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THE MONTANA POST. D. W. TILTON, & CO., Editors & Proprietors. "$y Country, X7ay hb A&liys be right, But fy Country, Right or Wrong." T8~ :-47,0 Per Ter 1 i lUae VOL. 1. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1864. NO. 15. tht aO~tIX Toost D. W. Tilton, & Co., I p. W. TILTO. BI . R. lhrrss. rUCLsnHsER AxD ror1tro~l. fr Office at the City Book Stere, Corner I r ot Wallace ard Jackson Itreets. O, TERMS: $ tCe sopr, one year, $7.50 t(se copy, six months, -4.00 One sopy, three months, - . - 2.50 Rates of Advertising. g esin carig, (five lines or less,) one year $20 00 .. -. 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JOLIY PUBLIC, JOHN S. ATCUHISO. Asguesof, T. C. EVEPJF'. 4@oUIty Officers of Madlsom n Cety. - Crnty Comtnaiiinurn, JAess Fierms, q)Wr"1L W. fTAVL3T, w FILUD. K. R~OT. !'-bats Judg., Tnoe. C. Jora . kwiff, Nair. TIowr:1. Trh aurer, Ra~iuzr N. hIlu.. Rorordgr, R. M. I1AGWAix. .,retaa.t Aaruaor It Diatriet, J3RRY C0101. .aa lelpal O fficers of Virginia city. eliss Jud s and UL.OI-Cin Mayor, 0. 0. R'ami. 114mbbrof Council, I. K. Woonci'rT. BAY. . &WWAB, a JIYS IGISQls N. 1 oag0 ;snkia1,Jr, Y 1o:ax. slOnlice .hes reguLal sommuaisations of Virginia City a Lo ge, U. D., A. y. A A. M., are held on the 2d - r td ah Satudaya in ashk month. P. s. FlTOUTS, w. 1I. Aaxz. DAtvi, Sect'y. Church. hresekr every Sabbath by Rev. A. M. Tosnar, st 11 A. MI. at the Court House. Sabbas.h School Lt 2 P. M. Ali are invited to attend. BUSINESS CARDS. W. I.. McMATr.1 W. T. Lovrau.. Mel.IATIi & , OVEI L, ltterucye at Law, Virgir.iaCity, M. ., will promp ty attend to all professional business entrusted to :heir care. 1-3m W. J. McCormick. W. Y. Pemberton. II. Burns. McCormick, Pemberton & Burns. Atteruvrs at Law. Virginia City. Montana Te'ito ry. Ofice in Co.tert's Corner up-stairs. 1- 6m B. M. Brarroao. It. B. PIafotor. . . W. Boar, Cal. Iowa. Col. STAFFORD, PARROTT & IORTON, Attorneys at L.aw, Offce on Idaho street. opposite ohe court house, Virginia City, Montara Terrintory. 2-3m Rrsurant, Virginia City, Montina Territory. tleel served at all hours. Aleo the beet of liquors. J_ ----------t- tin ---- -._.___.. B. JUDGE, Boot A Shoe maker, Virginia City, Montana Ter ritory. The bait of custom work always on land. WOve me a trial. 1-S . J083PH CRUWIT, French Baker, Nevada City, Mentena Territory, would say to hiz numerous customers that he is r! wayr on l'hid to stuff the mouths of the hungry. (zive him aesll. 1-6m __ 1)R. II. N. CRhiPIN, - Physician and Snr.*on, formerly atistant in the. Jopkital du midi in 'aris, and attached to tho New / York Hoopital, NSw York-recOntly from DPhu ue, Al Iowa. Oflce in Virginia City, oppeoita thesay ca scales, main street. 1-6. be T. BUTLEtL, l'ractioal Watebmake and Jeweler. Particular attention paid to repai:ing all Classe of watchse. Ano Fart of any watch can be nimie new at th - ;es S.blisument, anrd warranted to give satisf:aon- C; Cell anz: examine specimens of Jewelry msase from tae native Cold. 1- . ALITO IA LHOTIEL, Nevada Ci.y, Montana Territory. LOUIS BELANGER, - . . aorasearon/t. This botel is situated on Main street, and in the it best part of the City. The table supplied with th e,, bat the market affords, and t he ealoon Iurnishod a1 wnb the best liquors. Rooml and beds can be bhad a reasonable prices. tharga for board moderate. 2 CA RTIFICATE OF TEN MITARES OF THllE consolidated Silver Star Company. The owner I by provining property and paying for this advertise m.et can have the same at the City Iook Store, Virginia City. . . ECHANICAL BAKERY, Cuvwertraet. Virginia City, N. T. Kendle .k Vincent, poprietoras. epp oa hms .Ik kinds of kread, cakes and pies, wi ar going o likea"ot iake," at cheap rates. "- i' nO TANA BILLIARD IALL - *.u Pi 9e sa e. 1M*a BUSINSERS CARDS. i iDAHO IOTEL, R Wallace street, VirginiaCity, M. T. J. M. Omatner proprietor. The proprietor anmounces to his old T frieuds and the public generally, that he is now prepared to accommodate boarders by the meal, day orweek at low ratee. Hli table famished with the he but the market words. 