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We do not return rejected communications Volume XXVIUIL............cccsecsees++N@e B19 SR RSS REE SERRE EE AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tar Duxe's Morro. ‘oe GARDEN, Broadway.—Lzan—Poor Pitit- WEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. i Atauming Ssonisick—ARrroL Dopgss. eer: BABNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—' Thurs Cats—Onana OvtaNa-auromizen Warten eae all hours Ravrantux, tux REPnonats—TDYiNG ft ON. Afternoon and Evening. WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermrorrax Fomos, Vances. &c.—Tancer Exougsion aND PaNoRaua or tae Noata Rivas. NEW IDEA THEAT! : | Mumicur meget BE, 485 Broadway.—La Syiraive: NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 B: — ‘Contosrries anv Lecruess, Troma Mio Me HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSB, Brooklyn.— Poncs. Dances, Buatesouxs, = soon | New York, Sunday, August 2, 1863. THE SITUATION. Oar latest dates from Charleston are to the 29th ult., by the transport Belvidere. General Gillmore had succeeded in erecting a long line of batteries ‘within two hundred and fifty yards of Fort Wagner. He had also mounted three heavy siege guns with- * im e mile and a quarter of Fort Sumter, which were ‘to open fire on Sumter the day the Belvidere sailed. General Gillmore was confident that when he mounted all his heavy siege guns he would soon reduce Sumter. The Belvidere saw two Monitors and the Ironsides engaging Fort Wagner as she left the baron Wednesday. The government at Washington regard the position of affairs as posi- tively indicative of the speedy capture of that city. Some of our cavalry of the Potomac army crossed the Rappahannock river at the Station yesterday. The bridge is reported to be in a con- dition whioh will render crossing safe verysoon. ‘There is no news of consequence from the front to-day. Mosby’s guerillas have been dispersed, + and the sutlers’ stores recently captured all ro- covered. The President has issued a retaliatory order, to ‘the effect that there shall be hanging for hanging and shooting for shooting on the Union side as far as such punishments are inflicted by the enemy. It further declares that for every black man in the military service of the government who may, upon capture, be sent into slavery a white rebel prisoner shall be kept in prison at hard labor until the black man is released. In the case of the Peterhoff, which has caused so much discussion both here and in England, Judge Betts has just delivered a decision in the United Btates Distriet Court, condemning that vessel upon evidence proving the illegality of her alleged mis- sion to Matamoros. The importance of this deci- ion in our Court of Admiralty cannot be disguised, in view of the opinions heretofore expressed by British statesmen and the British press. A casus ‘Delli may lie behind the finding of the District ‘Court, for aught we can tell. All accounts in Washington concur in the idea Ahat further military movements depend upon the Gilling up of the army by the Conscription act. If ‘this bo really #0,a long pause in the campaign huay be expected. We give some interesting news from the Gulf to- ay, comprised in our despatches and correspond- from New Orleans by the Morning Star, which judea tho surrender of Brashear City to our » the probable movements of Gen. Grant, ‘which still point in the direction of Mobile, and the resulta of the opening of trade on the Mississippi. ‘ Notwithstanding the ramors prevailing in the yesterday and circulated by some of the pa- fen that the draft would be resumed here to-mor- ‘ow, thore is no truth whatever in the statement, Wo official instructions to proceed with the draft Qhavé been received by the proper authorities in Rhis city, nor is there the least fear that it will be besumed without a proper and timely aunounce- rent from headquarters. { MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. In the United States District Court yesterday Dodge Betts rendered decrees of condemnation of Khe British steamers Peterhoff, Springbok and others, and their cargoes, the aggregate value of which will amount to over $1,500,000. { It was decided in the Supreme Court yesterday at Judge McCunn, as City Judge, bas not the thority to issue the writ of habeas corpus. This jecision, in view of the writs of haboas corpus frecently issued by the City Judge, in connection prith the recent riots, is very important, By way of San Francisco we have accounts the West Coast of Mexico, the Bandwich » Japan and China. A French fleet, with thoasand troops to garrison the Mexican Pa. fic ports, was expected at Acapulco. Commis er MoBride had arrived at the Sandwich ‘lands and entered upon his duties, T) poenmmts from Japanetate that war with Fr » | Wer and England was certain, and that the Japancse | are much better prepared than has been sup- osed. Pow*an named John Hunt, thirty years of age, was almost instantly killed at a late hour last even- ing, at No. 37 Park street, by an Italian named Salvator J. Alina, Hunt was standing in a pag- sage at the above number with several other par- ties, and as Alina passed through exclaimed, “I can lick any one in this crowd.” Alina turned and answered, “Come out here, and