The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1863, Page 2

< the tasurgent leader Wawer surprised and cut to pioces | into Paris on the 14th of July, 1850, when retarning from tho Cossack detachments plunde:ipg Graiewo, in Aus | jiaiy, cangive au idea of guatowo. The insurrection in Samogitia ia worcasing. | y m4 1 the oiticers of the ‘Six vational detachments have been organized. | nifcent eathedral of this A despatch from Bucharest of July 16 ays —Four bem | immense crowd. The army 2 7 ition, dred Poles and some Engli:hmen left Toulchta on board | Goriied before mo, with ries Of “Vive U Emperewr!” ‘ Vig an lish steamer, and disembarked Oo the 13th be | 7,4, eratrice!” 3 tween Reni and Ismail ‘Aitor the review [received an address from tho au ‘The instructions were received with regard to this ex- | tyorjuies at the Palace of the Government. This popula- Pedition by the Wallachian authorities, and troeps were ton strongly desires order, justice and true liberty, La to employ persu:sion and to avoid a contlict with arms at | my replies to their representatives | have sorue. staff, at 4 Te that was, in ad apy Their covciliatory efurts however, not boing | hese ia the name of the Emperor, sttoaded, with fany . It, afght took place, which lasted | ~ By the eartiost opportunity I shal! bave the honor of five hours, and terminated in the retreat of the | giving you fuller details of this rece jualled ption—unedqt Poles, who abwndoned their dead and wounded. jn history—which bas all the importance of a political The joss of the Poles was sixteen killed, including — event, and of which the celebrity will be enormous. two officers, and thirty one wounded. Tne Roumains bad ; FOREY. @ightoon Kiliod and 45 wounded; among the latter were (From the correspondence of the London Times. two ollicers. The aris usod by the Poles were of Koglich * Muxtoo, Juve 11, 186%. Manufacture, and of superior quality. Aftor burying 18 | Ga ceat Forey made bie triumphal cutry into dead and transporting the wounded to Ismail, two com | crits at” the head®of' . about ‘Aiteen panies of Roumains started in pursuit of thelr adyer- | Yoserday, et | the, the sarios. he alighted at the hedral and heard ‘ a‘ter which be stationed bimself in and all the troops of «+ Vire P.Bmp reur | said to be ent! i triumphal arches were erect- | ed, flowers were down upon him, balconies were filled with ladies, and the whole of the population seemed to have turned out, if fer no ober purpose, at all Deum,” A wlogram from Bucharest of July 17, says:—The Poles Penk ‘ot the tens, Surrendered to day to the Semen conta ear: from Buch reat 0 . ae je Fprines Cousn, tho oles ed in the recent engage: e to be treated as aili- nd receive Fations as if with a regiment. the commander of the Voles, has been re- loared their x Wane on nune Siteaig yihitinentenen tem: Waeebin te tify their curiosity. eho 16ch . Stating that Wiederzbiok! has defeated om eight hundred Russians near Lubartow, and that Chreze prosaion of feeling they ever tod vecki gvined & victory over five bundred Russians near ota. A despatch from St. Petersburg of July 18, says:—The R_ssian conscription in Wilua, Grodno, Kowno, Volhynia, Kiew and Podolia, has been postponed until 1864. ‘ Measures will be adopted upon the subject at a future ime. think the Frexch hay THE WAR IN AMERICA. \ Phe London Press on the Battie of Gettys- burg and the Surrender of Vicksburg. {From the London Times, ‘July 20.] ‘The real lesson that should be drawn from the po- Giticai failure of these repeated and mutual invasions is that the issues sought are not to be gained by war at all.’ From the first tha contlict was one of questions and pria ciples wh.ch can only be settled by statesmanship. Na- @onal madness bas given them over for decision by the sword, anit it is mow evident to the world that fighting Drings tl.at ‘ecision no nearer, Opinion has marked out a@C.cot or which arsifies c: 08s in vain to compel :ubmis- sion Whichever side attacks seems destined always te fail, @ South, constantly victorious tn Vir; ia batted when it ; asses North of the Potomac. Even the alternating suc.eases of the war, in the waste of life by which they are purchased, prove it desperate; and the Tepeated failures on both sides,-for any purpose larger than a.destructive incursion, point a3_¢ early as any bu- mao events canjdo to a settlement of another kind. The ‘war may ba continued 10 mutual exhaustion, but it will pever mutually convince. Statesmen, if they can be | started-on Sunday the Sst of May. found, will have to take. the whole question out of the | seyen thongand, troops and one million five hundred thou- haids of svidiers at last, oven if the 300,000 troove | sand dollars in specie. ag the money laste thi ‘Gatled (. r uy the Northern conscription are enrolled, armed | troops will stick to hii; but that gone, the poor Prosi. yor, aeoge ‘« rd Ligh ge 4 of mi atin dent will dud himself almost without a follower. net ington are not eq ir task. Brery crisis of affairs seems to elicit additional proofs | p_i.Styn ted oumnon, takes at Puebla, is offered to the that ‘they are in every respect unfit to deal with the y A despatch from Vichy, of July 19, says:— events p.ssing around them. The gleam of succesa that hhas fallen on the federal arms ia the surrender of Vicks- | . A battalion of Imperial Guards paraded before the Em- peror’s residence here this mornin; burg, and the incidents of the second Maryland campaign, Ihave exhibited the President and bis chie! ministers ina | One of the officers from General Forey’s army delivered ‘to bis Majesty the tlags taken by the French troops manner almost pitiab'e. With their country torn asun- in dor, and its soil reeking with blood, they only and a voice | Mexico. The Emperor summoned the sub.officers of the guard and delivered the trophies into their , with © make poor and fiippant election speeches. When ‘‘serce madod,”’ as a poular congratulation on the fall of Vicks- | the worda:—“If you had been there you would have burg, the President made su address to the crowd that | taken your ehare of flags.’’ The baitalion defiled before wen the friendly reports could invest with dignity.” etary of War ‘claimed the merit of retaining . Grant in command, and consoquently of the victory achieved.” He warned the event to a crimination of some to organize any serious resi-| bab‘e that some of the princ! declare in tavor of intervent: ‘ing that San Lui once appealed to the foreign resi 5 She appeals Nighs-and. day" wero. pairola Kopl up appeal. ban y were up thi of the city,and this harrassin; = fen 8, for it was. not until the. 6th wag able to send troops to gar- rison the city. say that in this emergency little or no assistance waa by the Mexicans them- selves; all wag left to the foreign peoeim. Juares le took with him the Emperor amid the acclamation of the crowd. The Emy ‘will go into mourning for a fortnight on account of the death of the Duke of Hamilton. his colleagues and a glorifying of himself Mr. Stan “mnglana mate it a purty triamph over the advocat peace by a asmall goeer attie “copperbeads.”” And Mr. Seward | The Danish frigate Dagmar has arrived at Southampton. The London Observer says:— ‘The ministerial fish dinner is flxod for Saturday , July 25. The last vote in supply was only taken on Friday. It is ox- pected that Parliament will bo prorogued on the 28th inst. ‘The London Times says:— Lord Clyde lies alarmingly ill at Govornment Bouse, Chatham. He is suffering {rom atrophy. His recovery is considered altogether hopeless. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, July 21, on the resolution for approving the Galway contract being put, Mr. villwyn wished to know whether Galway was to be the port of departure for the mail packets, or merely a port: of call. Mr. Peelsaid that in that respect the terms of the present contract were exactly thesame as thage of the contract of 1859; Galway was the port of departure. crowned the wretched*display by something that we re: cord, but will not licre repeat, for it was simply blasphe- mous. That men in such positions could so express them- Selves at sch atime 18 a deplorable illustration of the degeneracy of American rulers. ({Fronrthe London Herald, July 20.) Another opisode jn the Americau war Js over. The ‘second invasion of the Northern States by a Confederate army has te: miu: , like the first, without result, and the combatants nee more con'ronting each other on the bunks of the Potomac. after two years of slaughter— alter the sacrifice of at least two hundred thousand men in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the position ot affairs is unchanged. The South is still too weak for suc. cessful aggression, the North flcds each fresh effort at in- vasion a more disastroca failure; and yet there is not the faintest prospect of the end of the struggle. For aught ‘we can roe it may last twenty years. Mr. Seward is bee ginning to renew his ninety days’ promises. ‘ihe fall of Vieksbuig hos given him anew lease of power. He ia ©vidently forecasting the date at which the fighting mato- wial of the South will have become exhausted at the rate of a million or a million afd @ half of Northernors for Ave hundred thousand Coniederates. And as Washington 13 ene = ‘a is not in flames, and the uns ‘ort lenry still repress secession in Baltimore, rket was dull. @ is oopfidont the day ef extmustion ls not far distant | qhe Faris Bourse west very fiat; on Joly 20, and rentes ‘Tho news which ho will recetve from this country by the | eicged at 67f. 900., Or 68 centimes lower than on the 18th. ‘@cxt ma! will strengthen his hopes. He will know then ‘that ho has another six or nine months for the executin ‘ bis flendish work Pra ‘The state of trade for the past week is better. In cereals business isnot much less calm in Paris and the departments than when last reported, athe Faris corn market previous prices were difficult obtain. Tarkey, t from Constantinople of July 18, says :— any ice bear the Fnglish government, which is red to | !oreign company from undertaxing the postal serv’ ‘accept an; dencinaekeiners people of allen roe, lan. | Upon the ey parr mao ee ee Ottoman aago and faith, waging war not so much by native valor | 6°vernment totends to cafry ‘service iteelt, as by foreign aid, shrinks from ackuowledging the inde- pit Aap ov nation which asks from free oe oo noth- India. formal recognition, and which, after two | A telegram from Bombay of Jane 2%, incessant fighting over half a continent, pot aod aoa ora. active. Cotton 3 :—Better indigo "crop. Ex. ing years of anaintaina an unimpeached A telegram of Sune qwoar of ita struggle for nations! rights. accounts have been received of the @iond Mr. Seward’s @elings and objects. If the Union om London, 98. O}¢d. oases to exist he is nothing. He is worse than nothing, Freight for seeds, 80s. ° for the curses of millions will brand bim as the facile tool of tne nicest corrupt and bloodthirsty administration the world has ever seen. But what we ‘ail to comprobend is the absolute inditereace of our own miniatry. It scema tbat things bave come to this point with us that the fholiest 0; causes and the mest solemn of issues aro only rogarded by English statesmen from one point of view, that of party interests. The radical yote in the House of Commons determines if not the fate of nations at least tho deaths of thousands of our fellow men. ‘The exigen: |, Cies of the coalition are the key note to Fngland’s foreign The Austrian government is extremely dissatisfied with hire starves that Ear Russell may retain bis | the contents of tho last Russian despatch relative to rals and Confederates slaugh:er | Poland. ‘ernment—at war iu China and —_— Japan, gressive 1 1, aud menacing 1 Poland, may Prass' prate non-mie vention in Ameica, France offers A telegram from Berlin says:—The Crown Prince and Mediation and recognition. The Emperor Napolcon, to | Princesa of Prussia hive accepted an invitation to a grand whom Karl Russell is ever ready to impute the most | entertainment, which will be given on July 19, by the Deillicose intents wants peace across Atlantic. | nobility of the province of Usedom. ¥Fronch workmen, English workmen, Belgian workmen , mer Financtal and Commercial. ore suering and starving, Amoricans by tbousands are dying, but our government will not say the word that | The London Dimer city article of Tuesday, July 21, says: ‘The news from America yesterday was received witha Italy. The affair of the Aunis has boom The Italian government surrenders4be five prisoners in such @ man- Der that its dignity ts entirely preserved, Austria. ‘The London Times says:—We have received the follow- ing telegram from our Wenna correspondent:— Viaxwa, July 20, 1863. ‘would put an end to this terrible statoof things, And while Mr. Seward exults at the postponement cf his crowniog humiliation, Karl Russe. chuckles over the assurance that his place is safe, and that Mr. Adams can | on Jaty 4; disappointment at the re: owing to tho sopply him a pew argument ior refusand to accord to a of General Lee, of all prospect of a gallant people the rights they claim and/bave abundantly | of the war, and tion §=in- conlempl: vindicated! tbe wisdom im not bay- (From the London Star, July 20.) ing prematurely yiclded to the recent preasure for a With deep, devout, and grate ul joy wo