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We condense his statement as follows : His first letter is dated Kinston, N. C., Dec. 25th. He says that the noble deeds of the late campaign redound as much to the honor of the Palmetto State, as any that have. yet marked the annals of this war. The object of Gen. Foster's advance from Newbern was the capture of Goldsboro', and to rebuild the line of railroad between these places, which had been destroyed by General Evans. The information of the advance did not reach us in time, and consequently our forces were divided. The enemy's move ments were, therefore, unintervupted, until Friday, Dec. 17th, when they reached Tren ton. Here, Major Nethercutt, of the Par tizan Rangers, was reinforced by Col. Baker, with two companies of cavalry ; but, owing to some lack of prudence, or knowledge of th" country, our troopa found themselves sudden ly surrounded by the enemy. They cut their way out, however, Colonel. Baker being woun ded in the ear, in this skirmish ; but th' y were so scattered and disorganized as to be of no further use during the events that fol lowed. Gen. Evans was, at that time, at Green ville ; but he arrived early or. Saturday mc r ping. During his absence, tha chief comn mand was assumed by Col. Radeliffe, a grad uate of the Citadel Academy, of Charleston, S. C. On Friday night, our fir t line of defence was formed by Col. Radcliffe, on what is known as the Southwest Creek, and which, after running near'y per-.ll with the Neuse river, emptits into it three miles below Kits tor. This line consisted of the 1ith, 22d, and 23d South Carolina Reginents, and the 61st North Carolina. The artillery coustisted of Bunting's Battery, North Carolina ; Starr's Battery, North Carolina ; ard Bryce's Bat tery. of South Carolna-the whole force ,umbering s than ],7u0 uei, with six pieces of artillery, a1nd not cavalry enough to act as couriers ; while the enemy's force nuts bered 30,000,. with 2,000 cavalry, ang 42 p;-. nI rtilloy, t ianessagrtp plies. On Saim!day morning, the fight was opet ed-the enemy evident!y feeling our stre'f gth ; a series of heavy skirmish ensued, the brunt of which was borne by the 17th South Caro lina and filst North Carolina. The pressure of the Abolitionists was so great that our troops had to fall bach frot iliines' Mill to a position two miles nearer town, and s-ub e quently to a mile and a quarter neerer the town, where we held the en my in check un til dark. The Holcombe Lrgion, in the mean time, and afterwards Col. Mallet's Nurth Car olina Battalion, C00 strong. had arrived, rak ing our whole force 2,014 bayonets lt.was thought during Saturday night that the enemy were retreating. but Sunday mor sing found them ready for the fight again, which commenced by about nine o'clock, A. M. The discovery of the enemy's position here was due to a woman, who signalled our troopsj by wavin-g a white handkerchief or other ob ject to our troopa, and soon after disappeared, and was not seen again. The battle raged with grat fury until I o'clock P. M., when it became necessary . for our troops to fall back, which was according ly done between 1 and 2 o'clock P. M1. All the regiments crossed the bridge safely. except the Holcombhe Legion, which did nct reach it until 'the flames which had been ap plied to it burntt f.'rth. This createdi some confusion, and cause-i the capture of our men as follows: IHiclomse I1,egion, 27; 22.1 S.'uthc Carolina, 01; 17th South Car.,lina 8 ; 231 South Carolina, 12; makcing a total of 133 Soui:h Carolinians ; and between Mallet's Battalion and the 61st North Carolina, some 212 others were taken prisoners. These men have been parated and sent to lRaleigh to await anc exchange. General Evans' object was, next, to make the Neuse River his second line of defen'e ; buit in this he failed, as the enemy extinguish ed the flames of the b:crning bridge, and kept up a sharp fire along the banks of' the stream which created sojme confcuion i'n our rank', and caused a further retreat. Capt. Bumcing lost t wo of his pieces in the retreat, his horse.s having keen killed in the battle. Our loss in the brigsdd here was-killed, 16 ; wounded, 88 ; total 10t. Gen. Evans retired about three quarters of a mile from the town of Kinston, where he formed in line of battle, on a slight eleva ton -ailed Washington Hill, the enemy's line otbattle occup;ing the town. V'e here give Personnie's r.ceount of 'he denand for the surro:.der of the torwn in his. ownwords: A