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VQL- L VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1 86 4. NO. 15-
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publishers Airo TROPaiETORS. | frieuc
Office at the City Hook Store, Corner j ?rfP* of Wallace and Jackson Streets. ! ^^w*
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Job Printing of every description executed in a J
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orilCI AL DIRECTORY. j ?1
Territorial Officers.
nw#R, SIDNEY KDGERTON, Ba__ck City; r_cwART. II. P. FORSEY:
^srar JvsTioa. ^ . L. HOSMF.R. 4 ]
_jsoc_ tb Jeericn, AMI GIDDiXGS. _ V
L. B. WIIXISTOU. B^ Arrr. Qbbbbsl, E. B. NEALY, Virji^ a City j Masshal, C. J. BUCK,
pVbvbtor Ob:irral, M. BOYD. c; ,
AcraToa, JOHN fl. LOTT. 01 !
^l-msASi-RSR. JOHN J. WV^ NF Xotart Pvblic, JOHN S. ATCHISON. Assmsob, T. C. EVERT?. ! v
eoa-ty OffUers of J*fa-lson Connty. 1
Ceaety Cosaaissiasitrf, Jams Fsasvs, 1
^ ^^ Samcsl W. ^tab_bt, j I *
* ^' Frsd. K. Root. V _e JVehete Jadgt. Tnos. C. Joaaa.
Char iff, Nsil HowsK. * A
Trsssnrer, Roxht N. Hiii. ^ 1 Pos
jtwerdtr, R. 11 . Uaoamax.
Auistoat Assessor 1st District, Jbbbt Coot:. j ~- lasiclpal Officers of Virginia City. . _ ?
~*Uee Jmdre and _x-0_eio Mayor, Q. Q. Bus^-. j ofl _^en bare of Council, E. _. Woorscat,
- ^ Bju. Scbwai, 1
* ^ Jamxs - ^-.-^.
^ ^ N. i'oan. ?jUi_al, Jbmt Nolaji. j
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masonic. j Ta^ raj^ ^ar eoro_ s^ieation* of Virginia City onJ UA_a, U. D., A. V. A A. M.. art held on thi 2d i ^ ^rvd A^ 8e.t__ys in task month.
P. S. PFOUTS, W. M. JUmx. Datis , Stst'y. 1 \
C_nrc_. ja^ ?rtacKkg irsrr Sabbath by Rst. A. M. Torsit, j
;t 11 A. M. at ths Court House. Stb^M.th School
U I P. M. All ar^ invited to attend. j gjj
saasssssnsi ^^ ^_^_^!^_^^^^__^^^^^^^^^ i
Bl'SlX-SS CARDS. j 1
W. L. McMatb.1 W. T. l?vaix.l '\
JleMATn A T.OVF.1.L, So ittoraeys at Liw, Virgir.iaCity, M. T., willpromp- Oy attend to all proftssional business entrusted to j tktir car *. l-3ia
V>. J. McCormicV. W. Y. Pemberton. II . Burns. 1 ^
McConnick, Pemberton ^ Burns, j
Atlsmevs at Law. Virginia City. Montana Territo- tj. Ofiics in Content'i Corner up-staini. 1dm ,
W. M. Sta rroRo, R. B. Parrott. L. W. Bobtox, , ?
Cal. Iowa. Col. j
STAFFORD, PARROTT ^ BORTO.f, j
Attomevs at L^.w, OfSce on Idaho ptn^et. opposite ^ the cobt t house, Virginia City, Montara Tstrttory. :
2-3m I
JT MOlK-i j -
Rwturant, Virginis City, Montma T-Ti'ory.^ j >Jsh1s served at all hours. Aluo the beat of liquors. .
J B. JUDGE,
Boot A 5hot maktr, Virginia City, Montana T^r- j ritory. The b^^t of ^^ torn work alwivs on hand. |
Cert mt a_trial. ____.._ {
J082PH CRUWIT, j ^
Frtoeh Baktr, Nevada City, Mentnta Territory, [ 1 wonld sav to hia numerous customer that ht is nl- 1 ways on land to stuff the mouths of the hungry.^ j ns ^liv^ him a call. i
DR. D. N. CKKPIN,
Physician and Surgeon, formerly a.^^>istant m the ? Jiospital du undi in 1'aris, aud atttch^d to tho New . York Hoepital, N^;w York^ recntly from ftsWiqu?, ; ? Iowa. Office in Virginia City, opp jbita tie hay j c,
ioaIm, inai q street. ! b^
t? T. BCTLEK, j
I'ractioai Watcbmak- and Jewsler. Particular j , attention paid to rspanins all classes of waicuse. , \ Any part of any watch can be mt.de ntvr at this te- , ^ blisumsnt, and warrajued to give sstisfaoxion. ^ j C ^?*11 01 :d txarnin* speciBKiis of Jewelry _att^ from m t native t>Jd: '-1 f . j ^
/'?A-LFORNIA HOTEL, I '
iftvadA L ily, Montana TtrrUory. j
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LOULS BBLANCER, Trophibtob. j j
This hotsl is situated on Main strait, and in the j West part of tha Citv. The Ulle supplied with the (; W^t the market affords, and tilt saloon f umishod ; R( with tbt best liquors.
