The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 2, 1864, Page 1

THIRTY.-FIRST VRAR. ) : NUMBER 10,111. sf The Latest News By Telegraph to the N. Y. Sum. VICTORY IN TENNESSEE ! " Hood Defeated at Franllin. ( ( ' , ) 1000 REBELS CAPTURED. 6000 KILLED and WOUNDED | Concentration of Our Forces Near Nashville, Heavy Cannonading Going On. p THE DECISIVE CONTEST AT HAND FROM SHERMAN'S ARMY, ] Augusta Not Taken on the 26th, CONSTERNATION AT SAVANNAH. \5 HOW SHERMAN WILL BE ' ASSISTED. Important From Rio Janeiro, ‘EA DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO., “THE REBEL INCENDIARY PLOT. 1 Wew Evidence of Its Atrocity, if Progress of the Registration, &e., &o., &e. GENERAL THOMAS, A Great Victory. Washington, Dee, 1.—The tollowing dispatch a confinining the report of the victory in Tennessee * bas been received at headquarters + Franklin, Tenns aor Nov. 30.—Major General Thomas ;—The enemy made s heavy persistent \ @ttack with two corps, commencing at sbout four o'clock in the afternoon, snd lasting until afer $ dark, and was repulsed at all points with very heavy lows, probably five or six thousand men. Our loss is probabiy not more than one-tenth of that number, We captured about one thousand men, including one Brigadier-General (Signed) Mej. Gen. Sonortey, Nashville Dispatches. Nashville, Tenn. Nor Army movementa y for the last few days have beeu simply for post- t Mon. The Federal forces have not retreated, ex- ; cept to improve the location and occupy Franklin , to~day; but they will prebably select for the battle- ? Geld a place much nearer Nashville. The prote- ; bilities are that a great baitle will be fought with - fn the next forty-eight hours. Our forces are in + @ager and anxious expectation for the fray, while 4 our Genersls are hopeful and confident of victory « Large accessions of Federal troops have reached , bere, who have been sent to advantageous posi- { Mona Small detachments of rebel cavalry are , Operating no far from Nashvillo; doing, however, bo great damage to the railroad communications, which still remain intact to Chattanooga, trains , Funning regularly. There {8 much excitement » ®mong the citizens of Nashville on account of the ¢ Beer spproach of Hood's army. An army of vete- , Fen reinforcements, under Major-General A J. » Bmith, bas been passing through the city all day, ¢ and transports loaded with troops are sti!! moving , All the troops and Government employees in tho + elty ere under arms in the fort:foations and trench- 8 to-night. AEOOND DISPATCH, Nashville, Nov. 80-—Midnight.—The enemy [as @P.M, made heavy attack with two corps buy efter persistent fighting, he was repmised at al! points, with o loas of six thousand killed and wounded, Our loss is known to be but about five bundred. During the battle, one thonsand pri- , Soners were taken, including » brigadier-goneral, \ The battle took place at Franklin ' TRIED DISPATCH. () Nashville, Tenn,, Dee 1.—Parties who have ar- rived from the fron’, and who witnessed the battle \ of yesterday, describe the attack of the rebel forces as desperate, Four charges were made upon the Federal lines of masked batteries in a body four lines deep, Esch time the rebels were repulsed with fearful loss The fort is on the north bank of the river, oppo- Bite the town, extending up the river,and encircling the town, was the line of masked battunes, Eye ‘Witnesses say the engager sat to desperation and furious fighting was hardly equalled by the battle | of Stone River. Forsest in person was on the field, rallying his amen. A rumor isin circulation that he was killed, but it lacks confirmation. f About 7 o'clock last aight boevy reinforcements reached Schoficld, which caused » complete route of the robe! forces. The city to-day is full of fleeing residents of Wil- Memeson and other counties south. They state Mood fe gathering up a) the horses, hogs and mules be ean find, and souding them south, Thore is great panic among the nogroes in tho counties south of Nashville. Numbers are fleeing to this city for protection, FOURTH DISPATOR Nashvile, Tens, Deo. 1.