The New York Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1863, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GUORDUN BENNETTS BDITOR AND PKOPIIKOR OFFICE M.W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU B18, TERMS cash in advance Money sent dy mail will be sithe risk of the sender Nove bus bauk Diils current in Jew York taken ime XXVIII AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway. —Tax Doe's Morro. WINTER GARDEN. Broadway.—Lasn—Cativonnta Di wonvs. " US*UM, Broadway —Livima | eer “! ‘Automaton Writer, 40. at _nnoure ano Dest bRo- WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL 514 Broadwav.—Ermorrax Bones, Dinca, &¢.—E.uuet Bxovuiox aND Panonama or mmx Noeta Rive. NEW IDEA THBATKE, 485 Broadway.—Tas Suve- @1Lkus—Mossigee Luguiaxon, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Cumoumms axp Lxorvuss, from 9a. M. UWP Me BOOLEY'S Foner, Dances, OPERA HOUSE Brooklya.—Ermorus ByRiesoves, ) ad Hew York, Wednesday, July 29, 1863. THE SITUATION. ‘There is no possible doubt that the corps of General Lee's army under Longstreet, Hill and Ewell, passed through Chester Gap on Thursday and Friday, and are now at and south of Culpep- Per. The passage of the rebels was opposed by Buford’s cavalry; but he was compelled to fall back, after capiuring many prisoners and the herds heretofore mentioned. Longstreet’s corps passed through Culpepper on Friday, and @amped that night south of the town. Ewell’s Wagon train, with a strong guard, went south from Strasburg, by way of Staunton, to avoid cap- ture ‘by our cavalry. Rebel prisoners and refa- gees are unanimous in the statement that the ‘morale of the rebel army in Virginia is broken, and that great ‘espondency prevails in all Southern ciro'es, and particularly inthe army. They say that General Lee's plans having proved failures will necessitate the reconstruction of the rebel army of Virginia, while the defection of General Joe Johnston, who it is said refuses to obey the orders of Jeff. Davis, will compel a reconstruction of the rebel army of the Southwest. We give a map to-day of the scene of opera- tions of the armies of Generals Lee and Meade. re second Emperor may be, whether Maximilian of Austria or Prince Napoleon be the chosen ruler of the new empire that is to be? MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. Gea, Ward B Burnett sent in a communication, asking payment for the special troops under his command during the riots, The business which came up a(ter this was entirely routine and void of spe- cial interest. Cotton was in more demand yesterday, at 620. a 630. for middlings, with sales of 1,170 bales reported, There was logs activity in breadstuffs, provisions, coffeo, whis- key and tallow, «¢ deviining priovs. Sugars, hay, rai-ins, advmantine candies and tobacco were in fair request, without any remarkable alteration in value. The move- mente ia other articles. were Nmite¢. Froights were quiet and depressed, ‘The stock market was vory active yesterday. The tendeney of prices was upward fand the volume of Speculation expanding, Gold fluctuated between 127 and 128. Exchange was 139} 8 140. Money was easy; call lomns 5 a 6 per cout. ‘The market for beef cattle ruled dull and heavy this week. owing to the fact that there was a vory large sup- ply on band, while the woather was 80 warm and sultry that the butchors did not care to operate, except to sup- ply their imme liate necessities. Prices varied from 8c. tollc., and strictiy prime sold as bigh as illic. The bulk sold at 90. to 10%;c., and the avorage price was lower than fora long tinre previous. Milch cows were steady at $25 8 $40 a $60. Voals wore rather more Plenty and loss active, at 4)<c. to 7}4c. a Be.; the latter is the extreme rate. Sheep and lambs were plenty and shade lower, varying trom $3 to $5 60 0 $6 25. Swine wore steady at ic. a 65¢c. for corn fed, and4%c. a 53¢0. for still fed. The receipts were: 6,331 beeves, 119 cows, 600 veals, 11,347 sheep and lambs, and 11,300 swine. Full particulars will be pablished in the Wxen- Ly on Saturday. The Rebel Army of Virginia—What is the Prespect? The rebel journals at Richmond do not pre- tend to disguise their gratification over the return of General Lee to the south side of the Potomac, still at the head of s formidable army, and with the bulk of his plunder picked up in Pennsylvania and Maryland. There is no cause for despair, these Richmond argue, with the veteran legions of Gei Lee again on the soil of Virginia, and in a position from which he may defeat all the calculations of the enemy, until the weakened armies of the South shall be strong again, under their new conscription, From this it would appear that, the aggres- sive Napoleonic experiments of Lee having 60 signally failed, he is now to pursue the Fabian defensive policy, carefully avoiding a general battle until his army {s sufficiently reinforced and re-established in every sense to give at least a reaonable assurance of success, Having sueceeded in getting his army over the Blue Ridge and om the southside of the Rappa- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1863, Opdy