The New York Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1863, Page 10

10 AL OF THE NORTH STAR. 296,705 IN TREASURE ON FREIGHT. Interesting News from New Gru. nada and Ecuador. The Proposed Union of th’e Two Republics, Rey ae, ae “ ‘The steamship North Star, Cuytdin A, J. Jones, from Aspinwall at three o'clock © tho moraing of the 17th fmatant, arrived at this port yesterday morning. She expe- Fienogd heavy northeistgrly winds from Cape Antonio, ‘The Nofth Star wrought $354,705 in specie, consigned as follows :— yROM exons, FROM ASPINWALL, Aug. Belmont & Co.. Ry} J. H. Ladgewood..... 1,000 Colgate & Hofman. 2,650 Wells, Fargo & Co... 5,781 Order. . 1,025 & Bi 000 Handy & Hoadley... 648 B. 8, Rosenbaum .... 14,700 : J. B. Newton & Go. 30,541 Total....... $11,884 DeWitt, Kittle &0o.15,000 From Caiifornia... 285,321 83,77 Duncan, Shermar & ‘ 62500 ‘Wells, Fargo & <0 Grand total.......$296,708 Our ?anama Correspondence. Panama, N. G., Oct. 16, 1863. Arrival of the Steamer Talca from Guayaquil—News from Ecuador—Interview Between General Mosquera and Mr. Fiores—ostilities Not Pribable—Smatlpos on the Isth- mus—Affairs in Panama, de. ‘The ovly arrival we have bad since the sailing of the Ocean Queen has been that of the Pacific Steam Navi- gation Company’s steamer Tala, from Guayaquil and in- termediate ports. Her freight for New York consists of B45 datos of bark, 417 packages of India rubber, 35 bags ‘ef cocoa and 687 dried hides, Ne specte except for Eng- {and and Panama. ‘We hear from Feuador that a strong feeling of enthu- ‘piaem exists to resist the apparent intentions of Mosquera force a union with New Granada. They have about ten thousand men in the field for the purpose; but from the interior we bear that on the 20th of September Geno- al Mosquera entered Pasta, where he met D. Antonio Flores, Minister Plenipotentiary from President More- ao, of fcuador, who was sent for the purpose of meeting bim. A letter was delivered by Mr. Flores from the President, and, was answered in the most friendly manner by General Mosquera on the 23d. At noon on the same day Mr. Flores had an audience, and 4m bis speech declined the offer of Mosquera to re-ostab- Nish the old republic of Colombia in courteous but very firm terms, saying that ‘‘unicn of people mado their force; but force hed never made their union.” Mosquera Feplied to the effect that he desired a union, not annexa- tion, as some people supposed in Ecuador, without any Feason; but he pledged himself that he Would never try to bring it about by force of arms. This interview ap- Pears to indicate in the plainest terms that there will be ‘Bo hostilities. General Mosquera is expected in Panama @aring the coming month. The smailpox bas been prevailing for some time past on the Isthmus, privcipally in this place. It is abating here, however, within the walls of the city; but outside its ‘vages arc, if anything, on the increase. It has been con- ned principally to the natives, very few foreigners hay- been attecked, and no fatal cages occurred gmong them. A ‘ew cases have occurred on Doard the United States ship St. Marys and @teamer Saginaw, now in this harbor, one of which from the former vessel proved fatal this morning. J was informed by an American physician this afternoon that there were five hundred cases at least under treat- ment at this time. TLis is enormous, when we consider that the population of Panama {s only ten thousand souls. It appears to be attacking ull who have not been very ro- cently vaccinated. ‘the rapid spread and virulence of the disease are singular; for it seldom makes much pro- ina warm climate, Apart from this excitement Panama is as dull as it well ean be The weather is intensely hot atemidday, even mow, in the rainy sosson. What will it be when the dry Beason sets in and wo will have the full Levelit of the rays of a tropical sua from morning until night? There are but few strangers in the place, and the only hotel in the elty appears'ty be awaro of the fact: for when they find ‘one they make the most of him while he Jaste, which ‘would not be long. unless he should happen to be @ shod dy army contractor who had disposed of his greenbacks for guid and desired to get rid of it in this out of the way oorner of the world. The regular mail steamer of October 8 (the St. Louis) will probably be in to-morrow morning St daylight. Hor mails and passengers will go over at once Panama, Oct. 17, 1863. ‘The United States mail stoamer St. Louis, from San Francisco, arrived in the harbor this morning at daylight. ho brings seven hundred and forty passengers and the wing specie:— Bor New York ooes $285,321 74 For England. 869,810 00 Total... Pa +. $1,145,181 74 Freight it vepy sual ‘The passenger list of the St. Louis is the largest for a past of travellers from California to the United States, Opposition steamer Moses Taylor is not yet reported. ‘Bhe bas about six hundred ngers. St. Louis brings no news from the Mexican coast of any importance whatever. ‘be Moses Taylor was passed by the St. Louis the first @ay out from San Francisco, and it is the expressed opin- fon that she will not be here for two or three days. Our Aspinwall Correspondence. Asrixwatt, N. G., Oct. 14, 1863. IW Aspinwall—Where I am Writing=A Glorious Morn- ing—The City of “Colon."—Its Prosperity— Mess House’ of the Panama Railroad Company—“A Break fast as Was a Break/fast’’—Colonel Totten—Arrival of the Steamer North Star—Tranaporting Her Passengers Across the Isthmus—A Trip to Panama—Comparison Between Now and Twelve Years Since—The Scenery— ‘he Kainy Seascn—Local Matters, dc. Seated in the ‘reception room’ of the mers house of ‘the officers of the Panama Railroad Company, 1 have m front of me the Caribbean Sea, but one sail Deing visible on its surface, On my right hand, stretching far away to the northward and cast ‘ward, is the line of coast in the direction of Porto Bello; and on the left, oc-oss Navy Bay, on which Aspin- ‘wall is located, is a low point of land, around which are Chagres and the entrance to the river bearing the same wame. Pehind me can be seen the high land of the Isthmus, densely wooded, ani appearing, as it is, almost ‘tm passable from the thick undergrowth, one of the cha- racteristicts of a tropic:l forest. The morning is delight- fal, agentic breeze is blowing off the shore; it comes Woaded with the perfume of the forest; flowers in full Dicom, birds singing, and the gentle murmur of the breakers upon the boach, not a hundred yards from me, Fenders tho whole @ scene never witnessed in October, except witbin the tropics, To a stranger landing in As. Plowall everything be seos, with the exception of the Pailroad, is a novelty, not the least interesting of which @re tho groups of native women, anxious to dispose of their baskets of oranges, bananas and other tropical fruits to the traveller. They find ready sale when the steamers arrive, and the venders are not strictly honest in the qnestion thoy ask of “Buy some nice ripe oranges and mangoes, master!’ as the purchaser finds to bis cost, if he is a person careloes of what and when be eats in this climate, The prosperity of Aspinwall is in proportion to ahat of the Panama Railroad, and, as the latter is known to be not @ josing concern, the former may be termed Prosperous, and will no doubt in time bea city of some extent. There are seme respectable botels ta the place, Wat cepswd upon the paseengers en rowe to and from California and South America for support. A very beau Siful chured, bullt ef dark colored stone, is now in course erection, When completed it will compare favorably | with any structure of a ke charactor ond dimeonine at the North. 1ts location is on the sea beach, «ne of the mest esirable in the vicinity, The arran Fland. Ing pacsongers and freight are excelent, aud improving daiy care run on ber iors sheds, where freight can bo dischargot a more than a he 4 yards from the #veame es at the train thay it to carry them to the Paciig Sbere, They donot have to look after baggage. ‘hey crore first, ond it ts sure to follow, even to the deck of the fon the other side. Mefore closing this hasty ako fy inwall, Jet me aay a ‘ow 9 fhe “mews house te Fanuma Mt bis is a 1g (0 which nearly nit the attaches of ts name. It is located ) and is surrounded by a ih Bo Fir king ploture then the ine ais. fing would tempt tho We Tt waa not hoteiteh—eiric > nd make ber wouder bow eho was excelled to an act they Claim as a epecislity, Some tweoty were sented at the te the post of honor being Mied by Coione! Toten, edief engineer of the roat, to wbeee tndomytabis energy apd perseverance the world i# indebied for the comple: Hoo of a railroad uniting the Ationtic and Pacife Oceans And, whon pig diMguligg amg danger thay atyendey jie v : — al construction fie considered, one of the most perfect works of the kind op this or avy other continest. Coloue! ows marks of the work be bas — ona the e*oeure to whib he has beeo 5 looks W's coud ‘Jet stand many years, even in @ climate like rt of the isthmus of en. The Unied states mail sieamer North Star, Captain Jones, from New York, with dates to the Sd instant, ar- ? the mails, express froight and Pp baggage, were across the Isthmus and on board the steamer Golden ‘Axe, which vessel sailed from Panama soon after Francisco. Having nothing particular to attend to, I went over with the last passenger train, which left bere at half- rh past eleven o'clock. It consisted of eleven cars, all flied. At twenty minutes past two we w load of people were rapidly tender Taboge, which vessel conveyed them at once to where the California steamer was anchored. Twelve hours. A traveller ny the path from Panama to Points by the river Pinay. angina Lhe scenery that renders the Panama Railroad most interesting and beautiful can @ tropical forest be seen in tween Aspinwall and Panama, With you cannot leave the line of the rate cnyectaly thin id ofthe Chagras river alter you crs especially this « river. cross the river, umtil you reach the “summit,” and Tos the latter poimt to Panama, the eye wanders from mountain to bill, and from hill to valley, never for a moment losing the interest tmat is so wee 7, the extreme deanty of this Southern tandscype, J shall at some future iE the road to pieces—that is, take up section by section, describing the beauties of the surroundings of each locality. It has been once; but it is a subject ‘that will bear - Seattered along the road are a few Indian villages, which are now dignified by the term of ‘They may soon be styled Who knows? The composed of bam! and covered with a thitch of leaves that resists even the heavy and bpp at ee pear ‘an old haystack, ina barnyard; and lying 10 every direction mud them ao not serve to change the idea thus formed. The natives dress with the least possl- ble epparently of seven or covering necessary; children, iy eight years of age, can bo seen without any whatever; mative women. with tbe most less linen, wade ankle deep (barefooted, of course) in the mud that surrounds their dweltings, and yet preserve it unsoiled. In this particular they are as famous as Parisian women, who are said never to soil a skirt or stocking. ‘Wo have yet six weeks of the rainy season to pass Eom. ‘The showers are now heavy and constant du- pn J day, out of doors without an umbrella almost an act of insanity. Look'ng seaward poe by? line of horizon, nothing but a heavy bank of and rain squalls is visible. Inland the samo way. the distant hilis being frequently obscured by the deluge of water. Tropical ers are unlike those of the temperate zone. Their duration is generally short; but the quantity of water that falls is enormous. It is as if a large tank were suspended over you filled with water, out of which the bottom is removed about every half hour, and the entire contents allowed to fall do not know of any better comparivon than ‘The quantity of rain falling renders the dampness much so that ordinary furnituro will fall in a short time from the glue being softened. ing spots and mildews in avery short time. When dressing you will Gnd your clothing which has been hang- ing up during the night almost saturated. Starch avails but little in keening linen in proper order. A Broadway dandy would be in despair in Aspinwall over his bo:oms aud coWars: they would wilt in spite of him, even i'—ss many of them do—be devoted all his means to that vbject. In the dry season, of course, this annoyance does not ex: wt to the extent we have It now. ‘The season is approaching when the heavy northerly swolls may be expected, in one of which the West India mai! steamer Avon was Irst in November last. This vessel is lying on the beach between two of the wharves of Aspinwall, not looking much the woree for wear, but nevertheless a total wreck, from which posi- tion ahe will never be removed except in pieces. The harbor, of Aspinwall is open to the northward and east- ward, but the holding ground is so good that a heavy swell only, and not accompanied by a gale of wind, can be ridden out with comparative safety. The United ‘States storeship Falmouth is anchored in this harbor, and is to be sold at auction ina few days. She bas ceased to be of use for the purpose she was sent here, and is value- less any longer as a man.of-war. The steamship lilinois, which left New York on the 3d inst. in company with the North Star, has not yet arrived. Tho steamer with which she is to conuect on the other side—the Moses Taylor—bas not yet arrived