Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1864, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIO NEWS. NEW YORK STOCK LIST. the People’s Line—Office 511 Ninth street.) ww York, July 22.—U. 5S. 1881, cou! 103 ¥; U. S. 5.20’s, 101%; Osrtificates of . edness, 91%; Gold, 250; N. ¥. Central, 131%: Erie, 118%; Hudson Reading, 131% THE EVENING STAR. Ww. D. WALLACH, Editor WASHINGTON CITY: FRIDAY cococe.seees-sssseeeSULY 22, 1864. Scrat dorset bed ee ae od Proprieter. LOST AND FOUND. ILEBVE BUTTON with the engraved thereon. receive ten dollars reward b the office of Willards Hotel. LEN—On the lith instant, a ; @ slit on the ri a eae Gk eto Five my to MIT between New & S7-READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE. BRE OUTSIDE FOR INTERESTING TELE- @BAPHIC AND OTHER MATTER. FROM ATLANTA. Advices from Gen. Sherman, received to- 131%; Michigan Southern, 2% ; [lin id and Pittsburg, 107 ie du Chien, 63; Pittsb Way and Chicago, 110%; Alton and Terra Haute, 54; Chicago and STRAYED OR src 108.4; Milwaukie ae as Fort been b: fresh shod: ab ‘orthwestern, 59}; weet nip tanrked U.8. and J.C out six years old. Any information of him left at the Star rd: day, cover operations down to last night. Quicksilver, 74%. The work of investing the city is fast going | on. There was some hard fighting yesterday, resulting in a repulse of the enemy in his ef- | GREELEY AND SANDERS’ CORRES- PONDE A Letter from the President— His Views of ID FOR THE REWARD WILL BE FALDEN Reach. ry of a hea’ {on the porn e ttat botween £97 lost on the morning o' street and Ascension Church, 9th street, between D and K. forts to dislodge our troops. Gen. Palmer advanced his line toa more ad- the Restoratien of Peace—How the Cor- respendence / acriber, on AME TO THE PREMISES July 20, a smal bh eyes. yantageous position. BuFrato, July 21—The correspondence with the rebel agents shows that Messrs. Olay, Hol- comb, and Sanders asked, on the 12th, of Hor- ace Greeley, the protection of the President or Our loss during the day | According to report, the rebels have been in- dustriously fortifying Atlanta, first by an ex- tensive line of rifle pits nine miles in length, | tne Secretary of War to visit Washington. Mr. RSE LOST—On AS y HO) covering an interior line of fortifications pro- tected by abattis, and interlaced with an inner series of rifle pits. The position of the city is, however, not favorable for defense, and it is Greeley, in reply of the 18th, understanding that they were bearers ofa proposition from Richmond looking to peace, tendered a safe conduct of the President. They replied they were net accredited with evident that the rebels donot count upon being such proposition, but were in confidential em- it by the aid of its defensive Er thoir Gov ploy of their Government, and felt authorised to declare, if the circumstances disclosed in this correspondence were communicated at Rich- mond, they or other gentlemen would be vested with full power. They asked a safe conductto Washington, and thence to Richmond. Mr. Greeley answered that that state ef tacts being able to hold P.S. We learn, since writing the above, that | Sherman has torn up some five miles of the | railrosd between Atlanta and Decatur, and, on one portion of his lines, holds a position over- | ¥’8 Stables, cor! jy 21-3t") different from that understood to President, it was advisable for him to communicate by telegraph with him and ob tain instructions. After some further correspondence in rela- tion to Greeley’s communication with Presi- dent Lincoln, the following was received from looking Atlanta, and from which it can be | shelled, if necessary. There was considerable fighting going on on Wednesday, as well as yesterday, we learn, resulting advantageously | Everything is progressing most fayora- bly to us, according to all reports from that fi over, whiteand red Exxcurive MANsIon, slaughter house. REWARD-Strayed or stolen from subseriber,on the 23th of June last milk COWS; one six years o:d;smooth horn clining upward; of rath white; sort of white in t! ive ye ; strai WASHINGTON, July 18, 1564. To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restor- ation of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive Government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points; and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. A DESTRUCTIVE BLOW. We understand that Garrard’s cavalry de- stroyed at Rossville,Georgia, woollen factories which turned out thirty thousand yards, and cotton factories making three hundred thou- sand yards of cloth monthly, besides a paper and a starch mill and other factories. a heavy blow to the resources of the rebellion. Thece rebel cloth mills thus destroyed by Sher- man’s army have been employed and run on rébel government account, and have been a ieading source of supply for the rebel army. strayed off. and fom. A fuitabie reward willbe, je recovery 0! fon eating 10 CHAS. A, MUR! ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To Hon. Horace Greeley. Major Hay, on the 20th, in a note, asks Hol- comb and others if they have any communica- tion to send to Wuship; replies on the 2ist, regretting he has been de- layed by any expectation of an answer to his communication delivered to the President of the United States, adding that the communi- cation was accepted as a response to the letter of Clay and Holcomb to Mr. Greeley, and to Agere ea has an answer been trans- THE REPORTED FIGHT AT LEESBURG. Peer ne, mapper bers No confirmation of the reported fight at Lees- burg has been received here. If a fight had | taken place yesterday at Leesburg, which is in the Department of Washingten, it would doubtless be known at Gen. Auger’s head- quarters by this time, but no information of the sort has reached there. The letterto Mr.Greeley, after alluding to the tender ef asafe conduct to Washington on the hypothesis that we were duly accredited ichmond as bearers of propositions