I'll see whether you can or not.” He passed into the back yard followed by Hunt. A clinch ensued; but t® parties separated, and Hunt went into the passage way again. Alina returned in a few moments, and an an- gty conversation took place. Suddenly the parties clinched each other, and in a moment afterwards, Hunt exclaimed, “I am murdered, I am murdered.” Alina immediately made his escape. Hunt was taken to the New York Hospital, but died immediately, He was found to have been stabbed through the heart. It is thought Alina will be arrested to-day. The number of vessels entered at this port from foreign ports during the month of July was five hundred and five, and the number of vessels cleared for foreign ports during the same period four hundred and forty. Of those cleared three hundred and seventy-three were foreign, and only seventy American. ‘The stock market was active and buoyant yesterday, the advance being led by Now York Central, which rose three per cent. Gold fell off to 128 0n the nows from Charleston. Exchange was 141 a 1413z. Money was easy; call loans 5 a 6 per cent, A moderate business was transacted fn cotton on Satur- day, at steady prices, Fresh ground four was in de- mand, and was firmer. Whoat and corn were quiet and unsettled. There was increased activity. in pork, lard and tallow, with limited movements in other kinds of Provisions, as also in hides, leather, oils, coffee, teas, molasses, motals and naval stores. Hay, codfish, mack- erel and whiskey were in fair request. The freight en- gagements were quite limited. The Restoration of the Rebellious States— What Says the Administration? In view of the rapidly failing fortunes of the rebellion, the policy of the government for the restoration of the rebellious States to the bless- ings of the Union becomes a most important question. What course will the administration most probably pursue? The simple course of considering a State recovered from the armed forces of Davis, not as a State conquered from a foreign Power, but as a State always in the Union, and happily released from a treasonable usurpation; or the policy of Senator Sumner, of considering every seceding State as having forfeited its rights and privileges as a State, and ag having, when wrested from the rebel- lion, no claims upon the general government beyond those of an unorganized Territory of the United States? There is a division in President Lincoln’s Cabinet upon this subject. Mr. Seward, for ex- ample, is in favor of the substantial restoration of “the Union as it was,” and of the Southern States asthey were, under the compromises of the constitution, while Mr. Chase and the ra- dical abolition faction are fanatically the ad- vocates of Mr. Sumner’s revolutionary pro- gramme, or something like it. too, that the radical faction hold the balance of power in the councils of the administration, and It is believed, that they intend to carry out their designs at all hazards and to the last extremity. .One of the Washington journalsa—the Chronicle—acting as the special organ of this radical faction in the Cabinet; in discussing this question: of the “re- admission” of the rebellious States, contends that some rejiable guurantee for their future goed behavior must be had from them before they can be readmitted, and that, as “slavery was the cause of the rebellion, and will be of a second rebellion hereafter, should the slave- holding States ever become strong enough to” attempt it again, “the conclusion is irresistible that the extinction of slavery in the seceded States should be made a condition of their readmission into the Union, that being the only guarantee they can give that they will not re-enact the crimes by which they have deluged the land with blood.” In other words, the policy of the radical fac- tion is to enforce the emancipation proclama: tion of President Lincoln to its fullest extent, by securing from every rebellious State, as the indispensable “condition precedent” of its readmissioh to the Union, some proceedings on its part or in its behalf Securing “the extinc- tion of slavery.” President Lincoln’s emanci- pation proclamation was confessedly a military measure, limited in its enforcement to the “ military necessity” evoking it. Mr. Lincoln has also repeatedly declared, in effect, that the restoration of the Union with him is the para- mount object, and that he would use the insti- tution of slavery as an instrument for this great end—the Union—in favor of slavery, or against slavery, as might be found most expedient. This policy of making the slavery question sub- ordinate to the Union is the policy which dic- tated Mr. Seward’s despatch to the French government, suggesting that the Congress of the United States is a peace convention, in which the rebellious States may have their wrongs righted by simply returning each its quota of members to the two houses. According to this simple, conservative and entirely just and satisfactory line of action, the people of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, substantially releas- ed of their rebel rulers and rebel armies, are now in a condition to proceed to the election of their members to the federal Congress. But weremember that recently a committee from the loyal slaveholding planters of Louisiana