The New York Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1864, Page 4

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SEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATO! omoorins AnD Luctumns, fiom 9a Me Unter HOOLET'S OPERA HOUS! rookty a. —| OrLan fonos, Dances, Pomnsaven bo" a, ai Now York, Friday, Janupry 1, 1964. THE SITUATION. The Army of the Potomac is enjoying its New Year's festivities in peace and in mud. Heavy rains were falling all day yesterday, seeing out | the old year in the same delightful fashion expe- { been libelled by the government, was yesterday | thing of special public interest before them at | ness was done in five-twenties at 1013; a 1013;. Gold | The War en New Year's Day, 1863, ana | ing to furnish aid and comfort to the rebels—in what manner is net stated. Bare generalities are all that can be learned as yet from Marshal Mur- ray in reference to the performance of his func- tiong; but the details may probably leak out in a few days. a a The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. Su- Pervisor Purdy moved to increase the salary of the Clerk of the Marine Court to $3,000, and that of hie second assistant to $1,200 per year. Refer- red. Resolutions were adopted appointing clerks to each of the District Courts, and to the Marine Court. Supervisor Purdy moved that a committee be appointed to represent to the Legislature that the salaries paid to the Police Commissioners and members of the Police force in this county are too small, and that the county be authorized to fix the amount of salary to be paid to them in future. A resolution of thanks to President Little, for his services during the past year, was adopted. The Board adjourned to Monday next, at twelve o'clock. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday, the President, William Walsh, Hsq., in the chair. A communication was received from the Commis- sioners of Health, calling attention to an increase of malignant fevers in certain localities in this city. The report of the Committee of the Coun- cilmen on Railroads,"directing the Eighth Avenue Railroad to run cars in the upper part of the city, was concurred in. The report of the committee appointing several commissioners of deeds, in place of others whose terms had expired, was adopted. The'Board adjourned to meet again on Saturday, at ten o’clock. The Board of Councilmen met at twelve o'clock yesterday, when the report of the Committee on Salaries and Offices on the appointment of com- missioners of deeds for the ensuing year was, on motion of Mr. Hayes, adopted. The report con- tained about two hundred names, and will be pub- lished in full in the official proceedings. A num- ber of papers of a routine nature were then acted on, after which the Board went into secret ses- sion, and subsequently adjourned until Saturday, at eleven o'clock A. M., when all unfinished business will be disposed of, and the Board ad- journ sine die. The prize steamer Evening Star, which had ischarged, without costs to the United States, A person whose name has not been divulged was yesterday arrested by the United States Mar- shal on a charge of forgery and having forged plates of Treasury bonds in his possession. He is held for examination. The number of inmates in the publie institutions of the city at present is 6,277—a decrease of 91 in the past week. The number of persons admit- ted to them during the week was 1,029, and the number discharged, tramsferred, or who died, was 1,120. The Commissioners of Charities had no- their meeting yesterday. ‘There was very little general business transacted in monetary circles'yesterday, and the only excitement dis- played was in Western raflroad shares, which have absorbed the attention of operators for three or four days past. The eales of that description of stock were again large; but the advance did not go beyond a frac- tion. Governments were firm, ag usual, and some busi- was steady in the morning, the premium ranging between ara, aed all descriptions 6f mititary stores in Proportion, and half mithion of negroes. The greas military advantage thus gained t the Union cause is the complete separation of the States concerned in the rebellion on the west side from their confederate States oa the east side of the Mississippi. ‘Baus, in fact, the rebellion, in @ military view, may be con- sidered as reduced to the seaboard States.from Virginia to Mississippi; for with the ceduction of these there will be no other alternative left to the rebel forces west of; the river thao’ unconditional submission or a seasonable de- parture for Mexico. On last New Years Day, however, the rebels held an almost undisputed control of all the bordering country west of the Mississippi. from the southern line of Missouri to the Rio Grande, while to-day Arkansas stands asa State sub- stantially redeemed, and Louisiana is in a simi- larly encouraging condition, and Texas is not far behind. This, notwithstanding all the blunders com- mitted at Washington, ia a