looking to the establishment of this assertion was accepted as evidence of an NAVAL CAPTURES, The Navy Department has received informa- tion of the following captures: On the 10th instant, the sloop Hope, of Nas- RED ON LAST SUNDAY, A SMALL SHORT il MARE and TOP-BUGGY, toa man whe ive the name of William Moran. Not having een returned, the supposition is that the horse icked up by some per- ven for informa- has been O8T OR MISLAID—This morning Georgetown market,a POCKET BOOK, con- taining between $75 and $30. a be given, and no questions asked, if left at 140 Bias sete Citizens’ market, Georgetown. ¥ T OF COLUMBIA, CITY OF WASH- 'ON, ss :—Personally appeared before Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, M. B. Farr, and made oath to law that he found on the 16th inst. a mare Mule of dark brown color. without any pe- culiar margs, straying and trespassin, remises near the Tue MONUMENT TO THE VICTIMS OF TH EXpLosiosd AT THE ARSENAL.—The committee of workmen of the Arsenal to raise funds for the erection of 8 monument over the remains of victims of the Arsenal explo- da THE UNITED im Derarrursr, INGTON, June 17, 1364. In accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress, approved May 23,1954, which is in the ° NECOND EDITION. 4 O'OLOCE P. M. far raised over two thous: , and this sum not being the purpose, two of the . King and Joseph ubscriptions. This je undertaking, and the com- pe that the citizens generally will subscribe, and enable them to raise a handsome and substantial monument to mark the spot yventy-one unfortunate | Post Office De) where eighteen of the twenty: fuch oficer oft dollars for the pur; of * Aw act to authorise the establishment of mail steamship service between the United * Bett enacted bythe Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of Americatn Coneress ied, That the Postmaster General be.and he ishereby authorised to unite with the ‘tment of the Empire of Br he Government of authorized to act for that Government, in esta! ingdirect mail communication between the two famenthly line of first class going to be not less thaa two thousard tons burden each, and of suffi number to perform twelve round trips or ye: per annum between a e north of the Potomac river, and Rio de Jan Brazil, touching at St. Thomas, in the We: at Bahia, Pernambuco.and such other Brazilian and intermediate port or ports as shall be considered Provided, That the ex GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Jay Cooke & Co. furnish the follewing quo- tations of Government securities : ‘WasHIneTor, July Sy. and Ist st. EN. in this place, last night, SL HORSE. his tal and victims rest. ——_—.>——_ THE District MILITIA.. the National Rifles, held last evening at Tem- erance Hall, it was announced upon the au- jority of a gentleman connected with the War Department, that the Secretary of War had turned the militia of the District over to Pro- vost Marshal General Fry for reorganization, who was determined to call the militia out regularly for drill, and every enrolled would be compelled to attend the mus- ice will be | aS we At a meeting of 73-10 Treasury Notes countries by mean, One Year Certificates Certificate Checks New Yorx—F: A 124; 5-20's, 1043; OF T UB- 1 BAY HORSE, The owner is requested rd, prove property, pay charges and a bali V4 G. OSBORN, Grocery Store, Junction of 7th and 14th at. road. the night of the 15th of July, REE, nine years old, short rane, branded © 8 Had ona fail set of equipments: erson eetorniaes = same to the subscriber ew! . we Hi, OLAY THOMAS. Lt. and A, Q. M:, 224 Ree’t V. B.C lartindale Barrac! REWARD.—Strayed or stolen from my rm, on the night of July 20th, a brown HORSE, 17 hands high,8 years old; has a large curb on each hind leg; on one front foot hasa crack or hole; switch tail; hasasore on wethers, The above reward will be given for his return to SAM’L RAINE man who was | necessary and ex, mse of the service shall be diy o Governments, and thi tion thereof shall not exces fty thousand dollars for the of twelye round trips money appropriated for the service of t “See, 2. And be it further enacted, That the Post- ad heis hereby, authorised to invite proposals for said mail steamship service by public advertisement for the period of sixty days in one or more newspapers published in the cities of Washington, Baltimore, New York and Boston, respe tract with the lowest resp: same for a term of ten years day the first steam: BURIAL PLACE OF one GALLANT DEFEND- General Meigs, to whom the Secretary of War assigned the duty of selecting a proper place in which to inter the bodies of those who fellin the defense ot Washington during the rebel invasion, has selected &n acre of and on the battle-field about six hundred yards to the right of Fort Stevens,and about fifty yards from the Seventh street road, in the im- mediate vicinity where the severest fight- The duty of disinterring and removing the bodies has boen entrusted to Cap- M. Moore, Assistant Quartermaster, properly interred all those The ground has he United States por —s>—_ the sum of one hb MARRIAGE.—Yesterday morning a largé as- semblage of ladies and gentlemen gathered at the Church of the Ascension and witnessed the nuptials of Mr. Franklin Rives, son of the late John ©. Rives, and Miss Jeannie Tree, daughter of Lambe: mony was performed by Rev. rector of the church; and after the numerous friends assembled had extended their congrat- couple proceeded north- r. Pinckney, Philadelphia, ing took place. ulations, the hap, bidder for the ward to spend th ence from the proposed line shall depart from the United States with the mails for That proposal trips—that is to say, for twelve ro annum outand back—are re: by him within the limit as aforesaid. from « party or parties of undoubted responsibil ample ability to furnish the steains for the serviee,and offering good and su who has already who fell near Fort Stevens, been laid off in a square, and will be with a handsome pailing fence. are being interred in a circle, in the center of which it is the intention of the authorities to erect 8 monument, bearing a suitable inscrip- Each grave will be provided with a neat head-board, bearing the name, rank, company, and regiment of its occupant. SEES ASS STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.