Rooms tirt beds can be had st rteionabl* pnets. ^_^ rga for board moderate. a | g
A CERTIFICATE OF TEN SHARES OF THK consolidated Silvtr Star Company. The ownsr 1 p Vv prcvining property and paying for thisadvertiss- BMBt can hrvve the saint at tha City Book Store.. ;
Virgiiiio City. * ^ tl~ t
^lyjECHANlCAL BAKKhY,
CuvtTfUtet. Virginia City, M. T. K^ndle Aj Vincti-.t, proprietors. Kern on ban* all kinds of bread, cakes and pies, which at o goiff off like '^not : sak tt,^ at cheap rates. 1 tins j C
T^TONTANA BILLIARD HALL, 1
Visariaia Oily. Mon*^a* Tan-*v?y. *^>w*W ^^ . ^aW^ ki ^, ?apaM?wK. 1 tea
? ! BfJSlWESS CARPS. j
jJDAIIO HOTEL. j raOFE;
I Wallace street, Virginia City, M. T. J. M. Castner j Pro ^^^ proprietor. The proprietor announces to his old i Time friends and the public generally, that he is now \ ^ rr PrePrtr^rl to accommodate boarders bv the meal, day ] '^nta I or>^ek at low ratw. His table furnished with the I he an I bast the market affords. l_ly I Jenni
.50 j giw_r?5; j tag
j Manufacturers of Jewelry, Jackson asreet, Vir- ^ made ginia City. M. T. Strict attention given to re- ! *' V _S i pairing all classes of watches, and Warranted to j wbicl give satisfaction. Keep constantly on hand a large , in..^s ia_ortmentof Jewelry. Every thing in our line I 2 I made to order at low rates. l_3m 1 UP0n,
O0 , od st
5 COLORADO w_lcl
00 i ' was 8
on j H A I R D R E S S I N G R O O M. with
00 1 refro
00 j Hair Dyeiner and Cutting Done in ice. ^ GOOD STYLE. in th
2 TOM. WHITE, Proplletor.
: tainc
00 1 ths j
00 ! W. P. Sandtrs. Jerry Cook. ! rockf
00| SANDERS k COOK. \m*
age i th em
A TTORNEYS at Law, Virginia City, Montana ^ '
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^^j e^ Wmr DECKER. T*l . ^ tc r /r t? o n Dentist.
OFFICE IN TOST OFFICE BUILDING. PA- an(j ^ titnts visittd at their rtsidsncs whendefired. ! ^
^^'^!' ROATE ^ CO.. gfi
* MERICAN WATCHES JUST RECEIVED?I- ! a fa] _V r^ctfrom the nmnufactorita. jtwin Bvt^-y description of Jewelry manufactured from I , 'j the Native Gold. Call, Exam um Specimens, j t^eu
and then judge. | geth
Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH ^
NEVADA CITY, Montana Territory. J patu
Virginia City, Sent. 10, 1864. j vr:m
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ty. 1 _: ^ ^ ~an
W m. DECKER. j bad
'[INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.]?
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[Real F.stote and Slnln| Agency, j face
j All busiriMs promptly attended to. Offlct in j in^? i Posf Off.c* r>uilding und
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I _ J. T. HENDESSC-, . | ? tr* j PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER, j beic
^*A- I Office oa Carer Street, Virginia City, i hart 5 ^ 6m C*rr
lTm e Tn u crick. pitc
j ar = HESEY BAIER. ?
Also Flue Building, and all kinds of briek work taQ, ?tT ona 10 ordtr. b^Zm
. , 2d I ^ ^ ^ 1 rut!
Win. CHDMASER0. dou
j 4 TTORNEY AT LAW. VIRGINIA CITY, MON- j the J f\ tana Territory. Office, coraar of Wallact and j fou: I Jaokson streets, at J. A. Ming's Store. | was
JJJj ! 4-ir I kne
! Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon- 1 JJ^
~ j MUSTACHE AND HAIR COLORING. ! ^*^
KL^1 : nnc
' South Side of Wallace Street, Va. City ^
omp- !
ad to j LYONS AW HITS, Proprietors. I the
Idea
^ S-ly I'10! .urns. --- 1 Ant
lg. i JOHN S. ATCHISON, ^g
ST NOTARY PUBILC. p
~~~ REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS ani
TOR, 1 Th
Coi.j FOR SALE AT
1011,7 iLLG? ^ X(!LbARA^Sl BA!KK. aln
^osite : the
itory. : Yjp?lNIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY. Jei
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.ry.-!_ PEOPLE'S MARKET. [3
luors. i _ __ , !
? Wallace St., Next Door to Weary s : ^
New Sank. w
' MKATS, VKGETAU!-1_, ^A_E, j 1^^
v Ttr- ac.t Ac.. Ac. j Iue
Land-| STEWART A BALL.
j J UMBER YARD. j re]
JaSfc : ^idaho strtet. Virpi?a City, M. T. Jswas Gtn- ! Pg rrT _ nail, proprietor. K^e9p- constantly on naud ail |
' ! kinds of tha bast lumber, which will be sold at low i to j rat^. thi
OTA- BAKERY AND SALOON, j in the ; Q I ?
