The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1864, Page 6

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THE SUPPLEMENT SHEET. The supplement sheet this morning contains the Meeting of the leave Faction, the obituary of Isabella Cubas, Mecting of tho !ludson River Baptist Association, the Arctic Exp'orere in Court, Coroners’ Inquests, acd ad¢.Gonal lists of the killed ggd@ wounded in the late vatiies, ° ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisomests for the \WKEKLY HeRauD must be band- «in before ten o'clovk every Wednesday evening. ite circulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers und gentiomen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly Advertwements tn- sorted in the Wxxkiy Henaco will thus be seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United States. THE SITUATION. The fearful confict which bas been raging in front of Potorsburg had 8 tuilon Suucay, There was no-fghting aod but casual Oring on tuut diy. The proceedings of the armics up to Monday are told im the despatches of the Hexarp correspondents, The rebel rams made (heir appearance sm .be James River at & critical momont, jist white Generals Grant and Botier were biting couierence with Admiral Lee on board m+ dizsnip, wear Potot of Rocks, on Monday. Our gucbosisqu ck y d.spersed the rebel in truders . Our map, im apciher couma ebows tne rein. tive position of our (orces and the snes of the ereny vich have been captured, and those which sti:l remain tu their bands, apon wn:cd the vaior of our troops has et to be tried be Gouera! Hunter re Petersburg 6 2 Our possession. ssreported wo have cut tho railroad gand (barioitesy:tie for a distance «f jo advantage to our between Lynchbe This army at Petersburg. Mr, Stanton sent no builetin last night, We bare, therefore, no official record of the proceed:ogs of our aemics yesterday, Mr Linco. aod Mr, For, Assatant Secretary of the Navy, went to City Polnt yestorday, and bad ao Interviow with Geaers: Graat, CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterisy the House cossiution for the ree ‘lef of Captain Ericsson ia 0-8 coutract for the cams Puri tor waa reported @ ious ameodment, The ders and saors bomesteads ca confs- cated rebel exiaies wag aso reported, A totior of Mr Fish- back, elecied as 4 United Staves Seoaior by ths Legis's wire of Arkansas, protesting ol wyaty, «a8 submited 04 ordered to by printed. [oe amor.can aod Ros ima Inter-Continental Teegraph 31:1 was ten sagen ap, discussed for some tim:, cousiceracly amended, and Soally passed. As passei, piy grants whe rgbe of Brough ths caticna: Moma.n, the assistance of ibe Davy £04 protection of tusarmy # vuiding, and the fase of lorty acres of iaad fo eaca slavion, A mot.on Le take up the House di! repeacng al laws for ibe retura Of fugit.ws slaves was agreed se by “wrnty Sve yeas to sixteen nays but as to what was afterwards dose with the subject, except thar « was d:sccaeed, our report gives us 00 iG.o-maton The Miuitary Committee reported the bil, to repeal whe three bundred collars eo tution = clause «of «=the = Enrolment ect They algo reported another Dill suppiemen- tary t apd amecdig the same act. Mr. Wado submitted @ resoivtoo pronidwng any Seoator from Speaking more than ten miputes at oe time or more Chae Ooce 6 wDy subject, curing tbe remainder of the eeraion, without exprese permission. Somes District of Colurnbia busicess was transacted, and then tbe Senate two miles. brings cons:deral tae sod Dict Dill wo give co adjourned. lo tbe HToure of Reprisentatives the business, which embraced « \arge variety of matters, related almost ex clustvely i af! r From tbe Miltary Commitee the following rep. © male: Ab adverse one, which was laid on the it, ibe petition of certain citizens rho have been 1 im rebel prisons for the same allowances of pay aud raious chat soldiers recotve; « joint resolution, wh.co wae adopted, granting a pension to the widow of speccer Kellogg,, executed by the rebee on the cha of being @ spy adverse reporte on the proj o t provide by bill for the pay of trocpe who ave not be ed into the service, and ep the resolutions for inqul to the legis. ation ce essary to prevent eubstituce brokers from pur @bacing Substitutes aod gs 40 the propriety of purchasing ibe two Uridgee at Rock Island, M.; the Senate bill, which Was poser’, providirg (or examimations as to the qualif cations aud good cbarw 0. army commssertes, quar cormasters aod paymester’, a bill, whicb was also passed, giving to veter e0u8 in (be cavalry the rank, aod em od a bill ail © siorekeepers tbe rank, captains (f ordoanes; @ joint resolu tion, the con*iderston of wuich was postponed till next fresion, crediting Paymaster Pritton with two million fix bundred thousand delare, the amount under pis barge cestroged by tbe burning of the etoamer Ruth; oud 8 for the + of tho widow of eral Lar A bill was also reported o Miltary Com ue the tbe bucdred & € Fvisowas Ah, ORDO R 6riBy 4 for the repeal of clause ta tho En the resident Lo Grats men for ene of two years service, and giving a bounty of one hundred dotiars to voluvteers for ove year, two ban- dred dollars tor ¢wo years, and three bhuedred del- lars for three yours, This bill was discussed tor