The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 24, 1864, Page 1

A a — THIRTY-FUCST YRAR. NUMBER 10,024" t a ” The Latest News By Teicgraph to: the NX, Y. Sun. GEN, GRANT'S ARMY. 4, THE WELDON RA ROAD BATTLES. 1 A-SEVERE FICHT ON SUNDAY. } Desperate Rebel Charge. ; A Eloody Repulse. « Many Robel Prisoners Captured. { 6 SETS OF COLORS TAKEN. voseral ‘Sheridan's Operations. BATTLE NEAR CHARLESTON, VA, e We Re-Oconpy “Martinsburgh. | THE CAPTT RE OF AREBEL SUPPLY TRAIN. : NEWS FROM GEN. SHERMAN Return of Kilpatrick's Expedition. Destruction of the Macon R. R. A SUCCESS AT ATLANTA, THE WESTERN CONSPIRACY, Important Dovelopments. | SEIZURE or OLVERS Sl " &e. FERAL GRANT. The Federul Victory on Sunday, Ete, Beadquarters Army of the Potomac, Aug, 1— | Bvening.—This morning theenemy made 4 vigor , aus attack on the Sth Corps, on the left of the Wel- ‘Gon Railroad, It was ut the same place where they were partially sccessful on Friday, but to<lay they met with s different reception, Our Ine, on Sumday, was formed about-the same time as it wae on Friday, the 1st Division being on the extreme left, connecting with the cavalry which Pvovered the railroad towards Ream's Station. The Division was next, Butler's, the 4th, Division, was across the railroad, and the 3d Div‘ sion,Craw- (ford's, was on the right forming with the 9th , Corps, which connected the right of the new line ‘with the left of tho old one, near toe Jerusalem plank road. During Saturday our men had \e@rengthened the breastworks which they had tem- porarily erected, besides throwing up others, en echelon, Early this morning very heavy cannonading wae epened by the enemy, fisom their works further down towards Petersbur x, and our guns replied very briskly, ther party, however, doing the @ther any particn'ar damage, About 7 A.M, o jg mall force of the enemy were seen moving, as if make an attack on %h Corps, but a few woll- @irected shel’s sent them ont of aight rather quicker than they advanced. Shortly after, a sirong col- mn of the rebels emerged from the woods on the deft of the rattroad, and, formying in line, charged {on what they beleved to be our left flank, but which proved to be the def. of Gen, Ayréa’ front \Bine. The rebels advanced ip fire style and with the tmost confidence, evidently thinking the work ‘Before thom was an easy piece of business ; but , What was their surprise on discovering a second Bne behind, and extending to the left of the first, from which a row of bayonets glistened, with » Dattory on the let and anotlrer on the right, pour- ing # cross fire into their rar ks, almost every dis- ebarce, causiny large vacane ies in their line. As @oon a6 they discovered the critical position in which they were plaice, the ¢ tire command made @igns to indicate their willingne ss to surrender, and the order to cease firing paaned along ihe breast- works, But as soon as thoy ciscovered thig a large portion of them broke ad started for the woos the remainder ¢ ng in and surrendering Our batteries sent several &e., a Inessengers efter the retreating party. Many of them embraced mother earth tustead of resching their lines and @til) remain where they fell, our guns covering tho entire field and preventing the bodies from being carried away. The troops who made this charge consisted of the rebel divis Lope and Bushroi Johnson, Goveral H.'s Corps cud were principally South Carolinians sani Misa csipplona., Among the prir- oners ase 1 Colou ' Lieuten Colonels and 87 itenunt-Colonel F, saipp', is wounded in "paptaing and Lieutenants, I B, Thomas, of the ith M the arm ; Colonel F, ©, C of the 16th Missis- Bipp’, Was wounded in the and it has sinco ‘een amputated; Captain T, W, Farrell, of the 12th Uiss.xsippi, is wounled in the tt docols, of the 56th North Carolina, is wounded in the mde and arm badiy ; Lieut, L. C. Stowers, of the 6ih Georgia, has had his lee anyputated ; Lieut, L. Isbell, of the 7th South Carolina, is wounded in the abdomen und elbow, The number of men taken is about 575, Lesides about 25 wounded, who ere in the hosy ital. General Hagood commanded the assaulting col- » of General Calter'’s le umn, aud shot Ciptan gaff, who wus enc Captain D s wounled in the side General Higood wus seen to fill from believed to be killed, 20 and rebel flag. wverely, bis horse, and | fics between the is covered by sharp. phooters from both sides, 60 that neither can get possersion of it, Prisoners