The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 19, 1864, Page 1

Se es ee ee. —7oO sO? Oust ba | TLPeke etki Co T HE THIRTY.VIRST VRAR, )} NUMBER 10,123. | The Latest News this road was lifted to an immortality of fame by | the struggle which took place in this vicinity, The | Ry Telegraph to the N. ¥. San. other movements on our line were equally siccess- | ee | fale and by two o'clock the enemy were driven | from the range of hills the possession of which STILL VICTORIOUS ! ! bed enailed then to besiege the place ied The sieve, is will be ecen, was raised, | and the operations now partook of the character of | a pursuit. But there still remained heavy work to do, and the day was yet to be marked by stil! more decisive fighting The enemy bad retired from the first position on the Granny White turnpike to a strong line farther back, from which it was necessary to dislodge him Reinforcements were therefore sent forward to General Wood's Alter a prelude of heavy artillery firiny our boys advance! about § p. m, in attend corps line along an open epace and drove the my from the pomtion with heavy loas, In this operation, a not nt in our Western armies The Fourth Corps lay down, whil nd raked the enemy in front over the'r prostrate forms shot and shell U rentered the works untenable tor uncommon ¢ ovcurred, nur batteries from bel The storm of at whizzed over our the wavering were manifested were given the eys soon enemy, Our wont, and raising up b a loud cheer advanced on the * double quick” Official Dispatches from Thomas. signs of REBELS DRIVEN BEYOND FRANKLIN. | » Por owe and carried the position, atmd the shouts of a Immense Captures of Guns and) grester portion of the urmy, which witnensed this Prisoners. brilliant operation from the surroundir oot Was now getting dark, and uipght closed with the Union army in ,posseasion of the entire range of hills that bad Leen held by the Hood had loudly proclaimed that be could hold these bills able for the of Nashville, The result shows the value DEATH OF GEN. FORREST, 1,500 of His Men Captured, FROM SHERMAN DIRECT. rebola net all odds and make them Sketch of His Wonderful March. | ». 200 MILES OF RAILROAD DESTROYED | v- 01 rt: visers, wives tee tilowing sun Large Number of Negroes M \jor-l corp, vext on the | Mules and Horses Brought Im, | of over. tills, captured Thomas, ade and Se exned to the y Stanton, Uispateh frot eral Grant, t, Ger officials for the victory, gives the following suu- mary of the reulte of the day's fighting : RS <r 2D. The Great Wilmington Expedition. Vision, Capturing sixteen pieces ot artiller Savannah Completely Invested. | 1.0 Sec dieateen aren bmentn sap. enemy's entrenchments in his retreat, ei ybt proves jor-General Suaith, next on the left of Major brivadier-venera!s and about tw - artiller and troops of the enemy on SHERMAN CONSIE of artillery, over 6ix bundred prisoners, and drove Nota Wagon Lost on the Trip. Schofield, carned the aalent point of the e Une with McM llan's brigade of MecArth THE CAPTURE OF FORT M’ALLISTER, wane ers ir wadier-Ge tera) Warrar neral Wood's troops, on the ALREADY GAIN ssault, capruring the ey enemy within oue wile of the Breutwood Mill Pass, The gunboat fleet performed excellent service ia driving the enemy from the river batteries alwve aud below the city, thus most etlectually contrib. uting to the victory. Our total lous will not exceed three thousand tn killed and wounded, stnal! loss is to be attributed to General Thomas’ splendid generalship, OUR FLEET IN INE OF BATTLE, &c., C., &c. GENERAL THOMAS, Details of the Great Victory, This comparatively The aggressive operations of General Thomas which attracted the highest adairatton Sgaiust tho rele! ariny were linpeded some days of our officers, The enemy, a# the result shows, ere beaten equally | bting a? by the inclemency of the weather, Tho move- | **' eaten equally in fighting end In strategy The woods and tields, in the lulty of the battle, ments were to have commenced three or four days | y vered with the smal! ar bugwege aud previous, but were deterred, owing to the frost, | eq meuts abandoned by the flying enemy. Our sleet and rain, which rendered locomotion alinost | troops fought with great courge eud « fmpossible. The people of Nashville euffered se. | Sd: a# Secretary Btantou says “everybody, white and black, behaved eplendid!y."