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CAP£ MAT OCEAN WAVE CAPE ISLAND X..T. | J. 8. LEACH, Editor, « Pnklltkrr «w» PraprtrJor. ] f, ' * . I | OS Ii DOLLAU PK K A S NTJ M ! TliurBdav.iDfcC. 18, 1661til ! - ' ■ - * i s XAtOHABUDELL AJTAIB .B EHQLABD. TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT. I ( Ji War Threatened. newsV the arrest of Mason and SiMell bad rcabhed England, when the , kU-Jmabid Han»». which arrived at New ' 1'orkotTTbrtTO inst,left Southampton. The affair seems to hare heeu taken more cooly tjiere than we anticipated. At Liverpool those in the cottoa interest, wishing to bolster up the dignity of King Cotton, or rather their own interest, tried to create au excitement, but it didn't seem to amount to milch, after s all. The following .placard, calling a public meeting, was posted op. "Outrage on the British Vlag— Southern Commissioners forcibly removed j f urn a British mail steamer. A public m . -cling will be held in the cotton salesroom at 8 o'clock." The cotton salesroom seems to be a very fitting place for such a meeting. Toe room was crowded, to it is said. Of course, the people wanted to know the eircumstauce* of the alleged insnlt ti their !lag, Tne loTl"~. . ivit was offered : "Be. jived, That this m- -ting, La»t.. faearu «ath Indignation .that «u Awni can Federal aiiip'of war has forcibjy tak -n Irom a British mail steamer certain pattengers who were proceeding peaceab.y, nuder the shelter of onr flag, from one neutral port to another, do earnestly 'call upon ihe government Gt asser' tlir dignity of the British flag by requiring promt reparation lor this outrage " We have uo account of any speeches in favor or ,lhe resolution, except by the chairman -«£ the meeting, while two o> t'rree others objected, aud thought there v was reason to donbt whether any international law had been violated; aud, finally, uftacel the objection, the chair •oggested that the words, "by requiring prompt reparation for the ouirage." be <- ■ rrcken out, and. in this shape, the res--n . oluiion was passed, almost nnanimously. Aud why should it nut? There is-eyrtainly nothing wrong in the resolution, as amended Nothing wrong in the British government assert, i ig the dignity of their flag, if it has nit dignity caoogh without so asserting I:. 0~\ The'Londoftv7V»MM has a somewhat lifffflhy article, but It is uncommonly / calm, and it is not yet prepared to say t that any international law hat been vio litt-d. That paper thinks, _ however, that the capture was . in bad taste, aud . that Messrs .Mason and Slidell will do the United States more harm in Fort Warren, than they would have done i« England. Well, may be. so, hut that is •ar lookout, and 'wot the Times' nor England's. » LATER. , Later advices present a different "aspect ani from the accounts gi«n by some English papers it would >e-m that all England eras in blare, while others declare those Seconals to be excessive exaggdktione, and virt Bally untrue. 1 1 appears probable, however, that the British goveroment has determined to aak an epeiogy. Theie am reports that Armstrong gnus and 80.000 Enfield rifles, ammunition Ac. are to be aa: t to Canada. One report says that the British goverumsat bed determined to demand that Ma: eon and, Slidell aboaid be replaced andrr the protection of the British flag, or tbelminirlrr would bet-called from the United Stales, but this is doabted. and, on (be wbole, we can only lay, -that all aeqooutpresent c confused mats of excitement, mi>1 wo shall have to wait for reliable reports. P» ILCca'tiy. however, is at) feast possible. Let it come, if come it -mast. Fugitives from New Orleans report that the most vigorous preparations were tnuk- ** rug by the rebels to repel attack. Th-y bad three iron-clad •(•am battering rams each ferrying from wight— » to twenty »on* of the -heaviest c.libtv. ^fhey wen »in. oonstrociitg addition! *Uew. lamf and In*'; swftt * » 4, 1 Of Advtrtuw yoar: bwsineae.- j —

