The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 23, 1864, Page 1

—_— rs THE to be treated in tho most friendly manuer, The | forts, which were to @ great extent destroyed or | from his saddle, The raiders immediately fled, | ore Ss | taking the wounded man with them, | (Ronse's Point is in Champlain Cow on the Can- ada Border and Lake Clauplain } The Latest New y Telegraph to the N. ¥. San. SHERMAN'S EXPEDITION. HO OFFICIAL NEWS YET. Our Military Authorities Confident. From Arkansas—etreat of Price. Headquartere Army of the Border, Cump Ar- kanease, Nov. S—via Fort Seott Nov. 15—To General Davies; We have just concluded the pur- @uit of Price, whose rear guard cronsed the Arkan- sas river under fire of our guns. Mle left another of his guns and h's own carriage, which, with other arme and equipments, bave fallen into our bands. are to Le built, The Price of Nixate is to defray the expenses of the expedition, and to pay a ran- Bom, on account of the town of Bimonosak: having } been spared, The total loss of te expe Ltion wae about ninety ki led and wounced, of whicu sixty. | five fell to the Euglish, LONDON WOSRY MARIRT. The Penk of Envtand, on the 1%tb instant, re- | EVIDENT ALARM AT RICHMOND. From Gen. Sheridaa’s Army. SHARP FIGHT WITH MOSBY. An Invasion of New York. REBEL RAID AT ROUSE'S POINT, The Robbers Driven Of. LATER EUROPEAN NEWS. Discussion of the Florida Affair. THE CONDITION of AMERICA. Pam. Feels Bad About It. REAT FLOODS IN ITALY, Movements of Gen. Grant. HIS VISIT TO THIS CITY. What He Didand Where He Went ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA, A Mtragetic Retreat. ke, &o,, &e. GENERAL SHERMAN. Mothing Heard From Him Oficlally for Two Wecks, Washington, Nov, 22.—Nearly two weeks have elapsed since direct information was received from General Sherman himself, The Government bas Bo intelligence of his recent wovements later than thet contained in the Richmond papers of last Fri- day. Gen. Sherman, at least s month ago, inform- @d the proper authority at Washington of bis plans, which, judging by the rebel accounts, have thus lar been carried into ctfect, with a bright promise of success throughout his campaign (By Mail.) The Washington Rercutican, of Monday even- tng, says: “Reports from Richmond are to the effect that Geu. Sherman's graud advance wove- ment into the heart of rebeldom is producing a pauic, We can assure the rebels of Bichmond end @isewbere that what they bave already discovered of Sherman's movements, and which so slarms them, is not the halt of what they will soon dis- cover, if they have not done so already." Activity op the James. The Alexandra, Va., BTaTe JOURNAL says: “Yesterday (Friday) morning the iron-clads previously stationed at Fortress Monrve, woved up the James River to Dutch Gap, and the indications were very stroug of a beavy movement being in operation. We may, therefore, lock for very Startling news from that quarter by the arrival of We steamer to-morrow, and who can doubt that it will be of a most favorable character,"" Passtncars from City Point report that news had been received previous to the departure of the boat to the effect that General Butler had let the water tnto his canal at Dutch Gap. There was no means @ verifying the statewent and further information was eagerly looked for, GENERAL SHERIDAN, Sharp Fight with Mosby. Philadelphia, Nov. 22,—The Inquinge pub- Hashes the following dispatch ; Harper's Ferry, via Baltimore, Nov, 21,—In wy last dispatch tothe Ixqriay mentioned the fact that e party of guerrillas made an attack ons eavalry escort near Winchester, a few days since. Bor the purpose, if possible, of intercopting and @apturing the attacking party, Capt. Brasher's In- dependent Scouts, attached to Gea. Crook's scout- (ng command, started through Loudon County on Friday last. The command were in the saidle all @ay and nigt , and finally reached Cabletown, on the Shenandoah River, about sixteen miles from arper's Ferry, Tho next morning Capt. Brasher captured two of Mosby's men, and reveived in- formation from them thet # smal! party from the guerrilla chieftain's outlaws were about two miles from Cabletown, Captain Brasher started with two of his men on # reconnoitering expedition, and discovered a party of between thirty and forty of the enemy. He quickly returned to his main ‘body, consisting of sixty-two men, and proceed. “dat once to mect them Aa soon es the! ° y were in sight, Captain Brasher drew up his min line and charved