The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 29, 1864, Page 1

— TUIRTY.PIRST VRAR. NUMBER 10,108 H By Telegraph to the NV. Y. San. | Friday last. The prisonore are 'n Fort Warren, SHERMAN'S EXPEDITION. (mdications Still Favornble. Phe Boss Rebels Calling for Help. FROM JAMES RIVER. REBEL ATTACK REPULSED. Burning of Batler's Dispatch Boat ARROW ESCAPE OF THE GENERAL: TEN HORSES BURNED TO DEATH. Another “Grave Complication.” DIPLOMACY “ALL ABROAD.” INKING OF THE PIRATE FLORIDA. Government Steamer Does It. Registration of Southerners. THE COLORED JUBILEE. ke, &C, ke. GENERA HERMAN, Favorable Indications. Fortress Monroe, Nov. 27.—The Savannah News the 22d, received here by # flag of truce boat, in editorial wentions that Milledgeville was evac- ated, and the arcoives and all valuable Govern- mt and personal property bad Leen removed. ‘he columns are “!'e/ with anathemas against the Mnvading force under Sherman, aud with procia- ations from generals of high rank an! eminent men, calling upon the citizens of Georgia to rally len maaac, and to sacrifice all interesi# in one des- rate effort to crush and annihilate Shermen iu bis ao far unres sted aivance. Washington, Nov fhe Richmoud papers of Baturday have been rece'ved here, They suppress the !atest news from Georgia, but there are indica- tions that Sherman is successful A special mea- senger, who haa just arrived from the fleet of Sa. | | Vannab, reports that no doubt exists of Sherman's | entire success Merman on the sea-coust of Georgia. GEN FERAL THOMAS, Reported Ketreat of Our Forces to Franklin. Louisville, Ky, Nor 23.—Goneral Thomas ia reported to have retreated to Frank!in, Tennessee, The military author.ties here say that if the report {s correst, Goneral Thornas must be prepur ny to receive the large reinforcements now on their way te bim, before giving battle to Mood, ond that he Das fallen back for no other purpose (Franklin, Tenn, the Inet point to which Thorn: | Qs is reported as b teen miles fr Nash that he haa got thro Just opposite trom Frauklin on the to Chattanoogs, is Murirees ore’, t mer flerce engagements. Vis m fodicate a conviction on the part Foletne commander, that Hoolis really makiag io. Nosb- vile. A great battle, and that soon, seems ive evitable.) na fallen back, ty ille, and we ma h retreating on ‘tha’ wan railros et fore GENERAL GRANT, Rebel Attack Repulsed. Washington, Nov, 25.—The Evasrso Svar says the mail steamer which arrived here to-day reports that yesterday morning heavy cannonading was heard et City Point, fromm the direction of Poters- bury. But this is of frequent occurrence, and was occasioned |y the usu) arti) duelling. Ou Wodlnesday vight last the rebels made a sudden ettack on our pekeis etationcd nea Landing, speedily repulsed, and the ground! lost by our men fo the surprce wag retaken. Daurlug the rain ana darkness of the nigbt the rebels were enabled te Capture a colone! and 40 men Exit the Pirate Florida. A Diplomatic Government § easel. The Navy Department has received the follow- fuy Yortreas Monroe, Nov Hon, Gideon Welles, Seeretary of the Navy:—I bave just re- ceived a telegram from the commander of the prize steamer Florida, informing me that she had sunk fn nine fathorwe of water, She had been run into by un army steamer and badly damayed I bave not heard the particulars, If will infurm the De- pertwent when I receive the written report, Davin D, Porrer, Rear Admiral, The Reported surrender of the Hlorida to Brazil Contradicted Washington, Now. 2.—One or more of to-tay'a Rewspapers erroneous y attribute to the Washing- ton reporter of the Ass lated Press # telogran, eeying the pirate Florida aud crew were returned to Brazil, and purporting to give an accvunt of the ection of the government on the subject. It is auf- ficient at present to esy, on autbority, that these @taterments are without foundation, Washington, N .