The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1863, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENSETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ° OPPIOE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. the regiments until the twenty thousand are sup- ed—Great Events at Hand. plied. All the militia regiments in this city are | | The olty was startled yesterday with the ox- under orders to-day to turn ont, and start imme- diately for Philadelphia “on short service,” by TERMS cash in advance. money sent oy mali will be | command of Governor Seymour. etthe risk of the sender. None but bank bills current in New York taken. THE DAILY HERALD, Tange centa per copy. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five cents per copy Annual subscrption price: — 5 Five Copies. Ten Copies... Postage five cents per copy for three months. Any larger number, addressed to names of subscribers, + 8 | ments of the rebel privateers, The news from Vicksburg to the 10th eeports no change there. Johnston continues to receive reinforcements from the East and is preparing for @ forward movement. Our troops at Milliken’s Bend have also been reinforced. We give further particulars to-day of the move- which appear to be growing more formidable every day. Our latest news from Mexico by the Roanoke yes- $1 50cach. An extra copy will bowent to every club of | *erday from Havaea confirms the report of the ten ‘Cwenty copies, to one address, one year, $25, and | escape of the Mexioan officers captured at Puebla. any ‘arger number at same price. An extra copy will be seut to clubs of twenty. These rates make the WERELY xnatn the cheapest publication in ihe country. Generals Ortega, Prieto, Pinzon,LaLlave andPatoni had arrived at Jalapa, and expressed their determi- nation to make their way to the capital. Only four The Evaorgam Epmoy, every Wednesday, at Five cents | thousand French troops had been left to garrison per copy; @@ per aunum to auy part of Great Britain, or $6 to any part of the Continent, both to include ooatage, ‘The Cauroama Eprmow, on the $d, 13th and 284 of cach month, at Six cents por copy, or @3 per annum. Puebla, the remainder of the army having pushed on towards Mexico City. The defenceof that-city has been entrusted to General La Garza, and Juarez was there up to the 25th ult. .to a limited number, will. dé a The Heraco's special agent in the West Indies iu the Warxty Heratp, and in the European and Califor- ‘tla Editions, VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing import- ant news, solicited from any quarter of the world; if used, will be liberally paid for. gg- Ove Forstan Cor- REBPONDENTS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESIED TO SEAL ALL LEY ‘TERS AND PACKAGES SENT U3. NO NOTICE taken ot anonymous correspondence. We Volume XXVIII -No. 166 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. ‘ae Dexe's Morro, WALLACK’S THEATRE. Broadway.—Yoouturcn Qcrex— Foxe Ovp Exousa Gexriemay. LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE. Broadway.—Wives or Panis—Pas De FLoRs—Gems or Tax OrERa. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Bamaoos.inc— Bos Nerrixs--Pexsxcotep Dourcamay—TcRNing THE Ta- 5.e8—Rosoees or THe Heatu. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Rest Dar—Frisxy Cos- sLkR—JACK SHEPPARD. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUS@U\. Broadway. —Gen, Tou Tavums axp Wirs, Com. Nutr ayp MINNIZ Warren, at allhours. Duxe's Bequust—Nervous Man. Afternoos and Brentng. d sumac BRYANTS' MINSTRELS. Mechanics’ Hall, 472 wey.—Erniorian Songs, Boruxsqugs. Dances &0.—How Ane You, GREENBACKS? = WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL. 514 Broadwar.. fonca, Dances. &c.—Wake Ur Wittian Hanrr. THE MEW IDBA. 48 Broadway.—Sonas. Bunuxsqurs, Batuxts, &c.—Roazet Mica we AMERICAN THEATRE, = 4 Broadway.—Batters, Tarrommes, Bonsssquns. HOP! CHAPEL, 72) Broadwaye-PaNonama OF THE for POLES. 4np—ConceRt sx tHE O1p Fouss, , NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway,— Cuntoarzes anp Lycrurss, from 9A. M. till10 P.M. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOU Brooklyn.—Erm tones, Dances, Buauxsauss, (a nx TRIPLE SHEET. ork, Tuesday, June 16, 1863. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisoments for the Wexxtr Iisnatn must be band. ed in before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. its circulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- serted in the WaRx.y Heracp will thus be seen by a large Portion of the active and enorgetic people of the United States. THE SITUATION. The invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the rebel forces of General Lee is the all absorb- ing topic in the war news to-day. It appears that at noon on Sunday the rebel forces made their appearance in strength at Berrysville and Martins- burg. At the latter place they were met with a stubborn resistance by the Union forces, but in vain, they had to fall back. Yesterday morning our troops evacuated Hagerstown, Md., before. the advancing force of the enemy, and fell back upon Chambersburg, removing the stores and rail- road stock before they went. Rumors of the cap- ture of our troops at Winchester prove to be untrue. General Milroy made a gallant defence at Win- chester. He was surrounded by arebel force of 13,000 men, but succeeded, after a hard fight, in cutting his way through and reaching Harper's Our troops at Martinsburg also got back upon the Ferry. General Milroy made a deter- mined resistance before abandoning Winchester, but the rebels being strongly reinforced on Sun- day, there was nothing for it but to cut himself He lost 2,000 men in killed, wounded and prisoners. Lieutenant Palmer arrived at Chambersburg yes: terday, and reported that he had to fight his way two miles out "from Greencastle, and that the enemy were then advancing in three columns from that place—one towards Gettysburg and Waynes boro, one towards Mercersburg and another direct upon Chambersburg. The reports are confirmed _ by the fact that the rebels entered Chambers- burg at nine o'clock last night, as we learn by re recent despatches, A universal panic pre- s throughout Pennsylvania. out. tn thia emergency the President hus issued a call for a hundred thousand militla, to be furnished at nce for six months’ service. They are appor- das follows among the States in immediate ‘rom the State of Maryland ten thon- sand, from the State of Pennsylvania fifty thou- from the State of Ohio thirty thousand, Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, las also is. fand furnishes very interesting reports, dated at Nas- sau, N. P., 6th of May, and Kingston, Jamaica, on the 5th of June, relative to reaults produced by the American rebellion in this section of the British colonies, : vi The English frigates Ariadne and Aboukir lay in Port Royal harbor, and it was ordered that they should be kept always ready for sea at a few hours’ warning. A new battery was to be built at immense cost and a huge depot of war material was already formed on the island. The old batteries were to be fortified with Armstrong guns. The negroes of Jamaica supported the cause of the rebels, and Captain Semmes was re- garded asa hero since his last visit to the island. In Nassau the colored folks did not apparently care whether their brethren in the Southern States were bond or free. This revulsion of feeling was induced by the representatfves of Confederate emissaries and the advance in laborers’ wages produced by the Anglo-rebel'trade of running the blockade. In Nassau many houses had made large fortunes already by this traffic alone. The thousand bales of cotton awaited shipment to Europe from Nassau. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. e The Board of Aldermen yesterday received 3 joint communication from the Mayor and Comp- troller, designating the New Yorx Heratp and Tribune as the papers in which the Corporation advertisements are to be published. A statue of Andrew Jackson, originally executed: for one of the Southern States, was offered to the city of New York for $30,000. A resolution to rescind a for- mer resolution giving the Hudson River Railroad Company power to run a dummy engine on their track in the lower part of the city was adopted. The salaries of the assistant engineers of steam fi engines were fixed at $1,000 a year. In the Board of Councilmen last evening, a com- munication was received from the Comptroller, containing his weekly statement of the condition of the city finances, from which it appears that the balance remaining in the city treasury on the 18th inst. was $1,538,834 84. A joint communica- tion was received from the Mayor and Comp- troller, designating the Haran and Tribune as Corporation papers during the legal proceedings now pending to have the Corporation advertising given to the four papers having the largest circu- lation. It was ordered on file The ordinance from the Board of Aldermen to appropriate an additional sum of $500,000 for the relief of the families of volunteers was concurred in. The resolution from the Board of Aldermen to ap- propriate $2,500 to the widow of the late George W. Badger, foreman of Engine Company No. 19, who was killed in January last at the fire in Cher- street, was amended, making the smount #1,000, and then adopted. After transacting a large amount of routine business, the Board