The Waynesburg messenger. (Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.) 1849-1901, December 21, 1864, Image 2
• i lk, aditgo 11 "6,04.4exy. IL W. JONES, Editors.. JAS. S. JENNINGS,}- •`One Country, One Conittation,,One ' Destiny." 11101MINSItlii; VIMIY, DEC. 21, 1864. NNW WHY ! ! MEI ZEE 4iiolkomarriant express of a newspaper VOS in these war times are enormous, s f„ji I I 1111114 K only be met by prompt pay- Ittija on the part of patrons. We are Wit vying over venom TIMES as much as we did three years ago, and sterresPaedfolg advances have been made .he the price of other printing materials. iiihniebtoul‘this, the wages of labor glititakHei thin ever before since the establishment of 'the - paper, while the di)mrriatid f;qually . ex -11111 Cat 41 es. 'U ~these circum- Orel* eitgitust , ineiaton our subscri bing reesisheting as in a sftbstential fa* by mileing foompt payments. IiPM Miry petron'who knows himself t e lta i in arrears on our books immedi ately call and settle his amount I It Illiiinfirre us falai enttetrrassreent and •jive us some heart for our ►ark, *hie% est 011 bui:a trifle and nothing 14p , any other husineas par emit. 4 14iints,4ose!no . time in SL'U'ING NEI ^xo.4 is i alty to Lincoln not to the Coneti tutioo. _Me e. ~01 UMW_ tha rm./Ve g a I n d_ __in. Week loyal men of the e ltupablican pocky tip2fir . nfh prsoos as being . loyal. Loy .t,,•.'ralog blMirebster, mean s " fi delity to a prince or sovereign." Font ye ars ag9 11111110a1 WAS' Ait'' the country 4ere thoie that stood by the Congthutientand'Lairatnd m eggaie thattho'cootastitad nothing to defilitakNary.; tntthe .rebels ware de (* Wing the people to to etentilag that it bad. The secessionists alone maintained that fie war '',t . 'itnid be waged upon slavery. Altiaillact hi* uniformly union men met Ildatalitiaa bpa den%al-; hod they all ad IuII:WNW surantnnopt at snob onwarrant latibi not and ought not to be defended sad supported. They would have anstiCsuoi docyines as are now preached by press and by the administration.- 11h did they not then tell the people the . they dared not do it. New , the tables are turned. Step by step the witnillobinut=diverto.l from Its origionb purr row . Al,nowit I. deciatarl tiy the prein e.eat that the "Abolition of slavery is the ea ...kwhitr 0 peas," -, This is their par ty hi, and of course the test of loyalty.— Ta,, t to stippoq tie Goyectinarni L bot r ...et `b r ill i 'P'irty. 'lion 'hear daily each declarations "that a man can't oppose tisemkstariiof self 'admiisistiatimii iiithonf opposing the Government." If this docitine *pi" they ha 7 alli re be i .l7. .If they at he at 14."t.they are now , atthebe gin tbe trpui)lp, itiej, were , gaiity of hi trit on, 1 urPoste km , the PeoPle iald dam titipictriands. , They have the im- PNlll l Watlio &large as - rebels all that are Illetillfaidir of *III elseiii• ablation schemes aadillar larilllly't ttivelifistitational and de mand...a ritliritirei.- 'ithe e • IS4nocracy of the NordillailrlintOid'inttAls . to prEcAet in the . ... Af the 'dim . ' Of till Sts t tes, And the !,. " -. '7' 4 d tfie Siatea; *4 the rem-, _ .. .0 sta ell. ThaY ara ~net M , er btkrnboglead wilistitalabo. tkM thew ire *Lin* the geedre moililloansitibey are oplwased to the'' ad• aidliMintielilaf it. lip lit ...-1 ~•• . t trifitaitut his liesoym iays Xnit+l. itateit ,belt by "IP VIP 'MO if AlmitaglUal broods at rive 1111111140 W. 4111111klufeir • *general sits.: reap otait Mow* perioall'of Dotted 1 1 iminp4iy smaltiog 40d I'. obeiWitiett• exempt ininielliM lOW 118: 6,4 : l i nerb% ' *helm v., nctiritiels, tot,,tratqapt l every person' of - n- 4 111111MIPIPIP b.-181440 • givieitt-' - -mks. • TbeWleat: <44.:41 INksoivt • G ,Ssita—frout. Washiagton. Kitting of the Second Session of the 38th Congress . ,orroarnon TO DRAiTnia. There *genii to be all • impreslion among a good many aerators and members floors hie to recruiting war ,nesnies by a volunteer system in preference to drafting. They claim that it is much more rapid, less expert, sive, anti bet t er policy on the whole than draftiing• raw Arrolimor-GiNINBAL. 'DA ups 4atorney-Cieneral, Jamie deed; of Kentucky, arrived here to to-day. lie accepts the position iu the cabinet. itinwnrs mamma ON TU taunts. Senator Sherman's bill, hitrtenced to-day, for purchase of six revenue cutters for the lakes, is with a view to prevent smug gling on the northern border. BILLS TO BR INTRODTVED INTO SZE BOLTER. Various gentlemen to-day in the House gave notice, under the rules, of their inten tions to introduce bills on the following named subjects: By Mr. Julian, (Rep. Ind.)