The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 3, 1864, Page 1

RUmBin 10219. J NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1864. ~*~ TWO ChNte TN CORMENCT, a to uta porous of i Ou of tn | purses tong few peeing isomer | wen ore peel me jove bem fopresh Be The Latest News ‘By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sun. From Tennessee. LINE OP BATTLE FORMED NEAR NASHVILLE. ‘Constant Skirmishiag Going On, TERRIBLE BATTLE IMMINENT, Hood in a Trap. THE VICTORY AT FRANKLIN. Pull and Thrilling Details. PILES OF SLAIN---RIVERS OF BLOOD. Gen. Sheriaan’s Progress, LATEST REBEL ACCOUNTS. Admission of Federal Snocess. ‘oun ARMY ‘ FLOUNDERING” ABOUT. ‘ FROM GRANT'S ARMY. ‘Expedition of General Gregg. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF REBEL PROPERTY. Japture of Artillery and Supplies. LEE SENDING No Foroes SOUTH LATER EUROPEAN NEWS. n and Confe of Execution and Confession Maller. ‘ity and Miscellaneous News. TRAGEDY AT THE TOMBS. Murderous Assault by a Lunatic. } MEN KILLED-3 DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. &e., &e., &e. GENERAL THOMAS, ? The Coming Terrible Battle. " Louteville, Ky. Dec, 2.-The Joumxan of this porning has the following : Gen. Thomas has abandoned bis strong position (t Franklin, and formed bla line of batule within bree miles of Nashville, Yesterday evening the 0 hostile armies were engaged in heavy ekir- aishing, and the rattle of musketry could plainly ¢ heard in the streets of Naabville, A battle of orrible fury is imminent. Wodo not believe that Gen. Thornas bas any cars for the result, He is not as weak as he would anke the rebels believe, He can offer battle to etter advantage to himeelf in front of Nashville, rap at any other point. Tlis left wing reste on furfreesboro, and when strengthened by the rees &: Chattanooga, it will be strong enough to ee: «pon Hood's rear ani cut off his retreat. The rebel General is pressing blindly forward, en, Thomas has prepared a trap, and tho foe is 10 eager to nibble at the bait, The lines are closing round the enemy, and each hour the threads of the *% aro being more completely woven. We will not emble for the result, but will feel strong and opeful for the cause, an‘! confidently look for vie~ wy to perch upon our benoers. Our troops are rave, and Gen. Thomas is an able commander, re predict that the rebel arms will meet with » ‘rrible disaster, Gen. Thomas bas altered bis ans, end will olther capture or snnolhilate the bel army. BEOOND pIsrATOH, Nashville, Dec, 2.—It is believed that Hood's ain army is threatening Murfreesboro, For- st's rebel cavalry is demonstrating on our front id right flank, Commander Fitch is here with fleet of boate and iron clads, Bufficient forces sve arrived to {usure not only the safety of Nash- (lle, but another Union victory tn caso of a battle ader apy circumstances, all Details of the Late Battle of Franklin. Nashville, Dec. 2,—1 have received a full account the ste battle of Franklin, and its antecedents, hich was one of the most brilliant in {ts results the war, For three days sharp skirmishing was ptup during the retirement of our army from ick River to Franklin, during which time « mul- ‘eation of exploits and successes resulted to the vderal arms. Genera! Cox condveted the rear- ard, and on the 2th ult. achieved es splendid otory over the rebels at Spring Hill; while Gen, \leon's Cavalrr gained « series of important suc- gases over Forrest's advance under Roddy, on the ke between Turner's and Spring Hill. During the afternoon of the 80th ul4 the rebel my was sorely pressed, under Hood, who had ientham and Stewart's corps and » portion of ck Taylor's command, numbering in al! over 000 mon. Owing to Cox's gallant check st ring Hil), # portion of the 4th and 28d Corps wre enabled to gain Franklin early in the day, sore they threw up a line of breastworks, exteud- + from onc end to the other of the curve in the er, behind which our entire infantry command is position. At precisely 4 o'clock, afternoon, » entire rebel force made #8 charge, 4 succeeded tu making # temporary break in our aire, commanded by Wagner, With characteris- impetuosity, the soldiers composing Cheatharm's ps dashed into the breastworks, and, co-operat- with the attacking party on the left, attempted snvelope and destroy our right, In the nick of 1e the troops of Wagner wore rallied, and throw. : their whole force on the rebel column, drove k the storming party in creat disorder and cap- asoften with great slanghter