* verely during the cold sua), as fuel and food The Brentwood Hille to aks Chanaiet Staak were scarce, owing to the danvers to which | retreated on Thursday night, are situate nearly farmers were lable in bringing produce half way between Nowbville and Franklin, and offer we market. General Hoot appears to conmderable advantages for defense, The Tennen- seo and Alabama Riilroad run through one of the gorges « se hills. intention to attack him, and on Monday and Tues- | o, Friday, were di day fell back to # better pomtion, and made pre- | fr; parations for the pending struggle. He evidently expected that Genera! Thomas would attempt to turn his left flank, and our dispositions were calcu- lated to produce this impression The rea) attack however was ma‘le on the richt. The disposition of our forces was somewhat es = fol! Nashville is aituste on the outside curve of the Cumberland River and fe protected therefore on both flanks and on the fear by our gunboats, The Union army extende! outside the city on @ circle of & were fortified to the highest dogr @li the approaches to the city tmve bad some intimation of Genera! Thomas’ The secoud days' operations ted to driving the ene sud complete The victory on Friday waa even more Thursday and utterly broke the 1 this position, rosulied in muccess. decisive than on rebel line. Hood is now attempting to reach the the Tennessce River, and it willbe the object of General Thomas to best him in detail and destroy the organization of his army before he cin put the we: river between him and tLe victorious Union army, For the operationa sulsequent to Thursday we refer our readers to the official televrams below, BY TELFGRAPH, all Lilla whieh More Glorious News © as to cver Outside of these (Orrtelaa end closely pressing our lince were the reel furces War Department, Washinjws Dee. 1 9 The attack commence! at un early houron Thure- | # M.#Major Gen Die :—The tolmwing official day morning with » heavy artillery fre from our reports were received this morning from General forts and batteries on the outside line. At 6 o'clock | Geueral fteadmen sdvanced bis ine with a| Thoruas, dated at his beadquerters gear Franklin view of getting between the enue Headquarters: Department of the Cumberlind, wing end the river, This | near Franklin Tenn, Dee, 1%, 1364.—A report develo; ed a heavy fire frou the enemy's ¢ | just received from Major Gen, Wilson atates that fuduced him torrass his columos in evident anti: | 467 P.M. to-day he attacked and dispersed Bte- e pation that this was the real point of attack. This | veuson ivision of rebel infantry, eud ao brigade movement Was covered by # demonstration on the | of ca apturing three a 4th U.8 rebel right, which induced the enemy to masa in | cavalry 1 Hateh's division that direction, but before the real character of the | #omely supported by Kuipe's « movement could become apparent to Huod his left | did the work, making several t was completely turned, and a rebel division, | breaking the rebe! infantry tn which was posted to blockade the river, | it only been light the rebel rear guard was doubled and rolled back upon the | bee leatroyed As it is, it baa been main army A battery of artillery was | uished, The whole army will coutinue ceptured at this point, In the meantime, the Six- This attack was teenth aud Twenty-third Ariny Corps, supported | made six miles }eyoud by cavalry, took up pos tion on our extreme right, (Sigued) while Gonera! A J, Smith's edvanced on th »| & eentre aud drove the enemy from al of hills, | Headquarters, Department of Cumberland, These movements were only pre nary to the | near Franklin, Tern, Dee, IS P MWe Peal attack which was goon about to cor ce. The . have pressed the enemy to~lay beyond Frauklin, @vemy had by this time pouetrated th ign of 1,500 Genera! Thomas, and formed bis men in strong line, ud the contest soon commenced in carnest In front of the Fourth Corps, Genera! Wood, the enemy had strong works about » mile beyond the | Bittle village of Acklin, a suburb This | prisoners and five hattle-flags, with very little loss ‘was the key of the position, Au orderto charge | on our side, Citizens of Franklin repr ab Tlood's fhe works was receive! with a loud cheer by the | army as complete! yralized, In @ men They advance. in good order, and received | the capture yesterday, reported in my despatches @ deadly fire from the enemy. The second brivade | last night, I have the honor to report the capture of advanced under cover of # spirited musketry fre Geveral Rucker and about 260 prisoners of the by the first brigade, and the latter then closed acavalry, ina Oybt that occuurred about 9 wanks, and the whole advanced. The contest , o'vlock last night between General tercker and was prolonged and severe—tho bloodipst of General Hatch, of our cavalry the day—and resulted in the rebels driven pell-mell from the position. This is the eontest on Granny White turupike, alluded to in @uch