— Federal foreos under Geu. Thomas retired from Franklin jest night, and have taken position and formed in line of battle south of Nashville about three rafles, Skir- mishing bas been golug on all day about five miles south of here. Heavy cannovading can be distinct. \y beard in the city. No wavt of confidence is felt by the citizens in ultimate success by the Foderals, The employees of the Quartermaster’s Dopartmens are under arms, and in the trenches, One hundred snd sevon Couledanase oflioace cluding one Brigadier-General, and one thousand Persons, arrived in the city this moruing. They Were captured in the fight, last night, near Prank. lin. A great battle may Tomentarily be expected, FIFTH Disa ten. The following s pecial dispatch to the Sra gives @iditional details of the victory et Franklin: _NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECK! Nashville, Tenn, Dee. 1-90 P. M—Aabout noon on Wednesday our main army reached Franklin, when General Schofield prepared to give the enemy battle. There was Yory little skirmish- | 1Bg) 88 Hood's object was to atteck us before we had me to throw up defonaive works, About four o'clock the enemy commenced advancing on our lines, when the ball wan opened by our batteries shelling their advance; soon after s regular cannon- ading opened along thewho'e line. The rebels, who bad been Protected by woods, now emerged from cover, and opened with ~ ferce volley of musketry slong the lines and tigen charged. For a moment Part of our line wr,vere), and tell back before the desperate charge of the enemy. Generals Ruher and Cox, howe’ r, rallied their men end charged the enemy, ¥' so bad crossed over our abandoned Nine of Work ». The rebels were now fighting with the desper ation of demons, charging our line fu- rlousl¥y | ome leaping our worke and fighting hard. Now “eas the critical moment, and our gonersis rally! ag their troops, ewung on the rebel flank, dou! Jing them in the centre, where our artillery *° 4 musketry mi. wed them down by bundreds. Tbe tide was now turned, Our men, inspired with socens, gave @ wild huzza, swept back on the re- bel line Hike an avalanche, burling the enemy beck tu the wildest disorder and confusion. Night was Now setting in, yet we followed up our advantage. What once threatened to Le # disastrous defest was thus turned into gloriot letory. The courage of our officers and the desperate bravery of our men was unexampled. Our lowe is about seven hundred killed and wounded. We captured over one thousand prison- ers and eight battle flags, Two rebel brigadier- generals are in our bands. A rebel division gover. al was left on the field mortally wounded. The rebel logs in killod and wounded is estimated at Shree the nd. The rebel Generals Cheatham and Leo's corps were engaged. The brunt of the bet‘lo oD our aide fell on the ¥nd division of the 4th corps. Capt. Coughlin, of Gen. Cox's staff, was killed, and several regimental commanders and officers were killed and wounded, whose names have not been ascertained, Gen. Stanly was slightly wounded in the neck, but did not leave the field, Gen. Cox states that one could walk fifty yards on dead rebele in bis front, The excitement is allayed here by the knowledge of the above facts. Our troops have taken position tn a line of worke be- tween Nashville and Franklin. The Situation in Kast Tennessee. (By Mail.) The situation in Eastern Tennoanee {a interesting. Gen, Burbridge bas reached Cumberland Gap with bis force, He moved with great dispatch from Lexington, and the rebels under Breckinridge are Row confronted by a formidable army. Cumber- lond Gag 1s safe, and as long as it is held Breckin- ridge will be prevented trom tnvading Kentucky from @hat quarter, He will scarcely venture to at- tack our troops, protected, as thoy are, by such strong works, If the rebels should attempt to re- treet, t's presumed that Burbridge will advance to Larass their rear, GENERAL SHERMAN Rebel Reports, Washington, Dec. 1.—The Richmond papers of Tuesday have beon received here They report that Sherman had not yet taken Augusta, but evi. dently ho had moet no disaster, elso the rebels would have been quick to herald it. Washington, Dec. 1,—Gontlemon who have seen Ricbmond papers of Tuesday, the 20th of Novem- ber, ay that they contain despatches from Augus- ta, dated the 26th, which state that Sherman had Not approached that city, td repeat the statement in the Savannah papers « the 24th, that he had been defoated in his offorte to cross the Oconee River, and that bis attempt to march eastward had been baffled. Tho rebels claim that they atill oc- cupy Macou, and the Richmond Exqvinen argues that Sherman cannot reach that city. Bal.imore, Dee. 1.