The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1863, Page 4

4 NEW, YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1863. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PKOPRIELOR aes i OFFICE M. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, TERMS cash in advance Money sent by malt will be ‘ithe risk of the sender Nove but bank bills current tn New York taken. THE DAILY HERALD, Tarsx cents per copy. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five cents yer copy. Annual subscription price:-— $3 Five Copies, ‘Yen Copivs, Postage five cents per copy for three months. Any larger uunber. addressed to names of subscribers, @1.50cach Av extra copy will be seat to every elub of ten, Twenty copies, to one addreas, one year, $25, and emg largor number at same price. An extra copy will be peut to clubs of twonty. Phese “rates make the WEEKLY Umnan the cheapest publication in the country. ‘The Evaorgan Epon, every Wednesday, at Five cents per copy; $4 per annum to any part of Great Britain, or @6 to any part of the Continent, both to include Postage. 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Sanronp's Orena TRovrm—Afternoon and Bven- WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 516 ow oF Tux Nonrtn Riven. _, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Fomosities any Lyctunxs, from 9 A. M. ‘till We ge HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Rrmsortax foros, Dancxs, Burtusauus, Ac. ee New York, Sun y. July 19, 1863. THE SITUATION. The siege of Charleston progresses well. It was tated at Port Royal that General Saxton had eceived information of the capture of Fort Wag- «rand Cammings’ Point battery, which would ut Morris Island and Folly both in our posses- jon; but the latest direct news reports General jillmore still attacking these two rebel fortifica- fons. We give to-day a most graphic account of ‘he whole progress of the siege from our special sorrespondent, accompanied by a map of the ad- “ance on Charleston, There is some stirring news from the Potomac my. An obstinate fight took place on Friday, tetween Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, be- ‘ween the cavalry of Gen. Gregg andthe whole orce of Gen. Stuart, upwards of ten thousand itrong, who are protecting the rear of Leo's broes. The conflict lasted several hours, yith heavy loss on both sides, our troops jolding their ground heroically. The particu- prs have not reached us, but it is*said that Seneral Gregg was for six hours cut off from com- nunication with the main army, but that he finally ‘lieved himself, and, ina gallant charge, captur- ng a number of prisoners, three stands of colors and four pieccs of artillery. General Lee is eaid to be between Martinsburg and Winchester with the main body of his army. The steamer Locus: Point, which left New Orleans yn the 11th of July, arrived at this port yesterday morning, bringing highly interesting and very im- portant déspatches from our special correspondent in that city. The advices embrace the particulars of the surrender of the rebel stronghold of Port Hudson to the Union troops under General Banks. Yhe surrender was unconditional. The Union army took five thousand five hundred prisoners, in- cluding the rebel General Gardner, fifty pieces of artillery and six thousand stand of small arms, A force from Genera] Banks’ army was advancing on Brashear City. The death of Commander Abner Reed, of the United States Navy, is reported. The moment the surrender was completed the robels sent a reqnest for six thousand rations, as the garrison had eaten ite last nfule. This was found to be literally true. The news was brought to New Orleans by the flagship Tennessee. One hundred guns were im- mediately fired by General Emory. The loyal citizens werego have a torchlight proccesion, il- lumination and a general joyful jubilation on the night the Locust Point sailed. The secession- fata in that city are representéd as rather gloomy in countenance. General Sherman was at Jackson, Miss., on the 10th, and advanced with his forces beyond Pearl river. The rebel General Johnston had retreated ‘beyond a small stream farther back. Adospatch from Memphis states that Co'onel Hatch has captured the artillery and trains cf General Biffes north of Corinth, and driven tu rebels across the Teanossee river. No large force of the enemy are now north of that line, althocgh hands of guerillas continue to be troublesome. We learn from Cincinnati that Genoral Blunt has captared the rebol stronghold at Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, and taken «large number of Prisoners, ‘The news from North Carolina contained in our correspondence from Newbern {s most significant. ‘The rebel conse has fallen so low there that the pro la appear only ty await an available oppor- tunity to fetaruto the Uuidh. The tone of the Dewspapers, a8 Well as tho testimony from various quarters, all indicate that North Carolina is about tired of rebellion, and would giadly proffer her allegiance to the old fag. MISCELLANEOUS tows Anpecial meeting of tie Board of Cony silmen las held at three o'clock yesterday, Ty, sonsly concurred fn the action of ¢ Aldurmen pledging themselves to pa