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

‘* @€2O6646O8" 296 : ~ Ce oad Torn +. THE — THIRTY.FIRET TRA, ) NUMBER 10,090. f The Latest News By Telegraph te the NV. ¥. San. SHERMAN'S GRAND EXPODITION Facts and Rumors Regarding It. Is Augusta, Savannah or Charles- ton the Point Aimed at ? WHAT MAY BE FOUND AT AUGUSTA. 600,000 BALES OF COTTON. | Immense Munitions of War. A GUESS at SHERMAN’S FORCE Oar Washington Dispatches. Maryland Address to the President. MR. LINCOLN'S REPLY, ‘.TERESTING REBEL NEWS, I Disoussion of the Florida Affair. REBEL COMMITTEE ON SHERIDAN. A Bill of $25,000,000 Against Him Local and Miscellaneous News, THE GREAT BANK FORGERILS, Additional Developments. &e.,, ke, =e. The War Westward. Position of the Hostile Armies. The military situation in Teanessee and Georgia fe of the utmost importance in reference to the position in Virg.nuia. Lutimnate stragetic relations exist between the operations of our different ar- mies, although the connection is not as yet appr- rent in all cases. The situation in Tennesseo and Georgia as the close of the last week was substan- Gially as follows: General Hood occupied both , banks of the Tennessee river from Florence ag far 6 Tuscumbia. A rebel ariny corpa, under Gon. Ste- phen Lee, held the northern terminus of the Molle end Obio Railroad at Jackson, drawing supplies from the moat fertile region in the South—tinhabit- ed, however, by secession sympathisers, Another rebel corps, under Stewart, waa at Corinth and the adjoining towns, algo upon the line of the M - Dike and Ohio Railroad, and within supporting din- tarice of Lee's corps, fal Dick Taylor's Texan army and Wheeler's cay- etry, does not excoed thirty-five thousand men, {Sis force wos held at bay by General Thomas’ army ; the disposition of whose forces cannot lo @iclosed for obvious reasons, Of Genera! Sherman {t {s known that he left At- Barita last woek on a sixty days’ marmh, with o force variously est! mated at from thirty to seventy thousand men, Tha probability is that he has about fifty thousand men, From information eo !- “ated from Northern and Southern accounts, it ap- pears that Sherman move! towards the Atlantic @eaboard in the direction of Charicoton and Savan- meh. This line would naturally take him on the Line of the Augusta rallroad The distance from Atlanta to Augustaisa hundred and fifty miles, through an open coumry, with no defiles or moun- tain ranges, and presenting no great obatacles to the advance of an invadiny aruy, Augusta is o place of creat importancetho sandsof slaves have been taken there !y their masters wud over balfa ma!) }/on bales of cotton are stured in the place, worth, etthe present prices, more than # hundred million dollers, The largest powder magazines in Amer fica are also there, containing the chief supplies for the Corfederacy. But the stratezical position of Augusta constitutes ita chief value, Itt situated within striking distance of Savaunal, Charleston, and Wiiminyton,and 8 located on the southeastern spur of the Blue Ridge Mountaina, which atreteh from the cotton into the free States, The posoos- sion of this position would Le of higher strate ic The whole, Including Gene- funportance than the capture of Charleston or Savannoh, or txih, for whieh, how ever, Sherman is not likely to divide his forces. The following dispatch from St, Leuis throws considerable light on Sherman's strength, and, inferentially, upou Lis destination: St. Louis, Nov. 15.—A_ gentleman from Sher- amen's heatquarters, % Kingston, Ga, saya that « Gen, Suerman is by this time some distance on the . Warpath, His army consiata of the Mth Corps, t Gen, Jeff, C, Davia: 10th ™ Gen Osterhaus; * 17th Corpa, Gen, Bla (ren, Bloourn. There, with 15,000 « Irv, under K \patdek, aud } a brigade of artillery, make a total force of shout 60,000 men, splendidly equipped and supplied with every appliance of war, All the public buildings, “te, rnannfactories, &o..in Atlanta, are renderod one forthless, and the railroads north aud south of the shq ity, aud al! surrounding defovalve we rks, destroy- howd. There isto be no surning back, and nothing Pioaeft behind of value to the enemy. r.v@ That