culogistic terms in ol the official diapetches capturing bis bospitals containing over wounded, and about 150 of our wounded, In additio General Kempe, commanding a division of cavalry, drove the enemy's rear guard through Franklin to-day, capturing about 250 to the above. f Nashville ener flanks. Brigadier-General Johnson in striking bim on the flank, Frenklio capturing quite « just beyond pumber of | splendid conditior | The old lady whose residence has given a name to | prisonera—number not yet reported. My cav- alry te pressing bim closely though, an! Lam very much in hopes of gethug many more prisoners to-morrow, (Signed, Gro H, Thomas, Major-General Other dispatches (unoffelal) from Nashville state that 1,000 prisoners were captured by Wilson, and that Genoral Rosseau, commanding at Murfrees- reporte Forrest killed and 1,600 of his The Superintendent at Nashville reports that the railroad from Nasbville will be open to Pranklin to-night, and will rapidly follow Thomas, thus furnishing him supplies and ena- bling him to push on after Hood. boro, men captured, Epwin M, Stanton, Secretary of War, Spirited Fight ot Kingsport, Tennesse -The Hebel General Basil vb Krigade Ronted. Wor Department, Washington, Dec. 1-10 P M. Mayor General Diz, New York:—A despatch from Lexington this eventug states that on the 13th inat., at Kingeport, Penu., General Burbridge had a fight with Basil Duke's brigade, formerly Johu Morgen's, and routed it, with « loas to the enemy of one hundred and fifty killed, wounded and pri Dick Morgan, « brother of oners, aud their train, Jobn, was capture Epwis M, Stason, Secrotary of War, GENERAL SHERMAN, Reports Direct Glorious Successes. War Department, Washington, Dee. 18—9 P.M. —Major-Gen John A. Dit, New York :--Au offi- etal dis b from Geveral Sherman waa received to-day, dated near midnight, Dec, 18th, on the gunboat Dande lou, Ossabaw Sound. It was writ- ten before General Foster bad reached him. He reports besides some military detal!s of future oper- ations (which are omitted) the following interest- ing particulars of Lis uperations : On Board Dandelion, Ossabaw Sound, 11.60 P.M, Dee.13 —To-day, at 6 P.M, Gen, Haggus’ division, of the 15tu Corps, carried Fort McAllister by assault, captur'ny its cutire garrison and stores aod [ pushed down to this gunboat to communicate with This opened to us the Ossabaw sound, the feet, Before opening communication we bed completely destroyed all the rall- roads leading into Savannah, and == in- vested the city, The left i# on the Savannal River, three miles above the city, and the right on the Ogeechoe at King's Bridge. The arwy is iu splendid order aud equal to anything. The weather bas been fine, aud supplies were sbundent. Our march was most agreeable, and we wore not at al) molested by guerrillas, We reached Savauuah three days ago, but owing to Fort McAllister could not communicate; but We have already captured two boats on the Savanuouh now we have McAllister we cau go ahead, River, aud prevented their gunloate frow comlug jown, Lestimate the population of Bavannab at 25,000, and the garrison #6 15,000, General Hardee com- mands. We have not lost a wagon on the trip, but have gathered in a !arge supply of negroes, mules, horsea, &c,, end our teams are in far better condi- tion than when we started, My first duty plus negroes, mules and horses will be to cl rthe army of aur- We have utterly destroyed over two hundred miles of rails, and consumed stores and provisions that were essential to Lee's and Hood's armies, Tho quick work made with McAllister and the opening of commu. nications w.th our fleet, and the consequent inde- pendence for supplies dissipates ail their boasting threats to } cad me off and starve the army, I regard Savannah as already gained, W. T Sagem any Major-General, Fowry M Sranton, Secretary of War Demand tor the Surrender of Savannah. War Department, Washington, Dee. 17-10 P.M To Major-Gen Ina: Dispatches Luve been re- ceived to-duy from Gen, Foster, who had @ personal interview, ou the morning of the 14th inst. with Geu, Sherman, at Fort McAllister, which bad been taken | Savannah was closely lesieged, and ite capture, with the relel forcea tuere, waa contidently expected. It was to be summoned tu tw agault the precedipy day » days, and if not sur- rendered, Bherman would open bis batteries upon it, Gen, Powter reports that Sherman's army is in , baving lived on ite march on the turkeys, chickens, sweet potatoes and other | good things of the richest part of Georgia | Dee, 17th, t | Hancock ia ot the most en lition to | FE. M Stanton, Seerctary of War, Neports via Haltimore, Baltimore, Dee. The Fortress