The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1864, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1864. &, ——— NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETE, ROTIOR AND PROPRIETOR WRICE FN. W, CORN’ OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash tm acvance, Money som by mail will be Yt the rig of the sender. one but bank bills current tn Kew York taken. ‘THE DAILY HERALD, Tunes conte per copy. Wolume XXIX —— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. HIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosaw WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Mv¥irs.xa-Cor- PALean, NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—Scou Is Live @yorwen Giass—My Neicunon’s Wire, Sea or tom BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Frexca Srr— Per oY rue Perricosts. BARNUM'S MUSEUM. Broadway.—Two Giayrs, Two DwaRrs, ALvINOS, Sanrents, €c., ai a bours Ma Stina Li AM. Bend 7h P.M. WOOD'S MINSTREL DALL, 514 Broadway,—Ermomas G8, DANOTS, AC. —BOMBARDNENT OF PRIERSDURG CAMPEELL MINSTRELS. 199 and 201 Bowery. —Varine éxp Exciting Meuanex or Ermtorian Oppities. NEW YORK MCSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Brontway.— @vwosiries axy Lwcreuxs, from) aM. tu) 10. M. FOOLET'® OPERA HOUSS, Brooklyn.--Sraioray €onés, Daxces. Byrumsoves, £6 e a New York, Tuesday, August 2, THE SITUATION. Tae full and graphic story which we give to-day of the Gosnult on the enemy's works at Petersburg on Saturday, ffter the explosion of the mine, shows that Gevera! Grant's “proas werewot able to carry the attack to a” guccess’u! ‘sue by holding the fortifications which they so gallantly Bsalled. To the colored troops under Genera) Ferrero was allotted the tack of lesiing the assault after the N water line was gaineé, Thoy fougbt well for a time, Japturing two rebel flags; but fresh reinforcements baying come up, who charged the necro troops fiercely, (he latter broks and ran, in utter demoralization, fo the rear of the while troops. Tue evemy Pursued their advantage, apd drove back the Forces of General Grant to the position whieh Shey occupied.before the aseault, recapturing the works which we bad taken. Oor lo@s was eighteen hundred Eilled and wounded, and ove thousand taken prisoners. ‘be shock of the enemy’s charge is said to bave beon terribie, Tho flanks of our army were pierced with in- fantry and enfiladed with artillery, notwithstanding thet bur batteries kept up a terrific fre upon every point from 18612. Which the enemy could command our advancing columns. Duriog the assault our forces captured five hundred prise ners. , Goneral Grant and President Lincoln had a lengthy tn. terview on Sunday morning on board the steamer Paiti- tore, ta which they steamed towards Cape Heury and Korfolk from Fortress Mouroe, ‘The result or ob- foot the conference is not known, ‘The Presi« Gent returned immediately to Washington and General Graat went up the James river, (pose that because General Grant bas not succeeded to the extent of bis caiculations in this (‘mining operation’? he 1s thwarted iu bis designs on Petersburg; not 20; be is of We must not sup fruitfal in devices, aud will try bis chance again aud Grain. Our correspondents with ¢ berman’s army give € alt., | partioutare of the recent fights on the 224 and 28th Ww ront of At! uo later news of ope rations tore. Tue details of the advance of the evemy into Peunsyl. wauie, and the hambersbarg, are fully piven in one cot Vae rebela numbered oaly four hondred ‘was therefore disproportionate to their nambers. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘Vhe Board of Cot co mot yesterday. Mr. Riley Vered a preamble setting forth bud amaticn for « dr he at tue quota of the city and 3 x? he draft ig twenty-three thousand ouen that otner States aud cou wing much furgar bounties than the coun lecseping the chances of securing volt to du the quot ollowing resol ytic to it amd vaenimously atopted:—Resolved, Thet the Db notable the Poura of Supervisors of the coxniy of New foi ure beredy respectinily requested to in. the bout The Bi concurred with the nm in appointing « jotot comm tbe Mayor for the purpose of ed the Board of He bie routine busin adjourned of Supervisore met yosterday at noon, the President, Mr. Tweed, in the chair. The election of can- ‘voseors and ingpectors of jon was postponed; but « committes was appoluted to present a list of names to Che Board for itg action at the next meeting. On motiou of Mr. Purdy, it was resolved be reterred to the Committee on County Offices to 10g to the neces tity for building a ehed In the yard of the county Gall for the accommodation of the inmates of the A commupication was received from Supervisor Purdy wetting forth that he had recelved the as- @eesment rolls in dispute between the Tax Commission vers, and bad placed them in the possession of the Comp- ‘troller till August 1. ‘ihe committee was instructed to yoousult with the legal advisers of the Board, and ascer Gain what action is neeessary in order to baye the books ‘written up. Nothing was dono in relation to volunteer ing. The Commissioners of Charities and Correction re- ‘ported that from the Ist of April to the 20th of June there had been received in the various institutions 14,864 parsons, of whom 3,606 had been transferred, 6,572 were ick, 678 bad died, and 6,115 remained on band. ‘The eteam transport Weybosset, Captain Paried, from Point Lookout, arrived at this port yesterday with six Dandred ané fifty rebel prisoners and a gard of one Yundred mon from the Eleventh Veteran Reserve corpe, ‘under command of Samuel Car, Captain of the Tw entiesn Reserve; William Provost, First Lieutenant of the Eleveoth Reserves, and F. A. Young, First Lieutenant of ‘Twentieth Reserve corps, Yesterday was one of the hottest of the season. The mercury