The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 18, 1864, Page 1

rn ——S——— The Latest News By Telegraph to the N. Y. San. SHERMAN'S DEPARTMENT. Rebel Cavalry before Dalton. DEMAND FOR ITS SURRENDER Refusal---Attack on the Town, OUR FORCES DRIVES BACK Rebels Finally Checked. Enemy Destroying the Railroad. FROM GRANT'S ARMY, Fighting on Monday. THE REBELS DRIVEN BACK. Our Lines 7 Miles from Richmond. FEDERAL LOSS SO FAR ABOUT 600, THE PIRATE TALLAHSSEE. She Destroys 25 Vessels off e@ Coast of Maine, and 6 off Cape Sable. Federal Gunboats in Pursuit. ko. &e. GENERAL SHERMAN, Bebel Force Nefore Dalton — Ite Surrender Demanded, ete. Washington, Avguet 17.—At Atiauta operations Bave settled downto areguiar siege. Gen, Sher- man ie strongly intrenched, and is yradually ex- Qending his lives around the city. SECOND DISPATCH. Lowisvilie, Ky., Avguet 17.—The rebel General Wheeler, with seventeen hundred cavalrymen, de- Muanded the surrender of Dalton, Ga., on the evun- fag of the Idth instant, of Col, Lieboldt, of the Becond Missouri, commanding at that post. The Serce of Col. Liebe ldt numbers S00 men, A slight skirmish was going ou when the last train left Dalton. This train had Col, Collum and three oth- @ railroad wen on board, returning from betweea Adairsville aud Calhoun, These men were obliged fw repeir the road, which bad been destroyed by Btvall detachments from Gen, Wheeler's foree, The pebels bad also captured about 17 Government cat- @e, on their way to Atlanta, and uearly all the afi- @ere in charge of them. The railroad men escaped efter the train bad left Dalton. Gen. Sherman be- fog te.egrapbically advised of the movements ot | the rebels, started » large force Chatta- Booge in pursuit of them, The latest beard from | Dalton was just at nightfall on the 14th, when can- Boneding was gong on, Rumor seys that, asthe trains were leaving Rawaca, 14 of our wen were @eptured by the rebel force that captured the cat- @e. This raid had been antic pated by Gen. Sher- fan, and be was prepared ty meet the rebels at foportant points. trom THLED DIsva " Louisville, August 17. Tbree hundred and @fty beed of cattle, captured by Wheeler, have been recovered. The damages to the railroad nesr Celboun bave been repaired, Pour trains were at Dalton, when last beard trom On the refusal of Col. Liehodt to surrender, Wheeler attacked Dalton, and yalned some build- fnge in the town, where they kept up « barrasang fre, driving Lieboldt's wen from their position to Qe station, where they checked the rebels. The @uemy Was ou both sides of the rallrowt trying to eut the road. Steadman will probal! Lieboldt in | time, A down train is reported captured at A tone Bass. Wheeler's force is probauiy divided, and operating at different p iui fon te aiming to destroy au. Telegrapbic communication with @ensed, by the c ENERAL GRANT, Progress of the New Viovement, Headquarters Army of the lufumac, AUD Additional particulars have been received the @tion of Sunday. Part of the Seooud Corps aud | part of the Tenth Corps were engared with the | @vemy in the afternown vear Deep Bottom, The Tenth Corps under Gen, Birvey, took part of a live | of works, with four s-.ocb brass guns 4nd 4 num ber of prisoners, with smal ibe every fell | nd Division of | reintorce Yhat portion at Du!- the tunuel at Tunnel Dalton has of the wire | loss, beck to a strony the Second Corps was drawn up in line of battle end advanced about a mile beyond where Haucock | @aptured the four guns about two weeks ago, | Mere the First Diyvade, Col, Macy command. | tay, took the lead, and charmed across the corn- Beld over a be) aud where they came to @ streams wth & swarup on the othe @r side, the grounu be ag covered with tmpenetra- ble brush on the margtus of it, During all this Gwe they were expoved to » very Lewyy fre from the rebel artillery, which did youd desl of dam- age, Tt was found impossible to cross the ravine, and our men were balted and lay concealed as well as possible until dark, when they were with irawn, | Covel Macy bad his borse