also report him killed, The troops which met the rebel assault were the { fecond Division and part of the Pirst, General Quiler was slightly wounded in the face during the won. Colonel Duchesne, commanding the Becond Prgode of the Second Division, was killed, Our ves in killed nd wounded numbers about 150 | | | way. ot | Torbell's cavalry corpm were ; Lieutenant | woring to wet pomucasion of a | T's body | NEW YORK while nearly 100 were taken prisoners on tho skir- | tulsh Hine, principally belonging to the s0th Penn. | sylvanio, The rebel lone is believed to be at least | five or six hundred tn Kile! and wounded, We | took five sets of colors, and some say more, The Third Delaware took two, and the 76th New York | out, Three of the colors are entirely new, while | the renminder are much dilapidated. | In the fighton Friday our lone in prisoners is believed to be larger than heretofore reported, The | 90th Pennsylvania was more than half tekon, as waa the case in fact with all the regiments of the brigmie. The 104th New York loat every cron the field, and can muster but comparatively few men for duty, Had these troops held ther posli- Hon, or change their front aa some did, they could nearly all have saved themsclves and given the enemy # sound thrashing,—but being told they Wore flanked they started for the rear, ant fell into the arma of the rebels, Colonel Wheelock, with the Second Brigade of the Third Division, changed his front towards the rear, and forming in line of battle, with skirmishers thrown oat, advanced to see where the onomy were, and reached our secoud line without losing » man that remaine! by him, whilo all who left and ran were capturel. Tho | brigade brought in with them cver sixty prisoners | and @ stand of colors Lesides retaking taany of our own men, who were being taken away. Aug. 22-—Morning,..No further fighting has taken place since yesterday morning. Skirmish- ing haa been been very brisk,and during last ulpht ® gool deal of artillery firing was beard. At this hour (six o'clock in the morning) all is quiet with- in the sound of headquarters, but another engae- ment may take place at any moment, aa the enemy will not give up their hopes of recaining possession of the railroad, until they see the impossibility of constitamating their purpose, Our lines have been gteatly strengthened within the last twenty-four hours, and should the enemy attack us, they will fare even worse than they did yesterday, News via Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, Aug. 22.—The mail steamer Vaeuderbilt arrived here at halfepast four o'clock this afternoon, from City Point. She brings the in- telligence that the enomy have beon making a des- porate effort to retake the Weldon Railroad, but bave so far been unsuccessful, Our forces now hold the road firmly, and have secured a position from which it ts believed the enemy cannot dis- lodge then. Tho enemy made three desperate charges on our lines yeaterday, and were repulsed each time, with very heavy loss to them, Our loss was light, and it is reported that we captured 500 prisoners, REPEL ACCOUNTS. The following dispatches from R'chmond papers, Aug. 20th, give the rebel statements regarding the Weldon Railroad affair : Peteraburg, Aug. 18.—The enemy's force en- rs ed today consisted of three brigades of the ifth corps, with 18 pieces of artillery, and an un- ascertained force of cavalry, commanded by Gene- real Warren. The enemy engaged our cavalry abont nine o'clock, about four miles southwest of the town, driving them in about four miles, when our infantry camo into action at two o'clock, driv. Ing the enemy back three-quarters of ® mile. Nicht closed the engagement, with the encmy holding the Weldon Railrosd, at 6 point about three miles be- low the city, A force of the enemy's cavalry 19 reported believed to have gone on ae raid in rection of the Southside Railroad. The ene- m loss to-day {s unnscertained, Ours is not heavy. Among the wounded are Colonels Lyell, of Virgiuia, aod Blair, of Miasismppi. About two hundred prisoners were capiured, Petersburg, Atguet 19.This morning about one o'clock, it being believed that the enemy were mosesing in our front, our ertillery and mortars opened a heavy fire upon them, to which they responded but feebly. The firing was kept up for two hours, breaking up the evemy’s intention, if he bad any, of charging our breastworks., Our casualties are few. This