VILIAOE RECORD, -vm/.4..BEkiintes33comtcor. Friday) Deecn*ber Ri0,156911..; , Forever float that standard - Sheet "1 ' Where breathes the foe but falb; befote tit, With - Freedom's soil beneath dur (Ott, • And Freedom's banner streantihtt ;At ;hit °The following are our terms fur subscription, advertising and job work, to which) ore will . strictly adhere whilst the present "war prices" continue : SUBSCRIPTION, Per Anhinei, if paid baiihinthe year, " alter the year, ADVERTISING, Per Square of ten lines; three times, 4 " each subsequent insertion, 35 Administrator's and I.lxecutor's notices, Bw, 2.50 A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers. bi 3 WORK Quarter-Shekt Hotta-Bilis, (25 to SO) $2.00 Half " Whole " ti'For all jo wot uvatiably cash. BOROUGH ORDINANCE.-:—lt will be men by reference to our advertising columns that tho Borough Council has passed tooth- er and very important or' finance - . ' e trust its provisions may be enforced to the letter. WAYN.ESBORO'. HOTEIt.-- , --Wd direct public attention to the card of Mr. Bowden, proprietor of the "Waynesboro' Hotel," in to-day's paper. He is an' aecounnodating FARM. MR SALE.- , --Mr. George Jacobs offers for sale in to day's paper etre of the most valuable farms iti this section of Frank lin county. See advertisement. I{,EAL ESTATE.—We invite special at tention to the valuable, teal estate-offered for salein another column by Mr. John lleller, of Quincy township: LARGE SALK—Martin L. Bell wirer tises for sale in to day'. paper all his valuable personal property. See advertisement. SPECIAL, .NOTICE.—Au impression still seems to prevail among certain parties that all legal ativeilisentems, such as notices of Executors, Administrators, Trustees and Guardians, must be published in two papers in Chambersburg, notwithstanding the Court sometime since decided that it would never enforce any net of the Legislature so arbitra. , ry and unjust. The circulation of the RR-C , ORD in Washington or Quincy townships largely exceeds that of both the Repository and Spirit combined, and-hence we claim the privilege to insert such notices for these lo- calities. We are willing to assume all risks. Hand in your notices. Terms just one half the price charged in Chatubersburg,,, LADIES' FAIR. —We understand the Is -dies-of-this-place_and vicinity Rre_completin. their arrangements for a Fair which is to be held in the Town Hail during the Holidays, the proceeds of which are to go to the Chris. tian Commission for the benefit of sick and disabled soldiers. The Fair was to have-been held several months since, but the unsettled state of public feeling during the summer months in reference to rebel raids compelled an abandonment of the enterprise untalz neatly. We trust: there may be no furget • cause for interruption and that theirair may yet prove a success. The enterprise is cer tainly one that commends itself to the liber ality of every good and patriotic citiimus Since the above iyas itl type the following communication was handed us: Eemostmcvnis. This Fair was to hare been held last sum. mer, and money was collected and other pre parations wore made for that purpose. But ; us all are aware, we were during that swum continually disturbed by one report after an other of rebels approaching. The Fair ; there fore, was necessarily postponedi but by no means given'up. The ladies have again met, sad put the ball in motion. They have now decided• to hold the Fair during the coining Holidays. They expect to open it on Mon day evening after Christmas, and keep it up the whole week, if necessary, until the lull isles are disposed of, closing off with an old poll's Conceit. It is hoped that the kind friends in the toiiiitry, who offered to furnish provisions, ke.