The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 21, 1864, Page 1

- tw ©ne worthy of the'r own glorious r cord in his i ho (Macon aad ys OUR FORCES 60,000 STRONG. ‘7 By Telegraph to the N, ¥. San. — SSHERMAN'S GREAT EXPEDITION. Augusta Probably Reached. 10,000 Cavalry in the Advanoe. Everything Destroyed on the March. A REVERSE IN TENNESSEE. Breckinridge Attacks Gillem. CAPTURE OF 400 FEDERALS. Fighting at Strawberry Plains. REBELS REPEATEDLY REPULSED. Sad News from New Orleans. DEATH OF GENE LETTER FROW PRILADELPRIA. ‘ Consecration of t he Great Cathedral, GRAND AND IMPOSING SCENES, Description of the Edifice. &e,, &e. &e., GENERAL SHERMAN Facts and Ramors. ‘The erente preceding the deatruction and eracua- Mon of Atlanta were of the moat abarrbing interest. Brome time before it oecurred, it wae evident from the preparations what the doom of the city would Te and despair fell on the few remaining inhab- tranta who had managed to evade General Bher- Man's order to leave the city. Banda of armed rebels began to dash nearer and nearer to the citer, | ae if impatient for the departure of our troops, hich would enable them to regain the place. A umber of skirmishes resulted from the temerity of the enemr in approaching too near our batieries and pickets, These efforta in ao respect retarded the operationa of General Sherman, who seemed to {gnore them as an elephant would @ swarm of fire upon hie tuske The grim Union General continued Die preparations All the large buildings that were Hkely to he useful to the enemy were blown up or burnt. The factories and workshops were all de- erroved, and the machinery dismantled and ren- dered uaeless, Theee buildings consisted mostly of eotton mills foundries and machine shops, They had been partiaily gutted by the rebela before laay- ing the city, and, unlike their former owners, bad long since ceased running, and their hands, male and female, acattere| to raricus places. Before the war Atlanta waaone of the most growing and pros- peroua cities in the South. Ithad a population of over thirty thousand, the majomty of whom pended directly or indirectly upon the factor support. A large number of Northern mechanics and machinists hed artuled there, together with a Dheral sprinkling of female cotton hansis from Man- @echunetia and Connecticnt, attracted by high pay end the prospecta of husbands. The hum of in- dustre resounded from morning til! night, and the tor | e@xty, both in the character of the inhabitants and | i | the aspect of the houses, resembled a New Gugland eity more then any other pace in the entire Bouth, Tre railroads previous to Sherman's departure, Were toru up tor @ number of miles in every direction, the iron carried off, ani the ties | Durnt. and culverta and briipes were blown up. | Of course a large number of houses belonging to private people, adjoining the destroyed buildings, were wore or less damaged, and many were burnt. The inhaditanta, mostly old people and children, whose aversion or inability to change preventel them from complying with (renersl Sherman's or- der to rewora looked on in biank sud hopeless | despair Rat thie matters not wil! anon be covered with grass an |< perabne will remain to contrast the former thrift and beanty of Atlanta, “she gate city of the South," with its present desolation, In fine, it presente na type of the ruin precipitated upon the South -the garden of ourcountry—by the madness of seces- gion. Previous to leaving A'lanta General Sherman tar @ied a sorning order to hia solvers, He told them Qhat they were about to enter & new campaign ina eountry newer yet occ upied by either army, and presenting favors je opportunites for success. He congratulated them on their chon and courage during the past, and sppealed to therm to prove y. He 4 informed them that they were to subsist chiefly off niy a few Pior the country, aud were to take al! the horses, mu!es, F.Y¥@ and provimons they could get The qeveral prepa- sire radones were for # #)xty days’ campairn, and each have nan was furnished with two pairs of shoes, P&TPS The army commenced to evacuate Atiante on the our tré was to of November, but 't was nos until , solved | last columns filed onto the ruined city of the ; We of tun, Rome had \ecn the 22d thas destroyed in nearly the @ame manner, and at ihe sume time es Atlanta, The town is mtuated near the Gieorsia and Alabama Vine, halfway between the Tennessee river and At- Janta, Before the war it contained a population of from eight to teu thousand porsons. [i had numer- ous factories and cotton mil's Geuersl Sherman moved out of Atlanta fifty thousand strong, The cavalry arm was