DKXAN4D FoR stnNND/.ct Abut three o/cloc.k, while Gen. Evans was at his eadquarters in the large mansion which gyes the t ill its t:amae, a body of stX hundredihorsemen came 'dashing up the streets Caif thoy intendled to carry the place by.stormn,but swid'enly reaching a c.,rn~er they wheelid, and, as quickly as the-y ha' appeared, dkappeared tr..' ,ight leavinag ~e~ hind'tbre ' iniividuals on horseback. who nOa rode sloaly fward. Gan. Evans\.e them at -she G~t of the bill, and then ensued that colloquy, the result 1 of which has been so wrongly given to the world in the sententious reply of General Eveins, '-Go to h-1l I" The true history of this iuterview-and I am glad to be the medium of correcting a false impre-sion . that bas been allowed to emanate most carelessly-is as follows: The conversation was commenced by one of the officers in the following words: Officer. " I understand, sir, (bowing) that some of your troops Lavae indicated a wish to surrender, and I have been detached to re ceive the surrender, by Gen. Foster. I pro. sume, sir, that you are Gen. Evans ? Gen. E. " I am-who are you, sir ?" Officer. (With a supercilious air) " I am Col. Putter, sir, of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, and attached to the staff of Gen eral Foster." Gen. E. " I am not aware, sir, that any of my troops desire to surrender, nor do 1 b . lieve there is a South Carolinian under my command who has any intention of doing so. Give my compliments to Gen. Foster, and tell him he knows G.-n. Evans too well to sup pose that he will ever surrender." Col. P. " Then you intend to renew the battle." Gen. E. " Yes, sir-to fight now and here I" Col. P.-" Do you mean to begin at once, sir, or do you wish time to remove your wounded '' Gen. E.-' Well, sir, you may say to Gen. Foster that if he will give me an !.our a ad a half to remove the women and. children froth the town, I .shall then be ready for him." The North Carolina Yankee then made a wave of the hand which he doubtless intended as a polite mode of saying farewell, but which a by stander remarked to me as much resem bled the fall of a pump handla as anything I ele; and, accompanied by his brother offi err and courier, turned and rode ona. 1[is manner was anything but that of agentleman, while that of Gen. Evans was ali that a pro-, per regard for courtesy could demand. The molt r' --ulot.s part of the affair i that the flag of tru-n ws a pair of white drawers, which flopped about ou a bayonet in a decided state of looseness, and excited the resibilities of the spectators ro a pitch of re-i blious is cachina-ions. Whether the Ya: - kes ictended is as an :asuttor+whether it-I -, an infzr'ntial admission that it was a darn game, F'have no rnans of knowing, but one thing ii certai-a, though Gen. Evans has once surrenderel to a ce'iuoline skirt, the breeches do not walk the earth or fly the air before which he will bow in homage as a ctive. While tle, bit. was going on aronnl Kinston, Poole's battalion of heavy arui!le- . stationed at a small fortificationon the Neu river, 3 miles below the town, wsi enMg with 9 of the enomy'. gunboat-. Wt' h:"! to a'suion th work. d-utroving the pi..ve. As the gunb ats ptssl down the river, Cap - tain Whitfor.'s Partizan Rangers fired into the rear boate, sweeping their decks. anal. it is thought, killing and wounding some 70 or 80. Discovering the overpowering nature of the enemy's force, General Evans retreated to Falling Creek, 6 miles distant, on the road to Goldboro', where he arrived at sundown, and was reinforced by the 4-Ith, 47th and 11ith! North Carolina Re~giments. On Monday, Glen. l-vans sent Glen. Roub erton, with his 500 dismounted cavalry, Leaventhorpe's 11th North Carolina regiment, and a r-ection of Moore's Battalion of North Crolina Artillery, to contest thme enemy's cossing of the Neuse river at Whitehall, while the 44th North Carolina regiment wasi sent to Thompson's Bridge, sevent miles east of Goldsboro', for the same purpose. The fight a'. Whitehall was conducted generally with artillery, and across the river. Our loss was only 10 killed and 42 wounded. During the skirmish, we burned the bridge at White hll and Tiho:npson's, and foiled the enemy, who withdrew from the combat and resumed his march up the river. When next beard from, the enemy were' within six miles of Goldsboro'. Gen. Smith, the Commander-in-Chief, had arrived there, but found everything unprepared for the oc casion. Providence, however came to our ad, and the