The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 12, 1864, Page 1

‘unto our hands. THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. ) NUMBER 10,117. f The Latest News My Telegraph to the N. VY. Sum. a ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Expedition to the Southward. NOTTOWAY RIVER CROSSED. Fighting At Stony Creek. CO-OPERATIVE CAVALRY ADVANCE. ebels Driven Across “Hatcher Run, THE ENEMY’S ENTRENCH- MENTS CAPTURED. Rebels Expecting a Great Battle, NEWS FROM SHERMAN, Probable Arrival at ARD IN THAT RECTION HEAVY FIRIN ' DI THE SITUATION BEFORE NASHVILLE, Details of the Siege Operations, LATER EUROPEAN NEWS, Views of “Our ; Presidential Blection. MR. COBDE &e., GENERAL GRANT, The New Movement South of Petersburg. Hsadquartere Army of the Potomac, Dec. & 1804 —Yesterday morn'ny at daslicht, the Fifth Corpa, with the Third Division o: the Second and two brigades of Gregg'’s cavalry, started South, They were beard from yesterday afternoon, and hai crossed the Nottoway River, on the Jerusalem wad, without meeting opposition of any conse. quence. They crossed on pontoons, which they took up after doing so, Deserters who came into our lines this morning state that Mahonc's rebel divisian was seut off yesterday to meet our ad- vaucing force, but as no tiring bes been heard in tbat direction to-day, it is uot belicved thet any engagement bas taken place. BROOND N ENTE SILASTIC, &e., &ec. ATOR, Dee. 9 Morning.—In addition to the advance of the Fifth Corps, 2 reconnoitering force of cavalry went out on the left yesterday afternoon, striking the rebel pickets op the Vaughn road, driving them to Hatcbe’s Rup, @ distance of over two miles, where they had Lreastworks erected, and where they made a stand. Skirmishing continued for some time, when the object of the movement bar- ing been fnily aceompliabed, the expeditic ~ n return. Our loss was seven men wouued—that of the eneniy isnot known. Some of those who accom- panied this party report that leary firing waa bear! in the direction of Stony Creek, which ind sates that fighting was golng on Letween General Warren andthe enemy, Reports are current that the evacuation of Petersburg by the rcbela may be looked for at an early day. Talep piraTon He dquarters Army of the Potomze, Dee 9th, P.M — Another recounoissance was made thie morn- t hn Road towards Flatcher Run ever the same route the caval went yesterday. The force cousisied of detachmeata of several regi+ ments of cavalry under Colonel Kirwin of the 18th Pennsylvania, and three brigades of the lat divie- Jon of the 2d Corps, under Genera! Miles, The videttes of the enemy “ore driven across the Run, wien a sharp file was opened on the advance from a line of brevstworkaon the opposite side Aftér some skirm shing to discover the atrength of the eneray, acharge was made across the Run, and the works carried by asaauli, but not ti! the rebels had made good their retreat up the ‘South Side," Our men took position in the captured entren ments, while sk rmishers were thrown out on both Sanks. Boon after a report came that the cnemy were moving up and across the Run, half a mile Oa nto attack on the right flank, general Mills at once disposed his command to receive them, He alsosent back for reinforcementa, west of the road, where our troopa were, evinciug an intent which were g.ver onee, but the enemy did not monke their appe e during the afternoon, and it is believed they fell Lack to a stronger posi- } tion at Armetrong's Mills) a mile and ahalf wert Tae impression 1s that they had no large force j the vicinity, otberwise more stubborn resistance to our advance would have been made. Our loes \n the charve was seventeen men Wouuded, among them Licuienant War!, of the fhird Penusrlvanie cavalry. The loss of the enemy ts not known, ly sbey bad anv they carried them of, for none felj Later in the afternoon, reports came that the enemy were moving toward the lert im beavy force, Arrangements were made to meet sbern, but up io this bour (micng'st) they have t appeared, In mr ¢ *y giving @ list of oremo' cluded the name of Gens eral M a8 be'ng made brevet majer-ceneral. This was rrect. Ho was rade a full major- generslin the rorular army, to d t iSh, 1864 to rank next to Saerm Yon wus conferred at the special requeat of General Grau, for services during the present camp»ign, W.D. Modneaos. varticulars of the Prelimloary Movements. (Dy Mal) Acorrespondent of the Philadelphia Prass thus describes the incidents connected with the starting cut of theexpedition : City Point, Va., Dee, & -Iteanoot he contraband now to state that @ movenent of an important bh pwr was commenced upon the left yesterday, Yn Monday *fternoon the Fifth and Seecnd A my rps, commanded by Generals Crawford and Uuaphreys, received orders to be prepared to move kt a moment's tutimation. Inetantly « acens of bugtle and excitement ensued in the camps, end the men gave veut to ther eatbusioem by dancing, NEW YOR singing and whistling : for the prospect of « fight after anch @ long inactivity, was more cheering to their bearts than the news that another feast of tur- keys was eon route for them could possibly have heen. The idea of deserting their comfortable Winter + ah by a ore anae season of the year was hot #0 able to some of the officers who had sme endeared tw thetr coay little logcabing, and blaring fires tn the snug chironey places, but the oneer had wo be obeyed, and one and all began to pack up, with ® jest or @ lugubriogs amile. Tuesaday afternoon came the order to more, and in ten minutes af- ter its reception the regimenta of the 6th Corps were fn notion to the rear. The order directed the two corps to mass between the Halifax and Jerusalem plank roads. The two roads min in the same general direction as the Weldon Rallroad— the former being to the left, and the latter to the right of it Here the troops were encamped for the night, of course without any other protection from the weather than their blankets and over- coats afforded. In w® little while, however, the cam) grounds were lit up with hundreds of fires, which, crackling and sparkling amid the cedor boughm made « brilliant and preturesque scene. As to their destination, the most contradictory opinions were held among officers and men. The favorite idea seemed to be, that they were to march down to fivannah and feinforce Bberman, Others held tw the = opinon that Wilmington, N. C, wen to be the ‘ob. rere point’? and others talked of Weldon. Rit all were wrong, Karly yesterday mornin, the men wero wakened ly a drenching shower o! talDy which, extinguishing their camp fires, made them utterly miserable for a little while, until they stirred about and warmed themselves with exercise, Long before daybreak they took up their ‘ine ef march, and not toward the Southside road, whero al! would have chosea to go, but south- ward, toward Stony Creek Station. The roeds were jp a shocking condition, but they made ex- cellent progress, and although the rain fell piti- loasly, the ardor of the men seemed! to be but Little cooled. The apprehensions of the rebels of another advance against Btony Creek, now @ vital point to the enemy, have thus been cenfirmed, and, doubtless, they have dispatched troops to the threatened point, even before our movement was commenced, The arrival of Early from the Valley has enabled them to do this without weakening their Hpes in our front, Meanwhile our liner have uct beeu weakened, for the army baa been materially reinforced of late, and is to-day, per haps, a6 strong as it ever was Reports from Kebel Papers. the following is taken from the Richwond Dis- raiog, Dec, 8 There ia vo longer any doubt that the feet of transports seen descending thy Potomac bore troops to Grant; for they came up the James and deliver- ed their freight. The numbers thus added to GravUsarmy are not known tous, They are sup- pored to be somewhere between six and ten thous- and. Mem’ ers of the Legislature from the lower counties say that Sheridan, with a large portion of his troops, hae certainly joined Grant. Thia re- inforcenmwnt mynifies battle, alruost immediate, The condition of the canal is unknown to us, except by the statement of deserters, who declare that it {fy really finished, and that it can be made res ly for use by a few boura' labor, We bare no doubt at a!) that en assault will soon be delivered, aud hi Re that no preparation, either in the channel of the river or on lond, je yet unfinished, Up to Tuesday uight Grant bad been reinforced by two corps from the Valley, belleved to be the V'fth and 8. xt! ; and it was confidently expected toat he would make an attack on yesterday morn- ine. Ifa report brought to the city iast evening be true, the expectation was realized, It is told by » gentleman from the frout last evening thas the ene- my had thrown « force acroas from the north to the south aide of the Jamesriver, and effected a landing betweeu Fort Howlett and Drewry's Bluff, In the alwence of officia! intelligence, we are flow to be- Neve this report; but, if there \# any truth in it, is & Most Important sent, and one which must we think, lead to ap immediate batile. Some explanation j# unecessary to eua!le the reader to comrebend the reported movement, The left f our line south of James river reste on the river at Howleti's, which is opposite and south of Dutch Gap, Drewry's Bluff, on the same side of the river, is over two miles higher up the atrear Yhe left of the Yankee line, on the north side, rests on the river pear Cox's landing, which is considerably wost of aud higher up the stream than Howlet's A force thrown across to the souta bank from Cox's would ‘and between Howleit'’s