ee ce

WP.

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tTeansces @@ scramble Wh ft a branch The elephona Te ary, Then so iat : ‘ A
dann dirwody t: the tree, and attempted to force it me tor hiv hate toy al Ker ¢ Prine Conor ; ’ My
dows, which be could wor Hy Sout coiled hie} Tie L’Belia «tates that the nes tintions for the thie. A Nastile or mbellious city, destreyed by si
truuk revud the stem, and palled it with all hia antey of Signor « Martine into ties Mini cry have dinwty swans, may be rebail " id he to @tiaer ye _
might, but with po effect. He then applied his) satlen through —Halfar Heemmy Express, Jan. 6. oe Mf net now, the seub of Seer pe a
head to the tree, and pushed it for meveral minutes, | aad happinges Int this“ choking uw _ er na-|
bat with ne better succese. He thay trampled with ture’s ehannels of life, intercourse and pienty™ Is a

his feet all the projectiag roots, moving, as he did NEWS FROM TU i STATES, | moasune dictated nejther by wisdom nor uny i
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i

—_- oe b ‘
We bald © ith Seipie, nat with Cate Tar even

he Coart bas cone?
the purpose of theetuel ob! Romi was nething fo

fo mourn.

90, several times roend and round the tree. Lastly, with > h - rist co ge a — ") “a
failing in all this, aud eeeing a pile of timber, which —a—o= } pathy twill make us expressly € ecrated, a8 |

1 bad lately cut, at a short , eh sae from us, he re- THE SUNKEN FLEET, Ce canen known, by all the civilized world. a in|
moved ivall, (thirty-aix pieces) one af a time, to the evo litte be overlooked, that other nations may allege, |
rset of the tree, ard piled them up in a regular qi7e WAIN CHANNEL TO CHARLESTON

business-like manger; then placing his bind feeton| 7 ARBOR DESTROYED—SIXNTEEN OF THE
this, hyp raised the fere part of his body ,and reached j STONE FLEE r SUNK At ROSS IT.

out his trank ; but still he could not touch us, as we) i

Were too far above him. The FEuglishman ¢t
fired, aud the ball took effect somewhere on the Dre. 21, 1s6l
elephant’s head, but did nox kiN him. Jt made bin The 1 ; napa : .

ely the more furious. The next shot, however, ve main Channel of the approach to Charfeston | oan no longer
levelled him to the vround. I afterwards broaght Sixteen Stone filled but rather like

tre skadl of che animal to Colombo, and it is etill to sage, inthe iden. whom those who are
be seen at the house of Mr Armitage

with w reneon which we shall find it dilteult to
auewer. You can blockade your ports and ex lude
ua for atime, from vour ndvantage, or trom your)
necegsities, from commerce benelits ordinarily free |
ito a)] mankind. But vou have no right to change |
the ordinance of nature, so as to deprive us pud all |
mankind forever of thone benefits f you do, we
regard you as of the family

en,

STEAMSHIP CAHAWBA, OFF CHARLESTON,

of nations |
varbour hae been destroved
hutke, niaeed check

lew pe water, }Us

sole Bavaye beast retiring to } is |
,
able have a night to

the px
aesnil and destroy--alter your own example.

IFWwise Across

it the inner and outer edges of

the bar, arc the medinms throagh which this right As for the ariicle qneted from the New York
PS aeons g eous retribution bus been measured out. Thus an- | Timer, there is a depth of unearthly malignity about
people of Sou'a Carolina, the effect of Which muUat | pny composition. Even were the d lecessary mM

The last end solemn rites have beew performed.) be more huriiliatine
aod Albert, the Prince Consort, rests in the gor- : y have no means of resenting it, and
geous tomb-bouse of Royalty at Windser, with | thet haur ity rebellions spirits must fret and chate
the illustrious dead, Over the open vault the hene an the we ; " “er deacwen nae
jast proelamativn of his style and tithes has been OS! bai Lupon ther ; Phe yeasels which have been |

. ' ott ort Roval las erat noder the diree
pode, and there remains but a memerv for love, — , 2"), v Roya 7 , cee ’D m ‘ . mais W .

a os " mL OL PF ive uptain Charles 34 UVI8, Oo ? “
aad bope and trith te rest upon and cherish Y Phey were nearly al] condemned whalers—

In thie case there ix no fear ot the meMOTY | go We of them sixty and seventy vears of avethe
heing atragsientene. This at least cannot perish. qyeerest, qnaintest specimens of aliip- building afloat
The Prince is goue, but bis memory cannot pass} Lazily, one bv one, vader the intlugnce of a strong
away. It is aot alene ia the widewed chamber,| ebb-tide, 4d out toward

" } . phiaets } rere ad .
heye id whoae thresheld we dare net pass te con.) Ure bar ont anchorthy Where soe happened to be
t , even in ir inatier he te ; } when the feed tide set in

epiplat ea in maRg ne ion, the tears and sobs On ‘Thursday morning, the light-house, which had
wf one te wher this is life's greatest bereavement, , ly ; .

. a . * loomed vastly through the haze the evening before,
aad upon whom the blow bas fallen with a severity ; rough our glasses
made snore fearful by = ; sempre of past showed as its ruins on the ground. The fact ex

ae closed for ever—il i

pP vp is not plained a loud explosion which had been heard in
there alone that the loss is felt, and the voice ot after dark. Supposing that our whalers
grief is heard. We cannot put the Dation’s ser. Were firwt class frigutes come to bombard the city,
row in comparison with the grief of those who) the rebels had blown the light-house up, that the
jlewk around in vain for the beloved face, and arings of the chanuel night be lout. Phe trick
vainly listen for the accents which have been fa- ; me BaP de — itt a pew but wwe an light-
wiliar household things for wany years: but where Sem hn “| yas ote Ba ae = dhe eager etary
there is 8 heart tiat bas known serrow, and upon! g)¢ channel had been bnoved, nnd ha old Denedion
whieh the wounds of Death's victory are still un-) was seon afterward towed to her final moorings
Jwated, or the acars remain, it can appreciate and) The position chosen for her:

——— with the serruw Which has no language, edye of the passage, and she grounded where there

ind motives
luivst re

than anv they have yet-re- | jtselfto perpetrate it with such fee}
ceived Paey would be to surpass the barbarity of the
moracless suvaye |

|
ee -

FROM TRE SOUTH.

THE FIGHT AT DRAINSVILLE.

a heavy skirmish occured at

wht of the heavy

iets

Yesterday morning,
Draiusville, which resulted dixastrously to us.
foraging party waa rent on by Gen. Stuart, conrist
ing of about two hundred wagons, escorted by the
Eleventh Virginia, Col. Garland; the Sixth South
Carolina, under Lieut. Col. A.J. Secrest; the Tent
Alabuma, € Jobn LW. Forney ; the Firet Rentucky,
Col. ‘Tom Taylor; the Sumter Flying Artillery,
Capt. Cutts; and detachments fpou’ Ramsonu’s and
Radford’s Cavalry. Our whole force amounted to
nearly twenty-five hundred men. They started ot
early in the morning, and, before day, were some
distance on the journey. Soonafter leaving, a rocket
Wik seen te shoot up in the directjon of Drainsville,
which, un Was afterwards ascertained, wasa signal
from the enemy.and indicated that our approach was
known. It isabout fifteen miles from here to Drains

there anliqhaled cratl dropper

was not to be seen; but a look tl

shore soon

twe or three regimeuts of Yankees were seen de
ploved ax skirmishers in the skirts of apine thicket,
which stretched out on eitherside of the road. Gen.
Stuart drew up bis force and prepared to muxe an
uttick. On either side the woods were very thick,
and it was difficult to make through them, but our
force was pushed forward in the following order ;
~The Eleventh Virginia being in the advance, was
deployed on the right of the road with the Tenth
Alubautaa, while the Sixth Seuth Carolina and the
First Koutucky were sent to the left. On account
of the dense thicket on either side, the artillery was
forced to advance down the road jn order to gain a
i] | position to make the gunsefiective. As we approach
: ed che Yankees, the Eleveuth Virginiacba red them

k to their line with-

i drove them bi
enemy seemed some

ws wt Ure tortieastern

wee that is the more terrible because it has is eighteen feet of water at nigh tde Probably
she is anchored as firmly as her island name-sake of
the Akgean Sea. The Leoni-las was next sunk, in

