The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1864, Page 4

4 a NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GURDUN BENNETE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFTlOR BM. W, CORNER OF FOLTON AND NASSAU STS. Voiume XXIX -Ro. 180 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BIPLO'S GARDEN, Brosawas.—Bat Daxomia WALLACK'S THHATRS. Broadway.—Lompox Assva- ABCE OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.—ALapmre. EW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Loxery Maw Or Tax O.eax—uiaskuhes Or, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Baips or Vanior—Av- guar xs -Suavants/ bY Leseser. BROADWAY THEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Octorooy. Brondway.—Two Giants. Two ds it, Pavuines Oosusan Liveny—AUNTING 4 TURK E— Sena 7% P.M PRYANTS MINS) KBLS, Mechanios’ rey, Kimoriax Boos Danows, Tecise s UoTRRRL Hall. 472 Broad Boxuxsquss, 40— WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway. —Ermorian Bones, Dancns, A. KU sai. Tak OLOCKADEE AMER(OAN THKATRE. No 444 Broadway.—Batrars, Tantomiaes, BURLESQUES, &Q—Junny Linp ar Last, SALLE CIABOLIQUE. 685 Broadway.—Ronenr Hauer IRVING TALL, Irving ploce.—Srarrorticon. XPW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, G18 Broadway.< Ctuostos AND LeevoRms, from 9a. M. wL10P. MS BOOLY TS OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn. —Eratort fcres, Daycrs, Burimcuns, &o id - New York, Wedmesday, June 29, 1864. ERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. ‘weats ‘or the WEEKLY HxraLp must be hand- "clock every Wednesday evening. Its @ enterprising mechani, farmers, Metchaot®, manufacturers and gentiemen throughout the county i® increasing very rapidly Advertisements tn- ferted in the Wesscy (iRRaLD will thus be seen by a large portion oF te act.ve and energetic people of the United States. THE SITUATION. Mr. Stavten sppounced yesterday the receipt of a despaich rom Genera! Grant, stating that Do operations ‘were .0ing 0b iD frowt, except the fire of our guns into Pelersborg. Geveral Hunter reports, at four o'clock yesterday, that bis expedition to Lyachburg suocereful; that be hos inflicted great injary on the enemy, and bas been victorious in every engage fie swys ‘that, running short of ammu- and finding tt impossible to collect sup ples whie ip the presence of an @nemy believed to de superior to ovr force tn numbers and constantly re- celving roimforcements from Richmond and other points, he deemed it best to withdraw. He says further that the cuuand ts to excellent heart and health, and ready, after a few days’ rest, for service in any direction ‘The Richmond journals complain that General Hunter Bas got possession of \arge quantities of military stores As well as of private property in bis recent expedition. All the railrceds tv Richmond are seriously cat up, if not wholly destroyed, Mr Stant.o has also beard officiatly from General Sher- mau, to the effect that be bad made ao unsuccessful at- teck on the 24th instant upon the enemy’s position at Kenesaw Mountain. General McPherson attacked on the Southwest ead of the mountain, and General Thomas vbout @ mile farther youth The evemy’s works were found too strong, aud our koes was consequently severe Gercral Thomas lost five hundred men, and General Mo¥ersen two thousand. Many generals and field vibcers were killed or wounded, among them General Chaves G. Harker, Colonels D. McCook, Bambell, Rice ‘und Augustine, Two tupdrea prisoners were captared frow vhw rebels. Gor correspondents with the army of Virginia furnish ‘heir usual bighly interesting accounts of all the recent proceedings of the different army corps to which they tia bed ment. nition, are A despatca from Chatranooga, dated the 25th, says thon be previou* morving # flag of truce was sent into Lafayette, in te mame o: General Pillow, demanding the vomediate surrender of the town, and threatening to bun \ if (he demand was vot complied with, The rebels were three thousand strong, and had completely sur remces te town, apd om the refusal of Colonol Wetkios to surrender the rebels advanced from s}) dicctions upp the email garrison of four buodred. They sou eceapied three-ourths of the town, v bey Colonel Croxton, of the Fourth Kentucky, came uy and exptured about seventy rebels, Colonel Woetk.os Jost apout Gity kibed and as many wounded, Prigow tol one bundred dead «nd wounded on tho feild, The aitempsof the rebes was thas eutirely uusuc- cessful, A portion of General Magruder's rebel command at- tacked two companies of the Tweillth lows, on the 224, fear the mouth of White river, and were repulsed with some loss. ‘The questicn of enlistmente for tbe American army and |), Davy in ireland, whic has been exercising the Pritish Parliament aud eiatesmen lately, has been met by a Gecarstion of Mr. ceward to the senate yesterdiy the no authority was ever issued by the President or any department of the government. te any party either io Iugland, Canada or any foreign country, to obtain recraits; bit that, oa tbe contrary, all eppiications for such @uthority were absolutely re'used. _ ZUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steamsb!p Cr of | ondon, from Queemstown oa the 16th of June, ‘ewened (his port yesterday morniog. The sieamsnip Hi 2.1, from Londonderry on the 17th of June, passed “ape Race last Monduy,om ber voyage Quebec Our Europese ten apd telegraphic summary contain the intorex(:ng news -vporta, two days later, which ap- we Haare vam moruiug. vdon Time avd ther British journals of like sywpatbies express srious doutts as to the