this large army is destined to secure higher Fie berategical results than the mere capture «f the 1e- + have! cities on the Atlantic coast is apparent from eo Perpetoce on the map. ‘Tea thousand men would be Li sient to capture Charleston or Savannah by a solved t attack in connection with our fleets, Plo may dug of Gia, not detec! a portion of hia forces for this WO cae ; but the probability {a that the main body » will operate on the eastern wide of the Blue Ridge, @o a8 to co-cperste with the campal nm eyalnst Richmond, No other movement offers larger or more dovis.vo advantages or Would go compensate The ad- vence of SuzuMan's army horthward upon this for the immnesy risk of the uncdertakiny. Hine, would probably open the Shenandoah Valley w Genera! Sheridan, by compelling the withdrawal y's forcea to cover Lee's rear ut is four ‘bundred miles from Augusta, and Lynchburg of Goneral Es: Lynchburg and Petersburg, Kichmond three hundred and fifty miles from the same city ; } and Sherman's wen “uimated by a burning enthu- gleam by their victories, aud inspired with en un- (altering devotion to shetz artes leaders could, aad | Pecoipt« | | | ' | | the absorbing t | ranved the wire: NE = — - -—-- Probably will, accomplish thie | yvreat move. men and render it a gl riais fucceas, Tk may be etpecting too much of General Sherman te anticipate that be will sweep Northward and counect with General Grant's artay at Potersburg : but he can at least opertte upon the enety's inte. tor lines, and cut off the seaboard cities, These objects alone would be worthy the ambition even of Geueral Sherman, and would exercise the most decisive influence upon the Virginia campaign, eral even if a Sherman uid not approach within two hundred wiles of the Virginia lire. Reported Denth of General Canby St. Louis, Nov. 1i,—An offcer just from Merm- phie aays, information believed to be correct hed reached there that General Canby died frow the etfoct of his recount wound, while en route for Now Orleans on tho gunboat Cricket, General Canby’s Death Contradicted Washington, Nov. 17 ed New Orieana, November 12th, received here to day, says “ Major-General Canty arrived bere aafe. An official despat ly this afernoon, and his montal faculties are eu. | tirely unaffected ; and with bie @luirable powers of endurance and strength Wf mind wo hope he Will be about in a few weeks, After he was wounded be conmilted freely with General Rey- nolda at the mouth of the White River, and it ts confidently beheved that this accident will in ne Way interfere with the direction of atiatra in this division." The above despatch of course shows that the report of General Canby's doath, tele- graphed from Memphis, is untrue Free Maryland. The President's Reply to a Address from Loyn! » Washington, Nov. 17, This afternoon the Mary lant Union Btate Central Conmmittee forma'ls ed upon President Lincoln, to congratulate biw hus re-election, W. MH Purnll, thetr chairman, in Lis mddress amid they felt under doep obligation to him, because, by the exercise of rare discretion on Lis part, Maryland to-day occupied the proud pow. tion of @ free State; esired that future administration « woven the pest mizhe rowult in’ the of the Union, swith uaiversal freedom as ise iuautable basis. Tho President, in reply, ssid he would not at- tempt to conceal bis gratification with the remult of the election, He hat exercised his best judgement for the good of the whole country, and to have tho seal of approbation placed on his course was ex. ceodingly gratefal to bis feelings. He expressed his belief that the policy be ad pursucd was the heet and only ene which conld save the country, He repeated what bo hut said before, that he in- mn reat dulyed in no feeling of triumph over acy one who had thought or acted differeutly from himself. He 1 a0 Buch feeling toward auy living man, Ho By mn of a free State constitution foe Marylund was « “big thing,” aud a victory for right, and worth a great deal more than the part of Maryland in the election; sliuough of the later he thought we In¢ Jusion he repeated wh had previou Ny said, namely, that “those who fered froin and opponed us will see that defeat was Deiter for their owu good than if they had been auc- cosatul'* Some Une waa then «per course, the President rela Oy propriate to the oceusion. in pleasant inter. several aucedots The Penneytivenin Militia, Harrisburg, Nov, 17.