The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-07
News Items
tBp Telegraph 10 th Esv ysrL Sun.

Gov Frrro-s resignation in Congress is dated
for the 2Oth inst.
Tar New York Presidential Electors met ct Al
bspy yesterday, and after the appointment Of
Hon. Horace Greeley 70 preside, adjourned until
to-day
LorD Lross took leave Of the President and
Secretary Of State on Monday, and proccoded 10
New York In special car furnished by tho Gov.
erurnent HIS health ia so seriously impaired 80 to
require his return TO Europe.
THH Navy Department has received information
Of the caItu.e by the United States steamer Rhode
Island Of the new steamer vixen, bound In with
valuable cargo Of arms liquors, provisions, &c.
She is said to have been owned by the rebel gov.
eminent.
SUnBeH Of 'brcvois" have boon conferred upon
others in the Army OF the Potomac recently (;
among them Msior General Mosde A. MAJOR
general 10 The regular army, and Brigsder -Conar-
sis ingalls, and Hunt as mnjor-generals q volun-
,oers. Major Biddle, I'D TO General Meade, wns
brevetted a. Colonel.
At the municipal election in Massachusetts on
on Monday, Z. c. Fin Was elerted Mayor of Chel-
sea J. W. Merrill, Mayor Of Cambridge A. u.
Mayor Of Lawrence Geo. Howlsnd, Jr., Mayor Of
New Bedford I'd. II. Bennett, Mayor OF Taunton,
and p Burlington, Mayor Of Fail River.
rHr excitement in regard to lhs Fenisn Brother
hood IN Cansds 10 revived. On Monday night m
Orange Lodge 81 Toronto was broken open. and all
It's property destroyed by the Fenisns. Bone fne
portraits Of her Majesty Queen Victoria were dis-
gracefully mutilated. The excitement Ia running
high, and fears " violence are entertained 90 says
Toronto dispatch.
On the night OF the lat instant liock adc-runner
--nde-wheel stnamer--wss sunk in Charleston har-
Dor by our Rtnhoats while attempting 70 run Sic
blockade. All the crow were captured except the
captain and pilot, " no made their Escape.
Cot RooT, commander Of the post At Annapolis,
on Friday ast received letter from Col. Null I'd,
commissioner Of exchange, In which thai officer
stated that as yet ShermAn's movements had not
inhrierod WITH the exchange OF prisoners, and "
such should continue TO be the case, he expected 10
effect the exchange OF one thousand per day.
LETTrR from New Orleans dated Nov "a, via
the Mississippi River, states: Gen. Candy is rapid
ly recovering from his sever" wound, and IN now
able to attend " his official bus meas daily. On
the 25th Of November Acting Lie,t. Thatcher, com
handing the gunboat Gszcllc, was murdered by
rebels while ashore on an Island at the mouth Of
the Red River. HIS body was horribly manglcd.
BY order Of Gen. Candy, the District OF West
Tenn ssoe and victshurg has been formed into one
command, under MAJOR General Dana, with head.
quarters Of Memphis Con. wsshburne has been
ASSIGNED W tho command OF the post and District
OF VIcksburg, with Its present limits.
Az old friend Of Roger Pryor who knows him
well, attributes his incarceration to his inveterato
habit Of feeding 81 the public crib. lie holds that
Roger enJoyod 90 many sood things under the
United s'a'es government both in and OUT OF Con.
gress, that he could not rest easy until no found
his apDrOpriAte place in Fort IafRyette.