The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1864, Page 1

i | | THREE DAYS LATED FROM EUROPE. Artival of the. Africa at MEA Alors op THE Posomsc, Jan. 8, 1864. Halifax. Ro one ect of ihe army tan form any idea of the zea) ra - for ro-enlistment whieh the soldiers display. The glory eww of remaining 10 the, army tilt the war cloees prompts thou, ratber tbap the inducemenia of a furlough or largo Donpties. retiods abe Dave no expectation'or going home on furlough Daye signified their intention tw re- the eervice when tbeir present term expires. The '¥e@ Whicb apjmate tbem gre pride and patriotism. A detachment of rebel cavairy droverin our pickets ot Fitpt Bi,:near Fairfax Court House. pigbt .or two Bice, but were driven back after thirty or forty shots were fired. F Some th The Engiish Seamen who Served op the Mir, Laird Refuses to Sell the e Rebel Rams. ‘> hennock at Calais, : en ees, ity five yrebél priconers and® decortérs’ were ligutenapte and two or three nob-commissioned officers, j@ihe priconers confirm what bag ‘been herevofore eaid as withe oftects cf the amnesty..proclamation. Refugees from Dinie and etarvation go dwn’ almost’ daily, taking iF wives oud Email children with them. They-bave and ream, the -blighting sflecsa, of war upcn tbe red soil and ite inhabitants. -; eats military reilroad requises-fourteen hundred men ipjai) the defarimente at arid between Alexanaria and Federal Execution im Bolstein and > Retirement of the Danes. Odpepper. A presentation ‘was made”'this evening, by : the conductors: agd bie) friends, of a three hundred apd LOE LGR PENT ec : top dojler, gold watch and chain to J, B. Van Zavdt, freight agent of tbe road. The engineers presented a watch and chain and elegant photographic album to Johny ‘Smith, the master meobanic. » The. Commmigshriea are holding banguetg—two nights "ago at Corariseary Thompson's, io Culpepper; to-night, @t the hoepitabie. tent of Captain Cox, Commiecary at army beadquarters. There officers have gay and festive coocasions, : : ‘Tker® is not Much said about the Presidency ; for you Koow the goidiers are not politicians. When anything is said General Grabt ie usually spoken of with much cont- dence as being, the successor of Mr. Lincoln, An officer relate’ to-day stgted to me.that ho bad taken bets’ on Grant, and The Africa reporte that eho has had heavy weather and og eee mney ge ead winds during the ontire passage. Tae sated for | MeClellan the san to condvet the campaign against what Boston st a quarter to eight o'clock thie morning, where wee oF tro myetone confederacy after the 4th of March; ‘tbe will bedve to-morrow (Saturday) ovening. ‘TP6 riewe by the Africa is of quite a holiday character. ‘Théré'was a genera) observance of the annivereary of Thackeray, the celebrated author, wae found dead in | 'P0 bastloot New Orleans in the army to-day, a8 was in- hie, bod cn .tbe morning of tho24th inetant. He was | Vosled "by tho dienlay of thé Star Spangled Banner. ‘taken 3 ony the day previous... Effusion on tbe brain is eee ener ny: craay ‘Whe alleged caso of his death. . 4 ; A fire cocurred in J.ittle Hil) street, Birmingham. Six The Press Despatch. people were burned to death, including an old lady, who WaAsnixcros, Jan, 8, 1864. bed ome to spend the Christmas bolidays ‘with: ber A Communication from the army of the Potomac says — Sriends; a puree girl and four ehildren. it will: gratify every feeling of wumanity and delight Tee eteamehip Scotia, from New York, retcher Queens, | bovdreds of nalf-clad, half.starved citizens to learn that town ot ten o’clock on the eveuing Of the 24th of Decem- | ap arrangement bas been made and authorized by the Der, and Liverpoo! at balf-past one o'clock on the after. | Treasury Department to supply the necessaries of life to noon ofthe 2th, waking ap upprecedentedly quick pae- | the suflering families within the lines of the Army of the tage. Potomac. Some months ago a plan was, projected and ‘The pareace of ‘the rteamebip Scotia from New York | sanctiaved by General Meade, provided it was sustained » Liverpoo} ie computed at less, than eight days apd.| by law, to cffect this object; but ou reference to Wash. twenty-cne Lonre, ington \t was found to be unauthorized by existing lawe ‘Ine steamehip Saxonia, from New York, arrived ot Regulating trade and military rules. Recently, however, Boutbamp ton on the aft D of the 26th of December. Gvother plan was suggested aud presented to the Treasnry and Americal @nsettin. iment, by which it was sanctioned, and wil! shortly TBO Lovdon Army and’ Navy Gazetie says (bat the be carried into etiect. it is mainly as follows:— - Mevers, Laird bave refused several cfere for the Mersey hale bape pon a aa dvs hahotio ‘eet aap 4 ulation provisions clothing and other neces renner) 10g as oe nae , born | SFB OF life. Tho mode adopted is, that persone de- Siring suppliee must present an order to the Provost at end Parie, are Kangen: inaking coatisiied eltsie 10.2 | isms Genet, abcdinpaliled by an Aflaky iA of the uns. AUSTRIAN ALARM IN. BUNGARY. DEATH OF THACKERAY, 7 - * Haurax, Jan. 8, 1664. ‘The eteamsbip Africa, Captain Shannon, from Liveryoc! At ten o'clock en the morning of the 26th via Queenstown 0p the afternoon of the 27th of December, arrived at this vent the eveamer sock leaving Calais tor the | YO" Bich ere crawer. Sores for the shin | der in their families to be supplied, and that the supplice Ragland. @evired are pot for, and will men who were enlisted to serve on board the or a brestiiee aguioet tha Uae wenstown, and who were | Btates. trial, Affidavits produced, sho ‘ing Dat they bad poog vite were showing tbat tl r enlisted for three years for the purpose Of fighting ip the versice of ibe United Biates, wie ox rr — engaged in hostilities against ihe United order must be accompanied by the money to pepsate the trade agent against loss by guerillas, Bcoutwg: ‘ties of the evemy, &¢.