1-ly Je te LEWIS a RALE, Na Manfacturers of .Tewelry, Jackson seeet, Vir- m ginia City, M. T. Strict attention given to re piaring all classes of witches, and warranted to l give satisfaction. Keep c9n!tpntly onhand a large in assortment of Jewelry. Etery thing in our line made to order at low rates. 1-3m UI C -O Io ma o ' DHAIR DRESSING R 0 OM.I o ri 1 Hair Dyeing and Cntting Done in is o IGOOD STYLE. ii of a o I TOM. WHITE, Proplleter. t 0 W. F. Sanders. Jerry Cook.' r 0I SANDERS k COOK. 1 TTORN-EYS at Law, Virginia City, Montana ai Wim- I)ECKER. . S ur.eon Dentist. OFFICE IN POST OFFICE BUILDING. PA tientE visited at their residence when defired. tf--3 __ I ROATH & CO., i 4 MERICA-N WATCIEI JUST RECEIVEDl.DI 1 rectfrom the manufactories. lvery description ofJewelry manufactured from the Native Gold. Call, Examiue $pecimens, and then judge. Sign. of the IAXI OTH WATCH NEVADA CITY, Montana Territory. Viri:,is City, Sept. 10, 1364. 3--4m Win. DECK E R. It 'INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. i Real Estate mnd Mintll Agency. All busiraw promaptly att*edled to. Ofce in i Postf OfCe* Vuildiug 4--f 1 SJ. T. RENDERSON, PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER. Office on Cover Street, Virgilia City. LIME AND IBRICK. HENRY BAIER. Also Flue Building, and all kinds of brick work one to order. 5-3m Wm. CHUXASERO. TITORNEY AT LAW. VIRGINIA CITY, MON ta·a TerriLory. Ofce, coraor of Wallace and Jackson streets, at J. A. Ming's Store. ii 4 -- r I lShaving and Hair Dressing Saloon. MUSTACHIIE AND HAIR COLORING. South side of Wallace Street, Va. City o i LYONS &WIHITE, Proprietors. i dow7 JOHN S. ATCHISON, der NOTARY PUBILC. REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS d FOiR SALE AT he, ALLEN & t LLLA D'S$ BANK. ala the VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY. Jet 4-tf en - - -.. . _ ___.----- eta): PEOPLE'S MIARKET. Wallace St., Next Door to Weary's New Bank. th MlEAT., VEGETABk'l., QAME, 1. Ac., Ac., to. lei STEWART I P.ALL. t, 4--'f _ __--- ----- ex UMBER YARD. .e Idaho setret. Virirhia City, M. T. Jomsu Gen- P nail. proprietor. Koeeps constantly on bhand all all kir a of the best lumber, which will be sold at low to rates. 1-ly th -TAR. BAKERY AND SALOON, hi Nevadi City, M. T. Patrick Ryan, proprietor.- All persons widiing good bread aro retluatsd to m call. Prices low. Also, beer furnished with the t best o[ drinks. HIre is the place to get an honest lgaf, a cake or pie, Md ,saeSbing to weki t ! dow." . -- PLAN'TER S HOUSE - Corner of Idaho and Jackson Bts.. Vir- w ginia City, Montana Territory WM. & JOHN A. SHOOT (Vormerly of the Planter's House, Hannibal Mo.) PROPRIETOES. SIi ABOYVE NAMED IIOUtiE, Fi3RMERLY conducted by Wna. Sloan,. Esq., having been Ii enlarged and re-ftted if now'open with rreiy facil- r e its for the accommlodation of Guwets and Boarders. d Comfortable rooms and bads ire providud and the dt atble In carefully furnished with the bert the mar 1 ket an reasons afford. PaI e er for the early Stage Coaches ean obtain _ good lodgini here and be wabeoed at the proper i hour. The patronage of the public is repectfully 1 solicited. We. A Jxo. A. 8SHO0T, S -Sf PaoruMatos. r . C. CoxirDL, M. D. S. L. F. IP ia, *. D s, Drs. VNIR ELL o& AIRD. -pHHYSICIANS & S.URGEONS. (Succssors to) S Dilr.. U OKE k GLI(ItK . 