n New ; ^yeT^da Citv, M. T. Patrick Ryan, proprietor.^ I ^ ^lu?^ ! All persona wi-Uiag good bread r.ro retjuetta.1 to j m; ^^ My ; call. Prices low. AUo, b^e' furnished with tb? tat
: b*rt of drinka. Haa ia the plaee to get an b on est ! $u
' loaf, a aakt or pit, aod ^aoeis^ iag -^^ ^ K i ? Jr_. ^ Se
SZ\ PLANTER'S HOUSE j^-
toaS : Corner of Idaho and Jackson Bt*S Vir- j wi , from ginia City, Montana Territory- i wi
^ |W^. ^ .IOHN A. SHOOT;':
j ?Vonuarly of the Planter's House, Hannibal Mo.) J fr try. | PROPRIETORS. | hti
TIZE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE, FORMERLY ' * conduct^ by Wiu. Sloan, Esq.. aaving been | lif I enla'-'ed and re-fiiteJ is cow'open witheverj- facil- j ro in the ^ fJ*r t09 _ccot,.Uiotlation of tlu?tiaiid BoardeM. , w t itb the ( ,',-fortablf rooms aud bads ar? providtd and the 1 th vjfhod at)jjR c_yruny fumiilie-J with the b^it the mar- j g ' ket and seasons 'att'erl. , ^ I 1
piieae. riSaisfclT for the early .Stage Coaches can obuin
I g00j lodgings here and be wakened at the proper \ in
' hour. Th? jpatreMfs of the public 11 respacrtfully j pi ' aolictted. A Jro. A.Si DOT.
^ ^PUR ' 4 |f PROPItlKTOBI.
1 ttcStoZ m. 17 iHT f7 wTb?m. d. ; B
Store. Drw. CORNEL- _ WARD. j pj
PHYSICIANS ^ SURGEONS.:?
(Successors to) | fj
(idle A -,r^. niEOOKK A: _ I^ WK ^ j tl
S _ot Office on-Jsckson Street, below Wallae-. Virginia.
. City. Montana Territory. I g'
Hook and -adder Company K^. 1. ^ ?
MR FT rtgsltrlv *y^TT vonday. at ( o rto^-^., P. j ' j K.. si wwmii^ ^^_. Bt oni* ^^ Li j m- Taw. R*^'^ra. ChfM^. ^
An Adventure in the Alps,
j raoFEssoa tv.vdall dksckxdino a glacier. Th
' I to th
r i Profesior Tyndall sends to the London ! lows 1 1 Times a narrative of a rather exciting ad- Ma j tanture in the Alps. On the 3d of July, ! ion : e| he and two friends, with a coaple of guides, j Unio j Jenni and iTaltar, ascended the Piz Mor- i 3 De -jteratch. The ascent was accomplished I Dem I safely, but not the descent, which waa j Unio .. ! made arong the Morteratch glacisr : j Dem
H i *' We at length reached the point at ocral
o | which it was necessary to quit our mom- Wise e j ing's track, and immediately afterwards got igan e upon some ateep rocks, which were render- 2 Uu _ ed ^lipp^ry here and there by the water Unic
which trickled over them. To oar right Dem ! was a broad couloir, which was once filled I tal, , r. ! with snow, but this had been melted and 1 land refrozon, ao as to expose a sloping wall of ! New ice. We were all tied together at this time Tl in the following order : Jenni led, I came ; coin next, then my friend II., an intrepid moun- 1 M 1 taineer, then his friend L., and last of all Vcn
- the guide Walter. After descending the j Rho *. j rocks for a time, Jenni turned and asked j New . j me whether I thought it hotter to adhere to j Mar
| them or to try the ice slope to the right. I ' com 3* pronounced in favor of the rocks, but he | 5,00 seemed to misunderstand ins, and turned | Kan
^ towards the couloir. He cut steps, reached U00 the snow, and descended carefully along it, J not all following him, apparently in good order, prol
'* After a little time he stopped, turned, ! joril t^ j and looked upwards at the last three men. ' D ; He said, something about keeping carefully j ky,
^ in the tracks, adding that a false step j might detatch an avalanche. Ths word was
j scarcely uttered wuon I heard the sound of ' a pe 'I- j a fall behind me, theu a rush, and in the j ^HI twinkling of an eye my two friends and : wj|j ? ! their guide, all apparently entangled to- j jjjje J gether whirled past me. I suddenly plant- ' fay ^ ^ j ed myself to resist their shock, but in an j
I instant I wan in their wake, for their irn- - Y'lpetuswas irresistible. A moment after-! j wards Jenni was whirled away, aud thus j Sj* j all five of us found ourselves riding down- ,
^ ! wards with uncontrollable speed on ths j ., { back of an avalanche, which a single slip | - '
jr ! had originated. When thrown down by the j ? ' ! jerk of the rope, 1 turned promptly (in my j . T^ j face and drove my baton through ihe mov- in j in^? snow, seeking to anchro it on the i.^e - j underneath. I had held it firmly thus for ^ j a faw seconds, when I came iu collision , I with aome obstacle, and was rudely tossed Cl^ I through the air. Jenni at the same time ^ ^ R. I being shot down upon me. Beth of us '^ j here lost our batons. We had. in fact, be^u j carried over a cravaase, had hit its lower j *IV1
^ cage, our greai velocity causing us to bo : pitched beyond it.