some time, and the sections of the bill re;ealing the commutation clause wore stricken out After further debate and additional efforte to amend, without final notion om the Dill, it was laid over, Ibe con‘ereace committee on the Fxecutive, Legislative and Judicial Appropriation bill made a report, which was agreed to, An evenidg seasion was beld, which was de voted to a debate on the Pacific Railroad bill, The House Adjourned without disposing of it, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Peace State Committee met at the Astor House yesterday, and decided to hold a masa meeting in this olty oa Wedvesday of next week, with a view of operating on the Chicago Convention The necessary committees were Appointed, including one to select aod report a committee to go to Chicago te lobby that Coaventiva for @ peace platform and candidate. The Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee, Heury J. Raymond chairman, met at the As- tor House yesterday to prepare tor the campaiga. The work done was merely routine business and perfect arrangements for the thorough organization of the party in every State, and the preparation for s vigorous can- vase, the employment of speakers, &o. ‘4 meeting of the Mozart General Committee was held tast evening at Mozart Hall, to make arrangements (or attending the National Convention at Chicago, Fernando Wood made s speech, in which he asserted that the masses of the democratic party were in favor of an im mediate cessation of hostilities, with a view of recom- structing tbe Union through the medium of peaceful ne gotiation, He contended that it was the duty of the (Chicago Convention to put a clean peace ticket In the field, and hinted that if that course were not pursued a peace ticket would be nominated under tho auspices of the Woods and a few other radical peace men of the Val- landigham stripe, From the tevor of Mr, Wood’s specch, which was loudly applauded by the meeting, it is evi- dent that there is trouble brewing in the democratic camp. The New York Light Guard ceiebrated their thirty- sixth anoiversary with a social dinner yesterday, at Latayette Hall. Toasts and short speeches followed the dinner, which were brimming with apciality and patriot- tom. ‘The ratiroad acoident yesterday occurred on the New Baven avd Harttord Railroad, and not on the New York and New Haven Railroad, as stated in some journals. ‘The end of the great Parrish Wi!l matter has come at last. Our readers will remember this long contested case, which went from the Surrogate’s Court to the Court of Appeals, and was at last decided adversely to the widow, The estate bas pow been administered, and the final accounts were filed yesterday with Surrogate Tucker, Thus ends ono of the most famous of American causes celebres. Tho Surrogate’s Court bas adjourned for the summer vacation Judge Tucker goes to Chicago to attend the Convention, Judge Alker, of the Marine Court, was engaged yester- day in trying the case of William Parkhurst Snow vs. Charles Fraocis Hal, The parties are well known Arctic explorers, and have both been insearchof Sir Joha Franklin’s ill fated expedition. The plaintiff sues for ser- vices rendered the defendant in preparing certain diagrams and charts of the frozen regions for his new book, and also for having furnished s set of charts which were pre - sented by the defendaat to the London Geographical Society. The Court took the papers and announced that ® decision would be rendered in a few days, Ip the Superior Court, before Judge McCunn, Andrew J. Hackley, Anthony §, Hope and Joshus Burt, city con- tractors tor laying the mains in Fourth avenue, were sued yesterday by Wm. H. Dovoe, assignee of Barney Becker, for services rendered under their contract. It was claimed by the assignor of the plaintiff that he was +} interested in the contract, and relinquished the same on condition that the defendants would allow him five dollars a day for his services as superintondent during the con- timaance of the work. The jury rendered a verdict for Bhe plainti‘?, asseasing the damages at $1,040. In the General Sessions yesterday Timothy Coakley, who was convicted last week of assaulting officer Gaynor , of the Fourth ward, was placed at the bar for sentence. ‘The jury having streagly recommended him to the mercy of the Court, Judge Kussel suspended sentence. Mr. Hutchings nad a calendar of cases prepared, but, owing to tho absence of counsel, they were putoff till Wednesday. Thomas Wilson, alias Edward Gtimore, pleaded guilty to an attempt at larceay from the person, having been charged by Mrs. Taylor, of Eighty-fourth street, with trying to steal her pocketbook. He was sent to the Peni. tentiary for six months. The Grand Jury preseated a Datch of indictments and resumed their duties. The continued advance in gold yesterday created a stilt greater difference between the views of the holders of merchandise and those who were in quest of it, and thus acted as a great bindrance to trade, Almost all descriptions of foreign goods were entirely nominal, and tt was bard to find out the valuation of goods. Even the ‘actual sales represent only the neminal value. There was a good deal of excitement regarding the Gold bill. It was generally