publish to-day | recognition of the States. Consols wore first the rows of victories thit are the berulds of a happy | quoted at 92% 2.93, andthe flea! quotation was 92‘; for peace. fo!dom, if ever, has it been the lot of the jourpal- | money and 92% 9.92% for August 6. The extreme flat- ist tO asnounco on the game sheet two events of such | ness of the Paria Bourse ands consequent revival of dis- transc piant impostance as the (all of Vicksburg and the Tetreat of Lee. The g) rious Fourth of July has indeed foroived a gi rious celabration. In tons 0: thousands of Northern bomes the birthiay of Americon freedom was Being kept with mingled hope and foar—with blended memories of joy and sadness, of pride and homiliation. Throughout New Englund und the p pulous Middie States, ‘and tho vast Northwest—in cities that date bick from our own herolc seventeenth century, and in cities that Rave aprong up within the memory of living men upon ‘the site of world-cld forests cr on vit Prairies—around the Pligrim'’s Rock, and om the gold-sown strand of the Pacific—citizeus of the great republic spake with Cremuious line, as beneath the shade of laurels twined with cypress, of their fathers’ legacy of treedom, aod of the deadly struggle in whieh their own brothers and sons were wrestling {or the preservation of that Jorions heritage=-tbe Union sacred alige to liberty and ce. They know not that on that very day the God Of their country and of their sires—the God of justice and of mercy—bad vouchsafed to the commonwealth a fo deliverance. Their broken railways and tolegraph lines delayed the happy tidings that on that same Fourth Of July the Ung of the Union had been exalted over the ostinato stronghold of rebellious slavemasters, and the sun bad risen npon the greatest of their hosis in dire retreat, Whatever remains to be dove or trust as to the actual position of the Polish question was. the main cause of the depression. ‘The Confederate loan waa last quoted at43g a 3}; dis- count. United States fives improved 7, Erie shares of both desoriptions and all tho fve mortgages an average of 3 each; Iilinois Central sevens, 2; do. shares (ordinary and patd up), 4 and 3; Michigan Central (couvertible an sinking fund), 2nd 233; Michigan Sout! end North ern indiana (sinking fund), 6; New York Central 6 and T per cevt; nds and shares, an average of 3 cach; Pencsyivavia Kailroad (first mortgage), 6. The Markets. MONEY MARKET—LONDON, JULY 21. Consols opened this morning at a further decline, and in tho open markets there has been almost a pante throughout the day. The Polish question was assigned as the cause, but the leading capitalists aud mer- chants thee fs little real uneasiness with rd to it, Consols for money closed at 92 a %, and 92% a % for August 6. French rentes, 67f. 86c, Eric, paid up shares, relapsed % do ; Ist and dth mort 24; eaeh Thinois Central dollar bonds, 2: do. ordinary shares, 3¢; and United States 6's, 1. Virginia 6's furtner dectined 1. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—JULY 21 anv 22, @uffered—whatever batties to be fought or fortresses Bales for the two days reach 14, balés, 6,000 on 0 besiege—tho armies and people of the Union may | speculation and oxport. Prices firm at ‘4d. per Ib. higher at ee —— ‘ i joa: —— and | thap last Friday's prices. 2 thankagiving, that atful = progress the LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET—JULY 21. enemy ‘been turned back and the very chiefest of his ‘Wheat firm at the extreme rates of Friday. Flour un- Goefences broken down. * Let us be thankful, | altered. Indian corn fiat, that even the legislative representation of Eng. DON CORN JUL! Sand fe rot in Uo same humiliating ‘position. as some St weaene ee the organs of English opinion. How thankful may the ” House of Commons be that Mr. Roebuck was silenced in LONDON COLONIAL MARERT— JULY 21, time! For, although he bad never a chanee of carry Bm a) steady. Coffee unchanged. Tea flat, Bie motion, what reputations might he Dot have dragged et at 42s. finto the mire! It is bad enough that even the glare of temporary success have seduced any of free intments. women born tuto sympathy with the treason of slave. U ladium, August 1.) holders. Row much worse that men of political mark | The College, ab ite Inte session, ‘as should be committed to the recognition of a re- | made the following appo: te, some of which have ‘Dethad so hopelens na 1s le infamous in’ object ana’tg | already beon Dotloed.” We Dring thems afl a epirit: Rev. William B. Clark was appointed Litisgston Pro ——ea foesor of Divinity, but the the Defe' f Cai \. de Tao that of the Chittenden i Jo the House of Lords, Monday, July 20, the Duke of | ric fod bogha Literate. appointed — of Rbeto- Arayle presented a petition from Sheffield, asking that tho Mr. Packard, ‘8 tutor ip Yale Collego, was government would give facilities for eatablubing a ship | *PpCinted Assietant Professor of Greek jel C. Gilman, Librarian of Yale canal from Lake Erie to the Ottawa river, for the purpose Professor of # Portions neat was hy ‘ment, aud ip connection 4 Dr. Leonard J ‘manioed aioe ted . To roply to a question from Lord Lyndon, Lord Gran. | tomy and Fnyslolog: Tn the Medloa! Departinent tor nas Ville expressed hie regret that ap to the present time the | Professor Charles looker, deceased. People of Canada bad not provided & sufflelent militia force for their defence in case Of waf, aiid stated that it was impossible for this country to defend Canada effec. (ively unless the colonists themeclves alde@ in that ‘Object. Perso: 0. B. Gunn, of 0. Wagley, of Tond.; Capt. J.'M. Hunt, of 0.8. A.; Col, damnuel Mehe et Francisco; Solomon ‘Soott, Thomas D. Ford and 8.'If. Leathe, of St. Louis, aro stopplog at the Metropolitan ~ Hon, J.P. Hale, of Dover; W. Wilkonson, of Bul ‘Tuo following is tho tert eo doapatch from ¢ fiend, Ot v9 the Walled bpreniae Poors wn spat ot }, Me. | J. 1. wons, Of Anrusta; J \- Foroy recetved by the Freach Minister ee, rio jeneral com, of inghe ton; Fravk Swap, of Clodionatts Oo. C0, ne 10, 5 more, and A. Cowles, of Chiu: Ihave Jest euterod the city of Mexico at tue heat of | pingrat the Astor Tiotse, oe po many Mh oe ae Séltated by the event, I A Rankin, of ; H. A. Jobasod, of Colorado; J, F, addresa Tad Une whole porary te,Y Out Excellency to ine | Lowbat, of Paris. D. M. Galo, of Chicago, W, J, Farclotgh, Qrmy with an enthusiacin that border os ware od he of 8t, Jcgeph & ¥, Willie, of Bio Jan for J, Homey Soldiers of france were erally crushed under the riisweee | S04 C i iar are’ rove Orietne, and ~¥ apriagds and voug ors | Hon, J. I Jewett, } Ouly the entreace of the “my | Nichols y Bro stopping ab the St. | THE