~ There is the best author- ity for saying that all statements t the effect that differences o uion have arisen in the Cabinet, concerning the case of the pirate Florida, or that s decision has been made for or against ber restitu- tion, are without foundation, No action of the Government bas been taken in the case, and no discussion of it bas been held, and the Navy De- partment autlorizes the following statement: The original order for the Wachusett upon her arrival at Hampton Roads, was to proceed to Boston, for repairs, taking with ber the prisoners captured on the Florida, to be consigned to Fort Warrer. Bo- fore the order reached the vesscl, the prisoners had Deen sent to Point Lookout, andin a day or two ‘ware transferred by the army euthorities to the Browiway on the Appomattox. The attack was” A fleet is ready to co-operate with | \ NEW YORK Old Capitol They were immed ately ordered back t© Point Lookout, to be returned to the Waelnaett, | which at once aatled for Boston, arriving there on Butler's Dispatch Boat Burned. Narrow Eecape of the General Ten of his Horwes 1 oat Washington, Nor. 28 — As the steamer Webate was coming down James River ye jay, and when near Hog Island, abe disc vered that the steamer Greyhoun |, Gen. Butler's dispatch boat, was making mgnale of distress, On nearing the Greyhound she was found to he on fire, G Butler and Shenck and Admiral Porter were on board of the Greyhound; but the steamer Pioneer came up and took them of The Webster took of | the crew and passengers. The Greybound had been up to City Point. and was on her return when the accident tock place, Gen Butler dia friends were a} dinner at the time, Sudrden'y the furnace doors blew open and #eattered the eoals all over the floor, dmving the freien and engineers from thelr rooms, The Groyhound was almost | immediately enveloped in fame and, 0 twith- | tals and statling every effort to save her, she was burned | to the water'’selge. Ten horses belonging to Gen, | Butler end stat! were burned to death. Shortly | before the accident, the Greyhound had received | from the steamer Cossack the army mail for Gen, Batler'’s Departu.cut, which lek Washinton yes: | terdey moruing, and it is supoosed to be lost, From North Carolina. Great Fire at Newbern-No Yellow Fever —skirmish at Plymouth, Etc. (Correspondence of the Sun.) Newbern, Nov. 25. —Newbern wos visited by a large fire on the night of the 19th, which consumed slarge portion of one of the principal business blocks in the city, It origiuated in the ice cream saloon on Middle street, extepdiug tothe Medical Purveyor's Depot on Broad street. The tire was | arrestod by blowing up two stores on Middle | street, Tho loas is quite sevure ty the parties fu- terested, especially ln goods as ouly @ sual! por- tion vas saved The yellow fever has entirely disappeared. The last three nights have been accompanied witha heavy frost and freec!ng weather, ch insures Nowbern against tho re-appearance of the fever. A skirrmia! red the other dey at Plymouth, in which the enemy were repulsed, Lb is reported that the enemy are fortifying the Roanoke and Chowan rivera with the view of evacuating Vir- @ivia, Newhern, Nov The great fire w! curred here Saturday night .ast consumed twenty buildings, mgatly business houses, some of which contained large atecks of goods, which ag a general thing were not insured, Col, Pyor, Provost Mar- sha), and Gen, Palmer were on the ground in per- gon, with # strong military force, who, with the | aid of powder, lent great assists to the Fire De partment in arresting the progress of the dames. From Washington. The Resignation of Mr. Bates Rumored Cabinet Changes—‘r. Seward’s Star in the Ascondaut—The War News~— Sherman and Grant. (Special Correapondence of the Sun.) Weshington, Nov. %.