ZXCHAJIQX pT PkiBOK KBS. I We see it stated that an exchange of prisoners of bar is abbot to be effec- »' ted, aud that some two to three hundred ^ i of the JTbel prisoners at Fort Warren, * harbor, were about to be released, in pursuance of this arrange- t. i in cut. Oar. government has heretofore t| ; objected to such an exchange, on the t | ground that it would look to much like -« j acknowledging them at a government, ►< > as a belligerent power ; and, indeed, f c there is something humiliating, in .be- (l ing compelled to treat with such a set of c satanTe rebels, even thus far ; but mercy ° Tirour soldiers, who have been so^nfor- t, ate as to fall into their hands, seems to n demand it, aiid we can hat hope that £ the arrangement will be carried out t! though it seems humiliating. Mr. Faulk- c ner, our late minister ,at Paris, a Virginian, has Men released on pnrofe, obligating himself to effect tbo liberation of Mr. Ely, a member of Congress, «• who, as a civilian spectator ut tbo bat- j 1 i tie of Ball Run, was taken; or return = * to Fort Warren in thirty days from thu i ^ * lime of his release. We shall see with I j what honor he, and his wo'nhi-bc gov- L j eminent, will act. We presume, how- 1 , ever, Mr. Ely will be liberated. , i IXPRESSXEHTlii TEBK EBSEE. j] The rebel leaders in Tennessee arc . making almost siuierhnman exertions to | r resist invasien fr;>»a the North ; but the i f I people, for stSffle reason, judging from , Vv - i. • -ju-rs. do not take asuniver- , - •' Vv.1 hi: :• xu-nUl like. | • ^Kterj-mrsu. .in their ■■ puwvr !.:i- been 1 1 -used, lo iiiducv men to volunteer. " Proclamations have been issued, mass ' meetings have been held, at which stron^f , war resolutions were passed ; bat, after j- all their fass, the men didn't come ; and p finally, fmpressment has been 'resorted > to, and Qovernut' Harris has isstuiha proclamation to that effect. But this * makes a t-riiblo squirming, and meets with serious opposition, and large nurn1 hers arc leaving the state in consequence. ; f r-Now who isnhlsf Simply because thero is yet a strong Uuic.ii feeling in that state. Nor is this aluno in the eastern r part of the state, where the loyalty to the Union is known to be largely in the L' ascendant, and where the Union men are known to he in open rebellion ; but in the middle and western sections of ' the 8!ate, and even nt Memphis, the L' very "seat of the beast" in that alate ; ■ f and where the greatest alarm exist, of * a descent down the Mississippi river liy K our forces. And yet, without Impress * ment, men cannot he obtained lo defend the city. There ia certainly ''jome1 thing rotten" in Memphis, or rather, ' the rebel leaders must so judge'; but, > for onr own part, we must say there is something sound even in Memphis and * western Tennessee. 1 — — ; AKXY MOVEMENTS. ' Under this head.it would bn hard t^fiod 1 anything ofimportanre to report. Indeed. 1 so f rr a* appears to the eya of tbe world, ■ » it might be summed np in the two words; r "masterly inactivity so that there seems to be eonoiderable complaiiit, in tome quar. tsrs. We are not ptepared to say, bpwevl er. that these complaints aro well founded. Ths world is full of cvmplainers ; and it la j a very'easy thing for. newspaper generals to eonqaser opposing armies, taking their j word for It, bat altogether another thing to do tbe thing itself. There does not seem to have been any important advance or our j s army.1t> any qaarter, for sometime past; but j on the other hand, an apparent retrograde . in tome places, especially in Kenlackv. i What all these things mean, we are noli uhle to tay, hut we presume our military ^saeralt known bettor when and wbvre to j ~ Mi-iks, than those who are distant from the fit-Id of astion, or ihotewhoars better ac- j j qnainSed .with almost anything else than i army operations. We have hot little 1 doubt that the lime is^eing adv antagnous * ly employed, lo preparations lot scti're • operations, and that tl-re will ba some heavy blows struck, at a proper time. We '* ennuot, somehow, resist Ihe imprwssion, however, that there is too much husilwiion t somewhere.. Joseph II. Hears, of South Carolina, has I been appoblrd poslinsaier at Port Royal. * the details or the oBca have been arranged ; 1 a- • in -it! mall-r will de d-kpatcbed by sea "j from N. -r York I*tt^< f»r It be- Island wll'1'c patriied to Port. Royal, and. 1 1 betSro to y»e former place. hhhhhh!

