The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 21, 1865, Page 1

+ TAPORTART eves ae Vt oow wre ae, fae eee 4) 6 eee 5] THE Number 10,404. The Latest News By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sun, FROM EUROPE | —_—_———— 4 [ae Shenandoah ! Her Arrival at Liverpool. She Surrenders to a British War Ship. CAPTAIN AND CREW PAROLED The New English Ministry, THE FENIAN MOVEMENT. DISCHARGE OF LALOR. OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES THE COMING CONGRESS. An Important Bill to be Offered, Ex-Rebel States to Undergo a Second Reconstruction. . SIGNIFICANT MILITARY MOVEMENT. Nearly All the U. & Cavalry Ordered to Texas, City and Miscellaneous News, Grand Ovation to General Grant. SILKS, SATINS AND DIAMONDS. Crowds, Fireworks and En- thusiasm, &e., i &e., &e. From Eurove, Your Daye’ Later News. The steamer City of Loudou, from Queenstown, the Otb inst., bas arrived. THE PRIVATEPR SIENANDOAT, The rebel crulser Shenandoth, which, notwith- Standine theclore of the American war, had been 2s great ravaces apon shipping, chiefly in thern seas, and among whalers, arrived in yon the 6ch, and surrendered to her Ma- Jesty's steamer Donegal, Captala Waddell, the com- Bander of the Sheoandoah, eta'es that the last veese. be spoke was the arracouta, from Liverpool, for San Franciseo, trom which be learned that the South was y and truly defeate!, On this, heat once stowed way his cune and ammunition in the hold, and steered for Liverpool, stopping at no other port. On arriving uear the port, he took @ pilot on board, and finding the news of the defeat of the Confede- recy couti.med beyond all doubt, he desiied bim to take the Shenandoah nionzide @ man- @f-war, if there was one in the river, The ex- @ruees was ig consequences peed nlougelia the Dove and acrew from th... vesse! placed in charge of her, some cust officers aleo being incharve with ‘hem, Imine r the eurrender, Cap. Waddell, hie cMicere and crew erms on shore. As the came n Qtiention, the eight of the Confederate ensiga ehe eariiel being anovelty, Ae soon as the necessary forma ities were concluded, it le Lelieved ehe would be handed overto the United States Government, According to various reporta, Captain W ell was ately af river the Shenandoah excited great ore shan once tol, while eru! fic, of the termination of the wa formants were ‘he crewe of t h oved, bo refused to «ive credence tothe statement, The @rew of the Bhenandoah, It ds said, eufered much from hunger, and three are repoited to have died DatLy News makes froin starvation, The Lou gurrendered to @ British officer, ‘The Amer Bay be inclined to «ay that thie ie whet it eho: Bhat it was v fitting herend should be ae ir ; butweesnmor belp asking how pis cruiser has been elenet inte t ie » navy of Untied Statee, We have heard of her in wart yrta OF the world desing destruction and seattering jemay amone me chantmen, whaleraen! other un- armed verre but no war v of the | nited Starca eppears toh ino ested her, Je it possibile that the f recovering trom this ¢ ea resulting fre mn the Uni than the Mt ge nily fiom observine Waddell hae ro » of the strong. should come to t the impunity whi Jone enjoyed, it @at areunents euch Habilis « @¢ Mr, Seward ‘6 » establis axalurt thie Waddell Bas fc ter to Lord 1, the contents ef which a event un ” but it fe under. in'imation ho received of the tilities was on the S4of August out when he immediately dis fue eube ip the Lod, and at etood that the termination of Mast, tow the Har tiimed she ehip, p @uce 6 led tor Liv The frau says the Shenandoah will, no doubt, be @laimed by the United Btat + he the Stonewall was from 8 nolwc esow of nothing to make us enx- fous io eu ‘ net The ‘Times + © sppearance of the Shenan- @oah in Brit waers at the present juncture fe an untoward snd unweleome event, On all principles of law, rhe belongs to that Govern. ment which has succeeded to all the rights and @li the property ot e hae ofecerate Govern. meat, (tiewheo one to e eone iablity ot ¢ n W the crew thot we are met by pero oxiug clreur be stlou having been raved, we tm ere th by the Government and tiluna tain Wa profeases to have had no authoutle fn orination of the c ore of the waruntl he tellin with H. M. ebip Barrscouta, on the South of Augnet, and that he inone coorivped bis sauna tothe hold, and alte his cou'se tor Liverpool, but there is positive ussuranes tut he waa told won¢ before the e August, that the war was at anenud, and why did he not at the lest, run jutoeche newest neutral port toy yareport which unlees