NEW UNITED STATES TREASURY IN THIS CITY. this pide of the Alantic, is the marble pile in this city fronting on Wall street atthe corner of Nagasu, and extending through to Pine, built a few yoars ago for © Custom House, and” recently converted into # United ‘States Treasury. It is almost an. exact repetition of o7e of the Greek temples, except that the the same, the proportions baving been accurately pre- Served. Its effect, like that of all similar buildings, would be far more imposing if, like.its prototype, It stood isolated. and upon elevated ground, Still, its combined Mmassiveneas and elegance aré very conspicuous—partl- cularly sincoits reoant renovatios, and, wo may almost ‘say, restoration. It is generally known that the Hon. John J. Cisco bas o¢- Cupied, for a period of some ten years, and under three successive administrations, the position of Assistant Trea- ‘surer of the United States, amd Treasurer of the Assay Office of New York. Originally appointed by Prosident Pierco, he was successively indaced by Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Lincoln to continue in office. Tho remarkablo ability and fidelity with which he has performed duties of overwhelming responsibility and labor have given him a national reputation. When he first entered upon the performance of these duties, their magnitude was ‘small when compared to that to which they pave been developed by the war, The single room on Pine stroet , afterwards oocupiod’ by the Cashier of the Customs, was suffijemt for the mocommodation of Mr. Cisco and of all bis clerks and employes. After atime it be- came impossible to transact the growing busivess of his ‘department in such restricted qt |, and Mr, Cisco ra- moved to the building on Wall street formerly occupied by the Bank of tho United States, and then by the Bank of Commerco and the Bank of the State of New York. For sevéral years these accommodations were adequate for the transaction of vincty to ninety-five per cent of the monetary business of the government, which took place at the New York office. In respect of security, both from fire and burglary, they were always unsatisfactory. Soon after the breaking out of the war the absolute ecessity of a change became apparent. Many of the departments of business {increased in rapid geometrical progreasion, and anmerous. new ones were created. More money was received and disbursedin a day than formerly in a week ora month, It has not deen an unusui thing of late for the aggregate receipts and payments of a single day to amount to fifleen mil!ions of dollars; ‘The average numberof checks of disbursing officers paid é@very day is two thousand. During the month of April last the payments alone were about one bundred and five millions, and the receipts about tho same. The payment of interest on the public debt—both registered and coupon bonds—has become enormous, both -as to tho amount and the number of persons pald. Addod to the above, the chief payments are for Treasury drafts, for principal and interest of temporary.loan and for Assay Ofico bullion warrants. The receipts com- prise deposits from disbursing officers, from ol- lectors of customs, from postmasters, from collectors of internal revenie, from the public om account of funded stock, Treasury notes, temporary loans,’ patent foes, &o, Besides all this, all transfers of certificates of registered stock, and all powers of attorney to collect interest om such stock, are mado before the Deputy Assistant Troasurer, who certifies also, when required, to tho genuinencas of endorsements upon checks of dis- bursing officers upon the Treasuror of the United States. for certificates of indebtedness. He also receives and distributes all certificates of indebtedness, checks, bonds and other valuables from the Treasury Department at ‘Washington {ntended for jnatitutions and individuals in New York. These amount in value daily to millions, acd are sent to the New York office from Washington in pri- vate mail pouches, under the Departments lock abd key. ‘This will give a general, but by no means a complete, idea of what is done at what is vulgarly called the Sub-Trea- sury at New York. All this stupendous business was transacted in one room. and two small offices, in a building which was neither fire-proof nor burglar-proof. in & safe which an expert Durglar would have ontered in an hour, if undisturbed, there were frequently contained from twenty-five to thir: ty millions of dollars. The multifarious operations of the office were performed together in one apartment, involy- fog inevitable confusion and great risk of mistakes. For- tunately no robbery ever took plaéd, and milstakes were avoided. - In this state of affhirs, Mr. Cieco addressed a letter to ‘the Secretary of the Treasury, establishing the necessity for increased accommodations for his bureau, and suggesting the transfer of the Custom House tothe Merchants’ Exchange building, afd tho removal of :his offices to the Castom House. Mr. Uhase submitted the matter for consideration to the financial commilttees of the two houses of Congress, and, upon thelr recommenda- tion, the proposal was adopted. In a former article we gave some account of the altera- tions in the Custom House building, then in progress. Since it was written these alterations Bave been com. pleted, and Mr. Cisco has entered into cocupation of tho building. “He is satistied that bad the government under- taken to erect a structureexpressly for the Treasury, they could not ‘possibly have furnished a more sstitfactory combination of security, convenience’ and ‘ogmfort than now ocxists. He fs enabled to transaot’ his) busl- ‘ness without confusion, with less labor, and ‘with far greater acceptability to the public. and ‘yet, with some recent increase, he transacts a ‘business, in most respects larger than that of the Bank of England, with less than fifty clerks, messengers, porters, &e.,all told, Thé Bank of Enland employs ‘seven hun- dred of cight nundred persons, of whom between two ‘hundred and three hundred are in s clorioal capacity. Mr. Cisco never appoints any man to office who is not tho- roughly competent to perform the special duties to 'bé as- signed to him, and thoroughly trustworthy, The busizess of tho day must always be done on the day. Accounts ‘are balanced every afternoon. Every letter is answered by return of mail. Mistakes must not be made, Neither {noompetence nor carclessness can be excused. This !3 the grent secret of the reputation of the New York Sub. Treasury. 