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Cr?‘vv c V ’ T -- '' ‘: tv i i SEMI-WEEKL- XIIE WlUSff0 - ' i KVKRV Stiitiso roTifE spriso - the migbtjr wiud the howling had a bewildering 'effect ’with 'Which to combat and I felt as if in some wild fevered dream from: which I :was onxioueto f : awake and be freed TUe boat was only three parts manned for tho men brave though they were dared not face the night Old weather-beate- n fishermen shook their beads at it andshonted to one another that "she must bide for they !U never launch her’ and I knowing tho peril of those Ofi boartl gnaweil my lips at my own impo- tanco-anwant oroneryAll this had ' Occurred1 in a very few minutes and even in that short space the gale seemed to have jncreased in fury At times it was almost impossible to stand against it and with4 clothes drenched” with spray: it seemed to nuinb and paralyse' mind ns well as hotly Another bine -- ligyt' from the vessel allowed were she lay and wo heard or fancied vre heard the i shouts of those bn board for they were ouly five or six hundred 'yards distant' Every one present was in a state of the greatest excitement and though fresh arrivals were constantly appearing all shrank from a combat with the fearful sea now 'it c was-har- - ' atir tbamorntn It brcfKrfl In ain allanoo a V Vj-- ’ ki ‘ rolgna giwl bluo tbo heavotio abon me XovalaM the treea awl here ' ? V y' -- tiUnf ' ycplouth imrilen lerou to bring " la earth the waitlng rotiuco! XFmitifg for the spring” Strang uh end rtanljr cheetnut Rough oatawt poplar hlgb treUh iHit lliotr aapleaa hraudiea :n iyuW the wintry akj ihij KSaf j' V‘ v - -- Even the guilty aspen ' I ! ' 1 'f’T v JUtli cifasciL-he- tiuivering r tfaongh ahe A toorere' waiting “ PTaitingfor the spring ' I atrain myaara to lUtbn' ' irhapiy where I stand ' But eae stray note of music )Uy soiind in all the land UTlijr art thou tiiute 0 blackbird? : 0 (brush "why dost not sinj?” Ahiurdy theyjue waiting I Waiting fof tho spring O hsart! thy days are darksome j O lihartt thy nightsare drear But soon shall streams of snmdiine ' Proclalur the turning year Soon sluill the trtas bo leafy Soon every bird shall sing -- Like them ha silent waiting' WaiUug for the spring s running- - I appealed to a stout fellow by me and pointed to tho' boat but he shook his head as a knot collected round and ho but acted as the mouthpiece of the ‘group as he said TtTs no use maister It ’ud be ony gcttinT shut of one's life Shomust go to pieces directly' an’ as to maister frtM there ho ’couldn’t find a gainer way to tho churchyard than tryin- to " ' launch that boat I found I had nly to- - look at a man after this for him to tarn 'away and sick at- heart I felt that the venture mast be' desperate when these men bofn and this dared make not the spot' ii attempt Oh looking round I found old Wilson by d dinner with a my 'side- d jGneold coil of rope on 'his shoulder - On seeing me be spoke and I could see the old man was all of a tremblp arm a" broken voice lie said “There’s my boy trying' to get out the boat and I can't 'go and can't stand here and know sotne ofstopiHm'I uode creatures are being choked with the sea water and fiovd iiiy lad back from goings but Lord knows sir I shall 36 ready to dowxuuLmyJkuocs if they' can’t I launch her” ' If I were asked and gave a frank reply I should say that I was decidedly and constitutionally a coward As a boy at school I lighting and it- - was only after rejl resided blows and of various kinds peated that the’ pugilistic spirit was roused within my breast which proveda terror to my ene-- ‘ mies and drove away Jack Drown our bdliy who would ' fight ''crying with the bridge of his- - nose seriously damaged And on this memorable night surrounded by the excited crowd and with Fred Wilson appealing for volunteers! felt my heart flutter within my breast and a nervou3 irembling about my knees all the symptoms of cowardice Tyjve of seff --thoughts of home7 and friends whom 1 might see no more the danger of the enterprise The boiling surf and "the mighty billows chasing each' other madly shoreward all tend- ed to increase the feeling and : then borne a reliction another gun made the blood tingle flash of another through my veins ’and rocket I fancied !: could see forms clinging to the rigging of the dark indistmet mass out on ‘ - DELSTilOIU’Fr SANDS i - life-spcnthp- on " f gcnttig On V F I '!' the staira dcsceniKng’ I round my land-lad&- - !''