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!»■ 1>KNSV('(M.a ANI> its K(>KT1FI{'ATU>NS. ] venient houses around’for quarters of officers, the Tilt* lu'ws tVoui Peiisiicolu, uieagre I whole encompasaeil with grovcH of live oak and u-* ii is. slui\\> that tho eoiitUot there,l«>n}i ileterr^d, i other growth. «rp.iolfu u mi rna has n|toiu‘d af last. As nur r«*aders will doubt less be "littl to ;ot the fullest infi)rniafion with regard tt> the place, lortitieations,&c., we present below a detailed description of Pensacola, its en virons and fortifications: liiiy.—Pensacola bay is twenty-sfv- en uiiles in ley^th, and, in its widest part, twelve miles in width. It lies immediately at the mouth ' of the Kscanibia river. lJunning along the Irout ot the bay for fourteen leairues, nearly Last and West, is a I'jni; line of sandy >hore, narrow, bar ren and so low that, in a severe gale, the mad waves dash over it. IVusacoia bay has rare pro- pertie.x as an harbor, and cannot be excelled on tin- liult, if by any in this|country. It is accessi- bif To frigates of large size, there being twenty- one feet ol water on the bar; and, when once in- .>;i.le. all the ships of our navy could ride in safe ty. T.tie ehaiijuel runs near this coast across the bar, which is sJiutrt, aiid easiiy passed. The har bor is ••oni)tletfly land-lockrd, and the roadstead eapaeious. The upper anu of Pensacola Hay re- c*eives the Yellow water or Pea river, Middle river and Kseambia river, eleven uiiles from the Gujl i»f Me\ieo. SiDifn h’nsif /li/itutf.— Santa Kosji Islam! is the track furnishes means of conveyance for stores to and from the redoubt, about a thousand yards in the rear of Fort Barrancas. From Port Royal, dC'c.—The Charleston cor respondent of the Examiner writes on the 21st inst.:— The Yankees have coolly put them (the slaves) to their old work of picking and ginning the cot ton. Some of them have escaped to the main, and say that nothing but the bayonets of the in vaders prevent the rest from following. The amount of cotton abandoned jn the plan tations was very considerable. It is generally .said to be about fifteen hundred bales. Hut the^ Northern (Jovernment may reckon, without fear ot mistake, that it has obtained the very last bag of cotton, and also the last contraband, that it can^ ever hope to seize by pouncing upon the coast ot South Carolina. Concerted arrangeuienpi between the planters and the military authorities have wisely been uiade by which no plantation will in future be abaiKhmed until the crop is utterly con- sumei, the gin houses and other buildings des troyed. the live stock driven off, and the hands removed to the interior, in the most exposed localities, that is, the islands adjacent to Port i:reat barrier that forms the main or ea enclosure ) }{i,yal, on which the enemy may at any moment of the Ponsae(;la Hay. The island is fourteen : appearance, the work of destruction is leagties in length, and, on an average, is not more | jih-eudv consummated. Kor the past few days tlian one-fourth of a mile wide, altheugh in some i of negroes from the coast, laden with such places it f'xeet'ils tlii.'* eon.'^idorably. At high | j^f^^ets as they can carry, and followed by droves water there an> many places where the waves run j and'horses, have been passing through t.ver thr land I’poiithc extreme Western end this city on their way to the back country. Nitiht ot tlie I.sland, an ! commanding the entra’ice to l*cnsacola bay, stands Kort Pickens. Near Pick- t'ns it is barren for a mile or thereabiiuts. and then commenci's a low growth of shrubbery. s(*r:urgy pines, live oak bushes, and small trees of (lifierent varieties. It i.s too sandy for cuitiva- lio'n, aud is* of no manner of use, except to pro tect Pensacola from the sea, and to form a reli- ablt' roadstead. The island is separated from the main land one and a quarter miles; there are two channels for the pa.ssage ot ve.ssels, one on the side of the main land, and the other on the is- l.lnd side The outer shore of Santa Hosa Island i." sometimes dangerous to incoming ve.>sels. The isiaiid, however, affords the faeiliry ot making re gular siege approaches by an attiacking force /'/. A-)(.—Fort IMekeny, the strongh 'ld i f the Yankee (Mlvcrnmen^ in the :ulf. is built •n a low, sandv spot on .'':nita Ki's;i isl.nid. and a little ovt'v one mile liis- taiit friiiu Fort .McKee, wbicli f«>rni> another rcn- tincl to the ba\. l ovt Pickens is a first clas.s bationed work, built of stone tor toundation pur port's, with wa.l.- of brick and bitumen. Its walls are forty feet in height, by twelve feet in thick ness It is embrasured for two tiers of guns in bomb proof easements, and one tier of open or l‘Hr.h' tt,, The work has all the u>ual tants of a tirsr ilifch glacis and outworks coinplete. 'I'he triiiii thi> work ratliatc 'o all point» ot’ the hori zon, with flank runl entiladiii;; tire in the ditches and everv angle of approach Its guns couiniand Fort Uarranca". f'ort .^Ic- Ktv»tlie Navy ^ ard, and the other works now in possession of the s’onfeiierate .''tate troops The work wa> i-oinnnMn-ed in utui tini'hed in 1''").’!, it i-o.st the I nited .''tate> (iovernment nearly one milli‘>n ul iii)llar^. When on a war footing thi garri,'..n consist' ot l.JtMi .vddiers Its present armament consi.'ts of; In bastion, twenty-^ix ‘Jl-|x»und howitzer.-; casemate, two 4li- ponnders, sixty-four .»2 pounders, fifty-nine JU- jtounders; f'u iarh- ttt, twcnty-four ^-ineh howit zers, "iix 1''-pounders, twelve IJ-ponnders, one l*-inch columbiad. mounted, and tour lU-inch mortars. ’I he fort is only approachable by land on one side Hwing to the openness of the country, whii-h is but a barren l>ed of sand, a party attack- inir from that ijuarter would be very much ex- jio-ied, Furt .Ml Rn ,—.Vlinost immediately opposite Pickens is l-urt .