false, °o gravely compa ihie further proceedings, Iti possible a bond anes 1 given, bur the onus qvopanda te ta with € It would have bern a great pe ieftoo ile tothe sdvantaceot the i andouh boon simpy ex @lud. i trom t Jersey und lett to rove the reas till uld tall intu the hands of her pur Aasit eects Lardy any legitimate aiternative aptain Waddell and his one hundred and uunothe bh over 8 prisoners of yb) poiawads voualetqus wath Wat of the NEW YORK, destined for a Roman Catho! riam of Cardinal Wiseman, The French Government had a prosecution against the Ortion Nattosate for spreading news about Mexico celeniated to dietarb the pubbe peace, ‘The Pave asserts that the evacuation of the Papal States by the French troops would commence on (he war being at an ead. Nor under any circametances ean they iven over to the Uni Biates, bey might possibly be prosecuted under the Fo ean ba- listment Act, but experience has shown the extreme difficulty of eetablishing offences of that nature, The crime of which they really stand accused—supposing hostilities-ts that of pirecy'; and on this charge 118 elit —is t! racy; end on c xy 'Ss ‘apprehended, and tried ble that they be Betore an English Court of June, The Liverpool Poer has the following : Peace was proclaimed some five monthe ago, yet since that time Caniain Waddell has been carrying on the his more recent captures ho was told that the Government at Richmoud had Coased to exist, and that Jeff. Davis wae @ prisoner. Unless some evidence of these facts was produce Captain Waddell, for an obvious re discredive them ; but itis somewhat strange th ps being in Porsession of the news bad neit papers nor documents to prove is true, Much will depend upon this being & fact, A Liverpool dispatch of November T, to the London News, says: The #henandoah still _retaine her anchorage in Proximity to te Donegal. and a company of marines aro in possession of the late cruleer, We yorterday stated that Captain Waddell and some other of the officers left the ship after the formal surrender, an landed at Live: where they eeparated, To day, however, we learn that Captain Waddell atier q «ing his word of honor to mandor Fisher, | N, of her Majesty's ebip Fag! went ashoi ey fe communicated wit ‘southern house,” after which, according to p.omise, he rejoined hie ole In the Mesntime, however, three of the crew left the ship and escaped to the Cheshire side of the Meret). hie believed that the crew of the Bhenandoah have for forme pime bee rt of previsions, A boat load of fresh beet, veretabies, potatoes, &c., sent off by some charitable Southerners, was refused permiraion to Ko sloneside the Shenandoah, the officers in charge stating that @ proper suppy of free rations vould be served out to the men by the D negal. On board the Shenandoah there are about thirty-rix chronometers, together with « uusber of eoxtante, cabinet furniture, ture, and other articles of val which are rupposed to be part of the po coeds of Waddeli's late raids ainong the wha: the Arctic sens, In her bold there st tall articies are under seal uaotil | received frow Government) a lage quantity of ion, together with #ix short vane, and a larke algun. [tie not at ail imposible that witha @ few days the Mersey may be visited by the & mento or other veerels of the Unite under the command of Admiial Gold squadron was last heard of at Tonion and versel is now in c.uree of Lieutenant Cheek, of her Majesty's gunboat Goshawk, whom Copan Paynter has piaced on board with secret instruc tons, There are @ guard of toarines, @ number of seamen from the Donegal, and @ body of cus. toms officers, slso in possession, ‘There is on board a considerable sum of money, but Cap- tain Weddell has no intention of using this for the ship's purposes, He has preserved the property aa thatof the American Government, Conroquently, he and bis officers and men are without pecaulary resources, Several of the crew who remain on boaid are down with ecurvy, | be communications between the Government and the authorities here in reier- ence to the Shenandoab have beru, and are being, carried on oy telegraph ‘The crow are stated be, tor the moet part, smart young feliows, and to have the appearance of excelienteoamen, They are ot mixed nationally, several of them being apparently Ame~ ricans, CLateat.) Liverpool, Nov. 9.