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The New York herald., 1864-12-01
SHEN A.NDOAH.

The EHav AZ Now Creek and Pied MonA.
Mn, N. DAyIDsoN's DESPATCH.
MARrrHsBuwe, va, Nov 80, 1904.
The losses Of forces Al New Ussek poiIced m,
last serious Than ai Drss supposed. Colo
mel Latham, NJ G. elect from Pennsylvania, In
raand at New Creex and Is reported 10 lost six
seyen guns from his earthworks and hFee hundred
Warned Of tho enemy's approach BY The fight Of
the day previous at Mooreheld, he had kept atrcl
watch for him all night, ard 10 DO came
not, arrived ~ the oScc,uss ~ -. 80 had
turned backward, Vigilance relaxed, and therefore
about she middle OF tho day Rosser pouDsed upon bis
pckes and go inside Of hs earthworks before he could
gather his command. The guns and prisoners wore
cured the whskey connsoated and drank, tho stores
robbed and tho enemy departed.
Colonel latham WAS among tho missing uniI Today.
when he turned up safe distance from tho scese Of
strife
small party OF tho enemy only proceeded 10 Pied.
mont, and ared the Baltimore and 0hs Railroads ma.
chine shops and destroyed such other public property
they could lay their hands upon. Our troops
concentrated, drove Them away and exlnguIshcd the
flames The injury done to The railway track and tele.
graph lines was trnDg, and Communication by them
at once rs.established.
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THE G UIF.
Important and Successful Ex-
pedition in Louisina
>>>r.>~.~~~>~~~~~..~>~
Gen. Leo Defeats the Enemy st Liberty
and Brookvills, Capturing Three
Pieces Of Artillery and Two
Hundred Prisoners.
Defeat and Capture OF tho
Rebel Garrison ct Pine
Barren Bridge, Fla.
Magrader Attempting to Gross the
lllssissippis
M >->~~oo-~~~~~~S>|~r>~0~oeOr
Arrival Of Admiral Farragut at
Mow Orleans.
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Sinking Of the Steamer Lam
caster, No. A,
~ Ass ~

The steamer Empire City arrived last evening from
New Orleans, bringing dates 70 November %. We are
Indebted 10 the purser for fayors
Admiral Farragul arrived at New Orsans on shs 22d,
from lhe fleet on Mobile. .........
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10 II M D..