^lcKeeJ where the t'onfederate.-' tiavc Ct.»n cent rated their forces. It is a jiowerlul and ca>tle-like ma«-i>nry structure, iiuilt on a low sand spit of the main land, and appears to rise out of the water. This fortification is situated un Fk>'ter’s Hank, and guards the \Vest side of the mouth of Pen.sacola bay. It is a bastioned fort, built of bri‘-k tnasonry, with walls twelve feet in thickness. The work is somewhat out of repair, before last the whole atmospliere in the city and for miles around, notwithstanding the bright moon- liirht, was hazy and lurid. Man}’ could not ac count for the phenomenon. It was the effect of the wholesale ciuiflairration of otitton going on at Hdisto and other islands intervening between Charleston and Port Koyal W herever the ma rauders ch(>ose next to land, and it is useless to dis^ui^e the fact that they cod land at a great uiany points, they will find nothing but devastated ticMs, deserted by all save the avenging presence of the partizan rifleman. In my last letter I alluded to the strength of the defences ot Charleston. Savannah, also, has been stroiiirly fortified on a plan for which the conformation ot its harbor affords peculiar facili ties, and 1 understand that (Icncral Lee says that that citv i' now in a condition to make a protraet- the westernmost end of ed and successful defence, (ien. Lee has gone to Hruiiswick, Cicor^ia. ’I’lie «’olumbia (’arolinian puf)lishes the t()llow- iii'j: interestiiiLT extract from a jirivate letter: l-Misto island is ;ieariy laid in ruins. Mr. .1 .1 .^likell, .Mrs Hopkinson, and Mr. 1 Leirare, have all bi:rne(i their entire crops, negro houses, barns, Ac., and at a meetinir of tlie planters this has f>een universally determined on. The same work lias ail tlie u.-ual concomi- I . . ^ , * c ii .i , ^ i ... ,1 spirit actuates the owners ot all tlie >ea island class work, viz: eoviTt ways, drv i .• n » i , , , ^ I plantatutii' 1 fully expect to liear ttiat the entire ^ i-land cvo]> ot tins State will meet a similar I fate. None will be saved, for all is in the fields ! or L'in hou^es; thus twenty thousand bales, the ■ { rodiicr ot thi> State, aiiiountinir to two millions five hundretl thousand dollars, will be destroyed by the hands ot the proprietors themselves, rather than it -hall fall into tin* po.s.session ot'our \ aiidal eneiiius, and I have no reason to belittve that teor.;ia will pursue any other course Her peo ple ar.- a noble and us ^elf-sacrificitig as ours 'fhe Sea I'lutid crop of lust year was estimated at forty tlioU'and bale.-, and thi» year the favorable ■se^.soii'. made tin- planters calculate on forty-five thou> in.l bales Should the \ andals overrun Florida, and make any demonstration on the Sea island prouacing portions i>f that State, you may »‘xpeet the planters there to follow our exani|)le, and thus will the entire fine staple crop ot this Confederacy be totally destroyed, estimated in value at -^lUU to S1’>U a bale, from four to five millions; but this is not all. The cultivation ot this article will not be resumed while the war lasts. It is known to you that the seaboard ot South Carolina, (ieoriria and Florida are the only rcirions ot'the earth vt here fine and extra fine cotton, termed Loni; ''tuple, can be succe.ssftilly j'roduced. Nov, the production of this article is indi.']>ensable to the manufactnrers ot Holton, Lancashire, arni many other of the districts in Hnirland, France, (iermany and Switzerland. There is no substitute tor it. Sw tu Mttsou iul Sliiiell.—The and this fact, (reneral Lragg recently ! ;,rrest and incarceration of our Commi.ssioners by or; ered the removal o sixty heavy guns, and d.s- • j, .opposed, wiD render tributed hem amon>r the new sand batteries. ^ „ece.s,ary the appointment of other -entlemen t. Fort McKee is embrasured for two tiers of gun umlcr bomb-proof ca.seniates, and has one tier > n h'trh>ttt. Its present armament consists of: Lower Her, '11 f(»rty-two pounders; second tier, ll’ ei^rht- ineli columbiads, IS thirty-two pounders; >^n har- ix't!,. \‘yl Iwenty-fuur pounders, :i ten inch colum biads, and in time of war re]uires a garrison of six hundred and fifty men. The work cost the Feileral (rovern;nent about S4iHl,UM0. Its :uns riwliate at every point ot the horizon. The full arm luient ot the fort is not comjdete, but a suffi cient number of -_Mins are in battery to make a very -ood oppo.siti(.n to Fort Pickens. Helow thi.i fort is a water battery, which mounts some eight or ten guns. 'I'he interior of Fort McKee is {>rovid>‘d with the necessary s’not furnaces, officers’ and soldiers’ ouarters, inairazines, A:c. F'>rf llnr'inxts.—Fort Barrancas is on the North of I’eusacola b .y, and directly tueing the entrance to iti nmuth. I’he work is erected on the sit«? ui an old Spanish tort. It is a b;i.stioned Work, ot heavy tna-onry, and mounts forty-nine iruns, all of which arc in battery and ready for ■iction. It is at present :^arrisoneil by three hun dred troop> of the re-ular army of tiie Confede rate States. In the rear ot the fort, and a short distance from it, is a redoubt from which Har- r.uicas receives reinforcements in time of action. N>:ne extensive repairs have recently been com pleted -jn this 1-edoubt, anl flanking howitzers ot -arp and Counter-scarp mounted. In the flank iietenw-s of Fort Barrancas eight twenty-four jjriutid liuwitzers have recently been mounted, l ort Barrancas contains eight-inch .shells; twentyfour pound balls; o:{l) eighteen pound i.u*;. and all the implements tor working the I.in non. h:« present armainont consists of eleven tl.irty-tw:, pounders, three eight-inch paixhans, iwu eight-inch columbiad.s, ei^ht twe.ity-four pouiK ers, hve eighteen pounders, two twelve pounders, eight twelve nound howitzers- flank defence, two eighteon-aA mortars. ’ Tk r/t^/.s/- F,,rt .1.