result of Grant's campargo is Firgivks, [be Loudon Sar, on the coutrery."think# taut the latest news from America ip- dicutes the faa! trlurupt of che Uutoa arma Lhe priva Duna Wak adnitted to full pratique fp the Freneb port of Cherbours., she wae also permitted erivs of very extensive repairs in the im. ra, Captain Semmes landed the crows of kinytum and Altyooon, having held thea: as pile ‘ Fiuce Lhe destruction 6, the two vessels by the Alabarn Semme sn letter in the London Times, oven. Pying tw aod @ ball columns of th + in which he tiem ot re action int Be-ting Uhat HE Would take ther tiem but for the « t il, which preveote bin doing so. The London Times argume@®: are f oct b government bal wsuud aa order, modify Ing the former one with regerd Lo the reception of bel- Higerent croisers with prizes to . order is very plun and atrict for + governors. It ie directed that if a pri uly fiite? out ud repulariy cooverted into @ War vYewsel the excluding prizes Is aot to apply to her. Jefferson Davis and bis Oabinet were sued ins Preach court by Frevch tradere, who owned @ cargo of cotton which was burned by the rebels after it had passed to clause from Now York, it ts said, and sold in Loud to the Kinorint 6 about one Bindred thousand dollars. They rere resold to Holland at an advance. A “Foreign Legion’ was 10 be abinved to Mexico, This | aplendid chence there f | of modern Aristopheles to amuse the public | with to consiet of sixteen thons n4 men—Aastrinns French end Belgians, They are ts ve commended by « Eger’ officer hoving the rank of lteuteaant geveral, who will take bis orders (rom the Emperor of Mexico aed report ve “matters of detail” to Napolevn, Notw ithetaeding tae Mexican throne arrangement, it ts waid that the Emperor of Austris is busily eugrged io arming the Quedritateral and plotting agaiost Napoleon both tn Rome and Venice, There was vo prospect of a peaceable settlement of the Dane German Conference. It was ceucraily expected that hostilities would goon be resumed, The situation ap peared very embarrassing. if not dangerous, to Fngland. ‘The Czar of Russia was to have ao impario diplomatic meeting with the King of Pruasia, at which eminent statesmen of Russia and Prussia would be present. Napole o bad ap accident by falling (rom a emall pleas. ure boat into the water. It was reported that he bad been struck on the bead by av our from a boat hurrying to his assistance, This caused an excitement on the Parw Pourse, The city journals, having the law for the punishment of “spreading falge news’’ before their eyes, *aid nothing about the aifair. This added to the agita- tion, It was ek that the Emperor was pot burt. Console closed in London on the 17th of Juve at 897; a 903, for money, The Bank of England had reduced its rate of discount from seven to six perceut. American securities were dull and drooping, The Liverpool cotton market had advanced during the week trom one-balf to three fourths of a penny on American deseriptions and one-fourth of a penny on other sorts. On the 17th of June the market olosed firm at the advance. Breadstuffs were quiet and steady, Provisions wero generally firm. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday bills were passed for the relief of the officers of the Fourth and Fifth Indian regiments; amendatory of the laws concerning intercourse between the rebel and loyal States; extending the time for the location. of land warrants; and rosorving al! mineral Jands from the operations of the -Land Grant act. The House FEnrdlment bill, repealing the commu. tation clause, was received and referred to tho Military Committee. A resolution continuing all unfinished busi- ness till the next session was adopted. The bill ertab- lishmg a bureau of freedmen’s affairs was taken up and iscussed at considerable length, principally by Mr. la. vis, of Kentucky, who abused the administration without stint. Finally the bill was passed and the Senate ad- journed, In the House of Representatives the Senate's amend- ment to the Loan bill, excepting the seventy five millions Fecently advertised from the operations of the act, was agreed to. Mr. Smithers’ substitute for the Enrolment Dill was passed by a vote of seventy-nine against seventy - three, By its provisions no person capable of bearing arms is exempted from military service by the paymeat of money. Sixty days are allowed for districts to fill up their quotas before 9 draft is ordered, and Governors of States are authorized to recruit In the rebellious States. Every volunteer or substitute who may bo accepted for one year, unless sooner discharged, shall be paid a boun- ty of two hundred doliars; for two years, three hundred dollars, and for three years, four hundred dollars, to be paid at stated intervals. The bill reor ganzing the Quartermaster’s Department was also passed, and likewise the bill establishing a District Court for Kings, Queens, Suifolk and Richmond counties, of New York, to facilitate the adjudication of admiralty cases. Mr, Ashley stated that he should not press the motion to reconsider the vote whereby the joint resolu- tien to amend the constitution 20 as to probibit slavery ‘was heretofore rejected, bat should call it up early in the noxt session, The House then adjourned. Mr. Stevens, the chairman of the committee, has pre- pareda bill amendatory of the Internal Rovenuo act, whereby it is expected to raise one hundred millions of revenue additional Liquorsare to be heavily taxed. