The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 28, 1864, Page 1

———- - ——--—-— ———$—$—— Telegraph te the N. ¥. San. SHERMAN'S ABVANCE: orts Through Rebel Sources. AVANWAH RAILROAD CUT. CUPATION OF MACON. ‘ge Body of Union Prisoners Reaehed. HE EXCITEMENT INCREASING. Carolina Militia Ordered Out. Vv. BROWN ™4 BROWN MAKES A LEVY EN-WASSE. E WAR IN TENNESSEE. Hood's Army at Columbia. ERAL THOMAS IN HIS FRONT. avy Skirmishiag Commenced. YREAT BATTLE EXPECTED. "he Rebel Plot in this City. ORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS. Order frem General Dix. IASTY ROPE FOR TIF VILLAING. &e., &e., &e. GENERAL SHERMAN. Reports Through Rebel Sources, ter files of Southern papers give details of ral Sherman's movements as derived from rapbic and news reports, The Richmond En- en of Wednesday states : ro railroads, beside the Chattanooga, which north, have their rise in Atlants. The Geor- Railroad runs nearly due east, strikes the .b Carolina toundary at Hamburgh, becomes ce the South Ca olins Railroad, and terminates tharleston, The Ma on Railroad runs from ata due scuth to Birneville, thence at right 8 to ite former conrse in an easterly direction acon, Thence to Savannah, pursuing « feeny neaatern course, ruus the Central Railroad. ‘ordon, on the Central Railroad, about filteen s east of Macon, a | ranch railroad runs through sdgeville to a place called Ellendon, This place out fiiteen miles from Madison on the Georg'a road, It ts said that a portion of Sherman's y went out as far as Macis n, on the Georgia road, and leaving it, struck @:ross to Extencon ¢ immediate object oar Milledgeville, the tal of the Sate, Tt is believed thet Sherman ‘elf pursued the Macon Railroad unt | he came ritip, sever) nites above Booneville, and veo siruck across to Gordon, avoiding Macon zether, ard by (his movement placing his se force in the reav of it. The Georgia Railrcat vinatee at Augusta Hamburgh, the South ype town, is on tLe opposite side of the river, Macon paper states : centleman who left Forsyth on Thuraday, the y ut 8 ofcloek, informa us that a courier arrived hat place about half an hour before he left, reported there was some Yankee cavalry eight snorth of the town, All the bridges on the i from Forsyth to ludian Springs were burned our forces. The hospitals ot Lagrange have vordered to Miss.asippi he Augusta Curonioe has the following : issenzers by the Georgia Ra!lrond last night re- that about one hundred Yankee caval nade r appearance at Social Circle on Thurs iber 17, and burned the rairoad platform, ot beheved that they have come down any fur- ‘than the C.rle Their infantry encamped at near Old Sheffield on Wednesday night, and, » thelr movements it is thought they are en te to Exonton, cial Circle is etuaso on the railroad from At- ato Augusta, fifty miles from the former, and uty-five miles from the latter place be Savannah Rervpircas, of Nov. 21st, states: assengers who arrived from Macon and points he line of road this morning, say the enemy's airy ioree cnoamped last nu ght within seven es of Griswoltv.'lo—the first station south of von that the main body was at a polut pe 2% miles from Milledgeville, It is ala re ted that the latter place was being evacuated by citizens, The Legislature adjourned on Friday sbt, and the members left with some dlerree of yo pitation ; some of them arrived bere Jast night * some this morning. chmond papers of Thusatay Inet intimate that ners) Howar.'s column, after domonstrating inst Macon, left that city to the right aud rehed towards Milledgeville, Later reports show Jledpeville has been capture',ou.! it is stated that | repulsed a domonstration of thin twentr miles of Aurusts ia about o bin'red miles from geville, aud tho advance of sherman wust ving with great rapiiity if it had advanced ‘close to that place. The reported repulse of "man was probably nothing more then the iving in of bis cavalr” a ‘vance. os however, sre that General Suerman will tet with opposition at Augusta, Upon this sub- ‘ tthe EXamInen states: We believe that br this time Sherman is some prance this side of Micon, and we believe, fur- or, that be bas not s!together failed to meet with positioa at @ point on his ro which willbe meless fur the present, Angusta was ‘al! right" night, and every moment that passes increases 2 security of that point, Se } of the dis. ‘ehes concur in the declaration that Sherman's ‘my is ruined, Tois is a'l the news from Georgia ich we are disposed to publish this morn.ng. rsons who have en opportunity of arceriat o situation of affairs iv Georgia are quite bop at General Bherman will be brought to grief ere reaches the const, "The SENTINEL, Novy, 24th, says: 1; is reported that a force of cavalry entered Mil- igeville on Banday night, November 20, and urned the Capito! and teutlary., Mlodge- Ne is a very smal! town of about twenty-five hun- ved inbubitants., I's only consequence is derived om its being the seat of government, The latets Augusta papers bavo a report of the ‘rival of a large feet of Feieral transports of the corgis coast, for the purpose, {t was supposed, of operating with General Sicrman, The Camonr- LE AND SENTINEL complains that Goorgia has Leen oandoned by the Confederate Government, I's AUS G 1 tes MAB ca 8 The indiea- ‘ Richmond papers of Novemter 12 contain edvices which state thet a good jon of she Pederal forces in Fast Tennerace have sent © Sherman. This fact was probably known to the authorities before the 4 published it—or it ought to have been. Whr bave not troops been sent to North Geargia to meet these reinforcements? Are our authorities asicep ? or 18 Georgle to be left to take care of ber- self? The Richmond papers on the other hend mani- fest a corresponding distrust and bitterocas to- wards Georgia, one of them states ; Genera! Sherman ia not Mag bse? beck into the Union, but many hitherto un'delteri: Georgiana are by him gotting thomee!ves bagsisec ito the true Conlelerate faith. Georgia, trrough this ordeal of fire, will come forth puritied ; @ phe- nomenon which has already, been observed tn the case of sotue portions of Woatern Vinxints and of other States, Those who have not been actually touched by Yankee rpvasion ; whose houses, fences, millsand ploughs have not been burned up: whose families have vot been insulted, nor their hearths profaned by the unclean swarrue of blue brigauds calling themeelyca soldiers of the “Union 3" but who, on the contrary, phish ted ease under their own vives and hickory trees bave heard from afsr off the hum and roar of the mighty contest, bus have actually felt it only in incr profits upon ever vtbing they produced for sale; euch » popula. lation has sometimes shown Steelf a Tittle luke. wart, not to say unpatriotic, But let the wave of, Yauker inva aweep over their hitherto peacefir) duericts—let the broad track of desolation show ite muinms and cinders where once was plenious chees, and vendure, and blooming life—les thy, wailot the houseless women aud little ones te beard avthey wend thet w southward —wh jle their herds and ficcks are driven off northway 1— ened that region te good Contederave ground ty mee forth and Jorever. If the thing wore posst #e (but it le not), qa ¢ SLoa'd expect to see Governor Brown, of Georgia ya still atauncher Confederate han be. fore—uow that bis house bes been burr ed to the ground, with .bis pictures, furniture and | (brary, RY TELFGRAGII Exchange ef Prieoers “topped ~Tho Sas vane ah Railroad (nt. Baltimore, Nov. 27.—The Annapolis correspond- ont of the Balgimore Amgnicams t¢ Jecrapbe this evening as follows; * The steamers, Herinan Liv- Ingeton and Woytwosset have arritmed with 1,246 parcled prisoners fivm Savannah. The Captain of the Herman Livingston reports that when he suled on the 25th tht the exchange of prisoners had ceased, as Sherm.sn bad ont of the railroad leading from Savannabyeand had, it was thought, reached aij] the balance4of our men, as he was only about aix hours’ merch from the stockados when the son who arrived in the Herman Liv- ingston left them, thouglr an cffort was boing made by the rebels to sond our men to Florida. Washingion, Nov. 2%7.