—This is a new .sand battery erected by the Confederate troops, and is so situated as to rake the iront of Fort I'icken.i, The work has several columbiads in battery. '/'// Sniiil Ilntfrrirs.—Along the bend from \\ arrinrton Navy Yard to the extreme right of t ort McKee there are efficient sand batteries erected at suitable intervals, with the guns bear ing upon Fort Pickens. They are built a con siderable di-stanee apart, so as to .scatter the fire of Fort Pickcns. 1 h> Mon lit /iiinftitii/.—(Jeneral Hragg has his lieadquarters iiere; ailjoining are the general bar racks, a large three story building; only a portion of the plan ot which is completed, but even now having room for five or six hundred men. In the rear of these is the parade ground, with room for the mana*uvres ot a full regiment, uud with coa- appoir perform their duties. The Savannah Republican h-ds the following paragraph on the subject: Let President I)avis now send to France such a man as \\ illiam ('. llive.^, a man known and respected the world over for his statesmanship and moderation, and especially esteemed in the dominions of Napoleon, where he long resided in the service of his roverninent. The influence of such a man would be tenfold that of any appoir.t- ment that has heretofore been made. 'I o the court of Her Majesty Victoria, no bet ter man could be accredited than John E. Ward, of (ieorgia. He has sagacity, prudence, manners, and, in addition, has a strong hold on th^ affec tions of the British people from his generous in terposition in the disastrous affair of the Peiho. lie is already in Europe, and by a timely notifi cation of his appointment, might forthwith enter upon the duties ot the mission. Th> Fiiif/(i/'s Cnnj').—While there can be no longer atiy restraint ot jtolicy or prudence to for bid allusion to the successful enterprise of the f^gal, we may refer to it for the purpose of giv ing a correct and reliable account of her cargo. 1 he ■•'tatements ot it have been very various in some of our exchanges. 'Ihe I'iiigal brought some half-dozen passen gers, and her cargo consisted of the following articles: Enfield rifles, 11,000 of which were tor the Confederacy, and l,OOU for Louisiana; 1,000,- 000 cartridges; 40,000 pounds ol powder; 0 24- j)ounder rifled cannon; a quantity of sabres and a tew pistols; a lot ot shoes and blankets. Jiichnioud Examiner, 'lf)(h inst. L'roinnni/.—The Vicksburg Whig notices a fa vor sent to that office, by a laiy,-as follows: A great curiosity was sent us by Mrs. Hlan- chard It is a “model economical candle,” GO yards long, and it is said will burn six hours each night for six months, and all that light at a cost of about 50 cents. It is made by taking one pound of beeswax and three-fourths ot a pound of rosin, ami melting them together; then take about tour threads ot slack-twisted cotton for a wick, and draw it about three times through the melted wax and rosin, and wind it in a half; then J)ull the end above the boll and light it, and you lave a very good candle. Our’s is very fancily wound on a corn-cob, and makes a pretty orna- nient. I he curious can see it at our office. Mrs. Blanchard deserves a premium for the invention, in times like these, when candles are scarce and dear. Governor i*ettus has received a letter from General Johnston stating that he wants no more troops from Mississippi, unless they are armed —that the gallant Kentuckians are flying to his standard faster than he can cf|uip them. Testament.s; nit-ni Cath (non of (.'apt I son of Ool J allies SiuclHir) buiidlw of Tract JohnHOD 1 Testauitfut; Miss .VI1117 Monroe 1 TestAiiieiit; j plete. Miss Harriet .Mouroe ITestamenl; Mi.ss Amnri.Ja Mon roe 1 Testament; .lames B Gillis 1 Testanieut; Mrs Jesse ElUs 1 Testament, 1 Hymn Book; Miss .Mary Ann McArthur Tesiaiueuls; Miss .Mary A Tuvlor 1 Bible; Miss Sarali M Taylor ) Testauieiit; Mi-s Annie Buie 1 Testament; .Vrcli’d McUutlie, Hr Jl; M N Camp- bcU $3 It is gratifyiug to s»-** ilie interest miiuifesleu l>y tlie Ladies iu the good old Sitaie of North (.’aroliua. in their pHiriotic and beuevoient etforis to promote the comfort, encourage tlie heart and hold up the hands of our brave (soldiers iu the tenlcd baiile field, and to allcviHic the sick aud wounded iu the lioi-pilals. It is said that !lis A CASE NOT PARALLEL. Ion, the correspondent of the Haltimore Sun, brings up the case or Henry Laurens, of South (Carolina, who was captured in 1779 by a British frigate, while proceeding to Holland on a mission from the Congress. The cases are not parallel. Laurens was captured in an American ship, the ship itself being therefore an enemy’s ship, and persons on board of it standing in exactly the same relation to the Government of the captors, that they would have stood had they been taken on land in an enemy’s country. Nobody denies that Wilkes would have been justifiable in taking Messrs Mason and Slidell, had he fouud them on board a Confederate vessel. It is said that the dispatches, papers, and drafts of our Commission ers were put in the British mail-bag before the capture, and have thus gone safe to Kurope. Mr. Laurens wa.s less fortunate. He had prepart^d his papers with lead in such a manner that he thought they would sink when thrown into the sea. Unfortunately they floated, and were pick ed up by the British. The discovery, through them, ot a good understanding between Holland and the Colonies, led to a short war between Great Britain and the former power, the only in cidents of any account in which were the obstinate, but indeci.sive sea-fight ott’the Dogger Bank, be tween Admiral Hyde Parker and the Dutch fleet, and the capture