The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1864, Page 8

te the acvium to inquire, end 1 wes told that abe EXTRAORDINARY CIV, SUIT IN BROOKLYN. hat Dee ime daye owt two on, three one Yeo e&= of plainti exposiag bersei as rad > thy what did you mean? 4. She has bees im the habit anion eceeea ee ies of Wi, and abe did net take it 33 Imprisonmcn’, of a Young Pootess ina Sak IT f fm the evenings. Q What did she answer? 4 | think Lanatic Asylum. che aid not deny 14; che sald eho Ned to do X for exer- cee when De one would see her; she attended Mr. Bees @’s cbarct on bat 1 don't know whether she Leve for Henry Ward Beecher the Sarees Alleged Cause. sy emplered bat us Have you ever ber postry. A. 1 Leogieiiow cpce about % Unteresting Testimony Pre and aris eonte ah Con, ned o., &, ae, a A ctvil sett of extracrdizary and pecetier interest was soma a momen of commenced last Thursday im the City Court of Brooklyn, Written by the plaistif—of "which the following’ ts & Defore tbe Hos. George G. Reynolds, City Judge, the par- we | copy— mip pie tees to 11 being among the most respectable families of the time He lay upon the bey dpe fl Ky of Churches. The suit ie brought by Caroline D. Un- in Mg * Ble hair chang with the salt sea wot; @erbili 10 recover dameges from ber sister, Mrs. Olcott, Lace ag Dn fi ayn moca bad rises and net ead ber nephew, George Olcott, who reside on tbe led to the ‘Boights, for false imprisonment. We give below a preity td Pati eeovent of the proceedings #0 far, embracing 8 sketch ¢ hia ms ©: Whe opening of the plainiif’’s cvunse) and tbe principal OPENING OF THE PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL. wot any Judge Dikeman, the senior counsel for the plaintiff, in m ber at tbe epeoieg the case, gave the fotlowing sketch, embracing pee Bgs ad the privetpal facts of this extraordiary suit. He said:— aanenieted Go piaindif ie the child of Stephen Underhill, who died aa seme (en years ago, leaving a widow, to whom be willed | foneris Horses was in love wile ee ee et Bis property, With » stipulation that the plaintiff and ber | Duryea thavefforts had been made to break up ssid rela- @rsier should have a home. He was a of some pro. | tions, | cannot give ber exact ee, perty, and-left'e house anda let of land which brought ea Cpe! Seen ie iatnange ios : am tacome of about $1,000a year, which was tol de | and herseif. Q. Have you ever beard ber say that sbe ‘Voted. to the Denedit of the widow and the two daugh. | bed spokene word to General ea in heriife? A. 5s. pover heard her ssy. 90; first heard ber speak of Dary about nine or ten years ago. beard her speak of hi thirty or forty times, but cannot tell the language sbe om avy occasion; this talk about General Duryea ceased about five or six years ago; she spoke several times io my presence about having written a letter to Mr. Beecher; that she was very sorry for having done go, and ve the world if she Id recall it, she did not speak defiuitely of her object tbat ‘letter ; I don’t remember tuat she said it was to get bis influence to have ber works pubd- lished; Sarah and rmoyself attended Beecher’s church— 1 about tour years and she some time loner; 1 le't about five cr six years and Sarah ceased to be a member about three or four years ago; | made the re- maik that I thought Mr. Beeober’s influence over her ‘was very unfavorable, the associations of the church [ thought were rot in ber favor, and I repeatedly desired her to discontinue going there; I formed the opinion that her mind was in @ very morbid state, and that the asso- Ciations of the church were calculated to still further tere, Tee family were aitendents of Mr. Beecber’s eborch, wnd for some reason the mother and piaiotifl’s sister boonme dissatisfied with the ministrations of that @burch and left, aud desired bor to do 80 also, She re- je portion of ber time to wri 7 lity I will leave you to de- Yermine—with a view of establishing herself es an au- Shoress, and precured the publication of some of her ‘writings, with a view of being able to acquire a liveli- hood for‘herseif Mr. Beecher, being comnected with the Imdependen: vewspaper, and ‘having an extensive ac- would to some iiterary pariies, for the purpose of enabling her 0 carry out her intention of baving her works pub- faked §=Noibing. however, came out of it. During the a left the church S wed pair it; I considered her bigh appreciation of Mr. mach in Jove with bis preaching, from which she | !™ vile I paren pes igh if thougut-ste received reat benefit. Th ‘on | Beecber bad ao pon her; Mr, Duryea and Mr. nabs Koneres vers, & on gel Lyon, being members of tbe church, exercised @toog'time, and it became bruited about amoog them Ahat edo intended to marry Mr. Beecher as soon as bis wweebould die. She said in reply to these remarks, Yes, thst eve might be married to Mr. Beecher, if bis ‘wile-thould die.”” The plaintiff left Mrs. (loott’s, and went to ber mcther’s house, and aiterwards Dr. Garoe came; she (plaintiff) was not in the room,and a evo versation took piace between the doctor and the other qmeombers of the fumiiy; wheo she came inte the room ealy 4 iew words bad been spoken, until they said to the octor, “She is in love with Mr. Beecher.”’ No intimation nicleus effect upon her mind; these men tl occupants of ber mind, and I thought she should be re- moved from their influence; Lyon was connected with the Sabbath school, and ao was the plaintiff; she never said anything to me about any marriage with Lyon. Q. Tell this jury any one act which indicated to you that she was insane before she was sent tothe asylum. A. No, sir, 1 cannot, Q. Will you tell the jury, if you ci, any one ching that the plajutif ever did on her part to injuro herself or anybody elec? A. I cannot. ‘Mrs. Maria C. Olcott, one of ters of the plaintiff, was tbe next witness catied, fied that she resided test made in Columbia street; she had the arrangement at mould come with a carriage, | the iucatic asylum for tho board of the plaintiff, and bad ‘visit a water cure es- | Paid ninety-one dollars in advance when the plaintiff! was instead of doing #0, however, he took her | Plced there. Q. Was the second imprisonment of ti plaintiff’ made under your direction? A. It was madi with my concurrence. State what took at the conferences which were bad in relation to this A. lcagmot remember the exect words; we talked Matter over and came to the conclusion that it was for “to the Bioomingdale- Lusatic asylum, and on arriving there they found George W. Olcott, one of the defendants, who weut to make the ‘arrangements. She wes shut the lum for some time, nderhill, became aware 8 if is ft i Ht HF i i i rE ii i i i z ti ii iH ft FH i panied me on several occasions: a my expense; dering this time she was visiting at my house; her a freq ly, and 1 tried to do all I could ‘The brightest sunbeams linger but awhile; rowers that bloomed for aye would seem jens fair; Bans that forever snowe would seem jess bright. And beauty lingers in the {alien leaf, drapery of autumoal skies; ‘the murmurs of the biightlag winds Breathe something more than of decay and death, And io their very sadecss seem to say— Tia best that all things fair should pass away.” he rade winds iter eral rig wife; sailed fer Furope, and then she admitted one; | asked her what it, aud she said that that be was the Mr, Beecher’s wife thought about Mr. Beecher "7 cbure she ter, who was eng: 1 tried 40 reason with ber, but she ioniated that Just ag much engaged to be married as my davgh- yed to be marriod at that time was, she for we know lingers but a day; ness And that ’tis good which bath been thus ordained— ‘The wou! of Beauty dweils in all that’s good, THURSDAY'S EVIDENCE. ‘The first witness examined. was Edwin Underhill, who Mestified a8 follows:—Knew the parties to this suit; -@m the brother of the plaintiff; recollect riding with ponit ire her residence in Jay street, in July, 1563; ired @ carriage from Curtis’ livery stable, and tovk her ‘We the Lunatic Asylum: 44¢ not joform her that 1 was ing to take ber there; I told ber I. was going take her to seo @ water cure establishment: I @id not tell ber that I had anything else in view; when 1 Wok ber to the asylum George M. Olcott was there; he ‘and myseif bad bad ap arrangement about the matter Defore | took her there; the understanding between us ‘was that | was to take her and Jeave hor there; be mado on about payiug her board—he’ informed done 80; belore 1 took ber there un said I was jealous. Q. Did you bear piaiottif makeeny com- plaint in relation to Mr. her? A. Yes; # was about a letter which sbo cent to him, to which Mr. Beecher had Bot replied, and abe thought she had fallen into diagrace with him,’ and from that time she fell into ascate of melancholy; it was a'ter Mr. Beecher went to Europe that this conversation took pisce; the letterhad been sent before Mr. Beecher left; on the day Mr. Beecher left she sat by the back window, watching the vessel; she was very melaneboly, and could not be aroused; sitting iD the second story, ut the back window; beea about two Bours in the house that day. cheer ber up, bat it didn’t seem to do tier ap contioued to visit the house afterwards; tried to 00d ; tho e was ina toget it back; she said sho had gone to the Post office arrangomect wes made by George M. Olcott and his | three days ‘la succession to try to get it out Mothereoout the payment of her board at the asylum; | I said if there was nothing improper ia the letter, I know she sed and went to her brother | abe need not give herself any trouble about it Btepberi'e bouse i New York; the doctor (Brown) of Uhe asyiem permitted ber to go to see what effect it would have upon her mind, she.was retmprisoved in toat Place; the matter of the reimprisonment was done bi myself; they had nothing to do .wish it; I had a co ence wiih tbe defendants about reimprisoping her; they @oincided in my views on the gubject; my. views were that sbe sdovid be sent back to 46 asylum; George aiid Be would Bxpint mé ip tuking her back: | don’t remember what Mrs, Gloott raid about the matter further than to eolncide in my views in taking ber back; (witmess cor. Fects