Ro speech, wherewith the highest personages in
tus land are now afilicted. Although our sorrow the same depth of water, an eighth of a mile distant
: . . “ ‘i . ue sehtne Cepti 0 ater, an elghia ¢ ui ‘ HY
is bet as their eetruw, there = ne ansincerity im it, from the om r Phese two vessels formed the right
ev aifvetation. The outward signs of MIOUTRING | and left fhinks of the barricading column, and the re
are no “ mere trappings and suits of woe,” for maining fourteen settled comfortably do between
They vetoken a Se A nation mourns he- them lhe wrecks are not ranged ina straight line
cause @ Quewa is berott of what was given to her across the channe | Chat arrangement might prove
Jor tis greaiest charm, and has been to her life its 2 pe bloc perme fOr & Hime, DUS Not permanent
Dighvst blessing; there is a still deeper eanse for) ‘Y Phe the ory of Capt. Dav a ee eee oe eee
in re tien that the wy iedown, the | © aters about Charleston must havea channe! to th:
eeu rng the retlee' ae Wh : pt nd if the ueunl one wet
irtne, the dunestic fidelity, and the political self eee ee eee ee ee toete How ceil

tC WK

with a vell,

. 1 . |]
u lewaly OS . 7S .
taeda) closed in sivrt of Drait

sville. The

| ‘ — : .
another would natural in ae mbna ‘ isa : . : ¢
acuying incegrey Which have been exercised for geyjsed another plan. “The hulksare placed check aoa . es e “ jon . . held by the
: +, ™ ; oe mitthe he advanced posilions ere he the
: » lost and gone, here > in- | erwine tis urrangement not on oes not prevent | 7o**** ud ‘ ; >?
—_ _— gue, ape teten « vh a one te ps Pbisurrangemes wt ly ec othe Eleventh and the Sixth South Carolma, the former

wwelwie wacks of graudeur wu the character of the the passage of the water but formsa series of Blo ils
aeparted, for futurity to udmire and make an ex- around which the tide will whirland eddy, making
ample et; but uv wore than that is left to us. an intricate labyrinth which no vesse}] could navi
. . ‘ fule
ft is certain that the Prince Consort was never

Che vessels were not scuttled until Friday morn

ou the right and hitteron the left of the road. While
waiting to vet sight of the enemy the Sixth South
Carolina was drawn up, and the First Kentucky ad
vanced upon them, and, mistaking them for the cue:

| battle fonyht between the two nations,

; COust.

ville. When within a short distance of the place, |

ceed karate Benard a at: Sed eee ie

- *. .

their prev We san the coment aed Pq when.

— a ee _——

eer foreign velations will make «till larger appre

=
ae ———— Pa tt es - - = — =

oe

' pectible section of Catholics in th Provititer, any) prepte like men for the crial thet AWaite

‘ A : onde jo: tee Yourelyes into milit

» teihhe cof three aie " Met icotacet - | pristion. pee «1% for the defences of the extended . . W. H. Pe resente the oplt.ions: 4 ‘ 4 Ory Corp 1

eee tg Ce srr, | orien iano apne to occa | ta Ne a eee at Se eee Seta lana oa
Phe four that some usade entertain of the Nor-| minis fiom any horgile nrarptime power. of a majority of Protestan 1 ¥, on

therm feet, and the consegnences of its operations in
the South, are pot beat hont fewndution than the
security or indifference which the first aceount of
its suiling received were without justification. That
Hleet ean do mischief tothe Villages of the const, but
is Without power to imtlict a vital oreveu a disabling
wound upon the Confederacy itself.
the Nerthern Union many millions of money, and |
many @ fine ship; it will ravage a half dozen smrh
towns and cause some good coiton tobe burnt. But |
whenever the popular outery of the North forces |
the wenerals whe lurve charge of it to -riek an ad-
vance of the ‘smallest and mildest sort in any part
of the integjor country we will have our revenge,
and our enemies will’ get the reward of insolence
und cowardice
The Examiner goes on to say that whenever the |
untrained Volunteers of the South meet the untrain- |
ed Volunteers of the North, with an equality of
uwnbers and commanders, the defeat of the latter
may be considered as a certainty- ‘The repeated
trials and proofs of this war leave no possible doubt

lt will cost}

Che

Charlottetown, January 20, 1862

THE STONE BLOCKADE.

wor
Tue conduct of a man who allows his temper
to blind him to the perception of his own interests

Examiner.

‘has generally been described in metaphor as biting

off his nose to epite his face. The Federal Go-

| yernment has, in our opinion, placed itself in the
category of the unfortunate class of facial relf-|

of the individual superiority of the Sentherp MBN) iatons, We publish elsewhere an article des-

over the Northern man ja a personal combat ; and |

this superiority is still the only element in the | criptive of the sinking of rixteen stone laden ships in

This ie the |
bext security for the South against the fleet aud |

the channel leading to Charleston harbour, South

army Which operate this wiuter on the Southern | Carolina.

HUMILIATION OF THE NORTH.
The Richmond Despatch considers that

This achievement js anuounced in the style of

North in succumbing to the English demand demon-| Northern press, who, since the first outbreak of

It evs i

Vis humiliating gurrender, so far from propiti
ating the Kuropean world, will convince them ¢2
the conscious Weakness, and paralyzing cowardie ©
of the blastering power that, with six hundred
thorisand men in arins, perinits its nose to be pulled
and its fuce to be spit upon without an effort at re

secitiient

ment recognise the independence of the Southern

We believe thut to-morrow if Heyy land | Lion and Miss Slidell.
aud France would demand that the Federal govern: |

A | strues that they haye no sense of national honor. the civil war, have “fulmined over Greece and

shook the arsenal” in the trae vein of King Cam-
ibyses. The heroes of Bull's Run, it was uatural,
should glorify the chivalrous Wilkes and his gal-
‘lant band, who had so bravely faced the British
It was equally natural
'that the American eagle should scream a scream

}

Confederacy upon penalty of theirdispleasure, they | of triumph over an act of such intrepid valour as
would not’ only recognise it, but be glad of the | a, submerging of a few old whalers, with their

chance

Certuiuly there can now be no longer any |

fear gf consequences on the part of those govern. | Cargoes of stone,

mente in theutwselves recogujring the Southern Con-

federacy, or even in opeujug the blockade.

A YEAR CLOSING UNDER GLOOMY AUSPICES.

The Richmond Examiner of the 2nd has an ar-
ticle headed “ A year closing under gloomy auspices
and opening with evil tidings.”
surrender of Mason and Slidell as destroying all bope
of an immediate alliance between the Southern
Contederacy and Great Britain. [t then goes on to
sav i-- :

“ Never since the humiliation of the Doge and
Senate of Genoa before the faotsteol of Louis
XIV., has any nation consented to a degradation so
deep. If Lincoln and > ;ward intended to give
them up at a menace, why, their people will ask,
did they ever capture the ambassedora! Why the
exultant hurrah over the event that went up from
nineteen millions of throuts ? ty the glorification
of Wilkes?) Why the cowardly insults to two un-
armed gentlemen, their close imprisonment and the
bloodthirsty movements of Congress in their regard?

But, most of all, why did the yoverument of Lincoln |

indulge a full Cabinet with an unanimous resolution
that, under no cireumstances, should the United
States surrender Messrs. Mason and Slidell?) Wi

It looks upon the |

“To lie in cold obstruction and to rot”

in those waters which erewhile bore the rich ar-
| gosies of the world’s commerce.