0 f f ic* onJacksom ,tedet,belew Wallee. Vlrgises City. Mantenr Terrltry. y e. adm Ladter **.P.ar_ y e. . " d-- Sf p us. /'eU- meI*ii. An Adventure in the Alps, PROFiSMOI TYNDALL bDSC'INDING A OLACII.o f -- to Professor Tyndall sends to the London lo' Times a narrative of a rather exciting ad venture in the Alps. On the 3d of July, io -he and two friends, with scouple of guides, Ul Jenni and :Walter, ascended the Piz Mor- 3 teratch. The ascent was accomplished ID safely, but not the descent, which was U made along the Morteratch glacier: D " We at length reached the' point at iwhich it was necessary o. quit ourpIlom ing's track, and immediately afterwardagot upon some steep rocks, which were render ed slippery here and there by the water U which trickled over them. To our right 1) was a broad couloir, which was oncea filled with snow, but this had been melted and i refrozen, so ascto expose a uloping wall of ice. We were all tied together at this time in the following order r Jenni led, I came c next, then my friend 1I. an intrepid moun taineer, then his friend L., and last of all the guide Walter. After descending the I rocks for a time, Jenni turned and asked me whether I thought it better to adhere to I them or to try the ice slope to the right. I pronounced in favor of the rocks, but he seemed to misunderstand ina, and turned I towards the couloir. He outeteps, reached < the snow, and descended carefully along it, i all following him, apparently in good order.Ii 1 After t little time he stopped, turned, " and looked upwards at the last three men. He said. qomething about keeping carefully - in the tracks, adding that a false step might detatch an avalanche. The word was scarcely uttered when I heard the sound of a fall behind me, then a rush. and in the twinkling of an eye my two friends and their guide, all apparently entangled to gether whirled past me. I suddenly plant ed myself to resist their shock, but in an instant I was in their wake, for their im * petus was irresistible. A moment after wards Jenni was whirled away, and thus all fire of us found ourselves riding down Swards with uncontrollable speed on the back of an avalanche, which a single slip F had originated. When thrown down by the jerk of the rope, 1 turned promptly dn my * face and drove my baton through the mov in inr snow, seeking to anchro it on the ice underneath. I had held it firmly thus for a few aeconds, when I came in collision with some obstacle, and was rudely tossed Ithrough the air. Jenni at the same time R. being shot down upon me. Beth of us j here lost our batons. We had. in fact, been f carried over a crevasse, had hit its lower - ' cage, our great velocity causing us to be Ditched beyond it. " I was quite bewildered for a moment but immediately righted myself, and could see those in front of me half buried in the snow and jolted from side to side by the c; ruts among which they were passing. Sud- it deuly I saw them tumble over by a lurch of a the avalanche, and immediately afterwards t found myself imitating theirmotion. This f was caused rb a second crevasse. Jennii knew of its existence, and plunged right into it-a brave and manful act, but for e the time unavailing. He is over thirteen r stone weight, and he thought that by jump ing into the chasm a strain might be putI upon the rope sufficient to stop the motion. IHe was, however, violently jerked out of the fissure, and was almost squeezed to death by the pressure of the rope. A long slope was below us, which led directly downwards to a brow where the glacier sud denly fell into a declivity of ice. At the base of this declivity the glacier was cut by a serie- of profound chasms, and tow ards the we we were now rapidly borne. The three foremost men rose upon the fore head of the avalanche, and were, at times, almost wholly immersed in the snow; but the moving layer was thinner behind, and Jcnni rose inccssantly, and, with desperate enorgy, drove his feet into the firmer sub stance underneath. His voice shouting, ' Halt! Herr Jeces, halt:' was the