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Ucfore 11 debars,
MAY 19, 1863..
TThile Fherman ffaod beneath the botest Era
That fnm the lines of Vieksbarg gleamed,
Ani'l.tEb-eLe'l tomtlcd ia tbeir Fmt.hy gyre,
And prape-jhot hiFRed, and case-thct screamed;
Bvk from the front there came,
Weeping and sorely lame.
The merest child, tLa youngest face
Han ever saw in such a fearful place.
Stifling hi? tear, be l:tnpd bis chief to meet ;
Cut when he paused, and tottering stood,
Around the circle of his little feet
Tbre ppread a pool of bright, young blood.
Shookel at his f ul cxe,
Shcrtaan cried, "HhH ! front face !
T"ho are you ? Srak tny gallant boy !"
"A drummer, Sir: Hfty -Fifth IlliLoia.'
"Are you not bit?" 'Tbati no'hirg. Only send
S'line cartridges: our ni"n are cut ;
And the foe pre 53 us." "Dut et little frionl"
Dr.n't mind me. Did you hear that thout?
What if our men be driven ?
Ob, for the love of Heaven,
Scud to my Ci-loncl. General dear I
"But you ? " Oh, I shall easily fiad th rear."
" I'll see to that." cried Shermsn : and a (Jrop
Arijrels might envy dimmed his eye,
As the boy. toiling toward the bill's hard topJ
Turned round, atid with bi hrfll child's cry
Shouted "Oh don't for-t !
Wt'll win thi battle yet !
Bat let our eoldieri have some more,
M re cartridges. Sir, calibre fifty-four V
iWiscdiamous.
" The Capture ofUic Florida.
From the Breton AJvenier. Noeaiber .
The news which w announced ye
trday morniu, that the arrival of the
famous reamer Kearsarge at this port
Lad trough; th? iutelligence ef th cap
ture in Brazlian waters by the Uuion
gunboat Waehusett of the notorious reb
el cruiser Florida, sent a thrill cf sur
prise and delight through the "communi
ty even iu the midst of the -excitement
and anxiety of Presidential election day.
The ojoyful news spread over the city
like wildfire, and was the universal sub
ject cf dicussiv)u and mutual congratula
tion, and the interests of the Congres
sional sr.d natural elections seemed al
most forgotten in cumpanicn. One cf
our reporters paid a visit to the Kear
ttitge during the Iay, ai.:l lj tthe Lind
courtesy of her oiikers, Tayfuasttr J. A.
Smith teint; specially obJiginiz, was en
abird to obtain a detailed acccount of the
singular a tTa 1 r in the lay of liahia. com
juiiiLg all the particulars which are ac
cefible to the public.
The Confederate rrarrsteamer Flori
da arrived at Bahia, Bay of San Salva
dor, Bruzil, October 5, having captured
and turned the bark Mondamon. from
Rio, oiTPtrnambuco, cntheSSth of Sep.
The United States sieamer Yachusett,
Captain Napoleon Collins, had ben ly
ing several days in the port of Bahia.and
the Florida at first anchored'in the offing.
The Brazilian Admiral immediately sent
her a message requetiug htr to come iu
tide; which the did, anchoring in the
midst of the Brazilian fleet.&nd clo?e un
der the gurs of the principal fort which
is located upon an island in the middle of
the harbor.
Ct ruin parties in B.ihia, which is a
comr.Krcal city of considerable impor
tance, with one of the best harbors m
the world, being interested in American
affairs, bestirred themselves to bring
about an engagement between the Wa
chusett and the Florida, firmly confident
that the result of tuch an encounter
would be another Union victory as com
plete as that won last summer in the Bi it
i h Channel. On the morning of the 6th
of October they carried a chalenge to
Captain Morris, of the Florida, to move
outside the limits of Brazilian jurisdiction
and fiht the Yachusett. The rebel
commander declined to receire the mi
ive which the Brazilian residtnts had pre
pared on account of some informality in
its address. Durinr the afternoon of the
same day a Hungarian citizen, living in
Bahia, and sympathizing with our Gov
ernment in its struggle with rebellion,
waited upon C3plaia Morris, and en
deavored to induce him to consent to an
action bstreenhis ship and the Union
gunboat, but without success. Captain
Morris, however, stated that if h hap
pened to fall in with the Wachusett du
ring a cruise he should willingly 'engage
in a contest with her, but that on no se-
count would he concent to leave a safe
harbor for the expresa purpose of having
an engagement.