—The special correspondent of the Americas telegraphs from Annapolis as fol- lows: The steamer Constitution has arrived with 700 paroled men, She left Savannah on Sunday eyening, No papers bad been received later than Nov. 22d. Nothing definite had been beard from Sherman, but it was the general belief in Savan- nah that he was advancing on the city in two columns, All was cot*ternation among the rebel authorities (By Mail.) Tho Chicago Tarsune of a late date states: Mr. Elder, an eacaped Union soldier from Charleston, and who was piokea up by some of Admiral Dabigren'e boats, han arrived at Chicago, He infortas us that both Admiral Dahlgren and Gen. Foster are cognizant of the movements of Gen. Bherwan, and are co-operating with him. | Sherman {s surely aiming for Bavannab, where there are no rear fortifications and but two thor sand nen, The movement has already been m: to sever tho connections of Wilmington and Charleston, and as soon as toe j robable time of Sherman's attack upon Bevannah arrives, Foster will make @ demoustratios upon Charteston, Por- ter upon Wilmington, Grant upon Rchmond, while Bheridan's colurnn will be busy. Elder con- firms the statement of Gen. Grant thet the Confed- erocy ismabell, He says nothing can stop the on- worl progress of Bherman; that bis advance uard can easly take Macon ; that at Andersonville fe will only find a few wrecks of men, the healshy men having been removed ; that Aususte and Bae vanuah will easily fall into bis hands, with the richest stores of negroes, cotton, and material yet found in the Confederacy, From North Carciina. Military Movements. The steamship Melv.lle, from Port Royal the 27th, has arrived at this port. By the Melville we have the report that on the 26th inst. General Fos- ter issued orders for ali citizens to be enrolled at | that place, and report for duty on the 27th. They were to be formed in companies for home protece ton. The United States forces there wore to move fmmediately—destination unknown, The Melville reports that after leaving pors at about 6P. M. heard heavy and quick finog a Port Royah but could not toil ie iomming, {BER Kecape of Union Prisoners from iry—CGrape and Cnnteter tired at ‘Thom—VForty Killed and Many Wounded The Richmond Esqrrara, of November 28, has the following account of an attempted eecape of the Union prisoners of war confined at Salisbury, N.C: On Thuraday last a semoue attempt was made hy the Fe'eral prisoners confired at rh abury, N.C, to make their eavepe, which wan rapidly and effe fog f quelled at the expense of considerable Yankee blood. Tt appears that a plot bad been formed among the preonere—of whom there are *t celisbury some thirteen thoucsnd—to over- wer the interior guard of the encampment, then tak through the line of the parapet guard, and, afer secur: all the arms they could, t march through Westeru North Caroline into Tennessee, and imake good their emape. In the first part of their programme they succeeded The Interior guard were soon overpowered, an’ two of the unforiunate men were Kile while re- winti They then attacked the parapet guard, who fought bravely against the terrible odds until the slarm bad been fully communicated to ware rison, aud two pieces of artillery were thrown into position bearing upon the encampment. Two of the parapot guard were killed in the gailant de- fence. In good time the artillery opeved, and after 8 few raking discb: 4 of gtape and canister, the urrevtioniste cried out for mercy, and declared they would make no further effort to get away. By this time they were completely surrounded with artillery and infautry, and it je well for whem that they ceased their demonstration aud sued for mer- cy. In tev mnutes more the whole camp would have been one scoue of slaughter. As it wasabout lorty were killed aod larke number wounded, Thus @ very foolish attempt to escave trom Conted- erate durance hasanded, It will prove, no doubt, # lesaou to prisovers in the Bouth, But for the be 6 ae and, it may be added, the considerstion of the officers commanding the garr.son, the pun- iabment inflicted upon these misguided captives would have been far more serious, if, indeet, it pas hot amounted to the annibilation of the eutire J. Tornado at Rio Janeiro, Groat Damage and Low of Life. By tho arrivel of the bark Mirago, Capt. Morrill, we have advicus from Kio Janeiro to (ct. 18th, » Most viclent tornado visited this place on the 10th instant, at OP. M., accompanied by tremendous large hail stones and torronts of rain. The city, for about one quarter of | mile in width, suffered severely, many bouses being blown down and others complotely riddled by the hail, Too torna- do lasted about 15 minutes, The shipping haa sustained @ great deal of day The bark Lelglton, Capt, Blatchford, was epsized, and bia (the Captain's) acon, a lad of 10 years, drowned ; bis wife was saved, almost exhausted, Tho bark Lapwing was considerably damaged about the gern. The Brazilian brig Manuel waa capsized, also several other foreign voanels capsized, and a number of lives lot, A boat from the English Itne-of-battle abip Bombay while going ashore du- ring the tornad:, wes upset, and all the crew, with several afficers, lo: News items. [By Telegraph to the New York