and plunder of ttie Dutch Island of St. Eustatia, by the British West India fleef under Admiral Rodney, and a land force under Gen. Vaughan. This latter enterprise had a must important bearing upon the issue of the war in America, and is one of many proofs afforded by history, that the greatest events are tretjuently dependent upon causes the most trivial. Rodney was a great gambler, and had retired to trance to avoid his creditors, previously to the breaking out of the war between that country and (ireat Britain, in 1778. It was said that one of the French Ministry ofl'ered him employment in the navy, but that he rejected the offer with indig nation, and that thereupon the Minister in ques tion offered him the means of returning home, j He accepted them, and, on his arrival in England, 1 applied for employment. The command of a fleet j going out to the West Indies was given to him, I and he was instructed to throw supplies into (Gib raltar, at that time besieged by the Spaniards, on his way to his destination. On the way to (iib- raltar, he fell in with a Spanish fleet of eleven sail of the line, commanded by Admiral Don Juan de Langara, and after a running fight, which last ed ten hours, succeeded in capturing five or six ot them—one 0^ thorn having blown up during action, with the loss of every soul on board (,'aptain ^ afterwards Admiral) Macbride, the gr.tndfather, by the mother’s side, of Edgar A. Poe. commanded a seventy-four (the Bienfnisant) in this action, and a curious incident is recorded in connexion with his name eighty guns struck to hi and he was about to i^Mid a ptire crew on board, : >' >* ticun ren liim to p.'iri wnh one so yonn^ an I nro- when the Spanish (’aptain informed him that half 1 ‘he di-cli.irge of hi-, Imy. -Hid »o , . 1 • 1- 11 I I'othfui to ih« in wJiich l.e hn I (>nl.si**d May bis crew were dying of a iiialignant .small-T>ix j dew. ot h^^veu kmdlie« Ueit sh.ill thV Macbride was in a dilemma, bat wa.-i relieved by j verual ti jw.-rs on his much h.vc i (jriv.- the .'Spaniard, who told him that it he would trust ■ Resolved, rhm wc ten ler 10 tiie p.rn-nis mi J irla- to his honor, he wo«ld take the prize into (ii- j nv*-s of tho .li*cea-«-.l our w irni. •*; ^ylIlp.lll^^•s mi l iIihi braltar and deliver it to (he proper authorities. ! -t our ^.iet the los- they »nd we have H, , ■ . , - , 1^1 o \ ■ i - U'lained w,; wnir the uaunl bHilije of mouruiuii tor e took him at Ins word, and ttie Spaniard was ; true to ihe very letter Ibis was genuine chiv- , KesoIveJ. 1 hai » ooj y ot these r^-solntions he !>eDi tu »!ry, worthy of Castile in her l>est days, and the the [ ureiii.-* et mo u cei»eJ, »»n i ui»u to the Standard feeling which prompted it reminds u-j of the (’id theO'o^. IveI «nh i. c r.-nu.--i thu they j>ut.li-«h or of Hayard, rather than of modern commanders ^ " BKhV\ Kit. t h n It was scarcely less creditable tu Macbride than to the Spanish Captain. So apt are generous na tures to understand each other, without ex plana tion, by a sort ot freemasonry, which more vulgar spirits cannot comprehend. We had nearly for>;otten our narrative. Kod- } WAR NEWS. The Fiyht at Ft'unttiofa.—The cannonading which begun un Friday last was continued to The Federals were literally cut to pieces 'i'hi, news comes direct, and the writer persumes it 1^ true.” The Knoxville Register, of the FOR THE OBSERVER. Mttrrt A’/irorj;—rtease publish the followiiij^ con , ' . . tribution.s of Bibles and Testaments &c . for our soldiers: . Sutlday UiorniUg a 1 j * ♦ « fV • ' .# • , t lt Miss Mary McFberson 1 Bible; .Mrs John Buie 1 | ed at ti killed and 11 wounded. Apart Irom ttiis, | 'ihe dejence uf ('otnmhus, Ky.—Memphis, N Bible, I Testament, »nd bundle of Tracts; Neill Ruy 2 | according to dispatches received at the War Miss Catharine Rebecca Shaw > Tesittmeni; I pj^rtment, the only material damage done u Our loss is report- 1 makes uo mention of the affair, his, De- I 23.—General Pillow has telegraphed here that us ap- j },g ^iii Columbus, Kentuc%, against any Miss ('hristian McGregor \ Testftioeiu; Alexan ; .Miss .M«ry Ann McDoiuild 1 Tesfanient; point of our lines of attack, has su.s-j ^iit to military discipline %nd government a J J S,',”cl2b i tained Ihe fire wilhuut »«iou. dauiaRC, j dispatch from Oeneril Pillow also announce, tl,it ' David although the armament of the tort is not com- : he has raised the blockade on shipments South ot As to the enemy’s losses, it is reported that the Niagara was badly damaged, and our guns made a breach iu the bastion of Fort Pickens. A number of shells have fallen in Fort Pick ens, and it is believed with much eflect. Monday’s Examitier says that the results of the contest so far have given the most livel}' sat isfaction to the (iovernment. Suapennion of Jloxfi/ilits at Fensarola.—PeN- sAt'OLA, Nov. lo.—Nothing of interest occurred yesterday afternoon, last night, or to-day. \V hat v;\VnolabUrex‘am,.le recorded in the 17th ehapu-r of ! has CaUSed the suspension of hostilities. W(‘ ai e the Book of Exodus, which reads us follows: ‘-Theii tillable now to state. came Am.'ilfk, and fought with Israel iu Hephidim. j Fhflit at IVnsnruli. — Inftu niatioil was oh- And Moses said unto .Jeshua. choose us •: t.^i^ed yesterday, through official Channel.s that no out, tiktht with AiiiJib'k: tg-morro w I will stainl J J • iff on the to,, ot the hill with the rod of Ood in n.ine hand. | five vessels of the enemy s fleet had arrived off ' Pensacola. It may be that a large portion of the fleet nicently engaged ir the raduction ot the Port Royal batterit-s have gone to I'ensaCohi, and, while Forf Pickens is opening tiro upon the (^on- federate batteries, in order to concentrate our troo[>s at a given point, will endeavor to slip in Hur stayed up his hands, the one oti the on>- side, and ‘ l;md troops at the llioixth ol the Perdido river, the other on the other si.le; and his hinds wen* ste-.dy Pensacola We are a.ssured, however, until the g.injf down of ihe sun. And .loMoia di-c-om- • , fitevl .