ran up to ninety-three degrees; but the beat was of such ® dead, sultry ouaracter us to be weil nigh Gnwloradle. The following table will give au idea of the @eat throughout the day — Dyes 6AM cone 75 we a a} P.M % 6PM os The new agi Broadway line of cars commeuced tua ping yosterday, The route of the new oars ie Crom the Dry Deck, through Grand «treat, Kast Broadway and Chat- Hain street to Astor House, The Prosident of the oew Dine ie Mr. John Kerr, and the Suporintendent te Mr. Jon ‘yan. The cars are neat and eommedious vebicies, pos. @essing all the latest improvements, well yeatiiated, well eushioned and well manoged. ‘The iret meeting of the open board of stock brokers ‘was hold yesterday at noon im their new building juot Mniehod io Broad street, The board was e large ove, and considerable eotbusiasmcwas inanifested on opening. A fow remarks were mace by the President congratulatory $0 the board, after which they immediately proceeded to Duriness, In the course of the hour a subscription was ‘taken up for the benefit of the sick end wounded soldiers at Willett’s Point Hospital, oetting the vice littie eum of ‘one hundred aud seventy-five doliare ‘The report of the referee in the Cora Match divorce Gose, substituting Stuyvesant os counsel for Mrs. Hated tn piace of are, Brackett & Mayor, was woufirmed yesterday by Judge Barnard. ‘Toe Angént torm of the General Sessions was com- metcod yortordey, Recorder Bofiman presiding, On spotion Of the District Attorney, ® nolie prosegui was or. Gated Lo Do eorered in the case of Amor J. Williamson, in. Gaptea for & mivdeimeanor growing out ofthe Tax Com- Gisionere’ AiMoaity, The Grand Jury were empan- Waied——ir Ragustie F. Drew, toreman—and after heten to @ brit charge +tiom ihe Court they re © pitterm tee foe, which mar be large amount of wearing apparel! and some jewelry when 1 be terminated on Saturday, Tus petit jury were aiso sworn ja and only those who had legal reasons for not serving weve excused. Me. Hall conducts the prosecution of the prison cases this term, and if he disposes of the calendar on each succeeding cay ef the week as rapidly as he did yesterday the business of the court will be finished in® few days, Alex. Adams, who picked the pocket of Mrs. Loulsa Zimmerman ia a Temtb avenue railroad car, on the 16th of May, pleaded guilty, He was sent to the City Prison for thirty days, Peter Joyce, jointly indicted with Michael Joyee for committing @ felosious assault upon Thos, Burke, on the 7th of June, 1862, pleaded guilty to ap assault and battery. Wm. Lewis plended guilty to an attempt at grand larceny in stealing $590 in Treasury notes from Philip O'HaDiin, 189 Fast Kighteenth street, on the 30th of June. Henry McCort pleaded guilty to grand larceny, having stolen a goid wateh worth $60 from David I.aas on the 4th of July, as he was paseing through the Bowery. Ths above prisoners were remanded for sentence. John Riley, indicted for burglary in the second degree, pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny. On the 20th of June he burgiariously entered the dwelling house of Wm. 1B. Lawson, 164 Nioth avenue, and was about removing & detected, and was arrested. Tho Recorder sentenced bin to the State Prison for two years. ‘According to the City Inspector's report there were 589 deaths in the city during the week ending on tho isi of Angust—an increase of 43 as compared with the mortality of the week previogs, and 188 less thau occurred during the corresponding week last year. The stock market was dull yosterday, and a general decline in prices took place. Government securities were also weak, caused by rumors that a uew six per ceut loan, interest payable in gold, was to be put on the mar- kot. Tye rumors {rom the army created some excite- mont in the gold market, and the prefaium was ron up seven and a half per ceut—the closing price being 257%. The bauk statement shows a@ failing off 10 loans during last week of over five millions of dollora, and an increase in deposite of nearly the same amount, honey was active, but less easy than at the close of last week, and ‘the rate of interest is rather above seven per cent. ‘There was but little doae in commercial maers yes terday, owing in part tothe wide (uctuations in gold quotations consequent upon unfavorable rumors regerd fog the military situation at Pelersburg. Nourly all de acriptions of fcreign and domestic produce were wearly nomioal, and the majority of the small bu:imess consum- mated was done on private terms, Cotton was steady. Petroleum was without decided chaoge. On "Change breadstuffs were rather lower uvder heavy receipts, while pork and jard were firmer, Troights were higher, owing to areijuced supply of tonnage. ‘The stevedore ke operated to restrict business to some extent, how er. The Late Operations at Petersburg—An. other Siege of Vicksburg. The tremendous operations of Saturday last along the whole line of the enemy's works at Petersburg, beginning with the blowing up of one of these works several hundred feet into the air, ended, as it appears, without any sub- stantial advantage to our investing army. The positions gained from the enemy were ren- dered too hot for our troops to hold by: the rak- g and enfilading fires to which they were sub- jected from an inner line of defences. This was precisely the difficulty which compelled the British storming column, at the siege of Se- bastopel, to relinquish the famous Redan after they bad carried it. t As usual in such cases, it appears that the secret of General Grant’s mining operations was discovered. too soon by the enemy: and it aléo appears that there wete some blunderings and shortcomings here and there in the assault after the mine was fired; but it will suffice for our present purpose that the rebels still hold the city. The prominent fact before us is