—The Captain and erew of the pirate Shenandoah have been released on parole. It is beileved the matter will cause no serious difficulty. DESORIPTION OF THE PIBATR Tho Shenandoah was launched at Gissgow, Beot- land, in Octoter, 1893, under the name of Sos Ki and was roeleterod as the property of Williain Wal- lace, of London, She ie 790 tona register. On the 90th of September, 1864, she was transferred to Richard Wrignt, of Liverpool, On the 29th of Sep tember, one f s. Corbett waa indorsed as Master, andon the of October Wright executod a bill o ato the ter, she was eniered aud cleared in Homey. The steamer Laurel took out and equipments and met the sea King at nd within Portucnese waters trane‘erred r materiel; both vessels being under the fag. ‘Tbe Bea King was then christened the Shenandoah, hauled down the Brisi hoisted the rele! fiag. She then cruise, med with six Briti pounders and two 8°-pounde: ot Brith eamen, She cruised \ th Atlantic Ocean, around the Island of Br Ier- ena, dea royin 4 the then donb «) the Cape of Good He in the of Kensal nna in the Straits of Sand Australia, and having Le coaled, sturted for the whaling et in the Ocean, From the fie Ap il, wh four versels, up to the om June ed twenty five vessels and bend deatro: ed, reventeea were barks and exhseou hailed fivin New Bedford, tw London, ove trom Fairhaven, one from Warren from Hono ulu, and swo from San Prar t Ir, the Britieh Government seat one iu pucruitot bim, The Shepandvah w Duiit ot wood, with an lion trame, s¥2 fect in leu oue funnel, ship rigsed, and heavily eparred. THE MINISTRY, Earl Russell, as Prime Minister, and Kerl Claren- don, a# Minister of Foreign Affairs, were formal! {natalled tuto office, by the Queen, at Windsor, on the 3d instant. On she 6th, Earl Clarendon received the whole of the diplomatic corps on taking of!) The Times continued to disparage the Ruesian cali net, Iteave: 1, would almost seem aa if there must be an inter val of partial disorgan zation; after which the cs!t net will go on with renewed strength, or will fai to wees he issue depenison themselves upon (he bo dness and wisdom of their policy, and tpou thei aptitude in assimilating to themselves iurces whch Le about them, THY PENTANS, Lieutenant J, H. Lalor, of the Ninth Conneetlent Volunteers, who bad been arrested on susvicion of Fenianiemn, had been discharged, and had lisp -tol, ammunition and documents returned to lim, ‘There was no evidence toconnect him with the movement, Th was expected that as soon asthe Cormruission was opened an objection would be made by the prisuners, to Justice Fitzgerald as one of the presiding Judes ov the ground that he war one of the meinbers o! the Privy Council, who authorised the prociamation offering a reward for the capture of Sephuas, charged with being the chief of the eonapirators, THE CHOLERA, All accounts agree that the cholera is everywhere rapidly declluing, The admiseton to the Paris hor pitalson the 30:h ultimo were 48; on the Diet and the oaths 29, the same as for the two days f vious, The same improvement is obeervable out of doors; and in some arrondissementa, the fourth and eighth, for iustance, no death occurred on thors two days, The dissecting rooms which, as & measure of precaution, had teen shut ap, were to be reopeued to the pupileonthe 10th inst, The mortality trom the 22d ult. to the first of November, for the whoe of +, was: the 28d, 183; the 24th, 127; rhe 2th, 105; the 87th, 152; the 25en, 120: the oh h, 125, and the 3ist, 1/3. Theo are of chulerine which yield elmoet luya.l- ably to timely treajment, MISORLLANEOUS, ated that the Attorney General had prepar- prosecution of the Ih the ex-Lord Chine with the trufle lashes It wa ed intorn A mecting was Le.d ot Manchester on the 6th inet., to reise tunds tor the emaneip sted we of the Lnited ptares, ting ae chairioaa Beveral addre he speakers elom quently urein yeru ol LAnCA. erie and th terul pmbrance of th pificens @) nfupweid of a arter of & million etering presented by Ame “ during the great famine i Lie. jand and the cotton distiess in Lanenshiie The Suu a GALETIY tates thet nes had been discovered in Englund, and that the pariicue lers wou'd be of o nature to setonieh the public, On Saturday, Prince Frederick William and Princess Victoria, of Pruseia, left Windsor on visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Ban- dringham Lady Palmerston will not reff’ to Cambridge Houses, soe Buinpury News eres Abe nie ESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1865. lic Cathedral in memo- mimes as eolected. In making the selection, the Board will apportion the whole number to be ap- pointed to equal the number of vacancies, except 20, tothe eeveral States and Territories, according to the representation in Congress, Col. Henry