only one I. on nrl Irne the descent. " A kind of condensed memory, such as that described by people who have narrow- a lv, eecaped drowning, took possession of rie; and I thougint and reasoned with pre ternatural clearness as I rushed along. Our start, moreover, was too sudden and the excitement too great to permit of the de velopment of terror. The slope at one place became less steep, the speed visibly slackened, and we thought we were coming to rest; the avalanche, however, crossed the brow which terminated this gentle slope and regained its motion. Here H threw his arms around his friend,all hope for the time being extinguished, while'I igrasped my belt and struggled for an instant to de tach myself. Finding this difficult, I re sumed to pull upon the rope. My share in the work was, I fear, infinitessimal, but Senni's powe.rul strain made itself felt at last. Aided probably by a slight change of l inclination, he brought the whole to rest within a short distance of the chasms over which, had we preservwd our speed,a few seconds would, have carried us, None of us suffered seriops damages. II. emerged from the snow with his forehead bleeding, but the wound was superficial. Jenni had a bit of dtesh rbumoved from his hand by cel- ) lision against-a stone ; the pressure of the rope had left black welts on my arms, and we all experienced atingling sensation over • tbe hands, like that produced by incipient irost-bite, which continu'ed for several days. I found a portion of msy watch chain bang : irg round my oeck. another portion in my pocket-the watch itself was gone." S-Tna Gua3Dsaxs or Tas FLAO.--G . H. Beard, in the Bast, has nearly finished a peture " entitled L"The Guardians d tshe . lag,* of a patriotic haracter. On the rocky peak of a moant ai, etoad-.evrlen+ed, from a rude staw supported by the rocks, the Amerian flag floats,; and below it, on rsvwv side, a scereof eagles, iu various at tismas,' ae engaged in keeping watch and foiata over it. issribed on the rock as the * base of sthe peak. art the dies 1778, U18tI, . 1861 the t . .sasgrpws and licheabd s. the last, sharp and wel-dstfued. LATEST DT TELEGRAPH. The delegations from the following states h to the next Congress stand about as fol- t lows: Maine, 5 Union; New Hampshire, 3 Un ion; Vermont, 3 Union; Connecticut. 3 Union, 1 Democrat; New Jersevi 2 Union, 3 Democratic; Pennsylvania, 16 Union, 8 De1ocratic ; De1as are, I Union; Ohio, 17 Union, 2 Democratic ; Illinois, 11 Union, 3 Democratic; Maryladd, 14 Union, 1 Dem ocratic; Indianat 8 Union, 3 Democratic; Wisconsin, 5 tnion, 1 Democratic; Mich igan, 6 Union; lows, 6 Union; Minnesota, 2 Union] Kansas, 1 Union ; Kentucky, 3 Union, 6 Democratic; Missoari, 6 Union, 3 Democratic; West Virginia, 3 Union; to Stal, 137 Union, 4 Democratic ; lhode Is land 3 U lon; Mlassaebussetts, 10 Union; New Yotk, 20 Union, 11 Democratic. The majority of the popular vote for Lin coln is about as follows : Maine, 18,000; New Hampshire, 2,500; Vermont, 3,030; Massachussetts, 7,000; Rhode Island, 5,000; Connecticut, 2,500; New York, 8,000; Pennsylvania. 15,000; Maryland, 5,500; West Virginia, 2,000; Wis consin, 12,000; Ohio, 40,000; Missouri, 5,000; Minnesota, 6.000; Michigan, 15,000: Kansas, 2,000; lows, 4,000; Indiana, 25, 000; Illinois, 30,000. These majorties do not include the soldiers' vote, which will probably add 60,000 to the aggregate ma Jority. Delaware gives McClellan 450; Kentuc Sky, 25,000, and New Jersey 5,509. Chicago, Nov. 16. cus, A gentleman in this city his a letter from II a relative holding a high position in Sher- con man's army. A standing grand movement of will he made on Savannah, for which peint SSherman has already started, with tairty day o. New York, Nor, 16. ior Richmond papers of Saturday last devote to 1 space to she discussion of Northern politics. eat