Sun.) Attem Inronmation of « seeming!y reliable character is to the effect that Captain Semmes, of the pirate Ala- bama, arrived et Bagdad, Mexico, on the 15th of October, on his way to Richmond ria Matamoros. On Wednesday, when the resignation of Attor- ney General Bates took effect, the position was ten- dered to the Hon, Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, hut that gentler an declined the appolutment. From present appearances uo advance copies 0° the President's Message will be sent to the news peper press, and therefore, that document will to communicated to the country, as last year, by tele- g*ph—probably an Monday Tne statement, says a Washington dispatch, which appeared in Wednes’ay mornin :'s papers, concerning the admissions of Roger A Pryor, in relation to Gen. Sherman's movementa sborily aftor ho was taken prisoner, was based on the nar- ration of severa! gentlemen who conversed with him, and this fact was distinctly montioned in the telegram. The denial of Pryor simply raisca question of veracity between the parties, Memxrais, Tenn. papers of Wodneslay give de- tailed accounts of a plot by reel aventa te burn the Memphis and Charleston Railroad depot and g ernment stores worth two millions, The ineendi- aries were caught in the act of firing the buildings. Tt le alleged that these eminsaries were to receive from the rebel governmentten per cent. of the valine of the property thus destroyed. Dr. McMullen, Proprietor of the Charleston Houre, of Memphis, le amnong thoee arrested, He is charged with being the agent of the rebel fovernment, and concocting the plot. The prisoners will be tried by a military commission, and probably bung, Tax daily Washington Cuzonicre, of yesterday morning, speaking of Majortieneral Banka’ prepa- rations to sbortly leave fur New Orleaus, to resume | hia position as head of the Department of the Gulf, including Louisiaua, Arkansas, and Mirsour!, says: “His civil policy bas met the approval of the Presi- dent of the United States, and he returns to bis post at tho request of the Executive, and it f# no less pleasant to aunounce that the kindest relations ox - | fat between Major-(eucral Banks and Major-General Camby, in charge of the military operations in the division of West Mismnxippi."* General Intelligence. (By Mail to the New York Sun.) Taw wilk dealers of Washington have raised the price of milk to twenty cents 4 quart, Sexatoe StimmMan isto be Chairman of the Sen- ate Committee of Finance—the position formerly held by Beoretary Fessenden Tuk iron-clad monitor Manhattan isin New Or- lenus, the Orst of thinclasa of boats that has made the passage from New York to thet city. To the lover there are but two places in #!! the world —one where bis swect-beart is, and the other where she isn't, Tax Worcester Sry amps Mr. Sargent, of Bouth- boro, Mass, has rawed this year four pounds of genuine coffee, from the roa! Java coffce seed, *%s | planted and raised it in a wanner similar to peas, the coffoe growing in pods in the same manner, Taw Newark Apvantisgn mates that it learns up on inquiry at the office in that city of the Morris and Kesex Railroad, that the story that Gen, Mc- Clellan bas been appointed engineer-in-chief of that road, with » salary of $25,000 per annum, is entire- ly without foundation, Last Bundey Lieut, Delaney and five men of the ighth Dlinois cavalry, and » captain of tae Bix- ith New York cavalry, were capture! by * fang & guerrities near Annandale, six miles from Alex- js. A party sent in pursuit captured the lieu- tenant of the gang, who had in his posecssion overcoat of Delaney, PRICE ONE CENT IN GOLD ys 1864. TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY, — ———— ———< — —————— = — =< A pares parade of bounty jumpers took place at | a8 some of the offices are amusing, A Mothos Todianepolin, In, few daye sinc a them were Isebod two-and-two to «long rope, with e herculean African leading the column through the principal streets and ringtog « bell, Each jumper carried « large placard on bis beck, oe an advertisement of bis profession Tre President has tsmued # proclamation that the treaty between the United States and the King of the Helgians, for the extinguishment of the Bche'dt dues Las been duly rasified on both sides: and snother proclamation announcing the exchange of Tatification of the convention between these same Dations completing by new stip ‘lations the trosty of commerce ant navigation of J\'y, 1858, A MAN was imprigoned two days and sentenced to pay e@ fine of #59, ju Cincinnati, the other day, for whipping bie wife. Yhis ie another glaring in- ttance of the tyranny towards whieh the hole country In besten: under the