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. President Lincoln has formally accepted the renemi- nation for the Presidency of the Baltimore Convention, fm a lettor, dated on the 27th instant, addressed to the committee appointed to inform him of his selection. The President says that ‘the m@mination is gratefully ac- cepted,” and that the platform is “‘heartily appreved.”” At the meoting of the Board of Supervisors yesterday, an Invitation was received from the Tammany Society to attend their Fourth of July celebration. Accepted. The Tax Commissioners communicated to the Board that they will be unabie to furnish the tax rolls by the let of July, Decause of the removal of the books by the old Commis- sioners. The Tax Committee was directed to confer with the old and new Commissioners on the subject. A com: Thunication from the Committees on the State of the Na- tion was received, enclosing an extract trom the resolu- tions passed at tho Grant meeting of June 4, expressing the desire that the county continue the payment of $300 Dounty to recruits, A resolution wns adopted to appoint & committee for the purpose of collecting statistics of what the county bas done towards suppressing the re- bellion since Aprit 15, 1861. Adjourned to Monday next, A remarkable case came up before Judge Leovard in tho Supreme Court, chambers, yesterday. A lawyer, named Jared &, Torrance, it appears, sues a Miss Mary Fleming to recover $1,000 for services renderea in reseuing her from a private lunatic asylum in Baltimore, where she was confine’, as the platnttif alleges, by her brother, for the purpose of getting control of her pro. perty, The counsel for Miss Fleming moved to dismise the proceadings, on the ground tha’ the defendant wes not a responsible party, and that tho sait should have Deen mstituted against ber brother, who was a committee appointed by the court to take charge of her person and Property, Toe motion to set aside the summons aud complaint was granted on these technica! grounds. In the Superior Court, Judge Moncrief, an a was made yesterday by Horace H. Day, requiring Count Jonnnes to Mle securities for costs to abide the result of tho suit on the ground that he was @ non-resident. The Court held that the Count was @ resident, and denied the motion, with $7 costs to the applicant. This ts a setowt for the decision of Judge Cardozo in the suit against Jon Clancy, of the Lzad-r, where Joannes was compelled to give tho usual xceuritios. ‘The usual reture of processes waa made before Judgo Betta in tbe United States District Court yesterday morn- ing. There were no cases of importance included in the nd the business of the Court stands adjourned (or the term. Commercial matters continued unsettled yestecday, and with the uncertain price of gold it was difficult to fix values. Transactions wore on a moderate scale, business deing checked by the changes in gold quotations a the diMeulty of fixing values, Io some few articies a good ‘Durines? was done; but there was no general activity in any department. Cotton was nominal. Petroleum was excited and higher. On ‘Change there was a good doal of excitement iv wheat, flour and pork, prices of which ad. ‘anced materially, with large sales, Iu other commodi. ties there was no 4 4 change. Froights ruled quiet. ‘viskey sold as high as $1 80, but closed a little off from ‘tbat price. [be grocery market waa very strorg, and prices generally in favor of the seller. The market for boef.catile was dull, aud prices were le. 8 146. per pound lower, onder the influence of heavy Poeelpts. Some cattie wore left ov Sales ranged from 106. to 17¢., and the average was below lic. Cows wore Steady. Veals wore unchaogea, Sheep snd lambe were irregaior; sales were at from $3 50 to $7 2 $0, according to quality. Hogs were active and higher; the range was from 10e to Ile, @ 116. The receipts were 4,709 beeves, 143 cows, 1,611 veals, 13,575 sheep and Iambs, aad 11,364 bogs. A Movers Crasstcan Era.—During the palmy days of Athens the shining marks of the great Grecian republic furnished subjects to Aristopbeles for comedies. Me was master of nd served up for the amusement of the eoplo satires and burlesques touching closely upon the foibles of the great mem, What a ot present for a score his a edies, wherein sh all figure Old Abe, the Jo. Miller par excellence of the day; Gree- ley, te dirty philanthropist and philosopher; Thurlow Weed, the lobby king; Bryant, the lim the veracious historian, de., ke. , herein lies matter enough to make olla podrida for the million. The bur- lesques an edies founded upon the feli- citous exposes of the past few days wonld doubtless vastly atnase the public. The mana- cere of our different theatres would of course gladiy ay themselves of a chance to pro- duce such amusing spectacles Let them be d poet; Surely, t RO that we o prepared by ally means at the enrliest date, y have racy amusement for the aomiag season. Our Armigg Bas. ana West—Hew Goes p the Waet a+ The budget of teleoraphic advices which we lay befere our readers this morning, from our armivs East and West, is very interesting, and altogether furnishes a cheerful view of the pro- gresa of the general campaign. Generat Shermas has suffered a severe re- pulse in attempting to carry by storm a forti- fied mountain, occupied by the enemy, on the direct line of bis march to Atlanta; but as the result, ia a military view, was only » failure by a direct attack to dislodge the enemy, we have no doubt that the infallible expedient of a flank movement will remove him. This is not the first nor the secord time in which General Sherman in thts campaign bag been repulsed from some difficult. and strongiy intrenched position of the