ke aed the Late Riou—Niggerbend and Ooppernead law ig Now that the riotous demonstrations im the city are over Mayor Opdyke’s pluck has re- | turned. As might bave been expected trom his antecedents, he has taken the firat opportu- | the Finanee Department would be the proper | person to do thie under the cirounmfances. ‘The action of Comptrolier Haws in similar cases is a sufflvient precedent. . Colomel Eatv ‘* Plotures of the War. nity to officially approve the ravings of the Colonel Estvan's “War Pietures from the radical press in regard to the recent disturb- South,” just republished in this city, is s most ances in this city. In his message vetoing the | interesting and remarkable book. It is @ ordinance appropriating two million five bun- dred thousand dollars for the relief of the criticiem a3 well as @ history. It is written with great ability, perfect impartiality and admirable tact. Colonel Eastvan is a brave see eereeeeneceneeneenennenn nn aa een drafied men he deobares that “it is impossible to believe that the riot was anything else than | *ldier and a vigorous writer. His desoription the outbroak of traitors”” No sensible man | Of the seven days’ battles before Richmond, will believe any such trash, The Mayor was which we translated and reprinted some time currently reported as being in such a state of | 88% has never been excelled. His presont work fright on the second day of the riot that he sustains the reputation he acquired by tbat could not sign his own name to a document. | deéription. The gallant Colonel’s position The Tribune then denounced him, and declared | ¥# 4 peculiar one and extremely favorable to that he was “paralyzed with fear.” As a matter uaprejudiced observation. He is a Hungarian of course, man in that condition could not | by birth, served with distinction in several tell anything about the character of the riot. European wars, and came to this country and Now that he has recovered from his fright he started a military school at Richmond. While bas taken a file of the Tribune and ascertained | °>69ged in this enterprise our civil war began. that the monomaniacs of that sheot called it an | Bstvan was sent south by the Richmond au- outbreak of traitors, and forthwith be officially thorities as a military inspector, and was after- promulgates it to the public. Greeley bela- wards appointed a colonel im the rebel ‘caval- bored -him for bis fright, but now praises him | 'Y Still he did not heartily sympathize with for bis patriotism. The Tribune was right then, the rebel cause. In the preface to his work he but d. -idedly wrong aow. fell us: “Although circumstances led me Mayor Opdyke’s incompetency is proverbial. | t0 take service in the Confederate army, I have ‘The publio will hardly give him the credit of not been the leas disposed to do justice to both possessing sufficient brains to write the message sides in this lamentable contest;” and at the referred to. His copying bodily the incendiary close of his volume he prays for and antici- ravings of the radical press is proof positive that pates a reconstruction of the Union. The epin- either some one else penned that document or iens of such a man in regard to the conduct of that he picked up scraps here and there and thus | ©UT war are not to be lightly considered. made a message. It is a notorious fact that all In order to make it still more evident that throughout the riots, frightened asthe Mayor | Colonel Estvan, though looking at the conflict was,he was intriguing with Greeley and the other from a Southern standpoint, is not tinged by editorial members of the little Satanic Com. | Tebel prejudices in his criticisms and remarks, mittee. He was, in fact, a complete tool in | We must also quote his explicit declarations their hands and aided them in their incendiary that “the Southerners were the originators work. In officially approving the ideas of the of this disastrous war. We were the rebellious radical preashe had degraded his official posi- | 908 of a worthy mother.” And again he em- tion to further their atrocious achemes, and | Phatically says “And now, drawn into the given them the strength of his official sanction, if whirlpool of events, I found myself, almost it adds any strength, which is exceedingly | #8ainst my will, serving in the ranks of a for- doubtful. Greeley is perfectly willing to give | cign army and fighting for a cause with which him a puff for his patriotism for the sake of the | 2either my head nor heart could thoroughly endorsement of his ideas by the Chief Magistrate | sympathize.” These sentiments of this brave of this city. Greeley imagines that such an en- | S0ldier of fortune give additional point to his dorsement will give strength to his incendiary | keen criticisms of the shortcomings of our schemes at Washington, and thus enable him | ®dministration and that of Jeff. Davis, and also to yet carry out his plot in this city. lend additional heartiness to his praise of such None but monemaniacs and frightened men | Senerals, in both armies, as seem to him de- could have