himself) don’t know whether there was a confer. ence of a! threo of us at one time ok that ocoasion ; I thick that she knew that George and me were to take her back. | do not kbow oF my own knowledge who pai her Dourd at tbe exyium; J tock her back when sbe.wae re- Imprisoned. I 100k ber there, aided by « policeman, under @uibority of @ warrant: I did not take her all the way; one of the detective officers copuecied with the chiei’s @flice took ber f-om her own reodeace, where her Q. State what was her physical and meotal condition from the time Mr. Beecher left, until she we conveyed’ to the lunatic asylum, A. From the time Mr. Beocner! went away she secmed to fail rapidly aud abe cexid not be diverted from her troubles; sue would go out in all kinds of weather and she could not be advised or in- flueaced; she said that one side of her was paralyzed,’ one eye biiod aud the other beeoming so, ‘throat was paralyzed; evo de: paralyzed aod me if gra avoided touching the piates used by ily without taking hold of « napkin, ia order to prevent the digeese going to the others, and she wished her clothes hot to be Washed with the otbers; she said she had the poison of death about ber, I think, or words to that eilect, om the day Mr. Beecher lett, piaintif’ walked up and dowm tne room contioually and was perfectly dispairing; she fre- mother resided, in Jay street. the efficer mot me thero | quently cried and seemed. in much agouy of by arrangement; she was taken out of the house by my | mind; she weomed to feel that ail tbe chureb direction and pat ia & ca-riage hired from Nodine’s | know’ about the letter and feared Mr. Boechor's Stable. I went to the Catharine ferry and the ofticer | displeasure; tbe doctor prescribed lavender for her to ook ber over; I dont remember how lang abe wan kept @t tie aeylum at Chat time; don't know where she went fer she got out; found ber in days at the house of her beother, Dever resided with her mott mening ¢: make ber sleep at nights; I offered to give her a vial, but | she took one out of her pocket. Q During that'time have you kvown the plaintiff ever guilty of violence to- wards hereel! or others’ A 1 heve nover seen any; 1 meyer beard her make threats of violence towarde avy person. Q. Have you ever beard her taik of being a ] ther brother's, | postess? A. | beard.her,speak of being a proiicient in bo’ore tbe piainti! was taken to the | poetry. Q. Who was the physician who prescribed arylurm ably three or four months, she had been fli | lavender water? A. Dr. Lander. Q. Were you present ? whooping cough. sbe bad been iil of that diseasea | A Iwas; it took place at my house; durivg all these Mouth or two beiore she was takea te the asyium; she | years plaintiff lived at her mother's house; wheo Mi was sullering fom prostration down to the time of her | Underhii! came to me and told me of bis detormination to fontinement in the asylum; J thoughtat the time that | send her to the asylum the second time, / covcurred with be was very tick from prostration aod mental defeulty | bim; | koow more about the case than be did. pg oll George saw her on several occasion® while she Re direct—On the day that Mr. Lander saw the plain- ‘wes tok - : tiff at my bouse plaintiff had been six orcight hours at Crese-cenant atraet McCue~1 bave resided im Jay | Use bourse; it was betwecn three and five o'clock when he street for ven or Mien years, at the house where she re- came; the plaintit was very low in health indeed; th Bided; I am paying teller in the Meobanics’ Bank of of Boing paralyzed; all the con- Br.okiyn for ge years; prior te che rearrest I stated bout that took place at that interview; don’t fo them (defem@ants) that I thodghi the same necessity | remember her expressing & wish to havo a paysician, | @xisted for ber reimprigo®mont ax did at first, that she to see her, Dr. and Dr. Was not in @ condition to oestrel herseit, and should be . Lander came i plaintiff @onfined {sad thes she hag Been of ungound mind for a | second story; I went into the parior to iod of ten years aod abd that is consequence of | while | was in the parior the plaintiff was ¢ prosirati@a cooseqeent ber sickeess the mental | that the Dootor might see malady was aggravated; between the firnt aod second | Dr. L. came in that she was called i imprisonment abe bad beedt bome about (hres weeks abe | that | wanted him tones her, that she was very souch Sime over t» the house from her brother's,in New Yorn: | altered in body aod mind; 1 don’t remember his nanaio ber physical condition after abe came home seemed to | the janatic " J she came down he pe improved. Q. What did she doorsay that | made the to it being anaes ought Paralyzed and also about her brais. Q. Was bor anguage aan A. Ob, you, it was, Q. Did Dr. Lander ber soy questions? A. I think be did, bat I don’t reoonect what; after preacribi spirits of lavender for nervousness, he left; the piaimti had a0 attack of the whoopin; Defore tbe doctor wre, cough about six months re. been suffering trom neuralgia euced by the whooping co atter the doctor left Cullen went to see