ad- journed until Thursday evening next, at four o'clock. At the weekly meeting of the Central Relief Committee of Ireland, held in the City Hall of Dublin on the 29th of May, the Lord Mayor hand- edin a draft for £500 from the New York Irish Relief Committee, per Richard Bell, Esq., and £98 ‘Bs. 3d. from Boston, United States, per Patrick Donahue. Rev. Dr. Murray handed in the follow- ing subscriptions received by his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen:—£800, being a portion of a col- lection made in the Catholic churches of Boston, United States, by order of the Most Rev. Dr. Fitz- patrick, and £44 10s. 11d., being the one-fourth of the subscriptions from the soldiers of the South- western Army of the United States, per the Most Rev. Dr. Hughes, Archbishop of New York. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be- fore Recorder Hoffman, John Lowerie, alias Robert Vernon, was tried on an indictment for burglary in the third degree, which charged him with entering the premises No. 245 avenue A, on the 25th of May last, for the purpose of stealing $490 in gold and silver coin, the property of Mr. Jacob Fuss- ner. The jury, after remaining ont a short time, brought ina verdict of guilty, and the prisoner, who is an old offender, was remanded for sentence until Saturday next. The Lafayette (Indiana) Jornal says that it learns from very good authority that Gen. Burnside will not much longer be continued as commander of the Department of the Ohio. The Union Leagnes of Maryland, which are composed of members in favor of the whole poli- cy of the government, will hold a State Conven- citing news of another invasion of Maryland by some advanced detachments of the rebel army of Virginia; by the positive information, in this connection, of a rapid flank movement northward by General Lee with themain body of his army, and by the proclamation ‘of President Lincoln calling for a hundred thousand militia from, the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, to aidin the work of driving back the enemy. With the additional details which we publish to-day of the movements of the rebel forcesin the Shenandoah valley, and on the/Potomac below Washington, and in Maryland.and Pennsylvania, itis very clear that Gen. Lee bas resolved, sink or swim, upon some bold and desperate enterprise to repair the sinking fortunes of the rebellion. Tt is well known that since the last great battles on the Rappahannock he has been heavily rein- forced from North and South Carolina, while our Army of the Potomac has been considerably reduced by the loss of many regiments of vete- ran volunteers with the expiration of their appointed terms of service. Thus we dare say that the army of Lee, in point of numbers, is now fully equal, if mot superior, to that of General Hooker. At all events, it is abun- dantly manifest that Lee regards himself suf- ciently strong to undertake an aggressive campaign, and that in the outset he has stolen amarch upon General Hooker and the War Office. The question recurs, what are the objects and what are the expectations of the enemy in this aggressive campaign? What are they driv- ing at? Is it a destructive foray through Mary- land into the heart of Pennsylvania, or the cap- ture of Washington by a rapid movement, with an overwhelming force, upon the rear of the city? Or is Lee aiming, with the main body of his army, to cut. in between Gen. Hooker and the national capital, and thus to cut him off and cut his columns to pieces? ‘We, of course, know nothing of the dispositions of Gen. Hooker's forces sinoe the breaking up of his camps on the Rappahannock. It will suffice for the pre- sent that his whole army is in motion towards Washington, and from this fact it is likely that, between some portions of the two armies, a sanguinary collision may at any moment occur, if it has not already taken place. But from the eighteen thousand rebels reported .at Winchester, in the Shenandoah valley, and from the ten thousand or more who crossed into Maryland below Har- per’s Ferry, and from the fact that no rebel forces have been reported as on any of the roads leading from Culpepper to Washing- ton, it is probable that Lee is moving his whole army around on the rear of Washington, or for a destructive campaign through Maryland and Pennsylvania, before General Hooker can come to the rescue. A very few days will now settle the question. Lee must indeed be very strong if he gan spare twenty or thirty thousand men fora foraging incursion into Maryland and Pennsyl- vania, and yet feel strong enough to meet and arrest the march of General Hooker towards Washington. We shall doubtless have some definite intelligence to-day