—Providing for the forfeiture of the tee of rebel land holders, and prescribing an oat% of loyalty to all persons practicing law in the rebel States. By Mr. Stevens (Rep.) Pa.—To regulate the value of money ; to prohibit the expor tation of gold and silver coin ; to prevent gold and silver coin and bnllion from being paid or accepted for greater value than their real cut Tent value, and preventing any note or bill Leaned by the United-States from be ing received for a smaller sum than is there in specified ; also, a bill supplemental to the act of June 30, 1864, so far as the same ef fects tobacco and cigars. By Elijah Ward (Dem.) N. Y.—To repeal so much of Sec. 7th of the Internal Revenue act of March 7th, 1864, as imposes an addi tional tax of forty cents a gallon upon spirits mported prior to the passage of that law. . By Mr. Spaulding (Rep.) Ohio.—Provid ling for the establishment of a Navy yard at Cleveland, Ohio, and a bill appropriating a share of the public lands for the benefit of such soldiers and sailors in the regular and volunteer service of the United State* as have rallied around the flag of the Union in the war of the rebellion whether natives, natuislized citizens, or aliens; and a bill to prescribe a more impartial mode of impanel ing jurors in the federal courts. TOT LAU PIRATICAL PLOT. The Navy department has received a lengthy report from the commander of the sloop Lancaster of the attempt of the pirates to capture the steamer Gantemala. Great credit is given to Commander Davenport for the efficient manner in which be con ducted the arrest. `- For the Messerger. A Raltroad from New Geneva to Waynesburg. A. disposition upon the part of the Pitts burgh and Connelsville Railroad Company to extend their road to New Ganeva in lIPIRICTS /r uiguiy pronante that. owing to the highly flattering prospects of oil along. :and in • the vicinity of Big Whitely crest, that said company may be iaduckl to extend their road through this valley to Waynesburg. This is not perhaps a line of country of twenty-two miles offer ing so few obstacles to the construction of a Railroad. The elevation is very slight from the mouth of the said creek to the Loar run between the farms of Stephens' and Shnver. And to the bead of said run, where a tunnel of not more than two hundred feet would reach-the waters of Lsnrel run which emp ties into Ten Mile creek about one mile east of Waynesburg. The country abounds with timber, stone and an abundance of coal.— The country along this rout possesses a fine soil. The great surplus eif. stock raised its agricultural Products, indeyendant of oil considerations would make the stock in said road remunerative. The road located bore would reach a large portion of the oil in terest of Dunkard as well as three-fourths of the Ten Mile country. iString.v things may happen than the lo cation and completion of this road inside of two years. The Migtei7 Sitiuttion. The entire field of military operation is how pregnant with interests. Net only in. Georgia, but in Termesiee, the position rdf our missies gives , food for diewesion, and with Genseal Thoinas especially, there is cause for some flight degree of impreliession.— the condition of Genernifterivall'evm is invested with soinellonsidersdile doubt, and. until we ma kern dins tine desV nation and rad pm:grass from Uukon sources, it is useless to *do more than di gest carefully the very tamer ?informs tion.,youeLkserfed as, by the southern jour- New Yoaa, Dec. 15.—The Savan nah New of the 7th says : We learn that a fight occurred at the front, in which the enemy were severely punish- ed. It is said that a strong column of infantry and eavalry attacked the com• mend of Colonel Fisher, which is eta-' . • t. - GONICRAL TifiritAt ARMY. i tioned on the outposts, and who had S. Pi Len, Rear-Admiral, The Situation of our army now ear- , not quarter the men that were opposed Commanding Mississiippi Squadron. rounding Nashville is peculiar. It is in 'to him, but he handsomely repulsed the Sh er m a n , •--- - the eendititen of a force defending a be- ' foe. We learn that on Tuesday, a force a Army Before Savannah —Denial that the City is Invested. ofieged city—Hood being the assaulting of the enemy advanced toirird Coots party. General Thomas hai eoncentrat. watch ie, burning Tallafarney bridge.— [From the Richmond Examiner, December 14. ed his forces at that point as the grand The °lily definite information from Tbe Y were attacked by Gee ' Gbeirerfa , strategetie kef to Tenhessec, the loss of command and driven back. On Wedn." Georgia is the appearance of Sherman's which would lead to serious disaster.