that @ grand surprise and a general assault, in the preparations for which much time and labor were expended, and in the execution of which many valuable tives have beeu lost, have not ited in the success which Was anticipated. er, last year at Vicksburg, e middie of May till the 4th e.was surrendered, with , artillery, magazines, &c., and its gar- rison of thirty odd thousand men? Tb Petersburg and Richmond will ultimately go h of Vi urg or Columbus we cannot doubt; for, if the enemy's works caunot be ; captured by charging over them, or wi: under them, there yet remains the infallible, though slower, system of regular approaches, aud the equally infallible expedient of cutting of the belcaguered cities from their Southera lines of communication. What experiments General Grant will next try ii would be idle to conjecture; but we know that temporary checks and disappoint ments only serve to tighten his grasp upon his Was it not so, howe’ tedly, from j pat adversary, and that his resources in strategy and tactics are equal to all emergence’ It one plan falls short he is instantly prepared to try another, and, still « ing to bis purpoee, ‘kuows as fail.” To his present position, close to tis base of supplies no such word the junction of the James and Appomattox ing both sides of those streams his encircling inwenchments and und cover of his gunboats, he poz se advantages for the prose operations against Richmond and Petersburg in various ways that his crowning success, in being delayed, will in the end be only the more disastrous to the enemy. Meantime, however, as experience has proved that General Grant has, for the present, work enough upos his band#ia front of Peters- burg and Richmond, without being required to jook after the rebel raiders of the Shenandoah valley aud the rear of Washington, we turn egafa to the special duty devolving upon the administration in reference both to Richmond and Washington. This duty, now more ur- gently demanded of President Lincoln than ever before, lies In the recall of General McClellan to the command of the Washington Depart- ment, at the head of » hundred thousand men. It is very generally, in support of thie appoint- ment, believed that the name ef MeViellan will speedily bring to his standard wauy thousands of fighting volunteers who will otherwise re. main iu’ the background, inclading a large infusion of discharged veteran soldiers. In any event, the exporimeat, suggested, if tried, will command the approval of the masses of the people of the loyal States, and in every way will be a good thing for the country and the administration. With General Grant and the Army of the Potomac in the rear of Richmond, we see, from these Jate frolivs of the rebels in Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, that General MoClellan is wanted again to clear away the enemy from the rear of Wasbing- tou, Mayor Goytasr on Rey. Docrors Brecasr avy Onsever.-Our Mayor has no idea of liv- ing without « sensation. He issued yesterday & proolamation for a fast on Thursday next, and takes the occasion to pay his respects to the political parsons—-the Beechers, Cheevers, and such like. He recommends oH those “ministers who have inouloated the doctrine of war and blood, on that selemn occasion to in- voke the mercy of Heaven to hasten the relicf of our suffering people, by turning the hearts of thove in authority to the Blessed ways of peace.” Who will say new that Mayor Gua- ther is aot in favor of abating auisaucea? | 'Uhe Chicago Convention meets the latter part Presidential Sominations—The Princt- pies Involved, T ever in the history of a nation its people were called upon te exercise the sublime pre- rogatives of a noble and ;sclf-sacrificing patri-, otism, that period has now arrived in the his- tory ot this country. Let us look for afew moments at the of having candi- dates for the Presidency before the peoplo next fall who can command the suffrages of the true citizens of the republic. Two national conventions have already been held and two nominations for the Presidency made, One convention at Baltimore nomi- nated Abraham Lincoln for re-election, and another at Cleveland, Ohio, nominated Gene- ral Fremont. Both these candidates are con- sidered exceedingly popular among their friends and partisans. One, as the present incumbent, has had the enormous power and patronage of the government in his hands for nearly four years; and it would be strange if he were not popular among certain classes. The other is popular as the representative of the ideas of a peculiar class of people. Yet, when we examine their nominations by the light of experience, we find they rest upon principles that have brought the country ‘to its present deplorable condition. They have been effected by small politicians following in the footsteps of those who for thirty years have been the managers of the government. ‘The Revolution of 1776 produced a galaxy of statesmen who set the machinery of the government in motion, and presented a sample of national greatness unrivalled in the history of the world. The experience of the last thirty years proves that the types of the great men of the Revolution have disappeared and that their places are supplied by a race of smail men and petty demagogues, whose selfishness and imbecility and uttor want of principle would annihilate any tree govern- ment that ever enjoyed the smiles of Heaven. Jommencing with Van Buren in 1836, we find political cunning, whose object was to retuin or to transmit power, the active prin- ciple of his administration; then we had ‘Tyler-—in the shoes of the pure but weak old Harricon—-with his petty guard of political worshippers; then came Polk, a third rate lawyer and politician, who would have been swamped himself and submerged to an un- tathomable depth the party of which he