\nialew and his people wall the edue ot the swoni 1 io-«i im- v,in. j t of ojieratioiis, as the [(reparations are complete to .So Josluui di'l as Moses had t.:iid to hitu, and toii);ht witli .AuMl-'k: anil Moses, Aaron and Ilur, went np to to the top of the hill And it came to pa-^s, when Moses held np Ins hand, that Israel prevailed: and wheu he let down his hatid, .\nuilek prevailed. B'lt .Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put ll under him, and he snt thereon; and .Aaron and Gentlemen—Voiir publishinjr contributions for our biave soldiers has accoinplisheil mud. ^ood in the way of Rlreii)jthenin}i the arm ol’ dtitence It ^ives an op- poruiuity lor some to see what others arc doinjj; and stimulate iheiu to )?o and do lik**wise S1; V K N T ^ F11? .s r I) KS T KI (”]’ t'OK THE OB.SEftVER. Cami> WiLKKs. N (’ , Nov 23, 18'jl. .Vi a civil mcetinz of I'o. E, c illed for tlie purpose e^presrinjr ihe n;elunch'ily teelin|t'‘ of the com, tile siiddi a III I unexpecu-d i»-ai ii i t their fellT W soldier, Olivek N. ll.Mn.i.v. who iied :;t .Merehead ('iiy on the 2‘Jd in-*!., I.lent. W. Brewer wu- culieti t) the ('h'*ir and Lieut W J Ile.i'ien teqiiestfd to act as Seo- retarv The hnii!>i»n expi;iined the '.t-ject of the meeiinjt ;ind a] ,-on.ted I H. riiti-liti-ld. '• F. Bran>- Iv. U . J Lambert, W \1 Harper and JuImi W. Kllifl, a oominitiee to drilt rt.# dutions. 'I'he ei.mnmtee ro- P' rled thronph lle-ir •■h;iirm'iu, .1. 11. i riiiehtield. tho I llowiiiif. whir(i w>*re on inunonsly ado,:t»d; lUs .ved, Tnii ill the linth oi oiir companion in arms, th'> i:oni(’i*ny lets li -' -i worthy iiie'.nher and the army a 1 i.ihlul snld'er Reso!ve>l. That wliile we bow wilh iiioek re-ojjnation A Spanish ship ot , mH (,f uli-wi.-e Piovi.U'iice. in the |>leniiu>le after a severe battle, ■ of who.'^e meroy there n bilm tor our every woiind. yut W J H k. Mil .N ) ney, after relieving (Jibraltar, went to the West Indies, where in coiupany with Gen Vaughau, he captured and pillaged St. Eustatia The wealth on this island puts one iu mind of the en chanted castles and grottoes filled with bags of gold, of which the “Arabian Nights, ’ are so full. Rodney had an ample opportunity to recruit bis broken fortunes, and he availed himself of it to the uttermost. He filled an enormous merchant fleet with the plunder (valued at i;o,UnO,Ui.»U sterling, ' and sent more than half his squadron to convoy it. It was nevertheles.s nearly all re- t^ret our l..ss. yet we are resi^nrd to the will of Hmi who Lath powei I" kill and make alive; rtud we du not weep for him ss lor those who havt) U" hope tevon i the KiiK TIIK uU.-5LK\ KU i'avic'JMIi Uti. 1 S (’ \ 111 \V ;li...:igton, .N . .N'ov Jl, lf5'il .ll a meeting ot the .NIontgomery (ii iys, ('o E. Keg’t N \ ola . held on the Jlst ms... tlrdwly Seig t urley was called lo tlie Chair, and Thom.is S tJre**n was re>4Ut3led lo act as Secietaiy The object if thu nieetiug having r>.-en explained t>y the ')ii»lrm'iD, a ('ommittee eoDsisting of ('apt. W. I) Barrinper, l.jeut. .J \V Kwin^c and Serg't Jaine>« L Mcltae. weie ap pointed lo draft Resolnlions tor tlie consideration of the iue*‘tinij. who, af:er a siiort absence, rcpurted a-* tollow-: ."inee it has pleased the itieal Uiaposer of events to rill froOi uur lii.dst our tfiend and fellow S 'ldier 1>.\H- KiN N. l'.\KNhLL. WHO expired on thelyih lu^^., leaving testiriiony of his prepiiraiion tor another and better world: Resolved. 1*1, That not w it h>tanding we deeply re captured by the French, and the absence of so large a portion ot his fleet rentlered it necessirv for him to abandon the West India waters to the French Admiral, (’ount de Gras.se. That officer, without being followed, was enabled to carry his tomb. Resolved, I’ i, That we ten Jer our heantelt sympathy to his relatives and triends ut homo, whose loss is his eternal gaiu Resolved. ;d. That we he profited by his example of fleet into the (’hesapeake and render the capture of Cornwallis and the independence of the (’ol- 1 '■•^'igimsiou, patriotism, love of juvtice. and love onies a certainty. Had not Rodney bl»en without ‘ ‘ h""‘ “f',',‘7' 1 • /I 1 . 1 li no reasjn that we bo iie»?le*.nrul u! our tiuty, or so larj^e & portion of his fleet, he would either uot i r**lfix our eufr^ies iu duin^ g->oU. have permitted him to go, or he would have fol- j Beeolved. tth, Th.ii a cojiy ot these Resolutions be lowed him, ai^d, uniting with (jraves, in all pro- ! to the FayettevilU* observer, i^pirit of the Age. and bability have defeated him in our waters, (’orn- j !' I’re.-ibyterian. for public-ition. and aNo to the wallis would have e.scaped, and the independence ^ of the deceased. of America would have been postponed for many years. So St. Eustatia saved the Americnn cause, and there would have been no plunder of St. Eustatia it there had not been war with the Dutch, and there would have been no war with the Dutch if Mr. Laurens had succeeded in sinking his dis- j)atches. Mr. Laurens was sent to the Tower and confined, 'vt first, with great rigor. After a while, however, his health having given way under the confine ment, he was allowed to take the air, at certain stated hours, in the court yard of his prison. On one occa.'^iofi, having met and conversed with Lord George'Gordon, who was under trial for the riots he had gotten up in London on the Cath olic question, he was instantly remanded to hia dungeon, and during the remainder of his cap tivity rigidly confined. He w^^ exchanged, we believe, for Cornwallis. It was. a remarkable coincidcnce that Cornwallis held at the time tho office of keeper of tho tower of London, and was thus exchanged for a man who was his own cap tive.