The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1863, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROVRIETOR, ORFICR K. W. CORNKK OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. AMUSBMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Place.—Tnx Orzei— Fave. NIBLAYS GARDEN Frosaw Fase Cincie—CustoMs or rue Countay—Par's Buon WALLACK 8 THAI Ks, Sreadway.—Rosepsce. WINT) B GARDEN Vrvadway.—Katnices Marous: pren—YOUNG "OP ok4S—RETURNED VOLUNTEEK OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Vuxe's Morro— Aunt CuARLortTs's Mai. NEW BOWERY THRATKE Rowery—Tux. Feion's Deavi—Jack awp His Strep -FRENCH Bry, Bowory.—Foreer or Boxpr— BOWFRY TERA ¥ 18% COLORS, Ly Bor or Bou: w av —QANE Gini. GIANT all hours, SHipx—Roven ae BARNUM'S MU Boy, Liuururis¥ Di Kone Atte ao BUYAND'S MINSTRELS, Mechanica’ Hall, 472 Broad. way.—Brusortas Sonus, Dances, Bunexsques, &¢—Tue Rustar Bau, NEW YORK Gra 6 Glorious Victories at Chattanoo- ga+Barnside Safe. General Grant announces, as the result of thé opérations at Chattanooga, the capture of Lookout Mountain top, all the rifle pits in Chattanooga Valley, and Missionary Ridge entire, and believes, with characteristic mo- desty, that he is “not premature in the an- nouncement of a complete victory over Bragg.” Inasmuch as General Grant’s announcements of this kind have been always quite within the limits of truth, and have never been even over hasty, the country will give him full credit for all that his despatch claims, and therefore for one more great and immensely important achieve- ment, i At last accounts Bragg was flying pell mell towards Dalton, Ga., with the intention, pro- bably, of pressing on to Atlanta, and there making a defence of the important public stores, arsenals, supplies and cotton concen- trated at that point: WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 6 Broadway. —Ernrortan Boros, Vancus, 60.—CAMILLK, OO. CHRISTY S MINSTRELS, 685 Broadway.—DBun- Exsques, Soxcs, Danows, &0.—MisOMixvous MONKEY, ATRE, N SuURS, Ac. MOUNTAIN OD! Bauers, We BROADWAY AMPHITHEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Gre- ost c ano Equxstriin Pear onwanons, HOPB CHAPEL, 718 Broadway.—Tns Srengoscorrican. KEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. Crmontins anv Lecrumns, trom 9A. M."Ul10 P.M. HOOLEY'S OPERA Fones, Daxces, Burizsy Now York, HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermoriuan URS, £0. Friday, Nov, 27, 1863. The official despatches of Generals Grant and Thomas confirm all the glorious story of the three days’ battles at Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain, the rifle pits in Chattanooga valley and the whole of Missionary Ridge are now in posses- sion of our troops; while General Bragg is in hasty retreat towards Dalton, Georgia, closely pursued by Hooker and Sherman, who were fol- hard on footsteps yesterday evening and harassing him terribly. The enemy are burning the bridges after them, to retard pursuit. They are also burn- ing their depots and abandoning or destroying everything that will embarrass their flight. The reports received at the War Department represent that three thousand prisoners were captured from the rebels yesterday, with fifty-two cannon, five thousand stand of small arms and ten flags. Other reports put the number of prisoners up to last night at six thousand. Desertions and cap- tures are thinning out Bragg'’s army as they fly. Prisoners report the rebel army terribly de- moralized, and incapable of offering serious re- sistance; and also that Bragg will fall back to Atlanta if not cut off. It is said that the rebel govern-nent has two million bales of cotton stored at the latter place, which would prove quite a prize for General Grant. We give a map of the scene of the late battles in another part of the paper. The latest-news from General Burnside reports him perfectly safe, and about to be reinforced. No doubt the victories at Chattanooga will relieve him from his precarious situation. Stirring news from the Potomac. The whole army is on the move since yesterday morning. The roads are in fine condition, the weather clear and lowing his Our success is the result of three hard battles, fought respectively on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last. Monday’s battle was fought by the centre. Generals Granger and Palmer, supported by Gen. Howard, advanced directly from Chattanooga, and stormed the rifle pits in frontof that place, and thus obtained possession of the valley in which Chattanooga lies. Tues- day’s battle was fought by the right, under Hooker, who, with portions of the Fourteenth and s‘ifteenth corps and with Geary’s division— a splendid though smal! divisionfromthe Army of the Potomac—carried by storm so much of eight districts where Aldermen are’to be élect- ed this year. Nor are there any more hope- ful signs on the Councilmanic tickets. A few good men may have been placed on some of the tickets to leaven the rest, but not enough of that sort to prevent the general rule of de- generation from applying to that branch of the’ Common Council as well as to the upper Board. We are somewhat in doubt whether it is our duty to advise our citizens to vote for the best men nominated for thoge positions or forthe worst that they can find in the field. The advantage in pursuing this latter course will bo that we shall sooner reach the bottom of the ladder, and the earlier make a reform a necessity that cannot be avoided. Grus—Tuz Goop Tutvas, ov tHe Uxton— Tux Snort Commons oF THE ReBgELLION.