Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-23
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
NEW YORK.

Rebel Ram Stonewall-Big Sale Of Coal
The War not Closed-Afairs at Mat
amoras-VesseI Burned at Sea-New
Mechanical TheOry-Fall of Snow
The President Engaged on his Mes
sage-PromOtion of q Gallant Colonel
Order Assigning Con. Sic Xxi es to Com.
mand of the Depart ment OF sc.
New York, Nov. 22.-The Commercials
Washington SPECIAL says the rebel ram Stonewall,
which was forced by a gale to put into Bufort
harbor, will arrive in time to be examined by
Lever, for not attacking her at Ferral last
March.
New York, Nov. 22.-At noon to-day, by
order of the Delaware, Lackawaas and Vest
ern Railroad Company, Mr.. John H. Draper
sold at auction 2, 500 tons of Scranton coal, to
be delivered at Elizabethport, N. Y, the
freight thereon being IS cents per ton. The
attendance at the sale was large, but the bid
ding was decidedly slow, most of the purchases
being small lots of one and two hundred TONS,
The prices obtained at the October sale were
not sustained. and decline Of from one to two
dollars per ton being submitted to-. The fol-
lowing were the prices obtained $500 tons
chestnut coal, So 871@D9 S75 a; 4,500 tons
stove coal, 10 624@lO IS $500 tons egg
coal, 50 $1,000 rs; 1900 tons CRATE COAL
81 624@7 s74 1000 tons steamer coal, $50
SO; 5000 tons lump coal, So S74@9 374
The following prices were obtained at the Oc-
tober sale 5000 tons lump coal, SlO@lO SO ;
400 tons steamboat coal, SO 121; $500 tons
egg coal. $40 624@lO 10; $500 tons stove
coal, $11 3710ll IS ; $500 tons chestnu
coal. Sl0f0lO so.
The POSTS Washington correspondent says
Congress will act upon the theory that the war
is not ended. 1t is partially the ground occu-
pied by the President and every one of the
departments of the government. The volun-
teers not yet discharged have repeatedly de-
manded their discharge in compliance with
their terms of enlistment, and the 1nvariab BILE
reply is, the war is not yet closed. The Treas
| ury Department also holds, in reference to the
payment of bountes, that the war still exists.
The President, while he protects the freed
men with the bayonet, does it under the theory
that the war has not come to an end. That is,
time enough has not elapsed to satisfy the Pres
ldent and Congress that the people of the
South are steadtastly loyal.
A merchant of Matamoras, who left that
place on the ID, has arrived at New Orleans,
and reports that the city was then intact with
no prospect of its being taken unless by assist
ance from this side.
A Mobile dispatch of the goth says the ship
Harvey F. West, from New Orleans tor Liver
pool was burned at sea.
The Matamoras Ranchero the Imperialst
organ, of the 25th ult., gives the following
particulars of the Liberal attack and repuse t
that place At o'clock this morning the
| outlaws made assault on the Notifications
surrounding the city. They appeared at differ
ent points in small force, leaving it a matter Of
doubt whether an attack Or feint was intend
ed. At length charging party was formed to
attack in earnest the artillery picket being at
the southeast point of the city. The charging
yaff Ia
harax Ia nmbers na "p For time The artillery picket
was forced back, leaving their gunboats at this
jucture The gunboat PASSING, commanded by
Col. Anslino and G.. Rubio, sailed d9Wgl, Ii: di.
rected. ire. put the outlaws to fight when the
artillery picket soon retook their ground and
opened on the fleeing outlaws at the same
time. A fort commanded by our cotemporary
Senor Don Miguel Pena, opened a shocking
fire upon the outlaws, and al ded the gunboat
in clearing the chapparel Of the last scamp.
Gen. Meja, believing heavy assault was ma
king on one Of the posts, put himself at the
head Of 500 cavalry and galloped down to the
assaulted point, arriving just in time to see the
fleeing outlaws disappear in the chapparels
While the charge was being made at the lower
end of the line furious artillery and musketry
fire was being kept up at the upper forts, but
without effecting anything. Full $1,000 men
were led against the forts mentioned. An lmss
were going where so much smoke was rising
and upon seeing the situation of affairs, Gene
Mejia put the rascals to flight, taking from them
one gun. The firing continued for two hours,
when it died out. The Imperial troops main
tanned their reputation admirably. The citi-
zens responded nobly, and were on hand for
fight.
Fifty eight prisoners were taken and large
number of outlaws killed and wounded.
Il la>c &c Ha1 av,1
dozen killed.
A considerable quantity of ammunition,
which was abandoned by the fleeing outlaws,
was captured.
The Captain of the gunboat Antonio, just ar
rrived from below, reports the outlaws swim
ming the river in great numbers and in the ut
most CONSERVATION.
Gen. Espas, second in command of the out
law army was killed and his body fell into
Imperial hands :
Gen. Mea has just returned from the front
where he was from the beginning of the fight
until the common army Of mankind disap-
peared.
The very latest from the front leave the In
perial troops in pursuit of the fleeing outlaws.
Gen. Hinoiasa was wounded and taken to
Brownsville.
Reports from Brownsville Justify us in saying
that the outlaws loss exceeds 500 men in killed
and wounded
New YORK, Nov. 22.-lr Norman Weard
has been experimenting upon the boilers of the
ST. Johns, and asserts in Il letter to the Com
mercial, that his theory that the explosion of
the boilers was caused by unequal expansion
of the boiler plates between the points above
and below the surface of the water at the time
Of the explosion, which surface might be at
the ordinary water line, or "hen there was
deficiency Of water, or higher when the water
was foaming. has been triumphantly confirmed,
and that the boilers of the st. Johns will i'm
mediately be supplied Win new selt-acting
device to eouaize the temperature of the boil
erS.
Snow fell in this city for few moments to-
day.
The Posts Washington dispatch says Henry
NJ. Hlllard, of Alabama, III d letter, warmly
supports the Presidents reconstruction policy
large Government sae VI oeef and cotton
will take place at AlexaLoi'" Quay
The President is engageu upon his message,
and receives but few vlsllo's
New York, Nov. 22.-Ihe Tobacconist's
National Association held a meeting in Cooper
Institute this morning, for the purpose of ap
nealino to Congress to transfer the Internal
Revenue tax now laid on 'ie manufactured ar
| tcle to leaf tobacco. Deie5a.oS were present
from nearly all the States, - coihinlttee intend
| to draw up resolutions e>E' 07'''e o! the object
| of the Convention.
Considerable damage ""' "oie III brooklyn
| by the storm yesterday:
A Washington specl"i ,ato u, boston paper
says: Col. Durbiu Nar"' i"'o colonel of the
l7th Ohio Volunteers, l pecn DrcVetted