The New York Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1864, Page 4

~e on —_———.: NEW YORK HERALD. @4MES GORDON BENNETT. : EDITOR AND PROPAIVIOR OFFICE KX. W. CONTER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. See Volume XXix — AMUSENENTS THIS KVENING. BIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tox nism Bur @RaNiw tunoy Anpr. ‘ Bast Lye. WINTER GARDEN, Proadway.— "sk — site base - ‘toadway,—E venrnopy's F rignp- BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery, — 18 ‘ paere Rowers.—Tux Misrm or SuoRE DR.AO. Giants, Two ‘8 MUSEUM. Broadway.—Two at all hows Lue DINO BARD MOM AMS 35 7 PL, WOOn'S MINSTREL BALI BonGs, Daxcas, Romine as CAMPBELL MINSTRELS. 199 and 701 Rowery.—Vartao an UNG MELaNGe oF Lruioriay Oppirims, Broad Hs MM j EATIOPAN AMERICAN THRATRE, No 41 Rrovway.—Barcwrs, ANTURINES, BORLESQUES, €C.—OLD QRASNY GRUNYY. KEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 618 Broadway. ovrgonnie inp Lacromes. trom Pa: Me ual OES a HOOLFT'S OPERA HOUSS, Brooklyn.—Rean Boxus, Dances, Burasaurs, So. am procul = = —— New York, Friday, August 10, 1864. THE SITUATION. Mr, Stanton's official balletin to Geveral Dix last ight 4g very satisfactory, With regard to the movements of General Grant, it oontains a despatch from that officer, Gated on the 16th, but delayed by the breaking of the telegraph jines, notifying the Department of the affairs which took place on that day, and which are fully described in our correspondents’ despatches in another column. General Grant says that although everything was favorable there was no decisive resalt. The enemy ‘was driven back somewhat from bis position and lost considerable iu killed and wounded, among the former Generals Chambliss and Gherardie. Four hundred Prisovers were taken The loss in Gen. Grant’s army since the movemont north of the James he estimates at Ove thousand killed and wounded. Our correspondents’ reports of the fight on Tuesday, the 16ib, contain the entire doiails of that affair, supplying ali the blavks which be hasty official accounts of General Grant very Bataraliy loaves The battle oceurred at Deep run, aud will be borea(ter known by that name. Hunoock’s corps, ‘a8 usual, fonght magoificentiy. i The news from Geveral Sherman recoived by the War Department and officially communicated by Mr. Stanton, up to traif past eleven o'clock last night, is to the effect ‘that no new operations have taken piace iu tbe vieiuity Of Atlanta. General Wheeler and his rebel troops have been driven back from their attack on Colovel Liebold’s little garrison @t Dalton. Ga., with a loss of one hundred and Aity mea. It is said that the charge of the Fourtecath United States Oolored iwfsutry drove the evemy ioto confuzion. Gen- eral Stoedman had reiuforced Colonel Liebold in time to gave him from a surrender to a force of rebels which outnombered him ten to one, Wheeler is said to be trying to get to the railroad lead fog to Knoxville. General Sheridan's despatches to the government from ‘Winchester, at ten o'clock yesterday, state that General Merritt's covairy was attacked in front of Front Royal On the night previous by a forse of Longstreot's oorps fod Wickbam’s aud Lomax's brigades; but de’sated the rebels, with a lose Of 267 prisoners, twenty-four officers Bnd two stand of colors, Colonel Devin, of the Stxth New York cavairy, was wounded in this alair. The eon- Guct of Generals Merritt and Custer amd Colonel Devin ts highly tandod by General Sheridan The rebel pirate Tullabasseo bas arrived at Halifax, N.S., for coal. She destroyed—since our last accounts @f her rayages—tive schooners, one of which she ran womed for eight thousand doliars and the others sho ecuttled. : Jonson's gueritias, who have beea barassing the peo- plein Kentucky and on the backs of the Ohio river, ‘were at Cuseyville when jast beard from, five hundred Gtrong, carrying away tho'cattie and other plunder which they bad taken from the captured stoamers en the river. ‘The peome of Cairo are organizing for the defence of that Place. A band of voluateers bas beon despatched after Johnson. ~2y tho arrival of the steamehip Commander, from Port Royal yesterday, we learn that a blockade runner, which got aground near Sullivan's Island on Tuceday, 12th inst., fand, being discovered the next morning, was battered to pieces by the guns from Morris Island. She was a pro- peller ar heavily ladon,.but a large