The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 12, 1864, Page 1

- -_ THINTY.FIRST VEAK. } NUMBER 10,094. , The By Telegraph to the VV. Y. Sun. FROM GEN. SHERMAN'S ANMY. SITUATION VERY FAVORABLE THE “DARING EXPEDITION.” GOOD ALWs TO COME. Victory in East Teanessee. ENEMY UTTERLY ROUTED. Rebel Army Driven 44 Miles. AFFAIRS AT JOHNSONVILLE. Great Destruction of Federal Stores, NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, Resignation of Gen, McClellan. SEVERE TORNADO AT CHESTER, ILL. A Town Blown Down, Lo of Lite. LATEST ELECEION RETURNS a Cee SS &e., CENERAL SHERMAN: Fverything Favorable Lowesrtlle, Ky, Nov.10.—The news from Gen Bherman's army is bighly important, but as yet de contraband, @ur arms Everything is mosi favorable for (By Mail.) Washington, Now 10. Sherman has atarted on one of those daring expelitions whiet bave gained him so much renown, and may next be heard from near the Atluntic. He has a large and well provided force, with good eupplies of Provisions and ammunition, and # ataff of pay- masters amply supplied with finl4. Those who think that military operations have ceased until mext Spring, w.li soon find that they have not been Well posted, G@ neral Defeat of the Rebels in Enst Tennessee Nashville, Nov, 10,~Eaat Teanessee advices ave been rece.ved of a highly interesting nature General Gillem h terly routed the enems, driv- $os therm in great confusion forty-four miles, wdvance is ninety miles east of Knoxvi rebels are at Bristol, wand are strengthene Our The by Vir- ginia militia, Hoots exact whereabouts ts un- known by the authorities The Federal moves mente Will be developed at the proper time, the ‘enticipated success of which will ¢ y the antion. Ali the published reports concerniug the destruction of government prowrty op land at Johnsonville are greatly exnuwernted, The town Qa stil] in our poseess. @4. No apprebenri ns tte wafety. The destruction of government and Private property on the river is complete, and in- wolves immense toss, A furious storm has raced bere during tio last eigitdave The Tennessee ‘ana Cumberland ri uy and is MK!Y garrison re entertained in regerd to orsare tremendously high, ‘Na Mail Nashville, Nov A party of thore who ecrorsed the Tennesers ago @t Bainbridve, mace araid on the Tennessee ant Alabama Railroad in the vicinity @ Thompson Btation, ten milos south of Franklip, and tore up a portion of the track ; one car and engine of the train were thrown aud badly in rebels, probab'y some days from the track pate The rebels are reported to be 150 strong, here in no news of impo tance fr he vicinits of Johnsonville, The rebels seem to hold the'r p tion on the west bank ofthe river, Only a small *body of cavalry has ns yet crossed anywhere in that nity, Distrnat re you may heor of disasters to our arms | reason, OY B@ report was prevalent on trecis of Nashville, which doubtless is travelliug North us fost as cop: Pperhends can carry it, that the depot at Jolinsous ville bad been burued, together with all our stores houses, and an jiumense truth is that but one si * boa been bur end that took tre ace vat the ume burning of our gunboats, and it ts ne amouut of stores. T bow whether any portion of Hood's old site Johnsonville, Buch os wer have diwnpesred, and ly Forrest's left, Iam confideotin my i easion dermonstration ob Juhnsouville was ¢ neier, and of the Us any tor Beboficld is ia chief com From Missouri. Confirmation of rice’s Defeat Ww St. Louta, Nov tonfirm the ace 0) on the ¢ aun and fifty kiNe wagont overtulren at Fayettevior, @isb with their flank took 7 foardto have crossed the Arka Abia, unless General piccle has intercepted them, TD apatches to headquarters with Price at Nowe loss wae four fifty destroyed. The rebels were again 1 ond w 1 ule , aud were huvsas, aul a gkir- They are ups river be ore From Washington. Resignation of Gen, MeClellan Special dispaiches from Washington, toufirm the report of Gouersl Mevlclian's res, na- von. It is said thata letter was re at th» War Department, coutainmg the forma! res! quation of his commission 28 Major Geveral in the fh lar Army of the United States, Mis letter ree ported to be pungent ond brief and it (s understood the resignation will be accepted. General McClellan, as senior Major General ia the United States regular army, Was third in rank in the United States regular and volunteer forces, and wok precedence of all others, the Premdent except- ed, who is Commander-in-Chief under the