—-The Bavennah Datry News, of the 28d, hes the following telegraphic newn :— Avguati, Ga, Nov 22d. —1 "he special train from Daviaboro reports that Milla lgoviNe and Gordon were capture! yesterday. The State House, Gov- ernor's Maausion and the Penit ntiary were burned. Gon. Wayne holds the Qcomse Bridge. Nothing from Macon, Passengers on the Georgia road re- port that the train went to Greensboro to-day. Tho enemy eppear to have all gave iu the direction of Milledgeville and Macon, ‘but nothing certain is known, The Augusta ConstrteTtos artat of Monday even- ing says that passengers by the Georgia road train last eveulng reported that the Oconee bridge, five miles above Gordon, was burned at noon yesterday by a small party of the enemy's cavalry, who re- tired after they burned the bridge to their camp on the north side of the river. The force of the ene. my on this tine of the roa! is estimated at 15,0°4, advancing slowly and cauticms)s, The Governor of South Carolina has ordered the reserve militia of that State to assemble at Ham- burg. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has issuod a pro. clamation making a levy en masse of a!! citizens between the ages of sixtoen and forty-five, to serve for forty dara Capt, Baker, of the Hermon Livingston, says it was reported tarforo he left that Sherman oecupied Macon; that there were 2,500 Union prisoners at Macon, on the way to Savannah to be exchanged, but the road being’ interrupted, they could not be brought through. Otherwise the exchange was soiling on well, RAL THOMAS, Louisville, Ky., Nov, 25.—Rumors prev ail bere, which, if ver fed, would be contraband, thats Hood's army, about thirty thovsan’ strong, cnme-tbird cavalry, and ten basteries of artillery, inclading re- inforcoments from Forrest and Dick Taglor, was uw on Pulaski on Wednesday. Hand wil) at Columbie, or leaving Colkimbia, o East Tenaessce and join his forces to se of Breckinridge, It is possib'e toat a battle wos fought st Columbia to-day. A rebel Colonel was killed in a skirmish yesterday, A detachment of our cavalry pickets wer» driveo in within three miles of Clumtia, When the rebels were repulsed by our infantry. Oa Wednesday our forces withdrew from Pulaski, and it is supposed they will Le cencensrated at | Clumbta, There !s betfeved to be no diunger to Pulaski for the present, Gen. Burbridge, with Lis command, bas arrived at Gaamberland Gap. Hood's Army Coucentrating.—Greet Battle at Hand, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 26.—Hool's arm}, oum- bering probably 49,000 mon, have been for soveral days past concentrating south of Columbia, Tenn, Our forces, in the meautime, have evacuated Pu- lassi, Huntsville and Decatur, which places are now iu the hauds of the rebels. Our forces are near { and about Columbia, in Hooi's front. They we cornmanded by Gen, Thoroas. O21 the Mth fust. some severe skirmishing occurred, resulting in & loes to the Federals of 44 killed and wounded, The rebel loss is estimated at 264. Among the killed was one rebel colonel, Large bodies of troops are here messed iu Hood's front, and some heavy fighting may be expected in thnt direction in a few days, Communication by telegraph to Columbia has been interrupted since yesterday, There are cumors in circulation that there was heavy fight- ing yesterday between the opposing armies, but no official advices of an engagement have yet been re- ceived, Nashville, Tenn. Nov, 27—19;20 p. m.—There has bece canars wheat Lin vee Kulaaks ond __NEW_YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER Columbia for some dayr, We have fallen back be- bind Duck river. Part of Forrest's forces have also crossed the river, on our right flank, end are aim. ing to strike the road in our rear. Hood's main army is supposed to be moytng on the pike road towards Shelbyville and Wartrace, From Washington. Pp Addrees Preee Washinetoe Mir Seward Refuses te Ret tay. The Rebel Plet Im New York Washington, Nor, 2% —About ix weoke ag Mr. Joseph Walker, of Manchester, Eng'and, ar- rived at Now York, bringing with them the peace address of the eubjects of Great Britain and Ire. and, with a letter from Gir Henry De Hlonehton to Governor Beymour, who declined formally to re- receive it, assigning a¢ @ reason that it shoukl be given 40 the President of the United Staten tho lat- ter being the only authorized channel of commun!