General Buuev's Headqu rtors,
~. wiLiIAn II. hERRIAMS essPArCH.
In Tnos1 o. RlJsrcSD, Nov. aS--Evsnmg.
uRISe ON dksrsAL aRAnAn's ysowr. ,t.s
Early IN tho forenoon ot to-day the enemy gave evi
dences Of bhteSDsss towards Tho picket lines General
erahan's fsons, and opened nrs early ,as
O'Clock sns morning, and which being maintained
late shb writing with great yigor though, far
can learn, with smal effect.
ARMy ISrsLueascs .-,...s
Special Order--No 380.
HRADeCAi TERs, DEPARTMENT Jw yisaISrA ASpl
RoRm CAROLINA, ARMY o. TBs JAMS,
In TIM Field, Va, Nov. 20, 1884.
(Ex.raotl
~ seoopd Lieutenant ~ NJ Rust Fourth United s,stes
COlored troops hereby tered out the sery ice st
his own reques and upon ths Recommendation Of hts
commaadSpg onoer for gross neglect OF duly, dis,0dL
Of orders. sowardy descrlnn rs lmeot IN
the face Of The enemy, ana general. ipoompo,ency o
will receive final payne until no has sal ed The
Pay department. that he 10 nO indebted W he govern
ment.
v. first LIEUTENANT Jamts 4. Grinsu Eighth United
States enIored hereoy mustered Of The
vpse, upon the application OF bis vie and roaomme da
lion Of me COMMANDING officer lie WV ,sesive 20 1nal
he Is not indebted TO the government
VI First IisuleDaut John A. Price, FIFTH United States
colored troops s hereby mustered Oul lac service =
the United States for rendering bis resignation IN tho
face Of The enemy for reasons nos oonueced with The
Of the Oommssary Of Mus,crs he viii receive Anal
payments until he has satisfied The Pay Department that
he te nOs Indebted 10 the government 81
VII. FIRST Lieutenant Enoch II JaCkmaD, Sixth United
States ooored troops b hereby dihono ably discharged
tho service Of The United States. the recommsnda
toD Of hs brigade and dyison COMMANDERS for tender
Ing his resignation, and sinking duty uhis his reg mer
was IN front Of The enemy Ie will T,.ayo no nnal
pay until be has satisfied the Pay Department that
he 10 nos indebted 70 the government.
x. sscoka Lieutenant ". A. Place, Orc Hundred and
SeycAlecnth United States ored tro,ps hereby dts
charged the service OF tho United sates, he bsvioR
tered the service with disease whioh incapaclaied
hin, for duty. He will receive fnal pay mons mill no
has satisfied tho Pay Department that no no. Indebted
10 the government.
XIV. Second Lieutenant Francis Handel, One Hundred
Ninth United States coorea troops. hayg bscntod
himself from regiment. without leave snceeOoober
70, 1854, and committed breach Of arrest while under
charges hereby dshonorRby Dismissed The service OF
the Cnited Staes subject 10 the approval or The Presi
dent He VIII receive no final paymenie until he has
satisfied lhe Pay Department that be n0I indebted 70
the & iverDment.
BY command or Major General BUTLER.
kRAEt r. EwALy, Assistant Adiutans General
The Press Dcspa soh.
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the Brttish Peace RlfasaOas
OFFICIAL CoYRKsPoHpENog.

wAsaISoros, d. c., Nov. 70, 1884
Hon. srn-l beg inform you that have been dsputs1
70 convey TO ths country IN address from the people
sa.s: Of Iss sSdrsss ' . Ssssr
nor seymour for bm 70 present through the proper cham
s:a &c: x: = '9 *. e q:
% y q. -: People q sasr nsa' d
Nay therefore, aak Tho heoor Of opportunity fov
JOSEPH PARKER.
DsPAnfnnr srArn /
wAsHrSorox, Nsv. 70, lSeA.
TO Josera PAaxn Esq Washington D. C;-
s.Your isss. q tins Ssss stating snss ycs are sss
r:laad 70 the people Of The United ssts hss eess r.
yoe have authority from the sovernmen. d or:a ssss
and ireland for the purpose referred TO- and yDsss
agent q that scvsrs mont accredited The
:sr,.s, sSs United s"'s NH;xinisS III Az Il skwARD
,t w..ur.osSs. 3 q, Ssy. %, isS4
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SSns1,t ana nS1 as soassnd ne
pssv 10 shs Artisans not rom me acss s-,sn -
bs 70, s: ..,g.. any R0Sr assrs Il. .sss 4 pss
pis x orsss Britain 70 SO peace again sssessa ~s
W.sas your nvor an A0u0rss,: 1S:rs s y:Css ros
sbsdisnhy,
wAssmeToa, New -, le1k
m Jossys PAsssa, ysq l., Metropolitan Hossl,--
as--rbs sovsrnmsht Of The United seassa cannot ~
,bis ucoruinr Your rsquese FOR IN inssrvhw VITA us
N esdent 20 present. the address therefore dscsmse
an, sir, yeur obsdsns servant, nt,~,,,,u n srvApp
rn. p.ru.vIva~sa Electors Notided.
HApmsrno, Nov. 90, 1884
The Pennsylvania esciors have been ao'nss sy nsss
overnor of their election, sukcent returns nAvnk v
reseiv cd 10 indicate Inc sIeoilon VI tne paEte
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Ths Press Dcspa soh.