shot under bim, aud | mounting General Barlow's: borae, the animal bes | eame unmanageable, and finally fell on the Colonel, post The s+ down \uto 4 rav ne, bruising bim bed!y, The Second Divison lost at | Jeast three hundred meu in the engayewent. The first sod Third Divisions which were in @opport, lost about two bundred and fifty, | from the effecta of the rebel artillery, The wounded were al] brought off and are pearly all being cared for at City Point, Lieut, Co}. Warren, of the 36th Wisconsin, lost bis left erm, while gallantly leading bis regiment in the ebarge. Major W.H. Hamilton, of the 36th Wis. @yasin, wes severely Wounded in the face. Cap. (ata Idedisy, of the come regiment was killed, | NEW YOR Sergeant Ball, of the same resiment, was also killed, and there are about twelvo w regiment, Sergeant Fuchs Wisconsin, was badly w: ed, This is the third time thie gallant soldier has been wounded in the present campaign. Lieut, Foeley, of the 125th New York artillery, was wounded, Our troops still hold their position in front of the rebel works, which are very strong and well defended, owing to the nature of the country in the vicinity, undead in the olor bearer of the 36th SFOOND DISPATOR, Washington, Aug. 17.--Advices from Deep Bot- tow up to yesterday morn ng announce that Gen- eral Grant's Unes have been advanced to within seven miles of Richmond. fighting during the day, in whi invarabiy dnven back, There was considerable t rebele we athe e TURD DIePATOH, The hospital steamer State of Maine, which left City Point yesterday, arrived here to«iay with G00 Wounded, moet of whom belong to the Ist brigade of the 2d division of Hancock's Corps, and were wounded in the Sund.y tat Deep Bottom Atoong them are 19 officers, including Col. G. W Macy, 20th Mussachusetta, and Lieut. Col, C.F. Waruer, 36th Wisconsin, Most of them were wounded early iu the action, aud were juuediately removed, 'Bo Mail.) The Battle of sunday, The following is from a Trrause correependent + City Point, Va, Auguat 1510 A.M Magn.ficent movement tu which prow/ses @ grand success and which, | should not vo entirely sucer L will be of great gain e movement has already developed itself to the enemy, Yesterday (Sunday) wornlug, | ® grat strate 'c | the Second and Tenth Corps t manwurre, Were suddenly switebed across 1 the north side of James rat Deep Butt Tenth Corps taking position on the extreme left of the enemy's fortifications on the weat blu of Doep Bottom, or Pour-Mile Rony ard the Sec ou the enst side of Four-Miie Run, on right of their position, while a couple ot our «ur boats drew up immediately in front of the uppe point of Highland at the junction of Deep Porter and James river, the seat ol t) tus a principal fort. This being the position, the » Corps could rake the enemy's ines trom left to right, ant the 2d from right to left, while the gunboata could lay upon the centre and diagonally to the rght, Refore our position had fully developed itse the middie of the afternoon, the enemy « m their guns, first upon our gunboats and they upon our land forces, whieh after a while with artillery. One of our gunt centre, soon after which the re’ were silenced, and an advance lin the enemy was occup'ed by the 2 . i was the position of affuire at dork, wit) compara tively only @ fewcasusliies on oursile, | Our troops were suillin line of batiie at dark. aud, though drenched by @ roin storm soon after, w expected to fin sh the work d wight, (whieh did not turn out volighs ay ) or early this morning. The plan seenmed to be to bring our forces round fr James Rive posite Fort Darling, taking posseasion of Bult Jiud) fortifications trom the resr, aud clear ny that side of the river of the euemy up to the fortition. Richmoud—iueu with our rglt aganet the fortifien: # of Richm r let those of Potersbtur: t by which we co either city at 2, Thia m would be given bis election to evacuate one or the other of these pla Thove been unable to get | oy wny further particulars of the progress of thiagrand ae “ rams torther ver, yesterday morning, in whieh we had three killed aud tive wounded by Whe explosion of asbell between decks on the Agawan, Gener:! Grant an! yt! were on srouna yesterday, wart go Up again this morning. GENERAL SHERIDAN, Exciting Keports, New York, Avg. 17.