supert, and consisted of ten thoussnd men under the com- mand of Genera! Judson Ki)patrick, He isa West Point officer and twenty-eight years of age, and bes distinguished himself in all the great bettles in Virginia and Maryland. jt will be remem- bered that he was sent to this city to sidin @uppressing the July rics, By 3 strange Quality, he is although ® young man, The broad streets | alone in the world. In December last he lost his wift, and s few «cokes afterwards hia child, Refore that hie father, mother, brothers and waters had all died within a very brief period He tsa brave and accomplished officer General Sherman has passed ont of the region of telegraph and railroad communicasions with the North, and we shell be forced to rely upon the Bouth- ern papers foe our first positive news of bis move- ments, 80 far the accounta are contradic. tory. At one time it wee epnounced Vy the Richmond journals that he was epprosching the Atlantic enamt, and hed captured Milledgeville and Augusta, The next day it was stated that he had cee pied Selma, on the direct route from At- Janta to Mobile. The fact that a number of iron clade and transporte, leden with stores and eup- pilen, had arrived in Mobile Ray, seems to confirm the report thet Mobile ja hisdestination. Rut the reporte of the march to Auguste ere indirectly cenfirmed from other unofficial sources, and are sustained by obvious military considerations of expediency. [Ry marching in that direction, and eweeping up through North Carolina into Eastern Virginia, he can secure the ruin of Lee's army, and the overthrow of the Confederacy From East Tennessee. Attack near Knorville... Repalse ef the Enemy. Chattannoqa, Nov 19.The rebele attacked our forces at Btrawhberry Plains, 13 miles above Knot. ville, in forea yesterday morning et daylight. The fighting continued at intervals all day, Our forces hold thelr own, The rebels were repulsed in every atta} Defeat of the Federals at Balls Gian. Louisville, Ky. Nor. 19. Intelligence deemed relable, the accuracy of which cannot be deter- m.ned tonight asaya: Very recent’y the robel Gen Breckinridge, with 19,000 men atiacked Gen, @)- Jom, near Rull'a Gap, and after a desperate fight defeated Gillem, who loa! 400 prisonera, The num- bor of killed and wounded is noe stated. No fear of an invasion of Kentucts in consequence of this reverse is apprehended, as the military authorities are fully prepared to meet the advance of any rebel force into the State Loviantile, Nor 19.--The lone of Gen Gillem'a forces in their recent encounter with Breckinridge is estimated at 400 wounded and missing, ssafe at Knore Ve (Rebel Account.) The Rehmond Fxautnen, Nov. 16, publiahesthe following: Hradquartera Army Northern Virginia, Nor. 18, 1S64.—Hon. Jamea A, Seddon, Seeretary of War: Gen. Breckinridga reports that on the night of the 13th inst. he turned Bull's Gap, when the en- einy stempte’ to retreat. About 1 o'clock on the 14th inet., wit Vaughan's and Duke's commands, he atruck their column sad routed it. Several hundred prisoners, ten aiands of colors, eiz preces of artillers, with caisaone and horses completa, 50 joaded wavone, with teams and ambulances with medical supplies, A&c., were captured. Rebel Gillem E. Ler. Death of Gene ral Cauby. Carro, Nov, 20 —The clerk of the steamer Btick- ney from New Orleana on the evening of the 12th, pac athat he waa toll by the Quartermanter of New Orleans that General Canby died atl o'clock that afernoon, and Morganzia, the latest telegram received there con- firmed the statement. n the arrival of the ateamer at Various Western Items, | Cairo, Nov. 19.—Memphis dates to the 17th aay, that report placed Beauregard with a considerable rebel iorce at Corinth, and that Forrest would join him there. ‘The rebel Captain Thompson was conecripting every man he could find in the neighborhood of Germantowne here were sbout 4,000 rebels at Mount Pleasant, Mias.. twelve miles from Collierville, This te the only large Body near Memphis, bus there are acve- raj amal forces not far away. Chalmers and Lo ectave reported at Holly Springs, Miss. GENERAL GRANT Attack on Hutler’s Washington, Nor 20,—The mail boat from City Point brings information thaton Tnoureday night neary firing occurred 4 Butler’s front at Dutch Gapy caused by the rebels attempting to force our picket lines. They were completely repu sed. Opening of Commercial Porta. Washington, Nov. ®— The ports of Norfolk, Vir- ginin, and Pensacola, Florida, having for some time been In the military possession of the United NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER | foot of standing roorn within view of the