enemy; but in every case, after feeling the ground and dis- covering that it would be cheaper to go around instead of adbering to the purpose of going over the enemy’s works, a flank movement has settled the question. In fact, the same system of battles and flanking operations whereby General Lee bas been pusted back from the Rapidan to Richmond bas pushed back Joe Johnston from the northern border of Georgia into the heart of the State. When turned out of this last hiding place we guess bis next alternative will be to turn into Atlanta, only to be turned out ogain by another flank move- ment. The decided superiority of Sherman’s army over that of Johnston, infantry, artillery and cavalry, renders the former equal to ali contingencies. From the grand army of the East, immedi- ately under the eye of General Grant, we have the gratifying information that it is steadily closing in between the rebel capital and its vital railway communications with the South; that they are already cut off from the Weldon to the Danville line, and that within a few dags, ia order to regain them, General Lee will be compelled to leave his fortifications and risk his fortunes in the open field. The crossing to the south side of the James river of Sheridan’s powerful cavalry column will soon determine this question, whether General Lee will con- sent to be completely cut off from the South or will hazard the open fields to reopen his com- munications. In this connection the brief despatch from General Hunter in reference to his operations in the fruitful region west of Lynchburg is sat- isfactory. He reports encouraging and unva- Trying successes; and, though he gives as yet no details of his movements, the nature of his dam- ages to the enemy may be inferred from the hints of the Richmond j als of his remorse. less appropriations ga Qbeirsctn of rebel depots of military stofes, &c. East and West, in spite of temporary obecks and drawbacks, the work of the campaign goes steadily forward. Let the administration show some energy and activity in strengthéning the Army of the Potomac, and in bringing the great ficet of iron-clads and gunboats on the James river Zinto a little practical exercise, ,and grumblers and skeptics and Wall street gold gamblers, in sympathy with the rebellion, will speedily be silenced. Let our readers, mean- time, be assured that the ground gained by’ Gen. Grant he holds, and that he bas the rebel- lion firmly within his grasp. President Lincein and His Incompetent Cabiact. That famous gathering of officeholders and shoddy contractors usually styled the Balti- more Convention seems to have incurred the displeasure of President Lincola. It was or- dered to meet upon a certain day and renomi- nate Old Abe, and then adjourn. Instead of this the Convention exceeded these instruc- tions, and dared to hint, by one of the resolu- tions in the platform, that imbeciles ought to be turned out of the Cabinet. The President was equally astonished and indignant that a clique of men, duly hired to do a certain job and duly rec ompensed therefor, should presume to dic- tate to him about such matters; and, conse- quently, be has not paid the slightest attention to that resolution. We agree with the President that it Is very vexatious to find fellows so ofticious as to prof- ger unwelcome advice when they were em- ployed simply to renominate and endorse the present administration. If this were Turkey, and Lincola were a pacha of three tails, he would be fully justified in bow-stringing all those meddiesome and impertinent ser- vants of his who were sent as dele- gates to the convention. But as ti! is at least nominally a republic, and as Mr. Lincoln fs as yet only a plain President, with a great many smutty tales, he is unfortu- nately deprived of the power to punish the dele gates as they deserve. Under the circumstances, too, it might even be well for him to yield to the impudent demand of the persons engaged to renominate him. His orgavs and his orators are perpetually asserting that the Baltimore Convention was an expression of the people’s will, a voice from the popular heart, and all that sort of thing: so that, in order to keep up the illusion, Lincoln should consent to be guided a little by what the convention re- solved. Not to do this isto expose his own trick, and to practically confess that his renomi- nation was the act of a» set of puppets, un- worthy of regard or respect when they squealed out more than they had been told to utter. An immediate reconstruction of the Cabinet might help Mr. Lincoln with bis own party and gain him some adherents from among the eutsiders. When we drop questions of political expedi- ency, however, and come to considerations of practical importance, the necessity of Cabinet changes is still more obvious. Pierce and Bu- chanan were pretty thoronghly despised— almost as greatly as President Lincoln has been—but never before have we had an American Cabinet so universally condemned and execrated. Poor Pierce’s Secretaries had some ability, although it was very wrongly directed. Blundering Bachanan succeeded in getting one or two strong men into bis Cabi- net, after he had cleared out the jitors. President Lincoln’s Cabinet, on the Contrary, is all weakners. It is composed of péople who hate each other heartily, and who spend their time in petty intrigues against each other, in- stead of trying to serve their country. So marked is this mutual animosity that no Cabinet mect- ings have been held for months, in the most critical crises of the country. Old Abe jokes about this feeling, and plays off