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TXUBT TOEU MOT USEE THET ABLE, TFIET WOCLD INVADE AND "DIBTBOTCS WITHOUT MKBCT. AB30U.TELT ABSCKXD Or THESE THINGS, I AM AJ1A2ED THAT ''ANT ONE COULD THINK OF 'PEACE ON ANT HE WHO ENTERTAIN! THE SENTIMENT "IS TIT 0ILT TO BE A SLAVE 11E UO CTTERB IT AT THIB TIME, MOREOVER, IB A TRAITOH TO HIB COCNTRT, WHO DE8BRTEB THE BCORN AID 'CONTEMPT OF ALL HONORABLE MEN." A rrflfu, totht Central Attembty of OhU February, 163 Oar Outside To-tlajr Contain! Interesting reading matter, Including telegraphic dispatches. The French In MexicoReported Inquiry hy the United States Regarding the Era lcrors Intentions. The New York Timet bits a Paris letter gh ca airport that President Lincoln's Administra tion demam jrom Franc a categorical ti plana on of tht Emperor Mention in Aft rb and of the Interpretation to be put on Ms letter to (Ten FiltV Block Market We are Indebted to Ja) Cooked; bankers, for tbe following condition of the atook and aale market to-day i I1 5 Coupons, 6's of 1881 Registered 7 3-10 Treasury note 1 year certificates Demand notes, (old Issue) Buying Selling 101 103 VJ 100 104 105 07 07j 107 170 1GJ 17J 17J 07; American gold coin 1GJ Certificate checks- The Defences of Charlcstou. Ftrta Moult ru and Sumter Certainly Iron-clad letter from the blockading (uadron ofl hartcston, just received in Boston, sajs that from observation with powerful glasses, and i he statements of deserters, It Is evident that Charleston Is strongly fortified There, is no doubt that Fot Moultrie, ad well Ai Fort Bu inter, Is iron-clad, aud that the rebel have a considerable number of very powerful guns In position Still, If no accidents happen our Iron-clads, (and a number will be kept hi reserve to meet emergencies,) the Admiral in command (Dupont) is confident that he shall be able to capture tho city.

The land troops at harlcston consist mainly of conscripts, who ould not probably make a very stout resistance to our march onward, in ease the eitj should be taptured When tho letter was written it was not known when the assault would be made REPAIRING THE STREETS. By a reference to the proceedings of the city councils of last evening it 111 be seen that a Joint committee of the two boards was ap pointed to wait upon Congress and ask an appropriation for the repair of the streets of the city. Congress cannot In justice refuse an appropriation The streets have been rendered lm passible by the heavy trains of Government wagons con stautly passing over them, and In many eases even the pavements havo been destroyed and the streets torn up In order to facilitate tho business of the Government. This appropriation Is due to the citizens of Washington, and we believe that it will be prompt); made as soon as the commit too can lay the facts before Congress. Enrolling the National Forces.

the House yesterday continued in session (UtU near midnight, debating the Benatu bill piovldlng for the enrolling of tho militia forces of the United States, but adjourned without taking a vote on the question Tbb fiLEEriNO Betiel liy 2-rancu Ve Ilae Janiler, Ktq of thit Idy, We are Indebted to the author for a copy of this charming little epic poem It was first pronounced by that finished eloqutlonlst, Mr. Murdoch, In the presence of a select audience in the Senate hamber, some weeks since, and attracted considerable attention. "Who wrote It has been the question frequently asked Mr. Mur doch was stormed, by those who listened to his reading of It, for copies, but he was pledged not to grant such request. Wo now divulge the secret The poem Is a gem.

It tells the story of Wm Scott, a young soldier from the State of Vermont, who, while on duty as a sentinel at night, fell asleep, and having been condemned to die, was pardoned by the Presi dent It is sold at all the bookstores. New HiMrsuiKi A spirited canvass Is pro pressing lu tbe Granite State The election occurs on tho second Tuesday In March Gen HInks, formerly Colonel of the Massachusetts Nineteenth, and who has been several times wounded, has accepted various Invitations to address the people. Gen Hamilton, of Texas, ha bpoken to Immense audiences lu different i us aud cities, and the rising tide of jiopular uihunUsm now threatens to overwhem theop- itlou to the Union cause. Ji due Wbitlet, of Uoboken, has Just fin ti a very charming little cabinet landscape, ah figures, which he facetiously calls "Seed nuts horn ths Nursery of Bryant and Godwin, Konlyn, Long Island The scene represents the great poet's residence, and the actors In It, his lineal descendants. A FoptiLAit Work Forthcoming Mr.

Frank Moore is engaged lu compiling a succinct bio graphical record uf thu soldicis and sallurs of ibe United Statti ho hav distinguished them selves in the present content A NOT lieu Iron Clau The Iroii-tlad gunboat Ncusha was launched ai hi Luuls uu the 16th. She Is designed on the Monitor plan The Bum of $250 has been subscribed inl'hll ddelphia for tho purchase of a testimonial fur General SJgel. Snow's Cjucxlah Painted Pem are lit st rate BhUUngton has them for sale 1 hey are tter than any foreign manufactured The "Sci'LTTOr'b Journal," dovoted to the art of sculturo, Is to be the name of a new a per to be published In London. (nu Stockton has been appointed by the Governor of New Jersey a major general of the State mllltla. The will of Nicholas Longworth.

of Cincin nati, has been admitted to probate. He leaves alt hit property to his widow and children, mak-mg no bequest whatever to any charitable or Dcucvoxcnt ouject LECTURE ON GAI11BALD1, DY MASON JONES, At AVIIUrds Hall, February l3- An audience composed of the- chief metro politan literary, chit and military celebrities of Washington assembled at Wlllards1 Hall last evening, to listen to the first lecture of lr. Mason one. Bo much lias been said tva written concerning this gentleman, that his appearance on the platform was looked for with eager' curiosity, and was tho signal for considerable excitement. Mason Jones Is a voung man, of apparently thirty jcars of age, of mo dlum stature, striking personal appearance, remarkably large, lustrous, darkly flashing eyes, a sonorous voice possessed of power enough to Oil the largest edifice and able to peak out with force which electrifies the au ditor.