at Panama. Consequently the passengers will save by the delay; for they would be cer pelled to feed themselves while on the Isthmus. Re- sides the North Star wo have the British steamer Taliz- man in port, one of the direct packets between England and Aspinwall. She brought out a very large cargo, destined to all ports of the North and South Pacific. Smalipox bas Rpt yond for some time past on the Isthmus, but is coaflued entirely to the lower classes, ASrINWALL, Oct. 15, 1863, The United States mail steamer I!linois, from New York, arrived here this morning, all well. Also the Pana- ma Railroad Company’s brig Costa Rica, after a long pas- sage of thirty-toree days. The passengers by the Iilinois will remain here until the arrival of the Moses Taylor at Panama, which cannot bo until the 17th inst. She has about eight hundred and ten passengers, much less than the North Star, although a larger ship, and they all ap- pear pleased with their voyage thus far, and do not mur- mor at their delay on the Isthmus. Tn all the route along the Panama Railroad I aid not observe any spot where an attempt had been made to open the country for the raising of any description of pro- duce. Why this isI haveas yet been unable to learn. Possibly the long rainy season may render farming im- possible, with the exception of raising sufficient vegeta. bles for @ consumption. Even the settlements—if they can be called by that term—have but few acres cleared around them. The station houses, buildings well adapted to the climate, have their gardens; but beyond that all is impenetrable forost. Time may make a change; but it will bea long time, unless other people than the natives take the matter in band. They are indolent in the extreme, and will do nothing more than enough to sustain life and provide themselves with the scanty clothing they wear. Had this road been Cys among Americans, by this time its entire line would have been laid out in Ek. farms. Here a wilderness still ex- ists, and will for a long time. THE RIOT IN NEW JERSEY. Attack on Mr. A. J. Rodgers, of the Fourth Congressional District of New Jersey— a Pekted with Rotten Eggs and Stones—Incendiary Fires—Leoss $30,000, d&ec., die. On Friday evening last the village of Deckertown, Sus. sex county, New Jersey, about forty-five miles from New York city, was the sceue of a most disgraceful occurrence, which resulted ip the destruction of property by fire to a great extent, as well as causing slight injuries to soveral persons residing in that locality. Since the election of Mr. Rodgers to Congress, which took placo a year ago this fall, there has been considerable feeling existing in the minds of a large number of people residing in West Jersey, respecting his loyality to the government, and who have not been backward at times in expressing their opinion in a harsh manner against that geatieman’s course of action. During the past threo months Mr. Rodgers has made it his business to appear at democratic meotings in various parts of the State, at which he always took a position decidedly against the administra. tion, and strongly asserted that the present rebeilion could only be settled by compromise, &c. Many of the Jeaders of the democratic party in the State have ex- prossod themselves against the course be was pursuing, ‘as it would have a tendency to injure their cause in tho fall campaign for local offices. Thus matters have re- mained in statu quo until last wook, when the democrats of Deckerstown ssued large posters, announcing that agrand meeting would take place at Chardavoyne’s Hall, for the purpose of ratifying the Sussex county ticket, and that the meeting would be addressed by Mr. Rodgers. By half. past seven o'clock the hall, which is capable of holding eight hundred persons, was well dlied, many of whom, it is alleged, differed with with bi to bear him sim; c\ Beore Mr, B introduced to the meeting a crowd ot roughs congregated in front of the bal while the speaking was progressing indulged freely in toxicating drinks, ond showet sins of creating a dist once, About eight o'clock Mr. R dgers made his appes aut was received by his fr ring (nis reported) to the sar otten ove J ihe sich passed in’elove proxtaity to his This wod by a stone, also aimed at Mr Modvera, him, 'or the resulta might bavo ‘ rae, became tighly tn “that any man who won'd be | ago would do woree th he aud eedod with bis ghs were quietly an hour after apon examin n ar of tho ha aime * n ae t nfvsion pre oil for he hail, fata e threo stury barn & e oarber aad pr re tot the bo. whieh v . | gether with reventeen bloud bortom. vai | Sand dollars each. and the wagon snd team of Mr. Rod gers, which he bired in Newton, and other valuable pro. | perty. ed jotning | thou. | ' The and, cittzene wilh the bdve the obtained! such of the stable everything else they contained, 6: bo barely escaped with their live : ight rain was prevailing at the time, or the lose would bave been enormo. As it is, the value of the property destroyed will Amount to $30,000, of which Mr. Chardayoyne losos $10 000, only about balf being covered by is asserted by the friends of Mr. Rt. And fire was the work of republ as most of tho property destroyed wae Joy al 10 the goverment At investigation is now being helt, and efforts will be } made fo Dring the qullty pertigg bo justicg, for aid mind tw at work, | « Pe ee Full Report of the Coxbty Substitute and Relief Committee. $2,000,000 Appropriated to Provide Substitutes for the Next Dia", &e., ‘The following report and ordinance were submitted in the Boare of Supervisors yesterday and adopted:— ‘The undersigned committeo, appointed by the Board of Supervisors in and for the county of New York, in ac- ‘cordance with an ordinance adopted by the Board and approved by the Mayor August 28, 1863, entitled “An or- dinance to provide for the procurement of substitutes for certain citizens of the city and county of New York, who have been or may hereafter be drafted to serve in the Army of the Union during the existing war, and for other purposes,”’ respectfully immediately upon the ad. or the’ Grdinance, entered upon, the performance duties assigned, and have prosecuted them without inter- mer to their final close. &., de. terri in the world’s history. With this object constantly in view, and governed b7 the same loyal sentiments that actuated your bonora! body in appointing us as your committee, they believe they shail not fail to receive your approval of of action adopted by them, and in insisting upon each re- lieved conscript furnighing a substitute for the armies of the Union, that they shall have merited the full approba tion of the constituency we represent and of the general administration at Washington. ‘Your