Ali effort - on the part of outside par
ties to bring ca a naval battle in open
water between the two vessels proving
unavailing. Captain Collins promptly took
i into consideration the other means which
suggested themselves for riding the seas
of the most dangerous enemy ef oar
commerce. In the evening of the same
day above mentioned, Thursday, October
6th, he called a council of his officers to
debate the subject An important ele
ment in the consideration was the fact
that the convenient harbor of Bahia has
three openings into the Atlantic, by any
one of which the Florida could make her
escape whenever the darkness fa
vored her purpose, without the possibility
of one Union vessel preventing it, it is
stated that the council of officers were
also possessed of information that the
Florida had repeatedly seized and burn
ed American ships within three miles of
the cost of Brazil, ;in defiance of every
law of neutrality, without the slightest
objection of any sort being made by the
Brazilian authorities. Takiug into con
sideration all the facts in the case,vthe
council advised with but one dissenting
vote among all the officer cf the Wachu
sett, that the scheme proposed of seizing
the rebel cruiser at her anchorage should
be carried out Captain Collins imme
diately gave the orders for accomplish
ing the design agreed upon, saying that
with the very deepest regret he fell that
the conduct of the Brazilian Government
in permitting piracies within the. shadow
of its i-horea had made the st-p an im
peratively necessary one. It mcty be re
marked here that it was found, after the
seizure of the Florida, that arrange
ments had beeq made for her esaps
from the harbor on the very next night,
for a new career of depredation upon bur
shipping,
The preparations for the encounter
were made with great celerity and com
plete secresy, and at about three o'clock
jn the morning of Friday, October 7, the
cables were slipped, and the Wachusett
bore down upon the rebel vessel under a
full head of steam. So little expecta
tion was there of such a proceeding, that
one-half of the officers and crew of the
Fiuridi, seventy in number, andjuclud
iag Captain Morris, were carousing on
fhcre, atid the nrmnnder, having jum re
turned from a sin ilar absence, were in
no condition to repel an assault. The
Florida's officer of the deck, rupposed
the collision wlmh he saw to be itnitieut
to be merely accidental, aiid cried on t:
'You will run into us if you don't look
odt." The design of Captain Collins
was simply to. strike the Florida amid
ships with full steam on, crush in her
side, and send her at oDce to the bottom
beyond the possibility of causing further
trouble to' any one. The Wachusett,
however, did not strike her adversary
fairly, but hit her in the stern, carrying
away the mizzin mast and main yard.
The Florida was not seriously injured by
the collision, but the broken spar fell a
cros? the awning over her hatchway in
such a manner as to prevent her crew
from eretting on-deck from below. The
recoil which fullowed the shock carried
the Wachusett back several yards. In
the confusion which ensued several pis
tol shots were fired from bath vessels,
chiefly at random, and entirely without
eflect, Two of the gups of the Wachu
sett were also du-chtrged by accident,
according to one report, and as another
version has it.ly order of one of the
Uuion Lieutenants. The shots did not
strike the Florida.
Captain Collins, of the Wachusett. im
mediately thondered out a demand to the
rebel craft, "Surrender or I will blow
you out of the water." The Lieutenant
in charge of the Florida. may be excused
for considerable amazement, but his still
presence of miud to reply. "Under the
circumstances, surrender." Without
the delay of an instant, dozens of gallant
tars boarded the prize and made fast a
hawser, connecting her with their oin
vessel, and the Wachusett turned her
course seaward, moving at the top of her
speed and towing the P'lurida ia her
wake.