applied to the President for permission to pro- ceed to the election of members of Congress, State officers, &c., under the existing State con- stitution (pro-slavery); and we remember, foo, that the prayer of the petitioners was not grant- ed. Mr. Lincoln had been informed that move- ments were on foot for the calling of a State convention to remodel the constitution of the State; and besides, political elections in Loui- siana prematurely undertaken might embarrass our military operations in that quarter. We have no doubt, however, that this convention movement is under the management of an abo- lition clique, and that Mr. Secretary Chase and his confederates are resolved that Louisiana hall have the unspeakable blessing of a State constitution abolishing slavery as the condition of her return to her allegiance and protection under the federal government. We cannot believe, however, that President Lincoln has abandoned the safe landmarks of his own patriotic and eminently popular Union policy for the violent, revolutionary abolition programme of Senator Sumner or Secretary Chase and his radical faction. We cannot be- lieve that this war for the Union, which may be ended before the meeting of Congress, is now to be changed into a war for abolitionizing the rebellious States before admitting them again to on of the loyal States of the Union. soln to adhere to non President i NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUS! 2, 1863. the Union as the great objasd and to the inati- tution of elavery as only an instrument to be used in behalf of the Union, though slavery itself may thus be saved and protected in the very States where a military proclamation has declared it to be abolished. The Case of the Peterho@—Important Decision. In another, column we publish the decision of Judge Betts in the case of the Peterhoff, con- demning that vessel—a decision the importance of which is immense, in view of the fact that British statesmen and the British press have from the beginning claimed that the vessel was on a lawful voyage toa neutral port (Mata- moros), a8 her papers showed, was evidently innocent, and that it was a highhanded out- rage to capture her at all, which must ‘be met by force if the government of the United States sustained it, Earl Russell, knowing that his words had a responsibility behind them, and foresee- ing that the case might lead to serious trouble, said, when asked to interfere, that the United States cruisers had a right to capture the ves sel, taking the risk, and that nothing could be done until it was seen how the American ad- miralty courts would dispose of the case. One of the admiralty courts bas disposed of the case, and disposed of it ia the very opposite way from that which the organs of English in4 terests will say is right and proper. Yet it cannot be affirmed that every disposition to render fair play was not shown by our govern- ment. Itcan hardly be doubted that the mails on board the vessel which were captured with her would have proved the case against her beyond the shadow of a doubt. An objection was raised by the English government to the detention of the mails, and Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, directed that they should be surrendered to the British Consul here, in pursuance of the law of nations. The District Attorney accord- ingly handed them over to that official unopened. But, notwithstanding this absence of a link of evidence in court, there was enough to condemn the vessel, and to show the falsity of the pre- tences on which the English journals and Eng- lish members of Parliament raised a hue and cry about the highhanded proceedings of Admiral Wilkes. The first question now is, what is the Eng- lish government going to do about it? Will it demand the restoration of the vessel, or satis- faction to that amount? And the second ques- tion is, what will our own government do in the premises? Will it stand by the decision of our courts, or tamely and ignominiously yield to the dictation of a foreign Power, contrary to the principles of international law and the maxims of public justice? The people will look with more than ordinary interest to the final solution of the case. ‘Weaith and Patriotism of the Loyal States. : ‘The best evidence that ean be given of the wealth and patriotism of the loyal States is fur- nished by the daily subscriptions to the nation- al loan familiarly called the five-twenties. For the last month these subscriptions have been averaging as much as a million and a half of dollars per day, and now the total amount paid in for these bonds up to: the first of this month is some two hundred, and y millions of dol- lars. Had the financial policy of the govern- ment been in abler hands than those of Mr. Chase, the national loan might to-day have reached five hundred miflions. And this is an illustration, not only of the wealth, the prosperity and the boundless re- sources of the North, but also of the patriotism of its people, of their confidence in the govern- ment, and of their determination to uphold their political institutions. Here we have been for over two and a quarter years waging one of the greatest and costliest wars that the world has ever witnessed, in which the government has'had over a million of men