—The most remarkable of all the contrasts between the blessings of the Union and the gurses of the rebellion is furnished upon the-all import- ant question of grub, or subsistence. While the soldiers and the people of the loyal States are luxuriating upon the fat of the land, the soldiers and people of the rebellious States are reduced to the verge of a general famine. While the thirty-four thousand rebel prisoners hetd-in confinement in the North are so well fed that. they are getting too large for their Southern breeches, our poor unfortunate sol- diers held as prisoners at the .rebel-capital.are, or have been, literally dying from starvation. They have been starved, not because Jeff Davis is by nature a/ thug or a sepoy, but mainly because his confederacy itself is starv- ing. We know, however, from thousands of recorded instances in all countries, that when men are reduced to the pangs of starvation they become cruelly indifferent to the sufferings of others around them, enemies or friends. Hence, we will grant, the starving of the Lookout Mountain that the enemy deemed it better to abandon the rest. General Sherman on the same day carried a part of Missionary Ridge. Wednesday’s battle was fought by the | left, under General Sherman, who, in continu- ance of what he had begun on Tuesday, and assisted by troops from the centre, carried by “voracious Yankee prisoners” at Richmond. Hoping that, with the supplies that have been sent forward from Washington and Baltimore to their relief, the worst of their tortures of con- finement are at an end, we may turn to our special subject—the good things of the Union, as compared with the short commons of the re- bellion. storm the whole of the enemy’s position on Missionary Ridge. | Every point of arrangement in the sy | of thesd three battles appears to have been péi- fect. The rebels on Lookout had a position whose only weakness was that it was difficult to sup- port the troops who held it. Our advance on the centre carried the rifle pits, which was an advantage alone; but, in addition, that advance increased very greatly the difficulties that the enemy already had in supporting his men on Lookout, if indeod it did not render the support of those men absolutely impossible. Then Hooker tried Lookout, and carried it; and by the possession of the centre and right we held the points of the field that were of the first importance, both topographically and strategi- cally; for if the enemy were beaten on the left he had to pass across Hooker’s front in his retreat. He accordingly fought very desperately on the left, and General Sherman only carried Mis- sionary Ridge in his third attempt, and after the failure of two very gallant ones and the loss of many men. Bragg’s principal force was, perhaps, concentrated there, and he was very probably there in person. His headquarters Lately, here in New York, we have given to our Russian, French and Italian naval ah a succession of feasts, any one of which would have astonished a Roman emperor with its va- rieties and abundance of the cholesst viands, aild its refinement of cookery. In fact, this business of dining and wining, from Washing- ton to Maine, appears to be the order of the day, upon the greatest or the smallest provocation. >t his life it may be made absolute and complete. He accordingly ‘readers his decision Hugh Latham; and the authorities and the ar- gument in favor of this judgment are very plau- sible, if mot conclusive. We presume tbat the subject, in some shape or other, will be brought before the Supreme Court of the United States, at its approaching term, for a final decision; and, as upon its interpretation of that one word, “except,” will depend the inheritance or con- fiscation of thousands of millions of Southern property, the decision wiil be a matter of eu- preme importance. Prussia IN Hen Revations Towanps Ev- rore.—It is a remarkable fact that the staid people of Germany bave such strong revoly- tionary tendencies. Thus in Prussia we see the people electing deputies all averse to the policy of the King, while this monarch, with that display of stubbornness and want of con- citiation which have distinguished his course since his advent to the throne, makes addresses to these deputies indirect opposition to the popular views they are elected to sustain. If Prussia is in so marked a manner revolutionary, it is not wonderful that all Europe is agitated by this intense desire for change, for reform. The condition’ of the Prussian government is precisely that which existed in France pre- vious to the downfall of Charles X., and also at the date when Louis Philippe was forced to fly from the country. England has not known such a state of political agitation since the reign of Charles L “At the present time, of all the nations of Europe England is the only one that need feel no immediate fear of the great revolutionary movement which is so agitating that continent; and for.this reason England will, after all—the talk to the contrary, more than likely, be the only Power to offer any serious opposition to the proposal Napoleon TH. has just made for a universal congress or conference upon European matters, Prussia, shaken to her centre by the revolu- tionary schemes of her people, will agree to mect the other Powers of Europe in a ¢0n- gress, because she hopes that some question may