-, when the econsittee Waited on them last sonnurer, are still to do the same now. Oviritt.to she shortness of, the time, it will be impossible for the committee to wait on theta again, and it was thought sufficient merely to inform them in this public way. Comiiiittees krill be sent out id various direc tions ti toeek or two Lefore Christmas for the purpose of collecting the provisions that the peeple,may : be disposed to _give, ind this no tice is intended lo keep the people Ihttadi. nose. , Turkeys, chickens, hams, butter,eggs, cream, dfledltillOre. will be thankfully re ceived: The proe'eees of this Fair are intended, or /die U. SWise Corataission. As filen 'know:3, this'eoelotission oteatle ro. the tew- an local advertising terms W. BLAIR, .Editor and Proprietor: petal and apirittuif , Wants of our soldiets iu the witty. °this is a most irortity obf net and One that challenges the eensidetation and re gard-of ail Elul friends of huWianity. As cow= paritivelq little heti yet Been done by this community fur this . ptaise•worthy object, it is hoped that al! Will loud a helping hand, end that a basilienie sum will be realized, us a gratefill offering to the soldier,froeiWaynes bore' and Washington township. • SEAL ESTATE Starry a few days since disposed of his farm, near this place, containing about 110 acres for $11.5 per acre, bast., and 5 acres of moun tain land for . $6O per acre. Purehaser Fred eriek For'oman. one of the upper rooms of the St. James Hotel, at Twectpoixth street and Broadway. The servants burst the door, whieh had been locked, and 'discovered the bed in flames.— About the same time the upper entrance to the leettire room, in BAVUUtFI'S Museum was discovered to be on tie"; Some inflammable Mr. Geo. -Foltz has also disposed of his mixture had been poured upen the flooring between the 'wall end a fl ight of a few steps farm, near town, containing bettteen 60 and leading to the room The quantity etnploy. 61 acres to Daniel - Mickley, Ben., for the sum ed might have been easily carried in a cow of $9OOO. Mr. F. has since purchased the mon three.ounco vial, and it is more than farm of Geo. Summers, Jr., at Park Hill, probable that this was actually the case. as containing 66 acres, for $lOO per Item the incendiary might easily pour the fluid without detection, and make his escape from Mr. Slimmers has also sold an improved • • a building before actual ignitton occurred.— lot of graund adjoning the above tract to At five minutes of nine flames burst from Mrs. Zody for the sum of $2900. some of the windows of the St. Nicholas :io- On .Wednesday last, G. V. Mang, auctiot el. Four rooms on fire; Nos. 138, 139, 140, and 17 , 1 Hero also the doors were eer, sold the Mansion farm belongin g s to the found locked. At twenty minutes past nine heirs of Emanuel Miller s dee'd, containing the same thing occurred at the Lafarge 134 acres and 76 perches for $116:25 per a. House. The Winter Garden Theatre occu ore. Purchaser, J acob H. Miller. pies a portion. of this building, and great consternation was exhibited by compact Tho Mt. Hope farm, containing 81 acres audience which had been drawn there by the 3 - 44 hes dd at thr m lute oot t per °nuance of " u zop ' am patella, was sot to saute, for theme of 4480 per acre. Purchaser Samuel Pfoutz. ACCIDENTS.---:-Thanksgiving Day was an unlucky one for the, rolling stock of the Cumberland Valley Railroad.. The morning train westward ran'-off th - e - track-about-six miles baldly Carlisle, upsetting and demolish ing two or three passenger ears. It seems almost miraculous that no one was injured. It was 6 o'clock in the evening before the debris was removed and the track clear. An other rail was broken the same day, above Oakville;but fortunately no damage was done. In the morning, too, the engine of the train from Hagerstown blew off its smoke stack. Seirlhe next session of Congress, com mencing sth Of December will expire on the 4th of next March. It is known as the short session. Already memberS of Con ress are Arriving in Washington, while the President is busy with his .annnal. Message, and the Heads of Departments with their Re s orts. CILAIMBERSaUItqf A 11., NO: 29.—Majot General Cadwalader is now here, and will assume comman • in p ace orGeneral who has been assigned to duty with General Thomas in the' field. ESCAPED.