The New York Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1863, Page 2

— bility, amd the partiality for men of proved wenn IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH. | ives?’ is Trdverimoved, disasters wil The Rebel Accounts of the Surrender of Vicksburg and the Defvat of Lee. Generai Joe Johnston’s Ofii- ¢ial Despatch. BATTLE ON THE BiG BLACK RiVER. REPORTED HEAVY, dew ko. News from General Lee’s Army. (From the Richmoud Whig, July 9. The in‘eiligence from General Lee fulis far short of the promise of the Gespatches published yesterday, and will prove a grizwous disappointment of the high wrought opes of the public. Superadded to the calamity at Vicks- Durg, it cast a sombre shadow over our affairs; but wo must constantly bear in mind that it is in adversity that true greatness is reveuied in its noblest attributes, aud wo must resolve that, come what may, the cause shall never go down, nor lack courageous hearts or stout arms enough to bear it on toa glorious triumph. lation of Vicksburg. ial despatch was received at the War wsday pight:— ‘g Jackson, July 7, 1863. ‘Hon, J. A. Sxppow, Secretary of War. Vickeburg capitulate! on the 4th inst. ‘The garrison was paroled, and ure to be returned to our lines, the otlicers retaining their side arms and personal TES intelligence was brought by an officer who left Capt ‘The following Department 02 1 ‘bt follows day. continue to beiall ; a be tre pow or unlil lately tered far and Me Nagler hy <4 Pemberton, Holmes, Magruder and Kirby smith, bad egret ariny, and tha: army plac mae ones Sa : doubted (hat affairs in the eee Jould bave worn a vory different There ts a disposition just at this tine to blame that general—Hragg, Johns Yemb 0, Holines, But, granting that the Pr it was ignorant of their | if Is evident that they could accomplish poth- capac ing of importance so long as they were < tat failed sigually in the Kentucky campaign and at Murfreesboro. the President retained him. Johnston bad retreated from Harper's Ferry, from Manassas, from Yorktown, and had fought the bloody battle of Seven Pines. The President put him in ce mmand of avery extensive departinent, but refused bis petition to con- centrate Pemberton and Holmes. Pemberton, while at Charleston, proposed to dismantle Forts ‘Sumter and Moultrie, and to deatroy them utterly, The President ond General Lee disapproved of this singular plan of de ence, and tbe former promoted him to the office of lieutenaot Noglecting to fortily Grand Gulf properly, and general being entirely ivexperienced in the ficld, he, with fifteen or twenty thousand men, of/ered but a fecble resistance to Grant with eighty or one bundred thousand, With the Joss of nearly all hi field artillery, he was driven into Vicksburg, where he has made a stubborn defence. It is not easy to perceive what else he could have done under the circumstances, yet he has been #0 much praised that he will again be entrusted with the command of men iu the flold and the conduct of a campaign. Those who ex- pected Johnston to succor Pemberton forgot his ante- codents. His past history would teach that he never fights until compelled; of course he delayed at Canton, aud every day’s delay made him relatively weaker than Grant. But it is not certain that he could at any time have offered effectual assistance, As for Holmes, he is so nearly imbecile, if not idiotic, that he may be dismissed as a nonentity, except so far as he was able, acting under instructions from the War Department, keep Price from doing anything. ‘Counting Pemberton’ parolled army, Johnston's forces d others, there are now on both sides of the Missis- sippi at least one hundred and fifty thousand men. Whe- ther they can ever be got together we do not know. Whether the President thinks the country has suffered enough atthe hands of his favorites, it is impossible to say. But if be thinks the gratification of his evil pas- sions and the fantastical preferences, or if he supposes lace Sunday, the 6th inst. a apa de J. E. JOHNSTON, Goneral, The Fall of Vicksburg. fFrom the Richmond Whig, July 9 } Offlicial iuformation has been received that the city of ‘Vicksburg, after sustaining for a period of some six weeks ‘@ close siege and many flerce assaults, was surrendered to the evemy ou the 4th inst. In anticipation of this event, as far back as the 23d of May, we gave expression to our views iu the following paragraphs, which we may be par- doned for reproducing, sinc: they embody sentiments as warmly cherished by us to-day as wheu the calamity was only beld in apprehension:— Bupposo Vicksburg has fallon—tne army inside of the for- tiiealions captured-or destroyed—Port Hudson reduced or ‘abandoned, the Mississippi in its whole length untrolled by the enemy, and the confederacy temporarily, or even for the Femainder of the war, cut in (wain, Supposo, further, that this really great success to the foe and cruel disaster to our- selves is aitended with consequences as certain as they are deplorable—increased entiusasm at the North, the trium- Phant vindication of the tyranuy at Washington, conscript.on ‘enforced even at the Northwest without opposition, pert a revival of the spirit of voilnteering. peace parties crus forever, men and money to an en ‘sum obiained, and Burope, busy with its own troubles, awed into permanent Bilence,’ Suppose all this—for it becomes us now to consider ‘worst possible aspct of the case—whiat then’ ‘Our duty will then be precisely what it has always been— to maintain the cause wi to exhibit @ spirit ore indomitable and persistent then that of the encmy. Nothing is to be gained by despondency; all that has been Jost may b ed by fortituie aud perseverance. A great Victory would have ‘proved, apparently, the aagactiy of the appointment which hns brought us #0 great troubles, a grout deieat should silence the clamor which cannot at all undo ‘an event of the past. The unwisdom of our rulers must be borne as mantuily as the evils inflicted by theenemy. The bitterness of heart which breeds despondency and feo" tion Wins no triumphs, repairs DO disasters, # Greatueas of soil] uccepta ail the calamities pirit of defiance, and rises superior to every It we cannot bear defeat as well as the Yankees, worthy to be free, Until some one of our large armies hag deen beaten as often and as severely as the Yankee Army of the Potomac, we cannot say our courage has been fully tested or our alility to conquer peue> and independence has een es! red. Shouid Pemberton and his whole army be captured there will atti! be left im the Southwest materials for a very large army under Johnston. Pemberton’s men_ will soon be re- turned to duly by exchange, the balance being now greatly in our favor. Besides Johasion’s army there will be others as rye or larger under Leo, Beauregard and Braug. The com- dined forces of Kirby Smith. Magru.er and Price make an army nearly equal to either of the above. So long as these great leaders and great armies are lett to us—so long as even ‘One of t..cm remains uncrashod—the cause ie sare Serious disasters have heretofore heralded im, forms, decided improvement in the organiza’ion of forces, a revival of energy. an aceossion of stre: the material of war, followed by a vietories, ‘The fall’ of Donelson, Memphis and New Or- Jeans preluded a summer of bernic achievemenis, in which the enemy was nearly everywhere paned back io his own to imitate the Yankees by underrating the conse- i the fall of Vicksburg, we may yet, with reason, cam pay The Jos of Vicksburg, ti t haye no other good effect, will secure us in the future against the Appointment of entirely inexpe- rienced generals. Of this we may b+ perfectly sure, More- over, it will add to the strength of our armies. This is anc- ‘Tne North, stimulated by successes, will hurl its Tnyriads upon us, aud We wust meet them wiih every avail. able man. Within two years we ithetood fourteen Dangred thousand of the vandals; what sball hin ier us from withstanding as many more during the year to comet Nothing but a want ot that manhood which the South has never yet failed to show. We have veterans commansied by t generals; the enemy have recruits commanded by ken- erals inferior to our own, Let them come on. We will see Whose beart ia the steutest, lot the war last as loag may. shed. as it The