In lils mode of addressing tho public, Mason Jones differs from every other orator whom we remember. He uses no theatrical gestures, makes no gyrations on tho rostrum, nor resorts In any way to the rhodomontade of rhetoric. Speaking calmly and deliberately, without any written aid, he nevertheless enunciates with so much energy that the auditor has no option but to listen Ah well might the bird endeavor to escape from the fascinating glance of the snake, as a person to go to sleep while Mr. Jones Is speaking. If agreeing with him, you listen with peculiar pleasure; and if disagreeing with him, you still must listen for the eloquence of the orator holds you tightly In his thrall.

Hon tassius M. Clay, by Invitation, Introduced Mr. Jones to the audience In tbe following speech Ladles and L-rntlcmrn From the errrn nnd beautiful Isle which nature hits done so much to build up and mau so much to destroy; where liberty has so often stood, and, alss so often fallen; from the land of Burke, of Sheridan, of Phillips, of Currno, Grattan, Kmmctt, and O-Connell. comes one who Is a representative of that which Is best to us all, and Mho lives ont the deep philosophy that the basis of liberty to each Is liberty to all Most cheerfully 1 have tho honor to Introduce to ou the orator the world wide defender of liberty Mison Jones Tho speaker commented by recounting the incidents of Garibaldi's early life, then proceed-1 ed to describe the Italian campaign, and related the particulars of tho battle of tbe olturno as witnessed by himself. In tho course or the i Uliv bl0f)' "hllielr ftmlllce, and when re-.

turned will require them, and those remaining lecture, Mason Jones launched a philippic tipnn the t(J work diligently and against Louis Napoleon which was received I fitlthfull on the plantations for onevcar, to uii iniiiiiitnnn. in1ni.n rmtMTl Till ripnnrl iiiPtiL In their im. i hi luuiuiiuvug ni'i'iuuov. Thcspeiker referred to a conversation which ho had had with Garibaldi on the subject of his successful carter as a military leader. In the course of which ho said that great chltftan re- marked If jou want tn do aujlhlug tu this world, never take advlte In my past history I havo mado four great mistakes, aud on each of those occasions I acted against my own Judgment and accepted of advite.

In the futuro I never Intend to take any advice, though I alwajs get quantities of It, and get It gratuitous! My experience has taught me that It Is generally worth tho price paid fur it He said though Garlbildl was greatly to be praised and admired, (and he thanked God for bringing such i man into the world,) vet lit had, like the rest of us, his faults. He as de flcleut In ouo quality, which was most cssen tlal forevcry great military commander. This was the utter absence of all talent for organi zation aud discipline Garibaldi's armywtas never anything better than a mob, though a cry brave one. Anarchy and confusion reigned supreme Everybody went everywhere, aud nobody obejod anybody. Victory always pre-coded Garibaldi, while desolation was assure to follow As a military commanded, Garibaldi could not, he thought, bu compared with any one.

He could not, the speaker was sure, pass a pre paratory examination at West Point He either never acquired the ordinary rules of tac tics, or else wilfully disregarded them. In fact, like every man of genius, ho made rules for himself Ho placed bis men on the battle field In positions such as every other military commander would condemn. Elaborate kinds of battles Garibaldi regarded as tbe greatest nonsenct He always held that the more complicated the plan the more easily was It opposed. Ho never paused to consider disparity of numbers, or Inequality of tho ground. He often waited for some slight mistake on tho part of the officer In command of tho opposing forces, or sought In some ay to create a momentary panic among the enemy, when with his genius he would seize upon tho Incident and make It the occasion of his victory Common men ere generals by rules, Garibaldi was a general by genius.

His aim was chiefly to dazzle ami confound by the rapidity, daring, and suddenness of his movements Eastern officers said that they never know where to find him If they looked for him at one point he as sure to tarn up at some other where least expected The cardenal joint In Garibaldi's military creed was, that a leader who hoped to be suc cess ml must always be tbe attacking party It was Garibaldi's firm conviction, that any Gen eral, no matter how great his powers, who remained In his entrenchments, and waited to bo attacked, was half defeated by that very act. applause General Burnsldo has been subjected to a great deaf of criticism on account of his roccnt brilliant attack upon the enemy at Fredericks burg He was convinced, from what he know of Garibaldi's character, that If he had been placed In the position in which General Burnsldo then was, he would havo done precisely the same thing Vociferous appluuxe Of all things In the world, it Is the most ungenerous, most cowardly, and most contempt I bio to condemn an officer mvrcly because helms failed Hobellevcdhatlf GcnM Burnsldehad not been opposed, or thwarted by others, but allowed to follow out his own i Ian, aud renewed thu attack the next mornlag, he would have won tho greatest victory of tho war. Loud and prolonged applause Speaking of thytmost Idolati ous attachncnt which the forces of Garibaldi had for him, he said one great reason of It was that this great leader manifested a sj telsl interest lu thu welfare of each Individual under him Hu observed in passing that If unyofour military leaders toslrcd to gain thu atlcctiou of their men, they had onlj to show some eym pathy for their sufferings, I ficqutut lu their visits to tho hospitals, and display a symj lltlly In their tnodu of dress, style of living and general conduct an evidence of Garibaldi's gicatucss, he referred to thu fact that ho had, lu very short space of time, transformed the character of his whole i coj it A wonderful drama shortly to bu enacted In Europe Although at resent there Is quietude and peace there, tho acute observer can discern the signs of thu coming storm, and when that storm does comi, It will I one of the most ttrrltlc tempests of political warfuro that was ever witnessed In Europe In that coming contest Garibaldi will ride over the winds and through the storm, as It were, in a halo of glory. Applause France Is already becoming uneasy, and the rider sits uneasy In his scat. The star of Na poleon IB on Its wane; and there Is not a lover of liberty In France, or any other portion of Europe, who does not long for tho moment when Garibaldi's standard shall float lo the breeze Uli the proud words of "Liberty And doath to tyrants emblazoned upon It Then, If the nations of Europe were deserving of good government, they would get It, for he was Inclined to the belief that a ioople al.

