The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1865, Page 2

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Teve*vay, Jan. 1 ‘The stock market was dep: —6P, M. dat the first board, the _ | rue business at th@ Sab-Trensury to-day was as fol { an Austrian ship to 03 at ‘Tho publio often heard of y armies Viner . shgapiers in pro| hat nee sat ized,”? which & “afterwards 2 : ton, in governme ave str ck a sand successful Blow @t th Receipts for customs, . ed bee ‘There for all.grades, | my, that it vj ww to believe in the pias oe Tow fy 1699,452'| and prices of prime grades, whieh are eearce and irmly } spect held up feleral or-an in this co ntry of Gen. 1,942 | held, have advanced materially, The stock of NEW YORK HERALD, F ‘ali quali- | Thomas reoceupying Southern territory as far south as “pear” interest beiug strengthened weak and un- | Balan aaeeae 206 656 | gies is gre: “the Etowah * | greatly reduced, and with light receipts and an ‘the Etowah river, settled state of apcculative feciing in the gold rem, ‘The | Subseriptions 40 government loan. 210,000 | active demand gape a for, ‘Bulos today THE FYPLING IN MANOHRSTER, ‘losing sales showed a decll estorday’s | 28 another column the Metropolitan Tusurance Com- | wero 180 bales, a a Ose. for un the Manchester Guardian, Dec. y y's | : 1863. oe + Evep y second board in Erie of 11, al 1, Hudson y p-blich their annual statement, and give notice of a Tay. Stipe oss sa ae 2 ory Prager rat: pa pibs 9m, whiah as River}, Reading 1 : ral 614, Fort Wayne of six per cent on their outstanding scrip, ten wp hin $1 yin arid for sien gSwas | General Sheruian’ has completud his perflous auabasis, 1%, Michigan Soudern 155, nois Comiral Ls, Cleve- | PeF Cent in cash en the capital stock, and fifty percent in \ demanded” Demand moderate, and may be ‘arly styled successfl if be objet were Jand and Pitisbery 2°/, Chi id Northwestern &%, | Scrip on the net earned participating premiums forthe | 1:»6° as rather amore active and market firm, with | only to retreat. “No effectal opposition was kely to be sales reported of 20 cheets Modras and 10 do, Bengal on | ma‘ie to Lita by the Confederates without the aid of Preferred 134, Rock Isla 1, Q er 13f. Mariposa 64. Their total premiums for the year amount to | private torms, but at full prices; also 16 cerdous Guaie- | fortified works, and these he has attacked so sparingly opened at 9 and reacied to 10! $1,097,658, en shout 3 ah fa with 90 18 eee purpose that the operations he Reearmiens necuriian wate. arene 1 T o d Lose. Very usiness was dono to-day, the | has bocn « g lo Not merit the name of an aggres- Government recuriiies were strong and moderately be annual message of the Governor of New Jersey, fail in gold Fostrieting the demand’ somewhat; sates 26 | sivecumpaen. It will be unde +h pie ot active. Coupon sixes, 181, ad live. | Which was delivered to the Logisiatire yesterday, states | has ew crop Cuba mugcovado at 96c., C0 bbls, New | make uo account whatever of the rumor said to bo (ire i- twenties 4, ten-forties, 4. Certificates soid ut 9734. that the receipts into the State Treasury from all so rcea | Orleens at from $1 18 to $1 30, and 22 40. Porto Rico at | lated in, Charl but pry, not believed e f $ ry At the open board, at one o’lock, the market was higher; but at che second regular board the improvement compared with the morning trie advanced 4, New York Central 44, Hi dson , Michigan Ceniral 2%, Michigan Southern \, mberland Coal 1, Quick- silver 1, Mariposa 19. llinois Central decl:ned 3, ing 34, Northwestern 3{, Rock Fort Wayne ¥. Government securit es wore Sixes, 1881, de- clined 36, five-twonties 34, new issue 3%, ten-fortics war. At the open board, at half-past three, the market re- covered aga.n, and Erie closed at 8334, H dson River 109, Reading 113), Michigan Southern Cleveland and Pittsborg 98'{, Kock Island 102%, Northwestern 36%, Cumberland 42, Mariposa The gold market opened w ast oxeited undor sales by the “bears"’ and spec lations concerning the result of the visit of the Blairs 10 Richmond, as well as the ge aspect of tho military situation. It was also rumored that a call for convention of the rebel States had been issued, the object being lo depose Juderson Da amilitary dictator in his stead, and, if considered desi Conclude @ peace wit the North, ‘Te have for the Jast week or two stood in fear of the fy movements of Sherman and ‘ihowas, and the with regard to peace negotiations as well as the removil tho incompetent and desery odious Butler, strengthened. their beet in the possi l ty of termination of UL And under these ap the market bu dod, and spe r not beeu slow to take advantaye of Wie predict press and operate acco: y A not incons deruble “shorv? created which may temporarily cueck th i€ miitary pro ress present indica lead us to expect the gold premium will continue descendant, with spasmod.c rally! vals, How great or lower. 8, appo.nt cure run w yi ons of t interest has thus been ne, but events as 18 at froquen the deciue a will dopend Wo a gr pn the financial po: the government. Thos tar it has eq and. ts 8b @tance recklessly, and invited national bankrptcy within the shortest possible tiwe; bet the in- herent strength of the covntry bas pre it from the disasiers which woudd iv all: probad.! have overtakon any other «o ntry bh mieht incurred similar risks by an © Fance, short-sightedness and corvap Nevertheless, however proms vg the mltary and poliid Cal situations may be, the danger is not yet past, any’ most urgent necd e: tion vpon the sut of our finane: esry and the pec must not suiler ded into a false sense of security by the rey.vin (idence im the re turn of peace and r gaincn strength through- out the land. Even the term nai on of tie war d mot guarantee us aga ust evil effects of Anancial mismanagement; (ir Cia! prospority are by no means France, whon in the hol ht Napoleon was never move ed. aly, at pea Dotter tli day, and Austria, y, and otber ed with debt, and almo- br among nations asthe individuals. The United oy from a toad of « currency, which will endanger its erodit year by year fur & very long period to come, mits! adopt prompt macasires for adjv sting its finances upon a for v At present it ig paying nearly thiee times the specie price for thing it purchases, aid it is selling iis securities at forty five cents on the dollar, No nation if it is eve Tedeom its securities at par could afford to cou this course indefinitely; for, whether at peuce or war, the result, if it did so, would equally ruinous, have doring the