—RichrtLond Disjyatch. Rfh'dse of British I^linors from the Feder d Army.—The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press writes: An arrangement is about to be entered into by which all the British minors who have enlisted in the American [U. S.] army are to be returned to their respective homes. Many of these young sters have volunteered from Canada; and as Lord Lyons is not now in the very best of humours, he has demanded that they shall be returned. The Secretary of War and the Secretary of State have graciously condescended to accede to his request. Ijeaks III A/r. Lincoln’a liloctiade,—A New Vork paper copies from the Nassau Gazette the following arrivals, at New Providence, of vessels from ports supposed to be blockaded: Octobor 2—Schooner Carrie Sanford, from Wilmington, with lumber. October 8 Schooner Mary Louisa, from Jack* sonville; turpentine. October 14—Schooner John W. Anderson, from Savannah; turpentine. ’ October 15—Schooner Adeline, from Savan nah; turpentine. The Dispatches.—Norfolk Day-l3ook says it has heard that the Yankees did’nt get the dis patches of our commissioners, when those gentle men were arrested. Prior to the arrest, the dis patches, together with Confederate drafts for large amounts, had been put into the British mail-bag and were not molested. The Day-Book does not give its authority for the statement, which we hoj:j ia true. Tiios. (.Jrkks, Seo'v. KLIAS MURLKY, i'hm n Fur the OHf'h.KVtK. TUlBLTi: RKSPKt’T. W11.RKS, liogiie Isl iud, N. (’. .\t a called meeting of the ‘-('hatiiam Boys,” held at Camp Wilkes, Nov Ihtll, on motion of i^. S ('ar- ier, Lieut (1. 0. Underwood was called to the ('hair. The object of the meeting being explained in a few ap- ,>ropriate remarks, the chairman a,)pointed a coinniitlee consisting of W (J Miirchison. \V. t'J. Lane and S S Carter to di’ati resolutions. Tiie committee withdrew and leported the following I’reamble aud Itesolutions, which were unanimously .-idopted: \VjiBHE.\s, The hand of Providence hits seen fit to call from our ninks our worthy and much esteemed friemt, Private S. F. Siler, who has un aged father and only sister to mourn his irrep^iruble loss; his loss to us is great but much harder must the blow iiave fal len on them, being the only son. Resolved, That in the death of S. F. Siler our com pany has lost a high toned gentleman, and the Con federacy a true and patriotic soldier. Resolved funiier. That while we are willing lo sub mit to the will of Providence in calling from us our much beloved soldier and friend. S. F. Siler, we tender this as a Tribute of Respect and condolence to his fami ly and dear relatives at home Resolved, That a copy of the preceding Resolutions be sent to Ihe family of the deceased and also to the Raleigh Standard and Fayetteville Observer for pnbli- caiion. G 0. UNDERWOOD, Chm’n. W. G Murchison, j W. G. Lane, ('ommitlee. S. S. (’arter, j ive them a reception .>f which they little dream Jiir/i iiioiid Ijispdtrh^ 'li'uh. Oh.anonVILI.K, (near Pensacola.) otieo'clock, P. M ., Nov. 2;’).—'I'he enemy seems to be satisfied and do not re-open their fire. 'Fhey have fired into our hospital, but my sick had all been re moved. Many hot shot and innumerable shells !;»n\ at W(TO thrown into the Navy-\ ard. with compara tively little damage. HRAXTON BRA(l(jr. Full ml Inrnsinn of 1 t/fte*- lii/itiid.—SAVAN NAH, Nov. '11.—The Daily Morning News, of thi:s city, says that a Federal ship approached 'f\beo Isbiiid on yesterday, and tired several shells. No body cf Confederate troops were there, uii‘l the few pickets present retired to Fort Pulaski. Gen. Lawton went down to the Fort on yester day h i- stipp tsel that the enemy will attempt a lodgnuMit t«> bluckade more effectually. At a late hour ye.sterday it was reported that the Fedt^rals had landed and occupied "I’ybee Is land Tlo W.u- in thr ))../—Advices from Misaouri and Arkansas are important. The Federal army, which is stated to be from 4S,UU0 to i»U,Ul>U strong, with on? hundred and twenty pieces of artillery, wa-* advancing from Springfield, Mis souri, and it was confidently believed that it wa.s the intention of the ene.'iiy to throw an advance detachment of U>,UUU fuen by a flank movement, via ('l;»rksville. to Little Rock, with the object of capturing the Governor and Legislature of Ar kansas The Federals had reached the town ot Cassvillw, ill their advance, and had laid the town in a.-^he» I'he Fort Smith > Ark.,) Times ut the 14th in-t , has u nuiuber of dispatches from Fayette ville anil neighboring points in Arkan.sas relative to this advance of the Northern army under Gen. Hunter [Fremont's successor] and its effects. We extract: — tleneral Price has fallen back to Pineville, and General .^lcCulloch to the Arkansas line, and is cutting the roads full of timber to jirevent the Federals t'rom advancing on him. The people are tixintr to retreat across the mountains. Gen erals Price and McCulloch are acting in concert, and in perfect harmony. A battle may be ex pected in a few days near the line, of the most santruinary character—far exceeding the Oak Hills battle. 