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j' I THE REBELLION. publish this morning GenJ BpMSJDl'e dis patch to Gen. Haixeck, announcing the with-Orawal of the Army-of the Potomac jfrom tbe "redericksbargh aide of the Eappahannock, and giving hie reasona for the movement. He aays he fully convinced that tbe position in front could not be carried, and that it was a military WcesuUy either to attack the enemy or retire. Mot a single man nor a gun was lost in the retreat.

The enemy appeared to be much surprised when they discovered Tuesday morning that the Army bad been withdrawn during the night, and )t waa not until about 9 o'clock that their pickets were advanced, their skirmishers first feeling the way.i Our entire' amy is now encamped on the asms ground previously occupied by it, and it is announced that it haa teen considerably reinforced aince the battle. No movement of import ance waa made yesterday. During Thuraday tdght the enemy increased their fortifications on -she terrace back of Fredericksburg and dug rifle pits near the river, to he left of the city. All speculation in regard to the destination of the Banks expedition is now at an end, as it ia ascertained definitely that it ia destined to operate la the Department of the Gulf. An arrival from Port Boyal yesterday brings information that no esa than five transports belonging to the expedition have put into that harbor some for repairs and some for supplies.

As usual, the Government )iaa been terribly imposed upon in regard to some of the vessels hired for transport service, as the xperiences on board one of them, as detailed in the letter by our special correspondent, will euffi-clsntly prove. A vessel which arrived yesterday from New-Orleana reports having aighted off the 'coast of Florida, on the th six large steam- J- tore heading South. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writing from under date of Dec. 12, xtoti'cee an unsuccessful movement on the part of FoBTia'a. FxaaTa and Gibbs' Brigades to croea the Blackwater.

He writes "We hare had to retire from the Blackwater, being unable to croea It, the attempt being made at different points several times. A portion of DoDGi's Cavalry succeeded in crossing, but were forced to retire from the fierce firing of the enemy. We now occupy Windsor, and expect to return to camp to-morrow fcoorning. Our boy a behaved gallantly, and the Mounted RiriVe were the first to reach the other aide. Five of the cavalry are wounded, two eerlousiy.

The loss of our forces, as far as could be ascertained, amounted to about thirty la killed and wounded. The river is full of what is known generally as 'top sawyers (trees thrown into the river,) rendering it impossible to get our pontoons serosa." A private letter from a person attached to the UissUsippi Gunboat Fleet, written only thirty milee above Vkksburgh, on the 3d states that the gunboats were to be concentrated at the mouth of the Yazoo RiTer, twelve milea below Island lOO," while the army were to. mass at acme point above and march across the country to la too City, which place is but 4 few milea backof Virksburgh, so as to make the attack aimultaneously. Weleft," aays the letter, at Helena, about 60,000 Federal troops, be titles a large force at Gen. bast has Issued an order respecting Kentucky, that aa the State haa fulfilled the requirements of the Constitution of the United Statea, and laws of Congress, by choosing loyal xnea to fill the State offices and execute tbe laws, the military authority ia prohibited from any in.

terference, and ia not to be used except to suppress riots and mob resistance to the laws. All civil author lty that can be executed at military oeta will be permitted. order ia to the Effect that after Dec. 15, Oxford will be open fey trade and travel. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Prttt, dated Sashvilie, December 16, aaya: Information received at headquartera from the front to-night, Indicate that the rebels are pressing forward cait-fuoealy In great force towards this city.

Gen. losccBAXi haa concentrated bis forcea, and will Not' probably await an attack, bat will move upon the enemy eoon. Everything eeems to be in readiness for Immediate action here. Gen. Xegikt, of Pennsylvania, will aeeume command the Reeerre Corpa of the Army of the Cumber-ianJ to-mom.

7. This post of honor haa been given hlia la consequence of hie able defence of this city some time since. The Bcxu court-martial Is still In session here At the examination yesterday of Gen. StepsTA, that officer etated nnder oath that Can. ScHOXrr bad said that "Major Gen.

Bctxl waa a traitor, he believed." Gen. BcHoxrr ia a member of the court-martial. The Nashville Union states that Geo. CaiTTZJr- Txa took possession of Franklin on Friday last, and that he captared fa number of Confederate priaonera. The news a too vague to be reliable.

