The Sun (New York) Newspaper, October 22, 1864, Page 1

THE — ae ee -FIRST YEAR. ) AUMBER _10,076. s The Latest New's : By Telegraph to the WV, ¥. Sa.a. | rebar showing and ine. The works were at last abandoned, ami the men retreated, The enemy hed succeeded in turning the entire left wing of the army, It ie trus, vetersna of the Ninetecoth airy advan. ¢ on This movement wae suowesaty executed with consider Corpa tell back to suppors the « on left ins cenibamnsbepsiciaiaiad Corps fell back in partial goed order, and at no time were hey completes broken Thew remated e;an overwhelming necessity, Put the scene was nevertheless gloomy and cheer!css. Full atl of the Battle. ' the enemy's heavy guns and iwuskotry wae ap- A CLOUDY MORNING BUT) ambulances, wagons and trains presented al! the GLORIOUS _NIGHT. | enpearace of bed defeat. At this time—neariy broad daylight—the gallant + to arrest (ho Wide, and muistain the Fighth and N ne- THE ENEMY IN FULL ~ FLIGHT: teenth Corp; and bravely and nobly did they per sform their duty, The men wheeled into position, Rebel General Ramseur Dead. every order as coolly as though ther were on ¢ i parade Thus, they opened ranks to receive the Pro lamation by the President. str eglers, and then promptly closed » mid @ wivance, The epemy recoiled for e moment but ater " a rm did yiot break. Our art jlery were then brought N EW . I R¢ mM M ISSOL R I. into play, and all would have been well woh us Rosecrans in the Field. ready penetrated to Middletown, and thelr infan- try hed swing round on the turnpike, so as to PRICE IN A TIGHT PLACE. threaten t© turn our flank, Custer*s cavalry were teenth Corpe was reformed, and it and the Sixth TRE BRUERVED. The A DDITION Al. Prosebing nearer and nearer, and the hurrying Over 50G Huns "Taken }: Bixth Corps, posted in renerve, were swung round undeterred by the evidences of panic, and executed DAY OF THANKSGIVING APPOINTED. | 2'0.7.%. “re sasny sostal tare umes ta but for the fact the r 1 cavalry had ale Fate ‘of the Roa neke. orderel t check this movement when the Nice \0an VEESsts, » but wae Keveral guna were kiNed ond Our lines fell la lose were lost and a number of our men wounded, Including several officers back towawds Mildietown, was made, 4 Raid. PARTICULARS, Vermont where ancdher etand and the enemy mada eevacal furious bot unsuce wasful easaulta, Our men stood firm, . though sul fering heavily. General Ridwell was GENERAL SHERIDAN Killed here, and several line officers fo)’. The Battle of Cedor Creck. The prosy ecta now looked gloomy. We had heen Mm the lorh of October the rebel army, reemforeed | forced back from 8 good position with ¢ one of from General Lee's commands | gwenty pieces of artillers, and the ambulance and at Strasburg, and opened upon | medical mnrplies of the N neteanth carpe Rut our er pesition with a batters A heary infentey lines beld firm, and the enene at last demiated from attack and rerorted to artillere firing, which arminally dlarreased into a partial ull. The rebela, ubilant amd exultant retired to reat after the fur ic us battle that had continued from thre o'clock in the morreing Tecanncissance Was then thrown out by the enemy, when @ brigade of General Crook's cavairy ad- vanced, and a brisk skirmish enmued. Rubee quent.y the enemr fell back to Fisher's Hill, leav- (nw @trong pickets atretching thence north of Brrarbury the Shenandosh River. The want of forage evidently retarded the operations of the enemys. by compelling him to draw his sup- piles from and Staunton. Hence they made short marches, and seldom morad more than @ few miles from their base. Round Top Mountain and the neigh! eminencea were cleared and fortified by them, and they then commanded a view to DEFRA? TURNED TO 4 GLOCIOTA erovonr Ty wes now about 1! A. M., when a faint cheer wan heard in the rear, which gradually rose higher and clearer, Wtwas General Sheridan, who had galloped from Winchester, attimcted by the noise of the cannonsds’. His appeararee was a rnignal for the wildest en ‘buriasm. The sullen gloom of the men gave place to confidence and hope, Lexinetor ong and a ef onr position and operations Our ermy t ithe + F j s * | charge of the ev1emy which took pince a this time evcenpied the north branch of Cedar Creek, ' pit was bandsome? 