( village was bn bl come on the tho shore for a laiyb vessel sands Resisting tho old lsiiya peisuaslona to hare a cap with her I rundown to the beach and on passing tho opening in the bunk' was for a time dazzled W a largo fire upon tho saiuT whicli as lita7ing np and roaring beneath the violence of the wind and lighting up 'tho assembled I ni - Where the 'vessel lay all was intensely the light did not pierce ao far' waves as they- - rolled over gml turtilili'd with fearful violeuee upon the beach foenuil to reflect the7 fiejy beams in Vivid Ittiicl for gC?S - VmjI-'i- ' S- - S- - 7 ' J i- - 3lcs:- - -- - a-c- fellow-creatur- V‘ ' - - -- - gray-Luure- g ill-usa- ge v h - W fnaiiT& bER a ' Ran-Francis- A sized and we were all struggling in-th- W water e Tfie Jferantiki jChroriicle phatically a gratis country I don’t recollect' feeling sayed'ta any particular dread or1 fear How long my Struggle lasted-- cannot tell but it Was eadeli by my liug dadiedby the "waves upon a no more until 1 found pileffind I recollected" ' on myself lying the'ud suwoundd by a throng of anxiousfaciofapesj While by my' gide swim but- : - : I pale and still his gushed across r!: Wilson our gallahtcbxswajn !( Sobbing weeping and wringing both her hands holding hia hepkl in her lap knelt little A my and e veu in ' that thte in which l- felt I could' ngt like a' grim- smile coming across my face ay the right before me so perfection exeiupliflcatipn was it of a woman s nature' Itough i but willing hands' Wire pre8?ing “$nps’’ pf brandyi upon me the effect of which was to make me to sink- back helpless try to rise but only fonnd'I had :a dislocated' knee and in company' with the seeming lifeless body ot and poor Fred Lws placed in a donkey-ca- rt lay-Fre- ‘ half-conui-ed - lielp-something - - ! taM to theVil3oriv’- - v hill es -- - inirigton cm Advices from Cape Fear rive: to the 9th Every man wants J Spanifch-Peruvia- otticrH-reiuir- ite oj-pos- to "be defended lit 'the same eort : millions for the expense of ‘the Spanish Peru obtains possession of the Chinch a Islands and admits the Spanish finvoy liberal minded manfiho is ready to lflay the RiehardM Jessup formerly of New York jive 'an equ'VQlentfor what He plitams labutPana-' “article’’ Such one ‘a of the California pioneers died cheap prefer majority ' 7 f - i of neuralr first-rat-e country for mWhich one mast gla at Aspinwall on theAth gratis ‘j " labor for love glory or “ TbVf small-pox- '" at continues its ravages 7 i"-Kingston- Jamaica (‘ Eighteen galldrisrfif wliiskey pep month The Goveraxnent of Bogotahas issued an or is thought ’to1 be to® - nmch bub officer’s dcr prohibiting the passage pf foreign troops ts allowance" across the Isthmus in future An exception is made' in regard to the United States troops' owing to the situation of theiterritory on the" Pacific ocean' The Queen ' brought $264000 ' ' ‘ in treasure arid ailprinciples seem disposed to demand a government at a gratuitou-- i renmneratjoni Were and’ you expedition fica mit ’ in-hop- - i - : BRAN CIIYI LLE T AKEN BY SHERMAN! f )i T - ’S' v f - ) I - K J 'to-nig- 4 ! - - : i im xi y- T - ht V - -- -i 7 f t’ i never-to-be-forg- ot - ' - iy- - & - t -- :’V inji V" v 1 r '- Y semi-shelt- er ’ noir ’ T ’ 1 w id : - rr ‘ - : ‘ ‘ -i : - 'Vi Q ' i ui J ' n 2fS ' r ’' " - -- : to-d- ay -- r '-we - - “ 7 miT i a' -- l"' Eg ' - v - half-faiati- ng JUS y v' '£ E: lifo-boa-V ‘ - : -- ‘ hur-ried- ly ' : 1 t