The result of the election is considered to hoe he a declaration that the Northern people 1 Co will have four years more of war. There- we F fore, the Southern people are urged to think of of war for an indefinite period. They de- em sire to have no talk or {rouble about ques- wh tions of peace, and invite such men as dr: e Stephens. Brown and Boyce to resign. The Whig is confident that before the ta n close of the month, Grant will have made be a grand combined land and water attack on Re Richmond. de The Tribune's special says the report he er gains currency that Fessenden will be sue- I seeded by Walker. Stanton's illness is so I of severe that his physician has advised him O4 to abandon official anxieties. I, New York, Nor. 16. The Herald's special svay, the reported capture of Agusta, Georgia, by Sherman, is treated here by the military authorities as a pure canard, there being no informa- I tion here to make tho slightest foundation for the rumor. Even if Sherman was marching in that direction, he hasn't vet had time to reach Agusta, and there is no expectation of hearing from hin'tor seve ral days, except through rebel newspapers. Cincinnati, Nov. 16. t A Nashville special says, the rebel army, numbering 33,O00 is still concentrated in, the victnity of Florence. One corps on this side of the river. The condition of the roads prevents active military operations and the rebels remain comparatively quiet. I New York, Nov. Ii. e The Commercial's special sayse. Butler had an interview with the President to-day. It is reported that he has been assigned theu command of an important expedition, and will not return to the army of the James. , his speech in New York is warmly com it mended. d ichmord papers say, Sherman was at e Atlanta on the 7th. The Richmond Whig contains a rumor thai Hood has taken DI)ca.tu;, Alabdma, tC and captured the garrison of 8,000 troops, rt half of whom were colored. On the 8th, a a rebel attack on Iluntsville, Alabama, is also reported. i The Montgomery Mail of the 17th, ex- F pacts an earvl advance on Agusta or Macon ii by Sheridan. The Richmond Examiner t i ridicules the idea of any such movement. ( Brig.-Gen. Tyler has forwarded to thr: e War Department, Washington, the black ] i flag captured from Earlv's command in August. a The efficiency and activity of Sheridan's a cavalry are shown by the fact that the first I division, under Merritt, captured during a the present campaign, 29 pieces of artillery, i 2,000 prisoners, 18 caissons, 100 wagons and ambulances, and 11 liage. i The rebel newspapers contain Forest's account of the destruction at Johnsonvill. i Four gunboats, 14 steamers and 14 barges 1 are claimed as having been burned, con suming an immense amount of valuable r property. This may he believed, as the re r port claims that a good portion of the ie mense stores at Johrnsonville have ban de I stroved, but we have sacce learned that Jobnsonville is still in the hands of the Union forces, and but a smallportion of the - army supplies were burned. e The bombardment uf Charlestonand Fort; 1 Sumter is reported to be still continued r with steadiness. Seventy-two Union war t rvessels and 78 transports are reported at ' Hilton Head. The Richmond papers of Monday say Y that on the 9th Hood's army was at Tus cumbia and Sherman at Atlanta. Superi tendent Kennedy, of the Metro I. politan Iolice, having become aware that a certain extensive forgeries were committed to in this and other States about six weeks is since, gave the case to the detectives so , f;iork up. They bare, since then, been' dil s,! igently engaged and with very satisfactory >n reseit. uwar principal operatore have .t- been arreatd, one of whoms turned tates' ad evidenoe yesterday, and gave testimony hel against other.. The w.a1e series of for u, igers is ewpposed is involve