- cation between oth bg United Stazes, and besides, Gov. ® acce nations and the citizens of Seymour said Postion did tot authorize bin Pe the address in behalf of other States official Sud that {8 would he better to withhold the docu- Ment until after the Prom ential election, #o as to svold Uhe appearance of interfering with the can- vaew, Mr, Parker conformed to these ai ona, end having arrived bere last woek, addressed © DO’e to Kocregary Seward, stating that he had been Depnted to thie country to convey the address to the people of the United States, and asked the honor of aa opportunity of presenting 18 to the Prosident. To this tho Qccretary replied that, before auswertt the lettwr, it was desirable to be further informe whether Mr, Parker had authority from the Gov- ernment of Great Britain and Ireland for the pur+ pone referred ¢), and whether hie mission had been trie known to the diplomatic agent of that gov- erument near the Government of the Uuited tes, Mr. Parker replied by saying that the ad- dresa he had the honor of bringing to this countey, containing the siguaturea of some 850,000 of his countrymen, from the peer to the artisan, was not from the Government of Great Rritain, nor from any political party. It wae «imply an expre- sion of the earnest deairo of Great Britain to eco peace restored again to this coutinent. The Nie Rhee siete closed by @ note from the Becrotary of State, in which hoeaid the Govern mont of the United States could not receive the ad- dross, and thatthe request for an interview with the President was therefore declined. This ad- drese bas already been published, and is signed by many Bouthern sympathizers, who aak the Gov- ernmons of the United Btatea to cease hostil.ties at section of the coumry, The intention proseut the address to Congross at the spproacbing session. Profiting by the recently discovered incondiar- jam in New York, aduftional watches and guards Lave been placed im the Loiels and Government buildings and depertiuent, and other measures adopted as a precaution against similar attempts in this city. No general alarm, however, exists on the subject, though all classes of the commun- ities of the Rebels. A Port Royal, 8 C., correspondent of the Tiwes @ives an account of the arrival ot that p'ace of a uomber of exchauged Union prisoners, The total number to be exchanged inten thousand, who ar- rive at the rate of from eight to twelve hundred « day, Their appearance is pitiable in the extreme, and more than confirma all the stories that have been told of their hardships and sufferings et Andersonville, For months they weie crowded to the number of thirty-five thousand tn a nartmew apace dying at tho rate of # hundred a day. One of the most paintil features connected with their captvity inthe belief whieh had been derived from rebel information that they had heen abe adoned by their government and the Northern Pe oplo, This idea unmanned even the bravest, ® ad induced a feeling of despair and Cepioas.on that incressed the mortality at a feartul rate. Under the belef bundreda endeavored to escape their monstrous fate by enlisting in the rebel service, They were tola by the Confederate rgents thatthe Richmond Government was anxious and Willing to effect an exchange, end yielled up oN the ints at issue, but the Washington authorities ro- used The reasons they adduced for this conduct of the Federal Governmout were that the rem tion of exchange would restore thousands of rugwe: strong mon to the Southern arinies, while the North would gain no equivalent, and would receive noth- ing but the broken-jown emaciated wrecks of hu- manity. Theso reports, constantly instilled, pro- duced at last » deey effect, and deprived our brive boys of the hope and moral support that mighi have sustained them otherwise, The captives had ev dent- ly experienced the most larberous treatment from the rebels, They were sbeiterless, etarved, ant half naked—crowdod like cattle into fithy en- closures, and deprived of all comforts of ! fe and all n.eang of communicating with their friend" Some- Umea men crippled ty ecrofula becomes so enthu- siastic at passing from the rebel exchang rat to the sheler of the old flag that they throw away their crutches