—thus in a manner making the recipieute themselves guaranteo the iuteg- rity of traneportation. Such stores wil! be forwarded by tbe usual wethod of traurpertation. All citizens’ orders most proved by General Patrick, Provost Marehal Gener: id will be restricted to the requirements of sixty days as the maximum. The bebefits of this Lumane arrangemevt will be ex; Serene ae | als y si Wasbimvton to the Rapidan, —_ sd 7 be Sa: formsag 27 tee 8”! Tappabaunock a8 ee ees “ne done wi . ‘The extent, however,- will depend upon the course taken by rebel scouts and guerlilas. Any interference of molestation by them will greatly cireum- ‘soribe the limits of this benefaction. e experiment J France. The Corpe Legislatit bad debated, the Loan bil) at ard other op#eition membor® spoke in Javar of 8 Policy ion ts barcok ie govdremnent. ~ cepeured the governmant for the Mexican “Ks bv a vote of 242 to 14. —, German-Danish Aba ot Altona, in w! thousands part, was formally proclaimed Duke of Hols- fein emid the greatest entbusiasm. Tbe town was subsequently ilinminated and great avereca the streets singing the national song of army, and jt is hoped that its humanity will be fully re- See appreciate’ by ali in arms against the gov- ‘The trade agent appojnted by the Treasury Department ‘woe everywhere maintained. is Jobn H. Sbinker, @ loyal citiven of Stafford county, as communication with Holstein became in | Well known for bie igegrity and philanthropy as by bis Lerropted at noon on the 25th of December. social position previous to the rebeilion, be having, ag It was reported that the general commanding the | tbe writer believes spied positions of responsibility ‘Austrian troops at Hamburg had. been recalled. and trust uncer the State government. Under bis influ- ‘The fax6n troope entered Altova on Necember 24. ence and agency since the war hundreds have been re- troops appeared. heved fr.m the privations incident to an armed occupa- ‘The Danes je.t oe the federal ‘The..Federa)._Comminsioners tion. Bis suggestions to the Provost Marstal General bave ajded largely tn effecting the present huniane pore oma io Holstein declare that they will ageume the administration of aftairs without temporaril pose. Thore, however, without the currant money of the eter Hy suspended rights of te | Toited States ure excladed trom its benefits, and their — number is large, euibracing nearly one-third of the resi- The Latest News. dept population. Most of these, perhaps, are innocent Lavexroor, Dec. 26, 1863 victims of the rebellion, aud must ether M&rve or de- ‘Te Panieh Ministry have tendered their resignation to | Pend on the soldiers’ charity, A proper pian, however, the King, aud it nas accepted. is mataring by which these people can be supplied. But England and Russia continue to exerciee a pressure in | before it can be « a hundreds may starve orfreeze. It bas been suger that the abundant products of Denroark on the Holstein question. Sean the North might yield support for the present to the un- Spain. percent destitute of this section, In the hope-that ‘A bill bad been introduced into the Spanish Congress | #ome of the humane editors of our large cities will accept } vor 1864 ae cee | Voluvtary contributions for this object, Mr. Shinker kind: fixing the etrength of Span. bundred ibouraud i woe staging eamtionay ly offers to disburse tothe most needy such money or supplies a8 may be de,osited for that purpose, for citizens’ supplies will be established at Culpepper, Warrenton, and points on the railroad hereafter to be named. Inthe meantime orders, accompanied by atti- davite ard the requisite amount of money, can be de posited with Gen. Patrick for bis approval, The eame Jetter from the army says twe anda balf sche 6 of snow fell last night. Hungary. ‘The rumore of an ivsurrectiovary movement in Hungary cuntinved. ‘Austria wos taking pr ‘ment. tions against such a move- The Quickest Passage. EXTRAORDINARY. RUN OF THE INMAN STEAMSPIP CITY ‘OF NEW YORK PROM NEW YORK TO QUKENSTOWN. em the Liverpool Post, Dec. 23.} The jate Catraordinary passage of the Inman Company's steamer City of New York, gommanded by Captain Ken- yas created quite @ ‘tion iD nautical circles in Liverpec!, and the abstract of her jog, which was posted jp the Liverpool Fxchange Newsroom - epee Ld wat a eource of continual interest during the day. The dietance steamed each day by the City bf New York was #0 great and so regular throughout the parsage that we coonider @ rynupsis of the log worthy of perural, From the day (the 12th inst.) she jeft Sandy Hook poop the oes, day she steamed 254 miles: on 14th, 330 miles. 15th, 320 miles; 16in, 306 miles; miles, 18th, 821 miles: 19th, 323’ mites; 201n, fy Algt (to Fastnet Rock); 254 miles ‘iving at ‘at DST part eleven A. M. of that day. The ‘mean time of the ran ("9 Sandy Hook to Queenstown Je eight days and cixteen bONTE, Veing the feetest ever mace by any ocean steamer. ~ Movements of European Ste: THE ASIA OUTWARD BOUND, BT Ha.ivax, Jan. 8, 1864, The steamebip Asia, from Boston, lay off the mouth of the harbor til! if-past eleven e’clock A. M. to-day, in congeqvence of having disabied her machinery. At that boor she left for Liverpool. The Bremen steamship New York, from Southampton 28d ult., for New York, is still here, coaling. NOX-ARRIVAL OF THE BOHEMIAN, Boeton. Jan. $2 P. M. ‘There are no signs ae yetof the Bohemian. Her news, bowever, is anticipated by the Atrict. TBE ASIA OUTWARD BOUND. Haurax, Jan. 8, 1864. The steamsbip Aria, from Boston. arrived at this port it Lwelve o'clock last night, and sailed for Liverpool at ree ('Q\Qck thie morning. TUB SreawSMl PEW ydRw AT bast BEN ‘Butiaz, 380. 8, 1864. ere. HALIFAX. Commerc| Inteliligence. ‘The stoamebip New York, from Southam, ou the pion seeearent To by er So La ae 290, for New York, pat {uto this port last evenness short Glosed from the 2dibe to ibe 28th of | SW Nhe has three hundred passepgers. he Decem ver, PORTA A gre ws Sketing in the Bar * + OF VER LONDON Mt MARERT. DE’S ARMY. — 80pt to Washington io-day, among them one of Mesby’s | a ee ae nema nent een ‘will be tried to the full limits of the occupation of this | Depots | thousand five bundred and showing surplus receipts of over’ balf a militon of dollars, He recommends that the various acts provid- nnn Petersburg, West Virginia, . @urrounded. | : * Burlington: Cumberland, Ma., Threatened * by the Eimemy. | A oe itt ae REPULSE OP THE RMBEDS-AT WINERESTER, Mr. T. O. Walson’s Deepaten. { COMBBRLAND, M4. Jan, 8, 1864, .