there arise which shall divert attention from her affairs, and an opportunity to escape thus the threatened dangers offer itself. The same motive may perhaps cause the other Powers to agree to a congress. It was to save himself from the dangers of an influential and threatening opposition that the Emperor of the French first proposed this meeting. He fore- saw that the able members of the Ghambers who were elected in opposition to his views would surely work against him; and he knows But in the great Northwest they seem to eclipse | how vulnerable is ‘bis government. To escape us of the East, as much in the matter of push- their intrigues he has put himself at the head of ing into the heart of a good dinner asin pushing | the revolutionary party in Europe; and, sure into the heart of the rebellion. For example | of their sympathy, he can defeat the plans of we have before us the bill of fare of “the ninth | his enemies. Prussia will meet him half way annual game dinner” of one of the principal hotels of Chicago, from which it appears that among the side dishes.of the feast were roasted and broiled prairie chickens, quails, venison, partridges, brant, black ducks, wild turkey, wood ducks, gray ducks, snipe, sandhill crane, mallard ducks, squirrels, canvassback ducks, wild geese, green wing ‘teal ducks, blue wings, broadbill ducks, marsh birds, plover, -rabbits and widgeon. Pretty good list, that, of side dishes for a dinner, in these war times. But the simple truth is, that never have there been such times as these of prosperity and abundance throughout the loyal States, while never wero there such terrible, widespread and universal sufferings from war as those which now prevail throughout the rebellious States. How much longer will Jeff. Davis and his deluded con- federates persist in destroying the South to upon any subject likely to distract her people from their revolutionary schemes. Austria has much to fear from such movements, and cannot by any means admit the right of a mere ma- jority to dismember her; but she will most likely accept the proposal of Napoleon, from the same, motive which induced him to make it—a hope that a diversion may be created. Toe Coat. Qcestion—How to Treat THE Diericcity.—We have a communication from a “Merchant’s Clerk,” who heartily seconds our late views upon the coal question; and we have another paper, from “One Coal Dealer,” who arffims that even at eleven dollars per ton the trade in this city make an advance of only fifty cents upon cost price. He says the trouble is at the mines. Wherever it may be, the question is, how are we coal consumers to treat it? We are citizens. Generally speaking, it is drilled aad amenable to disc! plin him the draft in question, Complainant refused to take the draft in payment uplexs Musical. “ maongra” AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. * There was ao rather slim aedience last evening at the pearance for the season, was te be sung, with all the acccesortes of mew costumes, appointments, ballet, tc: Still the public did not liberally patrenize Maressek, ‘These off nights are seldom as brillisnt as the regular sub- ‘cription evenings. The performance, are often more sa- tisfactory, as was the case last Saturday, when the ‘Lu- Crezia’’ was se splendidly rendered, with Mme. Virginia Lorini as the Duchers; but the which issued from those regions, the opera was bivbly appreciated. We have ao recency poticed ‘“‘Macbeth’* that it t@ not necessary for us te do more here thao state that last evening's performance was quite as Guccessful as any previous ition of this truly great Mme. Medori sang and acted in her usual most éifeetive style, and was much applauded. Sigoors Heilint and Loui were also very successful. Tne many marks of warm epyiause. The public have evi- dently decidea npoo mukiag Signor Lott! @ favorite. To our thinking, Signor Bellini has in Macbeth one of his jg aw ; ry brn Tipe aph iken y : woll, and was much | ‘Tho mise en scene. the choruses and orchestra wore effective, as they always are undvr Maretzek’s manage. a performance was certain y very successful. ‘To-night Gounod’s ‘-Fauat'!will be ro) pairs . Tho ex. ex = responsibility no doubt marred their eiforts. is broken now, however, aod to aight we — Pect the opera to be sung with the usual entrain Collence of the ‘troupe. The Corps d’Afrique. ARRIVAL OF THE SKCOND UNITED STATES VOLUN- TERR COLORED REGIMENT IN THIS CITY. ‘The Second United States Volunteer regiment of the Corped’ Afrique, under the command of Lieutenant Colo- uel Stark Feltows, arrived in this city at a late hour on ‘Wednesday night, and were furnished with quarters at the principal military hotel of the motropole—to wit, the Park Barracks. ‘This regiment {s one of the first of the negro volunteer organizations formed under one of the late calls of Preal- dent Lincoln. It was recruited in and about Washington, ‘and is composed in agreat measure of contrabands, the smallest proportion being made up from free ne. groes from the North. The full regiment numbers 1,010, including officers. and men. ne full company is at present doing service down at Charleston, under the command of Captain Wilder, All the commissioned ofMcers are whitc men, and all the non-commissioned officers are negroes, The regiment was lately oncamped at Camp Casey, Virginia, and has been sent on hero to join General Banks’ corps in Texas. Ata late hour yes- terday afternoon thoy left tho Park Barracks and pro- ceeded on a government transport ig (0. convey them to Now Orlcana, en reute far Toxag. The officers of the regiment aro as fo}lows:— ‘Heutenant Colonel—(in command)—Stark Follows, Major— —— Thompson, CAPTAINS. Company B—Captain B. Lincoin. Gompany C—Captain Dewey. pany D—Captain Childs. Company E—Captaia Andrews. Company F—Captain Minhor. Comet G—Captain Consider H. Willett. Company i:-—captain A. B. Halt. Company J—Capta... Company K—Captain 1 LIRUTRN ANTS. Company B—First Lieutenant, Bhine..