year ending November 30 amounted to $431,028, which added to the cash on hand made a total of $585,683. The disbursements during the same time | footed up $396,410, leaving a balance on the Ist of De- | #"™. cember of $139,273. ‘The Governor estimates the receipts | NavaL Stones. turpentine was quict | —Spirits | at $2100 $2 16 for French and American, or whule since our last | rather more active, and firm with sales of 1,500 gallovs, Other kinds of oil very qvict, bai the markets were generally firm. levied in 1865 for State purposes, He thinks before tho close of the present fiscal year the State debt will be re- fair demand for most of the dividend payin= local stocks, | ‘The dealines in the other kinds are larger aud principally on specilative acconnt, The following table shows the receipts of flour and grain at Milwankee during the first week of Jannary in ud the quantity of breadstufs in store in Sales were some bbls, at $21 meats were only in moderate request, bi cided change in value, sales 400 pack: | 18%e, for shou \ ides @ mod | of some 350 boxes Cumborland ent at 2le ein good demand and tirm at Ue, a 17 em, and 1T4e. #179¢c. for city. Phe lard oly #6 firm and less active; sales of 1,600 b 1864 and 180) fi 1 colton wa at %2e, 2 T2%e. tor-bonited, 2 1,009 bbt cold in lot a ti tatemont on Decoul lar wa in thirty EUROPE ee with Sherman and Thomas. 215000 a 1000 186 5,520, anAN eee 1009 US6's, 9734 100 Chie ¢ 4000 Ohio 6 101 100u0 NY ¢ 1000 NY ( 2000 Erie 4 1000 Bud t The C.nadinn Raid and the Teehnical Be Cendemmed. in England Domingo aud Veru, 100 do... 100 Cum CI pid’. 100 Del & Hrd Canal, By resuming specio payraen's on che plan we suggested on former occas ho government would re- duce its expenses more than oue half, while the general interests of the country would, at tho same time, be cor reapondingly promoted. The gold quotations were during the day as follows :— : 220% asier, and the influx of logal tenders consequent upon the disburse. monts of the government and the return current from the Wost is exerting a marked effect, Nevertheless the capital secking investment is not much in excess of the demand, and as much of it comes from the national banks it is liable to be diminished by Treasury drafts at any time. Speculators for a rise in government securi ties are, however, anxious to create the impression that money is easy. The demand may be considered active ‘fat seven per cont. Commercial paper is less in reques owing to the decline of gold, but tho rate is still qnoted at 8 a9 per cent. Foreign oxchange is dull at 109% 9 § for bankers’ bills ot sixty days, and 110% a % at three days, Mer. <chy.nta’ bills are offered at 108, and from that to 109, Drawers are more or leas combined to sustain current quotations. The last advices from Great Pritain report that the bullion in the Bank of England had decreased during the previous week £207,000, and that three important com morcial failures had occurred. Cotton had also de @ halfpenny «one penny per pound, and with the intel- ligence of tho capturaof Savannah a further considerable fall cannot but occur, which will involve the risk of a semi-panic. Government stocks will be likely to advance in the same ratio that the rebel loan declines, The case of Morgan vs. Peabody, just tried in the Su- Premo Court, and which resulted in a verdict in favor of tho plaintiff, with one thousand doliars damages, is of interest to stock brokers. The action was brought to re- cover tho value of threo hundred shares of stock in the Quicksifver Mining Company, which it was alleged had been illogally sold by the defendants, who were carrying the stock for the plaintiff on the usual margin of ten per Cent and after the ordinary manner of commission brokers, which margin was to be kept good This the plaintift neglected to do, and the defendants therefore notified him several times in writing between December 24, 1863, and January 19, 1864, to make his margin good, in default of which they would ¢eli the stock, whieh they finally did, and notified the plaintiff of the sale. The lat tor had meanwhile stated to the defendants his inability. to make the margin good, and directed, as was alleged, the sale of the stock. Three months after which he re- received @ balance of $38 41 remaining to his credit. On the trial, however, the plaintiff dénied having assented to the sale, The veriict in this case is still more decidedly in favor of the customer, as against the broker, than that of Stillwell va. Meigs, tried in the Suprome Court last October; or of Brass var Worth & White, in 1863; or yet of any of the following cases, in which damages were awarded to the pledgor:—Dykers va Alstyne (7 Hill, 407); Stearne va, Marsh 4 Denio, 227); Wilson ve. Little (2 Comstock, 443); Brown vs. Ward (3 Duer, 660); Lewis ve. Graham (4 Ab Dott, 106); Wheeler va, Newbo I (16 New York Court of Appeals, 1857); Willinmaon ve, Little (2 New York, 2Com- stock). For the law, however, to presume that the broker is to take all the risks of bjs cus tomers’ speculations is in opporilion to “equity But that a reasonable responsibility should feet upon the broker in bis relations with thove from whom be accepts commiesions is indisputad Whatever the commercial morality or honor of the ma Jority of stock brokers may be, it will goneraily be found | that the average run of operators who employ thet are At lonst equatly unscrupulous, although there are of | course honorable exceptions among both. Until further notice, the notes and checks of the First National Bank of Jervey City will be redeemed through the Clearing House by the Hank of the Republic for ac count of the First National Bank of New York. ‘The subscriptions to the seven thirty loan at the Firet National Bank to-day amounted to $307,000. The same institution paid $600,000 in Treasury drafts, At tho annual meeting of stockholders for the elestion of directors of the First National Bank of New York, the ld board was unanimously re-elected, ata meoting Of the directors Samuel C. Thompson was onantmouely Te-elected president, James Ourphey wos sppomted cach dor, and George F. Baker assistant cashice. OO de, Wyom ¥ Goal Go 17 N'Y Central BR. from Por dated to tl nd, Me., yoste 29th of Docen ‘ay morning. or, and © ain the f AMERICAN AFFAIRS. In rosi | there has been but little doing, but the market continues Ot 8.