entrance, Htates, it isdeemed advisable that they should be | ee SREESEEEE opened to domestic and foreign commerce, there- fore the President of the United States has issued a proclamation to the effect that the blockade of those ports shall so far cease and terminate from the firet day of December next ; that commercial inter- urse with them, except as to persona and things, and information contra and of war, may from that | time be carried on, subject to the laws of the United fintes, the limitation, and in pursuance of the re culasions which may be presented by the Secretary of the Treasury, end te such military and nara! re- ulawons as are vow in force, or may hereafier be found necessary. = Naval. Trial Trip ef the Torpede Beat “trom. boll, Lite. On Saturday afternoon the new torpedo vessel B'romboli made her first official trial trip with a view of iestiug Ler engines and torpedo machinery. Her inventor, Chief Engineer W. W. W. Wood, Captains Worden and Boggs, and the ine build. ere, wero the only persons present, as it !s desired that this invention sball be kept a secret for a time at lea She left the Kauery Yard of Menara, Secor & Co, at Jersey City, and proceeded up the North River in company with Pickrt boat No. 6, which was also making her firs trial trip. Successful exporimonts were made in detaching torpedoes and |) manw@uvering the vessel iu a variety of ways | made nine knot ‘Lhe speed of the Strombo'i under easy steam and while submerged ready for action, was shout eight knots, and with the power ashe can develope could have ‘een run toten knots, Picket boat No. 6 tly, ‘The Strombeli will sail in a few hours for ve important service, The off. cers of this vessel have received their appoint. ments to this veasel with the understanding that if it should become s military necessity to destroy the vessel to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy they perish with her. Lieut. W. B. Cushing has left the city to take command of the gunboat Monticello. The gunboat Shawmut is cruising on the coast of Nove Goose, She was at Weymouth o few dave | gate ot entrance, making» circuit in the march, @ince, The Yantic, which t¢ cruising in the neigh- borhood of Nantucket shoal, put into Holmes’ Hole on Monday leat. The Vaniderbtit ia cruising of shore, in the track of Novkade rinnera, The U.S, gunboat Mackinaw arrived at Fortrean Mon- roe on the 14th inet, from @ cruise in search of the Tallabassoe, She hae experienced very heavy weather during the whole crime. Roatewain's mate George Franks was washed overboard and drowned, The following-named pilota have !een ordered to the North Atlantic Blockading Sqnadron for apeciel service: Act. Mastera D.V N Wright, Henry North, | Jobn Dovey; Act. Kosign W. 0 Wiliams; Acting Masters A. F. Davia, Thos. Smith, J. T. Stiver, 11. Stevens, M_ Brower, H. Vanderveer, W. Nelaon, 6 W. Hadley, J, Bollea Geo, Look, C. Cook, G.C Mendell, J. Denson, W. Lanne, J. Benfield, 8. M. Abbot, J. P. Foote T. A Wyatt, $. J. Whitty J Fountain, A. Reiner, EF. Hiller-total 4. This looks like something stirring: Consecration of the Great Cathe- dra] at Philadelphia. Consecration Ceremeniea_ Immense Crewd fm Attendance The Procession —Hlesing ef the Church..The Mas Archbishop Spaulding (om of the Baild- ina Ite Dimensions Kea: of the Arche ttectural Design—The Interior Decora. tHona—The Paintings, &e., &c. (Special Correspondence of the Sun.) Piltiadeiphia, Sunday, Nov. 20.-On the Mh of Beptember, 1846, a concourse of Roman Catholic clervy and laity, ench as Philadelphia hed never before witnessed, assembled to participate in the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the Cathe- dral of Bt. Peter and St. Peul. To-day, after the elapee of more than eighteen years a atill grenier concourse assernbied to celebrate the complotioggof the edifice to eclemnly consecrate the jreat cathe- dral to the worship of Alwighty God. Unfortunate- ly the weather to-day has been exceedingly unfar- orablo for the dedicatory ceremonies. The morning broke dull and cloudy, atrongly indicating rain, and at about ten o'clock a drivaling rain eet in, which hee continued almost un- interruptedly during the day. Thi, however, acermedt not in the least to detract from the atten 1- ance, judging from the immenae throng which at an early hour filled Logan Square. Frorn ali points of the compasa the people came, on foot and in carriages, filling the streeta leading to the cathe- nd all along the route designated for the Passage of the procession, thousands of men and women were etationed. For the purpose of giving the several city congregations of the Catholic faith an opportunity of participating in the ceremonies, No services were beld in their churches to<lay, and therefore almoat the entire Catholic population o¢ the city were present, Tickets to the interior of the cathedral were aold atone dollar each,and the num- ber wae limited to the exact capacity of the church. The number of there tickets waa quickly exhauat- ed, and thousands of persons who desired to pur- chase them were debarred from entering At about half-past ten o'clock the grand procession beyan te form {to the cathedral chapel, in the following order: 1, The Second Maater of Ceremonicn, F.B, O'Neil), wit!) Vhuriter (incenae. ) 2. drothers of Christian Schools and Rrothers of the Holy Cross. 