arme and body umbis Pike, ed total of about 1,000, nalia over in safoty before daylight. which point our front line confronts the enemy crossing: of the river by our troops. iin. right shoulder—the bell traversing the back and going out the left shoulder duty. the loly. GENERAL SHERMAN. Good Nows A letter dated at Port Royal, South Carolina, November 2, received to-day by » gentleman in this city from his correspondent at that place, says: “There is good news to~lay by flag of truce— Sberman with!n 40 miles of Savannah |"' Another letter from the same correspondent says that the citizens of Port Royal have been called to arms and organized into a home guard, in consequence of the departure of a part of our troops from that point to co-operate with Sherman. A dispatch just re- ceived trom our correspondent in Washington, re- porte that the Richmond papers of Wordnesday con- tain no mention of Sherman's movements. Washington, Dec, 2.—It 1s anid by those who have seen Richmond papers of Wednesday last, that they contain only a repetition of the statement that Gon. Sherman is ati!! floundering" about in the interior of Georgia. It is stated that » detach- ment of Yankee cavalry, sent out in the direction of Beaufort, were all either captured, killed or dis- persed Washington, Dee 2.—The following dispatch bas been received at the War Department: Crty Pott, Dec, Ist. Hon, Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: The Richmond Examiner of to<tay admits thet Sherman il] succeed in reaching the sea coast Other papers admit that he has crossed the Oconee U. 8. Guant, Lieutenant4ieneral REBEL REPORTS, Tho late files of Bouthern papers are Jarguly oc- cupied with the Sherman expedition. They pro- fess to conceal any news that would be likely to be of * advantage to thoenemy,"' and effect to speak oracularly of the movements of the Union General, Nevertheless shey continue to disclose a great dea! of information. The most valuable fact, however, ig the evidont discord and want of concert of action between the Confederate and Georgian suthor’ ties. The Augusta Constrrvtiomactst alludes to the possibility of e confiict between them respect- ing the disposition of troops for the defence of that city, General Wade Hampton —Goneral Leo's chief of staff—bad arrived in the elty, and issued an or- der calling upon all bis command now in Georgia to revdezvous at Auguste, A proclamation sigued “2. Ro Wright, President of the Borate, and ex oficio Governor,” announces that Guvernor Brown having been cut off from communication with the eastern portion of the Btate, the duties of Governor devolve upon him, He (bereupon orders» levy en masse of the entire able bodied population east of the Oconee River, and urges the instant arming snd concevtration of the now levies, He revokes that portion of Gev. Brown's proclamation ordering troops to report to Gon. G. W. Smitu, and directs them to report to him at Augusta, The Mayor of Augusta hed also issued » proclamation, calling upon al! persons abie to bear arms to report for duty. Gen, Joe Johne- ton had arrived at Augusta, and Gen. Beaurogard was expected, Gon. Bragg was also reported to be en route from Wilmington to Augusta with « large force. The Constirurionacist of the 24th states: Reinforcements are constantly arriving in our city, The air resounds with the shrek of the en- ine whistle day and oiht. The soldiers sppear £ be In excellent » trite aud to enjoy the pre te of a fight ahead, ¢ gloom which overspresd our city o short time since bas disappesred entirely. Everything wears acheorful aspect. The Conerrrutionarist, of the 25th, states that “Wheeler, with many thoussnd men, bas inter- cepted the evemy at « point at present unmention- able, end gives him no rest nightor day, A dis- patch toe Richmond paper, dated Augusta, Nov. 26th, places Bhermen's army forty-five miles south of Augusta, ‘ond so far beffied,"’ If this news |s true Sherman would be within s hundred and twenty miles of Bavanosh. This report, however, is by no means certain. The Auguste 6xxriwx1, of the pre- coding day, (Friday) has srumor that the main body of Sherman's army was progressing wwarde the Aletamabe River. This river runs imto the @ulf about seventy miles south of Sevannah. It is formed bw the woction ip Montgomery ununte tured several hundred prisoners. Four times after Ahe rebels charged on the line, but were repulsed The rebels num- bered at least two to our one, as nearly balf of the Fourth ond Twenty-third Corps were our