, 1865-01-05
Ql1tcagfD Trttnne.
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
According to udyiccs from OF Charleston
the Wilmington expedition has ended, and
our fleet Of l. on-clads had reached Charleston
harbor to cooperate with Sherman in an at
tack On that city It was reported Hardcc
had been brought TO s:and and would prob.
ably be obliged to surrender to our forces,
The pressure on our space by the extraor-
dlnary length Of The Governors Message. and
The mass Of tclcgrarhic matter, gives US little
room for comment on numerous important
lcatures Of our news In this issue.
News from Sherman's department is full OF
importance.
Tic Michigan Central, in The interim Of
the temporary suspension Of their heavy pas
scnser business, are giving even more dis.
patch to their freight business, which Is en-.
tirc1y unimpeded. They have taken off ten.
porarily the night express train, and have
oesun complete renovation Of these cars
cTafline themselves OF, though Of Course not
particularly enjoying tue opportunity rarely
afforded 10 railroad managers under full pres
sure Of business, to get everything to rights
FOR the resumption which will not be long de-
1aycd.
Our dispatches give us news from several
State Legislatures now In session.
lit be true, Us stated, that Mexican let
tcrs Of maEque have bern issued to prey upon
French commerce, and We know Of no reason
why it should not be so, it may give The
French Emperor an opportunity to study
neutrality from q new standpoint.
Gold opened Ut :s32:1. advanced to 2Sl1<
declined 10 23e1S advanced to 233 aud closed
ut 2a9.
a blow Was struck yesterday at the but
tress nf the crumbl;ng bastilc Of slavery, the
Infamous Black Lawe of Illinois. When yes
.crlny's dofngs in the Illinois Legislature,
ard thcse to come in Ill. e=me connection,
shall shape themselves into solid history they
will cnnob}e and honor I'll associated with the
movement to bury out Of sigh, all helps and
adjuncte to the sum of all yillanIcs. The SAFE
ty Of the white race lies in doing justice to thu
blacks, for God has declared against their
ocpressors.
Tie citizens Of Savannah have taken d very
decided step towards return to the old or
der Of tlings, aud the measures limited at for
their re!i,:f will doubtless strengthen Sill
more Their disposition in that direction.
Our southern news is highly suggestive Of
the deep extremity of the rebel cause, to call
oct euch dolcful uttcrnnccs.
In TIT Republican caucus at Springfield last
evening, Governor Yates received The nomi
nation Tor the u. S. Scnatorship.
The usual smoothly working economy Of
til" Michigan Central Ratlroad was painfully
Invaded on Tuesday evening by collision q
milo west Of Francisco Station, between the
express passenger train hound east, and the
westward fic'ght train. The accident was q
criminal neglect Of orders on the part of those
IN charge Of the last named train. The COLI
sion vas tremendous in It's efccts, severely
smashing the engines and foremost cars. The
NEW post Office car took fire and burned, and
with it the remains Of the unfortunate Nuil
-:=cnt, ]. Callahan, the only victim Of the
casually. The provcrlial s,aunchness of the
comrany's cars never served their passengers
in better stead, for beyond severe shock no
passengers was harmed On the train. The
l:ra"nted Mail Agent resided at Batfk Creek,
was highly esteemed md will he greatly Ia
1ncuted.