This, we should think, was not a very difficult
or dangerous matter. There was no opposing
'foree; but it seems that the event must be mag-
nitied inte a glorious result of genius and valour,
in order, we suppose, that the national eagle may

once more soar with his eyes to the sun,” the |

xaid optics being at length free from the tears
consequent on previous disasters.

| We are strongly of opinion that this act will
have an effect but little anticipated by its authors.
In its moral and political aspects it is disgraceful
to all coneerned in its perpetration. In a moral
point of view, it, as intended and hoped to be a
| permanent closing of the harbour, admits of no

excuse. Such an act is adding to the hardships

. : ~ . j
As to their being “ treasonable” publications, we | would be of unbounded ivyalty to @
the | Selflaudation characteristic of the braggarts of the Throne

to yon With a rth that

le Lothe
the Islaiitler can justly be regarded as a fair index —2e Il drive the we

Ht ponraitders from oar shit’ Canada ison
| ic pinion here. A writer in Blackwood’s, it shall not be lost th . ooite, x nd
of public opinion here w ‘on the part of 1 naa aufenne.e coward

| Magazine, speaking of the New York Herald, rays ee :
‘fet every person it the States reads that paper, | Now, an regards the loyalty of the French Oy,
Dut nw one believes it, and all classes despise the | tholiee—thongh not strictly pertinent to

| editor amd his lucubrations, So it is, to some de-| —it may net mot be arise to give ten short on,
| gree, the case with 4 large proportion of the read-/ traets heré, fur their attachment tu. polities: Prins
ers of the Pilot and Irish Ametican—Catholics in| ciple is getetilly the wame as that of thelp
British America may read them for the sake of and Seoteh emteligionixts, We are indebted for
the home news, and as being the depositories of | these extracts to the Halifax “ Evening ¥ ne
incidents and reminiscences connected with fami-| Which is under the control of an Ivieh Catholic,
‘liar places in their native land; but they can do/ and is considered the Organ of the Iristt Catbolig
“this without endorsing the rabid opinions of the ; in Nova Scotia:

editors on political affairs. By the Secretary's | CANADA AND ENGLAND.

own showing, it appears that he has beer a very; Wo published I our last issue ay’
diligent reader of the “ disloyal’ pritts thdet #on-) of a letter wriften by T. D. Meee, ae
| sideration; and sureiy when it is proper fora guod tefetetive to the position lrishmen in Gang

| Protestant and a loyal man like him to read them, | would take, should war unk
| it eannot be very wrong for Catholics todo the same. they rac ~
i . . J aware,

cannot see Low that charge ean be proved. They and dag of England. We now give extrac.
are owned and conducted by American citizens, from the Freneh journals, which plainly show

| who owe no allegiance to the Britwh Crown; and that the. liberal policy of
pomereantediptth seg | Lower Canada, has secured the tape

| they have just as good a tight te express their opi |

|‘ nions adverse to Britisi rule as thousands of other
| journalists in the same country. As regards the

Irish American, it may be well to state, that the

that large and important portion
colony. No doubt. in calculating,
chances of war with the mother

|riean statesmen expected that some

‘editor and proprietor of that paper ina Protestant,| sympathy would be manifested in
| no doubt as zealous in his faith as Mr. Pope him-| towards the ** cuare and Stripes" and
| ale agony ite, eaten wate rican institatione ; bat in so far ar the
| aelf; and it is just as likely that hae wou “and French portion of Canada am

| cepted as*the exponent of Catholic views and feel- | the Federalists need expect but bittle +
ings, as that the Colonial Seeretary will ever be) and comfort’’ in that quarter. We know of

publicly recoguized as the champion of any creed. no country in the world where a
‘amount of rational freedom is cntep aon
those B. N. American Colonies, :

The Islander asks:—* Vf the Irish American = |»
| the Pilot are not the true exponents of the feel-| b
ings of Irish Catholics in uns, will Mr. Whe. have all the blessings of the Brition
‘lan kindly favour us with the title of an Irikh Ca-| 0on. without any of its burdens ;
‘tholic ‘organ’ which daca aot systematically revile | fore, Coloniste would be m
; such circumstanees, to exchange
American institutions, however mech

| England ?”

Yes, we shall give our contemporary the title inetitutions may be peised in the:
of more than one such “ organ,” and extracts from | Republic adjoining us :—

the same that must satisfy any reasonable man as (From La Mi 7
to the soundness of the position we have assumed UNE rh,

—that Lrish Catholics in British America are tho- Pe i ae agi co <i land
roughly loyal. neighbors? This is now the Question
| The “True Witness and Catholie Chronicle,” naturally ask ourselves. We will coer
| published in Montreal, is, we believe, the most able our duty, the rele we have — isa
and influential organ of the Irish Catholies in Ca-) traced vut. Being subjects o
‘nada. The No. for December 27, contains an ad. ' be-ides, preferring the British
-mirable article on the subject under consideration, | the Star Spangled Banner. we will

* arms should it be required, We

from which we gfve the following extract:—

with « certain class of the aristocracy, | ing, as it was necessary to work at full tide: They
alibougd they willingly admit his virtues now that, looked desolate enough, as they lay upon their! il
be it po more §=Tbey thought him stiff and cold, ges, masts and rigging sull standing, sete listed to
but it was wnly the duller aud more pretentious of ports and oth rbourd, ail presenting wu con
the afistueracy who found him so. “* He had been epee Ly pepe sente f oAim Reger
bronght up.” says the Saturday Recjer, “at small i wore Tented tat Alte: Guaitiinivailie
German Courts, the worst possible school of man- leaving the North Nothing was required but to
aere for one whe was to winke himself popular give out a plug and the water rushed ih with foree
wit the Eughsh, and thus contracted a certain enough to fill them in en hour
oti fness Wich, combined with a reserve winch The Charlestonians must

, comparable to nothing but a fleet

t left ! All of the

~ *

have felt themselves

my, 2 portion of the regiment fred withont orders, | did they encourage the popular sentiment to a siti
iling live of the gee wee, , Phe "eb lar position?) The United States Gavernneet and and sufferings of war against.a particular power, |
n discovered, and Uo} HV LOr Ha VaANICed CUN- | peo nle pore > ¥Tred o stand on the ground aM |
tiously to the left, and soon after came in sight of vy es : + tas SS bende cate ious aus hostility towards the whole human race, and)
another regiment butafew yardsaway. To be sure gut; he serreched his loudest screech of detiance— | manifests a spirit of which the red Indian would |
there wus vo mistake, Colonel Taylor shouted to the | then pe j
Colonel, and asked who he was. ‘‘ The Colonel pf) ,, AE EA perenne eae ee , have been ashamed,
the Ninth,” was the reply. “Of what Ninth ee ee ee ‘S| Had the Federal forces gone where they would
“Don’t shoot!" said the Yankees, “we are friends! at the first grow] of the lion. This is the attitude | .
—South Carolinians.” ‘On whieh side are you !’’| of the enemy. It would greatly console us to con- |
asked Col. Taylor. “ For the Union,’ and imine
diately after the Colonel gave the command to fire,! bition of imsolence and cowardice could sink him |

Was SOK

meet their foes—had they taken possession of the

From the Montreal True Witness,

It is important that our neighbours on the}
other side of the Lines, should clearly understand |
the sentiments entertained towards them, and to-|

and by the Irish Catholics of Canada especially, |

Great misapprehension prevails upon this subject. yors, it should alsa oblige them ft»

The New York Metropolitan Record of the 21st_

tempiate him did we not know that no new exhi- City of Charleston, and held it asa basis for future | instant, has the following, with reference to our) their duties as well as their righte, if

| once more that we may. be oy whie still

| defending our nationality ;

Upper Canada will learn that if. we do pot
wish to be crushed, the wish doves not arise
from hatred of England. If their of

‘wards the British Government, by the Catholics,| population, as they repeat so often,

them aright to more protection a

more loyalty ; we will see if they

was tue odsprmg of genuine, though misconstrued,
iaudesty, somewoat detracted trom the effect of
his steriing vues and aceymuplistunents on the
haitds of those with whom he came iy contact.”
Tout thoae whe approached Prince Alvert person-
ally, and were entitied to respect. found him

“ey my a age "The = 2 anes } ic a and a volley was poured into the Kentuckians from | lower in the world’ sestimation. The United States
wed sige a half fro = a o pat dave we by woe the Ninth Infantry, regulars, U.S. A. The eagage- has lost no character by an exhibition of poltrooury
the batteries on Morris Island. Forts Risen he r and went then beewme general, and our four regiments | as yet unknown ia the diplomacy ot other uations.
Moultrie, from the flaystatfs of wl 1 Captain Cutt’s four guns, were soon actively Phat country had already sunken beneath the reach
lors were visible raved. ‘Che Yankees had every advantage of po-| of infamy. The only charge of bayonets made

| : ». There were several houses along the Lees-| during the war by Lincoln's soldiers was that of

1 hi the rebels’ co

ulso made seve .
behind Fort Sumter, where | *“*'

\ small steamer

| operations, and as a site from which their forees
| might bring the contest to a successful issue, they
| would have pursued a course justifiable in view of
\the cireumstances in which they were placed,

|

| Irish friends :— | exploits are based upon population,

| “ There js net an Irishman in the South or in t
Canada, that would not eageriy accept the enper: | [From Le Journal Quesec.]