them. ‘Tne rebels fell Beck until the rest of Captain Brasher's commaud het passed a cross-road, when Mosby, with over two hundred men, made asudden dash on both widee of the road, ands sharp encounter enaued, The: Union scouts were coutived at this time ine parrow lane, without wuch chanceto mauauvre, and were consequently surrounded and subjected | to o deadly fite. Twenty-two of Drasher's com- | mand were killed on the spot, among the number was Lieut, Cole. ht were wounded, and the Dalance, thirty-two in number, were captured, Gome few of the captured have since made tieir es- cope. One of them escaped by detacuing himself quietly trom bis captors end taking refuge in ® peighbor.ng farm house, where oue of the vecu- pens concealed him under a tiooring ccntuining » | trap door, covered by the carpeting of the room. | The entire party were suddenly cuuyhs in a pre- qediteted trap. Adrenebiag rain has contiuucd | unceasingly tor the past two days, and the roads are ine Very Unsatiisctory concition, The streets ere ankle deep with mud, Tbe Baltimore and O iio Railroad bewween Harper's Ferry aud MartiusLurg | we well guarded and perfectly aale trom any guer- eile attack. iia arte Rebel Kaid at Rouse’s Point. Boston, Nov. %2.—A gang of rebe! raiders on \aorseback are reported to have made their appear- We are now rid of 20,000 of 30,000 balf.starved bushwhackers end half-starved vaabonda, who, I hope, may never return to disturb the peaceful {n- habitants north of the Arkansas river. Ho is also beyond our poste of, Fayetteville, Fort Smith and Fort Gibson, which are now aafe, 8. R. Craris, Majordieneral, General Canby Recovering. Cairo, Nov, 22 —New Orleans papers of the 15th #ay that General Canby is recovering. The report of bie death was telegraphed from here on the authority of the clerk of the steamer Stickney, and of course is thus proved false. From the Pacifie Const. San Pranciaco, Nor. 21,—The Central American Transit Company's steamer Moses Taylor, arrived here yesterday afternoon from San Juan cel Sur, The abips Minnebabe of London, Mattaban and Arno were lost ine gale off Howland and Baker's Island on the 6th of October The ship White Swallow is also missing, and it is feared that ahe also is loat. From Europe. Five Days Later News. Portland, Me., Nov. 22,—The Steamship More- vian, from Liverpool 10th, via Londouderry 11th inst., arrived at this port this morning. Her dates are five days later. The ship Ocesn Pearl, from New York for Tarre- gona, was totally wrecked on the 28th of October off the latter port, The crew end s large portion of the cargo were saved, The Burvrtxe Gazette believes the steamer to which Captein Semmes and his men were trans ferred by the Laurel of Maderia was the Sea King, which recently cleared from London for Bombay It is stated that the Inst vessel destroyed by tho Florida before her capture st Bahie was the Man- darin, f-om Rio de Janeiro for Baltimore. Lord Wodchouse has been formally insugurated as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Boinbay letters of the 14th, and Calcutta of the 6th of October, fully confirm the disastrous effects of the great cyclone. Fuller accounts frow Cal- cutta are expected in a few days The fore part of the steamship Jura has keeled ovor, and the after part rema'ns fast and upright iu the sands where she grounded. In relation to the Flonda affulr, the London Times City Article" saya: Advices from New York with regard to the mode in wuich the W ton Government have re- ceived the news e capture of the Confederate steamer Florida are awaited with the greatest in- terest by she mercantile, as well as tbe political world, One ressou for the importance attrivuted to these advices consists in the inference that, if the affair be palilated or condoued by Linco!n's Government, it wil! henceforth extinguish any power on the part of the United States to assail ke privateers the commerce of any nation with whic they may be at war, since the precedent will es- tarinh, acl to the right to pursue and destroy cvery such vessel, whatever may be the port in which she may seek shelter or supplies. London Nov. 11,—The English journals publish the cfficia! Brazilian correspondence relative to the capture of the Florida. The Monsin@ Brae denounces the seizure and hopes the American government will repudiate it, The new Lord Mayor of London was inaugurat- ed on the 9th inst, with the usual ceremonies, ter minating with a grand banquet at Guilthall, Lord Palmerston, who was present, made an eloquent speech, in which he spoke cheeringly of European politics, As regards America, he said: “There ia one dark apot in the picture which the affeira of the world present. That dark spot lies on the other mde of the Atlantic. We grieve, and every man of right mind must grieve, that that bloody and disastrous war which broke out more than three years ago among the kindred nations of Northern Americe «till races —still [aya wante the fer- tile plains of that contincnt—st!!