—Immediaely upon the the intelligence of the prop rilla raid into the Cumberland Valley, steps were taken by Curtin for the org ‘ation of the wed guer or tollitia forces of the border counties, Over 1,000 ren have already beeu enrotled in Franklin and Adatis counties and armed and equipped by tho Btate sutheritics. Noapprehension i now eu- tertained of an incursion, Of 20 soouts sent by Mosby inte Peunsylvania, seven have been cap- tured, The others are tx lieved t) Lave escaped to the ouLer side of the Potornac. Nlocknde Runrer at Picton, Halifax, N. 34 Nov, 11.—Vhe propeller Mer- ritt, from Montreal for Nassau, with 200 Loreos for the rebels, is at Picton for coala and aa.la tu mor- The U. 8. steamer Shawwutt was ot Wo mouth to-duy, row ‘The steamship Continental, Capta'o Suruer, ar- rivednt this port yesterday moruing, trom Now Orleans on the 10th instant, She brings the ful lowing officers of the Mexican potriot ar: Colonel Coomer Marcela, Lieutenant-Co! Juan Moreno, Lieutenant-Colone: 1, Lopes de Avuadey Lieutevuant-Colonel F Aguilar, Major Frau ciseo Ulena, Major Ancel Perslta, Major Yona Asoiro, Major Tormae Naulucr, Major Fells Marcinez, Major Juan Galinde, Major Jose Macoroca, From Dixie Direct. Interesting and Important Kebel News Tag lute Richmond papers are chiefly cecuplat with the discussion of the Northern elections aud General BugkMAN's mnyeterious movement; but con- tuin nothing detuite respecting the Istter, In re lation to the Presidential contest the following cur- fous extract froin the Exqerers shows how far tho Southorn mind has been inf suticipswons of trouble at the polls which glared timid Northerners previons to the election: The clection of the Youkes President waa still coon the (4) a9 well aa in the city, op yesterdsy and Baturday. Various rm were rife, in none of which can much co placed, They were generally and dosertorta stories, According to these M lan had certainly carried the electoral votes of three of the largess Northern Biates, as well as of the three conceaed ww him. Tho refusal of the euewy w erchanuge later papers than those of the Osh, gave color to thie and @)) @milar rujore , Tt was alao st.tedthat Lince!n ha! forbidden any further announcement of official retur nti) the examination of the ballots shall be wade tn due form by Congress. Rumors of war in the North west were alao current. tw the Northern papers of the Oth, » ‘aterm 4 aud prevented the receipt of an detinite intelugence trom the North weetern Si ate would indicate that something was vroug tn thet quarter, but wothing relatie cau be stated on the eutject None of the papers before us publish complete returnhé frou the largest Ststes, beouwu bhey close thelr parti Suramarics by the general assertion that such and such Brates “have gone tor Lincela,"* Tu the New York Brate euramary McClellan waa still in the majority by twenty-eight thousand, In the summary for Pennsylvania, not o fifth part of the Btate has been heard froro ; this gives # uujor- ity for Lincoln of thirteen thousand, In many other Btates, as wil] be sven by the gen- eral account given elsewhere, there {sg nothing but the ‘foregone conclusion” Lo ustaln ibe postion aonced by the absurd his | nt, as in| The fact that, aceorting | ‘ dhat they have been carried by the Republican | long dat Me positive adsurtions of the Northern | Toubt that | party Hoon however, leave Dut little room ¢ neon je reelected; and although the election posse off quietly in tre Bastern nud Middle States | there is nod ao much certainty that it was a quiet | Afar everywhere or {fit was that mischief will | not come of it yet, No light is thrown upon General Sherman's oper- ahonsy Which evidently inspire alarm Wrougbout the Confedernsy, Tho Exasi nxn, however, com- mente upon the mu verment in the following brag- gacdocio styler Altovether it may be wuppoaed that he bad twen- Sy Uh userd men with bit. 1 with this foray he hae cut himeelf loose trom his