The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1863, Page 4

4 te et NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETYS, MOITOR AND POPRIBIOR ‘OLTON AND NASSAU BTS. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENIN MIBLO'S GARDEN, Bri away. —fne Duxe’s Morro. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tave to tuk Last WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Natautm. THEATRE, Bowery.—Macuuta— Tu—ART: UL Dovaxr. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Guosr OF ALTENSURG— Syiiriee—WANDERING SikeNIE. BAWNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Tae PYT Wo Sm INDIAN Cuters. WARRIORS AND SQUAWS. AO. at i) hours Maunvep Cuanuei—Quitk at Howe—aiter- Boon and Evening. BRYAN way.— Muos: TS MINSTR anics’ Hall, 472 Broad. ) Buriesquas, &c.—Tas WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermiorran Foncs, Dances, ke—-Tak Gu ost AMBRICAN THEATKE, No. Pawiowwus, Wire, 444 Broadway.—-Baters, Buriesguzs, 4¢.—Mk, snp Mus. PurEn NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— ©umosrims any Lacrures, from 9 A, M."till 10 P.M, New York, Tucsday, August 25, 18 63. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY, Advertisements forthe Werxiy Heratp must be band- e4 in before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its circulation among the enterprising mechanies, farmers, merchants, manufagturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. ativertisements in- sorted in tho Warkty Hearn will thug be seen by a large portion of the'active and energetic poople of the United States, : THE SITUATION. General Rosecrans, with his Army of the Cum- berland, is again up and stirring. On the 21st inst. he made his appearance before Chattanooga and opened fire upon that city, where General Joe Johnston was in command, superseding General Bragg, who had gone to Atlanta. The rebels de- fended the city with nineteen guns, but battery after battery was disabled by the fire of Rosecran’s artillery. Two steamers which were moored at the wharf were destroyed, one being.sunk and the other totally disabled. An attempt to destroy the pontoon bridge which the enemy had lying across the river was frustra- ted by the sharp fire of the rebel sharpshooters. Forty prisoners were taken. Two rebels were killed and several wounded. A train of wagons and mules was captured. The works of the enemy on the river are reported to have been very strong, the parapets of which are not Jess than fifteen feet wide. The demoralization of the rebel army in this quarter is complete. Deserters come into our lines at the rate of one thousand a week. The posi- tien of the rebel forces has been ascertained to be ‘this:—The centre of Bragg’s army was at Chatta- nooga, and the left wing at Bolton. General Buckner had ten thousand men at Cleveland. The whole of Bragg’s army numbered thirty thousand men. feat on Sunday. General Wilder accomplished an important He crossed the Tennessee river on that night and burned a small railroad bridge near Shell Mound, thus severing communication deeworn the right and left wings of the rebel ‘army. He recrossed in a ferryboat and two barges, and brought them to Stevenson, Ala. Wo publish in to-day’s paper additional news from our correspondents of the bombardment of Fort Sumter on the 17th and 18th instant; also the Official report of Admiral Dahlgren relative to the 4nfx, Tbe bombardment is described as terrific in the extreme; our army and navy covered them- selves with glory. ‘The fall of Fort Sumter seems ato bea forego." conclusion, its guns having been - silenced. The a,teamer Maple Leaf, frem Stono Inlet, arrived at PaTtress Monroe yesterday with ‘one day's later news {rom Charleston harbor, where she touched. On’ fortress Monroe corres- pondent gives the details of he,” BEWs. No movements in the armies o» General Meade or Lee are reported to-day. Our correspondence from North Caron0® re- veals still more strongly the Union feeling daly gaining strength there. The ship Francis B, Cutting, which artived at this port yesterday from Liverpool, reports. that while in latitude 41 10, longitude 44 20, she 9°98 boarded by the pirate Florida, and bonded fo,* $40,000, when she was permitted to pursue her course, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. By the arrival of the Great Eastern, Captain Paton, in Flashing Bay, and the City of Baltimore, Captain Mirehouse, at this port, we have European news to the 13th inst., one day later than the ad- vices previously received. ‘ The English, French and Dutch stock speculators had commenced heavy operations in Mexican seca- rities, supposed to be based upon a fixed belief inthe permanency of the French occupation of Mexico, One failure on the London Stock Exchange is woe The defaulter isa victim to the rebel joan, The steamship Sidon, Captain MoMicken, sed @Liycrpool 11th and Queenstown 12th inst., a pt this port nr di tad morning. = been weticfpated by telegraph from Cape ace. Coroner Naumann held an inquest yester day, in the ease of a child six years old, named Emily Batler, who died from ill treatment and neglect at ithe hands of her step-mother, A warrant was is- sued for the cruel perent; but up to last evening ehe ha! not been arrested. ‘The investigation into the ciroumstances attend. (ng the shooting of Joseph T. Donnelly, at Y , on tae night of the 20th instant, was com- yesterday before Coroner Ramey. The evilonce was somewhat conflicting as to Colonel touts complicity ia the affair; but all