**t; Second Lieu tonant Adams. 2 Company C—First Lieutenant, Van Coughnit. 199. Company D—Firat Lieutenant, Hartz; Second Lic. ant, 0. A. Carponter. Company E—First Lieutenant, Pease, Company F—First Lieutenant, Thompson; Second Lieu- tenant, Linton. Company.G—First Lioutenant, Ames; Sevond Licuten- ant, Seymour. Company H—First Lieutenant, Moore; Second Lieuten- ant, Murphy. iny I—First Lioutenant, Slater; Second Lieu- ‘Compa’ tenant, Southworth. Com; K—First Lieatenant, A. P. Carpenter. While quartered at the Park Barracks yesterday the regiment was the object of general attention from our composed of a sup >- rior class of colored men, who appeared to be prety well e. Police Intelligence. ALtacep Foncany or 4 Drart —Saruel ‘Jackson, of the firm of Bliss, Orne & Co,,,.No. 66 Wall street, was brought before Justice Quackenbuals on charge of forging the endorsement of Susan Pr. Cleaveland toa draft for $1,211 68. Toe complainant, Austin A. Hover, of the firm of Lasher & Hover, testified that Bliss, Orne & €o. were indebted to him to the amount of $860, and that on calling to col- lect the bill he found Jackson in the office, who offered it was by some were certainly there on Monday, as y dated a despatch from that place on that day. But, as the enemy’s resistance at this last point was neces- army is reported at 36,00 infantry and 10,000 sarily desperate, so when he finally gave way cavalry. A battle is looked for at Germania Ford. | the disaster was just as necessarily very great; Jeff. Davis reviewed the corps of General Hill and | and the words demoralized, badly whipped and General Ewell within the last two days. General | routed, used by the correspondents, do not Early is in temporary command of Ewell’s corps. | probably exaggerate the condition of the rebel The latter officer is reported to have died recently | army. Nor is it likely that the estimate of ten Rouse protracted sickness, The army — General | thousand prisoners is too great. Meaa, Commenced its march at eight o'clock in For the confederacy to have lost a great hat- the morning,” a Laks © moguibteat speoy tle in its present desperate condition will be cle in the bright mua. °f ® pitingasss Care regarded in Richmond asa terrible disaster; MISCELLANEU.. NEWS. Fantain Jones, | but we doubt very much if the loss of ten thou- cand prisoners will not be regarded as the cold, and the men in splendid spirits, The rebel line extends on the south side of the Rapidan from White's Ford to Mile run. The strength of Lee’s The steamship North Star, from Aspinwall, arrived at this port yesterday with the Pacific mails and $229,978 in treasure Yrom San Francisco. The news from the west coast is important, and copious details are given in the letter from our correspondent at Panama, which may be found in another column. Our national festival—Thanksgiving Day—was observed generally yesterday throughout the loyal States. In this city and its suburbs nearly all places of business were closed, operations in the public affairs were suspended, and the occasion was universally honored by all classes of our citi- vena. All the churches were open, and services suitable to the day were performed. The “ Presi- dent's Hymn’ was chanted in many of the churches by the entire congregations, and had a decidedly impressive effect. In the charitable in- stitutions and military hoapitals the day was warmly welcomed, inasmuch as it brought a thou- sand comforts and nicknacks not enjoyed every day in the week. The streets presented the ap- pearance of a general holiday, and the various parks were filled with gaily dressed visitors, on worst part of it. Grant’s victory at Chattanooga is perhaps tho best assistance that he could have given to Burnside; and the question in Tennessee is now not whether Burnside will be able to hold out against Longstreet, but whether Longstreet will be able to get away. Bragg telegraphed from Missionary Ridge on Monday-the very day when the battle began on his own front— that the rebels held all the roads leading into Knoxville, “except the one between Holston and French Broad rivers.” That one, then, was open. And from another rebel despatch we gather that about six thousand men were en route to Knoxville by way of Jacksborough and Rogersville. At the latter place they enrich the North? That is now the question. = oe vaanibenane ny = ompeciel Canapiaxs Gertina Sensteie.