—On Sunday night last six prisoners escaped from the Hagerstown Jail. Among the number was Parker. Cramer, re cently convicted of manslaughter for thekill ing of G man named Wright: INCREASED —We observe that our co temporaries of the Franklin Repository have increased their. subscription price to 42,50 in advance. This is in • consequence of the increased price of labor, mate - tha t etc. '• The soldiers from the western Reserve District, Ohio gate Gen. Garfield, for Congress, 2,0311 rotes, and his tDeznocrat iel competitor, eight. Garfield's whole ma- jority in the District is twelve thousand Atir An engineer officer says that Sheridan has captured in the Shenandoah Valley a mile and thirty.two yards of artillery, or an average of two pieces a day since he took command. PREVAILING—The "western fever", just now, in this region. Coming in—Net , subscribers. Most Liberal—The person who will send us a turkey for Christmas. Won't* Reform—The man that forsakes his family for the sake of—Rum I Punishment of a Female Rebel Sympathizer. BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.—The case of Mrs Sarah Hutchins, who has been convicted by the military commission of sending arms to Harty Gilinor, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, attracts much attention here, and strong efforts are being made to procure a mitigation of her punishment. Many of the most earnest portion of the loyal eitikens of Baltimore earnestly protest against any such leniency, considering that the social position of the lady should not shield her from the full responsibility, and that her of feneti, in extending aid and encouragement to aueh a - public enemy, freebooter, and high wayman as'Gilmor, was an act not only a gainst the nation, but the State of Maryland —ajligh crime, meriting the most rigorous punThhinent—such as will deter many others of her Set in, this city and State from like offences. As the result of a bet on the election, the principals performed a "wheelbarrow feat" in Springfield on Priddy. The loser of the bet did.the wheeling, with a half-dozen bled dets around his neck, as per agreement, while the Winner sat io the wheelbarrowptrancinilly smoking a cigar. Preceding them were drum mers and fifers and a "banner," ap2ropriate ly inscribed. A large crowd, witnessed the ludicrous, display. SUbsequently the parties were arrested and fined $6,18 for obstructing the side-walk. with their barrow—a joke not anticipated. A. RESEL SPr.—The son of et-Governor Cooper, of Delaware, was recently convicted of being'a rebel spy. The .President com muted his sentence to imprisonment for life, audit-is stated.he has been sent to the Al bany penitentiary. A new style of frictional cuirenay shortly be issued. ATTEMPT TO, BURki N; 2ORK. NEW Yuan, .Nor. 26.—Lust evening, at about ulue u'elook, shouitauenusly that the several alarms istqleared but as 'echoes 'of each other i the lire bolls of different abitriots_ broke into a olanion, lYithin twenty ute atter the first stroke, it become quite generally, known through the eity,that the boasted rebel plan for its destrustien, so long in a state of inotpieney, was.at last be come-an accomplished fact, so far as Clio bore attempt was 13011Ccenlea. At fifteen nikauteE of nine the ireseuee of fire was detected in _moth performance of "Julius Omar.' No accidents occurred however, and- quiet was soon restored. At 1.4.13 the same scene was enacted at the Metropolitan • Hotel, and a fright occasioned to the audience at Ni. blo's Garden, - which has its entrance through that building, and is indeed a portion of it. At 10.30 Lovejoy's Hotel, and again at 12 _oclock,and_intermediately the. Brandreth House, French's Hotel, Tammany Hall; - fliT3 Belmont (down-town houses), and Wallack's Theatre were fired, as well as other build ings of less importance. Singular to relate, iu no one instance was any considerable dam age effected. Dow the Fires were Kindled. A solution of phosphorus which, as has 'been previously remarked, was portable in small bottles, that might be easily conceal.: ed about the person of the incendiary, seems to have in nearly every case.