the plaintiff stayed about an nour; japntii? at her own house on the same evening that Dr. anapr had seen her at my house. Q ;Mr. jon, you say, @ your Reighbor? A. Yes, sir, he sometimes visited at my house; he alse called ccoantovally at the house ‘the pinint) - St Mf speed ama lt mate @ Va pleintil od ‘qeainted with General Duryea; 1do pot know of any a0- qeaintance between him and the plaintiff, beard, ber avast of him, she seid atone time that he wae in love ber, she compiaived of interi eak off the relation exatiog ‘between hey aeariar ine te gomplained of Mre. (ios the | as having o: Me relations batween them 20) contemplated marrjnse ’ ‘ed thoir influence to break off & Did she ever spesk of When you learn 2. the 006 OF ae ore that the De* gnanved from the eaylom? A. Not unt) | went And sang bim songe beth sed and wild. Vatough’d of harm, He did pot know ‘What caimed in quiet ples, Nor never knew slumber. <A tebe whea: ied to and fre, Marie C, Underhiil examioed—tI am* the plaintiff in this suit; l was taken in July last to a lunatic asylum; | bad Deen sick some time before; and about three woeks befo! Olcott my sickness George me taken to a lunatic asylum on account of my spesking ly of my farally: Lead I bad never done eo, and tried 10 convince him family; I went to tion; the firs hat I had never spoken ill of t ister’s about ten o’clock ip ; my sickness was the subject of our conver! uggestion about having the doctor came from ber; Dr. Cullen was named by her; she sent for bim, but Be wasout; when | left [told her to send bim to me; when Dr. Landen came | was in the second story; Mes. Olcott was in the parior; it was about ten minutes after the doctor came before I was called. Q. State, if you oan, what conversation een you! A I explained my symptoms to him, but he bardly said any- » and i shor i inet ‘as my cloth with the de‘endant, “Rave remained for acy ; Mrs. Olcott agri said anythit Dever made aay statement that General Duryea was I said so to the faintly; myrelf, and that she was en Ciates, about four or five years ago lum Dia street ltold ber that thing about that, and Mrs. Olcott turned hort time the ond ready to send me to the Sarah left Piymout! to Mra, Oloott about this conversation about Mr, conversation doctor went Mra, Olcott the phial did , whed escaped from her white talking aod walked to my brothers im Sixty-@(tn there for safety ever since, to her exce; ia love with Jor bis tieman’s mame { eral Beecher | couduct was observed by other persons So od acon soeusantocenions a relation to my sister's testimony, when she says pelt; 1 complained of some person having told Geaeral Duryea ‘and bis wite were not | Something that made him angry, and thet was the reason céagenial, and abe was periectiy, satiened with tbe es fe a aoa pet Lhe Leo —— mareeon ropoeed + me; 1 beard thei poe oe sa winten Gene debe? | General Duryea’s clevers bad been to dirs. inquiring ab ut me, and@he bed spoken fil of me; 1 th tororch canes turned Mr D..ageiok maid mia eet be Led waa very indigoant when Itried to reason with | ‘men turned Mr. against me; Ieaid that be Aa eee Le any com’ | repeated to otbers what Mrs. McDonnell bad said about me; in relation to Mr. Lyong I told my sister that! bad known bim for teu years, aud ¢hat I nad always considered hin a triend; | said to my sister that | thought she had tnter- fered to prevent any friendiy relations between bim and having any aseo- yous wok place ;. Lnever said to™my sister that Mr. Lyons was dieeatisfied with bis marriage, and be was 4 that ho regretied got having married me; I never thought of being married to Me. Lyons, and I doa’t suppose that either; bave vious of my of the 3 she asked me what I had the member the reply 1 made; when |r. Cutten came to my house 1 wagon the second story; he was in the room with my mother and sister two or three minutes before I came down; I had Dodily heath was better when I came out of the asylum, because the fever had left; the mental suflering was 20 great | should never bave regained my health the when my brother brought me sway he took me to his ‘own house, wheve I remained about two woeks, and thea went home to my residence ia Jay street; my mot end sister and brother had composed the family death of my father; wen J got back they told me that they couid have me takeo back atany bour they pleased; the first evening 1 came home my brother said | could not live there, and that if I was leit there he would send me back to the asylum; I was better io health then thao I bad been, but my mentat agony was terrible; of the asylum told me I should probably xpected him; my ther ‘since the be there for a she time, perhaps my lifetime, and everything looked ‘and trunks were sent up; I staid 1 was out walking street; I Decause I was jd time; don’t recollect ever having % General Duryea: 1 pt what I made to the other members of the family; 1 may have said well as my- McDonni kind was en- gaged to be married Ww acy married man living in Ca- the conversation | had with her to relation to Mr. Beecher was about the letter | had written to