reserve. The rebel loss tu killed ia three times ours, while Nbeir wounded is at least six times as large as ours. The wounds of our men ere mostly in the bead, The artillery fire of the enemy was made with great precision, but their ammunition consisted chiefly of shot and sbell, while for two hours im- mense quantities of more murderous mnissiles were hurled with fearful fury into the rebel lines. Al! the sttempts of the rebels to gain # permanent advantage were frustrated, and at dark the Fod- eral position was unchange!, while the rebels re- tired under cover of the woods south of the Col- The rebel loss, ag before stated, is fully 6,000, including 1,000 prisoners, an anusual number of whom wore prisoners. Our loss reach- An artillery duel wae kept up till nearly mid- night, when our troops commenced crossing Har- peth River, bringing all our trains aud parapher- The army then retired to within four miles of this city, at The falling beck of the army is in accordance with the programme, and the bettle at Franklin, al- though of the most brilliant kind, was en impromp- tu affair, and brought about owing to tho necessity of checking the rebel advance, to secures safe NasAville, Dec, 2,—Additional reports received incraase the magnitude of the late victory at Frank- Thirty stands of colors were captured by the Union forces, Geners! Stanley, commanding the Fourth Corps, had ® very narrow escape, having had a borse killed under him, and was abot tn the He ie tn the city,and though suffering considerably, 1s still attending to It is confirmed thas Genera! Pat, Clebourne or Clyberne, of Tennesses, is killed, General Kim- ball, commanding the Second Division of General Stanley's corps, in the heat of battle, passed « robel Major-General, who told him be was mortal- ly wounded. Fie men succeeded in carrying off following item 1 mili man fn this that can Jefinitel them, {n our opinion. should “turn up something" ourselves, GENERAL GRANT. were moving troops South. patch is just received in relation to it: Hrapqvarrens Aum or tas Potomac, December 1, 1564—8 P. M. ed the carriages. Ho had eight wagons and thirty mules. con, clothing, lic buildings, General Gregg will be in camp by midnight. Groner 8. Mrane, Major-General, Sharp Artillery Firing. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Nor. 80. The utmost quiet had prevailed along the lines for several days past until yesterday afternoon, when our batteries at Fort Hell opened fire for the enter- At first the enomy did not reply; but after a while they opened from several points, and for a time s perfoct shower tainment of some English visitors. of shot and shell fell in and around Port Hell Unfortunately just at this time some of the troops were being relieved, and several casualties oc- curred, Lieut, Col, Atafford, of the 86th New York Vols, was wounded, and it in said he cannot re land regimonts in the Fifth Corps, Counterfelts, Boston, Dre, 2.—The police have information that counterfeit five hundred dollar bills on the bank of North America would be put in ciroulation to-day, From Europe. Seven Dayy Later News. The steamship China arrived at this port yester- day, from Liverpool 19th, via Queenstown 20th of November, Her news is soven days later. The news of the result of the Presidential elec. tion had not yet reached England, but was antici- pated with the greatest Interest. The Anwy anp Navy Gazette says that in con- sequence ofthe recent capture by a Federal cruiser of a distinguishod officer fof her Majesty's navy, whilst in command of a blockade runner, Mr, Sew- ard addressed representations, through Lord Lyons, to the British government, which have led to astringent order on the subject from the Ad- miralty. The Jamatce Trrsune, of Oct. 24, says Captain Semmes arrived there on the 22d, with 20 adherents or members of the crew of the late Alabama. They proceeded to Navy Bay. dicts the story that Semmes was on beard the steamer Sea King, off Madeira, The name of andoah,"* The ship Great Wostern was atill detained at Liverpool, pending the inquiry into the case of the alleged recruits tor the Foderal army, who were to bave been taken to New York by her. The matter had not been brought before the Liverpool megietrates, as the looal authorities did not intend moving alone in the affair, but were waiting in- structions from the government, Alerge nurober of afflavite, made by the men as to the terma of their engagement for the ‘New York glass works,"* had been sent to the Home Office