A lot of about fifty pack mules, for service in the mountain district! leit Louisville on Satur day, under ordera from; Gen. BoSKCBAirg. Got. Johssox has 'issued an order assessing about $40,000 upon the wealthy rebel citizens of Nashville for the support of the poor. air.

Johii Ovebtost, whose estate ia valued at $5,000,000, ie down for $2,600, and tbe other amounts range from $1,600 to $250. The Murfreeeboro. Banner atates that. according to official returns, tbe number of pria onera taken by the rebels in the battle of Harts- vilie, waa 3,104 quite double the number of fosces engaged under Gen. Mokqam and CoL Host.

1 Gen. Fit Ukhkt Wakes, commanding the United 8tates forces at; Houston, Texas County, writes to Gen. at St Louis, tinder date of Dec. 4, giving the atory of a young man. formerly from Warren County, Iowa, who had just come in from the South, haying deserted from the rebel army.f He waa conscripted in Texas, paaaed through Little Bock in the rebel army, numbering 25,000 men, having thirty pleeea 01 cannon.

A large number of Enfield rifles had -just been distributed at that place. All the heavy guns had been aent from Little Rock to Arkansas Post, to dispute the passage of any National flo tilla up the Arkansas River. Hwomaji's forces are said to number. 15,000, and are going into Wlntei quarters near Fort Smith. Bcbbbidob had with him four pieces of artillery, 6-poundera, and two pieces captured at Clark's ers, with about 1,000 men.

He aaya they intend a raid on Springfield. The schooner J. W. Ccngion, from Point Petre, Guadeloupe, Nov. 30, reports that the pirate Ala- fn wee at Dominica Nov.

28, There waa ru mor at uuaoaiouse tnat she haa chased a schooner, which had run; into Dominica for pro taction. The U. S. steamer Sn Jacinto had been at Point Petre but a dayarevioue, but had Balled for St. Thomas, The President on Tuesday signed the order re Ileving Wool from tbe command of the military department of Maryland.

Gen. ScnziicK haa been designated as his successor. CONGBESS. in the Senate, yesterday, the- majority and minority reports relative to the acceptance of League Island as a place on which to establish a naval depot, were received from the Secretary of the Navy. The btll to facilitate the discharge of disabled aoidiera was reported back from the Military Committee also the bill to Improve the organization of the cavalnr force also the bill to forfeit the pay of absent army officers.

Mr. SatjLBbcrt, of Delawaret introduced two resolu tions of inquiry one relative to sending soldiers into that State to be present at the polls during the November election, and the other relstive to the organization of a Home Guard in the State. Both inquiries were directed to he Secretary of war. iney were laid over. Another resolution.

introduced by Mr. Powell! of Kentucky. Inquires of the Secretary relative to the discharge of State prisoners, and whether they are Required to take an oam nor to prosecute- tnose wba arrears them or caused their arrest. The bill to amend the Revenue act, so as to allow Assessors and their assistants to adminieter oaths, was passed. The bill to provide for the discharge of State pris waa tften up, but was postponed un- iil Monday.

The Senate theh adjourned. 1 In the Houae. a bill k. vr. -Vw Bisgham, of Ohio, and referred to the Judiciary Committee, which providea that before the con.

fiscation of any rebel property the claims of any loyal citizen or friendly foreigner against it shall be allowed. The Senate joint resolution, calling for a prompt report from the Committee on the Conduct of the War, was passed. The Pension 11 a dui was reported irom me Committee of Ways snd Meana, and its consideration postponed until Aionday. A Deficiency Appropriation bilL report ed from the same Committee, was made the. special order for Tuesday next.

The House then went Into Committee of the Whole on the Presi dent's Message, and on rising 'referred its various divisions to the sppropriate Committees, and ad journed. 1 GENERAL NEWS. The Board of Aldermen met at 15 aVWV irruay aiiernoon. a resolution, oy Mr. Fablzt, was adopted directing the Committee on National Allaire to receive and burr the remains of Hoaolakp, (of the Twelfth Regiment of New-York Volunteers,) Whele and Dopoe.I (of the Sixty-sixth New-York Volunteers.) who were killed at rredericasburgh.