—At Frank- lin & Co.’s, opticians, No. 244 Pennsylvania avenue, the thermometer stood to-day at 6 m., 56 in the shade; at 1 o’clock, 79 in for monthly strawberry color; sureties for the faithful performance of such con- tract: And provided, further, That such proposal shall be accepted by the Government of Brazil, and that distinct and separate contrac: ernment, cuntaing ‘ecuted by such accepted } ‘ernment to be responsib of the subsidy te Bec. 3, And be tt furthe tract which the Postmaster General may execute authority of this act shall go into effect on or before the first day of September, one thous- and eight nundred and sixty-five; and shall, im addition to the usual stipnlations of ocean mail steamship contracts, provide that the steamships offered for the service shall be constructed of the best materiale and after the most approved mo- ll the modern improvements adapted for sea-going steamships of the first class; and shall, before their approval and acceptance by the Postmaster General, be subject to inspection and survey by an experienced naval cc detailed for that purpoxe by the Secretary of the rt shall be made t General; that the two Governments shall be enti tled to have transported and every steamer, a mai BY W. B. LEWIS & Co., Auctioneers. AT AUCTION, tt 0 MORROW (Batarday) at 942 o'clock, at Aue- % ‘ood lot of Furniture, steada. Feather Bede. Linen Sheets. fine French-plate Mirrors, Pianos; and also invoices of Dry Goods, &c.; Boots and Shoes, with a variety of other goods, to close jy 22 W. B. LEWIS & CO., Aucts, ¥ JAS. C, McGUIRE & CO., Auctioneers, ROSEWOOD CASE PIANO FORTE, HANDSOME PARLOR SUITE FURNITURE, &0., AT AUC TION. On TO-MORROW MORNING, at 10 o'clock, in front of the Auction Rooms, we shall sell, a— Buperior Rosewood Case Metal of fine tone, and in Suite of Walnut Parlor it horns. Phe above re- for their return to THOMAS Capitol Street, Hoover's old jy 21-3t* BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE GOVERNMENT WITH FLOUR. Yesterday, at 12 o’clock m., bids were opened by Capt. S. OC. Greene, GO. 8S. V., at his office, G street, for furnishing the Subsistence Department with flour. All the bids received were for No. 2 flour, and the number of barrels accepted was 4,987. The following is a list of the bids and bidders : A. Ross Ray & Bro., Georgetown—2,000 bar- Tels, at $13.25 per barrel. Accepted. Geo. W. Mears—1,500 barrels, at $13.45 per 1,000 at $13.58; thousand five hundred barrels accepted, at 13.48 per barrel. Thos. H. Donohue—2,000 barrels, at $11.44; 159 at $14.15; 960 at 13.65; air Matresses, enarted, That any cen A reward of $25 will 1,000 at $13.68. lic framePiano Forte, erfect condition, urniture finished on creen old brocatelle, and consisting of two Sofas. rm and six Parlor C! Centre and So Cane Seat Chairs, Lounge. Oak Cottage Suite, Sprin: Bedsteads, Bureaus, Washstands ppstructor, to be 1,287 at $13.40; 200 at the Fostmaster e two last bids of Mr. Donohue were amail agent to take charge of and arrange the mail matter, to whom suitable ac- commodations for that purpose shall be assigned; that in case of failure from any cause to perform . Green—1,000 barrels, at $13.79; 1,000 1,000 at $13.85; 1,000 at $13.87; and 1,000 at $13.90. nacostia bridge, nex ns Selbey B. Scaggs’ farm,in the District of Co- The owner or owners thereof are hereb: fied to come forward, prove property, pay c’ and take away. it Sworn and subscribed before me thie 18th day of any of the regular monthl in the contract. a pro rata ¢ from the compensation on account of auch omitte? yoyage or voyages; that suitable tines and ties may be imposed for delays and irregular: in the regular performance of the service accord ing to contract; and that the Postmaster General shall have the power to determine the contract at in case of its being underlet or assigued 3 stipulated for Sideboard: Refrigerator, sere eduction stall be made Gold Band Dinner Sett, Glassware, Table Cutlery. Gilt Candelabras, Bronze Clock, &c Together with many other ar IMPORTANT TO PERSONS FORWARDING BODIZS OF DECEASED FRIENDS. Several of the express companies have de- cided not to forward any body without a writ- ten guarantee that ithas been prope be sent to its destination ticles in the Honse- J.C. McGUIRE & CO.. Aucts, EPRESENTATIVE SUBSTITOTES—I a rson not Hisbis to draft, balmed and can without becoming offensive. ready to suppl JOHN H. JOHNSON, [1 s.] unexpected but most gratifying change in the au, N. P., loaded with nineteen ° it~ biaaghs Beles oF en! olicy of the President—a change which we ton and nine boxes of tobacco, from Savannah, felt authorized to hope might terminate in the conclusion of a peace mutually just. hon- orable and advantageous to the North and the Was captured by the U.S. steamer Ladond while attempting torun ont of Sapelo. The cargo of the Hope has been sent to Philadel- phia for adjudication. On the night of the 26th of June, the sloop P., was captured by the Exacting no condition but that we should be duly accredited from Richmond as bearers of please call ear! & proposition looking to the establishment of i Mary, of Nassau, N. SUBSTITUTES! SUBSTITUTES! I have on hand this morning ten (10) good threa g Substitutes will SSIDY, 446 Sth at.. bet. Pa’ ay. and D at. Parties wishin, peace, thus proffering a basis for conference as comprehensive as we could desire, it seemed to us that the President opened adoor that had previously been closed against the Confed- erate States tor full interchange of sentiments, free discussion of conflicting opinions, and un- trammelied effort to remove all causes of con- troversy