for the conmdera- tion of the Home Secretary, at the instance of Capt. Cunningbem, the commander of the Great Weat- ern, who wished to proceed to sea, Sume police autherittes went on board and asked the passen- gers--eome four or five hundred in number—if they wished to goto New York orto go ashore Al’, with the exception of four young men, said they wished to goin the ship, and these four were allowed to go ashore, Of those on board it is said that from one hundred and fifty to two hundred hadjbeen brought from «ifferent parts of Lancas- hire, and engaged to work in the “ylass manu- factory." A considerable number who refused to go on board the chip had beon sent to their homun, while others remained in Liverpoo! in « state of destitution. The London Tree editorially mves the Ameri: cans credit for beating all the world in the spirit and intensity with which they carry on the war, but asserts that the sole motive is nothing else than ‘‘power,"* Bhip Alice, at Bt. Malo, from Spain, reports pick - ing up in # boat, ina helpless state from starve- tion and bunger, aman who steted that ho was one of the crow of an Amorican ship with & cargo of coals for Now York, which had been sunk by collision three days previous, 81x other persons had been in the boat with him, but bad died, aad their bodies bad been washod into the eca, INGUREROTION [6 VENETLA. The Trieste Gazgerrs of Nov, 11, saya? A severe engagement took place carly sesterds mo between the Italian troops and Garibald- jans, at Bagolimo, in Northern Lombardy. Both sides lost many wen in killed aud wounded The conflict terminated in the capture of # part, and the separation of the rest of the Garibaldiaus Is was assorted af Vienna that Major General Krisman! bad been dispatched t Fruili with re- inforcements. Tha Paria Pusasy cubtishes imtallicanse ¢/ ore, ers Oconee and Ocmulges, The same poper has the The whereabouts of the main body of the Yankee stmy is involved m mystery, and there ie nots locate ‘e should not te Wke Mc- Cawber, waiting for something to turn up,"’ but Highly Saccessfal Cavalry Expedition, Ete. City Point, Va., Dee. 1.—Gencral Grogg's caval- Ty was sent South this morning on « reconnois- sance, more particularly to discover if the enemy The following dia- To Lieut,-General Grant: 1 have just beard from General Grogg. His dispatch is dated 3.45 P.M. Hoe reports having captured Stony Creek Btation, which wea dofended by infantry and covelry, in works, with artillery. He captured two pieces of artillery, but had no means of bring- ing them off, so he spiked them, and deatroy- 190 prisoners, He burnt the depot with 3,000 sacks of corn, 500 bales of hay, « train of cars, » large amount of be- ammunitioa and other govern- ment stores, and destroyed al! the shops and pub- The & brigade, Brigadier-General Gregg, commanding, had the advance, and ts. re ported to bave most gallantly carried the enemy's position, General Gregg Is now returning to camp. No information could be obtamed of any troops passing Southward, either cavalry or infantry. The bed of the branch road from Stony Creek waa seen to be graded, but no ratle were laid. At Duval Station South of Btony Creek much property was destroyed and alarge amount of railroad tron found. Av effort was being made to destroy it by fire, when the staff officer who brought the dispatch left. The enemy showed signs of having concen- trated and were following, but the officer thought cover. Governor Bradford, and @ pumber of prom- inent citizens of Maryland, arrived here to-day. They come to present flags to several of the Mary- If this is true it contra- the rebel pirate Boa King has been changed to 'Bhen- have already been provided. The officia! Turin Gaserre says; of the expedienc: The Government bas manifested ite diss) real people from imprudent atten which the means are insufficient the movements, may state that alarge band having been some of its mombers have been of justice will be pursued," Deen sent to guard the mountain passes. THE DANO-GERMAY QUBSTION, droared to the Danes, and says :—'' The and by language ts the moat future belongs to those who are in earnest." refused to con ont to s morganatic marriage. title of Counte of Noer, marriage. Execution of Maller. assembled in front of the jail at Bunday midnight, not lews than one bund: of “oheap roate’’ and “good accommodation" particularly numerous, tion of tracts. To one part « three-jointod fish: rod was ormployed, to which was attached a ecro reading oud singin, hymus. conspicuous