Monroe cor- resp nceut of the Aw Press under date of 8 the follow » official dispatch steamer Ehza Hancock ar- rived thia morning from Hilton Heal, with Major Anderson Beaver, with ir rtaut dispatches from The uews brought by the suraging character, The veuguard of Sherman's army succeeded in reac ing with safety, on the 18th inst., and with v little loss to bis main army, the outskirts of Savau- uah, and on the 14th invested the ci Sherman and Foster »sneral Sherman completely bern in and cutting off from ‘apo, Hardee's army of 15,000 men, Should the place not be immediately surrendered, er gular siege will be at once prosecuted with vigor. Secure lines of communication had been all means of | opened between the army of General Sherman | and that of General Foster, aud on the 14th inst. The cucmy bas | the two generals dined together at Fort McAllister being | been pressed to-day both in front and on both | No doubt was entertained st Hilton Head but succeeded | what Savannah must speedily fa!l ; but when that takes piace, the attention of Sherman will in all probability be turned tewasds Charlestan NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1864. _ Rejotcing in Washington. Washington, Dee. 17.When the news of Gen. Thomas’ first day's attack on Gen, Hood was tele- graphed to Washington, the President sent a con- gratulatory dispatch to him, thanking bim and bis army for the glorious success which he had achieved T.e Secretary of War sent @ similar dispatch, aa did Gen. Grant, who was at that time in Washing- ton. This accounts for Gen. Thomas addressing bis detailed account of his victory to all Mhose gen- tlemen. To-day a salute of 200 guns was fired here, in honor of the triumph over Hood, and the fags of tho several Departments were flying st full past. Fort McAllister, Fort McAllister, whieh was captured on the 14th inet. by General Sherman, is @ very strong earth- work, situated on the Ogeechee River, about sixteen miles south of the mouth of the Savannah R ver, aud about stx miles from the mouth of Os- sabaw Sound, This part of the coast of Georgia is of that amphibious character which marks ao much of the const in general—the raveled and unfinished ends of nature's web, where sea and land keep up armutual wartare The ocean breake in between Great Wassaw nud Ossabaw Islands, forming Ossa- baw Sound, and into this estuary flow the Great and Little Ogeechee end the Vernon River, The and or rather the march on each side of the Ogee- cho, is almost a fleur d'eau, certaluly hardly ris- aforesaid will be obstructed, ar caher pereont who may eet out on their way babar before imtek Lgence of this regulation could reasonably be ex to reach the country from which they may ve started. Wiss H, Sewaxp, yee Secretary of State. The Canadian Rebels. General Dix’s Order Modified, Ftc. Haapquaatwas Derartwent oF roa ra New York corr, Dec, 17, 1964 QGunemat Onpee No. 100.—The Proaldont of the United States having disapproved of that portion of Dopartinent General Order No. 97, current serioa, which instructs af military commanders on the frontier, in certain cases therein specified, to cross the Loundary linw between the United States and Canada, and directs pursuit into neutral territory the said instruction ts hereby revoked. In case, therefore, of any future marauding expedition {nwo our terntory frae Canada, military command ers on the frontier will report to these headquarters for orders before croasing the boundary line in pur- suit of the guilty parties By command of Major-General Drx. D. T. Va» Bonen, Colonel and A, A. G. (OMcial.) CHantas 0. Jontym Major and A.D. Q Trop, Dec 17.—A large moeting of the citteens was held at the Court-houre lam evening, to give an @xpreasion in regard to Gen. Dix's order. e John B. Wool presided, Speeches were made Judge Gould, Capt. Charlies Hughes, Martin ing @ foot above the evel of the river, while as whee y lcArth: times it in entirely aubmerged. For miles and wiles rt Ditinaed tha ieee ui ten Ceemiee ht They denounced the action of the Cam disn author- ities, but expressed the hope that it would not be indorsed by the Canadian people. A committes was appointed to confer with the National, Biase and on every hand there ia nothing to be seen but these iow and level islands and isleta,covered with reeds and rank grasses, save where a lustior vege- tation has jushed up in occasional clumpe | jecal y were a trees Lo “hurmocks."* About x ardsral to ba went we sagiase Gen a miles from the mouth of Ossabaw Bound, : viaed eld, uowr where the Savannah, Albany and Guilt | , Montreal, Saturday, Dee. 17.