watched the progress of the riot | %tving. Thus he says of General McClellan, and believe that it was an outbresk cf traitors. | ®fter the battle of Rich Mountain :— It originated simply ia the opposition to the “But theenemy the rebels had most cause to It is thought by the military authorities in | hannock, it remains to be disclosed whether ‘Washington that the rebel army is about to oocupy | Gen- Lee will resume his old camping grounds $e old ground near Fredericksburg. A Union | 0" the heights of Fredericksburg, or take’ up 4 Bannock, near the railroad station, The pickets front, 4o take care of the communications with of the enemy are in view, and sometimes come | Richmond in his rear. In any évent we hops within carbine range of our men, who are pro- | that General Halleck has had enough of the tectod by the old fortifications erected by General | tine of the Rappabaonock as 8 base of opern- Pope, The river is said to be unfordable at this | tions, and of Aquia creek as a base of supplies, point for any large body of troops. to convince him that any other route to Rich- Some fears are said to be entertained in Wash- erage et ail a than this. that a forel, ww is it, by the way, n. can move ra t ii 4 iy ae wi “gt "| an army of a hundred thousand men two hun- pear onion 's pus down. Z¥ appears | dred miles away from his base of operations, that our government hus notified Earl Russell that and without any base of supplies, and back ‘ it cannot perm't the fitting out of rebel vessels in again by the same route, while our army can- British ports, and that if persisted in our war | not be moved towards Richmond without a ships will not regard such ports as any protection | base and store of supplies close behind it to the privateers. if the government of England | sufficient for the siege of Sebastopol? sllows this threat to be put into execution, well In this matter there has always been some- and good. If not, then it is difficult to perceive Sing te we very perplexing ‘sad saggestive of immedia' something wrong. If our army, without a base wees Sea er ee ee ae of supplies, can pursue the rebel army from VO! le Harper’s Ferry along the flank of the Blue The steamship Star of the South, which arrived Ridge to the Rappabannook, why not from that here froim Charleston bar on the 25th at noon, | extraordinary river right on to the navigable reports that she towed the United States steam | waters of the Richmond peninsula? Will our battery Passaic from this port and left her off | soldiers eat any more in a week’s marching on Charleston bar. Her commander, Captain Wood- | the brie ° seller, sosperne' ts err ee require on the north side? But there may be rebel hull, reports that when he left the bar the siege of chatenbiela: 6a tha! sriy!, Beaboad Chkes kb, are we compelled to run our heads against them, like Burnside, or to halt alongside of them, like Hooker? Is not the country wide enough and with roads enough to enable us to turn all these rebel obstructions down to the Chickahominy? But, after all, is not the road by way of the White Honse or by way of Har- rison’s Landing the shortest road to Richmond, and the shortest now to the army ef Lee? Our menaep as with Grant's army farnishes ean ong i hig stan seen cba bed bb @ most interesting description of the recent occu- | become azain @ “slough of despond,” where pation of Jackson, it seems to be quite a puzzle j wasting delays or bluadering and disastrous to our generals why Joe Johnston should have | fits of activity will wear away. the glorious Fort Warner still continued, as cannonading was distinctly heard and shells were quite visible. The Fesult was not ascertained. The schooner Albert Mason, which left Port Royal a day later, July 26, reports that the | siege of Fort Wagner was progressing, and on the evening of her sailing her captain heard firing when off Charleston, thus showing that hostilities ‘were «gain resumed, evacuated the place, a- he had a large army which fs thought to have considerably outnumbered us, A special despatch to Cincinnati yesterday from Lex'ngton, Kentucky, states that General Bragg's advance guard, two thousand five hundred stron, attacked and drove back our troops under Colonel Sanders from Richmond to the Kentucky river in | great confusion. All our troops bad fallen back | to within five miles of Lexington, the capital of Kentucky, the rebels following them closely. Martial law was proclaimed in Lexington yester- day, and al the male citizens were called out for the detence of the city. The rebel force at last accounts was mov ng northward, via Crab Or- chard. | The shel prize steamer Merrimac came into port ) ay, in charge of Acting Ensign Stod- | dard, United Sates Navy. She was captured by the United States gunboat Troqhois Commander ] Case, on the morning of the 25th instant, after | @ ehase of seven howe, having run the blockade at Wilmington, N.