‘tunity now presented of paying off the debt of} For Canada which, a new Belgium, woeld
| eenturics Which they ewe to the English enemy.” | become the field of battle to the great powers

we ral reconngissances fr
The proba-| she would

atteutive, amiable and considerate.
is admitied (by those who object to the moved as it

aut when
Real
weniid

quickly our men-of-war

to chare f her he tpless

}

Princes maaaer ou account et its partaking ef ness she did not give us a shot, though it

has been
vessels
tnow
Wea returned

the stiffuess of Gerusan etiquette) “that he was Grae! for her to hire toward the blockading
always couscivus of an embarrassing contrast A @ Ren Tuer e
; t low water «
betwees the real power which he exercised and ¢ Af b ah . Armes
: . oben ai eueay
his semmal position. No doubt the Prince, 5)0+ i¢ mieht drift
where he mot with pretewsion, put torth preteusion plan that
and overpowered it; but the probability above hands of : s. It was a singular sight to see
suggested may convey a truth which the Prince the big «pars topple over with a crash and a crenk
himsel! was Luptessed with. but which has not as soon as the myying was severed hoa fe w blows
eecurre? to writers who.in the course of their oO! 2m axe A would have drivena N - York junk
panegy treat of the power of the Consert te Man mmc to iaVe seen the qiantity Of va nave ropes,
ery i oles P  ) 1, sails, blocks and iron work which were ruthlessly
advise aad direct m privaie, as an inherent right Be an dahlia nak aenae ck aed hea
- - Ve Vee “ut blaede ene abla mie ¢ lie < '
The Constitution does not recoguive @ power Of oo). Were all that could The Robin Hood
that kuul in connection with the Tarone, and wa. the last vessel tiie had teen
separate from it; and ot tuis fagt no one becawe se»

ehouse for the valuables which were t

stance than she ventured t

r

nm Fridav the ships’ ere
their masts and rigs

s gy, inorder
0 sea: for it Was no part of our
this property should fall into the

sed ae

n from

mete seusiole than we late Queen Adelaide, when the ether h hailed from New London,
the advice which ahe uniortunately gave the King Coun ow! ist have been a waggish fel
was found te be wacong-nial te the wishes and in- !0% aa vi iphony he had absurdly
counsels, and aithongh i would be idle to expect eee eee these L seen 2 oad shell probably

& leving wife, confident im the wisdom and integ- ....4 to serve the double |
rity of ner husbami, tv abstain trom turmng te yemente of the blockade aud a spechuen of quict
Jhiva tor advice, the giving of it can be excused wir
alone by its gooduess nut auecess, The advice! It is not often that persona are permitted to des
P ve Kive William was neither: tor valuable property, wud feel at the sune time
for profitabl. Penee Albert’ mird was ‘st they are oiny fight. yu the oecasion, how
differently constitted to that of the Inst Quoon ©: seh @ senthweat could be properly entertain
Concert, whose personal simiahility, thongh it re- es coe erp we! es eu, ee a on okhen
, plaved in using their axes, 1 am inclined to think
commended her to the affections of the peopl, that they
was her chiei, if net ber only recommendation... pyugiv
The real er Which the Prince exercised, and and thé inclination to in
found thetcis an enivarrasing contrast to his Without stint. After everrthingthat could be
buiminal position. was wisely regulated; for he Ws taken from the Robin Hood, her rigui
had ® bunself waster of Constitutional law, “# “¢ “ frapped,”’ or secured to the ni
and held by a fine resolution to allow no considera. : Ser ays 99 SSeneape . and 23 aprranner -f Sh
tion of persons! pride or ambition to divert his wie rte fenton 0 ao ecusias ae o Weceten if.
steps froin the course to which that study had led forded a novel and | read be anaaed agen ay
him. = Debarred trom the field of political action, who witnessed it Fae blockading squadron was
he could net renounce political duties, tor was he especially entertained. Their lives are such a dull
wot the pattuer, the guardian, and the natural and tedious round of monotony that
gue of the Queen! His responsibilities were Miticent spectacle would have afiorded them a topic
wamense. And it is a great tung tu be said now of conversation for a month. The weather during
that he is ne more, that not one serious fault is ley ‘ble, pared bol ng
imputed to him. His sagacity was sufficient te oo pave been perturmed. Tae underiaking was
deweet au errur, and his patrietisin was resolute accomplished without an accident, and the entire
for its correction. Ifi« political acquirements arrangement reflects alike the vreatest praise upon
were great, but they were necessarily dormant; | Captain Davis for the prudence and wisdom of his
he weld bave made a popular statesman in a plans, and upon his able asristante for the musterly
station below the throne: fur his life and conduct | @anner in which they were executed,

it te Barunn nrpose of ;

cousiderea the privitece one to he tho

things was.a bixur

> wt Was

ly enjoyed. Smashing

beautiful sight to mox#t of those

a far less way

burg turnpike, and back of ita hill, upon which | Fairfax’s marines on Mixs Slidell ; and the surrender Phe world has endured for weary months the |
their battery was placed. Lower down, and oppo- | of her father at the first menace of Great Briain,
site the Eleventh, "was another battery, placed in) will errate neither more disgust nor further sur
position to eufilade the turnpike should we enter it.) prise.” wiles 4 ! } , 3
The main batiery of six guus swept the road upon ft considers that “it is certain that. the British | result, in the hope that Esau and Jacob would at
which we were advancing, and kept up an incessant wanted war; that they were confident of getting it, length be reconciled —that like the quarrels of

;

fire of grape, eamnister and spherical case. The ac- and that they will be bitterly disappointed at the
curgey of their aim was remarkable, considering the result.’ It then censtres the Palmerston Ministry | brethren, one touch of nature would again make |
‘the parties of kin to each other.

rapidity with which the guns were fired. Captain) for giv ing Seward and Lincoln the chance of humi

Cutts got three of his pieces in position and returned | tiation, when it could have takem redress with the
‘ally. Meanwhile the hich hand and shut the deer to apology by recalling | dispelled. The experience of each suceceding day

ents of infantry, and, Lyons, sending home Adams, and se tting the British |

t

ut once fa full enil-fie the scone of ertion. | but shows a constantly widening gulf between the |
, North and South, and it is this consideration—the

That hope is |

ihe “live rapidly and suecessf

encmy advanced several reg
protected by the natare of the ground, came within | feet
at hundred yards of ts, aud forming im line, fired tor THE NECESSITY
we, keeping the air full of minnie balls, and
finally attempted to eharve. Three times the offi
cers grve the order, and tried to yet their men for
ward but failed. They eculd not be pushed into the

OF SELF-RELIANCE,

considers that it is time that the people of the South | by either of the parties to the contest—which
should swaken more fally to the dangers ut home,| * , : >
; y : renders the immorality of the act we refer to so

thicket Soon after this the firiny ov beth sides! tM heud their eves morg OU their own government,
censed, but not before great damage war @one to one, “2d less on the relatiouships of furcign nations:— | conspicuous. The Federal Government would
force. For over an hour both «4 * *} Not to the wooden walls of Enughuid shoald we | have the privilege of treating its Southern captives
incessant firing rie vu and look for the liberation of Mason and Slidell, but to . : . ;
= and the sia, eneiei Enel the bayonets of Benuregard.. When Beauregard | 25 ptisoners of war or rebels, as it pleased, without
Po) ve ita little more det reaches Washington, and Jolinston Covington, | extrinsie interference, and the ejaculatory “ ra

cling by the flank, t

3, two companies of t

Mason and Slidell will be nearer the Court of St.
Jumes than they ever were on board the Trent.