communicat ous sud J atterspted to jain Charleston, four hundred miles dietont, living on hostile country by the way, he ae Ubvcrtaken a most eStraoriinary aflair Th igs far ery to Lochow —but it is @ farther ¢ © Chariceton, There are circumstances whi render thia news very suapicious. Tolographic communecaton with Sherman does not exist, and it would be dithoult t obtain intellyence from At- lante, Itiselso improbable that he should have announced such a design through the New York Journaisy oven if he had determined upou it, This | pews ia very like @ big Yankee lic, invented to | coverup the feet that Shermau bas really burns Adants for the purpore of concentrating his wholu fore ec ainat Hood Or other band there are give « tothe story. To b @ und re treat would Le a dead ride ‘ Bvertaan must come away from Chat useless place Ho cannot keep bus army tle here while Hood marches Into Tennesmec. lio way suppose that the ! fol under Thotnay with the additions sent to bim from Atlanta, are wufficient to bold in check + | and that all of Le * ermy ing been witb- drawn from the Bouth, be would find mowing to oppose hit on the road from Charleston, or wile Tuington, or to # junction with Grant, wherever tt tuay be demred, Balauoing both considorations we are still in- ereiuous, Busif ithe true that Sierinan is now sti opting this prodigious design, wo may safely precet that bis march will lead bina to she pare 4 f iy god that this magnificent scheme will Leren‘ter be reckoned With all the grand deeds that never were dong Aud al! tho great books that never were written, Aud all the good sungs wich never were sung | naiderations which Was thia indeed the tremendous news of tho New York journula which Grant has thought pro- pertok from ua? Was (Ala indeed the reason of the « reswion of exchange during the last two days’ Yet th cosuppression is certainly @ fact, and (8 CUrOUs fact, ono lk Was @imbuted by many to the elrourmstauco thet there are sowething Walch | the Yao @ ere trying to conceal from u# as long 85 jp ors ble, out of Coumderation, doul Weak uerved. jou, for our 11 CAPTULK OF THE FLORIDA, Vpon this suljoct the Kichiuond Exawrnes of Nov. 14 says: Tho most popular hero ia tho Yankee country at thin moment, nol excepiiug Sheritan, ie Capital | Collos, of the man-of-war Wachusett. THe bos surprned aod captured the Florida, Confederate steaiuship, while she was lying quietly in a neutral wort Is wan true that the Florida wae under the pro- to of the neutrality of Brazil, and her cow- u had no more thought of fanger than if he hed been in Southampton or in Cherbourg Bhi here was the very beauty of the case, in Yanlaos eyes: Brogil is not England, neither is France ¢ sud the feat would Le ro aay, ao blood jeas, There is no part, po feature of thia whole pro- ceedin | which Goes ot enhance ite value and vir- asa wile, inthe eyes of Collins's country- Tt is a very complete and characternatic Yan- ck, made only the wore delightful by tha heo spoctaie othe tasulted Euperor of Uregd leit ins fiymantly remoustrating on the shore, hignten the charn: of the whol New York papers print at the Emperor's proclamation of — neutrality, thuie ou the oveasion of this very war, an! defiong the privileges of bell yerent voase. wi jeiu bis berbors, wad, Worthy nian} foe aecounta Yankee rakes of bis proclarmstions | Thore is nothing, in fact, which could add # higher relish to this tout of navel wurture than the outery | 16 te surety rade ail over the world ehout the eu- m ous ingolonce of the Youkeos, aod thelr con- temptuous trampling upon the ceutral rights of Diant, The Yunkoo nation expects to be accused vi wil thy aud willbe charucd tw own the solt fupeachinent, This ute then exsctly, for it ts viny YOUT StrONg, List rate, conquering, bullying natous thateaa veuture on Buch ects; and bee siloy if Boglivh ministers take any aowe about they can cb Bugis example a « justification, end tt is eli the justifeation they need, or will look for, We aay be very sure that Mr. poward is ul- ready propariag bis list of Euylish cases and pro- Codoiitty (o Cuok excuse for ho mornd excuses) LUb euthorice this cupture of the Kloridw aa weil as auy other