- In the hotels the beds were saturated with it, and lucifer matches laid thereon. In one of the rooms of the Metropolitan a valise was discovered, the contents of which had been soaked with the mixture. Almost im mediately after this had been opened by the police and exposed( to the air it burst into flames. The floor of the Museum exhibits a residuum of an oily nature which was left after the flames had died out of were extin guiili-tTL—Pfotablrit-is--the---ootnmon-solu non known to every chemist, and indeed to the ancients, which, on exposure to the air : ed. ft-is-assumed-by-some_that_what_ is known as the factitious Bologna slope, composed of brolin sugar and alum, which requires intense heat and consumes on ex posure, was the active agent in some instan • ces, common' spirits being employed to spread the fire, The Rebels in our _Midst That these deeds were not those of vulgar incendiaries, whose only object was plunder, is very certain. Education at all events poin ed tha path, and put into their hands' a so lution wherewith to work out the plot. Like wise be it remembered that while fires 'were bursting out trout all other treat ,hotels in the neighborhood, that one which is notori ous as the resort of traitors and traitor-sym pathizers was unharmed. No locked rooms and phosphorus bottles were to be found a long its capacious . halls. had its inmates bore a purer reputation, doubtleis that too would have been devoted to destruction so far as rebel incendiaries might compass it. - - , tery for ',llO - 71 T— they w^- eortunately for the rascals, they were nog caught in the attempt. The public mind was excited, and lamp-posts are available things for all purposes of immediate suspen .sion. The first man apprehended in the act would have found a rope about his neck. Burning of a U. S. Steamer FORTRESS MONROE, Nov. 27.—The mail steamer Webster, from • City • Point, reports that the steamer Greyhound, while coming down the James river, caught ftre and was totally destroyed. General Butler and staff, and Rear Admi ral Porter,' were on board at the time, but all escaped without injury. ASHINGTON, Nov. 28—The steamer Greyhound,-Gen Butler's despatch boat, was burned to the water's edge, yesterday, near Bog Island. Gens. Butler and Schenck, and Admiral Porter, were on board at the time, but the Pioneer came up and took them off. Another vessel'received the passengers and crew. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18—A despatch to the Navy Department, from Adiniral Porter, dated at Fortress Monree , to-day, says: "The United States steamer Fort Morgan arrived at'this port at 10 o'clock P, M. en the 27th instant, with the rebel Admiral Franklin Buchannan and his, two aids on board." Also .the following. telegram: FORTRESS MONROE, NOV. 28, 1864. To the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: I have just received a telegram front the commander of the prize steamer Florida, in , forming me that she had sunk in nine ath. oms of water. She had been run into by an army steam er, and badly damaged. I have not heard the particulars, but will inform the Depart meat when I receive the written report. DAVID D. PORTER, Roar Admiral. Professor Benjamin Raman ) of• Yale Col lege, died on Monday in New Haven, Con necticut, at the advanced age of eighty four. Re had occupied for yearn a leading position in the scientific and literary eirclee of the country. A farmer near Davenport, lowa, has forty 'acres of onions, which are estimated to yield 915 bushels to the acre, or 6600 bushels in alt., At $1.50 per bushel; this autkeorbutic patch will bring $54,000. Ephraim Blair, who' died recently at Salt Lake City, leaves nine widows.•, They have not'nnseh to Mourn for, since they have Jot 6sch but the ninth 'part of husband. The, English Pease Address, WAstailoioN, Nov, 27.—About six Weeks ago Mr. Joseph Parker, of Manchester, thig laud, arrived at New York, bringing with Mtn the Pence address of the subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, with a letter from Sir Henry Do: fioghton to Governor Sey mour, who; declined. formally to receive it, assiguity , as a reason that it shatild bo 'p.;iven to the ?resident ol' the United States, the hit ter being the only mitherized channel of com munication between other nations and the ci tixens of the United States. Governor Ho • mour aso sap at iis ailieinl position dtd not authorise him to accept the address in, behalf of other States, and that it would be better to withhold the document until after the Presidential•election, sous to avoid the appearance of interfering in the canvass.