ordinance provides ‘‘that for the purpose of pre- vonting the withdrawal from the city at the present time of a considerable number of active able-bodied citizens, ‘whose presence and gervices are deemed necessary for the maintenance of public order and the security of its inhabitants, the Comptroller is hereby authorized and di- rected to pay, as hereinafter provided, such sum and sums of money as may bo necessary to procure acceptable substitutes, not exceeding three hundred dollars for any one substitute, for any of the following described citizens who are liable, under the provisions of the act of Congross passed March 3, 1863, to be drafted into the military ser vice of the United States, and who may have been, or may hereafter bo, actually so drafted to serve during the existing war, not exceeding three years, that is to say:— 1. The active members of the Fire Department who were such on the tenth day of the present month of Au- ‘ust. f 2. The exempt mombers of the Fire Department who perform active duty ‘n the said department. 8. The regular members of the Metropolitan Police force residents of and doing duty in this county. 4. The regular members of tho active militia force of the State in this city. ‘The ordinance further declares that “whenever any citizen other than those onumerated in the first section of this ordinunce, having a familg depending on him for support, who are in such indigent circumstances as to r+ quire pecuniary assistance, shall be drafted and actually mustered tuto sergico #8 xforesaid, the Comptrolicr is hereby authorized and required to pay, fp addition to the aid now provided and allowed to the families of voluu- teers from the Soldicrs’ Family Aid Fund of the Corpera- tion of the city of New York, the suin of three hundrod dollars, the same to be paid in such fnstalments and at such times as in the judgment of the Comptroller wiil be tance needed by such family.’? Here would seem to be an amourit of labor laid out for the action of the undersigned perplexing jn its nature and almost herculean in its multifarious characteristics, in- volviog a degree of close application rarely called for from b. legislative committee. ut this was not all th:t was impssed upon the under- signed, To secure that no improper persons should bo relieved, it devolved upon the committe» to prosecute the inquiries into the condition of the families of all indigent Persons conscripted to the furtbermost point of investiga. tion, ‘They therefore adopted a rule with especial reference to Iindigents, definiog what your commit belleved to be the character of the persons entitled to relief under the ordinance, as follows:— 1. A man having a wife and child, 2.4 sau having a wife on . Aman 8 wife only. fS 3. A man baving “chiléron whose | Whe are wholly de- wife is dead. er aonpent: 4. Aman baving a parent or pareats or other near relatives, for ‘whom ‘he habitually provides, ‘Your committee’s duties having boen thus clearly de- fined, their first purpone wae to find « suitable building for the performance of their business. This they did by taking the Su rooms, Nos, 71 and 78 Duane preme Court street, which were admirably suited to their purpose. But the courts subsequently requiring these for their Own use your committee were, after occupying them some fivé weeks, compelled to relinquish them, and on the 10th of October removed to rooms on Broadway, near the corner of Roade street, which were retaived to the close of our business. After procuring proper quarters, the first business was to organize the committer, which ‘was offected by chosing his Honor the Mayor ‘as our chairman, and Cornelius Corson and G. F. Thompson as clerks. The official duties of the Mayor, however, de- manding bis constant and unremitting attention at bis office, Supervisor Blunt was selected as chairman tem., and acted as such during all our numerous sittings. Being fully organized the committee found it necessary, in order to facilitate matters, to lay out such plans cf action as would meet overy case liable to be brought before us. For this purpose a series of blank forms were first pre pared as various in their import as the cases involved seemed to require. The printing of several thousands of each class of theee will create a heavy item in the expenses tncurred, but this could not be avoided, for ne progress could possibly have been mide without them. Your committee aleo caused numerous handbilis or posters to be distributed throughout the city, for the pur- pose of taforming our citizens of the nature of the ee Of the committee of the Hoard of Saper visors, call through the same means, for ten thousand’ subs 4 and npon all persons desirous of becoming sich to prevent themselves at the rooms of the committee, whore th, fall bounty of $390 would be paid. To these efforts. more perhaps then to ony other cause May be attributed the success attending the action of your committee and the resd:ness with which conscripts were enubied to procnre desired substitutes. Tt ims mediately set in active mr pomerons CiRes Of per tite and withort any mployment, and in too miny ingtarees too indo Jont, perhaps, to reek it unless imperiled be tho attractive force found in the offer of large bourties, to he paid cash In band, Tt brovglit also many cf a better class ue interior of this and other States, cronting a supply o. material far from being exlrwsted, ant which has en abled your committee to suprly a volunteer or substitute for newly every couscript relieved ander your ordinance This fact will doubliess be as grstifving to your houera. ble body as it is to your comumittes. ihe unders adopted the principle, and acted upen i, shat the pe ment wanted men aod uot money in thelr et ond: that the armies of the Uuien were to be filled sat the war was to be prosecuted with untiring vigor: (hat with well filled ranks our grand divisione must march on bo victory after victory, until the rebettion wae finally crushed aod the Union restored to its 0 4 the Your committee at ered that great mise Vecting relief under your ordiraces tn Intent of the same, and else o: the purywee of mittec appointed by its d's A poor may who hart formed the idea that he mmittee and querionet r ands baving hairtoan of ‘om tro'tor) ont comin iti was plac officse of the committer coneeript Bnd bia substitute to dhe Foreliing Poard of bis district, and if the latter was a by the Provoet sar the mcnéy Wak immediate’ the drafted man went free {! » tnte, ihe money waa retarned t commuittes, an’ the conreript etarted fagher and mere acceptable peraee fo sup, ! be gave chairman, | et of checks, readily accounted for and no possibility be perpetrated on your vines of the procers che warrants te li ig ‘county. ii | i i