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THE RUTLAND WEEKLY HERALD. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864.' RUTLAND HERALD. . THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864. Kotiet to Adtmtiwm. - AiwtiMnwnU ahaald b htnded in before ai o'clock p. m., to mwn tbcif inacrtion in Uo rP,r ' tbo next Mining. ' Hew llamphtre Election. Last year Gov. Gilmore, the Repnbll gn candidate in New Hampshire, failed of an election by the people. The vote stood; f . " n Eastman, (democrat,) 32,833 CUmo (republican, 20.085 -.' Harrtman, (wardem.) 4,872 Gilmore was thus behind Eastman 1,798, and the combined vote of Qlllmore and Harrlman was only 574 over that of Eastman alone. Here was a grand chance for a stand p, do-or-dle, rule-or-ruln fight by the latter-day democracy, this spring, and It being the first state election of the year In which the presidential campaign Is to be fought, and therefore of extraordina ry Importance by reason of Its bearings and Influence thereon, the copperheads f New Hampshire have worked with a desperation corresponding to their crit ical condition. Their ranks were utter ly broken and themselves thoroughly routed by the elections of last year, and here was their last chance to rally. They even worked themselves into a dis Bally hopeful state over it; and be hold the result. According to the latest returns recei ved at the time of writing, Gov. Gilmore is elected, this time by the people, by more than Fivs Thousand majority over the copperhead-democratic candidate, Har rington. If we give Gilmore every vote cast for the war-democratic candidate last year, he still makes a gain, in ma jority, of about 4,600. Last year the Council stood 3 repub licans to 2 democrats; this year all the republican candidates are reported elec ted. Last year the Senate stood 9 re publicans to 3 democrats ; this year it is reported 10 republicans to 2 demo crats, Last year the House stood 189 republicans to 142 democrats ; republi can majority 47. This year the republi can majority is estimated at 75 or 80. These figures are all liable, of course, to some modification by more complete returns ; but enough is known to war rant the assertion that the result of the election is an unexpetUdly great and glorious Union victory. And it was achieved notwithstanding the absence of thousands of New Hampshire's loyal sons In the military service of the Un ion; notwithstanding the most stren uous and sleepless labors of which the opposition Is capable; and it was achieved without the aid. of any enthu lam created by new victories of the Union arms, but solely by the steadfast determination of the people that the government shall be sustained" while battling for the preservation of the coun try. New Hampshire has brilliantly open ed the important political eampalgn of the year. Connecticut will next fall in to the line of 1864, and keep step to the music of the Union. Thb America Conflict. We have received specimen pages of the forth coming history of the American Con flict, by Horace Greeley ; 0. D. Case & Co., Hartford, publishers. This history is intended, as Its title page indicates, to exhibit the causes, incidents, and re sults of the rebellion, and especially Its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to 1864. From an examination of the pages received, we can safely predict that the work will be one of the most absorbing Interest and of Incalculable value. This it is hardly necessary, to State, when one remembers the great fa miliarity of the author, probably Hne , quailed by any living man, with the po litical history of the country, his unsur passed facilities for obtaining necessary facts and statistics, and his well-known vigor, fearlessness and independence as a writer and thinker. No other living man, certainly, is 60 fit to write the history of the progress of public opin ion respecting slavery, the great cause of this "American Conflict" The his tory thus far, however, deals in the im portant facts and incidents, illustrating this progress, detailed in the forcible tyle of Mr. Greeley, rather than in phi losophical or moral disquisitions, and will be found the more interesting, and possibly the more impartial, for this reason. It Is a book which every wan in the land should have and take meas ures to procure. Typographically it Is excellent. The type is large and clear, and the book is well illustrated. It is to be published In two large volumes ; volume 1st to be issued about the first of May next. Mr. M. Caswell is the agent, we no