P. Lants, of Indiana, Military Agentin this city, hasbeen removed, and Capt, L. B. Wilson Grand Ree. appointed in his place, There is no charge toucht im: Polen at tho Fifth Ave. Hetet.. A Paris telogram sare: ond oat According to L'twnrrrspancr Brror, there is some mye ery in the p f : uton board the Federal crulrer Frolic, on Visita to our ocean war harboreof L'Onrent and Brest, What doce that daring and dirtingy American seaman contemplate by loitering along our now of Aamir in care of @ ruptur here are eusceptib rolicsome in the visi folke here who t of so determined a sea A telegram from Marseilles says Advices received here from official digparch had t t Aletors state that an F.ench solu d the other insurgent c tod by forced marche The Arah grums, under French Cavetry, aver. pebebed prided oll Aretelie, supported by the took the enemy on the 27ch ult, and evrried off numerous flecks belonging to he Hunian tribes, who receutly joined the fusurgents. The Spanish Government had ordered a etrict watch to bo kept on the seaboard of Cuba and Porto Rico, #pain fearing the insurrection In Jamaica may have ramifications In the Apanish Antilles, The Federal Coune!! of Switzeriand have eleeted M. Kouse! Federal Councillor for Lucerne, President of the Confederation for 1566, aud M, Fornerod Vice nmitted there by order Baker, they having been confined a suticlemt length of time without the chargos being It ts currently reported In military elreles that the Secretary of War las ordered @ military court to convene for the trial of Winder, Dunean and Gee, now confined fa the Old Capital upom the charge of eriel treatment of Union prisoners at Andersom- Tho Baeuto war (Cape of Good Hope) was not set- tled, Moshesh acknowledged that the Nasutos were beaten, but said they would not give over their coan- try to the Boers, although they would to the English, He remained awalting the Giowernorts reply Jeet wae reported (o be on foot for colonizing the Bas- uto Country with Pnglish settlers. Caleutta, Oct. 30. to a stand-st ll in consey The Nationan Rer Dil which it publish DLIOAN of to-day eaye that a has been drafted and pre- sented to several Senators and Representatives, and immediately after the Organization of the House, If it fe not previously in- Tt provides for the organi. zation of governments for the States heretofore in rebellion by the appointment of Governors with power to call conventions to frame new constitutions, onthe approval of which by Congr structed States are to he admitted by special aot. Up to dato the total amount of National Rank currency issued by the Treasurer is $214,111,915, sud the amount issued during the weok ending the 18th Instant, #8841, 775 will probably Business dull, ket has been brought f the tailure of the troduced in tho Senate. vakuam, and © ed to be within was firet liehrea with gar on the Virectors of the Cowmer d Stock Exchange (¢ been seutenced to transportation thid to Lnprisonment fo: (oar yours, on a charge of ne the recon. Shanghae, Oct. 9.—A serious question had ariren with regard to the « Chinese seas, which were da} The Taku forts had born evacuated by the Allied garrison, A groat hurricane had occurred at becoming more dan POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, Washington, Nov. 20. The President recetved the followiug telogram from Gov, Marvin, of Pionda, dated Taliahaasoe, Fla The Convention has annulled the ordiaance of secession, abolished slavery, and declared that all the inhabitants of the Btate, without distiucuon of are fee; and that no persou shall be incompe- # on Recount of color, in eny matter wherein a coloro | person is concerned, repudiated the State debt contracted ta support of the rebellion, amended the Constitution in other respecte oud adjourned, Latest Commercial. ales for the two including 12.000 bales to specula ‘The market is Gimer, with an Liverpool, Nov, and exporters, ANCE Ol ‘4 4 ‘gd. 1 fe unrettlod, The market fe firm with an upward hee been an twprovement on ihe bert erates of provrions ds irregular nnd € London, Nacember 9 tent to testify as aw ols ciose at 59 at 80 1ey jean Sceurtiien—United Btatea Five. Twon- Wiitiam Manvin, Provisional Governor, Miasiasipnt. New Orleans, Now. 18,—1t ie understood that Gon, Thomas visite Mirslesipp! by order of the President, to vetile the conitet of authority between Governors Sharkey nud Humphreys, both claiming tho gover novehip of that State From San Franoisoo. Interesting Items. 