The New York herald., 1864-11-05

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Rebel privateer operations appear to be assuming an
unprecedented activity. We have now on our coas.
feet Of these highway robbers committing fearful
havoc on American commerce. In addition 70 the Tai.
lshAssee, whose recent operations were chroniclsd in
che HsRALD Of yesterday and the day BEFORE have
appearance Of The ChIckamauga and
olustse All these vessels said TO hsve
escaped from Wilmington, North Carolina. The
ship Shooting Star barks Marx L. Potter and Emrs
L. Hail. al burned By the Chickamaugs, command
cd by Lieutenant wilkinson tbe oeh and slss ult be-
twesu tho parallels OF 30 and north ,itude and n the
vicinity OF 10 east longitude The bark Empress
Theresa from Rio Jsnelro FOG Baltimore was captured
and burned By the ouses under command Of Lieutenant
W. y. Ward. tbs LIST inst, in latitude as 50 north,
and longitude u the Inst tho Olustec cap
tured and scdttled the schoousrs A. j. Bird and L f.
Lewis The officers and Of all the captured vessels
wsre parosd prisoners OF war. steamer supposed
to be q rebel pirate, was seen about forty miles
or Cape Cod on Thursday night BY the
}eamsr Potomac, which arrived Portland yesterday
Du descriptions OF The appearance class and capacity
~ thsse msrauders OF ibe win be In highly
tsrestiug sketches give to-day 10 another portion Of
Hs HSsALD. large neet OF national vessels
now In pursuit. OF Them. The government At WASH
instoa has received from our Consul IN Liverpool
q despatch corroborating the statement Of one Of
the HKRALps Paris correspondents, Published In
paper yesterday morning, 70 the effect that the
steamer Sea King designed for the pirate semmes
sailed rem London, ostensbly for Bombay the sth
NIL. The Sea King built at Glargow during year.
and very She London large supply Of
coal and Of forty men, and It is supposed
che viii be met and taken command Of somewhere
by semmcs, who sailed from England some time previous
in the Iaure with officers and guns which latter
doubt intended for transfer 10 the Sea King,
the vessels should Tho report OF the
Tallahassee being In the Delaware Bay on Thursday
appears have been unfoupded
Another defeat OF Prices army ia reported from Ms.
souri,. The light took place In Newton county, in the
southwestern corner OF State. That Prices main
rebel army ia regarded by military authorities as
being rendered powerless for further trouble shown
by The that General Andrew J. Smiths corps is
returpng towards the eastern portion OF the State,
Missouri river for ihe purpose OF sweeping the country
completely clean OF the numbering thievipg bands OF
gusrias.
Rebel deserters who have arrived at Paducab, Ken.
tucky, that orders from Hood and Forrest
which recently road their troops that
would cross the Tennessee river at Bridge
port. Alabama, and march norshward while rorrss: at.
tackled Johnscuvis. Forrest Buford Chalmers aod Be
who concentrating their forces, have fourteen cannon
and the United States susboat Undne, which WIS cap
tursd BY the rebels For. Herman, the Tennessee
river 90 last sunday night u
gang OF gueriias made attack on the louisville
and Nashville Railroad H Cave City on Thursday, and
killed and captured several soldiers and negreea
The rebel Generals Rarmaduxs ana Cabsi ard four
rebel oooue recently captured by General Psasantons
men 10 Missouri, probably safely cpscorccd st
Johnsons Island, in Lake Erie they passed through
81. Louis, en- 'oae fer that place, on Thursday.
We have nothing 10 repor. 0, The operations OF
General Grant General Sherman In the armies before
Esichmond and Petersburg our men are making them
eelves comfortable by the erection OF log houss A
severe storm prevailed along James river on weines
Gay and Thursday Of this week.
Tberssrs no nc~ movements 10 The Shenandoah valley
20 notice. everything there being reported s quiet, The
susras arc rsry active between shcridan's headquar.
tern and xartinsburg.
Our latosi nes OF rebel newspapers contain bat inc
ontesrnins war movements. Some Of them appear 20
bsve caught present Northern political contagon
The Richmond Whg dsgus,sd with the ''dcspoisn''
existing bore but cougratos,es us on what IL dess.
mates As President Lncolns mode OF conducting eicc
sora The Richm7rd Enquirer instructed BY the lesson
given BY Sheridan to Early at ccdsr creek on
shs i0sh OF last month eeacsris CD ne doosizslou Of
ths REFS, army and urges the neces,y Of n,