by liberal negotiations. We indeed could not claim the benefit of U.S. steamer Norfolk Packet, off Mosquito Inlet, Fla. The Mary had on board nine bales senger named M. J. , Ga., who has frequent- The vessel was sent to Port Royal station, where she sank in Horse Island Creek. INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAT. N _ MILLER ef cotton and one Buckner, of Savann: ly run the blockade. & be tt further enacted, That the mail steamships employed in the service authorized by this act sball be exempt from all custom-house dues at the port of departure and ar- from over age or o! resent them in the army for three years. he time to show yon? Paty . G.H. CASSIDY, 446 8th st., between Penn. avenue and D st. ROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED FOR THE Brick Work required in the erection of Cav- until August 2d,noon. They be directed to the Chairman of Building AMOS KENDALL, Washington, D.C. nd specifications of Messrs. Cluss and er, Architects,can be seen at their office, No. 130 West Second street, between D and Justice of the Peace, SUBSTITUTES. S UBSTITUTES TOOK THE OATH, Fourteen rebel deserters, all of whom were of Georgia regiments but three, arrived here this morning irom Gen. Grant's army, and were released upon taking the oath of alle- rt charges and mmunity from port charges and Custom hou-¢ doves is granted by the G rument of Brazil. ‘ “ Approved May 28, Ixe4 — Baptist Churc' Resicnep.—Dr. H. E. Woodbury has re- signed his position in the office of the Auditer of the Treasury for the Post Office Depart- Will be received at the Post Office Department, in the city of Washington, until 3 o’cleck p,m. of SATURDAY, the first Gay of October, 1804, for con- veying the mails of the United States by a monthly Cc SUBSTI’ E: SUBSTITUTES !! Will furnish at reasonabl, PATCH AND safe conduct, which had been extended to us in a character we had no right to assume, and ossess, but the uniform xecutive and Congress, and their thrice-repeated and as often repulsed attempts to open negotiations, furnish suffi- at this conciliatory manifesta. art of the President of the United d be met by themgin a temper of Commissioner Lewis has gone to his home | in Pennsylvania ona short visit. absence Mr. Hollins, the able De Missioner, will run the Interna had never affected to declarations of our THE PRESIDENT’S FEELING FOR THE SOL- pigzes.—During the time that the rebels were engaged in their bombardment of Fort Stevens, | cient pledge line of first-class American sea-goiug steamships of not less than two thousand tons burden each, ant of sufficient number to perform twelve round yoy: Ages per annum between a port of the United St north of the Potomac river and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, touching at St. Th dies, and at Bahia and Pernambuc a contract term of ten years, to before the Ist day of September, Isis from the day the first steamship of uv The British Army and Navy Gazette, edited by Russell, formerly correspondent of the London Times, says the sinking of the Al- abama has proved the suporiority of the Dahl- gren gun over the Blakely, with which the Tebel craft was armed; thinks that the conduct of the Deerhound involves grave considera- tions, which require inquiry and satisfactory explanation; and censures the proposition of The work will be paid for in cash, subject. how- ever, to the condicions usual in giving out sim- The bids will be opened at Old Trinity Hall, 5th street, between D and E streets, August o’clock p. m., and the contract awarde practicable thereafter. i prices. e TTHOUT DELAY!! Office No. 511 Ninth street west, near Pa. avenue. nd others liberally dealt with. Apply at W. A. REAM MILLER, Juitsce of the Pe Exemption papers prepared. GUBSTITUTES. &K in the West io- in Brazil, for B. f ‘0. 700. Y THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED TATES. SUBSTITUTES leave the United States with the mails for B: i ust designate the United States por’ end arrival, and may, at their option, propose t. embrace additional intermediate ports at which the steamships shall touch on their out- ward or homeward passages, to deliver and receive Admiral Anson to present Semmes with a sword, as likely toincrease the bitterness of the American people toward the English. ae. SUBSTITUTES. Enrolled men in the District can be supplied with good men, aliens or Virginia negroes, and exemp- tion papers procured for three years In pursuance of law, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of America, do here- by declare and make known that public sales will be held atthe undermentioned Land Offices in the State of Minnesota, at the periods hereinafte @# Among the births inserted in the London y te Hl. OABSIDY, 446 8th atrect, et. Penna. avenue and D street. Mr. Lincoln happe equal magnanimity. We had, therefore, no hesitation in declaring, that if this correspon- @ence was communicated to the President of the Confederate States, he would brace the opportunity presented for seeking a pass a short time | ‘within the walls of that fortification. A shot from the enemy passed into the fort, and, stri- king some projection, glanced off, the ball en- | tering the leg of asoldier. Mr. Lincoln cast his RS. LLOYD CA 696, G street, PERSONAL. FIND WHERE HER ing at Mrs. GORMAN’S ‘ashington. calli first toward the et We SUMETL while a happy smile irradiated his features, “That was a good carom!” mark was heard by some soldiers standing hear, and produced, as might naturally be ex- oe considerable indignation.