The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-12 00:00:00

AN ERICA.

LRLUrEit'S TELEGItAM•i
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.
Richmond ppm r anticipate that if Sherman
captures Charleston or Savannah he will trnsfer
his army to Grant. They expect the James River
fleet will proceeci tar Savannah to cc,operate with
Sherman.

Hood is reported tiro have o-cupied Huntsville and
Decatur. His maim army, 40,000 strong, was eon.
centrated south of et,lumbia on the 26th. HI
saulted the works at Colurnbi9, south of the Duck
river, and was badly repuisod. A small Cmfccle.
rate cavalry forca howz.ver, in crossing
the Dack river. It is supposed that Hood will
move east across the Coattanooga river to et. orr,
ratl wick 13!cckenridge.

It is eaid that Forrest is provided with poatcons
to cress the Tennessie B'ver at Clicago, and is
marching in connection with Hood's nary through
Tennessee to Cumberland C p.
Errly reports that Sheridan's cavalry had been
repulsed beyond Mount Jackson, whence they were
pursued and driven beyond Elinburgh in con.adioll,
leaving their dead and wounded.
2,000 Confederates had wade a raid on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad at New Creek, where they
captured a Federal force and destroyed the ware-
houEes and stores.

It i 5 reported that E cops had moved
southward from Lee's army.
It is denied that Sheridan had reinforced
Grant.

General Dix has announced that the emissa-
ries of the agents connect:d with the plot to burn
the ci'y will, if arrested, be tried by court-martial,
and, if convicted, they will be executed es spies.
More suspicious persons have been arrested, and a
large reward is offered for the offenders.
All Southerners are ordered to reg'ster their
names or they will be regarded as spies.
Mr Seward has refused to present the British
peace address to Mr Lincoln.

The Confederate Congress Liss unanimously re-
jected the proposition conciliatory to the United
Stage, and favouring pacific measures on the brsis
of the recognition of State righte, end the original
statutes of slaveq. .

The Canadian Government had refused the re-
quest of the St. Alban's raiders to refer to Richm9nd
for evidence of their connection with the Confedt.,
rate Government.

The Tallahassee end tho Chickamauga have
arrived at Wilmington.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold 230. Exchange on Landon,
251; on Paris, 2 9 to 2.122.

Stooks slightly firmer. New York Central 119/,
Illinois 126/, Erie 931, 5.20 Bonds 106. Cotton
quiet. Middling Upland, 129. Fiour and wheat
advancing. Cor❑ quiet. Provisions lull. Coffee
and auger slightly fi aier. Molasses steady.
Petroleum, crude, 49; refined 69.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.

The latest Tennessee despatches report that skir-
mishes take place daily between the fonts of Gene.
rats Thomas and Hood.

The Confederate clvalry attacked the Unior,
garrison at Shelbyville on Monday lest, but were
repulsed.
The railway from Nashville to Chattanooga is
still unbroken, although bands of the Confederate
cavalry ere prowling near it.

Advices from City Point state that heav T artillery
and musketry firing commenced at an early hour on
Tuesday last, and continued up to 11 o'clock. The
gun boats were thought to be :king part in the
engagement, but particulars have not yet been re■
ceived.

Further details have come in respecting General
Pay ne's raid upon New Creek on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. The Federal garrison were surprised
and most of them captured. The Confederates blew
up the earthworks, and destroyed the depot and a
large quantity of Government supplies.
The arrival of Gen. Slccem's left wing of Sher-
man's army, numbeiiug 16,000 strong, at Madison,
and the but ning of the town, is eunouneed.
The excitement at Auges'a was veiy great, end
the place is in urgent need of trcops. It is proposed
to imprc' the negroes.

According to the Richmond Inquirer of Friday
lest, 13,000 Union prisoners, confined at Salisbury,
North Carolina, attempted to esclpe. They suc-
ceeded in overpowering the interior guard of their
entrenchment, and were engaged in fighting the
outside guard, when the er:illely was opened upon
them, and about 40 prisoners were killed and a krge
numb( r wounded.

A Newborn despatch of the 27th ult. reports that
all the available Confederate troops in North Cero-
lina have been sent to the e9sistanc3 of Georgia.
General Bragg is in command of the Confederate
depot in North Carolina.
Confederate pCsoners stats that the Federal er-
pcdition against Wilmington he been abandoned.
Gcve►nor Vence expo eted to be elected to the
Richmond Senate.