7 repulsed. ‘The tide bad turned between the river and the turnpike running ihe retreas aa 0% a. A, hah le hook ypped. A. hy 04 5 from Biraaburg and Winchester, The Nineteensh ibaa Phe Sali Eee te ene 7. during which the troope were reorganized Army Corps ecupiel & position on the right and placed in position, The men joyfully greete! | of the turnpike, and formed our centre, oe Genere): Custis cavalry wate ob ihe lef. cunporied the indications of @ renewal of the contest : By ee PF Abont 4 ofcionks in the afternoon the order war by siarge artillery force, The Sixth Army Corps wes iu the rearof the Nineteenth and in reserve, and the entire line stretched from Cedar Creek to Front Roy Ine was not continuous, Heavy cavalry detach- menta, supported by infantry apd artillery, under General Crooks and other commanders, held irn- pertantan! intermediate points, and watched the enemy ao as to hod him in check and prevent any flank movement. Our was therefore in reality divided into short lines, the entire forees being within supporting distance of each other. On Saturday General Sheridan went to Washington mn relation to important movements that will be de- veloped hereafier. Durng hie abmence, the chief command devolrad on General Wright, of the Ry Birth Corps. A movement of this Corps to Front Roza), last week, gave occasion to a rumor that it was to be transferred overiand to General (irant given to advances and the.soldiers obeyed with an alacrity and devtaon that seeured the most glori- ous resulta, The astonished rebels were driven hack, end lost al! the spoils af the morning in a far shorter time than. it took them to win them, to- gether with @ lilveral per centage for Interest When night terminated the envagement, ver ifty pieces of cannon and. two thonsand prisoners had fallen into our hands, The ground loat in the morning waa alan recovered, together wih position lately beld by the enemy. Thum the gallant Sheridan anatched eiaory from the very jawa of defeat, and couverted what seemed a great disaster into one of the finest victories of the war, tance of twelve miles This long line the TRELPGRAPH, Forther Particulare of Sheridan Greene Victory War Deperrtment, Washington, Met of, 1140 Th wae anbsequently moved back, however, in con- sequence of certain demonstrations of the enemy, 4, M.—The following telegram, received this but it is probable that the enemy was in ignorance | Morning, contains further particulera of the vic of this change, and wae thus induced to make the | tory at Cadar Creek ; attack on Wednesday, Cedar Creek, Virginia, Oe, 11 50 4M, Genera) Crook oceupien @ position on the flank of the Nineteenth ¢ | Lisutenant-General U, rps aut fronting him wes @ & Grant, City Point thof brush aud underwort It now appears | We beve again been favnced by a great victory, soet on T y afternoon sud evening, the eves | won from disaster, by the yallantre of our officers wit wience and ce atrved to | guimen, The wtesck aa the enemy was rade tases Jurde forces bebing thie covering, anu kept | ghout ) P.M, by a left ho.’ wheel the whole | then in pos Without giving alarm uotil near | jine, with e division of aavalry turning each flank | devioht whes Were suddenly thrown upon | of she enemy, the whole line wivanciug General Crook 4, Qoubllag .tup sudroil- |] The enemy, after @ stubborn resistance, fug it back upo Nineteenth Corps, which Waa] broke wod fed, aod Were pushed with vigor thrown G So ewilt wae the asawclt | The artillery captured will probably be over that mar { ad not time to discbarge fifty pieces, Thin, of courmy includes what were thelr guos and others tired them simultaneously aptured from our troops in the early morning, with the ash herebel ciusketry A dense mist] at least sixteen bumdred prisoners bave been hung over ¢ valley the preceding evening end | proughs ia; wleo Wavon® and ambulances in large favorea the deelons of the enemy, bet towards | pumbers, This neraing the cavalry u.ade » dash mornings it partially cesred aw. fue enemy j at Fisher's