the wit- esses agreed as to Major Bassford having fired the fatal shot. The inquest will be resumed to- day at twelve o'clock, The City Inspector's report states that there were 565 dewths in the city during the past week—a de- of 196 ompared with the previons week, ‘ase of 307 from the mortality oF de week preceding, and 143 more than occurred fr ang the corce ling week last year, The re- Fopituiation table gives 9 deaths of alcoholism, 1 of Jisease of the boues, joints, &e.; 104 of the brain + nerves, 7 Of the gouerative orzens, 15 of the fo aad blood vesse!s, 110 of the tu throat, oy of old aye, 13 of dixenses of the skin and eases of stomach, bowals and other diyertive or. pi ve fevers, 4 prematare births, 290 of die. Cobia mae A ll GUTLe cad of L masnutys ae Wid) ellvetually dosent their sutanic | i | law rightfully exists. Outside of these 11.768. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1863. | diseases of the urinary organs, and 54 from violent | machinations and restore the Union in its pri | causes. There were 467 natives of the United States, 130 of Ireland, 42 of Germany, 1¢ of Bng- land, 3 of Scotiand, and the balance of various foreign countries. Stocks yesterday were firm, with a moderate advance throughout the day. Money was abundantly easy at 6 per cent. Gold for the moat part at 124, but as low a8 123% late in the afternoon. Exchange dull at 137 a 1373s. Cotton yesterday was inactive, aud prices were quite heavy. The sales of flour and wheat were moderate, at easier rates. Corn’ was more active and dearor. Gre- ceries were selling more freely, The mata businoss in provisions was in pork, which was firmer. Whiskey was rather more sought alter, Tallow was less active. Hay was steady aud in good demand. Peiroloum was freely purchased. There wore very limited freight ongago ments reported. 7 The Great Question of the Restoration of the Southerm States. The organized forces of the rebels having been for the most part crushed, and the war nearly finished, unless unhappily the fatal policy of the radicals should prevail, the ques- tion of restoring the insurgent States is occupy- ing the public attention, and is likely to be- come the great question of the day—whether those political communities are to be admitted at once unconditionally as States, pursuant to the programme laid down in the resolution of Congréss in the extra session of L861, and ac- | cording to the first proclamations of the Prosi- dent, and also the letter of Mr. Seward, written by Mr. Lincoln’s authority to Mercier, the French Ambassador, or whether they are to be treated as Territories, and held as such till they are co- erced to abolish slavery, according to the pro- gramme laid down by Senator Sumner and Wendell Phillips, and adopted generally by the abolition press. The niggerhead and copperhead journals of this city are doing their utmost to prevent their admission as States, raising great difficul- |, ties about what is most simple and clear. The Tribune, after long advocating the theory of Senator Sumner and Wendell Phillips; has at, last come to the conclusion that it is better not to touch this question at present, no doubt be- cause its discussion would lead to one of two re- sults—either that the Tribune must acknowledge that all its recent professions of Unionism are of the most hypocritical character, or it must come out at once squarely against the terri- torial scheme of Sumner and Phillips and the radical minority in the Cabinet. Yet the Tribune at the same time inserts a long letter to the President from General Hamilton, of Texas, a demagogue of the first water, strongly advocating the view which he knows is accept- able to Stanton and Chase, because he is an office seeker, and expects a place from one or other of these ministers. It is full of claptrap of the meanest kind, and is remarkable only as -one of the means used by the radical faction to influence the mind of the President. When the Louisiana deputation waited on Mr. Lincoln as to the restoration of that State to the Union, with its municipal laws and State rights intact, he agreed at once to the proposition, but said he must consult the Cabinet. The result of the consultation was that the President changed his mind, and said the question must be postponed. Now it is well known that the Cabinet is divided on the subject. Stanton and Chase are in favor of the plan of Sumner and Phillips. Pliant, facile old Welles, who has no mind of his own, strokeg his long, venerable white beard, and follows his‘leader of the War Department or the Secretary of the Treasury, whichever happens to strike out. On the other hand, Seward, Blair, Bates and Usher—four aghinst three—are in favor of the programme set forth in the resolution of Congress. And there can be no doubt that a vast majority of the people of the border, Middle and Western States are on the same side, and that it is only in three of the six New England States at there is & majori yor of the Abolition Oe fat an The radicals, however, are moving Heaven and earth to influence the President against the well known sentiment of & majority of the people of the loyal States. Not only do they resort to the usual tricks and arts of politicians, but they have recourse to spirit rapping to enthral and embarrass his mind. Now, all influential conservative men who desire to see this civil war ended soon, and the Southern States restored to their places at once in our great temple of liberty, ought to call on Mr. Lincoln and