intluence of Mr y tate Over one hun- Liocoln'e hateful administration. A tr of eifaira, truly, when @ man can't whip bis own wile without such # fuse being made about it, Caan E Kent and sister, and Mark Robinson, of Ri tmond, were among some refugees brought to Washington on Thursday, Kent waa in possen- sion of draftaon banke {i Nassau, N. P., for £677, #200 in gold, and @100 in New York Atate bank uotes. Robinson had £260 in sterling exchange, $8,000 in old th Cerolina bonds and @79 in Virginia and North Carolina bank notes, Purrarations ere already being made for the coming Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln on the 4th of March next. Ibis hoped by those in charge of the extension of the Capital, that the entire Kast frout Will be completed, and there will probably be « Rreater assemblage than ever before. A monater 0% is to be roasted whol ® banquet, and fire en- gines and political clubs have sent delegations here to engage accomodations, Of course, # ball will be @iven, and there will be other rejoicinys. Tar length of actual railroad in the State of of New York, including city roads, js about 8,600 miles, and the capital stock invested exceeds $125, 000,000, of which aot quite $100,000,000 is paid t The funded debt of the different roada te about $75,000,000, and the floating debt $1,000,000 more, The construction of the roads cost §150,- 000,000, and the cost of maintaining and operating them exceeds $5,000,000, The rarnings and re- Celis for L564, eatinnated, will foot up $40,000,000, Ax army correspondent, afer summing up the the hardahips, fat gues and exposures of # aol- dior's life athe flokd,"* anye: * Yet, hero in the field before Richmond, in wh Artny of the Jamon, even among those who have suffered thus and aro thus rorely tried, there ts less of disloyalty, of sbrinking, or of complaint, and more of ‘the true hearted patriotion, self- etful berolam and real cheerfulness than with the ame number of men anywhere in ail the North, in Now Englaud or at the Weat."" A ConmearonDENT writing from near Butler's headquarters, ways: “On Thursday Inet, ee higbly interesting experiments were made f Fort Brady, at the left of our lines on thie side the James, with an ‘nucendiary abell, which I be- Neve beara the name of ita inventor, Mr. A. Berney of the Greok Fire notoriety One bundred pound shella were fired from our vattery, under charge ot C.ptain HL A, Peres, of the First Connecticut Arullery Five frame houses, @ distance near 6 mile, Were successively fired and burned to the ground, The cellar of one of these had, it appear ed, been used af a sort of magazine, as sholia ex- ploded extenmvely during its conflagral . A cerren from Morgansia dated November 17th, erye: “Lhe report that the garrison ut this place wascaptured by the Rebel General Buckner, sent to » New York paper from Now Orloaua ia a wick eu nud malictoud falsehood No attack bas been made by Buckner, and thet the garneon was ‘eurpree iis wtoply malignant, as General t alwaye proven bimeelf too wide awake 0 su hia vigiiance to be surprised en were his soldiers not equally #0. wing would please this garrison bewer than attack by the rebela under Buckner, or any er rebel General," Tne Philadelphia Leparn gives an account of the growth of that city during the war, Among the items noteed are the following: The increase of voten in 1963 over 1560 was 11,250, In 1860, mits were isaued for 2.967 buildings; In 1863, (60 were erected; aud during the present your increase bas been proportionately large. La the water department an increase in the use of over 2,000,000 of gallons water is noticed, end to eae of over 96,600,000 feet. In 1861 there were 4.417 marriages and 17,217 births; ip 1508 there 4.472) mari ud 16,2 barihe The ity bas been greater on account of the mili- \ein the city, Crime and pauperism bave decreased #iuce the beginuing of the war. « Hoston Teavetcen says: ‘Wo learn frome ian trow St, Domingo, of Spanish birth, that the nsurrection ip that island is uot at an end, as has been betore frequently ed. The &panish governuiuent will pot offer terns seceptable to the tnaurgenty who held the mouutain districts while Bpauish troopa garrison the towns. Occasionally tho garrisons sally out and attack the insurgents, lowe a few tnen aud then return to thelr posta, The money of the mother country ia squandered pro fusely in this war, in one case a small bulldin, troupes Cust @60,000 which right have been bu fi 45000, Allirade ig atan eud, Many of the ol ers who bay tained their ischarye from phy me: cal cisa@bility, settle upon the island, marrying the black women of the country, Ii ta aot believed hy well infor ied persons that the Bpauiab governg ent will en ceed in quelling the rebeidion."