the sum of I;g about one qgarter of .a- aillion. SThe Tlrse',~ kslaillsk earrupondent eass Beauregard's headquarters are at Corinth; I Hood, with Cheatham's corps is at Florence, a his camp extending on the North side of the river as far as Tuscumbia. S. D. Lee's corps is at Jackson, Stewart's is at Corinth, Jacinto, and Riense, 15 miles from each t other on the Mobile. and Ohio road.: .The entire rebel army, which a year ago num bered 75,000 veterans, cannot now master over 40,000. including Forest's and Wheel. er's cavalry, and Diek Taylor's. The same correspondent says, our loss at Johnsonville will not exceed a million of dollars. The facts are, that on the night of the 4th, Forrest liAnted a battery of 10 guns opposite Johbbinville. Next mo~ring he knocked to pieces 3 tin olads, and seven transports. The nezt: daJy e shelled the towa48 hours and then Ieft. 'Meanwhile a portion of Wheeler's cavalry appeared south of the fort, but finding it strong and - ell garrisoned they returned to Florence. During the shelling, every bridge but one was struck, but only two were burned. Cairo, Nov. 12. Oicer from Memphis reports that Gen. Canby has died from thd effects of his re cent wound, while en route to New Oteans. Washington, Nov. 17. The Richmond papers of Tuesday make no mention of Sherman's move, which fact is regarded here as an evidence thathe has met with success. The rebel Senate and House had.a secret e" session on Monday. at which it is surmised the question of arming the slaves was dis cussed. pm ; It is reported that the President seriously r- contemplates issuing another proclamation Louiesille, Nov. 17. I. Private reliable news, dated Rome, Geor gia, 16th, says the destruction of manufac tories, mills, and other buildings of value to the enemy commenced yesterday. The extensive rolling mills, stables, and store houses were destroyed by order of Gen. Corse. Sofme places of minor importance were fired by the soldiers, but the number of private residences destroyed was very small. The enemy attacked our pickets while engaged in the destruction, but were driven off. On Tuesday last, the bilwarks of Atian ta were attacked by 1,500 eavalry, who were beaten off with but little difficulty. A rebel committee reports the following destruction by Sheridan: 30 dwelling houses. 450 barns, 31 mills, 3 factories, and I furnace were burned. A hundred miles of fencing, 100,000 bushels of wheat, 50, 000 bushels of corn, and 6,000 tone of bay were destroyed. A thonsand and seven cattle. the same number of horse., and 4.000 hogs were carried off. The Montreal Gazette publishes Young's commissiea from the rebel government, au thorizing him to organize, for special ser vice, a company not to exceed 300 in num ber, from those *ihobelong to the Confedrate service. The Ilerald's special anvs the necessity I of adopting a fixed policy in reference to the proposed return of the seceded States, is vigorously pressed upon the administra tion. Banks and other Generals now here, represent that assistance and protection to s Union men in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Georgia, in changing the system of labor heretofore existing in those States, will se cure not only their return, but their per manent adher.nce to the Federal Union. r The Times' special with Sherida.n saes, , guerillas still infest the ro:ads, rendering the movements of wagons impossible with Si ou a strong escort. S Nw.v York, Nov. 1i. Tel The [Herald's special says, there is every wb probability of commissioners being soon crs appointed by the President. if they have cet not already leen, to present peace proposi- fal tions to the r.rbhli. fre The lieralti says *e have important ln- he tctligence from "t1: S;henitlndoah. that the wI rebels have again fallen rapidly back tow- tn ards Staunton. wl Deserters