impress on him the necessity of adhering to his original purpose, and of throwing overboard the insane policy of the minority of his Cabinet, which would pro- } tract the war for twenty years. That policy is e destroy the white population of the South and give the States which it occupies to the blacks, or to effect an amalgamation of the races on a basis of perfect political and social | equality—the most absurd, visionary and im- | practicable idea that ever entered the mind of man. So far from listening to such delusions, it is the duty of the President to see that free elec- tions be held at once in all the recovered Stutes | or part. * Of States now occupied by our gene- rals—Ter, essee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisi- ana and North Carolina. These States were never legally)’ out of the Union, and they are now, therefore, Uder the authority and opera- ition of the con stitution. Neither General Grant, nor Rosecran, * 20F Banks, nor any other general, has any right .t° prevent the holding of elections for members of ,Congress in the States which they ocoupy by the.” *tmies. In those parts of a State which are pach. '¢¢ and no longer in resistance to the federal auth; Fity the mili- tary'Power cannot set aside or usur:” the place ‘of the civil law. It is only over so::diers or within the lines of the army that the m,‘litary and where armed resistance has ceased, the civil laws resume their paramount authority, and every Southern State takes its proper place again in Congress and in the federal republic, without ceremony and without conditions, just as if no rebellion had ever existed. The very object of calling out the militia and volunteers was declared to be, by the President, “to exe- cute the laws of the Union.” There is no power given in the constitution to wage war against a Btate, as such, or to coerce it in any manner. It is only against individuals that the federal lows and federal authority are operative. To destroy the organization of a State or interfere with the freedom of its elections would be to destroy the constitution itself and overturn our whole form of government. In the beginuing of the war no one taiked of any other doctrine than this. The radicals began at first to in- sinuate and now openly proclaim the territorial scheme. It is well that they have displayed the cloven fvot even s0 soon; for it is not too late for the conservatives of the country, whether republicans or democrats, to take such | i ; tine form end vigor. It is botter than any {| Union that can be devised by the fanatics of | New England. At alt ovents, a majority of the People are satisfied with it, and they will never permit it to bechanged by usurpation. . = Tow Revet Rams iy Enauanp.—We, give this morning a lotter from our London correspon- dent in relation to the three turreted iron-clad rebel rams which have been built in Ungland and are now nearly ready for sea, From his statements, and from other sources, we learn that the trio will visit our coast early in Sep- tember, with the intention to raise the blockade of the Southern coast; and to pay New York harbor a visit, to destroy our shipping, Navy Yard, dry docks, and cause general havoc here. The Navy Department must be aware of the in- tentions of these Anglo-rebel maranders, but we Cannot see that it has taken any steps to prevent them from having their own way. Our greatest reliance for harbor defence, the Roan- oke, has been taken from us and sent to Hampton Roads, where she is of no earthly use. The Sangamon, one of the Ericsson bat- teries, is there, which is ample protection for that place, while we are left out in the cold and unprotected. The Lehigh, which has been ordered to Charleston, and is n@w at the Quarantine, should be retained here. She can be of no ser- vice at Charleston now. We need her here. The Roanoke should be ordered to New York at once, where she could be made avail- able in case the rebel rams came to us by way of the Hook or the Bound. The Lehigh could be used to send through the Sound to protect any part of the Eastern coast. Not a moment’s delay should be allowed in any department to put this harbor in a perfect state of defence. The Navy Department bas had warning after warning. From England, from Ireland, from Scotland, and by the press, the people have been warned to prepare for this blow, and now they demand to see that something is done immedi- ately to secure usa measure of safety against the ravages of the English pirate vessels com- manded by rebellious Soutbern traitors. Immense Concenrration or Troors In New ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE Arrival, of the Great Eastern and City of Baltimore. THE REBEL RAMS IN ENGLAND. SPECULATIONS IN MUXIGAN SECURITIES. Failure of a Speculator in the Rebel Loan, Ree, be, he. The steamship Great Pastern, Captain Paton, from Liverpool 12th and Queenstown 13th inst. , arrived io Flushing Ray last evening, and the City of Baltimore, Captain Mirehovse, from the samo ports on the above mentioned dates, reached this city last night Lonvon, Auguat 13, 1863, A small failure took place yesterday in the Stock Ex- chango, in connection apparently with the deciine in the Confeaerate loan, ‘Pho London Times’ city article says English funds, as woll ag the more speculative classes of securities, oxbib- ited yesterday.an increased tendency to improvement, which seems to be kept ia check only by the absence of any docided rebound at Paris and the activity of tho de- mand for money