reduction of Vicksburg is aconsummation to which the enemy bave addressed exertions but sittle if any less than those they have put forih for the captare of Ricn- mond. They have regarded that city ae the key to the commercial use of tbe Mivsissippi, and by the full com mand 0° the river they expect so completely to isviate the great trans-Mississippi country as w render its subju- gation casy and its return to the ‘Union certain. It is now to be tested to what extent these expectations have been weil founded. In regard to the first, the commercial use of the river— which has been the .bject for which the great States of the Northwest have been putting forth such tremendous efforts—we do not see how it is possible for them to enjoy it. For a distance of at least two thousand miles the ae flows throngh a country hostile to ube Yankee race and government. Anywhere along the whole dis tance steamboats would be in reach of cannon—gene rally to reach of the rile—from either shor It is hot possible for the enemy to maintain such » uard of (he river as to prevent batteries of tying artil ry {rom either shore, and sbarpsbooiers at all advan tageous potuls, playing upon the vulnerable vessels with fatal effect, and picking off pilots and officers whenever they venture to show themseives Commerce is nit turesome enough to run such @ gauntlet as that. est will find their hopes de- They will discover that (he promises of Lincoln have been fallacious, and that their great expenditure of life and means has been all im vain’ And in this disap- pointinent will come a reaction, under the sobering in- tuence of which they may be able to discover that peace iw the only policy by which they can win back wht they # madly (brew away, As to the second calculation. that by biseeting the con- federacy aud cutting off the country west of the Missis Sippi from communication with the east, they may casily overrun it, there is as litle or less reason for its indul gence. lhe enemy have, in (act, already held, for some months bow, military porsession of the entire river, xcept tho halé dozen miles coverea by the bitte. fea at Vicksburg and Port Hudwo. Comm imicati for the passage of troops, ammunition and supplies bo ‘tween the two sides has been completely cut of. Ihe confederacy bas been, in a military souse, cut in twain, Yet ame his been no abatement, but an increase rather in oriiRary operations on the other sidv. The fact is, tho keeping open of the communication was more important to us than to them, for whtio they drew frm us oaly arms and ammunition we drew from them men and sup. plies. They will vow keep the latter at homo, and may readily obtain the former from or through Mexico, They have cotton enough t pay for all the purchases they may require, It will ouly be recessary to chango their ase from the Minstesiogt t the Rio Grande to place them fo as good a condition for defensive war as ang people over wore. Thoy have a terriwry too extensive to be Xhausted, a popu one Hotable exception (the bi,hest in command), too skilful, vigilant and energetic to be out-goneralied. Thero is Dothing, then, to fear tor the Lrans Missiaaiopl. What is most to be fearea a® tbo immediate result of is tuo conversion of the great army ‘stationary thto a moving force. From. ite organization, nimort, } Las beem contned to the work eating (het city It is now free to operate elsewhere, is 18 the evil against which the government is now cailed to make the ost energetic preparation. It i8 not difficult to imagine in what direction Grant will move, nor to enti mate the effect of 80 powertu! ao army coming upow tho field, with no corresponding accession on our side. The is the danger that prorents the most serious grounds for alarm. It would be blindness not to gee it, and imbocility Bt to put forth the most strenuous exertions to guard agrinet it. We can only pray that those to whom the Managemont of a(fairs is entrusted may be equal to the crisis. BUG AR. Vicksburg bas fallen, si of curse the price of sugar has risen. Most of the arco holders have withdrawn their st_cks from market '«, the present, bot there have Deon sal’s of amail tots at ay advance of 46c. a 600 per Wb. The market being “ansetved" an securste quoiation car not be given, Dut the range o $1 TO a $2 per ib will Indicate the pominal rates. Molasses, we suy pore, will go n whiskey figures. Candy and other « madmisture of segar will um rom jeepers who now take sugar in their rye (coffee, wo mean), will is ene with the atiele vnd be content with the sweetooss which the smiling oounte- ances of their better haiver are pootica |y presimed to micister. Sugar bas gone op, but it may come down. Misfortune Repaired. the Richinona Whig, Jwy 9% 0 that in times of creat pablic trouble @ to Woaken the ¢ wfdence or ple, This will bo the argument of ‘ew of the fail of Vicksburg, believe the e press avd the people will be to renew fid the adrainiat It ts ve nothing +f fist duty of Uheir asscrnne kneyed out be treated succersfully + ecamioation of the cruses tovestigation revems a Want of hond of of heart (i voy omiclal Newewer conspicu Os, Kstould neverthelens v6 (lily exposed. Too mceal these dovictoncies: Is to nive tie cause of the misfortune watouched, and Decessarily to prolong it, Hence, ho radi cal tre stment,” no permarent cans of the evil mporary @xpedionts, mere pailiativor, sime are pommiblen The Hime for palliatives iy this conteleraey isn't. We are to strike at the root yay troubles OF we are lost ibe camses of the Vicksburg are three f id—the Pre tering Of forces, UFO pre) dive Against men of proved * which prodiced the persistence in his system of divided forces, under pet Heutenant generals, of more consequence than the inde- pendence of the confederacy, then we need no longer doubt what fate is in store for us, THE VERY LATEST. [Telograms to the Richmond Whig.} SUCCESSES OF GENERALS LORING AND TAYLOR. Jacko, June 7, 1963. General Loring attacked Ostorhaus yester near Ed. wards’ depot, and, after three hours’ bard fighting, drove him across the river. Our loss is reported hae Tho enemy’s loss not known. An officer from the vicinit; Port Hudson says Dick Taylor crossed the ppl river, under cover of our guns, last Saturday. He and Gordon attacked Banks and routed him with heavy loss. ‘They aro marching to reinforce Johnston, Nothing fur- ther in regard to the fall of Vicksburg. THE YANKEE RAIDERS IN NORTH CAROLINA. Gotpsndro, N. C., July 7, 1868. The Yankee raiders got home safely. A lar; Yankoos, estimated at five thousand, came out as far ag Treuton to secure or cover their retreat. General Martin sent aforce to intercept them at Freebridge, where he found the Yankees posted in force. We drove in the Yankee pickets, but finding the raiders caming up fo th rear, fell back after an animated artillery skirmi Our men behaved gallantly. No casualties reported on our side. Freebridge is over the Trent river, ten miles south- west of Trenton, and twelve southeast of Kinston. NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Raiman, N. C., July 7, 1863. The Legislature passed the mili! Ill to-day. It calls out men between the ages of eighteen aud fifty years for home defence, to serve for three months. INTERESTING MEXICAN NEWS. Formation of a Provisional Govern- ment in the Capital. Juarez Declares His Determination to Continue the War. FOREY’S ADVICE TO THE MEXICANS, Monarchical Tendency of the Interventionists, SPEECHES, PROCLAMATIONS, DETAILS, ae., &., &. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, July 11, 1863. The English steamer Tront, from Vera Cruz, arrived hore on the Sth, and brought a variety of details from Mexico, which I shall endeavor reproduce in order, On May 25, somo days before Juarez left the capital, an at- tempt was made to raise a force for the deience of the city by impressing porsons for that purpose, and upwards of nive thousand individuals wore seized by the police, the greater part of whom were liberated the samo night, on the plea that there were not arms enough, but also owing to the excitement which so unpopular a proceeding caused, and the representations made by Genera's Berriozabal and Negrete that such a force would be entirely uscless and tnadequate. Juarez therefore made up bts mind on tho 29th to leave the city to its fate and dopart elsewhere, The archives were Temoved or concealed, and money, horses, mules, wagons, &c., were exacted {rom the citizens to ald the departure of the auth rities. On the 3ist the Congress held its last sosston, closing at four o'clock P.M. Tho President of the City Council advised the foreigners to arm for their own protection, which they did, the French, English, Germans and Spaniards assembling at various points, where they organized and appointed patrols, who made their reguiar rounds, thus preserving the most per- foct order in the city. In the meantime—that is, in the early part of the night of the 3ist—the authorities left, under the escort of the greater portion of the ten thou sand teoops who had garrisoned the capital; a p.rtion, under the command of Genoral Porfirio Diaz, being thrown out beyond Penon to watch the enemy’s adv ance, and another portion covering the Toluca road. The quautity of money which Juarez took with him is eatie mated at only six bundred thousand dollars. The troops of Rivera and Cuellar were atill in the city and environs during the next day, Juve 1; but their preseuce dil not doter the assembiing of the citizens in various places to express their opinions in favor of the now order of things, And at five o'clock in the evening of the Im the pealing of ail Ube charch be.ls announced the adhesion of Me ico city to the Freoch intervention. An address to General Forey was signed by a multitude of persons, and forwarded to Puebin. The City Counetl suspended ite functions, and General Salas took upon bimeelf the civil aud military governorship of the city. Un the morning of the 4th six hundred men of the Chassours Vincennes arrived at the Sau Lizito, where they encamped. and thourands of peo- ple went out to see them. On the evening of the Sth, their commander, Col. Potior, with a detacbmeut, took Of the National Palace. cocstituting bimself out irom Pue- jon of Gen, Bae gaine arrived; and on the 10th Gen. Forey, with vb matnder of the army, except four thouani men | Puebla, made bis triumphal entry two the capital, us you bave already been informed. Nth, being the church rey, Salay, Almonte, dc., with asortot public dinner, at which Forey made a xpeech , returning thanks for the brilliant reeeption given bin and his army, and urging ublon among Mexicans. Un the 13th, the ia nietpal authorities of Puebla gave in t formal aloe. sion to (bo intervention—an example which w & followed by all the towns im the district of Mexte9, In the moantime Juarer proceeded (+ Ban Luis Poi, arrived, at which city he issued « proclamation to the na: Hon, explai his reasons for paving left the ex) tai, ing that he has choren San Luis becauso it offers many factlition for carrying on the war against the eoemy, and closing with an ‘exbortation to union amorg his oun trymen, The Minister for Foreign Aifure bad also teaued A circular, dated June 10, anncunciog the ab ishinont of tho saprome government of the re) ubiic at the before mentioned city, where the powors of the werbment would contioue W be exercised, General Herriozabal, acting for the time bony as Minister of War, fe-ved his ciroular likewise, under the « ante, 06 which he dectires tha: the governmen: Is cetorn continve Its resistance, aud rotiies the G Vern r Various Statea to jveroace the mimber o treope in their Fespective Stator, create wew cor,s and send jn orma. tion of What lorces they Cay place at (he disposal o. the government, A permanent commilier of Congress was Wh ge sien at San Luis, presided over by Messrs. and Lerdo de Te, wa, LT have seen none o these documents, an existence and comients only through th the other lund, Weveral Forey publi-hed his mani festo to the Mexican nate He says bia minsion had the twofvld purpore of making the weight of French arm® (elt, end of offering Mexte operation of papers France to’ aasist in establishing a governmert which she uld be the result of free choice —a government whieh shail practiae, above all, justice, probity aud good faith io ite foreign rebytions and liberty at bo. but liberty, as it abould be understood, walking in the path of order, with reepect for religion, property acd family.” Tho tories of the army, be bave amply fulliled 5 A parpors, while the soluiion of the political queation depends on the Mexicans. Hore the General Urges UBIOn ANd conCcord:—" Let all men, the moiterate citizens of all optvions, unite in one party —that of order, Have vo paltry views, unworthy of you, of (he victory of one party over look at things from a Ls tor eminence. Abaudyn those cemonstra tions of |ibe- gave of, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1863, NEW YORK HERALD, r d reactionaries, which only engender hatred and perpetuate the spirit of vengeance, which, in short, ex cite all the evi! passions 0: the human heart. l’ropose lo yourselves above all to bo Mexicans, and to constitute ourselves One united nation, strong in consequence, Aud great, because you bave ail the elements necessary to be come 89,” He then proceeds to explain the basis upon | which thanew government should be establisued, no forced loans nor requisitions; property to be under the falegard of the laws, frauds of public property to be punished (a hint to those, perhaps, who got hold oi sume thing nice during the days the church property was | seized and divided out); the army w be formed by re cruiting instead of levying; imposts to be proportioned to the condition of the person, and, if possible, certain 1ws, which weigh on tue poorest produgers, to be abolished; employes who are guilty of dishonesty shall be removed and punished; the Catholic religion, to be pro ed and tho’ bishops reinstated in” their dioceses, the General believing that the Emperor would view with great jleasure, if it be possible, liberty of worship proclaimed by the government; ebergotic measures shall be taken to suppress robbery, and (he courts organized in such @ manner that justice may be administered houestly and without fraud. ‘The e General then exhorts conciliation:—‘1 invoke gaye, “tbe co-operation of all minds; I invite all partie to lay down their arms and employ their efforts in futu ’ not in destroying, but iv constructing, I proclaim torget- TERMED TUE (0) surrection and rebellion and it 18, under the constitution of the United States, the dut; rebeilion, to guarantee to each State a republican form of THE NATIONAL MILITIA LAW. SCRIPTION BILL. An Act for Enrolling and Calling Out the National Forces, &e., &e., &o, ‘This law, of which tho following 19 an exact copy, passed the United States Senate by nearly a unanimous vote, and was adopted in the House of Representatives on the 25th of February, 1863, by 115 im favor to 49 againat:— Whereas, there now exist in the United States an in- against the authority thereof, of the government to suppress iusurrection and fulness of the past, a complete amnesty to all who adhere | government, and to preserve the public tranquillity; and in good faith to the government which the nation, in the fuli enjoyment of its liberty, may choose. But! declare enemies of their country those who turn a deaf car to nv conciliatory voice, and 1 will pursue them wheresoever they may seek refuge.”” whereas, or these high a ntlitar dispensable to raise aud support w Persons ought wiilingly to contribuca, and whereas, no service can be more praiseworthy Sh rendered for the maintevance of the censtitution idh purposes @ inilitary force is in and novorabie ¢! jan that which = Speaking of the governmont of Juarez, for tho members | Union, and the consequent preservation of free govern. of which he evidently meant that last phrase, he sa “If he (Juarez) bad any doubt of the goneral disike of which he was the object, the 10th of June, a day which already belongs to history, ought to banish’ from him all illusions, and make him understand his inability to pre- serve the remuirs of a power of which he has made 80 do- plorable a use.” Gen. Forey, being, of ovurse, the sole executive wer until the formation of government, has wed @ number of decrees, some ‘which are useful aud some highly important. to the press, which, for the present, is completely silent, the only paper allowed to be published being the Bolctin Ofcial. Une appoints the members of the Ayuntamiento or City Council; another creates a