--Reports both good and bad are in circulation relat.ve to Gen ault of the rebels Sheridan's pur- One dispatch states that the rebel Gen, Early is at Strasburg, posted iu @ strong a pst flunk Gen, Sheridan {a close upon bin, anda position, and weil protecte: ments, move. desperate fight may occur at any moment. Another telegram from Waslingtou i# to the etlect that Sheridan hag fallen back to Winchester, where be will fortity biusel, and act on the det e. if this really be the cate, it would seein to indicate that Fur!y bas Leeu #o heavily reiuforced as to Wake Lins tuo str A Lat a battle bas ily defeated, cfor Bleridan to attack report comes by way of Baltimore th oceurred, and that the rebels were From Kentucky. The Guerrillas, Loviaville, Ky., August 17.—Ou Saturday three bundtred yuerr attacked Belts, Livinysioa unty, Ky. by thirty of the ari) Keuiucky, aad after a sharp fight were re- arrisoned men do owith loss of eight killed, titeen badly ed, sud several captured, Lhe Pederal loss was three killed, one wortelly woul |, and se eral stight!y, and four captured Tweuty-five guerrillas, under Martin, were fu Trimble Counts, on Sunday night, nesr the Ohio River. They bad beea raiding down the roudto West Polat, and making depretations on the p ethere, They plundered West Pout of + ‘in good aud money. Heuer .«K continues to be greatly excitei, The rebel Col, Johnson ta catuped iv the Fair Grounds and threatening the town, About seventy -thr suerr Brownusbore uuder Hal), plundering th agare j town and causing at etc louie, News from Vicksburg, Rte. Cairo, Il, 7, 17,~-Vieksburg advices of the 10th inst. say that tt a2 Check aud Atiantle No, 2 while on a cot expedition up the Yazoo piured by the ver, are reported to bave been rebels. It ia reported that a force of 1,509 ret « Federal force guarding # plantation | ty of Goodrich Landi and that the re beld at bay until our t 3 were rein the rebels were driven back, with 4 attacked | loss, THE subscriptions to the sev ported at the Treasury Department for ye amount to $2,226,000, Several millions sury notes, to meet these subscriptions, has just been sent to New York and elsewhere, and tu the course of next Week, {it is expected, that supplies will be forwarded to the Assistant Treasurers and National Banka in the principal cities, so that sub- ecribera will not be subjected to delay. In other words, the supply of Treasury notes will keep pace with the demand, nethirty loan, re terday K THURSDAY, AUG a The Indian War. General Sally's Expedition, Lovia, Mo, Anguat The Pacotah Ustox uys that General Sully with three thousand } troops left Fort Rice on the 18th «it. moving direet- ly West, fntending to atrike the Yellowstone River at Port Alexander, Moe A courier arrived at Fort | Roe on the @ist alt, with the futelligence that | seventeen hundred lodges of hostile Tudians were x va encamped near Fort Berthold, prepared to give General Bully battle, and should General Sully re- gard the news aa reliabl ih e nud attack the Indians. | Reported Defeat of General Sally. | ' would probably ct cou Chicago, August 17.—The Dacotah Usion of te tat Fort Ran- runners Lad arrived among the Mth inet. way ea rumor was prevale { call thas Lo Yanktons with intelligence that General Sully bad had o battle with the Indians on Kuile River and y defeated, The rumor ncet# ‘wo bad been dissstr | | coufirmat | Indian Outrages In Nebraska, &c. | ' 7. The Overland Stage Com Omaha A pany coutinue to remove their stock to places of saiety trou the jucursious of Ln attacked | seven tiles east The Indians with passengers iaps, three coaches loaded f Cottonwood this uvon, Soldiers have been sent to their relief, a © ascertained by reliable scouts that in less twenty dave a simultaneous attack wou combined bands of Cheyennes, K.o- wos, Ores, Sunkes