\ ‘Tho garrigon ot Petershurg, ‘West Virginia, was surrounded to day. _ = “s Fitebugh Lee and Rosse? aro ‘moving between New Creek and Petersburg. Theenemy drove our forces Gut of Burlington to-day. Comberland, Md., js threatened, and much excitement prevails bere to-night, It eéems probable thas we will be. attacked here aboyt to-morrow motning. ‘\be passerger trains on the railroad have been stopped from running; other traing, nevertheless, are moving, © ‘The edemy yesterday captured # train of thirty-six. wagons, ‘The rebels are reported to be moving im three.main columne. Imboden bas been attacked fat Winchester and driven back. So far everything is in our favor, It hag been snowing beavily ull day. ‘Fhe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Bartimorr, Jan, 8, 1864, The enemy has not at any time the last month been te twelve miles of the Baltimore and Obie Railroad ine. ‘Our paseenger traine have regulariy ron, witb the ex- ception of short detention, from suow storms and cold. fe app |, nO or, military trouble of avy kind, and passengers. Reva tienn tae it edad ported. r Master of Traseporiation, Baltimore and Obio Railroad: eset : ~ Message of Governor Androw, of Massa- ehusetts. \ Boston, Jan, 8, 1864. ‘The avnuel meesoge of Governor Audrow was delivered today. It is a very lengthy and comprehenaive document, The receipts into the State Treasury for the year 1863 were teven millions two hondred ‘and twenty-nive thousand eight hundred and twenty- three dollare, and the payments in the same time | were six million seven hundred. acd twenty-eight Dinely-seven do)iars, ing for bountier, and‘alsq those in aid of the familics of volunteers, be extended to meet the cases of persons er- arm: isting ag soldiers in tbe and credited to this Commonwealth in the same er as. are the State vo!- unteers. He aleo recomm« such a modification of the Jaws relating to the State relief to. the families of soldiers ‘a8 to include all such families, irresppctive of their resi- deuce, and to authorize relief to be given retroactively when the situation of tbe family may require it, A Teasonable hope is expressed that a United States eneral hospital! may be establisl ip the State, ‘be establiehment of a military academy under the patronage of the Commonwealth is urged. The total number of men furnWwhed to the Jand service by Maesa- chusette previons*to October, 1863, war 75.608. Govers nor Andrew argues at length’ in favor of recruiting our wasted regimens On the felds where those regiments have borne the national fiag with honor, and in every State they have helped to from rebe! usurpation. Fvery man we might bus induce to join our ranks would be one civiliad saved to the national industry, one soldier added to the army of the Union, one Jenene victim of rebel conscription, one'Uoion man of the South enjoying ip the form of Massachnsetts bounty, some com- peneatio(ror the waste and want with whieh the rebel- eat Visijea him. Now, whether white or black men, Why shod we Paryaibied t9 pk come ? wey shou) Shae Ba ‘them by grt yantager of a remunerative service? On this su Governor Andrew says:—This proposition is of greater advantage to the nation than 1t ts to Massachusetts. The organized ekilled industry constantly at work, the powers on ler and steam bi 1m the service of nian, the siapendon ogivery of mechanical ingenuity, ge wer wielding and directing all these vast and ied forces engaged in the productio# of wealth, comfort and the means wanted to maintain order, decorum and the ve existence of society, are of | ndispensable necessity to the whole country as a condition of maintaining her armies and of conducting the war, Whenever one com- munity can furnish volunteers for our armies, and other communities can aiford to pay them to come, but cannot afford to spare the r own mev from their own industry, the eimplest political economy teaches the wastefniness of retusing to allow these balances to be adjusted by the Jaw of supply aud demand. Not to do so seems to me, ar it wonld seem to mechanics, to reject the uso of the lever and to insist on moving all bodies by a dead Lift. Governor Antrew closes as fallo®s:— The edict of Nantes, maintaining the religious liberty of the Hugenots, gave lustre to the fame of Henry the Great, whose name will gild the pages of philosophic history after mankind may have forgotten the martial prowess and the white plume of Navarre. The great proclamation of liberty will lift the ruler Who uttered it, ovr nation and onr age above all vulgar destiny. The bell which rang out the Declaration of In- dependence has found at laet @ voice articulate to pro- claim thronghout all the land and to all the inbabitante thereof. It hag been heard across oceans and has mo- dified the sentiments of cabinets and kings. The people of the Old World have heard it, and their hearts stop to catch the last whisper of its echoes. n! The poor slave has heard it,and, with bounding jey. tempered by the mystery of relicion, he worships and adores, The waiting continent bas heard it, aud aiready foresees the fuitiled prophecy when she .will sit re. deemed, regenerated and disenthrailed by the.genius of universal emancipation. The Maine Legisiature. Avovets, Ma, Jan. 8, 1864. The Maine Jogisiature, in convention to-day, elected the following officers:—Epbraim Flint, Secretary of state Jobn A. Peters, Attorney General; John L. Hodedon, Ad- jutant General; Hiram Chapman, land Agent; Charles olden, John J. Perry, Hiram Brigaies John M. Noyes, Sewall Watson, Alonzo Stark and Joseph Farwell, Coun- ee Rew Hampshire Democratic State Con- vention. Cowrconp, N. H., Jan. 8, 1864. The New Hampshire Democratic State Couveution met bere to-day. The attendance was quite large and the proceedings were harmonious. F. W. Harrington, of Manchester, was nominated for Governor,and 0. A. J. Vaughan for Ratiroad Commissioner. Resolutions ¢e1 ally condempatory of the policy of the admiuistrat: were adopted. 