condemned as arbitrary, and it was Delieved that it would be in some wayevaded There was a good deal of difficulty experieaced in fixing rates of exchange, and business was thereby restricted. Domes. tic produce was excited and variable. Cotton was off Petroleum was very irregular. At tho Produce Exchange Droadstuffs and provisions generally were higher, witha good business. Whiskey, too, was upward and active; the price realizea $1 60—the highest, we believe, ever known for the article in this market. Tallow was firmer and in brisk demand. Freights were for the moment quiet, though higher rates wore demanded. The grocery market ‘was unsettled, but generally very firm. ‘The market for beef cattle ruled heavy, ata decline of fally haif a cent a pound on all grades. The range of prices ‘was from 12c. to 19¢., but scarcely any sold above 18}¢¢., and dutfew above 18c. The speculators agsin lost heavily. The goveroment took lees than one bun- dred bead Cows were steady. Voeais were In fair de mond at 6c. @ 10c, @ 103¢¢., a8 to quality, Sheep and bs were dull and lower. Prices ranged from $4 50 to $800. Swine were active and higher—O}<c. a 10c, The receipts were 4,267 beeves, 203 cows, 1,824 veais, 12,882 sheep and lambs and 13,035 swine, The Campaign in Virginia. On Sunday there was a lull in the terrible storm of battle near Petersburg, and our army enjoyed s much needed day of rest. In the four days preceding Sunday a great deal had been done. Our whole army, hastily thrown across the James river, had in that short time been concentrated at Petersburg, and repeat- edly hurled with terrible fury, and with great success, though with great loss also, against the formidable intrenchments at that place. Petersburg appears to have been completely encircled on the southern side by « triple line of defence, stretching from the Appomattox above the city to the Appomattox below it, and supported at this latter extremity by bat- teries of heavy guns on the other side of that river. Each of these lines was strengthened at important points by redoubts and redans, mounted with cannon in profusion, and each Tine was nearly continuous. Against the right of the first of these lines General Smith advanced on Wednesday, and if there had been sufficient force up to have made the general assault at that time it is probable that the place could have been carried with much less slaughter, as it was then only held by General Wise’s brigade. General Smith established himself ia the works he bad taken, and on the the next day the re- mainder of this line was carried by the Second and part of the Ninth corps, all except a very strong redoubt, which considerably annoyed our left until Friday at daylight, when it was gallantly carried by part of General Burn- side's corps. There then remained between our troops and Petereburg two formidable linea—no longer held by Wise, but by at least thirty thousand of General Lee's troops. Against the outer of these lines a general assault was made on Fri- day afternoon, and the line was carried, though with great loss. On itday General Burn- side captured the enemy's defences on the Nor- folk Raftroad, and on that day an unsuccess!u! attempt was made to carry the enemy’s inver ¥oa by storm, Such was the position at Petera- ' burg at the latest advices. I+ is not certain that the assault was renewed oa Monday. Petersburg and Lynobburg are the vital points of Richmond, or of an army that at- tempts to hold that city. And while all the strurgle rages at Petersburg Gen. Hunter is repoitel by tbe rebeis near to Lynohburg, “with fifteen thousand men.” He will doubt- leas out both the railroads that reach Richmond from that point. We have tho report that Lee bad sent Ewell’s corps against Hunter; but it is doubtful whether Lee places sufficient reli- ance on the Petersburg intrenchments to send ® corps away at this time. Hunter's operations will give a new light to the Petersburg struggle, and it is probable that General Grant will also operate from Ber- muda Hundred in such a way as to compel Lee to elect whether he will bold Richmond or Petersburg. If he chooses to hold Petersburg, aa he probably will, it will take every man that be can command to doit. And while Grant. can then seize Richmond, he can also, by his present position south of Petersburg, shut up Lee in that place as effectually as Lee would have been shut up in Richmond if Petersburg were in Grant’s posseasion. The Peace Fact! Org img fer the Campaign. Fernando Wood’s Peace State Committee, with some twenty or thirty noisy outside poli- ticians, including messengers from the peace men of Connecticut, New Hampshire and one or two other States, met at the Astor House yesterday to resolve themselves into im- portance in the Presidential campaign. We give elsewhere a report of what they did and said, to which we refer our readers for the details. The peace party have been for some time past decidedly under a cloud. The public had slmost come to the conclusion that they were demolished by the hard blows that have been administer ed to the rebellion of late. But, whether dead or not, they, after the eulogy of one of the journals of the shoddy party yes- terday morning, resolved themselves into existence, and