(. the night prevons. She is | @ side-whee! iron sies ier, and was built ' London | in 1862 for the rebel government. She has a cargo of five huwired and seventy-six bales and thirty- four half bales of cotton, eleven kegs of tobm and a small quantity of turpentine. The Merri- summer for success, and the golden autumn, and another long and dismal winter. We have reason to fear that the advantages offered from the victory of Gettysburg, like those of Antie- tam, will be frittered away upon some new and magnificent scheme of General Halleck or Sec- retary Stanton. Against any such intermed- dling schemes we can only rely upon the good sense and disinterested patriotism of President Lincoln. The paramount and primary object now to be kept in view is a final settlement with the army of Gen. Lee before it is reinforced from Bragg and Johnston and from the new and sweeping rebel conscription into an army fifty thousand stronger than our Army of the Poto- mac. The rebellion has but this one powerful army of Lee to stand upon. All the other armies of Jeff. Davis have been broken into fragments, If he, therefore, on bis interior lines, can hurry up to Lee the forces of Bragg and Johnston, and such conscripts as can be mustered in Virginia and North Carolina, in ad- | vance of another great battle, we may yet, be- fore the end of this summer, be startled with anther advance of Lee's army for the rear of Washington. P Aud why should not Davis adhere to this plan of operations? He has lost the Southwest, mac, Lizde and another rebel steamer ran the * blockade together. The two former are captured, | but the third is as yet free. We have prepared to-day, and publish in another column, ah ghly interesting and important colla- tion of extracts from our foreign files relative to affairs in Mexico. The designs of Louis Napoleon fn regard to that country are pretty fully set forth: ‘The occupation of Sonora as a French province; he renewal of an alliance with Spain; a visit and p confidential talk with Queen Victoria during her pproaching sojourn in Germany: these are por- there is by the overthrow of our Army of the Potomac and the capture of Washington. Des- perate cases call for desperate remedies; and we would admonish the administration to be- ware lest the desperate remedy of Davis be the id concentration of all the odds and ends of alf bis armies in the army under Lee for another offensive campaign. cat Journars.—-The radical journals have not as yet published the reports made by Generals Wool and Sandford upon the subject of the late riots, These are public documents, and | his party and relinquishing all pretensions to ' consistency; the poor people would be re- | the Eleveuth Jardine Zouaves, killed a citizen named draft. The feeling against the draft owes its fear was Gen. McClellan himself, the abiest and origin to the obnoxious articles in the nigger- | best officer of the Union, whose military quali- head journals, like the Tribune, Times and Post, | ties commanded the respect of his opponents.” and their incendiary pourse, in connection with | Commenting upon the battle of | Manassas, Col. the Giatribes of the copperhead organs, like the'|-Eatvan also saye:—‘Tt-may be fairly asserted News, World end Express.” The niggerhead | that if McClellan had hela the command afew ‘and copperhead: politicians, with the full co-op- | Weeks earlier the battte of Mannsens would not ération of the organs of each class, have been for | have been lost.” In strong contrast to these months past Teboring to bring on a revolution | Chivalricand truthful eufogies is the Colonel’s in this city, and force matters into such a con- | Contempt for the administration which sacrificed dition that would bring about o collision be- | it best general to its politics. Let the follow- tween the State and United States governments, | ing extract suffice upon this point for to-day:— Nothing would please either side better than that. | “Lincoln no doubt meant well, and endeavored On the second day of the riot one of Greeley’s | do his duty; but he was, unfortunately, sur- active followers and prominent politician in | founded by ® party who, governed by selfish this olty openly asserted before apumber of | motives, did not scruple to bring their once persons in one of our principal streets that | happy but now afflicted country to the very he rejoiced to see the riot go on. “I want,” | verge of ruin, McClellan was made to suffer he said, “to have it extended into every | from this factious conduct, which not only ward in the city.” This politician | Stieved him sensibly as a patriot, but greatly no doubt had received his instructions | Obstructed his operations as 4 military com- from the little Satanic Committee, | mander, and in fact threatened to endanger the for be was loud in their praise. It needed no*| eventual safety of his army.” Such werds as close observer of men to have discovered that | these from a generous soldier ought to bring a both the extreme niggerhead and the extreme | blush to the chook of even the most fanatical copperhead politicians were in their glory | of the abolition radicals. when the riots commenced. They saw in the | But the radicals may object, as they have ob- outbreak, as they supposed, the consummation | jected before, that