The fleet cf Brazilian vessels, which
entirely surrounded the little fcpace of
water on which the brief battle had been
fought, was so ?itpated that the two
American steamers were obliged to pass
under t'ne stern of one cf the largest, in
order to penetrate their line. The Wa
chusett was chalenged, but did not design
a word of reply, and the Florida, when
hailed and commanded to halt a mo.ueni
after, replied that a piuse was imposst.
ble, as she was towed tythe vessel in
front. The Brazilians soon guessed the
state of affairs, and in another moment
or two the heavy guns of the fort; under
the very mizzles of which the capture
had been made, opened fire on the Wa
chusett, as she disappeared in the mor
uins: darkness. Three shots were fired
after her, allxpasinj harmlessly far
above her pennant, and striking ue wa
ter beyond.
To the reader it seems that all this
must have taken a considerable ime; but
the testimony of a careful officer on the
WTachusett, corroborated by the surgeon
of the Florida, assures us that from the
time the Wachusett first slipped the ca
ble and steamed upon the rsbel cruiser
to the moment when the ecioes of the
last gunfrom the Brazilian fortress died
away, was only twenty minites by the
watch. Certainly no page of history can
show a more daring achievement, or one
executed with more brilliant rcpidity cr
more complete success. . t
The Brazilian naval sCcmmandef
in Bahia harbor acted with all the
promptness which could hav' been ex
pected, and in a few momenls the dawn
of day disclosed two vessels of the Braz
ilian fleet doing their utmost to pursue
and overhaul the Wachusett and her
prize. They were a heavy sloop-of-vvar
and a small armed steamer, neither cf
them any match in paint of speed for
the handiwork of New England machines
and soon gave up the chase as the Union
and rebel steamers disappeared below
the horizon.
Captain Collins soon ordered the ships
to heave to and examined hi prize. He
found that neither vessel was materially
damaged by the collision, and that there
had been no injury to life or limb from
the cosfmed firing which following it
Twelve officers and fifty-eight men of
the Florida's cre-.r were captured, and
all her stores, papers, Sec, were fcuud
uudisturbed in tbo c?bin. The two ves.
els soon stemmed for St. Thomas, arri
ving there on thej23iL u':., and finding
the ICearsarge already ia pjrt. It was
intended to keep the n.c:er -t Bahia a
secret at St. Thomas; but it was acci
dentally revealed by a seaman of tat
Wachusett to one of the crew t:f the Ksar
sarge, and wine hints of it got wind in
.he town, causing great excitea;er;t there.
The Florida rtmamed outside the buy,
while the Wachusett entered tp obtain
coal.
Acting Assistant Paymaster W, W.
Wiihams, of the Wachusett; Surgeon
Chariton, of the Flurida, and aixteeii oi
the crew of the privateer were transfer
red to the Karsarge, which sailed Oct.
Ul, and arrived here at midnight on
Monday, as previously reported. Pay
matter Williams being charged with
dispatches for th Government, left by
the earliest train yesterday mornirff for
Washington. The Wachusett and Flor
ida were to sail from St. Thomas cn the
2d inst., for New York, where they
may now be daily expected.
The crew cf the Florida is compossed
of Englishmen, Irishmen, Germans. &.c,
and contains no citizens of the rebel
States. Among her officers, howevtr,
are several Southernors. Surgeon Charl
ton, who now is on board the Kearsarge,
is a native of Georgia. He was before
the war an officer iu the United States
Navy, and was stationed for several
years in Chelsea. He has many ac
quaintances in Boston. He was hereon
the day of President Lincoln's first elec
tion, and left shortly after to tender his
services to the Southern Confederacy.