2 = Toxnox, Nec 27, 1868. Shortly after nioou yesterday the ball was raised on the | “emerson Henry beg geen day th, Sy. A | Sagat he Aven and he pubic war afrmpd | no basi dn. Al We ralond ane re de av ce ot Whe Loudon Stock Exchange. The demand | te ice was ready for skating pury, » Caajority of ond a Sg) ranaead haye been frogpn money was i SX 8 1 par cant for the best bev Saw to the Part: ag uit epoie aye Ce nt yet RE a stig ere bad been no Ralé of ameriein gecuritien seereone Of f0fTF area of ict when covered with snow | badly frozen ‘The reduction of of Edgland Bas Giecoant | tO Ube depth of several inchos; but if they will glance at Ee cere eion ofthe, teee ta illowed the white bills on the island of the upper lake, and Uaing | Ose Max Kuen wy tue Fartixe or « Wart—Two for aiecount w + 8 ne aupply of induey __ %! te stores of Both ponds, théy Gah thereby ovtain | omune txivwen.—Late on Thursday atteraoon a And acei- some blight idea of its extent. Op the island there is over uw fees of solid snow, which bas been removed from the skating surface, and the shores there cannot be lege than pine feet. This snow bas to be taken the joe by menne of plo: brooms and scrapers, and re- quires the services of several gauge of ‘The Jighting of the ice last evening was much im, ed by the elevation of the lamps and their rays striking on tbe snow, thus making the skating, after . very. Neagant. After the ice war cleared, which was oa ed ea LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Livearoor, Dee, 26—Evening. Ay] the markets are closed to-day, and the holidays are deing celebrated everywhere, P LONDON MARKETS. Meters. Barings’ circular reports breadstuis still de- BAVAE COTTON nee. ia 24, 1863. ne, 160, Eaice cf tbe week 6,600 alee. Maret Giiet and toad: c bom) a Orleans ire, Serr to bee bat Stock 20,000 baler. ome News from Greytown. TO THB EDITOR OF THE HERALD, Pee Anre.—We have feceived from Mr. Brady a fine @ New Youn, Jan, 8, 1666 photograph of the lying in state of the remains of the J arrived to-day from Greytown on the echooner Cas | jate archbiehop Hugher. The impression is sharp and pian, with ® cargo which I brought over that bar—all of | clear, aod the features of the corpse are as distinct as if it, My verse! drawe eight feet; and of) am Inet from | the spectator were actually looking on the body, ‘Con. Greyvewn, | c&d contradict what the Panama people write Ddout the bar Deiog impassable. I was quite amazed qiien | rend your po of the 6th instant, which the Hot showed me. It is quite a pity _—, cannot tel! Fron or let Greytown alone. we & On w ns beerd my schooner, and | joo it ‘The number of oe to the wated at fifteen thousand. The ‘and the cars running only on half timo, doubtless ac counte for the ermaliness of the numbers After the ice nae about ten thousand persone enjoyed the pel ’ pidering tbe disadvantages veder which the picture was takon, \t ene of the most remarkable rerulte of the photographic aeé thot has fallen ander our notice. Taenen. 1 P Wolliome will Inaneb from his yard at ee" azind Flown barber and (Ok it ower the bor inealety, I] Citenpon! thie morning, at Rait-pomt nine o'clock, anew | Coroner Catia, yertorday Nek! AN Wueets The) phn Potgetey d pyr d ome’ to twenty feet | and veaotifal pilot boat, called the Witham Bell. fhe ja | Petdered Alcs ef " Accidental death eer 90 Abo bar, ood ay w mer q ‘f pullers $9 ha Ho hy mal death” v ‘A.M, MILLER, Basler of seboone? Cospian, eghty (wo feot long twenty feet wx inebes beam anit | OP Reeny (rom Greytown, Nigwrngua, eight (pe dopth of tld i dent, involving the life of one man and the injury of two others, occurred on the south zast corner of Eighth ue and Foriy eighth street. A nimbor of laborers were en- gaged in vate down the building formerly oecnpied by the Twenty-secopd precinct police, when one of the pri- son walls fell in, burying beneath the ruins three men, pamed John BI Tee Ranoahen and John Gibbons. Jott, of the Twenty.second precinet police, and Seocea meo, were on the spot and reokered all poss mere, Sreanrede ‘vocbanged. len hanive on Sree; Inidnighi, the whole of the surface was plabed down, and | ible assistance in extrjcating the men, but, before aning Tellow firmer. ain cleaned. To-day excellent skating may be ex; 00. Bare wee eraahed to deaih rv titin all tbe ponde. gerourly injured about the bead and body. 18 police be t Eonveyed him to St. Luke's Hospital, Fortanately Git- eacaped witb but slight injuries. Several women and children were gathering wood about the ruin at the time of the crash, but they all escaped unharmed Coro- ubsequently held an inquest on the body of Mr. * the Forty-seventh street station houre, and ar the occurrence was } the jury rendered a ver. dict to that effect. Decaared war forty xeven years of and @ native of Ireland. He bas left a wife end four ebildren, Adame Boy Knap py s Raw Cak.—Late on Thursday afterncon a boy, eleven years of ago, named Edwin Van Sickles, while riding on a freight car of the Hudson River Railroad Orr corner of Hudson and | eonard streets, Flipped, and fel! Leneath the wheel, which Het, oyer his body, crushiag bim terribly, and chilis! id's janet To flant death. The Fifth ward police took the remains to Lhe station houre, and afterwards conveyed them to the Teelenee of Mr. Van Sicklee, 987 Hudenn eireet win O £ Our “Forces Driven’ Out of CBLEIVARYW. ty BPA Minin nine wane Pheted of the Laic Judge Caleb B. Smith. Judge Cated P. Kmith, whose death ip indianapolie, ind; @ Communwaled by telegraph, hos filled seve- Ta) jlaportans offices of pubhe trust, bot under the eovernunen ie of bie adopted Stulos and tbat of the Usitéd States, In ail of them he earned distinction as an varighl and bovorabie man, and a8 ove poseessing pre dihkiee Ge an adycoaic, & legigialor, & c1p16 ‘Smith was born in the city of Bostco, Mass., it 36,1608. “An Tho year 1614) be‘ éndigrated with bial 40-Cincibnsti, Odio, aud was therefore one of Ibe iesk pioneers (0 the then Wilderness of ie Groat He received big edncation i the Cweinvat oon claim. dim 98 ope