The bodie are understood to be on their wav here. The Board concumiti In the appointment of 153 Commissioners of Deeds. iiui vn ia apeciai oraer tne resolution direct ing the Street Commissioner to obtain control of tne central rara, tin the next meeting, and ad- journea mi cioca ims arternoon. The Board of Councilmen inet at 4 olclock. yeaterday.

The Committee on Salaries and umcers reported ioi names tor appointment as commissioners or Leeis, in the place of that number of vacancies of those offices occurring this year. The report was adopted. It ia understood mat tne Mayor win veto, tnese Concurrence was had to donkte Biind Mechanica' Association, and to inrreamn th aalariea of the Police Justices to $5,000 each per 1 1 aiiuuiu. iuo ouaiu Buiuuiuffi Ull 4 ClOCX this alternoon. The Councilmanic Railroad Committee met, yesterday, and adjourned without transacting any business, till 3 o'clock P.

to-day: The United Statea sailed from the Philadelphia Navy-yard pn Tuesday, to join one of the expeditious said to! be fitting out at Fortress Monroe. From tbe working of the machinery of tbe Juniata, on her trial, trip it is believed she will be one of the fastest steamers in the navy. The Secretary of State, of Missouri, has granted certificates to the following Congressmen First District Frank P. Blair. Second District Henry T.

Blow Fifth District Joseph W. Mc-Clurg 8ixth District Austin A. King Seventh District Beni. F. Lean Eighth District Wm.

A. Hail Ninth District James Rollins. The returns from Third and Fourth Districts are not yet complete. I One hundred and forty loyal East Tenneeseeans recruits for the National army, arrived at Louisville, by the train from Lexington, on Saturdav evening. Brig -Gen BobebtB-Mitchell, United Statea Volunteer, assumed conunaad of the poet at Nashville, on Wednesday, and of the troops composing the garrison.

TTe follswing Staff Officers are announced Capt John Pratt, A. A. G. Capt, A- Garrett, A. G.

Lieut. W. O. Osfood. A.

D. Lieut. John K. Bankin, A4 Cablxtob, in command at Santa Fe, N. haa issued ordera dishonorably discharging from the service, and turning over to the civu authorities for trial.

First LieutJ Philip Mobbu, of the Fourth Regiment NewOfexican Volunteers, and three privatea, for the part which they took in the recent cowardly murder of Dr. J. N. Whitlocb. i i Gen.

Joox Coox, aud a portion of his StaC I consist In of Cant. B. V. Svttb. Asaiatant AdjO- and Lieut W.

L. Majtb. Alde-de- Camp, arrived at Slotix City. Dacetan Territory, on the 6th. CoL Joim, formerly a lawyer of Independence.

Jackson Countr. and lately a Colonel In the rebel service in Arkansas, surrendered himself to CoL Cathbb wood's Cavalry, a abort distance from Warrensbnrch. on Dec. 11. He represented himself as tired of the war.

anxious to absolve himself from all connection with the rebels, sod particularly disgusted with the polfcy and administration of such men as Gen. Hikd- af as. Col. Gathkbwood aent him to Sedalia, un der ruard as a orUoner. to firat to jenerson City, and thence probably to St Louis.

Gov. Bobiwsob. of Kentucky, left Frankfort on Saturday last to viit Washington, for the pcrpose oi fan rrr with the 1'rrsiueriiL rezaruuiK iot condition of affairs in that State. At Chambers of the SuDreme Court, yesterday. before Justice Babhabo, AuotrsTCS L.

Si mm the alleged seducer of Clkmajctika AaoEBSow. was admitted to baiL Simms has been Indicted as an accessory in the manslaughter of Miae Abdebsox. The Stock speculation was again active yes- terdav. and nrices on the Share list senerallv firm. A further rise of 45V cent, w-s made on Pa-" cine Mail shares.

Government Securities weak. Gold, 1322'a)133 Exchange, 146 cent. A livelier inquiry prevailed for Breadstuffs yes terday, at advancing prlcea. rrovisions were in demand; Pork waa cheaper, and Bacon rather firmer. Sugars and Molasses were more freely offered and purchased, the market closing quite heavily.

Coffee. Teas. Cotton. Bice, Hemp, Spicea and Whisky were inactive. A fair business waa transacted in Hav at full rates.