He is a gentleman in appearance and
manner, and no reluctant to speak of the
circumstances of his capture and the con
dition of our national affairs. He wears
the full uniform of the rebel naval ser
vice, plain gray cloth, with the rank in
dicated by shoulder straps, as in the Uur
ion costume.
Surgeon Charlton expresses full confi
dence that his captivity will last for only
a very limited period, believing that the
whole affair will terminate as did th
seizure of Mason and Slidell three years
ago. If the demands which he thinks
will be made by the Brazilian Govern
ment are disregarded by our authorities,
he lcoks for an indorsement of the
claims by the Governments of great
Brittin, France and Spain. in such a man
ner as to compel compliance. The reb
el officers confess a complete indiffer
ence as to the result of, yesttiday's elec
tions. They say that the North entirely
mistakes the universal sentiment of the
South, which they affirm will never con
sent, oa any terms", to a restoration of the
Union. They declare an unshaken con
fidence in the ultimate triumph of their
cause, placing their reliance on the in
trinsic ?dvantages of their position in a
military point of view, moving constantly
on interior lines. They argue that rol
unteering is entirely a an end ia the
North, and that the conscription car not j
be enforced here while the rebel armyj
is kept up to a fighting standard by stetdy j
recrutiaf:, icd has a reserve always on
hand of three hundred thousand negroes
capable cf efficient military service.
Surgeon Charlton estimates that the
Florida has steamed over forty housand
miles since she left Brest no: Laving
spent ten days in port in nine moith3.
During her career she captured about 40
American vessels.
The Kearsarfje has oa board ona cr
two prisonors takea from the' Alabama
last Fumtner. She still bears upon her
sides the marks of that deperata en
counter, and wiil have to undergo a thor
ough overhauling and refitting during
her stay in this pert. She will proba
bly go out of ccrmission in a few day,
and will receive new sails and rigging,
and he repaired in every part during the
winter at the Charlesiown Navy Yard.
Her cruise has Insted 3 yeass: and she
has steamed about thirty-five ifccusaad
miles since she sailed on her maiden
voyage from Portsmouth, ia 1561. Sh
now lies jtiit oil the navy yard, ia full
view of our wharves, where hundreds of
people will fkrk to see the gallant little
steamer that so nobly vanquished ar-d de
stroyed, in romantic single combat, the
fieebooier which was for so long the ter
ror ot our mercantile marine, The offi
cers and crew of the Kearsarge, as is
announced in another place, aud to have
a public reception to-morrow in Fanueil
Hall, and we trust that they will receive
such an adequate id-a of the estimation
m which their invaluable services are
held by the merchants and -the public
generally of Boston and of the nation.
Shall We arm the Negroes.
From tba Lyucbburg Republican-
The proposition is so strange so un-
A 1 o
constitutional so directly in conflict with
ail Cur former practices and teachings
so entirely subversive of our social and
poliiicr.l institutions and so completely
d-structive of our liberties, that a stand
completely appalled, dumbfounded at its
promulgation. When Lincoln first arm
ed the negroes against us. we til remem
ber what just indigav.ioa it excited
throughout the world, and how r?voliing
i; appeard to the minds of our people;and
when insult was added to injury, by re
rjuirir: us to exchange negroes for white
men. the base proposition was indignant
!y rejected as worthy only auch a bru.al
nature ss Beast B'itlers. To this day,
thousands of our soldiers, are languish
ing iu Not them prisons, because neith
er they nor we will consent to acknowl
edge Lincoln's negroes as their equals.
But those just and refined sentiments of
gentlemanly warfare, seem no longer to
be regarded by a portion of the Southern
press, as matters of any consequence at
all, and they'uet only virtually declare
that Lincoln is right, but that the South
should improve upon their example and
elevate the slave to full political and civ
il equality with his master! In short, it
is abolition. This is the naked proposi
tion of these journals, v.hen stripped of
all its deformity.