—The chief point cf put interest just now is the resignation of Mr Attorney General Bates, Thia event may or may not have hoen 'p accordance to a reqnest to that effect from Mr Lincolu, but te acceptance goes far to confirm the reports of the intended complete reorganization of ie Cabinet at an early date, It is pretty wel! known that the President for some time past has not felt very vw. c favorably disposed towar‘s# some of his eonatitutional advisers, but deferred change until the resu't of the — election could be ascertained, Since thea the con- wervat.ve and Radical wings of the Repub- Nean party and the prominent War Demoorats, who turned the balance of power in Mr. Lixoorn's fa- vor, bave been urging their peculiar v.ews, and tt ia understood that the alvocates for a brow na- tional policy have gained the inside track, Toe connection of Mr, Evarts’ name with the vacaut position {g an evidence of @ Radical deicat, Mr Fvarts is @ wartw trend and adherent of the Premier. Tho selection of a truly national and | capable cabinet would be equal to amilitary vic- tory in malotaining the general yood feeling and coufidence, and it {6 antisfactury tu know that the indications tu this reapect are most favorable | The reported cause of Mr, Bates's reaiynation stronytiens the conclusion regarding Mr. Sew political ascendancy, itis eaid that our Secretary | of Btate, the first, took strong rounds ip | | | "5 favor of the repudiation of the Florida seizure, while Mr. Bates held that Captain Collins had both Jaw aud justice on b's side, Rosides, the two B's — Rates and Blair—were a sort of political Siamese | twins, andthe onecould not ! reuaiu where | the other was not. Their retirement is @ | source of exultation to the ralicnls who | bave long held them in personal and political ab- horrence, The report of Bvcretary Buunton's re- | movs! finds leas credence, th it ig not improbe | able thut he roay ge to the Supreme Bench, tue | confident stateujeuts of Mr, Chase's appointment | to the contrary notwithstanding. Certainly if the | selections were wade on grounds of personal devo. | tion, and political services, there could be no doubt of Mr, Stanton's appointment, General Banks in the War Departynent seer to | bave narrowed down to an attempt ty emune) pate him trom Goneral Canby's tury tutelage eud renver him independent, Unless this is done tt is | doubtful whether General Banks will return to | New Orleaus The most intense interest is manifested !u Gene- ral Sherman's progress. Ue is recognized, under Graut, aa the driving power, the eledge-hammer | of the war, aud everything Vepends upon his suce cess. It is not certain that Geueral Grint will move the artny in Virginia so soon as is generally auticipared. This army, comparatively spoa A ia doiny just ng good service iu its present posivion as Grant expec.s Sherman to etfect in bis great movement, Is subjects the Confederacy to an ox baustion that must prove ultimately fatulto it If @ quicker process is desired, it must be sought by other means than by e direct ssseult upon Peters The effort to place | mi | tou to Washington, and will be | who bas attended Muller since his convi | nouncing her audden | funeral however My, Ged | child was wot pewly by . TUE maintains his present effective streneth benind his works, The only tortications of importance that | have been carried by aasault, during the warwere those of Fort Doneleon, Richmond vul- norable by a atratezic movement upon Lenchbury, The “eivuation'® therefore affords . ker to future Nemo ia onty the A New Army Corps to be Raised Wu ahinoton, Nov. 2 The fol w dor bas fust ‘ecu iesued ; War Dervnrwrst, ADJUTANT GRSrrAL'S OFFLOR = Wasntnatos, Novus, ised General Orlere No, 287. Order tor raising aud organizing @ new Volun- teer Aruy pes First. That an Army Corns, ¢ relat of not leas than twenty thousand infantr id ealated for not be ‘cone year, to be designate | the First be orgauized inthe Dustin t of Colum eine the organization on the firet day wver, 1864, and coutinuing unti the first of Jauuary next, the privates to consist of able very Whe have served honorably, ot lens years, and therefore pot subject to deatl, the ofhvers to be commissioned from such as have honorably served not less than two vears, Reeruita will be furnished transporta- redited to the district in which they or their families are domi. and will be paid a special bounty of toree 1 dollars from the substitute fund upeu Linte the service, Eecl reerult who 1 uas tis own upon beng