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e of doing the same thing is not half so certain. We have decidedly improved upon their plan of operation. The bridges on the State road are destroyed from Marietta to Dalton. In General Hood's battle order, he says his word is "forward." He announces that Sherman has sent two corps to Chattanooga; that he will leave one corps to hold Atlanta, and that the residue of his army will not be a match for ours. Our cavalry had captured a train of thirty cars near Ackworth, on the 2d instant, loaded with supplies — coffee, five hundred barrels crackers, etc. On the 3d, they captured a train of cars loaded with beef cattle, which were burnt. -- These licks, together with those struck by Forrest, will soon have the desired effect in moving Sherman from Atlanta. General Beauregard and staff passed through Opelika on Friday, on his way to the Tennessee army to assume the command, and be will personally direct the movements and operations of the army until the fall campaign sh
Later from Europe. --The latest European advices are to the 2d instant. The prize fight between Coburn and Mace did not come off. It appears that Coburn paced the field intended for the scene of the fight amid tremendous shouts from the immense multitude. Mace did not make his appearance. It is expected that Coburn will claim the stakes. The matter stands over for adjudication by the stakeholder on the 7th. The London Times says the capture of Atlanta by Sherman, and the subsequent victory of Sheridan, render the reelection of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency almost certain.
le. The army is ordered to move against the enemy at 5 A. M. tomorrow. The expedition into Luray Valley. The Herald has a long letter from its correspondent who accompanied the expedition of destruction sent by Sheridan into the Luray Valley. We take two paragraphs from it: The orders of General Sheridan to Colonel Powell were to destroy all flouring mills, barns, grain factories, and to drive off all live stock and cattle that be found on his route of march. On Sunday, the 2d instant, Colonel Powell broke camp and moved to the town of Luray. As the troops proceeded, the roads were found in a wretched condition and almost impracticable for the passage of the division train. The troops encamped for the night at Luray. While at the lattes town, Colonel Powell ordered the destruction of several barns, well stocked with bay and grain. While several of his men were engaged in this duty, one of them, a private of the Eighth Ohio cavalry, was seized by two rebels and murd
uniting the masses of the Democracy and other conservatives, east and west, upon General McClellan. But there is no time to be lost; for the tide is evidently setting in the opposite direction, though still it may be turned. A summary of Burbridge's expedition to the salt Works. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in a letter from James river, says: A number of men (between thirty and forty, I believe,) belonging to Burbridge's command, captured at Saltville on the 2d instant, were among the prisoners who arrived to-day by flag of truce from Richmond. One of them — a gentleman of the Teutonic persuasion — gave me his opinion on the result of that expedition in a somewhat laconic style: "We gets not mooch salt dere," said he, "but we gets peppered like der tuyfel." Miscellaneous. A. J. Shackelford and George W. Booth, of Charlottesville, Virginia, arrived in Washington on Saturday as "refugees." Wendell Phillips is announced to speak at Cooper In
Latest from the North. We have received New York papers of Wednesday, the 2d instant, and Baltimore files of the evening of that day. Gold, in New York, Tuesday, closed at 241, and opened on Wednesday morning at 245; but at the close of the first board was selling for 236. The general news in these papers is of little importance. General. Hood's movements — He is reported as having crossed the Tennessee. A telegram from Louisville, on the 1st, says that the rumor prevailed there that Hood, with thirty thousand men, had crossed the Tennessee river. It also asserts that the telegraph line between Louisville and Atlanta is working. A dispatch from Nashville, on the 1st says: Since the repulse at Decatur, Hood has moved further west, along the south side of the Tennessee. He is believed to have passed some of his infantry over that river at or near Bainbridge, twelve miles above Florence. No part of his force has he moved further north. A rebel rumor here has rep
was safe. She could go her way as she chose, in spite of the efforts of our wooden vessels, unless some accident occurred to her which should prevent her steaming. None of the light draft monitors were ready to confront her, and she threatened to clear our forces out of the State of North Carolina. From General Hood's Army. The only intelligence we find of General Hood's movements, as far as the Yankees hear of them, is contained in the following telegram, dated Nashville, the 2d instant: also far as heard from, the rebel attack on Decatur, Alabama, has not been renewed. the rumor that Hood's entire army is in that neighborhood is hardly credited. We are, doubtless, prepared for anything that may turn up. General Rousseau is displaying his characteristic energy. General Barnard is in town. The murder of six Confederate soldiers at St. Louis — Particulars of the execution. Several paragraphs have been published from the latest Yankee papers, announcing the
ounces that the McClellan electoral ticket in Tennessee has been withdrawn. The Confederate cruiser Tallahassee captured the schooner Goodspeed, of Boston, off the Rhode Island, coast on Monday. Another vessel was scuttled a short distance off. The crew of the Tallahassee said they had destroyed three others within a few days. The gunboat Marblehead had gone in pursuit of her. Two hundred Yankee cavalry sent across the Mississippi after guerrillas got a whipping and returned on the 2d. The yellow fever is raging at Galveston. Among the deaths are General T. M. Hawes, Dr. Tims (just from Mobile), and Rev. J. M. Gorshoon. It is reported that Rosecrans has been ordered to relieve Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac. The official vote on Governor in Indiana is as follows: Morton, 151,064, McDonald, 131,201; Morton's majority, 10,883. The Philadelphia Age announces that the Democratic majority on the home vote, at the recent State election in that
ck would be destroyed, or the bridge burned, the attempt to go forward was abandoned. Subsequently, when the train had been delayed more than an hour, some of the leaders of the procession were consulted. These men rode on the engine, declaring to the crowd that it was "all right," and so the train was taken out of Trenton. From Sheridan's army. A telegram from New York says: Letters from General Sheridan's army, dated the 31st ultimo, report that a small rebel force had crossed the north fork of the Shenandoah on the 30th and proceeded in the direction of Luray Courthouse. A dispatch of the 4th instant, from the Nineteenth army corps, states that Early's rebel army is re-organizing at New Market, and that rebel reinforcements, in the shape of conscripts, have been sent to Early in considerable numbers. A Martinsburg dispatch of the 2d instant states that Mosby made an assault on the 1st on our packets, intending to stampede the animals, but was unsuccessful.
he blow given the Florida by the Wachussett carried away the mizzenmast and main yard, which fell on the awning, preventing any one from getting up from below. So unconscious was the officer of the deck of the intention of the Wachussett's captain that he sang out, "You will run into us if you don't take care," at the same time calling for a light. Twelve officers and fifty-eight of the crew of the Florida were captured. The Wachussett and Florida were to leave St. Thomas on the 2d instant for New York. This violation of the neutrality of Brazilian waters is not likely to amount to anything, as Brazil is a weak power; and last year, to soothe the Yankees, issued an order prohibiting the Alabama from ever coaling in a Brazilian port for some alleged infraction of the law of that country. The Herald's plan for Settling matters. The New York Herald has one of those stereotyped editorials which it gets off after the occurrence of every "big thing" at the North, cont
From Hoop's Mobile, via Selma, November --The Tribune had received private dated November 4, which The weather has become supplies of clothing are arising to flotation of the army. Our counts report that fifteen enemy had arrived at Decatur, forces. On the 2d, we sheffed them . There were only three thousand and have captured , but that was programme. We captured and wounded three or four hundred Yankee . They are numerous on the habit no desire to dispute the Rubicon. Sherman's troops are The First corps (General fifteen thousand at Bridgeport, some at not ascertained. General Hood has been days, but is now all right. General Beauregard is in command of the army.