in our discount markets—a demand which, judging from the comparative rates at all the prin- cipal cities of Europe and the favorable symptoms of forcign exchanges, would appear likely to be temporary and exceptional. The applications for discount at the Bank yesterday were not very numerous; but the demand in the open market shows no diminution. In the Stock Exchange short loans are offered at two and a half to three per cent. In the market for foreign securities there wadja further average improvement of about %% a % por cent. In Mexican the transactions were rather extensive, and some of thom are supposed to bave been on French ‘account. The quotations advanced to 38% & 391/, or per cent higher than on Tuesday ‘Tne London Herald says:—The Datch houses, in ad- dition to the French, are operating largely in Mexican stocks, and seem confident of a successful organization of the proposed Mexican monarchy ‘The London Daily News city article saya: —A belief is beginning to be entertained that as soon as the demaud in connection with the harvest is satisfied, the influx of gold wili cause the bank rate of discount to be reduced. Yors—Wuat May Yet se Done witn Taem.— There are at present not less than thirty thou- sand troops in garrison in this city. They are here ostensibly to prevent the resumption of riots during the draft which is taking place; but we are inclined to suppose that other views are entertained as regards the services to be rendered by the veterans now collected here in such large numbers. The administration will soon have all the men it desires, as, besides the draft, the volunteering system is still kept up, and numbers join the army thus. It is more than likely now, that ere the lat of January next the rebellion wijl have been crushed out, and it is possible that our govern- ment may contemplate the sending of the large force which will be kept here to suddenly seize upon and hold the city of Vera Cruz, should the republicans of Mexico demand from us tbis service. Our administration would be fully warranted in acting thus, without in any way giving previous warning to the French, who would consequently find themselves in at rap. Thirty or forty thousand of our best troops, with a sufficient escort of iron-clads, could easi- ly hold Vera Cruz against any force inclined to attack them. We are the natural guardians of the Mexicans, and it is to our interest to uphold them against any forced change of govern- ment, and we are bound to do all in our power to prevent the substitution of a French empire for the Mexican repablic. The Monroe doc- trine we must fully vindicate. The congentration of a large force here would render the undertaking we refer to quite feasible. It might be accomplished at any moment effectually and quickly, and would, of course, put an god fo all th splays fland Snd views of the Emperor fapoleon as regards this continent. Our ad- ministration is, of course, fully aware that, sooner or later, we must take the Mexican affair in hand, and it is likely that we may do it sooner than all parties expect. The end of the rebellion is now near at*hand, and we shall find ourselves with a force of some seven or eight hundred thousand veteran troops, all anxious for more service, and all quite willing and ready to give a lesson to the presumptuous Frenchmen who have invaded our continent. After having put down the rebellion our troops will have the glorious privilege of driving from Anjierican soil those European nations who | have imagined that our fate was sealed, and that they might with impunity insult the ma- | jesty of onr great republic. Our veterans will | ‘at some day not far distant effectually dispel theese erroneous impressions. A Swans Brit. Acatst Evoranp.—The Eng- lish journals seem to be in a great state of fluster and agitation because the Heratp inti- mated in some previous article that the draft of | three hundred thousand men might be taken as | A menace against England. We have no idea | that the two countries will go to war. There is a much more simple method of settling the affairs at variance between us. At the end of | the rebeilion, which event will no doubt occur | between now and the Ist of January, we shall | have a small pill to present to John Bull. At | the present timé England is the firat commer- | cial nation in the world, and we shall proceed to settle our difficulties wither ine strictly J. Bymay be drawit pp as Tollow t sustained froni the ‘ee wire we oy tages ok of the English ports. 07+... . .$896,/00,000 00 amount dne for the insolence . British arietoeracy Journals and reviews 10;000,00% 0% amount due for the insolence o Roe- buck and other bucks in the English Parliament (the latter amount being considered a full equivalent)........ +6 5 60 Total, errora excepted...... weve cceeee e RB5,000,006 60 If we have omitted any claims in this bill. we shall feel obliged should the public forward to us lists of the amounts not made out, It is important the affair should be in business shape ere it is presented. ‘We remember that when the Emperor of Rus- sis made out his little claim against Turkey he took the precaution to seize the as material guarantees, We might easily fol- low this example, as we have the Canadas so near at hand. Mr. Seward, when he jooularl: asserted that we would send one boadsed thonsaud men to Monireal, should have said that we would send two hundred thousand— half to go east and half west—so that the affair might be accomplished without loss of time. We shall want a speedy and satisfactory settlement, and hope that our claim will be made out in due form and promptly presented. The Goveram Vntarm.rma, sugust Tre sales of g vormment bonds todvy amousted to | gee, Deliveries Of bouds ar mace to jaly 27 ine | birt) 2 ‘Tho London Zimes has a leader on Laucushire in allusion to the increase last week of the number of snemployed, and says:—Lancashire must be gradually emptied as it was gradually filled, There is no remedy but to distri- bute the population; centres of trade and wealth aro perpetually changing. It is useless to straggle against necessity. Lancashire has bad its turn; it may have its turn again; but its people cannot be supported at the public expense till that time arrives.”” ‘The London Times, n noticing the removal of Sir J. Hudson from his post at Turin, says:—‘‘It is impossible to conceive any public reason for his being displaced, ex- cept to make room for Mr, Elliott.” The London Post also remarks, tbat although it knows nothing that is not excellent and honorable of his succossor, Rarl Ruasell may rest assured that no man can at the present moment fit- tingly replace Sir J, Hudson at the Court of Italy, A circular’ from Arles, Dufour & Co., of Lyons, says that Swiss aod German silk manufacturers, acting unde: the influence of the Iate events in Americu, have eflected important purchases of silk, particularly in Italy. In France less confidence is entertained respecting the end af the American war. Lonpon Srock Exotancs, August 13. 1863 Closing prices for copaole—Money, 9334 @ 93 34; account, 9834 99834; vow throes, 9344 a 9224. Lonvonparer, August 13—Evening. ‘The steamship Nova Scotian, from Quebec, arrived at Greencastle tuis evening, and, having landed despatehes, proceeded to Liverpool. All well. The Three Turreted Rebel Rama Ready for Sea—Threatened Raid on New York Harbor in September, &c., &e. OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE, Townon, Sugust 10, 1863. In my Inst letter, dated from Liverpool, I informed you that the first of the great rebel turreted rams was nearly completed. She was launched earlier than I expected, and is pow in the Graving dock at Liverpool, completely plntod, with hor masts and botlers ip apd gg bows, afd ! also 4 Iirge part of her machinery. It is expected to have her ready for sea by the 18th of August. Her consort was launched on the 2d day of Atiguat, as well ag the one at Glasgow, and both will be ready to Sati Iaté in this month or tho Ist of September. You now | see that I was not wrong when, mouths ago, I informed | ou that theso rebel iron-clads would be on your coast in | mber. OW to> ive aro pff the eyee of the | September. Tt i venerable Secretary of the Navy, aud that he 1s maktfiz due preparations to receive these formidabie engines of | destruction. I cannot see from my standpoint that any. } thing has been done to sounteract the dreadful calamity | awaiting you. To bo frank, unless the most strenuous efforts are ; made, you will have another Newport's News tragedy enacted in the waters of your own beautiful bay; terrible scenes will transpire under your own windows. The speed of these vessels wil be greater than any of your iron-clads, and, of course, if uot early preveuted, they will sail about doing all the harm they can. It ‘is generally, supposed bere that the blockading squadrons will be their first prey; but my-own impres sion is, and it ts founded on a good basin, that a dash at | New York will be made; and | have no hesitation in saying, and that from a long experience in gunnory and ships, that with these three iron-clads, in broad daylight, they could enter Now Yoru harbor by the way of Sandy Hook, and burn and destroy all your ships.of-war, on the stocks and afloat, and dockyards, and pase out by the | ‘ tT ee ty ee NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WAR GAZETTE. OFFICIAL Lieut, Col. George Nauman Name With- drawn from the Retired List. GENERAL OKDERS—NO. 291, War Devarraewr, ADIUTANT GevERAL’s Ove Wasninaron, August 19, 1868. 80 much of General Orders, No. 254, of the 1st inst., as directs the mame of Lieut Col. George Nauman, First artillery, to be ontered on the retired list, is hereby ro- voked By ordor of the SECRETARY OF WAR. E, D. Yownsexn, Assistant Adjutant Gongeal The Discharge of Prisoners of War, GENERAL ORDEKS. » 358. War Duranramyr, Apsvranr Generat's Orves, Wasninetow, August 17, 1863 } Irregularitios having occurred in the discharge of pris- oners of war through the exercise of We discrotionary power by, some of the department and other command ers, it has become necessary to order:— I. No prisoner of war, a'ter baving been reported to the Commissery General of Prisoners, to ba discharged, except upon order from (se cornmission for the exchange of prigoners, who wili act under instructions fron’ this denartment Th All applicstions and recommendations for discharge will be forws ded.to the Commissary General of Prisoners, who will endorse on cach application such facts. bearing on the cake as may be matter of record in bis office when the application submitted for the decision of the depart- ment through the comunissioner for the exchange of prisoners. UL. In general the mare desire to 86 discharged upon the oath of fence will farnizh no guMoient ground for such discharge: but cases where it can beshown that the prisoner was impreased into the rabel service, or inwhich he can plead in palliation exireme youth, followed by opon and declared repentence, with