good exhibit of the general results of our military operations since last New Year's Day. Surely, from these re- sults, considering the crippled, demoralized, impoverished and hopeless condition of the rebellion in every way, especially in its rotten: financial system, we may predict that our next Fourth’ of July will be celebrated: not only in honor of the independence of the United States of America, but also: in honor of the complete triumph of the Union in the absolute suppres- sion of the most causeless, and yet the most formidable, rebellion in the history of mankind. The Present Strugg! Europe. New worlds have been discoveréd, society has been formed, and all the arts of civilization have grown up, through struggles for dominion, and mainly through the struggles of someone man to rule all the rest. Such ambitions have been the forces that have in all times moved the chaotic mass of mankind, and have fur- nished the influences through which the world has taken shape. Greup together Cambyses, Cyrus, Xerxes, Alexander, two or three repre- sentative Romans, Alaric, Brennus, Mahmoud, the shadowy heroes of the Mahabharata, Ghen- gis Khan and Timour, and in their biographies we may write the history of mankind down to modern times. Around them all that was known of ancient skill and all that appeared of ancient courage were brought into play, and the energies of the human race were wholly given up to and concentrated in the struggle to sustain these men on the one band and to overthrow them on the other. Modern history records one grand instance of .the repetition of this in Napoleon Bonaparte, “who came up in Europe like an earthquake, or as if the fabled Titan, roaring for so many cen- turies under Etna, had: suddenly arisen and cracked the old continental crust to its utmost extremities. He struggled for s grander do- minion than had éver shone in the dreams of 51%, #525, Busmess on Thursday was almost at a stand. There was no marked change 1n apy articles of merchandise, | and not enough doing in many to make a market. At the | Produce Exchange things were about the same as on Wed- | nesdsy. A fair business was expected in most articles. | Groceries were very quiet. Cotton steady. Petroleum | dull and nearly nominal. Freights were very dull, but | unchanged, on New Year’s Day, 1864. | Gentle reader, the compliments of the season. | We have entered upon another year. How | goes the war? How stands the Union cause in | the field this day as compared with this day one | year ago? What progress has been made by | our fleets and armies during the eventful year | tienced here. Officers are hastening home in | which has just drawn to aclose? Letussee. | large aumbers on furlough to revisit their families atthis season of reunion. The enlistments in the / Onur noble Army of the Potomac is no nearer Richmond, the mere distance considered, than veteran regiments continue to proceed vigoreusly. } it was on the first day of January last; but, in , The name of General Grant is ssid to be well re- veived among the soldiers in connection with the Presidency, and it is believed that, with the ex- ception of General McClellan, he would just now poll the largest vote of any man in the country. ; the grandest and most stubbornly contested | | pitched battle of all the battles of the war, it | gave at Gettysburg such a damaging blow to the army of Lee that, had General Meade in | his pursuit one day sooner “moved upon the | enemy’s worke’’ on the Potomac, the rebellion | The blockade runners at Wilmington have not would unquestionably have been ended in that | ‘been #0 auccessful of late. The Navy Department ‘veceived official information from Bermuda yester- day tothe effect that the steamer Coquette re- turned there on the 19th, having been among the blockading fleet off Wilmington, but could not get in. The steamer Ranger, which left on the 14th with @ full cargo, also returned, not having been able to make her way through the fleet. We give another most interesting instalment of has a bold and able article against the a!most universal conscription proposed by the rebel Con- ‘1 ranks would be of more service if restored to their legitimate labor on the farms and plantations, and ' endeavors to show that in previous wars in Europe no such wholesale conscription was either neces- | the victorious enemy, repulsed him, and saved help being beaten for his peccadilloes, but was sary or valuable. The Kraminer has an article, half humorous, half savage, upon the way in which | thus securing from tbe confusion of a defeat | yet leane with the weight of France against ‘General Averill fooled the rebel generals in his late famous expedition. The position of the rebel army in Tennessee, the exchange of prisoners, and the action of the House and Senate of the rebel Con- | | Brees, also form subjects of earnest comment in | the Richgsond journals. Christmas appears to have | been kept in an extra jovial fashion inthe rebel | Tennessee we hold, in addition to their