^Iwasquito bewildered for a moment but immediately righted myself, and could n?.t those in front of me half buried in the i r 6r enow and jolted from side to side by the ca]
^ ruts among which they were pasklng. Sud- i^ j deuly I saw them tumble over by a lurch of j as
)y. ! the avalanche, and immediately afterwards 1 tio and i found myself imitating their motion. This | foi j was caused by a second crevasse. Jenni j ni:i I knew of its existence, aud plunged right j ha ~ ! into it ^ a brave and manful act, but for J ex ' ' the time unavailing. He is over thirteen 1 ra! '^ stone weight, and he thought that by jump- j ' ing into the chasm a strain might be put lt j upon the rope sufficient t^ stop the motion, j nu i He was, however, violently jerked out of j tQ( j the fissure, and was almost Equeczcd to j gjc j death by the pressure of the rope. A long j r0, j slope was below us, which lsd directly j an I downwards to a brow where the glacier buu- [ i denly fell into a declivity of ice. At the | base of this declivity the glacier was cut j jia * bv a aerie* of profound chasms, and tow- jt KS ards thc^e we were now rapidly home. ^ ^ j The three foremost men rose upon the fore- _j head of the avalanche, aud were, at times, ji almost wholly immersed in the snow; bat m the moving layer was thinner behind, and Jenni rose incessantly, and, with desperate ?. enorixy, drove his feet into the firmer sub-
Btance underneath. His voice shouting,
^ Halt ! Ilerr Jeses, halt ? was the only oue t'0 ! heard during tha deacent. a, *y'8 i ^ A kind of condensed memory, such as hj I that described by people who have narrow- a E, j lv, escaped drowuiug, took possession of ft] , me ; and I thought and reasoucd with pre- j tematural clearness as I rushed along. Our p, ' start, moreover, was too sudden and the
I excitement too great to permit of the de- ; rj
j Telopm cnt of terror. The slope at one j Qan- i P-ace became less steep, tha spoei visibly j ^fl a^i j slackened, and we thought we were coming ? low | to rest; the avalanche, however, crosaed ? j the brow which terminated this gentle slope
| and regained its motion. Here H threw Cl
his arms around his friend, all hope for the ; j ,r._ time being extinguished, while I grasped \ t\ d to j mv belt and struggled for an instant to de- [ o ^ the ! ta'eh myself. Finding this difficult, I re- j a 3,10?t : sumed to pull upon the rope. My share in j ^ K j the work waa, I fear, intinitessimal, but \ n - ^ | Senui'a powciTul strain made itself felt at J j;
i R j laet. Aided probably by a slight change of j a 1 inclination, he brought the whole to rest!,
7ir- j within a short distance of the chasms over i p ; which, had wo preserved our spc(.d,a few jp \rp ; seconds would have carried us. None of | n ) 1 ! us sufiered serious damtges. II. emerged 1, Mo.) j from the snow with his forehead bleeding, ! j i but the wound was superficial. Jenni had ' i :RLY ' * !>>t of iiesh removed from his hand by eel- i ^ b^en I llsion against a stone ; th(? pressure of the j facil- rope had left black welt* on my arms, and ; s rdera. I we all experienced a tingling sensation over i ,
1 the : tho hands, like that produced by incipient j ^ mM- j frost-bito, which continued for several days, j ] buin ! 1 found a portion of tny watch chain hang- j tape* | ing round my neck, another portion in my ; t :fully : pocket^ the watch itself was gone.^ , (
i Th^ Gcabdians of tiik Flag.^ W. H. j
M- D- I B?ard, in the East, haa nearly finished a?c t picture entitled (P The Guardians of the 1 i N S- Flag,^ of a patriotic character. On the ' { ' I rocky peak of a mountain, cloud-environed, i i from a rude staff supported by the rocks, i tho Amcriean flag floats,; and below it, ou , i r,- i^_ -very side, a score of eagles, iu various at- j I
2 , tituJes, are engaged in keeping watch and . 1 goat8 over it. Inscribed on the rock at the ! i
'* ' base of the peak, are tho dates 1776, LM2, ; \ **' p' '. lSfil the. fitat mois-grown and Hch^Mi*d ; ^^ , i, : the !^^t, ^htrp and w*l!-d^fHi^>d.