i F v' of an event novel with us,and interesting as a marked feature in tbis strange and up; rebellion, Your committee cannot close their report without again referring, with feelings of pride and satisfaction, to the jlete Success attending their offorts tn procuring men 1 the places F most liberal ordinance ex- to their individual and Jiberties. ‘So imbued with American ‘are they that life, liberty and the pursuit of haypincss is their birthright, that apy attempt to ignore there red principles by in- dividuals, or even by constituted romeut authorities, and enferce involuntary duties, is so repuznant that it at onee engenders feelings of auimosity which are readily and quickly inflamed into sentuncnts of hostility if not of hate. These feelings, it is safe to say. are partaken of wa greater or less extent by all clagscs liable toa draft, Universality of opinion has not it is true been fully ‘witnegsed during the'progrees of the presont conscription, for the reason that certain classes were lezally exempted, and all could be, on the payment of three hundred dollars or by procuripg 4 substitute. Those falling under either of these rules of exemption would not naturally oppose the draft, but place every able bodied man upon the same footing, subject them all equally and alixe to enter the army, and it is feared that few would be found who would not take strong exceptions to the hardships of a conscription. Butcalling for volunteers isa widely different affair. It appeals directly to the patriotism of the individual, creates among men an du corps, or spirit of rivalry, it begets a consciousness of right and duty, which with tho stronger ince:tive with many of heavy bouaties brings to the ramks of our armies large numbers, and of 0 class who will prove #s brave io the field as they are manly and independent in the private walks of life. ‘The numbers presenting themselves to your committes nB.substittes convinces us that the yolunteer system is the true aud moxt feasible one, and also that the supply in this city, at least, with judicious management and proper appliances, is tore than equal to any” present de- mand, Your committee feel fally warranted, in the discharge of their duty, In civing expression to these views, war- s they aro by the experience they have had, and ‘also that they are {0 complete accordance entiments of his Excellency, the President; as in his lato proclamation calling for 300,000 a and for the time Doing. Suspending the draft, ‘Thia appeal your committeo believe will be promptiy respouded to. ~ Your committee feel that thoy would be lacking In daty did they: fail to proper tribute to the various Provost Marshals, who bave rendered all the assistance possible to your committee in the performance of their And especially ig commendation due to Provost ‘shal General »who ling tn soveral instances ith all the authority at bis cu Nage d your committe mand. ‘The committee, with the assistance of the Provost Mar- shals, have been ent bled to furnish sabstitutes for searly all the conscripts 10 the districts except the Fourth, and evon there the nuwber of substitutes was much larger than these for whom commutation was paid, But in this district, we were officiaily informed, that conscripts frequently refused furloughs, oven when re. quested of the Provest Marshal by the committec with a view to compel the payment of the commutation m vey and save themselves the trouble of hunting up substi- tutes. Even here, however, by the aid of Provost Marshal General Nugent and Provost Marshal Erhardt, we were enabled to furnish many substitutes, aud we desire aleo to say a single word in reference to the clerks and others employed by your committee. Although the number was necessal arity , they were not more so than the con- stant Jab rious duties devolving upon the under- signed demanded. We have found them all {ntolligent prompt and active in the performance of their assigued tasks. The amount of clerical labor bas been excessive and onerous, and your ame could not do less than to pay their employes thig*tesorved o mpliment. In view of all the facts stated in tho foregoiug, your com mittee come understandingly ‘0 the consideration of the ble and ordinance #:.binilted to the Bonrd of Super- visors by Supervisor Bluut on the 20th instant and re- ferred to this committee for their consideration. The preambie to the ordinance premises:— 1. That the city and county of New York, during the existing rebellion, Las proved itself eminently loyal and thoroughly devoted to the cause of the Caiou, in furnish ing men for the army fighting for its preservation, and also ia the expenditure of miilions of mouey both ‘from the corporate treasury and from private sources, the men and money shus furpishod amounting to a figure far beyond the proportion which, by measure of right, could have been justly demanded of ber. 2. Thut the experience of the New York County Substi tute and Heliof Committes has proved that proper boun- ties could have raised a force ot volunteers in this city ‘and county which would have rendered a deaft: unneces- sary (in much lose space of time and with one-fourth the expenditure of money consumed in the actual enforce- ment of the draft), while the loss of life and derangement of business conse vent pou the enforcement of thit mea. sure in this city ard county would have been avowed. 3. That it is now defluiiely ascertained that of the whole force for which the drait was made 0 this city and county, not more ihan one-fourth of the whole number will have been obtained at its conclusion, including those who euter the service as couseripts, those who furnish substitutes, aud those who pay the commutation, who wil have cost an aincunt of mobey—connting the expen. diture of the genera! government in maintaiuiag a large armed force here, aud the expenditares of this county in consequence of the riot—equal to about ove thousand dollars per man, while, after all, of the men ac tually obteined, the actiu oi the Board of’ Supervisors ia raising its cour ty aubstiguie and retiof fund, will have se cured about ace halt. 4, That it tf known that the time of many regiments of three years’ toeu Bow ip the artuy will expire within the present yorr, whieh fact, with the failure lo realize any. thing like che bumber of men expected frosa the drat just conceit cheers anotver dract immicent, unless soine a meu who are aud may be city and county by volunteering. That it je beliewed that a bounty of not more than three bandred dollara will raise as large a force as ts or may be reqoired of ua, while sucha measure would give satis action Lo ctr citizewe by sconring that no one should be rewired to lewve bls heme jnvotontarily, and at the sime tine prove