bim; stated that, haying no diished; gbter; went Lo the post office about half an hour afier | sent the letter to Mr. Beecher, and asked the postman if tt hed beeo taken cut; I stopped at Mra. Olcott's oe tbe day Mr. Beocher sailed, and then went out with ber ehoppivg; we stopped bout half ap bour locking at the vevse| ibe only regret | had had in eendimg the iettor to Mr. Beecher was that I was 80 foclish as to let bim know.that,] wanted assistance, Case still on. Memphis, or to be brought there, shall pay a tax of two all tobacco onedollar per hogshead— doliars per b¢ | Tax on Cotton and Tovaceo in Ten- Camo, Dec 23, 1864. General Dans has ordered thatall the ovtton now in the fund se.collected to be sppropriated to defray the Sxpenses of tbe militia of the District of West lenmessee. Raliroad Disaster. CimyeLann, Deo. 23, 1864 The mail trois going cast on the Cley d and Pitts. burg Rajiroad breke through the bridge at Hudson this morning, Six men were kil $10009 US 5-20, nw te 107 26000 U 8 10 40's ,v@e 102 30000 Amer gold. .b4 222 10000 do. 222% 20000 do. 422 10000 do. BAL 10000 v, 221% 10000 222 40000 221% 221 36 do , 2216 6000 do, 221% 10000 do, prinrg 40000 du. 241g 10000 «do, 221 30000 do. 221% 20000 do 281% 2000 do. 883 4 mw 2216 » _do.. mig 0 be NYCent..b3. 114 $09 Wicd South RR.. 70 200 do 4 70 100 7 200 70 100 7 100 70 100 Erie 86% 100 %4 100 36 100 80% m 05 No particulars 5 et. = EI S2ssssy 3 t a ag Essegsceer S KRRRK KKK RRR RRR THE WAB ON JEFF. DAVIS. The Rebel Leaders Reaping the Whirlwind. The Disasters ef the Campaign of 1864 Attributable te Davis’ Inter- ference im Military Matters. Cavalry Fight in Southwest- “ern Virginia. STONEMAN REPORTED DEFEATED, 6. ., a | F last, war. f Jobnston, bave been, and were apprehend results bave so much sur] ‘assumed the appearance of a judgmea| But let the past go. evil issimply to sto ‘ber Let the Ex jon, and funrantee that neltb e bis commission Bor confe acy will vanish like tbe clouds of ment whenever they entrust power to pu! up the concelt and encourage the passions julsome flattery or silent submission. Of even @ remonstrance, the am! “Hush | “Ob, busb, bush! we can’t Don't say anything. W. and there must be no fore, the only voice whi flatterers—the voice of tuose who have means of miecbtef. Congress and the Seut! nares deal wnb soate t freak of the Exeoutive, and the removal of permitted in silence by the country, has pro- auoed fruits such as inconsequent folly and subserviency never before produced. Although ana evile might at the time, the passed expectation that they 14 The beat remedy for present courses which bave caused ecutive cease to interfer: d Johnston to the wreck of shat army which ered to Hood in such magnificent condition; carte blanche to do what he thinks proper for the defence of the country, and a ‘any more meddied with; give to Beauregard complete discretion of action on the coast; leave to Lee his whole army and full powers jo Virginia, and prosperity will return, good fortune will again befall the Army of the South, and the great dangers which now menance the But good sense, modesty and justice will never actuate the Fxecutive while Congress abdicates its functions and public opinion ite rights, Nations will suffer just ay Sands, pal their ralers, f don: rs ‘The follies of the goveromest are manifest to ail; but if apy ope who pays De rental ee gga pal oy and be will do thus and do a the more if be is i ovatinues at each session be his subservieat tool, and to furntab now jaceatives new Renin nor be sadielest for tbe Buevative to Rave eed wan with the Dis plans will the Jast rain. ish- ig ‘menst ehange tone, 3 the @irect route to Pearl river, and did mot besitate to prociaim Movile as their ob, lous; but may thi ot atiempt tive point. Of course this is ridicu- to reach the Mobile aud Obie Railroad, and sbould not preparations be made to defoat that object? This road te veesy important a Governor Clarke bas ordered juire time to .gonceatrate is avd ebould be defended. Out his reserves, but it will @nd organize them. Colonel McCullre! jarge cavalry force, and we could certaiuly spare enor days to administer a tofantry and artillery for served chistisement upon Oppose them with a sufficient force, and Clarke get in their rear, might be pretty roughly {From the Paulding (Miss The people of Missiasippi an Clarion, day. to us, here with tet Gover Dea. 4. Aipeaash, maveh ies at ence. The enemy are coming fire thousand strong. + Teey smove on horseback, at the rate-of thirty miles They come with cannon and.pontoons, Their sion ss to burn and destroy everything along their line of march. The M ig the Southern road Even Meridiao is net sate, the people rise to the defence of the State demands the exercise of an iron will. needed for the figut. it must-be defended, and Governor Watts bis strepgth at ots bilo and Obio Railroad is threatened. So less The occasion Evory man is MA must come to the relief of Mississippi now. cgely interested in the Mobile. and Onio Rajiroad. should throw e Line as expeditiously as possible. ‘The emergency 18 