Camanches and Arrapaloes on Fort Kearney, Fort Cottonwood, and all along the Piatte Va Every measure is being taken by the wh tes to give them a warm reception, All the rauche ave been deserted, and families are taking | refuge ip forts, Depredations couti to be made daily on stock, coaches and stations, The telegraph | operator at Alkali Lake bas been driven off, The | wtack bas beon taken to the more thickly settied | portion of the road between Omaha and Fort Rear- j ney, The people are erecting forte for defence, aud | arm ur theme! ves for emergencies, although it ia hantly probable that ineuesions will be made #0 far down the river, Major Gen, Curtla leaves for the West arrived here vesterday, and y, to adopt for the protection of the overland ah lecisive and efficient measure mai! route aud emigration, The Pirate Tallahassee. ( outivaation of the Havoc, Thomaston, Me, Avg. Vi.—-The rebel Talat lestroyed sele off Matinicus Roch by Nova passengers of the steatner sseo yeatenday tweuty-live vex. She was manned mostly Atter sending the crews aud vessels destroyed by ber into Boothe ten Fricadstop by @ suvall craft, she steered in au east- erly direetior tun, Aua.1t.—A dispatch from J,M, Mer- rill, U. 8, Consu Carleton G were de ut at Yarmouth, NB, to of Toston, states that six vessel asaee on Monday, six Thircy wen of the crews of miles tr the vesaels were landed at Yarmouth in a destitia lition, The pirate waa fu wight on Mouday morning, Yarmouth, N.S. August 16,-The Lurk’« Island, arrived here to-day, schooner Sophia, fr } with the wa of the foliow'ng vesse.s, sunk by the pirate Tallahassee: Ship dames Littlefield, of Bangor, from Cardi for New York — was sunk on the Hth inst. in lat, 42, long, 66; sehooner Lamont Dupont, of Wilmington, Delavar wat sunk on the 14ch inat., A. Howe, nae | p lat, 40, long, 66; schooner Merey of Chatham 66, After the crews of the ab were puton board the Sophia, the Tallaliassee sunk four other act Howen, seen this morning, in the direction of Seal Isiund, intentions of the Tallabassee. Washington, Auguat 17.--Capt, Fengar, of the cutter Miami, in a letter to the Treasury Department, dated “Now York, August 15th," peate many of the particulars Wready known con- was sunk yesterday, in lat, ng ve vessels ooners, one of which waa the J, Li. ot Gloucester, Smoke from a steamer was reven\ res cerning the Tallahaseor, and states Le was on the of oyu whieh, be adds, was built for of 140 men a perte uot under the contro! of the officers, rom what be | the victims of the Talla. | haste, she inteu ly to follow the track of Europea | ty and Amer that comes ta ber way eve macrul ring fter the pirate, speed, aud bus w crew | rag set of cut-throats, snd | contd learn of some 0 jean vesse jeatroy everything (RB Mail) | Reported Visit of Captain Wood of the Tale | lubiser to Newport, K. b, | the Newport News, that the da We understun., sa commander h ul the p rate slassee Btateld to } ue & prisoners that he id visitod Newport j bt. and named to bhi the cireumatauce ithe fu the va yiter bare bor ! | as the thingy was pertect! | ) Amwericun flay she miyghel eu the b i wu broad day, aviled up post Cc | out by the west postage, unmolested lave wheu rebel p y rouud ike this would tate of things ; neverthe go fur. ther nud way th far as Fox Polr “bt steam up again Wishout mos | a leatution, Asa protection acuinst this state of things we have a stationary fortt as no wore mncans of | ng the cburacter of & passing vesse: than { n tt sand» t iat ikculled @ cutte tired watt sin, thatis capable of six knots in» emi Dye stron rece, 800 BLe Las ber station in the tuner hartor « * days out of | | seve A steata cutter i in at ve'y demanded | | here, tocruide of the entrances io (be arbor wud by the time two or three more p rates Pave recon poitered in the waters of our barb, Government | may wake upto the tact | Particolars of the Destraction of the Ship Adriatic— statement of ao Viuwenger, I first saw the Tallahassee about four o'clock on the morning of the 12th of We were then about