The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-26
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
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GEN. DUFIE AND STAFF
CAPTURED.
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Whereabouts Of the Pirate
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INTERNAL REVENUE TAX,
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Canada and the st. Adams
Raiders.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAX.
lnI 20 The Evening Tcrsgrnnh.

Special 20 The Evening Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, October 26.-Passengcrs arriy-
ing this morning by the western train report that
last evening body Of Rebel guerillas made a
descent upon some of our troops, stationed six
miles beyond Martinsburg, and captured General
Dute end his entire staff. The full particulars
had not reached Martinsburg when the train left
there.
Promotion OF General Ricketts,.
General Ricketts, has been promoted to Brcvet
Major. General of Volunteers for gallant conduct
during the war, particularly in the battles Of the
present campaign under General Grant, of the
Monocacy under General Wallace, and the Opc-
quan, Fishers Hill, and Cedar Creek battles in
the Shenandoah campaign of General Sheridan.
From Ci'y POiat.
The mail steamer from City Point reports
afiahs unchanged at the 'front.'
Personal.
General Wool was ut the War Department this
morning.
Our Relations with Canada.
The Canadian Government WIN answer all fair
demands made upon It By ours in reference to
the Vermont raiders.
DestItutIOn at Sea.
WAsHINGToN, October 26.-The Navy Depart
ment has received communication from the
commander of the United States sloop-of-war
81. Louis, at Santa Cruz dc TeneriGe, Cannrieg
dated September 10. He says on the 2Oth Of
August an American ship approached the an
Ghorage of Faya making signal of distress. L
at once sent an officer and boats crew to her
relief. She proved TO be the American ship
Erpo0,Ger, of Boston, one hundred and forty four
davs Akiab hnuuH N Ea1pnnttb nj
with cargo Of rice. For seventy days the crew
had been con stantly at the pumps, and for three
weeks had been on an allowance Of fresh water,
and dependent upon having showers for 4 supply,
On anchorage thought to be perfectly healthy,
the ship was subjected to an absurd quarantine
of three days, in which, OF course, the officers and
men Of the 50. Louis were included.
The Pirate ''FIOrida."
The Florida arrived at Santa Cruz, Tenorifo,
on the Sd of August, and obtained q supply of
coal and provisions, and left after staying twenty
four hours, She discharged here one officer, who
was an invalid, and one Of her men, New
Yorker, who said he was the only American
in the crew.
A Dinner 10 General Grant.
Admiral Porter is to give a grand dinner to
General Grant and other officers to-day, on board
his flagship, in Hampton Roads.
Question Of an Exchange OF Prisoners.
1t does not appear that any official information
touching the reported proposal made by General
Hardee, commanding at Charleston, looking
towards a general exchange of all the prisoners
in his hands, has yet been received by the au-
thorities here
Hardee is understood to have in his depart
ment between twelve and fifteen thousand men,
brought TO Charleston after the breaking up of
the great prison-pen at Andorsonyille, Ga, but
lately transferred to Columbia, S. C. The
relief of this number, embracing about one
third of the aggregate Of Union captiyes in
Rebel hands, would carry JOY to thousands Of
Northern homes and it is hoped 1t can be effected
without sacrificing the position held by the United
States Government in regard to the cartel the
provisions Of which have been most peridiOusly
violated by the Rebels.
1t is proper to state that the status of negro
prisoners in not the only point ON which the
Government takes issue with the Coniederates.
They owe US, to-day, not less than thirty-sYe
thousand prisoners, that number Of their paroled
men having been by them declared exchanged
long ago without any equivalent rendered us
in return. The Rebel Commissioner of Ex-
change, Mr.. Ould, has himself acknowledged
that they owe us something like twenty thousand.
They owe us more, by at least fifteen thousand,
as have already stated; but why don't they de-
liver up the twenty thousand which ould admits
70 be now due usp These are serious points, and
it will not do to yield them; but IL the exchange
spoken Of by General Hardee can DO ELECTED out
side Of these considerations, 1t will Rssuredy be
cOnsammation most deyouty to be wished.