8. Beclesiastical Btudents of the Preparatory and Theological Seninartes 4 Reverend Clergy and rurplice, 5. Reverend Clergy of the Dioeere, in cansoek and surplice. f Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy of the Diocese, in chasnble, without stole or man'ple 7. Very Reverend ond Reverend Clergy ot the other Dioceses in chasuble, without stole or man- ipie. & Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy of the T ocene, in copes. with amict ove: the surplice, 9, Very Reverend and Reverend (leroy of the other Dic amict over the aur- piice, 10. Mitred Abbote, 11. Rt. Rev, Rashopain copes and m.tre, attendet by Chap/aius and mitre-learers, 12. Kt. Roy, James F, Wood, D, D, Celebrant, In cope and mitre, attended by Assiatant Presta, Dea. cong, Honerary Deacons and Bub-Deacons and utber Ministers. 13, Moat Bev. Archbishopa from other Provinces, in cope and mitre, attended by Chaplaing aud mitre-bearers, 14, Most Rev. Archhishop of the Province, pre- ceded by his Cross, and attended by the usual min- inters, When the procersion emerg’d from the Cathed- | a), © Veet sea of people had collected, fling every Sermon of of the Diocese, in cansock raem® in copes, witl and large numbers bad taken up positions in wine dows, on dour-steps, and even on house-tops to vain a sight of the imposing display. Siowly and solemnly the 'ong line iasued from the builiing, and started upon the course desixnated for the proceasion——from the church to Summer street, up Surnmer atreet to Logan Bquare, and passing through a portion of the Square, returned to the While thia moat aeleran and imposing procession waa passing, the vast crowd that line! the streets were an sileut as if Philadolphia were then ‘the City of the Dead." Hardly a whisper was heard, and each individus) seemed to be impressed with atruo sense of the sancity of religiow which this solemn display wae designed to tipily Tue procession having retuinet to the entrance. | gate, the ceremony of Liessing the building, and | consecrating it to the worel!p of God, was com menced, the Right Reverend James F, Wow, Bisbop of the Diocese, oficeting, The exerciser consisted of chanting Psalms, swinging the in- cenae, and sprinkling the walls ond foundations of the church with holy water After this solemn ceremony bad Leen performed, the procession re- entered the building, chanting Paalms ond siu.tng | the Litany. Passing up to the Sanctuary, the pro- cesston, with the exception of Rishop Wood and his ministers, entered it, where they remained during the continuation of the cerernonies, In ad- ditton to the clergy wh: participated in the pro- cession, there were ei ity women belonging to | Catholic orders, who were prominent in the ser- | vices, They represented twelve different religious orders in the Diocese, among whom were Bisters of | Charity, Nuns of the Sacred Heart, and Sisters of | Mercy. Bishop Wood and his ministers next pro- ceeded with ceremonies similar to those which had occurred om the outside of the building—passing through the aisles, bieasing the walla, singing Pealms, chanting the Litany, end performing other | religious ceremonies jority of the churches in this country, the money cost, aggregating about a million dollara, has been | clearly diseerni' le | the four corners of the dome. | only receive #9.40 a week—a rate which, at 21, 1864. At the conclusion of this part of the exercises, the performance of the Pontificial Masa began, with Bishop Hood as the celebrant essisted by a num- ber of distinguished divinea and during ita per formance those who had taken partin the procea- fion ware scated within the Sanctuary, The muat- cal performance? of thia masa waa grand beyond description, An orchestra of thirty-four pieces together with seventy select voicen, all of the high- eat degree of proficiency, remderel it ine atyle of the highest musical excellence. A‘terthe performance of the mana, the Right Rev. Archbishop Rpaulding, delivered