~Mr. Po the agent of the Coutederate Government, and now custodian of the money taken by the St. Albans raiders, is to be examined, and it is probable that the woney taken by the raiders will be given up to the proper a en. Railroad croasos the Ozechoe, the river jets out into ® promontory named Point Genesis, covered by one of these hummocks of more than orlinary size. Behind thia, hidden from the river, les Fort Mo- Allister, an earthwork of ummonse strength, erected by the rebein early in the war. Ita batteries com- petely commanded the river, Fort MoAlilater, which hes just succumbed to an attack from the land side, had previously bid defiance to two at- tacks from our naval forces. The first of these tock place nearly two years ago, On the 27th of Jopuary, 1863, the monitor Montauk, commanded by Capt. Worden, bombarded ita earthen walls for nearly #ix hours, without either receiving or doing much damage. Each appeared to be {nvincible against the other The second and more important attack was made ou the Sd of March, 1963. The vessels ewmpl yed in thie engagement were the mouttors Montauk, Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant, aud the guuboste Beuaca, Wissahickon and Dawn, and several mortar sehoouers, 1! formidable force raived @ storia of abot and shell upon the fort for one whole day, with ne more damage to the rebels than the dismounting of a gun or two, Late in the afternoon the fleet was withdrawn, unin- jured, and the vessels dropped down the strearn, the rebels coming out on the pare; sud cheer @ defiant dies, ii bs Five Days Later News. Ny the arrival of the Hibernia at Portland om Saturday night we have Liverpool and London derry cows tothe 1st aud 2d iustents, respectively four days later, Ear! Russell has made the following reply to the dispatch of the Confederate Commissioners and manifest of the Southren Congress : Forsian Orica, November 2%, 1964. Gentlemen :—I have bad the honor to receive the copy which you have sent me of the manifesto te. sued by the Congress of the so called States of America. Her Majesty's Government doeply lament the protracted nature of the strug. gio between the Northern and Southern States of the formerly united Republio sees rp teh Foes ee . elpon hee hee 1788 remained, with the e: on of s shore ilmi riod, connected by friendly relations with both The Attack on Ww: ngton. the Northern and Southern Staton, ‘8 the com- The Fleet in Line of Battle. Commodore Porter's fleet, which left Hampton Roads last Tuesday, ts reported aa having arrived off Wilintngton on Thursday, where the vessels Tt {a not probable any attack would be wade before Saturday or yoa- terday, mencement of the civil war, which 6 out in 1801, Her Majesty's Government have continued to ain sentiinents of friendship equally for the b and for the South. Of the causeg of the rup- ture Hor Ma} ‘# Government have” never pre. sumed to judge They deplored the commencemeus of this sanguinary struggle and anxiously look for. ward to the period of its termination. In the mean- time they are convinced that they best consult the interests of peace and respect the rights of all : tiew by observing # strict wad impartial poutrality. Such peutrality Her Majesty bas faithfully maine tained, and will continue to maintain, (Bigned) To J. Stiper, Esq. J. Mason, Bag A. Depist Mann, Kag The London Times fears that Bart Russell's leteer will Hud no favor either with the North or South. First he snubs the Confederates. They are only ‘‘ao-called Confederate Btaves,"' and have yet to establish their right to the appellation. This too ie ® compliment to the United States, but then follows ® counter snub w& the United States, They are the formerly ‘united republic''—but to aay they were were anchoring {a line of battle. The recent movement of General Warren wae no doubt ioteuded tw prevent reinforcements being sent to Wilmington frou Richmond, Rvssmia Strength of the Fleet Admiral Porter's fleet numbers sixty-four ves- sels, carrying five hundred and ninety-seveu guna. A large land force under Gen Butler accompanies it. The feet ts composed of the following vessels : Frag snip Steamer Malvern, 6 guns—D. D, Porter, Admiral, FIRST DIVIMION, Commodore H. K. Thatcher, Commanding. formerly “united"' is to imply they are now * dis. Guna, Guns. | united," and to acknow “4 ‘or the “ex- Colorado . . 60 Howque, + © | istepce * of the Confede tates, Earl Russel? Nyack... + T Tanco,.... > 5 | peerns to be tu danger of that * neuter '* Aries : vies & Monticello » 7 | does not mean “both.” Therefore, if be would Grand Gulf, oe , Agewen, . 4 maintain even in words strict neutrality, it ts ne- rt Donelaon,... to avold dewunstration of friendshi; *Rhode Islaud,...... Mobicau 8 ; dine Getirerne” * shi Maumee, .... Cherokee " Vinee Adger: 10 Tallapoose.. 