tice, for Rutland and Addison Counties. t" Says the Boston Journal, the oration to the black regiment which left Hew York on Monday was a striking manifestation of the change in public sentiment which a single year has brought about. In the streets of a city where nine months ago negroes were hunted like dogs, a regiment of them marched in solid platoons, with shoul dered muskets, slung knapsacks, and buckled cartridge boxes, to the pealing strains of martial muflc, and were ev erywhere saluted with waving handker chiefs, with descending flowers, and With the acclamations and plaudits of countless beholders. The world moves If the Boston (or Rutland) Courier does Ntw Yon Boldibm to Vots. The election in New York on Tuesday to de cide whether the Constitution of that State shall be so amended as to permit her soldiers in the United States service to vote, passed off very quietly. But a light vote was polled, and the majority in favor of the amendment was large. The copperheads were opposed to the amendment, but did not dare to take issue on it very vigorously. ' Military Intebfkbrmcb. There was a case of "unconstitutional,' military Interference in the election which oc curred In Tennessee last Saturday. , In Hickman County, rebel guerrillas des troyed the ballot boxes and scattered the ballots. Here is a chance for cop perhead declamation. It Is the only chance there, as there was no other case of Intervention in that military district. l3TTIon. Henry J, Raymond of the New York Times is engaged In writing a history of Mr. Lincoln's administra tion. Parke Godwin is understood to be writing a life of Mr. Chase. 13T It is said that a new daily paper devoted to the interests of Secretary Chase is about to be started in New York on'a capital of $200,000. United State Sanitary CoiuaiU.iou. NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S AUXILLIARV AS SOCIATION. Owing to continued absence during the last three months, the contributions of the towns of Vennont to the New England Women's Branch of the Com mission, have not been regularly pub lished. Below are given the names of the towns sending in contributions du ring the months of Novemlier and De cember, 18(53, and January 18G4. We trust our friends will not be im patient for reports of their boxes. As we are under so great obligations to the railroad officials for the services render ed us, we do not wish them to be incom moded in forwarding our supplies. We are therefore in the habit of collecting a number of boxes to go together, instead of troubling them with so many scat tering packages. The letters being ad dressed to the rooms in Boston, announc ing these boxes as on the way, the sup plies are reckoned in the amount on hand, and are just as good to the Com mission as if in Boston, because it is known just what they are, and that they can be telegraphed for at a moment's no tice, if they are especially wanted. For this reason, some boxes sent in January may be reported as. received in Febru ary, and so in every month's report there may be a slight variation, but the wlwle is kept correctly in Brattleboro, and ev erything will finally be acknowledged from Boston. We will be particular that this delay shall be as slight as pos sible. But the Aid Societies may be sat isfied there is hardly a chance for any thing to lie lost, If they send a letter by mail to N. E. W. A. A., 22 Sumner street, Boston, with an invoice of the contents of the box, at the same time the box Is started on its way. If the box does not reach Boston with the next consignment after the receipt of this letter, the mat ter is speedily investigated and the miss ing box found. Thus far nothing has been lost since this system of transpor tation was organized. Contributions received from Vermont during the month of Novenber, 1863 : West Brattleboro, Guilford, West Mil ton, West Albany, Fairfield, Shoreham, St. Johnsbury, Chester, Craftsbury, Pas sumpsick, Woodstock, Hydepark, Stowe, MorrisBville, Ascutneyville, St. Johns bury Center, West . opsham, Weathers- field Bow, 8outh Hero, Johnson, West Randolph, Jamaica, Fayetteville, West Concord, Burlington, 2 boxes, Wilming ton, Palnesville. One box and two bar rels unknown. Received during December, 1863 : Burlington, Fairhaven, Leicester, Brat tleboro, Bakerstield, Chelsea, Proctors- ville, Bethel, Cambridge, Windsor, Sher burne, weatnersneid, Mclndoes Falls, Sharon, unanotte, Fairfield. Received during January, 1864 : Milton Falls, Windsor, Pittsford. Bar narii, St. Albans, Randolph, Weathers- Held