—No sales have transpired in eithor crude, sporm made at $1 48 a at $220 for prime winter, 900 for plain mess, and $21 50 a $24 60 for wess, Of beef hams 200 bbis..sold ai $26 50a $27. Cut t without de- business was Consuinmated, with sales , and réfueed ail of Rebel Deceptions and Delusions About THE VICTORIES IN COMMERCIAL CIRCLES, LORD WHARNCLI¥FE'S LETTERS. | Spain Abont to Retire from Our European Silos by the Moravian reached this city The papers are doiails of the telegraphic roport published iu tho H even in New York, that Savannah feder with 9 prsoners, after several hours’ fighting. Tho extent of General Sher- man’s triumph is that he has /ot down to the sea, and to ap rovinte its @xtout We ought to have an accepted defi- nition of the meaning of a rather equivocal phrase, When we speak of the movements of a ;eneral, wo refer the but firm, vast number of sales being ft during the present year far above the expenses, and he | $2. Linseed continues quiet but very firm, holders de- | not only to himself bat to his army, and as long as that therefore focls authorized in saying that no tax will bo | M#nding $160, with $155 @ $2 68 offering. Lard was | thing of multitude rotains ite organization we continuoto concider a8 @ Whole, It is quite conceivable, howe: er, that in a campaign from which the possiblity of obtain- continue . ing veinforcemenis is excluded, the whole which remains pra , . wtns-s4 Provisions.—-Receipts, 2,144 bbis. pork, 1,116 packages | «i the end may only be a ‘small ‘of that which was oe ena ee aaa nner | BOC 687 do. cut ments, and 864: do, Yard. ‘Pho! domand | the whole at the ing; and thereon arises 4 very view, may therefore be considered as one of the soundest | for pork was rather more active, but pi jo@ were lower, | linportant question. How ¢ @& proportion, in States in the Union. closing with no buyer’s'at.an outside quotation. Sales | fact, of the force with which Gelnah Sherman The Boston Traveller of yesterday says:— were $,060 bbls, at $42 873 a 842 for new mess, $41 75 | slactod from Atlanta is that which he has brought fxs ot a $42 fur 1863-4 meas, cash and reguiar way, closing et | to the sea coast? Of this we have no means whatever of The money market still continues amply well sopplied 8734, cash ; $24 25 @ $34 15 for prime, $40 a $40 60 | judging. by the inability of ono gection to say anything, with capital, for primo mesa, Also for future delivery, 1,000 bbls. new | and the unwillingness of the other, the events which took what they require for besiness prrposes at low rates of | mocs, for January, buyer's option, at $48 £0; 1,500 bbia, | placo in the interior of Georgia from the middle of No- interest, both: for collateral loans and for discounts of | do., for February, at $4375, buyer's option, and 2,000 | vember to ihe middle of December are practically unre- commercial paper, United States bonds are in good favor | ppis, do., for March, seiler’s option, at $44. mnedomand corded. We can only be sure of two things. The tirst is for investinent, in large und small lots, and there i# @ | for beef was moderate, but the market was steady, | that the pasing army has inflicted an intiuite deal of do- vastation and misery in its course, wad the other that it has not aiacked successiully, if ai all, any place the pos- session of which is a matter of iuilitary importance to the confederacy. What amount of direct or in- direct opposition it has encountered, and, by con- sequence, what iosces i has sugered, |t is loft for future ré val ious to disclose, We sill probably a $23 extra aivcesnstites’ ng it now ag iixed upon the Georgian ‘or West- | cost in suilicient strength to enubie it, with the aid of t was | tho federal fleet, to cetain the footing which ithas gained. ‘oi, wud | Whetuor this result is worth the oust, incluslve of the n 24c hse. for 1 to prime. ‘Butter was in | #bandonment of Adante and of every olier place, with at at 86¢. a 4f¢. for W rn, and 46c. a | ions, im the north of Georgia und tho Cheese was in fair demand at unchanged %, WUsi be a mater of opinion, A Low cuirauce has beeu opened into the territory of the con- -—Peevipts, 1,570 bbls, ‘The fallin gold un- | federacy, if ouly fora little way, pw poiit @apjtt urket for refined, and rendered ven found for future operations against (he South- gh the reduction of foun at das bard a tusi Generel di nil 8 (0 do with Ue new , wal ultine Soutnern Ge pame of peep in 1 4 with whom he has been play ng 3 * At present the fod: oncrs andy us. Dt we shali be perterdy jos uce of federal oule al repo:ts, g judgment rospetug the probable :es lbs of butiie inui more of certained, Lo Yhuructitie und Mr. Seward. v0 DITUL OF THE LONDON TUES. Will you oblige me by inserting the follow ng corres- pondcicey As 1 feel preciaded from writing to Mr. ply to the contents of Sir, Seward sunspateh, this opport.uity of answering some of its > \ate- iS Teal charater as been as- the Confedlerate prisoners are avons. ‘Ths loads me to quote from a letter pabi ched in tie arng date the Mth of Ocvober aud ‘ard assorts that . pe. Northern papers, written by a Ur full ie at the foo! “Krom every p Fort Warr q + ® it:— on mn the North, from Rok Tsar yul this wail of svtiormg hun houmnd five hundred pale feces are y tiem pase me ol the depot. Those win, FAW tLe * MY CoortryiweN Who permit *, oun of pity: for th to cision tod.sprove ic would be tie companied by witnesses, W Phis tot Mr. Seward de dine y was tainly contributed by there din trade with the South, ontributione were dom. from the & nada, even irom the Norihorn nated With, and was.all but (hoon Ibaies now in Enginnd. hese indies who had been @ frow tis bein tho from all pavis of the Unied Kung yA noUL 01) sd out by, U not be sup)o | Serious Pesition of the Spanist | tiase, or ini out © than te 290 . A and re “ 100 Govcrument, Abie proportion who had any concern in the Ly 200 ail. 109 &e., &e., 7 &e, Huot puptend to nderstand what Me, Seward m 100 Quickstl yer My ' by the mce.ton that the War was promoted by Brttisn igners Gorman w othe & part sid bic A they crother not hese the Tashre indvead b: therm agent uh, witagat the uo ave b has tier des dio loyalty aid patriot. 1th, whose wyaly to tts Cn. I thy obedience 0 a despote te ud whe sent, new Ie WExXeR uel i fot o S2'g 600 How the Rebels in Rnglend Reported sbto sell government 8235 1090 the Sherman and Thoman Vietor ios clared inherent im afl he peopl # 100 : seq 400 [From the London Ladex (organ of the rebels in Kurepe), ‘To Mr. Soward « ey shots, natural and hopeless, ’” 100 Erie RE pref... 98 100 Dee, 29. as appiied to the aenon of the South, 1 mixat be rep ila 650 Hud River Bt 1 00 The last mail from Aierica bore on the face of the | tha! when the people of the Nort were rebels agaist 400 do. 500 «..b10 99 rain laut the heaviest 1 ceived | there to whom tiey owed existence there Was realy 109 do. 100 Alton & TH pref 70 the confederacy this vear. something “unnatiral” in the tact; and it might be 450 Reading to wisert wilt tolerable cou! added that, at the ond of a sinilar period, their pros- nd the other half eo highly co P re hopeless indeed {f contrasted with the posi- portance at ty “toi. ‘Phe oo Unis day. Mr. Seward, how- $7000 US 6's,'81, cou 112 f the news « ile red capture of | to the ial a . 