other reasons, whatever they may be, shall be specially re- ported. IV. In.all cases a descriptive list of those discharped will be frnizhed by the offical making the discharge, in the office of tne Commissary General of Prixoners, VI. Tho oath of aliogionce, when administored, must be taken without qualifications, and can in no case carry with it an exemption from any of the dutivs of a citizen. By order of the SECRETARY OF WAR. E. D. Townsenp, A. A. @. Order Relating to Capture “QENERAL OROKRS-—NO. 1 Qwarrannasree Gexrrar’s Oreice, Wasinncron Crry, August 14, 1863. The following instructions, approved by the Secretary of War, in reference t» borses recaptured from the rebel armies, are published for the informstion and govern ment of officers of the Quartermasters Department :— Where a horse captured from the rebels is identified by sufficient proof as the property of & loyal ¢ claira of auch citizen to his property wili b by returning the horse to him, or, if the necessities the service prevent such return, by paying for it at the value not exceeding the average government price of the district. Receipts should bo taken in all eases. in dupli- cate, M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster General. GENERAL NEWS. Wasu iworom, August 24, 1863. RELEASE OF COL. CHARLYS CARROLL HICKS. Col. Charles Carroll Hicks, of Nicaragua fame, lately of the rebel army, who abandoned the confederacy some time ago, was to-day reicased from the Old Capitol prison, after ‘an imprisonment of one hundred and nincty days, He states that ho was kindly treatod and rendered comfort- able by the officers of the prison, and has reason to re- gret only his confinement. THE RECENT DUEL IN NEW JERSEY. The army officers who were lately engaged in a duel at New Jersey have been ordered to the front, This case, if not others of a ike uature that havo cecured before in the army, assimilates the practice of the great miliary Powers in Europe in not dismissing officers who engage A Horses. A. | in duela. Yet in peace times nulitary parties to dueis haye been stricken from tho rolls by such men as Andrew Jackson. ‘ COUNTERSKIT UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTES AT THY SOUTH. Information has been received that a large amount of counterfeit United States Treasury notes—fyes, tens, twenties and fifties—are in circulation in the South. They are presumed to be of English manufacture. A few of them have found their way ou this side of the Potomac.- They are not much better than the counterfeit rebel five and ton dollar notes printed in Philadelphia and sold by boys upon the streets here at one doliar per ban. dred. Measures have boon taken for (he arrest of the parties who have brought the bogus Treasury uoteg across: tho Potomac, ——— NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES, The two Democratic National Commitiess which were to hold a joint session about this time in Chicago or De- troit are to assemble for consultation here in a few days. Some of the memhers have already arrived for this pu 088. LITRE OE Tye oenbb Belin me iit THR BERALD AND MEADE’S ARMY. A newspaper agent of the Army of the Potomac states that under General Meade’s Inte order about sales of newspapers the sales of the Hanarp will be trivied in the army. Heretofore he has been obliged to take one Tri- bune for every two Henacns, and with the latter be bag been obliged to force off the former ypor the unwilling soldiers ace” A WEDDING AT BALTIXORE. ie Coutts! “ter and staff arrived w Baltimore this morning at cight o'clock, aud left at seven o'clock P.M. The object of the flying visit of the General with his staf to Baltimore was to witness the puptials of one of their number. RESTORED TO THE SERVICE. Major Knox, of the Ninth New York cavalry, whose dismissal trom the service was announced a short time since, {s about to be reinstated, it having been found that the facts ia this case wore migrepresented to the | War Department. ARRIVAL OF CONSCRIPTS. Yesterday the steamer Forest City arrived at Alexan- dria with a large number of conscripts. The cooseripts were, with very few exceptions, all substitutes, ond from the lowest classes, Groat difficulty wos experienced in maintaioing order and preventing desertions, and many of them were undergauig various modes of punish ment when the steamer reachet the wharf. One mao who attempted to eacape had inf his possession seven watches and twelve hundred dollars. ADMIRAL PORTER'S MOVEMENTS. way of the Sound, without receiving any matertal ‘Thepe assortions are strong, but none the loss true. ° What is your govorninétit about? What aro the people about ? What is the press about? Cannot you do some- thing towards rousing thom to @ eense of their impending danger. Your fleets, your towns and your cities are in danger. You may avert it by instant measures, and even then it will be only « palltation; for as far ay I can see these vessels will have complete control of pout coast wotil the Puritan and Dictator are dtted out, ana! that will be several months. ‘The rebels hore are in great glee in anticipation of the intended movements of these ships. The London Timer correspondent, writing from Richmond, says “The Yan- koo floret will nfake themacives scarce off the biccka‘ed ports after September.” I have done my duty in this sermons eaatter; and trust the government will do theirs fu time. “MEADE’S ARMY. (5. Se ceemeateenanenanael “information of the méat reliablo charactor, (rom parties who bave very.recently