and Drewry's Bluff, Late lastevening no official information bad been re- ceived of the above reported mosement. Dari the ninst of vesteriay the sound of cannon reacher us from below; but the firing may have been nothing more than the shelling of Dutch Gap by our batieries on the south tank of the river. Ata late bour last night no official Intelligence had Leen received ot ike Wai Ofhce of any movement of the enemy on James Rver, in the neighbor! ood of Howleti’s ; but persous who came over from Chester in night's train report that they heard there that the enemy, taking actvantage of the dense fog of yesterday morning, crossed trom Cox's landing in barges and then set about con- structing # pontoon bridge across the river. The Bextrrer of the Tth states: The indications are that before this week cloves Graut will make another advance against Rich- round, Reinforcements in large numbers have ar- rived, principally from Sheridan, A gentieman who bas teen on the Potomac for severe! days, reports that on Saturday last ten transports load- ed with troops passed down the rmver. Bunduy twenty-one. and on Monday they were passing all day Thee tanneports were filled with trex ps from the valley The @ixth Corps has undou.t- ediy arrived in the Jatmes, and, before the week expires, a)l thes can be spared by Sleridan wi.) bave joined Grant, GENKBRAL SHERWAN, Latest Facts and Komers Rehtmoud papers vive iuforwmation of General | auce, and release! u Sherman's tnovemente down to Tuesday last, Dec. éth, Atthat date Le was reported to be si rmish- ng on the outposts of Savannab. On the 2d left Millen, which he bad occupied for some days, resting Lis forces, or a portion of them. He then took up the line of march southward, and bis cay- alry shirmishers are reported to bave encomtered the enemy's outer line wt Savannah. fo many of General Sherman's movements were evideutly re feln and baffle tie enemy, thot this appears to be abvut all thas ie re- liable respecting his more recent movements, So for he hes probably destroyed fve hundred miles of railroads in the heart of the State a course which must necessarily greatly embarrass and delay the movements of the A large number of Union prisoners had been confined at Millen, and it is honed that he has liberated them, and that he has been joined by ten thousand of them. H's movements have so far been conducted on the strictest military prin- c'ples, He bes severed the raiJroad communica- tious of all the principal cities of the Routh, Macon has been cut off from Savannah and M/!!ledgeville, and Augusta bas been isolated from Millen, Ma> cou, Milledgeville and Savannah, The latter place was cut off from communications with every place North of it, except by way of the Charleston Rail- road, If Sherman's objective point was Savannab, as stated, he probably arrived at that place, with the bulk of bis army, on Saturday or Sunday. Bavanneb was admirably defended towards the sea face, Wut iwland it wes week, the euewy not bar. calculated to deceive enemy. i I Ovmecur ’ vit" The Nottoway myer, croaee! by General War- rep, Wednesday evening, rises in the southeust- erp partof Virginia, and runs into the Chowan river in North Carolina. It has a number of tn- butaries in Nottoway and Dinwiddio Counties, in the section of country between Weldon and the South Side Rallroed. Hatcher's Run, Rowanty Creek and Stony Creek, are the more important of these streams, between the Nottoway river which may be traced in the map from # pont between Burksville and Nottoway, north of Wel- don, to the Chowan mver at Plymouth, N.C The —_——— ing anticipated ao attack from that puint. The river, below the city, is blockaded with heavy timbers and obstructions fastened together with chain cables. Fifty or sixty heavy singe guns com- mend the approaches to the city. Through these an opening occurs which is only just large enough to admit a medium sized boat Above the en- trance to this opening two well manued iron clada are stationed. Torpedoes are sprink- led = about pretty freely Fort Jackson is the princ'pal defense and was considered by General Boauregard who planned or improved it to be impregnable. A fort about half a mile farther back commands {t and would render it untenable iftaken, But it was not supposed that Sherman wonld encounter any serious opposition to an at- tack from the land mde, be the swamps which abound in that region and which could be rendered stil! by theenemy. MM, ae the rebe! papers state, Sher- man's destination should be Brunswick, be would cut the railroad from Savannah to Thomasville aud froin Brunswick to Brunswick ts about sixty miles south of Savannab aod » hundred talles from Mi! len. Of General Sherman's probal'o destination the Auguata Coronicia of the 4th states; more inconventent Wareshore The obvious advantages to be