- day morning a portion of ourfiwces had a: in the vicinity of Savannah. The There is no doubt - of tit abilit i f to do- , , sharp fight with a force. of the enemy Yankee PaPeP3 iarforrued us that he fend it'stuasessfully.agatrist fill Ole forces near Tellefarney bridge, five miles he.., had accomplished this much almost a `tied Hood ism 15thv to bear agdost him. km Fpcelige bridge. They advanced , week ago, but of course their statement But the maneuvers of the rebel general toward the railroad and were driven was.ta iled upon what they deemed the indicate that sot tiling beyond at Slip I bark Among the Georg i ans, one was probabilities of the situation. - Up to of the capiternfireng e sse e i s i n t en d e d, killed And several wounded. The one- yesterday forenoon no fighting had ta and that his plans comprehend a serious my landed . a large three at Maekera ken place between Shermite's !limy and demdnistritjosi VII tie direct:on of the Point, sad WAS Toported ad vancine. to- the confederate troops in7the, defen4e of eststeeti Portion' oftfest, sate: The latest 'ward old Pocotolige. They wit? he Savannah. Geneesil Hardee commands 'finiAlligaildk•berie before us, shoes th a t; taken ogre of The forest which sanded the latter. 411,00tetupoiarr paper speed k o fiiiieral Thong* firm tancentrated his at Boyd'ii hindiug. has Alsappeared.—.. of Savannah aciaavested.' This is not army in sad- ammat'lleshvilla; that, Ouryeselitte". n in thatiocality will he the case. Saitaltaahlimoisore "Invest 14'ati haa.Bkermin imi , lees , 56f more 0444c0ry at our next socennx. 42"1" than Weill:n*oM we have no • .. Thq Ilevesmak Wens ef thei Bth says .s' -Vitlertalf gait iii SWI4 in, the least. den )satvgiolltfiridity:,this may ;Apia BA% 444 1 ,0 r 490 assaitit or - siege... An MOO *a take .tioloChadkissaa;44 l l o6l diligtitch .iii yestardaY. maatious , le` 4 ". l ll n e i r : het M ii . si r : - tele4 etleWaaA bine ‘di , veloped” his Irony iinimila f a' iertike *wa ll : bat, tho 4 timmistit signify 814Weisileeelelle• :I , : . , hilart444lll4lll 4 A-1 211 P 1101111 k . -411101 114MhIP44M! v . ;-...7164, . 11, Of A ieramess. 7 , - f • 7. . . i .. 4, ...--- -t, , 4 iisanin'timaisdalleffu i' ' l ' . r - ~ : = • :1, 1 ?„,,,- • ~.-,,,,. __ z - =I -..•- - • • Ttumutaiu-,the ..- - himself of any foe w . t act . in t - info his rear, and to expioditOnis junction • withßrecen . eotea, he e, 4 sto t , as seen , an 40417,4thichlfr. 444., entirety counterbal- aline .atthat cis been gained by Gener arShet‘anlitkis grandompaign which commenced* Cbattamitiga and ended at Adanta. - The success of the rebel plans would render the advantages ac quired by General Sherman in his pres eut.. brilliant raid elitirelyougatery, and en . mpel armies to fight anew over gumuscl, already orimsoei with blood ofi thasii,fellow.scidiers, to achieve the res tOrntitai.of the,territory which has been purchased at the expense of so many valuable lives and so much treasure. In , this vie* the victory Vf our forces over' the enemy at Franklin is of the highest importance, It was evidently the tention of Hood to assail j General Thomas' armybefore it could have an opportunity of gaining the impregnable position at Nashville. Franklin was selected by General Thomas as one of the outworks, so to speak, of Nashville, but was not intended to be held against a largely superior force of the enemy.— General Schofield was en route to join his chief when the attack was precipi tated by Hood, and bad the latter suc ceeded in his' designs, the dekat of Schofield would have had a disastrous effect upon the army of General Thomas ; it being in the act of concentration at Nashville. The Union general was • failing back from the possition he bad taken to watch Hood in order to re ceive re-intorcements froth General A. J. Smith's army. Had the latter been delayed a day or two, the consequence might have been _disasterons in the ex treme Thomas could doubtless have held Nashville with its strong defenses, but he would have been powerless to strike a blow which would have reliev ed him of his adversary. There i-i, at the pre eat writing, a prospect that an engagement was fought on Saturday, which must have d tided the fat: ed . Hocd's plans at least, an - 1 compelled him to change the destination of his army; and, abando.ling his purpose of carry ing Nashville by a coup de main, endeavo r to cross the Cumberland so as to reach the base i f the rang e of mountains seperating East from Middle Tennessee and gain the fertile plains of that legion. Now that General Thomas has been amply reinforced by General A. J. Smith, there is every probability that should .Hood abandon his purpose in attacking Nashville, such