morning, just after day, a heavy wagon train was scen moving to the rear, The enemy still held the Weldon road about two and a half miles from this place, O ir losses in the fight of yesierday evening aro estimated wt S50; that of the enemy much heavier, BROOND DISTATON, Peteraburg, Avguat 19,—About three o'clock thie evening, the arrangements being completed, our forces attacket in flank and frout Warren's Fifth Yankee Corps, which had made a temporary lodgment on the Weldon Railroad, two miles be low here, driving them back upwards of two n 1 capturing over 2,000 prisouers, including Rr.g- adier General Hayes and @ pnuinber ef stands of colors, A heavy rain has been falling all dey. GENERAL SHERIDAN. A Dartle near Charlestown, Va., Etc. Harper's Ferry, Va, Aug. 22.—A brisk en- gageinent took place on Suuday, two miles berond Charlestown, between the Army of Western V ginia and the rebel foree now in the Shenandoas Vali battle commenced at eiyht o'clock In tho morning, by a heavy column of rebel cavalry and infantry attempting t pierce our extreme front, near Summit Point. After # sharp but decisive struggle, our skirmishers were compe!led to yive The Pirst Division, Gen. Wilson, of Gen, wed on our right, | and miffered heavily, Gen, Mackintosh's Di: | lost nearly three hundred men, but only one War oerioualy ', Acting Adjutant the Wisconsm cavalry, and three oficers, were slightly wounded, but have not yet thelr com- | mands, The movement had evidently fir Sta olvect the possession of Martinsburg, for he time that the attack was made at Surnmit Polnt, ancther false movement was made against our extronie left, and the attacking column moved !own towards our right, and then suddenly a new body of rebel troops appeared in front of our right the Sixth | corps, Sy nt same A short but determined battle tock y'ace. The Bixth, Bichth and N.neteenth Corps forined in line | of battle from right io leit, The Bxth Cur tore the bruut of the engagement, snd the &« sion lost heavily—some 500 wounded, nnd to 70 killed ond missing, The loss of the relois wus fully oa great, Our rmsht drove the enemy for overa then f kk to their old Li hokimng eu ctclock, when Our entire army retired tower Hidltown, where they now Jie ip line of batile, the first ran, f hills in the immeaWate vicinity of that pl € 6h corps, Gen, Crook, w partly engaged, and lost but fow men, } consisting of the 19th corps, Gen, Emory, were engaged, as their line rested on the Berryville P.ke, Our entire line extended from the Berryville Pka, | on the left, to Smithfield Pike, on the right, aud oc- | gupled the commanding line of country ruuning | between these two roads, situated some two miles | from Oharlestown. Our cavalry, after the exemy | ) had shifted his front from our left to our right, re- fired down the Berrvville Pike end pegsing through Charlestown, bivouecked in the fields to the right of the town, All last uight troops were ing ¢ through Cearleatown in tho direction of Halltown, and the peene by moonlight waa an extretme'y inspiring one, The cavalry were le% in froutof Charles- town and their plekeis relieve | the infantry before daylight. Ataunrise “forward was aounded, aud the cavalry corps moved forward and took v the position abandoned by the Fighth aad &xth Corps, AN Treale away, on route for the Ferr and continucua skirinishing fire broke ou lasted 19 ofelock, when it suddenly s! fod before I left Halitown tt had entirely ceased, Our cavalry bave erdera to push through to Mar- nd the infantry sre busy pitehing im- aps along their liv eof baile awaitng Prompt the remult. Rumors are afloat that the rebels are croming tho What truth there ts in tain it ia however, that the 1 of Martinehury, whatever may be the ultimate intention. Large numbers of loyal citizens aro bere, endeavoring to reach plices f safety further North, foaring total abandonment the Valley, Vederal Occupation of Martinsburg Washington Avg. 2.—A wetter from H lated 21st, says: “A detachment of neonia Union Cavalry entered Martinsburg yea. Potomac at Martinshu them Teannot say. € rebela have possess town, v terday, about 2 ‘clock, and drove out the rehela, At the latest accounts the place was st.!l held by our n. Aver) holds the ymen. tae fords and ia keeping » watchful ¢ cava! river pon the n ve. T here oecasioned by the anticipation of en invasion has sotpowhat subsided * ments of the rebel raiding porties e excitement Accounts vin Baltimore. Baltimore, Aug. 25.