honeradly dis- Voir by this Adjntant General r wil otal competent oifcers for the prompt exarn- ination aud ofpausabuol, ards, equipy ug aod a at ing the Cor Details of orgau gation will be prever The heads ot bu sue a vurth Major Generat Hancock in aancned to command of this corps, with headquarters at sAuiugion, Dy order ot the Seerctary of War, ED. Townarnp, Assistant Adjutant-Gen, From Fortress Monroe. Fortreas Monroe, Nov, 27 —The steamer Her- man Livingston, Captain Raker, arrived here Isat evening from Port Royal Harbor, with 760 released Union prisoners, (ance arrived at Anuapolis.) The Livingston la the last steamer of the flay-ot-truce fleet, under Col Mulford, that bas arrived, and was detained at Port Royal in consequence of having been run ashore on an oveter bank, where she re- mained fast for vera! days, but finally got off with vory slight damaye. ‘The Convict Vailer. The English papers p.ve details of the unsuccesa- ful efforts of the German Legal Protection Society to secure the reprieve of Franz Muiler, On the 11th of Novermler the Home Secretary, Bir George Grey, after an interview with the Judes who tried Mller refused to interfere with hia sentence, and he was to bo executed ou the Monday fuilowing The Rev Mr. Battiscombe, a German smMan, jon bas pnbbebed a jon, statewent of Muller's exemplary Coristion deportment, aud the good man ex the mos! confident opinions of his innocence. thinks that Muller is ® martyr, and that he te ce tain te yo to heaven. Ov the other band Lou # Bi to whom the case waa submitted, refused to + press auy opinion reapeetiag bos innocence, but thinks it # bad pian to hang any! ody for auyth ng. Muller sti!l states that bought the mur e ie man's watch and chain ef a peliler, but ¢ neeount for the fact that his bat owhich be a was bis—-was found in the compurtment ot the | raiiroad car in whieh Mr. Poegs wae murdercd The case was earnestly discussed in ihe Bag papers and the party in favor of Muller's fnn cence Wasa evidently gaining ground, There wag no chance, however, of the pvstpoucmeut of We execution. A Carions Bogas Baby Case in Fogland. the English papers contain detaila of a throe- days’ trial in the Rolls Court, London, which ex- cited extraordinary interest, from the singular revelations respecting a pt ase af life that hal bith- erto beou reyarded as exclusively belonging to the domains of fietion, Tu many rospecte it resembles the celebrated Burde!!|Cunningham case !n New- York, The action was brought ty Miss Gedney, aced ten yours, to recover property to which she claimed to be entitled, as the only child of Mr, aud Mrs, Gedney, of Candlebury Hill, L neotnshire. The defendants, who claimed to be the real heirs, charged that the plaintifl was only a suppositious ebild. Frotn the evidence tt appears that Mr. and Mrs, Goiney were married in 1501, but had no children for several years, Several misearsages bad oceurred, and the parties are represented to have lived very unhapply together In tho latter part of 1s5, Kien, Gedney told her bustend and friends ae Waa enctente, and in February, 1X4 ent w& Lindow alone to consult # pryscian, W.thin @ few dave after her cepart her husband received a letter an- delivery of a femuie ehild, He at once burried up to town, aud bot liking the physician, a Mr. iow who attended her, be dis. charged bim, call.ne in another, medical attend. ant-—Dr, Farre. whe teatified on the trial that he had) o reason to doubt thas she had been actually coptined, Atany rate he treated her in ever; | spect as if sbe had been delivered uf a child within | ) @ couple « fdnya her on her recovery wna publicly churehed ; her brother stood sponser tor the child, and the father had susplcdon ot any thing wrong for years after, aud nul he bad been informed by other purcer. du isoT Mra Geduey died, and up te that tise the ploutht was always treuied as tLoir chiki On the very day of her Mr. Smwith—Mre Gelney’s father—statiny thas the pluintit! was uot really bie daughter, | but ® guppositous ch.ld; and therefore claim ing certain property ty whieh