a vigerous pursuit will be made as will defeat even the Bernier resort of the rebel commander and compel him to seek a place of safe ty in Alabama or near his recent pease. The idea that Hood has been caught iu a trap, and that his army is in process or danger of annihilation are simply ab surd. The history of this war affords but three instances of the entrapping of an army and those—Fort Donelson, Vicksburg and Poi t Hudson—were in comparable with the situaVou of Hood in Tennessee. • GENERAL E;litnstueS AftmT The track made by Gen. Sherman in his progress through the State of Geor gia, is now twins defined by the south - papers, when vouensate iurorma tion of cities and towns attacked and points menaced hither carefully con cealed. Thus we learn that Macon. which we have heretofore supposed was undisturbed, was in reality assaulted by a portion of General Sherman's army, but in such a manner as to give the de monstration the appearance of a mere feint. This was on the 20th ultimo.— The course pursued by both of General Shermau's columns is now clearly in dicated by the dispatches before us.-- General Slocum, after advancing, as far East as Greensboro', on the Georgia state road proceeded to E.d.onton, and thence passing through Milledgeville, joined Gene al Howard's column at Gordon. Thereafter, both wings of the army moved in concert. The entire army effected the crossing of the Oconee river. HEADQUAIITERN DEP. PRO. MAL. OF PIM. t Wayueeberg, Pa., Dec. 1, 1864. The enrollment lists of the several town ships are now in the hands of the respective enrolling officers for correction. All fiersons are requested to assist . the Officers in'making the proper changes. O. W. TAYLOR, Dep. Pro. Mar. pro. REPORTS FROM REBEL PAPERS. The Advsnoe on Savannah. _ iii.u4awav Reported Victory of General' Thomas. MOl4l •Ila;01'0.11111ED. The Battle Seitie and Tentle, HOOD DOIC HIS BEST TO ESCAPE. THOMAS PRESSING HIM HARD. 4104 ay. FIRST DISPATCH. : _ . WAR DEPA",I, T, W,ASRTMOTON,} December 16-.5.915t Major-Gen. Dix: following official report of the battle before Nashville has been receiv ed-from Gen:Thor:nes: N'istivir.i.s, Tenn., Dec 16:9:15 A. Si. Attacked the enemy's left this morn ing, and drove it front the river below the city very uearl3 from Frankliu pike, a distance of about eight miles. Have captured Chalmer's headquarters and train, and a second train of about twen ty wagons, with between eight hun dred and one thousand prisoners and sixteen pieces of artillery. Our troops behaved splendidly, all taking their share, in assaulting and charging the enemy's brotitworlo. I shall attacl_ the enemy again to-morrow, if he stands to fight; and if he retreats during the night I wilt ipur hd him, throwing a heavy cavalry force' in his rear to de stroy his trains, if . possible. GEO. H. Tnomas, Major-Gen. General Hood's official report of the battle of Franklin has at last been re ceived. It will he seen that our report ed extraordinary loss of general officers is but.too true. The followig to Gen. Hood's dispatch : HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENN., Six MILES -mom NASHVILLE, DecemberB, 1R64. Tii Mobile, December 9. To Hon J. A. Seddon: About 5 o'clock r. Nov. 30 we attacked the enemy at Franklin, and drove them from their centre lines, which they evacvateci during the night, leaving their dead and wounded in our possession, and retreated to Nashville, cl , sely followed by our cavalry. We captured several Stand of colors and about ten thousand prisoners. Our troops fought with great gallantry. We have to lament the lois of many gal lant officers and , men. Major-General Cleburne, and. I#,igadier•Geueral John Williams, Adams, Giest, Strahl, and Cranbury, were killed. Major-Gen. John Brown and Brigadier Generals S. Carter, Marignanit, Quarles, Cocker ell, and Scott were *ounded. Brig. General Gordon was captured. (Signed) J. B. Boon, General. A subsequent telegram from General Hood says that oar loss of officers was excessively large in proportion to the loss of men. New , Creek. Speaking of the.battle.at New Creek, Va., the Wheeling Register says : About 10 O'clock:in - Ile Morning the uonrecicrutc..