— Mr. Parker conformed to these suggestions, and, having arrived here last week, address ed a.uoto to Secretary Seward, stating that he had , bean deputed to convey, to this coun try the address to the people tifjkhe United States, and asking the honor of an opportu nity of presenting it to the President. To this the Secretary replied that before answer ing the letter it was desirable to be further inforthed wether Mr. Parker had authority from the Government of Great Britain atud Ireland for the purpose referred to, and weth er his mission had been made known to the diplomatic agent of that Government near the Government of the - United States. Mr. Parker replied by saying that the ad dress he had the honor . of being deputed by the parties signing to bring to this country, containing the signatures of some three hun dred and fifty thousand of Iris countrymen, from the peer to the artisan, was not from the Government of Great Britain, nor from any political party. It was simply an ex pression of the earnest desire of Great Britain to sea peace aciain restored-to this continent. The morrespondence closed by a note from the Secretary of State, in which he said the Government of the United States could not receive the address, and that the request for 1 1— an liter - viewwith - the President - was there fore declined. This address has already been published, and is signed by many Southern sympathizers, who ask the Government of the United tates to cease hostilities against. the/ section of the country. The intention now is to present the address to Congress at the approaching session. President Lincoln was yesterday presented by a California hunter with a chair made of elk horns, four large antlers forming the back -anil-arrus which-- are--set- on _ the_feet_of_the animal. Rebel. Recruiting. The following letter was found on a rebel who was recently killed in Audrair, county by Lieutenant John A. Sololiske, of Com pa- , .uy G, 67th Regiment. It shoivs the eftbrts made for filling up the rebel ranks: "BOONE COUNTY, Mo., April 20, 1864, "Being authorized by General- E. Kirby ; Sinith, commanding — trans-Mississippi—De- 1 partment, C. S. A., to proceedto North Mis souri for the purpose of rebruiting a cavalry rregiment, I hereby-authorize Corporal John B. McDaniel to recruit a company for the service, numbering - eighty men, rank and file, Ito be mustered in for the war. Captain No Daniel has authority for subsisting and for quartering the men and horses, receipting I for same—to report to me at my headquar- 1 ters. Yours, bi. Powrza, "Colonel Commanding." The following oath, also taken froitt the the rebel, is published as written, by way of sample: "I, A. B. doge solemnly sware that • l will Bare True alleg,eanee to the confederate States of.america, and that I will serve her honest ly and faithfull againste all thar enemies or opposers Whatsoever, and obay the orders of the president of the C. S. A. and the card ers of the offeeir appointed over me aeend-. ing.to the Mules and article of the govern went of the armies of the C. S.. So - help me God." Department of the Tennessee llomas lletrateti to Franklin. I,OutsvlLLV., Nov. 28.—General Thomas in reported to have retreated to Franklin, Ten nessee. The military authorities here Say that it the report is correct he must be pre paring to receive large reinforcements, on the way to him, before giving battle to •Hood, and that he has fallen back for no other pur pose. Guerillas Routed, Lottisvihrx, Nov. 28.—A Federal force of 200 men was sent out from Donaldson and Clarksville yesterday, and attacked Hastings' guerillas. near the Yellow Creek, routing them. They Will probably capture the whole gang. - Gen. Couch en rout for Thomas' Army Bonort, Nov. 28.—Major General Couch, who has been transferred trout the Depart ment .of.the Susquehanna, and ordered to re port to Major General Thonaaa, left Taunton to-day fur Tennessee. Arrival of Exchanged Prisoners. BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.