one hundred and elyhty miles from Sandy | Hook. [a the mist of the morning I tx | from her trim and riz, to be » propeller, and | thought ber one of Cromwel\'4 li Ou weing a | pilot-boat leaving ber, and whe at ratt bear. | lny down upou us we sup ed tuat it Was @ | fmendly piloy and that the strange vessel wished | to speak to us, Many of the passengers were called up to see the pilot. We cheered her heartily, and were snawered with derisive laughter. Au otficer on board the steamer then ordere: us Ww Leave-to, Captain Moore, of our ship, saying to us atthe same time, **What does this mean 1" I said imme- diately, seeing our colors fying, Why, that is one of our boute, The Lullabeasee then hauled down the stars end @wripes and holgted the Confederate fag, 4 bent | UST 18 1864, j st } tonal ar — PRICE ONE CENT.1N GOLD {two CENTS IN CURKENCY . SS Immediatele put off from the steamer oat boarded | naturalized electors, Third—To abolish the regis us. The offcer fn command of the hoat's crew, | try tax, sone eicht io number, all of whom were Irish, A MEETING of the Peace Democrate of Monty: ordered Capt, Moore on board of the steamer With | mere County, Ohia waa held at Dayton on Satur. his papers, The boatewain of the Tallahassee day last. A series of revolutions were ted, among which was the following : Benstena bet Crhich weasel we now discovered the stranger to oe) heer) iJ ioe Let Teh by thle ee: we demand of the President of the United States, aa : "s ike to put a rate to this vessel, ’ our servant—not ag our inaster —the immediate re a Aas ish + coe ng vr here to fight | gocation of bis order for another draft; and thet a ait at i186, e Tal anaes they steamed \; the people be requestet throughout the country to our forequarter, with the apparent intent on o' protest againgt it) Mr. Vallandicham took “the tring away our bow sprit, the shock, however, car | atand in favor of the resolutions, \ We way ” ry fry ay the pirate's mainuast Instead, Had we | gig he, ‘Le compelled to nowinate @ war demo been m sking any beadway at the time, we would erat at Chicago, but a war democrat will proseouw bare aunk the Tallahnasee ; ae tt was wedumared | t)6 war ag Lincoln does, Rarring « litle extra her pretty badly wi , Z r b ten! y Soortly afterward, the Tallahassee boarded the} be ji ie ag Bea as eae wae ow, ies eae bts *\ m® Cantal Pantin, p' be j be ~ t “ 8 Hiote, Cay tain Panne Ne Mad se n Le needed ; and you will have another draft, 1, tor + New York, making the captain sign bonds one, Would just as oon be drafted by Lincotn a hoveand dollurs, compelling bim at the same | jy ademocrat, Lam in favor of peace, 1 want s peace candidate nominated at Chicago."’ to carry the passengers of the Adriatic York. Coptun Panne demurred to this, a uy that be coult not aecommedate so many piss sencers Cone hundred and sixty in number.) He teoved of the confederate commander to burn his veowel and send the passengers to New York on the ae it would spare the passengers great ec n Panne baving but one day's ra- bread and water, The reply from the Con- ate captain was prompt, “You must take the passengers, nod then turning to Captain Moors, © Captan, I am sorry for you, but we muat burn your sip This conversation took place on the Tallabasses, Captain Wood ecting in the mast cool and deliberate inanuer, seated in an armchair, Two bouts crowded with mea, then put off from the Tallatiassee ; one of the boats having on boant two buckets of turpentine, in the other was seated Captalu Moore of our vessel, who said, on board. ing us, “Passengers gave what you can; they fn- tend to burn the ship.) This cansed « terrible panic aboard of our abip, The avene in the crowded steerage, while the pirates were sprinkling the tur- pentine over the decks, preparatory to setting fire to the ship, being exciting in the extreme, The yausengers Were then forced to go on board of the Rhy ote. leaving all of their gooda and chattels bes hind, to be destroyed along with the ship, One of the crew, on being asked by Mr, Banders if ho was » replied, *D r, Tam an Irish- | in tay own country, @ rebel in the and « rebel in any country that needs arebel.”’ Our informant, Mr, Sanders, lost all tus personal effecta, the rebels retusing te allow him to bring ble trunk with bio, News Items. (My Telegraph to the New York SunJ The Awanit on the Enemy's Lines at Ate lanta, August 6th, Before Atlinta, Auguat9,.—For several days Previoun to the 6th, movements in front of the 234 and 14th Army Corps were active, with decided indications of an impending cnyagemeut. During these movements we captured from four to @z hundred prisoners, Ou the Oth, a charge was or dered on the cnemy's left- ite extreme which we bad been hunting for several days, baw ing heon found, At Ty early hour in the morn- ing the men were in motion ; the Twenty-third Corps marching to the right of the Fourteenth, and the two divisions of the latter which hud beea lying, one on the flank and the other in reserve, were sent in to fil up the gaps, The order was w attack the enemy's flank, and attempt to drive it back sufficient!y to enable the agtn4 to swing around to the Macon Railroad, The Third division (Gen. Cox) was to hold the left of the corps, The Second (Gen, Hascall) the extreme right, ‘ibe Third division attacked early in the forenoon, and na it swung around on the enemy's tlank, the Sec- ond division of the Fourteenth corps, which joined it on the left, slowly followed the movement, sv that the Fourteenth corps was Ay gerstt Panes 3 into @ line running almost at right ang’ ucruss the creek, and et a point distant ebout four and a half miles southwest of Atlante. A ekirmish line, composed of a Migs sor from each regimont of three brigades (the Fourth was mostly in reserve), and commanded by Lieut, Cal. Mott, of the Twelfth Kentucky, advanced first, through a dense piece of woods, and charged upop the rebel skirmishers, driving them ont of their pits in fine style. It was discovered, however, that their line was entirely too weak to take the main rebel line of works, and it was eccordingly increas- ed by fresh detachments of four bune men. Thi force drove the rebels behind their rosin rifle pita end kept up such a galling fire that no man of ther dared raise bis b above the brea tworks. Still, it was evident that it would be folly to attemps to carry the works with this number of menpand after holding the rebels down thus about an bour aud a bali hey were relieved by the First which charged impetuously on the rebel breast~ works, But they were too strong. Our men fought bravely, pushed the attack so far that men even jumped upon the parspets and fell close before them, yet it was Mgehdest They were compelled to fall back, and the rebels, leaping over their works, pursued them e abort distance in turn, The brigade lost heavily, full threo hundred men, The One Hundredth Ohio lost ninety-nine, which wae the heaviest lose suffered by any ouw regiment, The color company of the Eighth Ten- nessee got in advance, and coming under ap ent- lading fire, was summoned to surrender, and wus compelled to do it with the lows of its colors, These were insolently fluttered 4 the rebels in the very fave of our men as they charged upon them, and they were haughtily defied to retake them. The nature of the ground, or some other cause, seemy to have prevented the brigades acting well in cou. cert avd simultaneously, The first suffered beav- ily. The others did not approach #o near to the fortifications, and mutfered less loss, In the end, they all fell back, after having brought off most of their wounded, Still considerable numbers were left lying clowe under the rebel works, and o ry portion of the dead also could not be recovered, It was slong in the afternoon before the second division was swung around sufficiently on the rebel flank to become seriously engaged, Colonel Hobson's brigade proms as usual, went in” fire. on the left of the division, and drove the rebels at once from their rifle pita, Halting a little for the First and Fourth, the latter on the extreme right, to swing