Tfi£ Of CHAJpATOB; IB ASHES. SO! There are riportt^wUklir^ithooi doubt thi ■are true, of a territie conflagration in m< Charleston, S. uhoatthe middle of lsst tic week, continuing twaor .three days, which sa had destroyed a lAfgl purtion ef the bn»i- ed Bess part of the lows, containing most of sa too public buildings, among wbioh are tbe gt . newspaper offices of tbe Courier f j| and Mercury. Froa> accounts, such a fire 1. •wai never bbforo ksown in America. It Fi seems to be the work of the negroes in the -th i city ; -and, considering, all things, snoner • ■» moarn wo weald shout for joy at tbe 0\ calamity. Retribution certainly is filling ! '<m the heads of those who pare birth to p the bloody rebellion now so fearfully raging n« tfcronghont the whole land. Ood, In bis j bi mysterious, yet j«*t workings, has raved th- m army thu tronble and expense of «t destroying a portion oMhll treason h-art. jn cd city. Would that it were the entire j ca State of South Carolina ! at •JSI05 VICTOBT nT EAST TEHHESSEE. 1 1 Sometime ago', there was a report gleanj ed from louthoru papers, of n fight in oa»- . ®- • Teooessee, in which tbe rebel f>»rc-s | were totally routed by the Union men, con- , * | sisling it was said of about 3i)00, who seem ' to have sprung ap, no one know* how, • j A i ihe- lime, it was snid that Parson f IJrownlow was at the head of tlie Union m-n ; but this >♦ since contradicted, and ' need* confirmation. From a card, which j ho is said to have published, the report, so j lar as he is concerned, appears to be incur- ^ j root. Bat tba victory i* confirmed. Fear*. ^ hower-r, atemt-rtaiped that tley will ^ 1 not be able to hold out, until assistance can ^ , reach thsm ; as there must be considerable j ^ i fighting, before our army in -astern Ken- j - uicky can - --n j|(B- indeed, at lu-i ^ » arconnb^tl-y" were falling- back. Mow . ^ Ib-susffnionists obtained arm* nnd ammuni- . ■ seems to be a mystery ; hut so ili.-y ; ^ Mfnrt got thenCvuui use them effectually, it 1 j matters, but little how they jjqt tbom These facts show conclusively thu i»r.-va | ^ ! lenca or tbe l'oyairy or the people or thai j ^ i Ruction of the stale; and they may yet be . i of important service to ihe .Union cause. , coKSTrrrnoitAL libehty. Nashville papers contain a letter from • j George S. Sander* to Kocvuth, extolling i the secession movement, and hoping that i 1 the European lover* cqartltntional litwr. I ly will exi-nd their srtbpathie* lo tbe ronth. i * The rebels may woke up the sympathies 1 or John Ball, or rather, they may wake op. ' | his selfishness, or his halri-d for free iusti- 1 taG*»» or constilntional liberty, especially I in view of what he Jias suffered at its bund t in two 'former war*' with the United States ; < but we think tb-y miss their man. when | : they attempt to woke op the sympathie« of ' j the Hungarian cxfh«nn behalf of eorttitu- ' tional liberty founded on slavery, and 1 Micurtd by the overthrow of the l>-*t gov- j < ernment of censtitetionol liberty which the | I j world evorsaw. and which qg tended such 1 1 ! kindness to that Hungarian. ' Conttira- > < tioual liberty !" Psbaw, nonsense ! Why I i don't thoy tell the truth, and call it consti- 1 tttional rebellion and constitutional »!u 1 i rbry ? ' "tbom YOBT* PICKEHS For the last two week* we have had f various accounts of on engagement at Petisacola and Fort Pickens, but they were entirely from Southern sources i ■ : We have, at tost.J'au account from the i I other side, from wBich, as we cx|iccteiiv 1 It appears that the engagement resulted In nothing decisive on either side. Wo copy the following frpra the Philad'a Pre**, from its special correspondent, which is probably reliable : U. 8. SnutfKa