ordinance over the Mayor's veto, Dusinens was done Festoruay morning in stocks om wort wawtamed HY) tiward the aiterncon unanis rd of the exemp. wben the market sympatbised to some extent with gold. | said to have lacked, Roth the army Goid oil to 12244, closing at 128%. Exchange closed at | and the navy havé greatly distinguished then- 13844 for the steamer. Money was vory eusy; call loans | solves during the present campaign. Amid the faders: PSB a oe str oS furor of exciting events nearer home their ‘There was less dotug in provisions, groceries and whis- | @chievements have ‘been neither overlooked key, prices of which goueraily tended downward, Cotton | nor unaypreciated. They amply deserve the | was neglected, ieee ie renee eet ores victor'es Which they will certainly win and and unsettled in price. ne from which they have been too long withheld. en engnged, Inaely fan LigeDO See Londen. Tf they require reinforcements fox ae onerous task iMey have undertaken we hope that the administration will order part of General Grant’s brave army to help them, and thus provide against even the possibility of failure. turbed by a single act which could create any This attack upon Charleston is conducted in alarm. Perfect quiotuess prevailed in all | the manner we have always advised, and with quarters. General Dix, who has arrived here |, the proper number of troops it is sure to to take command of the Military District of the | succeed. East, had a long interview with Governor Sey- | The End Draws Nixgh—The Rebellion mour, which was said to be of a most satisfac- pool pra snes meseuatantes,: sx- tory character. General Canby was present at When the experimental Southern confede- the interview. It was apparently understood | racy under Jeff. Davis was first organized, by the parties to the conference that no trouble | # February, 1861, at Montgomery, Ala., it em- braced seven Stat known as “the cotton between the State and federal authorities was States”—to wit: pen Carolina, Georgia, Ala- imminent. Indeed Governor Seymour inti-| bama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and mated that no interference between the two | Texas. The bombardment of Fort Sumter, gnd authorities had occurred up to this time, and i ess on “4 be sc bi mouths ae en- uthern revolutionary co! ors, Sainae pepeeneh Sele BE ee See ee aoe derrreigea anil. ip aut rey ah their had done in sending teoops yet was merely ganguinary embraces the additional States of from their desire to protect property here and | North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas. They prevent its destruction, adding that there was | also claimed the States of Kentucky and Mis- a large amount of government property in this souri under the most impudent false pretences, city and for a considerable time stoutly resisted by arms the will of tho people of said States and It will be seen by the statement of our cor- the authority and power of the federal govern- respondent in Washington, published.in another | ment, As represented in the rebel Congress at column, that the reasons for the present draft of | Richmond, from 1861 down to the present day, three hundred thousand men may have a dif- the territorial area of the so-called Confederate Everything Quict in the City—The Al- jeged Cause of the Dratt, The peace of the city yesterday was not dis- ferent complexion from what is supposed; that, » ‘Stat HD piisicael in fact, the government are satisfied that con- | Virginia 2, Norih Caroli scripts are not needed to put down the re- | South Carolin: bellion, now that the armies of General Meade, oe s General Grant, General Rosecrans and General Alabama Mississippi. Banks have obtained such signal victories over secant the rebels at various points. It is intimated Missour that an anxiety to be prepared to mect the ee threats implied by the recent significant | Texas speeches in the British Parliament, the hostile | Total. tone of @ portion of the English press and | _ In January, 1862, the indications inferred from the decision Davis, extending from Harper’s Ferry through Northwestern Virginia, and through Kentucky in the Alexandra case, has induced the | anq Missouri, enclosed and-held about 750,009 President to ingggase the army and strengthen square miles of this territorial area claimed by our seacoast defences in case of a contingency, | the rebellion. By January, 1863, excepting a which is how regarded“ by the administration | few bands ef thieving guerillas, the armed forces of Davis had been expelled from one- asides improbable. It is said that the third of Virginia, the whole of Kentucky and government at Washington has come to the re- | of Missouri, two-thirds of Arkansas, one-half of solution to suffer no longer the fitting out of | Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas, and from armed cruisers for the use of the rebels in the } Smaller portions of all the other rebellious rts A . i ray uae rea ag “But how stands the matter now?” With oa lon in the case of the Alexandra the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson by the higher court of England—which is con- | we have disposed of the rebel armies of the fidently expected—will be considered