ii - all - for-Erop- e :i " pprtalquiet The steamer As-pinw- - i - : T r tf re- ’ a-li- - - w ? i’ " al Maj-Gener- us-wi- th - t ’ ’ - l fact Flag) withJJl veseltloHded with captured cotton' from Savannah arrived : this horning men like a newspaper gratis some want a puff iu have we By tlie steamer Ocean Queen tlie paper for nothing others want their advertiseadvices to the 5tli The steamer Pements inserted for iiext'to mvthtnjTj iuany want the cause of their party supported free of chai-g- — ru from Callao Jan 28 brought news that n sucli asthetaxqucstion and otlieni that ? re importhe question vas "settled tliq very The term are said to be Periqshall pay three tant to one set or men - ' New York 13 r: '"'' of the situation an account The Herald has by r1’ r The Jlichniond papers also confirm the state- me nt of the evacuation of Charleston as a mil J ' New York 14 itary necessity Schofield haaaBsutoed com mand of the Department- - of North" Carolina Tli is places himi at tlie head of all the military forces-nooperating in the vicinity of Wil-- - lialf-wakiq- i - 13 7 ’ er - ?‘- - 11 that-Genera- : JUSfl Passed yeas 25na-- Btated it ‘ k - ? - Jf ON-TIT- AmyZ-Zquie- : 1 — 5 : -- by-th- e life-bo- ! - --- V:-'- : ! to January 8th— of affairs around Mobile a strong The City- then was surrounded by itWaa r de- chain of earthwork: Beside these sunkbatterieswater fended In the harbor by In ' 1 en obstructions torpedoes and gunboats and around the city were about 0000 troops of whom 3000 where white militia under Gen: ' v'"-D 1IJ Maury — )The TlirieriVashinton Dispatch ayethe latest 'Ilichinonl papers received here state that on Friday fast Sheridan (Sherman) encompassed Bra nchville" and was within fpur v iriiles of that place - It Is 'understood that tho papers of Saturday 'made a definite announce— Grant and m'ent of cl sayFiTranairiri : A r ht :: " COUNTRY T) t- 4 2-- 1 to-nig- L DEAD-HEA- St 1 Hie Constitutional amendment) after havin& bv a vote of 2d to paiaed passed the Senate vote of 57 to 2lT' - ‘ ' baye power - - - -' r co 1S6J -f - I i -- -- - the seething waves and then there was a msh'anda heavyshpek' the bout was 'bap ( X to contract with any company who will igre1 establish a' line of forthi)owestFrice to round make12 ’trips between sieairisblps'to and China per year j the ron tract to go:iato effect until the 1st of January s d r 1 Pdstmaster-GeneraVslia- ll ?ar? uuperIo-aalrcejp'iio- I TrVfV"' that the 4 delvdc jiusn and Irt ? A scene such as not often heard of occurred in ed and then tired and A tae Htreet Church JSrooklyhreceutly retnrp for the remainder of tlie crewwho Strain?TIcet edm Erij?nlnninof wereElinging fastto the 'main-ma- st of some satioa and miriy form wUhaLag engineer 'ITiemQon waSfustsdllenly fireakuigaii ibility obtafned d position id V lie' navy ' about the arms were frantlcally waviDg as we neared the making out of the vanccUe soon sickened of the however aud obtained a position on the nick vessel which ! iFted with ' each wave and 'then sea wt He previously ’married an estimable came down with alearlul- crash It was evl-- young lady:hadirt XVilUamsburg? the fhuv or which was ue phUd dent she- must soon go to pieces and we muon strained e vely nerVe to neyrexertibn ini orae ’ ‘ On hts return from sea he avoided his wife and i iko a gay butterfly flitted from flower to flower to finish our task 'ii V ’r As we reached them’ tho mast went by- the iQkrdmg m various places and winning tlic aflec- tioUB of as many young ladies: This kepi him away board and the drowning wretches were from his ana eventually reduced hi income - v — - to a veryship small amount: &ast cauelUa wluc plunging into: the lxkUihgfsnrf: : ’ ’We were backing ter to wardthe vessel and finally death by Qclirlnhi' tremensThe expenses of his funeral were defrayed ly aud consequently we were going "stern foremen iu the Navy Yard Tlio body lay charitable most and irt obedience 'to our coxswain’s