| bedews wit! the blood of ites people, there forests and tracts of territory which ought to Le cultivated and become surces of wealth, pleasure and happiness to mankind We way earnestly trust that buman nature will not long permit that deadly and disastrous strife to coutinue—that the contending parties, within some riod not remote, will find it much Letter to be re- conciled than to fight—and these disputes which have bedewed that continent with fraternal blood, will be settled |y an amicab'e arrangement between themselves, (laud cheers.) The beginning of the strife was expected to be attended in this country with most disastrous results to manufactures, ‘These alarms have bewn found groundless. Atal! events out of evil may come some good, end [ truss in future our sources of cotton supply will he epread over e great portion of the globe, and that we shall no louger be depeudent on any one coun- try for materials 6 essential to the indusiry and prosperity of our own country, Rougemont de Lowenberg & Co, bankers in Paris, have suspended payment, with Liabilities amounting to from five to sx bundred thousand pounds sterling. The final vote in the Danish Lower Housa, on the Treaty of Poace, was takea on the 9th ings. Tho Treaty was approved by 75 to 21 votes. One mem- Ler abstained from voting. Four wero absent. All the Deputies present from Schleewig and the Enclaves ceded by the Treaty to Germany voted against the Treaty, The bill was afterwards sent to the Upper House. Tho debate on the Convention and removal of the Capitel to Florence, is still progressing in the | Italian Chamber of Deputies, Some of the speakers denounce the Convention as virtual renunciation of Rome, while others regard {tus leading to Rome at no distant period, There bas ‘een great floods in Tuscany, and considerable damage done to property, particularly to the railways. At Florence there was ulso » great inundation, The streets were flooded, the fi lds laid waste, ond tho roads broken up, The damage done is enormous, But few lives were lost. The deiails of the naval operations against Japsn by! e combined powers are published, The ex- duced ita rate of discount from nine to eight cent, au event fully enticipaied aud discounie | wlvance, Batierthwatt' Instant there securities, and much dispostion to buy ‘five. twenties’ and I!linoie ehares at improving prices: Lut on the 9th, upon the receipt of advices from New York to November 1st, reportine au advance in gold, free sellers of both siocks ay peared and decline was esta! lished Toe market, however, Siren firm at 41% for five-twenties and (9 for ‘nots, The Confederate loan rallied two per cent. un- der the news received by the City of Washing- ton Cotton.—The sales of the week reach 72,000 bales, including 19,600 to Rpeculatora, and 1,000 to exporters, The market has been buoyant, with an advance on the weok of 14, per lt. on American, andl on other descriptions, The sales to<lay, ere 15,000 bales, the market closing with cing tendency at the following suthorized cirenlar save that upto the ath Orleans fair. ......264d; Middilng.... Mobile, * re bad e 2 Uptande, 26 14 “ 4 ¢ total stock in port amounts to 867,000 Lales, including 11,000 bales American. The brea lstuf? market is stead fadull, Provision market q\ advancing, London, Nov, 11. Console cloned at 90 7-Sa 914, for money Bulllon in tho bank of England Increased £354,000, American atocka,—Dlinois Central, discount; Erie, 80a41. ni firmer, Corn oud steady, Lard 1 Wah? y News Items. {B9 Telegraph to the New York Sun.) Tas echoouer Jenny Lind was wrecked at Long Point on But irday, Bhe isa total loas. Attbe munictpal election at Dover, N. H, yes- terday, Hon. William Estes, Union Republican, was re-clected Mayor by 300 majority. Gey, Busnorpe did not resume bis old command in the Army of the Potomac, but returned to Wash- ington from “the frout,"" and goes North for the present Tus U. 8. South Carolina Taz Commisstoners Will commence leasing