diflicul ties were surmounted. I At this place, anothe~r battle occurred, du ring which the railroad bridge was burned by soec six A bolitionists--fiVe of whom were killed-the sixth--said to be Lieut. Duncan Graham, of Va., a son of Glen. Graham, of the A bolition army, succeeded in making his escape. The battle lasted until nightfail, both i ar ties holding their positions, when the enemy, under cover of ther 4ness, retreated to New bern. "Prone thmnks that Giner-d Fo ter will renew the aterek. lle thinks, also', that the credit of the campa~aigna belongs to Goner al Evans ;the blame, if any, must rest else where. The renegades in the neighborhood of the army are known as '- Buffaloes.'' The occupation of Kinston by the enemy was not marked by any acts of Vandalism, exept the burning of three dwelling houses an1stores on Main st reet, for which act, Ge-n. Fostr ordered the incendiarv to be arreme;.d and shut. " The scenes during the fight here are said to avo bi en distressing, The enemy's balls w..e flying through the town in every direo tion, piercing the houses and racing through the streets. Cotton was burning in piles, whil women and children were wildly flying to the suburbs for their lives. " In some instances, the sick were taken from their bed en dishabille, and tottered along, supported by their relatives. After wards, they were found lying by the side of the road so exhausted that they could go no fur ther. One of our oflicers on the retreat through the town, found just such a group as I have describe.-a young husband dying with consumption, pale and so feeble he could not stand, and trembling with nervous ex citement, a wife of not more than two and twenty years by his side, supporting his head, and a little child. All tears and supplication, the noble woman appealed to the officer for help, and with an oloquence that none but a woman can use, made him disunount, assist her husband to the saddle, and then walking by the side of the horse, supported him in his seat until he reached a place of safety. Such is war. God save us from its repetition." ' Personne" concludes his highly interest ing series of letters as follows: " Though we are scarred with wounds, and then with toil, the South yet stands firm and erect. And " if we;have lost the Missi-sippi. that was her girdle, or that splendid city that was the tir-t jewel of the crown she wore on the last fe ast of the Christian ycar, we re main nndaunted, as then, stronger for our losses, stripp.ed for combat, traint:d to skill in ars by thir employment, and taught by the discipline of three great. catmpaignts, comn pressed into the brief space of twelve swiftly pasel months. Our adversary, e the con trary, distracted in spirit, pants with distress and streams with b!oodi. Deflnted at every p.int, he staggers unders the blows that have at last reached a vital y Ani is now in the throes of an agonrized desperation. Gut only knows what will be the result. Never before ha His hand been laid in anger so heavily upon the Northern people, and yet it may b bu: the precursor of a morn bi:.er end. On our part we have every reason to be ereouraved. Peaceful influences are becau ug stronger in their concentration every day. The Republican element of the North is dis integrated beyond redemption, and the people at large are discouraged. Their public debt is-a'niglur~re-.-and thu incbi; i erdajcs at~ the rate of three millions a day. Private. like public expen:.es, are on the increase eve rywLr.. Eve.'v elibet of the Abolitio:i-i; ha proven a practical failure, dist'actio't is in their councils, and exnct in the W1rn.t t country, whi-ro they have secureds a tenpor;ary advatitage. the fuun-arem 'rni~es to be ai, ba reel of results as the past. They have no snp athy abroad and no helps at home. The friends f peace ar lcunig bolder, aad in the defiant attitude we still maintain around ur front, there is a lesson ot' caution being taught that will make Northern leaders pon der well are they again order their armies to advance. Let us hope that in this luil wisdom may take possession of the hearts of our enenia. We may then confidently Lopo that when the snows o' winter have melted away, the green grass and blooming lowers of spring will bring with thei the peace for which we pray. All quiet in front. PtzsNxn." Sc.n: .Ar llort:..- (T ime, midnight ) Att st. Room in~ 3.-lory. D)ramatis Persoinnt. Parie~ arriving by train. -Belated traveller .-just arrived--to lackly traveller simualy ensconced in bed and not anxious for com pany:* Colloquy.