of ber reps witb more than can tbe State ia which he wae born, Bewg judated as a strong, old‘tnthicaed whig, be ¢npoured cause, Although it was then muown under a different name, ab0 in 1682 establistied ap ‘anti-Jacksoo paper, ‘called! the” Fidiana Senin; ‘whieh be edivéd unti) efter lection ef shat year, In the year 1833 ‘was elected tothe Tegielatare of Indiana, and re elected po a ne and. 1836, officiating 08 Speaker dorin i In 1857 bé wos appointed a hate of sara and Comm'ssioners of Indiana, pat a critical, the fnancial afairs of the fate. Me held this office two years, resigning in 1839. in 1840 be was ® Hey al elector ov the whig or Harrison Pee reve same name A tho Legieia- Indiana, In 1843 he wus e! to Congress as a Repreeentatiye from Indiana, werved yn wbat capaci- ty three terme; or until 1849. aga member of Congress ho served on a unmber of important committees. In 1849 he ‘end eppalaeae. President Taylor a member of tho Board of Lo'lnyestigate the claims of American citi the government of Mexico, under the treaty of Guad “Hidalgo, and continued a member of Susaten ite close 10 1951.. During thet year bo settled wm the tice OF his profession, choosing at thu time the oy of Cincinnat a Ls pace of ‘roeidence— ba day dy Wilderness be bad visited as a jad, bot whch: bow bevowe & great and prosperous city. He was at thie time also engaged in several important ral}- way enterprises. in 1866 be was a Presidential elector for the Statent large on the Fremont ticket in Ohio. He continued in the practice of bis profeesion unti! called by Preeident Lincoln to accept the post of Secretary of the Interior in hig Cabinet. Lost year be was. appointed Judge of the United states District. Court, for Indiana, whieh office he held at tbo time of his death.. Jt bas been Tewarked that to him, more than toany one else, belonged the credit of the republican triumplis in Indiana, He was eloquent if epeech, prompt in action anu wite ip counsel. WilMam Makcpeace Thackeray. - By the Alrica we have an apnonncement of the death of the popular English novelist, Thackeray, This comes Unexpectedly, as we had received no previous intimation of the probability of euch an event. This brilliant aod mordant writer was born in Calcutta in the year 1813, His father, a man of good family, was in the East India Company’s civil eervice, Young Thacke- Fay was sept at an early aye to England, and received the best part of his education at tue Charterhouse Schoo). He then entered the University of Cambridge, but dia Dot take a degree there, owing, probably, to the fact that be came Into possession of a legacy of £20,000, which left bim free to consult his own tastes, He chose the profeg- Sion ef an artist, and spent eevdral years on the continent in travel and study. Of the proficiency which be attained this purauit cap form some idea from the.capital drawings hich he illustrated some of his earlier works. mewraper lation with bis iD ing of age, Profession. Whatever may De the delinquenciés of the Lonaon look, aeons aie > ok to the ji @ alwi see ae ¢, t8 for that Paper Thackeray's pen found for atime profitable em- ‘ment, He then became a contributor to Praser’s for whieh be wrote stories and a little of al most everytbi the im of Michael A ‘Titmar: successively “Our Wives,” Yellow Plush Papers,” “The Parie Sketchbook,” ‘Rebecca and Rowena,” **A Journey from Cornhill to Cairo,” “The Irish’ Bketchbook,”” “The Second Funeral n,’? The Chronicle of the Drum,’ &c Nove of Nay of there attained. popularity, nor did their author take any rea)» of the pil fever until the es ment of — Punch. ere bie peculior we of satire Teese ite natural’ field of employment, outitjed ‘The Fat Contributor,” Seances Hoot Aa Ste koob Papers At once at: tracted attention. and fixed bis place asa writer. Toe high estimate formed of his abilities fromethese efforts ‘was coufirmed by the publication of «Vanity Fair.”’ The completion of the work, which was published in montbiy parts, left him second in poyularity to Dickens. The reputation thus ired_was bi by Pg og (1860), Sep et > ‘ae lewcomes”” (1 2" ine . dower, lished in the Cornhill Magazine, sre agsumed the editorial and “The Adventures of Philip,” take lower rank, In the intervals, between the a] of the above he publisbed several minor tales and Christmas stories, such as “Our Street,’ “Dr. Birch and His Young Friend,’ The Kickleburys on the Rhine,” ac. In the summer of 1851 Mr. Thackeray mado his Gret essay before a London audience as @ lecturer. The sub. ject that Le chose for this occasion was ‘The English Hu- moriets of the Eighteenth Century,” to which no man was more qualified to do justice. “The brilliant series of discourses which he grouped ander this bead had an im- mepse success,and were repeated with the same favor tp Scotland aud this country. He found the results of his visit here so profitable that he embraced the first oppor- vanity that his literary eng: ts afforded to repeat it. ‘His lectures on ‘The Four Georges’ formed the staple of his budget this time, and they were delivered in New York and ail our princ:pal cities in the winter of 1855. Mr. Thackeray made a sum of money by these lectures, and was received with the utmost cordi- ality and friendship at the houses of al! our leading people. And now, having done justice to bis merits as a writer. we must iD justice to ourselves say something as to his merits as @ man. Notwithstanding the severity with which he lashed the snobbery which pervades English society from the bighest to the lowes jon if there could have been found & more amusing embodiment of that tendency than Thackeray bimseif. No man could toady when it suited bis purpose with more bumblevess, or &e more overbear- ing to bis inferiors—another Of the same quality. Certainly no one could have repaid wito more ingratitade the many Kindnesses that he received here. In his man- ber of spo.king of this country, its peopie and its institu- tions, there was always @ tone of disparagement and an affected pity, which, however laughable in ap illiterate (ockuey’, are not to be passed over or forgiven in a man of Thackeray's attainments. Like Dickens, and others of his literary contemporaries who have visited us, be could see us only through the medium of his own preju- dices, or rather of the prejudices of the class to which he velonged. In #0 keen an auatyst of human nature this was inexcusable. To him tae American character could not have been @ sealed book. We are unwilling to eet down to hardness of heart an obliquity so strange. Let us rather place it to the account that crust of Anglo snobbery in notwithstanding bis own seuse of iis ascess, he was himself thickiy encased. Action for Twenty Tho: the Loss of Horses by Glander: SUPERIOR court. Before Hon. Judge Barbour and a Jury: Jax. b—John 2, Mills va. the New York and Harlem Raitread Company.