Hill and carried it, the enemy boving ame tr ad eh oud Ung Iu the | fed during the night, leaving only a small rear | 1, * mm bh infict Upon us @] puard, There to regret the | many valuable s plete sucpilse, Ou bal not time to fully | officers kilbed aud wounded, amony them Colone man the breast orks before the aasault commenced | Joseph Thorburn, commanc 4 division of me of t ja their tents | Crook's cominand, killed; © J. Howard j ped tuelr bia were, however, | Kitchen, commanding a brig suded ; © eweptoway before the revieticss aivance, and the | one! R. G. McKenzie, commanding a brigade, on) y object of our ers Was to save the artillery. | wounded severely, bus would not leave the field But the difenives of the pround precluded this | T cannot yet give exact details, Many of our men and a Penn a battery of x gine fell into the captured tn the morning hare nisde thelr escape and are coming in. Kamseur, commanding a di- vision in Farly's army, died this morning. P. H. Snenimas, Ma).4zen. Commanding." The : exert ‘bre army was by eveenth Corps was drav ader Genera! Ex handa of the rebels. off by ine The ¢ the Ne the miccess, the en pasd down upon .t ther guns were brought 5 re aroused, and up on the right of uory. Flushed with mit grey of the morn and attacked it fiercely thie ti turnnk Genera! Grant's eppreciation of the victory at by, in the ti 4 | Cedar Creo ia expressed in the following dis- in k and front. An exact range, obtained by pated: the rebel artillery onthe oprosite elde of Cedar | City Point, Oct, 20.8 o'clock, P M —Ilon, Ed- Creek, grea twriitate? bs success Our men | yin M. Stanton, Sieretary of War: Ih sulute wer throwr partial confusion by the of one bundred guns from each of the armies here sirseglers from General Crook's command who | ¢req in hover of Sheridan's lass victory, Turning poured | They nevertheless made a splendid | what bid fair to be a disaster into a glorious victory defence, and fought bravely to Keep the enemy at | gigmpe Sheridan what I have always th ight hin, bey. General M Cauley's brigade distinguished | on of the ablest of generals iteelf, by the laring and energy of its defence, But | U.S. Gaawt, Lientanant-General the impetuowire of the rebel attack in heavy | ‘ A salusencoabainat: ous thin linh aradualie, doreed | The Medical Director reports that seven hundred and weventy slightly wounded have reached Wis chester from the fel’, A'l the wounded thet are who were alan bewildered be the pecurits, and the nose of the back cur men, partial darkness and _NEW, YORK _ The rell of | SUN. ‘ SATU RDAY, | abie to bear transportation will be forwar led im. mediately to Martinsburg. Fowrt M Brastos, Secretary of War, Appeal from the Sanitary Commiston. Wae'ington, Oct, %1.—The neets of those wounted in the rocent firhte have made heavy drefte upon the bounty of the Sanitary Commis- ion, and the reports of ite storehouses show a de- crease of the stock on hand, Hence, an appeal ta officially mace to aid societies thronghont the land t forward largely to the various branch depots of the Banitary Commiaaion Moreby’s Movements Washington, Oct, 20--From a privata letter date! Piedmont, Va, October 15, we make the fel- lowing interesting «ummary “Last night,’ saye the writer, “six milea from Pied- mont, we took Moseby's artillery, on the top of « mountain and ine denen thicket, How he got tt there isa protlem. From s captured rebel captain we learned the whereabouts of this artillery. There were four pieces; three howitrera, two 6-pound and one 12-pound, and » steel Griffith gun, S-inch, Moweby's command conaista of alc companion Company A, Thirteenth New York Cavalry, bave been quite auccessful in this pursultof Moweby within a few dave. of news: From Missouri. Rosecrans on the War Path, Lovie, Mo, Oct, 0, cia Pittabury, Oct, 2M The Jefferson City correspondent of the Demo- onat, tinder date of the 19th instant, aaye that everything looks much favorable to-night The neve trom General Curtia te moet cheering. General Rosecrans took the field to-day, and to- night is many miles from here. General Price hae ce to al) deserters from bia army at more declared an art! who