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JIATTLJL'S IX ARKAXSAS! Rebel Defeated! God. Blunt's official ivport of tlio buttle of Cain Hill, on the UOtli of Nov., places tlio number of ilio rebels nt right thousand. He says Gen. Himlmun whs to join thu enemy that day with i large force ol infuu try, for the purpose of making a desperate effort to eivor .Missouri. To defeat this, lien, lllutit determined to attack Marina duke before the arrival of reinforcements. Leaving his transportation in thu rear, lilunt made a forced march of thirtvlivo miles witu live thousand men, and attacked the rebels ut ten o'clock in the morning Alter an engagement of three hours, the enemy were compelled to retreat, but hotly contested our advance until Sunday, when I'm Ii ig that their artillery was about to be captured, they sent a (lag of truce for the ostensible purpose of carrying off their dead and wounded, but with the real ob ject ol making good their retreat to Van 15. iron. 'Hie rebels had about ten davs cooked radons, from which it is evident from that place towards Osceola. .Mo. which resulted in the killiiurof twelve reb els and ths capturim: of ten. The l-'edcr. uls also captured ninety six horsed and tlio cm ire camp c(1uipagc Captain Johnson i nana on horse creek. A dispatch (win Charleston, Kanawha county, irgnuii, dated November 'JSth says: The Second Virginia Cavalry, sun ported by one regiment of infantry, made an atiacK on tlio enemy near Kenlv's Knob Greonbriur county, two days since, ami were snecessiui m capturim.' two coinniis sionod otlieors, a hundred non conitnissionee officers and privates, a hundred horses two hundred stand of arms, mid tho camp equipage- of one regiment. There was no bus on the 1-YdorsT side. The New York Tribune' Washington correspondent says private ndvices from one of tho most eminent friends of America in France, represent that tho recent offer ol mediation by Napoleon is there regarded as an expression of a deliberate nud ma tured purpose, from which the Kmporor win 1101 recede, ami mat it is considered n serious blow to our cause in Kurope and that they intended to make a desperate ef fort to force their wav north. An expedition to Veil ville, Arkansas, j ,0 ,,K; l':lll1' of freedom in Kurope not less 11 nior li-ii iterron, lias been successful in I !" nierion. destroying the saltpeter works and urseiml i dho, 'th Passengers from Holly storehouses there, with about live hundred Prill-'s. Mississippi, lu.-t night, report tha't stand of arms. They captured sixty oris-1 l'n'' nn"y was pushing forward to Ox- oners and one hundred horses. : lord. I he rebels have destroyed the Monday evening last, a hundred Fed r- j trai'ks '""I bridges as much us possible, ids had a light with a largely superior foi cc i "'u' tt:! lm'so 'mvf td ln' repaired ns fast ns ff rebels at Yokum Creek, Carroll county, ',e nr,n.v nuances, the progress southward Arkansas. Tile eng igcineut histcil foiir j ! oonipnf.itivclv slow. It is the intention, hours, and resulted iu a loss 0:1 the Federal i 'IJWvver, ' push forward as fast as possble, si.L- of one killed and two wounded. Twen- ! nM' l,1,'l'sS rebels should be largely rein ty rebels w, re killed and thirty wounded ; f"ort',1''! t(,t'.v '"'"d g'vo CI runt battle. St. Louis, Dee. 4. A dispatch received i . h'1'11?'1. le. oth. Memphis papers at headquarters Irom On. lilunt savs i J'!sl rilV'v,'i! y that lien. Hover's expo- ui.11 me rcoei uenerals .Martuadnke and : 11 -". wrum,', which icit Helena llindman are concentrating their forces preparatory to another attack. Ilium will not retreat, and as reinforcements under Gen. ll.rrou arc on the way, there is a prospect ol another battle uiur the scene of tho last at Cain Hill. 1 Aikunsas, some days .since, landed at Friar's Point, marched directly to Grenada, Mississippi, mid took possession of that place last Monday, December 1st. A large u umber of eiti.eiis (led in consterna tion. The proprietors of the Appeal re- 5r. Loiis, Dec. th. Advices from ll.c : ",U VCl1. Ui establishment to Marietta Southwest, received list nkdit sv the . ('COrgia. In-fore leavimr. the rebels burn enemy under llindman and Maimatiduke : -'d 0 liundrcd cars und fifteen or twenty twenty-live thousand strong attempted to : ',H'omotiVlS lorce lien. Limit s position ut Cune Hill. 1 Wm nrflm,rv,n.i ci. . , . . , , 1 " ........ lui'iu jpu in Silt! nr. f-iv t ... i.t 1 1 ....... c . e ii- . -, . ' .. oei-rcuirj ui n nr deiiiiis ttic military n orations during the past year; savs from 1 survey of the whole field of operations it is estimated that J-.ViO.OilO.OOO will remain undrawn on the 1st ofJuly, ISM, making the true amount of tho probable expendi tures, during tho fiscal year, $S Ci.OOO.OOO. Kstimaled receipts from customs, $10, 000,000; for Internal duties, $150,000,000: miscellaneous sources :i iino mm mm,.. I . I v.-, vww. A lit whole amount to be provided by Congress, ' beyond resources available under existing ! " 1 11 IV Mutt t...... 11 . , 11111 1 . ii 11111 liiiitii.ui 1.1.. r If nv limn nllimil to limit ituwn tlio .uit'rtinn t'lAU. khnut (it ill oil thi'int in fiVn. VV. L. Adnms, - . Editor. I . ... I OREG01VCITY: tS.UTUDAY, DFCFM IIIMl 'JO, ISC.2. Cznnkny'i Salem StatoMinau on " riatlornu." rLATroiiM.-t. The rebels liavii forn iLit form, " the Union broken und destroyed." I he soup creek onrfmy concuri. Hie abobtiouists phitforin Is, " the Union not ns it was, or is, but as It should bu" which means precisely tho sumo as tho other The Oregon City .ly,'n' nud Kugcno Rt luli!ii tiH concur. bnum ciUilemiuiii, Col. Hamilton, n Union refugee from Texas, who spoke In Itrooklyn Sept. L'Olh after reeoiintiug the wrongs nud outrages Mrpctrated on Union men in Texas hrfore Term had secnlol, said that "If the Union was to be restored, i.t il init, with no free dom of speech, no right to hurrah for the American Hag, no'scciirity to life, and no .....I 1 1.. O. I ... I I Czaokav'. Aront 011 Oouornmont l"lm' l" I'"'!-' ') " oi.ue. c.mcnni riuauco. in mo moony grasp 01 thu Muvc power, TniMsi nv Noiks While United States tltrn it was no Union for hint, und ho had jMoeiv ami .-wen 1 nree tenths I reiisury ,,. rr ii It, ivi,.,l il, ,.,,. r ii, . .', "(iwii uiu supposition 01 a con- muaiice of the war, bo stated ns follows: I' or lisoal venr nf imvi fiscal year of ISiU, $ti'.'2,000,obt). ' The ! fiThl (Orffinn CVrflllG l"'l'li''d.bton the 1st of JJ i.;:i M U UUIU, "iMiiaica at l.IJ'' 'JoO.OOO. I New 01 k, Dec. lO.-Dates to the 'JDth or November reported that the rebels wore preparing tonltack our gunboats at Galves ton with live heavilv also that about live thousand troops lm tend comiiiL' dow II Under eover tf ni.rlii 1.1 id in tho attack. Washington, 10th. Wo learn from 1' lUrlll V (nr! H iwt general evacuation by ,h0 rebels of " VT" iVV" rebellion, ami the of all tho woes he Thoroughlare Gap mmiiu that green backs should bo at a ..... ,,,,,.., , ... , , . ! discount. Is not the whole nation pled -cil d his Inends hud loll ii, lexus-slavcry, r,..vi, " I rl.nm,,v ' x- . 1)slmt,'h,,s ,,ri' for their redemptionr Are they not per- -blotted ont-tho rebellion crushed at , ks ,1,1 l!,'!!,uln .'.k: .,","' ,'",t VT i flT,,-v "'"y ', n.l the " I ',',. rr,..rr- , it ,houl,l nnssioncr ISoutwrll promises to' foriinnl .1 ripply ol" stamps for California by the steamer of the llth of December. Nashville, )ih.(ov. Johnson has is- is it that they are ton, twelve and fifteen cents below par? It is not because there is any lack of faith in the Government, but Silllllll- lieeillls'li ( 'illliri,'i;t lii'i.l.i ,1 ii,ikl,.l-., sued a proclamation fur t!m .! ;..n ,.f in i,,,.'Li,r .. 1 1 1..- r 11 .!..!. 1 p , - i' k" 1 ii'mn 1 11M mi ueuii turn lupresei tatives to the !Uh mid 10th Con- ' demands rveent in ,,,vn,,i ,,l ,li:... gressional districts. I inmorls llml Cmu.n .,1,1 il,.., ' 1... riiiladelphia, 1 1th. Nashville dispatch- K"' lender for payment of duties on im sny that the rebels under .lolins.ui ! ports, creen baeks would to day bu worth linigg, Cheathnin. Forrest, and Murium' I one hundred cents on thu dollar nud for advanced und appeared in front in great j "" business transactions would have been force. A battle il, 1 as eoml as irold .'i nines southwest of Nashville It forceiiiiuts nro beiii'' hurried fi.ru-nr,l very point will be streii''thened. The recent rebel victory at Hart ville seems to are emboldened them. Cuiro, llth Atk insus, 0:1 Saturday, the Oth, but were dr.veii back. Yesterday morning they ngiin nude on attempt, driving lllunt's pickets b.u k three m.les. Hut on