in its employ- ment, with pay, rations and equipments two or three times more costly than those of any European army, with transportation corres- pondingly high, and with a countless navy; and yet, in spite of all the immense expenditure of the government, its credit stands unimpaired, and the general prosperity of the country is greater than perhaps at any other period of our history. These are facts which all can see, and in view of them, and of our recent successes East and West, we think it about time that the rebel leaders should realize the utter madness of fur- ther resistance to the power of the United States. While Southern resources have been exhausted to that degree that twelve dollars of Confederate money represent only one dollar in specie, our rgsources have hardly been tapped yet. The most desperate of the rebel leaders, therefore, can have no hope of success. They must see that they cannot destroy this republic. And if the Confederates were to lay down their arms to-morrow and submit to the laws, what would be the result to them? Why, the citizen of Georgia or of South Carolina would, on the in- stant, enjoy all the rights and privileges of the citizen of New York or Massachusetts; and this, the rankeat secessionists must acknowledge, is a better state of things than anything they can hope for under the sway of Jeff. Davis, or of the oligarchy be would establish. But, while this is the sort of reasoning in which the unfortunate people of the South might well indulge, upon the facts indicated, the effect which those facts shonid have on the administration of Mr. Lincoln should be of a different character. The authorities at Wash- ington, seeing that there is no litnit to the sup- ply of men and money at their disposal, should respond to the patriotism of the people, and use the national resources so effectively as to extinguish before many months longer the last embers of the expiring rebellion, Let the ef- forts of the government be worthy the patriot- ism and liberality of the people, and Mr. Lin- coln will have the satisfaction of handing over to his successor, in March, 1865, the admin: .- tion of a country wherein no sounds of civil war shall be heard, and which shall bave again entered on that career of greatness and pros- perity temporarily interrupted by a wicked and atrocious rebellion, : Tne Pans.—The Park has become the fa- vorite rendezvous for aj] New York, and may now fairly be said to prove an unrivalled at- traction. On Saturdays music of the highest order is disooursed to thousands who throng the Mall and Terrace to listen to the concert, while every species of flower that will bloom in our climate fills the air with fragrance. The natural beauty of the Park is enhaaced by the skilful architecture of the arches and bridges which abound there. The lakes, with the ewans and gondolas riding upon their rippled surface, go to complete a most pleasing and attractive ensemble—one worthy of our great city. We would suggest that what is now known ag #The Central Park ” should be called simply The Pat —Contral is by to means euphonious, and has no particular meaning in this instance. We have nothing worthy of the name save tho Park. All other places in this citynow known ag parks are mere squares or commons. In Paris the Bois de Boulogne, being the favorite and most beautiful place of resort, is known throughout the city as “The Bois,” although there are other such places in plenty in that bright, gay capital, In London Hyde Park, being the fashionable rendezvous, is known as “The Park,” although there are others in the city, We should by all means drop the word “Central,” and call our beautiful ‘and favorite resort “The Park.” It is indeed the Park of the world. The Enrolment for the Draft in this City. A great deal has been said by the press in this city in regard to the enrolment, both as to its fairness as-well as the upjustness in the way. that it has been made up. The real points, however, have not been laid before the public. In our despat from Waghington, published in yesterday’s , “it is stated that it was not admitted that the enrolment appeared to be excessive in New York city, or that any considerable portion of the names had been enrolled twice, but that, on the contrary, great.care had been taken; also, that the Assist- ant Provost Marshals had been in constant communication, and the lists in the several dis- tricts compared as far as practicable.” This appears very well on paper, and might answer in explanation did not the figures tell to the contrary. The enrolment books at Wasbing- ton show that there are enrolled in the first class in this city 127,894 men. Now, the first class, under the Conscription law of Congress, con- sists of all male citizens who are between twenty and thirty-five, and those between those ages who have filed their intentions to become citizens, and also all such who are unmarried between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five. The vote of this city, including those voters over forty-five, never reached, over ninety thousand ‘before the war commenced. The number of men who are twenty years old and not twenty-one, including those who have filed their intentions, cannot possibly make up that difference when we take into consideration