—N¢w York: or eaceful solution of this unhi 21 confident thet regret that the spirit which dictated the first step towards peace had not continued to ani- mate the counsels of your President. Had the representatives ot the two Governments met to consider this question, the most momentous ever submitted to human statesmanship, in a ngement and | EAC Ed, NFORMATIO: Nao he The unfeeling re- near New Jerse will be thankfully received. per of becoming moderation and equity, followed as their deliberations would have been by prayers and benedictions of every nristian on the habitable globe, who is there so bold as to pronounce that this frightfal waste of individual hi and public prosperity which is daily s: the universal heart might not have been termi- nated, or, if the desolation and carnage of war must still be endured through weary blood and suffering, that there least have been infused into its conduct some- thing more otf the spirit which softens and par- tually redeems its brutality! Instead of the safe conduct which we solici- ted, and which your first letter gave us every reason to suppose would be extended for the ose of initiating negotiations in which er Government would compremise its rights or its dignity, a document which provokes a8 much indignation as sur- It bears no feature of resemblance to that which was originally offered, and is unlike amy paper which ever before emanated from the constitutional Executive of a free people. Addressed to whom it may concern, it pre- cludes negotiations and prescribes in advance the terms and conditicns of It returns to the origin gaining, no negotiations, notruces with rebels, exceptto bury their dead, uatil every man shall have laid down his arms, submitted to There was no “bombardment” of Fort Ste- vens, and no incident there to serve even as a | foundation for tLe World’s transparent lie. Why cannot these copperhead papers maintain some consistency in their villification of the President? While the New York World, as above, describes him as in the midst of the fight making cold-blooded jokes at the expense of the wounded, the New York News insists that he was concealed in abject terror on board & gunboat in the river during the visit of the We advise these copper- head jonrnalists to compare notes before pub- lishing their manufactured + incidents” abu- i sive of the President. 50 cents per yar Seventy pieces Contederates here! W7 The publication of thenew literary paper, The Round Table, bas been discontinued in con- sequence of the exigencies of the times, so on- erous on publishers generaily. OT HOWER A ay., bet. Ith and 12th ats. ME AND OEMENT! Just received a cargo of superior ROCKLAND LIME. Also, a cargo of superior HYDRAULIC CEMENT. which we offer at the lowest market rates. LIME, PLASTER, SJ The price paid in New York yesterday for three-year substitutes was #50, and for one-year substitutes $300. licy of no bar- Tus FortiricaTions oF ATLANTA—The races 6 correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writ- ing from the banks of the Chattrhoochee, SEVENTH STREET. HIGH AWNING. GREAT BARGAINS IN GARPETS AND OIL- pieces HEMP, RAG and INGRAIN CAR- ‘Sin new and beautiful designs; some as low as “OIL CLOTH, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4,8-4 and The above were purchased previous to the last advances, and we are offering them at decided bar- ains. Parties in want of the above articles will ind it greatly to their advantage to give usa call before purchasing, Suceessor to Bontz & Grif 369 7th st.. adjoining A. Goddard's. METROPOLITAN BATHS. VAPOR B designated, to-wit: At the Land Office at MINNEAPOLIS, commen- the fifth day of September next, fthe public lands within the fol- owing townships and parts of townships, viz: North of the base line and west of the fifth principa The SE %4 and the W 3¢ of section 5; the N34 of section 19 of township 11 3g of section 23; sections ship 117, of ran Times the other day, mention is made of a Mrs. ogg having each presented Each bid should name the time proposed to be occupied in performing the passages, each way, be- es port of departure and o, and should be accom: 1 by a mapor diagram of the route, showing the intermediate ports at which the steamshi to call to deliver and receive mail Pigg anda Mrs. theirlord and master with a son. We The coroner’s jur: disaster on the Grand cing on Monda upon the late railroad rival and Rio de Jan runk Railway in Can- ada, have returned a verdict censuring Bur- nie, the engine driver. me Micnael Biue, of Pulaski, Tennessee, had a terrible attack of the Blues a few days ago. His wife presented him with three Blues atone birth—two girls and one boy. wa A hundred factory girls from England, whose passage money had been paid by the Lawrence mill companies, arrived in Law- rence a few days ago. @@- In Cincinnati, hereafter, every strect- ‘walker found on the pavement after 9 o’clock in the evening is to be arrested and fined five days, stating the proposed days and the N | hours of departure from each port, as well as the proposed days and hours of arrival, should also ny each bid, such schedules. be subject to the approvalof the Post Departments f the respective countries, and to altsration by said Departments from time to time, a5 the inter- ests of the proposed international postal servica ¢ steamships offered for t American steamers of the fi . acceptance will be subject to inspection and sur- vey by an experienced naval constructor te be de- tailed for that purpose by the Secretary of the 6; sections 19 and 2) 2%, 29, 31, and 33,0 c 9,11, 13, 15, and 17; the NE \ of section 20, of township 116; sections 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 33, and 35, of township 117; the 8 42 SE %, and 24 of section 33, of township 113, ot 9, 11, 13, 15. and 17; the N 3g ot section 21, and the N 3; section 23, of township 116; the 8 }¢ of section 19, 8 ’s of section 21, the 8 Jy of section 23, and sections and 35, of township 1listhe B ¥s 8E 24, 0f section 31, of township 118, of 9,11, and 13; the N 32 of section 15, 16; sections 1, 3,5,7,9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35, of township 117, of tion 1, of township 116; sections 1, 13,15, 17, 19, 21,23, 25, 2, 29, ship 117, of ran, NTED OF JOHN WELSH, rt nis home on Monday, the 18th inst.,and has not since been heard from. is 60 years, large sized man. duroy pants, blue jacket and black beaver. information left at L street. between Ist and 2d avenue, for ARTHUR Had on a prir of cor- Sections 1. 