the dedica- tory sermon, which concluded thease moat Intereat- ing, solemn and impressive ceremonies Hin text was taken irom Ephesians, 6th chapter, and 22d to “Sh verses, inclusive, (The admirable sermon of Bishop Spaulding wa are compelied to omit for want of apace-Ed, Sus.) Thus wea consecrate! to religious worship the grandest church edifice in the Un ted States ca- thedral that is not ou.y fmportant asan fidication of the advancement of the cause of religion, but as & monament of art that will mirvive long after this generation bave passed away. DESCRIPTION OF THE RUILDIBG, The great work of building the Cathed:al wae inaugurated under the administration of the late K.ebop Kendrick, of Baltimore, and was doaigned to be the largest and moat imposing religious structure in the United States Unlike » great ma- Involved in {ta erection waa wholly contributed by the Catholic laity of Philadelphia who were mainly of the poorer classes. and not a cent of the vast donated by othera As the work progressed the money waa obtained by periodical collcetionsy, barely enough to pay the current expenses and the number of laborers employed was made de- pendent on these «mall receipta, Thus by the ac- cumulation of dribleta—almont pennier—the work steadily but slowly progrease!, Your after year it has gradually been raised from the ground by the devetion of the Catholic laity, and to-~iny it atandathe noblest architectural monument is the city of therly Love, and with the exception of the grout Cathedral in the City of Mexion, the moat magnificent religious edifice in the New World, Rianding on elevated ground, fronting on Logan Rquare, the new Cathedral raines ita lofty dome high above any other atructure in Philadelphia, Ae ® stranger approaches the city, no matter from what point or hat direction, he sees the tower- ing spire, surmounted with ite gilded crows, stand. ing in bold relief againat the aky, aa if pointing the three-fourths of a million of human beings aur- rounding itto that “hous* not made with banda, eternal in the heavens.” Butto gain a full appre ciation of ita noble grandeur, and to obtain a trie ilen of ita imposing appearance, a cloner obmerva- ton is necessary, From Logan Square it presente aright which iaequailed oly by the magnificent urch edifices which conatitute the leading artiti- } attraction s of Europe, The atructure impresses the beholder with coumingled admiration for ite Venuty and veneration for the noble cause of roli- gion, to which it is consecrsted, It fe magnificent, yet not gaudy; elegant in artistic desien, yet mg- westive of aomething higher —of immortality. The maasiveness of ite con stion, and the firmness with which tte immens 6 walls atand upon thelr foundations, | noticeable,and marke the edifice as a structure that will stand through the coming ages, when all the vast throng that surround it toeday will have returned to dust The yeneral form of the cathedral is oblong, and inthe form of a crosa being two hundred and nixteen feet Jong by one bundred and thirty-alx feet wide The longer piece of thin cros# in one hundred and ninety-two tect to length, and the shorter one bundred aud twenty-eight feet each being tilty fees wide, From the ground te the top ot the bunidiug proper isa lithe more than one hundred feet, and to the top of the dome two bundred and ten feet, The dome, at the base, is seventy -one feet in diameter, the walls are ten fees t and from here it rises ay mmotrically, contracting gradually until the apex is reached, and the eye rests upon the gilded cross which sur- MOUDTR jf, wt a distance that rakes the head dizzy Wut the exterior of the cathedral only prepares the mind tor the grandeur and impressiveness of the interior, On entering the beautifully arched dour- scene strikes the beholder, which, for mag- * oud aublimity, hasrarely been equalled, © moat church build ngs, there ere no side ywa the aditice being lighted and ventilated trom the top. From the ample aky-\ights an sDindant flood of lebt fails, bringing the splendid Artiath desiga of she interior, the elegaut fresco work and the gorxeous decorations plainly into view. The nave or longer portion of the building is bordered on each fide with a row of mansive p'l- lare, ten tees aquart: supporting the vaulted ceil- ing at a distance of elgbty feet from the ground floor, These pillara are surrounded by alsles twenty-two feet wide, above which, ata! ight of forty-jwo feet, are a number of small doines, cach having @ window In the top, with @ «mall stained glass contre, The dimeusions of the sanctuary are fifty by for- ty-nix feet, the floor beng ¢ mposed of | eautiful