the ar liva! of reinforcements, they Were rnjuilsed. llu:it's opinion is that this demonstration is intended to cover their retreat as tin v were felling timber all Saturday right t'o obstruct the road and prevent pursuit. AXOTIIER GREAT VICTORY.' KF.IJF.LS DADLY Iil.'ATKN! apparent that wha'erer disasters our arms may have suffered at particular points, great advance has been made since tho commencement of the war. The Union forces are now iu the field under able com m.indcp, stronger than ever, resolute, and eajer to be led against the enemy, to crush uie rebellion by a vigorous campaign 1 r.e armies o; the I olomac Sr I.n,-,, ii i i. t i. .,...,i.'.'1 i oiomac ui.d ot the ii :,r.r..i . .:.r. ,a u Mt "" lo vie witheael. nth . . . . v Atii. , in deaIin.Mhe(i1iiek,stn,n,..v,'.'., 1.1 ncainst the enemy Tuught bv experience of the ru:n of inaction and the hazard of delay, a tpirit of earnest uctiritv seems now to perrode the forces of the United Mates beyond what Inu hitherto been ex- li. luted. In lir the calls of July and August there are already iu the field over tour hundred and twenty thousand new tro-'p", ol which three hundred and ninety- tune thousand are volunteers. Three lain dred and thirty-two thousand of these have ro.uiitccru for three vcars. x iiulli i'lC sin, - says: Uen. Ikrrons force, tn route to rJiifo.-cu G-.-n. liiuut, met the ene my yesterday at 1'rairij Grove, ten tiles south of Fayettcville. and won a decisive victory over them. The enemv were twen ty four thousand strong divided into four divisions uu.J r Gens. Farsons, Marman dukf, Frot nul K.iins. nil und. r Genonl llindman. Thry embraced the flower ol tiie trans Mi-sissippi army, nud were will supported by canteen pieces of nrt.licry. 'I he enemy had lln.ked fluid's position il t Cane H .11, and made a sudden dash in H.-rron to pr.vei.t l.im from un'liuj with I'luiit. lurrous lores cuiis'ad of r-g.meuts ol i.:!a;.!ry, with two bat! ol cavalry, in d about s,-vm tl.ausand tm-n, with twei.ty fuur pi-cs cf artill-rr. Ti e b-itll.-raged fro::: ten in th: morning till d:rk, und was desjier.it'-ly f.m.d.t thrnii.--oit. Our artillery drive' the enemy from two strong portions and 1; 1 1 their ov r !i Imingiitpubers st luy. Tne Twentieth V.M-o!,5;n c.iptur.d c:..- r.UJ battery uf fjur h ;ivy gu':, but were force 1 to i.lnti don it utid-.r a mnr h rous lire. The Nine teenth Iowa afterward took the sami bat tery and fought dc-peratelv to Main it but wire oM ged to yii-IJ it.' Almo-t cv. ry regiment distinguish-.-d its.lf. Abo-it four o'clock Gen. U.'imt arrived from Can? H.il with five thousand men and a ?!rong force .' artillery. He nttaeL.d the ctiimv in tuo rear. Ihe many mid.- tretnei-.!m : 0,lf I'0- -:on at an early daw nnl ifforis to cipturs his luttiries but were re- 1 l?",'i Unti:i Govni'r.ci.t might pulsed with b rrild; tlaitghtcr. We h IJ 'j'''t!.v ,,c ra!'-'J 011 l' '"ke up to American the whole fi. ):t da:k, and before cine I "'J'l,(r"' lt inflict.nl 011 tlietu by the o'c'ock at night the en-ire rebel force was i"rj:e ALIma. With regard lo thu fu- iii iuii retreat ovir jjQitou .Moui.taiiis. Our I U"L' 01 -"""ern eoriinierce, (ho Secretary orts slioiiM coainierce, under such ".vy D;:r.u:r!iE.vr Secretary Welles' report is a long and iiiter.'-ding document. It giws a complete hif of tho war so lar as the Navy lias participated iu iu operations. When Will. -s assumed charge of the Navy D.-p.rtnieiit there were but .orty two vessels in commisiion, most of tiiici abroad. There were only 7,000 seamen then in the pay of the Government, nud on the lOlii of March only about i!00 in :.!! the ort? and receiving ships 0f t!,u I lated States to man our vessels and pro ticl iiiuy yar Jsan I d.puts. At the pres ent time, by purchase und construction, the Government Ins ulloat and progress- i",'.r io completion -li'T vt'sacln, oXCi gui.s Of tin-so rebels,1 steim vissiN, (.f wLicJ a.l led by coii-truction currymg 2JU are have been Secretary Welles t!.in:s ali the Southern ports will bo in loss in k ile.il an 1 wonded is ttnted to hundred ; that of tic cirei by their o-.vn i,.j!:i....,;0. Senml of their lieU ol). -ers wire killed liiem was Lol. Stun. v. In ((.rin. rtv mandod n brigade of the .Missouri Statu Guard. Hut a fiw prisoners win-taken. U'c caiitured fu ir fi!l,.,l .;,! . i -- ""-' .III uiu- J is ttnted to be six I s"'S-"'sf' ';t w hen ull tho Suu'hcrii j fii'-my fifteen him- ; 'in; !.v '" 0lir p's-ioii the ports sh .Mnoii" """"""'. i"'ioii.oin ami r sirictions us it i lie op' ui I t' ! lil!lit.ltillll.. f: wiuid e.,;ii,y be inth.u the province ul the Government to iinpofc. A IInrpi r' I'.rry dispatch to the H.