2000 do an dei i jie will be ve We will uke th first. It originaed with wp 200 Mich © Baltimore, th of a 100 do... a namel at Fortress ft 100 ad transport which left Charleston bar ou the 14th 50 do. This ean bardiy b 10000 Ainer gold. 100 Mich So 200 shs Canton Co 500 Mich 8 & N 100 ic 109 CumCoal pr 00 represent Mok tin nope | om weal aU? to their own y | be # proper employment of your coluinns to “reply tom a | to mattersso cnworthy. i have only é ruber to assure 1 just. | your rowlers that the ref sal of the federal cov : Will nu: practi distribution of the func which, tatheppily, pnd bit too inany ree penis, , Your obedient servant, vey Hab, Dee, 24, 164, WHARNCLIFFE. | Worry Hh Your Excmurxey—A betnar | 100 do... do give d E aaesviall George's Hall, 1. verpool, to prov £00 Chic & NW RF for they report the siorming and capture of | of Southera prisoners of war. It has proda 500 do... ister, iailes to the southwest 811 of vo 1 £17,000, In prefercuce to any attempt to 600 do on river, on the Mth by the an! object by @ren tow means, & Com 100 ao. 1500 a it is uppore that Sher: | mn sgentiemen has Leen formed to address: 100 Quicksi!¥ 500 do jd have marched w see 200 N Y Central 1000 Chic & > Tiles away from Savenrah fo wot this committer 1 venture to ask your 5 r 100 do... fort, and march lesb peeebet the permuted of punt govenminess 500 read Me are ¢ » accredited azent may be sent ont to wielt the mi ped bc dig twenty-fowr, ho risons vitidn the Northern states, and nn ister to 500 town, standing 4 of those for whota ti ntended, un- 200 bee afentions with Charle uch Supers if ON As your gove may direct. 200 ginia, are intact. dts gerrison is tvia to ow Pn Permit ure to state that no poll!.cal end ia a. med ar by 60 Erie KR pre force numerically equal to Sherman's. To sppose that | this me ont, 1) has received support frou: many who 900 Hudson Kiv RR, 108 = 100 OE. c0s vase A he would attack such a town with his jaded troops ypposed to the political action of the South ——— is to suppore him mad; and to believe that in eight of 8 t intended to impute that the Confederate pri- cITy COMMERCIAL REPORT. hours, witho.t siege artilter rd < Hardee, with ten thousoad mon, to surrender, Tavrspay, Jan. 12—6P. Me | a tiay an amount of belief hardy to be ‘ex- Aerm:,—Recoipts, 15 bbls, The market was ianctive, | pected) even in this aco of wager cred. lity. All that is certain is that Shermon and, in the absence of business, quotations were entirely sea and opened cominunication with Dahleren nominal, y, he had eompeiied General has reached the that he has obtained a point of egress, and that what is “ft | mined by ind: soners are de such attention as the oruinary reles enjoin, But those rules are narrow and siern, Winter 8 at hand, and the clothing which may satisfy the rules of war will not protvet the natives of a warm climate from the severe cold of the North. Sir, the issue of this great contest will not be deter- ual suffering, be it greater or less; and fleet ; Brrapercrrs.—Receints, 8,426 bbls. flour, 4,702 bags hig army is Safety, and net cong est, was his | you, whose jy name ix interwoven with American corn meal, 897 bushels of wheat, 4,096 do, oats, and 1,912 or epened we Oar ikedinet in pia proven ane history, cannot view with Ged the sullering of . ealor y the capture © ‘ol iktor; the latter, we venture | Amorican chizens, whotever their state or their opinions, do, malt, The depression of the flour market was more | TY the alten tt othe in w position to achieve for some | “Ou more than one occasion aid has. been protiored by apparent to-day than for some timo past, and, in the bulk of the business in State and Western brands, was at a de- cline of 10c, The absence of demand, outeide of the wants of the home trade, causes a little more desire to time tw come. realize on the part of spe‘uiators, who hold a large por- | quantities of material, sixteen guns and one tho: sand tion of the stock, particularly as the current receijts, to- | prisonore, and driven back the left wing of Hood’ gether with the production of local millers, is sufficient | Kome eight smiles, with the lons of five hundred men. ‘The nts of the loral trade and the neighborine f 6,600 bbia, State and Western, 1,000 In rye flour nothing of mo- to supply the we marke Beles o Southern and 400 Canada, mont transpired, bot the market Was firm. Of corn meal, | federal gunboats obtained a success for 1 Thomas’ sales were made of 600 bbls. Jersey at $8 16, 400 bbls. | army. But it must be observed that no mention is made Brandywine at $@, and 140 puncheons at $42, which isan | o¢ a gencral qtuck, ® that thero is no reason to believe advance, We quote:— that the position of the centre and right of Hood's army japertineg State and Western flour 9 60.9 9 80 | was in any way endangered. The whole affair seers to bxtra State bap 8 ¥ 810 15 | have been rather a successful rortic than a great battle, Choice State: Comm and it is evident that if another engagement too! -10 05210 50 | on the subsequent day mediuyn extra Western 10 60.412 00 12 10414 75 0 10.2 10 20 Common Southern. Fancy and extta do Common Canadian, hours would auttice to recall Forrest with hie caval ive the Confederates a vast superiority m that arm. 1 00042 00 ancheons, Cunard deamer will show a very ¢ vision and all bis cavalry to Murfreesboro; with only | Saios of 68 bags Rio reported at 46%e., and a small lot of cording to unofiicial reports Thomas had gained r } fi 1 still continues moderate, sales 350 bales, at a further de- the downward course vs Ng heavy, with a downward ten- non—in fact, routed the Confederate army. ‘The ‘The news from Nashville does not rest on so debatable | affliction in anotier. a basis, bot It is evidently exaggerated. According to the federal accounts General Thomas, on the 15th, made an | goluce are beyond the reach of their immedi attack upon the Confederate line, had captured vast woiedt of the attack appears to have been directed against that portion of the army which blockaded the