LATEST BV TELEGRAPH. I Beau:
, ^ ' Hood
t. Ihe delegations from the following states ; ?is c to the nc_t Congress stand about as fol- I the ri
n j low8 :. ' ! corps
I- Maine, 5 Union ; New Hampshire, 3 Un- i jacjrj r,!ion: Vermont, 3 Union: Connecticut, 3 J other b, j Union, 1 Democrat ; New Jersey, 2 Union, j euiitl r- i 3 Democratic ; Pennsylvania, 1G Union, 8 berec d I Democratic ; Delaware, 1 Union ; Ohio, 17 | orer ie j Union, 2 Democratic ; Illinois, 11 Union, 3 i eri, t ! Democratic ; Maryland, 14 Union, 1 Dem- j n at ocratic ; Indiana, 3 L?nion, 3 Democratic ; John i- Wisconsin, 5 Union, 1 Democratic ; Mich- aoua ot igan, 6 Union ; Iowa, G Union ; Minnesota, tne t r- 2 Union : Kansas, 1 Union ; Kentucky, 3 i guns ar Union, 6 Democratic ; Missouri, G Union, 3 ] he ki ht Democratic; West Virginia, 3 Union; to- trans id I tal, 137 Union, 42 Democratic ; Rhode Is- town id j land 3 Union; Massachussctis, 10 Union ; ' ^orti of ! New York, 20 Union, II Democratic. I 80llt] ne j The majority of the popular vote lor Lin- j wen ae | coin is about as follows : Dmti n- Maine, 18,000; New Hampshire, 2.500; wai ill Vermont, 3,t^30 ; Massaehussetts, 7,000 ; tie j Rhode Island, 5,000 ; Connecticut, 2,500 ; ed j New York, 8,000 ; Pennsylvania. 15,000 j Of to j Maryland, 5,500; West Virginia, 2,000; Wis- Canl I cousin, 12,000; Ohio, 40.000; Missouri, cent he I 5,000; Minnesota, 6.000; Michigan, 15,000: ed j Kansas, 2,000 ; Iowa, 4,000 ; Indiana, 25,- >pj ed 000 ; Illinois, 30,000. These niajorties do J QQ _ it, not include tho soldiers' vote, which will j jg re er. probably add 60,000 to tho aggregate in*- j met sd, Ijority. \ T]
;n. ! Delaware gives McClellan 450 ; Keutuc- i Bes8 liy ! ky, 25,000, and New Jersey 5,50?. i the
;t'P J Chicago, Nov. 16. cuss
ra? j A gentleman in this city h?.s a letter from ; It ^' ; a relative holding a high position in Sher- ; cont j man's army. A standing grand movement i of a n^ j will bo made on Savannah, for which point j t0^ j Sherman has already started, with thirty p Dt^ j dayd rations. ! _:n
ftn New York, Nov. 16. | *^?
fm j Richmond papers of Saturday last devote j to tl iuB ' 8P!l0C t0 lae di6cussiun of Northern politics. : ext^ f j The result of the election is considered to j hou .i.* ! be a declaration that tho Northern people j Cor
ilic ' ?ilve ?our vear* ^ore ^f war^ There- wer | fore, the Southern people are urged to think ! of ]
* j of war for an indefinite period. They de- i sm^ j sire to have no talk or trouble about ques- | whi
j,e tior.s of peace, and invite such men as j Jrii Stephens. Brown and Boycc to resign. j ? ion ? U'K *B confident that before the !^ ?a T
sej close of the month, Grant will have made ! ?>QH a grand cumbined land and water attack on j ?
US lli?mo^dV , - , . 1 des
eftU The Inbuas's special says the report . uou
wer ^ ?'^n8 Cl,rrcncy that Fessenden will be sue- | j f( i bo ^ c,*eue? ')V Walker. Stanton's illness is so | (}f
severe that his physician ha* advised him 1 ent 10 aDan-'ou official anxieties. | WC1
uld New York, Nov. 16. ! cat
the The Herald 's special say?, the reported | 4,0 the capture of Agusta, Georgia, by Sherman, 1 ud- ! is treated here by the military authorities cos h of j aa a pure canard, there boing no informa- sh* irds I tion here io make the slightest foundation vie ?his | for the rumor. Even if Sherman was bet ^nni j marching in that direction, he hasn't yet i ser ight j had time to reach Agustn, and there is no j 1 for ] expectation of hearing from hinTTor seve- ! of een 1 rul days, except through rebel newspapers, j the ^P* j Cincinnati, Nov. 16. is '
Put j A Nashville special says, the rebel army, *^y ioill I numbering 3J,000 is still concentrated ^in j rej 1 ^' ! the victnity of Florence. One corps on this j Uu ? to j side of the river. The condition of the Ge 'onS | roads prevents active military operations | ke C^.V i and the rebels remain comparatively quiet, i ca JU,i- | New York, Nov. lo. j ^
lne The Commercial's Bpecial 6ays. Butler cu? ! had an interview with the President to-day. ' gu :ow^ It is reported that he has been assigned the ! thi e* command of an important expedition, and | ou ore^ will not return to the army ot the James, i ,nce' His speech iu New York ia warmly com- [ ',u? mended. pr an^ Bichniord papors say, Sherman was at jay !rate Atlanta on the 7th. no ^no- isew York, Nov. 17. ! tic
?nf?^ The Richmond Whig contains a rumor j oue that Hood has taken D-jd.i-u.-, Alah..ma, ,1 te' and captured the garrison of 8,000 troops,. ! re 1 na half of whom were colored. On the 8th, I ar row- a rei,ti attack on llautsville, Alabama, is ^ n 0l also reported. I sa
pre- X|>sj Montgomery Mail of the 17th, ex- ' Fi Uur pects an early advance on Agusta cr Macon ! in the j by Sheridan. The Richmond Examiner ' O > ridicules the idea of any suca movement. ' Ci one j lirig.-Gen. Tyler hah forwarded to th ; ! et sibly j TVar Department, Washington, tho black '^ in minS liag captured from Earlv'a command in j 1c >seed August. sc slope TJle efficiency aud activity of Sheridan's [ ai hrew caT;iiry arc shown by the fact that the first ! bl r the ; division, under MerrHt, captured during i w ;spcd . the present campaign, 2'J pieces of artillery, ! ic
o de- j o,0u0 prisoners, 18 caissons, 100 wagons
^ rf^ and ambulances, and \i llugs. tl _e in j fhe rebel newspapers contain Forest's | n , but j nCl;ount of the destruction at Jolinsouville. j tl dt at j gunbouts, 14 uteamers and 14 barges | ra gc ^f | are claimed as having been burned, con- j ir ' rc8t ; suming an immcns^ amount of valuable | -\
ovor j property. This may be believed, as the Tc- \ vi ?eW ; port claims that a good portion (tf tho im- 1 e ac ^ mense stores at Johnsonville have b?en de- ! u erged 1 droved, but wo have since lesrucd that k ding, ! Jobnsonville is still in the. hands of the 1 e