and walk erect and proud, as Heit they had been miraculously healed, At lost, when the revel boat moves off, and the exchange has bheeu elearly eifected, three rousing cheers for the OQ at, pated to feater tn Bag tales without sufficient wa- to cleanse their loatheome sores, Week after week the diseased and the dying ere kopt with- out abelter, and many of thetn withows ciothing on the bere grovad, exposed to a torrid sun by dey end © heavy reine et all tim in total Gieregart of the earnest and slinost de. epairing le of kind-hearted phys ene for their relief, The dreadful condition of the Andersonville prison ea attested by bhundreis of Prisoners @ almost beyond credence, The stock- or pon in which they were confined wae on enclosure of fourteen acrea, five of which were eo motess, Hire the men were without abeiter, aud, ™ many ivstences, almost naked, buddied to gether without room for exercise, During the bot furmmmer mothe there were acattered sbout in this peo am average of at least 60,000 prisoners, who Were wuffering from disease in almost every form in- cident to mien, ine climate to which he is unac- customed, Five acrea of the surface of the ground were covered with human excrement, exhaling e morbitic Influence which would prove fatel eveu to she rico plantation laborer, accustomed from tn- y to breathing the malarious atmosphere of bie ve ssvannuabs, Constantly dreuched by rains, receiving bad food, always poorly prepared end often raw, in many inetances nakel and labor- ing under a mental depression verging upom melancholy, fecling that their days were num- bered, the prsonera were kept in their dreadful prison, Uncer these circuusstancea the behest became frigbiful, end, ae « matter of delevce for an epidemic, the rebel authorities were compelled to thin out the sbaimbles early in Sey tember, by sending several thousand of the per soners to a new stockade established at Savannah, where their suffer were dorably allevia- ted, Bubsequonutly hese mo) ur the breaking out of the yellow fever Rranby were removed to another prieon pen at Mian. fore the change from Andersonville wae mado eleven thousand vietima bad been buried, uncoffined,in the shallow trenches near the prison, Prom the mortalty ta- ble frow the 28d of July to the Sth of Beprember, it appears that the daily average of deatha was from ninety to one hundred. The Lighest number of deaths on oneday waae huudred and twenty- seven, and during the week endi August 170 seven hundred and forty died, “hue eruclty of Captain Wert, the ofiwor in charge at Anderaon- Ville, in spoken of in unmeasured termes, He in- ficted brutal punishments for the slightest tu- fringement of the rules, (By Tele;raph ) Baltimore, Nv 26.—The corrempondent of the Baltimore Awrntoan, undor date of Annapolis last evening, saya! Two of the first vessels comprising Col, Mulford's floet of transporte arrived here to- day, with the paroled men from Savannah, The Steamers Atlantic, Capt Gray, and the Blackstons, Capt. Berry, the former having on | ourd 649 living ekeletone and eight dead bodies. Nine others were buried on the passage, Buch was tho wretched state of these poor men that our surgeons were themselves appalled at the awful sizbt Not aman amoug the number but had to be sent to the hoapi- tals, many to loave them only for the gravoyard. The 650 on the Blackstone were in botter condition, and made the welkin ring an they landed on the free shores of Maryland. Surgeons Vanderbilt and Parker, and their srsistants, evinced the deepest interest in the poor fellows, and are doing all in their power to rittigate their anfferings. The Late Tremendous Rain ta Virginia— Suflerings of the Army of the Potomac. The following is from «@ correspondent of the Trust X Headquarters Fifth Corpa, Wellon Road, Va, Tue day, Ne The rain storm that bas for the last three days and soaked our wurface of the country, bas at last ceased. nights deluged our camps, niveuchments and washed the entire The ant of damage this terrific and persistent storm bas been the unlucky cause of, ia alino#t inealcula- bie. Our Intrenchmeute have euffured greatly, whole lines of pite being flooded azain and again, the bem!