Cumber- land river, west of Nashville, and here, no doubt, the it would come off under very of tra round hoop Ohio. +11 00.411 15 | different conditions. Tho federals would lose the al tern trade brands -11 208 12 00 | their gunboats, and they would have to assault and carry tra St. Louis +11 00 «16 00 | earthworks defended by vetoran soldiers, Moreover a few ‘iomas has not often had occasion to make independent Jerent version of the victory, had driven Hood from all his intrenched post- tions, captured three thousand prisoners and thirty can- story improbable, to say the least of it; but if Hood's in- trenched positions have been taken it must have cost the the people of one country to special classes under great May it not be permitted to us to follow these examples, especially when those we desire to je kinsmen? I trust these precedents and the voice of humauity may plead with your Excellency and induce you to prefer to ‘sarmy | the government of the United States the request I have the honor to submit. 1 am, sir, your most obedient W HARNCLIF FE. servan' The C. F. Apams, MR. ADAMS’ REPLY. Lroation ov The Uniten Starrs, Nov. 18, 1864. My Lonp—I have the honor to acknowledge the recep- tion of your letter of the 12th jnst., asking me tos: brit ‘to the consideration of my government a request of cer- tain Englith gentlemen, made thro»gh your lordship, to send out an accredited agent to visit the military prixon- ers held by the United 51 and afford them such aid additional to that extended by the ordinary rvles of war as may be provided by the fund which has been raised hore for the purpose. I am very sure that it has never been the desire of my government to treat with unneces. sary or vindictive severity any of the misguided individuals, parties in this deplorable _ rebellion, k place and Good to choice and extta.... 110 25012 00 | ponorts to his government. But we have invariably ~ Rye flour, mupestine... 18500 9 75 | Hoticed thatswhen he does write a despatch it ie highly SS ane ae a as en, bt 8 500 950 | inventive, and we quite expect that the arrival of tie | CO"! \ greatly nna effects of your sympathy extended to the ministering to the mental ailment not jess than the bodily sufferings of t market vas entire ter. It-cannot be denied, however, that Hood's posl- ales a Pedaction of 20, iu ton eae @ weak one, He tous have ht eet Pine | these unfortunate persons, thos contributing to pat an ceemary. Other kinds of grain were also Very Gulet. | some seven miles in extent, He hed derpetched one dip | 0d toa siruasie which otherwise fe too likely to be only ve © wax offered at $170, and Western mixed divi your lavors, Procrastit by Be thie as it may, I shall be happy to promote any 00, in store, without bugers, Small parcels of | gion had gone northward into Kentucky, ‘The force with . « Jersey corn sold ot $10.0 $186. Oats were | which he had partially invested Nashville could not Tad Kae ed ne Hone ain A Tes firm bt 31.050 £1 084, for Western, Barley consequently, have much exceeded the command of aes Fomor Mi ph fog ntl gl and barley ve wh lected, General Thom: and we question the prudence of u - Co fallin g Any unsettled the Lert holding, such , — ine with his greatly Pesach A By Eeveritnat 8 Copy of the application wiich Ww Fr Prees nee declined f0 redaced strength. the subsequent — bat ; hag 4 Ie, aye, per Ib., Oy a. rnoderato (rede @emamity srthe 1éth we cannot epeak with much certainty, A0- | .. L beg your Lordship to receive the assurance of my dis- tinguished consideration. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Location or tHe Unite Srates, Loxpox, Dec. 20, 1864. My —I have the honor to inform you that I have submitted to the consideration of my government a copy a great dency. We quote federals too dearly to admit of a very active pursait of | of your lordship’s note to me of the 12th of November, Upland. Florida, Mobite, N.O.8T, | Hood's army, and. Forrest's nuperioaty. ia parr will | and of my reply of the 18th of that month, and I have Ord'nary 100 wt it 1 prevent any dicwster, A battle will have been lost, and | now to apprise you of the conclusion which bas been Middling. 109 110 110 111 | Nashville will have been saved; bat Northern Georgia | reached. Good middling 2 n2 113 113 Alabema will not the less have been 1am instructed to say that permission for an agent of Freerts wore dull and sales largely nominal, To ed from the invader, As to General Canby's | the committee described by your lordship to visit the Live per neutral boxes bacon, ant 20 bhds, | flourish of trampete abont the severance of Hood's | insurgents detained in the military prises the United t . 000 beyee cheese at 128, 64, and per | Communications with Mobile, it is simply absurd. Hood | States, and to distribute among £17,000 of British | ateai Pious et oO), sad butter and cheere at 0s, | drew neither men nor material from Mobile ‘any moro } gold, cannot be granted. iq . q measurement goods at Tia. a | than he did from Richmond, and General Warren miatt 1am sorry to bo further constrained to ify to your Ide Od. iw ‘per nevtral, beof at a& | With almost aa much reason, have bonsted of cutting his | lordship that with this note my on this 6d. a de., and 6. fo Brome, por Amert | commenteations with Petersburg. But Canby's sul must be ht to a close. . ean, to pt Bins» per |, tobace) at &te. 6d, | is a fair epecimen of Yankee brag. We are not T have the honor to Dea tere Re foe uude antl? td. forcaes. Two British belgs were | hope that Thomas’ victory of the 10th will turn it servant, (CIS ADAMS, chartered to Matemuoros at 40c, & 90G, vavable ia gold; | Spbofleid’s triumuh at Frankl ip. @ very daubifyl Lord Waaanourrs, RIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1865. roports tic, in Dailies extending oer ately prevedin: the deport se of the | A been worsted, with lie tons of ist 0. New England, whos nate in | id make it appear that the sum ob- | ' coment FEDERAL ERISONS. ’ TO OF THE Se ee A by respon alee otto he does et oe juce in fa and whose name he does not give, that the Confederate prisoners in the hands of the federal government are unusual mag: ‘that a pile of them has been seen lying dead for want of nourisning food. And he accuses Mr. Seward, in effect, of excluding the agent Of the Liverpool Southern Bazaar Fund from the pri- sons, lest by his testimony these eruelties should be brought to light. In the course of the tour in the United States from which I have just retured I visited the prison at Canyp Dougias, near C!) d the Prisoners’ Hospital