the fact that many of our citizens are off to the war, and that the vote for Governor last fall, which was considered very large, was only 76,848, The inequality and unfairness of the enrolment are shown very conclusively by the figures for the Second ward of this city. The number en- rolled in that ward, as shown by the papers in the Provost Marshal General’s office in Wash- ington, is one thousand seven hundred and for- ty-six. On this there will be a draft of two hundred and forty; also one hundred and twen- ty to make up for the exemptions, which it is considered will reach nearly fifty per cent. Now we doubt very much if there are two hundred and forty able-bodied men in that district subject to draft. The ward has polled for years but little over four hundred votes, and the census of 1860. gives the total population, women, children and all, at only 2,506. This was the census of 1860. All who know anything about New York know that the increase of popula- tion is in the up town wards, while the popula- tion in the lower wards has been gradually de- creasing, and their residences turned into places of business, In addition to this a number from that ward are already in the armies of the Union. Certainly no man can claim that the population of the ward is any greater than it was in 1860. If not, how is it possible that there are now one thousand seven hundred and forty- six men in the first class? At that rate, taking all there are in the second class and over forty- five, the entire male residents of that ward would be male citizens, or the census of 1860 is incorrect. Now, it may be very wellto say that “a per- -son drafted in a district in which he does not reside has only to show this fact to exempt him from service under such conscription ;”’ but this docs not reach the evil. Suppose, for in- stance, that there are but three hundred men liable to draft residing in the Second ward, and an erroneous enrélment is made up which re- quires two hundred and forty of that number to be drafted, as it does, it leaves only sixty able- bodied men in the ward. Can any per- son, even the most bloodthirsty radical, claim that this is fair and just? It is from sucti enrolments as these that the quota of our city is run up to se much larger proportions than that of other sections of the State. This is not the fault of the Presi- dent, or of the Provost Marshal General at Washington, but it is clearly the fault of some one in this city. No drafting should be commenced in this city as long as such pal- pable errors as those of the Second ward stand on the enrolment books. Will the President see that the enrolment is corrected and the work done in a businesslike way? The draft should not be loaded, down with any such blunders. The draft in each district is twenty per cent on the enrolment, less a slight reduction for the excess of volunteers on former calls. The number to be drafted in this city is 24,674. Fifty per cent additional is also to be drawn to supply exemptions, which will be 12,337, making a total of names to be drawn of 37,011. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WAR GAZETTE. orrio L. Formation of a Cavairy Bareaa, GENBRAL ORDERS—NO. 236. War Devantusnt, Adsutant Gawerat's Orrics, asminaton, July 28, 1963, 1. A bureau will be attached to ‘the War Department, to be designated the Cavalry Bureau . This bureau will have charge of tho organization equipment of the cavalry forces of tho army, and of the provision for the mounts and remounts of the same. 8, The purchase of afl horses for tho cavalry service ‘will Be made by officers of the Quartermaster's Depart- mont, under the direction of the chief of the Cavairy Bu- eau. Inspection of horses offered for th a will be pep cavalry officers. pects: Ang Depots wil established for the reception, 4 discipline of cavalry recruits and es regi teases cover td bw ‘and training of cavalry jepots will be under the iterate borene jot general charge of of inspection reports of cavalry troops, and jurns as may atany time be called for, will be the bureau established by tae order. The enormous expense in the and loss of the public antnafis under their charge. order of ‘of Wer. E. D. TOWNSEND, Asaintaut General. an r yt 81, 1808. ' ‘ABINGTON , Jul 1 ‘The sad intelligence of the desth of Brigadier G Goo, C, Strong, an officer of this department, recalls the tion which each brought to the discharge of the sphere of duty of his own branch of the service— memory and renews the afliiction of the double bereave- ment which the Ordnance corps specially haz been celied upon, in a brief period, to learn and lament. First Reno, and now Strong, both so well known to Cats oor and 80 highly appreciated for the iutelligence, zeal, and devo- ‘no less arduous and important though ‘eas brilliant and striking than that of the battle-fleid—bas each crowned his career and finished his course, as a patriot and seldier ought, ip the seal of his life blood, set to doyotion to his country. Both haye set a glorious example in their lives and in their deaths, whieh will ever ondoar their me- mories to their corps; while it should serve as an example and incentive to all to do all and give all in 60 lofty and glorious a cause. JAS. W. RIPLEY, Brigadier General, Chief of Ordnance. GENERAL NEWS. Wasanctow, August 1. 