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been on a gunboat on that day or not; and but one of two conclusions as to his motive in running from the battle. Nearly two years ago we knew the whole history of this gunboat matter, and knew, also, that McClellan had been to bed on the Galena while the battle was thundering on the shore; but we refrained from then publishing the fact for fear the public would be unwilling to suddenly receive such a statement in relation to a "Christian gentleman." Speech of John W. Forney. In Washington, on Saturday night, John W. Forney was serenaded, and made a speech in reply. That portion of his speech which gives the Yankee idea of what this war is for, is brief, and here it is: For, after all, when you contemplate Mr. Lincoln's Administration, what has he done? I stand to night immediately before the house once occupied by Dr. Garnett, a son-in-law of Henry A. Wise. I stand upon my own property — bought by my hard earnings, twelve years ago, in this city. This gentleman,
tisfied with General Hood's position. Developments are now progressing that will astonish and delight the country. The Democrat contains an account of the evacuation of Johnsonville yesterday by the Union commandant of that place, who is also reported to have destroyed all the transports and gunboats near that place to prevent them falling into the hands of the reinforced rebels. The particulars of the affair are meagre and somewhat conflicting. A letter received in Washington city by a naval officer from an officer in command of one of the divisions of the Mississippi squadron, dated Chattanooga, November 1, says: My boats have had two brushes with Hool's forces and repulsed loss both times. He has now gone down below the shoals, and a large portion of his army, has crossed at Florence for the invasion of Middle and East Tennessee. General Gross's brigade passed here to-day on the road to Athens to head him off. Forrest seems to have the start of Sh
tant movement by a small body of our troops. It was thought expedient to shift the position of these troops, and the Yankees perceiving the movement, opened upon them with musketry, cannon and mortars. Our guns replied, and the firing was kept up for half an hour. There were no casualties on our side. From the Valley. Passengers by last night's train bring the intelligence that Sheridan's force has been considerably diminished by the sending off of troops in the direction of Washington city. Some of his cavalry have likewise disappeared. Mosby is reported to have made a descent on another wagon train, on the road from Martinsburg to Winchester, burned a number of wagons and carried off safely some horses and mules. The train was guarded by a detachment of infantry and one company of cavalry. The Yankee depredations in the Luray Valley were very severe, an immense quantity of grain having been destroyed; but there is now no Yankee force in that vicinity. Ge
e suitable measures to testify to Captain Winslow the "grateful recognition of the merchants of Boston" for his conduct in sweeping from the ocean a destructive enemy to the commerce of the United States. The Advertiser states that Joseph Story Fay, who lowered the Union flag at half-mast on the fourth of July, was nominated one of the committee, but subsequently had his name erased by a vote of twenty-six to six. Lord Lyons is lying very ill with typhoid fever at his residence in Washington city. Serious apprehensions are entertained that he will not recover. In the New York Tribune we find the following paragraph about Maryland: "In Maryland, in some of the strong 'nigger-breeding' Democratic localities, little annoyances and outrages upon the freedmen are the highly honorable occupation of the white-skinned, fat, black-hearted and cowardly chivalry. These scoundrels have become so annoying that General Wallace has been induced to make an order for their especial regula
kinridge is suspected of a design to march from East Tennessee on an invasions expedition into Kentucky, and General Burbridge is making rapid dispositions of his forces to prevent the movement. The Baltimore American has the following about the Lieutenant-Governor of Kentucky, lately arrested by the Yankee military: The arrest of Colonel Jacobs, Lieutenant-Governor of Kentucky, was reported a day or two ago by telegraph. The further report, however, that he had been sent to Washington city under guard, proves to be untrue. General Burbridge, it seems, has taken summary action in the case without the formality of sending the accused to Washington, and has decreed his banishment beyond the Federal lines. Colonel Jacobs passed through Covington on Saturday last, en route to the in accordance with the order above named. Miscellaneous. Gold was quoted in New York on the 23d at 223 3.4. General Grant was in Philadelphia on the 22d instant. The leasing of
estion was new to their Government, and could not be avoided by it, if there was a firm resolution to press it on their attention. Mr. Pollard thinks that Lord Lyons was really sensible of the outrage that had been committed, but had it conveniently pigeon-holed in the Home Department after the approved diplomatic fashion of dodging unpleasant questions. When Mr. Pollard was in Fort Warren, he received the following letter from the British Minister: "British Legation, Washington, D. C.,"May 20th, 1864. "Sir: I have received your letter of the day before yesterday. "On receiving your telegram of the 24th instant, stating that you were charged to represent to me the facts of the case of the Greyhound and the interests of the owners, I sent by telegraph instructions to Her Majesty's consul at Boston to ask you to communicate on these matters with him for my information. I have to-day received from him an account of an interview which he had with you the day before
oner's extradition will be ordered by the Governor, though the friends of the prisoner talk of appealing to the Privy Council of England; but it is said the decision of the court here will be final. Fight between Yankee Congressmen. In Washington, Monday night, Mr. A. P. Field, the claimant of a seat in Congress from New Orleans, Louisiana, was arrested for an assault and battery on Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in the hall of Willard's Hotel. Mr. Field was taken to the station-housethat he was not in any way responsible. It is hoped that he will not be allowed to escape. Miscellaneous. Brigadier-General William H. (one-eyed) Powell, of Sheridan's cavalry, has resigned. Brigadier-General Wheelock died in Washington city on the 21st. A force of eight hundred men are on the eve of leaving Annapolis for Savannah, to be employed in repairing the railroads uniting with that city. The Postmaster-General has issued an order re-opening the post-office at
The News. The peace commissioners. Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, the Confederate peace commissioners, who left here on Sunday morning for Washington city, stopped Sunday night in Petersburg, whence they went through the lines to City Point yesterday morning. They left our lines on General Bushrod Johnson's front. As they were making the transit, their characters and the object of their mission being known, our troops set up such a cheering as never was heard before, and continued it till the commissioners were out of sight and well within the Yankee lines, when the clamor was immediately caught by the Yankee troops, who cheered and hurrahed until they were hoarse. --Amidst the deafening shouts of armies, the commissioners went on their way. The next we hear from them will be through the Yankee newspapers. Gold. Gold, yesterday, was stiff at forty-five. The Tallahassee. The enemy's newspapers have falsely reported the Tallahassee as captured. She ra
Sale of Autographs. --At an antiquarian sale in Washington city, an autograph letter of Lafayette to Mr. Madison was sold for $16.50; the signature of Napoleon Bonaparte brought $8.50; a letter from William Henry Harrison brought $5.50; John Hancock's autograph, $6.50; Von Humboldt's autograph, $4.75; a letter from Andrew Jackson, $6; a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, $9; Thomas Jefferson's address to the Tammany Society, $5.50; the autograph of Toussaint L'Ouverture, $5.50.
Tragedy in Washington. In Washington city, on Thursday evening last, Miss Mary Harris, of Chicago, killed Mr. Burroughs, a clerk in the Treasury Department, by shooting him through the heart. The tragedy has created a good deal of sensation in the United States. The young lady's statement, made after her arrest to a reporter, says that Burroughs had promised to marry her, and she killed him for not keeping his promise. The dead man is exonerated in this statement from any charge of seduction. She had loved him, she said, since she was a child, and though he had at one time urged her to marry him, which was opposed by her parents, he had since married another. She first determined to prosecute him for breach of promise, and sought him out for that purpose. The statement says: A few days before starting from Chigago (two weeks ago), I was walking along the street and saw some pistols in a shop window. Having learned that many of the ladies in Chicago carried pistols,