be- camo the leader had it not been for Andrew Jackson, who was providentially permitted to live and impart to the early stages of Polk’s adminisiration some rays of his own great genius and stern and inflexible integrity. Passing over the term of the mild and listless Filunore, who succeeded Taylor after the death of that brave old man had been encompassed by the political harpies that intested the seat of government from the moment of his inanguration until he was wrapped in his shroud and laid in his coffin, we come to admivistrations the character of which is still fresh in the minds of most of our readers-those of poor Pierce, blundering Buchanex, and what we have seen of that of the vulgar joker, Old Abe, all of which, j bled toyciher, would not make an ad. ‘of the Union by the abeorption of portions of New England, as in this manner they could obtain what Canada lacks—a good seaport. These worthies hope that Lincoln may be re- elected, as they foresee in that case the success of the South and the disruption of the North. They are impressed with the idea that Lincoln would make peace and let the South go; that, country. Inghort, they class Lincoln, Gree- ley, Sanders, Clay and Tucker alike, and will do all in their power to aid them in defeating “the Chicago nominations. They do not desire that Grant, or eome such patriot, should be elected President, and, as a consaquence, the Union be preserved and Dayls crushed. The divisions and troubles which lately oc- curred in Canada had their rise, doubtless, in these differences between the two parties—roy- alist and republican—and we may yet see civil strife ensuing asa result. At a moment like this, when war is the chief topie both in Eu- rope and on this continent, the minds of the Canadians may well be unsettled. Instigated by the rebels among them, they may eaally be- come 80 embittered as to find that the step from quarrelling to blows is one easily taken. The royalists are petitioning the home govern- ment to recognize the South; the republicans, on the contrary, desire the defeat of Davis and the reconstruction of the Union; and we may naturally expect these parties to carry the matier to extremes. As it is, there is a pretty muddle of it in Canada—the copperheads, rebels and royalists on the ore hand, the re- publicans on the other, with Greeley and Jewett mixed in by way of adding spice to tho imbroglio. Our correspondent at Toronto pro- mises some rich developments in his hext let- ter. He ison the track of the plotters and scbemers, and will sbow them up, he assures us, The Park, compared with European Pleasure Grounds—The Great Improve- * ment Contemplated. It is between fourteen and fifteen years since effective measures were begun in re- gard to the purchase and preparation of the present Park grounds for purposes of general regreation. Krom the beginning the work encountered but little opposition, except from parties who had a personal inte- rest in having ancther spot on the island selected for the purpose. The Corporation, however, .adopting public opinion us their authority, decided to carry into effect the object contemplated by the acts of the Legisiaturo relating to the Parkin a iiberal and enlightened spirit. The work of construction thus muna- cently commenced has not been sulfered to halt through the interval of years and tbe blighting effects of the civil war, aué now we have a Park which even in its infaucy is an bouor to the metropolis and a surpassing at- traction to all strangers. But if this work is so beautiful in youth what will it be in its ma- turity? What will it be when the grand Boule- vard, or circular Drive, commencing at the upper end of the Park, at Seventh aveane, ran- ning along the banks of the Harlem and fud- son rivers, and through the romuntic region of Wasbington Heights, shall be compieied? It already compares favorably with the most ated public grounds of the chief elties of cele lista tion worthy the reputation of any decent | Europe, not statesman. parks of Hug’ The conventions that havo already nomi- | Uaamps », the Corso of Rome, the Prado of Madr! e great Phouix Park of Dublin, or even, on the American continent, the spacious pluzus of Haveva om the lovely Botanical Gardeus of Rio Janeiro. {ndeed, the Park Commissioners have the power, and they have excreised udy in a lavish de e, to combine the peculiar features and ex- ences of cach of (these waguificent works in 2urown Park, and even to ¢xcel them al! by nated candidates seem not to have realized } the Cascine of Fior 4 that the country has reachod the turn- ing poi v¥y-that the vital ques- aire national existenee was in- in their delibe: that, if they perpetuate the vane und the pros- the be y must sink all party and preseut for the uation, ges of the people candidetes abov above reproach, They did not s to mere ar vate that diferent men were demande | *e availability of the Park for artificial lakes, by ihe present fearful crisis to assume the | ° reams, cascades and fountains, pleasure drives d footpaths and rambles, by reason of ite pecu- ation of suris the never failing » ship of Si im and steer t pe br rs that are foaming aroun SS * Hence their failure to make suitable ne requalied supply of water from the nations, end hence it be seen that their | /78est aqueduct in the world, But Euro oted ja many in- stances, are merely grand appendages to rank, where lavish expenditure, aided by all the ap- plianeces of art, give regal effect to scenes whieh the people enjoy at the discretion of their possessors, while our Park, iike the gov- nent, comes from the people, and to them the amusement of their wives aod children must it be Yo maiulain toe high character the Park has already atlained, it is necessary that the work of improvement and embellishment should be continued, To make a suggestion