearted RIcn Anos, herself a mother, quickly sees the truth when the following touching dialogue ensues: "It's Miss Florence come home from heraunt's, no doubt," thought Richards, who had never seen the child b',fore. '" Hope I see yoi well Mis." - Is that my brother ?" asked the child, point ing to the Baby. ' Yes my pretty," answered Richards. "Come and kiss him." But the child, instead of advancing, looked her earnestly in the face, and said: " What have you done with my Mamma?" " Lor bless the little creeter !" cried Richards, " what a sad question ! I done? Nothing Miss." "+ What have they'done with my Mamma!" In quired the child. " I never saw such a melting thing in all my life !" said Richards, who naturally substituted for this child one of her own, inquiring for her self in like circumstances. " Come nearer here my dear Mies ! Don't be afraid of me." " I am not afraid of you," said the child, draw ing nearer. " But I want to know what they have done with my Mamma." " My darling," said Richards, "you wear that pretty black frock in remembaance of your Mam ma." " I can remember my Mamma," returned the child, with tears springing to her eyes, " in any frock." " But people put on black, to remember people when they're gone." "Where gone?" asked the child. " Como and sit down by me," said Richards, " and I'll toll you a story." With a quick perception that it was intended to relate to what she had asked, little Florence laid aside the bonnet she had held in her hand until now, and sat down on a stool at the Nurse's feet, looking up into her face. "Once upon a time," said Richards, "there was a lady-a very good lady, and her little daughter dearly loved her." "A very good lady and her little daughter dear ly loved her," repeated the child. " Who, when God thought It right that it shoulMl be so, was taken ill and died." The child shuddered. " Died, never to be seen again by any one .s earth, and was buried in the ground where the trees grow." . " The cold ground," said the child shuddering again. "No! The warm ground," returned Polly, sei4 ing her advantage, " where the ugly little seeds turn into beautiful flowers, and into grass, and corn, and I don't know what all besides. Where good people turn into bright angels, and fly away to Heaven!" The child who had drooped her head, raise-i It again, and sat looking at her intently. " So; let me see," said l'olly, not a little fur ried between this earnest scrutiny, her des're to comfort the child, her sudden success, and her very slight confidence in her own powers. " So, when this lady died, wherever they took her, or wherever they put her, she went to God ! and she prayed to Ilim, this lady did," said Polly, alee.-t ing herself beyond measure; being heartily in earnest, " to teach her little daughter to be tare of that in her heart: and to know that she was happy there and loved her still: and to hope and try-Oh all her life-to meet her there one day, never, never, never to part any more." "It was my Mamma!" exclaimed the child, springing up and clasping her around the neck. " And the child's heart," said Polly, drawing her to her breast: "the little daughter's huart, was so full of the truth of this, that even when she heard it from a strange nurse that couldn't tell it right, but was a poor mother herself. nl'd that was all, she found a comfort in it-didn't feel so lonely-obbed and cried upon her bosom -tuo'k kindly to the baby lying in her lap-and -there, there, there !" said Pully, smoothing the child's curls and dropping tears upon them. "Thmere, poor dear !" Salt from St. Paul's Parish. We have in cur offlee a sample of Salt, made on the plantation of J. C. Whaley, Eesq., for home use, which is of excellent quality. In these times of salt speulation, rery one cho mnake. i otoe *spply dIoes the pulic s erdece. 'Ibe Charleston JMere,'y never mrade a more pithy remark. We congratulate our old friend and eines-mate, JouK CAtLnnn, upon his patriotic success. If J1. C. could recall the seven aeavory turkeys lhe and Ire and( y'ulera salted and roasted, andI roasted and salted, on~e night long ago, in the old, old South College,-and coul-] then become aware of the fact that the second-named partner in that old firm fnuds the aeasoning for his turkeys hard t'o reach these dlays. wonder if he would'nt send "' our ofie na sample " too. Enigminas. Ma. and Mas..Asynoav, and all the little ANT BoDiFs, will of course work out the following enigmas, as we have framed them for their ospe elal entertainment : 1. My 10th, Sib and lah is the abbreviated form fan ancient prophet'. name. 2. My oth. 4th and 3d is a numeral adjective. :. My 1st, 8th and 10th is the manner in which tome children call their papa. 4. My 2d, 8th, 7th and 5th is a small piece of and surrounded by water. 5. My wholo is "ne of the appellations some. imca a-ta-ched to the Southern Confederacy. I. My 3d, 12th, 2d a .d 11th is sometimes used .0 designaste a little concern in which babies sleep. 2. My lat. 12th. 13th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 6th a a part of speech. 8. My 7th, 14th, 5th, 8th and 12th is what wit testes do when they go upon the stand, or what he Ghost told IHamlet to do. 4. My 7th, 4th, 2d and let is what young la-' lies often do when they wish to get quickly to he "pretty part" of a novel. 5 My 15th, 13th and 10th is what some good !d people occasionally will do in Church whea he sermon is doctrinal. 0. My whole is a. yoke of Southern Governors. 1. My 4th, 9th, 11th,l10th and 8th is awoman a the moat interesting stage of her sausage from ingle into married life. 2. My 1st, 14th, 15th, 12th, 17th and 3d is the nine of a sea-port town in Austria. 3. My 2d, 5th, 7th and 10th is avery important art of the human anatomy. 4. My 13th, 11th and 6th is a metalie substance very comtnou use. 5. My 14th, Sth, 16th, 11th, 17th and 3d Is hat thme school-girls do when the sehcol-mistress alls them up with their books. 8. My whole is a title justly merited by Edge. old in the present crisis. 1. My 1st, 11th and 12th is the national name f the Sons of Erin. 2. My 14th, 13th, 11th, 4th, 2d1 and 8th, is the rincipal power of the human intellect. :t. My 10th, 8th, 15th, 3d and 2d is the name of f'amous Italian poet. 4. My 9th, 14th, 5th and 0th is an inaninate it indispensable adjunct of military dl'ill. 3. My 10th, ith and 1.4th iv a very sticky rub ance. 6. My.whole in a mixed dish particularly de ghtf'ul to village bachelors at about 10 o'clock of winter's night.. p4i"Tho Augusta Insurance Company have >at by the fire in Charleston some $70,000, which te Augnan pan~e any, will be npomty pqd up.