Centre, tayettevUle, Wallingford, Brandon, Derby, Colchester, Derby Line, nyegate, fcpringneia, Burlington, Morris town Corners, Westfleld, Clarendon, Peacham, Putney, Jacksonville, Hard wick, West Charleston. Three boxes unknown. If the directions for the address of boxes lor the Sanitary Commission are not known, the Societies should write us at once for Information. In behalf of the N. E. Women's Aux iliary Association. M. G. Davenport, Brattleboro, Vt, Feb. 22, 1864. Death n fVir. Tfc v.i lowinsr is the article in the Rirhmntui Sentinel of th&6th Inst., announcing the "The gallant Dahlgreu is dead. After leaving Richmond he proceeded with a portion of his men toward the peninsu la, throuflrh thfi coiint.v rf Trinir Queen, where he met Lieut. Col. Pollard of the 9th Virginia, and had a sharp en counter, in which Col. Dahlgren was shot dead. Some seventy or eighty of his men were captured. The remainder have rejoined Kilpatrick, as has been al ready stated. Col. Dahlgren was one of the bravest sons of America and his death will be regretted by all -who ever knew him. He had lost a leg in the service, and had just arrived at that pe riod of convalescence when he could take the saddle, when he was cut down by war's relentless hand.' Upon his per son were found an address to his men and a memorandum of the route he was to take with his command, when he left Kilpatrick, where he was to go, what he was to do, when he was to be there, and when he was to rejoin the main force.' The address to his men is a most spirit stirring and patriotic appeal to their sympathies and valor in behalf of their fellow soldiers who are suffering im prisonment in the loathsome dungeons and upon the desert islands of theCon federacy. He begs them not to falter or flag, but to follow him to open prison doors, and, putting arms into the hands of their released brethren all march together to kill Davis and his t am net, ana then return home to their friends, readv and - inilmig . far fnrth. deads of valor.'. -- : ! : i . - Rutland County Coukt. The trial of the case of Bowman . Parker proceeded in Court yesterday. The examination of the plaintiff lasted until nearly noon. The remaluder of tho day was occupied in the examination of witnesses on the part of the plaintiff. Four witnesses were examined, and the plaintiffs testi mony is not all in yet . Vermont Bonds. Vermont six per cent, bouds of 1876 sold In Boston on Saturday at 104, Vermont Central Rail road stock at 1 6-8, Vermont and Cana da, (ex. div.) at 121, Connecticut and Passuuipslc preferred stock at 68 1-2, and bonds of 1876 at 102 1-4. rmiMTv uiiiii8ioNKR8. The Commis sioners elected were the "temperauce candidates" in all tho counties heard from except Chittenden and Lamoille. Three counties are not yet fully heard from, viz: Essex, Orleans and Franklin. feT Dr. Urann will be in Rutland again on Saturday, Sunday and Mon day next. All in need of his skillful services will find him on those days at the Bardwell House. Stout. The New York mail due here yesterday afternoon, passed on tow ards Burlington. Some one please stop it, and oblige. Danby. "J. C. W." writes us from "Daubv Four Corners" that about three feet of snow fell there the first of the week. It was, what is there called Ta "Mountholly thaw." There has been much sickness of late in that vicinity. The prevailing disease is denominated by the physicians the Congestive fever. Dauby has an excess of sixteen men over all calls. It has always been in the front rank of patriotic towns. Octraoks. One day last week a fal low named Lobonte attempted to out rage a girl on her way home iu West Derby, was arrested, and the matter compromised by the payment of a fine. Labonte enlisted to raise the money. A married woman named Young was attacked ou the 21st ult. on the road to Troctorsville by a scoundrel named Joe Morey, thrown down, and an outrage attempted, which was prevented by the sudden appearance of a man who heard the womau's screams. Morey run for the woods, was arrested next day and put in jail at Woodstock, whence he will probably be sent to State's prison. Pebronal. Lieut. Governor Dilling ham has met with qaite a serious acci dent in stepping npon the cars while in motion, which it is feared may make him lame for life. Brig. Gen. Albion P. Howe, lately commanding the Second Division of the Sixth Corps, which embraces the Ver mont Brigade, has been transferred to the post of Chief of Artillery, of the Army of the Potomac, vice Brig. Gen. Barry, ordered to Gen. Grant's Depart ment. Col. George A. Merrill, of