gained, render it bigh'y probable that Port Royal is the poiut at whi herman ia now sirming, and has been «ince he left Atlanta, The abortve attempt of Foster to reach the Coarleswao and Savannah road at Gra- bamsville, strougly confirms this view, Placing the map before him, the reader will ree thet Sher- man has Lee pureving almost a straight tine from Atlanta to Grahamsville Sherman would hardly be willing to risk a battle before Savenuah, with only the supplies he might hove leit ap tho end of his march {6 rely upon, He knows thas the caw nalties of battle might deprive him of theme, and leave him without resources, Mis known ceutior and kil) as @ general, would, therefore, lead us to expect that he would provide against such a rink, by first securing a base of supplies within bis reach, which would be Grahameville and Port Royal. In view of all these consideradoas, the moat probable conjecture is that Sherman, whatever feints he may make, wi! am to reach the place where Foster is now waiting for him, Thig too, ia bis shortest and most practicable roule w the coast, apd the couutry through which he would pass would afford an abundant supply of forage and provisions, Tho Richmond down the wind: 80 fer Sherman baa done vo harm, except to individua!s and the rulroa’r, The Auguste and Atlanta road will be ia ronnine order within forty days—by February 1. The Georgia Central will also be made realy for transportation ip afew wooks large force has almudy been set to work Frqvinese, Sth, thus whistles upon bh roada, aud it will not be two months before the injury iflletet by Sherman wll be | fully repaired. Havuys isken no places of import. proonersy, WAR the Gatmsge to the railroad compeurate ihe cuemy lus thetr loss of men end the practical cestruction of the aruy vuder Sheruan % J the march to the see coast mypensate for Mousts equally vietorious march ints Tenuersce The Savanuel Kerciisoan gives ibe followlog which ¢ " aud vouches curious account of the manner h Brown took “ for the truth of the same: When Governor Drown left M.ledgeville, he took with Lita 4!) dis own property of every description, iniecludigy bis furmture, carriage and horses, poul- try, and even the cal bugos that grew iu bis garden, The (ain was loaded with toese individual asseis, and w!) sent safely to oue of his extensive planta- thous L: southwestern Georyin, He took pood care of himself, Was he equally aid.vent in looking after the aifirs aud property of the Staue? Takeo few other facts in iustration of tis point, All the powder of the Siate at M wae sett behind w wake room for the *« hickens, and was send forward the next d is Who ielt «reat r interest in the pr Miate than tue Governor, Thre isand stad of urma were also left behind us ipe.n ficant when compared with the Governor's “niuuder,"' aud there were ull desiroyed by the exemy. BY TELEGRAPH, Heavy Firing Heard at Savannob, Annapolis, Saturday, Dec. 10, j.m.- Toe stearm- er Victor has just arrived from Charleston, where all of Col. Mulford's fleet is now lying, the exchange of prisoners being changed fiom Bavanoah (o Char- leaton, Gens. Sherman and Foster having inter- rupaed the exchange at the former city, When the Vietor sailed, (on Wednesday last,) heavy firing was heard in the direction of Savanneb. being ether ep attack ou that oity or au jhe ralrosd Letween vernor are of number cne, dev de Hd 1 MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1864. RICHMOND AND VICINITY. Map Showing the Line of the New Move- ment South of Petersburgh. H's chief difficulty would | ASTON et ann - atinan & we Aa \ Nottoway river crosses the Weldon Ra! Point, as marked on the map, about 2% miles south of Petersburg. From thie description may be traced the direction of the numerous recounoin- sancea which seamed to have been for the purpose of learning whether the enemy had detatched any consideralle force ia puruit of Gen, Warren. The Alrection of Nottoway river is highly important, a marking the probable loo of Gen. Grant's contem- lated advance upon the Bonth Bide Railroad and vynchturg, which ere sorn ip the map at points woat of Petersburg and Richmond —_— Charleston and Savanuah, Al! agree that Savannah rouet fall, GENERAL THOMAS, Our Loa in tho Batile ef Franklin, etc. Nashvilie, De. 10.—The Federal loss in the battle of Frankliu, a@ ascertained by official ro ports, {# greater than at first supposed, In the Second D. vision of the Twenty-third Corps the loss wae thirty-four officers and 685 men killed, wound- ei and missing, In the Second Division of the Fourth Corps,the loss was 49 officers and 1,19] men killed, wounded and missing. In the Third Di- vision of the Fourth Corps, 27 officers and 276 men were killed, wounded ani missing, A large pro- | portion of the slightly wounded are in the hospi- tals, The lows to residents Hving near the line of the two armies, {6 estimated at over half # million of dollars. Gen, Cooper's brigade, in ite march from John- vonville to Clarksville, was terribly harrassed by Kuerr'ilas, Bixteen men of the Thirteenth Indians | were captured, thirteen killed and three wounded, | One of the latter, left for dead, encaped, and reported the above facts, The weather Is very cold, About two inches of anow fell at Nashville yesterday and Inst night. deep on the shoals aud rising The Latest from Noshville Naahville, Dec, .