wajs had as good a government as they de served. Governments, like newspapers, were always indicative of the character of the peo pie, for both were made and supported by them ffhe orator terminated with a glowing de scrlptlon of Italy, which roused the audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm On Wednesday evening, Mason Jones Is lo deliver his oration on Curraa and the Wits and Orators of tho Irish Bar." A rare treat of eloquence maj be expected. BY TELEGRAPH. Movements of George N.Sanndcrs HALirAX, Feb St. Ueorgo N.8aunders,who silled for Europe on Friday evening, had been staying here for the last few daysjirovlously.

He Is bearer of dispatches from the Confederate Government Geu. Flunks Provides Wa and Means for the Slaves. The planters of the distrlots about New Orleans have held several meetings at tho bi. Cbarlcii Hotel, lo consult as to what should be done with their slavts. The meeting represented our fifty millions of property.

General Banks whs Invited In by tho planters, and was In free cunferenco with them borac of the planters complained of General Banks recent order, bcuiusclt left them no means of reclaiming their futrltlve uccroes. to which General Bauks replied by pointing them to the law of Congress prohibiting slave catcmng by the arm). The result was an agreement that the Planters should pay their laborers, and that tho sequestration committee should "Induce" tho negroes lo work. The following official docu menis lam me arrangement! Wk The officers of the government will Induce the slnvvs to return to tho plantations where I lowers, and perfect subordination to their du ties, upon condition that the planters or other implujcrs will feed, clothe, aud tru.it thetn pro eriy, ana give lo Hani ai Hie end of tuo car one-twentieth (1 -W) part of the year's livrj- VI IJll.v uivutuij VVIllFVUffaklUUj IU V4AWV litre it ina be more convenient as follows Mi i hanks. siiirar makers.

drivers. A.i able bodied field men, tit able bodied field women, house servants, nurses, Ac 91. The rcqK)rtlon reserved fur the slaves shall be divided Into shares, and distributed according to tho value of their labor, as follows mechanics, sugar-makers, drivers, three shares each, able bodied field men, two shares each, able-bodied field women, house servants, rots, Ac ouo share each. All negroes not otherwise employed will be required to labor upon the public works, and no person capable of lalor will be supported at the public expense In Idleness. G.

Beckwitu, Colonel, I'rcVt Sequestration Commission This as signed by tbe 1 lauters, and with the follow log as sent by Gen Banks to tho district provost marshals and judges IlEAnqlARTEHB DeTT. GlLT, Ofiice Sequestration Commission, rcbruaryO, lcVl In accordance with tho agreement between the military authorities and the planters, based upon gincral orders No. 1J, January JO, lbtiJ, you uru authorized to reccivo the signatures of I lanters to said agreement, (a printed copj of wuicn is ucrcwiiu anu arc oruereii to carry out In good faith the provisions of the agreement on the part of tho authorities You will, In good faith, offer all fair and legal Inducements lo the negroes Itbln your district, In whatever condition of service they may be fouud, to return to their families and the plantations whore they bcloug luu any negro has acquiesced In the terms i ruposcd, )ou will sec that ho fulfils his engagement lor one jcar in kooq iauu. Ho shall be required to main uio the plantation to which he Is bound, to wuik faithfully and Industriously, and inmulaiu a respectful ind subordinate depurtmciit toward his cm ployer. You are ordered to lohlblt the harboring aud employment of negroes laboring iq on plantations under this agreement by other parties, cither civil or military That all negroes not acquiescing in tho proposed agreement, not otherwise employed, shall Immediately be put to labor ujkju tho lubllc works, and that all negroes fouud lulhe country, cities, villages, or about the military stations, without visible oceupatlou or means of subsistence, shall bo arrested asvagrauts and put to labor upou the public works or the quartermaster's plantations You will also see that the agreement entered Into by the planters lu regard to tho negroes Is faithfully aud fairly carried out By order of the U.

8. ficqucatratlou Commis sion. Approved P. Banks, Major General Commanding. The Proclamation In the South From the Nashville (Tenn Union The Emancipation Proclamation may have been Impolitic; but it Is certain that tho evil results, which Its opponents predicted would follow Us publication, have not yet appeared The Proclamation was Issued on the 1st of Jan uary, seven weeks, or nearly two months, ago, and no domestic carnage aud slave Insurrection havo followed that we have heard of On the contrary, tho slaves seem to have been un usually peaceful and quiet Their mabters have risen against tho Government bv thou sands, but they have not lifted their hands against tho families of their masters.