as a de- | valley of the Mississippi; and, with the libera- claration of war on the part of the British | tion of the splendid army of General Grant, i and the equally heroic though smaller army of moverament. General Banks, we have at least one hundred In this emergency it is said that the Prosi- | thousand veteran troops added to our movable dent deems a call for three hundred thousand | forces in the West, with only a contemptible squad of a few thousand armed rebels here and there between Alabama and Texas. Practi- The News from Charleston. cally, therefore, we may already consider Mis- We publish in another column this morning-a | sissippi, Arkansas, Loulsiana and Texas as res- graphic letter from our special correspondent, | cued from the rebellion. Next, with the expul- giving a detailed account of the operations of | sion of Bragg from Tennessee, that State may our army and navy against Charleston. The | be pronounced as wholly recovered from the substance of the news is that General Gillmore | gripe of King Davis and his instruments. The has taken all the batteries on Folly Isfand, | area of the States and parts of States, there- nearly all the batteries on Morris Island, and is | fore, actually remaining under the control of investing the rebel Fort Wagner and the iron- | the afmed forces of the rebellion at this time clad battery at Cammings’ Point. It was stated | may thus be summed up:— at Port Royal, just before one of our cor- men a paramount duty. ceived a despatch informing him of the capture | Of South Carolina. and | Of Georgia. Of Alabama.. Of Florida.... DOD 5 ves icnececccssesvovere sevece.es 238,000 —Or about one-fourth of the territorial area represented in the Congress of the so-called “Confederate States.” Grant has only to move with fifty thousand men, in conjunetion with Farragut’s fleet, and, with the fall of Mobile, Alabama goes by the board; Rosecrans has only to push to Atlanta after the skeleton of an army left with Bragg, in order to liberate | Georgia; and, while General Gillmore and our gradually increased this corps of observation iron-clads are satisfactorily prosecuting their case before Charleston, it will require only and began erecting masked batteries. At tle apbilies innetiagy hekviben Gol arson abel proper moment these batteries opened, the rebel works were stormed, and the rebels, com- | Meade and the army of Lee to settle the ques- pletely taken by surprise, were driven off the | island. The same careful, systematic tactlos were again employed upon Morris Island, and have again succeeded. A gunboat and a body of troops have also been sent up Stono Inlet to operate against James Island. Thus, step by step, General Gillmore moves forward, and the navy, under Admiral Dabigren, admirably co- operates with Lim. Our batteries are advanced slowly and imperceptibly, masked by clumps of bushes, as at Fort Puleskt; and almost before the rebels know their danger they are in our power. It is by this means, aided by a simul- taneous bombardment from our iron-clad ficet, that Fort Sumter will be wrested from the rebels, who, dispirited by their recent reverses, will hardly make aa gallant a resistance as did Major Anderson in the first days of the rebel- lion. The current reports of the evacuation of Charleston ‘are probably based upon the inet that a large fire was observed there on ‘Tuesday last, antl it was therefore Inferred that General Beauregard had desorted and fired the city. This inference may be, and doubtless is, amistake. The rebels have never yet shown any inclination to make Moscows of their im- ® portant towns, although there is no telling paid pa a ion aati what the boasting Beauregard may do in the | Rebel army captured with Vioksbarg.. af n evert of defeat. The news that we have is | pete cp fag hd sa Port Hu Losses of Price & Co., at Helena, Ark. Prisoners captured by Gen. Rosecrans Losses of Beauregard, at Charleston... ee ae ar ee These crushing losses leave to the rebellion east of the Mississippi about one bandred and of both these rebel works. If so, Morris Folly islands are entirely in our possession, and the fall of Fort Sumter, and consequently of Charleston, is inevitable. Genetal Gillmore has set to work to re- duce Fort Sumter upon precisely the same plan which was so successful against Fort Pulaski. After the last attack upen Charles. ton by Admiral Dupont a small force of soldiers was left on Folly Island. The rebels, regarding this force as a mere out- | post, soon ceased to take any notice of it. When General Gillmore assumed command he tion in Virginia and North Carolina. And how are the rebel rulers at Richmond to prevent these closing misfortunes to their sinking cause? The losses in men of the rebel armies, East and West, during the last three weeks will afford the satisfactory answer that, con- sidering the diminished resources, forces and gloomy prospects of Davis and bis confede- rates, these clesing misfortunes to them and their hopeless cause cannot, by any human pos- sibility, be avoided. The casuakies in General Lee’s army, from his late “grand entree” into Pennsylvania down to the regurn of his shattered columns to the Virginia si&® of the Potomac, are thus esti- mated by Surgeon General Hammond, of the United States Army:— Wounded 1éft in our hands at Gettysburg.. 