—The plaintiff in this case is a stage proprietor, and owner of a stable in Forty-fourth street, pn wnv 2 A EEE, Tg dain ewan yard and shed adjoining * Of plaiatif. It is alleged that in October, 1861, thé defendants carelessly placed in the beets Of their porses then footed with an , Of which several Uaiinem” deat Wea the wetaches: from tue. defendants’ horeas infected of the plaintiff, and 1p consequence thereof many of them died; that by the defendants’ begiigence fit to the plaintiff were infected by the disease and have died, and that their vaiue amounted to four thousand dollers; plaintiff ex- nded sums of money in endeavoring to cure ther. he pial business: hee ‘been since impeded, and he has thereby suffered en md to the amount of twenty thousand Fes Suche fo claims jadgment. By the testimony of Sorgeon Nossrand and other witnesses it tit?'s horses died from glanders, and thet sound horres would be infected from drinking out of the same tank with die¢ased Dorses, of from otherwise coming in cun- tact with each other, ‘was a partition between the stable aod the shed, which had been gnawed through by de‘endants’ horses ,and tbe contagion admitted through the boles The defence set z ‘on the part of the railway company was a genera! denial, and an averment that if the piniotiy fugtained any loss it was by bis own negligence and pot by tbeir nogligence. ‘Mr, Sang/ord mooved for a dismissal of the care op eev- a) grounds. f After argoment by conse) on both eiles the Judge “e Jed the mote, ruling tbat al man has 8 right ure hie own "pr HAY hy ne not probibited by law, yet he if bound fo vee due precaution that his neighbor may not eufer from bis negligence. He thonght thie was aq: eetion for the jury, and it should be submit ted to them. The cage ie ti"! on. Jon, 6. —The case was ev bmitied to the jury, who re | turned a verdict for plasprit of $6.000, y Returming New Work Reg CONCIENATT ret New Verk regiment tye COCHIN New Vor mrtment nrrtyod te das RK HERALD. ARRIVAL OF THE YAZOO. Interesting from -Texas and New Orleans. Our Operations on the Texan p Coast. Spread of Unienism in the Lone Star State. OUR FORCES ON THE RIO GRANDE, be, Ben ae Thesteamer Yo700, from New Orleans, arrived at port yesterday, with dates from New Orleans to th ult., being four days later than before received. thanks are due to Puseer Coox for his uniform courtesy. Mr. DeB. Randolph Kéim’s Despatch, MaravoRDs Panmnevrs , Texos, Deo. 20, 1863. Reba Befences at the Mouth of the Brasis River—The Retels | in Possession of a Gunbuat on Lavacea Bay—A Flog of | Truce from Atove— General Lawler Sends the Party Bock with the Herald’s Account of Grani’s Viclortes tn East | Tennessee Unpoprdarity of Magruderm His Beirene In- moralily—His Oppression of the People—He Ord vs the Burning of Powder Horn, Indianola and Lavacca— The Inhabitants Anwvious for Our Forces to Protect Their Towns—They Watch with Arms to Repel any Attemyi of the Kebels to Burn-~Conservatisom of the Texas Leguta- ture, do., de. Seventy five miles north of Paes Cavallo the Brazos river enters the Guil of Mexico. This is one of the fineat streams in the State, and tows through its most thickly populated and bighly cultivated countice, The river hes another aml more. powerful claim upon our attention. From the Gulf it affords ready accees to vessels engayed im contraband trafic with the enemy, and is also a secure haven. against the terrific ‘ northers” for which Texas and tbis part of the Gulf are quite famoug. Praze river presente aleo the firet gational obstacle to the progrees of an army moving northward, Not forgetfal of there facts, the ememy has determined to make a defence of the river, Upow its south bank, at ile mouth, siands the small town of Quip- tana, bumbering about twenty-five houses of all kinds, and it is aid quite a nymber of inhabitants, considering the times. At this place tae enemy has erected a redoabt, mounting two guns, and has algo bere established a gar- Tigon for its defence, and infantry for ite support. Oppo- site Quintana, north of the river, is situated Velasco, a town of the eize of the other. Here the evemy has cou- structed bis main fort, which mounte three guns, and bag also assembled here a suitable force. Whether the enemy bas apy other communication between thece two points than by sma)! boats Las not been Jearned. The annexed map will give you some idea of the place: — MAP OF THE MOUTH OP THE BRAZO® RIVER AND THB ENBMY’S DEFENCES LOOATED THERE, DRAWN BY OAPTAIN JAMBS T. BARER, CHIEF ENGINEER. By means of these two fortified positions it is expected to defeat our intentions, if such they be, to secure a foot- bold op the xorth side of the Brazce—let time develop with what success. A8 regards water Communication with the mouth of the river from the Gulf, we find a mean depth of seven feet upon the bar and of fifteen feet within the mouth, How ever, it will bardly be necessary to call in the assistance of the navy in case of an attack, oud for the purposes of transporte the depth is sufficient to answer the require. mente of al] except three or four of the steamers now running in the service. Mach talk is circulating hereaboute in regard to a sma) gunboat in possession of the enemy on Lavacca bay. In all our reconnoiseances by water nothing bas been een of this immente nayal force, and ii it does exi® the hea of the