Hebcl while soldiers havo shot and hung loyal citi zens, ana nave uutcucreu women in cold blood Hubel slave owners have violated the persons of helpless females, and laid tho houses of loj al 1Q aut, ana perpeiraieu a inousauu outrages, so atrocious that it seemed as If hell had been permitted to hold Its saturnalia In the South But no where havo we hcanlthatthe slaves oi these fiendish wretches have commit like outrages If the rebellious slatcown ers would tollow tho example set before them by their patient slaves, tho nation would quick ly bo at peace Wo wero told also by thu opponents of tho Proclamation, that It would exasperate the rebels, and thus give energy and strength to tho rebellion But experience, thus far, directly falsifies this predlctiou At no period in tho career of tho rebellion have its prospects been so dark, or Its condition so distracted and desperato as they are st present A cloud of gloom and despair, which lets no shaft ol light stream through its murky rills, envelopes thu ljnd of rebellion from Richmond to Mobile it leiulnds one of the gross darkness "which might bo felt," which shrouded Egypt liku a funeral pill, a short time before the ixodus of the children of Israel from thu laud of bondage And we, gul led bv thu fiery cross of the lord through our night of sorrow, and shel terud by His canopy of clouds, may. In His own good thiiCf walk through the Red Sea of civil war, after much tribulation, aud roach at last thu laud of perfect freedom. Grit McNeii, whose punishment of guerillas has been so mudi commented upou, lias been honored with a reception by thu Missouri Legislature, and thousands or Mlssourlans have signed a memorial to thu President full) sustaining his action, recommending him to the favorable notice of tho Goveruineut Tiierf are now about prlsnmrs nt Fort Delaware Ex Secketaut Cans Is In Providence, I on a visit to a grand-daughter Truth Is never a babe, and never a hag As at the first, so at the last full-bloom, yet young upon her brow ells an eternity of beauty POUR O'CLOCK, P. H. IUSH IN GOLD TO-DAY-TIIE CAUSE.

Gold has gone up to day, In New York, lo 107, 107,, 1U72. This Is tho longest leap yet made In one day There ate various reasons given for It. One Is that news was received In Wall street this morning that our forces havo been repulsed before Vlcksburg Butthlswedo not believe. Another reason, given by New York merchants, now In this city, Is that tho recent passage of tho bank bill Is tho cause, the banks or Now York city having decided not to organize under It. We doubt whether this Is tho cause.

We b( Ileve the roal cause of this sudden upward tendency of gold to be tho failure of Congress to pass tho finance bill. Tho want of prompt ac tion by Congress, on this bill, Is the subject of general corrment aud surprise. False Rumors Tho city Is filled with rumors to-day that our forces havo been repulsed at Vlcksburg, but wo cannot trace the report to any rellablo source It a wcttn lie The Democrats Stopping legislation in tho House, to-day, several attempts havo becu mado to reach a vote ou tho "Conscription bill," so called, but the Democrats com menced filllbnslerlng, and up to the hour of our going to press succeeded In preventing a voto being taken. Chasseurs d'Afrlque ice President Hamlin went homo last week to confer with Governor Coburn, of Maine, about officering a brigade of colored troops, which Is to bo raised In Louisiana, under the command of General David Ulman, of New York. The ofllccrs of this brigade of Cftts- eeurs d'Afrlquo" are to bo from Maine, aud the principal ones were selected by prominent gentleman from that State In this city, vlzt The first regiment Is to bo commanded by Captain pplcton, of the Twelfth Maine, bon of Chief Justice Applcton; the Lieutenant Colonelcy was offered to Captain Bangs, of tho Twentieth Maine, but he declined it.

Tho second regiment is to bo commanded by Captain Cvrus Hamlin, wlthCaptaln the Second Maine, ns Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Patch, of tho Third Maine, as Major. Nearly all of tho other officers ore to be selected from Malno regiments In the field by Gov. Coburn Foreign Relations. Tho Senato Committee- on Foreign Kelations has asked to bo discharged Irom the consldera Hon of several subjects referred to them during Ibo session drawing lo a close, touching our foreign relations, as not requiring legislation It is understood that tho limits designated by me recent treaty with Great Britain for the sup pression of the slavo trade, In which tho rlirht of search can bo exercised by the cruisers of cither country, are to bo enlarged In tho West Indlis, and that commissioners arc to bo sent to Lima to adjudicate claims, as provided by tho taaly just negotiated with Peru. A District of Columbia Congressman.

Thu bill empowering tho voters of this Dis trict to elect a delegate of Congress like the Territories, introduced Into tho House yester day by Mr. Delano, prescribes tho establish ment of voting precincts by tho President, and an election on the first Monday in May next, and on tho first Monday In January of every second year thereafter. Tho Secretary of tho Interior to appoint Inspectors of election; oil white male citizens of twenty-one vears and upwards, who have resided lu tbo District one ear, cllglblo as voters Agricultural Appropriation. Thu conference committee upou the disagreements of tho civil appropriation bill reported yesterdai Thopriuclpd difference, with regard to tho agricultural appropriation, was finally settled by making It 00,000. It was about a halfway compromise between the original Houbo voto and thu original amendment of tho Senate Finance Committee.

Monty due Minora. A bill has been Introduced Into tho Housu to enable guardians appointed In the States and Territories to collect money and other personal property due their wards In tho District of Columbia. Such a law 1b a great public necessity in this District in tho present condition of the country. District Roads. Auicndmwnts to tho Levy Court bill havo been reported to-day In tho Senate, by which roads of corporatcd coiupauies may bo mado public If not kti In repair, and materials for making roads may bo condemned, as In the caao of land If ugieemcnt with tbe owner cannot bo had.

Indians at the Capitol. The delegation of Indians from the Northwest now In the city, were at the Capitol this morning, carefully observing thu "great council of the palo faces Death or Mus Booth Wo learn with 10-gret of tho sudden dvath, on Saturday morulug laslvof Mrs. Booth, wlfu of the distinguished actor, Edwin Booth. She had been ill for some time at Dorchester, Massachusetts, where her friends lived, but ou Friday mornloir was bud. posed lo be better; her disease, Infiamatlon of tnu uowcis, iook a moru serious turn, however, on Friday evening, when her husband was summoned from New York city, but not In time to see her before her death.