in exposed tue church named ‘and the eloquent warning cry !we pulled forward to avoid the minister commenced to perform the funerar serthere was a buzz near the eofiin Suddenly tangled mass of rigging close by u3 Twd vice blaeic' A in only leading' by ’the hand her lady men woreclinging to a spar and we’ reaclied child theinau-mat- e with kiss to stopped lips quivering themandtook them- off: on of them holding aud washeanl to exchuin ‘iny poor with a deadly gripa submerged body which erring clay husband1 A girl Immediately behind her wo took in os well The others hod disap- -' ordered the poor 'wile away claiming him for her own- - Another lady threw herself upon the peared and we were' about rowing shoreward! body: kissing it wildly Unl loudly declaring1- that when'4 a hand rose from the waters ana ’lie Loud aud iers Hlill !hcrs alonqwaa clutched my oar Its ‘owuer was dragged in angrv became the tumnlt fair caine hands' fair faces and then with failing- - strength niid flagging seraftlied: The shrbudvhsorn hats of costly Tbd eneigies’ blinded and almost'' fainting : wc fabric hung in shreds o:i luxurious ringlets ’ in the whole in fact ne participated assemblage agaiu tried to battle with the waves ee imd thfe pastor wasCoinpelloxl to suspend the I remember little more except seeingfifte services' and dismiss the public when the uacon to a Quarter of an hourlshanl rowing' the heads scions case of all the turnioil Sva qdietly taken CorAlta llililomia- - of the piles appear lor a moment from amidst his last res ting piace— w M 1 v --VOL: !I Li ' 1 -r--rrr : t i 1 - CnARtESTON REPORTED EVACUATED! The 7 rest of our partyV'as' I afterwards v — 'vlearned were safe but "anything but sound " HEAThf People werenmning to and fro excitedly JAMES! FIGHTING V for brui sed—mpnej Instance maimed— and Spiring ofders whichnocine' exebuted the ' mortar had been tried again and again but half drowned they bad been dragged ashore GpNBTO’ElrfwbE! ‘YobjEi ' t the men ' could" not get any communication by those awaiting their return I found mySMALL FEDERAL VICTORIES! SEVERAL with their rope to ' the da in self more a fgw and if they thought of than' ever T f ft r i f fUs'v j " could have done so the have: would and :wiUi' would the gladly NOMINATED dispensed GOV MORGAN FOR SECRETARY advantage "have been very doubtful as the sea had risen thanks of those whomweliadsaved for I had V OF THE lTREASUKYr j'I sjriv to I fearful height a in subordinate Another f flash End a the rescue J only played part i'-' V‘ I rJ ti : f 6W1 Ork13 however! hadto receive thanks and depute report from the Vessel sent a thrill through Is credi' Tribune’s it says special generally the breasts of those who 'burned to render ton? aa I sa'in ewistate iu old Wltann’g ted circles' in 'official that Branchvillet aid but were : 4 '‘ V strack to parlor a helpless aiiif la in jSherman’s possesBion audbat Charlesheart as I thought of the dire straits of For at their house I staid waiting for 'coif ton is being- evacuated It is expected that oj ' my valescenceaUdsJn'ft7with FTed in the mi- Richmoud-ariWilmington" will be evacuated little of nistrations Fred Poor was An crowd excited Amy on left then took my : ' riJ my attention and I reached the nearly at death’s Vloor on orie occasibnj for 'The rebels Will make a desperate attempt to to find that spot the shock of his' blow the excitement' and J ‘concentrate their entire force the and endeavor ' to ' had Uoeu brought down in its "the terrible cut he receiyedieft Iiini with ’a crush Sherman vyhile be is ifithe interior track butjcoulil not bo manned Most men wild fever fromfiich bo recovered but slowly: shrank from There is1 rio doubt that stores etc hayc encountering such a sea’ antT the sands- subdued i 'tearfuleyed little beeif removed 'south from 'Richmond lately but those who would have dared it were dragged I looked- - at Fred as he stood at the boat’s Atny— came eyeyyday and Fred