* Atate Richmond paper says :— Another i stulmout of Yankee denerters, who came | were yosterday moruug, The eveniug before the parture the commandant of Castle Thunder returu- ed the money and other valuables to thone who had any When they first arrived bere, aud placed them in @ separate apartinent of the prison frou thowe who Were povuile but during the night the lat- ter party broke through the barriera woich sepa rated them, ud inale a raid upon the uthers for the purpose of robbing them, Being nearly ¢ iu numpers, # desperate f hte dl, during wt Unekoats were used pretty freel nd but for tue Interpusition of the wuat, serious consequences might have leou the resuls, Conspicuous amoug the raiders was the famous Yaukee leuteuaut Whose recent exploits in cutting through bo the te- male apartinent of the Casiic bas been noticed in the luca! colurmus of the city press." Ratru Warvo 460%, tho celebrated Trans. ceniental puilosopler, gave the fires of bia series of Boston lectures on Buuday vight, Hie subject wee Fiucetion. Ho begved bia leteuers to accept the juvitation of the times, come out from ther cLques and castes, take broader Views, a wider range of sympatliies, & re lurseeing policy, He would have Letter pubic schools, Letter universi- ties, men thoroughly educated, dipped in the Btyx of experience, and ready to auawer when asked “what are you, what proof have you found of any tendency iu your being, what help can you give to eny soull'? He wee lor larger recognition of ge- ius, Whether ita evidences came in recognized or unrecognized Channels, “What chair of protoasor- ship hes been olered to Karey, the borse-tamer ? sod yot bow bas he revoluuoned men's ideas of education, fundamental maxim, that be who would rules horse must tee! neither fear nor anger. I would | sugxest thas Professor Rarey be invited to lecture uu exhibit his pupils belore all our boards of edu- cation,"* Tho Printer Strike at Bemen. The New England papers give an account of the printers’ strike at Boston, which seers to excite us lively an interest as the late printers’ strike in this city, Bix journals are destitute af compositors, but & far none seem to have been forced tw suspend « single issue. A number of persons from other trades and professions, who had learned the art of setting type in former years, unexpectedly volun- Wwored their services tho orouriewre The sosues What extension, what nobility, tu his | diet and Cniverssiiet minister aro working “at case’? af the Traverten office. The entire staf of editors and reporters of the [ana.p offica are setting type and the proprictor contrives ta discharge by himself the entire duties of the edi+ torial and reportorical departinents. A Judgeon the Supreme Bench of Massachusetts volunteered to reed Proof or perform any other work upon which hie services would be desirable, A Bank cashior offers ed to “pay for his paper ® month fn advance and ko without tt too," if st would help the proprietors, Several members of the Boston bar who were fore merly exports of the ‘stick and rule" offered ts “mib" at one of the offices. The Springfield, Mant Rereetican, gives the following more detailod ace Count of the strike: The demands of the printers in Boston were fully as insolent asin New York, and the resistance of the newspapers t the strikers bide fair to be equal ly successful. Tho Printers' Uuion voted that the membere should strike on Tuesday morning, and! that the bands in no ono office should resume work. unless the proprictors in all complied with their demands. Thin was intended to Incinde the Evening Transcaipr, which throw olf the Printers of the Union some weeks since, and bas since ge working force entirely disconnected with tt. Im will thus be ssen that had any one paper caved im to the Union's demands, it would mul bave been without workmon : and very wisely the newspaper Proprietors determined t take this time to assort thelr indepeudence, And they will sucesed ; and =the = Printers’ Union wilh fall as dead an it did in Now York, All of the papers are #till abort of help, and the Post ad= vertises for more compositors in this morning's Rereetioax. Good prices and permanent employ- met ere offered ; but no dictation from any asso- ciation or any individual will be tolerated. It te astonishing that the Boston printers had the fool« hardiness to presa thelr demandes after the recent lengon taught by the failure of the strike in New York. But it ie an old waying that “whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." The time for the destruction of the Boston Printers™ Union seems to have come pretty