sea- | to meet in Paris, that the representatives of all board line, the opposite frontiers of rebellious | Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, capital, if we can judge from the graphic account of scenes in the Mayor's office on the following morning. Our news from North Carolina shows 2 still at Washington. Their comments on the message ‘of Jeff. Davis are severe, while Mr. Lincoln’s message and proclamations are favorably regarded, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The steamship Persia, Captain Lott, from Liver- pool 19th and Queenstown 20th ult., arrived at ‘this port morning. Her advices have been anticipated by the Adriatic. We, however, give in to-day's HiaLD some interesting extracts from our files of European papers brought by the Persia. s A despatch from Albany announces that Gover. nor Seymour has removed the Metropolitan Police Commissioners, and appeinted in their places Messrs. Joseph L. Bosworth and William McMur- ray, of New York, and William B. Lewis, of Brook- campaign. But, pausing to consult the War Of- ' fice, that golden opportunity wae lost by General Meade; the rebel army escaped in the night; | the European governments against one another and thus the war was prolonged snother year. Had the War Office been at San Francisco, no | doubt we should have had a different result. On last New Year's Day, at the close {General | Rosecrane, near Murfreesbero, was in a very | He fights two or three battles in Italy that he ' critical position, hie right wing having been | may belittle Austria, and that from one great empire there may grow two little ones. Southern news to-day. The Richmond Enquirer | pieces of artillery, but on the next day he put | He badgers Russia with Great Britain, to the rebel army to fight. after driving the enemy from the heart of Ten- | the glory of the French army. He sees in our gress. It argues that many of the men now in the | D@##ee, Over mountains and rivers, inte the | emergency a fancied opportunity on this conti- utterly routed, with the loss of twenty-six Nine months later, plains of Georgia, he was repulsed from Chicka- | mauga, with the loss of from twenty to thirty | cannon. General Thomas, however, by hie skil- | ful tactics and indomitable bravery, checked our army and the stronghold of Chattanooga, | the substantial results of a great victory. The subsequent rout of Bragg’s army by General Grant, the eplendid defence of Knox- | ville by General Burnside. and the retreat and | pursuit of Longstreet, have advanced our vic- | torious columns into the very vitals of the re- ' bellion. In holding the southern boundary of | Alabama and Miesissippi; for the State of Ten- nessee fronts or flanks them al], Bit the stra- | of Rome. But in thie proposal and in the Polish difficulty he has met at once with his Leipsic stronger disposition in the press of that State to! .-. naraiy more important than ite losses in | and Waterloo, and it is yet to be seen how he sustain the policy and action of the administration ; the articles of subsistence, clothing, salt and | Willstagger out from the effects of this double | tegical advantages thus lost to the rebellion saltpetre, copper, lead and coal, wrested from | the enemy with our recovery of East Tennes- see, Hence the desperate but unavailing strug- | gles of Jeff. Davis to hold or to regain this im- | portant. State, or the eastern division, to his | desperate cause. To be sure, Longstreet is «till encamped between Knoxville and the | Virginia border, but only at the pleasure of General Grant. On last New Year's Day the rebels triumph- antly occupied their formidable defences of Vicksburg, and the strong works of Port Hud- son, some three hundred miles below, and all | the Mississippi river between thoee points, in- | eluding the Red river, with ite bountiful sup- lyn. The immediate cause of the dismissal of the | plies of provisions from Texas. But where are old Board was their report relative to the July riots, which the Governor regards as sectarian and partisan, and ,as showing that the Commissioners ness. ‘The passport aystem still continues in opera. tion, and is carried out as smoothly, it is said, a8 | Yeaterday six promi- ; f y or | handred thousand small arma, an immense flect | coming in of going out, they gre thus remem. | the aph Of wsefulnces of the New York mpt- | of steamboats, and railway locomotives aad | bered bv their friends the authorities could wish. ‘peut merchants of this city were arrested b “gore of Mersbal Marra. oo the charge of atte’ ot now v | they now in their efforts to hold these and other inciden- | tal points of defence will not, in the samming up, fall short of the tremendous losses of one | hundred thousand men, five hundred cannon, a eburg and Port Hudson are pres the Mississippi river ie completely re- - opened, the Red river is navigated only by | have departed from pr has ayia eda m0 8-| \ Union steamers, while the losses te the enemy ate position of public ers, and lost their