at Baltimore. And I beg leave again to express the Out A tlon, stated in my former letters, that the inmates of ¢! prison were not Saibring from want of nourishing food, Lv 3 or from any unusual ‘ation, and that the inmates of the hospital were with the utmost liberality and kindness. Ihave among my papers, and hope to send you in the course of a day or two, the dietary of the hos- pital, from which it) will appear that there is no disposi- tion, in that case at least, to withhold a sutliciency of noutishing food. ° I beg leave at the same time to express my firm belief that the sentiment of the people at the North is os strongly as ‘ible in favor of a humane and paparous treatment of the prisoners, both as a matter of duty and ‘as.an instrument of ultimate reconciliation; and this, notwithstand ng that they are convinced, in fact, have Sie sect § oes their e oe the 49 cam widiew | are treated with the greatest y in Southern ons. Tam, &c. GOLDWIN SMITE. Maxoussten, Doc. 27, 1864, The Raid from Canada. ENGLAND REPUDIATRS THE RAIDERS—THE EXTRA- DITION TREATY IN FULL FORCE IN THE CASE. From the London Post (government organ), Dec. 20. ¢ American mail brings us, «a fortunate coinci- dence, the intelligence at once of the annoyance of the Northern States on the subjcot of the Canadian raidors, and the virtual redress of their grievance. It is clear that the Canadian goveroment, without waiting for any exposition of popular opinion in the federal republic, hastened to disavow the decision of the Court of Montreal, and, a% far us possible, to cance! ita pravtical effect by or- dering the reurrest of tho prisoners. ‘The rircumstones wll be fresh in the mind of every one. A party of Confederates who had found an asylum in Canada, under color of parific intentions, made, months ago, a rad into the State of vhore they plindered the bank and retreated across the frontier with their spofl. The Extradition treaty aut) oriced the federal government to demand the surrender of : 8 comtuitted a breach of the pe: in the territ ¢ United States, Acting vpon_ this power the ( tof Washington ealled upon the Cani dian government to give vp the riders, Bat while thi application was in cof the Court Monreal reieased he y ore upon t mere tecinicality wiied ought vet t ecu import-d into an important potiiet pration. Tt happened — that the Extradition treaty provided that the war- wns should be eigned wird and im- { mnecive, On i were the ordi | nough this pro- dian Leg- | assent, On | wirTani the judge of the v; and it the Ame niclligence Uvat they ere free Ce tos The fetoral government {tell wil appreckite (hose tostters in their «rue b nod will make allowance for the obli- proves where there isa disnosit tse do not wonder ¢ roused in the Nort ce of a sintlur ontrare, Ht doo? the Canwiivn goverment in set- > dic! m of of the Court of Mont:eal eannot ived cean carvest of the gaot faith with whies we endeavor ty maint | Exteevstion, and a | Stotes perien and trail +, the Canadian Atterney ¢ his goveromont that tho dec 18 iHexal and co It not be sestained. Act- i advice, the government at ouce adopted = in its power to secaro the persons whom the it fit to set at Liberty \pon a mere legal s is cue of those avtaof goed faithgnd Jrstice ¢ Cobinet of Washington were eniitled the Qaeen’s Viceroy in Canada, and which th ito acknowledse ar an evidence of our desire to cer our professed neutral ty etviet and i i t these ‘raiders’? really cam in the terms of the ‘on treaty Uiere can, we conceive, be na manner wht; abou an aempt was male to release em Hem evetedy, before the pretext of the badness of the nte hod been ect up. en the ground that they Were recogn 40d rents, whereas the arti les of the to of Montreal a treaiy spoke ovly of ordinary depredations. Such A pelanes wi hol! for a moment. The { fedonsle, indeed, ani as much as ourseles, have reeyoized the Confederates to be belligerents |) dane Lney have invariably acknowledged them to’ be en tid to the rights of as agaiust the federals them 5 tk war ve amin when itis waged nen sen or from territory velonping ta the attack ng onfs, Tf, in the cov ree of tho recent Danish war, laud secroted themselves ov the shores uf Nor fmaking an atte ko pon Jutland, o nes hud prey om attack | pon Frogsian ve pori# frem Yarmouth or Heil, we sho td certa nly ive coested thom without any epecial treaty of Qiite irrespectively of this treaty, we slonld have been justified in seizing @ in custody these Confederate “raiders” «both of teternational and m: nicipal law, nemo world be complete with t the help of ion between the two governments. It is s alo, therefore, that the “raiders” should have beon set at Hberty, if only inasmeeh as the; miite. # tuielemeanor at comnon law. The treaty, however, went a step further, and provided for the sur- reiwor of depredators to (he government at Washington. i : contemplated sich a case as this t bebu Pua ition, erteiny igned: but neverthelvss it is certain oh belligerent character from the morwent the aeylim of ne tral States. j They ave then o to the mnicipal law of sich e condition appears clearly to bring them t insiance under the E: wyrers laving entertained these grievances in rimen ons sprit mast be taken w th a great deal of were, it they shonld have referred the question to the Committee of the Senste for Foreign Affairs was nat tal enough, for this conmittee is the ouly diplomatic @ thor ty in the Congress; and questions of this kind are "a matter of course, without indy on beng arrived at on the part of the ca. The committec, however, ton great extent in the hands of ernment. Both they and ourselves are y anrious te prevent a recurrence of such breaches ‘on the tong and extensve frontier of tres, and also to baye justice done in The promptitude of the Canadien gov- ernment in ordering the rearrest of the Confederate raisers, isms ny to its own good fwith; and the next m bring us the reassuring elfect at Washington and New York of this act of justice and energy on the part of Lord Monck. The Spanish-American Wars. ABANDONMENT OF TIT!] CAMPAIGN IN ST. DOMINGO VOTED BY THE WAR JUNTA OF SPAIN, From ¢ Messenger, Dee. 29.] The Consuitetive Junta of War at Madrid bas held a ing toexamine the project of abanroning St. Do- ‘and the Corvtepondthcta nukes the following re- the sitting :-— The Margulis ue Pez.cla voted against such a measure ina miitary point of view, making that deciviou, how- ever, subordinate to any economical or political conside- rations which might induce the government to adopt it, Te ot er members of Ue