21 JANUARY 1865, page 13

The Wilmington Failure :—ciiristma.s In New York.

[Fnom OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, January 7, 1865. THE country is awaiting with great interest General Butler's explanation of his abandonment of the expedition......

The Scotts Of Buccleuch.—(continued.)

S IR WALTER SCOTT had a charter (together with Jane Betoun, his wife), December 4, 1544, of the lands of Delorain (a name rendered memorable by the great minstrel's hero......