have heen bush whack him, Pll Anderson will jc Quentiell isto be promoted and ala te report te ing. and they are‘joining n him in «few days. 8 Brigadier General haven dometon Holte law ia Price. Thin shows that the querrilia leaders in thie Atate are commiasioned officerain the regular Confeierate apemice Lieut Colone) Hynes, of the [ith Tiinois Veteran Cavalry, who was captured at Glascow, and parolled, ex cannot fight mounted, and that our infantry are more than a match for them. Fle also anya that Price has thirty thousand men. tt, Jackman ist clearly presece the opinion that the rebels Louw, Ort. 1. Thelossef property atthe capture of Giaagow be the rebele will amountte 150,000 Fushts of Colonel Mea colored regiment, under Lieut were at tacked near Fort Donelaen on the ith, by 240 querriVias | Three charges were repulaed, when the rebels fled, leasing 40 killed and wounded on the field. One loss waa four killed and ten wornded, Among the killed was Lieut: Johneon St, Louia, Oct, 21.-The Dumoe City apecial save that the rebels re-crossed the M sourt river, at Bermuda, day before \eaterdar The 1 Rronswiek, Keotsville and Carroll. ton, and are plundering them. Go! | camped at Fayette, of bushwhackere, Gen, Fiske is repairing the rai! rowd west of Jefferson City. The inst heard from } Price way that hit camp wea at Waverley, in the County, 0 His tran numbers evidently men, rthor's Johnson. avis deferaon now b 1. Perkius en- Howard Co. with t a regim: northeastern corner of Lafayette crans ie following hin ne closely over 400 wagons which be iw trving to get through the southwestern portion of the Stata Price and the howue Governor Reynolds are reported to have had two quarreia the latter thinking it practicable to hold the State, the former not There ia trouble brewing {n Price's camp Mant of his ¢eers swear they will not go back to Arkansas, bot oll remain in Missouri whether he does or not Sf, Loui Oot, 21 Whe TDewocearta Jefferaon O\ty epecial says, that General © fighting Price's advance «ll day | River, ter while he himself goes through Kansas irtia has been on the Little Blue iniles from Independence. Curtie wil! stand foro regula: engagement if Price will | tinne the conflict con Rosecrans wil! soon he ne The Rebel Ratd in Vermont. Fall Particolars. The rebel raid into St. Albans, Vt, telegraphic accounts of which have been published an the Ben, that 'asimnilar de- State village, it was one of the most andactous acts the war U | Inonstration eocured in a border f villany has occurred during would bave been nothing worthy special notice ; but occurring a thousand miles from the seat of | war, in » quiet little New England village, it ie irr portent as (natrattuy the legpthet these outlawa wil! go. The devaile of the attack show that the bandits were about thirty so number, thas they were nearly a}! Southerners, and that they | | arrived in the villave in separate squads, at differ | ent totervals during the rtwo preceding the | eexanilt Part of then were dressed im the unifor f United Stutes officers; they stepped at the botela fu winull squads avoded wiogliug auch & bend excited not the hleat aus are | their purpose, At about three o'clock in the after } noon of Thursday, wheu the village was even | inere quiet than umial—the monotony the J strects disturbed only by the ps f lazy | country Wayons at By intervals the | alurra was first ecunded, Portions of the | Danaite entered each ot the three banks #imulte~ neously, presented therr pistols at the heads of the cashiers, demanded their surrender, ani proceeded to appropriate the funds, Other members of the band remained in the street, al! being armed with seven-barreled revolvers, and bear inate fire upon citizens as fast as they appeared! upon the street. Village was fomenting with ex rushed into the streets af the syn were met by the robbers with vi revolvers, Bo well were the ‘atter distr the street, and so promptly did they Man that appeared, that the wildest: and alarm prevailed, and several rons were wounded-two mortally, After having the money in the banks—amounting in the avgre- gate to nearly #250,000, and having also robbed a store of @500—the bandits next commenced a earch for borees, with which to rmoake their es. cape, The requisite number were soon htained, | and, afier avowing that they were retaliat re for the i\l4reatrnent of reves by our armies thas an tement. Cilizens /f firing, and in their buted slong ve fro fie ob every ousternation secured _ OCT BER indiser'm- | In « few minutes the whole | oo) . 