-First Traveller-" Is the bed you're in occupied, stranger ?" Voice from beneath the quilts-" Yes, sir." First Traveller--'low many in it.?" Second Traveller-" A bout 15,000 I reek on, from the way they "crcuot." Exit first traveller with baggage.-Chat tanooga Rebel. M"' At Sharpusburg Geni. Lee bailed one of the many stragglers, and inquired : " Where are you going, sir ?" " Goin' to the rear." " What are you going to the rear for 7" " Well, I've been stung by a bung, and i'm what they call demoralized." This was enough. Gen. Lee had not. the heart to say more to an innocent who had been " stung by a hung"-mneaning perhaips that he had been stunned by a bomb.-Cor. Charleston Mercury. The New York Post says there is probably surplus corn enough in the Stato of' Illinois to feed the destitute operatives of Lancashire, igland, until the cotton famine is over. As long, however, as the .blississippi river is el's ed by Confederate batteries, there is lhttle propect of England's starving millions ge+ ting their su~pplies fronm that stectionl. Al though we pity, we cannot aid--..ir prman~ nent relief to the:nm would be a great db:tri ment to us. F'higlandu has ta~ken the po'ition that she will not do w h-t is right in this jgreat struggle until she is for'eed .to-and unless her sufl'ering operatives are p~'ovided~ for in some manner, she cannot sit idly by and per mnit this war to continue many months longer. We have heard of a good many sulatitutes f'r colee, and coppera<, and suel like, hut th hest ,.ubstitutto for a unan who wats to be consderedl a Southern ?oldier, hut does not went to be hurt -is an office in the Quiar ter.m.tr's Deprtment -Chmattan'oga Rebe~l. From the Southern Guardian. The Late General Gregg. We publish below two letters which will be read with mournful inter'est by our people, and the entire people cf t1ie Sonth. Thetirst was addressed hy'Gen. Lee to Gov. Pickens, and the second is frominGor. Pickens to the surviviug sister; of Ger.NGttgg, coverir.g that of Gen. Lee to him. WN have solicited cop ies for publication, feeling that they but ex. press the universal and just sentiments of the Army and the Coufederay. The language1 they employ is not mere idle eulogy, uttered I as a matter of course. It is well considered I and conscienitious, and however laudatory, true to the very letter. It is the voice of his tnry, hastening to utter its verdict of approv-r al, to pay its iuibute of admiration, and to re- t cord its undying sorrow for accomplishments, and virtu -s, and services so rare and aelf- ae rifcing: C'A31r NEaf FaEDE~ttcKSDittG,V A., 18th December, 182. To Uis Eccellency, F. W. Pickens, Gorernor t of South Carolina. t Sit: While South Carolina is -mourning t the loss of her gallant and distinguished soun, I Gei.eral Maxey Gregg, permit me to j in in e your sorrow for his death. From my first acqaintinee, when you a:-nt him with his gallant regiment to the defence e of our frontier in Virginia, I have admired s his disinterested patriotist and his nin.selfish c devotion. He has always been at he post of duty and h o' danger. and his services in this army have been of inestimatble --alue, and his loss is deoply lamented. Ins it. greatut trium:phsI and its bloo:diest battles, he has borne a dis tinguished part. On the Chickahoininy, on tho plains of I Ma'hassas, at Ilarper-s Ferry, Sharpshurg, aind Stepherdstown, he led his brigade with di3 tinguished ekill and dauntless valor. On the wooded heigbts of Fredericksburg he fell in front of his brigade in 'cose corflict with thi advancing foe. The death of .sucl a tman is a re( tly sacrifice, for his high iatcc - that -' to I). and bis s al- hi: his t: I ha .. -. :L1,. Gtenra!. Enci:oont,, Dteceiber 2t, 6 02. MVy Dear Mif.; (reyy: I tee-ply regreit was imposihle for ne! to reunain in Clembia t' at tend to your iih.triouns hr..th t's remnains. .iy houe- rent was up, and I had eoverythho, paedcl. I went to thie dl. pent ea 'Thurs.daty e'venintt the I 'h.' expecti:'g to :ieet Ih'm tihen, tit he did not arrive, and I was obliged to leavo in the tonuing. I onelose you the within from (;ene-rabt1.ee, received yesterday. It is a toucl:ing tribute to his memory from the first capjtain of the age. In my opinion, Gen. Le has not a em perior as a general, and as a Christian gentle. man, his character is spotless. I therefsre think his tribute to your brother's worth, anid nob~le hearing as a hero and~ a commander, is atf the highestt value to' his friends. I need net say litw cordially J jo.in in everything satid by G eneraI Leo. I1dt all this enn never 1i11 the atching void ini a sister' heart. When I received thie telegram or his d5-arb, I felt ne though I had indheed lost, a brethe r. True, I never bad a brother, bnt your berother was near and dear to moe, andI his d.