one Secretary against another, and calls Seward “Chase’s gadfly;” bat the damage done to the Union cause, the waste of the public mney and the useless sacrifices of the lives of brew Sige which result from the want efs un want of co-operation and the want of Stains in the Cabinet are not very enjoyable jokes, and are not ceneraiVy laughed af by the suffer- ing inagses. , They are unable to eee the fun of "dofeats, the amusement in heavy taxes, the pleusures of conscription and the ridicufous- ness of death, Mr. Chase bes followed the example of the rebel Memminger so pere'stently of late that we almost boped to see his resigna- tion handed in as soon as the news came that Memminger had resigned. His schemes have forced gold up to an extravagant height, depreciating the currency and raising the prices of the necessaries of life in an equal ratio. Unless he be speelily removed, and his place filled with a competent financier, he will reduce our currenoy to the level of the Conti- nental shinplasters, the old French assignats and Memminger’s waste paper. Stanton is an excellent bully, but avery bad Secretary of War. The rebels constantly outwit and get ahead of him. They can reinforce Lee from Johnston; but Stanton is unable to reinforce Grant. He is only energetic when thwarting the plans of a general whom he dislikes, or when playing the tyrant with some unfortunate eandidate for Fort Lafayette. If he had labored as steadily against the rebellion as he did against McClellan the war would hai been over long ago. We believe that he likes Grant; but he has not the capacity to be of any service to the Lieutenant General. A competent Secretary of War, such as Mr. Lin- coln should at once select, would greatly assist Grant, relieve bim of half his hardest work, and materially hasten the termination of the war. Welles has utterly subdued the Navy Department with his soporific influence. He sleeps and the navy sleeps, like the sleep- ing nation in the Arabian story. It is a long time since we have heard of any naval exploits, except the recent bombardments of the na- tional treasury. Our navy contains many bril- liant officers; but Welles has either sent them into retirement or dosed them with chloroform and bound them with red tape. We need a competent head of the navy, a wide-awake, practical man. The sailors and the ships are ready, but the Secretary is not. It is not at all wonderful that we do not sue- ceed better when a Chase, a Stanton and a Welles paralyze the three vital departments of the government. But Mr. Lincoln’s excuse for not removing these imbeciles is one of the real wonders of the age. In a conversation with Dr. Brownson the President said of his Cabine' “They do not run this government. I am here, and not a single measure of any importance is taken by any department of the administration without my knowledge and express approba- tion.” This remark shows not only that Presi- dent Lincoln is responsible for all the blun- ders, outrages and corruptions of bia adminis- tration, but also that he should at once surround himself with able men, who can make up for bis deficiencies, restrain him from errors ard suggest to him valuable practical ideas. We know of no stronger argument against Mr. Linooln’s re-election than the fact that every vote for him is a vote of approba- tion and endorsement of all bis actions during the past four years; and if he desires to weaken this argument he can only do so by dismissing his present Cabinet and thus repudiating the past. The Baltimore Convention was wise enough to see this and to advise the President aright. Give a blind man a goed guide and he can walk safely; but if the blind lead the blind the Scriptures tell us that they will both fall into the pit. Mr. Lincoln is an exceedingly blind President, and his present advisers,are as sightless as himself. Many sad stumbles they have made together, and before another Presi- dent can be inaugurated they may break the neck of the nation. But if President Lincoln had an efficieat Cabinet of patriotic mea we could manage to get along with him, bad as he is, until the time comes for a complete reform. We appeal to Mr. Lincoln, therefore, to change his Cabinet, not only for the sake of the conn- try, but also for the sake of bimself and his party. We anpeal to the highest motives and the lowest, without saying which we, consider the most influential: for in this case his solemn duty and bis personal and political intereste are fortunately identical. .G Ovx Qvora—Wueret Arr Ovr Carr valusts ’—There has nothing yet been done. we learn, in reference to raisieg volunteers for our noxt quota. The Supervisors’ committee are ready and anxious to commence operations. Mr. Blnnt, the chairman, is desirons of going to work. Comptroller Breunan is appealing for funds. Yet nothing bas been done towards ob- taining men. There are reasons for this which it is well should be made known. In the first place, Congress is dilatory about passing the bill for more volunteers or conscripts, and establishing the principle on which they are to be raised, and in filling the quota for the differ. ent States, cities, &c. All this causes delay bere with our coramittee. But the main reason for the delay is the want of means wherewith to pay the bounty. The call is general through- out the city to go on with the volunteering. Men are even waiting to go into the ranks the moment they caa receive the bounty. Capital- ists, merchants, bankers and others all ex- claim, “Do not let a draft come upon us, but raise our quota with volunteers.” Yet the com- mittee cannot raise volunteers and pay the beunty without money, and the money cannot be had unless the loan now on the market is subscribed for. The Comptroller has adver- tised this bounty loan of twe millions for a week or more. He bas sent out personal ap- peals, in the form of circulars, to capitalists and to those who should be interested. But how trifling is the response. Not three hun- dred thousand dollars are yet subscribed. The whole community dread » conscription; yet our moneyed men refuse to step forth aad subscribe the means to prevent it. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1864. soribed the sums oppoNite thelr respective names for the Volunteer “und loan. Others, we trust, Will soon follow sult:— i in sgszE ij 7533 ae H if wags ED, Brot 10, i Perkine Io Total. ecctissova m= $278,700 Very good so far as it goes; but where, we would ask, are our tens of thousands (if need for so many) of our men of wealth, and our huadreds of moneyed institutions? We see not their names in this list, aud hear naught of their greenbacks for this good work. This is all wrong, and we hope to be able to announce before the week is ended that every dollar of the loan is taken, and that our committee is actively at work raising volunteers. Unless capitalists take hold of this matter forthwith the conscription will, like a whirlwind, aweep over us with its severe impartiality, and there will be none to stay its course; for then it will be too late. Again we appeal to our capitalists to step to the Comptroller’s office and subscribe liberally for the two mil- lion loan. Your own safety and security may depend upon it. Our Opera en the James River— Within Six Inches of Success, In another column we publish a letter from our correspondent at Bermuda Hundred, giv ing some facts in relation to the difficulties in the James river, in answer to our etrietures made a few days since on the inactivity of the James river flotilla. All that has been said in answer to our article has only established the truth of our statements more clearly, and only forces before the public the single fact that an energetic direction of the Navy Department would have overcome all the obstacles that are between our gunboats and the rebel capital. First we had a note from Mr. G. W. Blunt, of this city. Mr. Blunt pretended to know all about the operations of the navy and the army both, though we believe be is not in the Cabi- net. He made a statement in relation to the obstructions in the James river which we are satisfied was not true, but which, if trae, involved the distinct declaration on the part of General Grant that he bad no con- fidence in Admiral Lee. Now, Admiral Lee’s defence is put on another basis, on the authori- ty of a chart in possession of General Butler. We are glad that the General is disposed to say what be can in favor of the Admiral or to indicate any fact that favors a view that the Admiral {s blameless. His chart certainly does favor that view, and throws the blame where we might naturally have supposed ft ought to be thrown—on the Navy Department. The new defence, then, of the inactivity of our navy in the James river is that God Al- mighty did not make that river to fit our gun- boats. We do not know how tnch water was in the James river when the Galena’and Nau- gatuck went up te Fort Darling, nor bow much water those vessels drew; but we accept as doubtless true the present statement that there are only elevea feet at a certain point in the river, and that Admiral Lee’s guaboats draw twelve. Admiral Lee of course cannot go up the river under these circumstances; and thus twelve inches of mud at the bottom of that stream paralyze this great nation. Less than thateven Admiral Lee can lighten bis boats so that the only safety of R.bmond from the navy shall lie in six inches of mud at the bottom of the Jamés. Bat tbat is a safety better than a thousand forts; for of course there are no gunboats of lighter draft than those now with Admiral Lee; nor can any be built, We have lavished money in the attempt; but we cannot baild light draft gunboats. Weare a great inventive and me- chanical people; we can accomplish almost any feat that requires invention and mechani- cal skill—except building gunboats of light draft. That we cannot do. We have spent two thousand million doilars to put down the rebel- lion, and six inches of mud prevent us. And the long-haired lotus eater at the head of the Navy Department dreams on. Tre Decensracy or tuk Party Press.— Nothing is more remarkable than the evidence and proo! that is now being turnished to the public of the degeneracy of the party press. Not satisfied with the pickings and legitimate patronage of their respective parties when in power, the party organs of all parties are en- gaged in developing their own rottenness, and convicting themselves of being engaged in the most atrocious work and sacrificing party and country for personal ends. The letters of Thurlow Weed and the charges iterated, the replies end recriminations of the Tribune and the Evening Post, and the scurrilous epithets bandied about against some of our citizens by the democratic journals, all prove the rotten demoralization of the party press. The World yesterday abounded in scurvility upon Mr. Op- dyke, who but recently was Mayor of this city, and called Dudley Field, a respectable lawyer of this city, a cheater of his clients and “sneak thief.” Who are these men, responsible for using these scurrilous epithets? It is weil known that those who do the writing for the World are not the responsible parties They are merely there to be used as tools and scape- goats of the real parties bebind the seenes, who are afraid to be known or announce themselves responsible. The World is owned by Alpbabet Barlow, a lawyer, who mocts Messrs. Field and Opdyke in Walt street, and no donbt treats them with a respectful bow, and by Mr. Bar- nard, a judge in one of our courts, If Mr. Field would proceed against them he would as- certain who it is that is applying the scurrilous epithet of “sneak tbief.”” Reanmos ano RecrraTiona.