white marble, the blocks of which are arran,ed in much @ manner as to give itn higoly pleasing etfect, Kuclosing the sauctuary isa ra ling, alao of marble, aud polished to the bigheat p mmible degree. The alter in not yet completed, and @ temporary atr ture war improviaed for the consecration cerernon- jes, According to the plan upon which it is being constructed, however, end the grandeur of the de- corations with which it ia to be surrounded, it will be well in keeping with the magnificence and eoi- emnity which impresses the beholder with re- gard to every part of ihe wonderful edifice, On tho interior of each end the transept, or shorter arn of the building is a large and beautiful paint. ing —thaton the North end being the Nativity or Birth of Christ: and that on the Bouth end the Ad- oration of the Wise Men of the Kast. The picture of the Nativity repreente the Caild Jesus resting in the arms of the Virwin; and far in the distance the Star of Bethlehem appears in the beavens, and the shepherde are F2en pene efully ching their flocks, Inthe second painting the wise men are seen bowing low betore the bale and placing et bis fect their gifteof ointment, gold and precious stones, The Crucifixion the em! Jer of the Roman Catho- he din represented ou the eastern wide of the Jonger arm of the building, At the foot of the cross the Virgin, Maury Magdalen and the Apostles are portrayed, and the vinegar cup and sponge Far shove this ia aucther painting representing the Father, surrounded by the he.ven'y throng, looking down at the sutlering fon, who is dying ‘or the redenption of a sinful world, Ard stil’ hivher is seen the aymbolical dove, representing the Holy Ghost —the three puint- ings belug typical of the Fi » the Bon, and the Holy Giost—the Trinity, upon which founded the {with of ail Christian denominations, Desides these loading paiutings, other demgoa sre inter- spersed in the trescoing throughout the building, the whole giving agraud and awe-inspiring appear: ance, Aa the eye wanders upward from the ody of the \uslding, i} encounters the still more gorgeous display in the intenor of the dome, At the wp isa jarve and splendid palating of the Assumption, to- gether with figures of the four Evangelisis, set in These are the prin- cipal ornaments of the interior of the dome, al- though others of minor importance are skillfully blended in the fresco work, Tue conductc nd drivers of street cars in Cin- cinnati are ona “strke" for higher wages They ‘eeent rece 'n the corner groceries, renders it difficuls lor a man to C@ honest and deceuily provide for hus familv SUN. {PRICK OVE CENT OTN GOTH (TWO CRESTS IN CURRENCY, News Items. (Bp Telegraph to the Kew York Kun.) Newerr-are parole! Felern! aficere erricad af Mempbia on the Ith, under os ‘omminaioner of Exchange, A rrae in Philadelphia voaterta: Venetian Blind Factors of FJ Ww Kth street, and damaged several of the adinning buildings, Total loa, about $25,000, partially inaured, Tar Chattanooga Gagerte learns thet Mat Cer Meagher bas been ordered to report to May (res Biedman for duty, with directions that he he a* signed to the command of all the troopa belongine fo the 15th and 17th Corps now in that diatrict Tue engine of aireight train leaving Naahri'ls early on Friday morning broke one of tte driving Wheela which at every revolution broke the ra! Bome 1,200 raile between Nashville and Gallann were thus rendered useless, and the damage amounted to 20,000, Private advices from the flees off Charleston ser that recently the rebela opened on the steamer Pon tiac, one of the blockading feet, and @ tan-inch shell struck her on the forecaatia, killing and wounding a number of men, Keren were instant!7 killed, New Onieana papers of the 12th confirm the statement concerning the futile attempt of the commander of the gunboat Rattler to aurrender hie Vessel to the rebela, on the Missiasipp!. He war ts receive 100 bales of cotton, #200,000 in graanbacka, and pass through the trans-Mississipp! Department to Mexico, 0 Lroturne of the State of Wieconain gins Lincoln 7,000 majority on the home vote and with the bome and soldiers’ vote together, about 15,000 The Congressmen stand : Union, four ; Democrat, one, The soldiers’ vote elects General Paine, of the Firat District, by 200 to 500 majority. The Senare standa: Union, 28; Democrat, 10. Assembly 7 Union, 60; Demecraty 31. Avuriat. Srerning, of the Faat Gulf Aquedren. Teporin that a very able rebel fishery wae 44 stroved at Marat Isiand, Florida, on the 19h ult, by an expedition from the Federal eteamer Mare and Stripes, Aixteen prisoners were ecapmred, without loa toour aide, The squadron