The New York herald., 1865-01-22

reversed and the probability Was thai they would sue
coed force OF eight hundred mon are to 60 from the
North 70 Savannah mmediatsy for the purpose Of put
ting in running order tho railroads cenreing In that city
There was much more than the usual firing In FROM
or Petersburg on last Thursday night and during Friday
morning. but what induced it in what IL resulted we
have not yes been informed On Thursday night there
appeared TO be great rejoicing among the rebels the
cause for which is unexplained. The ringing Of bells
| and shouting Of men heard for hours
The alleged Lake Erie pirate Burlsy is In prison
at Toronto awaiting the order of the General Of
Canada for his extadton Before that received 1t Il
expected that his counsel win institute further law pro-
ceedngs under writ OF habeas corpus which may lead
to considerable delay In the final disposition Of the
Toronto paper says that the British government has
ordered thirty gunboats to the Northern lakes and that
they will probably arrive by the time navigation opens
Six hundred Of the eight hundred rebels captured BY
the Union forces at Fort Gaines Mobile bay recent
ly exchanged in Mobile haIbor or the other two hun
dred have died. and the remainder have taken the
oath OF allegiance At the time Of their delivery by the
Union authorities the steamer waverey was lying at
Mobile laden with thousand bales OF cotton which
to North be sold for the benefit Of rebel
soldiers in Northern prisons.
About seven hundred Union soldiers made prison.
by the rebel General wickham his raid at Beverly
West Virginia. on the 11th inst About two hundred Of
tured by the rebels
The sixth section OF tho Bill Of Rights passed almost
unanimously by the Missouri State Convention declares
that that State shall remain member Of the
tona Union and that oil attempts dissolve said nation
ought to be resisted with the whole power of the State
The seventh declares that every citizen Of the State
paramount allegiance TO the national government and
that State enactment in opposition thereto have
| any binding force
We learn from the Richmond newspapers that about
six thousand bales Of rebel government Gotten de-
stroyed by FIRE and in the vicinity Of Augusta Ga
last Sunday and Monday nights. The Danville IVA J
Register says that the railroad between that place
and Greensboro N. c. some forty-Ave miles in extent
which was recently SO badly damaged by the frcshets
has been repaired Mr. Foote had arrived in Richmond
from fredericksburg and it said that he would again
take his seat in the rebel House Of Representatives II
reported in Richmond that General Hood had been
superseded by Dick Taylor who is brother law Of
JEFF Davis
THE LEGISLATURE.
The State Senate not in session yesterday having
previously adjourned until tomorrow evening
In tho Assembly bills noticed to incorporate the
City Guaranty and Security Company; incorporate the
Christopher Street Railroad Company for the establish
men Of metropolitan sanitary district; also TO incor
poratc the New York Conservatory Of Music.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Our correspondence from Ayres states that the
Indians have become very bold in their incursions In
recent formidable raid they had approached very
the city and had carried OF immense herds of CATTLE
/ horses and sheep There rumors Of marvellous dis
Of gold in the province Of san Juan but they
were not fully credited Cotton culture was receiving
much attention the Plata river The affairs of Uruguay
still in deplorabs state Besides tho encroach-
OF Brazil the rebels under Flores were marching
through portions OF the country and leaving nothing
desolaton behind them. II Is said though that the
Brazans had given up their plans OF conquest, for
time ut least, and would maintain merely defensive
position tho border Tho past yoar's wool crop Of
Buenos Ayres being shipped principally to Germany
| very little of It being sent 70 the United States
BY New Orleans correspondence learn that the
gale the CONNIE OF the present month along
the Texas coast and especially in the vicinity Of tho
mouth Of the Rio Grande, of tho most violent
that has been experienced in that region and
siderable damage done by 1t to shipping Tho Brit sh
bark John Bull with thousand four hundred bales
cotton board foundcred the mouth Of tho river
| and other vessels met with disasters.
Hugh Reilly, of the muncers Of the ship Mercury,
yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment by
Judge Shipman, in the United States Circuit Court
Reilly is the last Of this party Of muncers, and his
sentence Is considered by severe considering
the enormity of his crime.
The following constituted portion of yesterdays
police business Nicholas Mrchof and John SteIwagon
were arrested and Backwes Island in default
thousand dollars bail each for being found drunk
in the and carrying concealed weapons hack
named John Berry sent 10 the locality for
six months charge of attempting to commit a gross
outrage girl only fourteen years Of age Charles A.
Scott who was some time ago arrested on a charge Of
stealing about thousand dollars worth OF goods
from the piers along the North and East rivers but who
after managed to make his escape vest arday
committed the Toombs for trial. having been recently
rearrescd and brought to this city from Trenton J.,
! where he had enlisted in the army.
/ Mcssrs James Owen and Owen W. Brennan have been
appointed Commissioners Of Charities and Correction 10
succeed Messrs Draper and Grnnel, whose terms OF
| office have expired
Sealed bids for two hundred and eighty nine thousand
five hundred dollars worth Of Park improvement stock
bearing six per cent interest and redeemabe In 1875
opened yesterday at the Comptroers Office. The
proposals range from par TO four per cent premium the
average being about ono per cent premium.
A train the New Jersey Railroad was thrown OF tho
track New Brunswick on Friday night Five cars
considerably broken up; but no person was SO
riously injured broken rail Is said to have been the
| Of the accident
| The Maine House OF Representatives have unanimous
ly passed resolutions in favor Of amending the consu
| tion Of the United States abolishing slavery.
The stock market was weak yesterday Governments