be wus enotitied ag Lext beir, in case Mis, Gouney The case was brought t) teatthsciati. Jt appear ed in evidence that Mrs. Gedney, Who was @ vouk, impulsive woman, od ed this gicuns in order to win Lack the attectious vt her husband She suc- ceeced in iinpos. th bild upen the fernily, but was afterWurda seived with remorse wud contessod the fraud to several pers ts about her previor her death, 1. i8 cerusiu tat si pver mauilested auy affection for the chill, re poare us if in disdaiv of ite mean bir, refused to permit it to be closed aceurds g to he ravk Phe land lady of the London Jodyiug bouse shere dig Wan contined testitled that ste cad nus beveve ub the tiue that Mra, Geduey wai re. pregoeut 6he | void thet mwu atior the bw Wook uty the dovtor (Gow) Ohad lib Ww eh tue jatter, with o Lundle under her art. For several hours where Was but litt! 1) the root, oud wt the eud of thas t was cullod in abu Was shown p fem wked asf ithud Leen born » week urae tele Ler thet the A youu Woibvarrlod was produced, why ruury, i%d4 @ couple fiod that she saw enqugh bo put wom Wawed Lucy Flet awore that on the ¢th of F ot a b fore Mra, Gedne. su) ened contuemeuk she wus delivered, iu the York Kou Ly! Hos ptal, of @ daughter, trou whow gbe Pp do igh uargatter tO @ geuth wan why bad be wanted if fur » lady Ww adop. Sue never saw the cild | again, The persu te whom the child wus given Wae tully identifel as Dr, Goss, the pbysiclan who atueuded Mrs Gedney, Tis ev.sence, together with the coulvssiona uf tLe lady dobar corroborative ‘estimony, precluded ili doubt, aud the retuned # verdict to the | tcveh tua) te bia gi, Who bas Lervivione paaod oes RAS ERT Bee PUTS he AS at os SDa?, NOVEMBER 29, \ burg. That is not to be thouglit of po lous aw Lee vou Lis arras to the eud of his term may ree | preases | y rece ved a letter from | had no issue, | 86. ' as Was Getner, was in reality the daughter of Lu- ey Fletcher, Thumended 4 cane which haa only ® Snyle pars olin Bavlwod in the famous Dougias trabot rhe last century, — Notw thatenuing the ob- tious dyterest tthe wife's fanuly fn ent etantiotiv the fin! and the interval of eecon years that had eupdocaner M dat oath, the evidence vas verebotn that the jury found itt we ele to arrive at any other conclusion then that j tho olild wae suppositiows, Nows items. (Ry Telegraph to the New York Sun.) Jrper Bares's resignation as Attorney-General will take eaifect ou Wednesnay, Tanke were reports at Haitimore yesterday of rebel demonstrations at New Creek and Piedmont, Western Virginia, but nothing definite Ta Hartfore, Conn, town election was carried | by the Democrats yesterday, by an average ma- | jority of 170 The total vote was 4,602 Tie Baltimore and Oblo Railroad Company opened the new double track between Washington fn | Baltimore y rday. Tae trim! of Colouel North and Messrs, Jones and ohn, charged with acting contrary to lew in the matter of obtaining New York soldiers’ votes, will | not be rewumed before the th of Decomber, Masor-Grsemat has been transferred | from the Department of the Susquehanna and ortered to report to Major-General lett Taunton, Masa, Nmauty al! tho fecsories aud milla in Lawrence, Mass., Lave sto) ped ruuning owing to @ break in the canal, Repaire are being rapidly made, and they will soon regume work, Tits United Btates steamer Fort Morvan arrived at Fortress Monroe, on the 2th lust, with the rebel Aimiral Fraukliv Buchanan and bis two wide oa bowrd, A Fevenat force of 20 men sent out from Don- aldson and Clarksville recently attacked Hast- ings’ guerrillas near Yellow Creck, Ky, and routed thern, and probably will capture the whole gang. From New Orleans comes the news that twenty- seven robela were lately captured while crossing from the east to the west side of the Mississipm River at Cooctaw Bend Among them was C tain M.D, Montgomery, who was moving to Texas, He bad a large amount of stock, and #260,000 tn foreign exchange, all of which was captured with him. General Canby is rapidly recovering, and wil! soon be ont again, He in able to attend tu