22, 1864. = _ = Pm ~< —= — they were soon oceming beck to bam every town im the Stat et. they mounted ther stolen borses, and started for the Canada ling distant fiiteen miles, “rs hed mace ther @6& Which Was only shout twenty tee after the attack waa maig the ex- citel people gathered in the atreeta, armed with every species of weapons, and began preparstions for pursuit, Atthe same time the intelligance of the ral wae telegraphed to the Canadian suthort- tine and also to those of the State of Vermont. Captain Conger then @@dected about a dozen armed me mounted Khem @ 4d started io pursuit of the beanuith, whole others prepared as rapidly ae pos. sible to foil The result of the pursuit baa been siready reported by teoxraph, When the news became known la other towns along the bordar, tn- tense excitement prevailed, the people fearing that the aitack ou Bi, the prelude to a more f n by rebels from Canad. of several of the rol Proparations Wever, bo resist any attack that may hereafter bo made, and should the St. Albans oute rage be repeatelthe rebels will probsbly meet with *® hing recephion, As soon as the r ow, A\bans Waa only sinble sovnal but the subsequent capt rm bers tended to allay appre m0. ere making, he Telegraph Prompt Action of the Canadien tsoverne ment. Quebes, Oot. 21 Information of the at Albans outrage was communicated to the Government yea- terday. A num vf detectives and @ bealy of troops were tromediately dispatched to the frontier, with orders to arrest the parties at all hazards. The frovernment ta filly determined ts use every pas- able means to puta atop to auch abuses of Cana- fian hospitality, Ifthe opportunity is afforded, an example will be furnished to prevent aimilar et ber tempte in the future. The police are on the track fthe reblera Rurinoton, Vi, Ort M1 A telegram wae re ceived Inatervening at St Albana from St Jol an “We have elecen men under arrest, 000 Private ieteen persona hace barn in the matter will take place before Fudge © OF Ce at St Johnna, to-tnor belong to the Confede rate seorion ant hare employed eminent lawyers My The priconara claim thet, » the grounds of the decision in the which save in all, eracovered about 3h Napatehoe atate that captured. A hearing vir row Tle raideractaim te utreal for ther defence ease famous heen arreate! in At raid, but all bot tw proof Chesapenke case Raveral persone have Albans as accessori¢w to the Jiseharved for want of one as seore | The latter are kept in cute wiinews agninet the other The Fate of the Roanoko. Arrival of the Vraseengers and Crew at Rermadn The Vewel Kurned. Hatifar, NS Get Tho brigantine Mathilde arrive) voaterday fron) Rormuda, reporta that on the Tih, while on tho presage from Rermuda te | Halifax, waa ordered to heave to by @ steamer, which afterwards proved ty be the captured ateamer Roanoke Ninety-five passengers and the crery, inch ordered to Kormoda, © Jing #ix Women, were put on bin wease!, aod ere he Innded ¢ yon The Roanoke was afterwards burned! The fever at St Te atitl 4aturiay fieorge was abating. raged badly at Hamilton The Pennayivania Election. Harrisburg, Oct Ul County [ie 1 219; The official vote in Mercer shows ea Colon majority of 487, Union loss, Wyoming County, official Den. majority, Dern, gain, 190 We have now offeial returna from (4 counties, in which the total Democratic majorities are 89,815, and the total Uo.on majorities 39,457 Jeflaraon aud Forrest Counties are yer to be beard fram, Jefferson is reported to have given 160 Dom mayor- ity, and Forrest 49 Union majority showing @ Umoo ma tity on the home vote of 56. The foliowing is the offcial aggrewate of the solavers’ wote as far aa received at the Secretary A Btate's Union vote 14291, Damacratic vote RIT Ur majority, thug far, on he aol. vote, 10,277 | Othe jon diers’ The Indiana Election. Ort, 21. 