useful- the ancients. Europe owned and ruled Asia, Africa and the greater part of America, and he struggled to render France supreme in richly realmed Europe, and through France to be su- preme in his own person over all. All of the ancients hed tried to reach their ultimate su- premacy by strictly military means, and he tried it in the same way. He repeated within afew years the battles by which the fate of the world had been decided centuries before, and fell in a defiance of the elements wilder than that of Ajax. And now, in our own times, bis successor tries, but in a different manner, to reach the same grand result. Impressed with the conviction that the military power cannot succeed alone in a scheme of such mag- nitude—since it inevitably provokes resistance that must ultimately be too great for it—he uses it only as an auxiliary, and employs diplo- macy as hie principal force. He holds war in bis band and in reserve, ae one may hold a loaded piece, which, while it is still loaded, may threaten at any point, but must take a definite direction when we discharge it, and leave all points except the one at which it is aimed at ease. Thas, with an immense military power and possibility of war at command, he plays by diplomacy for the advancement of his own purposes, and then launches war at the Pewer he cannot otherwise move. He protects the Pope that the church may lean upon France. the damage and disgust ‘of both and nent. and he dabbles in the dirty puddle of Mexican history. He invites the European Powers to mediate on our affairs, and meets | with a repulse; but, like the boy who could not determined not to be made any better by it, he our cause; not shrewd enough to see that what- ever harm he can do to the United States is a | harm to the only great commercial Power with | which be might balance England—his most seri- ous rival Finally, he has proposed a European con- gress, to ramble over all sorts of subjects, and the European Powers may there decorate his triumph, as the barbaric potentates of old de- corated the conqueror’s triumphs in the States | blow, and in what phase his ambition fora worldwide supremacy will next appear. His errore are patent in the business of the con- gress, in the Polish question, and in the case of Mexico——especially in this last, as by that move he bas arraigned these States against him, and drawn into the complication the standard bearer of the West—the nation that is to lead the van when America tramples upon the ruins of Europe, as Eufope has done upon the ruins of New Year Presexts.—Our officeholders. | outgoing and incoming, are lucky dogs in these | days. For instance, Mayor Opdyke. in going | ont, is offered the compliment of a public din- | ner, which he gracefully declines, while Mr. | Gunther, our incoming Mayor, is ptesented with a handsome carriage, which he gracefully accepts. Then, again, Morgan Jonce, President | of the Board of Councilmen, on retiring, retires { with the beautiful present, in his left vest | poeket, of a gold watch and chain, valued at oo hundred dollars. Lucky follows, indeed, | are our Corporation officeholders, when, on : ‘NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1864.‘ a Coxirnobu) Kus cite lée 663i Geiditer | Tar Umon Chose x Prince. —Wo publiste thie column wilh be tound &. G. Dan & Co,’ citoular for the» year jast eaded. As com- pared with that of January lat, it éx- hibits a greatly improved atase of things. The commercial faitures in the Northera States aad the British provinces ia 1862 amouated ia the aggregate to $26,541,668. Im 1063 they amounted to $10,467,000, or leas than halfthat eum; but out of these the failures ia the British Provinces in the former year figure for $3,292,688, and in the latter for $2,568,000. The list only comprises houses cogaged in te- gitimate trade—speculators in gold, stocks and , produce not being included in it. This large decrease in the number of failures in the past year is accounted for by the check givea to speculation, the heavy rise in the price of goods, and the prudence of our merchants, who, in view of the uncertain aspect of things, have put themselves in a position to meet any emor- gency. The profits made on. the stocké of mer- chandise laid in in the early part of the year have been larger than ever before realized, although the aggregate of importations and purchases has been ymalier. Of speculation amongst regular traders, with the exception of & few leading houses, there has’ been compéra- tively little. Anothér satisfactory feature in the record Is that the producing’ interesta have been enabled to clear themselves “of all in-: debtednesa, and have, consequently,been jin a positfon to purchase cotton for cash or on short credit. Considering the certainty of a collapse in Mr. Chase’s system of issues, it is ‘well to find our commercial community taking the necessary steps to prepare for it. When the crash does come it will be a severe one, and the suffering caused by it ‘can only be allevi- ated ‘by every man having his house in order. Goop Apvice 10 Greeey.