---The Annapolis correspondent of the American, writing on Friday evening, says : "Two of the first ves• sels composing Colonel Mulford's fleet of' transports arrived here to-day with paroled, men from Savannah. The steamers were the Atlantic, Captain Gray, and Blackstone, Cap. tain Barry; the former having on board 649 - living skeletons and eight dead bodies. Nine others were buried ,on the passage. Such was the wretched state of these poor men that our surgeons were themselves appalled at the awful sight. Not a single man of the whole number but had to be sent to the hos pitals, many to leave them only for the grave. yard. The 560 on the Blackstone were in I better condition, and made the welkin ring as they lauded on the free shores of Mary land. Surgeons Vanderkief and Parker, and their assistants, evinced the deepest interest in the poor fellows, and are doing all in their power to mitilate their sufferings." Within the lust two months 18,000,000 new cents have been coined at the Mint. What beeomea of them r Indianapolis appears to be overrun with thieves and murderers; scarcely a night pas ses but some one is knocked down and rob bed. The profits derived by McCormick • from the reaper business, up to the date of Com missioner floit's decision, are stated by that eminent official to have been $4297,915,66. • __ Three hundred million.dollais have boon paid is bountic's to soldiers during this war. THE WAR, IMPORTANINEWS FROM SHERMAN, Capture of Milledgeville and Gordon, THE WAR IN TENNEggEE HOOD corieviritATlNG ON ooLuMbiA N.intivirase f Nov. 26.--The - rebel army, ttuder - Hood i nrunbering - kobably forty thou sand men, has been f for several days past, concentrating south of Coltimbia f Tennessee. Our forces, in the meantime, have evacua ted Pulaski, Huntsville, and Decatur, whiuh places are in the hands of the rebel troops. We aro .in hood's front, near and about Co lumbia. The Federal force is commanded by General Thomas. • On the 24th instant some severe skirmish ing occurred, resulting in a loss to out; for= cos of forty-foUr men, killed and wounded. The rebel lees is estimated at two hundred and sixty-four, including. an, officer ranking as a colonel. Large bodies-of troops are being massed is Hood's front. Some heavy fighting may be expected in that direction in a few days. Communication by telegraph to Columbia has been interrupted since yesterday. ' Rum; are in circulation of a fight hay lag °cc ed yesterday, tut no / official advi ses of an engagement have been received. Hood's demonstrations in Tennessee have thus far been fruitless, and a retrograde movement of his army is confidently predict ed by those who are well informed in array matters. The city of 'Nashville is filled with thieves and murderers. About twenty deaths by.vi olenee have occurred. .I.! - ORTRESS MONROE; Nov. 26 . , via Wash ington, Nov. 27.—The steamer Hiram Liv- ' ingaton arrived at 6 P. M. today, with 755 exchanged prisoners from Savannah. She - lost two=on--the-voyage ; and—the—remainder_ arc reported as. doing well, and. improving 'very fast. The Savannah Daily Menil,q Neuss of the 23d has the following telegraphic news "Aunts Ta., Nov. 22.—The Central train from Davisboro reports that 'Milledgeville and Cordon were captured yesterday. The State House, Governor's mansion, and poni tentiary were burned. General Wayne lipids the Oconee bridge: Nothing from Macon to day. "Passengers on Georgia—road-report that the train went to Greensboro to day.— The enemy appear to have all gone in the direction of Milledgeville and Macon, but nothing certain is known." The Augusta Constitutionalist of Monday evening says : "Passengers by the Georgia road train, last evening, report -that the Oco nee bridge,. five miles above Gordon, was burned at noon yesterday, by - a small party of the enemy's cavalry, who retired after burning-thee-bridge - to — their — camp, — on side of the river. - "The force of the enemy on the line of this road is estimated at 15,000, advanoino_u. slowly and eantLily. "The Governor of South Carolina has or dered the reserve uutlitia of that State to as semble at Hamburg. "Governor Brown has issued a proclama tion making' a levy es inane of all citizens between the ages of 16 and 55, to serve for forty days." Captain Baker, of the Hiram Livingston, says it was reported before he left, that Sher man had occupied Macon, and that there were 2,500 Union prisoners at Macon, ou their way to Savannah to be exchanged, but, the road being interrupted, they could not be brought through. Otherwise the ex change was'going on well. WAREIISKITON, Nov. 29.