of the whereabouts of the main body of the rebel army; and if it shall turn out that it is not in the neighborhood of Manassas, we may next expect to hear of an- other formidable siege, although we trust not another disgraceful capitulation, at Harper's Ferry. The safe arrival there of that tried and able soldier, General Milroy, after having cut his way through an overwhelming force of the enemy at Winchester, renders it certain that Harper's Ferry, if necessary, will be held and defended to the last. Let us only hear that the main body of the rebel army in superior strength is not in front of General Hooker, and we shall feel perfectly satisfied that Lee is on a fatal expedition to his army; but otherwise we may expect, and before the expiration of the present week, some of the most terrible battles of the war. The Metropolis in a Sta citement. All of yesterday the city presented an ap- pearance of unusual excitement. Crowds were collected around the builetin boards of the dif- ferent journals, discussing the rumors of rebel advances and attacks with intense eagerness. It was affirmed by many that the proclamation of President Lincoln, calling for one hundred thousand militia to take the field, was the result of an overwhelming invasion of Pennsylvania ! by the rebels, they having overrun Maryland. of Great Ex- tion to-day in Baltimore. According to the City Inspector's report, there wore 406 deaths in the city daring the past week— an increase of 66 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 71 more than occurred during the corresponding week last year. The re- capitulation table gives 3 deaths of alcoholism, 4 of diseases of the hones, joints, &e.; 80 of the brain and nerves, 12 of the generative organs, 16 of the heart and blood vessels, 119 of the lungs, throat, key 3 of old age, 31 of diseases of the askin »~Tamation con, he people of that i | their fresides against rn out and | ug forces of General Lee, He says sue is one of preservation or destrac- tel yesterday the Collector Mr, Thomas, the Ge a, vornor says al army Is approachiog Harrisburg in at bk : citizens of must have men to meet him, PhiladelpMa have tel ton for General Cadwallader if 1 sasistance, Olio, hee also issned a proc. g 5,000 voluntoets for the de- tor 8 ir received a despatch from w alling for twenty thousand r mail immediately. He at once syt for the different major g neral: to come to v for oonvaltation. The Govarnar fe toting and eruptive fevers, 2 premature births, 60 of diseases of the stomach, bowels and gther diges- tive organs; 47 of uncertain seat and general fevers, & of diseases, of the urinary organs, 20 from violent canses, and 1 unknown, There were 260 natives of the United States, 9 of Bng- | land, 100 of Ireland, 2 of Scotland, 29 of Germany, and the balance of varioas foreign countries. ‘The stock market was better yesterday morning, avd | prices of the railway shares advanced §, 4 1 per cent | In the aftermoon the advauce was not maintained. Gol rowe to 14714, but fell back aftorwards, and closed at five it 148% Monoy Was onmier; call foans, 6a 7 per cent, The bank statement shows a decrease of | $8,216,008 in dopowits and $1,096,287 fa loans, and aa in erease of $642,453 | The advance ip gol@Mund eteriing exchango yesterday oceagioued a Better inquiry fur breadstute anil « materia! rise in prices, Crovisions wore m moderate tequest, ands pork and Iard were firmer, Groceries were + fanet as Hikowise Wore heme, fieh, Olle meed vot Maval ator Cotwon waa atiily t bat wae [aot A fair b was roported in hay, trilow amd wutskey. Theteoight evertet WE more active ahd dete Others contradicted '' +0 startling assertions, | and were well assured that the rebels had left | Maryland and Penuryivania, and were at pre- i sent almost fn Washington. These parties | blamed the delay of the administration, and | were anxious to ascertain “where we are going ' to.” | It was generally conceded that the one hun- dred thousand militiamen would easily be | gathered together, and some were sanguine enough to suppose they would “fight tremen- | dously.” ‘That Washington would fall into the power of Lee and his hordes was asserted by some, but stoutly denied by the many. It ' wns supposed by some, but ridiculed by others, that the rebel army far outnumbered the Union forces, and that the result of a pitched battle would necessarily be disastrous (o the latter. Anfid all the excitement and conflicting reports and rumors, the brokers in Wall street at- tended to business without a thought of what might become of the country. Gold had risen some three or four per cent, and the worship pers of the shining metal were busily employed Extras they paid but little