NIAOABA. NOV. 2$ "Wa are ail ar usnal. On Friday morning Brown opened fire apon the nary yard, this i ship and the Richmond taking position i | roar of McRea. wind Trom soalh and we*t and water in good stage. By fqnr o'clock 1 P. M. Fort -McRea and* a sand battery ! were silenoed. this ship receiving two-boles ' one under tbe fore and one nnder the mix1 xen chains, slthoagb nobody was hai I. i The Richmond was much nearer in. exposed ' 1 to two heavy batteries on the main land, 1 which kept her nnder a warmer fire. She , tv-t twice hnllsd, and had one man killed and seven wonnded. Her gant were not ' of large calibre, and therefore did not ' i reach. The rebels have maay heavy, long I ' range gnns and any qoantitity of mortars, j ' Fort Pickens was or course, nnder a heavy j ' ; fire all the time but the ^pss was only one i killed and on- wounded. Wo ret fire to i and barned the Small buildings id the rear | , of Fort McRea. At dark wo hauled off. ! I I Oa Satarday, at ten, we steamed in, alone i i J under the guns of Fort McRen. A strong I northerly wind prevailed Hi night, which ; | reduced the wafer materially- Anchor* d 1 ( under McRea, in Iwcnty-thrae feel of water j i %od optotd Sra discovered -that their |

■ond battery bud been stfengtbaued daring | of the night and another very heavy gahfctir moanied. Fooud our guns did trot reach, go Got under way and stood in as far as Was op safe in the same depth of water. Anchor- »e< ed again and reopened This time the in; saad battery brought Jnto action Us new • be gun. which op to this period bad remained sa silent. We opened with the rifl«-and No. mi 1. Found all the shells still fell short. *a Firrd the starhosrd' battery^ again, but lr tbe shell Still fell largely short, while their* as went over and ait around us. At three i d« o'clock, finding- wo could do them no injury j hi V« steamed out . to our old anchorage, i lj Fort /'.ckent set fire to Warrington and . 0i nearly destroyed it. badly damaging tbo i wbrick work in the navy yard. Both sides ! ,) might bombard for a mouth in tba pros-nt gt state of things without either doing much ; si On Sunday night three train o j o cars arrived at Poasacola, lbs news of the j d attack having added lo tbe excitement ia !^b •the Ifterior. We have made a diversion ! v nnd seriously threalencU them, and to thu1 . s; extent have accomplished an important ob- il ject. Thu next day a brig loaded with I b wood for Fort Pickens was discharging her j ii cargo, iuimvdiately under the guns of hort | o McRea, without being fired at."* t 1 OUR CAN1P* LETTER. J t' ami* i* tiis W n.nr, rkk«*. 1 is O* 1UK l'ur..MAC. Mo . l>-f. 9th. i j | D**». Wavk:— We have l-fl Camp Ca 1 j sey.. How different hero to what it was ^ there, t'n tbo 1st we received marching- , orders to prote. we knew not whither, and j : on the 2d we styrted in heavy-marcbing-or- | ; dcr. carrying our "bed and board", clotbi ig - , and 40 round* of cartriges. Loavii.g our | ! home, as wo called it, about 1 o'clock, wo j ( ; arrived ul Georgetown «l II o'clock, and af- 1 , i unloading our Iraggage (tents, provis- | , ion*, Ac..) we placed ilium oil board the j , j steamer K chimfed, a* we then found out j , i we' were to embark for 'some point on the [ , [ river. Wo embarked on board, all huddled j , i in the hole, except a fetv who were sharp j | t enough lo elude th* eyes of the Colonel.— j , I Those few Pound the empty state rooms that ; , the otlicef* did upt occupy. It wu* almost j , 1 unpossilde to find a place large enough to i;i sit, and I a*>uie you, Mr. Milor, tberoyaa-j ( not mncb sleeping done that night. / fn the - , morning w.- started down the Potomnc^not | . whrro, nutil we arrived on IheSIa- - rjlaoihahoiy. 