i had ! iJni0n forces, and but a small portion of the I ^ eel- j arra v supplies were burned. ! g f the ; The bombardment o^ Charleston-and Fort ; u i ,lIlu [ Sumter is reported to bo still continued j over i _jth steadiness. Seventy-two Union wur c ipicnt \ vessels and 78 transports o re reported at a days, i Hilton Head. a bang-| The Richmond papers of Monday say i in m.T : that on the Oth Hood's army was at* Tub- \ t
, cumbia and Sherman at Atlanta. ' jj
i Superintendent Kennedy, of tho Metro- I V. H. ^ politan police, having become aware that 1 1 hed a ' certain extensive forgeries were committed f f the 1 in this and other States about six weeks j 1 n the ' since, gr.ve the case to the detectives so j ? ^oned, ; work up. They have, since then, been dil- 1 1 rocks, ^ igently engaged and with very satisfactory ! t it, ou , results. Four principal operators have : r ma at- been arrested, one of whom turned States' \ li and evidence yesterday, and gave testimony J i at the ! againtt others. The whole scries of for- ; l 1812, | gearies is supposed to involv.; tho sum o^ i j ened ; ' about on* quarter of a million . i The T:met* N-aahrilis eorraapondentssyt i
j Beauregard's headquarters are at Corinth ; j vesse I Hood, with Cheatham's corps is at Florence, j merct ! his camp extending on the North side of ' the river ae far as Tuscumbia. S.D.Lee's ; corps is at Jackson, Stewart's is at Corinth, ; Atlar j Jacinto, and Ricnze, 15 miles from each ! thout 1 other on the Mobilo and Ohio road. The j ^vra!.(i j entire rebel army, which a year ago num- Th ; bered 75,000 veterans, cannot now muster i our f ; over 40,000, including Forest's and Wheel* ort i] ' ! er's cavalry, and Dick Taylors. j ed th
' j The same correspondent says, our loss at j_ i Johusonvillo will not exceed a million of J . ' dollars. The facts are, that on the night of ' pour j | the 4th, Forrest planted a battery of 10 | vrjtj1 ' | guns opposite Johosenville. Next morning J ^j>Pxa ! j he knocked to pieces 3 tin clads, and aeven j ^ ? ^ J transports. The next day he shelled the ; 0_n.j ' j town 48 hours and then left. Meanwhile a j tn(7, i i portion of Whoeler'a cavalry appeared j KiL ] south of the fort, but finding it strong and I r,tar
* j well garrisoned they returned to Florence, j ? ? During the shel.ing, every bridge but one j Je_-.j
1 waa struck, but only two were burued. ? | Cairo, Not. 12. to ],e
> Officer from Memphis reports that Gon. our | ! Canby has died from the effects of his re- tion cent wound, while en mute to New Orleans, j men
Washington, Nov. 17. lcruil ,'knoi
The Richmond papers of Tuesday make 1 ?
0 ; no mention oi Sherman's move, which fact , ?
* ) is regarded here as an evidence that ho has j ^ '* ! met with success.
j Tho rtbei Senate and House had a secret ^ ; session on Monday, at which it is surmised _ . ' the Question of arming the slaves was dis- ,
j cussed. !thct;
B It is reported that the President seriously 1 ^n .
; contemplates issuing another proclamation j l0W1 it j of amnesty. T it j Loui8Tille, Not. 17. havi
- } Private reliable news, dated Rome, Geor- ^ an^? | gia, 16th, says the destruction of manufac- j m0 | tories, mills, and other buildings of value j te i to ths enemy commenced yesterday. The J T 1 fn extensive rolling mills, stables, and store- 1 no ^o : houses were destroyed by order of Gen. j *?L y ^f i Corse. Some places of minor importance | . -'- j were fired by the soldiers, but tho number ; ik ' of private residences destroyed was very j r e- j small. The enemy attacked^ our pickets i ^TeI s- i while engaged in tho destruction, but were e is | driven ofl. I JJJ
On Tuesday last, the bulwarks of Atlan- on |e I ta were attacked by 1,500 cavalry, who were :u8 ?e '^ beaten off with but little difficulty. \tm A rebel committee reports the following I pC0 'destruction by Sheridan: 30 dwelling j _rp 'rt i houses, 450 barns, 31 mills, 3 factories, and j n0> c^ ' 1 furnace were burned. A hundred miles jlU( 80 | of fencing, 100,000 bushels of wheat, 50,- of m i 000 bushels of corn, and 6,000 tons of hay j -pa] I were destroyed. A thousand and aeTen j 0V( ! cattle, the aamo number of horsss, and I vin cd j 4,000 hogs were carried off. I gta
n, i The Montreal Gazette publishes Young's j g0, es commissiea from the rebel government, au- | _ a a- thorizing him to organize, for special ser- j gUI on vice, a company not to exceed 300 in num- 0f aH ber, from those who belong to the Confedrate j on rCt ! sorvice. j g,u
no j The Herald's special says the necessity I ed ! of adopting a fixed policy in reference to ke! rs. j the proposed return of the seceded Statos, dil is vigorously pressed upon the adminiatra- iin jv? tion. Banks and other Generals now here, cit ^in ' represent that assistance and protection to j th^ hig ! Union men in Louisiana, Arkansas, and ^ of he | Georgia, in changing the system of labor rai )n9 t heretofore existing in those States, will se- I sh ot. j cure not only their return, but their per- 1 En . ! manent adher. nee to the Federal Union. ol^ ler The Times' special with Sheridnn says, an ;lv. ' guerillas still infest tho roads, rendering , ed [nt> ' the movements of wagons impossible with- i fn md i out a strong escort. j tci
e8. J Nets York, Nov. 13. j T^
'in- I The Herald's special says, there is every j vtt { probability of commissioners being soon '^ tr at i appointed^ bv the President, if they have ! ce j not already been, to present puuee proposi- j ba tions to the rebels. ! ?r
nor) The Herald says wo hr.ve important ia- g^ na, '^ tclilgencc from tb^ .'-thrn itrloah. that ths \ w' ips. i rebels have again fallen rapidly back tow- |ar >th, | ards Staunton. ! w.