portion of ber cargo wassayed by rebel wreckers. “9 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘Our Ruronesn files by the North American reached this city from Quebeo yesterday morning, and tho mails of the ‘Asia, from Boston, came to band at an early bout this morning, The papers are dated to the 6th of August ‘Twe main points of the news have been anticipated by our telegraphic report from Halifax, published {> the Hieratp last Wednesday. We learn from Buenos Ayres, under date of Jane 22, that q verr influential meoting wae beld in that city on “Oye 20th of the month, with a view of ratsing a fuod tp the republics of Buenos Ayres, Urngaay aod Paraguay {n aid of the United States Sanitary Commisston, for tho Folief of the sick and wounded goidiers of the American army. The meeting was convened by Messrs Jacobs, Zimmerman and Perry. There were present Messrs, C, TL Foimar, Wilson Jacovs, Wm H. Moores, Eaward Zim- merman, Charles Zimmerman, Lionty Zimtherman, W. T. Livingston, —— Mintaro, FP. L. Jacobs, W, Jagobs, Jr., end others. Hon. Mr. Kirke, United Stata Minjstar jp Buenos Ayres, took the chair. Great vganimity prevatlat fend an ext om WAS porlected "* ener Out the obest of t singe, A Mare Peace Convention was held at Syracupe ypetor Gay, at which d Fernando Weod mane ® 4 & cerics of resolutions yere Proceedings may be found ta aliandigham ar ae meeting of the printers s from the yurtous # bold to the City F Of the printers, beado procession to the f dele vsti ie, morched ir where apecches were made aad tions adopted ec the Typographt fing foriti the Justice of the de bai Union for th prices. The meeting wre u very opitited aa J cuptivved enti b bea o'clock. Thore was to have boon a apeciol Mecting of the Board Of Aldermen yt, a quorum failing to atiend, bo bueivess was ee Toe wort for ng Streets met yoster- Gav mwerwing et (he Mayor's oifee The Mayor and Comptroller wero nreacut, “The propesmls of D. D. Badger ft clone the otroste at the rate of three h at ain, Foro subaait fed. Io the opis be proposals Gnd ej eotien e ve {0 omitting to provide for the removal of eeber act garbgs, Th w ) © Important F 4 tho ctreeia that dbo om! et “ duty the conir t bo Ini plieat tho wlcbe 1 y rendered the gro-Late firemen as o cove Peirvieum wee te bigt \ sure the flout ne ‘ es “ » ‘ . t . To, ae “ without Croigits » avd lower The Campaign in Virginia—Early Meinferced. ‘The abeelute hopclessness of the Southern cause is appereni in every line that the friends of the confederacy put in print. Southern men in this war bave been comparatively silent in the hour of success; they have been se!f-con- tained to a degree that no one expected of | them at timos when they might have gloried over victory; and, on the other band, they have boasted of what they wottld do in exact pro- portion as they have been without the power to do what they wouid wish, Extensive and even magnificent lying bas been begun by rebel organs, functionaries and generals exactly as the real power of the con- | federacy has begun to fail. General Lee never put forth @ deliberate lie in | orders through the whole period of bis grea! } \ always reneral suecesses; but in that disastrous retreat after Gettysburg it was another matter. Disaster appears then to have first lowered him to the level of a lie. He positively declared that there was no collision on the Potomes, though he lost two or three regiments and the colors | of four. In the midst of the recent overland campaign, too, he found at one time that he had need of whatever could serve his purpose, und, as he thought lying might, be published an order, deliberately penned, to deceive his troops. He isa type of the people he fights with, The South has always and purposely hurrabed loudest when it had least to hurrah about. and we infer, therefore, that its advocates feel that itnever had so much need as at present for all that they can do to serve it in that way. If we were to credit its stories we must sup- pose that none of the poetical pictures of lands of peace and plenty could equal the reality that the South now preseats. There is no blockade; but the South gets all the imported goods it wants; we have never bad any sne- cesses, and onght to admit that we cannot fight, and so on. Even the presence on Southern ‘ soil of our great armies under Grant and Sber- man is only tolerated for a little. They re- spectfully ask us to let