Mrs Booth was a lady of the most lovely and estimable character, and lur early loss will bu deeply mourned by a largo circle of friends. Evening Pott, A negro, undergoing hii examination, when asked If his master was a Christian, replied, No, Blr, he's a member of Congress hy is a blade of grass liko a note of hand 7 Because It Ifl matured by falling dew. Modesty lo woman Is like color on her cheek decidedly becoming If not put on "I liko your as a pretty girl said when her beau kissed her Grumbling Is all very well lu its lace It is the deep bass that Is ueudud lo make up tho full hauuouy of being He who fishes in the tea avf matrimony need not trouble himself to put any bait upon his hook IfthoJiook Is gold After this wur, crutches will be regarded ns Insignia of honor A renegade Irishman, running down his own country, said there was nothing in Jt worth having except the, whiskey "Oh! then," replied a wag, you mean to say that, with all her faults, you love her still," AnnivAbiOP the: eureka, RUMOR OF A BATTLE ON THE RAPPA A CAPTURED HI BEL MAIL. Last night the steamer Eureka arrived at tho navy yard from the Lower Potomac. She reports a rumor that Captain McGaw, who proceeded up the Rappihannock last week, with tho Freeborn, Currituck, and Dragon, were engaging some of the rebel batterleinm the river.

A rebel mall, which was captured at Leon-ardstown last week, together with tho carrier, and which Is said to contain Important corrcs-pondenco, was brought up by tho Eureka, In chargo of a detective officer attached lo Gen Schcnck'a department. LATEST BY TKLKGRAFII FROM CALCUTTA THREATS OF A REBEL MRATE CAP-TAIX. ARRlAt OF A BRIT11H STfAMLR AT HA. VAhA mm tonon mov mobill HER6ECE8H PASSENGERS DESPONDENT. THE CARNIVAL IN rROGM S5 AT HAVANA New York, Feb.

2 1. Tho Calcutta FnglUh. wwi, a newspaper which has been received, states that a rebel pirate was recently Been crossing tho Bay of Bengal. Her Captain do-da ml to tho Captain of tbo British ship Setlm that he would capture and burn every vessel leaving Calcutta under the American flag. The steamer Pacific, from Havana on the 17th.

has arrived. The British steamer Alice, with 800 bales of cotton, arrived at Havana on tho 17th, not having seen a gunboat from the llmo of starting from Mobile till entering the harbor of Havana. No news from Mobile had transpired, but scccsh on board tho Alabama looked very down hearted. Tho steamer Sheldrako Balled from Havana on the 21st for New York. BuslnesB had been suspended In tho cltv of Havana for the purpose of enjoying tho carnival.

The health of thalty 1b good. LITE NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. The Attack on Charleston and Savannah Dreaded. Wo tnko tho following from tho Richmond Whig of February 17i WHO BtNK THE HATTEItAS? This question Is at last solved. Tho Alabama did tho Job.

also hear that tho rlorlda has been en gaged In sorao very pretty llttlo of wmcu no news naa previously reacnea us liio sending a Yaukco esse), laden with soldiers, to David Jones' locker, without notice, is a very Jollj proceeding Oh, how much one regrets, in reading bucii accounts, mat inmate Mr, alio ry was so much addicted lo sleep i no louowing is extracted irom aiettcrqatcd 10th instant. Just received per steamer Ruby, from a pent (em an orhlnhresDccLabllltvat Nns. sau, on Tils way to Europe "it was lueAiaoama mat sunn tuo altera s. The Florida has also sent the Annlu Bonsall, with troops for New Orlcaus, to tho bottom I.ATE8T CUAUE Or BASE. Tho Intelligence has assumed a positive char acter, and Is relied on, that the rankeo army on me itappauannocK nas sounacti a retreat.

It Is believed that they are making for Wash ington, to recruit, behind tho breastworks of that city, thurwasted ranks and broken spirits Hooker fighting Joe" who sneered at nil his predecessors for doing bo little, has followed their example of tho back track, having done still less than the). And yet ho had doubtless doue tbo best aud wisest thing tbo circumstances admitted of. He had In front of blm an Impregnable position and an Invlnclcle army. Ho had under him a beaten, disgraced, demoralized and spiritless force. It was Impossible for him to move forward Tho river and tho mud afforded him only temporary respite from demolition Lee It was prudent to get away while ho had a chancu.

And so ends another chapter In the history of On to Richmond This Is the fourth flight tb Waohlngton of thu army that has come out from Its walls with banners flying and steeds prancing, to overrun Virginia and occupy her capital. McDowell, Pope, McClellan and Hooker rivaled each other In tho glory of a Heglra, Yvhoso turn comes next, and when will the Confederate Btatcs be conquered at this rate of progress MAMMOTH ARMADA. Charleston or Savannah, or both, are now awaiting, breathless, tho onslaught of the greatest war fleet ever seen In our hemisphere. Tbo crisis Is upon them. Many a beating heart longs and burns to bo with tho envied defenders of those cities, undct command or tho heroic and devoted Beauregard this day.

Many a Confederate t-oldler would make a present of ten cars of dull cxlstcnco In exchange for "one crowded hour of glorious llfu" under our tlag upon those forts and batteries, and under ino eyo oi sucu a cnicf. Charleston has envied Richmond! Savannah has been kept from her sleep by the fame of teentli and streets, by Officers James and Marr, Vlcksburg. Their garrisons, llng Idly In their 0r Uie First ward police, one for beating his wife iuartcrs, have pined that they were not sharers BU(l lhe other for beating his sister, a married wo-ln the passage of arma at rrcderlcksburg, when mdll -iwere brought before Justice Drun, tho Georgian Lawton stood tho battlo brunt LMt lrue t0 n(ltuFr nelthf of the women weilWBp. txndence slighted cities havo their turn; those Injured soldiers rccclv attention. Do not their hearts leap up at the summons to the battlo Will they not make tho names of Charleston and Savannah names of terror to the craven Yankee ucnrt iruiu iuib uay 10 ino cnumgoi luaworici i mtwii nut nviuiaitij uat uuiuun VI Iron-clad ships tho enemy havo got In their "mammoth armada;" but they will have no use for anything short of Iron-clads in faco of our forts.