atrocity bis people may choose to com. mitby ljand os sou, Tt Bueriden leaves we Valley of Vugiuie @ smoking desert of sashes as =the) | Bogiish papers complain wish much Virtuous sndipustions + Beward can way, de Ufourgel Low w fow years aso in lsdy, wine thing in the Vuiley of Bhd OWelludy sy Buel even culhng down tee frat Gees Po And ws lor respoct- jug the rigbed ol ueltraly Wipe Cub Oo your own history tLO two transs.wons of Copenhagen, sud ineuy tives toot your bullysoy teat dae coo pied the Tagus' caiouth ip defiance of Portugal and luceed, bo oifair, the full length poluted a6 guns over the Pireus a seorm uf the GEOG ty belore bezin sanetimenious!s to re. buke us, Brazil will, of course, remountrate ; but uniess gle can tut tin Ler cause the great mare titae ustious, ber remeoustrance will be wholly in vain ‘Tere has lately been ® Cooluens between the Busperor and tie & b goverument, wud diplo ake relations wer d, For that, and tor other reasons the protes vm Eugleod if any, will probably be ravber cold #ud porfunectory, and enaiiy unswered by Mr, Seward, Freuce aud Bra - #) are ou Very frieurly tertus ; yet there are count. Geréuous Which may cause France also ty be very coutious iu stirring the water too roughly, On the whole, we need nut export serious trouble to grow ousot it; the goud eblp Flor.de is lows; ood our cruisers Wilh buve loarned the lesbou that they bud Letter for the futureaveld wll ports except tiowe of Euglaud oud Frauce wud their vasicus coluuies, Vhe rebels don't ke Sheridan's mode of opera tions in the valley of the Bhenandoah—thas valley, which by ite gross agricultural resources bas enabled the rebels to constant!y threaten Wasbing- ton, The Examines ' A Cotuittee cousisiay of thirty-six citizens and } the balue QuuLber Ul Wagiatraies uppumled by tne | County Court of Koclsipgtaeiy lor tke purpose of | ys: tuuking ao estiinaie of tue looses of the county by the execution of Boerdan's ulawous urder Lave ude, after 9 labor.ous iuvestigstion of the subject, y iollowing report: Dwelling houses burned, | $04 bros burned, 450; mills burned, 643 loncing featroyod 4) Dushels ob Wheat destroyed, 10, 000 yous 64,000 ¢ tons ot bay m ru dew ; eheep carmed fachosine burned, 3 5 Ta wddivon we Which the K LO bie) my Lele Waa Bu uiuenbe Wout ol darent ig Uteusie ol every desrpruu dustiuyud, many of | | | \ | | i 4 gPOub Value, ouch ws MoCo rick’ Beapern, | aro earriod uly o)dhu 4 tece LUruedy 1 threshing inuchines ; also Gotineield ona kKicben the whole sum of HU RLUP ey BiOOy, LOLS platy AO, de, loss Leu ealituaied ab bLe eloruious 40, 00u, bu, Vhe following are the quotat,.us of Saturday Nov, 12th, in Richmond: Eizht per cent, coupon bonds dne 1577, #118 and inwrem@t ; eight per cert, coupon bouds, due 18T$— | The lad bro Tb, y1U8.108 5g wod interest, A very larse amount 0; Cuptederate securities ¢sanved Lands as Wat ab the Ogures given above, Aiter the salo, 901,’ W YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER | 18, SRE EE ES BS ee ae ane eee 1864. Confederate eight prt cent, coupons bonds Were sold pr vately at 2122 auc intere Spare, Ko Gold coln old at $27 \ a9; diver coin at Tati 'y, (There have been private anion at lower figures) Coupons of nontaxable bonds, 5 forcue, There bas recently been a more ace ve demand for specte, which may be expla net ta Port by the migrating mania pervading the Yankees ip our tivdas, Merehuisve—In spite of all the drawbacks npon trade arising from tnadequate transportation facl- Hos and military exactions business Is compara Uvely active. Supplies of provisions are conuuy ia tuore freely, and stocks are now general!) than they ¢ twon for some time, Flour contine ol high—the prevailing price for super- autug $000; for extra, $360 per bLI, Corn teal {a 986 per bushel; bacon, g10all per pound, Wo qiote Cale and Rio coffee at a12; Java, $15; brown Mugar, $1,60a10; crushod sugar, ¢llal¥, News Items, (By Telegraph to the Now York Sua.) A maraton from San Francisco states that the Tany se bas begun with @ storia whieh roaches every part of the Btate, Tur National Sailors’ Pair at Boston haa proved s great miccess Up to the present the receipts amount to £130,000, Gronor Permuiox, who was tracked from Cana- da to Aexandria, Va, by detectives aud on Friday committed to prison at Washington, ae a rebel spy, tade his escape Woduesday night through the curclenmons of the sentinels, Tur citizens of Boston are enjoying @ new ex- citement just now, Almost everybody is contrib- uting something toward furnishing our suldiers in the Geld e good thankegiving diguer. The quau- tty of turkey end other edibles forwarded from thas ctty will be immense Tux Saxon, at Fortress Monroe yosterday, brings Ainportant dispatches from the tlag of truce feet off Port Royal, 8. C. Lieut.