Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-12-26
Summary of News.


The rebel General Lyon was routed by
General Edward McCook on the nth,
near AshlyVille, in Mclean county, Ky.
A portion of his forces were defeated at
Hopkinsvilo on the 18th.
Porter's great armada arrived at Beau.
fort, N. c., on the morning of the 18th
inst. During the passage from Hampton
Roads severe gale was experienced,
and in it the monitor Mahopac sprang
aleak, and was with difficulty kept aaoat.
The iron.clads were coaling at last ac-
counts, and as soon as the weather mod
Grated the expedition would proceed to
its destination "down the coast"
In Tennessee, the situation at the front
is un changed. On Wednesday, Thomas
headquarters were near Columbia. Hood
is across Duck River. The roads are
very bad, and il is showing.
Gen. Thomas is said to. be at Columbia,
Tenn, and the latest dispatches from
there re-afiirm that Hood cannot avoid
determination. His army is broken
down, despondent and defeated, and de-
.sertions occur daily.
The recent order respecting cotton has
revived business at Memphis, and the
cotton trade is to be prosecuted energeti-
cally. Three hundred bales have already
arrived by steamers from below, and large
quantities are waiting beyond our lines
A commission of ordnance officers hat
been appointed to examine and report OIL
breech-loaders for muskets and carbines
and repeaters for magazine carbines.
The Navy Department has received in
telligence Of the capture Of the schooner
Madeira, in Mississippi Sound, and th'
schooners Sorto and Peep-o'-Day, by thu
East Gulf Squadron.
A Cape May dispatch states that thu
light Of u burning vessel was seen twenty
miles east on Wednesday night.
The Illinois Central Railroad depot, q
Dnnleith, ILL.,, was burned on the 22d
and loss of 1000 incurred.
4 large gale on the Pacific coast dit
considerable damage to coasting vessels
Col. MARYLAND, special agent of th
Post-oIGce Department brought to Wash
ington upwards of 10000 letters from tn
soldiers of ShermAn's army.
The College of New Jersey has con
ferred the degree Of LII. d. on Presiden
Lincoln.
The English blockade running schoone
Alabama was captured off Galveston o.
the 7th inst.
European dates Of the ! lth have beer
received by the steamship Africa, n
Halifax. The political intelligence j
nnimportant. A violent gale on the eas
coast of India had caused great inun
dation and the loss Of thousands of live.
The Earl of Carlisle died on the 5th.-
The remains Of Mr.. Dayton were ell
balmed, and sent to Hayre for shipmer
to New York. The obsequies took plaC
on the 9th.
In South London, meeting of worl
ingmen adopted an address congratuli
ting President Lincoln on his recollection
A reform demonstration had taken plaC
at Bradford, England Resolutions d.
manding an extension of the electiy
franchise, and in favor of an energet
agitation of the question were adopte
Tom. Thumb and family visited IL
Emperor OF the French on the 9Th. III
Italian Senate has passed the bill for Il
transfer of the Capitol TO Turin. Di
turbances are reported in Albania,
Turkey, and it was feared that the NOV
ment would extend. Bombay advic
say that the British troops would ent
Bhootan about the middle of Decembt
A meeting of factory operatives at Ma
chester, England, adopted resolution
favor of the mediation of England al
France in American affairs. An amen
ment in favor of continued neutrality "
rejected. The German Diet has adopt
the proposition for the withdrawal Oft
Federal troops from the Duchies. T
London Morning Post announces tn
Russia is about to recognise the Mexic
Empire.