atte n to} they wore given up to the rise of their idol. To add to the feverish excitement of the people caine the news that a whole fleet of clippers, b: are NEW, YORK ,HERALD, TUESDAY, SUNS /26)1868>7RIPLE SHEET. steps to complete the organization of the militia. | The Advamce ef the Mebel Army of Vir- A Graft will be made under the State law to fllup | Simia—Washingtom Again Threaten- vessel which has so audaciously seized. and burne’l under merchan;men. As this is pot the first time that a similar | all the cars, steamboats, hotels and private’ scare has been jrotten up; we were not infected | liouses, and is, therefore, convinced thet it must by the excitement of the people. We have.a|.be.the paper forhim. All of our other adver- lively recollection tha¢ ence before the rebels | tisers have arrived at the same conelustoa; and, invaded Pennsylvania, aud that a very efficient | having once tested the value of the ‘Herat general drove them back. We know'that that | as an advertising medium, it is in vain to try to” officer is attainable, and that, as before, he’| induce them to ‘advertise anywhere else, is fully competent to chase .away. the | although one.of our poorest and meanest con- invaders, with the aid of our forces, | temporaries made the attempt some time ago by which are, we feel sure, capable of mighty | means of «secret circular. Among the pro- deeds when under’ the command of such | prietors of places of public amusement it is an generals. We feel no fear of the futare, and | ‘axiom in regard’to advertisements that “a line deem, Washington quite eafe.. The rebels are | in the Hrratp is worth a column in any other making a grand demonstration to, act as an off- | paper.” Thus the Herat is in effect'the official set to’ Vicksburg, which they look upon.as lost, | adv: and we are aiding them to succeed in this de- | Office and aign by getting up an undue excitement; in fact, we are permitting ourselves to become fright- nity and of the people of the whole country. ened at a monster of our own make. We would suggest an easy remedy for a revival | Omerous Tax om Commerce Unter the of public confidence and the cessation of our fears. Let the goverament recall to the com- mand of the army »the victor of Antietam... The soldiers will follow him without fearand with: a’ perfect confidence in his ability to see through and defeat even the wiliest plans of the It is a sad comment upon the conduet of the war up to the present time that we are once more under the menace of a rebel invasion; that | Heved its the enemy is still in force’and threatening. It is not Richmond that now trembles for her safety, but Washington, the capital of a people | entering at a custom house in the United States, numbering more than twenty millions of what | from any foreign port, excepting ports in the the world has always looked upon asa brave, sturdy, adventurous race. Is this the fault of | Indies, Mexico and Central America, are com- the people, who have given without stint their treasure and their lives? No, but that of the | each and every entry of: the’ vessel, while ves- scheming and selfish politicians, who, without fear of ultimate consequences, and in utter dis- | year. This portion of the act, although deemed regard of the dignity of the nation, have squan- | by many to be in violation of existing treaty dered both the lives and the treasure so, freely | stipulations, is easily understood, and, with few bestowed. The period has.arrived when these | exceptions, readily acquiesced in. Included in intriguers must act for the good of the country | this provision of the law, by which vessels en- alone or be discarded. It is the duty of the head | gaged in trade with these beforementioned of the nation to look to thisat once. The Ameri- can people must no longer bow under unmerited | the payment of this tax, except annually, are all disgrace. The New York Herald as the Corpora- tiom Paper. ‘We have received from Comptroller Brennan the following brief but complimentary docu- ment, which speaks so emphatically for itself that we have only to add that we publish the Official réport of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen for the first time this morning: Jaurs Goxvow Bamvatr, a si Duan Sin—At 8 meeting thie day of the Mayor and my- fon 39 was, deemed adv’ select to advertise for the ity ji ad of the vertise for city, in pursuance act authorizing the tax ‘of 1863. the Naw Yorx » ap having the This appointment of the Hzratp as a Corpo- in the four daily papers having the largest cir- culation. nated at present, on account of a differ- ence of opinion between the Comptroller the largest goneral circulation or the four papers having