-proof# have been ¢ mpletal y saturated, and iu many cases have been absolutely ruined. Forta bhuve sunk too feartul degree; in some in- stances the moist earth has forced in the supporting and inver wal! of lore, and now lies geattered about aheap of podgy matter. The roads in some places are considerall flooded, but as no great damage has been done them, except the occasional carrying away of some rustic bridge, The euffertugs of the army during thia three days’ storm have been con- siderable,empecially those who have Leen compelled to remain ontin the trenches on duty; but it is on the eusire Yinon of the %i Corps, more expecially, that ourmen have endured the srrea‘est hardabips, That portion of our liner of intre.ched works being more exponed to the fury of the clements, and con. siting principally of white and yellow sand, the banks of earth were leas able to withutand she del- uve of water that wee poured upow them, Added to this was the fact that our men on the right, and consisting wholly of the 2d Corps, are compelled to remain close up under thelr works for protection ageiust the watchful eye anu daugervus Lulles of the sherpshooter. I saw otoyoelf this morning whole lines of intrenched camps that were completely washod ou and also saw numbers of the men vainly endeavor- ing to pick up out of the heaps of troacherous mud old flag. Then vermin-intested rage tll DOW | some of (he tauy articles lost amid ite fathoruless highly prized as the only c ver for nukeduess, | deptbe, Many ofthe men had | are rudely torn of aud flung, In the water | their haversacks having mffered alike with their cr cast wtb glee into the flaming furnace | other equipmente, and lout in the general wreck, of tle pauers, 6b! new cloties are issued, | Muddy and sodden Lief, and water-soaked biscuits and # jeneral cloaning-b invugurated. | and crackers, are not very inviting vianda, But the bathing hax Jong been noedel, aud scarcely comes seon eu ugh. Many of the men, through Jlimess or careiessness, are 80 begr mod w to nith, that, were is not tor the dead color of the blacked epidermis, they nigls be taken for the eons of Liam, Tue s.camer Elva Hancox, one o/ the exchange fire’, has & spacious deck, affording room jor dancing, aud Verpsichors flags ber volta. ries, even though they are tatterdemalions, who dauce uot ungracetully in stresuiug rags, As soon os possible, barrels ofshot cotlee arc wepored, wou bams are coolek aud bosca of Bavivbread opened, for the refreshinent of these men, to whoin decent food has been for «lung twe unknown, It is @ touching sight to see them, euch with his quart cau, file Ly the seam ug cotfee barrels wud receive the refreshing draught whose taste has long boon usfamisliar, It eecme s’arcely possible that men should feel such childish Joy as they express in onc: more receiv.ug this common stimulan\. Aud shen, the cuger, hun- gry glare which their glassy oyos cast Upon the counks of bam as they cluich aud devour their allowauce With @ Woli-like avidiiy! These facts cau only be uncerstomd by tho spectator in remew- bering tbat for mouths they nave been deprived of abuticiont quanuty of puatacle fod, aod thas the little they beve received has ween rarely cooked, because in @ country abounding with fue, ona gloomy with immense pine forests their jailors forbade them the poor privilage oi ulequate fires At the pr son-pen near M.lan, Guy for bou.e wooks there has been vo meal or flour given ty tue prison. ers, and the sweet potatoos insucd iv liea Lhereot bave beeu eaten raw, beause there Was 10 Op. rtunity of getting fuel for cooking purposes, nok now at this record of the rete: surgeons, Hore is damuing proof of inhumanity, searcely to be credived among & people professing Obristianity in the nineteenth ceusury, For the period of month, &.rough which these reports exieud, there fe @ constant, monotonous complaint, olen as- suming tbe language of protest, against tLe treal- ment to whica the aick wore subjected, Men in the last siages Uf emactation from chrouw Giarre hoes, received nO nourishment whatever, and starved tw death on the coarse rations which the Stusach of ® strong man would re,ect. Others. Go Nerdug Gary geDgrene anu