, 1865-01-26
UhifaqG1 Gribn11e.


THE NEWS.
Another handsome Union SUCCESS is throw.
in the loyal scale, in the substantial achieve
ment Of yesterday on the James River, where
the rhc1 iron clad feet from Richmond at
tempted to run our guard at City Point,
doubtless to rcpeat the Mer1imac. Cumber-
land afIair among our shipping nt Fortress
Monroe. But our watch WIS too vigilant,
and The rain Of shot and shell too much for
The rebel craft. One Of them Vas blown to
atoms, and the others went up the river
worse 1or wear and wiser than they were be-
fore on the point Of Initiating our Farragut
In running by forts under fire.
There is no confirmation Of the gold rumor
SO prevalent yesterday TIM! Wilmington had
been captured.
4 Charleston dispatch, in Richmond
paper, quoted elsewhere in our tc1cg1aphic
nsws, says that q very large Union force, sup
posed to he 600 strong, under Col Foster,
advanced On Pocotaligo On the 18th. The
1cbel troops, after obstinate resistance, fell
lack beyond the sa1keha.chie. Ourltnes en-
brace 6alkchatchie Bridge. Gen. Hardce is
in command Of the rebel forces.
Ady5ccs from Gen. Sherman by private let
ter referred to in our New York dispatches,
speak in the most encouraging terms Of the
:.srecte OF the war in South Carolina.
buffalo was swept By most devastating
fire Yesterday, destroying its chief hotel, the
American House, and valuable structures nd
Joining.
Our Springfield dispatches are interesting
as detailing Legislative matters yesterday,
and the progress in caucus Of certain local
measures Of vital importance to Chicago.
From the special tclegraphfc correspondent
ut Washington VIC have late rebel adyices in
Richmond dates to the 2Srd inst. There is a
storm brewing and blowing. Scddon, the
,rbcl Secretary Of War, has given way be-
fore II. Accounts vary Us to who his snc-
ccssor is 10 be. Two important measures Re.
gently passed by Congress have been made
public. One Of these is bill providing for
7Ae appointment Of a General-in-Ch OF the
Confederate armies. This provides that tue
Genera. in Chief shall have the whole charge
<,f the armies Of the Confederacy. Whether
this implies the power to select Generals
who shall command those armies is matter
Of doubt. The other measure is resolution
Recommending assignment to Gen. Jos. E.
Johnston to the command Of the army in
Tennessee IN place Of Hood, md in rcbukc oi
Davis appointment Of the latter.
dispatch from the Smithsonian Institute
20 the Chicago Academy Of Sciences states
that comparatively little was lost Of the
Natural History collections; and that the
manuscripts were saved. Those OF our read
cts interested in the Chicago Academy o.
Sciences will he glad to learn that ou'
young Institution will loose but few Of ths
specimens expected from the Smithsonian
We publish elsewhere letter from {
Cburchman," assigning the reasons whict
have brought the Protestant Episcopal Churcl
before the Legislature. So fur as we car
Judge the reasons are satisfactory, but it il
not so clear that either the church or the Leg
jtlatuIc can 70 back Of an existing law anG
nnnul all acts performed under it. It was thu
Obvious intent OF the Convention Of the Dio'
cesc referred to by the writer Of the letter
above mentioned, as il is the intent of the bll
nov before the Legislature, to cancel every
thing done under authority Of the nct sought
to be repealed. We doubt very much whether
1hat eau be done.
Go}d was troubled with Aatn!ent runori
yesterday and as uI,easy as colieky infaut
It suld at o0i11 at tile Board aud subse
q,,cntly declined to 2031@, closing at 205.
Thp testimony iuthc Chicago conspiracy
CASES, at Cincinnati, yesterday, is Of sth
most startling character, laying bare In cir
cuussantiaa detail the Gbers and framc worl
OF the plot to release the rebel prisoners d
Cmrr Douglas, and lay waste our city.
II Congress. yesterday, tue Deficiency ba
fall. through a disagreement Of the tw
Eoues Gil the point of increase Of certai
sa.aths S to meet war times, the Senate hold
ing IL the impression that 1t will be only
little longer TO wait to end the VAT and re
store all the lnfringcd rights Of the almishs,
dollar.
We are glad to hear the Inst Of tue Harrie
Lane She was betrayed into rebel hands b
stupidity, and has since been leading disse
lutte rebel existence, nov happily ended. sh
was i fine vessel, and deserved q better fate
HAVANA adyices bring important rebel ne"
from Mexico and the Western Gulf
Ecbc. adviccs speak Of the movement l.
river Of G great body Of Union troops. b
lieycd to be trcm Nashville and tn have gou
10 New Oclcu1s for a grand impending exp
.lition-