business at Lis house Cover Thomas, yesterday for Tennessee, General Intelligence. (By Mail to the ‘New York Sun ) | Reo Boyp ta going to publish a book of her ad- \ ventures, Itwill be printed in Eagland | Fou many days past there has been a constant streain of refugees and deserters frou the rebel army, pouring into Ohio aad the Weat. Brorrrany Seward's correspondence, to be aub- | mitred to the Lext Congress make two large vol- umes Lavy Mavasnet Urexeent asked somebody fora | pretty pattern for @ uightenp. ‘Well,’ gad the | prow “what sievites the prttern a night. copy Tene, clill,' gad she, “but you know in cune of fire I" A Srutsovretp, Mase, baby has six grend- mothe Lowe united a cs are 48T years. ‘Tle wrest great grandtoother in 00, three yreat grand- mutuers ot TT, 73, and the two grandmothers ere 65 wand 49, Ir ia said thata wealthy Democrat at Wasbing- ton had three rooms eplendidly titted up, inten - fn to invite ex-Presdenta Perce, Fillmore and Biche’ ap to occupy them next March, when they s.ould visit W sh ngtun to wee Mc Clellau tnsugu- rated Joust Mrrenect, of the Richmond Isqurarn, sent a cisilenge the other day to Congressman Foote, of Tennersee, Hou, Win, G, Tiven was the bearer of the chs!leuge, but the parvcs were ell arrested sud brought be ore the Mayor of Richmond, who held | them to batl io the eum of #%,000 to keep the pesce. | Ow Vbursday evening, ® brute in e soldier's un- | form, enticed a eweet looking the gurl six yours of age, nared Octavia Rousseau, into an obscure ace noar Captol Hil), at Washington, and torcl- ‘ly abused ber ao thatthe litle thing died of her injuries in # shorttime The rufflan is still es largo. Tur w!itary authorities at Alexandria, Va. on Baturdsy arrested Glronv Brown sod Mra, Yelber- ton, While suwugylug a wagon load of boots, hate, | \ ! | | culleovs, &c.y through the lines. I'he parties lived | near Occoquan, | | i] theret ire supposed to be actuated wholly y mer- cenary motives, A young and singularly beautiful girl, not yet aixteen »ears of aye, who ix months ago Was pet- ted ug a beautiful and brilllaut scholar, with every advantage thet wealth and influence could secure, | Was au iunuate of the New Haven station-bouse on Friday lust, ‘Lwice Lus she eveaped ts New York, and a secoud time haa been rexued aud bron bt bowe tou ber frieuds, who bave tried jnetfectusily w reform ber, ‘Tar Davenport Brothers, who made pore no\se in this vicinity last season by ther “spiritual mau tes tat paid e gu.pes ior bis entrance, applied to une of the town mavistrates for @ Buminens against the B, others, charging therm with having swindled the public, 'n one evening, ont of one bundred pounde sterling, wid thet thie au unt Was recoived under | false pretences, The woiniratw declued to grants the summons saying that if the app! i$ was villy | enough w spend bis money in that wey he bed ua | remedy. ince Mr Burlogame Minister of the sto China wrote to Mr. seward, See. | retary ol State ab tho req vest of the wushor.ties of | that country, sekog bias to appoiut three young | nen to enter the Custotis’ servise an Comma, Uber expense in gous there weald Le paid by the Chi hese ,overnimeut, aul they Would study the Chi ewe lauyusee lor two yeare al Poxin, and each be | palt $1,500 por sanum in gold while dy ng go, after | | which ther salary would be gradually increased Ail bauounted to g6,000 in Kuld, as long we thoy were retaivel, whieu would be pernyauently, if they were tyund capable gud worby Mr. Bur. laugame ryquesiot jost Mr Reward would appoyns bow who Were wot thoroughly yualined, especially es Ragland bes beeu celled Lpou to wena some | youug ten on th same & and they bed Leen welested or to (ie beat Ox aud Cambridge | SFAIUALOm afler a MOvOre CONpouuve wxXanuination, | r, Seward entrusted the sppuintwens of ong of the tur ob) Pies deut Woulsey, of Yale Qoliege, Who sppoiute! # bn OO SMr, George Merriany, uf n Spring icle, Moss, dod u Yolo yrucuate, Hoy hows VET, Ub kgs bod Wl aplide Phise ot LO bad wlrguy Cougerated hid li bu tue Wuiaury Au the Bel beliens wre