., is ! Deserters who have come into our lines ! ^'
J say that Eaily's force in the vicinity of' ex- ' Fisher's Gill, broke camp on Sunday morn- eon ' ing and commenced a retrograde movement, j ner 1 On Sunday evening his pickets along Cedar I t. ' Creek were also withdrawn, leaving appar- j c^ th : ! etitly oiily a small detachment of cavalry i ^: ack ! in Sheridan's front. Early's entire, army I NV
I in 1 in the valley is now estfatatoyd at 30,0^Xi, i tl ! s veral thou*nnd bi ing unarmed, as they j n
tn's j arc conscripts whom he has recently gob- i ^ first bled up and whom he expected to ^supply i ^ ring i with weapons, by capturing them from Siiei- j * ery, ! idan'a men. j 8i
;ons On Tuesday, between Martinsburg and ', Jj ' the front, ^t Varty of guerillas, disguised in j * :st's j national nni forms, ware _et by some of;? ille. j the second tegular cavajry, whom they fa- . ^ rges ! ^iUtariT accosted and rode along with them j v :on- j in converfation some distance. Suddenly, | J! ;sbla ! at a preconcerted signal, thoy di ew their ! * ^ re- j weapons and shot tea _ni6n sofdiers and ; * im- j escaped. The following day LV>of Mt-sby's j 0 de- ^ men' attacked 15 or 2? of tho _ 7th cavuirv, j j that killing 2, wounding 2, auU making prisun- , 1 the 1 er^ of the remaii. ^^ r. ' the . The rebels are said to have been recently ^ J ' gathering supplies for the Shenandoah ar- j ? Fort my in West Virginia.
med j Among the prisoners captured by our 1 war t cavalry iu the light of last Saturday, were j * 1 at about 30 officers. The rebel losses were 1 11
' about 350 j our loss is about 170. say I The Times says, a scheme fer the destruc- j 1 rus- , tion of stenmcrs ou the Pacific ooast by a \ ' J gang of pirates, who conceded the plot at \ I ;tro- Havana, under instructions from Mallory, | * that 1 the rebel Secretary of tho Navy, has been j j itted frustrated. They wore to be under tho j ! ceks | lead of Thomr.s A. Hogg, of the rebel na- \ 1 is au \ r, who left Havana with 10 or 20 men for , 1 i dil- Fanainsa. They were to get aboard ths . ^ :tci y steamer Guatemala, but arrived tou late, j 1 have ; Tbc sobeute wus known :n Panama and it | ates' waa expected they would tak* the Salvador, j uony | which was the next that sailed. Prepara- | ] for- I tious were made for their capture, and it is , i iu of i possible they have attempted the aehvmo ! !
and b^>en u^en. With ^ne of these it?am- ! 1 ssys en, ihey he;i)d to cspture a sp-n ie bear.ng ;
h ; ! vessel, and then prey on the Pacific com- :e, ; merce.
of New York, 18.
6 ^ Richmond papers say that Sherman left tD> ! Atlanta on the 12th, moving northward, |ch ! though they doubtless m-?an by that eaet- ^e j ward on a northorly line. m* J The Herald's Orleans correspondent says ter i our forces havo been Temoved from the poet e** ! on the Atcbafalaya river, not being Deed^ ed there any longer.
Important information has been gained . by a scouting expedition near Natcl?^z. I?j Four blockade running schooners, laden . I with cotton, have been captured off the * Texas coast.
| The Tribune's special says, owing to the ? j continued prostration of Secretary Sta^ton red w'?e 8J;)reR? ^^e^jre of the people, ths
^ J President has tendered the position ot Seo- 1 rctary of Vfar to Gen. Butler. It is said, )_e ?enerr ? ?or tac P'e'ent at least, has I declined tho honor.
lt is assarted that Admiral Farragut is ^^ to be Secretary of the Navy. It is said thai on. our government will insist upon a repara- re- tion or apology from the Brazilian Govern^ ing. men: for firing sn the U. 8. flag. If our r# I cruisers were contravening her law8v*b* , [ knows where to End us and how to avdjodi- !r 5 t cnte her claims, but the act of opocing fiu i upon our vessels will be rebukad.
crft | Scbastopol as It Is.