Consti- tution, and Lieutenant Gevera! Grant. In the ab- rence of the laiter, be would, therefore, when in wtive rervice, rank al) other officers in the se:- wee, erday, vet ia Latest News >| tor the delivery of those men for execution. | | T roughout the nuletime #ince heuring of ha | Impendinys doom, however, Wolf has retained bis | sclf-poreese.on, and baa not given way to apy morked display of feeling, He ia of the Bapriat faith of religion, and asked permission for the at. | tendence of 4 Baptist minister to admouister the | consclations of religion | Tornado at Chester, I. (reat Destraction of Property, Lowisg Mow Now 10 -A terrible tornale Passat over the town of Cheater, Ninoig at two ‘clock yesterday morning Over a doren houses were blown down and completely demolished, burying the sleeping intnates in their ruins. Five | Persons were killed and twelve or Neen wounded, | several of *, A brick church was Several akitfe on the river were arly the fourth of @ mile up the bluff? | St Lonia Nov. 11, loss of property by the | tornado at Chester IM, ts about 60,000, The f Rando'pb, seven miles distant, aleo suffer- ed severely ly all the bouses in the place St them severe Diown to atomea, ‘carried town were b en down. Farly Getting Ready for Another Came palan A rrespondent, writing from Sheridan’s hesd- Qiartersy Nov, 5 enyat Gen Early and hin rebel army are at Newmar eh Where everything {@ life and activity, fn res | organizing and preparing for a late fall campaign. Eorly sweare be will give Gen, Sher ‘sarmy another trial hefore snow falls in the Valley, and | that he will either aweep our army from terre | | Bema or die in the attempt, The army now under | | direct control of Barly consiats of about ten thou- | | sod meno of all arma, some of whom are on'y partially equipped. The rebels have already commenced to show themaely in amal! pare Hee on the flanks and in front of our position. The rebela have jnet organized a ayater or cordon of flag signals from points on the North Mountain, over! ing our position, and leading to beyond Fisher's IN, and possbly to New 1, With a good fied glass the rebel signal face are seen in fall operation, and at night the fare are replaced by torch lehts—tblue, white ana red flashes. Mosby fs sti! operating om our line | of communteation between bere and Martinsburs n person, with a portion of his command, tween Winchoater and the latter named place ; | the other portion contines itself on the line between W ouchester and Cedar Creek, Yesterday afternoon Qu army Wagon, edcurted by ten cavalry soldiers, Wis attacked by KuerrJias between Newton and this place. After a brief affair seven of our t were captured, one was killed and two eact t« ved, | Our men were deceived from the fact that the rebels were clad in Ln ted States cavalry coate eu pants. The real character o. the rebels were not known until the rebe) ir politely requested cur men ty “eurrouder or die."* From Mobile Bay. The New Orleans Timms publishes the following letter : Fort Morgan, Now 1—Though matters remalu in a quescent state, frorn a tuilitary point of view, yet mach indone to render the troops here more comfortable Both at this pont and Fort Gaines, houses are springing up in all directions, and the “ tamountof bua ness cone by the Quarterr ter’) Department gives an sir of business, act and bustle quite city-like, At Fort Gaines, s saw mil has Deen put in operation, and everything nce of the presence of a people who bare come to stay. Under the direction of the E Corps all the damage done these torts has been re- paircck and they are te-lay sirouger than when the fleet paseed them, The health of the troops is improving. here bave beou a great many casos seury. und of fever and ague, but these discasos are passing awey, and the boyaare returning to duty, General Bailey, for some time in command her as DOOD ANS pL to Pensacola, Where he 1s eodiny to bis already great reputation os an offer whe wives the rebels no quivt and toflicts us much damage ou them us pousiole. h A Sad Neceaslty. The st, Louie Rercsticax, Nov the fliowing : Mator Enoch C. Wolf who int day next, in retaliation for the men, of Major James Wilson, bas been examined before the Provost Marshal, From this e tion, we learn that Major Welt wa 1 county, Obie pis thirtyesix veare of age, and bas @ wife andl tive children in Fulton county, Ark aasas, where he rea ded on the breaking out. « Sth, contains he shot on Fri- killing, by Reeves" He emi crated