11,000 Wounded taken away by Lee. 8,000 Rebels slain and buried by our 4,600 Sound prisoners captured.. 17,000 Captured at Falling Waters, on the Potomac 2,000 Killed and wounded in skirmishes.......... 4,000 Total lonses to Lee..... 6... eeceeeeee 46,500 ‘This, although the principal, is only one iters in the account. The entire bill of the rebel losses in men killed, wounded, prisoners and missing during the last three weeks will hardly adv erodestonsss 46,500 32,000 10,000 sufficiently grateful, however, without the as- oa sistance of that faithless jade Madam Rumor. The successes of Gillmore and Dahlgren give promise of even more glorious results, and we are eure that by the Ist of August the flag of the Union will again wave triumphantly over the cradle of eecession. General Gillmore is a mili- | fifty thousand armed men, allowing fifty ihou- tary engineer of no ordinary ability, and has | sand to Lee, ten tousand for Pichwond, thirty never failed in anything be has undertaken; | thousand to Bragg, twenty thousand to Jo. and the army which he commands, though | Jobaston, ten thousand at Charleston, five small, i composed of veterans who are | thousand each at Savannah-and Mobile, and the anxious for active service and tired of | romainder scattered about in small detach- being made subsidiary to abolition efforts | monts in North Carolina and elsewhere. There for the regeneration of — the hegroes at | are perhaps fifty thousand armed rebels dis- Port Royal and Hilton TMead. — Adsnirat | tributed tere and there in small guerilia bands Dabigren is also a practical engineer, and | on the west side of the Missirsippi between has that confidence in the capabilities of | Missouri and Mexico; but as they are cut of | tue Monitora which Admiral Duyont je pyw by our patrolling gutboats on the river mney from the main body of their confederates, they may be simply considered as rebel stragglers within the Union lines. We believe, therefore, that within two or three months the rebellion, in view of its present crippled, exhausted, chop-fallen, de- moralized and hopeless situation, must inevi- tably collapse. Only let Gen. Meade push vigorously after the shattered and demoralized army of Lee, and bring it to & final setrlement on the road to Richmond, and it is a'tegether probable—nay, it is absolutely, certain—that, from the general collapse of the rebellion East and West, this formidable monster known as “the draft” will dwindle down into a very harmless affair with the disappearance ofthe necessity for any extensive employment of the conscription. We cannot be mistaken in this— that our armies in the Geld have the rebellion within their grasp, and that the end draws nigh. Important FROM Norra Caroriva.—We’ publish elsewhere highly {important news from North Carolina. The letters of our New- bern correspondent, corroborated by the Ra leigh State Register, show that there is a formi- dable organization in that State to bring it back to the Union by reconstruction, and that the members of it are only waiting for some happy opportunity to do so. Jeff. Davis has thus a fire in tis rear. The old “North State” begins to see the error of her way, and is preparing to wheel into line, if the radical fanatics will only permit her, by return- ing to the original programme of the war and abandoning all other issues. * The statement of our correspondent and the North Carolina journal is supported by other tes- timony that every man is willing to discuss the question of the reconstruction of the Union. Let the most ordinary statesmanship bo ex- hibited, and the thing is perfectly feasible, not- withstanding all the blood that bas been shed; for the Southern men, as well as the Northern, must feel that in the Union are strength and greatness and peace; that in disunion are weak- ness and the seeds of future wars; and that the heritage of the Union belongs as much to the South as to the North, under the one great magna charta of the constitution, The recent losses and disasters of the Southern States will dispose the population towards peace; and, if there is any common sense, moderate coansels will be adopted, and an opportunity will be given to the wandering sheep to return to the fold. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasumnctom, July 18, 1863, THE DRAFT. ‘The enrolment of names for the draft will be completed here on Monday. Twenty thousand of the first class, ard seven thousand of tho second class are enrolled. Fxeopt ia a very few instances the enrolling officers have met with no trouble; and in no case bas any personal vio.once been attempted. It is thought that only two regiments will bo called for from this district. THE RETREAT OF LEE AND THE PURSUIT OF MEADE. Bonaparte said that the strength of an army laid in its logs. In this sense the movements of Lee and Meade’s armies towards the Rappahannock are intoresting in the extreme. The former has several days the start; but as Meade has the shorter line, or inside track , with superior transportation, he may bring Lee to a fight upon the ground that was marked out for a battle by General McClellan last autumn. The authorities bere have shown considerable energy in sending abundant Supplies to Meade, and ameng them any quantity of need- ful things for active campaigning. Washington has bee come again the base of operations, and accordingly our airects arq alive with military stiraod bustle. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION AGAINST CH \BLESTON. ‘The maritime expedition against the forts in Charleston harbor is infinitely the most powerful ever sent to reduce a fortified place, and it is believed that’ it mast succeed, Our engineers say that the rebels have the exact range of all points on Morris Island and at other points, so that ‘they will not waste much ammanition in their de‘ence. REBEL BATTERIES ON THE LOWBR POTOMAC. ‘The rebels are again practising gannery upon our ves- sels passing Matthias Point, on tne Potomac, To day they brought some field pieces'to the Point and fired several shells into tho steamer George Peabody, at that time aground on the shoals. The gunboats Resolute and Jacob Bell were within hearing, and immediately went to the protection of the Peubody. MOVEMENTS OF GEN. SICKLES. Gen. Sickles in a fewvdays willgo to the Soldiers’ Home, where he will receive the bospitalities of Presi dent Lincein, who is residing there during the summer montha. ARRIVAL OF KUBEL PRISONERS. Seven hundred and fifty rebel prisoners arrived bore this morning from the Army ef the Potomac. Twenty- eight oMfcers are incluted among the number. APPOINTMENTS. Major W. Painter, of the regular army, has been ap- poinged Chief Quartermaster of the First army corps, to raok as lieutenant colonel He was appointed upon the request of the late Gen. Reynolis, endorsed by Generals Hocker and Ingalie. THE PROMOTION OF GENERAL WARTEN. Brigadier General G. K, Warren, Chiof Engineer, army of the Potomac, is universally praised for nis rare skill, onergy and activity in the arduous duties pertaining to his position during the late campaign. If it be trne that he is to be promoted to a major goneralship ft will be no more than a desorved tribute to his merits. THR NAVY. Acting Assistant Paymaster Horace M. Harriman has been detached from the mortar flotilla, and is awaiting orders. COMPLETION OF THE WEST WING OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Tho exterior of the wost wing of the Treasury Depart- ment is completed, and the intertor compartments are boing put into use for the clerks. OWIRF PAYMASTER OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAG. Major Paulding has been designated by Paymastor General Andrews to be Paymaster-in-Chief of the Army of the Potomac. COMTRABANDS MADR USEFUL. Several bandred contrabands have been brought up from Norfolk to work upon railroads, &c. All of this class of persons b ..¢ be n needed for this purposes, The Turf. PASHION PLBASURE GROUNDS—TROTTING. Satunpar, July 18, match §400, mile heats, in harness. Fi. Woodruff named b g. {iram Temple, -l2t J. H. Whitson named b. g. Sid. Nich: l2123 ‘Time, 2:44—2:41—2-43, hiram Temple was the favorite provious to the «tart at one bundred to thirty, and the same odds after the first hheat were current; but after the second heat Sid. Nichols had the call at two to oe. The latter horse won the two Jaat heats very cleverly, but was distanced by his driver Bye eterna bm been told to do so Bid oy In consideration, however, ot the driver Ichole being an amateur, and not wishing out siders to suffer ay casteen oh tence Baa ry Pine in Fron Avewre —Helerees eight aod nine o'clock: on Frifay mi,bt a fire occurred in ihe clovk and mantiila store of F.W. Bound, 218 Eighth avenue. Los about 31,600; ineured for $2.00 in the American Exchange In. purance Company — The crnse uf tho fire is under investi. gation by Fire Murshal Baier, ‘anrt-sxte Recast New Yorn Vovowreem—The stat and jine officers of the Thirty-aixth New York Volusteers are requested to aasemble on Monday evening, at eight o'clock, at 118 Chrystio street, to eottlo the wmirs of the Fegiment, Colouel Browne desires « pouct va! ation.lanca, Rwaarts 1x HARURM.—A calling regutta will take place on Hartem river frm toe ew ge At the end of Thi d avenue, on Wednesday, the 22d tpst The bonts will spit nrownd the buoy at Throg’s Point Aud back to the starting porn. ipte are xp be mun et Warten, fears be ra ™ would, skodaddle from be aad i. dey CRDER IW THE METROPOLIS. All the Wards Quiet and Orderly. Arrival of Major General John A. Dix. He Takes Command of the Depart- ment of the East. THE RETURNING NEW YORK REGIMENTS, The Two Millio and a Half Bx- emption Appropriztion to Be Passed Over a Veto. Why the Government Desires to Enforce the Draft. Arrest of Deputy Provost Mar- shal Duffy. Important Orders from Col. Fry About the Draft, &C., &c., &c. The whole city remained in a state of pro- found peace yesterday from daylight wntil long after midnight. Not the slightest disturbance occurred, although considerable excitement prevailed relative to the declared intention of the government to enforce the conscription. THE DRAFT. Circular No, 47, | War sof Provost MaRsHaL Gewgnat's Orrice, Wasumatox, D. C., July 17, 1868. Firs,—Drafted men become soldiers in the Fervieo of the United States by the (act of their names having been drawn in the drift. The notification served upon them by the Provost Marshal is merely an announcement of the fact and an order fcr them to report for duty at a desig- Dated time and place. Second.