The Press DCspa tOhs
WARRINGTON, Nov 80. 1904
Tho NAH steamer fsom City Point reports thai heavy
artillery and muskes firing heard early yesterday
morning on iho side Of The James river, tho
vicinity Of Dutch Gap.
Tho guuboats wore also supposed 10 30 o. work.
The GrIDg had nearly ceased al eleven O'Clock,
No particulars have yet been received.
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the PennsyIvania Electors Nonns~' ~ ,ssx
-. r.,o,v,var,a .sctoys have been notified by ths
Governor of their election, sukcent returns namk
received 70 Indicate ths slseiion " the ps9'~ ss !
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-02-17

Information will, cnder ordinary circum-
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for it, in answer to any or MI of the following
inquiries. II the application is by letter, the
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that body can decide it. Article V of til,
Constitution provides that g The Congress
whenever two-thirds of both houses shall
deem it necessary, shall propose amend.
mcnts to this Constitution, x x whcl
shall be valid to all intents and purposes
when ratified by the legislatures of three.
fourths of the several states, or by conven.
in three-fourths Thereof, as the one or the
other mode of ratification may be proposed
by the Congress 1t is plain, therefore,
that Mr. Sumner first resolution proposes
to perform a necessary act in strictly
constitutional manner.
We take pains to show this in order 70
meet at once the objections of class in the
free states who believe that while slavery
is wrong, all who try to abolish it are Grim
ipals. Such people have fixed belief
that every kind of legislation against slavery
is unconstitutional, though no one ever heard
them object when it was proposed to legis-
late in its favor
Mr.. Summers resolution is offered at a
propitious moment The experiences of
the last three years have convinced all but
few that slavery is the cause of all our
troubles and dissensions. Not only in the
free states, but in the slave states, the mass
of the people have been forced to see this :;
and the loyalists of the slave states are as
jealous for the abolition of slavery as the
most earnest friends of liberty in the North.
Public opinion is ripe for the important
change; and an amendment abolishlng
slavery would doubtless be passed, by leg
isators or convention, in every slave state,
when released from the rebel rule, as well
as in all but few Of the free states, or
probably in all of them, when it is once
seen that the southern people desire to be
freed Of this evil
This amendment accompHshes by single
blow all that can be done by the various
forms of cumhrous legislation which have
been proposed. Slavery, and that alone,
has brought war and trouble upon us;
while slavery exists, while it can renew its
life under any pretext, in any nook or cor
ner Of the land, we are not safe from rep
ettions of the sectional strife which has al
ready cost us so much suffering, sorrow and
expense.
We must abolish slavery outright, thea,
FIVE want to perpetuate the Union and
liberty. Thus says Hamilton from Texas,
and Andrew johnson from Tennessee, and
CAN'T from Arkansas and DRrant and
others from Louisiana This is now the
demand of the Unionists in Missouri, Mary
land and Wcsteran Virginia, and we have
no doubt that it will be the voice of North
Carolina, Florida and other states as they
get more and more weary of the rebellion,
and more and more anxious to return to
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, Soldiers
~EA Md Societies, clcrgymen, editors and others
are respectfully requested to aid in disseminate
ing the following notice, which is of interest to
all who have friends in the army:
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-12-29
Death of an Eminent Actor.

The death of JAMES w. WALLAcK on
Christmas day, says the N. Y. Post, removes
from us perhaps the most prominent theatrical
parsonage Of the age in our country. Certain
ly there has been no death in the profession
since that of William E. Burton, which has
attracted so much attention and caused such
wide regret. e.asssz -..a. =
The late Mr.. Wallaek was connecting link
between the great players Of the last century
and of the present. He belonged to the aris-
tocracy of the stage. The profession in the
Walack family is hereditary. The deceased
was descended on both sides from players, and
his mother, Elizabeth Field. played with Gar
rick, while his father, William Wallack was q
comedian.
Young Wallack was intended for the navy,
but showed at an early age preference for
the stage. When four years old he appeared
in fairy piece, and appeared almost as soon
as he could talk, with company of Juvenile
players. At one time he was stage manager
at the Drury Lane, London, and at another,
manager of the National Theatre in New
York. Popular in both countries, his theatri.
cal career was one Of far more uniform success
than is generally the lot Of the members Of his
profession. 6 n2Ega Tea evse
In 1851 Mr.. Wallack decided to remain in
New York, and opened Wallack's-now the
Broadwsy-theatre; and there produced plays
In such finished style, and with such an ex-
cellent company, that it soon became the mod
Ell establishment and the most refined place of
theatrical amusement in the city. e z
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George ThomusuO,nl at the 0ity Hall.