-athl went deep1 into my bear-. for I called him to may sith., at, perhaps, the~ most trying perio: of my hII. IOn mthe 27th of )ceanmher, 1 80. I hoad or diered Fort Moul'rie and Cais:le I'i:nekuer ta ken by force, anad there was ie:nso e~zvite menit in Charlestuon.- It was thlen extremely doubtful if Georgia er Ah~batna would so - cede. I felt the deep.:st res;ponsibi'ity, and on the night of 28th Decemaber, 18610. 1 sent for youtr brother, who was then a memiber of the Convention. I told him it was clear w woulid have to fight, and I wanted him to comnmaind a picke~d regimn~nt for imm'~ediaate ac'.ion. and authorizedi himr to pick his corn p'tnies in the State, and order themn down. I told him t hat .1 relied on him to goi througih with me, no matter how desperate the wio k. I never shall foirget his countrenance. It lit Iup with the joy of battle, atnd he hiowed in hisgraceful and winnin~g manner, aind replied with a hfmile, which was always so sweet in him, "It shall ho done;" " I am ready toi obey any order." lie was ofr in a moment,i and telegraphaed for his companies. With the exception of tho city troops ihad ordered into the Feirta nnd oin the lslanids, his regi mnent was thme first ini thes tirnches, anal such a regimnit no main ever 1,r.maght into service. Is was cinmposed, for the most part, from men in high social poitin, and intelligence-ahl e.-.er to defend their State, let the conse quenc~es be what they might. They did great. tervice. You see General Lee alludes to my send ing your brother to Virginia at-the bead of the first regiment that went forth to defend the mother of States. Soon after the capture omf Sumter, I telegraphed the Gov.-rnor of Virginia, and .ffered to putt two thousand men, in forty-eight hours, into Noribilk, nndtc to take the navy yard, but it was declined then. Soon after the navy yard wats burnt, .A- tha (namer.. tcg.t....d I c.,u ...,a he troops. I imncdiately started your uroth r at the head f his regiment, or the largest lrtion of it an.f he was the first man to un uirl the Palmetto banner in front of the elp: al of Virginia. le gloried in niarching to ght over ihn tomb of Washingt:n. Sot nI ,-lyr Colonel Krb:iw's rr'inent was s' nt it to join him, and they were both statiored mnder the command of G-n. Bi.mham up nenr tiexandria, and occupied for a long time the ery front rampart beneath whose battle 7ents the great e')tests for Southern exis erc't and independence were to be fought. Vhent Alexanlria was evacuated and the ortherti rr.lhle took possession of the city, immediately telegraphed Gen. Bohamnha that o South Carolina troops were to retreat. .our brothrr. with his comm and, met the nemy near by at Vienna, and gave them a ignal defleat. He has since been in, .early lt the bloody Lattles of Virginia, and at last allautly fell anid the very front bttali'.ns, rarest. the enemy, where be had been frem be very first days of our struggle. his acrt brughout are now known, and I thought it u. right and proper to mention the incidents have, at the commea :ceneit of his brilliant areer, becaute, perhaps, I au the only man euainted fully with the eircunmtar.ces. You have lo."t a pare and affeetionate broth a, nd the country has l"t a hero and a tetnman. His portr.at will stand out on the LItvanvu ot history as one of the bravest, tru st, and mnst heroic patriots that ever drew is sword kir his country': wrongs, and lung ill the people of South Carolina plant Ilb.w rs atound! his grave, and weave garlands ot ,ve to t:ruw over his tomb L'-t the sub me heroism of his last words austain and w)~ole your s.d hearts. Ile fell where he reouid have eistn to teot death-in the romt rank, pres.sing hard on the enemy, sur ounded by thi troo-aps ho lIvd sao w:-iI what he shout of victory in hi; eae.-Peace be to i; noble rnhes! and may a tmurciful God sal Lindly awl teaidriy -;ih ht s-isters, and tain thmn throigh the sorrows ad tribled world. unuor to b.-, with ,-eat regard, 1y, F. W. ICRKENS. paralleled Outrage. as which detail eircunstantces ,oat lifamo act+ which' our foe bats over perpetrated-1 .. a to the W ar Depa rttn rit i l !.iea.:mod. TVhey wre~ forw::.rded b: our" len-ais in North Caroli~na, where th.