superior junta, to be composed appoint three Mexican citizens who are to be the execu- tive, with two who are to be a kind of vice presi- dents; and the “junta is to divide tteelf into sectious, each of which will take charge of @ ministerial branch of the administration. This junta is also to call together tho general assembly of notables, to be com; of two hon, dred and fifteen persons, elected from among the citizens, without distinction of rank or class, ‘Ihe assembly will, first of all, occupy itself in regard to the form of govern- ment to be adopte!, two-thirds of the members being a quorum. If they cannot the junta has power to dissolve them and proceed to the formation of another assembly, to which the members of the first are eligible. But ali this machinery hinges simply on the three met bers who represent the executive power, for they have the privilege of the voto power over all the acts and reso- lutions of the assembly, and they are the appoivtees of the junta, all the members of which are nominated b: Forey. lt ig easily seen which way the current will drift. On the 23d, General Forey announced by proclamation that the superior junta had elected to the executive office the three following:—General Almonte, Archbishop La- bastida and General Salles, The day foliowing, the junta published their decree to that effect, with the additional names of J, B. Ormaechea, D. i iahop eloct of Tulane cingo, and Ignacio avon, as vices, ‘On the 25th, the provisional government thue formed ‘was solemnly installed in oflice in the National jace, where all the autherities and an immense crowd had as- sembled. General Almoute, acting®as spvkesman for the party, pronounced the following words, which we are to suppose to be the same as taking the oath of oflice:—' e, the members of tho executive, swear to comply faithfully | *'ahy aistelct, be called. Into the service of” the States until those of the first class shall have been and exactly with the duty entrusted to us; to defend the independence an4 sovereignty of the nation, insure order, and peace and seck in everything the common welfare. Should we do so, may God reward us, and if not, may He hold us to account.” From the fern these officia's and diguitaries proceeded to the cathedral, whore a Te Deum was chanted, at the conclusion of which they returned to the palace, where authorities, civil, military and ecclesiastical, congratulated the triple Executive, for whom Almonte, who always dia the talking, re- plied, Vivas were given for Almonte, Marquez, France, the Emperor and Express, and, singularly, though rhaps not unexpectedly, tor the Mexican monarchy. Th supreme executive power fssued a manifesto to the nation, which is quite alengtby affair and full of promises a8 to what Mexico will do in the future. It would be of the United States of America in C: assembled, all able bodied male citizens of the United States, and persons of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath their tutention to become citizens under and in pursuance of Fs cc years, except as hereinafter exce; by liable to perform military duty in the ser; Two relate | United ‘States, when mater cas by the President for that of aged forces of United | ment, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous: of ives led, That the laws thereof, between the ages of twenty aud pted, are forces, ad shall be ce of tho lared to constitute the uational rpose, Seo, 2. dnd be i further enacted, That the following fens be and they are hereby excepted and exempt from the Provisions of this act, and shall not be liable to of thirty-five members, and this junia is tO | military duty under the same, to wit:—Such as are re- ted as bes first, the Vice President of the United States, the judges of the various ovurts of the United States, the physically or mentally unfit for the service; of the various executive departments of the gov- ernment, and the governors of the several States. Sec.nd, the only son liable to military we a widow dent labor for support. rd, the only son or infirm parents or ents dependent his labor for support. Fourth, where there are two or more sons Of ag or infirm pa- rents subject to draft, the father, or, if he be dead, the may elect which son shall be exempt. Fifth, tho only brother of children not twelve years old, having neither father nor mother, dependent upon his labor for su twelve years of dependent upon bis labor for support. Seventh, where tere household, and two of them are in the military service of the United States as non-comm! or privates, the residue of such family and household not exceeding two, shall be exempt, and no persons but such ss aie herein oxempted shall be exempt: Provided, how. ever, that no pergon who has ben convicted of any fel ——~ be enrolled or permitted to serve ia said forces, Sixth, the fathor of motherless children under area father and sons in the same officers, musicians 8. And be tt paiben enacied, That the national bot now in the military ser a under this act, shalt be divided into two vice classes, the Gist of which shall comprise all persons sub- Ject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-tive years, and ail unmarried persons subject to do military duty above the age age of forty-iive; the sevond Of thirty five and under the class shall comprise all other rons subject to do military duty; and they shall not, United called. fec. 4. And be t further enacted, That for greater con- in enrolling, cailing out and organizing the na- venlengp in ¢ tional /8rces, and for the arrest of deserters und spics of the ezemy, the United States shall be divided into dis- tricts, of which the District of Columbia shall constitute one, each Torritory of tho United States shail constitute more, as tho President shall direct, and each Con- esaional district of the respective States, as fixed by a law of the State next preceding the enrciment, shall con stitute one: Provided, That the States which have not by their lawa been divided into two or more Congressional districts, the President of the United States shall divide the same into so many enrolmect districts as bo may doom fit and convenient, Seo, 5 And be tt further enacted, That for each of said more interesting if it alluded in direct terms to the form | aistricts there shall bo appolated by the President a of government which would best suit the ideas of the framers. But this is only hinted at. They tell the people that after all they have suffered they must have “a loathing for the political and admivistrative theories which we ‘Save tried, aud an anxiety to try otber pew oves.’’ There are two rs representing governmental forms which the people are asked to choose betwoen— “one which fled from this city without any more sup- port than the faction whose unlawful interests it pro- tects; and the other, which, solidly based’in Europe, will be grounded on the legitimate interosts and cardinal prin- ciples of society.”” ‘There {3 no mistaking these hints, and we may make up our minds fora Mexican monarchy. It ia said that a of General Santa Anna, who went to Vera Cruz tn the leave the same day, and was accordingly cont on board & French steayner by order of the French authorities, THE STEAM FIRE BNGINE MANHATTAN. The Reported Acci t to the Engine and Members in London. Woe received the following correspondence from Eng- land relative to the reported accident to the steam fire engine Manhattan in London by the steamship Edinburg. | into the service under this or any other act of Congress, A friend of Mr. T. Jones, of No.14 Wall street, New | Wherever they may be found, and to seud them to the York, writes from Liverpool, under date of the ist of of July:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lavenrroon. July 1, 1863. lannex a copy of a telegram I have jast received from Mr. T. Jones, Jr.,of New York, at the Crystal Palace, London, where the competition for the fire engine prize is to take place today. I may add that I have no further Particulars than what are contained in the telegram:— COPY OF TELEGRAM, Please write per Fdinburg today to the New Yore Hxraup that tho accident to Manhattan engine is slight, and that none of the New York delegation were in ured. We shail compete for prize, Writo also to my address, No, 14 Wall street. LETTER FROM MR. T. JONES, Crystal Pata J.G. Baxyert, Be bi Loxpox, July 1, 1868, Ean, io R SiR—As tho London papers have ident that occurre! yesterday . 