, 1864-03-08
Q!)iea9o Qrtb1rt1e.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8. 1861
TIE NHW HWS~
w. IN, STRENGTHENED In the belief VIC have

frtnl1} EXPRESSED LHAt &oLEl1Aa0o . GAF01AttVA
il 1t an end. Tic report comes rcafislned, |
aid apparently on good authority, that he has |
II: .lca Jackson on lis Tay to V1ckBburg- |
Ec are prepared to believe It to be true, aud !
IL :.wurd to Gen. Sherman and his corps COM
mnnderr. ifit be SO, the highest praise for the
..sl!:4,lt,y und steadiness which could have
brought them safely out of perils, than which
none more imminent have ever hung about
anv expedition in this war. It is something
10 ltavc gone forward and got safely back on
:5lc!1nan's route into the very heart Of the
rebellion. It Is nevertheless disnppoint-
meut TINT an advantage thus reached could
not have bcen1improved, hut this the failure
of the other Cooperating expeditions for.
bade.
Men are wanted, these must be had. We
are still busy in proyinEswhat States owe the
government nothing. Meanwhile the great
gaps III MI our armies continue Let there
be such call for troops as will bring out
men enough to fill the whole line, and give
as adequate zeseryes- VIC are proud to be
told that our own State has filed her quota,
and so Of others, bnt VIC are impressed with
the conviction that the great demand Of the
hour is not being met The pressing neces-
sity Of tie campaign is even now upon us,
and our recruits who should have had months
Of drill arc still In civil Lie end to be caught
MS we'll as taught- If it s1ia1l indeed prove
that evils befall onr armies from this delay,
The responsibility will be fearful one for
1l,osc to whom it viii come home.
Rebel niracies arc reported On the Chesa-
ucakc Fay on steam and sail craft plying out
OF Baltimore. The frcebooters put out III n
schooner and captured q small steamer and
two tugs TINT have been making trips be-
tween Baltimore and Fortress Monroe. They
robbed tho captain Of the steamer of his
n,oucy, and released the boat nftcr recciying
bonds in s20, 900 each.
By the foreign adyices, reported elsewhere.
the report is reaf1irmed OF foreign intervcn.
lion iu our warm negotiation between France
and England. There is hint of spcsdy
pacife alton In the Danish question On the
new basis proposed by England.
In tho House Of Lords, Earl De Grey said
elc Government did not intend to send COM
missioncrs to report On the operations Of the
American armies. But three officers Ind
been sent to report On Hon-clsds. For obvi-
ous reasons, no officers were sent to the Con-
fcdcrate States.
The foreign adyicca. on the strength Of
Hamburg telegrams, say that the Prussians
have evacuated .Jutlandt, but British paper
says they retained possession Of Holding, with
orders not 10 advance beyond there. The
Germans ire destroying the Denncwcrke, for
centuries tic great bulwarR OF the Danish
realm
The news from Gen. Banks command is in
-tercsting, md covers the range Of operations
in Texas, Louisiuna, and before Mobile,
where it is now reported Admiral Farragut
hae been busted with mere feant to create
diversion In sherman's favor1
The first rebel account Of the battle Of
D1ustec stated their loss at 80; the next re-
port increased 1t to 5e5. The third one states
that their force consisted Of Is regiments OF
infnntry, battalions Of cavalry, and bate
ries Of artillery, and their loss was 800 killed
and wounded.
When the truth comes out, 1t will appear
that they numbered about 10000 men, and
lost not less than ,o00-or equal to that OF
the Federal troops, who were only half thelr
strength in the battle.
As wc have before stated, the election in
New Hampshire takes place to-day. The
Onion candidates arc Joseph A. Gilmore {the
present incnmbcnt} for Governor, and F. c.
Chcuey, Of Peterborough, for Railroad Com
missioner. The Democratic candidates are
Edward ". Harrington, of Manchester, 10,
Governor, 4. L. J. Vaughan OF laconla, fo'
Railroad Commissioner. Members Of bott
Houses Of the Legislature, the Governors
Council. five In number, and various comfy
and~town officers, Ill Of whom are elected
for only one year, are to be voted for.
An explanation comes from Washington
given in our special dispatch, tending to re-
licvc Gen. Meade from the serious fmputa
tion resting upon him in relation to the Get
1ysturg battle. It is now stated that th'
orderissued by him for retreat, was merely
for movement to what he believed to be :
stronger position, a little In the rear Of tht
Town, hut that arriving at the place and find
ing how strongly our army was posted, hi
recalled the order If this is all Of II Senator
Wilkinson las put his foot in it.