1863. MILITARY MOVEMENTS AWAITING THE CONSCRIPTION. All accounts concur to the effect that further military domonstrations in this quarter await the Gilling up of the army under the conscription.» THE REPORTS FROM CHARLESTON. ‘The news from Charleston is regarded as most encou- raging indicative of a speedy favorable result to the of General Gillmore and Admiral Dahigrea. No. of their success has been at any time eater. the government. ~ RNTALIATION TO BE RIGIDLY" ENFORCED. In consequence of the treatment by the rebels of the colored soldiers and their officers who fall into their hands, the President bas authorized the issuing of an order that the policy and intention of the government ‘will be to retaliate in kind for every case of ill treatment of our officers and men, biack or white, by the rebel authorities. Hanging, shooting and imprisonment will;be retaliated by similar treatment upen rebel prisoners in our hands, In every case where it is known that a black man in the service of the govern. ment hag been taken prisoner ava sold into slavery, the military authorities will bo instructed to select a rebel prisoner and con{ine him to bard labor in some prison, there to remain until the black man is liberated. The doctrine that the federal uniform, like the flag, must and shall be respected will be fully maintained and promptly carrted out to the letter. THE CASE OF CAPTAINS SAWYER AND PLINN. The statement in the Richmond Aeaminer of the 27th ult.,that the rebel Commissioner Quid had notified the government thet Captains Sawyer and Flinn will be banged, notwithstanding notice of intention to retaliate by the execution of Lee and Winder, Is‘ untrue. No euch motico has been given, nor is it likely it will be. i." THE CHARGES AGAINST MRS. MILROY. ‘The charges against the wife of General Milroy, that she took jewelry and other articles bolonging to the Lo- gan family at Winchester, after their banishment from that town, are provounced to be unfounded. Quarter. master Butterworth, who assisted in packing and remoy- fog Mrs. Logan’s goods, gives conclusive testimony to refute those charges, 7 . THE GUNBOAT DEKALB. Rear Admiral Porter, ina communication to the Navy Department, says that he is not sure of raising the DeKalb, and cannot yet ascertain her injuries. All the guns, and everything which could be got out, were removed, in- cluding the paymaster’s book and government funds. As the residents of Yazoo City did not take the troubie to warn him of the torpedoes, which they had an opportunity of doing, three thousand bales of cotton bave beon seized to pay for the gunboats. THE NEW ORLEANS MAILS VIA THE MISSISSIPPI. In reply toan inquiry of the Post Office Department, Special Agent Gist, at Memphis, says he has conferred with Capt. Pattison, Commamiant of the Navy Yard, and Capt. Lewis, Assistant Quartermaster of Transportation, and they both concur with brim that it will be safe and expe- dient to send the Washington and New York mails to New Orleans via the Mississippi river. Arrangements havo been made for a convoy at least once 8 week from Vicks- burg to New Orleans, and convoys can be more frequent when required by tne necessities of trade or public inte. rest. The Postmaster General, however, does not feol Dimself exactly justified at present in ordering this ser- vice, But if correspondents wish their letters to go to New Orleans by way of Cairo they can make thelr en- dorsemente upon them accordingly, aod they will be sent at tho risk of the writers. NAVAL ORDERS. Captain Geo. F. Emmons has been detached from the command of the Monongahela and ordered as fleet cap. tain of the South Atlantic blockading squadron. Commander J. H. Strong has been ordered to the com- mand of the Monongahela. Tags 4 THE MARYLAND TOBACCO OROP. On account of the late severe rains the tobacco crop in Maryland has beea bedly put back. Moreover, the eacapade of slaves from the plantations puts in great peril the maturing of this important crop of this State. In fact, lower Maryland is now in need of laborers to attend tothe crops generally, and unless they are forthcoming there will be a scarcity of food among the people, It is represented to the government that if the contrabands who are unfit for military service, and whe are now idle, can be returned to the plantations, much good may be offect- ed. The vast estate of Mr. Waring, in lower Maryland, which has been under the surveillance of the military for some time, and has become to a considerable extent the readezvous of fugitive slaves, is hereafter to be relioved of the lattor, as the authorities here have directed that they shall be returned to their masters. funeral of General Strong. LAR@E MILITARY ESCORT—SOLEMN SEKVICES AT 8T. PAUL'S CHURCH, BTC. General Strong foil in the late attack upon Fort Wag- ner, and his funeral took place yesterday morning from ‘St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Twenty- second street and Fourth avenue. The occasion was marked by impressive ceremonies, as well ag an exten sive turnout on the part of the military. The attack in’ which the Goneral fell is of so recent a “date that the me. mory bis untimely end is still ripe in the recollection of the pubitc, and the testimony of respect accorded to