—At the com- meneement of the new year we would scarcely be doing our duty if. we did not give poor Greeley some judicious advice for the regula- tion of his future conduct. He must now turn over a new leaf or be consigned to perpetual infamy. The first'step for him in this direction will be to get a new suit of clothes and to brush himself up generally. His personal appear- ance for several years past has been so seedy and shabby that nothing of the kind has ever before been seen. With the advent of the new year let Greeley put off his old white hat and coat, and his demoralizing habits'with them. The least thatthe Tribune Association can do is to supply him with money enough to buy some new clothing. They have no right to treat the poor fellow so scurvily. Since the commence- ment of the war the philosophers of that junta have cleared more than a million of dollars out of the public purse, with their gun contracts and other nefarious schemes. Let them hand over a trifle to Greeley to get some new tog- gery. If this be asking too much of his con- federates for the wretched man, let them inform: us immediately, and we will subscribe a small sum to aid in cleaning him up for the new Year. We know he will, as usual, be deeply grateful to us, and the only condition we shall impose upon him is that he shall come out strong for General Grant as our next President. Mutatis Muranpis!—The drowsy old Com- mercial Advertiser passes into new hands to- day. We regard this change as almost tanta- mount to its complete annihilation. The poor concern has.struggled long against increasing difficulties; but all its efforts have been of no avail, and now we may as well prepare to bury it decently. Of course the life is not entirely out of it yet; but we regret to say that we have but little hope of the patient. Thirty years ago the Commercial was in the noontide of its success, It had some energy then, and there- fore got a good many subscribers. Through sympathy and long custom a considerable number of its old supporters have stood by the paper until the present day. Now. how- | ever, that a new man, with new and unfiedged ideas, has kot hold of it, the former subscribers will soon become disgusted and drop off, and, as it will be utterly impossible to get any new ones, the paper will die a natural death. There is, however, one way, and one only, by which it may possibly be saved. Let the new editor— whoever he may be—immediately come out in favor of General Grant, and urge hie election by a unanimous vote of the people as the next President. This is the sole remaining chance for the moribund Commercial. Tae Stare Lxcistatcre.—The Legislature of the State is about to assemble at Albany, and it is to be hoped that its proceedings wil be marked by vigor and earnestness. There are various publie abuses which will be referred to the arbitrament and decision ef the mem- bers, and if they would secure the confidence of their constituents they must not hesitate to make sweeping reforms. They must change the charter so as to give full power to the Mayor to make all appointments, such as members of the Croton Board, Street Commis- sioner, &c. Let the Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen be confined to their proper func- tions—the regulation of municipal matters and all such matters as come within their legiti- mate province: but let the Mayor have the appointing power, by all means. Mr. Gun- ther assumes his new duties in a day or two, and it is only right that the Legislature should give him a fair chance to fulfil his mis- sion. The people have suffered too much from the doings of an unscrupulous ring, and it is now time that the Mayor should be empowered and aided in his efforts to correct such crying evils. A Vatvaptz Weesty Jocrnat.—Mr. Robert Bonner, one of our most enterprising citizens, is the well known publisher of the New York Ledger. This paper, unlike most of the trashy weeklies, is conducted with good sense and ability, and the evidence of sound discre- tion is stamped upon its pages. The proprietor is a man of enterprise and energy, and this is why his paper is so successful in influence and in circulation. He employs the best talent wherever he can find it; and it is only neces- sary to refer tothe contributions of the Hon. Baward Everett and many others to show that Mr. Bonner is the type of a true journalist. He has now a great opportunity—the greatest he ever had-—to extend the power and popu- larity of his paper. It is by applying his great influence vigorously to oppose Jeff. Davis and the abolitionists; and this he can best do by getting Mr. Everett and his other talented con- tributors to come ont earnestly in favor of Ma- jor General Grant for the next Presidency. By such a course Mr. Bonner will give another evidence of his wisdom, and greatly extend Ledger. ey aa intercoting tater fe behalf of .the i Cause, of agpiest the rebellion, to the Loyal National Leagud