—Some time | We todo? The extortionists will laugh at our ago we called attention to a very sensible complaints, and still increase their charges, un+ article from the Toronto Leader upon the | less we proceed to action. Against all public unyielding determination of the North. Now | stievances the first step in action is a public we have come across an equally sensible arti- | meeting. Let us, then, havea public meeting cle in the Toronto Globe, upon the improba- | for the ventilation of the, subject, and a com- bility of a rebel attack upon our cities on the | mittee of intelligent men appointed to trace Canadian border. this eleven dollars per ton from the coal yards It seems that the Chicago Tribune, or soine | i this city to the mines in Pennsylvania; and such small fry concern, has been trying to let the committee, after a full investigation, kick up 2i Gxcitement about a rebel inva- | lay all the facts before the public, Thus, in sion from Canada. To this the Globe replies:— finding out where the extortion lies, we shall “Of what is our friend of the Tribune afraid? | know where io apply the remedy. In the Does he imagine that the people of Canada are | Next place, tet the coal consumers throughout such fools as to endeavor to destroy cities. like | the country appeal to Congress for the repeal Chicago and Milwaukee, from which they draw | Of all import taxes upon foreign coals, and a most profitable trade? It is only by the com- | 8trong point will be gained against these home plicity of Canadians that any American lake monopolies. Action is the word. It is the law port could be attacked, and of that there can of every trade to get all that it cap for its be no dread. Certainly federal money would | Wares; itis the business of the community to be better spent in giving Ohicago a decent guard itself against extravagant charges, Let port than in putting up forts to defend it.” us bave a public meeting on this coal question. We do not know at which to be the more | Any half dozen responsible citizens, by putting astonished, this good sense of the Globe or the | their hends together, may name the place and change which bas taken place in its opinions. the day. Meanwhile the laws of trade are as The people of Canada would be “fools” to try | “isting the poor. There was a large auction to destroy such cities as Chicago and Milwau- sale of coal in this beg Wednesday, mnere kee, That is very true. From these cities | Coal sold as low as $5 25 and as high as $9 25 “they draw a most profitable trade.” Trae | P& ton, showing a decline of one to three dol- again. “Jt is only by the complicity of Cana- lars since the last public sale. dians that any American lake port could be attacked.” Quite right. “Ot that (complicity) there can be no dread.” This is very comfort- ing, to be sure. But why did not all this occur to our Canadian friends some time ago? Why have they so long feted rebels and fraternized A Movers Ros Roy.—In another column will be found a letter which will have @ novel interest for our readers, having been penned in the saddle, en rou'e for Richmond, by one of the Heranp correspondents, recently captured foot andin carriages, while in the evening the places of amusement were filled to overflowing. Tur Triuxe Putosorners Promorina THe AMALGAMATION OY THe Races.—The metropoli- tan organ of free love, spiritual affinities, the amalgamation of the white and black races, and other ‘kindred subjects, has at lust ven- tured to give practical effect to Wendell Phillips’, and its own, doctrine on the benefits of introducing new variety into the buman family, to be known as the African-American type. The other day the Tribune lent the use of ite columns to two full-blooded likely niggers, away down South, who, desirous of teating the beauties of the new doctrine, adver- tise for young ladies to aid them in doing so. They give a pretty full description of the style of thing they deem suitable. One of them wants to “open a correspondence with some Joyal young Indy of cheerful disposition, in- telligent, dark hair, dark eyes, fair complexion, and not over twenty years of age, with a view to mental culture, mutual improvement, and, if agreewble to both parties, matrimony.” The other only proposes a correspondence with a handsome, intelligent lady, of abolition polities, crith a view to merriment and matrimony adve fvhoh the war is over.” The isers de soribe themselves as belonging to the First regiment Arkansas Volunteors—of Afrioan de scent—ahda gem to take pride in the appellation of “Unelé Sam's Sable Lofatists.”” Tx Greeley resolved to prove that he was sincere votaey of amalgamation doctrines”” Yo hte aa- would strike the road that Bragg alludes to; and from this, taken in connection with the assu- rance from Washington that Burnside was to be reinforced, and with the good condition that he was in at last accounts, we may assume that he was very well able to hold on until Long- strect should get the news of Bragg’s defeat, after which he would probably trouble Burn- side no more. Tor Evection oy ALpERwEN AND Covycrt- Mex.—Notwithstanding the occasional spasmo- dic efforts on the part of some of our citizens to reform our city legislature, it seems to grow worse every year. It will undoubtedly con- tinue to degenerate until the people, forced to desperation, will take matters in their own hands, as they did in San Francisco. We were in hopes that the enormous increase in the ex- penses of the city from the war, draft and riots would arouse the people to the necessity of electing a better classof men. But the nomi nations made thus far do not indicate much improvement. Some of the nomiaces are very fair mon; but, take them altogether, there are too fang of the corner groggery politicians to | expect any improvement in matters at the City Hall, Ia one) Aldermant: district the headquarters of one of the gindidgtes have become noted for IAdoight rows aud | fights, Ty enothan ell manner of indictments are being exhibited against the candidaies And thus the contest is progressing in the with them, forgetful of the profits they draw from us?) What has caused this sudden change of base? Ah, England has veered round, and the whelps follow their dam. We would not give a snap of the finger for Canadian opinion one way or the other; but, as we shall have to endure a union with the Bluenoses some fine day, we are glad to see them getting so sensi- ble and following so closely the repentant ex- ample of Old England. Tur Cosriscation Law—A Fee Sivete Dect siox.