declared that they should have something to say about the Chi- cago Convention, its nominees and the plat- form. The first step in their programme is the holding of a mass meeting of the peace democ- racy in thie city, on next Wednesday, for the purpose of making such a demonstration as will frighten the Chicago Convention into a re- cognition of their claims. To accomplish this end several committees were appointed to get up and conduct the mass meeting, with a view of making it as much of a success as possible, This point accemplished, a committee is to be appointed to go to Chicago and press the doc. trines and peculiar tenets of the peace democ- racy of this State upon the consideration ef the Convention. This gathering at this time has its significance, and in a measure compli- cates the Presidential campaign which the country. is now about entering upon. In fact, the daily occurring events and the manipulations of the politicians are constantly increasing the embarrassments of the canvass. The Times and other organs of the shoddy Lincoln party, realizing that the Fremont party have made a dangerous fiank movement upon them, are desirous of counter- acting in some way its effects. To do this they have started the dodge of praising the peace mes, and are endeavoring to work them into as much prominence as possible, in the hopes of getting up a flank movement upon the opposition party, to offset the movement of the Fremont organization set on foot at Cleveland. To accomplish this Raymond came out yesterday with a leader denouncing the moderate and Union democracy of the opposition party as mere temporizers, and declaring that his “sym- pathies were with the peace” element of the party. This is too plain a trick to deceive any one. Knowing that the dissensions and wrangles over the Cabinet and the spoils in their own shoddy organization bid fair, with the Fremont movement, to bring a dis- astrous defeat and complete rout at the polls, they are now laboring to create divisions among their opponents by encouraging the peace men, and urging upon them to bolt and repudiate the Chicago Convention if they do not have their own way, knowing very well that if the Chicago Convention swallows the doctrines of the peace faction it will not be heard of at the polls. The question now is, will the delegates at Chicago follow the ad- vice of the organs of the shoddy party, and com- mit suicide by such » course, and then get up ® double flank movement on each: ‘principal party.? It must be borne in mind that these peace politicians assembled here yesterday under the summons of Fernando Wood, who has his own axes to grind and schemes to carry through. He played bis game shrewdly at the gathering yesterday, and foiled every attempt made to force him to commit himself, pro or con., upon the Chicago Convention. The shoddy organs, in eulogizing the peace faction, no doubt are prompted by what they understand to be the expectation of their master at Washington: that Mr. Wood, under the fawning and latitude given him, will really repudiate the Chicago nominee, and trot outs peace candidate, and thus make the race for Lincoln an easy ene. But they may find themselves disappointed in their customer. It is well known, as we have heretofore stated, that Fernando Woed’s schemes lead him in another direction. Mem- bers of Congress are to be elected this fall; and since the McKeon party, by taking advantage of the disgust of the people im the wholesale bargaining and parcelling out of the offiees im this city to the highest bidders, have broken up this arrange- ment for the future, a new dodge has to be adopted to carry out the same plans and secare like results. The peace faction dodge has been resorted to for the purpose of accom- plishing that object. All that Wood intends now is to work the peace party in this State into that prominence which will enable him to strike a bargain profitably to himself, and which will secure his own and Brother Ben’s re-election to Congress, It will be remem- bered that afew years since, when Raymond was runuing for the State Assembly, it was openly charged by the Mozart candidate ruuning in opposition that Mr. Wood sold him out for Raymond. This dodge of the Times may, therefore, be evidence of another agree- ment to pay off that obligation. Strange things are now transpiring among the poli- ticians, Those who putany faith in the pro- fessions of any of the leaders are doomed to wake up some morning sadly disappointed, in the meantime the wheels of the peace wagon have been set in motion. We «hall soon see what we suall see, al The Terrific Fighting at Petersburg— The Weir im the Corner. ‘The late terrific fighting of the enemy at Petersburg has disclosed to us several import- ant facts—first, that through the foresight of the rebel leaders the city has been very strong- ly fortified; secondly, that the bulk of Lee’s forces have been drawn over to its defence, and are in for a stubborn resistance; thirdly, that it is the key to Richmond, and, lastly, that General Grant is bound to possess it. The news of the repeated sanguinary repulses of our troops from the enemy’s intrenchments on Saturday caused a sensation in Wail street, which, together with the