3, 5, 7, servic t bi section 19, the N 4, o1 sservice must be class. and before avy. Proposals must conform in all respects to the provisions and requirements of the aforesaid act, approved May 2th, 184, and must be properly guarantied, with a satisfactory testimonial that uarantors are men of property, and abuno- dantly able to make | bidder’s name and residence, and the name of cach member of the firm, when a company olfers, should be distinctly stated iu the proposal The acceptance or non-acceptance of the bids will be determined by the Postmaster General as soon a8 practicable after the time limited for their reception; but no preposal can be accepted by thia Department unless the bidder is also accepted by the Government of Brazil, as provide aforesaid act. And incase distinct and separate cont by the acceptec ernment, conta: wa Three quarters of a million of and a number of lives were lost last an incendiary fire among the steamboats at the St. Louis levee. W@7 An attempt to reorganize the ladies’ dress reform movement in Chicago, last Saturday, totally failed. r beer, among other ‘necessaries’ of life, has “riz,” and is now 10 cents a glass everywhere. R82” Yellow fever is on the rampage at Nas- It will probably clean out that nest of anglo-rebel varmints. The harbor of Sebastopol is nearly cleared of the ships sunk there during the Crimean 20: 7.9.11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21,23, 25,27, and 35, of townsh!p 117, of ran, wae! ections 1, 3,5,7,9, 11, 13, 15, 1 of towship 117, and’ sections 25, 7, 29, 31, 33, and 35, of township 118, of range 31, Sections 1,3, 5.7, 9 117; and sections 25, 118, of range 32. ie. 30. + 19, 21, 23, and 25, 11, 13, 15, and 17, of township + 29,31, 33, and 35, ef township and 17; the N ¥ of he N 32 of section 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35, ch joint acceptance are to be execute: bidder ders with each Gov- ing Similar provisions, exch Gov section 19; the N 3; of section 21; 23, of township 117; sections 25, A ND DOUCHE speaks thus of the fortifications of Atlanta: “Ascending a high hill which overlooked the river, 1 got a splendid view of the doomed city: its net-work of defences. From the banks of the river all the way up to the city there is a succession of earthworks. It would be impossible to conceive of a more strongly fortified place. banks of the 1iver1 noticed a fort, which is said to have some twenty siege guns. Inregard to the railroad bridge, in my former letter, I stated that we held it. we do not hold it, but the rebels have not de- ‘The cars run up as far as our lines and scream victory into the ears of the rebels on the other side of the river. the Government, and sued for mercy. -What may be the explanation of this sudden and en- tire change in the views of the President; of this rude withdrawal of a courteous overture for negotiation at the moment it was likely to be accepted; of this emphatic recall of words of fresh blasts of war to i J.C. T5quyven, HiR CHANGE & B' G Street, Between 6th and 7th, North Side. The subscriber has constantly on band a lar, let of fine HORSES, BUGGIES, &c., &c., which will hire, sell or exchange : The office of the Marlboro’and Washington stage line is at the above Also, attached to t! 'AURANT. peace just uttered, ani the bitter end, we leave for the s thoce who have the means or enetrate the mysteries of his cabinet; or to thom the caprice of his imperial will. Itisenough for us tosay that we have no use whatever forthe paper which has been placed in our hands. We could not transmit itto the President of the Confederate States without offering him an indignity, dishonoring and incurring the well-merited Whilst an ardent Not far from the I was misinformed— D18arromntEeD.—The Richmond Enquirer of the 20th inst., states that whether the capture of Wasbington was or was not the object of the late raid, its fall was m: pected until late news brought ihe knowledge scorn of our countrymen. desire for peace pervades the people of the Confederate States, we rejoice to say there are few, if any, among them who would purchase ost anxiously ex- itat the expense of liberty; honor and self- i REAT BARGAINS. French Lace MANTILLAS, fr rench Lace of the fact that the rebels had withdrawn from the front of the Federal Capital. The Enquirer covsoles itself with the scare created and say@ the accidental arrival of.‘Canby’s saved the city. It acknowledges that the raid comprized “forty odd thousand men,” and much yet was ho} pe If tbere be any military autocrat at the North who is entitled to proffer the conditions of this manifesto, there is none in the South author- ized to entertainthem. Those who control our armies are servants of the people, not their masters, avd they have no more an inclina- m_ New Orleans” UTLERSHIP FOR 8ALE.—The subscriber be- compelled to trom it in aid of the rebel cause. The hope is fuitumately dispelled by the retreit of the raiders, and the recapture of a large portion of tion than they have a right to subvert social institutions of sovereign States, to overthrow their established constitutions, and to barter sale the best SUTLE at least ten regiments, Call at 51 opposite the Kirkwwod House, jy 16-lw* Ww. their plander by Gen. Crook at Saicker’s Gap. ADVANCE iN PRICE—At a meeting of the Boston weekly press on solved, That the subscribers agree to ad- tates Of subscription to our respec- Ree from 20 to50 per cent, by August Resolved, That the subscribers will advance their rates of advertising from 20 to 50 per cent. r in. Southern Georgia in- Jo Johnston cannot hold the | tahoochee, where is he to make neston which John- upon to answer to away their priceless heritage of self-govern- representatives of the Monday, it was 7 The Emperor of Russia has presented Yale College with a fac simile copy of the cel- brated Greek manuscript of the Hol found in 1859 at the convent of St. C: on Mount Sinai, by Dr. Tischendorf. a7 The milkmenef Albany have raised their price to eight cents, in consequence of the scarcity of water invited to exat S7-A rebel pa) quires, if Gen line of the (nati astand? This is t METROPOLITAN RAILROAD.