around, they all charged gallantly abous four o'clock, through ap open cornfield ov the rel breastworks, in which they bad a section of aril- lery, and drove them entirely out, ‘She rebels bad hauled off their cannon and secured them, but were utterly driven out of their works and keps out, ‘The wen bad reversed the rebel works before night, and prepared themselves fully to hold weg at all hazards; but since they were detached from the Third Divison by quite a gap, and were thrus far out into the enemy's country, aud De troops could be spared to be formed ou their Hanke tor protection, it was judged safest to withdraw them across the cornfield, and retire the right wing for saicty. They lett the works then, by onder, and retired in good urder and without molestation, The correspoudent of the Clucinnati Commmpoia., writing on the 7th, says: ; The prospect for an early occupation of Atlaute is not very bopeful, unless # cousiderable uumber of men are sacrificed in the attempt, Sberman, ev- erybody knows, is caretul of his troops, aud pre- fers a few weeks’ delay to assaults that ere sure ty be followed by death aud pain to thousands of ow heroic men, who, for over 90 days, bave stood with their faces to the foe. The battle of yester- day afternoon has pretty correctly demonstrates the strength of the rebel works, and the fect thet they cannot be carried, and the rebel right turued, without reversing the programme of July %, & and 2s, when the enemy, crazy with their oft re- pulses, and drunken with Wwulbey madly sacrifices nearly balfthe!rartmny. Here Gen, Sherman wilt @ new opportunity of putting his flanking ex- perience iuto execution, aud win # foothold ta the city without loss, ‘There are some tu the army whe are impatient at the d » but the majority uf thy meu know what assaults produce, and preter tw trust to Sberman's braing rather thu powder aud bullets, fur the crowning victory of the most re- markable campaign of the wer. suid ; A Berrisit regiment was on its way to open the inlund ses of Japan, Lue Supreme Court of California has affirmed the constitutiouality of the law providing for the en- forcement of coutracts for payment in gold, Luk official report of General Logan, of the battle of July 28th, before Atlanta, places the rebel Gene- ra) Hood's loss at 6,000 to 7,000, and his own at 672. Tar New York boat George Y. Brown, beat the Pittsburg boat Twilight, by 800 yards, at Pough- keepsie yesterday, Tas additional gum of five and @ balf million dollars was yesterday supplied to paymasters for the arrnies under Grant and Sherman, Floxa Kono dates of July 80th, aay that Nankin was the only city of tmportance left in the posses gion of the rebels, and thie was closely invested oy the Luperialista, Tune two telegraph operators, Messrs, Flynn and Hambrigbt, on duty at Gen, Burnside’ bead- quarters Who bave been on trial during the past week, charged with making known the substance oft dispatches to others than those to whom they ew, were found “not guilty’? by the Gen were addre Court have been guilty however, deeming them to f Lreach of trust, has ordered them to be #ent beyond the limits of the army. Lark news from Mexico is to the effect that Max- iwilian bas provided tor the formation of an Aus- trian army tor service in Mexico, This army is to be composed of the old officers and soldiers of the Austr The newly appointed Governor at Chilmatue is organizing all the loyal Republi- cane iu his district to act againat the new E:operor, The French troops have been driven out of Jourita, and retrestet tothe Island of Cadmer, Jusrez is etill at Monterey, orves General Intelligence. (Ry Mail to the New York Sun.) Lie brou cout of arma’ on a steam fire-engine juat from Lyou, Mase, is a lady's gaiter boot, Tue oumber of young tn the shell of an oyster at epawnong Utne is aiid to be 1,500,000, Turae ure now 10,000 patients rematning under treajwent int ospitals in wud about Washing. tou A new teleg Mource from k cation betwe wii! be perfect, sph cable has arrived at Fortress nd. When it is