The New York herald., 1864-10-08

I usso.i.sIoni between iinssli ssa dsosrI ahsnaa
81. says that General ehsrusa sent . proso.
sI 70 him Through . private 0ssssas~ "a
visit Atlanta and confer In reference TO ths wthdrsws
OF Georgia from the oo1fsdsacy bot nat the ess wa
rejected and the reply returned that the faith Georgia
pledged to her Southern sister ssae end thai VIII
uos act In such an affair without couosrt with them
nAss meeting Of the Union prisoners osnned a savan
nah Georgia. 10 represented 70 have been hsld On the
2sth u ct which series OF resolutions we're adopted
appealing 10 the President take measures for their
| lease.
There 10 no change to notice in the position Of aArs
before Richmond and Petersburg but General 0rans and
his brave soldiers nos Idle Most important work IL
being done, however quietly It may bs performed. The
Dispatches Of opr pubhshsd to-day bring
shsk detailed statements down " tho 9th inst. No
civilians are now allowed TO pass towards the front ~
l yond Fortress Monroe.
General Sheridan, Al tho date Of latest Advoes was
stn q Harrsenburs. His supply trains reach him IN
good order and season. with only occasional Interruptions
from gusrillas the sole rebel forces in as AZ
readers viii sss General Early, In his ooa dsspatcaes
beasts that no has checked the progress e Sheridan up
the valley. No reliance whate vsr should b. placed By
tas people Of the North Ia thsss stassmsnss know
from information have rsoovsd that there no truth
in them.
The guerilla robbers stu nsest the virgiu,s border
counties around Washington. On Thursday night gang
crossed the Potomac into Maryland and Sandy Spring
only thirteen miles frsm the capital, stole about thou
sand dollars worth Of property They were pursued and
their plumber recapturod aud a rebel mall and one OF
their number also taken by their pursuers Mosby
said to be again 10 the saddle but owing TO tho
y Of his wound it not thought will be able to act
with anything approaching his former efficiency
despatch from ST. Louis says that the rebel Irce
with bis main force attempted 70 cross the Usage river
at Castle Rock; on Thursday; but bcag opposed by
force OF Union troops on the opposite side Aght took
place, the result Of which known General Mower,
with bis force is in convenient place (which u Is not
deemed prudent 10 make pubc) to seriously Interfere
With the success OF Prices plans and is expected that
hs wiz soon DO heard from.
The Evening Star arrived hero yesterday from New
ments in the Department. OF the Gu Tho dispatches Of
our correspondents iu New Orleans are interesting but
relate principally to trade regulations and civil and %.
iit,cAi matters.
MIsCELLANEoUS NEWS
We have received the important intelligence that the
Emperor OF Brazil has announced to tho government OF
the republic OF Uruguay that the diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries are At an end the Oriental Exec
uive having failed 70 satisfy various reciamatons made
against Il BY bis Majesty The fact was communicated
by special war commissioner from Brazil. The repub
lie offered to submit all matters in dispute tho arb
traon Of foreign Power but the proposal was rejected
tn very summary maoner. THIS dlfncuty urged on at
moment whom Uruguay struggling for her existence
against aercs rebellion may lead to the most serious
results. Perhaps the Emperor OF Brazil fayors plan
OF the restoration ofimonarch!cai rule all South
America
We have flies from British Guiana dated a, Demsrara
on the 1oa OF September. Ths papers contain nothing
except unmporta local items.
Nothing has yet been hsard Of the steamship Roanoke
which left Havana for this port the Goth u and
fears Of the capture Of which by rebel pirates were
noticed in yesterday mornings HERALD the Roanoke
was . 6us side wheel steamship Of thousand end
seventy ono tons register. rating AZ At the American
Lloyds built In Now York in 1851, constructed OF NE
best materials newly metallsd January 1884, and III
engines famsrly known az the ' walking beam" the
cylinders being Of forty inches diameter fest
stroke OF piston two hundred and sxty horse power and
was furnished with boilers in 1882 She schooner
raged with load draft Of about feet Of water and
fair average speed, say ton knots per hour She be-
ongsd TO shs New York and Virginia Steamship Compa
ny, and, With her sister ship. the YORKTOWN, piled BE-
tween New York and Norfolk prior the breaking Of
the rebellion snos which period she has been employed
Havana a hnx
always been popular vessel with the travelling
nifty The Yorktown seized by the rebels trans
Termed into sunboat
H. H. Dodd, Grand Commander OF the Sons OF Fiber
,y," recently on trial before . military commission at
indianapolis lnd for conspiracy against the government
escaped early yesterday morning from the third story OF
the jail which he confined BY OF rope fur.
nsbed by friends outside Several other persons pro
In Indianapolis have recently been arrested on
the charge OF teiag implicated with podd.
Two prize fights place Thursday Of this week at
Edge IilI, Montgomery county, Pa between New York
puslists. The nrst between Mike Dorsey and Nike
Nunsn, for $500 side-,he latter being declared the
winner after seventysr rounds had been fought The
second between the feather weights Mchanus and
Berry, and ended, after rounds in Of scrm.
mage, without either being conceded 70 be the
victor.
In the United States District Court yesterday the
United States Dstrlc, Attorney ncd libel against thirty
five bales Q. cotton. picked up at the 2e.h ut
in the Atlantic Ocean, of New Inlet, n. c., BY the
Upxed states steamers Siphon and Governor Buck ng
ham Tue cotton had been thrown yerboard BY .hs
steamer lynx, which had been drt ashore and de
stroyed BY the bocsading neei the night previous,
while attempting 10 run the hocksde. Tue cotton !
rived here ycsterdsy h the Uned States supply steamer
Newtern, h charge Of Priz. Master silss a. Taber
Denis Coyne stage driver in the Broadway and Wall