—Tho First Meeting of the Stockholders of the Metro- ‘an Railroad Company, in the District of Co- umbia, will be held "3 WEST END DRUG STOR AVENUE, SOUTH SIDE.—L: 's Patent Preserve Jars, fresh and pure’ Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Co- yers’ and other Medicines. BUIT JARS! _ FRUIT JABS!! Housekeepers who wish to put up fresh frnit are SELF-SEALING FRI y JARS, as they have been thoroughly tested, and we can warrant them to keep fruit perfectly. As the fruit requires no sugar and the jars no cement, it Precomomy, bes ite paiity: to putup all the ruit they want for the winter. WEBB & BEVERIDGE Odd Fellows’ Hail. ine our stom bimeself is General Sberm: @@” We learn from the tionale that the Peruvian G: riously meditatin, > the Chincha Isii the United States. W7 Some secesh women have deli i bilities. The wife of an officer ‘om tha late Clon. Polk's sien etree <r = = Louis, had in her eskullof a Yank The preserved as & memento. such which "> “sr The Governors & eteet aghiaet inter ist interferen. managing import and expert 87 The Louisiana Convention have upon a Constit People on the 7 The Mobileans are to Mere ras St attack by our land and mayal forces. 7 87 Gen. Scott's autobiography wi! about September ist. idl wa There are over 15,000 re the different military prisons street west, o Paris Opinion Na- Za proposition on putting a 4 ds under the Protectorate of said Company Sse Us oF each tees business as may legally 0! al eames) | a B,guBenmep. M. G. EMERY, NOticE 18 HE! pambot Flach & ateeet, is thia llth day ofdaly disso i. AMU Bi H.C. PINCH. FUL FOR PAST PATRONAGE, THR be continued by the No. 390 lith street, SAMUEL LLOYD. ve epened anew BARRER SHOP fel, where Til S NOTICE.—To the People 7 Pubite speerelty, —_ tin; issippi, Georgia, a mth Riortost have’ issued & Setabisnmont, Noe y Jem Davis in 4% Agr tation, and will submit it R— WHITE PINE. first Monday in September.” RE HEMLOOK, aaa ed OS i lea, constantly arriving by ve U FoR wer tn prone in| MRRP ee tte . bpep re-elected ew York Speculator w: deez. . ae x id BI pr aiegs Lat yRrice pacauaeaast OTICE —FOR SALE—500 tets of one, two, and four horse second hand HA! & second band SADDLES and BRIDLES, H. 8. JOHNSTON, No.373 Penn avenue, between 434 and 6th st., opposite National Hotel, jy15-1m* pth Pama nr date Pold asecsiete “abate mate ole Ga REBY GIVEN THAT THE Co- heretofore existing under the of township 118, of rai Ftowmahip lis ic! ernment to be responsitle only for its proportion of the subsidy to be paid for the service. Proposals should be sent, underseal, to “the F: stant Postmaster General with the words ** Mati Proposa: id written on the face of the address; and they shoul! be dispatched in time to be received by er before the first day of October next, which will be tlre las 4. under this adver’ IR, Postmaster General nge 33. 9, i, 13,15, 17, 19, 21, and 23; the N 3g of section 7 and section 29, of township 117 tions 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35, of township I 34. wnship 116; sections 1, 3,5, 7,9, 11,13, 15, 17,19, 21, 23, 25, 27, and 29, of section 31; the N 3g of section 33, and the N 3 of section 35, 3,5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, f township 117, of range 35. 7; sections 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, of township 118, of range 37. 117, and 118; sections u@-The name of Mr. Charles Dickens’s new novel, in German, is ‘ Unser-gengenseitiger m7 Two negro regiments have been organ- ized in Louisville, Ky. sa7-The Rothchilds pro: in Mexico, with a capita! wa George Francis Train, it is said, will rep- resent Nebraska in the Chicago Convention. wa Amaurosis, a painful disease of the eye, is attributed to the use of tobacco. w@7” A dinner was tendered Generals Banks and Sickles by the bar of New Orleans. w7 English papers again talk of Queen Vic of township 117, of range 35 s6 opening & bank 116: sections 1, day for receivi ef $15,000,000. AND CEMENT, con- caenaeyie street and Gan 1 Notr.—This Department is not advised that any definite action has yet been taken by the Govern ment of Brazil in respect to the establishment of Service between the two ble that by the 1 6, 8, 18, 29, and W 35, of section 24; sec- + 31, 32, 33, and 34, of township 119, 22; the $32, 5E Gane 26,93; 29,30 the proposed steamshi 235 29, countries, but itis pro tober next, the limit fixed for the reception of proposals under this advertisement, certain infor mation on that subject will have been received. When received, it willbe made public, At the Land Office at ST. CLOUD, commencing on Monday, the fifteenth day of August next. for sal of the public lands within the follow- ing parts of townships, viz: North of the base line and west of the fifth princi a! meridian ne ‘ Rections7 and 17; the N 4¢ of section 19, and the N 3s of section 21, of township 121, of range 23, Sections 1, 3,5.7,9. 11, 13, 15, and 17; the section 19, the N 3, section 23, of towns. township 122, of range 29, Sections 1,3,5,7,9, 1 section 19, the N y NEY Sore rearurh TRAVELING TRUN DIES’ DRE8S TRUNK, HAT BOXES, VA S. LEATHER SATCHELS, &c., comprising the largest and best assortment of ladies’ and gentlem traveling requisites to be found in this ci e same place is wane RES LOOAL NEWS. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.