junta, whiie not denying the pos- ly of euporessing the insurrection, declire in favor of te abendonment of the island, where the soldiers were falling, without either glory or beneft to their country, not befure their enemies, but as victims of @ climate which could not be s pported. {From Le Nord of Paris, Dec, 28.) Itbecomes more and more probable that Spain will junta of the Ministry of War at Madrid was recently occu- Pied with this question, and with the exception of a joning the colony. POPULAR WARNINGS TO .] One of the first documents to be presented to the Cortes will be the note of Senor Llorente on the question of discvssed after the termination of tho debates on the meesage in both chambers, will be appent very im- h islands, the results from a military and finance! point of view, and the reports of the a thorities in our determine to abandon St. Domingo. The consultative A nile vote unanimously decided in favor of {From the Madrid Ny oat ead Peru, To the bill relative to St. Domingo, which will be rtant documents relative to the anne. ation of the ee Antilles, * * We, with whom the country and the State are first consi |, shall not op ny meas.re within the power and convenience the le, and that may prove to Europe that Spain is really a regenerate and vigorous pation, and more ani- mated true patriotism than the political frae- tions which destroy her, When this is palpably seen, when the question of Peru is settled in a worthy manner, some solution vw seen in matters in St. Domingo, if the Cortes show a firm determination to balance tl expences with the revenue of the State, our credit will be re-established et home, the more ao since the finan- cial criss in En land and France is disappearing. Then will have acrived the time to satafy, in as far as they are just, the demands of our foreign creditors without dicta. tion, since we are desirous that the European capital neces-ary tor the development of our public works and the increase of the riches of our soil should flow into the country. [From the Libertad of Madrid, Dec, 21. The war in St. Domingo, the termination of which ia demanded by the innumerable victims and incalculable treasures now being sacr.ilved in that savage country, but which cannot, and ought not, to take place at the cost of Spanish honor; the grave and complicated ques- tion of Peru, upon the setticinent of which depends our inficence or our discredit. in all American States; the state of our relations with Italy, which iL is urgent to completely define in order to avod possi bio complications and f.ture coutingencies—these are matiers the gravity of which inspires werror, Every one of them feqvires that the men called to the coun ols of the Crown should be more than ever inepired by true patriotism, and determined to sacrifice them- selves for the good of this unfortunate nation, Jn the interior of the country the state of things is even nore deplorable, The att tide of the radical parties, the w th drawal of the resistas, the general anarchy roigninj in the political world and the discouragement observed in all circles are mutters that involve many other prob- Jome difficult of solution from their very nature, and so much the more so since they are coincident with the state of p-blie inance. This cannot be more deplorable, both as it alltets the moral entity ented the government and as connected with the vital Panta of commerce, ndustry, agric liure and property the bases of the pub: pry , of the national credit aid the welfare of fam: had com. © THE GULF. Details of the Expedition from Fort Barancas, Fla., to Pollard. GENERAL GRANGER’S MOVEMENT. NEWS FROM MOBILE BAY, be, &., &e. Oar New Orleans Correspondence. Naw Onizaxs, La, Deo. 29, 1866 ‘THE EXPEDITION FROM FORT BARANOAS, PLA, Wo have received the following particulars of the re cent expedition which left Fort Barancas, Fla. On the 13th inst. the Fourteenth New York; Second Maine and First Florida cavalry, with the Eighty-second, Eighty-sixth and Ninety-seventh United States colored infantry, accompanied by two pieces of artillery, the whole undor the command of Colone! Geo. D. Robinse, of the Ninety-seventh United States colored infantry, left Fort Barancas, Fla., for the purpose of proceeding ag far ag Pollard, Ala., and sovering the telegraph and reil- road lines at that point, Pollard was reached without any opposition whatever. Here our forces captured a larze quantity of stores, clothing, &c. ‘the buildings which contained them were destroyed. The railroad depot, a train of ten cars laden with grain, ten miles of track, two railroad bridges, and every quartermaster, commissary or other governmont building was destroyed. Flour and feed in large quam tities, two thousand stand of arms, haversacks, canteens, tents, &c., iunumerable wore ea} without a blow having been struc s " : we R On the night of the 16th Colonet Ro return to Wort Barencay, hav » far accomplished the ob'ect of the expedition withott the slightest hindrance. But the news of owradvanco haying reached Mobile, Gen ed was sent with hs command to reine fo Seaton, and drive 13. back, or captore pie, On forminy a jouction at Little they destroyed the bridge, and awaited i point. . LOM IN FROST AND TEAR, d ¥ forces were betweon them, ". Col. Robinson reo, end the enemy In the charge ve 01 forve if | Eecombia rive our arrival att me he fc ine, a3 The rebels pressed our rear gard nti we reacied Pine Barron creek. Lively 1s kept op daring the entire distance. REVEL! ATTACK, on Sunday morning, the rebels, forces, made a ‘nal attack on‘our , when again they were re- iaif’< brivk fighting. To both their killed and wounded oa ite Tere, at two o’elos having massed the’ men with consilorable spir pulsed, afvor an hour and a ngagements the rebels loft the field. TE TOR OF FACT DE. We lost Liovtenant’ Bovghton, of Company F, United State: colored infantry, killed, and Lic tenant Burnham, wounded. Ovr loss in killed, wo nded and prisoners will not exceed seventy-five. ‘Our for-es captured thirty- three prisonors, among thei thtve officers. The enemy's Toss was very great in killed aud wounded. ‘The rel Gencrals Armoisted and McKoith are seid to be among the Killed, Thirty-eight dead were co nted in one spot after the rebels hud rotreated from the ficld, ‘The encmy's force was 2,500, Our force were compelled to burn four of oor wagons. Between one and two hrndred bands rot:rned to Fort Karancas with our forces. Nuw Oneant, La., Doc. 29, 1864. ARIVER STEAMER BOARDED BY GUERITL'S. On Saturday evening last the Mississippi steamer