—Intelligence from the Up- rer Potomac epeaka of nothing more important than slight akirmisbing slong the lines, Our forces “tion, country in the ection of Martinsburg, but have not croaaed the Potomac, The Wf the enemy, whether to atternpt to invade Pennsylvania or to make # demonstration toward Washingtou, has not yet been developed Destruction of a Nebel Supply Train. Washington, Aug, 28.—A diepateh frown Hagers- town seve all is quiet to<day along the border, There bas been no further fighting in the valley, as far as known. long rebel muipply train on the Winchester and Martinsburg turnpike, occupy a str The rebela occupy the lestgn Yesterday our forces destroyed « GENERAL, SHERMAN, A Decided Advantage Gained. Loutart ly, Ki Aug. 22.—O0 the 15th instant, {n front of Atianta, the toth Corps charged on rebel works, Atthe same time Carl's Une ekirmishers entled upon the rebel soldiers in a rift About 200 of them leapt out snd cane into our lines amid the fire of the remaining rebela, Carlin then advanced a strong skirmish line, took possession of the rebel riflo-pits and now holdsthem, They are within 800 yards of the enemy's works, saccess of Kilpatrich’s Expedition. Washinjton, Aquat 22,— 096 official news from Atlanta is he petul, Anthentic information revel ved here shows that General Kilpatrick has returned from his raul on the line of the Macon Railroad without any serious loss, but bad a fatiguing and hard tme. He brought in one piece of artillery and seventy prisoners, He effectually destroyed the road for two miles and injuring tho track for the pit to come over to our side, ten miles in various places. Wheeler's Operations. Cincinnati, August %3,.—A apocial dimpatch to the Gazette frow Nashville says Wheeler struck the Knoxville and Chattanoos R Flawasai and London, destroying the er tion for a time, but dol: lroad between mrounien- Gen g no ser.ous damage. Steadman is driving him towards Knoxville, whore | Generel Carter bas a force in frout. Indian Catrages, The Iudi.ua came within 20 y. Ti Lof cattle anc mules. Omaha, Ary miles of this ace yestere yo are reported ty The have driven otf Indians are #al to be lerable Elk Morn. The citizens are ariniog and forming defence, and to go to the assistance of the sottiers at Bik Horn, The Western Conspiracy. More Dovetopmeuts. Cincinnati, Avg. %.—The morning papers publish jong extracts from Dodd's “Sons of Liver- orrespondence, capt in cons Business in town is entirely sue led, com panies for ied at Indianapotia, The WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, force near | manuaeript copy of Dodd's address to the Grand Council is among the papers, tu which it ep pours grand convention w be be Ist, twodays before the Democratic Na. onal Convention was to have been held, A ep ros moeving wae held at Indianapolis last night to take counsel concert og the dancers sure Zz thom, It was the largest outdoor meet er held thero, The | tmueeting was extrer rdevly, thouzh t! Was ere der apainat the 1 denour ntend to w itary power to prevent . election saa lander upon Union men and onr brave soldiers, Arsenal for the “sons” In New York Seizare of \runs. New York, A 25—United States Morasbal Mur. ray, acting under instructions from tle War De partment, made a seizure tasty ght of , cases each containing #ixty-e lit ri nat two thousand two hundred in re- volvers were stored at No. 42 Willer & were the rosidlue of sixty-four cums thirty of which bad already Leen shipped | Tudianuy and weized there y the Government off Jals. On being shipped from ye ore merked and ireighted wrouva ery. Toe arue were removed bo the ¢ t 4 wilaen Mirsialand flually tur to War Di port this alternoon, T rinse We . uucer the belief that they wer ‘ ort use of the organization known as tu § 1! ip Tudigua, The arrag were storod in 9 buskes ing which bal been let aa a warohouse for storage of goods belonving to Western merchants. th's time, uo claimant or owner hus appeared for the arms. These revolvers are a very jormidatle weapon, having the cepacity to plerce a two-inch plank af # distance of six hundred yards, The es- Upto tiated, vale of the arms sqisgdis. faxed ab 420,000, | ciepateh boas Voluptagn at, Mound City. The fre 1864. From Enrope. Three Dayy Later News, The etermship China, from Liverpool August 13th, and Queenstown 14th, arrived yesterday, wish three days’ later news. The U. 8, war