the largest circulation | which is perpetual, or need never be changed in this city. Comptroller Brennan holds to the | se long as she remains in this trade, the owners latter view, Mayor Opdyke to the former; and | remain the same and there is no change in the the Comptroller is undoubtedly correct. The | rig or size of the vessel; while the latter is in national government publishes its Post Office | force only one year, when it must be surren- advertisements in the paper having the largest | dered for a new one, at which time the United circulation in the city where the Post Office is | States hospital dues for the time she has been located. Upon the same principle the Corpo- | ranning must be paid. Vessels engaged in ration advertisements should be published in the | trade with foreign ports must, under the act of paper having the largest circulation within the Corporation limits. This is the rule in all other | be renewed except there be a change of owner- cities, and must be in this. The people of | ship oran alteration in the size or rig. Under Towa or Kamtschatka, or Minnesota or Nova | this document they not only have the right to Zembla, are not interested in our local advertise- | trade coastwise, but to all parts of the world. ments. Consequently a paper baving a large | This is the highest grade of license known circulation only in those charming but distant | under our laws, and it is folly to suppose for regions has no claim upon the advertising of | a moment that vessels sailing under such a It is the citizens of New | document are not entitled to all the benefits ac- York who wish to be officially informed in re- | corded to enrolled vessels under this act. our Corporation. gard to their own municipal affairs, and the paper having the greatest city circulation is the | ing papers which permit them to trade with all paper to so inform therh. very noses a dosen of our | regardless of expense, slaw may be found the cause of nearly all the Thave accordingly | compelled to pay every time they enter at a ration paper is made in pursuance of an act of | vessel must be specially licensed to trade coast- the Legislature providing that the Corporation | wise, or rather that inorder to entitle her to advertisements of this city shall be published | the benefit of this oxemption she must sail The four papers cannot be desig- | marked “license.” and the Mayor as to whether the Logis- | every vessel must sail. Those employed in the lature intended the four papers having | coasting trade usually sail under the protection because, as he say®, he finds our pepéf wherever he travels, ‘in’ organ not only of the national Post Corporations of this and other cities, but ‘also of our entire business commu- Tonnage Act of Jaly, 166%. The construction put upon this law by the customs authorities at this port has given rise to many serious complaints: among our mer- ‘chants and shipowners, and is deemed by them to be-not only violative of the spirit of the act iteelf, but contrary to all well conceived ideas of that: justice and eqnity by which it is be- framers. were governed in its enactment. By its terms it will be seen that all vessels British provinces of North America, the West pelled to pay a duty of ten cents per ton on sels from ports, in these localities pay once a specially favored localities are exempted from vessels licensed to trade between different dis- tricts of the United States; and in the construc- tion placed upon this particular portion of’ the many complaints, which are daily being made against it on the ground of its partial and un- just operation. Now, no person, on reading this law, which says that all vessels licensed to trade between different districts of the United States are exempt from the payment of this tax, exoept once a year, can'for a single moment imagine or believe that it was the intention of its framers that veasels go employed should be custom house. Yet ao it.is, unless they happen to be sailing under an enrolment and. license. Now, let us glance for a moment at the opera- tion of this law, under the construction that.a under the protection of a paper specially Under the acts of 1792-93 there are two kinds of papers, uoder one of which each and of an enrolment and license, the former of 1792, sail under « register, which need never The question is simply this: Are vessels hav- parts of the world equal in privileges to those Fortunately, however, the circulation of the | under enrolment and license, which cannot Hera is such as to remove all possibility of | go te a foreign port without incurring the pe- debate in regard to its appointment. The | nalty of forfeiture of vessel and carge? Heratv has both