===ate= r.iyne and Rosser came upon the garrison so suddenly that the men had not time to do , any thing, and the entire Federal force, ex cept a few men who took to the woods and hid, were captured. All of Capt. Holmes' Battery, except the captain, were taken prisoners. Col. Latham was in command of the post, and he, with Captain Holmes and a few strag glers, made their escape and went to Cumberland. About four'or five hun dred men, near one thousand horses and a large amount of clothing were captured by the. Confederatei. It was said that all the heavy guns on the sur rounding hills. were spiked before the place was evacuated by the enemy. All ate leading Republicans who could be foluid in the peighbothood.of New Cecek and Piedpinur Iv,el e gobbled up and taken to Dixie. Bat a few yards . of the railroad track was torn up, annut little damage done at Piedmont. A New Ciyek all the Government Waiehouses'.and stores were destroyed. Admiral Lee's Report of Thomas's Battle. WASI IINGTO'S, December 16.—The following has been received at the Navy Department : CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Deeember 16-10 A. M. Ti Hon. Gideon -Welles, Secretary of the iiiivy: General Thomas's attack yesterday upon Hood's left, supported by the Tenth .division, of this squadron, resulted in the capture of Chalmer's headquar ters traius, withpapers, one thousand prisoners, and sixteen pieces of artil lery. The probableloss to the army will not exceefi five hundred killed and wounded. - The attack will be resumed this morn ing. -".. A' bliiiirief -'.. : by a Ram. A horrible accident occurred on Col umbia bridge in this county on Thurs day last. Herman 6chmeidien and wife were digging potatoes in a field near their house, and had le3 a child at home aileep. Two other children, one fire ,yeare old, and-the other, Maria, a bright little girl aged three years. were sent to the house to watch the child. On their way they net a vicious ram, which at tacked Maria, and though tied head and foot, literally crushed in her ribs, and killed her . upon the spot. - The other child gave the alarm at once, but wheu the father reached the scene of the hor rible event, it was too late to:do more than knock the brains out of the ,vile brute.-- La:18/11.9(1:mm) Journal. The Rev. Dr. Kendall, who recently returned from an official visit to Califor nia, communicates the following iuci dent: "A poor little boy brought to the Sanitary Fair held at Marysville a white chicken, which was all he had to offer, saying it might make some broth for a poor sick soldier. He had decked his little offering with ribbon of 'red, white and blue,' but he had no money to pay the entrance fee, and was rejected at the door. As he pass •d down the street, a gentleman seeing his distress, listened to his story, gave him a ticket and sent him in. The simplicity of the chid and the beauty of the offe' ing, attracted at tention, and the chicken was put up and sold for lour hundred dollars in gold for the Sanitary Commission." FROM GENERAL SHERMAN. Sherman Felling Trees to Obstruct WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Full files of Richmond papers of Monday, December 12th, came to hand this morning: The Dis patch. of that date has the following para graph on Sherman, which is more important than tha brief telegram from City Point, on yesterdaY, at first indicated. It says the latest news from Sherman is that, on Satur day, he was at Bloomingdale, fifteen miles from Savannah. It is not absolutely certain which was in his programme—to attack the city direct, or slide away down the coast and get out between Savannah and Port Royal. Our position at Savannah is diffi cult involving the necessity to protect the city and some ten miles of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, which, leaving the city on the west, curves to the rear and crosses the river eight miles above. Since Sherman left Migen he has been ,felling trees to obstruct the movements of our troops. The Examiner of Monday, the 12th. says the War Department does not always make public its news for prudential reasons, while they are seine times no better informed than other people. At last accounts, the Examiner adds, Sherman was marching on to Savannah in three parallel color TM Ha must be, it declares, in the immediate ‘icin ity of the city by this time. Beauregard, Hardee, Smith, and Taylor, are commanding at Savannah. Bragg is at Augusta. The Whig of Monday, the 12th. says the end draws nigh. Sherman has advanced to within twenty miles of Savannah. The fight for the possession of the city may now be going on. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.—The evening Telegraph has just received the following . special: WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Another scout has arrived from Sherman's army, with dis patched to the. President. IL:. reports Sa yaunah captured on the lOth inst. The Commercial's Washington special says it is confidently believed here that Sherman has occupied Stvannah. It is re ported that another smut had arrived from the Union army, reporting the capture, was effected on the 11th. WASHINGTON, Dee. 15.