St. Johns bury, has sold his famous span of black horses to a New York gentleman for $1,000. - The Seventh and Eighth Regiments. The Eighth Regiment has re-enlisted as veterans, and expects soon to visit Ver mont on a furlough. The regiment is now encamped in a fine spot on the Bayou Teche, about a half mile from the town of Franklin. Mai. H. F. Dutton has been promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy, and Capt. J. L. Barstow, of u. &. to the Majority. - A letter from Fort Pickens says the recruits for the Seventh Regiment have arrived in good health. Lieut. Ross, of Co. B, with seventeen men. was caDtur- ed lately at Scamby Bay, 100 miles from the fort, while on detached service, ne had previously captured forty rebels witn two Lieutenants. Nabbed. About a year ago Butler A. Bates, Co. F, i lfth v ermont Volunteers. deserted from the cars at Brandon, and was pursued and captured, after a se vere struggle, by Mr. Bnggs, a resolute constable and his posse. Shortly after he was sent from Brattleboro to join his regiment, but again deserted at Wash ington. Since then he has succeeded in eluding arrest until about a week asm. when he was arrested in Pittsfleld after a desperate struggle by Capt. Terry, lormerly of the Fourth Regiment. The Captain was severely wounded in the arm. by a blow from a pair of heavy tongs wnich the rascal, who Is a power ful villain, vainly tried to brain him witn. nates is an Englishman. Chittenden Town Officers. Mods. rator, S. W. Harrison : Clerk and Trwi. surer, Reuben Harris; Selectmen. Li. nus Edmunds, Wm. L. Winslow, Rich ardson O. Dow; First Constable, Lew is T. Winslow: Second Constable. Hen. ry J. Perry ; Listers, Hiram Baird, G. A. Seagcr, Charles Hewett; Overseer of th Poor, David Wetmore; Town Agent, wiuiam o. Harrison : Trustee of 8nr. plus Fund, Asa Collins ; Grand Jurors, D. J. Yaw, Charles Hewett. The town voted to raise 185 cents on the dollar to pay town expenses and bounties. Castlbtok. An entertainment in be half of the Soldiers' Aid Society of Cas tleton, consisting of music, charades and an oyster supper, will be given at the Town Hall in that village, on Fri day eve, March 11th, at 7 o'clock. . Admittance 15 cts. , Supper 25 cts. Cool. A tenant house owned by H. F. Dewey In Bennington took fire, a week ago Saturday, but was put out without much damage.' The Banner says : When the fire first broke out a true specimen of Young America," being dispatched by the occupants of the house to give the alarm to Mr. Dewey he being usually nigh around home entered a store near by, with the Inqui ry, " is Mr. Dewey here 1" " He is not," was the reply. - ne then, went out, but returned again in about five minutes, with the Inquiry, " has he come yet 1" "No, what do you want of himl" " Nothing, his house Is on fire," spoken with the greatest leisure imaginable. . 3T Connecticut River is free of ice from Bellows Falls to it mouth, and "sloop navigation" has been resumed at Hartford. Political. The New York papers have another version of the Chase-Lincoln correspondence. It is given In the Times as follows : 'Mr. Chase asked whether there was anything in his position (us candidate for the presidential nomination) that would prejudice the public interests un der his charge. He (lid not wish to ad minister the Treasury Department one day without the President's entire conn deuce. To this Mr. Lincoln replied in a friend ly letter of several pages, closing by say- nig that he "dH not perceive any occa sion for any change." The Vermont Regiments. Hon. E. P Walton writes to his paper as follows: Among recent things settled at Wash ington for the advantage of the State, I think I am safe in naming an order for three thousand Vennont horses for cav airy, to be delivered at Montpelier, and the granting of a second Vermont brig ade in the army that Is, as 1 under stand it, brigading the Vermont regi ments not embraced in the first brigade The rule as to horses (their height) was reiaxeu so as to admit Vermont horses and wisely, for everybody knows they win mane tne very iest animals for cav airy quick in speed, of high spirit, and capable of endurance. In fact, many Vermont horses have been smuggled Into the service, and have stood the test well. The Vermont cavalry went with iuipatricK in his late brilliant raid, Col sawyer acting as a Brigadier. It is the crack regiment of the cavalry, and our boys are known iu the army as ' Kil's pets." A Vermont infantry regiment is me cracK regiment of the volunteers ana the 11th Vermont is the largest ar tuiery