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jjjg. i The Loudon Times of a recent data, in the court s: of a review of Todleben'a work JS-iv 1 on '* The Crimean War,^ coutaina tha fol- tion ! '0W'D_ gk.*tch of Sebastopol as it is to-day: The scientific New Zealander who may 7. have completed his sketches of St. Paul's. e0p_ J and have wandered over the works of that fac- I m0?ern Babylon which sent out General slue ' Cameron to conquer his Maori forefathers, Th 1 1 probably be driven by his thirst for ore_ j knowledge to extend hia exploration*, and ien ' t0 T'8*; e,;cnes made famous by the peopls unce c'v'''Zen n*8 race. The Romans were Dber ' a?nost aH mucfi interested about the aite of very | Troy and the history of the great seige as ket's i were ?De German aud English professors of were ?e ?tt,t centuryi ?n n',, ramble* the Maori savant may be shot out of a pneumatio tube, or descend by his private paraehutr, :'an^ on a little angle ot* the world ^whereupon nerB just ten years ago was turned in breathless ] expectancy the gate of the great English *\n% j people. What ho will see we cannot even JJJI I pretend ;o conjecture. The traveller would
1 a j now behold wide-spread ruin, and the eoi- nilea i itudc and calm which sueceed the tempest
___ battle. Great rums never die. i'ha naJ | Tartar araba and the official's drosky roll eTe^ j over the plateau where the fresh springing an*' vines rise up amidst a rude necropolis. Stately forts still frown ovtr the deep calm ln^? 8 fiord in which lie the bones of a navy aa if ' au^ ' waiting for its reeurrcction, and crum Wing 8er^ quays, shattered towers and broken shells jum- 0f houses mark the margin of the waters arate | on which once floated the armaments of a | giant aggressive power. A f' w grav-coat- ssity I ed soldiers clamber over the heaps of bro- ice to j ken masonry, and creep in and out of tha atos, I dilapidated barracks and shot-men dwel- iatra- j lings. Listless flat-capped and booted here, citizen* saunter slowly through the city of on to j the paat. A group of boats in ^he centra , and I of the harbor is engaged in endeavors ta labor raise to the surface the hull of some rotted
11 se- I ship. All semblance of power is departed. per- j Encircling this scene of desolation aud vi-
on. olent decay, rounded knoll and deep ravine, says, j and undulating plain, ail seamed and deut- ering , ed wi;h grass-grown earthworks, spread with- ' from the sea to the _reat cleft in the pla- J teau through which rolls the stream of tb^^ IS. j Tehernaja. Within tha; narrow front onco everv ' white with the tents of the Western Fjw- soon : tTSf where the thunder of cannon never have ! ceased dav after day, and the lightning of )posi- I battle dashed from cloud to cloud and ie*pt | from hill to hill furlong, long months* tho nt m- 1 herdsman now peacefully tends the _wcka tt ths ! which browse fatly in the ^ unebedravi_ea, r tow- i*nd all that strikes the e_r is the plover _ j whistle mingled with tho ljwing of the : lines ! k^ae.^
ity of i
morn- j Geoliglcal ipccuZsttons.
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Cedar I Prof. Ag'tssiz, in the Auctttie. Monthly, tppar- j comes to tho conclusion that the continent iTalry ^ of North America was at one time eovercU arm'v j %?'tu jCU tt ^ *ie m thickness. The prot>f is 10 0^Xi i tnat tufJ slopes of the range of the Alleghe- s 'thev 1 n.v range of mountains are glaeter-wom on V gob- J tne Tery toP> c?' t'Pt a ?cw points which were supply i n0OTf' ^tbe level of the iey mass. Mount i Sti'ei- i Washington, for instance, is over six tfnm- sand feet high, and the roi.gh, unpolished g and ' ^nrfnee of its summits, covered -Ahh looea ised in i fragments, iust below tho level at which me of ' g'a,,b^-r marks come to an end, tells ns that iey fa- ! 11 ftfwf its head alone above tho desolate h them waet '^ ^f 'ee ai)(? snow. In this region then, Idenlv | the thickness of the sheet cannot have been ^ their ! ?**a ?l8u B'x tiioustnd feet, and this is iu rs aud keeping with the same kind of evidence iu toibV'*) lotbeyjarts of the countiy ; for, whe.evcr avalrv ' the mountains are mueh bel oW aixthousand irisun- ' ^ectt tb'* ice seems to have passed directly I over tbein, while the few peaks rising ou icentiT tue heights are left untouched. The gla 'ier, >ah ar- ?e argues, was God's great plow, and when ice vanished from the face of the land, >v our lt 'e?{ *l prepared for the Land of the hua- r were j bandman. The hard surface of the i4ock s were was ?round to powder, the elements of th^^ soil were mingled in fair proportions; graa- estruc- ^ 'te ?ras carried into the imie rogions, lin. j it bv a I was niingled with the more arid and un* plot^ at i productive districts and a s jii waa prepared Lallorv i nl i?lc alric>^ltural uses of mau. Tbero is been ' ar* evidences all over the polar regions to Jer tho ' ^how that at one time the heat of the trop- bel na- ' 'os *xtended ail over the globe. Tue ico neu for ' P*r'oa supposed to bo long subsequent ird ths 10 t:^';' ^nu 1>ez^ tu ?asc 0(-'iore U^ advtu.
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