4c antler Indiana give Morton ® majority Cineinnaly, ial retirne from all but ten « of 21,000. The Vote of Maryland. Baltimore, Get. 2) --Owin to delay in receiving the official returns of the soldiers’ vote on the new Constitution, there has been consideravle uncer- tarnty felt me to the rev » which iy however, now f the Commis. removed by the arivel “Bight slouer seat to col.oct the vole ta idau'« army | The ew Conmiitution Las bea clearly adopted by pe ronjorty of bob lew theo S00 Beveral oryani- | mati um iucluding the Od Reyiment tn Western | | Viriula aud the df Cavalry at Bort Gaines, Mo Uile ay, it id eapected, Wil Cousiderably Lucresse the majonty, Maryluod Politics Baltimore, Oct, 1.4 Charles FE. Phopa Inte of the 4th {or ty { who was wounded and the battle of Tanover Court Mouse, wae to-night up ously nom! nated fhe the f Cut at the District, in the f the Hou, Winter Daviy the pr Deserters Not to eeenk mem. be Credited on Quotas, Washington, Get, 21. Provost Marshal General Fry, ine letter tothe Mayorof Washington, asys thaterais will be aliowed only for such men ag »btaines'’ by Persous who ere report are not considered by the f the Morsbal General's Bureau, as fthelaw, T credited, uuless they a. are" the draft drawn aud fa! laweofficers + vernment, nor by the Provost “obtained”? in the will not, therefore, be | be subsequently arrested lu vow of this Cecision, some uteciizens have taken measures to the whercatouts of those who have failed to report, olfer.ng a reward of 350 for every such drafted tan we vice mean.ng and held to service. of our prot discover tony be caught and held to 6er- FYrom New Orleans. The etesmship E. B Souder, from New Orleans seven days “ith cotton and passengers, arrived last evening There ta not ronch news by this ar- Mutamoras was taken possession of hy the on the eh ult, rival | French ¢ The schooner Florence See TE ER ae ew Anwoe ONE CENT IN GOLD TWO © ENTS hi ithe Lake Y. Bere Wes beards’ by tha sekels Bape. ou, off Texas Point, month of the Rio Granda and mn achore and burned. Proclamation by the President. Day of Thanksgiving Appointed. The following proclanation was promulgetef this afternoon: Br tha President of the United States of America; = A PROCLAMATION, Tt has pleased Almighty God to prolong our nav onal life another year, defending ue with THis «uartian caro against unfriendly designs from ebroml, and vouchssfing to ain His mercy mauy anu signal victories over the enemy whois of our own household. Ithas also pleased our Heavenly Father to favor as well our citizens in their homes, es our soldiers in their carmpe and our sailors on the rivers and peas, with unusual health, Ho hae largely augmented our free population by emanci- pation end by immigration, while He bae opened, to us new sources of woalth, and bas crowned the labor of our workingmen, in every department of industry, with abundant reward, Moreover, He haa Leen pleased to animate and inspire our minds snd hearte with fortitude, coursgs and reso- lution, muficient for the great trial of civil war, into which we have been brought by our adherence, as @ nation, to the caus of freetom and humanity, and to aflord to as reasonable hopes of an ultimate an! happyide- liverance from ali our dangers and afflictions. Now, therefore, l, Abraham Lincoln, President of tho United States, do hereby appoint and ans apart the lass Thursday in November next as a dav which I desire to be observed by all my fellow- citizens, wherever they may then be, asa day af thankagiving end prayer to Almighty God, the beneticent creator and ruler of the Universe; aad I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverenily humble themselves tn the duet, and from thence offer np penitent and fervent prayers end suppli- cations to the great disposer of events, for @ returm ofthe inestimable biessings of peace, union and harmony throughout the land, whieh it hae pleased Hin to aseign ase dwelling-place for oure selves and our posterity throughout ell generes tions, In testimony whereot hand, and caused the aa he affixed Done at the Cite