to Arkansas when quite man, an n the Mex uniter ¢ ptain Potters company ; wos at ther batiles in that wor, Ile w worn into the Robel service as a captain, in Randolph ecanty, Arkansas by Major Harcunt, mn the 7th of Beptermber, 1561, se: 1 uine waonths and resigned: was sworn ta in on the fl of Anoust, 1804 Never took the » to the United Staten Ge duke and € in Io, nmentbas served unter Gens. Marna- beland was at thesiege of Port Pillow. Was in the battle of Partniugton, and all of Prive’a fights in Missouri in 1864, He isn Southern eympath'zer, and does not wish to seo the South putdown, Has been in the camps of | his command in Tennessee, Missisaipp!, Arkaasas and Missouri, The tact that be war selected es the victim tor retaliation for the killing of Major Wil- 1 Was mado known to Wolf yesterday morniy. it without the slightest rant estation and made noreply to the annow + Later, however, he showed more intere aud said he had opposed she killing of Wilson + | also declainod agaiustihe injustice of killing nocent wen for the ommes of others, He anid he | thought Reeves* Major ought to be executed for | Major Wilson, and Reeves? men for the others, sbich would necess tate a formaldemand on Price x (By Telegroph ) Nov, 11,—The rebel Major Wolf, or- he shot towlay, ‘np retaliation for the mur. | Major Wilson, was yesterday respited four- Rosecrans, b was received from the President, direct. ing the suspension of the execution of Major Wolf unui! furcher orders, St, Lowisy tered t der teen days by Gen Subsequently a dispa Papers on the Pirate Florida, Among the documents captured on Lourd the p'- rate Florida, was tho letter book of the command. ine officer, contaluing hia official reports from the first of this year, and his correspeudence with o{f\- cials at the several ports whero he touched. One of | the curious documents thus bronght to heht, lea letter from Vice Admira! Hope, of the Bath News, | referring to a case where the Florida had burnt American ship, which was known t ont Brinsh papers only te proieet itself, The Vice Acmiral states en phutica that Beiuah popers mitst, under all circumstancer, protert the vedsel holding therm, and announcea that he orders to attack and eapture any ¥ hereafter be guilty of the Florida's acti \e troubles of the pirate in getting food, e.. supplying itself with coals and ‘n mak.ng veces. eury repairs, A letter written at Bahia the day be- fore the cap.ure, aske the Brazilian authorities to | have certain repiirs made for bim in the Govern- | ment Navy Yard, Que of the official reports sheds | some light on the fate of the U. 8, steamer Electric Spark, captured on her way from Now York to New Orleans, with mails, ofteial dispatches, and a n, Otbor rain the book reveal the constantly recurring neers in | valuable assorted corgo, Th t - | ily firet intention was to put tm a prise crew and to run into Wumington, bus my difficulty ea the went cf a comPtignt man to sup her co- NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1st gines, T sent two of our best fremen aboant, but they were totally incompetent. Under these cir cumstances T deemed it better to aink ber, but Atrove to give the passengers the idea that we hav carried her off to make a tender of her, or had taken her into Wilmington," State Election Returns, New Vork. Albany, Noe 11,—SufMfelont returns have now been rece’ved here to indicate beyond a doubt the success of the Republican ticket in the State, by from 5,009 to 7,000 majority LINOOLN MAJOTITICSN (Corrected from the Latest Returna.) Allegany, ent, . B00) Oneida Broome. . Cattarauyus, Cayuga Chautanqua Orleans Chemung Onwegry esto. ... Cortland Otwevoy est Thlaware, eat St, Lawrence Dutchess, Saratoga, ent Benex, est.......5 Sebuy lor, est Franklin Stenten Fulton & Ham ,eat Suffolk Creneaser, rat Views... . Herkimer, est fompkins.... Jefferson Warren, est Lewis, reported Washington 1,800 Livingston, oat, Wayne Muiison.... 0.5 W) oruis Mouree Yates eat... Niawure ‘ Total Union majorities... MCLELLAN MAJORITIES, Albany ... 2700 KR a ° “ Clinton vee G4 Schenectady Columbia, 20 sohobarie e Erie... . Greene, OMb o. 6. oe Kings B12 Beneca. Sullivan Ulater, Montyomery li) Westehoster New York... R708 Putnam 40) Total apparent mayo \ Fee Ca 1,200 Apparett majority Rensselaer, , 1) for Lincoln. ..... 6157 Richmond . 1,810 Many of the above majorities, it wil be perceive, are cet mate! The tures will be corrected fast as received. Pe Harrisburgh, No syivania. 1.