-We have received a copy of the deci- sion of Judge John C. Underwood, of the United States District Court for the Eastern district of Virginia, in the case of the United States against the right, title and interest of Ttugh Latham, 4c. Letham, adjudged guilty of treason, is thus adjudged as having forfeit- | ed forever all his right, tithe and interest certain property owned him, and falling within the reach of the judicial arm of the gov- erament. The ground upon which Fudge Under- wood makes thisdecision is thie:——That the con- | «t{tutional provision which enys that shall have power to declare | treason,” but that “no attainder o! twenson t forfeiture, by the celebrated guerilla chief, Major Mosby. It was written by the latter's permission, and forwarded to us by bis “special express.” What that is we are left ignorant of; but that it does not keep pace with the rapidity of the Major’s other movements may be seen by the date, which is November 1. Our correspondent speaks in the highest terms of the treatment which he and his companion received from their captor, who, like his famous Scotch prototype ot the Scottish border, can, it appears, be very much the gentleman when he chooses, THe did all he could. to make them comfortable, and | they seem to bave had a capital time with him, all things considered. The only property be- longing to them that he apprepriated were the aninale that they rode--“those gay Heraty horses,” a he styled them, He promised them | others, however, in their stead, which, for a | guerilla, was, we consider, behaving very handsomely, The Major has. evidently a high opinion of out judgment io horseflosh, and thinks he fs paying ws a compliment in adding to bis stud these speoimens, We trust that his fancy for the Herat breed will stop chero, as ite growing poptlarity down South is proving rather s heavy item of expenditure to our es- tabliabment, those last captures making nearly tduring the life of the person attainted,” tes” Auting the life of the person Pie’ FAge Underwood construes 6 lo say that, wifess the forfeiture Ye x ke Wek corruption of blood attainted this cla | cl, {¢ cannot be wade at all, but i wede ducing a doven anionls that have already been taken frown 1s, Lt Be ld Tne Brig Ri Grande Ashore. for. Catitanien's, Now. 98, 1865. « pevopagle of Aowing Yee are poor, * | Tho Lrig Bld Grando,’with.a cargo of wheat ‘aod flonr, ed during the Life of the person aVialnt | 4 ashore nt Mert CoIbar ne She Is ful Of water, and the responsible party, whereupon Jackson told him w call the noxt day and he would have it endorsed by Susan T. Cleaveland. Hover called the following day, and ac- cote to agrooment the draft bore the name of Mra. Cleave! ‘The draft was then accepted in pay. — for the Kors Pd it Poel afterwards urned protested. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the ure of Mrs. Cleaveland was forged. The magistrate committed the accused for examination. Jackson says be lives at No, 676 Broadway, is a mer- ee ate Bot guilty of the charge preferred against Fixsctxc aw Emcrax’.—Jobo K, McFarland, an em!- grant recently arrived from Liverpool, complains that he met threo of his fellow passengers in the street, and was invited by them tw go over to Jersey City to see the sights. On their return te New York they proceeded to adrinking saloon in East Sixteenth street, where they imbibed several times, aad became quite happy. McFar- land started to go bome about midnight, he was followel by his follow passengers, who knocked him down and robbed him of one hundred amd twenty Eng- lish eovereigns. The money was in his Dreast esat pocket, ‘and was abstracted by cutting the pocket out — Officers McDonough and Brennan, of the Twenty-sixth precinct, got a description of the robbers, and succeeded yesterdsy in capturing ono of them, named James Kinney, who waa committed by Justice Dow ling to answer, ALLEGED Atrxurt At ExTortion—A Matrimonrat, Case. — A young man named James Cowles was brought before Jus- tice Kelly, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, on Wod. nesday, on a charge of attempt at extortion preferred against him by Mrs, Jane Welch, of East Twenty-third street. The circumstances connected with the aifair, ag detailed in the affidavit of the complatnant,are as fol- lows:—The complainant sets forth tbat of tho-16th inst. she saw a matrimonial advertisement in one of the morbing newspapers ‘purporting vo be from “Ella Ro- mance,” inquiring for a busband, and by way of ® Joke sept a nole to the advertiser, in which. she st that she knew a gentleman who would. suit Miss “Ella” in every respect, and requested to call at No. — East elb tase a » if she desited an interview. On the 18th inst,, twe days alter the advertisement appeared, ‘oatied at Mrs. Welch's house, and, alfecting groat indignation, said tho advertiser was a respectable , Unat the adwertisemont was