of this kind to the citizens of New York is to Lave them freely open their pursestrings, aod make ali the necewsary advances in the way of taxation. The work of continuing Seventh avenue should be started without delay. It will be the opening of the work oa the Drive, which is the grandest project yet devised to add to the mag- vificence of the entire grounds, It will bea part of the Park itself, aud a most beautifal, aspivations for future politicul distinetion aud power will be disappointed, Now we co: remaining conventi which is to decide, for i tiny of the repal a e of t nate an indep: se the people arouse g exigency and nom ndent ea ¢ alarm to voted. of this moonth, and anxious eyes are turned towards it froim ey White ho; for the best, and pr ag that? wisdom and patriotism may distinguiel its proceedings, we regret to say there are signs that this conven- tion, like the two others, will he but n politi machine, managed by a few smell meu, and" worked only for their personal aggre ndize- mont. There ‘are indications that some poor, drivelling politician will be the nominee. Some such man as poor Pierce, who vpened the door to rebellion; or some siyperanitiated remnant of a past oge, like Jadye Sanruel Nel. sou: or some such heayy specimen of armed neatrality as Guthrie, of Kentucky; or the mussive politician, Dean Hichwond, of New York; or some Pennsylvonia lawyer or Cons uecticut soldier of past renown, who have been repudiated by their Statea, there is much reason to fear, will be the candidate of the convention. What is the dnty of the Ameri- can people in such an event? {t is to take the mansgement of the next Presidential eloc- tion in their own hands, kick ont, a4 thoy would hounds, the barking aud grasping and soulless politicians, and adopt some brilliant and popular leader of our armies, like McOlel- lan, Grant, Sherman, Hancook--or others who are continnally coming up-—as their standard bearer. If some such candidate be nominated his election will be certain; and with his tlec- tion the safety of the nation will be secured and the permanence of free institutions main- tained. Otherwise let the country prepare for anarchy, confusion, rebellion within rebellion, and final rain. A Propasie Crvn, Wan mo Canapa--PLore or Royatisrs, Rervpiscaxe avy Resers.—We publish in snother portion of this Journal a correspondence from Toronto, Canada, to whioh we call the attention of the publia It will be seen from this that the royalists of Ca nade and the rebels who have taken shelter there are plotting to put down the Usion and secure the recognition of the Davis govern- mont The Canadians are, however, divided into two partice—the royalists and the repub- lionns. These latter desire the success of the Union cause, baving, doubtless, @ sincere de- termination to form « part of that Union as soon as feasible, The royalists wish to destroy the North. Thoy have vistfhs of a large s0- gemion to thelr deminigas avon the uyter section of. Ivisa great undertaking, and the earlier itis commenced tue sooner it will be com- pleted, aod, of course, the more benefit will our citizens derive from it. There is no doubts the Logislature at the next session will grant the accessary authority for the continuation of Seveath avenne on the splendid scale proposed, and make-s libe- ral and special appropriation to carry on the work. The poople of the motropolisyas well as thelr feliow citizens in the rurai districts, koow that every dollar apent on the Park is so much capital invested for their common benefit. It enhances the character of the city abroad; it brings strangers among us; and, besides the pride and gratification it affords to present so noble aspecimeu of publio munificenee to the wouderlag eyes of our wéltors, it brings back, if such # consideration should ever be thought of in the same connection, dollar for dollar, cent for cent, for every dollar {nvested. There is no danger that the absurd plas of outting up Washington Heights, as proposed heretofore, will ever be again attempted by the Legisla- ture; at any rate not for mavy years. The Drive will settle all troubles from that score, and give to the lovely and picturesque tegion embraced in {t additional and enduring charms. Lot the first steps toward building the “Boule- vard of New York” be commenced at onoe. Loss of the Steamer Henry Ames, Carmo, July 81, 1804. ‘The steamer Hoary Ames, Crom S. Loule, stroak a susg Yesterdsy, seven mnties above here, aod sunk, the water overflowing the main deck. She will probably prove a Qotad loss, The freight, which wee very valuable, war takzen off, alightly damaged, and brought here. It constated Of sixty bayshoeds of tobacco, a thousand barrels of flour, © large lot of nails, some private freight, besides @ large Sarees ING ta an” wa a like Greeley, he would thus turn traitor to the }- fashionable and healti-inspiring portion there-, - NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Wasmuorox, August 1, 1864, THE OPERATIONS BEFORE PETERSBURG. * The unfavorable reports from Petersburg which were recoived this moruing caused much disappointment, as hopes had been excited, by the favorable commence. ment of the opern ious, that the elty of Petersburg weald have bees in our poascesion by Saturday evening. Although the disappelatment is very great, there is no disposition to despair of u\imate success; but there ts a confident belief that General Grant will yet schicve a Successful termination of the protracted campaign. CAPTURE OF A RESHL GENERAL'S NEW UNIFORM. Yesterday a discharged soldier captured, on the Upper Potomac, a rebel, attompting to arces the river on a raft, with a fine uniform, trappings, &o., for the rebel General Bradley Johnston, The package was secured and Drought (oto headquarters, but the man made bis escape. BOAROITY OF NEWS. There {2 