seemdd iq and that they look to its abandonment' at no back bv wives or mothers half frantic wth fire lighting up' liis no hurry to get well r I hobbled about with a distant day head with the t1-- ' ft was a w scene lHjble countenanceblazing teji he1 os frowned u6n the crutch and a stick and one afternoori when the roar of the cruel "waves'Wais The Petersburg Express says thattbe fight-infi- fi deafening slirinki ugcro wd beforehim and then with a after-dinnfrom heard The timber was severe 'kere and there they threw I waking 'Moriday just very my nap up cask spar or muttered VGod help me!” I was at )iis $ide subdued voices in we'to crit and undergrowth plMik onty as it ivere to litefally adjoining apartment to'pieccs xjunce ujkm it and follpivpd of cheers The cheers In my balls and bulle- t- The ground was fought g volley state by sure of cannot"be I rag it back within their bya clutches as broke forth angry the arrival again for iny example was' follow- their import but they sounded like “Never over four times be7 cwne racing jn chasing oife another till' ed andtwo stout wide 'The charge to either of reinforcements climbed in fellows V tease young ? againdarUng?’’ they arched over "and broke' into 'catarac ts which- broke the Yankee lines late in the day after me There was a sqiloze pf the baml "‘Never dear Fred oh never!'1 opoo the sands said to have been one of the grandest scenes is the'spray dreuching Of excitement from ‘Fred and tlin in a whirl And then followed something like a sob or lne wind came tearing by with redoubled I was in with a Strong ‘nsh blade in sigh and :a sound tliat put me in mind of in military annals The Yankees lost between place iny sfraw as iuryand 1500 and 2000 in killed wounded and prison faggots and dftwood r '“i " ' f' my hand ready with my companion® jn the lying when a child in t tie whfte covered era1' ' P1® pited Enon the fire the sparks - amh boat to battle with: the cruel Sea with fair a sweet face over cotr me bendirig ?Th THnes says:Heriry‘S Foote late memroshed' in a Ktrmm liiiul ivnnl nYtil blazed up afresh Hushing- waters—: --choking- spray— blinding and a pair of soft lips parting from mne to' ber pf tbe rebel congress sailed on as of a thousand cataracts whisper “God bless you!’ noise the surf—aiul been-senThe ' he that had toe Saturday report' boat I saw Fred earnestly talkinjT in one's ears and we were launched amiiTthe ®nng io witboiit foundation Warren Fort was to ail wquiriup: my reply The Of billow mad tribunal of Scotland caldron A not highest logal sharp The Richmond Sentinel of the 10th says Ihe wan sliouted in my ear that half boiling and long since decided - that according to the Ui:’on forcesarp idakihgraxd in Fjoriaa back and we beaten were short struggle and Wre not fit to iZo from ‘'the drink” tlie’boat almost stove : in by being 'dashed Scotch law of marriage consent is the essence at last' accounts were on Rlcoi’s advancing T' wanted n®thy tvolunteera v and is BuPicieqt to constitute Blofis inranknovn forceT'' r -j upon the beach It was r quickly upon the of this 'contract All at once a form without or with off varus tho under 'marriage light any ceremony publication streaming truck and ahundred ir!ur rwhed TbeAvgusta CbrisUtutionallst says thf apor even without the parties living together to Wilson and clang wildly to up we roVof were a of pile3 again pointment ofDick Taylor toficpmmanain a arm and os I jstood by his side ' Amy launched’ and this ' time with better success that if the parties seriously and actually corP the rebel army of ’Tennessee bad inspired the ' UB£XclajmPil “But you will not go Fred backing water to the direction' of t oujrcbx- - sent to be man and wife from that time forth Iroopi'with fresh hopes They were irt excellent coridttlan Jjhiell me you will not be so mad! Ohtoi swain and rising and falling like a cork upon they are man and wife ia Scotland :'r X r 7' ®behim "The Post’s ’special says in a