who have come into our lines ki say that Eatly's force in the vicinity of Fisiher's Hliil, broke camp on Sunday morn ing and coummenced a retrograde movement. On Sundtay evening his pickets along Ccdar Creek were also withdra~wn, leaving appar- co ently otly a small detachment of caval.y of in Sheridan's front. Earl;'s entire army w in the valley is now estimato.d at.30,,JOt. tb severval thousand h.,ing unarmed, as they n, are conscripts whom he has recently gob- tI bled up and whom he expected to supply 1" with weapons by capturing them from Sher idan's men. as On Tuesday, between Martinsburg and .t the front, a .arty of guerillas, disguised in] fi natioual utifiorni,, w-ere met by some of ` the scoutd regulir cavilry, whom they fa- ' miu'-nrlv accosted and rode along with them Sin converstion some distance. Suddenlvy, t • at a preconocrteJ, 5i.L , they drew theirl we apons ,and shot ten Union soldiers and1 esce.ped. The following day 1350of Mosbv's 0 men attaeckod 15 or t() of .th 27th cavalry, It killing 2, wounding 2., an/, making prison c ers of the remainder. e The rebels are said to have been recently t e The rebels are said to have been recently gath'ring supplies for the Shenandoah ar ,t smy in West Virginia. d Among the prisoners captured by our r cav.iry in the fight of last Saturday, were it about 30 ofUcers. The rebel l]oses were about 350; our lusa is about 170. y The Time. says, a scheme for the destruc t- ion of steamers on the Pacitfi ooast by a gang of pirates, who concected the plot at o- liavana under.instructions from Miallory, kt I the rebe" 8ýoretary of the Navy, has beca ad- frutrmated. They were to be under the ds ilead of4 Thomas 1. Hogg, of the rebel na to vy, who left Haxana with 16 or 20 men for il- Panama. They were to get aboard the ry uteamer Guatemala, but arlrved too late. re Tb·isobem. was known in Pausma and it is' wea espected they would taktike Salvador, my which was tir peat tbat sailed. Prepat& r- tions were mistu for their capture. And i is of epoeuiblh tbere hate mtteupted the £,.hemo 5s abeeo taken, .'itb ene-of these steam en ar, they b.ipi t" t+4ture a pSip beirir-g vessel, and then preyp m the Psaif com merce. New York, 18. Richmend papers say thit Sherman left Atlanta on the 12th, moving northward, though they doubtless mean by that east ward on a northerly line. The lierald't Orleanecorrespondent says our forces have been removed from the post on the Atchafalava river, not bWing need ed there any longer. Important information has been gained by a scouting expedition near NiaIoez. Four blockade running schooners, laden with cotton, have been captured orthe STexas coast. The Tribon ,special says, owiut to the e iontia ) ipr E o e t o Spea g on Sthe wide sread desire of the people the President has tendered the position of Sea retary of War to Gen. Butler. It is said, , the General, for the present at least, has e declined the honor. It is asserted that Admiral Farragut is to be Secretary of the Navy. It is said that .our government will insist upon a repara a- tion or apology from the Brasilian Govenn a.j met for friug ea the U. 8. flag. If our cruisers were contravening ber iawa e knows where to find us and how to ýjndi ce te her claims, but the act of oporing fire •ts upon our vessels will be rebuked. Sebastepol as a. Is. The London Tima of a recent. date, in the course of a review of Todleben's work on "The Crimean War," contains the fol lowing sketch of Sebastopol as it is ta,.dv: The seientific New Zealander who may have completed his sketches of St. Pasi's, and have wandered over the works of that modern Babylon which sent out General Cameron to conquer his Maori forefathers, will probably be driven by his thirst for knowledge to extend his explorations, and to visit scenes made fanmus by the people who civilised his