cotton plantations for the ensuing year et Hilton Hesd, on the 4th of Decem- ber. Cart Brut, the Lake Erie pirate, was before the Court at Toronto, C. W., yesterday. There was some defect in the warrants, but he is etill in cus- tody, and the case will proceed to-day. Tar reports of the evacuation of Poteraburgh ort- ginated with refugees and deserters, who coming into our lines have merely impressed on others their belief that such was the fact Gay. Eagan's wound has proved to be more sert- ous than was at first supposed. The ball passed between the bones of the arm. Boon after he reach- ed Washington erys!pelas set in ; but this has now subsided and tho physicians are hopeful that the dauger is over. He will be taken to New York es soon as be can bear to travel, Tux Navy Department is advised that the rebel schooner Badger from 8t. Marke, bound to Havan- na, was taken possession of by the steamer Addis on the 6th inst. off the middle entrance of st, George's sound, Florida. Twenty-five packa,es of cotton were captured with the vessel, the captain of which threw his papers overboard. Acagck for $3,000 on the Lock Haven Bank, pur porting to be endorsed by Ludwig, Kneedies & Co, was presented to Drexel & Co., Philadelphia, om Monday, who gave the party a check on the Commonwealth Bank for $2,085, payable to the order of Ludwig, Kneedles & Co The check on the Lock Haven Bank proves to be a forgery, but the forger was disappointed in getting Ludwig & Co.'s check paid, as the bank would not pay him with- out identification. General Intellfgonce. (By Mal to the New York Sun.) Ges, Hooxen's headquarters in Ohio, by order of the War Department, w'l! be rem ved from Cin- cinnati to Columbus ou the first of uext month, A urrtis girl in church, in Boston, lately, during the collection, wanted to know of ber wother why those wep passed around corn poppers AN order bas been promulgsted abolish nz the 16ib Core. General Emory is to report in the Commander of the Military District of Mias\s: ppl. Ir is generally understood that ex-Governor | Hicks, of Maryvleud, ig soon to resign his ecatin the Beuate, apd that Hon. Moutgomery Blair is to be hia easor, An Irish lad, having been asked if the man who had just flogged bim was his own father, replied, “Yis, sure be's tho parent iv me: but be trates me as if] was his em by anothe: father and mo,ber, bad luck to bim \'* A Youna damsel in Canada, twelve years of age, \ became united in wedlock to @ youth of f-urteen surnmers, with a salary of four dollars per month, Ir isto be hoped that ther may be happy bust to that end extravagance must he avoided, Tus Glouceser fishing vesscis are nearly all home now, The catch of mackerel thie season has been good, aud wil) pay # comiortabe profit, Nine vessels and seveuty-eight mer were lost in the cod fisheries, wile bus two vessels were ivet in the bay fisbing “No one should indulge in such borrid anticipa- tions," asthe henpecked husband ssid when the arson told him that he would be jo'nel to his wife a avother world,never to acparate from her. “Pare gon," said he, “i beg you won't iwention the cir- cumsetance again.’* Gen, Baxus bas been tendered the privilege of going back to New Orleans, with the exawe |united powers be exjoyed @ ter the arrival of Geu, Canby | Lobia is ured upon Gen, Banks by the Adu uistre- tion, in answer to strongly expressed wishes of leading civilians of Louisiaus. | A woman in Chicago, Ilinois, committed suicide | Lecause her husband voted the Republican ucket, | A disappointed Deracerat who bad been prom sed ap office, remarked, upon reading the incident,thas the reason why Oli Abe got such majority Was becuuse the Réepubleuns hoped their voting might | have the eume etfect, At the funeral of Lieut. Urm'ston in Danbury, Ci, recently, theclergyman spoke from the passage fu Revelations ‘Tyere wus » rantow round wuce at Rouse's Point on Sunday night. On being | pedition was eutirely successtul, Houceforwart thallenged, they fired on the picket guard. Thoir | there is to bes free passage to the inland soa, and (we was prompily f.urned, and one af thom fall | ol) shins passing through the Straits of Gimonasaki about the throne" and as tho body was being low- ered into the grave the sun broke through the clouds end @ bewuilful rainbow svvpeared ‘ | | rondeie! useless, are not to be repaire.!, nor are | any guns to be mounted on them, and no new forta | of the Louwaville Jovusat, | fia | every firm market for Amer can | yyyy | | | C roumsta Bown prominentientlomen of Kentucky have ar- rivexi at Wishington, to confer with the Presiden: on the military arrest and banishment of Lt, Gov, Jacobs of Kentucky, and Pau! Shipman, late editor An order centers manding the sending of Mr. Shipman tey ond the eveme's hues id not reacu Kontucky until after be ba! toon seni South A Nowvouk correspordent saver It nay be six Months Wire ether the pre el capitol or the * Cock ode * fall vet it mae not ¢ two wecks, and it te not foprotable that ere the mantie of winter clog a its tcy folis around our army, We tay take np our winter quarters ‘n Richmond, or ep contio! evervrhing ot this woment, | SUN. RUpveaos} == ss NEWYORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1864. TWO UNTS IN CORBIN, | end the scene became more exciting every moment. | Nothing tndtosted bis rank, but he was emoking the inevitable cigar, Ho wae dressed in civilian clothes, with a larve alone) et hat, The police at last caine to bis rescue, force’ back the crowd, formed a hollow aquare, placed him in the centre, and took him tothe Central Telegraph ofive ade ' joining, the doors of which were at once shut and guarted, The people asmany as could, then eli:nb- } ed up the windows and tolesraph polos ; | nt hy thts | tme the General had been convere!, by « back duor, to the S ayor’ \* A carriage was theo « ble to force a paas- Another chaise was | then obtained, anc ’ groat state be a | wuard Of police to) jain ntrance to Indepen- | dence Square, on Walnut atroot The rune mie. ceeded to @ charm, A cuff wnt portion of the crowd moved in that direction to enable General Grant to work a passage, with the ald of the police, to the first carriage, Me ente ot, accom. panied by the Mayor and Uo'sne! Badeau, and war driven rapidly up Chestnut errert to the Contiven- tal Hotei, amid the cheers, applause, and inn. merable * God bleas you's" of the people, Ledies waved their hanckerchiefs and gentlemen cheored slong the entire splendid thoroughfare, the whole forming a ecene that will long be remembered by those who witnessed it, Among other incidents that occurred during the General's involuntary @tay st the Mayor's office, the following is Leon the wing in pursuit of Leo's broken and de- tmoralized forces. At tis Gosport Nav, Yard every- thing is | ustle and exvitewent. obtained, but it 6+ age-way through + Tne announcement that the Secretaries of the and Binte are at rarrance over the Florida, ia remature, Mr. Wellos justifies ber selrnre nod yacke St with numerous cedents—the Caroling cane being one in point, rt. Seward fa bnatly en- gaged in an examination of all the facta and pre- couents beartng on the case, The private memo- randuio book taken froin the Plorida, and received | at the Navy Department, reveals some curiosities. After the record of each capture of our veasw!s is entered, there !« « detail of distributions made of the personal valuables captured, euch as gold watches, diaunond ping, fingor rings, ac, Ws have been requested, says e hah deal a per, to give notice to the persone who have euch @ penchast for mementoes of the Presidential nan t they sretempted to cut the Hnings off and strip pieces from the curtains of the m, thet Marshal Lamon has detailed offi- cern to attend to the matter, uncer orders to arrest al] such as may be detected Ip larcenivs of the kind, without respect to persons. Some of the sofna have been atripped of their damask coverings and the Rarrated: = Mayor Meury having — reveived drapery o! the windows niutilated in » shameful from the General assurances reapect’ng the mauner, and the Marshal ie determined to pute) health of bie family. A gentleman standing s.op to this vandalisa, near inquired about hie other — family. Tux New York correspondent of the Boston Joun- Md “What other family?" exclaimed the General, taking hie ciyerin astonishment from hin lips—for the first time on record. “Oh, your family in Vir- @inia,"* wus the ready response. The Geveral saw the point, taughed, and replied, “Oh, the tare al- ways im the best of health.” Exhausted by this loug speech, he took anothor eiyar, ond was then (taken ponsession of by the police, This Philadel. phia visit is important, as afford.ng iho fires Inui. cation of General Grant's wonderful popularity and his deep hold upon the masecs. The affair, com- menciug iu the recognition of the soldier, was tm- Prowptu from first to last. Goneral Grant lem Puiledelpiila by the povn train for Washingten. aN