The freight mar ket waa ouiet. with 481 vessels of all classes in port. The Existence of a State How it Is Known The suspenaion of the President's action on the bill admitting West Virginia as a State into the Union, indicates that it is still i ques tion of debate whether the action of Congress should be sustained. In all the discussion to which the subject has given rise, we have noth iig variant from the proposition laid down in tbe Times on the first passage of the bill. We held then that the regularity and right of ad mission of the new State turned solely! on the question whether the State Administration, organized In and by the western counties of Virginia to succeed the State authorities that rebelled against the Union at Richmond, was to be taken it the true and veritable Govern ment of the Common wealth of Virginiathe Virginia known to the Constitution and laws of the United States.

If that new State Got eminent was really the Government of the State of Virginia, then every step in the for mation of the new State Is regular, and West Virginia Is entitled to admission as a State. But the competency of the counties of the West to organize a Government that should represent the entire State of Virginia, has not been sustained on any sound principles of pub lic No one denies that when the Got eminent of a State fails, by treason, abdica tion, or any other cause, it is an inherent right of the people to organize at once another Gov ernment in its place. When Gov. Letches and the Virginia Legis lature engaged in rebellion against the Union, they forfeited all claim to official recognition by the citizens of the State, who, as citizens of the Union, had elected them. They were liable to be repudiated and superseded.

The question'' is, were they repudiated and super seded by the people of Virginia The answer is, they tocr not, A portion of the people of Virginia but a very small portion, compara tively, not over one-fifth of the whole popula tion, took any action against the treason of their rulers. On the contrary, by unparalleled labor, sufferings and sacrifices, the vast, ma jority of the people of the State, representing twelve hundred thousand inhabitants, have upheld their old and regularly constituted State Government. For good or for evil, the rebels as they are, are the people of the Com monwealth of Virginia; and the organization at Richmond Is the one by which they hold themselves out to the world as a State. It haa neTer been admitted by any publicist, because It is opposed to reason and equity, that a minority of the people of a State can represent or give laws to It. The argument is briefly this the action of a State must be directed In onejof threeways.

1. As the citizens shall unanimously agree which is never practicable or 2. As the minority decide which is not reasonable orjequitable or, 3. As the majority wish which is and practicable. The majority of every community or State, under Republican must decide the form and expression of their organic existence.

As the majority speak, the people speak. And on the effect of the popular dictum, an eminent reasqner, who is authority on the question, says Tbe people alone can appoint the form of the Commonwealth, which Is by constituting a legislature and appointing in whose hands that shall be 1 and when the people have said we will submit to rules and be foverned by laws made by such men and in such form, nobody else can say other men shall make lawa for them. Nor can the people be bound by any laws but such as are enacted by those whom they have chosen and authorised to make law! for them." The people of West Virginia do not pretend that the form of government they organized and the laws they have enacted, have the ap probation of the Commonwealth of Virginia as known to tbe Constitution and laws of the United States. In their work of reorganizing a State Government in the West, they adopted the style and title of the.old Commonwealth, but the matter of State identity is a question of fact, not of speculation, title or terminology. All nations act on this principle.

France is France unchanged whether nnder the rale of Bobatabie, Loris PHiLurs, a Provisional Government of Republicans, or Louis Napo-Lsojr. England preserved its identity under Chabxxs and Cbomwxll, And Virginia, as a State having a distinct organic existence, with rights and duties, internal and external, remains unchanged, by reason and by public law, whieh rests on reason, whether claiming LufCOLB or Jetf. Davis for President. It Is to trifle with principles settled by reason and ia the practice of nations until they are as firmly fixed as truth itself, to hold the contrary. The friends of the new State of West Vir ginia hare neTer yet made an argument to show that tbe counties of Western Virginia were competent to organize a Government for the whole State, and in defiance of the repudiation and open hostility of the vast ma- jority of the State ttunpiising four-fifths of the whole.

They claim merely that me people of a email portion of Virginia organized a Government atyled the State GoTernment of Virginia; that elected Senators and RepreaentatiTes, who were recognizee, oy Congress that the President and all isxecu-tiTe Departments of the GoTernment haTS recognized their organization as the real ana veritable GoTernment of Virginia ana mat, therefore, it was and is such. And that the consent by that Western State uovernmeaw in the name of the whole State, for the divis ion of the territory thereof, is valid and binding. The argument is not sound. The form ana expression of theCommonwealth of Virginia is a matter of fact, not of argument or inter- A. AT pretation.