-r- ii'.l i..e. :,... : . -.1 niiin tiou. I k-un Col. M Farlin of tl.e j la,ry'ml tw.-Iri, MrX. Ninetieth Iowa, w.-k the only full officer 1 ,,l t. U';,,..... ... ... ...... ' , n,Jr'-' ..vcr I he enemy's o,s is 8,000 among ; t,.,v it aZiT The foregoing is clipped Irom the sees sion sheet at Salem as an extract from an exchange, but in n way that says " them's i.v senti nts " Now there isn't a barber in Salem who knows anything of Govern at Oxford, waiting supply train from Dully ; '""lit linunco who doesn't know that tho spnngs. Uoports are contradictory as to fact whether the rebels re-occupy Grenada or not. -Geu. Grant is enenmped ; be" Hubert Dulo Owen lew written a letter urging thu President to wipe out shivery, and " rtttort ihf I'nion ui it should be." Gen. ('ass has heartily en dorsed the President's policy of taking thu black imp of shivery by thu throat, nud " rtrlorini; l),D 1'ititm Hi It should lit " Parson llrownlow, iu his sp -h at Grand Kiipids, Michigan, endorsed tho President's emancipation proclamation, und said, "There cannot bo a man with a thimble r..tt .. 1 . .!.. i.i . i . i , i ..... uiu in munis inai (ion I include .Malig nant"j who does not know that it dm war) will put down slavery. !y the time this war is over shivery will have stunk I-'llKKlMlll OK SlMCiti.i. l, Ofllionecesslon ,lceta ' ' Oa, l" l.lch ho clulmeil tl.o rIv l' ""litf 'ou tlio uct of il,- ,f fcoii l' timo of war on wdi . ,,, ., or"'uci,t ''-'V-'wesuppo, J of, for-1, denounce tho Q0 h H l'"''.eu,Ies, dlscuuruge r " ' i '""wK-Hlnr1JJ,, "7. will, the addltlnmd rH,t , vilproduct,oH carried r: l "?1'1 rxpenso. N01V w . tonnyKiiel, uotbm,, Ur "CVw Webster, howover. t1011lf. J.J......III, -peeeh, tbo seccsluin , lir ,. woul'l Will J'k..' Adinlnistratlo,, C , J posed to place niuii.,. I,. .... . "P , , nil 'nds to eunblo ,ini to rniM I.V..I...I. I !.... ... . 1 iimi.nou. tVib.l... ... ' ould K,vo tho President ll0 ll,.,""lU il tlio euiM.iy was now tl,,.,i pi, m,t' K'ltes of tho Cupilnl." 1 John (Juiney Admns. i ,.., . . said, that -"Tho man who 'if'0 h iwR-hi bn,nU8l(,;::jr and llml mi ..... . .. 10 was engag,.( lut. ri..,r .i... .. ,BlB7 ttf tint C.i.Ii.J i . I'r!.l...,i 1 CXnui'Ui --viVy 'no wall! i " II" vrrr and l.t. Wi lister nelml il... . . " " l'ri or ...If I -esl, i mukilll lit ' "I--lik. . ,ril. Hi,;it,,r T itself lo il. iilli " IV.rou. lb-,,.. , 1. ... that Congress refused to make legal juil.illK, tl,(ll ilvji M at the close of the war, anil thut 'iu Vn ion tcill t re.itural at it should It, pv Congressman l.ngnn of Illinois, Secretary Stanton, Daniel S Dirkuium, and iu fact all iiriitiiifieiit Ciii.ui in.... ..r u l...i ...a: . .... , , , . , J I (' V, f. .III. I . linn ! I lie interest on this numer has to be imid n... I .. . t . i . . I 11 1 ties hentofore. want shivert desliMVc, und the 1' 'm', hi restored us it should he."- - tender notes receivable at the Custom New York, 1 1 tl, -The pirate Alabama I , T r,'aso" was nt .Martinique Nov. 17th. Tho Fed- ! nr " s"''J''t't t0 Kreuter depreciation than end gunboat San Jacinto arrived there j l'"'-v nro '''lie Governineut has been com s line forenoon, and went out to wail for , polled 10 borrow largo sums of money. hit; uiu sac escaped the next night. Till. 1. .nlli. -r I.'. ...!., i. 1.1. It.......... I.. to the ;tti, has arrived. The position of ' Co.ress said me i rencii at era I'm, and Ori..iba jH , l""o in n-gai leuucrs n tux pay represented as very criticul. They liavo ' vrs -l"SircJ. One ohjeet of this "direct no loddcr for their cattle, and no fi-sl, feed tax is to get back into the Treasury a i.or for the troops, who suffer from ilvsentcrv ; r . ' n... r .ii J 1,1 "ll ' ri' i-miueo, so as to prevent I ho force ut tlahipa is cut off from supplies , , , .ncni frum W-ra Cruz. Tho Mexicans ..ro a,- j " "'S t" (;r,'at t'r.