those armies stay there for a few days longer, until Hood gets ready and Lee gets ready, and then—we shall see, But the Baltimore correspondent of the World gives us the latest Richmond view of Lee’s army, and caps the climax of lies. Grant is assumed to be of no account. He is known to be on the James with the two or three reg - ments that are left of bis army; but he cannot move, and Lee, therefore, thinks it not worth while to keep his army there just because Grant’s is. So the fact is, aecording to this long line from_ Petersburg to Deep Bottom. Longstreet’s corps and two di ns ef A. P. Hill’s corps, 36,000 men, have gone to Atlanta; Early has all of Ewell’s old corps, 20,000 men, and two divisious of Beauregard’s corps have gone to swell the valiey force to 34,000 men. Lee bas thus sent away seventy thou- sand men in all, and has left about ten thor- sand at Richmond out of politeness to Grant. But one inference can be drawn from these stories, The threats of what the South is abou, to do indicate the exact extent of Southern ina- bility. As soon as the South begins to tell us how Lee proposes to help Hood we may be very sure that Lee has more than be can do to belp bim- self; and the facts within our own knowledge assist the jnference that we draw from the Southern utterances, and like it point to the fact that Lee’s resistance is well nigh done with. His army is fought to pfices. It does not stand for a moment where it has not every advantage of position in its favor. Never till now did Lee, whea he had once taken the field, remain for thirty days in the presence of an enemy without an assumption of the offensive. He assaulted Grant’s line as soon as Grant was over the Rapidan, and has always fought in that way hitherto. Butnow he has made no at- tempt to strike since the first days of June, and even then his blow wns delivered with such want of intention that a very great blunder on our part did not give him a tangible result. He does not strike now because he has not the power. It is a bare question with bim how long he can endure, and he husbands his re- sources to stretch out the time. He assaulted McClellan’s lines in twenty- five days after he was made commander of the rebel army. He got rid of McClellan in seven days. He got rid of Burnside in less time. He got rid of old Joe Hooker by a single battle at Chancellorsville. He got rid of Meade, at Mine run, in half an hour, He bas not been able to gét rid of Grant im nearly foar months. Around dozen $f battles bave not enabled him to shake away from the tenacious hold of that hard fighter, and he is worn out with the «ttempt. He has entirely relinquished his former tactics. His last attem»t was to force Grant away by a supposed danger to Grant's capital. That also has ended in failure. He risked the strength of his lines to send Early into Maryland, and Early has heen drivea ap the valley. Within a few days Lee bes again bad to elect whether he would get rid of Grant by a general battle or whether he would continue, at even greater risk to his lines, the strategy of an advance down the valley. He bas again decided in favor of the latter. Early bas been reinforced, and Sheridan has retired toward Winches We do not doubt that Grant’s present move- ments bave reference to this decision so re- cently made by General Lee, and the country may be sure that our army ie in too good hands for us to be annoyed with the farce of Sheridan io retregt because Early bas been refnforced, and Grant staading still because not a man has | left Leo’s lines. Tar Posrrion av ATLANTA.—The rebel papers, in their telegrams from Atlanta, under date of rust 12, admit that the Union batteries aro planted in the streets of that city, and that the houses of McDonough street, running through the centre shot and s ifrom the Union batteries, And in his remarks to Ool. Jaques, yet Jef vis, asserts t herman may expect @ “disasirous defeat,” and contends that the military position of the South is botter Becrupone paper, ref were tt sion prisomers at Ander the bitterness of its | own holf stars | to eat bread and meet.” And a et they have to cat i uy thon bef poor rod { th of 6 vb tit siv-clwat Wundred Union prison Never bas the confederacy committed its cause so entirely to large lies as it does ebronicler, that there is now no force at all in front of Grant, only one division on the whole ie same, had been injured by the | NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY, AUGUST J9, 1864, ‘Phat Curtous Cheek and Its Results. We montioned yesterday that a bank in Navy evea went so far 28 to demand of the Secretary of War the saya? aed permanent Wall stwoot had oashed a aheck for twenty- | punishment of the “Bard of ty’? Tenth army five thousand dollars from a bank in Montroal in favor of Ben. Wood. Very curiously, tho Daily News of yesterday gives us the best possible proof that Mr. Wood has got the money and feels very happy over it. His paper opens with a double leaded editorial, oftering to bet five theusand dollars that Lincoln will be defeated.. This is tollowed by a long article on “Bargains.” In the very next column is another article upon the “‘wages’’’ Ben. Wood receives for trying to break up the Union. Taken in connection with the twenty-five thousand dollar check sent on from that nest of secessionists and British sympathizers, Montreal, these three articles are certainly very significant and sug- gestive. We may not unreasonably suppose that five thousand dollars of the twenty-five thousand transmitted to Mr. Wood are to be invested in the bet he offers to make. But what is to qecome of the remaining twenty thousand? Is it to be used in keeping up the News? That journal has no merit as a newspaper, and no advantage as an advertising medium, since the rebels are not the sort of customers our merchants desire to reach just at present. Consequently the News cannot pay legitimate- ly, and must receive some donations from outside sources in order to enable it to get along. Ben. Wood bolsteri it up a while as 8 lottery organ; but lotteries do not pay heavy profits now. It is more than likely, then, that this twenty thousand dollars is the subsidy which the Neres receives as the rebel organ. We know that the London Indes, which is a weekly peper of the same style as the News, is subsidized by the rebels and their British friends. No doubt Ben. Wood's jour- nal may be in the same conditon. On the other hand, we learn that hundreds of rebels and rebel sympathizers and Northern copper- heads are to be scummed off from the loyal States and from Canada and transported to Chicago to overawe the Democratic Conven- tion. It may be that Ben. Wood is the treas- arer of the organization for that purpose, and that the twenty thousand dollars is to pay the railroad tares and hotel bills of “a lot of these outside delegates, who are to torce the Convention to nominate a copperhead. Each of these hypotheses has a color of probability, and we shall not decide between them. As Ben. Wood pretends to be a pretty trank sort of a man, we call upon him to inform us upon the subject. Thesecond question which occurs to us in connection with this curious check is, who sent on the money? It came trom Montreal, where the rebel agents have their head- quarters. But British agents also rendezvous there, and are more likely to be in funds. The ‘vourse of the Daily News shows that it is equally favorable to both rebel agents and British agents. The paper advocates a dis- union peace, which is precisely what the rebels and the British both want. The Nets does its work well, and deserves its pay, whether it comes trom Jeff. Davis’ treasury or Earl Russells secret service fund. Besides making his journal a sewer into which the rebel editors pour all their filthy falsehoods about “Yankee” outrages, Ben. Wood throws open his columns to the lucubrations of an unscrupulous correspondent of the London Times, who is in receipt of 9 pension from the ew British government —as Ben. Wood will be by and by--and who continually assures the rebels that “there is a good time coming,” it they will only “wait a little longer.” The rebel government and the British government have become so identified that to fight one is to fight the other, as we saw in the case of the rebel steamer Alabama, manned with her British crew. It follows, therefore, that to help one is to help the other; and con- sequently Ben. Wood hasfearned wages from both. We know not what kind of a bargain he made, or whether both of them contribut- ed towards the twenty-five thousand dollars; butif the rebels sent that money we may soon expect another twenty-five thonsand dollar check from the British, or vice versa. Porhaps Ben. Wood considers the publication of his speeches in the London Times -a suffi- cient “‘satisfaction of the discharged duty’’ of injuring this country to the extent of his corps” by incarceration at hard labor on the } Dry Tortugas. Having thus suffere,,'’ for the | faith that was in him, it is but justia? that | private Miles should now be given due credit | for his prescience iu this matter. More or Tr More Grorr } vor Worins.