—A here on the basia of the October vote, places the State on the home vote at between §,000 aud 10,000 Union majority, Philadelphia, gives McCiellan y » 12 Ls Dine Democratic Norks County ¢« M.Cle “Aa! uw G1 majority A785. Kain over 598. Kenrtacky. St. Lovia, Nov. 10 man aud Clinton, Kentucky, give Union majorities Fast Tennessee. plul estimate mace Mf. News Itoma, Ap Telegraph to the Neve York Sun.) Seven. Ponnaylvania State Avents were placed under arrest in the Arty of the Potomac on Wed- Deeday, on account of their having blanks with names spelled wroue. They are held to await the decision of the Seeretary of War, the matter having | been referred to bum, | Gimw. Watracr, commanding In }euel an order Raltimore, is on Wednesday, declaring thas all pe sons within the Middle Department, heretofore blaves, are now free, and are ander #epecial mill tary protection until the Logislature shall make suitable provision for then, To this end, he had ishel a Frestinen's Bureau in) Baltimore, the commander of which will have power to en- foree the or All the money required for the support of gho paid | froetmen, est er and provide for the freedmen. nexces of donations ts to be ottained cies upon rebel aympathizers in Baltimore, | The order g It will be ren 1 that » fow weeks ago General Meade jasned an order to the effect that | any regiment which should exhibit disgraceful ifthe enemy should be relfewed of ite colors tnt hat vindicated ite reputation on the battle. Several regiments wore, un lor this order, deprived of thelr colory On the Tth Snatant an order restoring the colors of the follow- ing regiments agre was nto immediate effect mber conduct in the fac ly to the above provision, ssued: Exghth New York Heavy Artillery, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth New York Volun- Thirtg-sixth Wisconsin, Tho aay onter also perm Met aeversl regiments to carry colors: Which bad lost them without dishonor, teers, and Genera) Intelligence. (Bu Maui to the New York Sun.) Tur yellow fever haw disappeared at Newhern, N.C. Turerres thousand bales of cotton will be raised in Binalom, Mexico. this year, Tar President has recognized Teodora Manara es Cor aul of Guatemala at New York, Tuvee hundred mi 8 of dollara have been paid to soldiers for bounties, ao far, during the war Gen Krapira, one of the Hunvarian patrioty re- cently won $7,000 franes ino an hour, at @ gaming table, say the Parisian journals Capt Greens, of the Caliiornia Volunteers, with 1s men, baw within the Jastinonth recaptured 5,000 stolen sheep from the Indiana in New Mexico, A ecnsrerete broker ia Concord, N HL, anya that, since the war commenced, be bas put 2,000 inen in the United States service, ‘Tene were 29,402 voters’ nameson the liste at Toston, on Saturday last, over 4,000 having been neasee is unanimous for Lincoln, Thomas Nelson | @diled mince tho lists were pron! comes out squarely for the Administration, The Bown 90 election commiasioners have been nr- majority in this city is nearly two thousand for Lincoln, Met'lellan receives twenty-seven votes, Obio. Cincinnati, Nov, 11.—The roldiers' vote has elected Dela trict of Ohio. Union, te Congress fn the 1th dis: | " October Paducah, Columbus, Heck- Nashville, Nov. 10,--The election in East Ten- Pbie gives the Union party 17 out of rested at Warhington, and elsewhere, on charges of fravuis tn elections, aud innprisoned, to be tried by ccurt martial, Hou, NOP Tatnwance died at Battle Creek, Mich, on Wednesday last, He was atone time U.S Senoter from New York, and later Territorial Governor of Wine: un Tie atudents ot the Faculty tor a ec Harvard Colle pd we have petitio rae of lectures on college moe 19 Congressinen rality nud allied toples, and their request bas been lown. granted Chicago, Nor, U.—-A special dispatch to the | A prnrerrrax in Maine baw been treing the font Joursat. from Davenport, Iowa, says that the | of walking four days and nights continually, He ® | iknow delirious, Wantol restand sleep did the Union majority in that tate, inlouding the soldiers* vote, ia estimated at 50,000, There ae Uoion gains in every county of jar as heard from IMiInols. St. Nor. 11.