TNOIDeN®, A gentleman who wae passenger on the train which brought General Grant froin Baltimore to Philadelphia, on Friday last, relates the following rather remarkatie incident: The General hed been sitting for long time at one of the windows ofthe car. During the evening be left his sent and passed into e forward car, where he remained. Anvvther gentleman, who had seated himself in the podition Vacated by the General, was subsequently startled by two leaden bullets that came Craab'pg through the window-pane and lodged in tho other side of Sie car Fortunately these messengers of death siruck @ little too bigh ty do any injury, which the gentleman thought might have been accomplished if he bad heen struck by them. Whether thie wee the requis of accident, or a deliberate atiempt te Aswansinate the Licutenant General will probally sever be known ; but the fact thas two bulluts were Gmultaneously fired {nto » window at which Gen, Grant had only a moment before een aitt DZ, Ser. tainly looks more auspicious than otherwise, Trains of cae fram Baltimore sometimes oury secret rebel agente, ond perhi ps one of them thus attewpted to rid the Confederacy of ite moss pow- erful opponent. Tux NATIONAL THANKSOIVixG Dar, which wil! be observed to-morrow tp all the loyaa Stetes, promises tobe the woul uuiwble that bae been celebrated for usu: yeura In tula chy Preparations for it have tee. in progress for the last two or three wueks—thet oart fi. which re. lates to furnishing turkeys and othor * Gaius’ Py thearmy eud navy bav.ng Leon already fully res ported In the Bun. The people of New York, hows ever, are not gutistiod with their muriticent dous. Hope to the soldiers and sailors on active duty, and are new fodusiriously laboring to gladden the Dearte of the soldiers in the Lospital: .u Wwe neigh- borhood of the city on Thankeyis.ug Day, ue wed Qs the soldiers’ families, To accomplish this 4". ject, the Committee having charge of forwarding the Thatkagiviug suvplies to the srmy wre cu- gaged in prepering a feast for the ww! ‘Yers tu the city. For this purpose they bave « Ly iance of four thousand dollars ou band, and will Le abla with other essi#tance which they are revoiy Min to furs nish a bounteous feast for ell, In addition io tD'ty the brokers have contributed twelve hundred det- lare to supply the eoldiera at Levi's Island ; the ladies of Harlem have agreed tw iurnish » diucerte the sokilers in Ccn.ral Purk Hospital ; tho ladtes connected with the Boge Hhil Aswoc'ation will pro. vide for the map in hospital at Willeti's Point, ard the New Evgland go!diers' Relief Assciution will furnigh a dinuer for all the New England se'idiere fw thecity. The letter eescciation ary making Proparations on an extensive scale, and Viesign nos Only to feast the New England solders, buy tog ive @ hearty welcome and # bounteous Winner, ut their rooms, to every auldier in the city who rm y choose Wocall, For this purpose, large fustalments of Thankagiving aupy ‘i-9 bev» been constant), arriy {og et their roemws, 104 Deondway, during ‘the last few deys—eleven hundred boxes comin from Maine alone, The Maine consignment, how:rar, was designed principally (yr goldiers frow thas Btate, who ere now ot Pensacals, Florida; waft Gen, Ven Vilet bes chartered a steamer, which, w!!!s tail to-day, to forward them to tbwir dest! sution Among all these kind provimons for ther happl- ees on Vhankagiving Dey, the aiciess ere no likely to be put on “balf rations " But aside from the attention to the sokliers, the day will be celebrated much more generally thaw usual by all classes of people, Ru. Nglous services will be held in ell the churches, and in thos of the Catholic faith » sclemn High Mass will be performed, and preyers will be offeres for the epeedy restoration of peace and happiness to our country, This order of servies for the Catb. olic Church ia by dizeption of Archbishop McC’ ,,, key, and ie differentfrom the usual programy ,¢ ¢ Thankegiving ovcesiang—the ordinary dey mise wat enya t—I met at the Astor House last week no officer who baa recently heen released from Libby Prison, He informed me that the soldiers, on be- ing liberated, did not know how to contain them. solves, Boe made thewselves sick with running; fourteen died from joy. The officer states that no pen can describe the ogee and privation that existe in Richmond. It cost him ninety dollars day to live at the hotel the iow days that ho remain- ed there. Smell loev bread, bharlly as le ge as an inketend, cost twenty dollars. The retions ot the prisoner consisted chiefly of rotten beans and pork, the stench of which was intolerable. LOCAL NEWS. WEW YORE AND THE VICINITY. Generat Grant's Movements—H1s Visit to New Youre asp New Janesr.