great and co-operation is demanded on all eides. every where, roads in this s quantities of subsistence sacrificed. To arms! to arms! should beche rallying orp Unless this force is dispersed all the rail- tion will be destrayed and immense (From the Richmond Whig, Deo. 21} MERIDIAN, , Dec. 10, 1864, Authentic information bas been received that the ad- vance of General Davidson’s raidiog colame from Baton Rouge pasced through august pi, yesterday for Mobile Tuesday vext. Extension of Beaur. ‘The Richmond #¥hig of th Perry county, Mississip. it and others right piace. Warm work is expected om Mc ‘2 in the jay oF rd’s Commana, 1st inst. says—': By re- cent orders the department under General Beauregard bas been extended so as to include South Carolina and the Atiantic seaboard of Georgia.’’ Stoneman Reported De western Virg [From the Richmond Dispatcl , Deo, 21. thing from the Stoneman raid oa the Vies ginia aod Tennessee Ratiroad except the report, stated 1a a telegram received yes! jay by @ member of the Le- gisiati from Southwest Virginia, that on last Sun- day evening Brecl , having marched out from Saltville, attacked U y at Glade Spring, and gained a decided success, and that he renew: ttack early on Monday morning, compelling the enemy to re. troat precipitately towards Fast Tennessee, This report ia mot confirmed by any official intelligence received at the War Department, but we see no reason to discredit * If Gen. Breckinridge had collected such @ force as ‘woold at all justify bim io leaving hie iotrenchments there ia no doubt that he has done go; and it is just tike pevyees to becut down in mid career, as he was daring raid in Fighting at Georgia, Di vi LATER. from Dubin inst night states Chat “fightin; ons beep going On neat Mount Airy for two days, Galt works were supposed to be safe thus far,”’ disobedience of the laws of the Conf te the orders of the departmental commander. have ordered the whom | will maed during my temporary pursuit of Cre lines: 19 give ope hundred jashes epem) bo Be w.tile oF blaak, destroy tbe wagons remi ‘cotton to the enemy's lines is an absolute jedera: t jetected going jo the direction Congress and ve if Corn. 10 the ae the Sud ‘Two Prien Brought In—What a Pretty Wife Can Bfect-— wie pighiey hist iS Saas nce SUNS Be, Kar Want, Fia., Dec. 16, 1864 Homicide and Provitle Murder at Sea—Excoution of © Colored Boldier in One Hour's Time, dc. anny $5 i Two prises bave beea brought in bere since the date of | called ihe Gila ‘i eee ace ‘my last letter; but as the circumstances of their capture ‘At Bastport andes by Cal . contain nothing beyond mere routine it may suffice to pes ot oe ee oh yet named, Soon make tbe matter ose of bare record. Hague Winteien One of the vessels is the Peop 0’ Day, with seven ‘Dales of cotton, from Smyrea to Nassau. She was cap- ‘tered hy the bark Pursuit in indian River Inlet, Brought ia here on the 14th. The other is the English schooner Sort, captured by the United States schooner, C. H. Lee, of Anchlote Key. ‘Sbe was loaded with seveaty-cight bales of Sea Island cotton, and was from Withlocooche river, bound to Havana. Hor master is named Lament, a noted blockade ranner, whe once spent eight months in Fort Lafayette. On his promising not to again engage in the business he ‘was released; but some people do say that the importa. Bithen of ewery pretty wife kad the desired effect on a Susceptible and gallant general, upwards of a thousand miles from Key Weet. : > 4A bofrible homicide at sea, which may tern out to murder, is agon to be made the subject of judicial inquiry At tale place, I baye ascertetoed the following partica- lars, as far.ag they have transpired:— ‘ie bark Annié M..Gray, Gray master, left Philadel- phiaon the Ast inst. On the 13th tho United staves steamer Proteus, while off Bermines, one of the Bahama Group, saw « bark yawing about as if she were unman- ageable. Soon the stranger ran down to the Proteus, and shies ae y out all to acitip_Iiincle, Davis, of New Bedford, was off Bt Jage Oct « 2OkSS—Sept 20, in the Arctic Ocean, ahip Mile, Fish, BZ, wiwear, Deo Paty gp Pty td seats aes set a At atiny and murder ie that on off Charleston at the time— une: Mari kk Almoner, xYort: brig Sarl Walsh, ‘Birowbridge, Pbiladsiphie; echt nvOy. F Lth—Arr steamsh!; Cromwell, Vail, New Yorks Bophis. ovin, Brazos Santa George’ Peabody. Atwelly. Parr jesee, Nicholt a - blow, dike do “Ole Seg Ws Granvy, tatu adel? Foote, Havana. Fising Scud, the forecastie for that purpose. arriving there, be found the man jying down, and, think jas asleep, threw a small piece of coal at him, but simply to awaken him. The man, how. ever, wes not asleep; on the contrary, a8 soon as the coal was thrown he is said to have given taps on the side of the bulwark, upon which two (or three) ot overt je started up and surrounded the second mate. pata; Br seh ington, BYork mate, fading suas gomething, was wrong, started | for. i a, barks Hanson Greeory, » Rockland i man fy and, z pata, ward, when he found a with o koife 8 Maltby, Bray, Phuiadeipoia, brig Gor Se tele aes with which he