—King Kendall, Union, is elected to Congress over James L. by about a thousand majority Louisa, Alien, Domvoerat, ® gain of nearly 1,300 over the vote of 1980, Chieago, Nov. 11 —Viie majorities reporte i from eighty-one countion give Line 40,514 and Me Clellan 14.812. Some Democratic counties are ye to be heard from, from the Tat, 2d, Repullican memLers are elcctr« 4, 4th, Sth, 68h, 7th ani Sth dis- triets, The 9th, 1th and 11th disiricts elect Demo crate. The 12th and 15th are in doubt, Moultea, the Republican candidate ob lary, iselected, The Times’ Sprngticld correspondent saya the vajority oft it ve and Hose cans lsven! th the 5 “Long John Wentworth,’ as be is popularly styled in Chicayo, haa been returned to Cor on the Republican ticket, | five hundred over Mi Cortalr e tmaajority of twe kt, the reaping machine inan, Who represented the Denwerucy, Missouri St Louisa, Now 10, This State ecu eledto Lio colo by a banivow majority. The Radical 34 ticket is also el MoClursy Lown, Blair und Boyd will be returned t two other Repu bo The Leyislature w lar Congress, and perhaps 0 wre clecte! The Convention question is carried, and # large major- ty of Radical delewates elected St. Louta, N 10, Several strong pr counties in thie Store ha sare ut y Repubtican, slavery The » been heard from considerable Lincoln misjor tes, St, Louia, Nov. 11.4400. W. Anderson, U {te elected to Con-rress tn the Ninth District of 60 ‘ar Lincoln's majority 8+. Louis county falls behind Fle r'a for Gover- nor about 7,000 on the home vote The Padical, ir!, over Gen, State and county tickets in St, Lou's county have | of | eu 4 average Union majority on tLe home vote about 8,000, business for b Tur Moyor of Cincinnati hae presented the lucky mother of newly born triplets cir! with an ele. yaunterib ae atoken of his appreciation of her feat in increasing the census returns, 1 Forty thousand persons in Montreal, or about one-third of the population, get their Hytng di- rect’y or tndireetly from the manufacture of boots 6 om and leather, 8 the introdnetion of ma- ebinery, the prods As noreased rapi lly, Tux working yed on the tunnel under Mi + fornd unmiat » the Cate \ nians bid f | rio obteco intlamroable material for city (ir SH WinktaMy rece tor in Or fw nat igrated to that*atate formerly Chief Justice of Oregon, appointed by Perce, Framers particular » capture by the oa. tonal C,, on the fth inst. show that thet Jestroyed by the shelling ofthe fleet Tie place ia etill held by our Kuoboule, there belay Lo troops there, Tur sehooner Laura Pride, Pride, from &t. Kitts, reports that on Oct. 26, while the captain of th schooner Serafina, of New York, was on shore, a toute wad crew el pped the ebatus with the vessel destination un j ene y bid marriage, bag taken to talk lich y the holy state, Brown waa telling Lom of the death sinutual triend'a wite, whe » disconsulate’’ bad courted for twenty - |} seers and then mar Ble turned out to be # | Virago, but died two years aiter the wedding | Ther » “there's luck ; seo What the | fe ng courteb ly by the War Department to make re ythe owners of the hacks, carriage’, horws 4c, which Were taken posses sonof on the fleld ot the tirst Bull Run battle, by e military, to bring in the w nied, There are vat tifty owners of mich, the property of some of whom were lost, ort sinjured. The allowance 6 perday fora vebicly horses and driver, ¥ me are not aatidiod, and Intend appe ax they were not able to use days alter, by reason of whic ” to Congress, | horses jor some hanson their ex- is counterfeiters of Government { whom are women, arrived in from the Westy in Twenty netori eney, two ¢ Washington, on Thuruday, ’ crarce of an officer, and were committed to the ) The Soldier | Vote, Od Capite! Brieon, These persons are said to be Nashville, Nov, 10, The wing Is the vote of | a6 jeacers of wana Who hove made Ohio, Indiana, the Ohio und Ponnevirania a) iiers at Atlanta: To“ and Missourt the principal fields of their 7 ~- ors, operation W.th these countervelters were soizod PENNSYLVANIA TRO presses plates ond 4 larce quantity of material Lineoln........ 1.278 McClellan 859 | tised int ao ofacture ofthe baw faves ¢ and tt Ancolu's majority, &>4 js thought that by these captures the nefarious onre TRONS business on the States pared hes been pretty eom- Lincoln 10 MoClellan seve 236 | pletely destroyed, Lincoln's majority, 6:1 Os Bunday » Gon, Rurbr \ge commanding in Our entice railroad aud telegraph communica. Ke ky o two puerriilus in retaliation for tions are complete and secure, Several Teunessee rogimnents from this county gave & for Lincoln, Two Now York clty regiments voted the Union ticket unaninwurly. States voted on au average ubout 15 for Lincola tol for McClellan, Headquarters of the Aimy of the Potomac, Nov. 10,—Tbe