his Femains ia conducting them to their last resting place yeag terday was a cordial and deep felt one by all who took Part in tho procession. Our thoroughfares during the past two years have become somewhat used to these mournful pageants. The funeral dirge, to ite piercing accents of mourning, has beea too frequently heard by our inbabitants; the coffin, bear: ing ite victim of death, bas pagsed by, while numerous friends slowly wended their way behind. Many a tear has watered the pavement of Broadway, many a kind mother has sobbed her heartache for some slain son; many a sister bas sbed hor scalding year to the memory of a departed brother; many a father’s beart has quivered with sorrowful emotion, Yet still these ecenes come up before us, and the tide of desolation sweeps on in appal ling attitudes before our very eyes. Maoy of us are in the prime of manhood, the pulsations of youth beat warmly io our veins, the low moan of affliction for some departed relative bas not yet escaped from our buoyant hearts, and we scarcely give a thought to that awful mo- ment wheo oature ceases ber functions, and the sturdy frame ts laid paisied in tho everlasting canopy of death. But, most assuredly, we have seen enough of she horrors of death in the present war. Again and again has tho cortege of death, bearing some gallant soldier to his Inst resting place, passed our very door, But oow chat these scenes are becoming datly so familiar to us, we look upon thom with more ot recklessness than the solemnity of the occasien requires, General Strong graduated at West Point Military Academy, and his funeral yesterday was therefore attended by a nuraber of officers who were his coufreres in that institate, The body was brought at an early hour in the morning from his lato residence in Nineteenth street, to St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Twenty.second street and Fourth avenus. The military had arrived pre- ‘vious to ton o’clock, and formed opposite the church. When the body was brought into the church it was ‘Guwmnal Gao. 0. Srnona. Died July 30, 1963, ‘Aged 20 years, months and 13 days. penreeneeeDe LOLt DOOEDEOPEDODEDLOCEDELO POLE DEDE: coffin waa made of rosewood, and on the lid were eome togeiher witb « cross. s into the church, the organ pealed = 2 oe. teclihs] crud iil 835 whdlo body moved dowd Fourth avenue in the following orders « ‘Seation of Police, under command “of Sergeant O'Brio, of the Twenty-nintn precinct. The Eighth regiment of aaneete commanded by Capiaim ank, Band of the North Carolina. Battery O, of the Fifth regular artillery, with two picces aud , commanded by Licut, Baldwin. Band of the North Carolina. Detachment of Marines, commanded by Sergeant Pall. Bearers. Pall Bearers. Brig. Gea. Canby. Brig. Gen, Ewen. «5 Com. Meade. Colonel P. N. Hagner. 8 Major Wainwright. Captain Crispin. Captain Puffer. Dr. MoCormack, & W. W. Harrell. Col. Frank. Howe. =? J.D. Otttwell. * Coane. 8. 7. Webster. Horse of the deceased, led by an orderly. Committee on National Affairs in carriages. aneilman Alderman Mitohell. Counciiman Webster ‘Alaerman Henry. Councilman MeConnell. Alderman Poole. Councilman Brandoo. Alderman Ottiwell. Councilman Haviland. vee and friends ip carriages. The procession then proceeded down Broadway to the South ferry, from whence the body was takon to Greea- wood Cemotory for interment. THE STREETS. The City Restored to Clean- Hness. TOUR THROUGH THE STREETS YESTERDAY WHAT ALDERMAN BOOLE HAS DONE. Some of the Difficulties of Sweep- ing the Streets. GREAT REFORMS NEEDED, Ker Re, &e. In nearly alt the cities of Europe the cleaning of the strects and avenues isa matter that gives the public no uneasiness whatever. Such matters are attended to t= svoh a systematic ané regular manner that gobody ever hears his neighbor complain of the filth and nastiness offending his nostrils.and keeping him ia hourly dread of being prostrated by some terrible: pestilence. Here in Now York, however, the case is very different . Within the memory of “the oldest inbabitant” it isnot koown that there ever was a tine when this great mebro- polis was in a proper condition as to cleanliness. Dirty streets, filthy garbage and foul gutters have been the almost constant cry of the press and the public; and, what 8 worse sti, this cry has always had but too clear and undeniable a foundation in fact. One official after another has undertaken to remedy the evil, but all to n0 purpose. The job has been entrusted to ocarly as.many heads apd tails of city departments as the Army of the Potomac has had commanders. With ‘a very transient oxception here and there, the business has been botched invariably, and the people at large were beginning to resign themselves to the desperate conyic- tion that they never would geo the pavements of the various streets in the city uncheckered by mountains of filth and garbage, whon suddenly a new Quintus Ourtius threw himself into the chasm and rescued tne public from their difficulty, Unlike the Curtius of old, however, tbe modern one has not been swallowed up im the gap, but lives to enjoy the pleasures which he has conferred upon bis suffering countrymen. It is unnecessary Wada that the present Curtius 1s our live City Inspector, ox- Alderman Boole. When Mr. Boole undertook