—The situation of affairs re- | mains uuehanged. Tn front of the Fourth Corps 1 ! The river ta five fret nota shot wea fired up to? o'clock this afternoon, Since then some alight skirmishing bas occurred. Owing to the slippery{state of the ground, the men fud itimpoasible to move about, The rebels cao be plainly seen from the front of the Fourth Corps standing about their carop fires. Hostilities may be said to have ceased on account of the bad wen ther, Deserters who come in say that the rebels have strong entrenchwents, with two rows of | chenaur ue friae, with wires stretched around to strengthen them, Colonel Louis Johnson, instead of Colonel G. M. 8. Johnson, commander of the 44th Colored Infantry, has received from the Gen- ers! Commanding the highest praise for the manner io whieh be fought his troops at Mill Creek Sta- tion No. 2 having guilantly kept the enemy at bay for sixteen hours, and finally fought his way out, and reached Naslville with the loss of one | hundred and fifteen men, killed and wounded, No report has yet been beard from the guv! wats which went down the river yesterday morning. No can- nonading has been heard Lere since their depar- ture, Guerrillas—Nopn-Arrival ef the Nashville | Train, Louisville, Dee, 10,—The passenger train on the ; Louisville and Lexington Railroad golug West, was thrown from the track uear Pleasurevilie—e | roll having been displaced by guerrillas, Nobody | was injnred, | Midnight.—The passenger train from Nashville has vot arrived Lt is over due six ands half hours, The cause of its dete a is unkbown, From Europe, Four Daye’ Later News, Halifiz, Dee, 11.—-The RB. M. steamehip Canada, | which lef Liverpool at 5 A. M. of the 26th and | Queenstown 27th of Novernber, arrived at Halifax at 6 P. M. to-day, with ST Halifax and 45 Boston passengers. The London Grose saya: Lord Lyons haa not re- signed, but is about to return home on a'x months’ | leave on account of 1/1 health, | The Dairy News, in an editorial on the proposed arming of the slaves in the South, doubte if {i will be done, but is satiafied with the mera proposal as an earvest of the approaching end both of the war end of the sin and curse which generated it, It is etated thats the Florida on her seizure at | Rabia was taken entirely by surprise, everything on board was secured by the captors, and among the papers wae much important information, | whieh, it is said, may implicate some foreign | officials of high rank in active sympatby end ad favor of the rebels. ibe Darty News publishes « letter from Prof, Goldwin Smith, dated Bosto the Prosidsusial elevmon, Fg caicie tbs Kayality November 9th, 00 | with him SUN. —e ——— _ {Rice ONE CENT—IN GOLD ~ TWO CENTS IN CORRENCY, with which the contest weaconlucte!, and looked in vain for evidences of the tyranny of the ma- jority, He could scarcely conceive a nation In the muidat of @ great polities! strujwle, more temperateg orderly or respecet:! of each other's rights, He re+ warde the defeat of the Democrat A teeat escape from danger for both America ani Enclanc, ea the Democrats would have adopted’ a #treng forvicer policy, particularly againet Bi lend, to balance the concessions they would have wadeto the slave owners. Ao importetion of fresh grown grapes [ram New York 1s noted ag an experiment in London, General Tom Thumb, wife and suite had bee received at the Mariboro House by the Prince ang Princess of Wales. Mr. Spooner, for many yeara the well knows Protestant leader in the House of Commons, tp dead. The Lord Mayor of Dublin had been given @ banquet to the new Lord Licutenant, who ing Specoh bore testliaony to the uudoubted recoveryd and progress of Lreland, Frequent and disastrous gales continued aroundl the English coast. There hed been putneroust Wrecks, accompaniod by loes of life, two steamers were wrecked, and «large number of the psssens gore and crew were drowned, The election returus in Spain show resulta favome tle to the Ministers, at the rate of four to one, The official Berlin paper regarde Lord Napier’ “ppointment to the Court of Bertin an favorable tet the future frieadly intercourse of Prosale and Eng land. Mr. Cobden addressed a great meeting of his stituents at Rochdale, on the 20d, He averted the war in America, and asked why the South, as in) other cases of rebellion, had not put