The 4th Lecture Of the Independent Course
is to come off at the City Hall tomorrow
evening. Hon. GEORGE THOMPSON, late
member of the British Parliament, and one of
the lifelong English friends of America, will
be the Lecturer, his subject being "RIeHT
AND WRoNa IN AMERICA"
Mr.. Thompson brings with him reputation
that is dependent upon no mere newspaper
puffery, and he needs no word of ours to Sc
cure for him crowded house. We are
aware that it has been quite common for Flip
pant pro-slavery men to speak of George
Thompson as an agitator, ameddlesome dis
turber of national peace, an enemy Of our
free institutions; but all such filings are as
untruthful and unjust as they are malicious.
True, Mr.. Thompson, more than thirty year
since visited this country, and he condemned
our slave system,-as our own best men die, -
and he forewarned us Of the terrible dangers
with which it was fraught, and for this he was
abused and mobbed by the miserable hirelings
and supple tools of the slave power. To-day
his forewarnings are shown to have been just,
and his terrible apprehensions to have been
well founded, and a grateful people are ready
to confess their former errors and to do him
ample Justice. = aaaq9 IS
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BY TELEGRAPH
fss9 Assas.is roTHE
/, Portland Daily Press.
u OFFICIAL NEWS DISPATCHES.
"a EXPEDITION FROM GEN.
SHERMAN'S army.
Proposed Movements to the North
ward from Savannah.
REBEL REPORTS FROM WILL
IS aasr MINGfoN.
y4R' al99 ~ --.
NIL q 0.1I-s11-
The Capture of saltville.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Ars Washington, Dec. %, TO- 80 p. M. m
To Mqj. Gen. Di1 The following extracts
from Richmond papers to-day have been re-
ceived by the Department:
The latest official dispatches from Georgia
indicate that Sherman has already followed
up the occupation Of Savannah by sending q
force of cavalry, artillery and infantry upon
an expedition where the destination can only
be guessed at from the direction in which it
has moved These troops are reported to
have gone towards the Altamaha River, and
we shall no doubt next hear that they have
crossed that stream, and are moving to South
western Georgia in quest of prisoners who
were supposed to be at Andersonville.
Sherman's programme for his grand cam
paign northward seems to be no secret. He
will start from Port Royal and move straight
for Branchville, the point OF junction between
Georgia and Carolina Railroads. He then
proposed to follow the main lines of railroad
towards Virginia, marauding as much 40 he
can by the way. All very fine, but if Sherman
proposes Lee disposes. Rs'
W7lJpington, 8 p. M. Dec. 27-To the Pres
identAof the Confederate States.-The enemy
has re-embarked under cover of his feet. His
movement is not developed. ] have visited
Fort Fisher and find the damage slight, ex-
cepting the buildings not necessary for de-
fence. Only two guns were disabled. The
marks remaining indicates that the lombard
ment was heavy. Maj. Gen. Whiting. COM
manding the defences at the mouth Of the
river, Col. Lamb, commanding the fort, and
the officers and men comprising the garrison,
deserve special commendation for gallantry,
efficiency and fortitude displayed under very
trying circumstances. ba.ftsS-s ssssel
Y q (Signed) BRAxToN Brace.
The Lynchburg Virginian has the follow
ing additional in relation to the capture of
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special Notice.

Commencing Jan. /, 1855, the following regula-
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The publishers of the Press are obliged to adopt
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selves against abuses, and also to relieve the Car
rers FROM embarrassing duties which have often de-
Iayed them in the delivery of their papers, to the
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Saturday Evening Post.