17. —Lmring the Inst eight even vessels loaded with copper aad eilver ave sailed trom this port for Swansea, A Tewn Destroyed by Fire, the town of French St, Pierre, Miquolon, was dertioyed by fireon the Sth and iweaty Louses were burned, 4,000,040 Lanes or $50,000, Halifax, N.S, Nov, 2 Liberal Reports. Nowe has been receive in thecitr, from anthen- tle sourcer, which is really of much importance Emperor Maximilian hee dete:mined and ordered that al! his forces be withdrawn from the outposta San Francisco, vorters of the respective entire year, sarrival of ble ey Maximilian bas aban t to Yueatan, hi 10 demanding his The Atta Canironnta has nows of the arrival of the expedition of the Wee- aay | term Union Telegraph Cempany at Petropalowski, t an Siberia, on the 1%th of October, dall the parties nec exp.or tions projected suite by another year Th te eetimated that from one hun dred and fifty tons of California br 0, Nov 18.-A letter from Lipey, Lower | *hipped Enst thie season, alifornin, dated the Tih, says the . hether to plead for a nerofthe Emperor, ia not yet kuc the French troops are withdrawn to tLe abovenamed, the Mexican people will rise and take vigorous mersures to pie The eplrite of tha Lihe by advices from the United States that materia. wit will soon reach them sary to carry oat the ey anticipate great re. From Albany. Inflnx of Pugilists, Thieves and Gamblers. Albany, Now, 21,—A large crowd of rough scoice of gamblers end thieves in their train, are a prize fight, which takes place between two puyiliate named Elliott and ‘ood that the fight will take place somewhere in Schoharie County, on the line of the Susquehanna railroad, have already etarted in that direction, an] « epeetal train has been chartered to take the crowd out carly in the moraiug, Governor refused to elyn it, a the pe to revoltaf the act wae consummated ter, dsted Mazatlan, Sth, entirely abandoved ‘Sinaloa, with the Mazatlan, where ouly 30 troops : re in hospitals, here to-night, cau forces, vaeue- y eetimated at several thousand, bave cut off com touniestion with the interior and threate The foreien residents were indignant at what the called “their desertion” by the Frere), which had atrongthened the opposition of the i The eome letter says thatthe news tom Sinaloa ts not flattering tothe Empire, Soon after the French abandoned Hermosilla (date not given), the Republi+ cans entered and extorted a loau of five thousand dollare from the capitalists, Imperial Reports A letter in the Cor City of Mexico, 2d fust,, says that those la searcely coubt “but that the force by wt atthat date Lereiged, filibuster expedition from the | nited 8 patches from General M Escobedo, Mendez, © few bandits under their command moras they nagintained a litte cons d'armee,compoa- ed mainly Of American udventurere attracted by the hope of pluuder, and of solders fiom the army of Ti xue—to whom their o ties for desertion thee oo) disant Liberals From Washington, AM the regular cavalry reyiiments excepting the Fifth, have becn ordere! Gen, Merritt, at Ban Ant An order has been lasucd ! for 9 Hoard of Officers to neerble in thie city aa eoon a6 practicable toexamine and nd recommendations for appointments in the revular sevimente of the army. ‘The following is aetainmentof the vagan- | cea to be filled cies, 54; io the artillery 4% in the infaatry arm, fi Neutenancles, 199; total pu Aflor a careful examinativ i the military history of the applicauls the Hoard will select the names of g guftic.eus number to fill the va- eancies shown in the foreyaing statement from thoes applicants who have served in the volunteers at lemat YO Yeah Mud Wi supuii a cerwh Wilh @ Liat ot 4 Itis generelly unde Davis and Elliott News Itoms, By Telezraph to the New York Sun.) Gov, Anpnw recelved the Tunisian Embassy at the State House yesterday, The Tunisians leave for Europe on Wi duesday, Lum Pajladelpbia Engine Company York yeaterday moruing with » steam engine and bose carriage. They design voing as tar as Tr yy stopplog at Albany on the way, The funeral of Mr, Heury L. Gordon, proprietor of Willard's Hotel coaches, at Washington, who was killed by the railroad accident at Newark, N, J. was attended at H iderness, N. H., on Bunday, To was buried with Masonic honors, Ose thonsand and twenty bales of cotton bave passed Cairo, Ii)., for 8t. Louis, in the last three days, and 1,440 for Olio River points, The Mem phis cotton market is very dull; holders are look- ing for higher prices, Tua body of an unknown man, in @ state o nudity, with the skull fractured, was found Bun Protsing Park, + Brats Unis dated ch Matanoras wae hiporod