—ibo follow ing opinion of the Hon. William Whi- ting , Solicitor of the War Department, is publisbed for the information of ail concerned :— Whow a person bas been drafted in pursuance of the Enrolment act of March 3, 1863, notice of such draft must boone witbin ten days thereafter by a written’ or pri notice. to be served on him personally or by leay- ing @ copy at his last place of residence, requiring him to appear at a rendezvous to report for duty. ADy person failing to report for duty after notice ts loft at his last piace or served on him personally, without furnishing & substitute or paying three hundred dollars, ry pronounced by law to be a deserter. le may be arrested ard held for trial by court martial and sentenood to death. If a person after being drafted, and before receiving notice, deserts, the notice may still be served by leaving ft at his last place of residence, and if ho doe- not appear in accordance with the notice, or furnish a substitute or pay the three hundred aoliars, he will be in law a deser- ter, and muat be treated accordiugly. re is nO way or manner in which a once en- rolled cen escape his public duties; and w! drafted, whether present or absent, whether ho changes his resi- ‘dence or abeconda, the sights of the United States vgainst him are secured, and it is only by performance of his duty to the country that he will escape liability to be treated ag a oriminal. JAMES R. FRY, Provost Marshal General. Deserters. OTROULAR NO. 49. War Dsrarreeyt, Provost Marsnat Gawmrat’s Orricn, Wasumcton, D. C., July 18, 1863. Airst.—Horeaftor a reward of ten dollars will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of a deserter. Paragraph 29, page 6, regulations for the government of the bureau of the Provost Marshal General of tho United States, as well ag paragraph second, of circular No. 23, from the Provost Marshal General's office, are amended accordingly. Paragraph 33, page 7, same regulations, is amended so 8 to read as follows: — ‘The membors of the guard may be allowed for the time actually and necessarily Sz on the trip « per diem Of not more than ove dollar and fifty cents and thelr actual expenses, provided they accomplish the duty as- JAMES B. FRY, Provost Marshal General. ch No. 51. War Drrartmest, Provoer Marauat Guvera.'s Orrin, Wasmnaton, D. C., July 18, 1863. } ‘The fourth paragraph of Circular No. 44, iseved from this office July 12, 1863, is hereby modified 80 as to cor- respond with the opinion ot Hon, Wm. Whiting, <olicitor of the War Department, which will hereafter govern ia all cases to which it is applicable:— OPINION. A person dra‘ted into the military service of the United States under tho previsions of the act of March 3, 1863, chapter 75, for evrolling and calling out the national forces, aud for otber purposes, claiming exemption Crom daft by réason of any disabilMy as provided in sald act, Nas the right to have the question of his disability submitied to and passed upon by the Board of Enrolment, whose dei- sion thereon is final. If the Board shall have decided that the claimant ts lialle (o serve, he has the right after such de- etsion to pay his commutation money, or to furnish his cub- stitute within such extended time as may be fixed by tho Board of Enrolment for his appearance for duty. WILLIAM WHITING , Solicitor of the War Department. James B. Far, Provost Marsnal General, The Two Million Five Handred Thou. sand Deilars Appropriation. The Board of Aldermen held @ special meeting yester day, and, having beon im secret session for nearly an hour, opened their doors to the public and presented reso lutions to the effect that sume “malicioas persons” had Promulgated a report that the Mayor would veto the | fon to raise $2,510,000 for the purpose of paying for each poor conscript who was unabie ‘or unm iin togo to the war, and that auch action of the Mayor boven a aie ee was therefore o tw declare peopie or would rot be Anal, and the Poard pledged’ thevosetvea | \hat in the event of tho Mayor vetoing their ressintions | ny turnable before’ Judge MoCunn, at hisy bambers, at baif- past three o'clock yesterday afternooa. , This writ, which, bore the seal of New York and tho #<nature of the County Clerk Genet, which had by accttent. been omitted in the Orst, was served om Captain Waiting, 4 tho Twens Heth precinct, commanding him to pr the body of the said Boyle before Judge McCunn as ye. At the time named Captain Walling promptly appa ‘red per. sonally before Judge McCunn and made the sfoliowing return: — ‘To the Hon. Jour Mf. MoConn, Clty Judge — For retro to the. nitnin shiny Aig ly state that Morris Bovle is not nor was he in m) custody at the time the within writ was served w: amt F am s@iable, Werefore, to pr me sin Be We WALEING Géptain Twenticta Precinat Poltee. Boyle's counsel, Messrs. Ashynead & Ready, iiformed Captian Walling that Be bud made a great mistike in ar resting Poyle, for ho was a respectable and peace