Giver..ment securitie3 are dull. The stock um-
kot inactive, Gold heaNy ; closed 2261.

(TELEGRAPH NEWS ASSOCIATION.)

Sherman's cavalry attempted to cross the Oconee
River, but were repulsed. Up to the 24th it was
still on this side. It is thought this will be the first
line of Confederate defence. Macon has not been
captured. The Federals abandoned their line of
march upon Macon, and moved upon Gordon and
Griswoldville, which they occupied. The Confede,
rates evacuatA Milledgeville, aster removing
archives and other valuable property. The Ft le.
rals then entered the city and destroyed it. The
Governor of South Carolina has ordered the State
militia and reserves to assemble at Homburg on the
Savannah River, en route for Augusta. The g:-.
risons at Charleston end Savannah have also been
ordered to that point. Beauregard, Hardee, Taylor,
and Wheeler, were at Macon on the 22d. It is
understood that Beauregard took with him Taylor's
corps, 10,000 strong, for Corinth.

Oilier accounts state he took 25,000 men, leaving
Hood 20,000 to operate in Tennessee in conjunc-
tion with Breckenridge. The World believes the
Confederates can concentrate a force of 89,000- to
confront Sherman between Macon and the sea.
The News thinks he will be compelled to turn to.
wards the Gulf of Mexico to escape disaster. It
intimates that the Confederate forces under Beau-
regard number 40,000. It is now believed that
Sherman will avoid Augusta, end endeavour to
reach Savannah, to open up communication with
the fleet, At last accounts the two Federal columns
were 40 miles apart, with trains eight miles long.
Richmond papers report that Sherman was repulsed
20 miles from Augusta, and assert that the situa-
tion is regarded in official circles es decidedly en-
couraging. There is no truth in the reported Jibe=
ration of Federal prisoner's. The exchange has been
stopped by the destruction of the railroad to Sa.
vannah. Hood, in conjunction with Breckenridge,
is believed to be marching en Knoxville, whore
Gillern wee, at the last accounts, cut off from
reinforcements. It is reported that Burnside has
been ordered there with 10,000 men. Thomas has
evacuated Franklin, Tennessee. It i 3 also rumoured
that he has abandoned Athens and I.Loatur. Hood
is vaguely reported driven back from Columbia,
but no details are given. The Tallahassee :and
Chickamauga are both safe at Wilmington, The
Talisman and Armstrong arrived at Bermuda with
1,100 bales of cotton. Governor Seymour has de-
clined to receive the British peace address, but re-
ferred Mr Barker to SArecary Seward, who also
declined it, and likewise refused him an interview
with Mr Lincoln. Barker now proposes present.ng
T
the address to Congress. The Florida was run into
and sunk on Sunday last week. It was privately
rnmoured she would be accidentally burnt. The
Express regards it as a strange and curious affair,
anti thinks it will add to the existing compllea.
cations. The World eee-s the pretence of
an accident is too transparent to deceive at)3 body,
The Nezvs thinks she was sunk designedly, end
adds that the sinking does not cancel the duty
of indemnity. The Government should procure
another Florida, and restore her to Grazilian watere.
The ?hues eels the question is open Es regards the
right or wrong of the L alzure, but contends that

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thus far there is no ground for complaint. Ads
mire! Buchanan end the officers of the Florid 4
have been sent to Fort Wai:en.
Nearly all the joutnals concur in regarding the
recent fres as a Confederate plot—though many
people regard it as a manceavre of the Administra.
tion to further exasperate Northei a feeling against
the South, end to furnish a pretext for martial
law, which the Tribune demands. That journal
says—" The rebels are active, dangerous, and des.
perate thiJughout *he city, end nothing but mar.
tial law will suffice.'' Several arrests have been.
made, but names and pal .iculars are kept private.
Hotel k3CV2:S offer 20,000 dollars reward, end
Major Gunther recommends that the Council (Are,.
25,000 more. Ganorat Dix issued two ordera eit -4
c!eueing all rebel emissaries snits, who, if detected,
shall be au mmerily hung.
The edito:J of Southern jou: ials ere sndignant
becauso they are included in the conscription, and
have called a Convention to protest.
The Richmond Examiner believes that Shertnen's
reign will purify Georgia, and cement the plopla
more thoroughly in support of the Government.
The Federal gunboat Pontiac Was fired into
with shells in Charleston hnbour. Six of the
crew were killed, and the boat badly injured.
General Lee reports that Sheridan's second re.,
conne'_sance with two brigades of cavu'ry WS4 d-.
feated, and his dead and wounded left behind,. Tee
fight 1r5t,..1 four hours.

