, 1864-11-30
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THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The military situation Is increasingly inter
.csting, and Us yet deyeiopes only encouraging
aspects. The rebels give us as little as posi-
bic from Shcrman's grcat undertaking, but
that little is good news in the absence Of
i'll tidlngR, On which they would be-
sure to dilatc. The dispatches
credit the prisoner Roger A. Pryor with q
somewhat detailed statement With reference
to Sherman, which looks as If that feeble
warrior. could not help telling the truth.
Therebels are certainly making desperate cx-
crtions to counteract and check Sherman,
bnt with the most encouraging proofs thus
far that they are too Lite in the work.
From Nashville we have news Of rcpulse
to Hood at Columbia on Saturday. Our own
moreover refers to the general
situation with somewhat Of detail in his
proofs that al is going on well.
The rebels ut Wilmington at last begin to
confess the blockade quite strict enough.
Even the rebel papers say that the blocka ae
Of that port has been very close during the
LAST four months, and intimate that there are
seycral blockade-runners in port which dare
not venture out, adding that so many have
been destroyed within 1ew months that one
largc honse In that city engaged in that bus}~
ness has suspended operations
Our Springfield special gives the final OIL
cial announcement Of the result Of the e.cc-
tiou in this State. The official vote for Prcsi-
dent is at last al1 In and stands 1S9 ,507 for
Lincoln and 15s ,1sG for Mcclellan. The ma
lofty for Lincoln is 30, ,777. The gain on
the aggregate vote Of ls60is ,5as; on the Re
publcan vote Of 1850, II SAG. The loss on
the Democratic vote Of 1860 is ], 4s5. The
Onion guln On the plurality vote Of 1850 Is
1851. The Union gain on the copperh:ad
majority OF 1862 is d7.z43-
The convicted she rebel Mrs. Hutchinson,
of Baltimore, despite all efforts to shield her
from such a fate, is now working out her SEN
tence In the House Of Correction In Norte5-.
Ter county, Mass. 1t will be most salutary
treatment OF her case and serve rs a valuable
prophylactic to her sisters all throughout the
country. Let these female traitors under
stand that no conscientious Of sex will shell
ter any co.laborcr In this rebellion, aud we
shall hear less Of their o1lcions zeal In such
Oe41aAA13 1t0 ~ Nnt AAAfI At4 @Ae11-Aat N4Ae-Ae~
application.
In pursuance Of. a formal call, the Western
branches mid agencies Of the u. S. Christian
Commission arc now assembling In Conven-
ton at indianapolis. Representatives are
present from Philadelphia, Wheeling, Gin.
cinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Peoria,
Milwaukee, st. Louis, Louisville, Nashville,
Memphis, and other points. Questions Of
importance bearing on the extension and edl-
cheney Of work Of the Commission Will conc
befure the Convention. The members are
large hearted and earnest men, ursed By past
success md pressing demands to prepare for
Inc great work pon them.
In our camp and military hospitals, on the
hattie field, wherever our soldiers have met
> danger and suffering, there the agency Of the
United States Clristian Commission has
reached them and always In benefcent be-
stowals suited to the needs of therecjpfcnt.
The Convention will tend TO still higher
efficiency In the organization
Roger 4. Pryor, ex-General in the rebel
service, who worthi1y represented Virginia in
the Federal Congress in her last days Of be-
sotted madness in behalf of slavery, is now
prisoner in our hands and once more In Wash
ington. &c always kept company with black
guards In his former residence In the Federal
carital, and was appropriately accommodated
with the same in his march down fennsy1Va-
min avenue yesterday, though the colored
escort vae doubtless to the least degree de-
1ightfnl to him. Pryor was the hero In thu
beck.dowa from his challenge to Potter, O.
Wisconsin, and lost his Genc.alship in tht
rebel service from utter worshlessness