than called, “ Shall Murderers be p' Was 6 great man selections frou pres uted, victs demeanor are thus described: bim was innocent. Thee were was pi ment, as it were.” On Bunday evening, about ten o'clock, Mr, Sheriff Dakin paid the prisoner a last visit in his cell, and again exhorted pim, as be had doue up previous occasions, not to leave the world with @ lie in bis mouth, Lay bis band upon « Bibie, which the convict had in reading, Mr, Dakin reminded him that the promises of forgive- ness 1t coutained al) assumed repentance and con- fessior. Muller listened Kindly to the adjuratious ot thusheriff, but made no response, Liter Mr. Dacin bad gone, the couvict remarked to one of the warders placed over him, that #maa Lad no power to forgive mus, and that it was of no use contesmny to bim, In this state of mind he denied the crime, even when the sacrament was eboutto be adimin- istered to him, Shoruly before eight o'clock the sheriffs aad under-sheriffs proceeded to the gaol, A mdo door was opened, and Muller presenied birm- self, aueuded Ly » warder, He was pule, but marvellously calm and collected, and he walked briskly ™ ross the court-yard to the pressroom, followed by the authorities, There he was pin- joued by the executioner, and underwent the ordeal with unshaken courage. While all about bin were visibly wuched, not® muscle in his face moved, and Le showed uo sign of emotion. He wes docile withal, and respecttul in his de- moanor, Again and again Dr, Cappel ap prosched bim and ought © sustwn him by the use of encouraging words, The convict, repeating the words after the reverend gontieman, repeatedly said, in German, "Chri te Lamb of Gou, have mercy upon me."* Tbe process of pinion- ing uver,Mr. Jonas,the Governor, asked the convict to take » seat, which bo declined, and remained perations te ng made for an approaching insurrec- tion in Galicia, for whieb purpose arma and money “Aa soon as the insurrectionary movement broke out tp Friuli certain persons sought to agitate the country aod involve the Government tn a conflict, of which {t alone can judge. of this {nconaiderate movement, and stated the tion of affairs in order to deter credulous for the success of A rumor hae been spread that the Government are favorable to Ase Grood to the cht we found, destined for the frontier of Fruili and the Tyrol, captured and dis- armed by force, towards whom the ordinary course The same paper adda that {ts impossible for the Government to permit « violation of the frontiers, nor will the Government on any account allow it. self to be involved or compromised in the move- Martial law has been proclaimed in various parts of the provinces of Friuli and Trevests, in Vene- tis, Assemblages are to be fired on afer the first summons to disperse. The penalty of death is to be remitted to fneurgents who voluntertly eur- render, A band of insurgents was proceeding to- wards the mountains of the Tyrol, and troops had Three royal proclamations were Insued at Copen- hagen on the 17th. The first releases the inbabit ante of the ceded Duchies from their oath of alle- fiance, and the second is a farewell address to the people of Bchleswig and Holstein, The third is ad- separation from the kingdom of those inhabitants of Bchloswig who were bound to Denmark both by sentiment paintul sacrifice of all, We bave lost much, but have not lost hope. The Tt i@ stated that the uncle of Prince Froeder- fok of Angustenburg—the Prince Noer—has mar- ried an American Isdy named Lee, and im conse- quence has been forced to renounce his righte as @ member of s sovereign house, his bride having the wolicitrtion of the tridegroom, the Emperor of Austria as conferred on him the title of prince, end the ch Idren torn of the marriage will bear the The prince can no longer lay clam tothe title cf “highness,” aod bis agnaic rights will devolve on bis only son by bie first The English papers give full particulars of the hanging of Franz Muller, for the murder of Mr. Briggs in» London railroad car, The execution took place in front of Newgate Jail in London on the morning of Monday, Nov. 14th. The proceed- ings attracted the most intense interest throughout England, aud the excitement extended to Germany whore Muller was popularly regarded as » victim to English hatred of Germany, At the last moment Muller confessed bis guilt, The scene at the exe- cution was oxtraordiuary and brought out all the Worst peculiarities of a London mob, A heavy rain setin the preceding evening, but