of Washington, this Mb tee FOctober, in the year of our Lord, 1964 and the independence of tha United States the 9th. Annanam Lrxoous v the PresidentWm. H. Seward, Secretary af General Intelligence. (By Matl to the New York Sun,| Tre Cincinnat! Peace Convention adjourned ain@ die yerterday, without making any nominations, Tun decease of General Kirney will give Generel Terry the command ofshe Teath corps. Lony Lyons says that our Government i noe fully aware of the utter weakness of thu rebellion. A pre: took place near St. Louis Mo, on Tuan day, between two captains of the Fourth Minasnrt Cavairy, Une of the duchate was anotia the lets breast. Sreverar of the Mow York regiments in General Grant's army have already cast their votes for Hreaident. All the Connecticus regiments have blao voted, R uae ‘D papers report that the United States giinboat Aipnon was lntely blown up and aunk, dy a ahel! fired into her from Fort Fisher, below Wil- mington, North Carolina, while aho was close in shore off that rebel work. Top lest Thureday in November falls this yaar’ on the 24th, and will be the orthodox Thankagir~ ing Dav. It has heen already designated aa auch. by the Governors of Massachusetts and New Hampe shire, and the Governors of the other asstes are likely to fellow the example Riockanm-nONNtng across the Lower Py has been quite extenaively reeumed Within the last three weeks, one of the Potomac flotilis, the Yankee, alone, has destroyed thirty smal! boate found on the Virginia shore, and whieh hed been used inthe trade, Recently enveral runners have been captured, A ranry of boys attempted to get up a torchlight procession in Graneville, the other day. Ther Ned a Government wagon with torpedoes, ahoot- ing crackers, aky-rockets, and # braas band, fol lowes by @ lot of juveniles At the start the hand struck up, the mules ran of, the fireworks explod~ ed in the wagon, the drum bursted, the wheel cama off, the boys and band fell out,the mules fell down, tLe horns were mashed, and the procession wap pronounced a “a big thing on wheels,"* Iv any one, says & correspondeat, doubted the wisdom of the order depopuiating Atlante, those doubts are now removel, Sherman well kuew the taction Hood wonld be compelled to employ, aud be made provision sceordingly., Suppose t 20,000 U Inbal) itanty of the clty were there now, con- pment rakons—and they could have og else —what would be the ooneee quence? dt requires no extraordinary adept in polilcal eooucwy bo wee tho results which would necessarily follow, LOCAL NEWS. WEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, have berennta at moe of the United States ww inte. Connurrion,—There has perhaps never been a time in the history of thie city when official car- miption was se gencral now, Itseems to have permeated nearly every department, and «!! off- cial# are competing for the distinction of supermor reaeality, A number of affidavits duly sworn to Lave recently been Inid before the Mayor, alleong that in one of the leading departinenta of the City Governinent pomltiong have been eyatematically fold to mibordinates, at rates from #100 to #200 The evidence here adduced, wiieh sorms (6 be come elusive, shows that chef officers of the department {n question have been in tho bubit of hing men possessed of a lithe capita’, end offering w procure for them situations ‘pn the said department, by whieh they won!d obtain sslarca of 3600 and upwards—4the consileration be ny the sums before stated, It further appears from the evidence, that the parties who thus pr wure! positions, ind who paid for thern an ageregate of 85,000, were guaran- teed a term of three years’ service. They were regularly accepted, furnished with badges of offices, entered up n their duties, and received the ealnries agreed upon for s short time, after which the pay- ments became slack, and finally entirely coxsed, the officers with whom they had contracted making various evasive replies to their claims for payment To obtain the malary out of which they were thie muleted by an official of the department, the com: plainants have brought the fares to the notice of the (Conttqued en lag pegs.)