forth » list of ite grievances, The reason, he thought, was, they, had but one. They wanted to consolidate, perpet4 uate and extend slavery, Instead of stating thet gxlevance they simply sek to be let alone, and it ki this cry that bas secured so much European pathy for the tusurrection, He regarded the penoce< able Presidential election as one of the most sublime spectacles in the whole bistery of thet world, and suid that @ people thaw could do that had given to the world & spectacle such as never wan prevented be« fore by apy other poople They bad re! solved, potwithstandi their great sacrifices, that slavery abould be abolished. He reiterated hist bel'ef, and with far greater emphasis than before, that he did not believe be should live to see two ind depedent states on the continent of North America He considered the geographical ditheulties in tl way of separation to be absolutely insuperable. E took leave ot the American subject by deprecat! the ignorance which prevailed in England in paves | to the goography, resources, dc, of tho countrys and by declaring that he wanted nothing done te carry out his opinions, but was aimply desirous byt bis observations to turn (he scales so es to prevent undue preponderance in favor of the otter side, The Loudon Impax publishes the copy of a notet dated Noveruber 11, signed by Slidell, Mason, Maury, addressed to M, Drouyn de l'Huys, for mally presenting to the French government the manifesto adopted by the roel Congress at its lash session, The commissioners invite attention to this manie festo, the tertus of which they briefly recapitulate. end add that wince it waco issued the war has con~ tinued to be waged by the North with even increased ferocity, a more signal disregard of alli rules of civil warfare, and a wore wanton violation! of the obligations of international law. ‘Ihe identi cal note was preseuted to all the cabinets of Europes Coustautinople exvepted. A protracted and extraordinary divorce case, in’ which Admiral Coddruugton sought # dissolution oft his marriage, has terminated * ith a verdict in hia favor, and the divorce was yranted It is reported that Thomas Hall Gladstone, of the! bankrupt firm of John Gladstone & Co,, and Chair4 inan of the Intercolonial Bank, bas absconded tat New York, taking with bim «# box, containing #00,000, A reward is offered for his apprehens sion, The Paris Temrs and the Jovenar pes Denare construe the result of the Presidential election aw evidence that the war is to be nrosecuted with re- doubled vigor until the South ia completely subju- gated. The former says it heralds forth the ap- proaching re-establishment of the Union and the tinal extirpatian of slavery. Liverpool, Nov. 2%, P. M.—The abip Greaw Wonatern, which wna detalued at Liverpool on ace count of alleged recruits among the passengers, haw been releasod by the Governmont, and sllowod te proceed with the alleged agents on board, Commercial Liverpool, Nov, %—Cortow,—The market bee been excited, aud 1d a 2¢ higher for American, and 14deSd higher for other descriptions, closing eter. Liverpool, Nv. 26,—CoTros.—Bales to-day only 2,600 ea, tonarkot flat and prices dechned Jgd ow the Persia's news, Broadatuffe quict and steady. Provisions quiet and unchanged, except Lard dull wud carer London, Nov 26, P M,—Conaols closed at 90%, e9ifor woney. Nivola Central sharce 59 6h diseount, Drie shares 59 @ 40, News Items, (By Telegrapr to tha Now York Sus.) Tre famous guerrilla chief Mosby has Leen pro« moted to the rauk of Colone!, Avareat Portes communicates to the Navy Dee partment information of the burning and desiruc tion of the blockade runner Fila, off Wilmington, Bhe was loaded with arms and ammunition, Tan N, Y State Cornintssioners have declared the vote cast at the recent election for the Siate tickes. For Governor, Reuben E. Fenton received 960,657 votes; Horatio Seymour, 861,204; for Licutenans Goveruor, Alvord, $68,866 ; Jones, $41,519 ; for Ca- nal Commissioner, Alberger, 000,207; Lord, BOL. 642; for Lospector of State Prisous, Forrest, 869,- : and MoNe!l! 861,815, Mason General Dana by ecceasful expedition from Vickabury, destroyed the Mississippi Central Railroad for thirty miles above the Dig Black Riv- er crossing, \ncluding the long bridge at that place, Our troops then returned to Vicksburg with the lous of five killod and forty~ ne wounded and miss- ing. He also destroyed 2,500 bales of rebel cottou and about $300,000 worth of other pubbe property. Mason Gurcony, commanding the post at Prank - lin, Mo., reports that an attempt was made on F. day nightto burn the Moselle Bridge, on the south- west brauch of tho Pacific Railroad, when discover- ed by the guard, the incendiary was uitting ov the bridge trying to kindle « fire with » brand he hat He was « man drossed in rebel onli iy Continued we ini last naae ba