As itis, if our independence is to be won for ns
sent forward. Capt. Houston's company charged by the strength of England, ow revolution will
the Yankees with a shout, and drove them in, and stand on the pages of history Inany but an envinbie
soon after (he shout was takeu up by others, andall light; and when the pugsiebs and privutions Fe be closed by masses of stone—that those masres
udvaneced within sight of Drainsville. Company A,!) present are past, mar eve wWosparkles. . : “eee ae |
od seo hice ee eu thocvignt, Dat Oy TANTEI exunetion at ia aD aud, Wall droop are itkely to remain efter this wretched etruzgic |

some means got lost, aud Was separaied tromthere- in shame at the unneeded confession of weak pa- shall have terminated—and without regard-to the
varty in whose favour it may be ended—we, in the

rictis’

VOulu Virginia weve thrown out as skinmwishers, and
'

quarrel, Bat when we find that harbors are to

gliment u the fight was over fi the enem)
formed in line of battle, Col. Forney drew the Tenta
Alabama up also, and pre;

triotisin and unenduring bravery its seeking proved.
If there be a proud spectacle on earth, a bright }
vance upon! page in history, it is the spectacle or the narration interests of civilization, protest against the pro-
them lic ecolness aud daring con of aselfaunking nation.’ Jf there be a humilintinog
Lic por ition, it is the liberty that ix due toa protector

by Col. Forne
t The past of Great | the Federal power gains the supremacy, who is

we displayed ° .
ii ceeding as a barbarous outrage. Suppose that
wk ward and ward in front he hne, en-| ate de facto, though not in name.

vg his wen, and in geiting al d for) Gritain is a guarantee of the ultimate cost of her fa-

benefitted, finy, who is not injured by the ruin of

the coming strugyle. e can be said of Col.| vors, But be that as it may, England’s business is
Garland. Soon after t not ours, and God forbid that itever shouldbe, Look Charleston harbor. Imagine the Confederates

ugh the rata
d

Forney was shot thi we to things at home, and cense this shamefal avi
Martin was killed. at dity tor the aid of the foteigner, an avidity which: :
devolved upon Major Woodward, who commanded; we will one day weep fears of shame and sorrow ruin of Charleston harbor?
on one side of the road, and the senior Captain on) for having encouraged.

the other. ‘This regiment lost inoreiban any other.) This aid is not needed.) With quicker action, we | ‘ ‘ ;
The Sumter Artillery was in the road,and had three! never would have cared @ rush for it, Sonthern va- | stoppage of one of the great mouths through which |
‘yuns in position. QOuly four pieces were out, and: lor, Southern wealth, and Southern patriotism were
about sixty men. Captrin Cutts and hismen fought adequate to u task tenfold more diftieult, if properly : ; : :
bravely, and suffered severely. The enewy's bat- led; and it they are, or have been, forced to look | ducg regions of the glube bear their treasures to
teries played upon him for sume time, and killed) with anxicty tor foreign help, the fault lies only th
warly all his horses, destroyed one Jimber and ex-) with those who paralyzed onr arts.
ploded a cxison. {
upon the field. The guns still keeping tiring and), f ‘ s . , | also termed it impolitic
did good execution—“every shot scattering the Yanu- The Ric hmond Examiner hasa very strony article ' Apontic. 4
kees, and telling upon thein serionsiy. He suceeeded On the condition of the Southern army in Virginia. | attribute may be inferred from several preeeding
in breaking their line, and in driving their sivarp- It says that demornlization is fast creeping in “from
} the Insane and reckless neglect of the Government

snecessful, will the North be benefitted by the
And im either con-

e commend cf ihe re

tingeney, will net the world at large suffer by the |

‘

e ocean. In every respect we regard this act as

CONDITION OF THH SOUTHERN ARMY.

cirenmstances. It is not probable that the seizure

We speak only for eurselves—that is for Cana.

temporary are as groundless as their enunciation |
is insulting, and in the highest degree dishonoring
to the Irish Catholic subjects of Queen Victoria in |
Canada.

For the groundlessness af the assertion—that in
the event of a war with the United States any |

section of our Catholic community would fight on

the side of the invader, against “the English |
enemy” —we need only refer the New York Me-

‘million of dollars, and to-dest

|

involved in the quarrel, peace would bea

stoppage of commercial intercourse of a valine and | da; and in so far as the latter is concerned, we | benefit; but if it fixes a stain on ** the
!tmportance almost fabulous. It has so waited the | assert that the anticipations of our New York con-| which has braved the battle and the

will it be an honor for Great Britain?
England has much to lose in respect of ite
material interest in a war with the United
States. They owe her more than a hundred
New York,
Bostun and Philadelphia, would be to throw
British gold into the sea. The war would
be for the Americans a full went for all

tropolitan Record to what is taking place around | the past. Laws would he broken, t

* 7” ”

column.
To insinuate that Trish Catholics—subjects by
their own free will and deliberate act, of Queen |
Victoria—whe have voluntarily chosen Canada as
their futura home, and the home of their children
—iand who have therefore voluntarily taken upon

themselves the duties and obligations of British |

government beneath whose flag they have spon-
taneensly placed themselres—is to limpugu their |
honor, benesty, and religions sincenty. It is)
eqnivatent to asserting that the brish
are traitors to their Church; hypocrites whe pro-

tess with their lips a religion which they deny in) whe the dete Of the

their hearts; and doable-faced scoundrels whose
word no man sueuld rely on. ‘The New York Me-

tropolitan Record but repeats the slauders of the |

vile Orange press, und gives the sanction of his
influent:al columns to the mendactous calumnies of
our bitterest enemies. ” . rs °
It cannot be urged that the Government of
Queen Victoria ix so unjust and tyrannical, either
armed insurrection agalust it, ye si ro
We earnestly entreat of our contemporary to

in Ireland or in Canada, as to justify rebellion ar |

The Memylis (Tennessee) Argus of Dee. 19th, Cortectness of whieh cannot be truthfully gainsaid | y."and to the spirit of the Irish Catholic press, foerver effaced, It is the custom in the
of which clear indications will be found in another) States to fill
* *

aps im the balance sheet by
bankruptey. It is, therefore, a seri
ter for England to go to war with the.
thern States; but can the

she has already used over much,
any other effect than that of

insolence of the American peo

ing eo
, and

would be the utmost of sympathy te be suhjeets—lovk upon their fellow-subjects as “ ene-| NE them on to new outrages? It is there
expressed by those not immediately parties to the ties,” and are panting for vengeance upon the fore only a question of time when we

have war; but we shall baye it whe +

North dias eseaped from her nt contest

ong oumbertiamente: we sail bas 2b mies
in Canada | probably England wall be

in some European war; we shall havevt
Nurtt See
_Sngland has doubled. sa
If we bad more space to spare, and
cessity for it, we could make farther we
this bady of evidence, which niust be admitted tf
be conclusive. But we know it is unneecsagy
trespass further on the atteution of our reader.
Mr. Pope is evidently anxious to get up.a lengthy
discussion on Lrish aud Cathelie affairs, #0 as te

reconsider his hasty and groundless judgment ; we | DesiGenitheaen iesethnedtin haul

beg of him te retract his calumny against us, and

the wealth-bearing streams of the most wealth-pro- | we implore him not to judge of us by those emas- and the short-camings of the Ieland Go-ernment.
culated epecimens of Catholicity which he sees

| Ue will be mistaken in the attempt. He may as

around him, and not te measure us by the mise- | sert ax many falsehoods as he please respeeting

rably low standard of morality which obtains

those duties, to God and to man, which our hely

‘Twenty-tive horses were lett dead | immoral and consequently unjustifiable. We have almost universally in the United States. Our ro- the loyalty of Trish Cathelies, We feel that tiey
Its title to this latter fessions are not deliberate lies ; if we call ourselves require no defence against an assailant like Wil
Catholics, we are also prepared to perform all jian, 1, Pope, who, having failed te provoke re

religion imposes upon us; and inthe words of the “ligious strife by letters over his own signature,

shooters from the house belind which they were
hidden. When ordered to fall back, they eces |
| were taken to the rear by hand, with the assistance |
of the infaniry. Seeing ibe wayous safely to the
pomps aud formaiities of a Court had no other re- | rear, ( ig oy gave orders to ft he a better
Ousurudaiio laps they we etd | . me . ee . Usilion. i¢ regiments marched to the rear in
pr 0 be shan a0 hey we reconnected | etect of the Civil War iu the United States is that Ate order, both sides having ceased firing. At this
with respectable traditious aud the feelings Of 8) furnished by the deliberate preparation and sinking + ° : : 2 ale tere : en
. i a Prince's wlasion, he beiieved, | of what ix known us the “ Stoue Fleet,’
has higher objecis than Ube u bolding ot state tru-| Hole Fleet,”’ &e., by means of which the Federal
ditions, andl tae fostering of the pleasures of noble Government purpose not merely to shut for a time,
frivolity-meagers; art and science found in him but if possible to destroy for ever the ports of the
theretere a stendfast promoter, and philanthropy Southern States. So determined and malignant is
tts firaest friend. se of politieal quiet park sre Ser ber Py th wi oe rs 2 o k
. . . . ‘we “uke ne! Tuy, 3 na Priel ney whi
which has been enjoyed in this country siftee Pe ein cowule inva line : Beene A gc
i . rs - with it mer a att ms the stone laden ve sme is ing iite # hew ChaARREt wus
ted » Albert's connectic wer: ¥ De altri | out in another direction, they adupied the plan of
buted in part to his wie counsels, whereby the sinking the vesselx in three lines, so as, while
strives of political factious bave been wmiti ;
aVe ry ‘ > hyeer : eter tr * t mehe AN impaes- > - z
: " ha Hb uaitigate d, allowing the water to piss out, to make an impars- once mo.e drew up his force and awaited the enemy,
the passivus of public men subdued; there js able maze of crooked windings and sand banks. ‘but be had enough of it, and was not disposed to
» doubt at all of the rapid progress in the artsof The London Exiuniner, of wear 14th, says Of | vive battle again. Thus cuded the battle of Drains
pcaer, euntoris of Lome, aad the proprieties ‘'* utterly barbarous aud lndetonmble proceediag: | ville, which although disastrous to ue, Was more so
if domestic life, having been advanced by his eon- “But supposing reparation to be made forthe Trent | to the enemy, if recent reports are true. It is be-