letter to the appealed torthose standing by do the mighty waves which' seemed almost to Col Ford was at Fort Zarah below Larned Tfli Then turning agam to curl over luto the boat As we receded froni on the 17th nit go!' Committee of 'find MeariS' Fessenden intending to make his head does not ask forwriys fejEhe coutiDuednlmost shrieking for the the shore mv cowardly feeling1 fled arid power to issue more currency at FbrtLorned and to organize-aquarters ‘ It' is swept away her - words “Oh Fred stay felt in a tnatj he will reyrop the 7'3-Iperfect freriqr-- straining fit my ohr expedition to’ go "after the Indians of that notes probable next the for fiscal yearv "“Ji for iny sake stay!” tho bat section ' Tho fpr with'hcryes in a state of tension Sioux were But bitterness was in Cheyeunaand ' " v Ex ' S SenaGovernovThos- - li : the heart of Fred tie with the waters7 uniting on the upper route and the Coriiari-- tor from fllarylanddied at'llicksp'' 7 am ' with tremendous with a cold gesture he loosed At last' after a struggle dies Kiowas and Axnpahocs-- ' seemed to be fr®® his arm and Washington 13 m turning to me winds and Vaves we were under lee of the preparing to operate on the lower or Vrkan-sa- s The Hon J2 D President nominated ? 8lgn thatI should remove hen I half stranded vessel arid 'then some time route be of y half carried her away and turuing my before we could commuriicatewas' to the Alorgan Secretary Treasury ' ' with her byfi : It is said that-thq- : fine cut tobacco which rod Wilson climb into the boat rope- - tfo dose: up dared not- for the i so -with cbewera 7 ‘ popular ' is made rip of pO tv The Commercial specials ayp officers from Routing Xow my lads who dares?’1' waves f made a dean sweep over her : decks cent ofi cent per tobaefothus: the fleet aff Mobile report great activity ip the peatto 8°bbing and wringing her hands and the passengers and crew about thirty in per hair-lik- e fibres removal fif torpedoes and oth epxibstnictibris iri is Embryo cposeufiffirie JJJ begged pathetically that I would go back number had now taken to the rigging which when: have 6f Ihe harbor’ It Is confidently rexpectedf tlrat that look tlie aud color dried) op him struggling to free herself from sloped over towardsus as the yessel laynpou Thistobacco saturated with : a solution of the rebels will evacuate the city Ihe fleet Is ' her beam ends At length sve got ten in oiir tobacTOis prixed with a good UAtaeco the neighbors relieved me boat oue poor fellow numbedwith the cold strong The Post’s special says Richmond papers of which make a very nice article together burden' and I turned back missing' his hold of the ropeand Arith pale that the re Saturday admit' that it is probable J toward the v Ileesb- River woodmen The ! wathe face that disappearing iu bels are evacuating Charleston! hissing complain U twritoned at any time from a sound agonised ters Another 'struggle with the breakers they only get S35 per cord for wood delivered J 13' ’Washington to some scene of excitement tode-liv- er landed was ik) was find while iu them caJIcd our Austin itcosts Brandy In SjO always the riateConnesS freight fipJhe'bilHd scribablo feeling of there 'leln CC3 m it That' business : must be nearly as establish mail steamship aervice:hetweeathe ofand soon' we were agalh partaken ff a want of United' States and ' Chiu A The bill provides reality in what passes but cast under the vbssel’s lee7 returning !his profitable a3 publishing a newspaper y flashes ’fc - ’ v erowd" fi nf vi '?fi: up aud comforting lieraelf with a cun of and from her I learned that the whole 'ALL-- " I COXCLI’DEDI ' ?HXJaS M t Uti-- ' ? 'iao: :r yu OTlinA ?if - - - 1 t'iii i rr i tv"-- TELEQRAPIIj never did T feel: this more strongly thin bn time with eleven fainting crcaturcswho'slid that fearful night The deafeniiig roar of the down the rope of i communication i i We landXD TnCIlSDXr MOXDAr ' exhausted-wthem waves and of Y Editor" if STEXIIQCSE ’ir 'i ' J ti If 'ii (1V i tt ' 4 ' f "t'!