returns of the voting in this army have nearty all been ascertained. The Peansylva- nia soldiers give a majority of 9,030 for Lincoln, panimous vot The Woitern regiments also give majorities for Lin- ‘Yho wtal vote In the combined armies before coln, Richmond and Petersburz is putdown: Lincoln, 18,000; McClellam 6,000, 600, Solera frowother | ; Major.ty for Lincolp, | lak: the tourder of a Union soldier, noder the following circumstan A wung of rebele, on the night of lthe Isth 1 entered @ house near Green River, 'K traced m bia bed Matthew Murray, a sl- | dwrof the Tiirteenth Kentucky, and tox him ayapoeouer The next morning his body was found ina suk hole, shot through the head, The ltwo nilas above mentioned were taken from the Military prison in Louisville, and shot by « sqaad of soldiers on the very spot where the mt der bad been committe |, Yue jittle steamer Michigan, 6 guns, our ony naval represeutative on the lakes, which has pere forwed so much valuable service of late in check~ toming the ridin, Harton from Canada was built at Erie, Pa. Her hull was commenced in 154% and she was launched in 1844, She cost the United Btates about $165,000, She has always been on the dis the only versel, allowed by treasy to - hrepreoens ue Unined Shales bieys. in those J PRICE ONE CENT-IN GOLD! (TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY, a8 —— | B nee the rebellion «be has been mort actively ems ployed in prote tug the frontier, aud her presence haa frustrated numerous plies of the Confederatets which ffearriad (nto execution would have remulted in serious damage te life and property Trim Aatilers of the northwestern Btates have heliga Convention at Chicago, at velich a protective soctety was formed, under the ttle of the “Distile tera’ Agse on of the Northwest, Washington Cockle, of Peoria, TIL, was clected prosident. Ae resolution was adopted decir oe that while asking from the government that etal lity of levislation andl fate dealing with nce to ther interests which was needed to © je the cdbatillers vet their business intelligently and profitabl at the aame time, pledged them nidividually ond aean sesoeiation, to support the government’ in Sta efforts to wustain the constitution ond eafores the lawsover every foot of territory belonging to the United! Stave Tir Macon Cosvrpmeare (rebel) says A home for exiles haw been locate! i Terrell county, Give andis saidtebe working admirably. The State purchased @ largo tract of land, in the midat of which itia situated, aud the location is a moat des Nebifal and heathy one A tent town has been built Up) in imitation of the primitive mode of man, Spacious streeta are colwcrved Letween the rows of fenty and the sidewalks are kept peat and clean. Order, gentility, morality aod relygiea—indeed, all the characteristics of a Quaker settionent lend their attractionsto the piace A rigid eystem of ral diseipline Is enforced Joowe or doubtful charaeterd are permutied to reranin in the inetie tution, Me. Chase on *ircenbacks.” Ina epeect Seeretary Chai e ntly delivered at Bt Louig, Exe lowing definiuon of @ wave the “greevback."" T have been called the father of greenbecks. What isa croen!nck P Did yor ever thiuk whee it was? Why, it is minply the credit. of thie great American people put in the form of money to circulate among the very people whore cree makes it worth anything. Wheu ft was Secretary of the Treasury the question arose, how should these vast armies and navies be supplied? How should the boys be ted in the Geld, the sailors in for thelr support, for nd transportation? fl had ships, and provision tm their clothing, their food found the banks of the specie payments, Wh Wanted me to berrow t credit, or pay them it~ terest in gold upon their credit, They did not Ry any gold, or proposd to pay any thetpselves, but they wauted me to borrow their notes. [said “Noy tlemen, thie preat American people if worth al! of you put together, and Ewill take the credit. 