stil) peu, | a RE-ORGANIZATION OF THy Firy Durant. | MENS A projuct bug Leeu started to re-or en Ze the Pie Dopertuent, by placing it uuder the con- | trol of cummissouers, and otherwise musing iu portant changes in its Giseipline, The paid syste, | is to be introduced, A bill for the purpose of car- ryiug out this object ia w ** imirydused in the | Leglalovusy thi waaiere \ | Ve, 10 will do no harm to give the {') «lor ¢ and are regarded o# loyul, aud | PRICE ONE CENT IN GOLD TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY THENEW TORPEDO NOAT STROMBOLI. Details of ber &xpertmenint Trial Trip Mer Depuriur: trow Northern Waters. A Cowmpleto tiistory of the Veasel, .. ac = shat (From the Sun Narcl Reporter.) Owing to a desire ¢tpreseea by the authorities, the 8Us Naval reporter lias rerainet frou publish. ing anvthing in relation to the movements of the Btromboti for the past few dara but as the roasel fenow many unfles from here aud besond the reach of traitors and the eveaof U felation to her trial trip and departure : On Friday the 25th fuet, the Strom! oll made an | @Xperimental trial trip to thoroughly teat all of ner Machinery, and on §. lay she took her depart: ro from these waters for the purpose of making her dedut upon the stago of active operations, and we tiny be permitted to aay to fully demonstrate | the powor, efficiency and ceatructiveness of this new system of navel warfare Betore we proceed to desernbe the trial trip lot us firet give a brief out- line of tho history of tho vensel, and even to go back to the Inception of the idea, Several years ago Wm. WW. Wood, the present senior Chief E wer of the US Navy, conceived the idea of using the eu! marine tor) edo fu a manner not pre- | viously expertmested upon or known, As time passed, the simy licity and perfect working of bis Plans became so potent that he felt aatteiet in bts own tuind thet it would quired beyout a dou Lew than two years o the aubject waa cagually brought to the no tee of Adioral Gregory, who Ttpmediately urged upon the Navy Department the appeintment of a Bound of Pxaminers to joquire into the merits of the invention, and report upon the same, This board, composed of aome of the most practical off- cers in the service, gave the subject a very carefull perform the work re. exatnination, and usanimously reported in ite fa. mmending tt uetruction of # vessel to Jemoustrate the idea. ‘The Navy Department, alive te the grost importaney of the aystern, imme- oeely ordered the construction of what ig ow the Birombol!, First Assiatant Enginoer John L, Lacy, ® young officer, who bad also beon investigating the sulject of torpedo warfare, was avlected to gu- perintend the construction of the vessel and her machinery, As it was necessary to keep the mat- ter quiet, and beyond the inquisitive eye of traitors and aes emissar es the hull wae built at Fair Haven, Connecticut. the engines at Myatic, Conn, and the torpedo machinery, et Schenectady, N. ¥ Mr. Sawuel A. Cook, @ young and skillful navel srchitect, was selected to build the bull; the Meli- ence Co, the propel ng engines, and Chute Broth. ers, the torpsde machinery; and Benjamin & Roog, the torpedo engine ; and fu this way the work @as disir.buied so that is was vot easy for the inguisi- tive to put all the parts together, and be wuch @e wiser. Altor abo was tauosued abe was returnei to Mysth: wud there received ber boiler and engino from thonce she came over to Messrs. Becor'’s yurd, at Jersey City, where ahe received her deck plat- ug, pilot-house, and her final completion. Such te the Urief history of the inception and production of the fist torpedo boat of the United Stares navy, designed, built and sailed by native-born citizena, TAR FIRST EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL TRIP, On Friday, the 25th tnst., the iittle Btrombols made ber experimental (ral trip, to test ber pro- pulsion and torpedo engives, She leh the wharf as the Becor Yard about 11 o'clock A. M., and, under the pilotage of Captain John McGinn, proceeded up the Hudeon river some