bie ma”, and was’ simpy coming froin hia. house when ar- rested — The Cantata sald be did not arrest him; but the military brought bim to the station borse, aud he was probably now at headquart The Captain wos being able to produce him, and Judge MeCunn beirig sartst that the return was currect, discuntimued the matter. against bin, The Reasons for the Draft. ANTICIPATED WAK WITH ENGLAND—THE GOVERN- MENT DESIRE TO BE PREPARED. Wasnwaton, July 17, 1663. The reasons for the enforcement of the Conscription Jaw, and for the immediate draft of three hundred thoa- sand men under its provisions, are decjer than they ap- pear upon the surace. Probably, if they wero known, there would be inQnitely leas objection to tho draft than has been m n‘fested, Some of the provisions of the jaw my have been inoonsiderately adopted and made obnox Jous Lo tho poorer classes of the people. There is reasom to believe that the mem now wo be drafted were not in- tended to be used in the suppression of tho reheilien. Even before the recent vietories of the Army of the Potomac at Geityslurg, General Grant at Vicksburg, General Banke at Port Hadson, and Genora) Rosecrans at Chattanooga, Mr. Lincoln bad upon several occasions declared that the Union armies tu, the fold were amply sufficient to crush out the rebellion ged finish our domes- tic war, For this purpose, therefore, thore was no ceo.sion of a draft for threo hundred thousand conscripts. It has been generally believed that this call was intended to awe the Southern rebels and enable the g>ve7nment sudienly to overwhelm them, and. thus pot fin im- mediate end to therebeilion, It 1s probal#s, @ wover, that the government bad in view other uses for this new army to be brought into the fleld, In the debate im the Brit'sh Hoase of Commons, on the 20th of June, Mr. W. E. Forster, in the course of his re. marks, said:— In conjunction withthe Emperor of the French we (the Engiish) had drifted into the Crimean war. There were serious fears that in conjunction with him we might driit into a war with Poland; but there was no doubt, if the House allowed the Emperor of the French: to use Mr. Roebuck as his second ambassador, to sound his opinions against the government of the day, we should soon drift into a war with America. Ho combatted the opiniors of Mr. Rocbuck, snd showed that the proposals for mediation last autumn had ted fo the Conscription act, and matptained that the motion to rocoguize the independence of the Confederates would, ifcarrted, render peace between the Northand South tmpéssible, and would inevitably (Bvolve us la the war.” : This assertion of a member of the Enxlish Mouse of Commons is but one of the shsdows of coming events. It ig evident that numbers of the leading men 0° England who have opposed the policy of that government in refe- rence to the demestic difficulties of ¢!.0 United States an- ticipate a war between this country ani England asa probable If not inevitable result. It is plain to those who clcsely watch the course of events here that our own government has for some time past regarded the probability of such an 0e- currence; and it ia also evident that the three hundred thousand conecripts directed to bedracted were | intended to be organized into an army in view of suche contingency. It is a fact that, while no fears are cuter- tained of French or *panish intervention, a war with England is becoming immiuent. The dccision of the In- ferior Court im the case of the Alexandra is reg.rded as & test question, This government is determined no lopger tamely to submit to the fitting ont 0” armed cruisers aud privateers and tron-clads ojenly m the ports of Groat Britain for the use of rebels against the United States; and 1f the decision in the Alexandrs case sh vid be, agit isex- pected it will be, confirmed by the “upericr Court, to which it has been appealed, such confirmativa will be regarded by the government of the United Statca as a declaration of war, and the necessary and consequent steps on our part will immediately follow. ‘With this contingency so near at hand, and actually staring us in the face, it was !ncumbent upon the govern- ment to make all needful preparations for the event, Our soncoast defences are to be rapidly put ir order, our naval armament increased with all po-sible speed, an army. three hundred thourand men immediste!y organized, every preparation mnde to retaliate vpon haughty Great Britain for the outrages she persists in perpetrating, The moment that the news of the coniirmation of the decision In the Alexandra case ts received by our government it will be regarded as a declaration of war,and our navy and armies not otherwise occupied will at once be set at work in vinaicating our national rights. There is hardly @ doubt that this decision will be confirmed. The next steamer from Europe may bring the intelligence of ite confirmation; and then the necea- rity, as wel! as the wislom, of the organization of anew army will be apparent; end the very men in thet tate of New York and elsewhere who have resisted this conserip- tion will be among the first to tender their services to fight against the ancient cnemy of America and ‘the op- pressor of Ireland. The