Charleston and Sav anuah hav both had tlmo for preparation. They havo both long known that they wero coveted objects for the foe. Charleston, above all. that first. In that hour of fato, struck down tbo fulon tlag of the I lanfcee, ana rung, inrougn ino tnroai or can uon, tho death knell of a fouland rotten Union-Charleston Is the choicest morsel to glut tho dearest vengeance of tho Puritan heart.

May God fight for tho gallant city) A smashing defeat of tho "mammoth armada" in thoso waters now, would almost, we think, make the aficc-tlouato soul of the gentle Northw est turn a llttlo moru to thoughts of peace. Every ship of tho 4ormada" sunk, will give rise to a constitution al scruple in tho Democratic conscience. The disgrace of their striped rag will make them feel that our friendship must bo cultivated, and that their own war debt Is a thing to bo repudiated Diplomatize for us, then, vu bullets of Sumter1 Soothe our great Northwest for us, yu batteries of Bcauiugurd! a battle in the wrsT. From the Richmond tnnulnr, tcb IS learn that a successful assault was made on Gen Jclfersrn Davis's division, stationed in and around I rauklln, yesterday morning at unyurcuK Thoattack wasted by Gen. rorrcst himself with his usual dash aud daring, and tho Yankees dispersed In everv direction, and before ten o'clock were In full retreat toward Nashville So say the rumors which reach us by tho evenixg tralu If tho whole uf this la correct and wo see no reason to doubt its authenticity it entirely breaks tho force of tho repulse Horn Fort Donclson, and proves tor-rest and his merry men Irresistible and never represslble, Our latest advices from tho force under command of Gen Davis state that thuy had returned to Murfrecsboro' with JW rebel prisoners whom they captured from rorrcst.

hd Tribune HI AV E8 IN 11EBEL MILITAKY BERVICE. In obedience to a requisition of the Governor of irginia, for slaves to work on fortifications, thu Henrico county court has made an appor tlonment among ouo hundred and sixty-six slaveholders lu that county, aud called lor two hundred aud seventy nine slaves This Is for one county, and serves to show how much thu rebels depend upon their slaves TUP API IIOACUEB TO (SAVANNAH I rom the Lulumbua (Ga Sun Tho British, wo believe, took Savannah by an expedition whhh went up theUgeechee and one of tho Inland water passages to Atontgom ery or Vernon, at which point they disembarked and inarched upou the city by inland. But this approach Is now so well defended by our batteries at Bieuileu and other places, that the enemy seem shy of It, 'THIRTY. SEVENTH OOKOREIFi I Third Session. Tuts PAT, February 23, 1803.

SENATE. Mr. GRIMES, from the Committee on the District of Colombia, reported back the follow ing bills. A 'bill to Incorporate- the Institution for the educatlou of colored children. The Mil relating to the levy courts of the District.

The bill to provide for Ibe Instruction of children outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown Mr WILSON, of Massachusetts, from the Military Committee, reported adversely on the bill to build a wagon road from the West Point Academy to Cornwall Lauding; on the bill granting right of way through tho military reservations ill Kansas; and on the bill relating to hospitals asrd an ambulance cortw. Ho said, In regard to the latter bill, that tho committee regarded It as impracticable. Mr. WILKINSON, from the Indian Committee, reported a bill for tho removal of the Sioux Indians from Minnesota. Passed.

Mr. HOWE, from tho Committee on Pensions, reported a bill relating to bounties lo discharged soldiers. Passed. Mr. FOSTER called up the bill granting a pension to the sister of the late Commander Renshaw.

Passed. Mr. 8UMNFR. from tho Commlltco on For eign Affairs, reported a bill lo carry Into effect tho treaty with Peru. On motion of Mr.

FE8SENDEN. committee of conference was appointed on tho naval appropriation bill. Mr. FESSENDEN called up tho Indian ap propriation Dill. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The SPEAKER stated tho pending motion to bo the demand for the previous question. A number of dilatory motions were made, wDcn, On motion of Mr. OL1N, tho rules of the House were suspended, In order to allow him lo offer a resolution for the purpose of closing tho debato at 31 o'clock. Mr. CRAVENS moved a call of the House.

Mr. 110LMAN moved to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. HICKMAN moved that when tho House adjourn to-day It meet on Tliuredayne.it. Lost.

Tho question then recurred on the motion for a call of tho House, which was lost. Quito a number of dilatory motions wero pending when our report closed. LOOALjYFFAIRS. Tolice Mattlki First prrclnet no arrest Second rrecinct Henry leaver, Martin Cunningham, William larrea, and A kllsher, riding on pavement; fined $1.68 Charles A Rundels, asBsult and battery; security for court lourlh Precinct Kelly, drunk and disorderly; fined $1 73 Fifth Precinct Drashears, drunk and disorderly; fined Wm Garner, drunkrnneBi nneu ai on Seventh Precinct Honor Dandlonl, suspicion of Hrccn) ball for a hearing Drodua Newton, anault and batter); Jail for court Hall and ChM Laton, assault and battery; ball to keep the peace L.gMh precinct Graham, Geo Busher, driving on $1 56 Geo Barron, assault sod battery; jail for court ChM Lamb, driving on pavement; fined 41 68 Math precinct Ann Connell, larceny; jsll for court Tenth precinct John Harudey and Wm Burk, assault with, intent to Rill; held for a bearing Jas Campbell, steallngijal for court Abraham Brook- er, assault and batter) with Intent to kill; held for a hearlur Margaret Wilson, fined as oi jab LAnson, stealing; security for court Jchors ion thl Nlvt Tlhm The following Jurors have been drawn for the next term of tbe criminal court They will be called together on me intra luonaay in March next Grand Juror St mud De aughn, William D)rr, John Clark, H. Foster, Boucher, Robt A Waters, Tho Mllstead, John E.