'I'he plans of Price and McCulloch are trood to the extent ot their means of defence. With numbers far inferior to those of the Feder als they will dispute Hunter’s passage. The lat ter is entrenching at SuL^ar creek, a stnmg strate gic point. The former is at the West end of the Sugar creek hills to prevent Hunter from turning these hills. Mc(.'ulloch is cutting down the tim ber on the small portion of this country which is passable, leaving a pa.ssage for his army to pass South if necc.ssary, which he will fill with fallen timber -i.s he retires. He will also block up all the roads through the Boston Mountains, except th« Narrows of Frog Rayou, through which he will retire if forced; and woe to the Federals if they venture to tollow. But we have uo idea that they will ever pass Sugar creek. Price will hold the Federals in check. They cannot tarn that point. Colonel Diamond’s Texas Regiment and Stand Watie’s Cherokee Regiment, are on the Kansas line waiting for Lane, who is said to be approaching, at the head of 85U0 Jayhawkers. While the above would .seem to indicate an in vasion of Arkansas by the Federals, the Missouri Re{)ublican, the leading Black Republican organ of the West, lays down a very different pro gramme for the Federals. It says: We presume that the future plan of the cam paign in the Southwest has been arranged, and we have, from a private source, the intimation that it is no part o/ thr projramme. to pursue I nee and McCulloch into Arkansas, it being be lieved that such a course now would be only ta king the army from its strongest line of support, with probably no hope of a general engagement except against large odds. Indeed, it is said that unless there should be a fight soon, General Hunter may be expected to take up his march Northward from Springfield, and draw in his lines for a considerable distance. This -does not mean an abandonment ot the campaign in Missouri, but simply a suspension of offensive operations. We II n/I At*af n 1 _ M t . . •* W. N. TILLINGHAST —OFFERS FOR SALE— a good assortment of at o f KK « r, euM.Y.t, A L S O, 400 Doz. Knives and Forks. 75 “ Pocket Knives. Spoons of various kinds. Silver Plated Ware. Self-Sealing 'JMn Cana. Glass Fruit Bottles and Jars; Looking Glasses; Paper Hangings; Stone-ware; Wood-ware; Tin-ware: Brushes; Basketf^ Castings; Bell Metal; Brass and Porcelaine Lined KeUles; fin Lined Tea Kettles and Saucepans; Floor Oil Cloths; Canton and Cocoa Mattings; Platform and Counter Scales; Wheat Riddles; Water-proof and Common Safety Fuse; 6 Coils Hemp Packing Varn for steam Engines; and a variety of House furnishinf; Hard ware, at THE CROCKERY STORE Aug- AVOIV fc. HAiAj, Forwarding & Coiumission Herchant. WILL give quick despatch to goods consigned to him Particular attention given to all produce sent him for Hale. ConsigmnwntB of Na»»l Stores, lor sale or shxpmeut, uolioited. W1MUI9I0H, Jm’7 19 1861 87llypd understand that General Hunter has come to the conclusion that Kentucky is just now the field for vigorous action in the West, and that at pre sent that State stands in more j»eril than our own. His idea is to withdraw to the North bank of the (_>sage, fortify the towns and strategic points on that stream, garrison them strongly' enough to re sist all attacks, and reserve the surplus troops for Kentucky. From Tennessee.—NaSHVILLE, Nov. 25. The i'atriot, ol this city, learns that two Lincoln gun boats came up the Cumberland river, on the 18th inst., to ( anton, Kentucky, where a field piece from Hopkinsville opened tire upon them. After a^ short engagement the enemy retreated, with quite a number of their force killed, and one of the gun-boats disabled. Our loss was four killed and a few wounded. The Gazette publishes an extract from a private letter received from Cuinbefiand Gap, which states that “News has reached here that' a regi ment ot Indianians had crossed the line near Jack- sonboro’, and were allowed to advance ten miles upon Southern soil, when they were met by the i8th iAlissisriippi regiment, in a hund-to-handfi^ht. Ihe result was just as might have been expected 1 he Southern boys charged them with auch im petuosity Uiat the Federals broke and fled, leav ing half of their number dead upon the field. produce, stock, army supplies, subsistence and forage. A Vessel iSunk the First Shot.—Our gunners at the Evansport Batteries are becoming ppotj cient. On Tuesday a small vessel essajeil tu pass, when a rifle gun was opened on her. first shot took effect, as she at once went duwu-1 down—down! With this exception all has been juiet ;it Potomac Batteries for the last week, and vestfr- day not a sail was in sight at Acquia Creek. Fredericksiury Hr-r.dij Important Military review at New Or(e,j„i — Nkw Orleans, Nov. 24.—Over 2«,U0u tron|js were reviewed here on yesterday by (iuvorn.ji Moore, of Louisiana, Major-General Lovcll and Brigadicr-(jeneral Ruggles. The line was over seven miles long. One regiment, nuinberi,. 1,400, were free coloured men. The tnilitarv dis))lay wa.s one of the grandest exhibitions fveV witnessed on thi" continent. One of the coiijp;i_ nies displayed a black flag with the motto, “We give and take no quarter.” Rumored interjerenre oj Lord LyonA—\ tnor was extensively circulated yesterdnv th:it Lord Lyofis, the British Minister at Washint/ton had demanded that Me.ssrs. Mason and Slidell be forthwith relea.sed and allowed to procoed tu their destination in Europe; that Secretary Seward had peremjitorily refused compliance, and that, iu con sequence, Lord Lyons had demanded his pa.sstiort- We notice the rumor merely for the ) urpose of .saying that we could trace it to no reliable source Richmond Dispatrh, 'l^)th. Affairs in Missouri.