of the preatest benetit to the government by ivine th ma large foree of willing volunvoers insteat of @ amali force of unwilliog men @ President Mas actoally jsened Lis proclima for three hundred thousand tare men, who unless they are raised by the Sth diy of January , 1504, or sooner by voluntesring; and 7. That it js certain that the quota of this county, what: ever it may bo, can be talead by volunteering under tue rbounties aud with proper munage. and in order to prow ide nt of any fut w York, ik is proyamed ¢ ed An ordinance to prov ile ior | | vided that the At prope Notiher avy eonuty shu uk, We i wy ype, who ' ly mnt. | be crafted unless num. | unterrog previous t the ith of | ' } ! voiun/oor raleet {@ practically « efor rome perron who will be drafted !f the joateere be not raked, We dave, therefore: rimance that ita ob ect aud parpore wi: ve, whieh ie legal, and gob yoluateore, which ia | } substitutes to be credited to tho sounty of k apon the quote demanded under the last cail of am (tee have appended to this report full do. ibeir operationa, aa (ollowe»— Avraypcx A.—Ap ordiaance to provide oy tho procnro. wens of gubsiigter’ ArrEsorx B—Oom plete etatement of the operations of ‘committee rele. Ret ee aieremit fe proas of the expenditures of Leved, show Jag these, who furnished substitutes, tho-e for wi commaianyen wae vale, Opt those who were ‘actually mustered servi ‘Arrawpix E-—statement of Suencial operat cos, as De- nt a a w Lute PASTE, Ft RI faces the adoption Resolved, That ——— coples of this report ana appen- pre Bd tre io document form, under the direction of 00 Resolved, That the ery gst ordinance, being ap- pendix marked A, be and it fe bi sdoptea. Resolved, That the books and papers with trans- mitted be handed over to the Comptroller, to be by bim Preserved in the archives of the county. All of which is respectfully eubuitied. ELIJAH F, PURDY, Supervisor. WILLIAM M. TWEED, Supervisor, ‘WM. R. STEWART, Supervisor, ORISON BLUNT, Supervisor. Committee on Substitute aud Relief APPENDIX A, AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCUREMENT Ov BUBSTITUTES POR DRAPTKD SOLDIERS FOR THE ARMIRS OF THE UNION, PROVIDED THE SAMH CAN BE COUNTED AND ALLOWED ON THE QUOTA OP THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK IN ANY PUTURB DRAFT. Board of Supervisors of the county of New York @o ordain as follows: — Section 1. In order to nt the withdrawal from this county of any considerable pu:nber of active able bodied citizens, whose presence and services are deemed ne- maintenance of public order and cessary for the the security of ite inhabitants, and who may here- after be drafted serve as suidiers in the armies of the Union, and. for Of expedi- ‘ting the raising of the additional number of Te- cently called for by the President of inited States, ‘as hereinafter provided, such sum and sums of money as may be necessary to obtain acceptable substitutes for such service, not exceeding throe hundred dollars for any one substitate, who aball be credited and allowed on account of the quota of men required to be furnished b: this county under any futare draft ordered by the Pres! “egeo" 2, Tho mouoye authorized by the i aul seo: be wal oeece sub- ively, or their duly authorized agents, at toon to be paid for substitutes, the office of tne Comptroller, or such other place or places ag said Comptroller may ite immediately upon their farniahing him wit 'y evidence of their having enlisted and beeo duly acco] ly. pted and mustered military service of the United States for the term of three years or during the war. Sec. 3. The Mayor and Comptroller of the city of Now York, avd the following named members of Board, that is to say:—Elijab F. Purdy, Orison Blunt, William M. Tweed and William R, Stewart, are boreby designated and appointed @ committee to procure the enlistment of the substitutes authorized by this ordinance, provided the government wiil allow the number of men 80 ured to b credited and deducted frum the quota of this county in any future dra‘t. Sec. 4, In order that the Comptroller may be enabled to make the payments hereinbe‘o-e authorized. mid the expenses necessarily incurred ‘n the executio: of this ordinance, he is hereby authorize! to borrow, from time to tine, on the faith and credit of the county of New York, a sum not exceeding an sgzregate of two million doliara (32,000,000), which amount is horeby appro- priated therefor. Sec. 5. The money so borrowed shall be deposited in the county treasury by the persons lending the same, and the County Treasurer shail ay proper receipts there. for. On presenting such receipts to the Comptroller the lenders of the money shall be entit'ed to receive bonds of the county of New York for an equ! amount, which shall be designate? and known as *Sold ers’ Snbstitute Boun. tv Fund Bonds,” and be prepare! and signed by tho Comptroller, countersigned by th» Mayor, and soaled with the common seal of this Board, attested by the Clerk. Sec. 6. The said bonds shail boar interest at such a rate as may be agreed upon, not excceding six per cent per annum, and the principal thereof absil’ be redeem. able on or before the Ist dav of June, 1364. The faith of the county of New York and of the Board of Supervisors of said county is hereby solemn!y pledged for the payment and redemption of said bouds and the interest thereon, according to their tenor. Sec. 7, TheComptrotler is horeby further authorized to cause a transfer to be made to the credit of the Soldiers’ Substitute Bounty Funt horeby created the amount re- maining unexpended aftor all expenses ar2 paid, and the accouuts are fully closed, of the moneys appropriated and borrowed in pursuance of the ordinance entitled ‘An or. dinance to provide for the proonrement of subssitntes for” certain citizens of the city and county of New York who have been or may hereafter be drafted to serve In the army of the Union during the existing war and for other purposes,’ passed Angust 28, 1863,and the amount®o transferred may be used and paid for the procurement of substitutes, as authorized and provided by this ordinance Obsequies of Dr. John Darcy. The {uneral of the late Dr. Jobn 8. Dircy, of Newark took place yesterday morning at Grace church, in that city, and was largely attended by the leading citizens of New Jersey and New York city. Among tho number preseut were Governor Joel Parker, the Board of Direc- tors of the New Jersey Railroad Company, Medical Society of Essex county, oMicers of the Camden and Amboy Rail- road Company, St. John’s Lodge of Freemasons, and citizens generally, From eight o’clock until ten the body, which was lying in state, was exposed to view, and all classes of the community took occasion to visit the residence