Cox, Liisna uirnoy, John w. simms, Wm G. Grimes, Andrew Ben net, Lemuel Williams, James Barker, Lhs Hamilton, John Murphy, John Cameron, vvniiam it ui perm an. David Shoe maker, Thomas Jacobs, Samuel Sylvester, John iu. luartm ana Aimon mid win retU Juror Burdette, Thomas Dowlltig, Aninony nucniy, jonn stake, vv it Williams, George crown, Rudolph Burhl), Joshua lYarce, cumon i-owitr, wm nenncr, Waters, Jacob Hclsthelt, Robert Knight, L.

Barnes. Peter Gallant, torn welt, Thos Gray, ueorge rna)ior, job moorc, Bpotiswood Childress, Jas G. Llllf, Ihos Orme, Hanson, William Martin, William Klrklsnd and James Rile) Tmau Ward Police Mattlrs Julius Ross, profanity, fined $3 59 Lloyd Thornt disorderly and profane, fine 1 John 11 Howard, drunk and uiioiderly; fined (1 94 David Smith, John Robertson and John tollnhan, disorderly conduct; lined $2 Joseph Dyer, drunk and sleeping lo market; fined (l 91 John le. Hall, disorderly conduct; fined Si 91 AilAULT AMU BeTTEHV Twu Iflihmfln wrr nrrMtedtn-dm. ins, house nn the rnr nr ni Row A slight disturbance occurred at the National Hotel )esterday between two drunken men.

It seems one of the parties was coming out of th billiard saloon, when he was struck by the other nnd knocked down, but their ft lends Interferred and soon put an end to further trouble UtorgctovTU A flairs. Municipal! Unconditional Union ticket prev ailed throughout yesterday Mr Addi son, the present worthy lnoumbent being re-elect ed to the Mayorallty by upwards of two hundred majority Mr Godry, for Alderman and the entire Council ticket received about tbe same vote The election passed oil" quietly We subjoin the names of the citizens who, by such a large majority have been selected Major Henry Addison Alderman William 11 Godey Common Council Wm 1L Collins, John Mar-bury, Jr Chss Lngllsh, Wm Tenncy, Dr Chas tralgen, Chas Myers, Clement A reck, Wm Craig, Jacob Hlcston, Ldmonston, L. L. Clements Makinl List Arrival Steamer Deveu-ny, Brlstow, Hilladclphls merchandise for Hyde h. Davidson Schooner A Lllls, Lot, New Vuik 1,000 bbls elder to Waters Co HUiooner Gcorgo Dummer, ridge, New lork hay to Government Sloop Star, King, Alexandria light Dcpaituit Sclir John Dalley, Hart, Boston- light Police Cvils Jno ger, grand larcrn); dismissed Ileut Hill and Geo MeCallan, disorderly conduct; dismissed Clem Sewel, drunk (dismissed Jno Mi.

I nt Ire, feamuel Smoot, nnd Jno Gray dis- order!) conduct; dismissed Chas Johnson, Chas Donclson, and Ham Melllngtoo, drunk; dismissed One sol Her turned over to the military ivriMwn mikii niiTin i uhiid. colored preferred, at No 3U1 street, oppo- lie tits vti) iinti IFU4I Jt ri'llia IB TO UlVlfi NOTICK, THAT Tllh subscriber hath obtained from th nmtian Court, of Ufttthingfon County, In the District of i4iuiiiuia iruen 01 numioiBirauoil on tne personal estate of Charles flaburn, late of Washington Uiunt) deceased All psrsonshavlng claims avalDBt the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit tho mine, with tho vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the nth dsy of February nextf they may otherwise law be excluded frein all I client of the said estate Glv en uouer my hand this nth day of Februar) A D.I863 WILLIAM ANDRL, feb 18 w3w Administrator 'PIUS IS TO OIVK NOTICE THAT THE i 1 Subscriber hsth nbtslnedlrom the Orphans' Court of Washington County, In the District of i ciumuia. leiiei oi aumimsirsuuu uu inv pcrauuai fit nle nt Anna nramey, tate oi wasnisgion county, deceant-d Alt persons having clslms SKaiost the Bald deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the Hth day of Februar) next They may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of ths said estate Given under my hand this Uth day of February, A 1863 JAMES MCDONALD, feb is lawlw Administrator. DtrAnTMENT Or 8TA.TS, WatMngton, Fib. 23, 1953.

Releasee from the draft on tbo ground of alienage have been allowed In the following eases i Xame, Whir drafted. Henry Nelland Outagamie Wis. Wenzel Wctlcngel Outagamie Wis. OFFICIAL. Headquarters Provost Marshal's Ornci, Washington, D.

Feb. 1803. Official notice Is hereby given that the orders from these headquarters concerning the dosing of bars and drinking houses after 9.30 p.m., and on Sundays, havo not been rescinded or modified, and all violations of tbxwen order will bo punished as heretofore. By order i Herr B. Todd, Captain and Provost Marshal.

A 8. Baker, Lieutenant and Adjutant. OFFICIAL. DErARTMExr or Stat, Washington, January 25, 1802. The Secretary of State will hereafter receive members of Congress on business on Saturdays, commencing with Saturday, tho first of next month.

WILLIAM H. BEWABD. Temporary Home for ffnraes, U. A. Tho Sanitary Commission has opened a branch of Us Washington Army Relief Station, for the protection and accommodation of fe-malo uurfles, ti mporarily detained In Washing ton by Hlnsss, or while waiting orders and un provided with proper quarters by Government or friends.