They propose that Congress shall con
cript two hundred and fifty thousand
slaves, arm, equip, and fight'them in the
field. As an inducement for them to be
faithful, it is proposed Ji hat, at the end of
the war. they shall have their freedom
and live among us. "The, conscription of
negroes," says the Enquirer, "should be
accompanied with freedon and the priv
ilege cf remaining in the Slates." Thi.
's th monstrous proposition. The South
went to war to defeat the designs of the
abolitionists, and behold ! in the midst of
the war, we turn abolitionists ourselves 1
We went to war because the Ftdera!
s 1 i 1
uonrrress was entirei? meaatinrr in our 1
domestic institutions, with which we con
tended they had nothing to do, and now
we prcpoe to end the war by asking the
Confederate Congress to do precisely
what Lincoln proposes to do free our
negroes and make them the equals cf the
white man! We have already been
taught to believe that slaves are proper
ty, aud under the exclusive control of the
States and the courts. The new doc
trine tetches us that Congress has a
right to'free our negroes and make tbem
the equals of their masters.
Now, we are free to say that if the
South is to be abalitionized in the end,
it would have been farbetter for us to
have been abolitionzed in the begining,
and that if such a terrible calamity is to
befalls us at all,we indefiniily prefer that
Lincoln shall be the instrument of our
disaster and degredation, than that we
ourselves should strike the cowardly md
suicidal blow. Lincoln steals our ne
groes and burdens his people' with keep
ing them ; the Enquirer proposes to free
our negroes and make them a perpetual
burden to the confederacy, a standing ia
sult to the manhood of our people.
But this is not tha most hateful aspect
kill 3 iursuuu. uaii'wc uii'a cuuuu :
policy," says the Enquirer, "demand tht 1
we make freeman cf those who fight for j
f r-. . . ? . , ti ' I ' a 1 1 V a . c-1 1 rN nil . . z !
11 t LUUul. 1 Li . J 13 kl j WUCb 1.4 till t.J
frightful deformity. Lincoln and Bjtler
declare that the negroes who they make
fight for "freeCom," are entitled to it,
and therefore treated and exchanged 'as
the equals of southern gentleman. If the
wild doctrines of the Enquirer be siic
tioned by our people or Government, then
President Davis cannot gainsay the prop
ositions of But er and Lincoln, and must
consent to th exchange of negroes for
white mea. Bat this is not all.
If "those who fight for freedom" are
entitled to it then ihey are "entitled" to
it equally. If the 1 egro is made to fight
our battles of "freedom" then he must
be governed by the same laws of war.
and he must stand upon the same footing
of the white man after the war. What
will be the consequence? Why, if 2-50,-000
negro men are entitled to their free
dom because they fight for it, then their
wives, chilen and families are also en
tilled to the ame Loon, just as tha wives
children and families of the white men
who fight the same battle. In other
words, the South is to be converted by
this war into an nbolitionized colony of
free negroes, instead of a land of white
freemen, knowing their rights and dar
ing to maintain them. If the negroes
are to be free, they must be equally
free witd the master. If they are to be
armed like the master. What is the re
sult? Why, they never, can be slaves
again, and must be treated as the mas
ter, politically, civilly and socially.
-Those who fiht for freedom," says the
Euqvirer, and we say so too. If the
South are willing to make the shameful
confession that they have accepted a war
wiich they cannot fight to a successful
issue- and they claim rights in slaves
which the;- are incapable of maintaining
by force of arm?, then we say we leveled
to the equality of our negroes.
There are other revolting aspects in
which this question presents itself to our
mind, but we have not space to discuss
them this mornings We shall revert to
this subject again, for we honestly be
lieve that should such doctrines raeet
with any considerable favor at the South
our cause ii honestly lost, and the coun
try not worth one drop of the precious
blood which has been hed in its behalf.
Instead of being a war for the freedom
of the white man, it will degenerate in
to a struggle for the freedom and equal
ity of our slaves. If our people are not
capable of vindicating their title to prop
erty in negroes, then thej ought to qui-J
etiy surrenuer tne c.uestton, stop me war,
abolish slavery and confess themselves
eternally disgraced.