The recognition by GoTernment oi something assumed to be a. fact cannot create a fact. If the President and Congress haTe recognized and acted on a wrong principle, they have neither established nor over turned facts thereby. And a hundred repetitions of their error cannot destroy truth and make a part equal to or greater than the whole. But that is what the counties of West Virginia have attempted, and -Congress by the bill in question has recognized.

We need, ia conclusion, but apply one touchstone to the assumption of the people of Western Virginia. If they were recently the 1 true and Teritable GoTernment and peppie of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as they assumed, then they, having all the rights of the whole State, were under all its obligations and duties. Among these obligations is a debt of $45,000,000. The people of Western Vir ginia having, by their conduct, come under a liability for that entire debt, must see to it that it is paid. They can never lay down that obligation, which, with the regular State GoTernment, they deliberately assumed.

Plans of the Campaign. If there has been for the last year anv doubt in anybody's mind as to where the strength of the rebellion lies, we hope the battle of Fredericksburgh has finally effectually It Is neither on the sea-coast or in the sea-ports, nor In Texas nor Arkansas, but in Northern Virginia and East Tennessee. The fact was recognized very frankly by Jxr-rxEsosr Dati8 himself, In his message to his Congress after the capture of Hilton Head and Roanoke Island. He said on that occa sion that in attempting to defend' her whole frontier, the South had attempted too much and that if she meant to succeed she should concentrate all her forces, make head against the enemy at one or two points. On this policy he has ever since acted.

The point which he has chosen for the efforts of his best armies, and ablest Generals, has been that In which tLey can not only threaten our Capital, but defend their own, in other words, the region between Richmond and Washington. He has staked the one against the other, and thus played his game so desperately and so far so sue cessfully, that the whole South, as well as the whole world, has come to regard the contest in this particular spot as that on which the issue of the war depends. The enemy's cap ital is, in nearly all wars of invasion, the ob ject aimed at, and its capture has nearly al ways been considered the finishing blow in the struggle. We haTe deliberately and ad' visedly, from the very outset, adopted this idea, and made it the basis of our operations. We have thus furnished to Europe, and to tbe rebels themselves, a sort of standard by which they can judge of the amount of progress we are making, and suppose ourselves to be making, in our work.

Jefxbsoh Davis, too, has adopted it ostensibly, and agreed to abide by it. So that, as matters stand now, neither our successes in the West nor on the East ern coast have any great moral weight either in the South or abroad. As lone as they have 130,000 men in good fighting order between us and the point which we have de liberately selected as the main point, the enemy and their friends will always consider the chances of the struggle still in their faTor and this confidence in final success, is, let us one of the greatest forces, of warfare. We warn the public and we cannot do it too strongly or too often that if we were to capture Charleston and Savannah and Mobile to-morrow, we should not have improved our prospect in a very great degree. One of the worst errors all along, has been our ten dency to attach great importance to the seiz ure of points which the Confederates had de liberately made up their minds to lose.

We shouted with exultation over the capture of Hatteras, of Roanoke Island, of Hilton Head, and of New-Orleans, and announced regularly after each one of them that tbe back of tbe rebellion" waa broken. The only result has been that the smallest allusion to the back of the rebellion" produces a horse-laugh throughout Christendom, while the rebellion itself apparently as strong and rigorous as eTer. Tbe fact is, that the general plan of our operations has been of a kind which has been utterly repudiated and thrown out of use since Napoleoh's first campaign in Italy. The grand objects of" haute strategic" before his time was the seizure of placet, the occu pation of frontier proTinces, in nearly erery campaign. To this theory he never paid the slightest attention.