nevertheless seyoral thousand persons of the lowest cians had An immense number of spectators, estimated at thousaad persons, as- serabled to witness the execution. The occupants wore The windows of the sev- oral houses in front of the drop were well filled, whilst numbers were sitting on the roofs, Preach- ers of various religious sects were peattered about, and worked with considerable zeal in the distribu with the inscription, ‘He sure your sins will find you out; and an another instance a party of men was stationed, one of whom held up a walking- stick with » text attached, whilst the others dis- coursed on seriptural subjects and took part In Another man, moro rest, was working bis way through the crowd, with « bill placed before him pulet issued by the iy Gospel Hell, aud ht to Death f'' There foreigners present, and to them ne Now Testament, printed in the German and other continental langusges, were The acene in the inside of the jail, and the con- From sbout six o'clock the Rev, Dr. Louis Cap- pel*uinister of the German Lutheran Church, in Alie street, Goodman's Fiokls, bad been with the convict in bis cell, and bed administered the sacra- menttobim During their interview, which laa ed pearly two hours, the convict frequently clung to him and embraced bim, observing, with tears in bis eyes, that be was the only friend Le Lad thes in the world, and expressed Lis forvens grati- tude for all the kindness that he bad shown to Tho couversation of the pritoner sppearod to be intended to produce an inj reas!on tuat be other sins of which the convict said be was guilty, but whenever ho with reference to the murder he evaded the subject in some way, or, to use Dr. Cap- pel'r own words after wards in conversation with toe averitls, ‘be hid that particular sin under bis gar- much care appeared to bave been bestowed, the cony.ct held up bis bead to aliow of hie doing 18 with more age | Pea was ae es of the P tons. pel was givou by governors Oa ihe Rev. Mr. Dewis, the ordinary, led the we: to the caffold, read- ing, os be di o, eome of the prelimteary verses of the burial service. Le Min followed by the convict and the Rev. Cappele amd then by the — and under-sheri. He ascendet the scaffold with a firm #tep, sccompented Py, Dr. Cappel, and as he did so the mulitudd, om is being confronted with them, raised o mighty sod Indescribable hum, At this moment the ut shone brightly, though rain bed felien all through the night. After the convict bad been placed upow the drop, and the rope adjusted round bis nock, Dr. Cappel, addressing him with great animation and solemnity, said, ‘In « few moments, Muller, ‘ou will siand before God; I ask you again, and lor the last time, are you guilty or innocent?" He replied, “Iam innocent.” Dr, Cappel said, * You are innocent?’ repeating his own words in the form of s question. Muller replied, “God Alii knows what I have done." Dr, Cappel, “Gc . mighty knows what you have done!" Lac inf the oonvict’s own words; ‘Does God know you have done thie particular deed? Muller replied, Yea, [have done it," speateing in Ger- man, in which language the whole corvermtion was conducted. The German expression uyed by the convict was “Ich nabo es gethan ;" and these wero his last words, The drop fell, and he aoom Ceased to live, Bo greatly relieved was the rev. mileman by the confession that be rushed fronr the scaffold, exclaiming, “ Thank God! Thauk God |" and aank down in @ chair, completely ex- hausted by his own emotion. After recovering he repeated in English, in the presence of the shoritis and under sheriffs, and the reproseutatives of the newspaper press, of whom there were four, what bad just passed between him and the conviet pre- cleely aes bas been related above, The convict has lef} bebind him a written and sealed documents which had been placed in the hauda of the sheriffs, but who forbear for the present to make it publ after his confession on the scaffold, until they eb: have reported the fact to the Courtof Aldermen. The document which Muller left behind him proves mere reiteration of the atetements aud argue ments upon which he and bis friends rehed down to about the last moments of hin existence At® meeting of Court of Alderman, on the 16th, the con- duct of Mr. Battiscom)e—the clergyman who was admitved into Muller's coll, and woo published aa extraordinary statement of his interview with tho conviet—was severely condemned, aud the gaol countmmittee was instructed to inquire into the cir~ cumstances under which