0° these people and cut it up in the form of litte bis of paper, and we will cireulate that paper, and we will cocelve that paper for Yeowly upon which we will paneimally pay the interg in gold." And then, in order that the national currepey mighs be permanent, wid that nobody conld bave just cause country twas l bee Lealled the national banking systone jnto existence, and plodsed every bank to redeeus ite currency in yreenbacks, and the govern: ment pledged that every dollar should be res deemed inthe end the seonrities to be pledged and provided thatin the end everything shou\s be made ivalent in gold. T think this is the true idea of # greenback. Tt is the credit and property of the American peopl mate to serve the purpore of money in the tidet of « great strife, when we must have everything wecan get, Ands fellow citizens, Laay if the government is aiminine tered as it should by with proper vigor end economy, every dollar in yreentacks would be ew good as s dolar in gold, Way, eight monthe ago. if beould have ad the assurance that L would now have Leon troubled with any other issues—if EB could have been asmured that there should be no trouble from any unauthor.zod currency, unautwor ved by auy but the nativn itelf—I would have undertaken to resume spoele payment in a weeks ifwuvbody wanted it, aud Dsay now, if the war it prosecuted as it ought to bey aud the government if wdiinostered with the economy and prudence that L trust it will be, then there iy no nore danger of that currency than there ia that the Americop people will fall, National sailors’ Fair in Bomen. The Salloret Falr was inoupurated at Boston om Wednesday evening, with every indication of sauce cess The Roston Theatre, in which the farr ta held, is represented ay being magnificently decorated elon, and fa Hterally filled with contri- butions from all The most prominent features that strilte the beholder an en- f war veanels for the ove ty of the country, tering the building are the in that have achieved a national reputation daring the rele Vhese ere beautifully eriblazoned on brntir Kearsarge,’* Wachusett "* ** Moni+ Jisplay ef aruos and trophies ts re. Among them area ting captured. by the old Con tution from the Levant tn the war of 1Siz; flage eaptured by onr army durng the Mexican war; rebel flags, and ® thousand other 4 Amou the contributions isa chair whieb deserves especial mention, Lt was made by Aeting Muster Samuel L Holbrook, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, snd is comupored of wood from the follow» jug Unite States vessela: Monitor Cumberland, Cooyrest, Pennsylvania, Columbus, tor,"P ete, 1h tmarkobly Oo Merritnne Be t my D> laware, Raritan, Dolphin, Morse, Germautown sud Constellation, The work- uwnship of the chair is unique and very elaborate, and Mr, Holbr an eight months in completing it, Dewill be sold by Jotery, ‘the formal opening of the Fair tuok place et seven ‘clack on Wednesday eveniny, and among the dis. tinguished per spr 1) were Governor Andrew, Hou, Edward Eecrtt, Hon Robert © Winthrop, Cosmodore Stringham, Captain Winslow, of the Kearsar «and Captain Worden, the first commund- eroftthe Moutor A Qepatch war recelved from President Lincolu in which be wished the Pair yreat suceess and extended the natic adnilra- tion and gratitu © the navy “from Rear Admi- ral to houest Jack,’ The President presented to the Putr ther dispateh, the matamoth ox "Ge era: Grant," whieh had been presented to him by the owner, Mr, Everett delivered the opening ad dress in which he aiverted to the brilllant achieve- ments perforine 1 by ‘tring the presout . and veverely reprimanded these “city polit inn @an8,") a6 he cullad uem, Who have been constant ly prating about the efficiency of thet 5 He passe ta high culogium upon the officer's and men engayed in the navel service, and the eniire wi dress was of that eloquent and felleitous character poculian to Mo Bvercits The Pair will be in pros gress several jays. From New Orleans. The steamer Guiding Blar, New Orleans arrived at tha pork yesterday, ¥ ith dates to the Sth trem instant : On the 4d instan?, an entertainment wae given on this vessel, at New Orleans in honor of its acceasion to the Stearnatlp Line, at which Gov- ernor Hahn, Jacob Barker, the City Postmaster and other notable persons were prosent. Mr. Barber made some remarica upon the eecasion, aud inc’ dentally mentioned that #\ty years ago, whe Robert Fultouts machinery (or the Grst stearmbon. camo from Koyland to Now York, it was consigne | to him, (Mfr. Barker) ant it nmotually remained in bis commission warehouse #x months belore the money could be raised to pay the charge of impor tation, This is truly a remarkable reminiscence A bale and hearty man of this day, standing upon one of tho modern * floating palaces"? and nar rating how poor Fulton was unable to s rape gether enough money to pay him the charge ¢ transportation for the machinery of the ‘inst sear boat There was no military or naval news in ihe Lou “=