—There is no posi tive news of the tall of S.-Iv:int:all, it is mere ly a probability. BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.—Augusta, Georgia papers of the 7th„ rec.:ive:l at the, American office, hare the. following: Rmuregarl ar rived. at Auglsta on the morning of the 6th. The Constitutionalist of tliu 7ih says : Yankee prisoners report that Kdpatrick was Ehot throitgb the heal and mortally woun ded in the tight on &Imlay at Walker Bridge. The Chronical of the 7th says : Passen gers by the Savannah train on Kmday af ternoon, report all quiet in the neighborhood of the Pocataligo. Another report states that the enemy were advancing their main column to the Coazawatchie. It is also re ported that the enemy captured guns on Fleetspnr Creek, on Sunday. N.lling• definite was obtained. WASH IN GT,)N, 15. —Th3 following was received but nig.ht, froth Port Royal Harbor, via Fortress Monroe: To Hon. Gideon Wells, Secretary of the Navy I have just received a Communica tion from General Sherman's army. It is within a tew miles of Savannah, arid in fine spirits. I shall bring all my available force into connection with the army. igirA Workman in Paris has suc ceeded in making barrels without hoors, as solid as the best hooped barrels in the world. The discovery, which has been a desidoratum for some three thousand years. is undergoing examination before the Academy of La Rochelle. Fighting on the Charleston and Savan nah Railroad on Tuesday. [From the Richmond Dispatch Dec. 141 There was a report on yesterday that a fight was going on, on the Char leston and Savannah railroad, at Coosa watchie. It was probably correct, and the enemy have persistently endeavored to make a lodgment on this road. Foster's Scouts in Communication with Sherman's Forces. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.—The Bulle tin has the followiog important intelli gence ; The steamer Donegal arrived this evening from the Atlantic Block ading Sqadron, having lett Port Royal on the 16th instant. A. joint naval and land expedition under Admiral Dalli gren and Foster proceeded from-Beau fort up Broad river on. Tuesday, Deo. 6th, the object being to destroy. the Pc:a:gaga bridge, on the . railroad be tween _ Charleston and Savannah. The 4 . monipanied , the expedition to Wreekt u9l , 414 , 10t seconwkey 4 ..,ne%.4, Itigitqfhties Dom afr ivies opened y the 1. 04 1 4 4% rag follotbitlV*.* ll 4 nt and .s.: 4 1i: f A Pleising Incident. His Adversaries By Associated Press. Very respectfully, A. J. DAULGREV. Rear Admiral was landed and an action commenced. The Pocotaligo Bridge was reached and destroyed. Our troops. were then intrenehed for such future operations as might be needed. The Donegal came down to Port Royal the same ; evening, but could not give any details of the losses on either side. Of the success of the grand object of tiv expe dition, howevor. there is no doubt. Cur information speaks in the hig.hest terms of the energy and activity of Ad: miral Dnlghren, in organizing and di- reeling the movernent,rof the naval bri gade in this affair. When the Donegal came down Broad river, on the evening of the sth. shells were seen firing and exploding, which indicated that our forces were determined to drive the en emy out of any position they might have taken after being driven from the bridge. Gr — eneral Foster's scouts had commu nicated with General Sherman's forces which were marching on Savanneh. The belief was that General Sherman would he is Savannah on Wednesday, the 1-4th. The Pocatoligo bridge is about thirty-five miles from Savannah. This bridge having been destrOyed and Sher man having eat the other railroad coin nmnicaCons Savannah cannut he. re lieved by reinf ,rcements from any point north of that city. The Latest from Mibile. NEW YorcK, Dec-mber 13.—A Fort Morgan letter of the 80th ult., to the New Orleans Era, says : The nearest reported rebel force to this point, is said to be at Fish river, fifteen miles up the Mobile Bay. This is nothing more than an advanced post. Tbey remain very quietly on the olefensive, with the exception of an occasional shot from the rebel batteries at our gunboats, simpiy to get range. In either case nothing of importance. A new rebel ram has come down Toinbiliee river and is now at Salemm having her armor and plating put on. She is reported to be a very formidable engine of war, of the pattern and s!yle of the rain Tennesseo. captured by us during the Fort Morgan bomb irdinent. She is expected to arrive in Mobfle at an early date. There are said to be seven rams and gunboats inside the obstructions, beside some water batteries. The obstruc tions are very str ,, ng., and almost of an impregnable nature, with huge piles driven into the earth, some eight feet beneath the water. It will requii e skill and daring to overcome these rebel means of defence. It is said that there are no less than tour or five blockade runners at Mobile all eagerly waiting to escape. LATEST NEWS FROM GRANT New Military Road Destroyed. NEW YortK, December 14.