ateamer Kearaarce, and another Federal steamer (name not meitione!), passed | Deal on the 11th tat, for the westward, | American affairs excited an absorbing interest fn Fovland, and the antictpated news of the result of Genoral Grant's freah operations against Peters. | bury which was axpectad to arrive at any tmo- | thent, Was canvaseed with great eayerness, The London Taam hints that Loni Wolehonse Will probably be appointed the Karl of Carlisle's successor as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Charles Wentworth Dilke, proprietor, and for many yoars editor, of the ATugsrum, and Mr, Robson, the celebrated London actor, are dead, On the morning of the 12th, » fearful riot took place in Belfast, when brickbats, bludgeons stonoa and even guna were used by the belligerents, A nunnery was de- stroyed, and great numbers of persons were seri- tnded by the miamboa used, To preaarve the pesce of the town, it ls understood! the authori. ned to call out the military. At Londondeny, on the 12th Augnat, there waa the usual celebration of the aege of that place, There wos sotue OC, chting in the ewening, and one or two persons were reported seriously injured, On de Danish question » Berlin telegram says: It in stated on good authority that the negotia- t « betweeo Austria and Prussia respecting the yr nal to he submitted to the Diet for the enta- vl esant of a proviaic nal government in the Duchies are drawing to a close. Several houses were wrecked. ously W ties had deter: Tt te anil that @ bolief is entertatned tn the oM- ea! circles of Becha that the rights of te Duke of Avnoustenberg to Bebleswig-TLolstein will abort) y be recognized, The current of public opinion in the Duchies ts represented as unchanawd, the pop- ulation of Sehleaw.geHoletein rejecting all nations contr the indepe ve Duch- jes under the sovereignty of he Pr ure of August- ephurg. A report comes from Vienna that iu the negotia- tlone for nce the contracting parties will aad to their number a meraber of the Germanic Det, and that their Leratio ua will comrmmonce inmediataly, The official Dres ener JovenaL publishes an article on the prese vt ae tion of Uhe S bleswig- Holstein question, concluding thus: “Regnoded from the point of view of German righta, the wrest Gorman Powers haes required precisely ae much richt the Duchier, poravraph Loof the peace naries as was possessed by Denmark, They ty therefore, dev iare the Federal execution Abie in rovnl decree bas been published at Dorling or ring the disbandment ot the following tre ope 1— the volibeed jafantey of (he class entitied to furl hove the number required on a peace footiy ¢ the unmotiised art Hery conpa: ies call- ed into service from fortresses, sod the reriments of Landwelr serving with moilised troops, Piose only of the latter are entiilod to discharyo who do not wish to remain with their colors, Biruder orders have been imsued with regard to troops of the same category serving ‘to the Re- serve. Political news in Paria is exceeding ly scarce, the puble attention being chiefly engros: ed in the preparations for the Imperial Fote and the forth- coming vis tof the EK ug of Spain. M. Fould, the French minister of Fiaance, bav~ ing issned a circular to the beets of the provincial fluance, requiring them to make up their accounts to the present time, the rumor has atin Paria Goat (he long talked of re- signation of the Minister is at last realy about to tuko place, A meeting to demand the disolution of the Chatnber of Deputies, was to baye been held at F orence, Ikaly, but information of 4 he #a.ue having rea hed the authorities, they could not permit it to be held for such an object and the moeting waa consequently abandoned, The resnit of the clections for t ¢ Climber of Lopreseutatives throuhout the whobe of Belgium vos a majority of twelve in favor of she Liberal arty, A ivices from Constantinople of the 8d of August state shat in consequence oi the nnited protests of the Ainerican and English amnbaasvior, the Porte bad author zed the continuance of relic ous & trovers’ in the Protestant booloy prewic at, bow= ver, that ran Was not inmalted. ‘Ine Turk. ish Chieis who had become converts wmreto t contined at Karpowth, The Turkish ccison crop” is sad tobe more that four-fold what itewad lant year. Commercial. The funds in the Londen Money market were on y. Console remained at 89% a stor emand for disoount bad become rate —and the