-ulati.M. of tirely fortifying Put blu nnd the city tf , lw,J"-r "loner, ns well as to make rebels Mexico, nud the roads between theni 'iun! : bear a portion of llm burthen of dm nr nicy ul.,0 intend Hooding tho valley, render- Now the mi: mi- cur iiiaccess i e. Information from Newborn. North Cam- lini, dated Dec. 1st. savs: "It is dis covered that it is the intention of tho rebels to ubandon immediately all that portion of North Carolina Ivinir eastward of ihn Wcldon and WilmiiiL'tou Kiiilrond. The yellow lever at Wilmington is said to bn iibatiii''." Up to the fith of November the list ol vessels cai'turcd off Wilmington. Nnrth Carolina, and the adjoining coast since September 1st, showed a total of twcitv essels, ol which six wi re sent North as prizes. I he others were chased ashore and stroved. direct tax" being parable in legal tenders, Congress is r-i"v:-, to re servo the Custom money, to pay the in terest on the public debts. To keep th faith of tho Guveruiiient good with bank ers who had kindly loaned money on Gov eminent bonds Congress saal that this in terrst ,'iom.'. not be paid in !eo,i lr,,der not,s- it nl,o said that Customs money must bo paid in coin .-o that it could be used lo p,ty IU, interest. f Coiiltiss had made legal lenders receivable ut tho Cus tum houses, would h u e L eu m, to euUeet the direet t u in eoin- i,r would thene si cession sipiirls havo had Cutigr.si reipiire tax cdlectorn and culh-ctont of Customs both to receive legal tenders? -7Am there would have been nothing iu tho trensnry to pny the interest on the pub- ne iiebt with but legal tenders -t! rredcricksbury Talca ! Washington, Dec. 11. At (J o'clock this moriiinz. 1 13 Fcderul num ni,..i,...l .... redirickiburg. Up to latest uccoiints the lire continued uninterrupted. Tho do- iructlon ot the city is certain. The cue- my opened fire at 7 o'clock, which, thu, ! . . ""l " "m v"e rr' nr. hasbu-n of no serious dama-e FrmL. i luc Kovenimeiit would have been ruined, lin's division is crossing three miles bel.iw j l'"rreiicy wouldn't have boon worth the city, having constructed bridges with ; by this time twenty five cents m i!, ,i.,i. ut htllo opposition. Our L'imbo als nr.- 1 l:ir TU. a n I.....: . . belling the enemy fifteen ,,.;i;:s ih.wn the v r - h V"'" "l nr. Dispatches from headouartcrs ..r " " a cargo ol goods the Army of the Potomac sav ih.u i,.-re ! tml;j,,lu 111 ,lie M"'i of l ighty thousand dob ms been coiisidi-rublo chanire iu tho posi- ! Iura w"ld have gnun on the street ami uii oi me army corn.? wit on i m i,.,t f..t bini . .t , y ..;,.i.i .i i i n . . i - i.jjiiij iiiKusai.u uoiiars 700. whom arc five Colonels ; our loss was Details cf Eastern New3. I ,lu V. I. If s I. town, routlli'' I hem. nnd marcinij into IJi-i-rynlh; the mne ovenint' Ihe in xt day he iidvimeed beyond Occo- ipian, Miirnii.i.irig with t i.o rebel cavalry, give, as the losses to the Ci.ri '.r..t.. i. . . . ",r),:" i("" ""tweti, Ilerryvil!.. U11d iMilI-. during the Jrt ten months, v, ,,.y. ! ,"'r V"' t'"''" 0 live tt.ou, men. Of this number tbut i tlT" "J',' ' "'f i"'"'"1 paper tstiinatestwenty-fivo thousand " ". .. "r 0,,,.v ,,"s Was ' kill... b. leu.!,, ... .ii. .7 . man ivounded." - vi i.c n ui WOIIIII I Xl-f.l V. live ii.ousaud did from sickness, mid twenty live thoirsim w re maim"d und ruined for life. It ml !s, if tho whule truth wire known, tluse fig,,,.,., h ,,ru)ajy reach a hundred thousand by the ,.,l , iiioycnr. l or every year t!,c war con-tunr-ii wo inuf.t rx;.ect our casualties to be ipido as heavy ns they have ,H, ,m.-u the pn sent one. The Navy Department bus n o ived from coiuinaii l. r Puik r particulars of a recent cxped.tion into tho waters of Maltli-ws cimi.ty, 'irgi,,!(l. 'j'hey H(.oim.( t)j(. Mjr rouiid ng counlry, destroying twelve wilt works and a rpiantily ofjiult, live whooners, two sloops iicd n 0f scows. DeM-rters from the rebels continue (o nr. nve du ly. Vn-y repiesent their urmy ns b; nig di.