8, from New York city, which was sent over by the New York company to compete tor the prize, that some of the members were severely injured, will you please state for the information of the friends of the New York delegation that not one of them rece.ved the slightest in jury? An knglishman by the name of Robins was severe. ly hurt, and that is ail. We hops to repair the Wamage to the engine in time for the trial. Yours, truly T. JONES, 14 Wall street, N. ¥., editor of tho Jns. Monitor. Appeal to the Isra of Poland now ina rica. Brethren, arouse! arovse! elomber no longer, throw off your lethargy and lukewarmness, and take heed of the Herce struggles and trials our brethren in faith, In com. mon with every other Polander. are undergoing at this very moment. They lock tous for sympathy and mate. rial aid. let their appeal be not in vain who yet linger under the despotic yoko of Russia, . Romember we'l, aud do not forget, that moat of the Poianders in this eoontry are of our fon, and that tLe best interests iv be derived by the independence of | Poland will in a great mesure redound to the glory and loug neglected rights of the Israelites, it ts lamentable in the bighest degree that our brethren its iron sceptre, not alone over eyery Pole in general, over all and every Israelite in particular. Now is the time that we should repay the long omitted tribute we owe to our frionds and relatives in Polaod, ‘Their struggles are fierce, their cause ts just and holy, their triumph will be certain, it, by God's blessing, we do but our duty. The prospect i= hopeful and ing. Never before ja Poland’s history bad the Jews of Poland 80 good an opportunity for equal rights and privileges, Prosent. and total emancipation, as at . fhe proclamation of the Provisional ernment do- movstrates it to the world “all song of Poland, without distinction of faith or race, origin or station, are free and @j,a1 citizens of our mother country.”* We cordiaily invite ail our brethren in faith to aseew- bie en masse on Sunday, July 19, at seven P M., mt Cooper Inatitute, room 24, where we wish to perfect a complet organizatic Adan Kojanowskt, P. Lorena, J. Hammerrchlag, S. Pinower, 8. Schermer, B ‘hace, Markow\tz, Provisional Committes, —______. Harvard College Commencem: Dactom, Jaly 16, 1863, ‘The following honorary degre» wore announced at the clone of the iiarvard College commencement excrg.scs to day — Doctors of Lawt—loaoph Groen Cogswell, of Now York; John Peodleton Kenoety, of Dultimore, formerly Secre- tary of the Navy; (has. Alen, of Worcester, Chief Jus tice of the Superion (« Wao, of Boston; Rev. Deetors of Divini'y Alonzo Af Miner , i'r Freeman, of Boston. Mosters of Art.—Kiohatd Lawards, President of the Nor. nal University, Bloonings a, ili ee unmnaw, July 15, 1869, form’ whoso rank, colonel! of caval nearest military comm: seize and confine spies of the evemy, who shall, without unreasonable delay, be delivered to the ‘custody of the general commanding which they may be arrested, to be tried 48 svon as the exigencies of the service permit; to obey ail lawful orders and regulations of the Provost Marshal General, und such as may be prescribed by law, concerning the evroimenut and calling into service of the national forces, Sec. enroiled shail be subject, f | of July succeeding tl military service of service dui ceeding the term 0! three years—and whew cailed joto service shail be placed oo Lhe same footing in all re aspects as yolunwers for three yours or during tho war, fucluding advance pay and bounty, as now provided by is falth have so soon forgotton tho Lyranuy thas swayed | Jas it already furnished aloresaid, and the (1 fore the day fixed for able substitute to tak do!lars, as the Seeretary tion of such substitule, Which sum shall be fixed ata uniform rate by a general order mde at the thine of or- dering 8 dratt for any State oF Territory; and thereupon ‘such person so furnishing the subs feat of Tarts College; Rew, James | money shail bo discharged Crom furthe- habiiliy und: proyest marshal, with the rapk, pay and emoluments of @ captain of cavalry, or an officer of suid rank #h ill be de tailed by the President, who shall be under the direction and subject to the orders of @ provost marshal general, appointed or detailed by tho President of the United States, whose office shall be at the seat of government, a separate bureay of the War Department, and ag Pay and emoluments shall be those ‘of a Bec. 6. “And be tt further enacted, ‘That tt shall be the duty of the Provost Marsbal Geveral, with the approval of the Secretary of War, to maxe rules and regulations for the government of bis subordinates; to furnish thom with the names ye Kagneyed of ail deserters from the army, or an; ‘itish mail steamor, was ordered to atte Bates, including the militia, when roported to im all o:ders of the President in reference to calling out the national forces; to furnish proper blanks and instructions bal Steet ists; to Ire stated enrolment 5 to. roquire si reports of all proceed- ings on the part of bis subordinates; to audit all accounts connected with the service under his direction; and to perform such other dutics as the President may prescribe io Cth ts out the provisions of this act, land forces in the service of the the commandin, ; to communicate to them or drafting; to lle and preserve copies of all Fec. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the uty of the Provost Marshal to arrest’ all deserters, whe lars, volunteers, militiamen, or persons called A der oF military post; to detect, the department in 8. And be ut furiher enacted, That in each of said dietricts thero shail be a board of enrolment, to be com posed of the Provost Marshal, as president, aud two other ‘rons, to be appointed by the /'reside st of the United ates, one of whom shail be a licensed and practisi. g physician snd surgeon. i. 9 And be it further enceted, That it shall be the duty of the said board to divide the district into sub+ districts of convenient size, if the Bary, Lot exceeding two, with Secretary ot War, and to appoint, on or before the tenth. day of March next, and in each allernate year thereafter, an enroiiing ofcer for each subdistrici, and to furnish him with proj immediately proceed to enroll miutary duty, residence, lowii tha bret day of April, report the eamne to the Board of shail deem it neces- the direction of the Dlauks and ipstrvetious; and he shall all persons subject to noting thetr respective places of ages on the first diy of July. fol- and their occupation, and auall, on or before rolment Lo be cous idated unto one list, copy of which shall be transmitted t the irovest Marshal General on or before the Orst day of May succeeding the enrolment: Provided, neverthele-s, that H, from any cause, the duties prescribed by this section cannot be periormed within the timo specitied, then the same shail be periormed us practic bie. Sec. 10, And Le it /urther enacted, Tbat the evrolment of each class shall be made separavely, and sbali opiy em- brace whose whove ages shal! be, ow the first day of July thereafter, between twe.ty and forty-ave years Sec. 11. And be ti further enacted, 4 ¥ the ret day enrolment, to Le called into the nited Swates, and to continue in the present rebollion—pot, however, ex- we Sec, 12. And be it further enacted, That whenever it may be necessary to'call out the national forces for the | military service, the | assign to exch district the number of meu to be furnished by said district; aod therenpon the inroiling Roard shail, under the direction of the (‘res dent, make requirod number, and fifty per cent in a make an exact ‘and complete roll of the the persons s0 drawn, and of the order they we upon the said rof!, and the s cond my etand seeond, and soon. And the person so draw: same within ten days thoreai te notice, wo be served personally, or by. the lust place of residence, roqy des guated rendezvoos to report for duty. to thed stricta the gumber of men to be Jurnished there. from Bomber of volunteers and militia furnished by a the several States in which suid dist: tets aro») aud (ho jeriod of their service since the commengement of tho preseut rebellion, and ah a mon's to oyualize the numbers among tho diatriot Tresident is hereby authorize! 