tinkering legislation of Congress, has enabled the gold speculators to run up the premium on gold two or three per cent. Nor can we expeet any effectual reaction against these gold gamblers sbort of some de- cisive victory by General Grant. To secure such a victory, therefore, as speedily as possible, additional reinforcements to the Army of the Potomac, to the extent of fifty or seventy-five thousand men, should be forthwith pushed for- ward to the James river. Surely, from our two or three hundred thousand troops scattered about in little detachments here and there, be- tween the Susquehanna and the Mississippi rivers, fifty or seventy-five thousand can be drawn to complete the investment of both Richmond and Petersburg at the same time. Let this be done, and instead of a two months’ laborious siege, like that of Vicksburg, Richmond must be instantly abandoned or sur rendered by Lee; for otherwise, if placed be- tween two armies, each equal to his own, his army must inevitably be routed, broken up and dispersed. The rebels are now fighting des- perately to gain a little time. They have given up all hope for the present of gaining anything else. They admit that their cause is upon its last legs; but they still hope that, by holding General Grant at bay even a month or two longer, our national finances will become so deranged, and the public mind of the North 80 discouraged and unsettled, that the copper- head disunion peace faction will gain the politi- cal balance of poyrer in the loyal States, and will bring upon them such a state of political discords, strife and confusion in this Presiden- tial campaign as to compel the general gov- ernment to suspend this struggle with Jeff. Davis and open negotiations for peace. This is what Lee is now fighting for—a little time, in the hope of gaining, through the finan- cial embarrassments and political dissensions of the North, what the rebel leaders now con- fess cannot be gained by them in any other way—namely, the disruption of the Union for the mockery of a treaty of peace. Time, there- fore, the gaining of a little more time, which is now the last hope of the rebellion, suggests to the government its true course. It is to strike now, while the iron is hot; to bring all our available forces from all sides against Rich- mond, and without delay. It is the policy of letting secondary places take care of them- selves for the present, in order to make quick and certain work of Richmond; for the differ- ence between the capture of Richmond by the middle of July, as compared even with the middle of September, will, as things are now going, be equal to the saving of a whole year’s expenses of the war in men and money. Let the government now concentrate all its availa- ble strength against Richmond; for with the fall of Richmond the whole fabric of the rebel- lion tumbles into ruias, Tue Rise in Gorp.—Gold yesterday ran up to 203. This advance is attributed to two causes—Grant’s desperate fizhting before Petersburg and the Congressional bill to prevent speculation in gold. People be- came alarmed at this rise in gold, but un- necessarily so. The public should feel no un- easiness. The Gold bill, instead of preventing gold speculations, will bring about a different state of things. It will have a tendency to uu- settle Chase’s plan for making paper the gene- ral medium of currency, and hasten the return of the period when specie will be the only medium of currency, whea the prices of pro- visions will be reduced to a reasonable stand- ard, and when a man will not be obliged to measure out his paper money iv payment for potatoes, parsley or early greens, measure for meastre, just as they are reported te do in the rebel States, or have done in former revolu- tions, the French particularly, when assignats sold by weight forso much garlic, or for so many beets or carrots. The sooner the specie basis is restored the better for all, aud nobody should buy or sell more than necessary until that period arrives. The rise in gold yester- day,.we repeat, is not owing to Grant’s opera- tions or to the Gold bill, not more so than is the great rise in the prices of living for the past two or three years to be attributed to similar causes; but it is the natural result of bad legislation in the early stages of the re- bellion; it is owing to Chase’s shortsighted views in regard to the effects of a stupendous inflation of the currency, and has followed his mischievous financial schemes up to this hour. It is true he bas recently made an effort to re- trieve his position by adopting the advice we gave him about the time we fairly entered upon the present awful contest—that was, to borrow good money, instead of printing a paper cur- renog that has no limit so long as the printing presses do not break down. We fear he has been too tardg in adopting the proper course. We might have had a currency based upon specie to this day had Chase started right; but, as he did not, the people must eontinue to bear, with all the patriotism and pa tience they can, the evils and burthens aris- ing from an absurd financial policy, adopted by bad and incompetent rulers at the begin- ning of our war troubles. Taortow Weav’s Deverorments.