-Col, J.B, Mulford had nearly completed the arrangements necessary for tho exchange, and the whole fleet was expecting return North iu a few days, Tu ship Ocean Pearl, of Boston, from New York for Lisbon, armived at Terragona October 27th. The pilot anchored her, but before they could yet « pratique to go inside the mole a furious gale come on, which drove the ship ashore, where ahe became @ total wreck. Ali hands aved, Joun Pitman, for forty yoara Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Khode Island, was found dead in bis bed yesterday morning. Ho was on the bench the day previous, but ins very feeble condition, His age was olghty yoarr. tan p!atee of the new fifty cent freetional curren- cy aco nearly ready for printing. These notes will Le of the game breadth as those now in eirculaticn, Lat neerly twice ae long. The new five cont notes Will be of the eaine eime a the old onoa, while the ten and twenty-five eont notes will be of lengths eraduated begween the highest and lowest denomi- nations. It ie probable that @ three cent ypte will be tasued for the greater facility of waking change. Tas trial of Capt. Hugh A. MaDonakd, of Co. A, First Pennsylvania Cavalry, was commenced yos- terday, befure » Military Commiasion at Washing- tou. Ife woe charged with aitering and counter- feiting Treasury and bank notes. The accuse! pleaded guilty, aud made @ long confoasion impli. ceting otbers, It is said be used bis military po- miion to cireulate » vory large quantity of counter- fois fractiona! curreney in the ermy. General Intelligence. (By Matt to the New York Sun.) Mas.-Gaw, Euony in aansigned t the permanent command of the 19th Army Corps. Tne Rebol Benate and House of Representatives had a joint secre’ seasion on Monday, at which, It ie surinised, the question gf arming the slave popu- lation waa discussed, A letter from Washi tates that General Ratler and Thurlow Weed were tn conference with the President on Wednesday, and thet President Lincola bas expressed himself es cordially in favor of euch a course as Butler suzgestod in New York, Mazon Gonakat Boturm, acoompanied by Sena. tor Henry Wileon and ex-Governor Gardner, of Mavsachusetis, left tor City Pant on Wednesday event He resumes bis old coumand of tho Army of the James, Two hundred Irishmen, Federal soldiers, who were prisoners in the Bouth, and who have been in rebel custody over e year, becoming weary of their confivement, have joined the rebel army, sud beeu went) Hod, 80 ey the Richmond papers, A conexevospest states that Proadent Ltocoln was burnt in effigy, in London, on the 6th, (Gun. powder Plot day,") and adds that Mr. Lincoln would laugh at the grotesque manner in which be ie libeled, Such a jong, gaunt figure ; such crimpy hair; such big stara, #0 nany of thorn. A Paserwore having hired» boat to take him across # rater rough strouin, asked the Irish boat- map Uf any bedy wasever low there, * Niver,'* replied Pat, ‘me brother was drowned here laut weok, but we found him alive and wall again the next day." Parens in various parte of the cruniry are notic- ing the recent fall of suow, Tho northern countics of the Stmte received quite @ beavy instalment on ‘Tuceday, Bleighs spreared iv. Hartford,Conn,,and the stages from Norfolk to Winged went thro 4 on runners, end Were several times capsized by drifts, A NOTARLE feature in the curiosity departmen of the Sailors’ Fair, at Boston, ta an cz saddle from Dociham, dating from 1684, by moans of which one John Fairbanks and his wile were accuswmed to ride to church ou Sundays, vo the ox which drew the plough