10 draftot the tion, and shalt en wheeh drawa, 80 that the first drawn may stand first shail be notified of the by a written oF printed leaving a copy at ing them to appear ota In assigning the President shall take into consideration the from vated, #0 make consi tering and allow i their service, seo. 13. And be tt at any person dra‘ ted and notified to appear y, 00 oF be pt tm the draft; or ne may o Secretary of War may auth ¢. A exceeding three hundred fe oF paying the to report, after due , withont furnishing aibstitete or paying the required ‘sum therefor, iat dcomed a devertor, and shall bo Arrestod by tho ro. ¥ vost Marshal aod aent to the nearest military post for Tho class of 1863, of Harverd College, numboring | FRI Ny Sure anartial, tl r wavwlag that one tundred aad sixteon, were graduated today, com | jy is not liable toplo military duty, the Board of barol meneoment, 1 below the names of the graduates | meot shall relieve him from the deal from the sister States of New York and Penoaylvania:— Dornwall, N. ¥. omwell, Corn tebbiog }airehiid, Cazevovia, N.Y. Joho Fiske, New York city ee Le Joon Wiiliame Freeman, Troy, N. ¥, Deo}. Thempaon Frothingbam | Brooklyn, N. ¥. Joseph Anthony Gillet, Lebanon Springs, N.Y. William Mone‘eidt Howlaud, Now York chy. Kaward Reynolds Hun, Albany, N. ¥, Fagor Adelbgrt Hutebina, Brook: Raward Chafies Marvine Albert Kiotatog Post, Ne Robert Newlin Verplanek, Fish! William Augustus White, Brookiyn, N.Y. Charles Eliot Furness, Philadeipbia, Charles Hazlett Pagiey, Meadviiie, Pa, Wiliam Gibsom Field, kaston, Pa, Albert Chevalier Hiteoitive, | hiladelphia. Willian? uroess Moke, ’bi/ ia, Clement Lawrence Smith, Upper Darby, Pe. Seo 1b. charged with she duty of sach ins) ceive from any person w! valuab e thing, OF agree, dir the same to [is owa or five bundred doi ars, nor ieks than tmprigoued at he disoretion of the court, and be discharg. @d and dismissed (rom (Be service Soc. 14. And be uSuriher enavel, Lit all drafted per- sous shall, on arriving at the rendertour, be careduiiy iu. ‘8, octed by the surgeon of tho board, wh) ehall trnly re port to the board the physics! condition of each one) and all persons drafted aud claiming oxemption from muitury duty on accountef di-abillty or any ovhor cause, shall pre sent thoir claims tobe exempted 10 the board, whose de. cision shall be final And be it further enactl, That any surgoon fon, who aball ra mnsvever, any money or other tly of indiroctly, to receive ort, or whe egiect to make a jaithiul foxpeotion and true report, shail bs tried by a court martial, and on @ouriction thereof be punished by Bec. 16. And be it further enacted, That a 8900 as the determine, { F the proe ira | fine, BE Sxcveding | © hundred and bo required number of ablo-bodied men liable to do military duty shail be obtained from the list of those drafted, whe all be discharged, Aud all dratted persons reporting at the place of rendezvous shall be allowed travelling pay from their places of resideuce, and all per- 8008 discharged at the place of reudezvousshal! be allowed travelling pay to their places of residence; and all expenses connected with the enrolment and draft, including sub- sistenge while atthe reudezvous, shal! be paid from the @ppropriation of enrolling and drafting under such regu- Jations as the President of the Uni tates shall pre- scribe; and all expenses connected with the arrest and re- turn of deserters to tkeir regiments, or such other duties a8 the provost marshals sha!l be called to perform, shall from the appropriation for arresting deserters, and such regulations a8 the President of the United States may prescribe: Provided, The provost marsbail sbail in no case receive commutation for transportation or for fuel and quarters, but only for when not furnished by the government, together with actual expenses of postage, stationery avd clerk hire authorized by the rrovost Marshal General. Sec. 17, And be it further enacted, That any person en- rol'ed and draftod according to the provisions of thts act who shall furnish an acceptable substitute, shall thero- upon receive from the Board of Enrolment a certificate of discharge from such draft, which shall exempt him from military duty during the time for which he is drafted; and 8.ch substitute shall bo entitled to the same pay ani ailowances provided by law as if he bad been originally drafted Iuto the service of the United States. Sec 18. And be it further enacted, That such of the volunteers and militia now in the service of the United ‘States who may re enter to serve ono year, unless sooner di after the expiration of their presept term of service, shall be entitled to a bounty of tiity dollars, one- half of which to be paid upon such re enlistment aud the balance at the expiration of the term of re evlistment, And such a8 may re-enlist to serve for two years, unlcas sooner discharged, after the expiration of their present term of eniistment, shall receive, upon such re-enlist- ment, tweuty-fve dollars of the one hundred dollars bounty for eulistment provided by the fifth section of the act ved twenty-second -of July, eighteen hundred ‘and sixty-one, entitied ‘An act to authorize the employ- ment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and pro- tecting public ty)? Sec. 10. And be t further enacted, That whenever a regi- ment of volunteers of the same arm, from the same State, to one-balf the maximum number prescribed by law, the President may direct the cons lidation of the companies of such regiment: Provided, That no company 80 formed shall exceed the maximam number prescribed by law. When such consolidation is made, the regimental cilicers shall be reduced in proportion to the reduction in the number of companies. Sec. 20. And be t further enacted, That whenever a regiment is reduced below the medium number altowod by law, n0 officers shall be appointed in such regiment beyond those necessary for the command of such reduced number. Seo. 21. And be it enacted, That so much of the fifth section of the act approved the seventeenth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty two, entitled * An act to amen an act calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union,” and eo forth, as requires the approval of the President to carry into execution the sentence of @ court martial, be and the same is hereby repealed, as far as re- Jates to carrying into execution the sentence of a coart martial against apy person convicted as a spy or deserter, or of mutiny or murder; and hereafter sentences in ponishment of these offencee-may be carried into execu- tion upon the appfoval of the commanding general in the Sec, 22, And be it further enaded, That courts martial shall have power to sentence officers who shall ubseut themselves their commands without leave to be re- dueed to the ranks, to serve three years or during the war. Sec. 23, And be i further enacted, That the clothes, arms, military outfits and accoutrements furnished by the ted States to any soldier shall not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned or given away; and po 0 not a or duly authorized officer of the United States, who has possession of any such clothes, arms, military outfits or accoutrements, furnished as aforesa, ‘aod which have been the subjects of auy such sa'e, bar- ter, exchange, pledge, loan or gift, shail have any right, title or interest therein; but the same may be seized and faken wi! ver found by any oifloer of the United states, civil or military, and shall theroupon be delivered to any quartermaster or other officer authorized to receive the same; and the ston of any such clothes, arms, mili- tary outfits or accoutrements by any person not a soldier or Officer of the United States, shali be prima facie evi dence of such a sale, barter, exchango, pledge, loan or gift, ag 8 0. csaid. Sec. 24. And be i further enacted, That every person Not subject to the rules and articles of war who shall pro- Cure or entice, or attempt to procure or entice, a suidier ia the service of the United States to desert; or who shall harbo-, conceal, or give employment toa deserter, or carry Lim away, or aid ,jn carrying him away, knowing bim to be such; or ,who shall purchase from