Mittie Stephens was bi ned by guerillas near Baton Rouge, and robbed. She left this city the evening previous, On an riving near Lobdclt’s store, about twelve mites from Baton Rouge, the boat was hailed and a request made that she would land and take on board n quantity of corm, cotton, ‘e., which was lying on the tevec, As the Mittie Stophens approached the shore a number of men were observed, dressed in Yankee" uniforms, and the officers of tho boat, supposing them to be Union soldiers, lande@ her without the slightest suspicion that anything was wrong. No sooner, however, had the staging touched the bank than three of the men sprang om board, and inquiring for the captain. presented & pistol at his hend, demanded: bis money or his fife, and politely told Lim tha® intended tob'rn his boat. ‘The clerk was then fo Of him they demanded tive thovsand dollars, and sa'd they world shoot him rnlese he prodoced that amoint, As this sm wae not on board at the time the « blef of the rebels offered to allow the boat to proceed if hs of two thousand five hrndred dollars were produc One tho sand one hundred dolinrs In money and a note for one thorsand for hundred were then handed them, whea, after pocketing the money, rolling a few barrels of whie- key on shore, and robbing the «lork of bis watch and other arti les of valve, the ch’ relty dep |, and! allowed the st r to resomo her course, hen_comfe froe of the shore the captain of the Mittie Stephens was hailed, and again politcly invited to take on the corn, cotton, &c.; but with awave of b's hand he de- clined further ‘Ommer: ial transa:tions in that quarter for the present, and, petting on a full head of steam, was soon beyond all danger. y' LOK! DR RUNNE® CAPTORED. Yesterday the blockade at eS Fish arrived at this port, laden with fifty bales of cotton. She wae captured a few days since off Culver.on, Texas, by the United States steamer Princess Royal. APPA'RS IN THE INTRRIOR OF PSISSIUTT Arofagee, recently arrived from Jackson, Miss, says that the rebel Genre! Fronk Gardner was in commond there. Wirt Adams, he said, had teft that city with a force, and was sinpposed to have proceeded North, On arriving at Big Black bridge he war compelled to travel acircuit of thirty-five miles beforo he could reach = ferry. Dig Black bridge, it will be remrmbered, was de- stroyed a few weeks since by a detachment from Colonel . Ostrand’s command from Vicksburg, Miss., under Major J.B, Cook, of the Tuird United States colored ca- valry. Imay here mention that for this important ser- viee General Canby has promoted Major Cook to the Hoa- tenant colonency of that regiment, subject to the ap- proval of the President. FUOCES®U!. EXPEDITION PROM BRASHEAT CITY. An expecition under the command of Captain of the Eleventh Wisconsin, was recenily sent from Bra- shear City for the purpose of clearing the country in thas neighborhood of armed rebels. Captain Albert L: Licutenant Oscar Lane, of the Fifth Louisiana cavalry 5 Lientenant Thompson, of the Croseont City regiment, and some fifteen or twenty privates were captu TUM EXCHANGE OF PREOKER®, The ogee? at Comp Ford still remain unexchanged. About five hundred of our men have arrived here, an@ about that number are now at Camp Ford. Cuptaim Crocker, Paymaster Simmons, and the other officers and crow of the gunboat Clifton are among our unexchanged ea, at Camp Ford, These gallant fellows, it will remembere:l, were captured over a year ago, in Sabine Pass. The rebel prisoners for exchange for those who have arrived from Camp Groce will be sent to Mobile in a day or two, pA composed principally of the men forming the rebel garrison of Fort Gaines, which surrendered to our forces afow days sibsequent to Ad- miral Farrag:t's brilliant achievement in passing the forts at the entrance of Mobile Bay. ‘A MALOTE IN HONOR OF VICTORITS, A salute of one hundred ge waa fired on the leveo om Lemans d last in honor of the recent glorious victories of Sherman and Thomas. PAYMENT OF PROOFS. ‘The long looked for Fn feof has come at last. The transport Union bas arrived with threo millions of dollars for the soldiers of this department. Th's will be welcome to our brave \iers. is will pay them up to the lst of Avgust last. More money is expected soon, forthe porpose of paying them up to the present time. TUM: UNITHD STATES TRANSPORT EXACT IX A. SINKING CONDITION, By the arrival at this of the United States trans. aid Clinton, Captain from Brazos Santiago, K Jearn that a collision occrrred, off Velasco, on the inst., betweon the United States transport steamer Exact and another vessel. Exact was said to bo im & simk- ing condition. New Ontxans, La, Dec. 21, 1864 A MISTAKE, A very unfortunate affair occurred at Houma, Parish of Lafourche, on Thursday evening last, It appears thas adetachment of twenty men of the Eighteenth New York cavairy were recently sent there for the purpose of guarding the town, On Thursday afternoon news arrived at Thibodeaux that Houma was in possession of the rebels. General Cameron at once ordered two oom- panios of the Sixteenth Indiana, under command of Cap- tain J. A. Thompson, t proceed to Houma, On ap proaching the village, the pickets of the Kizhteanth New York commanded them to halt, kat Captain Thompson, supposing them to be rebels, ordered his party (0 adyance, This caused the pickets of the Eightoenth New York to fire upon the Ind'anians, the latter xeturning (he fire and ordering « charge, There aro two versions of the e from this point; one is that the Sixteenth Indiana drove the detach- ment of the Righteenth New York thiough the tow! supposing them to be rebels; while the other statemer is to the offoct that the Eighteenth New York charged upon the two companies of tLe Sixteenth Indiana aud drove them four miles, Certain it ie that each tool the other for redols, and the Sixteeuth Indiana believing tho Fighteouth New York to be the advance guard of & large rebel force, sent to Thibodeaux for reinforcements, when a body of infantry aad one piece of artillery wae sent to their assistance, Captain Thompson was shot through the shoulder, His wound is a dangerous one, Two or three privates on each sido are also repo woundod, but none very seriously. ‘MY LATE REREL RAM TANNTers The late robel ram Tennessee, capiyred in the naval engagement in Mobile wey has left thy city for the mouth of the Red river, She is, perhaps, tho most for midabie iron-clad ever built, THR RSEMY AT ALRXANDTIA A lange force of the enemy is at Ale: are fortifying the town, rebel ia, La. They General Buckner,