, 1863-11-18
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they reveal Of the movements in Virginia.
The people will be quite willing to be dis
appointed, and need no preparation to IT,
ccivc good news from Meade and his gal
liant army, whose tollsome campaign may
be happily crowned with splendid vic
tory. From Charleston, nothing new. The
firing is still kept up, and without marked
change The part played by the present
bombardment is doubtless to keep the Gu
emy from extending and increasing their
works, and shortly We may expect the
grand general attack in which the fire
shells are to have their share. The advices
from Chattanooga to yesterday, report the
situation unchanged, and the contending
forces in such close proximity that shell
from rebel battery killed Rev. Mr.. San
dcrs, Chaplain Of the Illinois 125th regi-
mcnt, in their camp across the Tennessee
a Minnesota battery fell at work and ST.
leuced the rebels.
Tho decision Of Judge Underwood at
Alexandra gives construction to the con-
fscation Law it has not before received,
and which will create futtering among
rebels It maintains that the conRscahon
is in fee simple, and complete, and not for
1itc only as has been previously held. 1t
will have wonderfully stimulating effect
on sales Of con6scated property if the rule
he made general.
The Radical triumph in Missouri is q
terrible blow to conservatism, and raps se-
verely the knuckles Of high Cabinet officers,
as how our Washington dispatch shows in
one striking instance. The eAnorney Cen
eral might have been in better crowd and
in better business and may not Jet be too
old to learn. The little episode of Mr. Ed
wards is most instructive one.
Our dispatches and news columns give
intelligence Of serious recent disasters to
our lake marine. The fine propeller Wa-
Ter Witch has gone down with all on
board. Painful rumors are rife Us to other
vessels, both sail and steam.
The card from Hon. D. Y. Bell, Special
Post Office Agent, is worthy the needing
of an who indulge in the common practice
of dcfrauding the Post Office Department
by conveying Or sending mai1able matter
through other than mail channels. It is
illegal, and may prove costly to violators.
The completion Of new through rail-
road route from the West to tue seaboard,
is appropriately marked BY the great Cleve.
land celebration to-day. Any doubt that
another was necessary, and that this, and
all, must yet double their capacity, can be
solved by little investigation into the ills
experienced by the trade and business Of
the West, from an overpressure On present
facilities. Ask merchants with goods six
weeks on the way from tide water. The
country is filing up so rapidly, and all its
sources Of wealth are 80 strongly expand
ing, that it is not chime1ical to expect not
only other great through lines, but all Of
them double-track, With facilities for trans
portation only the most Wide-awake rail
road men Jet appreciate as necessary.
No decision has yet been reached in the
Wabash Horse) Railroad case now before
the Supreme Court Of this State, at Mt.
Vernon. Indeed it is more than likely
that announcement will not be immediate
ly made.
4 highly important circular from Pro-
vost Marshal General Fry will commend
itself to the intelligent and patriotic as
instituting d good method Of getting all
intending sneaks into line, against the
draft comes. 4 list Is to be exposed for
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