made @ desperate assault on the secund | Cid bark Walter, Libby, mate, inflicting on him so severe a stab in the abdom gee. do. ‘ York; as to lay bare his bowels. The captain, at this time, hay- | 14th, AM—Arr bark Welkin, Blanchard, Now {pg approached, heard one of the men say that though iio. Below brig Btar of heped he and his associates were few, they were all together. Next morning, the man who had stabbed the segond mate had his ‘‘trick” at the wheel, when the captain sent him below for some steering gear, and battened the to sea Sth, ship Narragansett; barks Gimichoat schre Ben Walia gt an q BRE WPORT, ‘Dec20—8ii scbrs Jobn McAdam, Pearson, Dix Island for Washington; Biliow, Fiye, Blizabethport f cl Fortress Mee: batch overhim. He played the same trick on the man . ‘Bath for who had said the mutineers were together. In fact, be | Bostgn: Christopner Lenser. JVton Pam, for Phil Saree all » bith ra mev. oy nem mare the oo a ee Geaineee for Boston; Emma A Hi jo tent was wreck vessel of coast baco. ins, Fierce, When the bark was boarded she was 90 short of hands | . 2ist, AM—Arngchr sarah Gartner, ork; sloop that the men were all exhausted, particularly the mate. | Rienzi, . Sid schr Oread, Goodgpeed, Providence for Tam~ ‘The cook es) ly ia 8) of as having acted the part | gier. of a fine fellow; but, w: found, the worthy ‘‘dootor’’ PHILADRLEHIA. Deo sar U a. steamer Mane, en oe Hopkins felifex: schrs (Br), 7 I should bave mentioned before that the mamay of pupiecmenreet fm the alleged murder on board hiladelphia bark have nol 6 fly ‘been correctly ascet tained, and are not likely to ere 1 close this, as the Dark has only just arrived, and tbe Bermuda, which tale wil! depart io an hour or two Private Darius Stokes, the soldier of the Second United States colored regiment who was sentenced to be hauged Cole, and 8 B Mk ee for the murder of his sergeant at Ship island, ie to be executed at four o’clook this afternoon, He has had clerical aid, but be rewalas quite callous to bis ° u Matanzas, (Br), Gordon, Cardenas; ing fate. As the Rermeda leaves at four o'clock | am evie te send you am account of the execution tij!, proba. 8 alae sea ‘Kav Waer, Fia., Dec. 18, 1866. Aevival of Refuges, des LS ince the date-of my idat letter sothing whatever bas transpired, exesps tbe arriypl of ever a husdred retagees paily of wonieo and children. ay ‘We beve just experienced a norther. the wind has shifted eastward, and the weatber is delightfully cool. Coreners’ Inquests. Fourp ‘Dzap w 4 Oman War.—Yesterday morwing, abous three o'clock, a colored man named Dorsey Rivers, OP 1678. hy a Seated proposals will be reocived at the actin Gekuraay. the int day. of Jam recently a cook on board the steamship Graad Gulf, lying fhevenels of say pie hy Fy at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was found lying dead at the ptour Thousand dollars of the Cemwral T potion of a Aight of stairs Ta front of premises No.2 | ZUtY, authorized bi ribs laws of Taurens street It was belloved te, deceased un Piah' doa by un ordinance of the Communes: apo Bitthe Mayor a prit 2b. 1800, feald stock i terest st the nase of ain per cont by parable quarter yearly, and the the Eighth dey was notified redeemed Nov. The iu will state the amount of stosk desired, and. ‘Suppan Dears oy 4 Canmay.—A carmen aamed Peter a priee por one rundyed 4 lars thereof, and the accepted will b be requires Topo with The Chatoberiain of ithe city ibe sams bwardes vel ‘Murphy, who resided at the corner of Twenty eighth Street and Seventh avenue, was found dead en bis cart, | ty them Je Comptroller the receipts of the Chama at No. 20 Washington street, about half-past ten e’clock vere for such deposit the parties will be entitled te ‘of the par value of ot ote, indorsed Celve certideates for cuual amounte of tock, bearing interest trom propasition should be sealed Howear nf Morning. The remaios of Mr. Murphy were conveyed to bis late hom», aud Cor Ranney calied to hold an inquest. Deceased was about forty years of age. ‘His death js tuought to bave bees caused by apoplexy. ESE SHIPPING NEWS. ‘Each propos “Trepe- Improvement Fund Stock.” and ene sais for Ceutral Park Improv: Sune Cape closed in a second envelope. add! interests 18 Corpor require ote STATI GW EB ~eumansc rer NSW TORE—TuIs DaY. ort - i As Ke x : “MEW YORK OOUNTY COURT HOUSE STOOR.” - Port of New York, December 23, 1864. Jed propoaals will be received at the: Beal ‘until Thorsday, January 5, 18.5, at2 o'clock P. M. same will be publicly opened. for the whole or the su two han musta w Sper et red thousand dollars. of York Court House, Steck,” sattoriied by chapter 242 of the laws of 1864, and by an ordinance of thi Bupervisors, approved by the re. May 5, 1804. fhe said sivex is to proviie additional means for the com> Cou Sac ae nd complet:on of tht 9 om the Brat ag The ‘privelpal w! steamediy City of timenee (Bred itcameniy City of Limerick (Br), Jones, Queenstown and Seabury, Aspinwall—D B Allen, Orleans—Ludam, Hel Steamship Ocean Queen, Steamanip Creole, Thompson, New peken & Uo. Steamship Fountain, Higbee, Port