The steamer Greyhound, with Admiral Porter
and General Butler on board, was totally burned
James River on sunday last.
Hancock has been ordered to raise a new
corps of 20,000 one year m.?n,

Elr!y will winter in the valley, but two divi.
sioas of his army htNe been sent to Petersburg to
take the place of A. P. Hill's corps, sent tenth,
supposed to join Breckenridge or oppose Sherman.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

tustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Dee. 19.
--, v!9 Marseilles: Dec. Li.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet . Jan. 5.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dee. 2'd.
tlbina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. jg.
via Marseille® ...Dec, 13.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 12
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilies Dec, 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 12.
via Marseilles Dec. 21,
Portugal.... • Dec. 12.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 12.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.
Newfoundland . .Dec. 21.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and Briti,h N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 15.
by U.S. paAet....
by Canadian packot.Dec. IG.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec 11.
West Indies and Pacific .. . .. Dec. 14.
Bahamas (via New York)
Bermuda (ditto) ....
Cuba and Mexico

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865.
JANUARY.

Manchester 2
FEBRVARY.
Lincoln spring

MARCH.

Derby Spring 2
Liverpool Spring
Shrewsbury Spring

Northqmptcn 4
Croaton Park
Durham l7
Newmarket Craven

Newmarket Ist Spring.. 1
Chester
York Spring

Epsom Summer (con.).. 1
Manchester .. 7
Ascot
Alexandra Park 2O
Ju

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Pontefract
AUG

Huntingdon
Reading
Egham
Oxford l7
York Augua 22

Doncaster Spring l4
Warwick Spring
Chelmsford Spring

SEPT'
Weymouth (continued),. 1
Leicester
Doncaster
Brecon
OCT

Catterick Bridge
Thirsk
Epsom Spring

Salisbury
Bath 23
Epsom Summer
NE.

Hampton •• 21
Nowton
Newcastle
Worcester Summer
rLY.

Northallerton 5
Ntgwmarket Second Oct 9 I
NoYE
Worcester Autumn

Nottingham Summer . • 13
Chesterfield '2l
Good wood

Plymouth •. 24
Lichfield
I Devon and Exeter 29
Derby Summer .. 30
I Wey mouth
:111BER.

Richmond ...
Monmouth 2l
Manchester Autumn
Newmarkct Ist October, 26
limn

I Newmarket Houghton.. 23
Worcester Autumn .... 31
:MEER.

(continued)

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.

(From the Civil Service (i.rzctle.)

Treasury—Mr Francis Charles Stephenson has been ap-
pointed a supplementaey clerk.

Home Office—The office of lord-lieutenant of the East
Riding of Yorkshire has become vacant by the death of the
Earl of Carlisle. The governorship of Pentonville Prison,
is vacant. Salary, £4OO. Mr Robert Charles Chester Wil-
mot Eardly has been appointed secretary to the directors
of convict prisons,

War Office—Mr Charles B. Taft has been appointed a
commissariat clerk, Cape of Good Hope.
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India Office—ilr W. H, Benthall has been appointed
private secretary to Lord Dufferin, Under-Secretary of
State,

Education Office—Mr Harry De La Hooke has been ap-
pointed an assistant clerk, London.

Science and Art Department—Mr Theodore Hickson has
been appointed a second class clerk, London.
Board of Trade.— Mr Arthur C. Nicholson has been ap-
pointed a temporary clerk.

The Post-,ffice—Mr Francis John O'Neill has been ap-
pointed a temporary clerk, Dublin. Mr William Couch
has been appointed a temporary clerk, Dublin. Mr James
Jerome O'Dwyer has been appointed a temporary clerk,
Dublin.

Customs—Mr Henry Brown has been promoted from
the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixth class of
examining officers, London. Mr James W. Jamsett has
been promoted from the fourth class of out-door officers
to the sixth class of examining ofLers, London. Mr
Hodsall Manwaring has been promoted from the fourth class
of out-door officers to the sixth class of examining officers,
London. Mr Walter Furlong has been promoted from the
fourth class of out-door officers to the sixth class of exa•
mining officers, London. Mr Francis Healy has been iro-k
moted from the fourth class of out-door officers to the sixtf;
class of examining officers, London.