diatance, making en aver. age speed of nine knots per hour, aud steer bewutitully from on top of the pllot-house as wel as from below Jocks, After sume toate of the pro- pulelon mach pery, 't wae decided to fire a woud torped.," of the same pattern us was furnished to and use! with such #iecess by Lieutenant Cushing du the destruction of the rebel raw Albena: rle TEST OF THB 60-POUNDER TOUPEDO, This torpedy was charged with ouly 48 pounds « | powder, and was placed on the basket, run out, detected, aud when at # given point, about oye foot Lelow the surface of the water, it waa ex. ploded, leas than two minntes and e hali being consumed in the whole operation, The explosion eud the peculiar apperrance of the evtumn of we- ter thrown up by the torpero can be but flly de- ecriled with w pen; instantaneous photography might have done it, but no painter could have depicted the acene with justice, The water was thrown up about 150 feet in a perpendic cal - umu Which mengured about ten feet in diame- ter. Branching off frou the main column were thick jote of beavy spray, or rather brow sheets o enowy-white water, which the breeze bore back upon the deck of the vessel Around thia huge column of water, and ruingling with the jets, wk whitish, fantastic cloude of powder-smoke circ!ed, tuaking ® beautiful picture, ever changing and pay ,. jug away iu @ brief space of time, The torr y when exploded was ouly Gfteen feet distav’, me 4" are powtn Fnvland, A weutleman who a- | teuded @ private exhibition at Noweastle, and who | the bow of the vemel, aud the shock #*, jel, om bourd was very slight indecd, Ever- one Wus gbarwed with the experment, ' TRIAL OF 18 60-POUNDER TORPEDO Tt was now decided to wy @ Wrpedo placed twen- ty feot below the surface of the Water, and about the same distance from the bow of the vessel ‘This torpedo contained 60 poun is of powder, aud wae placed iu pos!tion, aa in the former oxperiment, but wes exploded by Bourdsley's Maguetie Elootro Machines, @ beantWul speciinen of wrt, Le explo- son at thie time produced different remults, and atill more intoreating, The water was thirty tees | deep, aud the torpedo, at the inatant of explomon, | waa ten feet from the bod of the river, consequen® ly it wae a trifle longer before the tremendous re sult made tteelf iuenifeat, Wen it did coine ig wae ewrully gruud, A Linck cou surmountuy » biseker colurnn, arose frou, the murface and quickly mounted aloft, at lausi aixty oe tweuty fore io Hameter and thick with mud, ‘he muridy jer did not leeve the calunun quite as goon an in tha former experiment, but the white smoke curiiug around the dark centre column made u plete nove, and «@t the sume time ane which a reflecting wind could got fail ta be awed with tt opresented an immutable evidence ot power which the machine posaeasod for usr, aac which et tiwer lylug durgaut, could be ralsed lu an meakulatle space of tame, aud les loos fur destruction of life und property, Thy susck ol thie torpedu was felt over a space about 160 yards in diameter, Le liited, or felt we it did, he bow of the vessel Gbout bine inches, but procuctag ag unpleasant sensation, Bpace prevents us truw go jug inte the detwils of the sensations expert ced while W tuewiog tues these experm We ere eat wied that thie voase! for teeamuily pure poses bas pe equal ip the world, No ipoo-clua cam whbsteud ite power, [tis perfectly sale to te sp, aud the nearer she ap) roeches au enemy, the The exper iteenta being over, safer aha becomes. th¢ Sirowbell aad ber consrt, Picket boas Nu, & stearued Lack to their staticus, DEPARTCRE OF THE BTROMDOLI, Baturdey, 26.4 instant wis the time announced for ber depurture, and by 2 o'clock everything wos iu readiness save e fow trifling details. The crew were aelocted irom on board the Vermont, and so great waa the demre w goin ber thas “all hands ward the couk"* volunteered and earnestly entrested ty be allowed to serve inthe torpedo boat. Seven men were selected aud with bag and bammock were souy un board of P.cket boat No. 6 10 charge a Contnucd om the last vase