—The information from the Army of the Potomac, dated on Sunday evening, is that the usual amount of picket firing was heard along the front, but beyond that all was quiet. In General Butlees department the pick et firing was heavier than usual on, that day, and there was also considerable cannonading. The rebel ex-General Roger A. Pryor, now a private soldier in the Confederate ar. my, was captured on Friday last by the sth Corps pickets of the Army of the Potomac, while attempting to exchange papers with our pickets, as a retaliatory act for the re cent capture of Captain Burbridge by the rebel pickets under similar circumstances. He says that Gen. Lee had issued an or der for the return of Captain Burbridge on Saturday, and he will probably be returned as soon as .Burbridge is sent back. Since his capture Captain Burbridge has been dis missed from the army for disobeying tho or der, forbidding the exchange of ;papers or lholding intercourse 'with the .xebels under any pretext whatever. Pryorlas been brought to Washington land committed to the Old Capitol prison. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The latest infor mation from the South is probably that from ex-General Roger A. Pryor, who was brought hither to-day, as a prisoner, and lodged in the Old Capitol Jail. He was captured on Sunday, the 27th inst., near Petersburg. Several gentlemen who, shortly after that occurrence, were present during a conversa tion-with him, say that he admitted that Sherman had captured Macon and 'Milledge ville, and that there was but little, if any, doubt, from the rapid progress he was mak ing,-that he had captured Augusta, and that ho would encounter nothing serious to im pede his march to the seaboard; that, with Augusta•in his possession, th South would be cut off from Richmond, and that no troops could be sent from Lee to reinforce Savan nah. He talked freely, and apparently with frankness, remarking that • the South now regard General Sherman with more alarm than any other officer in the service of the United States, and the press of the South Would not be so communicative as heretofore regarding Sherman's movements. He fur th - or said it was reported that Sherman had liberated a number of Federal prisoners, and had armed them, but that this rumor need ed confirmation, NASHVILLE, Nov. 28.—Nothing has boon heard from flood's army or oar front since yesterday evening. The telegraph wires are down. Bood made an assault on our works nt Col umbia, south of Duck river, on Saturday, and was badly repulsed. - A small portion of the rebel cavalry had succeeded in crossing Duck river. - Hood has made,no other developments of his plans. Thus fir lo has,aceatoplishcl pothing far• tiler than the conscripting of some of his "dear =There is go fortudatlott Cdr ,the rumor' of evacuation of JoluisOnVille, except spry . . per precaution for possible contingonoiqs. Tho militerrsituation is satisfactory to the authorities. - • = -' The.itupOssion gains ,ground that Howl will move east across the Chattanooga itati road, possibly with the hope of, , sooompliand ing something, with the aid of Biecskinridge. The Shenandoah Valley; WIIEENNO O Va., Nov. 29.—The rebels under General Payne surprised, captuied, and burned Navy Creek, oWthilialtiinore and Ohio Railroad, yesterday. They sent afore° . of about - SOO to Piedmont, :but were' stub , barely resisted by Company A, 6th Vest VW ginia Volunteers,'who feught them threeo hours, when they retreated on•the Elk Gar. den road. 'l o be damage inflicted to the rail- . road at Piedmont was 'very - slight, and the communication between thisvoint and Ottm-- berland is rc.established.' ••• Riturtsiotiv., Nov. 29,—T1efoitowingare• all the facts that can be gathered in relationi to the late raid on the Balihboie and, Ohio Railroad : • About one o'clock on Monday afternoon a rebel force, estimated from 1,600 to 2,000 strong, appeared in front of New Creek Sta tion, which was defended by a small body of troops behind earthworks, who were soon overcome, and either murdered oiled. In a short time theonemy were in full pos session of the post; bleW up the earthworks, and destroyed all the temporary . and Other buildings, except the residence of Col. Arm strong, who is either now or has been in the rebel army. The cutting of the telegraph wire gave the alarm to the railroad men at piedmont, wh ere upon all the rolling stock of the company, and other moveable property, was moved to a place of safety. Soon afterwards the enemy readied Pied mont„_ant.Ltlextroyed the round house of the company, a large workshop, and a oonsidera ble quantity of valuable stationary machine So far as known, no damage was done to' the railroad track or bridges. The enemy are reported to have left in a southerly direction, and there is reason to hope they will be overtaken by the force sent in pursuit of them. REM, fORSES DIMING 8 - lIEICIDAN'S li_ANCE.