passed along the whole route from, Richmond to Culpepper Court House, show that General Leo's army is at present avout sixty thousand strong. Lee's headquarters are within ® few miles of 4p Court House, Hill’s and Ewell's corps are in that vic Uty, Longstroot's ia at Fredericksburg, and Stuart's cavalty earding the various fords of the Raypahannock, tg,28n, who to-day returned from the Army of | A the canys the rogimonts are daily filling up with sanitary condition of the troops is good, Feoruita, The “om ithoce Island, who had just arrived, wore shot, while, the act of desorting, by their escort. y leaped from the cars on the nd succeeded for @ time in making was despatched fn pursuit. Com. » Kind of soidiers manage to get Eleven reorvits x road to Warrenton, & y lines, a8 scouts are out in all y Deyoud OUF MILitM A ae order of Major General Gireetlous to intercept WP nces of denth In fic eases, He ffestvally chock further di om The Nav, * RARTFORD. CRUISE OF TRE FLAGSED Today ie published « largo pam, “Cruise of the Hartford,” from the , Mr. W. ©. Holton, who was one of the pett, sbi po igh ow whole — ‘Thin little concerning tl rn under Admiral ferreaet, baisianuaa haba Commodore Palmer and several of the o Moen ship havo seen the work !m mannseript and heart! mend it, aud #6 groat was the desire to ebiain copy it that Mr. Holton was induced to put it in book form. will be found very interesting, ad is well worthy & pla. io the brary Of every one Who wishes to preserve the records f this war Von Nostrand, 109 | ~phiet entitled the vrivate journal of + officers of the work is very noble ship, * of the i Sa | 1} : ‘tom be had bY applying to D, baiwa, abo Admiral Porter is soon expected in this city Seoretary Seward and Party—Furious Storm at Buffalo. Bevraio, August 24, 1863. Secretary Seward and party are expected here to-mor- row morbing from Niagara Falls. A Curious storm passed over the city this afternoon, ua- roofing houses, blowing down chimneys, signs, &c. New Brigade of National Guard. We fearn that Governor Seymour has tendered to Colo- no’ Marshall Teferte, of the Seventh regiment (old Nation’! Guard), the appointment of brigadier general, with auncority to raise a brigade of the National Guard in thie city, %* brigade to consist of four regiments ‘and one full ba.°fY Of light artillery; the Seventh to be another one to ~» Mais tender of the Governor w* Colsel lively interest on bebalt of (es mifeantile interedts of the city,'and ne more worthy officér eon.7 é selected to. command the brigade than the present eomina*4etof the old Seventh, ‘Thie regiment, by ite alacrity in respond: ing to all the calls of the government iace the war,pr™- menced, and the promptness with which they havé THE REBEL PRIVATEERS. OPERATIONS OF THE FLORIDA The Ship Francis B. Cutting! Captured and Bonded. The Privateer in Chase of Another Large Sh'p. | | | > Two Ships Bonded and Two De- stroyed Previcusly, &.,. &., &e. ‘The ship Francia B, Cutting, Oapt, James T Maloney, which arrived at this port yesterday morning from Liver pool, roports:— Sailod from Liverpoob July 20, Nothing of note occurred until August 6, when, in latitude 4110, long@ucle 44 20, 0 strange and suspicions looking sait appeared to windward, it then blowing strong from- tho north: northwest, with a rough sea. ‘This eatl soon bore | down for us, fired a shot across our bow and hoisted | | the Amoricun ensign at the mizenpeak. } ‘At this time she was very near ua, and we raw that she) was an armed sivamer, bark rigged. We then showed our colors and preprred to heave to, While doing so he fired a second shot, which passed between our fore and main masts, We then hove to, He algo hove to, distance then one-quarter of # mile to windward, and sont am armed boat’s crew alongside, containing two lieutenants | and cight mon, As soon as the lieutenant io) command came on board he asked for the captain; | thon, pointing to the veesel jto windward, ead:— “That ship to windward of you, sir, ts the Confode- rato sloop-of-war Florida. Your ship {# a prize. I will put one of my men at your wheel if you please, etr,” aud ordered one of bis armed wen to haul dowmmy fis All this time the vesse! to windward was flying ‘Amorigan flag, He then asked to see my papers, which t showed him, He examined all my bills of lading aud also broke open the package of certified Rritish invoices, asking particularly for boiler iron, and how maay pareen- gers had on board, TI told'him two hundred and thirty. He asked me for my asrgnal book and eode of signals, which I gave him, He then bad a long conversation with his ship by — tel» graph, He asked me if I would like to bave my ship burned. 1 replied | would not. Ho then said I would havo to go on board the Florida with him. I do- clined doing #0. I would notleave my ship, as my pas aengers wore British subjects, and I would not trust their lives in another person's havds. To" telegraphed to his ship again, and said he would probably have to run my ship for Fayal, put the pas- ( gencers out and burn the ship; otherwise, if Capt, Mais approved of it,he would bond the ship for $60,000. 