inserted in good faith, and ‘the complainaut had no right to treat the matter in the lightof a joke. Mrs. Weich was desirous of explaining the mattieria a manner satisfactory to the defendant; but: he tlounced oe the | room i cn eh, oe iog.a aw suit, took his leave. Tho following morning Mr. Cowles sont the annexed letter to the complainant, with the-view, as al-¢) legedof extorting money. i beat 4 Huw Tons, Now. 19, 1863. { Mrs, Weicu—T called at your house this morning \ a letter that was sent ton lady, asking. her to; eail and seo vou Whoever wrote that lever committed.am act (bat tbe, law would take cognizan e of as a mistomesnox. and ; of punishment, As it came your howtey Fou are respon: (| sivie ror ft, aud’ shall hold you t a eteiat accoumt for it. A house such aa yours is a-Duisance te aay neigiborhood. and fa liable to be broken up at any time at police. This I shati do unless I beary you. make it “worth my while" pot to moveia.the matte: i coudema you withou' an orvience more should be needed it is to fimdcit tm the Ase. ments you pot in the papers. I shalt ‘awaita reply (50m yoo. anit Zot, Pte no elven caw istsoa know an what mit in the hands o tee Fon is totok it be ‘adiress Janes 198, Union Square vost Ortice, 813 ' Like a sensible * “Clay Intedigence. Fine x Metamrer Sraret.— Betweon clesen and twetve o'clock on Wednesday night & fire broke qué in the attic of tenement building No. 36 Mulberry street, owned by Heney Valentine, and ecorpied by a number of poor Italian families, The tre was caused by some paper accidentally taking fre in the atc. Damage to the butiding abomt $1,000, insered; to ane furnitare of the BO insurance. "be ad oining building, No 83, also owned vy ar. Vatent! ge, was damaged to the extent of 8200, and Uke furniture ag the occupants about $100, no imsural Lelligence. Gonoral Kilpatrick, of tho, Taet ‘Staves Army; Hon Goorge K, Shiel, & San Fre geisco; G, A. Hi 5 Washington: A. HL. Clark, of san 'Franeisco; Loratto ¥ Averill, of Now York,and/Jehn G@. Chase, of Bostoo, are stopping at the Mgtropelalan Hotel. &. Gobbart, of Onin; Wm. Tomiingsn and wife, of Phila delphia; Hon. duo, L. Dawson, of Penoaylvania, KE. M. Gtibort, of Utir a; Hon A. C. , of Sehemectady; A R, Payne, Of tifax; Hon. D. Of Batavia, A. A Sumner, 2 Albany, sd aa of Indiana, tro ob y Pin Os Ale Gt. Nicolae NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasumcroy, Nov. 26, 1868. PRE yocaxYCTAL ESTIMATES, ‘suthorized by the Treasury De, 4rtment. Even the pre sent official estimates camnot be fogarded a6 conclusive, Because material alterations mayye made before they are laid before Congress. ‘TEE FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. ‘The split fractional cursency eppearuyo be productive Of nothing but trouble sed loss so @hase who are unfortunate enough to hott i. MH is undersjood that a now fraud has jmst been discovered, os amount, stated at one hundred sed fifty dotiars worth of” fifty cont notes, baving been presonted fer redemption which had been split, and the hatves of a tem cent note pasted ou the backs of each fraction, thus malsing a detiar ‘out of afifty and » ten cont note, Ail this has boea thrown out at the Treasury Department as wortatess, and the holders lose the entire amount. No more of the spiit currency will be iseued in consequence of those frauds ana the universal disgust and dissatisfaction which it hae excited. GOLD AT SAN FRANCISCO TO BR SHIPPED TO EUROPE. ‘The accamulation of gold in the Sub-Treasury at Sea Francisco received for customs now amouats:to over two millions of dollars. This the government has ordered to be shipped to Europe, and bills will be drawa against ‘and sold in Now York, MOYEMENTS OF TROOPS. Colonel Wisewell, Chief of the Invalid Bureau, has sent two companies of invalids to Hilton Head, and nine com- * panies to Rock Island, UI., for the purpose of guarding f rebel prisoners at the latter place. It was contemplated to garrison Fort Pickens with invalids; but this projest is for the present abandoned. THE OBSERVANCE OF THANKSGIVING DAY. ‘The national Thanksgiving Day has been very gonoraily observed in this city by the suspension of business, and passed very much in the ame manner the Northern : and Eastern States. Tho churches were unusually well Gilled ju the morning, and the places of amusement this afternoon and evening were crowded with pleasure seek- ers. At the Convalescent and Contraband camps there were highly suoceasfal and gratifying entertainments pro- vided, which passed off in the most satisfactory minner. ‘The additional glorious news from Chattanooga was pube lished in extras about noon, and added not a little to the thankfulness enjoined in the President's proclamation. Thie ancient New England oustom appears to have been very effectually acclimated in this section of the coantry, and it isto be hoped that in a year from to-day a reunited country may be enabled to join in a general thanksgiving for a deliverance from the troubles and misfortunes with which @ wickod rebellion has afllicted us. BXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. The rebels have refusod to release any of our prisoners until after the arrival of their own at Richmond. Now, ‘a8 in the case of the surgeons, whenever we forward prisoners by flag of truce a corresponding number is re- turned, Ninety-three surgeons and a few civilians arrived here to-dsy from Richmond, nearly all of whom were captured at Chickamauga. The wounded men captured at that place, with the exception of those in one hospital, wero yaroled and gent in to Goneral Roseorans. ‘The lat- ter, numbering three hundred, were sent to Atlanta, and as thoy recovered were forwarded to Richmond. There ‘arc now at Atlanta in hospital but sixty-three of our men. ‘The following is a list of surgeons arrived here to day from Richmond ,and embraces all who were held by the rebels:— J. N. Miller, 120th N. ¥. W. H, Lemon, 824 Wis, J. M, Rie, 5h Mass. |. J. Geerrick, 17th Ohio, ‘J. M. Weaver. #34 Ohio. ‘TFowney, 384 Ind & Ew 18th Mich, B, 8. Woodruff. \0oth 1. U"Ashoan 934 Ohio, PG. Barrett, 7th Ohi {- Guisford 74th Ohio, J. A. J. Larey, 24 Tenn, ne y, 2d Tennessee. Hi. A. Go.rdull,'21at Michigan. 