supply waa considerable, eat paper was down ## low os T's a 77s per with the bank rate at &. The Weat India cnt mail steamer had arrived with £617,000 in specie a considerable pertion of wt ich was expected t go pte the Bink e weekly returns of the Mink of reas the bulbem of 2 "49 radver fa Tid, Basle Th wed. tol ia tixed, Wews items. (Ly Telegraph to the Now Ywrk Sun.) Turns were, vesterday, in the port at Hulifax, N.S., six Liockade r IMOND papers ¢ ners Saturday aniiounce that a Union ferce is moving overland tr Pensacola to- wards Molle, Mo porticulars are givon, Tar subscriptions to the 10-40 loan, reported to Le Treasury Department yesterday, vtmount Jo, and te the jown $387 » total sutecrptiona to the latter loan ar . ry, of and Lux schooner J, W. Miner, Capt. Be from New York fur New Orleans, was struck by m the 10th iret. worvel, The Captain and crew arrived sl cimlelp hia yesters Mrxican advices received at New Oceans say that I lent Juarez bad by General Doblude, aud that the latver bad gone to Leen abandoned 8 Havana, afer being lod \ pey fifty thous. and ‘ollurs save his 'ife, Pwo cverniive, Ge Bioow and W.B. MoGlasson, were ex ed ot Braukfort, Ey. ov Saturday, i slanon fer the ovarder of Union citizens by Oa the Deh inst, mm Mowle county, a Wwincu men ons (quad of cuerrilas, and kil bra Kg sud Bare *h nowrious men Yut gx of the men who deserted froin We Iirse N {unpshire Cavalry, while the regimens was ‘urking on board the Constitution, at Base ton, on Buuday, buve Leen arrestet and sent to Port Warren in irons, Twenty ethers are stitl at large, ‘Tus steamer Courier, owned by the Momp)h!s and St. Louis Packet Company, wae burned to the water's olge.at nine o'clock Monday evening, while transferring her cargo of naval stores to the neval TWO CENTS IN was caused by the trnitlon of « barrel of naptha, Her cargo, @ valuable one, is @ hesvy loss to the Government. A “ Tur rebel General Buckner haa taken command of Dick Taylor's forces in Louisiana, The rebale around Alexandrte are seimng the property of | everybody, A number of woatthy planters sre living on rations, in consequence of their houses having been destroyed apd everything they pos senor! carriog off by the rebwte, The rebols are carrying ont @ conscription with great severity, but beth conseripte and refugeos swear thot they will capture and bold Dick Taylor's children se Lostages for the security of their families, Rrronts from reliable men in every county ip the State of Maine, whose attention has been es. pecially directed to inquiries concerning the stata of the crops, shows that the agricultural pre‘ucta of Maing, this year, will be abundant, and that, to the aggregate, Miine farmers, even at prices greate ly reduced frem thoee which now prevail, will ree ceive « larger money compensation than was over realized by them In any one year, It ls agratifys ing fact, proven by an organized investigation ja & majority of the loyal Btates that the prospects a€ the farmera were never better, and that, taking tbe crops as a whole, they are above the average of the Inst ton yoars. Genoral Intelifzenoe. (By Mail to the New York Sun.) Taw army worm in Loulsians is devastetmg whole plantations, Stonnann ft. Conny, of Montpetler, the new Rage {ator of the Treasury, waa a Rreckinridge Demo- erat four yeara ago, Tum Irish harvestis unusually promising, an@ will yleld remults above the average of the moss prosperous yeara, prnteare amusing themselves over Thutierta canal, Let them beware; it may yet prove to them that “last diteh"? in which will pere sh the hopes of the Coufederacy, The Raleigh Conrenenate gives the following returna of the gulernaterial election in North Carolina: Vance, 64, Tholden, 20,448—Vance's najority, 82,975, Foun hundred and sevonty-elcht Swedish emte Prints principally miners have just arrived tm oe, on their way to Lake Superior Copper pension of the judgment of the public, and aaye he will submit how far he has been guilty of the of« fences charged, and how tar ho has been the view tim of conspiracy and falso swearing, Tir court-martial, of which Colonel Rand, of the 4th Massachusetts, waa Presideat, which hae been i esion some weeks past at Norfolk, Va, wae wijourned on Baturday last, and all its members ordered to the front, uncer arrest. Tur Lowell Covnire offers a now * propos ition.” It is that one million of men sba!t volune teer for eix months and place their services at