All such nurses will be made welcome on application at the office of tho Com mission, 211 street. reblm OFFICIAL. NOTICE. War Department, Washington City, D. Jan.

25, 18M. lu consequence) of tho pressure of business at tho War Department, passes for citizens tOTlslt the Army of tho Fotomac will bo gUcn at the ofiice of Lieut. Col. Cokuad, 133 Pennsylvania avenue, above Nineteenth street. Ja 80 INVALID SOLDIERS.

SimoEoif Gpxeral's Ornci, Washington, January 31, 1803. It bclog reported that various parties havo obtained money from Invalid sqldlers under ths pretenco of assisting them to their discharge from the ecrvlte, notlco Is hereby given thai certificates of disability for discharge lo soldiers in general hospitals and camps are eftly given by the surgeon In chargo of such hospital or camp, and the obtrusive efforts of persons claiming to be special agents retard lo stead of hasten the preparation of discharge pipers. All soldiers are warned against glvlug money on such ploa to any person whatever. By order of the Surgeon Genera It Joseph It. Smith, Surgeon U.

8. Army. FOR SALE OR RENT. flHVO NEAT AND COMFORTABLE BRICK DWLLLING HOUSLS on Tenth St. between L.

and I OR SALfc. The subscriber will sell at private sale, two neat and well arranged Brick Dwelling 110USLS, two stories, with base-meat, situatedon the west side of Tentb street, between and JAS L. MoGUIRL ftv CO febSt St Auction and Com Merchants. DKBIIIADLK FOUR STORY DIUCK DWLLLING HOUSL near the Capitol We otter for prlv ate sale, a four-story Brick Dwelling HOUSL, containing ten rooms, situated on Last Capitol street, between First and 6econd streets east, first square east of the Capitol Also, a good BUILDING LOT, on Fourth street east, opposite Lbenczer t. Church, fifty feet front, by fifty lu depth JAS McGUIRK fc CO, feb 24 St Auction and Com Merchants SALIC The good will and fixtures of the "Russell House' Billiard Saloon, and Restau-rint.

situated on street, near Nineteenth, fad- Joloing Harvey Oyster Depot Apply on the 1 remises leoz 3t STKAMKR FOR HALE The well known tug boat' WASP," S3 toas, double engines, lron-sheathed, double flanked, in best condition, having been thoroughly overhauled In New York, and now lying at the foot of Thirteenth-and-a-half street, will be sold at a bargain Apply to LMlLfc, DUrRLE, No. 340, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington feb 21 iw SALE. The building on tbe corner of In' dlana avenue and Second street, now a Government hospital Being near tbe railroad depot, It would make a good hotel Alsg, a FARM of ISO acres, on Rock creek, Mont- ornery county, Maryland, eight mllev from Waah-agton It would be divided to suit pursaasers. Inquire of 8 A TLUGH, No 46 Lleveath street, or of BULLL, room No. 14, Land Office, first floor feb si st HKNTr-A STORE, on Pennsylvania av-; enue, south sloe, will be rented to a party that suits, at a reasonable rent Enquire at the Agency out re, 511 Ninth street, near Pennsylvania avenue feb 3 H.

MILLER, DLSIRABLL PARTUS WISHING STRICTLY first-class board, In a centrally-situated house, may ap'dv addressing Lock Box 66. None but persons willing to pay a reasonable price need answer. an IS tf A BRICK ST A DLL FOR RLNT-between Ninth and Tenth streets, near Pennsylvania avenue. Room for four horses and wagon. Lnqutre at this office (an 30 tf ROOMS AND PARLOR TO RLNT, in a first-class new HOUSL, with new Furniture No 3oT street, near Ninth The house Is a very desirable one, being near the Post and Patent Offices References given and required.

Ja lt tl 17 OR RENT AND SALE The Furniture ol a first-class Boarding House, with ourteen Rooms, In the very best of neighborhoods, in the i ourtb ward, now having from fourteen to sixteen boarders Satisfactory reason given for selllaa For particulars, apply at tht Agency Office, 511 Ninth street, near Pennsylvania avenue dee -tr H. MILLER. PROPOSALS FOR PLUMBER'S 1VORIC wilt be received at the office of the Bureau of Construction, Treasury Department, until it o'clock February 28th, ISSI, for the articles described In the following schedule! 138 marbled basins, (with overflow,) IS inches diameter 128 waste-cocks, with rod, lever and flange piste. lSd strainers, with couplings 61 No 2 basin cocks, with two openings st stop-cocks, with couplings on one end 64 trap-screws, two Inches Bids must state price for each article delivered at the Treasury Department, In good order. Each bidder must furnish a sample of every article estimated for The whole to be delivered from the 10th of March to the 1st of April, as may be required The Department reserves the right to reject any or all the bids, if considered for the interest of the Government to do so Lnvelopes containing mas to ds enaorsea rro- posals for numbing Work ISAIAH ROGERS, nglneer In charge Treasury Depart' feblO eodteb2S 1UHLRL IS THE PLACL TO BUY CLOTHING1 II AV MUUH'S, JA28 No.

40 Seventh street CILOTHlNGof all descriptions, at BRUCE at Co 's, 464 Seventh street, two doors below Smith's Jan 29 aniK PRETTIEST COATS IN TOWN-MoCLEL-, lam Sacks, for cltliens and soldiers, at SMITH'S, Ja 28 No. 460 Seventh street. IF VOU WANT GOOD CLOTHES ANDCHEAF. call at BRUCE CO 'S, 4tt Seventh street. Ja 29 two doors below Smith's.

E1 DWARD LVCETT, liookblndcr, No 271 Pekm Aye Waihii0toiii C. Books bound la every style Turkey. Morocco Russia and CsU Is 7 CLOTHING, CALL AT BRUCE CO 464 Seventh street, Jan 29 two doors btlow Smith's. I.