—A 7rihune Washington special says: Con..,;ress man Washhurne, who returned to-day. from Gen. Grant's headquarters, repre sents Warren's movements as a perfect sneeett and that Grant is confident of the whole situation. Mr. Washhurne himself feels mire , e meflenee in the future from this visit than from any previous .yrul9. Warren's mission was to destroy the - Weldon Road and bridge; as far as pos sip!e, and discover and destroy the new cross-road from the Weldon to the D.t ville, which Grant knew w.ts in process of construction, and was designed to serve to kichmond her siiv plies from the Saudi. This was ruined .-by War At- The Tr mute's Army of th i'oonvte special thus sums up the result of Gan. Warren's expedition, by st i ,ting• that in a rapLl marcli of fifty miles lie destroy ea three important brill ,, es, over twen ty miles (:f railromis, and a large tuncumt of forage and other stores burned: the Sussex Court was caothireki, Seore ‘o• two of prisoners taken, and he will reach c;mip to-inorD.w, having sus taintll but a trifling loss. Sad End of the Heir to an Earldom The London Telegrapit says: The heir to the cal l hen of Wicklow lately died in Ireland at 24 Dolphin's Run-line Portobello s Barn line is a shun, and No 2-i in that region is of an ord,ir better understood than designated, kept by one Mary Ll.yd. whose acconntof th , ,' demise of Capt. W. J. Howard is all the epitaph his no ble name is likely to receive. Mary Lloyd tells her little tale simply. From New Abbey Kicullen where he had a wife.and family, the captain came to her establishment sick to death. His stomach was burnt np with- drink, this "noble scion's" and his body worn to pieces with debauchery, and so by the instinct of the lite he led, he came to.the old haunts to die. The treatment his disease received was simple also; when he called for brandy he had that too, and then more whisky; the inmates of the place had a professional regard for '"Billy," and showed it in this fashion. After a day or two of such regimen and society his voice got weaker, and his face changed so that the women were for sending to fetch the doctor; "Billy" objected: and then they bribed him to try and take a little food with more whisky. Even with such induce ment his wretched stomach "sounnered" at it, as Christopher North describes a similar case; and more d ink was ad ministered, till the aristocrat began to ramble in his speech—not "babbling of green fields;" nothing so innocent even as Sir John's ending—but fancying himself at the top of a public house and giving recklessly bibulous orders' By and by came the struggle and the rattle in the throat ; and Mary Lloyd who had never seen a Maw die before could not tell what it meant. But it seems the loathsome end of a bad life; it meant a soul going naked to God from the tenderness of a Delphin's Barn, and from the attentions of its wretched har em; it Meant a: gentleman by birth and breeding pulled down by his own mis . (treble choice of a career to die upon the couch of a courtesan ; leaving the doctor's and enrollees jury. teinforyn us that the teaftees lying there was rotten with ail* and debauchery, • and ready s4hr desthorithelit thoteeistanceof intlftniteit , How Louis Napoleon is Altering Paris. A letter writer, in speaking of the ex tensiveimprovements now going on in Paris,under. the influence of the Gov ernNt, says There are at this moment several acres of ground completely deserted of houses. in one of the most densely in habited parts of Paris, near the Havre Railway station, in the heart of the town. Everything has been pulled down to make way for the new Bou levard Hausemann, so called after tile Perfect of Paris, and other new 4ad splendid,lines of thoroughfare Tabaok at the huge gap left and —the haw made, one would suppose that a battaty of cannon had been playhig upon tha spot for twenty-four lours. On the North side of Paris a small mountain le being leveled down and carted away to fill up a valley on the south side, where a space of more than a mile square is preparing for new building sites, and all from an entirely new quar ter of the capitol. Besides the stupen d, us repairs. or rather restorations of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and