the rev, gentleman gain- edi aoceas to the prisoner, RXOITEMENT (N GREMANY, A lotter from Borlin gives a curious account of the excitement that prevailed in Germany respect ing the exceut oa of Muller, [tis stated : Wherever one goes, Muller is all the talk, In the beerbouses and cvfea, in the reading-rooms and c places of asserubly, in pri- the streets, tho conversation turns almout on thia one topic The words “judi ‘hatred of the Eagle againat the Gormana,"’ “atrocious butchery of an innocent man," “revenge fi Hitical hurmiliae tons" —theae and unilar exp re in every~ body's mouth, Vengeance is vowed on Englan in retaliation forthe foul crime she fs sbout to commit. No epithet is too strong or too black to characte"ize the base cruelty aud criminality at- tributed to the British Government for determin- tng upon the doesth ofa man who is now firmly believed ‘ost poople in this country to bo completely “vceut of the crime with which be has been charged, aud for which he stands con- demned. The scone in Berlin, on Monday night, after the news of the execution bad been received, is thus described + The intelligence flew like wildfire round the hall, “He's ban a 1" went from mouth to mouth, & sickening \e%iung seemed to overpower every heart, and then followed an outburst, a how! of bitterness and fury, rage and indignation at the perpetratiion of that which all felt to be a borrible tragedy, » judicial murder. I thought it prudent on my own part to retire very speedily from the ecene, In the momentary irritation of the public I shall not be surprised to hear of their committing some ex- cesses in their fenzy. If some Englishman is Iynched or maltreated, it will be to me no matter of astonishment in the least; nor shall I be at aif startled to find that « frenzied mob bad vented its displeasure by sacking the Ur tish Lewation in the Leipaiger Platz, I found on my way home that the excitement waa equally wild wherever I went, All mauver of rumors are floating about. The King is said to have written an eutogrepb letter ‘0 Queen Victoria, and the case is expected to be taken up diplomatically, ‘Tbe bitterness and animomty agsiust Eoxland of this moment, in short, beggars doseripuon, The later news of Muller's confession of guilt had not reached Berlin in time toenable the corres- pondent to describe the effect it had produced, ‘The North star. The report publishod in yesterda)'s papers ob the safety of the steamship North Star, is entirely without foundation, Tue North Star sailed from New York Nov. 8d, and @ report from the Assoct- sted Press indicates that the Sacramonto bad ar rived at San Francisco with the outward bound passengers of tho wissing steamer, No further particulars are mentioned, LOCAL NEWS. KEW YORK AND THK VICINITY. Teanisie TRAGEDY AT Tur Tomps—-Sev- wnat Men KILLED AND oTHeELs Wounpep-—Mcn- prnous Assavit bY A Lunatio—Tae Puison BET OW Fine,—At about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, night watelunan Mark Finley, ofthe Tombs Prison, heard ecry of murder in the apartment wherein men are held who have been committed for intoxication, and on going thither found @ prisoner—one Joho Donovan, who had been incarcerated as @ probably insane porson—flourishiug @ heavy pokor, and placing bis follow prisoners in mortal terror, On looking further through the grate, he saw that Donovan bad already knocked in the skulls of twa of bis fellow prisoners, William Kennedy and James McDonald by naroe, and infilctod fearful ine juries upon Willlaco George, a third, It was clear at a glance that the watchman could not, unaided, expect to cope with the armed madman, und he ac- cordingly summoned aid from the Sixth Precinct, and when officers Barr, Crane and Curley, reached the scene, the entire party, when about t enter, found the place in flames, the maniac having piled benecbes in the centre of the rom and set fire there- to; but just at this moment George Henry B.1l having struck Donovan « blow which stumned bim, ren wwerde the gate, crying, * I've fixed him |" intending to make knoww the important fact that there was no longer peril reudering the use of the revolver imperative; but officer Crane, mistaking FUN for the bwnatic, delivered the contents of hie revolvor, and lodged » ball in Hill's right » infitcting » painful but uot serious wound, Hearing & fired, Donovan ded up s m@atronse, and the rusbed upon bim and disa led him by « vigorous use of their clubs. Dh. peysicten ot the Gity Prisog was ‘ Continued on the net pads -8