He addressed himself at once, on taking the field, to the task of pur suing and attacking, with every man at his disposal, the principal army of the enemy, and never rested, not only till he had defeated it, bat until he had destroyed it because he held and the results showed that he was right that all States snd all cities and provin ces are sure to tau wnen there are no longer: any organized forces in exis tence to cover them. iThe war in Spain is an apparent exception to this rule, but it is only apparent inasmuch as all popular resistance there, as well as every where; else, was utterly worthless, in a mili tary point of view, unless sustained and directed by a regular army, either native or foreignv The English supplied to the Span- lards the rallying point of wnicn ina destruction "of 'their own armie had deprived I Kamwok never sent' out Utile expedl tions, and never attached, or seemed to attach, the slightest importance to the capture of any town, or fortress.unlessthe main body of fiie enemy's force was Inside of it. There are people who flatter themselves that the capture of the seaports, by putting a complete and final stop to the running of the blockade, will bring the South to Its senses. This is, in our opinion, another of those delusions which work infinite mischief. It is not English goods that bar our way to Richmond it is 180,000 men, shoeless and half naked, living on pork and corn-bread, armed with our muskets, and with home-made powder in their cartridges.

As long as they have theso things, they will fight desperately, and they would have them, though their whole coast were lined with our batteries, to-morrow. The people of the North will not be content to see the South starved or blockaded into submls-. sion or defeat. We are not reduced to such a pitch of abasement as to be ready to acknowledge to the world that the twenty millions of the North are so imbecile that It Is only on sea, where it meets with no resistance, that their Government can make head against half that number of traitora. To confess that, with 800,000 men in arms, and the resources of a continent at our disposal, we can achieve nothing on land against the rebels, would be to invite insult from the smallest and paltriest Powers of the world, and would furnish a page to American history which none of our posterity would ever look upon without a blush.

IairBorxB tor Codqbxss. It Is to be hoped that the resolution Introduced into the Senate by Senator Fields of NewtJersey, proposing to manifest the sympathy of Congress toward the suffering operatives in Great Britain," will come to naught. It is obviously and utterly improper that our Qovemhei'J should do any such thing the NewJersey Senator proposes though it is obviously proper and feuniane. ihat our citizens should express, and mariifssi, and furnish the munifi cent testimonial of, their sympathy with the parties referred to, as has already been done. The Government of Great Britain has done nothing, and most likely will, do nothing, to aid the suffering operatives cf the realm and Any action of the kind is strenuously op posed by leading men and Presses of England.

Under such circumstances, it would be im pertinent for our Government, as such, to in terfere in the matter. The people of Great Britain, however, are making vast efforts to relieve their famished fellow-countrymen; and our citizens have nobly stepped forward to aid them in the work of charity. In this City and Philadelphia contributions to the ex tent of a quarter of a million of dollars have al ready been received and the offers I of grain from the West, and the offers of rail road and sea transportation that have been made, will raise the total" amount fur nished by our citizens for the relief of Lanca shire, in thirty days, to over half a million of dollars. We do not see that there is any need for Congress meddling in this work. The proper bodies to manage such things are just such bodies as now have this one in hand' Committees of citizens formed from those who furnish the donations.

The mat ter will thus be managed economically, effi ciently and wisely. If Congress takes it up, 2 A I1 1 1 A ii wiu oe not ooiy an impertinence, dui a joo. GOTBBXMZKT CCBBBBCT ABO THE BaMK NoTB Com abixs. In response to a communication upon this subject, which appeared in the Tubs yesterday, we learn that the printers have already furnished the Treasury with $220,000,000 of demand notes, in denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred, five hundred, and one thousand dollar bills. Of the postal or fractional currency, we understand nearly four millions have been supplied.

Of the notes, larger and smaller, still forthcoming from the presses of the con tractors, there are thirty millions above one dollar to be delivered, and some forty-six millions below that denomination making a de ficit at this moment of seventy-six millions of dollars. The work upon the contracts has been delayed by the call for notes of the smaller numerical designations. This call, while it has largely increased the profits of the contractors, has made a corresponding de mand upon their mechanical resources a demand to meet which they have not chosen to sacrifice all outside business. It is obvi ous, Lowever, that whatever portion of the responsibility for the withholding of the sol- i uiers pay may oe cue to tne note printers, a weighty share of it must rest elsewhere. Where, let investigation ascertain.

Series) Charges Agnlnat a Congressman. The Albany Ecenin Journal quotes the follow ing paragraph from the Cincinnati Gazette, and accompanies it with tbe comments appended "Certain New-York membera of Conrresa are aald to have been detected In receiving fees for procuring commissions in the army, in one case charging as high as four hundred dollars for their' services ia procuring a single commission of a low We have beard similar rumors, and they point to Hon. Ai-kxD Ely, Representative In Conrresa from the Monroe District In this State. A case Tike this Is stated A young gentleman from his district was an applicant for a position in the navy. The application was pressed for some time, but without apparent suc cess, when Mr.