mainly of a a confirmed this statement, but before Ma... recive a thousand farili he cannon, the men of y to the command of day morning, War Department wh upoo the appli h have been sub. bedroom, remaived un- ton Stax says, applications for par- made in grost numbers e About four hundred per he requisition sent to the Pertment, from whence they are sent to Thirty-Third Year. LOCAL NEWs, NW YORK AND Tue VICINITY, General Grant. A blage—Keauty, Bravery hie competency, or any mismanagement in con- and Fashion —s nection with the legitimate business of the office; nthuslasm, ee bat that he has been aiding and assisting Hon, Geo, W. Julian, member of Congress from the 6th district of Indiana against Gov. Morton, No information has tecn received by the Govern- ment from Gen, Logan, as to the acceptance of the mission to the Republie of Mexico, Col. Browning, the former private Keeretary to the President, has Aecepiod the appointment of Sroretary of Legation, and bas sienified the time when he will be prepared to enter upon the duties of the office At the present time there are only 22 prisoners conned in the Gid Capital Prison, Secretary Stan- ton has ordered Major Turner, Judge Advocate of the War Department, to direct the release from that Prieon of certain prisoners and E lb New York has the reputation of making grand and imposing displays, but it je nota streteh of imagine’ ton to aay that the metropolis eclipred itself at the magnificent reception given to General Grant and Indy, Inst night atthe Fifth avenue Hotel. It wae Unquestionably the most brillant spectacle of beauty Grace, elogance and splendor that has ever beom Witnessed in Now York, The movt gorgeous tollets, the handsomest decorations, the moet exquisite tout ensemble were there displayed with profusoness that reminded one of the stories of fairy land, ib seomed that the people had determined to pay their respects to the great L anion hero im ® Manner commensurate with his services aud with the position which he holde asthe representative of the Union army, The enthusiaen manifested tn the Preparations for the great occasion was heartfelt and *pontancous, The Prince of Wales and Russian Balle and the Japanese party evoked no such feneral feol- ing om the part of the prople, for they appealed only to faahion and love of display, while the Grant reeep- Sion added patriotism and gratitade to the baser in- contives, From the time the firet notice of a public re- ception to the Generaljwas made known, the world of fashion has been In « constant flutter of excitement, for the time of preparation was mecessarily very brief, The shops of the modiates, and the stores of the toilet and fancy dealers were almost taken by storm (turing the ast few days. ‘The most costly and perh dresses, the most attractive ormaments, and the most elegant trimmings were secured regardices of money; and the milliners, hairdressers, ete. have been allowed time neither to eat or sleep, The male persuasion, also, have been equally excited. ‘Tho question of tekets, boots, chokers and swallow- tails has been the all-absorbing theme, and bustocer has beon of secondary importance, No wonder, then, that Now York outdid {taelf last night, It determined beforehand to make the reception of General Grant the greatest event of the kind that ever oceurred in this country—and it succeeded. Anevening approached, notwithstanding the ane Pleasant weather, large crowds begam te assemble. and before seven e’cloek the space in tront of the Fifth Avenue Hotel was filled with eager upturned faces, while 234 street was eomplotely blocked up. Over the 25d atreet entrance wae placed an awning and aplece of rich carpet extended over the side- walk to the atreet, At the ladfes door on the Fiith svenue, the same arragemente wore made, the en- trance for the company being on Twenty-third st, and the exit by the ladies hotel entrance. About one hunlied and fifty vollcemen under command of Captain Hreackew and Sergeant Robinson, of the Clty Hall squad, were om duty, and Rept exeellens order, ‘The interior of the hotel was a blaze of abt. A rope was extended across at the head of the stairs, beyond which none but invited guests were permit- ted to pass. The epace outside of this rope, however, waa complotely jammed with interested lookers-on. male and female, including guests of the hotel, ote, all auxfous to get a peep at the hero of the greatest battlos ever foaght in the world. About seven o'clock the guests begun to arrive in good earnest, and no royal lev er hed such 6 brilliant display