race. The losranae cere almost as much interested about the site of Troy and the history of the great seigo as were the German and English professors of the last century. In his ramblef the Maori savant mroay be shot out of a pneumatic tube, or descend by his private paraehute, on a little angle o4 the world whereupon just ten years ago was turned in brearhless elpeetaney' the gase of the great English Speople. What he will see we cannot eren !pretend to conjecture. The traveller wou;d now behold wlde-spread rufit, and the sot itude and calm which succeed the te.mpest of battle. Great ruins never die. !ihe Tartar arabs and the official's dr sky 'roll over the plateau wherethe fresh springiug vines rise up amidst a rude necrope:is. Stately forts still frown over the deep Ealn fiord in which lie the bones of a navy ~s if waiting for its resurrection, and crutining quays, shattered towers and broken shells of houses mark the margin of the waters on which once floated the armaments of a giant aggressive power. A few gray-coas r ed soldiers clamber over the heaps of bro ka en masonry, and creep in and out of the Idilapidated barracks and shot-riten dwel Sings. Listless flat-capped and booted , citizens saunter slowly through the city of the ast. A group of boats in bhe centra dof the harbor is engaged in endeavors to r raise to the surface the¶hull of some rotted Iship. All semblance of poweris departed. Encircling this scene of desolation and vi olent decay, rounded knoll and deep ravine, 1, and unduiating plain, all seamed and dent g ed wi:h grass-grown earthworks, spread 1" from the sea to the great cleft in the pla teau through which rolls the stream of tb. Tehernaya. Within that rnarrow front onco • white with the tents of the Western P'.w a ecrs, where the thunder of cannon never re ceased day after day, and the lightning of i. battle flashed from cloud to cloud and leept I from hill to hill for long, long m P~at, thu .' herdsrian now peacefu:lly tends the uocks which browse fatly in the nr:iched ravines, -i and all that strikes the ear is the plover's whistle mingled with the laiwinu of the es kine. .CI Geoliglcal Specu:ations. Prof. Agassiz, in the A!lo;aiet 3Monthly, men to the conclusion th.t the continent North America was at one time coerctl ith ice a mile in thickness. The proof is at the slopes of the range of the A!ekgbe r range of mountains are glaci.r-sworh on c very top, except a few points whieb were orve the level of the icy mass. Mount :ashington, for instance, is over six thou nd feet high, and the rough, unpolished rfOcee of its summits, covered with loose agments, inst below the level at which lacitr marmq come to an end, tells as that lifted, its head alone above the deialato aste of ice and snow. In this region then, 2e thisknees' of the sheet cannot bav bee'n as than six thousand feet, and this is in .eping with the same kind of evidence in ther Tarts of the country; for, wheievecr be mountains are much below six thousand ee:, the ice seems to have passed directly ver them, while the few peaks rising on be heights are left untouched. The glajier, ie argues, was God's great plow, and When he ice vanished from the face of the !Ulnd, t left it prepared for the hand of the bus andman. The hard surface of the hIock Ras ground to powder, the elements of the soil ere min gd in fair proportions, gran to was carried into the time regions, li.e was mingled with the more arid and un productive dJisticts and a soil was prepared it for the agricwltural uses of man. ' There are evidelceii all ovet'the polar retuirn to ihow that at one tine the heat of the tlop ics -xtended all Over the globe. The'ice period' tsupposed' to be long subsequens to bith, did neat to last bdefot se i'a iaa of this n.atb. Nzw oT lulIo In A 4 4f --VI *.si0 ' .4bp%.~ ' J. TOYj top a Avw dwetk:3 i