duriug the reat of the woek, Itia@ ponderous affair of wood and iron, Joun Rian was arrowed in New Haven, Ct, on Tuesday, charged with the meanest case of high- robbery on record. A Nttle country boy, nine years of uge, bad earned one dollar ® balf by essisiny W drive wwoae flock of sheep. Byan coaxed the lad w @ by-place, and there took the tooney from bim and run, A LAgGE quantity of fixed ammunition was lately sent to Fort Porter, Bu'falo, and while temporarily ep ited in the ball of the officers’ quarters, some drunken foo) #uck ® lghted candle on the top of one of the ammunition boxes, and before it was discovered it had burned down and set the lid of the tox on fire, Au othcer extinguished the flames Jum iy tie Ww provent # fearful explosion, O» Tussday the gunboats ou the James River wero cusped tn destroying all the houses within reach of their shells, the rebels having made use of uany of them for signal stations, me tine pestall our movements between City Point aud the month of the Chickatiominy have been commu- nicated by aiguals to the rebel authorities, aud strenuous etforts are being made to check the au- poying pract.ce, ‘Tax reve! Gen, Marmaduke was captured by » boy belonging to one of the Kansas regiments, him to Gon, Curtie's headquarters, n Gea. Gurila aased the, boy how long be had to 0 botore bis term Netment would expire, ‘Fae reoly wes ‘eiuht manthe.” ‘The ceoeral “tase ret PRICK ONE CUENF—IN GOLD TWO CENTS IN { a mediately wrote a furtough for that tima and pres sented trim with the horacy revolvera, belt aud ase bre of the rebel general. A WaskINne?on paper raya: “Concerning the ate fecbment applied fer avaiust Gen Ruder in New York city, on behalf of the parties In Now Orloanay to recover 86000 In ok), seized be Gen, Ruther fb thot choy, it is proper to way thot the gold roferred te Jain the Treasury of the United Sisto, and that tho platintife must seek rodremsy if they feel ay- grieved, arainst the Government, and not agaings Geu, Butler.” Ma, Liotamp Huvewre, well known im literary suct artistic circles da Wie United States, is naid to have become hopelessly tnsane, Upon the acces. sion of Mr Lincoln, Mr. Hildreth—thon in a vory bac wate of \oalth—.was appointed te the Coumi- late or Trieste, which position he atill holds, Me disease, aoflening of the brain, superinauced hy excemsive literary labor, has been gradually pro- eres ng for some years, Buiexou, the popular tonor, secms not ta flour- {eh wo Moely in Furope as he did in ork. In Macirid he was hoote?, and Yhe uproar finally be- came ao reat thas it was necessary to drop the Curtaia in the middie of the third act, The Madrid erities give a savage cut at the operatic taste of our New York bon ton, who were #0 enthiaiastic about Qheir fnvorite tenor. One of the papere mays that “Poor Siguor Brignok is perhaps good enough tor some audiences, but he will not do in Madrid," Ir in reported from Vicksburg that the captain of the gunboat Rattler nade an agreement with the Febole to surrender his vessel tothe. Ii seems that bo took all his erew on shore, and attewpted to take thei into @ rebel ambuaeado, but the so.- ond officer had bie mspictons aroused, aud aue- coated in wetting the mon back to tho vessel, and shortly afar Wards @ troop of rebel cavalry uppear- odin sight, expecting to capture the gaunt oat. Tho second officer gave them a ralute of canister, how- ever, and they skedaddied. The captain of the CUobost remained with the rebels A Rich Scene, In tho Canadian House of Asseinbly some time Gince, they had quite a spirited debate on the bili © prohibit the use of hoops and criuoling, intro~ duced by Mr, Aiken. We publieh a few «uf the iuost brilliant passages, Mr, Drumimond was an ardent admirer of hoops from childhood, Le was born with « love of hoops. When bo was a child of tender growth ho used to trundle hoops: all Uncouselous of the fate that was Sn store for him. Late in life he swallowed « ring, which resulted fn a whooping cough, and even now ae wight ofan empty hoguhead brought tears into is eyes Mr. Urown complained that it was linposaible to choone a wife, ainee her defects were av hidden by hoops and enveloped in crinoline that the naked— Speaker—Orlor, wr Rrown — Mr. Speaker — Apeaker—The honorable gentloman is out of order. Mr. Brown—Dut, Mr. Speaker, the naked— oaks Hold your touyue, gir, ir Brown. aked — Speaker.