—Thc Richmond Whig of the loth instant, says that an examining committee of seventy-two of the citizens of Roeltinghant county, Va., have made report of the Josses in that c, unt , through the order of General. Sheridan, as follows ' "Dwelling houses burned, thirty; barns• burned, four hundred and fifty; mills burned, thirty-one; fencing destroyed, ono hundred miles; bushels of wheat destroyed, one hun dred thousand ; bushels of corn destroyed ,fifty_thourraud_;__tons__ofhay deitroyed, siz thousand two hundred end thirty-one; cattle carried off, ono thousand seven hundred and fifty; horses carried off, one thousand seven , hind - rad and fifty; sheep eat — o' , our thousand two hundred; hogs carried off, eight thousand eight hundred and fifty; fac• tories.burned, three; furnaces burned, one. In addition to which, the,Rogister says, there - was an immense amount of farming_ utensils of every. description destroyed, many of' thorn of great value, such as Mceorrnieles reapers, and threshing machines. Also. louschold. and kitchen furniture, money, bonds, plate,„ &c. The whole loss-being estimated at the enormous sum -of $'35,000,000. TUE SPECIAL INCOME Tax...-:-But few days now remain for the settlement of th• income tax. Those persons who have not paid their income tax, on the ground that they have never been called on for anything orthe kind, should bear in mind that the law makes it imperative on them to make true return ot the same, as is shown by the following extract item the act of Confess he subject • on t ie sit. ee "It shall be the duty of all persons of law ful nge, and all guardians and trustees to , make return in the list or schedule, as pro vided in this act, to the proper officer of in ternal revenue, of the amount of his or her income; and in case of the negleet or refusal to make mill return, the assessor or assistant assessor shall assess the amount of his or her income." The act of Congress approves June SO, 1864, makes the same provision—that par ties shall make return to the assessor or as sistant tissessor;.and. under both , acts, par-- ties who "neglect or refuse" to make return , are liable to prosecution for ' attempting to. tlffra2ul the government.— Wash. Chron. Says a New Orleans correspondent: "Gaup. beli's Slave-pen is now a rebel prison. 'Get in dar yu'self,' said a colored woman,. as she saw the rebel prisoners filling into the pen. 'Use to put Its in dar. Get dar yu'aelf, now. The Lord's comin' sure." More than 79,000 trees, shreht ' and alba coons plants were planted in New York Cen tral Park last year. The carriage drive now contemplated is about eighty miles in length, and walks twenty miles. - Lag week there was more than two feet of snow on the" White Mountains on a level, . and drifts just east of the summit twenty feet deep. General McOlellan is said to have accept ed the position of civil - engineer in one of the departments in the Itussi an government. The Empress of 'Russia is to be under the care of no less than six physicians. Poor woman ! A reading rciom in ilichniond, supplied with the Northern papers, charges $5 per *day for admission. It is jast 27 years since the telegraph was put to practical use. The United States' Courts have deoidet that, a ton consists of 2, - 2,40 pounds. • UPDEGRAPFS', Practical Hatters, have re.. ceivell an extensive assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER stock of Materials, HATS, OAPS,&e. Wholesale slid Retail, Opposite the "Washitigton House," Ap 15, 1864.3 Hagerstown. truANES, UMBRELLAS, Ladies' Sun no brellos, Pocket Books, Pod Monaies; ,Glover, &c., "cheaper than the cheopest„' at • • UPDEGRAFFS' HATFAOTORY, Opposite the Wsshia;toa House, Hagerstoria. "Ap. 15, 104.
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