hee sler captured the English blockade runner Lucy, with an assorted cargo. General Intelligenoe. {By Meil to the New York Bun.) Wa. Hoirasn, the Democratic Benster deed from Dorebeater County, Md, bee resigned hie pent. Preamart Liscoum, it ie understood, has 4) rected the unconditiunal release of the Penpesyi- vania Commissioners and Agente of Election. Dvnina the atay of the Emprens of the French of Swallach for three weeks, she gave away to the heggaraof thet place, and in renly to begging le tes from various parte of Germany, po less than 04,00, Two doctors, a prieet, and several other individ. uals, have been arrested in Madnd, charged with forging a will, which bequeathed pwoperty to the aniount of $500,000, direckly in opposition to the known intentions of the teatator Arvesry bounty jumpers, who deserted end went over to the enemy, but who were recapeurat in Kentucks, were on Saturday sent in trons t> Geu, Patrick at City Point, to await trial by Court martial Kanan Jase Surrn, of Washington County, Ar kanuan, hus been sentences be hung, on the 25th of the present month, by a military co lesion, at St. fouls for cutting Government telegrap> wire. Tur Executive Committee of Fast Ternesene have called @ State Convention, to meet at Nashville on the 1%h of December, to torm a ticket to be run for a Conatitution Convention, the Governor to demng- nate the dey for the es ton by ;roclamation Iv in aaid in Washington by prom inent friends of the Administration, that the sending of pescs commissioners to Richmond is not now contemp- lated, and that Prea.dent Lincoln will fully tndicais hin policy with regard to pacification in his forth coming annua! message. Tne persistence of the bith Mannachnaetts (cn! ored) regiment in refuminu, for nearly two years, to accept leas pay than whise soldiers has finalir triumphed, On the 20th of October the men re ceived their full arrears of pay. The regiment hae heen on service in South Carotina for more than & year, and baa done quod service in many battles ‘ne Washington correspondent of the Philade! phia Levask, under date of Friday, says: “The report thas Ewell hae retreated up the Shenandoah Valley te tot credited here. In fach lowers ra cerved in thie city from Sheridan's army, written night before last, represent Kwell aa having been remforced, aud preparing to attack Sheridan.” From toe Ist of June, 1864, to the present time @ period of between filteen and wixteen months. U. 8B Marabel Keyes, of Boston, bas paid over t+ the U.S Treasurer, ax the proceeds of captured blockmde-runne.® adjudicated at that port, over five million doliara, In one cane, a aingle blockade runner neted, with the cargo, upwarde of thres hundred thousand do!irre GUEREILLA outrages continue frequent in t+ track of Price's beaten army. A few deyesines the stave between Kansas Oty and Independen + wae overhauled and robbed, Later Upon the same day, Mr. Treodore Rick and another inan we 4 moving their families t Kansas City, when wwe were attacked beyond the Blue and both murderr’ in cold blood—Mr, Kick ip the presence of hiss ‘9 and four ite chiluren, ‘tne Presidential election, saya the Nantu ket, Mas, isquruew, called out # large number of tis ayed men of this town, Fifty-five men, aged 7) years wad upwird, went to the polls and vote. Aiwong then, was the venerable Captain Veier Kiusge!l, who has not welked @ step for wany years, Lut who, in #p.te of the inclemeus weather, ins stet upon being carried to the bullot-box Their ages wre as follows: Fourteen aged 75 years, seven aod 76 yours, ox aged TT years, two aged TS, thir ~ ren aged TY years enght ayed SO yeurs, one aged *] years wo Bed SU years, Cue ayes So) Oarty and jue aged oY yours. tt of a rabet » Aeatrared the Nemes, 18 North Tuk NEW Haven RArcRoAD DISASTER, On Saturday alters: rover Rauney resumed the .uvestigation into the circumstances attending the disaster at Keveuty Seventh street, om the Now - Haven Railroad, on the 10th of Outober last, and several genticmen were heard in relation to the condition of the road, Mr, Thaddeus Billect, of Greenwich, Coun. an aged and experiouced manu- facturer of reilrowl iron, thought many ta of the road unfit for use; but Mr, John Gould, late » railroad commiasioner for the Btate of Connecticut, having passed over the road since the disaster, re- reeds | it ag aafe as any in Connecticut; of tha track between this city and the Connecticut linc he knows noibing ; bus he is quite sure thas trains may berun ete of forty miles sn bour with riect safety over the entire line. The éurther Pesring is to Beturdey, Decamber od, od R00, m ¢ Continued om the last page, ‘ er