- er::nme Ca : conumniued". Thei del:on ents agoi ties-a!Ml i t!,":; :ti izatht-a his wife, of the 7coulty f Craven. Mr. Wood.4 is cit tifkid to by an:-ral Evans as being a - respectable citi efn an.l itioyl to our cause, wldieh reemus to e the o'nly estail' tf i1he ti,.edish outrrges ,v the ":ta'ir+S. " It is Also statl"d tlalt he is ch:--- I-ad'-r mi bt .,otbodist Church. It is 1o 1., lthe civiliz..t world awd to-, intrngrd mannitity. that the facts stated in these depo ion Sliculd be known, and yet a!l of' them r t1o obscene to be fully described in a ivslpare'r. 'he house of thc:ee quiet al (Ied citizeni s was vi:ited on the ight of the -J of October, by i v- 'pan:?e ti oopeor. a. mdcal vihll a'is an-1 sa'.reS. .ir. W .; l'i'l r'' ,e'l to b-d. We copy frin the Rlaaond F.::qu..i r pliarto ol his depiosidn - "I cam~le do~wn stairs in inyV t:ieht cilt b.. l'he frrint door had becen hurst openi. ( IIe ci !ae men had roil" into the haouas un his hiorse. 1lcth ar walked in. 'The oane can the horae. v.aho app'eared to hobe i a fier, coa~timmncedl *nein-itg mie, andl aked mne whaere I wais t. o lays becfore. When I tcid him I was home, *te :a 'au lie. fort you bhot at me.' Up an this piretnc, they ent: the cordJ from a *.d in Ii room , sacid they wouild! ha-:g haim, i. inlk tie~d himn toy7k b'm na t of' 1 la i:aU2'e a1nd lasheda hima toi a tree. with the ret of inst:mtL riea' it he rinad., any otcry r utempt..ed ti' ge:.l~1.'. Tihey ret 1rined to le hocusei and locikt d the door afier them, id th olIan oh h aam d the intxpressiblec::goiny f lisenin:g fir thel re... of th'e nigh.t toa the ~crensa rimid doleful lametatlions of' ie wiin n: dcmnghte'r. 'T1e state'ment ade by Mr~s. Wood in her~ reposiion oif what pa.sid iiside, is tralya beart-rening. Th'e :inpatradlleied villfair's madeh th me peoor he.~lpless wimen~l neit mIly~~h tho vie tims o f their bruital ]tust, buat secomipaunieda thei. ontrage, whimeb is 'tor.se thain denth, with cir mnstancesc thar.t naark ih:am as the motst abhan :1neI of villinsaa. Wth picol ill hand anid wuith threat of~ instant- denth, the: deponent was required~ by one of the hralts to divest derelf of 'very parti.Yle of clothir g. But. this was almost Christian treatment coampared wtitha ther nets which inay not ho r'elatedl. Whiho uach were her own sutferinags, the shrieks of her daaghater in another room dold thr.t hers was a sitnilar faite. About anriisea the neXt. aa'ornin'g the human devil.1 '3eparte. It i..i withi pln that such a. sketch nas the 'Lbove' is aramittedI into our cohlmnts. But it s du to our own people and to the world that the villainies of our enemuies should be kunwn. The Enquirer ina acme remarks about the de position says: The depositions hiavo been laid beforo ps with the suggestion. endorsed thereotn by the Adjutant General " that so much of this ac r'nuit as ini tot too) foul fo'r ptiblicationmshould be given to thie pulte, thlrou'gh the. 'ress, i ord ler that. the righ teous imndignsaitian of 41nr aopia, our Generabla and ouar armies, may, .....r.- ,t.. Trnan of G;od. visit a inst ret ribution upon an enemy so fiendlike. Con eurring in the propriety of the suggestion, we have acted accordingly. We are happy to -ay that General Gusta vu:; W. Smith has directed every efitrt to be mad4e to aseertain the names of tbe parties, and to -demand their delivery for trial and punishment." We hope copies of the depo sitions have been forwarded to the authorities of the enemy. Surely there are some, even among them, who would he horrified by such conduct. The vengeance of Heaven must light upon them and their cause! The Neutrality of the English People as Explained by a Yankee Corres pondent. The London corretsp->ndent of the New York Times, under date of November 21st, writes The report that Mr. Secretary Seward has written to Mr. Adams, blaming the British Government for its complicity in the fitting out of the. Alabama, caused a small flutter and considerable indignation on the Stock Exchange. The English have wished to be perfectly neutral as between the two belliger ents. They recoginized the Confederates as belligerents in the beginning in their own in terests, expressly that they might sell arms, ammunition and. ships to both parties, and rheir only regret is that the blockade his pre. vented the:n from carrying out their inten tijns of neutrality with perfect impartiality. .There is a keen ri-gret felt in every Engli.h nman's pocket that thrv baie been compelled to be u, fair to tho South, and that they have sold ten times as much contraband of war to the North a, they could to the Confederates. Their consciences have I-rieked them to that degree, fur this enrmpulaory partiality, that they are now fitting out i fleet of the fastest steamers that ever crossed the ocean, expres-s ly to run the blorka-ie with munitions of war. T heseare sm:ul, sharp tes.:Ler,. of light draft, moads of ,,teel pla~te.,.O aldd~n wheel :tawl fnnlt, that w ill run aiT t-Aent v knots an hour, a..d that no blockading v-s-el can thitk of takirg. 