laid, communi New York city end Grant's army Twesty thousand dollars in gold, belonging to the rebel wowe nt, were melted by a fire which burned an express car on the Danville road, The Pewersburg Exvuess says this ia a heavy loss, there no mint in the confederacy iu which to re- coin it, Nor content with ordering to the front all the ables xied taco detailed in the Corumissary, Quar- termaster, Orduance and other Departments of At- jont® General Hood aod Btalf visited all the hoapi- tals in search of What the soldiers termed “rats,'* anc the reault of bis strict inspection was a return ut Steen bundred wen to the army of the Weat, be A xercenep soldier of tne Sixteenth Connecticut reyimeut saya that our goldiers who are prisoners Andersonville, B. C., number no fewer than twelve thousand; that are confined in an pen ‘eld bare of all trees or abrubbery : and that iy tune dovalay Leat= they are suflering severely, It is wo be feared that Kuodreds of hem will never live to yet home, Execation of a VDeserter. Derp Bottom Bug, Va, Arg, 10,—Privam Frauk McElbenny, of Co, PF, 24th Mass,, was aioe on the Sth, in the presence of wll the troops of thie command and @ large nimber of outa'de specte tors, for desertion, McElhenny was @ native of Boston, where his widowed mother now resides, Before leaving bis place of continement for the place of execution, Le sung the song, “Who wid care for mother now #" dwelling with teeling aud Apwriat, Bromixas, who has been taken pris- our! lo, Wat Commandant of the Wasbingten n 1801, He resigned the 1b of i aiterwards asked to be pestored, but his request was refused, He com- munded toe Merriiow io her attack on our fleet in Hampton dows aaa ip the battle with the Moni- blew ae Lew Wool bp When Nortolle was cegupled emphams on the line, *f can like # soliler die?* Dg ONS ep ; ? He did not address bis old comrades at the plave gt ALerin 1 Petersburg gives an account | execution, withough be bad previously eXprenmed of 9 terrible which has oceurred there, The copela of the large new ebureh of the Trans: beuration, which Was Dearly ftimshed, suddenly fell with a tremendous erash and broke through A Cat ta, clergyman at- nd at the conaly- the prigaper kuete party wits his intention to do so, tended bim in his bast m gion of the church ritery to recelve, he rose, turned to the Sriuy the vauity of the basemeut story. Moatof the work- | 4 «mile of recoguition, ani then submitted ble men beau absent at breakfast, there would only | hands to be tied, bia eyes blindfolded, and knelt ow have been Uiree or four lives lost, it the neizhbor- bia coffin, The firing party consisted of twenty. four men, with twenty-three guns loaded with bala cartridges and one gun loaded with blank cart. ridge, The men were divided Into two squads of twelve each, The tirst equad fired, and six balls lerced the prsoner's# body above the vi vist belt, Yhe surgeons announcing that pulsation was yes perceptible, the second squad was ordered up, apd the execution was completed, No mau ever mes deat) more caltuly or bravely theu this deluded young mau, ing inbabitants attracted by the noise, had not rushed iv crowds to the building, just as the tal! took place, of what still remained standing, A great taany peope Were burried under the ruins. Tre elections in Connecticut and Rhode Island have resulted in carrying the proposed conatitu- pndioents, e tgsue in Connecticut was the extension of the electoral franchise to soldiers ontside of the State, Rhode Island voted as fol- lows: First To extend the suffrage to the solicrs iu the field who are qualified electors at home, Second—To extend the suff to naturalized citi- zens who have served hcenpenly in the war during the rebellion, and to t them to vote on the game terns as native waiving, !n thelr fa. Yom the wroperty qualification req of Tus Central Statistical Socicty of Stockholm bas just published tbe general return of the population of Bweden, which the last year amounted to ne wore than 4,200,000, Norway contains 1,500,000, (Consinued en laes puye.y t