9 The Timms, in {ts ‘city article,” says: SROOND DIVIION. Commodore Joseph Lanman, Commanding. “The Liverpool cotton market is very sensitive, and it is rernarked that shottld there be a repetition of the poace rumors from America a ooneterevia decline ts likely to take place, although end of Guna, \e Minnesota... oo © | the war is conmdered to be far off." Mackinaw, ? {| Arrtot occurred at a meeting at Bristol to ostes Rous * . Ponca 6 5 | brate the re-eloction of Mr. Lincoln to the Preat- y UT 6 Juniata. ‘ 9] dency. Choers were given for Jeff. Davis end Mussacoit, seers 9 “Keystone State 9 | General Loe, and groans for Grant, Butler and Gettysburg .. & Culypao © | Lincoln, A rush was wade for the platform and TUIRD DIVIBION, C mmodore James F, Schenck, Commanding tho speakers driven away from it, Finally the po- lice cleared the room, Huns Guns. The abip Great Western has finally quitted Livers Powbattan........... 19 Mattabesett. ,,...., 9 | pool for New York, taking with here large num- Unadilla anes 6 Emma, : + © | ber of the alleged Federal recruits and the agents Mount Vernun...... 6 + © | who engaved them, ‘The law officers of the crown Lillian 5 FE PAY 40 | did not ave mufticlent grounds for legal proceedings, Shenaudoab : 10 *Alabome.... oy The New York correspor tof the Times does Cambridge,..... 7 the Americans the justice to say that the election YOURTM DIVINION Commodore 8. W. Godon, Commanding. was conducted with such good feeling, propriety aud order as to be iu the highest degree honorable w the American people, Guns, Guus The Hritish export returns for October show @ Busquebanna,,..,... 14 BR, Cuyier.. 4 | great falling of, owing tothe derangements tu ‘Vrain Slaudy , 6 Wabash i OO Bovotary atlaire, Quaker City . 10 Vicksburg .... 9 rRASOM Gov) BUSA RBs Ts ee + Ape 4 The Parla ConsriteTioneL has published « icboria. . veeee O Muratanza.......65+ 9 Dunbarton 6 . 9 | strange paragraph, waruing against pirates and Montyomery . 9 : 10 | corsairs. It is supposed to have reference tw the Beituniw .... .. 6& “santiago deCubs,.. 9 | pital vessels, | day officiudly promulgated : alleged letier of Marque, stated to Lave been grant- ed by Juarez, The Ovinione Nationale attacks the Consrarus DIVISION OF TRON -OLADS, Commodore William Radford Commanding, Guna ‘ Guns. Th set for the warning, aul taunts it with having Now lronsides.... is § Dante Ae + %! uphekl the Alelaina, Florida, de It charges the B. 4 2 Pctator ‘ srmvcsionet with changing !ts opinion now Mahopac 2 Monadnock, | s 4 om French commerce may be jeopardized by similes *Vousela marked thug (*) are desiguated for bos- | cruisers. QGEEMANY The Hanoverian and Baxon troops are to be Lum mediately withdrawn from Holstein, a very gum. mary demand for their removal having been sent t Hanover and Dresden by the Prussian Gover ment, supported by Austria, Le Nowp asserta on the contrary, however, tha Austria is opposed to Prowia iu this movement, and that the division Lotween the two governments on the question way lead to grave consequences, The mediation of Austria being accepted, there is no longer danger of a collision between the Prue tians aud Federals in Holsten ond Lunenberg. Coumercial, Dec, 4, —Corron—Sale of the week 1 Important Order, All Persons Arriving trom Abroad except Emigrants to be Furnished with Passports | Washington, Dee, 18.—The following was w- DeraeTMent ov Brare, Wasninatos, Dec, 11, 104 The President directs tuat excepts luumiyrany pas- sengers directly entering ap Arperlean port Ly sea, no tra real! hereafter be alowed jw enter the United States from o foretyn country without a passport. If @ citizen, the passport must be from this apartment oF om soe, Vorted gd Wis ister er Consul abroad ¢ if an alien, mm the | ,,“7t rn compewnt authority of his own country, the puss- | 82,000 You Poy a an SE pelea w mperulaionts port to be couptersigned Ly a diplomatic ageut or tnd 6,000 bales to Mal eg? market bas baa Consul of the United States, This regulation is in- | GU!) with « decline o/ ap Awerivan, gad La tended to apply espectally to persons proposing to | °P other . Mighty be sales ton«lay reas) come to the United Btates fram the nsighboring , Were 1,006 pales, tho market closiug Ormer ry British provinces. Its observance will be strictly | uotetious are: Middling enforced by all officers, civil, military and navi one in the service of the United Biates, aud the State us me Liverpool, Orleans. and municipa! authorities are requested to aid in ite execution, It is expected here that no imm)- wrens assonger coming by sea in the manner