—These ou- rious disclosures are the best reading of the day. Let Thurlow go on. The opening chap- ter is tmaly diverting. The succeeding ones must be more 80. How oldSatan must chuckle as these exposures of official wickedness ap- pear. But there are more developments coming. The other side has not yet spoken; and even Beelzebub himself will no doubt feel gloomy as he finds how his particular children of the earth, and of shoddy, have exceeded even his liberal allowance of rascality. These are the experiences of Greeley, Callicot, Camp & Co. in guns, calico and many other con- tracts; of Opdyke, Farly, Carhart & Co. in explosives and shoddy tailoring; of Spragae and others in stupendous Robert Macaire operations on the Re@ river and otber cotton growing regions in the South within the rebel lines—and so on to the end of several chap- ters, Those disclosures will be delicious mor- sels for the chuckling imps down below. And suppose the Mariposa philosopuers let out something about the Satanic overations of Thurlow in Harlem stook, his speculations in Europe, his interest in the Whiskey bill when before Congress, and the various lobby schemes he has fathered and fostered in the Albany lobby? This will be enough; for Satan will have to enlarge his dominions if he intends to make room for all who have committed sins under this reign of shoddy and corruption. Tae Asvses sr tae Crry RatLRoapa.—A movement has been started, in which the Com- mon Council has taken « prominent part, rela- tive to the abuses alleged to be chargeable upon the city railroad companies in the matter of laying rails, keeping the streets in order, &. A committee has been appointed, who have already had one mecting on the subject, at which the grievances of the truckmen and carmen were especially presented. There are, without doubt, jast grounds for many of these complaints; but in some cases the grievances complained of may be laid at the door of the city Street Commissioner as well as upon the shoulders of the railroad companies. The streets through which these roads have been lawfully permitted to run are in many places {in bad condition, from causes arising alike from the inattention of the city authorities and from the fault of the companies, The com- panies are to blame for having their rails laid imperfectly, projecting, in some cases, several inch& above the level of the street pavement, and the city is at fault in not attending pro- perly to the street paving. Between the two, those in the community having anything to do with vehicles and horseflesh are much annoyed and put to much inconvenience and expense. The whole subject can be settled by the Legis- lature, whose duty it is to pass a general law on the subject, obligating the railway com panies to have their tracks laid with rails that shall create no perceptible unevenness between the track and the street, and by amending the city charter, or, otherwise, compe! the Corpora- tion to keep the streets in better travelling condition than some of them are in at present. AmeERcaN SoLpiers.—The desperately hard fights continued through three days at the in- trenchments around Petersburg are without a parallel even in this war.’ After the first battle of Bull run the reports of the operations of our army were received with shouts of derision in Europe, and it was publicly and impudently declared from half a dozen different sources that the Northern people would not fight. We were declared to be a contemptible horde of tradesmen and money changers, sharp enough at bargains, but entirely without the lofty spi- rit that leads men to risk their lives in battle. Those assertions have been amply answered on many a bloody field, but never with such terri- ble distinctness as in the last fights. No such battles as these are fought in Europe, and with any two European armies face to face one or the other would inevitably give way before there had been a tithe of the carnage that marked the assaults of Thursday, Friday and Saturday last. We have given evidence in this war all through of the possession of military power that may well alarm some European govern- ments—of a power sufficient to cope at once with both England and France; and with a very small army of such men as are now on the James river we could drive Maximilian out of Mexico in six months, however strongly he might be supported by the Powers interested in the destruction of the Monroe doctrine, Tux Heraup anp Tue News.—We have for several days past, more than ever, shown what a newspaper ought to be, and in our issue of yesterday we were so far ahead of all oppo- sition with our accounts from the army that the other papers were literally nowhere. We bad detailed accounts of one day’s later opera- tions at Petersburg than any otber paper, and we gave exclusively the full account of Geue- ral Sheridan’s splendid cavalry operations on the railroad near Gordonsville. of continual triumphs like this, we have the largest circulation ever reached by any news- paper. Indeed, the opposition slow coaches are losing ground as newspapers with their most ardent admirers, who buy the Herawp to read the news, even though they buy the others to read copperhead or abolition philippics. Repet Bannanity.