-Uitute, purticulMily of clothing Ilrt-ymiy no wit n.et , been issued Kince they left Maryland. L.'iH w. k un order was iiied by ;,.. J,,,. tIMl MI,h soldiers as were without nho-s thould make moccasins from raw WvWn, or otherwise do duty barefooted. Luto Kaleigh (X. C.) vaim imicH((. strong feeling of disgust with the wr, nud K. owing udu prevalent di-iiiro fir peueo Tlie villago of Greenville, on Tar river, has been taken possession of bv our forces. A Uinpatrh from pring.'icld, Mo , wives l fli.f.fiiiitf i.t.... .,u l:: .. The Vunderbiit sailed again on the 8th in Miarcl, of the ,,:rnto Al.ib.imn. The Navy Depnrtineiit is said to have received reliable inforiiuiiioti as to her whi reiibouts. A Portree Monroe di'tinti h of ri...i...,. b r Gth sa)s that a division under the com mand of Geu. F.mory, sailed south from h-re today, for the purpose of reinforcing Gen. Foster iu North Curolina. Washington, Dec. JO.-Informatiori has bee,, received (lint six pickets in the army of the Polorimi; were frozen to death on i i;' n gut of the fit.li. I the ramp near Alexandria Mien ditd from tl.o tdbrls of thu col I Chicago, D.o. lO.-Tbo following ex tracts from the n-port of the Secretary of the J'reosurr show the i.stimnt.irl r,.,.,.;,.t mid expenditures for the year ending Soih of June, 18IJ2, framed on tho supposition of the eontimiiiheo of tlio war; I'.'stitnuled ixpenditurcH, in round num bers, for the civil list, $'.i,0(iO,000; In. terior Department nnd Pensions, $10,2.10, 000; Wur Demrtmeiit, $738,8:10,000; Navy Department, $08.2.10.000-. Imon-u. of public .lebl, $19,400,000; (o which ap propriations made nro estimated undrriwi. ion 1st of July, I SG.'J, $200,000,0 ;0; iiink- in iigr..g,iro to tho 1st of July, for ays. It is stated that tho enemv !,.-i,l 1 -in iruus in position ou tho touth side of the Kuiipahuiiiioek. Il.-adonarttrs of Army of Puioin,.e Dec. llth, 0 a. . Fveryt'liiic' ,,t nhdit was confusion. To-day win the time fited for crossing the lUppahiiiuiock. During the night pontoons were conveyed to the river, mid nrtilh ry placed in front of Fn-.l- ericksbur' At three this morning the eon-truction of three bridges commenced in front of the city, und when they were about half completed, the enemy opened a murderous infantry fire from houses on ti e river bank, driving the Migine-rs from the brides ; several were killed Mini Wounded. At six o'clock Gen. Purnsido ordered all pins lo often on the city. The ciinnound ing which has contiiiiied lo the present time is terrible. The cily is on fire and its do -s'ruction crrlain. At seven o'clock the enemy opi-m-d with their heavy guns from These men nre, according to the iiiiiulga luiitiuu secession sipiirt Push nud Pal Malone, nu the " abolitim, phitfnrm" along side of Honest Abe. " Toadface and Mil lignuit concur" Now Id us sco nhat k;nd of a " plutform" this political hermaph rodite is on. Tho Texas guerrillas who drove Col Ham lion out of the State, wiint the IV ion, if restored at all, " retlored n it u;t" so thai they enn continuo lo steal, rob, ravish, and murder in this thu Texas guerrillas, and the hermaphrodite " eo'ieur " Jeff Davis, if ho is defeated in ,, present etlorts to overthrow thu Guvcriiuii id wishes lo come back, if come back into the Union he mukt, into "the I'nion mi I--M, with slavery festering n, .ij,,!,,,,., debasing und deuiural.ing Northern dou ;h - ii i .ices un no can gi-l un..tti r oppurttinity to use sbn ery as a fulcrum on wh ch to pi n o his len-r to overthrow llK Government ---In this Jell Davis and his shoe-big, k nt St .I..IM - O 'I'l v "iiciii. i ue ira-.iur Key, w ho hni just linn dimir, from the Govern lileiit scnieo, said it was not intended by Mi I'h lhin to crush tl. r, In U nt once, but to prolong Ihe war, till the North wns willing to imiko terms with the South hon orable to si ivehohl, ri -in fact to " r,,lu'c Ihe fnio,, ., , lr, ' J t,;M ,,n .. K,.'. to Jeff Davis' mansion nud tlio " key" to .fe,i nuvi privjr "concur" Tl " Key" denounced real Union "d -d nboiiini,u"-!n this the big Key and Ihe little key " concur." Pat Malone calls himself a Union ,,, and li.ks tho dirt off of Seymour's feet' chiiuiing him as a brother democrat, be cause Seymour like K, y is anxious to hare t'l' t'llinil res'nred , ,t wa, " J Tond.iee and Mahgnant " enneur." Jriior P,urr os S, avuiiv." Judgn Pratt, who has always till of i,t n(.(, . .. .1 ... I . I . mm v.ueu w.tn me democratic party, has got s eyes open to the real character of the slave power, which lias hitherto rule, the democratic party nnd is now trying t destroy tl,0 Government. In n convma made Webst emu ''-"t wilt i ,i, Utai "r'",',".V applauded Ad. , , -ho call tl.eu,elv,,deu,.