—Mise Sedgwick will give to-morrow evening, at the Freoch iastitute of Monsieur Leapinasse, near Mount Washington, readings aad reci- tations from the favorite poets, The entertainment ‘will doubtless be an interesting ove, as the programme is varied and wei) selected. Every one desires that somebody else should do something towards raising mon, but is not himself willing or ready to do anything at all. Here is one of the best six per cent loans on the market, and the money to be raised Ie to be devoted to tho highest, purest aad most patri- otic purpose; but our men of wealth are list- less and ind'fferent, jog slong at an easy pace, presuming, without inquiry, that everything is all right, but will awake sovae fine morning and find that the draft wheel of fortune has commenced turning, and thy,t onr fathers, sons and brothers are being comecripted, simply be- canse we bave all neglected to step forward and subscribe to the Comptroller’s loan. Speculation in Mariposa or in bullion evi- dently has more charms for many of our loyal capitalists than subscribing to a six per cent county loan to ralye men for the army. All, however, we areglad to say, are not of this olase. ‘The followhag named perrons and {netitutions have, ungg)sctted, stenoed forward and sub- Osweco, June 23, 1884. ‘Tho Senece Mills, at Minetta—the largest flouring mills in this State—were destroyed by fire early this morning, together with eighteen hundred barrete of flour, fiteon thousand bushels of wheat, eighsenn hundred tous of feod, and some twenty thousand empty flour barrets. Loss on the buildings two hundred, thovsand dollars; Insurance on ‘Dofldings and stock about one bundred thousand dolars, The mille were owned by F. %3. & M. Merrick, ———ae Arrest of Crionei Wolford, Tovmvites, Ky., Jane 27, 1864. Colonel Wolford waa/arrested at Lebanon thie morning, be Sooke of General ‘gurbridge, and brought to this city. wai couart Ca —This Day. Sureeue Coup ;,—Part 3,—Caleadar unchanged. Destruction of the Seneca Mills by Fire.*| i i A REMARKABLE LAW SUIT. A Lawyer Sues Lady ter \Services Rendered itm Rescuing Her Xrom 8 Private Lumattc Asylum—A Pee Inte Private Lunatic Asylums—Treat meat ef the Inmates, &e. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBEAS., Before Judge Leonard, June 28.—Jared 8. Terrance vs. Mary Fleming.—tae platatiff sues to recover one thousand dollars for services rendered éhe defendsnt io rescuing ber from an insane asylum in Baltimore, where he claims sbe bad been legally ana wrongtully detained by her brother, wac was anxious to bave contro) of her property. An appit- cation is now made to set aside the sommons ard com. plaint in the above action,on the grouud that the de fendant was a lunatic, and that ber person and property were in the custody ef her brother, Thoms Fieming, who was 8 committee appointed for that purpuse. The plaintiff to bis affidavit sera torth that the defer. dant is the daughter of Thomas Fleming, deceased, wae died intestate to the Po 1838, leaving « wamber of daughters and_one aon, Thomas Fleming; tht one Calixte Harvier, who resides at 87 West Tenth street, married s ter of the defen at, thar tn the veer 1856 or 1857, By © direction of Tnorwas Fleming, Mra, Harvier and other sisters of tho defeudamt, the defendant was confeed, against her will and witnous authority, in an (ussee asy- Jom, near Flushio, Long Island, where she we onm Pelled to remain about two years anda baif asan ingame Person, where she wax inbuanly and cruelly treated ; that ahe was then senretly conveved hv her brother te Mout Hope Institute, im the city of Rultimore, sanshep insace asylum, where abe was compelled to remain » <8 May 20, 1864; that during the tater part of her confae ment at Mount Hope the persons in charge of that inetée tution repeatedly wrote ani requ defendant's bre. ther and relatives to remove her from the asy’um, tm forming them that sho was not inaane; but tha rolatives Tefused to do 60, stating as a rearon that if she was re moved they would only be obliged to place her in an aey- lum elsewhere; that the managera of the {uxtit hoping to have her removed, raised thm price of h from seven dollors to ten dollars per week, but’ ber brother still refused to remove her and paid the increased: board, Mr. Torrance further avers that the de‘cndamt was nover insane, but that ber confinement was indiwced by her brother for tbe purpore of and for the par pore of having control of defendant's property loft har by her father, which was very large. “lernnent: farther sayn that 1p the month of February, 1844 sad dvteudeng wrote a letter and a postscript, wi'.. 