>

THE STONE FLURT.

were dedica od te the * enuxe of progress ;" there |
is no standing still with lite, and the lite of nations, |
i upeu aetivity. The dull,

¥

One of the strongest proofs of the demoralizing

returning found his regiment gone und himself near
ly surrounded by Yankee cavalry. Throwing him-
self down he eluded them, and afterwards crept into
a pine coppice and remained there umil dark with
Yankees on each side of him. At night he escaped
Fe |
injury bevond a slight scratch on the hand froma
musket ball. ‘Taking his force to the rear where
the ground offered better positions, General Stuart

3

to sustain and cultivate the spirit of the soldiery.”’
There is too much druakiess among the octliers

on the Potomac, and too much vacant idling among |

the men. Weare informed asa positive fact that)

admiration in England, or elsewhere out of the
Northern States; nor that General Seott’s modest,

ti
that,

ithe majority of the army onthe Potomac the proposition to the Emperor of the French had | in questioa, but only by their enemies,”

practice of regimental drills bas fallen into complete

is not only essential for schooling the soldier, it ful-|
fills other yastly important and essentia) purposes. |
It developers and educates the physique, fortities the

soldier against disease: and, what is perhaps the |
most important moral consideration of all gives him }

and joined his regiment this morning, sustaining no | occupation for a portion of his time each day, and | paralyses industry by withholding its supplies, and,

protects him, xt least measurably, against the canker
worm of the army—ennui. What can be predicted |
but utter demoralization for an army whose condi- |
tion is that of tens of thousands of men, living in |
uniter idleness, grovelling in their tents, with no |
other occupation than whit is atlorded by the greasy |
pack of cards that is the inevitable inmate of every |
tent, or the yellow-covered novel, Whose wretched |

, time Col. Tom Taylor rode to the rizht to see what | disuse. This alone wouldbe sufficient to demoralize | raised a strong current of public opinion in behalf!
the Rat disposition had beeu made of his neighbors, aud on | 8¥Y army mn clrcnmestances such as ours. The drill | of the people whose representative he was; but it!

is no unreasonable supposition that France and
England will no longer stand by idle spectators of a
sham war, which prevents international commerce, |

in addition, presents the very undignified appear. |
ance of two dogs meeting in preconceived or
natural ill will, and making a considerable amount |
of grumbling.

|
As this closing of Charleston harbor may pos-|

‘These are the reasons why the nation outrage, and the prisoners to be restored safe trom | lieved there Were seven regiments of infantry, one and perhups filthy entertainment bag more than once sibly lead to the interference of European powers

yuch law, which seems too patural a sequence to | of cavalry, and eight pieces of lightartillery against
Wilkes law, will it not be forthe powers of oe us. Captains James H. Jameson and A. A. Yeat-

. . ; ~onsider whether the measures the North is tak- | man, of tbe Eleventh Virginia reyiment, were among
ry of the Prince, will ing against the South are consistent with the inte- | the wounded. be Tenth Alabama suffered very

ers bie i tes le ter in history for ad-| rest of civilization? Is it to be endured that the severely. Col. John Forney was seriously wounded

pag ae “a De A. future geuerations, | Federal Goveryment shall cke out the inefficacy of | in the right arm; Lieut. Col. J.B. Martin was kill-

v of the World, 2. }its blockade by the detestable means deserjbed in | ed, and a large number of line officers were wounded. |

-_——_+ea——__-——_ | this malignant passage, respecting the fleet of ves- | In the Sixth South Carolina regiment, Capt. Means, |

| sela laden with siong to be sunk to choke up South- | was seriously wounded, aud jn the First Kentucky |

LATE FROM EUROPE. j ern ports ?— regiment, Capt. John Desha, with a Jarge number |

T i j i +, | of “€ issione ic ivates, were

nee “The main ship channel leading to Savannah is |0f 20D commissioned officers gnd privates, |

Tle R. M. Steamer Canada arrived at half-past 9 but 250 yards acroxs jy the narrowest place, and can | pens d. A “3 t agen D ecemned, porn maby ouepre of

Sym Liverpool. Dutes are to the 26th. ‘ | be perfectly barred by half adozen of these vexvels. | Me See hel: 8 ge ~ ; ier theless ia pte hag

The Canadas brongist ter this yarrinon (Halifax,} | Charleston harbour is equally eligible to the same | HT OVETWaedLiing lotce. sol tog tind” litidieatn |

Otligers aud men of (ue Koyal Arullery < a k ; led severely, and fost, it is reported by the citizens |

dees Var title place's taatment. Onen-sunk,..Sheee std balks became | f Drainsville, more than we did. We took two|

so Wit on ers for this place, is the Hon.| points for the yecumujation of alluvials whieh the no ena — ' ‘

*. y. of New Branmwiek, one of the Railway | rivers bear down, and of the sands which the tidés | PIRVGCEs: |

4 , ; aha , bagh Bae rt : vn 1 other force was sent out under

Delegaes, We learn that up te the time of his! carry back. There is @ natural tendency in such |. This mpeens ano) Fn : Mi He ki |

deperture, DO definite answer bad been received | ports to form obstructions, and all we bave to do is i Gen. Stuart, but huis not yet returned. e took pos

é 7 . . . ’ | . . or r Fae te . Si ae an / ;

frun Government relative to the great undertaking | as the pbysici: os. “tm neat matere.”  Hecore, | Stemen OF the battle-field of the day previous, and

bat the War still open for ti “ ci at : Me | in mo y cae Iv it belied | » the sand, these accumn He reports this evening the loss of the |
evocation. Mr.) ing thorongaly lmeedcea nh sand, ome ft - :

duct.
swourne for Prince Albert's loss, ‘luey are facts
dispute, whiew whilst they cause a grateti!