Elt inlormed tbe vounc man that there was another applicant tor the place, who could be bought oa lor sxsu. tau amount was banded over to the member, and the commission was soon after secured. Subsequently, as the story goes, it was ascertained that there was not only no other ap plicant In tbe way, but that Mr. Elt had the commis sion in ps pocaet wnen ne Dargajaed lor the $250. Several other cases of a slsailar character are beina? erought to light.

One et Mr. JciT 0-oaers -one naovnr, or Rochester is an applicant for Paymaster la the navy. This position, requiring the highest integrity, is to be se cured for the applicant, if possible, to reward hi a for hUO past services in behalf of tuia seual Like master, like is an old adage and the community la which both 'master and man live, do tbem both Injustice if either of them are prop er persons to occupy the responsible position of Paymaster in tne nary.1 Heavy Fergery the Baaks Newark, NewJery Nrwi.sk. N. Wednesday, Dee.

17. A forarerv of 8.000 on three banks of this citv was perpetrated to-day by means of forged certificates and checks. Part payment was roaae in tnree one thousand dollar bills of the Mechanics' Dank, and five five handred cellar biila of the Newark City Bank, which latter were numbered from one to ten. The forger is aged about 15 years, la stout built, and about ave leet ia neif.ni. ne banks ofler SI ,000 reward lor the detection of the forger.

INTERESTING FfiOU PORT ROYAL, Intelligence from the Expedition. Banks Transports Putting In for Repairs and Supplies. nxpEitniNCES i'8 U. S. transport Star of the South, Woob.

cll, from Hilton Head, with passengers to Units States Quartermaster, arrived this morning. On Monday, 15th inst. at 8 A. off Cape Hatteras, spoke steamship Ella War ley, hence for Havana. On the 15th InsU at 4 P.

Hasar O. Baews, of Company Eighth Maine Volunteers, died of chronic diarrhea. Also, at 10 P. AU. Oao.

R. sirs of Company Third Rhode Island Volunteers, of dropsy. r. During the past wees Bve of the transports belonging to Gen. Bakes' expedition put into Port Boyal for various causes.

The Tkamet, with the One Hundred aad Fourteenth New-York Volunteers, was towed la in distress, and has been condemned. Her troops are to be transferred to the bark Voltigeur. The Eritcsm, with the One Hundred and Tenth, and the Salver, with the One Hundred and Sixtieth, also the Albany, put in for coal and water. The Quincy, with the Forty-second Massachusetts, and one Company of the Twenty-eighth Connecticut Volunteers, put in for repairs to her boilers. The Kriction and the Salvor had both departed te rejoin the fleet.

The balance will leave as soon as practicable. The Star brings the follo wing passengers Lieut. J. H. Sanely, Lieut.

W. M. Brown, Lleuf A. J. Wad lea, Lieut.

J. T. Bennett and servant. Lieut Bneadly, Shlpty, Chas. O.

Lor-lng, U. 8. Mrs. Con art, Mrs. Cspt ttewmaa and child, Mrs.

Bingham and two children, Mrs. J. Mulford, Mrs. Cspt. Gould, Mrs.

Martin and daughter, 8. J. Btrr.Wm, 8 Benjamin, Rev. J. W.

Brink-eroff. Mr. PowSs, Edwd. Cotirtlandt, John Richard on, Wp. Garntson.

A. Ford.B. H.Kilhoyrn, Ji Tyler, Mr. Ilarmand, J. O.

Thompson. Wm. Toby, V. Ai Hyan, Capt. T.

D. Kidd, Capt. Gooker, Capt. Chas. G.

Bmtlll, Mr. GodSard. S.vW. Ely. 8.

VV. CoveU, T. J.Borse. J. O.

Mavo, Conard, J. II. garaere, Geo. Wright. Mr.

McCleaA, John Hays, Osborne Chase, A. D. Blgelow, and seventy-live steer-ge. QW OUT ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE The Banks Expedition Disabled Steamers Seeking a Pert The Fleet la a Sterm The Tbantea Ceademaed A New Paper ta be Started. Port Rorat, 8.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 1SAJL. The present appearance of things here would indicate that we are doomed to at least another tire-some month of inactivity. Gen. Banks' Expedition the destination of which general opinion argued In placing here has gone further South end Oen.