Sherman aud what he Thinks of
Hood.
Major General William T. Sherman
is in the city, and communicating with
the Government. No man in America
is more cheerful or self possed. For the
generalship of Hood it is "no secret that
he has the most inexpre;sible contempt.
Speaking of him to his general officers
one day, he remarked, with an emphasis
peculiar to himself.
'JcLnstcn being a sensible man, I
coul ! generally divine his movements,
but as Hood is not, I can tell nothing at
all about them!"
"D nhim. if he wiil go to the Ohio
river I'll give him rations! The nearer
the rebels come to us, the easier it will
be to kill them."
Last weeli Hood was reported at De
catur, Alabama; with his whole army.
"Let him go north." said Sherman,
'my business is down South!"
Thomas will take care of him and
Nashville, and Schofield will not let him
into Chattanooga or Ivnoxville. The
military sky is bright as the nccn-day
sun in this department.
Blair and Schofield and Wilson were
in Rome yesterday. The Army of the
Tennessee, with the exception of two
divisions, has gene to Atlanta. Cin.
Com.
The New CoEstltallon or Msrjl3n2
The Maryland Free Constitution makes
some very imporlaut changes in the law of
the State. It declares that ali men are cre
ated equally free, and are entitled to the
enjoyment of the proceeds cf thir own
labor; that hereafter there shall be nether
slavery nor "nvoluntary servitude, except
in punishment of crime, whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted; and all
persons held to service or labor as slaves
are declared free. It prohibits the General
Assembly passing any law to compensate
masters or claimants of slaves emanci
pated by the Constitution. Lotteries are
forever abolished by the Constitution It
affirms that the Constitution and Laws
of the United States are the supreme law
of the land, to which every citizen ef th
State ewes paramount allegiance. The
Legislatme is to make provision for taking
the vote of soldiers ia the field An im
portant feature cf the Constitution isihu
which renders ineligible to, office and in
competent to vote at any elecioa unless
restored to citizenship by a two-thirds,
vote of the Legislature, all persons who
have aided the rebellion ia any way, either
by service, money, gicds, lsuer, or by
information. This will dis:ratichi.-cd.a
crat many of t f.-rrcer citizen? cf
Marj land, and h the fit atteui; t maia
by any State to p n.Uh i;s ciuzeua fjr
landing aid o the rebe'.hoa.
The Crest TcrnaJo la Htlssli
Chester, Rir.do'ph C.vinty .III,
November 0.1SGL
Mr. Editor: Thij morniug about
to o'clock ons of thj fk-rce-t storms ever
known in this region s vpt over the coun
try. The little town of Mer.ird, just uua
mila below this pbv'e, is in rums. Fro;r
ten to fifiefn dwellings aui 00? church
were swept fron the face t f the earth.
The value cf the porperty destroyed can
not now be estimated, but the losis sup
posed to be from fifty to six'y tluuiaai
dollars. The above loss is in t!ie town of
Menard alone. Seven tni!e from iu re a
small place called R.ar.dc-!p!i. ia thi coun
ty shared about the saiiu fat3 that Me
nard did The whrl place is a perfect
wreck. Los not kn oah. Ia Menard four
persons were killed: C. I. Haakin-.a smll
girl living with Mr. H.iskias, Cdoael
Gabriel Jones, a maa name not known.
Mrs. Emersoa before this reaches you,
will be dead. As far a heard from only
two persons were killed ia Randolph.
Seven or tight persons were severely
wounded.
Captain Willanis, of Menard, lost from
Si. 00 to $1,200 ia greenbacks, carrid
away by the storm, to be thord, ia,
perhaps, when Abraham blows his hsru
nat Abraham or old. but our present
Abe, The steam ferryboat was a. so de
stroyed. All the upp;r works include;
boilers, etc , were carried a mile oyer .
the bills. The storm lasted about tea
minutes. It is impossible to give particu
lars now. I have written the abore aa
count very hurriedly, but .will :ve yu
full particulars tomorrow We Lava
nothing defiriiie as yet ia regard to our
county election. It is thoujat however
Randolph will givn fro;a 'Jo j to 3o0 ma
jority for Litiltf Mac. -.