—In the desperate ex- tremities to which they are reduced the rebels are becoming like savages in their ferocity. Their last reported expedient of “warding off the Yankee fire” from Charléston is the ex- posure of certain Union officers, beld as prison- ers of war, to the chances of being torn to pieces by the shells directed against the city. The Secretary of War has properly ordered a similar experiment, by way of retaliation; and if a few rebel officers, exposed upon the Union batteries of Morris Island, will not briog the rebel commander at Charleston to terms we guess that by covering the decks of two or three Monitors with rebel prisoners of war, and steering with them right up the channel to Charleston, would accomplish the object de- sired. George Opdyke and Thertow Weed. 70 THE EDITOR OF THS HERALD. ‘Your paper of this morning contains a letter from Mr. Thurlow Weed, first published in the Albany Rvening Journal, which refers to me to terms go gross and defama- tory as to compel me to appeal to the laws, civil aud criminal, for redross to myseif and for the punishment of the offender. In the meantime, 1 have to request you to publish this note, in which | declare that the assertion that | concealed my interest in a claim against the city or county ot New York while I acted upon it officially, and the assertion that my participation im the pure! of ‘the Mariposa estate ever bad any connection, near or re- mote, ,with General Fremont’s past or future political career, together with every other assertion im that letter poaching my motives or my acts, are faise in every tial particular. GEORGE OPDYKE. w Yorn, June 21, 1864, Mn. Hawt, mas Ancno Exrionme, is in receipt of some Instrumente from the United States Coast Survey office at Washington. He is to take out with hima dip circlo and needles for making observations at the north magnetic pole, These observations will be of groat interest to electricians the world over. Launcn or nim Porrtaw To-Day.—Tho ocean ironclad Puritan, built from Mr. Ericsson’s plans, by T. F. Row- land, at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, will be launched this morning at about ten o’clook. She is in some reapects a sister ship to the Dictator, One thing which Gives additional interest to this Iaapeh in, she is the last of her class that will be built and Iauvched im this world, There necd be no fear of her failure to go off when the time eomes, as tho ways have ample pitch, and Mr. Rowland has an affair by whose ald be has success- fally Iaunched number of iron-ciads. pecan aes Raanincs ano Recrratiows—On the 30th of this month (Thursday week), Miss Sedgwick will give readings and Fecitations at the French Institute of Mr. Lespinasse, oar Mount Washington, The ontertainmont, according to the programme, will be varied and attractive, as the Indy bas made holes selections from the favorite posts, Personal Inte once. Fx President Millard Fillmore, Hon, Dean Kiobmond, of Pulelo; Peter Cargor, of Albany, and Ira Cuylor. of Bt falo, are stopping at tho St. Nietolas Hotel As the result’ IEPORTAUT FROM WASHINGTON. Departure of President Lincoln on s Visit to General Graat. Official Statement of the Debt of the Nation. Passage by the Senate ef the Russe- American Telegraph Bill. Large Number of Military Matters Inder Consideration in the House, Refusal to Repeal the Three Zunired Dollars Draft Commutation a, &e., ve. Wasuinaron, June 2hgeg ‘THE PRESIDENT’S DEPANRTURM FOR GENEEAL Q yrs HEADQUARTERS. ‘The United States despatch boat, Captain Mitod, sere the Navy Yard to-day, with President Lincoln a gue Assistant Secretary of the Navy, for City Point, It ts understood that Mr. Lincoln und Assistant Spe. tary Fox have gone to the front to consult upon tht, ture programme of the campaiga. ARMY BUSINESS BEFORK THY HOUSE—THE DRa\ \# COMMUTATION NOT REPEALED. To-day’s session of the House wus assigned for the com sideration of the business of the Mitte: ; © camittee, anc was entirely occupied by it. It went ou quite smoutbiy Until the bill repesling the commutation clause of the Enrolment act came tp. It was evident from the first that a large majority was opposed to repealing it, ard the additional section, probibitiog the furnisbing of substitutes unless near relatives of the drafted map, dia not aid it in tne least, Mr. Schenck argued im favor of the Dill, and urged ite pas uge, as vilally pecessary to carrying on the war! but it was of no use, A majority 0: two tu one striking out the first section, repealing the commutation, settied tbe matter, for the present at least. ‘here was very Mt tle excitement manilested, but the House was very full and the vote large. If the war is to go on the repeal of the commutation clause is regarded as a necessity, but it is evident that neither Congress nor the people are pre- pared for it you. ME. WILSON’S CONSORIPTION BILL. ‘The following Dill was reported by Sir. Wilson from the Military Committee to-day. Section one provides against a construction of the act of February 24, which sball reveal tue requiremeut of the drait of the requisite number aud tity per cent in addi tion. ‘Section two amends the act ot March 3, 1863, 80 that the notice served on draited men may be served within tea days after such dra‘t, or at apy time