- fl Uni ' M-- 1 - - v' v u oil SA:KECIJl!r - 7CZ GREAT — j- i J yy)ii ‘t f rlv W 'SMT nn X ‘ J y Philadelphia li The Bulletin has the 'following from Washington: Tlie Richmond papers of Ahe lSthannouncetho tapping ofj tbo railroad by Sherman north and between Kingsville'and Branch-viil- e thiw destroying every road- centering at - DranchyUle 7 : t ' New York 11 v---' I Tlie Commercial’s Special says notwithstanding senator Morgan’s declination of his nomination to the Treasury Department his friends- - continue to ' press' his naibc upon the President and -- it is thought Moi’gia will accept position Na“ to orders jiave been received from Washington ' It is thought copunerit dra’filhg here that it will be postponed Recruiting is progress : siog rapidly "JTlic Cofimcrt-fat’Newbern coirespondent says an experlitinn is prcparingjherc which in all pro liability- will mako'an advance on Goldsboro If it i? raptured it wil! give the United States all of south-easterNorth Ciurolina ' Washington 14 : The iTarisc Committee on election have reported in favor of admitting Mr lienzeau to a seat as Representative from lioniiana and have decided to report in favor of admitting 'Johnson' arid Jacks as Representatives from Arkdusas - Admiral Porter has forwarded’ the following to :" V " the nayy department: --' ' J Monticdlo off Wilmington N Cf Feb v I have tho "honor to report tliat l entered Little Hirer South Carolina on the night of the 4th jnst prove edirig3 miles with four boats and liftv men" and lauded in a uull town of All Saints’ Parish r on Little River The town was placed junder without tlie knowledge of tlie inhabitants-succeede- d in capturing totnc soldiers and held tire plaice tThilie next day Vfe discovered and destroyed about Sl'ihi'JO- worth of cotton and also llata at tlie mouth of tlie harbor" captured two 23 'bales of 'cotton which had some centaiiting' runner to tlnxe been removed from lighten hr 'Tho--e we brought off' together ivith ‘Soath Carolina planter and all some nerq the men whom ‘I not profentfcd to be willing t come buck under the bid government:-- ' Most of thorn -- ccnied loyal men- uod only awaiting emancipation from military rule s I sent two boats’ crews ashore in Du the-CtCharfotte' Inlet under the conimaml rif Acting HaateT C A I'ettk lie surprised and routed rebel forcede tailed to collect provisions in (hat fcomrtry cap tnrin g six' soldiers witli their arms and eiHupBienuUni destrggriug the stores which they bad gathered for the enemy at Fort Anderson The soHiert lately stationed at Charlotte had been withdrawn to’ a&kt in the defence of Wilmington rcbcl-- are still at Rockwood' Ferry X hundred are full of deserters The woods W B Ckhing Lleut-Co' : (Signed) j New York 14' ' The Times says that Senator Foote was given A Hi d alternative bvretura Soothor go to England or F5rt Warren It says Foote represents "The Confederacy oir the eve of disruption The straggle is nearly over He says ontli0partt)f u high military authority in' Richmond admits thoT cup tore of Brooch vijie most compel the evacuation ' fit Charleston Wilmington and even Richmond it-self He thirilifi the leaders Will endeavor to leave-theonatry A campaign nn the part-o- f the rebels " -- WQtfld descend td guerilla fighting Foote has prepared and issued an adJwM'to the v of the South to tige them to cease fighting prde hope-lcs- s: andgtye up the contests wbfbh i ao clearly and as no terms' but unconditional surrender can ne bbtained to proinptly accept: such terms Footc also represents the unpopularity of Jen Da- vis at the South a very great The people hare lost all confidence In him The mission of SteCampbell was only arose on phens llanter and anda forced concession tatho trie part of Davis irienrf ttwfieutU p£dce sj s- y s - j s - n : ! ‘ 7-- i - - - : - - 1 : i h - 4 J i -- - ') : i m 7 the-rebel- - — e — s - I - f ' - - ys- 'Jf y JL |