regiment in the service. Give them a chance, and I doubt not thev will prove something better than the largest regiment. LATEST NEWS LATER rR0M chhqqqa. HV TELEGRAPH. jTIikcrllaneous Items. A woman in a Chicago street. lately smiled when a tired looking man offered her his se.it anil sniit sin. w.iu quite able to stand. An indication of the millenium. An English advertisement reads as follows: "Stolen, a watch worth ten guineas. If the thief will return it he will be informed where he can steal one worth two of it and no questions asked." Amusements and mntrimnnvnri!n. ing a large share in the reconciliation of me social secesn oi flew Urleans to the Union rnlp fra Ttmtb-u i,.- .... r . .1 . . vi. u n Kiauu masked ball for the 22d, and marriages oeiween tne 1 ankee officers and the new urieans Denes are very numerous The Brooklyn Fair was formally cioseu ou oamruay evening, it has been kept open for twelve davs ' nnd tho nvr. age amount of receipts each day was auout miny mousanu dollars, making a grand total of about 360,000. It will remain open the first J wo dnva nf tMa week, for the benefit of families and schools, it is expected the entire. re ceipts win not iau snort or 400,000. -The war in the Diiehips ia nnt r,,- gressing very rapidly. The allies have been severely repulsed in their attack on Duppel. A Vienna dispatch of Febru ary a, announces that the conference proposed by England for a settlement of wano-uernian question had been ac cepted by Austria and Prussia. There was woe no suspension or arms, but Jutland was not to be further I The Allies were busily engaged in demol- lsnuiK uie LanuewerKe, m iscUleswig. Gen. Butler has rmntttwl ft. tence of Rev. Mr. Winsrfield of iwrnit directing his employment in sweeping me Hireeis ior a term or three months, for notoriously disloyal practices. " His iuuiBuiiieiii,, says ucn. uutier. " is re mitted, not from respect for the man, or iur ms acis. or neeause it i lminut hut because its nature may be supposed to reflect upon theChrlstianChurch.which, by his connection with it h hm,i. ready too much disgraced." . . Which is Brut? Tt Imi 111 nut t-y late In the day to recommend the sew ing machine as a useful article in fam ily. No well-regulated household is without one. This question settled, the next thing to do is to select the one best suited to your requirements. Both of rauwra vi tne -Home journal" Lave lOUg had th Rrnnr Ar Hoi-,.- ,..i i , z - ..rx ft mauiiiiic in their household, and can speak from vi icnce. w e inereiore have no hesi tation In savinsr Itmt wo liL-o tl.ta chine, and for the following reasons : isi. it is more simple, durable, and less liable to dp.ranwrapnt than nIKtra OA It 66ws from ordinary spools, and no re winding of thread is necessary. 3d. It sews with equal facility all fabrics, the most delicate and the heaviest, and with all kinds of thread, silk, cotton, or lin en. 4th. Its seams is so strong and elastic that it never breaks. 5th. It fastens both ends of the operation. 6th. Its seam, though cut at every sixth stitch, remains firm, and neither runs nor ravel in woo r Tin- besides the above qualities to recom mend the " Grover & Baker," it has a faculty which no other machine possess es: It makes a beautiful without " Hlll Jill lllf. JV. 1. Home Journal. LATE FROM KNOXVILLE. THE KEKELS UETHEATHG. KEXTWl&Y Til URATE KI. Tfce Army lu Splendid fon ditiou. ALL QUIET IN FllONT. RAIL ROAD COLLISION. Cincinnati, March, t The Commrrcial of this city Us the Cui.ttaxoo.ia, March tt, All U 1".'! Nr Yokk, March 9. A dispatch from Knoxville dated the Ml, unva The rebels arc beyond ureenvine, huh . . mi. - slowly and sullenly retreating, incy lately shot seven deserters, and are re inntioaaiv hunting down conscripts. They have sent forty pieces of artillery tn tl, preat Virginia Salines, which place they 1 doubtless stubborn' hold under Hnckner and Breckeubri- j ana irom n m j " u ""'.ncKy. They are fortifying Bull's (lap. (Sen. Cox 1ms been npixilntc 'vl ciilef of Stair to (leu. Sehotleld for 'the army in the field, tien. Potter rem ains Chief of Staff. A dispatch from Chattanooga, dated March 1th, says: O'jr army has returned from the reconno'.ssance, and now holds a position in advance of our old lines. We have clo'jed Parker's and Hooker's Gaps, and the army is in splendid con dition. Col. Harrison, who, from Bald Face Tlidge, had afull view of Dalton, estimates the rebel force there on Fri day at 80.000, neatly all of whom came up from the rear on Thursday afternoon. Arrival of Exchanged Prisoners Rebel News