establishment is scrupulously regardfal of ite safe keeping. The knowledge, which is exceedingly meagre, that we have of the boat Is through imformation from deserters and refugees. Several days since—despite a severe wind viowin, ‘upon the bay—a email boat, containing a major and ee’ ral men from the rebel army above, was seen toasing about upon the bosom of the bay. It was closely wateh- ed, and, after weathering the storm a8 Jong as possible, it was thrown upon the beach, pear the headquarters of General Lawler. A white flag was tying from the boat, and accordingly it was recognized a8 a flag of trace party. Upon coming ashore the officer and bie men were taken to headquarters, where they were interrogated ag to their . The major banded ov: jetter from Magruder, i the reports be bad received of the banging of two Texans were correct. Gen. Lawler divining the ros! design Of tbe enemy—which was to, out what we were doing—quietly bad the party hfind- folded, placed in possession of the major a Herat, con taining fall detaile of Grante great victory in bast Ton nesses, and walked them, wonder guard, out of our lines. Since then no more Texang have been reported hung to the rebel commander. . From numerous unquestionable sources we are advised Magrader. The charges lat: pression aud most grose immoralit! of bis rule is very Clearly sustained by the proclamations he has published within the last movth in relation to a line of daty to be carried out by the citivene of Texas. Indeed, it js a question whether he is doing more for the cause of the rebehiion or the Unies. The popular voice of Texas never | heartily sided with the insurrection, and there ig |ittle doubt whether their action in the future will not tend boldly for the restoration of the authority of (be nations! goverment, ~s. | c ot "se sovere rule was an order wo the ees cus re Horn, Indianola and Lavacca to a their towne in order to it them from falling a8 Of OE fre a cerned tommtoetvas 00ers ay, and or wen to ree st ay TE Eee tas order aun eect. abree con. secutive bighte and daye ch BE pong tage places patel thay, ree Foran mi ow Prat ; there wonld bave been an imimediale force OF the resent apparently peace bie state of allaire. " ¢ the above order from Magruder the people of the above named towns have sbown ao extreme willinicness possess them, Rotwithetandiog the fire surrection. teneral Warren's visit to Indianola 1 & very salutary effect in allaying all fears of this ne- ire, core, were amnziogly purprieed to witness The iy eurpr' the diee: ike sat orderly conduct of our troops while jn their mi From numerous sources we gather the highly import ant fact that the Legisiatare of Texas is of the conser#a- tive order, a8 they cal) it, This conservatisin manifests itself by the refusal of ite members to enact a law making rebel money © Jegal tender; and the act nullifying the recognition of the confederacy would bandeome!y consummate their courervaty: ey. quiet, apd will jo all probability remain so for eome weekr. General Banke willnot strike until be is ready, and when ready will make short work with the rebel backbone in Texas. NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS. Our New Orleans Correspondence. New Oaueans, Deo. 31--7 A. M ne Weather [h¢ Pg from Pera Rprred of Unicnivm, de. Another secret expedition left here yesterday, the Anuiher Bay egy’ Ptrength ond deetination ef which renaip ubkuow? Vor three diye | how rained torriveally aod incessantly i day mereing UF ty wor esbmerged to a depth rein, from coe two feet This asted, near | Le e Tor eevernt bt « fowagas the Ewan he etre ate chil Goder we ter Our | PRICE THREE CENTS. >= ‘There i nothing of importance from the trout, The ermy is encamped. All is quiet, The latest advices from Texas present nothing im. portant. Governor Hamilton is in New Orleans. On the 28th the bones of Captain W. W. Montgomery, of tha First (Uoion) texas cavalry, a Union officer captared aud hung by the rebels, were picked up and interred in Fort Brown, io presence of al! our troops in Brownsville apd alarge concourse of citizens, General Dana, command ing the Thirteenth corps, and Governor Hamilton were eye Soverieer Rawitioe ete * {nniting speech, rave have taken an Captain Montgomerv’s murderers, haeaeut’.. Recruiting is rapidly going on. Refugees are continua'ly coming into Brownsville, and prAna All the citizens who bave remained there e taken the oath of allegiance and are loyal, fiat, were all forced to erees the Rio Grande ‘Av attempt war made to steal a echooner loaded with eutier's stores and Fin her into a Texas (rebel) port. The | ner, Mr. Houston, the sutler of the Eighteenth Jodiana, sotimi ‘the captain and crew by presenting his rev | volvers at their heads, and he at last got safely into Port Cavallo, The crew were put under arrest. A mane meeting Of all the lovai people inthe State of Louisiana “bas beew called for the 8tb of January next. The obje totuke into consideration the formation of @ (ree “tate government. Nearly enongh are enrotied to } @vable the State to return to the Upton under the Presi+ dent's proclamation Tn The States steam transport Cabawba, with troope. b boar, arrived yesterday, All well. ‘The pie is prerti od to Ihave for New Yor on 2, the George Oromwell on the 2d, and the Mording Star ‘on phe 9th “g = Gnerilia fring has entirely ceased on tho river. Charles Miner, a private fn the One Hondred and Four teenth New York regimont, was siot for devortion Mm the face of the onemy on the 28th He deserted at Port Badeon and one oF two other pla little business ts doing, owing to tue Aine, The @ uuable to load or discharge but for a short space at a tit The Case of he Chesapeuke Pirates. 