'Ihe ucee.-s and iapnnity of the Al abarna wili aso' lea i to th.' iltirg out and armirag oh a dtezn more, if the war e-ntin nes ; i.i'd the answer to any complaint will be, " Di.ln't you help hu.sia in the Crimean war? Did not P:e.ielent- Pierce assert the right of . .4eania-e hn.14sihips.end selLammunitioun to booth .arties ? How, then. can yont )c.,il pl.in et u. for doir.g what you did and justi Led?" - i .sid"s, you Lave bo.ught artillery, pow der, everytihng you wanted, in England, with out i.indrane-. Why as.uld not thie Confed er.te do the samne? You call Capt. Semnmes a pirate ; but lie is no, more a pirate than Stomt wail Jack.un is a brigand ; and you treat hin according to the rules of war. A Cun federate tiaal t Iticer is entitled to the eane e.,nsideratiott as one in the land service. You t ike Ctiderate and neutral cortraband enr goes wherever you c-ii. Why may not the Cane.leratei do tit came ?' This is the anwxer that will begiven to Mr If Cap:in Setmimes has had t., ri fo.rtune to capture a British ship in lmi tak, i-: Gover:ament will pay fo'r it. The distr'n- in Lauca.hire deepens. Th bounty of a nati-- n: ill be exhausted in pal an- th- etufTerintg. Snrat cott..n r.mt ., bi it cano..it b,.., work--d to) pr .lit. Titt Englisi art' benning~ to -: tilat Lancashire is ro ied and the eotton trade i:self, nn'ess the: cni get cotton fromn America. Ilenict the prottt against the war-hernce the prote~ against the Abolition polic~y of the Govero ment. England is less A bolition thain ah was a year ago. Never was any measur< more. univeraity deinounced than that of the proinamatioin. 'Tbc freedom oif thme saveil Amensricat i t he rinn sf t he omnufnring in tre--t in Ergrotd. La;tca--hir: hars huiit i and -stent.".l .lhivery. lttf Cfomm thti is ruined. iSentimienlt is a very tine thing. bu hzglishtmen know the benmutiesi of bread, . be.ef. and beer. I'hey lubnbered freely ove 'nele m'S Cabin, but mtsver b~oughit on baie el cotton the less, :mid are readly to ink< Iall theyv can get. Manrch. ster is thte centrei her.t, and toaI of Anici i:an slave~ry. .man elsener has grown rich on its profits: an~d par tiipates in its reveras. thn you espac symptthy from. Mauneiiester in an irt d s-ry it l i so, y.-t recY'tn withouit yetn host. Tunr. G, vonor.., Tnoars.-A !cer fr-on Gens era1 Rarty awards great p,-aise to the Georgi tr.psj for their noble conduct. in the battl of Frederickshurg. Mtuch of the successe Iour arms on that stubbornly cottsted fiel s dioo the valor f Lawtnn's brigade. Th Lynhhurg Virginian, also, pays this brigad a high comphmelnt:, For some reason or Sr other-probably without any good recason the ernmand baty bithe'rto een unide-ra clonim ndl the prr~een. is ia favorahm!e el-pi.'rtni, fr 1.!acng it in a posit ion which it has~ right to ovenpy. Tmoops that can win the a] probation of General Estrly for cooln esr, an courage on tire 6ietd of battle, are entitled to it no ifficer we have possesses more of them qualities or more heartily despises the lack< them in others ; and none are more bonest t award praise where it is deserved. All honori tre gallant Georgians.-ichmonid Whig. The very latest P'aris fishions state th: b~onrR will be still worn high in the fron buti. muoch ie.. ergetatedl. The princip: u;-a:ents being feathers for dreas bonnet 'i fr rim-nle trimminla of ribbon or lace. Restricting Cotton. - - We have repeatedly and earnestly -urged a limitation in Cotton planting during the war, not so mch for any political or commercial or international 'considerations, supposed to he connected with Cotton, as from the evident necessity of large provision crops. To secure this result pending the war, and in view of the large proportion of agricultural producers diverted from the farm to the army, it will be necessary to limit Cotton to a veryssaUl planting. Wet have doubts whether the desired end can be attained by legislation alone, and