-ra,IWW(1 Ada,,,, and foil ,o licking ,b, ,,irl J9 W electors old boots lie oj men ns o.l, I.. I. .... ... . "VI. " an account of un ex., edition reeciU r '. ' .. 11 ''.""! . ",u"" "r ' lfV.,ooo,y"U. VI this UDiOUiit, it U in d the effect of ilrivuiir buik the enemv from their bulteries, and the work on tho bridges commenced ngain. The troops arc nil under arms near tho river, prepared to rush over us soon us (he bridges are completed. On an attempt being imidii lo finish bridges the rebel in fiintry nguin opened fire, as nlsn their ar tillery, which lired the bridu'es in several places. liunisidii ordered the coneentrn led fire or every gun upon thu city, under cover of which it is believed that the bridges can bu finished Ow- killed nud wounded do not exceed fifly. Lm:it. A dispatch dated Dec. 1 2th says that our forces succeeded in crossing the river, the rebels falling back without much fighting. Franklin's division had crossed below, and his picked extended to Hooker's. It was thought tho fire iu Fred ricksburg would bo extinguished. Some apprehension was felt as to tho safely of .Nashville. Morgan was not for off, preparing for another forage Into Ken lucky. t?T A ili"iileli from Hi. .u;, Iha. Ii kik infm million ! ,,M firnv, (ll ,,,,mr,,r. Hint il'mnml fur (;n. Mi..Vi.ir- I Hid n liii Iiiiii Krrm.,1 will, ,, ()n J-V,,mi " MnNil I" II... nfliei r !), , ,,J0 , KiiiTnlh.iit l'hi.yri.,Mlw,,ri,l,fellH1.y m, limn), r, a I jiimi iikii ., !lt ,,!,., , j( y irnKilile ll.ul unr (invnri.it.i ill will vivn m, . n. ! Hmillieni tcouuilreb ouo of lh hrl egrg wa huitl in h -'il teiiiii rs, or twenty thousand iu gold, and carried the other sixty thousand baik to Livirpool. Does any man b.liivc these (iciiiiy whistle ipiill drivers are ns stupid as thry pretend to be? If they are, thry are bet ter ipialilied for bur room bummers, than for editors, who are suppose, to bo ublo to enlighten the Long Turners nt least. The real object of this s, cession Yankee nt Salem is to cry down by persistent ami continued itstuults upon it, ihe legal tender currency, till he depreciates it to the lowest possible figure. In tins, mercenary bunk rs, covetous shylo, ks, and moneyed vil lains every where "concur." They want lion with him hist fall, ho said Hint " ill., tint, 1 I ... . . .... - .. . "U.u..K.-u ior u n or iiiteen years, '"" ever uttered a truer sentiment than so mm in the mean tune the counlry will Mr. Lincoln when ho said years ago that compatible tho continent Tim .f tl. l.r j. it... .1 11 I.,,. . I . . . . mo uunur. 1 ins is a treat reuvnn u-l.u salt Hint " t in. n-l.li;,,., I....I i.. s. . ...... they whine so much about cutting off the to (-very man who hud bruins Hint there rebels supplies by uprooting slavery. This Wl" liopo of security for free institutions secession lioiiml who now turns tho crank 011 tliu ''ontiiient till slavery was criishe oltz i.keys hull-in Statesman, is said to out-and that tho war should 0,d would nuvo some thirty or forty thousand dollars 'I Judge Pratt used to bn go,,, nu I if ill ifiillm. ..-..I I I i I il . ... K"1'"-" aireuuy, and expects lo ""'rny wnn a pin Teal hered secessionist nuiKo ns tnucii more by dcu.agoguery in 'bo, when he printed a paper in this city Oregon or some where else. The legal """'"I hy lo have worn a brass col- icimers reiiiiceu seventy five per cent, he bir, marked " this is i-uatt-u ..,. ... ' r - '.. can with forty thousand dollars buy a hun dred and sixty thoiwwd , ly ,,.,, These ho cun deposit in the U. S. Treasu ry, Inking Government bonds drawing six her (wilt iiti fit I .Ii. 1.. ..,.(.. tit i I flu t.. il... i ii t . . . - I . 'P jour pir rem. on , original investment. ""' """, but lumen!," Imitntjng t,0 n. Tills Is the rent f..... I... . .In I ,.f il . " ineso moneyed i" . uiu coiiriesnn who cumu out In Wo...s Kacrt-av-p,,.;, , a number of ciil..,.,,, ., tl f 'l'";-'"l.iiei.y U Thursday, to take steps t,.Wllr,ls org.,,,,,,,, , f 'v lo Inn! I Wool,.,, Ksnorj I'l'""-. Ir. S., . h,.,,,,,,, ,0 lherj.f On motion nf J). P. Tl,,,,,,,, , "".-"f five wm appointed, lWf j stonM-ert,.;noul,ut lrTM , J water privilege,,-,,, . ,1i1(.(l l'n,l ll 'elory-, ftb ,0 ilrtri the sum iirc.vary remr-hlt t,e ..a and reeoinmenduig the , mount 0f .J shine. The folloii eg ,,,, , genii, nirs .rr. t.i.