9 ‘To progeed to a description of tho building and {ts oc- cupation, The exterior has been thoroughly seraped and cleaned. The inclination of the fight of steps leading to the Wali strect, or front entrance, thas deed cnanged 80 88 to permit the shedding © or tain and = «melted «snow. A sort! “of wooden storm door, which offensively projected in front of the main entrance, has been romoved, as have also cortain iron railings, which usclessly broke the contMaity of the steps. Over this entrance an entablaturo bed been re- moved and a window inserted, destroying the architectu- falharmony. Tho stono has been replaced, having cut ‘upon ft in letters in relief the words “United States Trea- ” ‘Un entering tho visitor finds himself in the ROTUNDA, one of the mont olegantly proportioned rooms in America. Its interior arrangements bave been materially changed since it was in the occupation of the revenue officers. ‘The unsightly boot, as it was called, has been removed from the centro, and in its stead two straight counters have beon placed running from the second eolums 08 either Gide the full length of the room. It will be recollected froa work, of an elaborate pattern, painted with white China gloss and surmounted with white marble slabe. slides: ee ter Gaines dike a ae ko. counters are placed the various clerks, beokkeepors, &o., connected with the paying department, The payment at these openings. The first opening on the right is for the payment of interest on stock, the next for the payment of "the full, or, ag Qbey are called, clean coupons; the next for tho payment of fractional coupons. Mr. Thomas W. Jenkins is at the head of the | Interest department. Tho last opening ts for the payment of bullion warrants of the Assay Office, Mr. Sylvagus Jon. kins is chiof of this burean. In the contre of the rotunda there is placed an octaconal table of black walnut, fur. nished with pens and ink, for tho use of the publi¢ having buviness to transect. The whole aspect of this rotunda, with the open passageway from street to street, is very impressive, The dome has been detiontely tinfed, and the lantern throws down @ flood of light wateh has to bo tempored by @ shade vo a bright day, Tho fron rail ' NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST, 3, 1863. ‘around the galleries has been repainted. The clock has been removed ita position om the cast side plaged directly the principal eatrapes, to by o huge trom cage of ed mirable » painted and gilded, standing upon a gilded globe. ne of the most striking peculiarities of tais and every other portion of the building ts Ite ex- treme cleanliness. As the Custom House, it used to be of- fonsive to the eye and anything but fragrant to the smell. But this has bee all changed. ‘Wo will now bring our visitor back to the front ea- trance, and take him through the first door on the left (before coming to the counter), into MB. 1800's PRIVATE OFFICE. ‘This room, formerly used as the’ public office of the Coilector of the Port, is most elegantly but chastely fur- nisbed and phuolatered in blue, The carpet is of English Brussels; tu@ ourtaing and furniture covers of blue reps. ‘Tho furniture, which is massive and in the very best tasto, lg of black walnut, Tne cornices of the curtains and the bookcase are elaborately carved with the arms of the Treasury of th» United States—the scales and key. We shal! probably flad Mr, Cisco overwhelmingly busy, standing in front of a desk covered with certificates, letters, &c., awaiting his signature, writing, and at the same time talking to half a dozen poople, who have come to him on business. Ho may not be able to personally escort ug through the establishment; but if he is not he will dolegate one of his subordinates for the purpose. In either case we will probably proceed by a stone spiral staircase (everything is stone or iron); elegantly car- peted and lighted by gas, to.tho “ROOM OF THE SKCRETARY OF THE TREASURY, immediately over Mr. Cisco’g, and on the southwest cor- ner of Wall and Wassau streots. This room {s in size and furniture almost the counterpart of Mr. Cisco’s, except that green ts the prevailing color instead of blue. Here Mr. Chase receives the visits of bankers and financiers who have occasion to see him when in New York. ‘We again ascend the atairs and pass out of a door at the north end of Mr. Cisco’s room into the space ocoupted by the paying clerks. Through this we Proceed to the VAULT OF THE ASSISTANT TREASURER, in the northwest angle of the rotunda. In the northeast angle there is a duplicate vault, used by Mr. Ciaco as Trea- surer of the Assay Office. In describing one we describe doth. Before reaching the vault we enter into an iron-cased yeatibule, fitted up with file casos for tho preservation of vouchers, letters, &c. Between the vestibu'e and the outer space theré are two massive iron doors, and be- tween the'vestibule and the vault two similar ones. Each of these four doors has. double lock upon it, arranged by an ingenious contrivance, so that if one lock should ever get out of order the other would throw the bolt. The locks were selected with the greatest care, after the careful examina- tion of a large number by experts, and are believed to be the very best in the world. The first is Yalo’s Trows- ury (Keyhole), the next Yalo's Monitor (combination), the next the Ishem (oom¥ination), and tho last Dodd’s Eureka (combination). Wenow enter the gas lighted vault, which is nothing more nor less than an iron clad room, twenty feet in length and thirteen in-beight. This vault contains upwards of two hundred and forty tons of iron; and nothing to com- pare with it is believed to exist elsewhere. The space below aad above 13 built up with solid masonry. The construction of the doors, and of the celling, roof and sides of the vault, is the same. Between plates of iron of enormous thickness are Plac:d im sockets cannon balls, amounting (in each vault) to about one hundred thousand. They are some- thing over an inch ia diameter, and so arranged that if a burglar should succeed in penetrating the outer iron he would either strike directly upon a ball, or, after going through the plate into which they are inserted, he would strike upon one upon the other side. The ball would then immediately revolve in its socket, his in- strument would get no purchase, and he would go no further. The various other contingencies connected with burglary have also been provided agaiust. Around the vault are seventy-five iron compartments, mde to hold each tive hundred thousand dollars in gold. They only run half way up to the ceiling, and at any time as many more may be placed over thom, should occasion require t. Each of these comparments, all of which are provided with locks, has a small wooden ping to’ rece'vo ‘tha Impression of a seal, They contained in the aggregate at