the largest city circulation It is claimed that the papers of these vessels and the largest goneral circulation of All the | may be changed whenever the owners choose, newspapers issued fn this metropolis. As | and that they can thereby avoid the payment of Comptroller Brennan says, “ I have according- the tax; but that, as an argument, has no force; ly designated the New York Hénaco, as having | nor is it believed that the law contemplates a the largest circulation in every respect, beyond dispute or question.” The matter is settled, therefore, as far as the Henratp is concerned, and the courts will decide the question as to the three other official papers. A friendly discussion between the counsel of the Comptroller aud the Mayor upon this subject has already been held before Judge Welles ; a mai us has been issued, and the Comptroller carry the matter before the Court of Appeals, in order to secure a judi- cial interpretation of the law. The Henraxo is now the Corporation paper not only of New Orleans and several Western cities, but also of New York, and it is at the same time the news- | | paper officially authorized to publish the Post | Office advertisements, on account of its superior | circulation over its city contemporaries. These facts need no words to set them off and embel- lish them, It is obvious to everybody that | hundreds ef thousands of dollare would have | been saved to the city and the taxpayers in the opening, widening and paving of streets, the erection of public buildings and the arrange- ' ment of all sorts of Corporation contracts, if | the official advertisements had been published in the Heratp long ago—to say nothing of the | convenience of those interested in such affairs, | who would then have had only to look for the | Corporation advertisements in the same paper | | gn which they always look for the news The. fact is, however, that Legislatures and ‘ corporations are always several years behind | the people in discovering what is beat and most | econotnical in such matters. The chamber- | | maids, the merchants, the business men of all | sections of the city and country, found out long } wgo that the Hexaty was the best advertising | medium. Our immense circulation taug j them that, aa it hee now tanght + Logistatare w Corporation alivertise in ¢t sotvant g compulsory change of papers when not desired by the owners. Let us take, for example, a vessel sailing from this port to Portland, Me. Asa matter of course, she may sail under an enrolment and license, or a register; but she takes out her license here, at which time she is compelled to pay her tonnage dues of ten cents per ton, and goes to Portland. While there a charter is offered for a port in the British provinces, a few hundred miles distant, which, on being taken, necessitates a change of papers; for her enrolment only permits her to trade coastwise. A register is therefore taken out, she goes to her destination, returns to this port, where tonnage dues are exacted on entry. So far no complaint is made. The vessel then goes to Philadelphia under her register, where the dues are again exacted; thence again to this port, where they must again be paid; at which the master and owner, under the delusion that the tax is onerous, are ready to suggest the propriety of government taking the vessel at once, instead of by monthly in- stalments. In this instance it may be asked, “Why do you not change your papers, so as to avoid payment of those dues!” The master may reply that he prefers sailing uader a document by which he is licensed to trade everywhere, and that itis not the intention of the law to compe! him to incur the expense of a change of papers at every port at whieh he may arrive. We will admit ia this case that the master has it in his power to avoid the tax. But now let us take, for exampl et plying be. | tween this port and N. 5. via Havana. oa ate In this case she must sail mmder a tegister, oa pain of the penalty of for She gots to Havana, thence to New ( 8, where the duea | are exaoted and pail. She returns to Haran: th ¥ n 1° preseat) a receipt ruth 3 at Now Orleans to the Ines havg ‘been | paid at that port on ber arrive frow, Tlavana; | and, as vessels trading with the West Tndies are | aly competed to pay auntally, & cannot be | again oxactod, But thee s told by, the | dusdoaiiics here that LG ls pho A law which compelsa man to commit 5 tain act, when, by the same law he will be sentenced to be cony, one of the recent prizes.of the priv: Clarence, and now converted into a zebel cru This vessel was bonded and let 0; her sail qualities, we presume, not being considered sig tender ber available for the privateer These repeated captures.so