—Upon my soul, Brown, silones, or I'l! bave you arrested. Mr. Brown -Pormit me to explain Mr. Speaker. When I naid the naked Speaker, yelling—Clear the galleries of ladies, Mr, sergoaut, Mr. Brown —In the name of the seventeen graces and the fifteen miuses, Mr. Bpeaker, let me apolo- ee; 1 only meant to may that hoops and cripoline ave roached to such # rotundency thet it was im- possible to arrive at the naked — Bpeaker, frantically—Death and biue devile! Bivgy or I'll brain you with the mace, Cousider the du propriety of-— rown, wildly —Truth ! truth { truth !—Naked truth wae what [ was going to say Mr. Dunbar Ross understood his honorable friend could not pass aloug the streets without beng as- maulted by bighwayinen, Now, surely tho bonor- eble menber from Lake Ontario could nut but be ware thatthe charactor of every member of the Mouse whe affected by such dam — Mr. Taltot olijoc t such unparlismentary language. Mr. Kune protested st interruption. He was going to aay by such dam— Mr. J. Camoron—The honorable member should hot swear in that dreadful manner. Mr, Kons -Waan't doing anything of tho kind, but would Le tenpted to finish bis sentence—by much a dam (order, order,} —® dam — (contusion) would repeat it—by such a dam (tremendons uproar.) Mr. Wright stood up and rioved, amidst the wildest confusion, that Mr, Russ be vxpelled from the house for such awful lanjuago. Mr. Kose (black in the face) exclaimed that da- thaging staternente wae all he meus to;sey when he was interrupt fool Foolish aas— eron-—Who's an eas? rea (wildly) Foollat assertion ef profanity Thanksgiving. Proclamation by Governor Seymour. Albany Nov, 17,—Governor Beymoar bas imuet the following Thankagiving Proclamation ; By virtue of the lawa of this State, [, MoraatioBey mour, Governor of New York, do hereby derignuatoe Thursday, the 24th inet. «6 @ legal holiday and « day of theakanving to Almighty God, for public health, ebundant harvest and other blessings dur- ing the year, While e dovolating civil war fills our land with mourning, throws heavy burdens apon the industry of our country, and carries distress into the homes of our people, we abould be thank - ful that the rulseries caused by the weakneng and wickedness of men are lightened by the goodorsas and mrevy of God ; that the destinies of our nagion ere in his control, and that we can trust that ly duo time Ho will lft Hie ehastening Hand from thy € Mr. Rh people of this country, who have been un rateful of hie favors end rebellious to hin ~tewhings and authority. Gratitude to God ta best shown by mercy aud charity to our fellow mem, end therefore exhort the citizens ot this State to help tho poor, to relieve the wWek, avi to comfort thos» who are in affiction. Many | + ing in our large towns are threatened with n want of labor and the means to buy food and fuei,whio the withdrawal of great nuinbere of able Jed men from our Btate into our armies, leaves thou sands ef helpless persons without support, I es pecially invoke the public to make contributions e the cousors and assistance of the fawilies ut those who are m the service of the armies aud nav- tes of our country. (Signed) D, Witte, Private Secretary. Homatio Ssymoun, LOCAL NEWS. WEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. Tus Guest Forgmuy Cass,—Costincation oF Tus KExaMination.Yesterday worning, at the Halle of Justice, further tewimouy was takun in Qo great forgery case which was roported in the Bun of yesterday morning, aud Gearge F, Cough. lin, one of the prisuuers, who bas become evidence for the State, was crom-exeinined as great length by Mir, Charles B. Spencer, who ts ameociated wil exJudge Stuart, iu the defence, Mr, Orlando L, Browart, Assistant District Attorney, appoared for the poople, Conghlin'’s testimony, which shows one of the wothods that the forgers adupted in cou. sunmating their gigantic forgeries, ie as lows: ChOSG-EXAMIKATION OF GEORGE F. YOUGHLIN, . Have you ever a2 4D, Oemtinwed om tha bush uss