—For some days past it has been known to the pressand to many persons in the city, that the great mulitary cbief- tain of America was preseut in New York. The matter, however, was not made public, General Grant having made e request to that effect. Now, however, that he is gone there are no longer any motives for secrecy, and the public will be interest- ed to learn the particulars of @ flying visit, which is understood to have more reference te gnbiic than to prvete business. It appesrs thet on Thursday last he left “tho front," and proceeded to Washington, wherehe hede prolonved tater- view with the President and Secretary of Wer. [le left the Nations! Capital after e brief stay, and on Friday afternoon the citizens of the quiet town of Burlington, N.J., were greatly astonished and de- Muhted to seo (ieneral Grant quietly welking through the street, in plain citizens dress, in oom- pany with bis little bright eyed daughter Nellie, and other members of his family. Many bend sbakings and cordial congratulations took place; but es the news of bis arrival spread the demonstrations became more exuberant, and drove the General to the seclusion of his Lome, But some more pertinacious visitors pursued bim in- doors, and it was not unti) midnight that he was Telieved from these kind-hearted but troublesome attentions. On Saturday morning he took the train for this city, and, still iu citizen's dress, ap- peared at the Astor House, During the after- noon he promenaded Broadway, shuwing ‘Nellie’ the alghts in the shop windows, aud perhaps mor- alizing on the changes of fortune that bed lefalien him since he was last in Now Yurk-eome dozen years since—after he had remgned his Heutenant's commission and wes on bis way from his regis ment in Californie to enter the tanning trade out West, which be hoped would prove more profitable than eoldiering, and Letter support the young wife who hed linked her fate with bis uame and for- tunes. However this may be, or whatever may have been his thoughts respecting the resigned Lieutenant's commission, the expedition of Gene- ral Sherman, or the contemplated movement from “left to rivht"* om Leo's flauk, bis appearance betrayed no udications of his thoughts, Among other visits be took bis eon and deughter to Bas- pum's Museum, end pointed ous to them the cure oaities with an utter unconsciousness of the fabu- lous sum thet Barnum would give for him te edd to the other attractions, It is evem doubtful whether Barnum knew of bis presence, Af- ter stopping en bour in the Museum the Geners! returned to his hotel. During the even- ing be was present at the reception of the Hon, Mr. Fenton, the Governor elect, and on being re- coguized was greeted with! enthusiastic cheers and, other demonstrations of respect, Ho wae evideully the central figure in the serenade to the Governor elect, but all the efforts of the company failed te draw e single word or speech from bim. At lest ‘n response to repeatod calls, he begged General Bickles to express bis thanks, Qu Monday morn. ing the Geveral visited Dredy's Daguerrectype Baloon on Broadwey, set for several \portralta, and examined with evideut interest some of the battle pictures and portraits of bis own Generals, Dure ing the afternuou he culled upon General Scots to pay bis respects, When he rose to go General Boott presented him with a copy of his autoblo graphy, with the following inscription on the fly- leaf : ‘From the oldest to the ablest General in the world, (Biened) Wintield Svott."" General Grant left the city by an evening train as quietly as he entered {t, and returned to Bur- Nngton, Yesterday morning he arrived in Phila- d lphia, but missing the Washington train, be walked about the city to pass the time away, and while on Chestnut street, passed a group of diers, Ono of them clanced to recognise him, and | wildly exclaimed, “My God, there's General ae for Grant,"" The words were beard by a number of persons in the crowded thoroughfaro, end the p.o- ple gathered around bim eager to shake bauds @ even to wuch Lim, He was literally coptured, Lelng customary, The inmates of 20 various sheritablo ‘natitutions im the cltg/and on Blacks well's aud Ward's Islands will gy,o partake of the Continued om the ou pugs,