7 wereto annexed, ‘and caused it to be secretly conveyed from the asylum te a lady in Baltimore, who forwarded a copy of the same todeponent. In pursuance of this letter deponent made an investigation at the Surrogate’s office, and (ound that the father of the defendant died intestate in 1838, ang thut the brother, Thoman Fleming, wan appointed admia intrator of the estate, and toat he tlet a Bond of forep thonsand dollars, Thet, relying upon the promises and reward contained in ead letter, be went to Baltimore ev the 20th of May last and procured ap imerviow with: the defendant, who requested: tim to. procure- her release upon the terma in said letter. Leponent agreed to undertake the task, end did release her the next day, and si now residing in New York; that he spent mucb time in effecting her release, and notwith. atanding that she now refuses to pay the $1,000 or aay Part thereof although requested to fo ao: bi! he hos bbe would do so if she was not atvised aed prevented from doing sp by her browner. Mr. Torrance thea read Miss Flemin roboration of his statement, as follows CURIOUS LETTER FROM T bave been confined for five yar {le Asylum as an insane person a my brother. Thomas Pleminz, of Ne letter m cor my brother to. hold a at gen ot Shonen pice, Gx worthy, — the unkled aod. ernel treatment nf my hravher an? cater, Bian Fieming. tn 1836, T beerme depressed In epirite Be cause | threatened to er thelr comeu when dejected tu mind ance, by the ald of eonnecied When obiiged to nt Hope. there T now Tor enmnn'ttee of tn} ma Stokes They arn ‘liberally igh. by my brother's om T have Raa ts eohtary conflasment in arat deprived of writing mi wrote toa priest the I was threatened, fb au T pet at ackeat re hi that if evert was brother but ouce in Ove authority to see me or ing to the ‘street, New Yorn. MARY FLEMING. se to pay @ lawver the aum ef ope thousea@ | Wherate me from the Mowat Hope Aaylum. fined an xn insane perann by my Thomas Fleming, of New York, from motives of cra! Hignity and oppression. By bis orders T am not allowed any eve who would befriend me The lawyer will be to come to with anthority to +ee me from Tam an o} my father, * x at T never. bern ipsa MARY FLEMI My brother's address 1s Thenras Fleming, Sing Sing, ow the Hudaca. Mr Fleming, io nis petition to have the proceedings fart aside. atates that ha is committer of the person and estate of Mary Fleming, and’ refers to nenere on file im the court for bis appointment; that on or about the Sob of May Inst he recetved a telegram from Baltimore from Dr Stokes, physic'an of Mount Hope Institute, that a taw- ver was there from New York, who raid bis ‘sister Mary shouid be released or he would got ber ont by means of @ habeas corpus. The petitioner immediately proceeded te Battimore, and broucht bis rister to New York. About the 24th of May Mr. Torrance appiied:to aee Miss Flea. Ing; bot rermiseion was declined, and be was reverred te Torrance, im every interwtew “e counsel, e¢taimed to from philanthropic knows, no application Rad Hotifever applied to the peti(toner, mittee, for payment for bis <nproaed the petitioner prays for an order tag Yorrance to show canse why the aid summons ans complaint should not bemet aside wit cnets, or why the said Torrance shou'd not be reatrained from the further prosecution of anid action, and why be shou! not be procesded against 9s for conempt of Court mencement of sald action, without ‘ye leave of the Court, and for a farther order tht in the meam- time all procandings be stayed. The Court, after bearing the affidavits on both sides, ground that eod-not the the’ petitioner's counsel with the petition thed orders, of the Court ¢ se created unuroal interest in Cevurt, and the pre wore listened to with marked ® ttention, Genoral McCietlaa Trey. Ino, NY ,June28, 1866, Geversi MeCietinn arrived bere by fthe Saratoga tram at Dalf-past seven o'clock this evening. The-vews of bie coin Ing Dad eprend rapidiy shrougd the city, and be was. met at the depot by a great throng Of citizens. Hore be- wan addressed by Mayor Thorn, to wlaombe made ca brief” Alterwards & procesiiion wae ft irmed, and the carri , followed by & dense crowd, through some of the principal street On alh ot General was enthusinatically greeted, and at points bis carringe was eo beset by the crowd the .t it was obliged to halt. One or twe cumpaiiess of mil ey were: out cannon were fired Ger McCielian and family Yett in. the @ veambons Vanderbilt for New York. News from Fortreus-Mon2e @, Fortress Mownen: Juwe 27, 1604 ‘The schooner Cowperthwaite, witch wae seized om James river by the government, eavesdrw ¢ this after noon for Wasbiagton, to be deligeres to the! Onived Staten Marshal . 7. Stevens, 9th , meer ea Peaceytventa; ba Duners al h Usted Siete w ; 3 & W. Penpingtoe, @tb- ( % ; * states 1m. Wright, 8th Compectiont; J. Jackew , civilian, Deaths in the Chesapeake Beapital:— Captain W. H. Cameron, Sty Pennay? Sette. eee; & ; Lieut, C. W. Greenough, 234 J ae 26: Rarnmond, 81 Connecticut, use at:, "* ‘Thore bave been mo arstvrla fraw . City Point to thie MAILS FO’ 2 EUROPE. ‘The Investments ¢.f Petersburg—Opera- sin Georg iay —Movoments of General mter=—Newn ‘from Central Amerion, Mexieo, Cabm, dco, ‘Tho Cunard mall *) samehip Scotia, Captain Judieina, will Jonve thie port a9 .day for Liverpook ‘The mails for Bur pe will close at balf-past nine o'clock this morning. The New Yorn /Hena,n—Edition for Europe—will be published at bal¥.past eight o’olock im the morning, ang will contain:-—¥ ull Degaile from our Correspondents of the Movements OF the /army of the Potomed, and of the In- voatment of, ‘Peterburg; the Latest Accounts of the Ope- rations of ‘General Sherman im Georgia; Interesting Re- porte froma Ge:seral Hunter's Department; Late and In- teresting News)from New Orleans and Port Royal, and the tatest news from the Union forces in all metions oF he country; ‘Late Nows from Central America. the Bout Paotio, Mezico, Cabs, &o, * Single wopies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, five conte. af