81. Jou, N. B., Jan. 8, 1864, | he court occupied yesterday and to-day in receiviog | the testimony of James Johnston, engincer of the Chesa- | peake. The evidence so far does ubdt differ materially from the published etatemeni¢ of the captain and ea- gieer. The examigation was adjonrned unt)! Monday, and will probably oconpy all neat week. r Hanirax, Jam, By 1864, ‘The hearing in the case of the steamer Chesapeake comer off before the Admiralty Court to-morrow. AKREST OF BRAINB, ANOTRER OF THE CHESAPEAKE PIRATES. Boston, Jan. 8, 1864. The Bangor Whig learns that Braine, one of the leading Pirates who captured the Chesapeake, has been arrested ‘find delivered over to the Halifax authorities, News from the Pacific Coast. A TOWN SWEPT AWAY BY A TORRENT—AKRIVAL OF GOLD, BTC. Say Francisco, Jan. 7, 1864. The steamer Oregon has arrived wilh $200,000 ia treasure from Oregon and $73,000 from British Columbia, She brings mews that ou the 16th of December the small town of Port Angeles, Wathington Territory, was nearly swept away by a torrent of water barsting from @ gorge in the mountains near the bay. The Custom | Rouse, a large two story building, was destroyed. Col. | lector Gurin escaped: but ame deputy and inspector were | drowned. The dwelling of Mr. Victor Smith was de- stroyed, his family barely escaping. ‘There have been Jarge sales of raw and refined engars ia the San Francisco market. Within two days the refivery advanced the rates of sugar and syrups. , The defalcation of ex Comptroller Werrep, 26 far ap aecertained, 18 about $12,000. 4 The Castom House Sensation. | Weare credibly informed that Mr. A, M. Palmer, who waesent to Foy Lafayette on Wednesday jast, is no rela- tive or kin of Mr. Barney, the Collector of the port, as wosstated in yesterday’s Heratp. Mr. Palmer was | young attorney of this city, and on the recoromendaticn \\of many promineat public men, among whom was Mr. | Opdyke, received au appointment in the Custom House, | In which position he demoustrated euch rare tact and | superior talents that he was promoted to the post of pri- vate secretary to the Collector. There he attracted the notice of many party men, and by Senator Morgan and ‘Thnrlow Weed was advanced even to the State General Committee and secretaryship of the City Union General Committee. No man of his extreme youth bad ever Olled thore honorable offices, and if the grave charges againgt Mr, Palmer should prove to be not without founda- tion, then Mr. Barney is not the only person deceived by bim. The New Police Commi: eran. The Board of Police Commissioners recently appointed by Governor Seymour held a meeting yesterday, at their rooms, No. 61 William street, and resolved to iesue the | annexed notice upon Comptrolier Brennan. — Heanquarrers CxnTRaL Orniex, MsTROPOLITAN Pouce, 61 Winuam Street, New Yorn, Jan. 8, 1664. Sim—You witl please take notice that the Board of Commissionors of the litan Police district have orgauized by the appointment of William McMurray, of the city of New York, as president, and William B. Lewis, of the city of Brooklyn, as treasurer: aleo, that the Central office is established ‘at No. 61 William street. in the city of New York. Respectfully, your obedient eervants, WM. McMURRAY, ) Commiesioners J. 8. BUSWORTH, of WM. B. LEWIS, Police. To M. 7. Brnwwan; Comptroller of the cpy of New York, A formal demand wit be made upon the old board to: day to deliver up the books and papers relating to the department, Mersrs, Acton ant Bergen will undoubtedly refuse to sceede to the demand, and then the matter will be bronght before the court for adjudication. City Intelligence. Ayxvat Rerort of tHe Croror Boarv.—The Croton Water Board have rendered their report for the pags year, from-whioh we cull the follow img items of expeose — Repairs and improvements. + $90,225 ‘xtonston of Aqueduct walls 2. 2964 Wator pipes and laying . 123,556 Beigian pavement... « SL ATT Street improvements . 204,100 Repairing and repaying atreets 101; The Commissioners report tbat the reservoirs havea capacity for 1,204,000,000 gailove of water—a suifclent amount to mppiy the city for three weeks sboutd the ply be cut off from the Croton river. They also call atten- trap block pavement, and ones aod Ruse pavement sbouid be diapensed with. are now two hundred and ninety-six miles of mains laid in thie city, and the quantity is steadily Increasing Waat Worrr’s Courcrion or Parstines Brower. — Wolfe's collection of paintings, recently sold at the Dus- soldorf Gallery, brought the handsome sum of $114,000. Tae Reonevtive Movemxst Axp TeB LovaL Leagur.--A committee from the Loyal League waited ppon Sapervisor Blunt yeeter fay gn’ asked if they could do anything towards promoting the recruiting movement. They were accepted the bount cauge would be to take the county boude for of the bounties, About ninety men were recruited yes- terday, and were paid the usual bouvties by the commit. tea, ASSTVRR@ ANY OV Tite Barrue or Naw Ontraxe.—The an- piversary of the battle of New Urieane passed off yester- day without the slightest manifestation of public feeling. Afew years ago the Sth of January was great day among the sacbems of Tammany Hall: but now they j Ape o Dave forgotten Cat age ere af Old Hickary ever bad an exis! Srlexnid ART OF Work manstov.—One of the Coest pieces of needle aaa 2 sai as been produced for a long tino teat present On exhibition at Kebg!i & Whitmore's, Broadway, the juction of Mra, Charles B. Rangom. | '6 represents (bo ent from the (rose, taken frou Ru~ beu’s great picture in the cathedral at Antwerp. Itecea~ pled, Gary dye years’ constant Jabor before it was finished, a b Danixe Bonanary.—The house of Mr. E. B. Bleasby, No, 261 Bast Fifty-dfth street, between First and Second avenues, was burglariously entered by four men about ove o'clock on the morning of Thursday last, The en- trance was e(fécted by forcing the lateh of © window in yement. A poe ne they procenied (0 the bedrooms, cared money, jewelry, & ge Se. wearing &e., to the amount of one dollars and but dropping some tae and a few cents on ea noiee awoke Mr, Bleasby, who on the instant, em . chored the thieves into the etreet. In the baste see they dropped afew articles of sruall worth, but gos off with the more vatuable plunder. No_ police were pear the time, and Mr. B., afler dressing, bad 10 go tothe po- lice station on Fifty binth street defore be could one, mer i a " Born Stagmer Seton se isritid, Jab. 18H, | : a <j this morning jemi Belen wat Mae yee landed ‘ one At is OW