1 told him the ship was worth no such money, and would not sign a bond to that effect. After a consultation of two or three hours he agreed te take $40,000, for which I signed a bond, undor the condi tions of Captain Maffit’s approval, and sent my chief mate oo board with them to witness wy signature. He theo telegraphed to me that the bond was accepted, and «oe turned the mate. After detaining us five hours wo pre ceeded on our coures, He (the Florida) immediately , gave chase to a large sbip to windward, which I took te ‘bu an American, Understood from the tieatenant of the Florida who came ov board that the F, had burned twe ‘American sbijs and banded two others; but he would aot givo their names. eas 3 The Cavairy Raid into Mississippi. Carmo, August 24, 1868. Cavalry expeditions sent trom Vicksburg and Memphis met on tho 18th, at Grenada—the object to capture or, destroy tho cars and locomotives run there from Jackson by tho rebels. The rebels were on the lookout, and the cara were filled with fence rails, ready to fire on the approach of our troops, The trate was run over the bridge across the Yallabusha, and the bridge burned. Fifty-seven locomotives and four bun dred cars wore destroyed by the rebels, This makes soventy seven locomotives and six hundred cars captured or destroyed, as the direct result of the Vicksburg Robbery of @ Cnitea ates Express Odice at ghouls a r Lours, August 24, 1863. ~ ‘The office of the Untied States Express Company was naa robbed of nearly Sar hageand dollars last night. Pataland Destrnetive Tornado in Wis- consin. Barun, Wis,, Angust 24, 1863 A tornado swept over Bueno Vista, Wisconsin, on Fri. day fast. Fvery house was blown down. Throe persous wero killed and fourteen wounded. City intelligence. Muncnayra’ Rune CommrTeee Yon SurrEMING Colne PuorLy.—ihe affairs of the Merchants’ Relie! Comm ttee for suffering colored peopte—the samara from the Inte city riots—were finally wound up on Saturday last, The funda remaining on bang were distributed under the regu” ations previously observed, and the Inbors of the com } mittee were Drought to a close. Tho ocewsion war } market by an expreasion of feeling om the part of the leading colored citizens quite unexrected by the committee, After the business woe closed several colored = clergymen ntl Iaymen, presented an address (0 the chairman exvre sive of the |-eratitude of the peaple for all the kindness and Christian tiberality they Had received and experienced to their 4 aliictions at the hands of the merchants and other he aevolent citizens of New York. The ndireas was eo quently and feel! gly worded. aust exnpesae! acknowledgment for the rotief of which t i '~ were the recipients. It was elaborately and artistically engrossed on parchment and taste'ully framed — ly couclnding paragraph the siguerr prayed fer th manency of our country # Insitutions, bused npon lier and the enjoyment of man’s inalienable righie 0 the pre servation of the American Union, and for the el or that righteousness in the hearts or the pen that saves from repronch and exalteth a notion. ‘The addroes was signed by eighteen colored clergymen “and many others.” The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. John Mc enzie, responded on the part of bimsel: and tellow members in # brief but appropriate address. The proceedings then closed. Deata ov Dx. Jouy $ Barrtatr.—Dr. John 8 Turtlete, formerly proprietor and editor of the New York .iom, died on Sunday last at Midiietown Point, N. J., in the seventy-third year of bis age. |r. Bartlett was Press Of the St. George's Society in 1847. The funeral serv will take place at eleven o'clock this morning at St, Paul's church, corner of Brondway aod Fulton street Police Intelligence. Tae Assavig Urow Poticeman Hantr—Coxmactiy — Patrick Got, assistant foreman of Engine Company No. 11, who was arrested on Sunday night, on charge of as } taulting officer Hartt, of the Eighth precinct, was dis by Justice Kelly, and the policeman charged yentorday by Jus y oa ft the prisoner i) Bou anoet haves good and vullicient ronanee for oe City of Bajtimore--a Ebbs, Wi Yorahiam, Rew te Catrots. © Genie Then ih, Mary McNabb, Mary Lam). Ker © F Sinarins, hastened to the flold, not to speak of their valuable ser. | fe kXKers, John A Tighe, James Schofield, Piuyke't, Hevry ‘vicoe to the State and country prior to this war, is eminoot. | Coane: * F French, WHT Bearse, F Desout, A Ormaiy, Fre- ly fitted to be the proper nucleus ae which to raieo bivmnroot " ship Grext Me Fi Nich a fall brigade, The high character men composing | gion, J Aycex: 4 L rown. Harnani, Cte, he cera car recmnva | RO Uet die Pe Rt posed of oor mercantile and professional men, and the in- iy Bar nepal 8 lady, Mr - Tt fluence they, for the recruitment of a brigade, ia sires, F Hp ep. tf ie et Will do tive 0 etimolate sta early orgenization. We | Boe aud. indy, Kaien, Mr viata. Jearn that he bas net yot decided upon accepting the | Moves y pera, 2 ee honor tendered to bim. mercantile classes and pro- | dangh! ir a O+s.8. porty bulders of thie city owe tt to themselves to prevail | Jas" mehe Phen Perty Pigpel Lefferts, to raise the brigndo forthorith, and | Mike Larkin stim Miln, © pack up their request by such ald as ie within their power to to it Again, in the event of a foreigu err nieh now a the unceriain state of politica! affairs ier chp ic mite eee et wi Seer ace ete cee See ie in : ‘What say the werchante of New York to the proposition ? Poor Rations to State Tr A numerous committes of the Twelfth regiment, State troops, now om duty at the City Hall, called at the Fieratp office last evening, and made a serious complaint againat the contractor furnishing their regiment with rations. Th¢ food furnished is of such a quality that it nickens the med> The meat is tainted, the coffee of the en eet, ond the memben give publieny to Lbvir bug ner al treatmens.