it may be doubted whether a besetting sin or error of our day and generation is not undue r.nd excessive reliance on legislation. The observant reader will Bnd our statute books and our records of legislation in State or City burdened with proper and wholeso=e laws, which are practically obsolete or virt rally abrogated by indifference or neglect in administration. There are many things which ~ patriots and good citizens and even honest men must do or avoid, which cannot be ein forced or prevented by law. We lock hope fully to the spirit, intelligence and enlighten ed interest of the plarters and tarmers for a regulation of the crops, with more confidenca than to legislaticn. Georgia has attqepted legislation, as Georgia seems now to believe fuily in law as a remedy for every evil. Under Govertor Brown's administration, it seems an accepted fact that law, or even a Gorernor's act, can stop or.seize or arest or s:r.rt or pron. ute any thing-eze pt the ru ring of interest, the working of yest, and I the course of the Calendar. Fur the infurwnation of those who desire to see what has been attempted, we present the iteclaratory clause of the Georgia Act "to prevent and punish the planting and cultiva ting, in the State of Georgia,. over a certain quantity of land in C.atton, during. the war with the Abolitionists:" SrcTrw, 1. The General Assemblyd^ ?.. That it shall not be la tul -forany' persons, whethe r residing in thi not, to plant aud cultivate in any . this S;a-e, Ly themselves, their employees, or allr.w the samne to greater numt-er t.f acres of land than three (it) acre's for each ha employed.by thembetween the sr. and fit fie ;ai w1ei'stilliin. ons may own or employ hands c ' yars of age and under sixty fl'. twetlve years of are and under of said hands shall be counted a, and therefore said persons o: plant anid cultivate three act is Cuttron, and no more, for every t Lands so owned and employed by The other Sections prescribe t: ( O for eah acre in excess) an. of proredure.-Charleston Courie The Cincinrati Engnirer talks very plainly about t'.e McNeil maFeaCre in St. Louis. It days that " there is hardly its parallel to to found in the whole annals of military history. It is a loul disgrace upo "in American fiau and upon the American name. No one who lovue. hi.i country and desires her to 'have a favorable record in history, but will not cry for justice upon this wretch who has inflicted scl a stain npon her. Is shold be remem bred that this is a civilis~ed twar, and It bt.aa always been claimed that we in-the Northare cvilzed beings,; but the future historiap who rcords the coo1 and deliberate murder of hese -ten men, and as far as the world l.as any kr.wldge,.innocent men, will have a big tak on hisa hands to reconcile the deed- with the anners and customs of civiliation." S'Ay flr.Tr OF A BUNAWAT MAualuoE. The New Yoar k correspondent of the Phi a d lphia Inguireer writes: A few aca s ago thermariege of M'iifBo k.r, a yout g. beautiful, and accomoplished h, with hir fatler's coachns,.kohn Deam, rIset all the rendal mongers In Gotham on end. A sa d addendum to the " strange, event. ful history " hias now to be added. After the m arri:ge, the coup!e, notwithsdirg .their diIernt a riniging cp," lived happily enough geber. in a smiall pttigenoer in Williamne burg. Tge~ husband obtained an pflce in the custSomf honqe, andl savedi money etrpagh (o opn a ptublic hous'e at the foot of ijraud ptrqqt Wiiamyburg. But alas !'for John Dean-, he ould not keep a hotel. It said "he was his own best customer," and as a natral result ha commenced treating his wife harshly. In.a sort time aill their money was spent, sand with poverty coming in at the door, love, as usual, flew cut of the window. John beat nd abused his wife, but all this ehe .put up --:h until starvation stared ho? in the *ce. aen she-was comnpelled to ask adwllet a to the almshose .The petltiott Wit grl' teal. ad the fashlcnatbles elegant, and aciaf "plished belle of the Fifth Avenne--a f'ew 3ue' ag-is no. the associate of beggais atnd pad d ers., , - LATEST ra.OM Eratorm.-" Say Pomp, a 'liable darkey tell me just now dat JeL' Davis ga ineWjl to taliate 'bout the President.'s pros1. m adtion-he gwinie to declare all do iggers n the Norf States slaves, Pomp.." Bress ne all!I" t icm.-A dispatch from North . Oarolina Sr.tateu that a negro challenged Col. Wicks, of Sa New York regiment to a duel, and sent a a, white mia as second. The latter, Wieks, ..rutueat and reigeds in disgustk