—Sudden Death. Tuesday night, a man named Hugh Gra- ham, went to the Baltimore House, on Bridge street, and asked for liquor and lodging, and ednesday morning he got up late and called for dinner, and in the meantime took some whisky and a glass of mineral water, and laid down on a lounge. A sbort time afterwards he was found dead. he coroner declined holding an inquest, it be- g considered unnecessary. The deceased had been employed some time previous to his death grave yard at Arlington. It was stated that he had been paid forty dol- lars the day before he went to the Baltimore House, but upon searching his clothes nothing NK. HA ES, and CARPET BA GREAT BARGAINS. of section 21, an ip 121; sections 31,33, and 35, of om en up. POINTS, from $i up. Cloth and Barege SACQUES and GIRCULAHS Black Silk CIRCULARS at reduced pri s y et 5 at ren AXWE : 328 Pennsylvania ave B.—Pive hundred yards colored INS, for covering picture frame liers, mirrors, &c-, &c., two yards wil cents per yard. IEWS OF BATTLE FIELD, Jul Fort Stevens, 7th street ro: GOLDIN & CO... Photographers, Loree bes 8th and 9th streets, Market Space. y 16-1m 1, 13, 15, and 17; the N 3% of 3g of section 21, and the N 4: of section 23, of township 121; sections 29, 31,33, aud A 1 15, and 17; and the N *: ownship 121; sections 19 and 21; the ections 25, 27, 29, 31 1 7, 9, 11,13, 15,and 17, of town- ction 13; the 8 34 832 of section 17; sections 19, 21, 23, 25. and 35, of township 122, of r ections 1, 3,5, 7,9, 11, 13, 1 }e of section 13; the 8 3¢ of section 17; sections 19,21, atid 35, of township 122, of range 33. was accommodated. ATER RENT 8. Water ReGistrin’s Orrice, City Hau, July 7, 1364. All persons wiio use the Aqueduct water on the!r premises are hereby notifie: now due to the Corporation for the period from 0 be paid at this of- not paid by or n township 122, of that the water rentis 1, 1864, to January 1, 1865. e water rent is required t fice during this month of July. Ist, the law commands that the water be shut offat the main &nd not restored ex yment of arrears and two dollars for ‘shutting off and restoring. rovide for servini at the Government 'o. 4 Penn. ave- r nd 17, of township 34 of section 15; the 23, 25,27, 29, 31, 33, | 17, of township 29, $1, 33, and 35, of 3. 5.7. ly 13,15, and 17, of township 2, 31, 33, and 35, of township 122, of Tange 35. Sections 1, 35,7, 9, 11,13, and 15; the N 3 of gec- tion 17, of township 121; section 7, tion 15; sections 7, 19, 21, =. 25, 7, 29, 31, 33, and 35, of rani s NW and the N% 8W %, wwnsbip 121; sections 1, 3,5,7,9,1 25, Z. and 35, of township 122; 33, and 35, of tow! e ST. Take 1 34. NE X, of section 1, of township 121; sec- tiona 1 and 11, of township 132; the W 4 of section 1; sections 3, 5,7, 9, 11, 13,15, 17, 23, and 25; the N 34 ofsection Z, and section tions 13, 14, 15, 19, 29, 31, and ‘o to California, offers for IP inthe eguater. orth Concluded.—The distribution of premiums to scholars of the putlic schools was concluded esterday at the Montgomery street school- ouse, when premiums were distributed to Schools Nos. 3 and 4, Miss Laura iss Edmondson, teachers, and the two Grammar Schools, Misses Emma Reed and Martha Heustis, teachers. The medals one im each school) were awarded to John Stalcup, Emma Rodier, Mary Huntand Thos. A number of premiums were distrib- uted to meritorious scholars. The distribution ‘was made for the guardians of the schools by Rev. Dr. Edwards, Dr. Barbarin, C. Myers and Thos. Jewell, Esqs. excellent condition, and are in high faycr wi h oS notices, and this pul Water Registrar. be run between F -R AIrROAD Notice. eed and Mi R a z ‘the W is of nec 6:30 and 11:15 8. m. d 6:30 p. m. FROM BALTIMORE. 7:00 and 10:00 a. m. £0. L. KOONTZ, Agent P F8Cys METALLURGY, IRON AND STLEM 1, 1864. Philip's etallurgy. London, — etallurgy, Copper, Zinc, Brass, &o The schools are in 35, of townshi: Port of Georgetown—Entered—Barges Western Glace Bay, Cape Breton. Sch’r amilton, Portland, Me. Cletred.— Sch’'rs Golden Pearl, Deal's Island; Wm. Ruark, Hooper, Havre de Grace; Pinta, Bell, Vienua; E. lier, Saulsbury; George Washington, Barton, Baltimore; Rodgers, Holmes, do.; Tropic, Bai- Jey, Saulsbury; Skinner, Moore, Baltimore; A. ‘W. Thompson, Reeves, do.; George Was! ton, Beatley, St. Mary’s; Lands appropriated by law for the use ofschools, military, and other pur; tions of seany lands or Gener Sune offering of the abo together with selec- 1 n your office by the Will be excluded from the sale. lands will be com- ey are adverti 1 have been offered. and closed; but the sale shall n ks, and no private entry oj mitted until after Scrivenor on the Iron Trade. 1 French’s Iron Trade of the Cnited States Virginia, Cal- Beecraft's Companion to the Iron Trade the order in whi 's Iron Trades’ Guide. Truran on the Manufacture of Iron. Overman on the Manufacture of Iron. - Ann, Chase, do.; Fairbairn’s Information { Lloyd, ream ness will at the old stand, be! via! O street, g business at 390 Lith LOYD. CK TAYLOR. ved by m: LL % utual Ann Carelton, Perkins, Philadelphia; Wm, 5S. Loud, Fage, Glace Bay, Cape Breton; Sea Bird, Moot, New York; G. H. derson; Fort Washington; M. P. Iry, Secar, Nanjemoy. —nnee American Flag, Weich, hand, at the city of Washi this 18th day of April, anno Domini one tho: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Given under my D. Smoot, An- sight hundred an W, ® vor By tho President: Commissioner 6! D shale ad AT LAW, door to Biggs? Bank. UNDS, the General Land Office. NOTICE TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. wie End toe tae be rencge tena; and ized fa the Nt ne sale. 5 DSENS SUE. Hct Goe Le, jorne ite, tare, Bic; Misa Mary 0 * FRANCK TAYLOR. Tuk Paw Fires _Derartmant.—The Uom- missioners of the Fire De; menced making men.of the steam it have com- tments of officers and panies, yet have not completed them. At their last foremen were appoint. ed :—No. 1, Soca See lsceter belie Saaaay Boyle’a (D street, near 12ch,) Wm. Darr, ; Ladder, Maasarhne . bue, (between 4th sad Chauncey. The appointments to + ‘offices were postponed. i rk eS Navx Yarp.—The gunbost F: Potomac Flotilla, . M. BDMU) i — i. arrived at the Yard yester. for repairs, ber rudder. ha: & torpedo, which Te ye whlloane on Oreok, Va, ie recsaae AMPAIGN. ae coaee ae