of Sherman. Washington, March 9. The following otlicial dispatch was re ceived last night : Fohtrkss Monkok, March 8. Hon. Juu in M. Stanton Uteretary of War The flag of truce boat is in, briugiug over forty-eight onlcers and over six hundred privates, delivered for e- change. The Richmond papers give an account of Col. Dahlgren's death and Maj. Cook's eapture. The Richmond papers of to-day say on the 6th of March Gen. Sherman was at Canton, on the Mississippi Central Railroad; that he has taken a large number of negroes, and leaves the coun try impoverished. The papers also state that the Confederates have ordered all of (Jen. Kilpatrick's officers whom they nave captured, to be placed in irons. (Signed) Besj. F. Butler, Major fleueral ; . r. t Lift ,; . An infant on it mother's breast. A bouncing lMy at play, A youth by maiden fair caressed, A stalwart man with care oppressed, An old man silver gray , ... Is all of life we know. . ' : A smile, a tear, ' J i- ' A joy, a fear, L And all is o'er below ! -. PreHeiiinlion of the Commtawion of Uruiciiant-fticneral to Uen, (wruiit by President I.iarolnlu(eretiiiK Ceremonies. Washington, March 9. The President of the United States this afternoon formally presented to Major General Grant his commission as Lieu- tenant-General. The ceremony took place in the Cabinet Chamber, in the presence of the entire cabinet. General Ilalleck, Representative Lovejoy, General Rawlings and Col. Comstock, of General Grant's Staff, the son of General Grant, and Mr. W. Clay, the private Secretary 01 ttie-t'resident. Gen. Grant having entered the room the President rose, and addressed him thus:. Gen. Grant : The Nation's apprecia tion or what you have done, and its re liance upon you for what remains to be done in the existing great struggle, are now presented witn tills commission constituting you LientenatitGeneral in the army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under uofi, u win sustain you. 1 scarcely neeo to add tnat, with what I here speak ior tne nation, goes my own hearty per sonal concurrence. To which Gen. Grant replied, as fol lows: Mr, Presittcnt: I accept this commls sion with gratitude for the high hon or conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many neios ior our common country, It will Demy earnest endeavor not to disap point your expectatlonc. I feel the full responsibilities now devolving on me, and i Know mat lr tney are met It will be due to those armies, and above all, to the favor of that Providence which leads both nations and men. The President then Introduced the General to all the members of the Cabi net, after which the company was seat ed, and about half an hour was spent In social conversation. FOREIGN NEWS. Reported Abdication of tbe Queen of England. Portland, March 9. The steamship Nova Scotia, from Liv erpool 25th and Londonderry 2Gth ult., arrived this morning. Affairs at SchleZ wig unchanged. Lord Paimerstou had announced that orders were sent to the Cape of Good Horn to release the privateer Tuscaloo sa, the international law not justifying her detention. . . : Eumor says that Oueen Victoria is about to abdicate, and the Prince of ales to ascend the throne as Edward the Seventh. Cotton dull 1-24 lower for American 1-4 -ld lower for other sorts : salps of the week 34,(KH) bales, market closing quiei, ai me oecnne. rrovisions steady, iu front, except an occasional exch,8 of shots between the advanced 'nvaJrv pickets. To-day a large n-b. w lorce apjicarvd before Nlcka . pressed out. Deserters f4fim the rebel army continue to arrive, nt tho ral "Tf thirty a day. . Another special dispatch dated Chat tauooga Mart 7th The nM cavalry have antl our fom, hold NickHark It Is not unlikely that the '..jh may assume the offen sive. A collision occurred between two fr'bt tr.iins near Stevenson, Ala., on rturday uigUt, killing four ladies and two men, and wounding several others. A large force of rebel cavalry attacked 9ft men of the 3d Tennessee, at Panther springs on the 10th Inst. Our loss wai 2 killed, 8 wounded and 22 captured. The rebel loss was thirty killed and wounded. ITllMUl l AT SOI TIIEIt' IVEWii, Duiiiuko Done by Mieriuan-TerrU tory I.nid Vate-ltelret of the Expedition l-'orrewl Clttinia a Vic tory. Nkw York, March 9. The Herald's army of the Potomac dig patch contains extracts from the Rich mond Sentinel of the fth. It urges a trial, by military law, of Dahlgren's cap tured men. It also contains the follow ing telegrams: Mkripian, March 4. The w ork of re building the railroad is progressing