the rebels praise McClellan of their long matured plot. Hence the des- | because hois their ally. This infamous argument peration of the radicals whon they saw that the | will not apply to Col. Estvan’s book. He praises riot would be put down too soon, and the des- | McClellan, but be also speaks highly and ap- perate efforts of the extremes on the other side | Preciatively of Rosecrans, Grant, Buell, Lyon, to force Governor Seymour into a position Sigel, McDowell, Corcoran, Tyler, Heintzet- against the general government. man, Hunter, Franklin, Burnside, Fremont, These niggerbead and copperhead political | Fitz John Potter, Buiier, Sherman, Nelzon, intriguers, with the incendiary revolutionary ar- | Colonel Mulligan and the other Unien officers, ticles of their journals, came very near ruining | 924 does full justice to the bravery of the the city, and will yet if they are not careful. Union soldiers. In a word, he admires and While the true conservative men of the city | blames as he thinks right, without hesi- were doing all that was in their power to | tating because the person under discussion is a put an endto the riot, the radical republicans | Union man or arebel. This makes his book and the Mozart Hall and other extreme men on | Sl tbe more valuable and his conclusions all that side were rushing around and doing all | the more impregnable. His scathing exposure they could to inflame the public mind and | Of Floyd’s cowardice is an illustration of bis im- interfere with the military and otber authori- | partiality, and not less entertaining is his de-. ties. The only democratic organization that | scription of this thieving Secretary at Fort maintained s atraightforward and true position | Donelson, when he became suddenly brave at was thatof Tammany Hall. Its Jeaders were | the prospect of being captured by Grant, and foremost wherever their assistance was neces- | “probably would have sooner encountered any sary to restore order. Let the public bear this | risk from oold, hunger or other privations in mind, and they may be able to avoid a repe- | rather than that of becoming a prisoner under tition of the recent deplorable scenes. the federal authorities.”” Jeff. Davis himself is ot Mot exempt from Colonel Estvan’s criticisms, Tae Exemption Onpiance anv Tas Mayor's | He shows conclusively that a large party in the VT0.—Now that Mayor Opdyke has vetoed the | confederacy is bitterly hostile to the rebel Presi- ordinance appropriating two million five bun- | dent, and accuses him of demoralizing the public dred thousand dollara to pay the exemption | mind by showing the white feather whenever money for men drafted from this city, we sup- | Richmond was in danger. But perhaps the pose thatthe members of the Common Council | most singular feature of Colonel Estvan’s book will be called upon to fulfil their pledge to pass | is his evidence of the thoroughness of the rebel the ordinance over the voto. It would be far | spy system at Washington. Thus he says:—*It better for them, however, to frame an entirely | had been learned, through private sources of new ordinance. The present one, which was | information, that McClellan purposed making a offered by Alderman Hardy, appears to be a | flank movement with his army.” And mere political trap. It is as full of holesas® | again:—“No sooner was his intended eeive. It is expressed #0 vaguely that it means | scheme of operations known at Washington nothing. It is 6o drawn that the last clause | than it was communicated, by means of nullifies all the others, It seems expressly de- | aotive espionage, to the government at signed to be vetoed. In short, its only possi- | Richmond, where the necessury steps were ble use is to make a little political capital for | forthwith taken to counteract it” And the copperheads and possibly to provoke # | again:—“But we were kept well informed by contest between the State and national govern- | our agents of the plans of the federal govern- ments in the courts, whe the poor people it | ment’’—and so on for page after page. Let us | professes to relieve may be drafted half» duzen | recommend to President Lincoln to pay a! | times before the Supreme Court devides up- | Jittle attention to these hints of a leak in the | and his only chance of recovering his losses | on the constitutionality of the Conscription act | War Department. Indeed, we do not know | * | anid gives the ordinasce any practical effect. any better advice we can give Mr. Lincoln | | Let Alderman Hardy’s weak concoction be | than to urge upon him to read the whole of | | thrown overboard, therefore, and a mew ordi-| Qolonel Estvan’s valuable work very atten- ; nance be prepared, offering « bounty of three | tively. It may open bis eyes to many matters hundred dollars to every drafted man who of memeat, to which we have not space to | | either goes to the war or sends a substitute. | refer to-day, but which we ehall take an early |. Such an ordinance would please all parties. opportunity of commending to his most serious | s 3 2 | It wonld be as legal as any of the other bounty | consideration. Gexenats Woot axp Sanprorp ann tae Raptr | ordinances passed by the city government. Citizen Killed by a Sol Atmarv, ‘This afternoon a soldier named Rickard McManus, of 1 The Mayor could not veto it without ruining Heved of the onerousness of the Graft, and, | George Broadbeck, apparently without provocation. | McManus was on guard duty at the barracks, and as should by all means have been reproduced by finally, the governmont would be supplied with every journal in our city. Why are these his- | men instead of greenbacks, and no collision torical papers not made public by the radical | between the city or State and national authori- presst Those desiring to know have but to | ties cowld possibly occur. Who will do the read (le reports in question to fully under. ' city, State and county a service by drawing up stand Cie reason “| gush © queanure? Perhana the taw officer of of Napoleon's plans towards completing the Mestiny of the empire of Mexico. A-tketch of the Bife and death of iturbide, the first Emperor of Mexico, forms part of our story to-day. It is a @ignificant history. Who can tell + hat the fate of Broadbeck passed him on the highway he shot bim. of a Steam! Sinking a — im che Missie- La Oncom, Wis., July 28, 1968. ‘The steamboat Flora etruck a reek near Minona, and | qartedaQve minutos, We dive warn fost, | NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasumaros, July 26, 1863. ANTLOIP ATED EFFEOT ON OUR FORBION KBLATIONS OF THE BSCAPE OF LEM. ‘The faiture of Genoras Meade to pen up the rebel army under Lee ia the more regretted hore as it is manifest thas through the prolongation ef the civil war and the defer. ment of the punishment due to England and France for their conduct, under existing circumstances we may be precipitated into a foreign war bofore we have quite finiehed up the reboilion. The prudence of the British Authorities may, however, avert this resuit, Earl Russell has ore this been informed that the Unised States will not permit the fitting out of veasels-of-war in British ports to Prey upon our commerce, and that if it is allowed to pro- ceed wo shall not hesitate to go into British Porta to capture such vessels, If this be war, England “must make the most of it,” Unele Sam is tired of British policy, and feels strong enough to crush the rebollion and give Jobn Bull a lively turn at the same time, In alittle while all the privoipal South- ‘orn ports, from Virginia to Texas, will be garrisoned with Union troops, and our whole navy, excopt what may be Fequired to keep open the navigation of the Mussissippl, will bejiberated for operations against a foreign foe. ‘There are indications that tho British government will taxe a sensible view of the course, and avoid any colli- sion with us. But if it should not we shall unquestiona- bly have a foreign war upon our hands without delay. THE OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. ‘The consolidation of French power in Mexcio is:the, uppermoss topic of conversation among poli- ticians of cuperior note, and it isa matter of cogret that the official organ, im ite article on the pubject, gives no hope of a government policy, in carrying on the war with the South, that will enable us to intervene practically against European domination. The thing specially oxcercises the representatives here of all American governments. ABRANGEMENTS FOR THE SAFE KBGPING OF THE OAP- TURED REBEL OFFIOMRS. As the rebel officers captured are likely to romain in custody for eome time to come, arrangements have been made for their accommodation at Sandusky, Obio, ang they are being forwarded to that point as rapidly as pos- sible, and all of this class of prisonors who may fall into our hands will be sent there hereafter, until the rebol au- thorities are disposed to carry out faithfully the cartel of ‘exchange. DESPATCH OF ANOTHBR INSTALMENT OF REBEL PRI- SONERS, Afiag of truce boat will be sent to City Point to-mor- row with seven hundred rebel prisoners, enlisted men, from Fort Delaware, for excha ize. TBE THREATENED REBEL TREATMENT OF UNION SOLDIERS, Serious complications are likely to arise from the bar- barous treatment by the rebels of nogro soldiers who falt foto ther hands. If the policy announced by the rebel officers at Fort Wagner, of gelling at auction all nogro sol diers captured, is carried out, retaliation ‘is inevitable, Section 3, paragraph 68, ot the instructions for the gov- eromoent of the armies of the United States in tho flola, issued April 24, provides that the retaliation for such & course shall be death on rebel prisoners in our bands, THE ABSENCE OF YSLLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS FOR TWO SEASONS, General ‘Shepley, Military Governor of Louisiana, at- tributes to the scrupulous cleanliness of New Orleans by the military authorities the fact that yellow fever has not raged as usual in the bot season, He says that o0 city is now moro healthy than New Orleans. This isan important point in connection with the conquering and holding of points in the Southwest by the Union armies. . ‘Meantime the sithiness