of beauty and fashion, as appeared to do honor to Goneral Grant. Some of the ladier literally blazed with diamonds, and the several dresses were variod and beautiful, while coronete of roses ano The fall of rain during the last twenty-four hours dianonds, and clirclets of gold, adorned the hasbeen equal to about 11-10 inches, being about ‘ one-twentieth the usual Within a few days opwards of five inches Lave fallen in the mouotats portion of the State, and the streams are rieug rapidly, the river at Sacramento having tisen five foet during Tuesday night, San Francisco, Nov heads of nearly all, And now the entire hall was so comp'lotely blocked up that It was impossible te move, Generals, with their stars, Admirals, with tlolr stripes, Foreiun Consuls, with their splendid uniforms (thatof the Austrian Consul, General M. Lozes, being tho most showy, because composed of scarlet and gold) appeared. Among the Major Gen- erals was particularly noticed @ tall young man of about thirty, and hundreds made the Inquiry, “Whe is ber’ That he was rich was evi- dent, for although ima undress uniform, his stars were studded with diamonds, This wee Major-General Alexander Bhaler, formerly Captain dred to one hun- | of the Seventh Regiment, aud who assisted General oom corn will be | Cuchran in raising @ regiment, which he went with as lieutenant-colonel tothe war, Next, the hero of Fort Sumter appew ed —the brave Anderson, with hie daughter, a moet Leautiful young girl, on bis arm. Next wero noticed Gen, Dix and bis daughter, (en, Sandford and daughter, Gen Heintzelman, Gen, Phil- ip Bt. George Cook, Gen, Bartlett—who had only just arrived from Washington—and other prom- inent gentlemen of the army, Kev, Dr. Vinton eae on in hie peculiarly military style, for he was once @& military officer, George Bancroft fol- lowed, with Professor Lieber, Archbishop Mc- Cloakey, of the Catholic Chureh, stood side by ride with Bishop Potter, of the Episcopalian Church the two most powerful Birhope im the United Btatos. the Archbishop's Becretary, Father MeNiernoy, walked arm in arm with Dr, Toowpeom, of the Hroadway Tabernacle, which caused a wagglsh Pro- testant to say to him, "I'm glad tesee you in @ de- cont Protectant minister's company at last.” Henry Ward Heechor marched eff with Theodore Tilton Gen, Hookor appeared with his lady, @ most beauti- tiful woman, while Prince John Van Buren stood in dignified silence, only occasionally smiling to a young Indy with some flirtation, while his uucle, a Little gray haired man, bearing @ strong Mkeness to the ex-President Vau Baren, stood at a distance, but was placed ju the front rank as soon as he was known, Peter Cooper, with his benevolent face, was also ou band, and Senator B.D, Morgan stood with his lady waiting im the hall, Police Com- missionors Bergem and Acton stood in froat of Hon, Erastus Brooks, General Lew Wallace stood the picture of asoldier, Senor Romero, Mexi- can Minieter, was observed in filendiy converses with FE. M. Archibald, C. B,, Britis Consol, and Pierre. pont Edwards, Eeq, Vice Conrul; Kev, lrenmus Prime, with his lady, stood fice to face, or rather f face to back (for the company rearrally fell in like parties waiting for advertised letters at the Port Office, or people walting to vote on eloce tion day), while Mr, AT. Btowart stood , 4d to have been prominently forward in b's place as chairman murdered, robbed, stripped, and the body con- | Veyed to the place, where it was discovered. SIMON Jaonwon, keeper of » boarding house in | der Hamilton, and Dr, Lewts A. Sayre, Colonel also Boston, had his skull terribly fractured early | Ssturday morning, wiile asleep in bed, Isis sup ‘powed that the deed was done by one of bis board- erm who has escaped, Bix thousand do 4 | Strenbacks, in Jacksor touched. Jackson will die, Tos Washing dou ave still bei Adtorney Genera week are acted upon and ¢. Judve Daly staid by himeelf; hie lady was with Mre, Grant. Supervisor Steward, stood near Col, Alex on (en, Bandford’s staf, was in conversation with Col, Van Bures, formerly of the 9th Regiment. Two rebel senators, ¥ hose names were not given, were in the ranks, aod were eabsequently introduced to Geo, Grant, but only by name, and not in reference to their career in rebeldom, In addi- tion to al! these our reporter noticed many other pro- minent Iadlesand gontiemen, and it was soon seen that while only fifteen hundred tickows had beca issued, over double that number were in the houss, How they got in was mystery, but in they were, (Coptumed ep tap Last Pogo.)