i

u

}

j still holds it. }

Howe ve calaed in London, in order, if possible, to | lations but advance with time forming unconqnerable Je oe — om pes ier map but I Ke un- |
freccive a Gaal auswer betore leaving, } obstacles to re-opening the harbors, und establish- | #¥Je, at this early date, to give tuller particulars, |
RE 6 ye gr teagan on the wad, while the fane- | ing a blockade wie he Mahan, prenenen, dipte iniarennpinesalntaetinnaiieiliipecinsiap
» Trinee Cumsort were poi: ut uevy of the world wi ” utterly powerless to 2 > OF ‘FAIRS IN THE SOU
ndgur, bin one rly mort Berea Rwy, dette i * ruiee.”” It must be rn. there semen STATE OF AP WAIRS IN THE SOUTH. |
ever meen. Throuyt the principal t:or-azhfares,} wonderfully gratifying in this silent, resistless piece rae WT . ; “ve . }
sidetatyahe aboys were nearly, Wf wot quite ne unt |of Rhadanunthean justice. The exlunens of the | ¢The New York papers publish several columne
Femreuy oUch as ou Suncay. very one kuvwethut | method is fine, and achef d’a@nvre in its way; no) | ae if sh ay te We collate | : Sle nati a
Inter .njewtious of business in Londou sre so few and | further theatrical vengeance, yo laying of the city | Pe ~ A. of i s “aa de : eo bs Hoses prey wear
Ween, that most husy men seize every such | in ashes, as those heated braggarts of Charleston roe ip sa <E_ SERETUSRTING OR TAS PRUENNS Gite |
dar We «Oats aa | a ’ silent blight falling on them as | 224 the condjtton of things at the South. Some of |
iY, Mowever ijouraful iin vecasion, tur a holiday, | threatened, but a si x aling t as | im eeumees atters aa be
bus theme was uothing of the kind on that duy.| though out of the night—deadly, inevitable—and |e geretih ie 9h om oF Waters AS Delhg JU POW mB}
The sky wae dull and heavy, the air chill and an-! leaving those pertidions cities in a petriiied death in very anestisfuctory constition.
wenial. che gust wind ladet With suioke wud baze ;/ life, to’ point a moral er adorn a tale.’—New York
bP ae by hee ee Ti ah Mong Navel ad y nota , Limes. The Richmond Examiner of the 3d inst. considers
changed ite whole zapect. mre | Willthe civilized Christian world anffer a warfare nay A yoaghs 3 endear oy weg We ne pe Peete
fhe accuuute vt. sicveitios at Warsaw are daily | Cartied to this fiendish pitch of destructiveness, | Gorolina. Whenever and wherever they try the
ore feyuling. A Loudon paper remarks that it fs | choking uP forever natures channels of life, inter- lexperiment they are sure to be repulsed. © The Ex-
jay & question between the Greek and Koman | Course and plenty? A blockade is an injarious in- laminer then continues oh ! :
Churehes. ia tuis there is great trath, only the | terference with the business of nations, but it is é e
thing “auotuew. Tue extension of the Emperor's ‘temporary, and when the purpose is effected, or | The Northern people and government anticipate
urch is alwayathe means for extending the power abandoned as impracticable, there is a return of the | great effects from the nayal operations ou the coast,
of the Emperor. My this mail we hear of fz Pariah | “tts quo ante ; but this infernal expedient of the | because apartof the plan was a multiplied series of
Priests bewyseut ty Siberia. The Cearis more and “uannel choking is resorted to us permanently successful marches and subjugations thre ughout the |
wore determined tw do for the Poles what Caligula | destructive, depriving a whole region of one of its | Atlantic States. They supposed that, buving the |
@id for the Jews when they bousted that he bad | Matural outlets of production, and ruining its cities | ports, they would soon wind easily have also the
Besailed sues iu euch & mauler us ” to put God on | more efleetnally than by fire and sword, whose | country commanded by the ports. To taice posses.

UNION OPERATIONS ON THE COAST.

| Richmond is tilled with soldiers who,have come out

| suicide rather than be constrained t return to the

gone the rounds of the company.

We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that the army
is becoming a name of terrer and dread to the minds |
of our citjzens. ‘The newspapers are still filled with |
udvertisements of bonusses for “substitutes,” al- |
though the War Department has pted a rule re-
stricting the number of substituti {to one in each
company. The rates paid for substitutes are enor-
mous. We are informed that they average from two
hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars; and we
have been told of w recent instance. where fifteen
hundred dollars were paid for promptprocurement of |
a substitute to take the place of a private suddenly |
constrained to leave the army. EWionces stare us
in the face of the unwillingness of men to accept the
life of famine, dirt and vacant idleness in the army.

of the hospitals, or who have got hege on some pre-
tence or other, applying for discharges, and striving
and wriggling in all sorts ef ways to get out of the
army. lt was but afew days ago that a soldier,
discharged trom one of the hospitals here, committed

army.

The Examiner then, in the strongest terms, cen-
sures the government for net having taken neces-
sury precautions against such an unfortunate state
of affairs, and concludes by saying :—

“We are firmly convinced that the reform of the
condition of our army, with a wise and tirm hand,
and the holding out of rewards, not to evarice or
idleness, but to the true patriotic enthusiasm of our
country in the prospect of an active military policy
and of a share of military glory, will provide the
best security for re-enlistment and the most success-
ful stimulautto volunteering. We are astirmly con-
vinced that no other measures will restore the «pirit
of the volunteer and the enthusiasm of the country.”

The finapejal arrangements of the Confederacy
are also ridiculed by the Southern press in no very
qualjtied terms. In fuct the financial affairs of North
and South gppear to be equally in a most hopeless
condition, and both parties may be, ere long, obliged
to come to some amicable arrangement from their
sheer inability to tind the means to carry on the con-
test.

Tue Brockapine Squapnron.—The National! In-

‘in this domestic quarrel, and consequently to the |

recognition of the Southera Confederacy, we hope |
that we shall hear no more such wondrous deeds |
by “the inost free and enlightened people on the |
earth,” but that, taking wisdom in his anger, our!
saucy brother Jonathan may be induced to remem-

ber, ere the sadness of adversity shall have tanght | 7

him, that they who live in glass houses should not |
throw stones, in Charleston harbor or elsewhere. |
Ladle tt

LOYALTY OF IRISH CATHOLICS,

WE have ne doubt that Mr. Secretary Pope feels
that he is under great obligations to us for supply-|
ing him with the materials neecessary to write the
editorials which the Queen’s Printer has not the
ability to prepare for the organ of the Government.
Our remarks upon the loyalty of the Catholics in)
Amegiea, in England and Ireland, have furnished |
the Secretary with the staple for an editorial ; and |
our well understood opinions on the famous Land
Commission furnish the substance of a second one.
Through these editorials—the only ones which the
last Isiander coutains—the name of “ Mr.Whelan”
figures no less than seventeen times. The frequent
use of one’s patronymic in discussion is sometimes
flattering to its possessor, but then he hopes to
find something upon which he can make a suitable
notice in return. Our opponent has not deigned
to afford us this gratification to any considerable
extent. He has talked at us and about us very
largely, but rambling nonsense and absurdity are

Sueir side, | ravages may be repaired, not so those of this hellish
The Mopiteur annonners the appointment of two| device of malice, uecording to the calculation of ite
he tatee rearaduiirals, leu euptaine, forty authors. Rivers are the highways of the world,
Wenante of weu-of-war, and fourteen captains of and to destroy one of these means of communication

is an injury to ali, which shuuld not be permitted to

{sion of a harbour and ‘a strip of wave-washed sand nee $ soties Soraeretas of the frigate | the chief characteristics of his literary efforts.

po te : ciate wet oimae, stationed off Mobile, w SUS : ; ,

| was not the design of their armada. Yet it will be pt See pe ein picipete aihats ba : In the article oa the loyalty of Irish Catholics
found that these are ull the prizes they witl or ean ‘ But it is no joke, I can tell you, this blockading ? ’ ‘i
gain for an enormeus expenditure. Wherever the| service; the enemy is aliye and keep us on the | the Islander is driven to the necessity of quoting
water is deep enough tor their large ships to get; watch. Their gunboats are heavily armed, and

To show the loyal feeling which distinguishes
the Irish Catholics of Upper Canada two extracts
will suffice. They are taken from the “Toronto
Mirror” and “Torento Freeman”—papers which
are conducted with much ability, and enjoy the
confidence of the Catholic population of the Pro-
vinee,

From the Toronto Mirror.

Tue Catuorics or Western CaNaDA AND THE |

THREATENED Wanr.—But a tittle while ago and the
epee ones d of a war between Great Britain and the

nited States was very small. Since the arrest of
Messrs. Mason and Slide) this probability, little at
first, has at length almost attained the distinctness
of a certainty, However unpleasant the fact may
be, We must receive it, and prepare for the stragyle.
it is the duty, interest, and equally the inclination
of the Catholics of Western Canada to support the |
connection with the mother country ; and, uew that!
this connexion is threatened, they “will be found in
the field at the first sound of the foesin of war. Ax
will be seen by the resolutions given in another
place, a special meeting of the Toronto Branch Loy-

frish Society is convened for Monday, Dec.
rd for the purpose of still further considering the
* position of the Irish inhabitants of Upper Canada
in the preseut crisis.” The great interest attached
toanything relating to the threatened war will
doubtless fill the Society’s room to overilowing.

(From the Toronto Freeman )

try uot experienced elsewhere: Here, at any rate,
We are hot stranvers in a strange land—not ‘aliens
subject toa foreign power—not dependents which |
a zealous authority may put down and crash, We
are ina land where none can dispute our right to |

to fasten upon us the odium of origi
4 slanderous appellation is quite cha
Our people have incentives to action in this conn. |“ unprin"pled man, the recolieetion of

| of Messrs. Mason and Slidell had attracted much Rr. é Rev. Bishop of Killaloe, we would respeet- heooet meanly employs his time in rebashing the stu-
uly remiud the New York Metropolitan Record | pid editorials of the Islavder into the form of

“ The loyalty of the Catholics of Ireland is called | anonymous communjentiene Jor itp: Reema

where he hopes to succeed in making some impret.,
sion. Let any one read the communication whieh
appeared in the jast Protestant, and compare it
with the articlein the Islander of the previousday,
and we think no deubt will be entertained thatone
ax Well ax the other has emanated from the penef
| the Colonial Secretary.