3.1 miles below Wasinngton. aht-re all the rugiluvlit disembarked, except I , . Company A., who were left on board lo | ; take .earn of the baggage. -The regime ill . had. 4 miles to march beforo«th-y rent-bed tbe camp ground, while our company Went down by steuin nutil within a mile, when we placed the baggage in u canal boat- which had in tow for ihn purpose, and then we towed in shoro by a small boat con. I twining 4 oarsmen. We entered the mouih of.V.attawoman creek, nnd nnlouJud our baggage by tlie aid of small scows'. Tbe was -very difla-ult, und that was | thi reason why the bulk of ihe r>-g-I men I landed 4 Iniles above. Tbe men told us that in marching from where they they hafilo march, sometimes, waist i deep in soft mud-; bat we were saved thi* Jisagreeable part of the move, nnd, indeed, | wo wore also »avo«I'wUr„e amount of wash - j ing clothe* and utheTextr* work, caused by [ wallowing through YJie mnd. We knew what it was, a* w»,had an example of it, in goiug down CoJUbaptico. We arrivejl at afoiesaid place about 5 o'clock, and landed part of the baggege that nigtrt. aud Co. A. was allowed to sleep iq the hole of tbe boat, while the others were compelled to sleep on tho ground.'and that partly covered with snow.and getlingeoluer all the lime. How w# did pity them, armosl, of them did not get their knapsack*, anil Without these tbey bad no blanket*, cuiiseljtiedlly they spent tsro sleaj less nights, while onr berth w«* Warmer than we had had for a long time before. We finished unloading the next day, and dismis-ed tbe steamer and prepared to pitch tents. W a were now at the month of the creek, commacding a full view or the Potomac, buVon Thursday ' wore ordered fonr miles down the river, and about 1 P. M.3 we started, arriving at the 1 Wilderaeaa at a o'clock, having marched • through the woods which were so very low ' and swampy that, at Jimes, it was with diffi1 culty we could make any progress We en- • camped, pitched our tents, and prepared 1 for sleeping on the, damp ground; but, as I we were very tired wo slept as well ax at home in a feather bed. In the morning we ' I turned out. aud by consent of our Ctffonol ! we commenced building log huts to protect ' | ns from tbe cold weather now nt band. We ' I may not stay here long, however, as the • I otliev regiments eneamped around us are or » ! dereJ. I hey say. to move shortly, and we [ | suppose we' will go With them. It is said ' i tlie re are AO, 000 men stationed around and ' about us ; In fact, there are a great many, r The Massachusetts 1st, is em smped about r a qoartsr of a mile from us, acd bars charge ■ A v-- '

sf a large balloon, which svcenih several ** times a day. to view the rebel ». When it jo-« up the balt-ry on -the Virginia sido open* upon it; bnt they cannot bit it. It ' teems they are'oot skilled enoucb in sight- , log a gun.. Yesterday (Hnodmy) moat of the boys obtained passes and visited the aforesaid eanip. While there the balloon was moved much nearer the ahore, and wa cin m say Go. A. helped 'm.ore it, as Townswod aided in holding the balloon down ' m il was moved. After moving it, it ascen- — * . and the battery opened npon it. and a on this side, as there is one aboot miles from onr camp, opened opon the on the oposite %ids, and three shells were seen by our boys to burst on the otber bnt it being so hasy they could not I ifany damage was done. On a clear day ran go down on tho ■ shore and hollo over to the rebels, but can very seldom understand each other. To-duy we bad- a brigade review and inspection by' onr Di- ^ vision commander, Gen. Hooker, He in . spected ns personally, and after passing through, he said to oar gallant and mnchbcloved capiitin !