We call the attention Of those who wish
to subscribe to first class literary weekly, to
the Saturday EUsning Post, publishedi in
Philadelphia. The Post contains weekly q
large and very interesting assortment of sto-
ries, sketches, anecdotes, &C., calculated to
amuse and instruct its readers. OF course
every man should take the Portland Press,
daily or weekly, then the Portland Transcript
as his first literary choice; but, after that, we
would commend the Post to his attention.
The Post is published at 50, so per annum,
with great inducements for clubbing. Wheel
er and Wilson's Sewing Machines are distrib-
uted as premiums with certain clubs. Dea-
con & Peterson, Publishers.
By the way, as copies of the Post frequent
ycome addressed both to the Maine State
Press and to the Daily Press, we would in
form Its publishers that both these papers are
different issues from the same office. III.
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United States District Court.
WARE j. PRESIDING.


In Admiralty. Henry John Murray, Brit
ish Consul . Barque William Carey.
The British barque William Carey, Capt.
Williams, sailed in ballast from St. Thomas
for st. John in October last On the 4th of
November she came to anchor in Frenchmans
Bay where she remained until the 10th, when
by direction of the Captain she was removed
to Bass Harbor, Mount Desert) where on the
next day she bilged. Subsequently the vessel
was sold at auction by the Captain, and was
purchased by John Verrell for the sum of
$1,000 in gold or its equivalent in currency.
The libel is brought by the Consul in behalf Of
Messrs W. Jones & J. Jones of Wales, Great
Britain, the owners of the barque. 1t is al
legged that she was run ashore and bilged by
the barratrous conduct of the master, and
that no attempt was made to communicate
with, either, the consignees of the vessel at
St. John, N. B. or the British Consul at Port
land, before the vessel was sold by order Of
the Captain. The barque is of $50 tons bur-
then, and with tackle, apparel aud furniture,
is valued at $4,000.
The respondent Verrell in his answer al
leges that said barque was driven ashore up
on the rocks, during a gale of wind and then
immediately bilged. That protest was made
by the Captain before Notary Public. That
enquiries and efforts were made by him for
advice and assistance to remove the vessel If
possible from the rocks on which she had
bilged, but that the advice was that she could
not be removed, and that sale had better be
made--the position of the vessel being very
dangerous one, and it being impossible to re-
move her. That after survey of the vessel
was taken BY three disinterested persons she
was sold at Auction and was purchased by
respondent, and that every thing was conduct
ed in the most perfect good faith.
mass of testimony will be taken in sup
port of the allegations of the libel and of the
answer Of the respondent. Not finished.
Shepley & Dana Proctors for libellant. LIE.
d F. Hale & S. G. Strout Proctors for claim
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Canadian Volunteering.

Volunteering in Canada is going on briskly.
There is no trouble in obtaining men enough
to guard the frontiers and put stop to raids.
The authorities Of Canada show no reluctance
to sustain the principles Of neutrality and do
All International law demands. The frontiers
win soon bristle with bayonets, and raiders
WIN not so easily find their way into the
states, plumber, rob and murder as they have
neresoIore' and then return to their base OF
operations with IMMUNITY. The conduct OF
Ar. Justice Coursol and the release Of the
~. Adams raiders have aroused the right
spirit In Canada. 9
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THE FAK1R.-The benefit Of the Fakir !,

THE FAKIR.-The benefit of the Fakir Of
Vishnu last evening was bumper. The hall
was crowded to excess, and he was in high
figure in his performances. The trick of the
Scarlet writing was done to perfection, and
the pantomine of the Scarlet Spirit was adj
mirably performed, exciting the laughter and
wonder ofthe audience, and creating great APP
plause. The Fakir knows well how to get up
apleasing exhibition, and no wonder he draws
such large audiences. The Sewing Machine
was drawn by Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs, No. So
Fore Street.
This evening there will be a grand budget
of new tricks. The usual number of gifts
will be distributed-the leading one being
valuable horse. Seize your opportunity now,
for he will perform here but three mig hts
longer Attpl4 1908