near our have, as may be imagined, created the great alarm among the shipping interest. The citement caused’ by them is, in fact, as great that caused by Lee’s threatened advance i ence and slothfulness of the’ Navy Departm: which, it is contended, could, with ordin energy, have prevented these depredations. is, in fact, this unfortunate improvidence whi has been the cause of all our losses and failu: It is only 'whenthe misfortune is upon us tl we take steps to guard against it. In the elever hour we at last find the Navy Departm wakening up to a, sense of its responsibiliti Within a day or two upwards of twenty g ernment cruisers have been despatched fro} this port, Philadelphia and Boston in search the rebel privateers. The officers at the di ent navy yards deserve the greatest credit the promptitude with which they have got t vessels ready for sea, and the zeal exhibited gies toworkintime. It is by calculating its apathy that the rebel privateers have emboldened to effect these daring captures close to our coast; for it has been reasonab! argued that when, with vessels like the Balt and Atlantic at its cdmmand, it made no tempt to check the depredations of the All bama and Florida, it; would not bo likely -interfere: with the operations of smaller cra even though venturing almost to the very e trances of our ports. It is to be hoped that the newborn en thus displayed by the department is not 9) modic, and that it will not pass away with t! danger that presses'so closely home to us. It ment and the eo-called Confederate States. shows that their neutrality is all on ene side, an that they are doing everything in their power favor the Southern privateers and cruisers an: to promote the cause of the rebellion, while, the other hand, they leave nothing undone damage the character and destroy the interes of the United States. They are indulginga twofold passion—hat: of the American republic and a desire to gro’ bors: They have long envied the greatness an feared the growing power of the United States and they now rejoice to see the nation prostratd by intestine war, as they think, beyond thd hope of recovery. Hence they are insolent an¢ audacious. The public journals and che organ of opinion are almost without aa exception 1 the side of the South, and no opportunity is los of wounding the North. Even the very negr have declared in favor of the governinent o Seff. Davis. They know on which side th bread is buttered—they are making money r ly by assisting the running of the blockade, and they caleulate upon impunity. imagining that the republic is broken up an@ ruined. But, though cast down, it is not yet destroyed; und the day will come when the West Indies may be made to feel that honesty is the best poli and that they have waked up the wrong passen ger. Conscious of their guilt, they have sought and obtained the protection of British frigates; and we are told thaf Port Royal, in Jamaica, is to be fortified at a cost of two and a half millions of dollars. Armstrong guns have been mounted on the batteries, and an en: quantity of war materiel of every kind had been sent from England to the magazines. But these preparations will not save them frow a just retribution. When our internal strife is ended we pay attention to matters outside. We have two great armies at our disp forward to be anited; and these ¢ ill be far happier to find employment in annoming the West Indies than to be fivhting aguiust each other in unnatural, fratricidal war. Lot so one imagine that because we do not now pesent the insults and the wrongs inflicted, apon we shall not do so hereafter, when our hands are no longer fall of domestic troulles. We bide our time, and meanwhile we will develop the best and most improved ironclad vessels of-war, which will enable u* to maintain our éupremacy oa the waters of the Atlantic and the Gulf. Thus the day is nob distantfwhen we shall be in @ position to chastise +! lence shall all then pence: roops us of Jamaica, New Providenes: and th »thee islands *%hich have taken @® mean advantage of our civil war to injnte 1a and to add insuleto, injary. amaaal Sal) Acttam Ageinst the City or Ge00D Damay ca. NITED STATES CiKouIT COURT Pofore Non Judge Shipman Jame U6 VicGiell we Oe Mayor of New Yor The par Kiculars of this cate wore reported inst aotion for damage ue for dromifal tajnry to the Tlarkott, Agsistant Corpération Couns, the city, aud Mr, Btoughtom, swortased with Mr 4 for the plain Gilt Atalato howr the jury had sob agreed summed | Rebet Cavalry Dash Into Maysville, Ky, Concownarr, June 68 tale, Two hundred and Afty mounted rede! Mayavilia, Ky, Hest might Mhey fort thin rou New Ot- | yegaiing tho giiarta’ horees and pome,