—W'e have had the yle-a- suro of an interview with Capt. Samuel .'Ivers.iri, a gallant officer of the Missouri army, who i,-. bearer of dispatches from the (iovernor of .Mi,, souri, announcing to the Confederate froveniinent the secession of that State from the Northern L’^nion. Capt. Myerson informs us that the army ot (ion. Price is in a condition ot great destitu tion for clothing and for certain articles ol lood, but that there is no yruinbiinij, and that, in tti. event of a battle, the probabilities are ol a bril liant Confederate victory (''apt. Myerson al», assures us that a va.st majority of the people ot Missouri are irreconcilably opposed to the old Cnion Advices by way of Fort Smith infurm U8 that among other important acts passed by the Legis lature of Mistiouri at its late session, are: An aot to encourage the enlistment of State (.fuards in the Confederate service; an act reuijJeling the militia laws of the State; an act appropri-ating teu million dollars for the prosecution of the war; and electing delegates to the ('onfederate Congress, viz: Senators—(Jen John B. Clarke, (’ol. R Lypryton. Representatives—W M.Cook;Gfn- eral Thomas (’. Harris, Casper W Bell, Adaui H. Condon, G G. Vest, L. W. Freeman, Dr Hyer A telegraphic dispatch announces tbat the Governor refused to sign the bill sending dele gates to Richmond, but upon what ground is not stated.—Richmond Di.'tpatch, 'Ihth inst. -4 Frovisiotial Government for Kentucky.— The intelligence we receive from Kentucky is that the Sovereignty (’onvention, assembled at Russellville, has adjourned after forming a pro visional Government The Hon. tieorge W Johnson, a strong Southern rights man, was chosen Governor, and IJo'vliiig (.ireeii selected a.-^ the temporary capital for the future meeting of the Legislature. The Convention, before adjournment, appoint ed Mes.-5rs. H. C. Burnett, Williani Preston and W. E. Simms as commissioners to negotiate f’^r the admi.ssion of Kentucky into the Confederate States. Froceeih'mjs of ('onyress.—We learn that (’on- gress is doing but little in secret se.ssion. The reports of the Secretary of the Treasury and of the Navy have been received and appropriately referred. It is understood that not a single bill has yet been introduced into (’ongre.ss; and there is no doubt but that the body will shortly adjourn Rirh mond Kj a m im r. -4n Important Amendment.—The ConventitMi yesterday adopted an amendment to Article V. of the Constitution, prescribing the mode of electinjr the Governor of the State, which abolishes the plurality system. The amendment provide.^ that the person receiving the highest popular vote shall be declared elected Governor, if this be n majority of the whole vote cast; but if no one have a majority, it becomes the duty of the (Itn- eral Assembly to make a choice from any three persons having the highest number of votes. Richmond Dispatch, ‘J.v/i The ( nnfederate States’ Treaties with thf In dians.—We learn that the result of (jcn. Pike’- mission among the Indians has been most satisfac tory to the Government. He was appointed by the President in March la.st Commissioner to the Indian nations and tribes West of Arkan:»a.s. Hy the treaties which, since that time, he has nciiu- tiated, all the Indian nations, tribes and bainls between Kansas and Red River have placed them selves under the protection of the (Confederate States, and become their allies and wards The whole Indian country West of Arkansas is thus secured to us. The Cherokees have raised two full regiments, the Creeks a regiment of 750, the Cliicka- saws a full regiment, and the Seminok-s. Choc taws, Creeks and Osages have promised battalii'n.- Prisoners.—\V e learn that some one hutulr*’^ and fifty prisoners passed through this place uu Saturday morning. A few were Northern in n by birth—the balance Irish and (lermans. the Germans largely preponderating. ilmiinjton Jourtutl, l^if/i in*f- I > (irh Ijent i ca.s^.—Hops cost per poiv.ii* leaves cost nothing, and peach leaves make yen^if than hops. Thus: Take three haiidtul'.' “f peach leavt's and three medium sized pota*''- Boil them iu two (juarta of water until the toes are done; take out the leaves and throw ii:cuj away, peel the potatoes, and rub them up wit' pint of flour, adding cool water suflicii >' a paste, then pour on the hot peach 1. ‘ ‘ scald tor about j Hiinutes. If you :id'! ■ little old yeast, it will be ready tor use m ' hours. If yon add none, it will require to -^taiiJ a day and night before use. Leaves dried iu the shade are as good as fresh ones. As this i« stron^r- er than hop yeast, loss should be used in making up the dough. Louisiutia has two huiidred and eighiy com panies mustered into the Confederate service fen of them are cavalry, twenty-four artillery The aggregate b 28,000 men, not including about pne thousand men for service afloat. TH The The p has del been r« New \ Lincoli and sti a war the on —the y tion els will be and the We h whethei out first doubts promptl Minister he is rej keu thai , eminent stronger mere w:*- But right to and on t Gcverun rv that ' tish peoi the Briti the peop tilted fro very sur rage. > And we LincolnV Hs many P. S. tlicting, I tory dem sent the stocks, t! that war COTTu^ linians n ought to other pro them froi Viut a par. ers theri ajiproprin The pr island col world thfl Florida, able class whose bn material tl>e manui even if th obtainabU The sto rapidly a.^ spinners Well as bC' inst. ther 3V»»,000 w ten weeks, India cotti The wel Baltimore ranees ha Minister, ports shot Surely the furmed as j^it imagine ^to Kuglan(j ; Koval or a iifederaL such an o] ; to engagti be assurer euch ports Thk V’o Prociamati ot Preside phrey, .Jol Nicholas V wards, Wil | ,M. Long, Kay.” The Gov iluiup Pool, Keid, Foster W oodf Bond, Mitcht 2 Kdwar t; Kodiat Long, Ouion, M c K ai The oihe Jesse G. Tod K. Cal 'lerrimoii Hragg H,1 Were many The Sfat “Eight a men. The Was a Htil tfttrd only vuie ordins , 112,000. present sta It strike: the votes it perhaps nu chisement for insianc iState at lai District. ' received iu hitu, thou^ alone, ii been for K Hodman yi 80 many, 1 CONQRE vote in ih t Week, ihei ^ friend in tollo wing.j W e presu f>avidso iiaudolj Moore, Anson, -Mont go Stauly,^ ^hathai The 1st gsive Ashe in M. makes As 'lid not re 10th D T. Davids ^lountaiu
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