of Washiogton is unexamyfed, end it 1s feared that “Yellow Jebk”” will transfor his, quarters hither, The city revenues”have ‘been trebiod ‘Binoe the'war; but they are mostly squandered. > PROGRAMME OF KEPUBLICAN [AYERS FOR TAH FO- <$0MAC ARMY'S OPERATIONS. Articles that have appeared almost simultancously in the three repablican-papers of this city ,go to show that the Army of the Potomac is hereafter vo act mainiy on the defensive, while aggressive operations are to comtinue im the South and Southwest, GENERAL HOOKER'S PROSPECTIVE COMMAND, ‘Xe is atated in weil informed quarters that Gen. Hooker is to be transferred to the command of the Department of ‘Missouri. THE RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE SERVICE OF GEN. HARNEY, As General Harnoy'’s age did aot approximate that of General Wool, nor ts he laboring undor the least physical disability, speculation has been busy as to the cause of retiring him. The idea is thrown out that he does not thoroughly accord -with the administration in its entire military policy, THE CONTEMPLATED MARRI. TO Mia . It is anderatood that the matrimonial alliance between Senator Sprague and Miss Chase is not to take place until eutuma. i Mas rte aed of yg A Chase. Tide's. Chase, Secretary ot ibe. Treaan sir) tor data city by the eleven o'clock train this forenoon, in a spe- cial car, for Philadelphia, New York, and Newport, R. 1. In his absence the duties of Secretary will, as usual, de voive upon Assistant Secretary Harri 5 During the absence of the Secretary it is reported that bo will give away in marriage to Senator 6 (ex- Governor and ex-Major General of ‘the State of Rhode Iniand and Providence Plantations,”) bis accomplished daughter, Miss Kate Chase. It in said that the cercme. vy toto take place at Newport; but of this we are oot certaid. COLORED OF GENATOR SPRAGUE INTERESTING FROM FORTRESS MONROB, Visit of Secretary Seward President's to views—The Prize Steamer Planter dc. MR. W, H. STINER'S DESPATCH. Fontraas Mowror, July 27, 1863. ARRIVAL OV IMPORTANT PERSONAGES, Late yesterday afternoon the bonorable and venerable ecretary of State, Wm. H, Seward; his Assistant Seore- stary, Mr. F. W. Seward and laay; Major A. H. Sewara, Ro- vert Liecoin, son of the President, and one or two other distiuguished parties errived here from Wasbington in the United States gunboat Flia, Captain Richard Wail com- ‘mandiag. Mr. Seward on coming imto the harbor pro- ceeded at once to Newport's News, and was received by Rear Admiral S. P. Lee w:th the honor becoming the dig- nity of the prime minister of the United States. The fag ship Minnesota fred a salute of fifteen guns, and the ma- rine corps was drawo up io line, presenting arms, while the distinguished gucsts were aboard. . eC DOmNwEsS OF THX vimT, ‘The visitors spent the night on board of their owa boat, aod this morning at an carly hour arrived at this Suite, the at Nortolk arranging Bis command, and knew noth! the of iho honorable secretary until after be bad Voft. At about cleven o'clock Pelouze con ducted Mr seward and suite the Third Pennsyivania Roberts commanding w: crossing the bridge to the eallypor fifteen guns was fired from the water battery, under @i rection of Lieutenant Juba Livens, Post Quartermaster ¢ REVIRW. Mr Seward, accompanied by Colonel Pelouze, inapected the regiment, walking — the regiment eubsequeatiy paid diet compliment of a marching salute. Aftor the parade the visitors were escorted tw the residence of Colonel Ro- berts and entertained to refresbments. Among the par. ties present at the Colonel's headquarters were Brigadier General Meredith, Major W. R. Gibson, Paymaster, Voited ‘States Army and numerous other prominent oMeers of the garrizon and department. ‘THE RETURN. The visito.s © themeerves highly pleased with All they w'tnessed, and retura to Wash: im pressed with » pleasant recotiection of Fortress Monree. The Fila left bere this afternoon with Mr. Seward and party board. ? 3 é Newann, N.J., July 98, 1968. Cotonel A. J. Johnson, of city, formerty of the Righth New Jersey, an accomp!tshed offeer, « ounded at ‘Witteassburg, has beon Major im the devalia Gores. and ordered to = REBEL ADVANCE IN KENTUCKY. Bragg’s Army Supposed to be Moving Northward. Martial Law Proelaimed in Lexington, and the Citizens Ordered Under Arms, &., &e., &e. Cmenmcant, July 28, 1863, A spoctal despatch 0 the Cummerciai, daied Lexington, Ky., eaya:— The rebela this morning attacked our forces at itch mond, consisting of a small detachment under Cokacl Saaders. after an hour's severe febtwg our troops ware compelled to fall back to the Kontucky river, badly cut up. ‘Tho rebel force wag ectimatcd at two thousand hv~ bondred, with six guus. ibey are supposed to be the advance of Bragg’s army. At the latest advices our troops bid fallen boek witha five miles of Lexmgton. The enomy is cloaely tollowi« Martial law bas been proclaimed () L+xington,a@ al able bodied citizens between eighteen aud ivity-five Lave ‘been ordered to report for duty. It is thought the cng cap be held against the rebels Rede) citizens report the