!

We have said aothing about the “Nation” and
the other organs of the Young Ireland party im Ite
land, mentioned by Mr. Pope, because the delusivg.
principles of that party have long sinee collapsed,

and because a score of such papers as the Nation
bear no comparison as regards influence or autho
rity to that of the prelates of Lreland, whore epi:

_niens we lately quoted on the subject of the loyalty,

of the Trish people. :
One word more. The Secretary, has aeeused

us of stigmatizing the Irish in America as,” expe.

triated villains.” The words we borrgwed

him, and were by him applied, if not di

least indirectly to Irish Catholics in the Siates, ;

_ Well as to all other emigrants from Europe. SS ,
meanness and mendacity exhibited in atte

Banking transactions, the tarring ef h
other creditable proceedings, might, we, think, if
shame is not an emction wholly unknown to bil.

posouien ; a land which is as truly ours us the | have suggested the modesty and propriety of fe

bright green spot beyond the sea. And, therefore,
in the defensive struggle which om | soon be forced |

upon us, we shall have the proud satisfaction ot |

fighting in our own cause, in behalf of our rights

and interests, on soil where the inheritance of|

[rishmen can never be disputed, for a freedom of
with Irishmen can never be deprived. * * * *

Politically and religiously, socially and indugtrial-
ly, Irishmen in © occupy a position which
they realize nowhere else upon this Continent. In
the neighboring States, no deabt, they are flattered
and cxjoled when their votes are desired; they are
sought eagerly when danger js to be encountered ;
they are used when hard werk is to be done ; and
that jsall. They do not enjoy anything like sub-
stantial equality. They are treated, as a ,people, as
though by nature an inferior race—useful in their
way, but not fitted to come between the wind and
the nobility of Americans. For, though Know Noth-
ingism, With its insults and murders, no longer ex-
ists as a Visible organization, the tempor which per-
vaded it still animates the American heart, ‘They
would proscribe us everywhere, as they have al-
ready one In Massachusetts, if the times and cir-
cumstances rendered the experiment expedient.
Our Church, especially, bas been the butt of their
most malignant attacks, Could the present ruling

staining frem the use of the word rillain, 38
ma upon othera.
LETTER FROM BENS. DAVIES, ESQR.

* wee a i
We have read with much surprise the short
letter from Benjamin Davies, Exquire, whieh ®@
publish below. Our fried must have been thial.
ing of something else when he read the artic”
Tue Examiner of the 30th December, on which
he comments. We request him to read that?”
ticle egain, and he will see that we did not pie
pound the views of the Central Liberal Society
with respect to the petition for a Dissolution
we gave our own views, and only onrewn, OR thet
subject. He will see, moreover, that we H
stated the fact of there being a amall majority
the Committee of the Society in favour of ".
lating the petition. But we expressed eur COO

Se Pines Paris correspondent writes that it is

Sad Pla the oft Marine nas sent orders to

= oh at Brest aud Toulon to prepare |

a ta hae pm the Preneb squadron oll the evast | CG

ne a to« North-western coust of Ameries. | 4

4 pee wald thi @ squwiron of observationi ¢ |
went to toe const of America under the eum |

mand of ¥ ite Adaural Penal.

condolence w Queen’ Victoria, aid!
ordered that i.e Coget auld e)
bWeuiy-toor diye—balf of tue |

: ig, tue Vere d lighs.

bows
’ are cnrried
De wattle. sms voy

The Madrid joarnyis of the 17th announce that |

gm reeviving the wews of ine deh of | :
tut Balan, reas by telegraphs is it Was intende

| ayaiuet it our unavaili Meleuuce.
Advices from Nuples suse that (Moore saa heathen. “When om
ie have Leen felt during the end of every
uy Yory dense ina Koman Senate these rn
by the wind as! resort—"* And uiy opinion is, that C
ured. | pbasted.””

the malice of any power. within range of the hasty and insutflicient seacoast | they have many atloat. The forts are well armed,
RENE Lie AA SEE OE defences of the South, they can certainly batter) and the troops jad labourers are busy in #trengthen-
a ‘ : them down and land their troops. But there will) ing themas we can see. We ean count 46 guns on
We may find the carrying out of thie delenda est | end their barren glory. Whenever they attempt to} the parapets of Fort Morgan, and the casements are
Jarthage policy a much tere serious cause of bos- | march a column iuto the land it will inevitably come | masked below, Troops of labourers are seen at
bers A and even of hatred towards us,among all | to grief. work on Fort Gaines, further in, and until a few
pe on 3 ~ we than a deviation from a doubtful/ The causes are easily seen. The seacoast can! days past a large encainpwent was seen there.
stm Manage sae od ody We mg supposed | never furnish a suflicieut basis of operations for an| ‘Sailing ships are of no great account in modern
tion. for thi el _ © accounts of prepara- | efficient attack on a State in arum, unless the whole | war, and I suppose that the Government will withe
118 OX , jentand until quite compe na power of the nation that makes it is employed in} draw them as soon as the new steamers are forth-
pocuy betas = a oe eo but * I tem- | theadventure. If the North could give up its whole} coming. They are both inactive und expensive.
steel Bccatvingge 6 pon} y- Re. t to 8 sped by |line of land operations, wke all its armies of the|'This ship would support the cost of six or eight
inne dete he no sam. gle at the object | Potomac, Missouri and Ohio in vessels and transport | steam gunboats that would do her work, each of
wnge the very 'y of nature, in a/them to the shores of Carolina, they might make | them quite as well or better than she can,

point #9 essencial. We ean only pat on record | with success the inroads they had plauned. Butwe! — 'The Secre' of War has submitted to Congress
‘ - need fear nothing from colamms of teu, lifteey, or| the estimates for fortitications now existing or in
View old Cato repeated at |twenty tho Bull runners when they leave constrnetion. ‘The whole amount is $4,-

their Vemels even fora of two miles. In no

pounce of the Southern country, even if they could
shou ruch descent unknown and nnleralded, would

they tind w laud wo destituie of wen ws to becowe, laud

speech his perpetan! formula, even
Was

for | has nothing to do with the question at issue. As

the ‘ trish American’ published in New York, and
the ‘ Pilot,’ in Boston, to show that the sentiment
of loyalty does not exist in the British Provinces
or in the States —he says that these papers are
“treasonable and most infamous Catholic organs,”
and that they are read “ by several lay and celeri-
cul Catholics in this Island.” The Islander fur-
ther says that the papers above menticn-d some-
times reprint extracts from the ‘Nation,’ ‘ Irish-
man,’ and ‘ Kerry Star’ in Ireland, which, we are
told, are very disloyal journals.

Now, it would be easy to show that all this stuff

regards the Irish American and Pilot, they do not

~ in the North have had their way, to be a
atholicswould be to incuypolitical disfranchisement

olidwoudl bes ° viction plainly that the petition—shich haz bee
and to be excluded from ua sitions of honor and | jy ¢j : . tothe
emolumnent. True, the Church ix not now directly |” cireulation—had better not be forwarded
assailed. But the democracy which exists in the | Lieut. Governor, as its prayer would not be.
Northern States—the levelling, anarchical eprirt | complied with, for reasons set forth at some lengtb’ C
which prevails within their darjes—is inimieal | . P iy ie “oy >
to its highest usefulness, and most dangerons tojits | 1M the article referred to by Mr. Davies. se
members. They suffer from the free schoals—from opinion does not bind the Soeiety to any line of

the secularism which reigns omnipotent in Yankee- ‘ :
dom, and marks them out fer its a. * * * */ action; nor shall we be governed in al}

Let us, as Irishmen and Catholics, manifest our | the decisions of the Society, They may, | ther” ¥
ming of the occasion, and our resolye 1 do please—and will, for aught we know to the Cob,
a inet

that in us lies to ‘taute the hon at of then”
race, and to promote the Ii rty ad Wellere be the trary—do their best to promote the object of aa

country to which we belong. We are in and f ition, whic! understand, has been Fer,
Canaaa, now and forever, aud the time has aatved ave ~en wr ng

when we must discharge our duty us Canadians, | teusively signed, especially in Prince and King
cost what it way. Irishmen never yet tlinebed | Counties. We are fully co.vinced, . oe

ee ee oem,

from danger ; they will not now. They were would afford r
never false to '. ais ever) BOthing RP hate