rap. idly. Three miles of track and three bridges were destroyed on the Southern road. Ten miles of track on the Pelma, and thirteen on the Mobile and Ohio road were destroyed. Sherman burned a great deal of property here and at ria, Enterprise, Lockhart and Lauder dale stations. All the public buildiugs here and a nnmber of private houses were destroyed. The enemy pillaged every house. Provisions were taken from almost every family. Sherman laid waste the country through which hit army passed on their return to Vicka burg. Dkhopolis, March 4. A dispatch from Gen. Jackson, dated Sharon, seven mllei from Canton, February 28, says he over took the enemy at that point on th 27th, and was skirmishing. The enemj crossed his whole force at Katcllffes and Collum's ferries, and proceeded to Canton, where they were reported on short rations and broken dow n. It was thought they would destroy a portion of the railroad North of Canton and go at once to Vlcksburg. About twenty five had been killed and captured. Our cavalry are harrnssing them. Atlanta, March 8. A special to the Appeal, dated Marion, Miss., 2d, says: The whole Federal force under Sherman was at Canton on the 29th ult. Our cavalry were harrassing them with de cided effect. Grierson's command had returned to Memphis. A private tele gram from Gen. Forrest says : " Mj victory is complete. My loss is two killed and sixty wounded! The Yan kee loss in killed, wounded and cap tured, is about eight hundred. They outnumliered me three to one. CoL Forrest is killed." A Blockader Sunk. Wilmington, March 9. A blockade steamer was sunk off Cape Fear yesterday. VtT William E. Hagen, a chemist at Troy, N. Y., claims to have invented a stove which by using some few galloM of water per day will reduce the con sumption of coal one-half, and render the atmosphere of the heated rooms much pleasantcr and healthier. The water is placed in a boiler on the top of the stove, and is conveyed through t pipe on the inner surface of the stove, but avoiding direct contact with the coal or other fuel, till it is emitted, ia in the form of superheated steam, at the bottom of the Are, where it is decomposed by the contact into hydrogen and car bonic acid gas, which instantly combine afresh, producing carbonic oxide, which undergoes a still further combination or combustion, on being presented to the air, with a large development of caloric or heat at each successive stage or com bination. In other words, instead of al lowing half the carbon to escape in the form of carbonic acid, he consumes it entirely, leaving nothing to escape a smoke, but water, and perhaps a little ammonia. A company has been formed in New York with a capital of $MO,000 for getting the invention Into use. t3T The city election in Portland, Maine, resulted in a Unien gain of 985 over last year when the Union Mayor was elected by a majority of 195. , III Treatment of Onr Prisoners. New York, March 8. Two Union futrIieraMsnrvt fw,m nin. ville, Va., prison, inform the Cincinnati Times the entire number of prisoners in the Danville prison is estimated at the beginning at ahont 4,600, of whom about 600 had died. The small pox had been for some time previous to their escape quite severe, and some ofits victims had been found dead In the prison, being al lowed to remain there several days with out the benefit of medical assistance. B. We would refer our readers to an advertisement in our columns to-day. of a medicine which we think deserves more than a passing glance, as it comes so highly .ecommended, and not pur porting to le secret in,its composition a medicine emanating from such source, and for so cood a tiuriiosc the alleviatiou and cure of diseases incident to females which arc' so prevalent among us, and being endorsed by the Reformed Practice, having been made official in their Pharmacopeia. We have no hesitation in recommending It to our female readers or to the frlendu of any indisposed. The article we have refer ence to is a Female Strengthening Cor-: dial, prepared by Dr. Gko. W. Swbtt, the proprietor of the "New England, Botan ic Depot,'! so long and favorably known throughout the New England States. ' The Washington corresjwndent of the New York Commercial Advertiser says that the report that, Gen. Sherman was at Vlcksburg on the 24th ult., and that he would soon start on another expedi tion, is a great mistake. None of Sher man's forces had reached Jackson on ths 24th nit., and Vlcksburg advices of 27th ult. make no mention of his arrival . there, or of any contemplated new sao?e ment.