ulcers wore coms At least I thought a. and fully reed with the un- juckky ones who hed no other that “nu grub wae better than 6uch d—d poor staf" Tre boys, however, were quite cheerful over the Lardab ipa of the post few days very much so [thought at tie time. But, now that the warm gun has begun wo ohed bis genial raya ouce more over ia, the pol- diers will soon again recover their woutel cheer- fulnoes ant good tempers an! spirite, Once a sol- dor gew over one trouble, he never gives athoughs towards the next that may be in prospector in store, This morning the work of repair commenced every where, ond al! day large Woking parties could fe ®en plying the eb. vel —no pirease leing necea- sary, owing to the rain—and a great deal of the vost damage done was remediod, Trenches were dug to lead out the large accumulated masses of water, and 60 regain possession of the abandoned pits, Gaps in our main works were speedily filled up, and made more secure aud stroug. Bomb- proofs were torn down and rapidly rebuilt, Ma. gazines were oversauled, and the damaged and useloas utarounition taken out, and replaced with a fveeh supply more sorviceable, Wood Was drawn & the troops and fires once more wet ablaze. Everything that could tend w thecomfurt or pro- tection of the troops was attended tw, and it will not belong before our gallant boys will Le once more comlortably situated, Altogether, this storm of ran end wind will long be remembered by the Army of the Ptomac, aad it doult- less roarks the actual entry of old King Winter among us, The weather is very cold, Gespite the mun, and 1 aru of the opinion that we are guing to have more or leas of cold weather dugmg the next two woeks, Let us be thankiu) thas the army ia in possession of good, Warm clothing, and are comiortable—ae far aa heavy wrappings and good shoes can make them, Toernight » lot of working parties will le seut out on all exposed positions and under cover of these ong nights they wil. en- deavor to repear 4 groat of the damage that could not be attended to by daylight. Itis psinful and tollsome work, this diggiug and delving in the dark all might. You can scarcely see what or where you arc, and the want of sleep keeps your eyelids on the constant @o that you can bardly keep your eyes open long enough to see Whore to throw the dist that your pace bas jugs (Awe ONE CENT_IN GOLD TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY, plodders dig are thankful if no mudden shell or un welcome bullet does not disturb their labors, » Silently and wearily the om ane Pirare. Beaton, Now 97,—The Duteh bark Judah Cappers at thie port from St. Thomas, reporta, Nov. 18th, lat. 8296 North, lon. 78, aaw @ meamer bearing to- wards us. She was e propeller of about 400 tona, schooner rigged, with two fumnole aod pemtat white. When she got withia two miles sbe fired « shell acroas our bow and heigted the American flag fle inquired what news we had? We told bim of the capture of the Florida, He then hauled down the Americen and hoisted the rebel flag, and sskot if we bed seen any veaso's, to which we returned a nemetive reply, He than steered off southwest, under sail, News Items [Bp Pelegraph to the New York Bun.) Tre break in the Erie Canal, about aixteen miles east of Rochester, will not be repaired this season, Tax eteamor Jobn Farron, from Newborn, N C.e reports the double-ondor Tacony ashore olf Mat. teres, Tue rele! General Hindman, with bis wile, Bta? and body quard, crossed the Mississippi River at Catfish Point some days ago, en route for Arkanaas- Rie had « heavy box of apecie with him. Tur laboratory of W. 8. Merrill & Co., Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, 960,000, The tobacco store of A. Lewis & Co. edjvining, war damaged to the amount of @10,000, The eteamer William L. Ewing, hound font with Government etores, munitions of wer and troops, sunk, on Friday, forty miles below &t, Tonis, Mo, Two lives were lost, A portion of the cargo will probably be saved, Sitxce the news of President Lincoln's re-election haa beea circulated in the rebel army, desertions to our Hnea have incressed largely. It te anid that the demoralization is ao general that the officers fear