rom thence removed on Saturday to the Hall of the House of Representatives, in the capitol building, to await the hour appointed for the funeral to take place.
At the hour above named his remains were placed in the hearse, which was drawn by four white horses, and followed by the members of his old brigade, the State Guard, a company of artillery, several distinguished civilians and military officers, together with a number of mourners and friends, the cortege proceeded to Hollywood Cemetery, where appropriate services were performed by Rev. James A. Duncan; after which, his body was deposited in a private vault to await removal to his native State.
Among those who acted as pall bearers were Generals Fields, Bragg, Corse and Pendleton, Judge Reagan, Colonel Kane and Dr. Charles Magill.
The procession was a very large one, and, taken all together, it was one of the most impressive and imposing displays which has taken place in this city on any similar occasion for many years past.
est from Sherman — he is heard from.
The following dispatches give the first intelligence from Sherman which has been received in four days:
Nashville, Tennessee, October 8--11:30 P. M.
Have not heard direct from Sherman; but General Corse, at Altoona, informs me that Sherman is at Kennesaw, repairing the railroad between Atlanta and Altoona.
He has plenty of provisions in Atlanta, and, so far as the main army is concerned, feels secure.
General Rousseau reports that Forr
Altoona, October 9--8 P. M. Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff:
I reached the Kennesaw mountain, October 6, just in time to witness at a distance the attack on Altoona.
I had anticipated this attack, and had ordered from Rome, General Corse with reinforcements.
The attack was met and repulsed, the enemy losing some two hundred
dead and more than one thousand wounded and prisoners.
Our loss was about seven hundred in the aggregate.--The enemy captured the small garrisons
fighting was extremely warm for a short time.
No infantry was engaged, but Generals Sheridan and Torbert were both at the front in person with the cavalry, and made very short work of the fighting.
The escort which came in with dispatches from General Sheridan last night was fired on by guerrillas when just beyond Bunker Hill, but fled when the fire was returned by our cavalry.
The escort was composed of some twenty-five of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania cavalry, under command of Lieutenant Corse.
Sherman's Army.
The New York Tribune insists that the Confederates delivered a serious assault at Atlanta on Wednesday, the 10th, but were repulsed.
This "assault" has already been noticed from Southern sources.
It was a skirmish by Young's cavalry brigade.
A Washington telegram says:
News from General Sherman is anxiously awaited; but it may be several days before anything definite is heard from him. Perhaps it may come first from rebel sources.
The calculations of
he object of the move is undoubtedly to force the war into the narrow area of the Atlantic States.--General Sherman's proposed campaign in the direction of the present march promised to be thwarted by Hood's movement to the North; and such, undoubtedly, was the hope of Jeff. Davis.
A correspondent of the same paper, writing from Rome, Georgia, on the 12th, says:
Yesterday afternoon the destruction of such buildings and property as might be of value to the rebels was commenced--General Corse, whose command was stationed at Rome, superintending the destruction, which was confined almost entirely to property of the rebel Government.
The buildings destroyed were the rolling mills, "Government shops," stables and warehouses.--But few private houses were burned, and these were fired accidentally, the fire communicating from the burning buildings near.
The soldiers seemed to make every effort to save private property.
A correspondent of the New York Times gives the fol
t of the New York Tribune writes that paper an account of the destruction of Rome, Georgia.
He says:
Owing to the great lack of railroad transportation, General Corse was obliged to destroy nearly a million of dollars worth of property, among which was a few thousand dollars worth of condemned and unserviceable Government sts, two tanneries, one saw mill, an extensive foundry, several machine shops, together with the railroad depots and storehouses, four pontoon bridges, built by General Corse's pioneer corps for use on the Coosa and Etowah rivers, and a substantial trestle bridge nearly completed for use, were destroyed.--This trestle was constructen as they learned that the town was to be abandoned and a portion of it burned, resolved to lay Rome in ashes in revenge for insults offered to our prisoners.
General Corse, however, had taken the precaution to station guards through all parts of the city, with orders to shoot down the first man caught firing a building without pr
Virginia Legislature.[Extra session.]
Senate.
Monday, February 6, 1865.
The Senate was called to order by Lieutenant-Governor Price.
Prayer by Rev. J. B. Taylor, Jr., of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Garnett presented some patriotic resolutions adopted by company A, Fifteenth Virginia regiment, Corse's brigade, which were referred to the Committee on Confederate Relations.
Mr. Guy, of Goochland, presented the following joint resolutions, which, under the rule, lie over till to-morrow:
"Resolved, That, in the opinion of the General Assembly, sufficient regard has not been had in the conduct of the war to the development of the productive interests of the country — the production of food and clothing should be stimulated by all the available means in the power of the Government.--The laws of Congress, known as the impressment laws, and schedule of prices adopted under them, have had the effect of discouraging the productive industry of the country, and should be
y Professor Bruhns, of Leipsic, on the 31st ultimo.
it is said that Brignoll is again going to try his fortune in Madrid, this time with Patti.
Hawthorne's works are to be published in French, before long, by a new publishing house in Paris.
a San Francisco letter tells of three tons of gold, in bars, arriving in that city from Sacramento.
the following resolutions were adopted by the privates and non-commissioned officers of the Seventeenth Virginia regiment (Infantry), Corse's brigade, Pickett's division, February 7, 1865:
1. "Resolved, That we reverently recognize in the affairs of men a ruling Providence, without whose aid no good can be accomplished, and that we humbly and earnestly invoke his blessing upon our country and our cause.
2. "That in the terms proposed by the President of the United States to our commissioners we see no alternative but to submit like cowards or fight like men, and, as Virginians and Southrons, we accept the gage of batt
ions be sent to our Representatives in the General Assembly of Virginia and in the Congress of the Confederate States, and also to the newspapers in Richmond, with the request that they be published.
[Many of the members of the above brigade are from Northwestern Virginia, and have not seen their homes since the beginning of the war.]
Camp of the FifteenthVirginia infantry,Fort Gilmer, February 9, 1865.
At a meeting of companies B, G.
and I, of the Fifteenth Virginia infantry, Corse's brigade, Pickett's division, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted without a dissenting voice:
Whereas, an unreasonable amount of gloom and despondency has seized hold of the minds of many of our citizens and soldiers, because of the recent reverses to our arms: we, as a component part of the Army of Northern Virginia, nothing daunted, come with renewed vows and an unflinching determination to be free, and say to our people be of good cheer; therefore, be it
1st.
Spirit of our soldiers.
At a meeting of the Thirty-second Virginia infantry, Corse's brigade, Pickett's division, held in the trenches on the evening of the 13th of February, Sergeant R. A. Sclater was appointed chairman, and Lieutenant A. T. Pettit secretary.
The following preamble and resolutions were adopted with the utmost enthusiasm and without a dissenting voice:
Whereas, we, the men of the Thirty-second Virginia infantry, entered upon this war in 1861 with the intention of preserving our freedom; and whereas, in 1864 we re-enlisted for the war for the same purpose; and whereas, the enemy is still invading our solid with the original purpose of our subjugation or annihilation; therefore.
"Resolved, That we accept the issue, and are determined to resist until our independence shall have been acknowledged or extermination reached.
"Resolved, That we are determined to follow wherever Jeff. Davis directs or General Lee leads.
"Resolved, That as Virgin