any soldier his arms, equipments, ammunition, uniform, clothing or any part thereof; and any captain or commanding officer of any Laie or vessel, or any superintendent or conductor ‘Of any rail |, OF any other public conveyance, carrying away any such soldier as one of his crew or otherwise, knowing him to have deserted, or shall refuse to deliver bim (2 the orders of his commanding officer, shall, upon legal conviction, be fined at the discretiou'of any court having cognizance of the same, in any sum not ¢: ceeding five hundred doliars, and he shall be imprisoned not exceeding two years nor lesa than six months. - Sec. 25. And it further enacted, That if any person shall resist any draft of men enrolled a der this act into the service of the United States, or shall counsel or atd avy person to resist any such draft; or shall assault or obstruct any officer in making such draft, or in the performatce of any service in relation thereto; or shail counsel an; person to assault or obstruct eny such officer, or shall counsel any drafted mon not to appear at the place of ren- dezvous, or wilfully dissuade them from the periormaace of military duty as required by law, such person shall be subject to summary arrest by the ‘Provost Marshal, and be shall forthwith be delivered to the civil authorities, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not ex- ceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not ex ceeding two years, or by both of said punishmonis, Sec. 25. And be tt further enacted, That, immediately afver the passaze of this act, the President shall issue his proclamation declaring that’ all soldiers now xbsent {ro their regiments without leave may return within a time specified to such piace or places as he may indicate iv bis prec amation, and be restored to their respective regi Meuts without punishment except the for eiture of their pay and allowances during their absence ; and all deserters who shall not return within the time ‘specified by the President, shall, upon being arrested, be punished as the law provides. See. 27. And be it further cnacted, That depositions of Witnesses resiting beyond the limits of the state, Terri tory or district im which military cuurts shali be «rdered to sit, may be taken im cases not caplial by enher party, dread in evidence: Provided the sume shail be takeu pou ryasopable notice to the opposite party, und duly autnenticated. ©. 23. And be it further enacled, Thot the Judy: cate shill have power to appoint @ reporter, wh itshall be to record the proceedings of e taken bofore military courts instead of the Judge Advo- cate, and such reporter may take down such proceodings and testimony in the first instance ia short hand. The reporter shail be sworm or ailirmed faithful'y to perform his duty before enteriag upon it. Seo. 2). And be it further nacie?. That the court shall, for re.sovable cause, grant a continaance to eth r party for auch time, and a8 often as shail Appear Lo be just: | ro: vided, That if the prineuer be tn chase coulineniet, tea ehall not be delayed for a period louger than sixty days. See. 30. And te ut further macted, That ip ine of war, fnsurrection or rebelliou, murder, assault and battery wito intent to kill, manslaughter, mayhem, wouading by shooting or stabbing with an intent to commit marder, robbery, arson, burglary, rape, assault and battery with fntent “to commit rape, wad larceny, shail be puni-hab'e by tho seutence of a genera! court martial or military commission, whon committed by persous who are in the mi itary service of tho United St dd subject to the arcicies of war; and the punishments ‘or such offences sha | never be jess thay those inflicted by the laws of the State, Territory or District in which they may have buen committed, Sec. 31. And be it further enacted, That any offeer ab- sent from dety with leave, except for sickness or wounds, shall, during bis absence elye half of the ay and al Jowances prescribed by and bo more; and auy of.cer absent without leave s iu addition ‘to the yenalties prescribed by law or court martial, forteit all pay or allowances during such abseuce, See, 32. Ama te if furtaer enacted, That the command. ers of regiments and of batteries tn the field are hereby aothorized and empowered to grant furloughs for a period ot exceeding thirty days at any one time to five per centum of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for good conduct in the line of duty, and subect to the Approval of the commander of the ‘forces of which such hon © mmissioned officers and privates form a part. Sec. 33. And be i further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and empowered, during the present robeliion, to call (orth the satwaal forces, by draft, in the monner provided for in this act Soc. 34. And be it furt! rnactd, That ali persone dra’ ted ander the provisions of this act shall be me igued ‘by the President to milhary duty in sach corps, regt Monts, oF other branches of the service as the oxigeucics Of the service may require. See. 35. And te it further enacted, That hereafter details to special service sbat only be mado with the congont of the commanding ofleer of forces in the field; and enlisted men, now Or Leroafter detailed to special service, shall Not receive any extra pay for such services beyoud that allowed to other enlieved mon. Seo, 26. And Le uw further enacted, That gonoral orders Of the War Dopartment numbered one hundred and fifty. four and one hundred ond sixty-cwo, in referouce to en listments from the volunteers {niy the regular servic and the same are hereby resein ied, and hereafter no evlistments shat! be allowe it further enacte?, That the grades ¥ forces of the United States by sec- on of the ack avprvel the seventeenth of Jul o hundred and sixty two, for which no fale of compensation bas boon provided, shall be paid as follows, to wit:—Regimental ‘commissary the same as regimental quortermaster; chief trumpeter the same as chicf bngley; sudlor gergeant the same as rogimontal commissary sergeant. company com miseary the satne AS CoMpAay quartermagter’s sergeant Provided, That the grade of supernumery accond liea- tenant, and two toumsters for rach company, and ove chiet farrier and Diacksmich for each regiment, as aLowed by #aid seetion of that act, be and the same are horeby adolistied; and each cavairy company may have txo trumpeters to be paid as Dugicrs, and each regiment shall have one veterivary surgem, with the rank of a reg Mental sergeant major, whow compensation shall be seventy-five dollars per month, Sec. 38. And bo it further enacted, That all persons who, in time of war or re futhority of the Mnited States, miall be (ound larking or Acting As pias in OF AbOUt any Of the fortideations, poste, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies ‘ot the United States or olaowhere, shall bo triable by a gonoral court martial or military commission, and shall, apon conviction, suifer death Approved, March 5, 1963, VALS, Ocran AAyiNWALL—Stoamsl fr servant Quesn=Chas Myrick A Haine rain We Garborg, Hapbaal Pima AL mpaes, Mee Teas Tho pon. Os ar Dap Howes, J 8 Fr ts. M W Bouiln ton, Law Walsh. § F Caron, M Copeul at Panama rage. ‘land, Gaw and Usboro—6, | the 20th tust., at four o'clock P. M. enemies HAVANA NEWS. ‘ The Captain General’s Reform Movement, Removal of the Governor of Havana from Office. . Affair of the Steamer Margaret and Jessie, Havana, July 11, 1868. There isa great amashing among the crockery here, and nobody seems clearly to know why. The Captain General has removed the civil governor of this city, Don Pedro Navascues, from offico, and, as a matter of course, the latter will go toSpain by the next steamer. Eight members of the Audioncia, | understand, have also been removed, and tne names of other officials are spoken of as among those whose heads have fallen. Some persons assert that many of these removals from office have some connection with the affair of the six thousand ounces; but I do not pretend to say. I know, however, that the greater part of these removals are due to the Captain Ge- neral’s effort to weed out the glaring corruption in otfice which exists here, and to such an extent that I doubt if ‘there be one man in Havana who thinks reform in the public ~ ol'ces possible, The universal im;ression appears