— "Captain, your company the best I have seen. Everything is in order. The pieces art in splendid order. — Captain, yoq deserve a great deal of credit for keeping yoor company in such | good condition." When he lait, tbe Gen'l I raid to the Colonel;— "Now, Revere, if yon 1 a belter company than Company A. iu the Rog'tncni, I would very mach like to s-o it." So. you see. we are taken notice or, not only by civilliars. but by'men" of , military rank. Thfc compliment re|uyg u* for all uVr trouble and attention to' , I i our dntios. • I After returning from review wc beard ( considerable Cannonading along the river, and on going down to ece what was to pay, ! wo hud the pleasure of being witnesses of , eucxgenienl between four or five of our | Mitu! I gun-boats and thn'e or four batteries ^ - l on the rebel sido. The Gghi-Wted-triiout three hours, when, lliit batteries swif^ i ii-ncod or they Censed firing, \iu--te a uum- • of houses wort horned down. Indeed, it seems we are iff for it now, at we can hear ■ nearly every hoar of thu day. shells bursting on this side, nnd sometimes apparently ur. James T. .Smith we ut over to Col. Small's Pennsylvania regiintnt yesterday. ( jwlmh i» farther back Irom rke rebel* than' > un are. und he brought back a piece of n : bombshell that lmd been sent iuto their ! camp, lie saw a £4 pound ball that had thrown into their parade ground. , W c drill less hare titan heretofore. We are awnki-ned ill the morning, by tbe beating of the drum, ut Cj o'clock, and lirtakla«y call beats at 7. and I be new compauira drill an hour ur so after breakfast, while \ ws prupare for company inspection, which we have every morning, at aboot 8j o'clock We thou rest sill 8!, "when we bare battol." lion drill. The right wing drills In the morning and the left in the afternoon ; nnd*4 as wo belong to tho right wing, wu h«te very little to do in the afternoon . (Jur camp is back from tbe river, about half a tnile, in a pine forest, which we have hereto1 fore called "Camp in the Wilderneri; lint to day, we hear from headquarters, it i* , hereafter to be called Camp Revere, j Wu are alt very anxious to meet the cnemy. •specially after *e#in{ our gunboats engage with tho rebel batteries, and do tBhm so much damage. 1 assure yon it is very exciting indeed. The boys a(e all very well . and have become so accnstomcd to camp life, that they can take their India robber blanket and lay" it down anywhere, and phttibg thair woolen ' one over tiled, can stand' allnost any kind' Of weather We are all well satisfied, and' 1 think if wo eterget home this will be an 1 interesting page in onr history; and how sre can sit of the winter evening*, and reI late lo those around ns, tbe hatdtbipf we 1 had to encounter. Hoping thie campaigt* I will soon come to a close, and we be per-' mitted to return, 1 am very respectfully' ' yoor*, 1 Jacob*. I A Fintir is Wasntax Virginia. — Anoth- , er important battlo has been fought in Wei-' I tern Virginia, in which tho Union troops r were victorious— the rebel forco*'ond«r Gen ' . Johnson, of Georgia, being defeated by an - . inferior force of Union troops commanded i by Gen. Milroy. 9 Letter* frosa Europe" say thai Dr. Rus- ' 1 sell, of the Loudon Times, writes, that the' s Administration is becoming disposed to* ' accept noma foreign mediation with a view a compromise with tbe sooth on a basis ' ' of separation. U is difficult to conceive " hoar Mr. Russell should heve been deceived into the* adoption or soch ah idea. " Neither the Administration, nor any ohe^ ^ connected with il would »ver accept »nc|i J .mediation . from quarter, or . a peJPo r. on any basis but the complete submission', it of the States in revolt to the authority of e tbe United Htales.