to trust any of their troops on picket. Isvormation from the Army of the Potomac is to the effect thet Thankagiving Day was truly e feative occasion among the soldiers. Every mouth was filled, and every face wore « amile of trne thankfulness, Bome of the corps, however, ra- ceived their inatalmenta too late for Thureday. Waits's guerillas continue their operations on the Upper Potumac, frequently making midnight {neursions into Maryland. The headquarters of the gang, numbering about four hundred, are at Bloomfield, in the Blue Ridge, between Ashby's and Bnicker’s gaps, from which point they sally out in small squads, chiefly for horees, cettio end other valuable plunder. Tas application of the 6. Albans raiders to the Canadian Government to dispatch e messenger Richmond to obtain evidence alleged to be materia? to their defence, han been rejected. It ia under- stood that the government haa considered the raid- ersto be undergoing examination upon charges making them atnenable to the Extradition Treaty, and that evidence procured at Richmond, while it might be very material if the raiders were before the United States courta, is of little consequence a$ this stage of the proceedings, Eveven officers of the pirate Florida taken from the Old Capitol Prison several days ago and sent to General Barnes at Point Lookout, have been for- warded by that officer to Admiral D. D. Porter, commanding North Atlantic Blockading Bquedron, who has directed that they be turned over to Cap- tain Collins of the Wachunett, which vessel fe now lying at Hampton Roads. It ia thought by coma that this transfer indicates that the Florida and her officers and crew areto be returned to the jurise diction of Brazil LOCAL NEWS. WEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, Tue Recent Arremer to Burs tHe Cirr or New York-—How tas Horas wane Set ow Ving--Erviowzsur ov 1H” Fixeman ap Pouce— WartcnrvLncas oF TAR Prorts—Partice.ans oF tun PLot—Exoitamant, Ero,—The excitement croated by the publication ip the Bum of Beturdsy, of the particulars connected with the recent at- tempt to burn down many of the prominent hotels end one of the moms promivent places of amuse- ment in the city, continued unebated through Sa- turdasy and Sunday, and bids tair to be the moss engrossing topic of conversation during the present week, Yesterday, it absorbed public attention, and prevented many ‘udividuals from attendance at places of public worebip, through fear that s similar attempt might be made to burn the church edifices, Weak-minded women talked the matter over at the breakfast table, and became excited while dwelling upon the sppalling results of another conflagration similar to the church burning that occurred last year at dantiago, in @hill, Whereever people congregated the recent|y attempted arson was #poken of with hor- ror, and when the church bells rang out their call to the more devout to attend public worsh!p, timid people peered from the windows, looking anxiously skyward in expectation of witnessing the smoke from geome fire, kindled by the villains who were not caught et toeir nefarious cecupation on Friday night, As the subject was talked over, the com- ments thereon were various, and to a news paper repurter interesting, Some seid that rebel agents bad been “commissioned"' to make this ‘raid’ upon the metropotia Others declared that the thieves in the city had banded to- gether, for the purpose of causing » panic, during whtch they could gather plunder without detection. A few radicals, charged the crime upon the “ cop. perheada,"’ aud copperbead quid-nunce retorted by claiming it @ trick resorted to by the * loyal-lea- guers” for the purpose of placing the city under wartiai lew, Ail agreed in demouncing the raecals engaged in the affair, and praising the activity of the frremen and efficiency of the police, through whose exertions the city was eaved from s most serious disaster. Our reporters who have been engaged in ob- taining the latest particnlars, have handed in their several reports, from which we compile the follow- ing statement: The firet attempt to fire the city wes made et the &. James Hotel, located on the Cemtinved on thy joe poets . om