to be that Genoral Dulce has undertaken a work which will prove too much for him. For instance, a cargo of Africans ia quietly landed on the island now and then, in spite of the determination of the Captain General to put a stop to the trade. But before he can hope to sucooed ta this matter he must be sure that every petty officer and coast guard is entirely of his own way of thinkjng, and proof against the temptation of gold. Ihave heardof two cargoes within the last two or three months, I donoteay I know, for Idid not see them. But the simple fact is, that with increase in railroads and other modes of com- necessity for hands arises; and where aro they to come from? No labor will ever make this island prosperous, but forced labor; and who are going to submit to tum system? Abolish slavery or forced labor here, and the whole island to the dogs. Therefore, asi have once before ret 1 do not find the conduct of the Captain General very logical in¥this hostility to slavery; for, while desirous for improvement aud development, he tries to extinguish the only means by which they can be brought about in this island, The people here know better than be does that it is forced labor alone which keeps life in their commerce, and they are not going to yt their commerce to gratity bim ‘‘or any other ian,” It y be unfortunate—I do not deny it—that tho prosperity of any country should depend upon slavery or forced labor; but it ts the fine theories in the world cannot chan; a I send you a tranglation of an article from the Diarto de la Marina on the affair of the Margaret and Jessie, a steamer which was sunk by a Union gunboat oll—or rather on—the of Kieuthera, # British possession in the Bahamas. The article is calm and moderate enough—. much more 69 than I would have written it—for these acts will assurediy, one day or other, get the United States into serious trouble sees veces hegre att ee apart from that there is a species of 1 in follow: ‘vessel to @ place where Pree pee Oe be safe if she succeed in reaching it—an injustice done thos» who made so humane & law, and to which the pum suers were themselves a party. Look out for this Marga- + and Jessie affair; for it ts the most serious that has and should be denounced by every hovest teamers Eagle and Evening Star leave together to-day at the same hour—tweive o'clock. This gives me but a short time to write. The race to Now York witl be interesting. The weather 18 intengely hot and very dry. 1am told there is a great deu. of sickness. Business is 5 flat and unprofitable Exchange from 32 to 35 discount. The steamer A‘nerica (formerly Coatzacoaic:s) has just sores te Aspinwall, with a large number of persons on of the Steamer Margaret by a jon Gunboat jof —— of Eleuthera, British West Indi * (Translated from the Diario de la Marina, July 5, for. New York Heaav.} * * * * *. * . We refer to tho attack aud pursuit of which the Con- federate steamer Mirguret and Jessie has lately beea the. object in waters within Kogiish jurisdiction, But before making the observations which the pod has suggested the papers from that place. iam Lap Hd ive you Dews of a new offence comd ral crutser ou the 30th of May last, ‘The O ovfederate steamer Margaret and Jessie, from CBarleswn to this port, was pursued by a federal cruiser ; bat, being to sight ot the jsland of Eleuthera, one of the} Bahamas, she made for the shore, believing, and with| reson, that the federal crutser would abandon the chase when she was in neutral English waters, But Captai Wiison cacu.uted wrongly; for the federal cruiser pur} sued him afong the coust, and though the Confederate wi within four bundred yads of the shore the federal evotmued: to fhe broadside after bro. scarce'y amile (rom shore, until he succeeded in sinking her Many of the sbeils burst for injaud, and one uf 1 tually destroyed the roof of a house. “Ihe captain and| owners of the Margaret have formally protested agaivst| ovence of such inagnitede, and the Governor of the 148, OD receiving the protest, directed a statement to be prepared in form, which he bas sent by a yeasel- war wo St. Thomas, that !rom there it may be forward to. England, You have no idea of the effect which such an outrage on Engiish neutrality has produced bere, and Ido not think that it wil produce Jess excitement in England than tue seizure of the Poterhort. nid the promise by dir. Seward thal be repeated with the t; but 1r 18 piaim that tbe commander of the cruisers jaugh at the formai pro: governtacut, and dy 4s (hey please, comm which irritate, and ogal.st whic! bo.tral country ought to With superabusdant re.son does the author of letter fiud in tho circumstance of which the shor of the tslaud of Eleutuera have & motive for remembering the shores of Marianao, that burning of the Kngiish steamer Islacche, ashore on same cvast, by the federal steamer Moutgomery. The: so We, a8 well as the ontire press of th» Peninsuia au the rest of the civilized worl, raised our voice agains| that (agrant violation, not only of the immunities uf ow territory and maritinve jurisdiction, but aiso of the inter Bati ue law common to ail datious, and which, estab! for the benefit of ail, ail bave au interest in respectin, and ia causing to be respected. The Spanish authorities,aud the government of he Macesty , directed their just claims to the governmea, at Washington. wh ch, beeu anticipated througl fis represeutative in Madrid, in reprobating the act offering due reparation, afterwards coutirmea by th mouth of the secretary of state, Hon WH. Seward, tha reprob .tion aad tbat promise, declaring that tt wou become accountable or responsible tor tho inconsider: conduct of Captain Hunter, of whom we afterwards lear @d that he had been cited before a naval or military court but have since had nonews of his whereabouts. ic world, since the federal government solemal, itted the fault, acd this is not ground upo which we ought to enter, being outside our apherc But it may be permitted us to repeat bere what we the Said about the grave injury those reperted agin «nas itime international law did to the Washington govert Seven babies, not oo, may be cor jem ington, a posteriori, do they cease ty sight in avotd a t of font at oe sight in w or wan ity rons tiem), thes we ae bot desire to do it the injury of on posing @ refined duplicity im ite conduct, which woul discredit it Ina greater degree. A(trr the solemn declaration of Mr. Seward it was to t hoped that offences like that of Marianao would not b re, . that the federal goverament would tak particular care, since it is geuorally so susceptible an touchy with others, and since, in order to make tts jurw diction more cons! and respected, it insists on trea | ing (the Confederates as reveir, it was to be hoped, + say, that the gentlemen at Washington would recommen to their agents the most ser..pulous care in ail thet relay to the immunitics and rights of neutrals, conformabiy | the common maxim that he who desires to be respecte she begin by respecting others. It has not deen #0, however. Ju a few months from th Blanche affair succeeded the improper seizure of U Peterbot, which excited public opinion so much | England, And ow, searcely is this matte quieted, when we gee reevacted the Mariama> aifsi: aod evap with aggravated circumstances. We see ‘Frulaor Pursue AD enemy's vessel on the ver f English territory, sink it within four bu yards of the shore, and throw its proectiles, doth roi nollow, into tho houses of the town on the island + Eleuthora, And what does this ineant it intended provoke, with premeditation, conflicts in order to try ho far the jatience and /orbesrance of @ great maritime n tion may go, which bas already shown iwelf too Worm fa these matters’ Or is it that the eee be t deflyent in strength to make Of itm observe ils instructions—a L needed enfanis teri tbies wi we tian ie maga it la evident that the repetition of anc acta is diner Je tO ANY government, aud it ia tin that that at Washingtom, for {ts own joterest at dignity, prevent them with & vigorous hand, preving this manner its loyalty and respect fur treaties and U Ly 26 City Hall. io. iy le M*Preect—Hounciimen Sandford, Webster, Groas, Hs ‘A quorum Dot avsWoring to their names at Toll call, ® Clerk declare! the Board stand sdjourne! untli Mende JAMES MGSWEENEY, Clork.