of New York, froma cor- Gin well known Freachmen, to wit :-—“‘Agenor do Gasparin, Edouard Laboulaye, Augustin Cochia, Honri Martia, and otber friends of Americe ia Fraace.” his letter, although aa abolition argumeat en the slavery question, shows that the parties concerned ia writing it have endeavored to inform themselves upon the anbject of this war. But they seem to be astonished that the Western Powers of Europe have been 60 long in coming to any- thing like an understanding of the real aature of this struggle, when the reason is very sim- ple. England aad Fraace (we apeak of their goveruments and governing classes) have eo far aympathized with the rebellion, because they have desired the destruction of the power and progress and popular institutions of the United States of America. Here is the whole case in a nutshell. If France and England have not directly interfered to help Jeff. Davis, it is because they have been afraid of us and atraid of each other. If they are now inclined to be honestly neutral, it is because they see ‘that the rebellion will aurety be put down, and because they fear the day of reckoning with themeelves that is not far off. We owe them nothing, while they owe us for many things for which they will have to settle ‘by-and-by. But, making all allowances for their peculiar views, the ‘honest sympathy of intelligent and’ thoughtful Europeans, as the signers of this aforesaid letter, will be accepted by the people of the loyal States. Tax Gunman Orena.—Owing to the indisposition of Carl Anschutz there will be 80 German Upera at the Academy Of Music thw evening. The regular season wilt probably Degia on Wednesday next. ‘Miss Sanvgraon gives her concert at Dodworth’s Hall to-morrow evening. Tax Re p'Iratta.—The Re d’itatia will probably go up tothe Navy Ward to-day, to gd into dry dock. A report has been circulated that the ship was towed up to the city on Wednesday. We can authoritatively contradict it, and state that she came up propelled by ber own en- gine, which worked beautifully, as it had done from the time she was taken off the beach, ‘The Italian government should not forget to recompense Carlo Alberto Rachia, the executive officer, and the chief boalswain of the Re d'Italia, for their energy and unwa- vering exertions to aid in releasing the ship from her perilous position. These gentlemen proved them- selves good seamen and skiIful officers, and their services Should not be forgotten. The officers and crew did well; and it is believed that bad assistance failed to reach the sbip as soon as it did the vessel would bave been worked off by the Italians. A careful survey of her yesterday shows that as far as can be seen above the water line she is not in the slight- est injured. Her guns were not threwn overboard, nor anything else, and she is as tight as a,bottle. Lacncg oF tas TuLLanoma.—The United States steamer Tullaboma was successfully launched yesterday afterndon at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She is the ninth sbip Mr. Delano has constructed during the past year. She is one of the’double enders, and her deacription was published in the Huraib some time since. She is awell built ship, and reflects great credit upon her constructor. “Tax New York CHASsECRS AGAIN IN THE FrELIX—Some eighty men of the New York Chasseurs (Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers), under command of Major T. J. Higgia- botham, arrived in this city yesterday from the front. This gallant regiment, which bas participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, has re-enlisted for the war, and the men are enjoying the holidays among their friends and relatives. The Chasseurs suffered con- siderably in the battles of Virginia, and now only number some four hundred men. It is expected that the noble fTeeord which the regiment has achieved will drew meny Tecruite to its ranks, and that it will return to the field at the maximum strength. The following named officers remain with the regiment:—Colone! Joseph E. Hamlin, Major T. J. Higginbotham, Captains B. B. Miller, W. W. ‘Tracey, W J. Haverly, Joba Burey, Lieutenant Ivan Tay- lott. The headquarters of the regiment were last at Brandy Station. Millitery Affairs. RESPECT FOR THE MEMORY OF GEN. CORCORAN. ‘On the receipt of the news of the death of Gen. Corcoran, meeting of the officers of the One Hundred and Seven- tieth regiment New York Volunteers took piace at Union Mills, Virginia, to take action respecting the melancho!: occurrence. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Marpay oe, sided, and Lieutenant P. J. Dunne officiated as Secretary. Captain Scully presented a series of appropriate resolu- tons, d jog the death of Gen. Corcoran, and condol- ing with bis widow upon ber sad bereavement. A com- mittee of three, consisting of Major J. B. Peon S Hugh F, O’Love and Lieut. Montgomery, was for the purpose of ha’ the resolutions pl pen and presented to » Gen. Corcoran, atter which meeting adjourned. THE FIFTH REGIMENT NEW YORK ARTILLERY. In our advertising columos wil) be found the call of the officers of the Fifth regiment New York heavy artillery, at present stationed around Baltimore, for two hundred men to fill up its ranks to the maximum standard. This organization is one of the most popular in the army. Heavy artillery are stationed in forts, and are not com- Pelled to perform long marches, attended with great pri- reg! a are two splendid brass bands, 30 that the inducements to join {t are very good. PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN ELLISON, TWELFTH NEW YORK CAVALRY. Captain Jobo Ellison, commander of Troop 1, Twelfth New York cavalry, was presented with a splendid sabre, sesh, belt and pistol by the officers under his command, on Christmas day, at Plymouth, N.C. Lieutenant Wi A. Irwin made the presentation in a neat speech, Captain Ellison responded moet fittingly, stating thi hoped ere long to be able to return to the old Empire State, and there enjoy the bleesing and prosperity of a well earned peace. PENNSYLVANIA VETRBRANS RE-ENLISTING. PmLapenrnia, Dec, 31, 1863, The remnants of the gallant Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania regiment have re-enlisted for the war, and will soom re- turn home on furlough te recruit. Two of the colonels of this regiment, Col. Goslife and Col. Gustavus W. Town, bave veen killed in battle. and the regiment has passed through the severest conflicts of the Army of the Poto- mac, An enthusiastic reception awaits them. Tur Recrgaxt Svow Storw.—During the afternoon yes- terday the weather predicted a New Year's snow storm, a white earth, and possibly a day's sleighing; but, after a very brief career, the snow storm proved recreant and departed, to make way for a heavy rain and biustering wind, which continued all night, and leaves the streets this morning pretty well cleaned. AyncaL Batt at rae Aston Hoves.—In accordance with his usual custom, Charles A. Stetson, Faq., proprietor of the Astor House, gave a ball last evening for the enter. tainment of bis employes. The large dining room was arranged for the use of the dancers, and a choice band furnished the neceseary music. Shortly after cight o'clock the company began to assemble, when Mrs. Stet. fon, accompanied by her children and grandchildren, entered the room and addressed a few it werds Gir*metoces seteenes Mr, Jobo F. Devin, on Cobalt of yy juently spoke to them at considerable very and guitable terms onthe of tbaeaberng ana bea effects hey an@ employe. then commenced, ontioued with but sight, fatervale until the Neo Yees Was well under woigh. Most of the guests in the house, Vogether with a numberof Mr. Steteon's private friends, participated in the festivities. The getiuine ‘and good feeling which has always cl this anoual gathering was more marked than usual last evening, and much of it was, doubtless, to be attributed to the efforts of Aleck and Charles A. stevson, Jr., who were ably seconded br Mr. Banta, Messrs. Parker, Harvey Jones, and other officials connected with the mat ib of the hotel. ei the intervals of dancing refreshments were han round, and shortly after midnight, when the guests re. ig 6 hire ie Pamy my bad to be recorded ~ yor t or House and its Charles A, Stotson, Ken. ae ‘Tae Lark Besmeit vor Sick asp Wounnep Sorprars.—By reference to our advertising columns it will be found that the late ontertainment for sick and wounded soldiers Fealized the handsome amount of $2,616. The particulars will be found in our advertising columns under the ap. Dropriate head, Naawvinm, Tenn, , Dec, 31, 1863, Hy ordor of the Department of Headquarters, the Chief Quartermaster ts directed to onrol all camp followers and citizons employed by the government. The enrolment will bq complotod by about the Ist of January. ‘The rivor ¥@ ainht foot eee ou, m UecEny fs rising. Press. Im Abe meantime itis safe to aay that the ques. tiem bas aot reached the etage described in the foregoing: eopert. SALE OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY. Eighteen confiscated estates are to be sold at Alexandria 0a Monday next, togethor with nfty-four valuable (avma for unpaid taxes. Among the latter is the Artington cs- tate,owned by General R. E. Leo, and valued at thurty- four thousand dollars, GENERAL KING APPOINTED MINISTER TO GRERCE. It f# understood that General Kufus King, American Minister-at Romo, ia aiao to be accredited to the court ef Greece, with an increase of salary amounting to 6évereh thousands per year. As thenew King bas been announced, General King bas probably ore thie entered upen bis ex- tended field of diplomacy. GIVT FROM THE KING OF SWEDEN TO THE PRESIDENT. ‘To-day the Minister (rom Swedes and Norway proseated President Lincoin, on behalf of tae King, a magnificent volume, containing engravings of the royal collection eS arms, This is understood to be in reciprocation of @ similar compliment, the President Raving eome time eimce presented the King with am elegant pair of piatoleef American maaufacture: THE BLOOKADS. Official information bas been received at the Navy De- partment, (rom Bermuda on the 21s¢ instant, ia relation to the blockade, atating:—Tne ateamer Coquette returned on the 19th, having been amoag the blockading fleet off ‘Wilmington, but could not get in. The steamer Ranger loft on the 14th witha full cargo, ead returned here te- day, not baviag been into-port. The report of the fiers having been run on a reef and a hole knocked tate her bottom, having béen frightened by a British mail etoam- or, is confrmed.’