-n nppoi,,,., ),j ln ,wtlm.. w-m D.imnl, I. D. C. I..l..urellf, 1). J'. nm.upsun, .1. , ;ilt;OWi A Vi.,rU(.r The inc. ting ihen mljournrtl to mrct it Ibe Court llmenm mt Wtl,w.r f. leru.M,. t 2 ..Ylo, k, whru ! foiumitt,-, is npiet.d to nuke a report. An invitation i. rMemh-d to sll thou who arc iiiter-slcl i tho ,, -,,1Wl.n, tho rvsnurivs f our cily, to attend meetin- nnd take prt i ,.r,Htrdli,g. A in sist; To see the f, w w!to u trj ing to craw I in!,. Pat M ,lua, ' hrnvlirs, wiggling and whining ubutil "kgal tn d. ri." " hnn, sly," ( ,e , lo try to flighted, beg, or. oilX, thiMe w bo OR C bin large sums i.f ni.any ut ritubitant in t. r.st,, t,) ,v iu S.-IMH, is hiueJwUf. He se.-nis lo bo iuipre-sed w.ih ! i,r ,a( " coin has ri. " He'd Utter pro; tu G.-orgo of tho " l.i!o P.itel," tlu.t if t wiil stint the ball by Idling lint niort- ga;-a In coin, G. urge shall Ik-iiiihlihij u ' honest, " und tukeii into coiuniutiion u sum, thing belter than a " rurr; tumbdrw- ocrut," ii rrguhir Pive Poiuler, villi in 'entrnncu tiiktt" lor Ihe ".Siunit ran coarse. their works, but no serious du.nau'p bus ' Hoodetl with paper money, which they "'"very and freedom wero iue MW1 SskSow,l,viS: S1;; ry uwV;anr llM coneentratetl firo of our guns on the city i 7 CB" y 11 U tw"'nl f,vi! evM r rr,;(',1"," wo"1'1 'tout." I . 1.1 . m . . . J lllil ili.lti.M 'I'l "... "... ! Ill . al .1 I . ... IloNKHTy.'-Ono of Lime's editors at Portland, once said ho had an " hwnl J'i-c. Jo Lane himself inl,liuli s '......o.H.VJ UI. U. II Juliuses are crying ilowii legal tenders. They hope to mulct monry out ol the war -to fill their pockets at the expense of the poor laboring classes. It was this scoun- the papers over the slirnlturo of ' M. I'urity" t,0 rc.)(. organ grimier nt Salem writes a "communication " for his own paper, depreciating Government currency niwl .,! It.. is ... , drelly indueiico thnl, prevenled our hist himwlf " llmiesty." An old Legislalme from carrying out the law of I'lhlosoplier Is (ll.l lo mVe bee,, seen Congress, requiring State taxes lo be paid """'l,lng tl.o by ways nt iiom.-dny will, u in Government currency. Wo hop,, tm ''Klded c.iu.llo, for ,. honest man ' Tlio next turn, th people of Oregon elect ,m, "kln.l" ...Ivertisetl t Hnlein, however is lo the I,eKishituro they will elect such f. only "ought nfter by urmid iurle, lows as defeuted this f list bill III ul,,,, ..I home. ' 1 J fir The Mil.tury Curl of lm,m,y ! (j, buell cu.ii hat a.ljou,ca tu ul HvhvtH tr " We shouhl feel hiss mil n o iWerti Stattmmttii, Yes, if you fuel ul ull uuluul. ray The iimss.s of the proj.lo rrerj- where, nro well Hiitisfied with Ihe rrratml of Mc('le!lU The Cilivillinll Ull lull!,' leen b.eoinilig s.ttlnl with I he horiMt thinking portion of tho comimiuily, that Mt (.'li-llun wasn't " Ihe right mon, in lU right place." Tho Sncrnmciito Union, heretofore n Douilus ili iiux-rutir pniK-r, but now consislenlly and lir-urtily Union, ci Hi tho removal of McCMIuli an " Umantip lion of Ihe Amerirmi army " A frw wk secessionists are still raising s hng!ooI!e hiiitt and scratching at the clodi on Mc Clellan's grave. " Ma " Ii-owis Tho .Stalesmsii, wish ing to retain a lilllo influeiirr, lar not give tho mime of its editor at lh IimJ its etliloriiil columns. It not iiiifrriiirnllf nppenrs iu editorial stpiibs ns " Mr. Hu,n-" " Mr." Is considered honorable, thfttt Asnhel looks Imtlly In print. Prnploof certain caliber of inlellect always ulcn their names with a " Mr." Wo oneo fkl Indiuii, Ipeiwis Ynseimel, for lii nnm Do answered" Ipowis Mr. Ynsronct." Tki,k.iii.ii'M.(J. C Strong, YmAU Telegraph contniclor was in (own Jct' lay, and snys Ihe poles nro up nil t'10 w" throiiLdi lo Yrekn. IIo is now wnill"K the wiro, which Is on its way lo rorllsinl. tetT Tlio New York " ileniocrsr; which shouted In Ilrooklyn for Srjmour nnd Jeff Davis, is claimed ns of kiwi," by tho .Salem Slalcsiimn, Mil Cor vullis Union. The rebel papers In IU mond are also tiioling from Ilio ipttehtt of democrnllc slnuipers In New lorK, "u omplimeidlng (hem highly. Btftl- " Wn shall continuo o lnl h thu Ailmiulstrutloii."-.SWw Statesman. Just as .Indus "stood" by Ids lord 'l.cn in klssnd him, nml liiiuded him over to m rucified. for thirl ytlolliiM. It '" uo iu better keeping with rmif (IcvclopniffiW lo go nud iuakott"6Ui.d"iiiJiu' kitchen.