Boyal—Benner & New bere street. It will bear interest payable sem! annual a é eras sr Oe Remmond, Melbourne—Mailler, Lord pop ya body. Liverpool~O Marsh: e sup 3 5] hey Arena Liverpont—W ile "E Galen, gts dollars on the let day of Revem- y le (Ham), don—= Slo! e . % Ship Jona Bertram (iam); Herting, Hamburg—Sioran | , One hundred thousand dollars on the let day ef Novem Bave. Bark Chiepa (Br). Sprague, Tarragona—Tap, Bark Sacrnmento. Hussey. Ito Janeiro—G@ T Colt. Bark Northwood (Br), Lane moros—F Alexandre & n. Bark Mayflower, Lovejoy, Barbados—H Trowbridge’s whore prop sal accepted will tere deposit with the Cousty Treasurer tl them respectively. in presenting to the Comptrolter the receipts of the Couny Treas a. 7 rer for atch deposits the parties will De eB. > irk Jun Orta Br, Chae, ovamamamen Wanda | OPei" rere" ctnedy fafeat epee ee Bar« Kiba, Drisko, Cardenas—James B Ward & Co. ef the sume awareed to them, bearing tsterest from Brig TW Rowland. Mouish, Tarragona—Moore & Henry. Brig-Thos Albert (Br), Crowell, Rio Grande—Brett. Bos fy 0. Brig D Trowbridge, Lyon, Bem: D Trowbridze. Brig Santiage (Sp). Unzer, St wo—A C Rossire & 0, &chr 8 M Beognard, Taylor, Ma\amoros—Lunt Brothers Behr AUanta (Br), Conzdon. Demarara—Jones & Lough. Schr Samuel ? Keese (br), Farr, Nassau—T A R Webster vo ‘bchr Eclipse (Br), McBurnte. Windsor=D B Dewolf. Schr SN Smith, Avery, Baltimore. posals for New York County House Stock,” and enclosed in a second envelope, addressed to the Comp- tro'ler. jibe fight to ronerved to reject any oF all of the Bids If the interests of the county require it, see eT AITHEW 7, BRENNAN, . Comptroller. Orne oF New Yonx-—Darinrunnt or Frmanc®, | ComPrnotier’s Orrice, Dec. 28, 1864. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Schr D R Proetor, Smith, Bostoa—Crocker, Wood & Co, Schr Roger Parmaleo, Raynor, New Haven, McAULLFFYS CELEBRATED IRISH WHISKBY. ARRIVED NO DINNER TABLE COMPLETE WITHOUT 1T, 41 and 43 Nassau street. 13 Pulton st Broome street and branches, 5oo"32c0" roR HOLIDAYS, GREAT REDUCTION (N PRIORS AF NEELY'S FAMILY SHOE SrPORB, bowaprit gone, bownd N. Fatrbanke, Hunter, Washington, 43hours, with Beam No. 313 Bowery, a a ~ mdse und passengers, 10 James Band. LARGEST LST AND CHEAPEST” Brig A Bratshaw, Pied, Frontera, 23 days, with mahog. ASSOREMBNE IN THI CITY, Small & Co. LADIEW AND GENTS! ANUTIG GAITERS, GED ood, pimento, any. 40 | Schr Niantic (of Taunton, Mags), Williams, Port Maria, da, Nov I a Key Went Dee 1}, with leg SLIPPERS FOR CHRISTMAS AND &o, to master. ba Nye Rey Wert for rep: NEW YEAR PR&SENTS, pantered ¥ peer? woah morning, dx Hook wae run into by Br brig James Crow, heace for Matamoros, which carried a mast and jibboom ; the brig apparently had (ovens, COLDS, CONSUMPTION, . * * + DR. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF W CURRY. OF WIED Kept on her great Sone kxpress, litt, Port Royal, @ days, | eNe reat OAT. LUNGS AND ON DOT Bone Barri Gameews.tane Tt does not dry up a cough, but loosens it,” Schr Mott Bedell, Bedell. Geor.etown, 4 days, Pri Gleaneee the lungs of 41 tmspurition’. ur OP Philadelphia for Pall River, rice Gla bottle, A . Bobr) P Kirt bia for Boston, . . * 3 4 Sebr 8 WB leiphia for Providence, 7 _ he yes, P 11, Phila F ‘cas Salle. toamer Montezuma; ship Twilight; bark! 5 brigs D R Dewof, Chowan, Ocean Beile, Sus drew! Fo bi all, B Kellogg. Wind at sunset W8W. Mise meous. Sreaxsmir Crry or Conn, Captain Tivbetts, of the Inman line, sails to-day at noon for Queenstown and Liverpool. e Schr J H Bartlett, Iphia tor Boston. EN IN THE BVENIFGS During the month of December A very large stock, at le ot Beautiful Diswer and Ton’ Broa ‘oe ap ae hataed Nos iyo. @ ee cut to order. OVINGTON TH: 288 and 24) Falton atreet — —— ———_ EXPRESSES. This steamer takes ropean mails, and will, mo doubt, | oem oes i ps ! URNGAM'S FURNITURE EXPRESS, BURNHAM @ have «rapid passage home. FURNITURE EXPRESS. ; usuir JouN Gtosox, Bowen, agrerattere Srerta-cPamiies 'teovea ta eae from Philadelphia for a oF New York. returned to ing of 224, | OMe, 116 West Eleventh street, bet 4 casloned from co BG cclock “Wedaesday ove om | sud sizin avenues, Meat Coe Reedy Island, with in about four fath card wore saves. had cutwater carried away. HOLIDaTS.—W ag away. mR Ti DATS.—WIn} AND JUORS OF" Scour Farny Mironect, of At Me, lumber laden, all Kinda, of s uality, put oh CE are erErare Saree teraees fom: | Warmmeri oon Mme a Om, Bourn Onn Fautow, Gore, of and from Bastpert } kD ‘Was run into on Fey night of the 3 That by of th near wane he Meat’ eat TUO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATIO! Sonn Laura Ortwon (Br, of St anerewe, NB), was sold at - Wateh iiil, RIDAY EVENING, 0) Bal sIDm $20)." Purchaeod by one of the former owners, an FRIDAY Suweenapouhenatn, ana tren Hecke Want da ee Tuel cr ttaat in morning of 12tb inst, fon ,, Dee $2—The schr towed tm here erday waa tho itios ot Belem, and not “Arrow,” ne bo. Tore reported Hawrper, RY Deo 24 PYM~The aghre Bile, of Nowong: lew : West ' 21—Arr brig Bai Ye! pth ites ee ae eae yaa; Pico (Br), Gords i ognr ta