the disposal of the President, to pus an end to the wae in one campaign, Wao rr vumber of sheep in Obio, Is 4,800,000, andl this year's woot will be 19,000,000 pounds, wortht $15,000,000, Throughout the West the farmers ara taking the momey they get for their wool and ia- voating it in more abocp, as wool-growing is very! profitable just now, Miss Catnewine Brnouam, the well-known aad thoress, died recently in England in her 66th year. he wana strong-minded woman, devoted to w doing, and her numerous works arc imbued with e singular blending of high morality and against the Church of Rome and Jesuite, A rew daye ago a colored woman, residing Chatham Pour-Corners, Columbia Co,, N. Y, up her son at auction, at her house, as a a and sold bim to the highest bidder, The, wd, was a good-looking, robust prune dark \y, startex! at $400, and ran up to 41,000) at wianh he was knocked down to a lawyer of that village. ‘Tow Wash'ngton Stan narrates tho of o shocking scene that took place on ra! between Washington aud Harper's Ferry, on Mon« day. A train transporting about six hundred eol- diers from Washington to reinforce General Sheri- den, sone nt Bottaville station, wheres detech- ment of the Veteran Reserve Corpa are stationed, The solcters in the train n to amuse selvea by insulting the guard of the Reserve throwing apples at them,cal!ng all manner of Dames, accusing them of cowardice, &c, The sere geant in charge of the guard named Porter, at lass heeaine 60 frritated that he @iezod a musket and fired it at the soldiers on the tratn, killing one of thern and wounding another, The soldiers imme- dintely got off the tralu, beat Porter in a» terrible manner, took him toa tree, gave him three min~ utes to pray, and then killed him with thoir bey- ones. Tar Kingston Rarrisn Auzwoan contains an ase count of a disbolical etteupt made te injure the person of {ts proprietor, Mr. J. H.C bys young man named Furguson, eon of a member of the Canadian Parliament. It appears that an tlle fooling had exivted between tho parties, and Virguson took advantage of an opportunity offered by a boat excursion, in whieh he and Carman pare 1, to protify bis revonge, At night, the ne crowde!, Cortaam was sleeping yy wrof the asloon, when be ey awaken © stealthily approaching, Ho then feigned asleep, Dut took a qucck bance at the intruder, wrovedd tobe Furguson, The latter carefull: led suie substance on Carman's face e@ieyelas, and then retived Lehind the euclesure, where be was olserved to Muger and waten tho effects of the application, The e'- stance me ued, which Carman quickly removed from bia without opening his eyes, prove. to ben powertul drug, the smiallost particle of whica would have destroyed bis sight forever, had 1 ene tered the eyelids, A stNarLan ease of lunacytof two sisters recent- ly Wanspred in Ginsgow, Beotland, It appears that some ) ears ago w master mariner named we art accoinponied by two sistars respectively 44 and 38 years of age, went to revde in that city, Four years s.nce Captain Blowart died in Africa, wheres upon the twos.sters in o tremizy of grief shut theme seives up in their house, uod refused w bold intere course with the outeade world, A few wecks ago ht bit i the police sccompaniod by & medieal officer enterot the bovuse, tound the furuture, which waa of excellent qual't 1 the Moors covered with dusty that had ey not beer rbed for years, One room from which the firr ‘e had all been remove! was usod ag a re coptacle ior all kinds of filth and wasiudeseribal ly sleek ng. After searchs ing the open ¢ yhers the eigers were found ing darkened apariment in # elf clad, half starved, D eraciel coucstion, They seemed a reliclous el son, and protested removed frovy “the house of God * ‘Tuere ime and hance heen washed for § uur thew heir comb- Their wretched « mn could not have » from poverty an vers! hundred pounds were founa in the hous, They were reunovedt au inewne aby luau. ulls nder agra at beng called thatr home, More Unsrotrrunatr,’’—Coroner Collin beld an inquest yestemlay, ai Bellevue Hos. pital, upon the boty of Emma Russell, lute of No.o6 Ludlow st, Deceased came to the city receuily,ond was taken sick, I now appears, from molicines which she had taken to produce miscarriage, and during her i!lneas she took an overdose of lauda- num, from which abe died, Decessed was a native of England, aged 18 years. ’ (Continued en last mae.) "Onn aa oly aut eR SP SIRVE