absolutely nothing in the way of news to send from here, except that relaying to army operations, Nothing is thought or talked of except the recent demon- atretion on Petersburg, LIBUTENANT COLONEL HALPIN PRIVATH LIPR. Lieutenant Colonel Charles’G. Halpine having tendered his resignation as Assistant Adjutant General, the Secre tary of War offered bim a position of Assistant Judge Advocate General of tho Waited States, with rank of ccionel, or brigadier general commanding the city of New York and barbor, or six months’ leave, with liberty to engage in any other occupation during that timo, Major Halpine baying finally determived to resiga, was appointed brevet colonel of the United States Army, to date from Juue 6, 1864, “for personal gallantry and meritorious conduct,” aod the Sscrttary of War sent Major Halpine the following letter accepting bis resig- Bation:— War Dgpartmenr, Wasnmotoy Crrr, July 31, 1864. Covoxnt—J regret that jthe olficial certificate of your disability, contracted 10 the service, coustrains me to gocept tho resignation repeatedly tengered, but untit now vnacted upon, tu the hopes that “restored heulth might preserve you to the service. It gives me pleasure to express the well earned. confidence of this Departmont for your patriotic and faithful services, and the bigh sense cntertained of your merit as an officer and @ gentic- man. Your obedient servact, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Lioutenant Colonel Uauruvs, SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE LOAN. ‘ The receipts for the soven-thirty loan to-day were $1,506,300, making a total for four days of $4,875,950, or over one million of dojlars per day. Only the nearest pointe have yet been beard from, nor have any reports ‘been received as yet from (he West. MAILS FOR THE WEST GULF SQUADRON. ‘The United States cupply steamer Bermuda will teave Philadelphia on the 11th of August with tne mails for the West Gull blockading squadron, and ull lettera for that equadron will go by her. DEATH OF GENBRAL SHERMAN'S FATHER. ‘The fathor of Genoral Sherman died ta this city last week, Tre Open Board of Stock Brokers. The uew building which has just beeu completed for the weommodation of the Open Board of Stock Brokers, was yesterday morning opened to the publio,and (he first mect. {ng of the Board wae hoid. The builaing is located on the west sido of Broad street, a few doors frou Wall, bas a brown stene frovi, and is eighty-two feet im length by forty feet m width, The brokera’ room, which is on thé secoud floor, Is a spacious, airy and well ventilated apart- ment, with a ceiling twenty-two fees in height and a gal- lery running sround on three sidos. The room will ac- commodate six or eight huadred persons, and is provided with arm obairs for about one-third of the number, Tbe furaitare and trimamirgs of the rom are of black walnut, and the celling ia frescoed in the highest styleof art. The centre piece, representing the Goddess of Fortuae empty- ing a salver of colus an the heads of @ dull and a bear— the latter iu tne act of hugging the pieces to the earth, while the former tosses tuein !u the wir—is especially ap propriate iv design, ad ‘8 executed with remarkable skill. The artist, Mr. George W. Hager, may weil be proud of this triumph of cative talent. ‘he coors were opened pi ely at one o'clock, when the room was svon comlcrtably flied. Mr. Hard, Presi- dent of the Boors, called the moSling to order, aud in a few words covgratulvted ibe Board ou seouriyg such a comfortable aud spacious buliding for the tradgaction of tbeir business, where the public contd watch the mys- teries and muteries of the stock broker. The Hoard immediately proceeded to busipese—buying Wf gi¥ing We looker on ap idea of paudemoalum In the midst of the uproor ordcr was catled, BETIBEMENT TO when Mr. Josephs read au appeal from the ladion of this clty im behalf of tbe sick and wounded soldiers at Wi leut’s Point, aakirg for @ coutribution ta théir behott. Two gentlemen tramediately passed around the room, and ailectes The resvit was immediately after the Board ° reecived with cheers, was engrossed in buying and soiling as though its 8. hung upon the result. fhe Sccond Avenue Steamear. The new oar Manbattan, built in the works of the Se- cond Avyeuae Railroad Company and moyod by a dummy engine, of Grico & Lang's patent, went ona trial tip yoaterday slong the Second avenue, from Forty-second atreet to Harlem and back. Tho ex plete success. The officers of the company and several gvorts were in thie car, ‘The Superintendent, Mr. Dickennon, bad charge of the engine, A speed of filteea milee an hour was at one time obtained, and yet om she ringing of an ordinary strap bell the car was almost la- stantiy stopped, backed and moved forward again with. out the slightest jerk or uuplessaut motion, The curves and_polnts wote passed with ease at a quick epeed occupants of the houses nud pecestrians seemed som what aurprieed as the £0} d some 1 Peculiar Jestures of w said to etiy at everythin, fo general far from bel by ube vehiole pars- ive power. Two of equal to ten ordi- If a stone should be ary (bat it ehould throw mishap occur, the mea : les’ are €0 ready to hand that the pyt om the ratte without troubling the pas Fi eng BPMeR geado from Fitiett, to with greater jo ‘ark. et GHbUND— ron. Match for $600, mile beats, best ” pasion piedt Moxpay, August 1. bree iu five, to wagor . Reynolds named 8. ¢. Major. F, Alliott named b. g Sam Time, 2.54'4~—2:.67-2.58%—3.06. First Heat.—The betting was level atthe etart, The horses had @ very even send off, and went around the first turn side and side, both up. The sorrel drow away from the bay and led to ibe quarter pole a length. Going down the bi ireteh the Day trotted the fastest, and, carrying the other to break. led to the balf mile pole a couple of lengths. ihe bay opened a wide gap on the throes quarter stretch, und without a9 eflort came home &@ winver by holf a dozen lengths in 2:545, Secont Hea!.