Htmraa's Expedition, which was to have been here long since, we have slrncftt given np all hopes of ever seeing. Whether Gen. Hbstxb himself la coming here aj all, la a question which involves sn Immense amount of speculation, and upon which no one as yet has been able to arrive at a definite conclusion. This cheerless prospec oi nothing to do, together with the arrivals of stesmen from the North, like the visits of angels few and ta between, has rather a dampening effect on our spirits here. On the afternoon of tbe 10th three steamers and a sailing vessel were sighted off the bar and ea tering the harbor, and were supposed to be the event court, of a large and powerful fleet either Basks-or HcHTia's whereat great excitement and joy invaded the quiet monotony of this place.

But they brought us no glad tidings beyond, a few later dallies from New-York. One of the steamers-was the Boston ferryboat John Adams, and the other two the steamer Erieeiton towing the steamer Thamtt, whose engine had become disabled In a gale, by the breaking ef the rock shaft. Both these vessels belonged to Gen. Basks' expedition, which left Fortress Monroe on the 4th and had on board portions of tbe One Hundred aad Tenth and One Hundred and Fourteenth New-York 1 regiments. When twenty-four hours out, the fleet met a violent storm of wind and rain, which rased so furiously that the vessels were unable to keep together.

It was al the heigth of this storm that tbe Thamt met with the accident to her machinery, which rendered her utterly helpless. Her signal of distress was fortunately percelved by the Erietton, through the haze which nearly hid the vessel from view, end wss fast becoming more dense. The Ericsson immediately went to her assistance, and succeeded In attachlt.g a hawser, but not without great difficulty, as the sea rsn so high that the two vessels collided with a shock which threatened destruction to the rail Thmmts. The col lision, however, resulted In nothing mors serious than the demolition of the small boat belonging to the Ericsson, and the fracture of the rail and carryli.g away of the spanker-boom of the Tkamss. In tne-.

tumult, Capt. Avsar, of the Thames, revetted a biow upon the thigh from tne boom, blch kuoce tin down, and Incapacitated him from further service dur ing the voyage. After towing tbe disabled vessel for twenty-four hours, the hawser parted, and an- other scene of excitement and perit followed. In the attempt to refasten it, the bow of the Thnmrs aud tne stern of the Ericsson came into reie'ed culli.ion. and another small boat of the latter was daaned into atoms.

Not the least atuong the' excitements was that caused by he peril of six of the Enrsson's crew. who bravely manned and launched tne li.e-boai to assist by carrying the hawser to tbe helpless, vessel. The or.rectiiig rope between the life-boat end. the. Ericsson was severed to prevent her being crushed' between the conflicting vessels and the boat was immediately whirled far astern over the Boisterous wa ves here she was tcsred like sn eg g-shei, and only regained tbe steamer by tbe herculean exertions of the gallant fellows at tbe oars.

During the whole of the atorm, which increased In fury oniil midniahtof Saturday, tbe Thames lurched and rol'ed continually. Bunks, which had been constructed between decks for the soldiers, were prostrated into a mass of lumber the cooking galley was swept over board, and boxes, barrels, and hogsheads, thrown from their lashings. The danger arising' from the latter circumstance compelled tbe sacri fice of a large quantity of commissary stores, clothing. Ac All who were on board speak of the voyage as Intensely exciting, and concur in condemning the craft as entirely unsea worthy. The troops are now here waiting transportation.

the Tkamts, although a new vessel, having been con dsmaedbya Board of Survey at this port. An examination proved bet to be hastily and cheaply constructed, without regard to the strength required for a tea-going vessel, as which she was chartered, and consequently without regard to human life. The re port of the Board was I nal ner stauncnieoa. knees and brace are entirely too weax and taau qviate for the purpose of a sea-going transport vessel, and that her seams are exposed and open and freely admit water, and that her planking and timbers gen erally are of ch light proportion a wotuo tn. altos-ether unseawortby.

ana tnereior Board deem It entirely unsafe for her to proceed or her voyage with the troops on board." Her timbers ia gome places were iou-jd to pUcedUxree feet epert. 1 1 I 0.