5 "sie: Elinols, ©. K. Pomeror, 334 Obie. | fees Md Ti 8. O. Hetithat, N. York ci'y. 5. W. Bown, SA tae ohat enter barr 'P. Hornbrook, 424 Ind- A H. Sidwell. 90, He He Cook x - : Dixon, Ist Wis, 3: uk Forroner th Kr. Oor. ». Meeker. #, B. Burnett, &th Tenn. Joke Re Moore, 43th Ohio, N, Ho. vz Sideoll 1148 GRU. W.G, McFadden, 7b Ind. J. F. Fn van Lah By. KG. Bott Souh tind, 1 J. You. ty. ALB. McAndless 4 W, Moreen a © Tg ‘Sth Ind. . 0. Biot, Ugh Ry Bie m, 116th Obio, H. Patien, Okie. “A Rogers. ‘m."M. Housie.%» . Speneer. EL. Hottirogs, 18th Qo Ke wi REM re kg ae 75th sé R é 0 Wier, bg a4 Beciey. 2 Ii, 4 c. o . é ‘ fi Hert ant” a, Wh Eg AT a eemg Ev. She i Es ay , ah Robert Johnston, 100th 45th ‘The surgeons recent?y released) from Lroby barked at Richmond, but were ordered below decks unt! after they had passed the rebel works at Fort Darling. They had.no opportunity of teaming the wemiber of troops to that city, Clothteg and provisions which heve reached there have bees distgibuted, affording great relief snd cheering the suffering prisoners. The sup- plies, however, are not equal to the demand, One of the surgeons says their ewn condition was nod alleviated’ by the permission to purchase series outside of their prisens. They appear to be in good physical conditien; ‘taster wardrobes need replenishing, While on way Mither | they prepared » statement of the couditior of the prieoners in the several places of comfinemest; and'ot me description ef the fare and other points of interest om this ‘sub, ect, for presentation to the War Department: Oneot our officers recont!y aske’ Commissyner Ould whether he would agree tom partial exebangn of prisoners, amd. whether, if we seut bim, say five thourand rebets now io our bands, he woust release an equal number of oury own? He gave-a negniive response. ’ PRIVATE WALES O'KSILLY AT THE WHITH Hovse. Private Miles: O'Reilly, Forty-seventts regiment ' New YorkVolunteers, wae vo-day presented to Mr. Linoviaat | the White House, several members of be thignseers Fe foveign diplomatic: body being present at the same 5 payne Conte Btn compliments to our respeoted Chief Magistrate. Private O'Reilly was introdteed by General Mengher, and is mid to have made quites favora- ‘die improssion. He: prefers returniag to South: Carolina on the expirationof hia furlough; and—a choice. being given him—has respectfully declined duty as a foot orderly at General Fnijeck’s headquarters, Ha: gives-ee one of the reasons for the disgust with which he regards & New York and Washington, the fun that has Deop-mate.!" ‘of him-in the papers, and the unauthorized use of pnt name by politicians of all parties. Against the-editors of. the Comic Monthly, who bave published a series of ple > tures purporting to bo prominent scenes from his life, Bo & is particularly bitter. PURGING THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. t Major General Thomas bas jssued general ordere dia~ honorably dismissing ome colonel, two majors, fifteen | captains, twenty-six leutonants and one surgeon. for | various oflences, including drunkenness, feigning sik- noes, spreading false rumors, permitting men to plunder, misbehavior in facoot jhe enemy, shameful, comaadion, gross disloyalty, ‘tishonest practices, and conduct wabe- com'ng ofticors and gentlemen. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL CORCORAN. Ganeral Michaok Corcoran arrived in towtt to-night. ° ARREST OV CAPTAIN CAMP. Gaptain Camp, formerly a secred agent ot the War Department, was today arrested sad consigned. t6.the sa EMPORTANT TO REZSRUTTS. ‘The ordor recently issued that voluntesss. now: i@ the service, who re eailst as veteran volunteets, shat Bigre « furlough. of at beast thirty days previews $0 the expiration secures shia privilege to the volunteens, eliher by ordering. all so caliating with Moir pads we within Ge lingit of time fixed, compliance with the order, as the domands of the enc. vice will best walt, reporting themeolves to the Adjugan’ Goveral of the army. In going to amd from their reapec- Live States and homes the veteran volunteers furl gghed will be furnished with transportation by the ‘quarter- master’s Depastment, Whoo three-fourths of a yogimont or company ro enlist, the volunteers $0 eellsted may be furloughed in a body, for at loast thirty dayr,, fo go home with thoty officgre to thelr respective States, amd districve | to reorganize and recruit, aod the indivi scale of the see e019 or companies who do not re 60!'4t, shall) heped © ‘aut ry ciher companiat of Fogim’ arts untit ‘@xpira. ‘Sion of their term of service. / er, nt Homdy. snails Pert Nor 26, 1a A The rubscription agentyreports the sale of ave aory to ding at $971,800.