—Two to ove on the bay. Ty went away nicely, but before they got wrovud the torn the sorret took the joad, which be Kept to the ead of the heat, wine ding ay over a fongth iu 2 47. rd Hout The vetting was about love! agala. The sora} look the lead of avout a length on the ower turn, Sud koyt in front wbout that distaace to the teres quarter, whete the Day broke up badly. snd the sorre) cate home 4 winnée by fifty yards to 2°66. Poort Hoat.-—\he sorrel was now the favorite at toa to ons, Hie (ook the lend at the start, was never headed, and won by a lougth Mt 8.06. ’ lady Shanuon gud Stonewall Jackson trot a match this afternoon as the Faauion Couree. Thare will aiso be 4 three mila match baiweoa Db. & Napvleos (VY. aud g. g. Captate Poilick, a Brooktya City News. Tae Lara Fire ix Jat Stexwr—AckNowLangsewT,— Chief Engiucer Cunningham wae presented with one ben- dred doliare yesterday by Messrs. Howard & Fuller, ta conrideration of the valuable services rendered them by ao go eg = toe leoncan ery. om at the of Jay street = Mr, Cunpinghem ren handed tho money over to tho trousurer of the Wi od Orphans’ Fu Governor ited stat eeontor, and wie, of jo" ‘o ee island, Hp Joka La, Tuaiens; Hoe, Byron Ta Jor, Piedmont; Hon. Gras at: Ohio; tea tT! Davia, Gyracuse; Judge Beckw' loagn, Major Heddook, U. B.A, ra stopping me ip Major General G. 8. vu. 5 ier Gene. v of the ralG. J, Stannard, 0. & beso orig Sue . 4 +4 Ur this city and harbor, wr 6 weal ot Potie Y somber of Congress, ae quests 2 1 1 2 rd nig’2 pcg Keipg Winslow, United No: se In! Stee ois Survey, Lituteaant Colonel Mitchel, Niata ‘army oorps, aod Hou. T. Darling, Nasau, }: P.) are ab toe arch Avenue Hotel, mae Don Carlos Buell ia stopping at the New York su Se et a oe ya Ciny ‘tad ocombey ‘oronned ihe De daye ago, and @ now the | TRE KEW ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE. Installation ef Archbishop Upsldinge Impressive Boeme at the Cathedral Monummrr Squans, Battmone, August 1, 1864, Another ome of those most impressive ecolesiastiony ceremoniais which have from time to time, im all ages, ap brilliantly adorned the history of the Roman Cathaly Chureb, and which call forth for it and the religion apem which it ts founded the ardeat sdmiration of manking everywhere, took place tn the Cathedral of this clay yesterday, the surroundings and incidents of which £ Purpose to briey chronicle, in some measure as arelial to the ever present din of war and clash of arms. ‘The imposing event turned upon the installation of the Right Reverend Martin J. Spalding, D. D., LL.D, Ite of tha Louisville diocese, to the archiepiscopal fim tons of the diocese of Baitimore, the mother Catholic See of the United States, The occasion—which bas bees Jong in the course of arranging for--called out all the enthusiasm and nuchbers of this powerful faith in this vederable city, comprising nearly ail that is remarkabas for public and private worth throughout this regiom, where the Catholic persuasion is alike revored an@ oberished. THN ARRIVAL OF Tu NEW PRELATE, ‘The new Bishop, after taking an affectionate and soleme farowell of the Louisville diocese—where his holf labore Bave been crowned with that succces "that ever watt. upon the efforts of pure men at the altar of grace—pre ceeded to Philadelphia, where he was tnet in welcome tne Very Reverend Mr. Dubreail, Seperior of the Sulpice “ Colicge of Roman Theology, and kKeve rend Dr.yTbomas Foley, preacher at the cathedral, Om Saturday aftervoon last the Bishop strived at his sew sco, being signalized by the merry poals of the Catholie belis and chimes of the oily Of those accomp»nying biz, the Rav. B. J. Spalding. ud Vicar General, n me administrator of the Louisvilie diocese; Right Kev. Jaman Fredefick Wood, D. D., LL. D.,0f the Philadelphia dig cese, and coadjutor Bishop, cwin ju is; Kew. David Russell, Secretary to Bishop Spalding, und the Your Rev. Willmm O'Hara, D.), and the vew Vicar Gens may be mentioneed. The clerical purty, sligbting from the cars at tho President streot station, quictly proccedeé in carriages to the arcbiepiscopai regideace, which adjotag the Cathedral, Rest was needed after tle toilsome jour. ney. and preparation was necessary for the gruve part te be enaoved iu the beautiful scenes of yesterday. THK GATHERING AT THE CATHEDRAL Karly fa the moruiug (Sunday) the masses of religion. ists of every belie” in the adjaceat county began te throng towards tie Cathedral, where the coremuntal was, to take place, At an early hour Major General Wallace, Upited States Volunteers, and stail, in citizens’ dre joined the bishop at the residence, to whom they #evoraliy introduced by the Rev, James Solan, priestef St. Patrick’s church, Shortly before eleven o'clock the master of ceremonies announced that everything was im readiness for the inauguration of tho ogercise:, and sug- gested that the procession take up its walk to the imme diate scene of the ceremonies, tho stately Cathedral The procession moved Charles, Mulberry and Cathe- dral streets, and had for its escort the Socwty of the Young Cuthoiies’ Friend, am opviont Catholic association of the cily; thejbishops, the theological studenis of the séverai sominaries, tho learned clergy of the diccess, clothed in the robes of their priestly office: tho disgim guished members of the episcopacy, hubitodjin the rigt vestments of their bigh positions; the venorable Arch- bishop, gorgeously clothed, was borue aloug the rouse beneath a silken canopy upheid by four officials of first consequence iu the mauagement of the internal teraporal aifuirs of the Cathedral, Following this porties of the procgssion came the long linc of artisans, (ie