the dutics af the office of City Inspector be declared that bis sole object and desire was to show the people of New York that the streets could be cleaned. Contractor Haokley, like his forty pre- decessors, bad just failed, whether from jack of ability or disposition matters very little now. The city was ina horrible condition. The gutters were choked with filtn, and emitted the most pestilential odors. Garkarge and ash boxes were lying for days unomptied of their contents. Everybody was anticipating a disastrously ua- healthy season , and, what was not goucrally known at the time, the yellow fever was actually in our midst. Ibwas under no ordinary diMfculties, therefore, that Mr/Boole undertook the task of cleansing the city, sad bis partial quccess already attests that he is aman of energy end determination. Un the 13th of June be took bis seat as City Inspector, ‘and has consequently been in office only about six weeks. During that short period he bas brought, the city to e more cleanly condition than it has been im for years. A TOUR THROUGH THE STREETS. To prove to the members of the press and the publis at large that there has been no humbug avout his opera. tions, Mr. Boole some days ago invited several reporters and prominent citizens to take a drive with him through the city for the purpose of viewing with their own eyes the real condition of affairs. Yesterday was appointed for the grand inspection , and shortly after noon the invited party started off in carriages on the tour. The route earbraced tho worst and best portions of the city. Parts of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eightecoth and Tweoty-(rst wards were visited, aad everywhere a wonderful improvement upon the old stato of affhirs wes noticed. THE OLD SIXTH, especially in the classic region of the Five Points, was of course redolent of perfumes—not of ottar of roses er Dergamotte—but the stinks, which is tho harsh Angto- ‘Suxoo for unpleasant odors, were a docided improvemess upoa the old ones. The gutters were lined with Gith; bat the layers were not so numerous and thick as formeriy. THE DIFFICULTY OF KEEPING IT OLEAN. Here was afforded a good illustration of the difficulty of keeping such localities clean. Policemen were scarcer than fruit in winter time. Gronps of women and children wore to be scen dumping pails of slush sod garbage almost at every other door, Children wore clustered together in the middie of the streets, cating | corn and other articles of food, and scattering the leay- ings profusely about them. it was quite evident that while such practices are winked at or unchecked by the Police all the sweeping in the world would not result te keeping the streets clean. THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH WaRDé were found generally in a good condition. Pearl, Cherry, Water, Greenwich, Washington, New Bowery, Peck stip, and most of the other strects parallel! and at right angles thercto sbowed unmistakable evideaces of recent visits by (be sweepers and ashmen. DOW MERCHANTS a8 TO BLAME. But io ards traces of the old and bad practices of most of the ‘ta, or rather their servants, were still noticeable refer to tbe custom of sweeplag out stores in the morning after the cloaning of the etreste at aight Until thjs culpable disregard of the health of the city ts stopped it will be impossible to bring the streets to e complete state of cleanliness. BRIDGING THE GUTTERS. Another obstruction on the part of the merchants to the keeping of tho streets clean} consists tn the custom of Dridging the gutters, in order to allow wagons to back on the sidewalks with ease. Filth accemulates under these bridges, and the work of the cleaners te much retarded by the delay {0 raising the bridges to sweep off the ait. Sach merchants as use these contrivances, 80 accommo dating to themeolves, should be required to clean the places in front of their establishments, or at least to swoop the gutters, in retarn for the privileges they enjoy. STABLING MARKET WAGON HORSES. While on this subject it may be weil to allude to aa- other very heavy obstruction to the street cleaning, It is well known by all residents of the city on the west side of the town, from Morris atreet up to nearly tho middie of the Fifth ward, that people bringing produce to the Wasbington market are allowed to stand their wagone ‘and horses in the strecte from mine o'clock at night untit oine o'clock in the morning each day. For thie privilege # email license feo is pad to the city, Theva horses are literally stabied in their shafts, The consequence is that @ great ‘amount of horse dung and feed ts left deposited on tne and in the gutters every evening. This bas to be cleaned up reguiarly every day, whereas if there was a place provided for tho regular etabling of the borses, or if the owners of thefhorses were obliged to find suitable stabling for their animals, all this dificulty would bo avoided. Thesmail amount of revenue derived by tho city from the small license fees te more than counter. Dalanced by the loss sustained in the work of cleaning of the dirt lett by the horses, ‘This matter ehould be looked to by the Common Council. ‘TRB UPPER TEW AND LOWER TWENTY. All the most remarkable jocalities of tho Uy; . the Lower Twenty wore visited [irik &