Merits of the Draft Question. TO THE BDITOR OF THK Hut It ts mach to be regretted that the lw providing for an Increase of tho army bas been misunderstood by 20 large a number of the community. ‘Tho clause allowing three hundred dollars to be re- coived In lieu of the person to be dra‘ted was intended and believed to secure a greater amount of reliof to a larger number of the community (hin could be obtained by any other sum that could be named The law was intended to secure willing soldiors, ta- stead of those that are unwilling and have a beart iu the work. ‘That the law was calculated to a Mish this obfos6 will be made apparent by the cou toa of the fot lowing fucts:—The law, a it stands, wis intended to soe cure Whe groaiest priblo aivinti cos Uy che Workiog tion of the community by the sum reyuired for relief From the drat. It must be apparent vo all that ifthe sum had been larger a less number of persons wonld bo able to poy It | Ife smaller sum should have been received it ts obvions | that moro persins w have availed themselves cr tt Wiiuout proportionately tncres#ing the anm that would en- able the guveroment to increase the bowity to those w10 would volunteer to accept the bounty and boc me soitl: -® from choice, one of whom is certainly wort two of thre who might be forced into the service against thety w il! The moderate sum of three bundred dolicra wil be paid by thousands of employers for the relie’ of men to | ther employ with families who would otherwias be com- peiled to go, thes depriving mony eingie men from revely- ing « bounty (er which they would be giad (0 serve in a cause 80 glorions a8 that of saving a ration’s life, with all the Interests of @ common huma tty. Tf the drart bad been mate witho: the emdition new provided a thonaand doliab might have been comuded for a substitute, thas putting it entirely oat of the power ef these who coold only raise the eam of three hundred dollars. Without some provision for obtaining wp! ori, a substitute havéreds of employers woutd he con: al) to close their business dbeharge thor bands, by which thousands would be ihrows Ovt Of employ tend, 2 poiler att the herrora 6f poverty, for Ubis approprinvion they would pure toem by @ two- thirds ve, notwithstanding the objection y of the Conscription Act. SUPREME COURT—IN CHAMBERS. Bet ore Justice Barnard. Jour 17.—The People ex. rel. MeCanlay we, Murray, United Stabs Marshal.—This action, brought to test tho constitutionality of the Vonseription act upan a habeas corpus has been suddenly torminated by tho discharge of Dr. McCaulay by a United States Commissioner, A return to that eect was made thie morning to Judge Barnard by the United States Marshal, which, of course , put an end to the proceedings. IL appears that the United States au- thorities aro determined to give no excare, If possible, to the State courts to investigate the queation of ¢ mstita Uionality. Henee they resorted to the short method of releasing the prigoner cuarged with roeletiug the draft It te onderrtood that the same coarse will be pur with al ocher person now UNder arrest on simiar | charges. ‘Their (risn'* have only to bring @ h.jew corpos, and the United States Commissioner wilt die. | miss the complaints, without waiting for the state qoarts to act. The return this morning, which put an endto the Motnuiay Cano, was received with siacere recret by « large concours® Of spectators, among whom wero many prominent members of the bar, Goneral reyret was ox pressed that the ecbetitutionality had not ¥en guilored to be toned Another oe | Writ of Habesn Corpus Obe tained for Bey ty Judge MeCunw € Morris Boyiey in whose behalt Judge od A writ of Lslean corpus, the weit being + Dove's Gounael Ovimipod obbar wei, et te J preeune thas the anc moLives Will in pel othore that have induce? 1.6 to pay tho hounty rejubed for some of my em, layer should they be dra ted, ONE OF THOUSANDS. Phe Effect of the Riot the Piel. TO TUR KDI 8 OF THR WeRALn. Heanquakrans, Vounta Revitkyt N.Y. EL Aen Lem, Fowr FraN aia, Va.yduly 17, tose T transmit bero with a copy of restlu sat meeting of the oficers of Unis regitn@ut 1 (he evening the 16th of July, 1863. Vory respectfully your obo#.cneg servant, HENRY J. KOPVry Heangrartens, Focrra Rwarenr, b Font Ertan Aturx, Va, July 16, X863. Ata mecting of the oilicers ‘of the Fourth regimen New York Heavy Artillery, held as Fort Lthau ANan, Vos the Troops in The committee reporte | as foilowk— Whereas, The pe vee and quiet, us well as the Hires anal prciavty ot the gern entices of Spc mt tra’ ee Ria nomeatte ckt an t0. wiAlakioa, der ‘ of . for thai 1 ty Se BRADY” Hvicyee epeteann mee Fo sirvegiing (OC tl mainton~ thizo ie be | =e, EY As tention ance Md fhe ec All these aiding apd aoe tad brutal mae, cogragenaent, (4 ty ore Dos Bei tie rebeltea Fusoived, TRAY White we condemn and jou wit Ae Souths bea erm robe WOvicm Ich fae gees cots at end abborrence wl Norther tralters acrpnal) ere We Conggeiption aw, 2 wih md restiy its be North tor the supreinrcy wor here. P Of 108 18 Cee TT hile Our heartmin common with vou oy al citiZ0be—were Feolre/ At tbe Hews bag Heal Miva victories Uf one armies, we Are mide wee noouly to rece ee ied uy ® bs OB a res