effectually. Ie appeara to be a bard leasou to loarn, that the beet *y for men, whether omployers or employed, i® fo make their own bargains, without the dictation of any clique or sasociation ; but men will learn (e bye-and-bye, The Incendiary Plot, A New Development, Washington, Dec, 1,—The Bocretary of State directs that the following dispatch bo made known in Now York and Philadelphia by telegraph : Hows, W. He Rewanp: Office of the Associated Press, Baltimorty Deo. 1 —A letter just received fron Annapolis, o@ the office ‘of the Baltiinore Awmnicas, from paroled prisoner from Georgi», conteiog asta ement which appeara t be important jn conne .on with the recent attempt to bury the city of New York, C sou you the eubatance of the letter, It in aigned by Joho TH Ripple, Thirty-ninth [linola veteran voluntoers, He saya, when he passed through Rava: on the 19th, he was informed by @ pro- fossed Union citizen that he wonld hear of the greate eat city burning on record, if the rebels succeeded, in the North, and that {t was to coma off in a very few daya The parte went on & atate that one Captain Montgomerye formerly of Heltinnore, whey before the war, was in the livery business, was the agent charged wth the duties of firing the Northern cities. Mont- gomery, ho suid, intended to barn New Yorks Washineton, Malt re and Philw iia, He fur- ther maid that t) bela in Savannal were bigh In expectation of soon heariug of Montgomery's auc- cosa, and that he was to receives large sum of money if successful, Che writer says he thought little of the aiatement until after bis errival, Bs saw the accounts in the papers, whereupon he deemed it bia duty to take \his etaternent for pub- Neation, Deering it proper that this information should be communicate! t» the Government FT take the liberty of sendiog you this dispatch, Respectfully, Avux, Futtom, LOCAL NEWS. WEW YORK AND TITK VICINITY, Rroisrration oF SovuruerNens.—Srapi« Crous Parris Sevt To Gesenat Drx,--NeABLY aL. Take tor Oath ov ALLraiasce.—Major Hayner, of General Pock's staff, in ati!l Lusily engaged ia registeriag the names of Southern refugees, and is takes him and an assistant nearly their whole time, from 10 A.M. tof or 6P M., to attend to the mat- ter, Stl] not more than ove hundred per day can be examined and rejistered. tered up to two o'clock yesterday was 480, The num r regis~ The rolls to be filled up have the following headings, which embrace a full description of the refugee, and give a brief history of bis antecedents: Name, age, hetght, complexion, hair, eyes, Southern resi- dence, where born, special rernarks, and remarks, Under the head of specie! remarks is tueluded ell that can be learned from the party regis. tering, relative to hie family, &co, when he left the South, bow he lef it and why, and also when he arrivéd bere, In some fow instances, the cause of lesving was stated to be desertion from the rebel army, while otbera Whe boasted Union principles, suid they were com- pelled to leave for fear of Southern vengeance, In the column healed “Komarks,'’ the fact of bia bavirg taken the oath of allegiance, or otherwise, ia mentioned. When a person prosente hiwaelf for registry, almost the first question he is asked in, whether he is in favor of the Union, ia in the affirmatiy take the vath of a! Nv one is compeiled to do thig, because the Major says he bas no power \o do so ; but of course he who refines is net down ab once a8 a muspicious character, The excuses offered for not taking the oath are various, but the chief ere “having property at the South, which they are If the answer Major Haynor advises him to an afraid of logiag,"' or being ‘Blate Rights men." In the lattwor case the matior ia easily disposed of and, indeed, in many instances the parties bave really no idea whatever of the mean. {ng of the expression Th who refuse to take the oath are sont to (irneral Dix, and they generally take it before they leave bis presence. If any refuse to take it on the ground that they are still faithful to the Confederacy, they are of course detained, Nearly all, however, say that they will say or do nothing against the Govern- ment while here. The !nquiry {8 then made: ‘Then what position do you intend to occupy?" The answer is invariably, “A neutral on whereupon the perties are informed that neutrality ie not regarded here, for ‘those who are not for us are against us," end the oath is ultimately taken. Those who refuse to avail themselves of Genera) Dix's invitation to register their names will be lis We to arrest. It is understood that al! hotels and private boarding-houses have received in eipuctjons to sid the authorities by sending ; GCongrue? o@ the laa vous