withio six months Section three xlows transportation for drafted mea from their pluce of residence to the readezvous. Sectiva four allows paymeut made by paymasters te pon-commissioned vfiicers from date of evroiment and previous to mustering io gettlement of paymasters’ ac- counts. Section five deems the soldier to died in the mill. tary service if he shall be unable to avail himself of his @ischarge 1 consequence of sickuess or wounds aud sud- juentiy dies in buspital tiod six entities en.isted men discharged within two ears from date of enlistment, by reason of permasent Tarts received or permanodt disability incurred tm the Iino of duty, to bounty proportional to the time of ser- vice. Section seven allows hospital matrons twelve dollars per moath aud ove ration. Section eigut makes provision for the freedom ef the wife aud children of uegro soldiers. THE FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. The question of the adjournment of Congress is eea- stantly agitated, The democrats are ready at any mo- ment, Tne administration men are anxious to secure the passage of all the important measures, and all are work- ing industriously to get them through this week. It te expected that they will all be through by Thuraday of next week, ‘THR HOUSE COMMITTER ON TERRITORIES, Mr. Ingersoll bas been appointed to the piace om the Committee on Territories formerly fijled by his prede- cessor, Mr. Lovejoy. THE NATIONAL DEBT. In answer to a resolution of the House the Secretary of the Treasury furnishes a statement of the public debt of the United States up to June 14, 1864, the totals of whieh are as follows :— Debt bearing interest in coin........ Debt bearing interest in lawful money Debt on which interest hus ceased. Debi bearing no Interest. + $337,041,001 interest in et , in awfal IS $50,823,072 4 Money $20,876,067 70, Total interest $71,699,730 16 ‘The ten torty bonds amount to $70,239,250; the three year thirty per cent notes to $118.617,650; United States notes outstanding to $482,041 ,330; fractional currency outstanding to $21,031.048 85, Tho remainder of the debt bearing no terest consists maluly of unpaid requi- sitions. SUBSCXIPTIONS TO THE TEN-FORTY BONDS. Tho subscriptions to tho ten-forty loan reported at the Treasury Department to-day amount to only $155,000. WHARVES AT AQUIA CREEK AND JAMES RIVER BURNED BY GUERILLAS. Rebel guerillas have burned the wharf at Aquia cteek, and have alse attempted to destroy nearly ail the wharvea along the north bank of the James river. The latter were smoking yesterday as the mail steamer passed. An effort was made by the crews of tho gunboats to extim guish the fre at Aquia, but without success, APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. ‘The President bas nominated for Judge Advocate Gese- ral, with rank of brigadier, Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, the present incumbent; and for Assistant Judge Advo- cate General, with ravk of colonel, Major Wm, McKee Duna, of Indiana, formerly member of Congress, aud new Judge Advocate of the Department of Sissourl. Silas Woodson has been nominated to the Senate as Chief Justice for Iduho, in place of Sidney Edgerton, who has been appointed Governor of the new Territory of Montana. DBATH OF SURGEON HABDBNBURO. Acting, Assistant Surgeon Jobn K. Hardenbarg, United States Army, died at Rash Barracks, Washington, on Monday night, in the sixty-second year of his age, of typhoid fever. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL GILLMORE, General Gillmore, who bas been relieved of command, and ordered to report at Washington, to await further orders, has arrived bere. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SCHUYLER. Captain W. 8 Scbuyler, One Hundred and Fifty-Afih New York, ald to General Tyler and Judge Advocate, died yesterday at Douglas Hospital, in this city. WAR VESSELS SUITABLE FOR CARRYING THE MAILS. In answer toa resolution of the House the Secretary of War bas sent conmunication to the House relative to the numbor crew, and armament Offwar vessels suita- ble to be employed in carrying the mails, He states they are twenty-sevgo in number, named and described Name. herr Neshaminy 200 ‘Wampanoag 200 Ammonoosac, 200 Gi) Mada 8,200 Antietam. 2,500 IMinoW. 2.600 Piscataq Hed Ontario Jat 2,600 a ‘2,200 Mosholu. 2,200 Mondamii 2,200 Keosauqua . ++ 2,200 The speed of the first is fourteen miles per hour; of the following six fifteen miles, and of the others thirteon miles, The first seven require 363 officers and men in war and 226 in peace; the next eight 822 in war and 163 in peace, and the remaining twelve 230 in war end 139 in peace. Of the same three classes the first has a monthty pay roll iq war of $9,190, in peace $6,721, consuming sixty-five tons of coal daily for mail purposes, and car- Tying seventeen guns in war and five in peace, The sooond olass has ® monthly pay roll of $8,414 in war and 85,187 in peace, waing Afty tons of coal, and carrying nine guns im war and three in peace. Tho third class has « monthly pay roll of $6,566 in war ‘and $4,770 in pence, using fifty tons of coal, and carrying nine guns in was nd three Io peace, THM THIRTEENTH INDIANA GOING HOMR. ‘The Thirtoanth tatiana reoimant parsed through Waal