rebei force over 15,000 atreng, moving in a nortaerly dircotion, vin Crab Crchard. ANOTHER BLOCKADE RUNNER CAPTURED, Capture of the Rebel Steamer Merrimac, with a Carge Valued at $475,000—Her prize steamer Merrimac came into port yes- terday morning, in charge of Acting Ensign Stoddard, United States Navy. She was captured by tho United States gunboat Iro- quois, Commander Case, on tho morning of the 25th instant, after a chace of seven hours hiving rum the blockade at Wilmington, N.C , tho night previous. Sho ip @ sido-wheol iron steamer 0 636 tons measurement, 600 horse power, and built in London fin 1862 for the rebot government. She bas acarzo of 676 uales and 34 haw bales of cotton, 11 kegs of tobacco, a small quantity of turpentine, &. ‘The Merrimac, Lizzie and anothor rebel steamer ran the blockade togethor, The two former are captured, the third ie as yet free. ‘The following are the officers put 00 board the Merrimas from the Iroquoi:— sae ce steioaee cae and Farle. Master's Mates Mitchel! and Dex or. Captain Valentine Robinson, J. VW. Jono, firat oftcer , and eight seamen of the prize, aro on board. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Before Honorable Judge Betts. Taly 28.—The United Stales vs. the “teamer Merrimac, Her Tackle and Cargo —Mir. &. Detafie’ Smith, United States District Attorney , this day file a libel for the en demnation and forfeiture of the above named steamor, captured as ayprize on the 24th July inst, off Masouboro’ Inet, N. C., by the Unitea States gunboat Iroquois, Capt. A. Ludiow Case, commander, and brought to ths port this morving in charge of prize master Thomas Stotaard. t ve met, that cotton (about $180,0U0 worth), turpentine aud tobsoce, and run the bluckade. ‘the red * an ote —— (oom: ber deck load, ton ehip.ara with.s hope of es- . cature, Sh fore a6 Howtos Of Governor's ‘oak ‘the cuttody ef Unitod states Marshal Murray. THE PRIVATEERS. The Georgia Off Cape Frio—Report of Captain Clark, of ihe Brig Meace, &e. Captain Clark, of tie brig Meaco, which arrived a Philadelphia om Monday iast from Rw Janeiro June 21, reports that bo left at that port tho ship Goorge Griswold, Lunt, from London, which bad veon bearded by the steamer Georgia and bon ied for $100,000 Brought home. & portion of the officers and crows of whip Jaber Snow and bark Amazonian, which were captured and burnee by the Alabama ww lattiude 14 25 south, loagiiids 94.38 west. Gn the night of Junc 22, Cape Frio bearing wos northwest eihty miles, fell in with a vossel hove to; as s00n ag they made our firht they bore off and ran for as; ‘wo immediately extinguished our ligbts aud kept off be- fore the wind, and through the darkness of the nighi sue ceeded in losing sight of her sn the course of one buur. T Dave oo doubt but thot i: was the Georgia, as she bad been cruising off Cupe Frio two or three weeks. Imsurances om Boston Vessels Desicure ‘ by Rebel Pirates. Posvow, July 2%, 1863, ‘Tho ship Red Gauntict, of Boston, burned by tae Mort da, was iseured in this city 0a follows:— Manufacturers’... $20,000 Alliance Washington........ 10,009 Equitabl ‘F08 Borlon bark Geod Hope, burned by the Alabama with ber cargo and freight, was principally imenrod os follows -— Equitable Safety... $29,000 China Mutunl.. Amorican..... 1) 000 Manutaciurers’ ..... -$15990 1! 1,We wed ne Tort, FASHION PLEASURE GROUNDS—-TROTTING. Toxspar, July 28— Match $1,000, mile heats, bes: thros in Ove, to wagons D, VOfer named b. g. D. Mace named e, m. Minnie ‘Time—2 392, —2 43; — First Heat.—Mivnie baving de in a race of ive well contested irrats, tm the pressnt’race until just before the start, \.)en, a9 effort being made by many of the backers of tho hese to get on him »t any orice, he bad (be call. iuleski win ning the pole—which was thought a groat advauinge eo Lorses 0 equally matched #8 theee are—ten iv elt was given io hisfaver, Pulaski hat the beat of the send off, and went around the upper turn to the quarter pole half a Jeugth ahead of the mare in forty apd a quarter seconds. race was very fine, toe horses Down tho backstretch the going side and side Pulaski was 2 bead and shoulders im tat the half mile pele int 19s From thereto the threo-quarter pole the were head and bead, aad w thet way they swung og the bomestretch. Whey about balf way up the stretch the mare began vo bobbin, and te ioe time br ke vp, and /uask: went io winner by a length in 2:39) Second Heat.—Puianti was offered a: (wo to one to anv amount. He took the lead at th sturt, ond (he mare breaking on the turn, gave him an open teneth the ad pre toby Lien pole, which he paased wu tony and these quarters. The mare then ber. self and #oon overtook Pulaski, carryin: him to @ ‘and passing the ball mile pole four ler he ot of nw to 121. Mare kopt the daylight y Filia between Der and ber it all the way round to ihe tao’, wi + Bicel; 43% Heat —The mare now having the pole her mack dink her chonves good tor the rac, spe z < . i 3 3 Tie y i ii 22 fl : . Phe bert on this a te gre ncaa ets ee 2 e the Rvcwona re if Good be a Fashion Course. Mes Acovrrs L. Dagon wit give entertaininent