VILIAOE RECORD,
-vm/.4..BEkiintes33comtcor.
Friday) Deecn*ber Ri0,156911..;
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Forever float that standard - Sheet "1
' Where breathes the foe but falb; befote tit,
With - Freedom's soil beneath dur (Ott,
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And Freedom's banner streantihtt ;At ;hit
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advertising and job work, to which) ore will . strictly
adhere whilst the present "war prices" continue :
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" alter the year,
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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.