whole scene boing mellowed as the approach to tae eburch wes made dy the straine of the 7e Deum, findi vent fa that beautifal bymo of Christian praise thanksgiving, Ye Lewn Laudamus, and taotgrana of Mondolsohn. ‘THE CATHEDRAL SCENE, The emblems of mourning in melancholy commema» tion of the late good and virtuous archbishop F: Patrick Keurick bad beeu removed, and the ivterior @ the saored structure presented of itself an one thong pexrance. Tho light, which was profuse, shone thr: id transe| decorations, #hich were elu! plug, long Wax cnndies, Hinmiuated wit dows, righ old paintings, bouquets of fiowers appe sitoly set here aud there; the music, consisting of the es~ Mire mass of Mozart, number tweive; an overture isviger, avd Dei velit doing the offertorium, all cousy! to render the gcene most altraotive and thrilling , truly one which willneyer be crased from the minds: those who witnessed it. ‘the music erasing, Right Rev. Bishop Wood, of Philadeiphin Kpixcopete, appésred as celebeant of the postifical mags, Rey. Father Burlanda being tho assisiapt priest, The attending deacons were tre Kevereand Urbana Leguerre, of the University of St. Mary, of thia city; Rey Father McManoa, of St, John's church; the masters ceromonies being deacon aud fev. Jobn lbourhe jest of St. Vincent’s cbureb, The deacons to the A’ shop were the Very Keverend B J. Spaldidg, brother the Archbishop regnant, and the Very Reverevd Hi. Goakery, D. D. Mast being closed, the Archbishop, tn fall Catt canopicala and Episcop)] creo’, eroso, amid the der silence und interest, ai 1 delivered the ,buccala crepte dis course, $0 (0 speak, wuich Was au able dofeuce of the pe lity of this ancient church. ‘Addrossing them as venerable brothren of the Epises- pacy and the Deloved of the clergy and laity, fo sald Ubat the blessed Jord in the accomplist ment of bis poses adopted the moana to the end to be attained, wi produced a prudenos growing inso wisdom, and shis mode of operating hod characterized the coustduton and the work «{ the true Cbureh, of whom God was the —_ and jen might es well sever the head from the nat body and expect to survive wx to think of separating ist from his Church aud believe it would praeny y have been and always will be inseparsbie;,for wi God joined together no mav could sunder. Chri the Son of God, came downs from Heaven to @ on earth; He ‘becawe man; He established Charey, ‘and declared What “while Heaven errth might pass away, yet His words should new pastaway. and there was the widitional declaration baving eetabushed ube Church, gates of bell sli bot prevail ogainst it. Christ was able aud would Lay | | good Hig divine promises, and every day, every year every cevtury that this Church bad existed He haa made His words good, and to make them, good tig always adapts woe Ways to the meaua. He did not govern w man’s wiedom, but with wisdom fer, far above it, o | the ways of-God were lifted up above the wisdom of mem, Jie uses the weak things of thig earth to confound the that no flesh shonid be proud, bus tha ail the glory slionld acerue to him, In the origin of the Choren did he choose great uso? No, fe selected poor pessants, fishermen and a gauherer Of taxes, an Oct pa’ ion 80 unvopuies among thb people, and one of uee twelve, after three years of dear companionship, poit Him for thirty pieces of stiver. But he pre pared thom for the great work which they wore avout te enter upon, and it was enough for him that | were poor. Thee men had to encounter the tremeu oopwitwn of buih Rome and Greace, He prepared for the migsion to establish the Cburch, and be teld them tut when they went cut they would be clothed with rong from cb bigh. hey went 1ol0 An ugger room with Mary, the Virgie ee and ed shot up for tm days ic bly rokroat, | Thew' wag fulilled the prom) he day of coat came, an Ved teas the bit | of lrving life and soul m the Chereh. The discinies, clad fe the panoply of beaven, were invincible to the dart powers of the world, aod they went bearing aloft the gorous bapner of Christ, They went out with the cros#, wot to shed their neighbor's blood, but to gir own blood, and Pedr Poe elo That crose eyep unto ‘ Hed uriyre | exsept one—John the peloved—-mnd he, ac toa Sather of the church, was 19 @ cauldron boiling oil, but came out unhurt aod was afterwards bam- ished to the Isie of Patmos. In every age God had raised up men for ali the emergencies which arose, and the Church would always have strong men to throw them- selves i@ the crisis, meet the dil culty boldly aud ove» come it, Events ip the sixteenth century proved this for there was such a mae ae Ignatius Loyola, whose @e- votion te the canse of missions was felt in Maryland aa@ through tis great country of ours. Alluding to there fufmecion, (be Prelate observed that there were some who had failed in their devotion to the Church, and eom- moneed the worsh p of the god of mammon—with them that god bad power and supremacy, and the quem hon with such wag not, will such an —- piece God! Shall 7 raise up treacures in hen Bue tt wae this: Will it pay? Toat was the quam a ye Se. their ee or ca conduct. | Ta those days the poot poss Germany ware Coot under apy! men, = toe Mreneennes was found journey Frederick, w bh to treat them as orthioes » towlay them with the Duilet, and they were 9 In the first balf of sixteenth Re ‘beoame dizzy; thay were with vortigo, and, the rd arrayad themselves aguinet the Chirok; but God ovar. rule! their dosigue for good. Resuming Bir brief of tgeatias of Loyola, be showed what an on emovns of Miigious zeal and power he had, ideati(yang it great couse of missions aed in iee achools of the bi of Charice. Gerfoll, who signod tbe Deciarat wad 8 friead of W Hon, to sooourege him with their the Mints ane he Moir Virgie Upon ius’ Chureh, te the good Giusters oe Charity aud himself,