the time of our visit the modest sum of twenty-five mil- Mons of dollarsin gold, silver, United States notes and postage currency. It must not be supposed that the vauiteare relied upon to the exclusion of watohing. Six watchmen, armed with revolvers, perambulate the premises all night. Emerging from the vault, we proceed out of the rotunda through @ passageway railed off from the public, into the RECEIVING AND COUNTING ROOM OF THE UNITED J STATRS TREASURY, : formerly occupied by the Naval Offlcer of tho port. Here all deposits of money of every kind are recoived and counted by @ staff of clerks under the direction of Mr. Edward H. Birdsall, chief of thie departmem. Tho room is fitted up with counters like those in the rotu: which, like them, are topped with gasburaers of an gant pattern. The rapidity witb which the experts in this department maSipulate muncy is something almost, magical to the joexperiencod eye. We were shown some of the filed go!d double eagles, eagles, half eagles and quarter eagles, which are probably the most dangerous counter- feits over put in cirenlation. The counterfeiter takes a ‘nearly twelve dollars, fills in platina, recioses the two halves, and remilis the piece. It will then have the exact woight, the exact ring and ths exact surface of a genuine coin; and yet Mr. Birdsall and Mr. John A. Cisco (Mr. John J. Cizoo's son) will detect a fraudulent piece instant- ly among thousands of good ones. ‘These pieces circulate every where else; but their career 13 cut short whoa they reach the New York Tressury. Leaving tho receiving room of crossing the hull, we enter tho RECEIVING AND WEIGHING ROOM OF THT ASSAY orfice, formerly the office of the cashior of the Custom House. Here are recetved and weighed all gold and st!ver bullion for conversion into bare and coin, under the directiin of Mr. Samuel H. Graham. This room i# alntost the counter- Part of the one opposite. It communteates by a passage- ‘way with the melting and refining bui ding. wh ness of the Assay Office has groatiy decreased during the war and since we have boon upon a payer basis. When we were there wesaw large deposit of silver plate, some of it of very elaborate workmanship, by onc of our leading jewellers. Woe were informed that such deposits are very Bumerous since the tax on plate and the premium on silver havo induced peonie to resort to washod goods. ‘The room immediately over the ono last described fe the the Treasury, and FRACTIONAL CURRENCY DEPARTMENT, presided over by Mr. Greenville B. Smith. Its apyolat ments are similar to those of the two roceiving rooms downstairs. Here postage currency is lasuod and re deemed. Mr. Smith informed us that the daily redemp- tions Row amount to abou! fifteen thousand dojlars. It takes an expert clerk an cntire day to count two thousand dollars. The redeemed notes aro put up ia packeges and pent to Washington to be dostreyed. Spocimons of coun- terfeits of each denomination were shown to us, A new fractional currency, now boing prepared at the ‘Treasury Department at Washi wili be iasued in ths place of the postage currency, ia thS course of a month or two, ‘The room opposite to the fractional currency depart. meat is subdivided into three offices:—Those of Mr. Dun ning, Saperintendent of the Assay Office; Dr. Torrey, As- (ayer, and Mr. Kent, Molter and Reiner. This room was formerly oocupied by the auditor of the Custom House. ‘These offices are appropriately but quietly furntshed. ‘The two rooms in the third story on Pine streot are oc. @upted by Dr. Torrey severally for @ laboratory and a chemical room. The public are not admitted ‘The two angular rooms in the second story over the ‘vaults are occupied by some of the chief accountants, who Fequire quiet and privacy. Passiag through theone on the east side, we come out upon the gallery of tho ro. tunda, procceding along which, wo enter au elegant RSTIRING ROOM, fronting upon Wall street, and directly opposite to the Secretary of the Treasury's room, on tho other side, to ‘which it is chiefly used as an ante-chambor, or ‘waiting oom. It is superbly furnished tn crimson, Descending a stone staircase, similar to the one on the other side, we enter the PRIVATE OFPIOR OF TTR DEPUTY ASSISTANT TREA- SURER OF THE UNITED STATHS, MR. M. B. FIELD. ~ ‘Tho ontrance to Mr. Field's office in on the right, as that to Mr. Cisco's ts on the left, of the principal or Wall street catrance, This room was formerly oooupled by the Collector of the Port an his private office, It ip fittod up similarly to Mr. Cisco's Office, except that the furniture and upholstery are green, instead of blue, and Got ® small ante-room is partitioned off in front by fan ologant gilt iron railing. A) t&¢ north qnd thie room , i Fepresented ral, Surveyor General, Colonial double eagle, saws it open, extracts gold of tho value of communicates with the taterest department , and thence nnn Cn e THE ROYAL FAMILY OF MADAGASCAR., Dailding is thoroughly heated wun | fact of the Ming ax We nave perhaps somewhat minute io our scription , oped earn scomed indispensable France tm the India: Give even a general and inadequate idea of the location seennoren oF the tty Beye ‘ge gel Institutions report o Jura, sot sonetene stennsl Reames leeeeng ane woe —: B Making our bow, we take our leave of the courteous ee eee oe ee ps tp Now York brauch of the United States prensa at rats ye ro ETS pen claimed ruler of the country. King Radama the Second, of Madagascar, wad THE REBELS IN THE WEST INDIES. Pegedh ange D pcg Sr Memes Te Correspondence. Namuo, N. P., July 3, 1863. tong, before bo was hurled from his throne by the game agency by which he ascended ita ‘on the Ag-, | revolution. Jt will be recollected that in the bart ort earn os ae ene SAT Side otiaeek: oRe ce Of the Natives—The Blockade Runners—Importance of | father, but not without some severe » in which Nassau asa Naval Sta'ion—A Grove of Eighteen Thou- | °0° Of his cousins, the head of an faction, was sand Orange Trees—A Curious Consular Act, ée., de, slain. The present agitation has not only changed the Nassau is decidedly a queer place. Although Iam no, | °xecutive again, but deprived the newly elected menace stranger to foreign lands, and have beon eomewnat of a’ | of his life. ai traveller in my time, I hardly remember ever to have | Tee news of these violent changes and outrages to the ‘been so peculiarly impressed as by Nassau, with its kingly power and person in Madagascar may possess htue quaint architecture, its whiteness, and tbo oriental ap interest for many, but they are not without much signi@- pearance of its palm and cocoanut trees. Wo arrived | cauce to the diplomatic and commercial