as a tribute of respect to the lamented dead. The body, which retained its nataral lineaments, was neatly attired in a black wrapper, with quilted breast and cuffs, gathered with cord and tassel, and was encased in a beautiful black walnut cofflu, richly mounted with silver bands and han- dies, and covered with black cloth. The centre of the lid bore the fotlowing inscription:—“Jobn 8, Darcy, M. 1. Bora Nov. 24, 1788. Died Oct. 22, 1863.”” Shortly after eleven o'clock the ‘coffin was clored; and, after an appropriate prayer from Rev. Mr. Terbune, of the Reformed Dutch church of that city, the body was re- moved to the hearse, and the funeral cortege, which was composed of the different lodges of Freemasons in rega- iia, the medical faculty ia mourning, and the family and friends of the deceazed, pr down Cedar street toGrace church. Along tho line of the procession the stores were cicsed, the bells tolled and the ns tional colors floated at haif mast. On arriving at the church the body was borne to the altar, tho following gentlemen acting as pall bearor Fon. Witliam Wright, Char'es M. Ring 8. oh ag A Gen. William Co.k, A. 0. Zabr! Fsq., Dr. Wilttam M. Babbitt, Ir. Lyndon, A. Smith and Moses Bigelow, Esqrs. ‘The burial service was performed by the Rev. J. 8 Hodges, pastor of the church, amid tho most profound sience; after which the body was returned to the hearse, and the procession moved in the following order:—Several lodges of Freemasons from Newark, Jersey City and Orange, in full regalia: Medical Loe in carriages; by Grand Mas. hearse, containing a ee and guard ter Hon N. Perry, Broen, & D. Honting, Jud Narr. 8, M, Chambers and Gen. N.N, Halstead,'of t Freemasons; family of the deceased, avd friends gene- rally. On arriving at the Morris and Exsex Railroad depot the body was pot aboard of @ special train and taken to Orange, thence to Rosedale Cemetery, where the Masonic rites wore performed in the preseuce of several hundred Bpectators, Thus bar passe! away one who in life was looked upon a8 a distinguished citizen and philunthroiet. ‘The Essex County Court, which wos in seesion, algo ad- journed until this morning, as a tribute of respect tothe leceased. The Gallant Second Delaware, ‘The little border State of Delaware cun boast of beingas conspicuous for its gallantry and loyalty during the pre. sent strogale as any State fn the Union. When every other slave State either wavered or broke out into open rebellion, sue stood firm, ‘fwithful among the faithless.’’ After the attack of Port Sumter, when a call was made for troops, she promptly sent @ regiment to Washington, avd with equal alacrity responded to the demond of the President for volunteers to crush the rebellion. The regiment designated upon the Army Regis ter as the Second Delaware, wae tho first regiracnt raised In the State, and organized in respotwa to the call for 15,000 men. It has been actively eugagst ard prominent in ali the operations 6° the (rand Artoy of the Potomac, and is commanded by Colovel Wm, P. Baily, who served a vumber of yoars as an oicet in the New York Seventh ragiment—a cool, brave cud experienced officer, who possesses the conf neo and allection of bie men, and who never bas ot Wil dieappatn: the hopes of his country hare fe d0i"1, White Oak Swamp, Peach Malvern Mili, Antictam, Frode. nd Oottysborg the ‘galiaut regimont fought with & valor and so snorifieing dev tion that woo the auee of the army. It was 1 at the blow ht of Caines 4 ld the enarge of Zook's works thon o al Baily was jug the fog cent om the ene. ent wan f compl F aif 4 aceustomed t half ite pambers “nt formed part of the elo eatored severely in y DLE commanded every bri : nod at @ witer Colon mn, ahud of the rit pot hag heer the rectpleat of a eplendid eword, ML, promens: ohim by citizens of Wil on, Delaware, for dintingulehed serv oes oa the pe- forward te phrontote other glorious deeds on 4u0 Of th. gallant Second Delaware aad ite brave colonel. SHIPPING NKWH. ARRIVED, Hennes , MoGaligam, Lirerpor, Oot 4, at eee re eine in tBdiy et OB) FM, with even ond 49 panaenigers, to 18t Bf 83, lon 9 1, john * oa ie On arid) aM ek chased 2 ciher shigging Bowe we fourth pope, oN tact lod POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. City Politics. _-~ THE MAYORALTY OF NEW YORK, The McKeon Mayoralty Conventi7n met last evening at the &t. Clair House, corner of Fighth street and Broadway,, Mr. F, W. Birdsall in the chair, and unanimously nem! nated C. Godfrey Gunther for tho office of Mayor. A dolegativa from the German Democratic Club waited on the conveation and fully concurred with their action. DEMOCRATIC MEBTING IN THE RLEVENTH WARD. The democracy of this ward had a large and spirited meeting lagt evening, at the hall corner of Eleventh street and Firstavenue, to ratify the nomination of Joseph A. Lyons for member of Assembly from that ward —the Twelfth Assembly district—and algo the nomination of Luke F. Cogzens for 3enator from the district, of which the ward is a Hare prosiged, and Mr. Samuel ¥. Hier ‘acted as necre- Speeches were made .by Messre. J. ry and Thomas J. Creamer, Hon, Wm, J. Gives ana are John H. Harrington, a appeared during the evening and received an enthusiastic welcome. He stat- ed, to set all doubts on the point at rest, that he was up| to any interest or influence, except the party which bad pinced him im nomination. A band of music. enlivened the proceedings. Tho theme of ali the speak. ere was the necessity for the undivided action of the par. ty im the present crisis of politics. Brooklyn City Politics. The Candidate for the Union Third Senatorial district, Mr. Edward W. Fiske, declines to run, and it is probable: that either Mr, Marcus D. Moore or Mr. H. B. Bradshaw will be nominated. Mr. Dennis O'Keefe, for Street Commissioner, and Judge. Samuel Garrison, for ty Judge, on the independent ticks, decline to rum, Andrew J. ably be selected its candidate tn place of Jodee- The Union Convention of tho Fifth ward last . Wm. J. Marria for Alderman, and Rafup R. Belknap for the same position. The Political Canvass in New York. Bouvvato, Oct. 26, 1868. Gevernor Seymoxr and ex-Governor Hunt addressed = democratic meeting here to-night at St, James Hoa, Schu; en Colter: sad others opglia ah a large Union. meeting at the louse. da scm the coming election pre- ta vi Hon. John Coc me and the Southern Confederacy. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. A few days sin:0 there came to my notice an editorial: article in the World newspaper, imputing to me, some- time during the year 1861, the opinions expressed in the following resolution, viz:— developments of the list five- existenco of the Southern con- foderacy a hjstorical fact; that, excepting by the free, spon- taneous act of the separate members composing it, its in~ depeut rationality can only be interfered w! by vio~ tence, aud that we are opposed to every form of menace, restraint or coercion, under whutsoever pretext of en-- forcing law, col'ecting revenue or retaking property, which may load wo a conflict with the seceded States. ‘This resolution 1s one of a series offered at a meeting of the Mozart Hall organization by John Hacket, Esq., on the evening of April 4, 1861, and which were at that time- unanimously ndopted, I presifed on the vccasion, and, though I did uot write, I voted for the resolutions. Those of the series immediately sugceeding that above quoted are as follows, viz:— Resolved, * * ® ® * In order tos‘ny the pro gress of disaster, that the requirements of those slave States that re not yot seceded should be filed; and we anticipite the result of the Conventisn w be held at Frank’ort with confident reliance upon the justice of these proceedings, and that these claims will meet with a roady response in the North. Resolved, That the time has come for patriotic citizens in the Northern States to forget dead issues and past litical differences, and to rally ia support of such a Un! movement as shall secure the preservation of peace, if possible pave the way, through the adoption of suite bie amendments to the coustitution, for the reconstruc-- tion 0% the republic, nl that this organization will ove operate with all those wito aim at ef these results, Tt will be noted that these opinions were Apri 4, 1861, when many thought that the seceded States might still bo won back by kindness, while violence aud aggressive acts would, it was thought, reunion impossible. Such men looked forward with hope to tho Border state Con- vention then projected for Frankfort for effecting this re- sult, I,in common with many democrats, entert these opinions untit the bombardment of Fort Sumter redely dispelled my oo illusions of and dis- closed a new view of federal relations im the light of ex- Pioding cannon at Charleston. War having been waged against the United States by rebels, under the Confederate: flag, 1 was then, aud am now, for defending the Union by Prosecuting the war eifectively to a victorious close, ‘While engaged I will briefly allade to @ o that have beard made that, on a visit to Richmond, fn March, 1861, 1 made a disuninn speech. The ia State Con-- Areb- ity, to the Union men vention was at the time holding its sessions at ae jo & private capacit , t H mond, and I what I of 5 g Hy j Flots geile & etlec! sumption of some one of ears tonean Ri While lying in the lines before cember, an officer in my scrap ofa newspaper privte1 ing that when looking bonse, attracted bed name, and tore it from the body of = is as follow, via:—‘Hon, os is Hi E 7 8 HF Hf i iH, i a FI in Richmond, on a mission, it in connection with the y ednesday} and made a Union speech,” ke. 1 immediately after speaking 1 was in at a consultation of the Union men and at their urgent solicitation immedi Washington, with a request trom them to Secretary Seward and t» General Scott, great consequence to a comptiance with their securing their ascendaney in the State Com pave reason to s = Co te request was ~ ‘These facts are for the pul fours, very resi ‘New Yore, Oct. 24, 1863. JOHN COCHRANE. Greeley’s Abuse of Garvin. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. 1 respectfully ask the use of your columns to say that the persisient attacks on my esteemed agsociate, Samuel B. Garvin, in the New York Tribune, are simply intended ‘86 attacks upon me, because of the connection existing between us. The hostility between Horace Greeley and myself is so well known as to require mo more than = reference. 1 respectfully insist, however, that the at- tacks should be open, and not covert, and the malice allowed to become obvious, and not ingeniously concealed. Mr. Garvin, having been United Btates District Attorney of Western New York in 1863-57, and District Attorney of Oneida county in 1851-63, brought to the aid of this office great capacity. Horace Greeley could not do me a greater personal fayor than 10 beat Mr. Garvin for the office of Superior Court Juago, to which he was nomt- nat d in the place of Judge White, blican; for it will be impossible in this office to supply his loss. Politically I hope for bia election, And from intimate knowledge of his almost womanly qualities of heart, bis ex clearness of perception, hia unwavering courtesy, his ex- perience and reading at the bar, and bis high regard for bonor, | feel, as citizen, that qualities so valuable in a sndge should not be denied @ better sphere of duty than. they have yet possessed, Horace Greeley knows that when he libels any one con- Bected with this office be possesses iar immunity, No jndge will commit for conterapt and no district attor- ney will prosecute @ personal enemy of their own voli- tion. To do so would suspiciousiy cloud the sensitive Diade of the sword 0! Justice. Indeed, it ts rather a pro- tection thaa otherwise for Horace Greeley to find Judge Barnard on the bo ch of a criminal court aod the under- elgred ap presecat or. fist ic Horace Gresley # in possession of the develop- ments (or, as the Fronehtman would say, devtl-np-ments) thot he indicates, then they prosent the features of a common law mistemenvor. | Rave within the past twen- ty-fur hours (since my return alter ten days’ absence: from the city) inade investigations imo the charges. I cau tind no pretext, even, for (hom, Fortunately for the of ju Horace Greeley claims to possesa the on ot thy posta. As public prosecutor I therefore pon him to aend to mo, or a grand jury, or a magis ta, the names in question. Tk is also @ inindemeanor, remind bitn, for any one to conceal evidence of a { Mr. Gorvin wor written in the time of + quarter cf the moon (aa 1 find by reference to the aimanne), which pertod is seid ty exerolee » peculiar efeet uno peculiar people, T am on the whole con- atroined Lo suppose ‘hat the case presented by Horace | | i E E Q Fs. 55 < 5 8.3 i Crecley comes within the following paregraph of a pam. phlet bout lim that lonee had the honor of sending to bvory known Library bo the civilized world, asa duty due to posterity — florece Ureoty is a victim to ctum yearly witnerre; a on Soemly koe griuders, ~ Febutil urioaity. His private, . Horace Gresiey jormatiil, or retort (or ecboowe to eal! 1), and the next. the benr@t of the first proof dis. tous bimneel’, he believes ia is is pot wonderful, jy belveves fh himeeif. thoughts or modification® or corrected rumore naturally a bewiklored rexder. But if he reversed the arrangement be ly contented with Tridune riows-ecepeciaily if Re read anor an am slterative.”” 5