New York, 15;b.
Herald's special sys there is every
probability that commissioners will sma
appointed by the President, if thy hava
not already been, to preseut peaca pro
positions to rebels.
Herald says the rebels have again fal
len back towards Staunton. D;smrs
who have come into our line say E.ir!y's
army is ia the vicinity of Fisher' ILll,
they broke camp Sur.fay morning a-jd
commenced a retrogade movement, ia
the evening his p'cUets oa C"dtr Creek '
were withdrawn, leaving "apparently on
ly a small force of cavalry in Swjdii'a
front. Early's entire forcy in thr va:!?y
estimated at 30,000. several thou -aud b
ing uuarmed conscripts that h-j Las re
cently cobbled uo au i whom he( xr,-?ctJ
to supply with weapons by capturm tha
from Sheridan's men.
Tuesday between Marttushur:? ar.l '
front a pany of guerrillas, wearing na
tional uniforms, wernwuet by s.in-of tha '
secoud regulars, who they familiarly ac
costed and drew in'o conversation, after
riding aloug the road sv-n- d. stated t they
suddeutly. t a preconcerted wiga!, drov.
weapons, shot ten union soldiers, an es
caped. The following day one huaJred
of Mosby's men atta-ked loor 2'J of the
27th cavalry, killing two wcuadmg two
and capturing the remainder.
Rebels are said to have b?pa recently
gobbeling supplies firths Shenandoah
army in West Viri-ii. A-um-; thu
prisoners captured by cur cavalry in ths
fight last Saturday, were about thirty i fa
cer?, rebel Ios ab-ut 3J0 our lass abot
170.
Times says the schema for the destruc
tion of steamers on the Pacific coast by
a gang of piraf?, who conucted the plot,
at Havana under instructions from Mil
lory, Sec'y reb-l Navy, has been rustrat
ed. The expedmoti was to havre Lta
command c-d by Thos. A. Hog, of rebel
navy, who left Havana with sixteen of
twenty men for Pduafiia. tb-y were to
get aboard steamer; Gautemala but ar
rived to late. The scheme was known ia
Panama, and 'twas expected they would
take the Salvador which sa:l?d, prepara
tions were made for their capture. VYita
one of these steamers th-y hoped to ctp
ture. specie bearing vessel, thea prey up.
oa the Pacific -Commerce.
Richmond papers say Sherman left At
lanta the 12-.3 moving northward, thoa-a
they doubtless mean ty that eastward la
a northerly lir.
Herald's Orleans cc-r??por.'L?r:re sayi
our forces have ben withdrawn froia
pest on A'.chafalya river, not being n-ed.
ed there any longer. Important inform
ation ha3 been caitied by scouting expe.
detioa near Natchez. Four bfockads
running schooners laden with cotton hs,Y8
been captured off Texas coast. Tribun
special says owing to continued prostra
tion of Sec. Stanton, and th widespread
desire of the people, the Presides! bti
tendered the position of Secretary of War .
to Gen. Bitler. tis said Bjtler has de
clined for the present. It is also es,-rt-ted
that Admiral Faragu; i-. to be Sei'y
of the Navy. It is hiid our Government
will insist upon reparation or apvogy
from Brazilian government for fimg ca
U- S. fiag. If our eras ers were contra
vening her laws. he fcnr.vs wn-rc to fiai
us and ho,v to adjudicate her claims, b it
the a& of opening fire upoa our vsselj
will be rebuktd.
New Y ti. 17
Six steamships similar to thos ued by
Cushing ia destroying Albemile just
completed, officers Private Florida has
Leea takes frcra Point Lockout.