* ‘The Secretary of the Navy bas received @ letter from Philadelphia stating that the District Court has made a Gnal decree in the case of the ateamer Kate Dele, captured gome time ago in the Gulf by the R. R. Ouyter, for $355,798, which amount has been tranemitied to the Navy Department. ‘The following information has been received of the capture of the steamer Chatham, off Doboy Sound, Georgie, December 16, by the gunboat Huron. On the morning of the 16th ahe was oberved bound ‘out ¢@ sea, ama d”” was immediately given. After a few shots ehe hove to. She was from Darien, Ga., and bound to Nassau. The captain stated that he-had had papers, but had thrown them overboard. By his statements his cargo consiete of two hundred and pinety bales of cotton, beside tobacce and rosin. Shofhas been sent North. THE ARMY EXAMINING BOARD AMD THE NEGRO REGT- MENTS. Notwithetanding the: protracted session ef the examin. jog board, sixty officers are still lacking ¢o Mil up the number belonging to negro regiments. It is expected thas. these will be passed during the mext month, aod the Board dissolved, unless new organizations are immediate- ly brought into the field, CONTRABAND CELEBRATION. A celebration of the anniversary of the emancipation Proclamation is to be held to-morrow by the contrakands Of Alexandris, As there are several thousands Of this lace there @ grand demonstration iv expected among the colored popu lation. THE APPOINTMENT OF CAPTAIN WILSOM, Some remark has been caused by the appointment of Captain Wilson as Chief Commissary of the Army of the Potomac, vice Colonel Clark, from the fact thet there ere five lieutenant colonels under him. Captain Wilson ise regular army officer, and a graduate of West Point, end is is to be presamed that it is tbe intention of the War De- partment to give him the promotion requisite to afferd bim the rank which, according to military etiquette, would warrant his precedence of officers at present of @ higher grade than himself. PRESENTATION TO MR. B. P. SNYDER. Mr. B. P. Snyder, the manager of the American tele- epiene suetos ons Semmes em} w. NAVY YARD. THB WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. ef the command of Toa Wlanineloc Nena rees hay ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT. accident occurred: ‘Toe t of this cause was luded by Mr. Gillet for the “ No. 94. Lee & Leavitt, plainti™ in error, vs. Patrick Watson et al. This cause was Mr. William Y. Fendall for the defendants.in error, submitted om plaintiff in error, and submitted om of Mr. Noell on bebalf of the defendant in Personal Intelligence. Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward, famous maf Piya of the A of arrived in on Wednesday eveni leave of absence. ‘General ‘Ward has borne a i a! New York Volunteers: H. D, Bacon, of Iowa; Jobo Curtis Tyler, of Verment, Lone Rondout, are stopping at the lel. Worth: Brave Ata meeting of Volunteers, held a: it was ved. That a committee of three be. to draft inant Fcneie'e dacadPucwcs ated tikes jeutenant Franklin K. who was tat Get ‘ul 183, oer Qf 9 duties; ther Resolved, That in the death wivenant F. K, Garland » ‘Tiotim’to the treaeh- a Sorihy and efficient oflcer has failen & ery of designing men against the best governmestof which the world can boast, That patriet, the frm and w ng, and the ntegriiy of hie death we have met witt EX His fidelity, bie Geneay, soldjerly conduct won for the Sergeant major aud Apsily wo that of \* ite stars with wanen tly. Senchstege would won for aay eet dow in the by ot peitle. sarife, to rise more on the a the Resolved. That our jes be C coneat Benin ere sagas tlt ‘se and our sinctre desire that the jnatice }. Or fathers’ God, will sustain and com! them, direct paws, ‘anfal SMurce of light an@ lovesfound only Resolved, ‘of the abov trane- mitted to the Tera of Lignvengnt cereus Tuayraph Vhenango tnien and Ramiton Demo Cons tux. —H. ©. , Sages sz Yorks, 3" ITTER. : ‘oge il, Chaplain, 7 sy tome ict ‘Ay dda c 1, Va, Sept. 9, 1868, The above. eibuie, would neve beg sent for publication | long before this, but the regiment hae on the ‘and in action ever since the date ie Camr, wear Braxpy Station, Va. Nov. 10, Rr001— 8! eamahiy Perse wie Ward, Mra Truof! ante ‘sniiarens A rd vie i, Megonn.” Hirshorn, 4 children and nuren: ca Wedel ir HI ir. arn, Brows, H Ar"pierman ae Helter, cette EW Be ir Guiltermann, Mr 4 ME sae 3 8 HY dan, AN Chrratie, Binder. rent Bereta, H Layale; 4 rane. Dr, md re Mackay apa thi 4 {