world, indicating, hero after an agreeable passage of four days on the '| they do very plainly, that away out in the steamer Corsica, from New York, at about four o’olock | Ocean, aud opposite the southoast coast of Africa, is mata- tn the afternoon; and such a scene of confusion, so per- | tained that struggle for predommance between the Eag- fect a Babel, as existed for at least am hour and a halt | !ist and French which will ever exist, notwithstanding alt around the ship, I certainly never have witnessed. Wo | +0 assortions and gloss of an entents cordiale to the ous anchored inthe harbor, as is customary, and Goats fanu- | HSrY; until (be solid superiority of ow or the other pf the merablo crowded around to take off the passengers and, | "tl! thelr effects. Negross, half naked, of all ages and size | In tho year 1642 the French settled la Madagascar, quarrelled in an unnatural gibberish, hardly recogni calling it He Deuphiae. They bavo since made many at- as English, for supremacy or priority of place, not, aa we | tmpts to colonize it, but without success; and hence the often see, on the single principle of “ every one for him. | Sfeat desire which is pow felt at the French court to ob- seif,” but on the doub‘e principle, besides, of “everyone | ‘ala ® firm foothold on the soil, and thus thwart the inter. against overy one else.” Woe to the unfortunate who for a | © of Great Britain, which have of toe yous moment lost the position once obtained. A thousand help- | ‘Pushed forward very briskiy by missionaries ing bands sped him on his backward way, not rejoicing, | 90+ out in ® semi-official character by the government. but loudly cursing. One more substantial owner, having a | The king who bas just been assassinated favored the cause: large sized lighter at his command, bad secured her by | f the English, while the Queen regnant, who has just tho painter to the ship’s sido, and had already obtained « | Succeeded him, espoused thas of the, French; and, in our Dertial cargo; bat, being for the mogfent on tho Corsica’s | Pinion, the direct canse of the tragedy may be found im deck superintending more extensivs operatioas, his boat, | **nowlodge of these two facts, 4 dy fair means or foul, became unfastencd, and drifted | King Radama the Second, of Madazasoar, was away with'tho tide, Fach ono assisted it onward through | + Mahamasure .on, the, 23d of September, 1862. There the mass of boats, until it became qiick!y disengaged. | was considerable: pomp observed on the occasion, an@ ‘The owner, perceiving bis misbap, jumped into the near- | the Ordor of Radama the Sesond was Placed on the breas® est boat, apd attempted to cross.from one to the other to of of the English missionaries—an. attestation that arrest the progress of his own craft. Ho was immediately ape knocked overboard, and, as he attompted to raize himseif | theedict by which the profession of Obristisuity waa mad me? es hs wig med — Jecga mes ed prohibited in 1845 was fully and forever rovoxed.. Mot- the consistence of leathes, he eertainiy could aol have | withstanding bie the fetish dolaof the county wore oy oles Pisin Mi rehpet bas one borne In advance of the clergymen in the procession. muscu low, ho ‘got out, and, ‘The native priests and idol keepers were all present, and Rope DEAE A HOR AIM She Banieee eccuck Eee emt aat te remaietes tae king‘placed the crown on bis head was very extraordt- nary and somewhat imposing. On the right stood six Catholic priests from France, having immediately behind them several Sisters of Charity, in charge of from forty to fifty girls and Iittle, children wh» bad been baptized, and were attending their schools, On the left were tho English missionaries. In front stood the idol keepers, having thirteem idols] raized on poles. At the moment of the coronation all the| Christian and tho native clergymen commenced $o pray’ at tho same moment and continued so to the end, 60 great eathasiasm, mingledwith some confusion, pre-| vailed, All the Malagasy nobles wore present, iocluding tl Princesses Rasalime and Sakalava, with the widow of the| father of Radams the First, atone time the reigning belle| of Madagascar. Some of the men were exceedingly handsome; such as| the young Princes Ramony and the son of Rambosolama. All were gorgeously dressed. ‘The Quee, now supreme monarch, was splendidiy at- tired in @ white satin dress and a taste‘ul ornament go!d on her head, rode to the place tua scarlet and gold embtoidered painquin, accompanied by her adop girl, tho child of Prince Ramonja’s eldest daughter, King rode beside her, mounted oa a little Arab and greeted by the plaudits of the joyous multisade, crowded every availabie spot within sight of which pageant had to pase; while the voices of the Cl might be heard singing mtost heartily the Nasional thom or Malngasy, “God-Save tho Queen,” Guards, clothed in green, and bearing. stiver | attended the royal pair, and the officers of the from England and France, as well as other foreigoers Malagasy officers of state, followed. The the flight of steps leading to the seate prepared for ‘Majesties , under the canopy erected over the sacred oa which the monarch, en commencing his reign, exhil himself to the heads of ‘the nation. Tho King folio wearing & British fleld marshal’s uniform presented Queen Victoria, and a splendid light colored robe. Grosses of the officers of state wore most of them new, and some of them gorgeous. The robe of the Minister Justicn was of green velvet, trimmed with gold lace, twain carried by two bearers, When they had been seated a few misotes the Ki ‘Tose, and, taking tho crown from astand on his placed it on hig head. The fring of capnons the fact. The band struck up the National Anthem, the multitude saluted the newiy ctowned monarch wi the Malagasy salutation, ‘‘May you live thousand years.’ The King then turned to the Queen, who stood by sido, and, taking a smaller opon work orown of gold the page who bore it, placed it on her head. After jog a minute or two to receive tho greetings of officers and the shoutings of the multitude, the Kiag King and his Cane Our Nassau and oars, be finally plunged into and after some:minutes, dog-lik Ming, or striking out hand over hand with greatest self coniidence, he reached bis boat, Then came the tug of war. Alone and unaided, sculling with je oar, ha would inevitably have drift- od ont to sea, pot been for assistance kindly ren- dored him by @ government boat ich quickly brougnt, bim to his old posiiion. We could not do less than patronize the bravo fellow; and possibly this little inet dent secured nim @ larger cargo than would otherwise have fallan to Lis lot. Nessau is bullt on limestone. The houses are construct- edot limestone. The streets are cit out of limestone; and, in short, the whole island is limestone, with the excoption of the trees, and fruits aud productions. Even the inkao- itauts partake of th’s cbaracter from thoir indolence of habit, and the poculiar porousness or power of absurption which they have shown since the beginning of the rebel lion. The quality of. resplendent whiteness which is pos. sessed by the pavements and streets to an unpleasant d blinding to the 08, 19 not, however, a cha- rac of the population, the greater portion of are colored. As a stranger, I can sincerely tosti‘y that tho residents are premise friendly and obliging in the highest degree, and I look back with pleasure at baving reecived many kindly favors trom them. - 1 have been astonished at finding the era) order nd quictness which prevail in this town. I had expect- ed to find’ this hotbed of secesgion sympathizers a hell- holo of orimo, vice, and all kiuds of excess's: and yet there-are only seventy-six policemen in the place, besides the gurrison of four hundred and fifiy men jn the bar- racks and fortifications. The ba or Ue il! secmavyery Tespectable set of men, on the New York’ principle, por- “money makea the gent!oman;’ and some of parties, up lar; by ree, quite 3 te from captains to ain st cabin boys, have picked "ee fortunes. The Royal Victoria is crowded, and we ‘were till nive o'clock of the night of our arrival sceking a place to lay our heads. It was finally owing to the sym- bmp excited in the breast of our kind old lady hostess et forlorn: sce ples nde paading the Bot expect pies a ings, tl room. Whatever deficlncies there may ‘been fa our acoommodations were iy Tepaid by the kind atten- tions of owr landlady. Wo are on the outekirts of the town, wi h a beautiful view and @ coo! breeze to make us happy and content. y Nassau is, to some extent, fortified, and in case of war new fortidcations would quickly be erected; but a couple of Monitors would soon render the place untenable, In case of a war with England our only phpock 19 sab og. Neg. Bau would be in depriving the enemy of « valuable entre. pot and naval station off our coast. “ The harbor of Nassan 1s formed by a narrow strip of lend—Hog Isl un: ‘parallel wi of New Providence about half 9 mile distant, thus giving an eastern, western entrance, and forming a safe and commodious barbor, There are in Nassau about elovon habitants: io the whole Bahamas, thifty-eight 1) oes Bahamas Ay. Sissehater ties Yoweri es voting. who @ 1 one. who ® pot,’’ all of the members, even those represent. out-isinnds, residing ia Nassau. ‘The government in the ower by the sttorney Gene. Secretary, Ke.istrar and others, bolding their seats ex-officio. The members of the Tegistative Counct! or Senate, five or fix in number, are appointed by the Governor. By tis ar: at the Governor porsesees great power, and, indeed, all the prin- cipal measures emanate from him and the Executive Council. Thas, while great freedom is enjoyed by the people, the administration is carried on by the wiser and More intelligent class, and tbe popular vote can hardly dangerous and revolutionary measures, ‘but yields t) wise and beneficent ones. One peeniiarity of the island I must mention, and will then close my already leaythy letter. The instruments of agricuiture are very simple. They consist of a crow- and a hatchet. ith these the suriace of the land cleared away, and hojes forced into the rock, in which holes corn 18 planted, I lately visited an orange grove, containing eighteen thousand orange trees. Jt is under the care of a young bey clergyman, whose church is close by, and who makes the farmhouse bis , OF, as he styles it, his bachelor Teceived us kindly and led) aa arcund the premiere The trees, incredibloas it may seem, grow rom out of the crevices of the rocks, oF rather of the Irmestone, of which the island is formed. On they are not so vigorous; but on the iy #0. tho trees bear perity of all classes, were the samo as raised to the throne. Trevious to bis coronation the King the difficulties which lay enfolded for him ta matic contest of the Freach and English, and it, #0 far as be could, a a characteristic manner th tho oplanda the blossings of Providence withim their reach, can it be wondered at that are gatistied and hap, on Jury 5.—I appéAd a postscript for the consider. Americans at home. Onr efficient repreventative here, W. C, Thompson, Eaq., acting ia the:piace of our worthy: Consul, Mr. Hawley, now in the North in delicate health, actually refused yestertay, on the Fourth of July, to hoist the Sters and Stripes on tho Consular flagstaif, be- cause, forsooth, our national emblem ts too little respect- ea bere. Comment is unecessary. Naseav, N, P., July 4. 1863, The natat day of the greatest naticn ia Carisiendom te inne. however, that ‘ablo Upon tis, a24, though thousands of Americans throng the oa eetd down” and Ned BS ba a - atreots, yet not the slightost visible sign is there that oneof | Madagarcar. them feels that it is a day that he and every trac American ought to hovor: not a Star or Stripe can be econ the hundreds of vessels that crowd the harbor, and even the fiagetafl of the American Consul, which one week the anniversary of the coronation of Victoria) proudly bore aloft the 1a trea] and iron arg tf w- of all das of even, eS ate oF even an nah, of bunting. Police Intelligence. . want? Mf veb pl dade bad FS pe Smoormo AvrRay at THe Aston Hovws.—A serious bg guilty Gisrespect ct the | +25 took place at the Astor House on Saturday which will probably resalt In the death of one of the ticipants. Shortly after five o'clock a man who was land, @ native of Ireland, thirty-three years of ago, died ‘at an carly hour morning from the effects of a gunshot wound received om the 14th ult., during the die. bance at the Toquest was held on Rawney.—Coroner Ranney held an oan ga atmo oh York Hospital, on tbe body the man who was stabbed at 37 Park streot & Ttalian, — Satvacor J. Alles. The to snow drcenged partially intomicated at \pe tira, and as Alina passed him on the way to his room deceased ‘ked, Tek ‘and all crowd.”” Alina, thinkin, ina Hust would walk into the yard an Opportunity would be Fae for him test ing qualities, Haunt the chai fa ‘a few moments a collision ensued, during. wea stabbed in the left et: heart, Varough the ball to tho froat door, tell and re 0 afterwards, He to the New ital and expired soon ted. ‘The jury rendore’ 1 verdict that he died “from effects ths tat @'7 ot Anges, 1968." Alton eacapot ‘ation i ¥ Imi a aster indicting the fatal blow and ia still 6a. in Joundan, of tho sixth Ban: ine of beng ablé to arrest bina be the country