of almost every ether religious edifice in Paris. half a eozen new churches, some of them of gigantic size, are ri , ing at different points. The new grand opera is costing mildons and is rapidly urged forward. Then there is the prodigious task of rebuilding the immense. Hotel Dieu, or great city hospital, the largest, perhaps. in the world. And aotainoin the north east of the town, in the midst of the great manufacturing and iron forge district, a new "People's Park" is beim , - laid out, formed of what are call ed the butts or kno'ls of Saint Chau ! moat, very high i ising ground, in a rough state and worked as chalk and gravel pits. More than twelve miles of rail and train roads have been laid dowt upon this to bring it into order, and five hundred wagons drawn by steam engines and horses, with an im mense corps of laborers, are at work ' upon it. All this, of course, involves! indefinite outlay. There are parts , of the tewn where the "oldest inhabitant" quite loses himself, so wholly are they transformed. I passed through one of these the other day, and folind police stationed to show people the way, which I was obliged to ask myself, after a fif teen years' aceptaiiitutec! All this is very wonderful and beautiful, but at the same time very costly. 11= St. Patrick's Body Found. While the workmen engaged in the renovation of St. Patrick's Cathedral, in Dublin—the oldest church in Ireland —were digging up a part of the floor ing in one of the aisles, they discovered a larere stone coffin of curious workman ship buried a few feet below the surface. The coffin was opened, and was found to contain the sk-lteon of an ecclesiastic, ,5111TOSCa to have been buried there some 90,i years! The skull was perfect, and the bones crumbled into dust when ex posed to the air. On the lid of Ole coffin there was a full length figure of a Bishop in his robes. It was inspected by some antiquarians, including .-Dr. Todd. who expressed it ai his belief that it was the original founder of the church, St. Patrick. It is in good pres ervation, and it is in every respect a most interesting relic When the church is finished it will be placed in a most prominent position, because there is no in , re remarkable antiquity in the General Lyon Across the Cumberland River.—lviovements of Breckinridge. LOUISVILLE. Dec. 12— The rebel Gen eral Lyon crossed the Cumberland river with his command, day betbre yester day, at - Yellow creek - , about twenty miles below Clarksville. His force is r e port e d to ho about two thousand five hundred. When last heard from he stas towwd liopkinsville, Ky., and threatening that place: It he attack*, the g:lrrison being small, it will be com pelled to fall back to a stronger and more proximate point. Breckinridgo's Position seems to., be in doubt. 1 loyal gentleman, wl!ose trustworthi:ips; is vouched for, says he is at Sparta. Tenne,see. with about ten thousand men. This gentleman speaks of what he knows, and the facts indite that Breckinridge intends to reinforce Hood, and, if possible, to reach the main rebel army, but the position of our troops under Stoneman and Burbridge indicates that he wiN have difficulty in forming a junction with Hood. TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.- Breckinridge to Join Illooti; Rebel Force Moving on 11lop- kinsvilte, Ky• NASHVILLE, December 13.—The sit nation is unchanged. No advance has been made by the federal troops as yet. Grapevine intelligence states that an advance was to have been made to-day by our forces; but some skirmishing transpired on the Harding pike, and sev- . eral guns were dislodged from Fort Negley. No results are reported. The slippery state of the ground re n ders locomotion impossible, and hostilites will be postponed until a change of weather occu,s. Gen. Sherman near Savannah. WAsniNGTos, Dee. 12.—A dispatch dated City Point Dec. 11th, states that the latest news contained in the itict- . mond -papers of yesterday 10th, Voth General Sherman's army says that he', was cast crf the Ogeechee river, twenty" five miles from Savannah, and mooting on that place. On the 6th he; lad marched his army eighteen Admiral Porter informs the. liocpart 7 ment concerning the burg dais: blOckade runner Ella, off Wilmington by an expedition from thealnited Statent.. theatner Emma.. She wa 444 )411.. arms and ammunition wick bougd—for Wilmington, N. C. RIO: was, rat. ashore under tho gsps, qttkie enemy's., batteries. • On the 341 ilistroptt six, rebel dlesertera all'brothem wega., l goo OA . to this nit" yesterday freak:* a rfetic_ Va., and , vitro °M farniske4 trarklitbtt4o9 l 3 .t 4 catuldighht t. - •