—The rebel buccaneer, the Talla sce, continues her depredations with impu- and the glory, such as it is, of her achieve- ments belongs ¢o the sleepy old man at the head of the Navy Department. We thick it is about time for the merehvuts and shipowners sailing under the flag of the Union to move for the removal of that incubus upou the shoulders of the navy. Nothing would bave been easier to a competent min in bis position than the building, two or three years ago, of a | dozen steamers of such superior speed | and strength withal as to be able; to eaten and ran down tie swifiest | of Joi. Davis’ English bulit — corsairs | and b) eruavers. Bat in the costly nava! | establishment of tour or five bundred ships, good, bad and indifferent, built up under the superv sion of Weiles, there are bardly bal a dozen that can make the distance in three bours, under a full bead of steam, that the Tui- luhassee, according to all accounts, can make in two hours. If we may believe half tne stories that are told of his activity and energy in dispensing hs jobs of ship and engine build- ing to b's /avovites, regurdiess of cost or con- s-q:ences, Welles has at least been efficient in the duty of taking care of b.s own clique of the administration party. In this business, porhaps, may lie the secret of his retea- tion in the Cabinet: so long, against tue remonstrances of public opinion, Perhaps a general petition for bis removal from our mer- cantile classes, beginning with the New York Chamber of Commerce, would turn the tide against him at thiscrisis. Unqaestionably of all the blunders of Abraham Lincoln, as the Com- mander-...-Chief of the army and navy, bis ad- hesion to Welles is the most extraordinary, unaccountable and inexcttsabie. It has at lengih manifestly become the duty of our mer- chants aud sh'powners to oombine in an earnest appeal to the President for the removal of Welles, and we suggest te the New York Cham- ber of Commerce the propriety of leading of n urging this much needed reform. Nor rae Ricut Sort of Peace Nacoria- TIons.— Within the last three years we hare had from various volunieer peacemakers repeated attempts to open peuce nexotiatioas with tue chie!3 of the rebellion. Conspicuous among these philanthropic diplomats staud the Rev. John Wesley Greene, who came very at | near getting locked up in Washington; Colorado Jewett, the man in the moon, and Horace Greeley, a very queer fish, aud, lasily, Edmund Kirke, a sensation abolition romance writer of the school of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and the Rev. Colonel Jaques, a fighting parson of the style of Parson Brownlow. Now, all these men, each in his peculiar line, are remarkable characters; but they are not the men required to initiite a movement in behalf of peace. Professedly acting without authority, nothing could be expected from ‘snob irrespon- sible customers but the notoriety ar news paper profits of a nine duys’ wonder, which is, perhaps, all they have desired, from J. Wesley Greene down to Kirke and Jaques. Let the experiment be {ried of 9 duly authorized embassy to Richmond troni the President of the United States with a proposition of an armistice, and we sball doubtless have a dif- ferent result. Jf. Davis is too old a bird to be caught with ch.ff; and, what is more impert- ant, he turns, with the skill of a sharp poli- tician, all these irresponsible and bungling adventurers to his own advantage, as the guardian of what be calls Southern rights. Amusements. CAMPDELL’S MINSPRELS. ‘This popular troupe is drawing excellent houses ie + - Bowory. The company 1s very good and very strong, ‘fand the ball ts ocaducted in’the best vos=he® manner. A great programme to-night. THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS. These wonderful performers sail for Karope to-morrow. They will be accompanied by Mr. William Fay and the Rev. Dr. Fergus, their lectarer. Mr. H. D, Palmer, ome of oar most shread and clever mapagors, kas engaged the party far twe years, and wit travel with them. Re proposes to give seances, pablic and private, at Londons, Pare, Bertin, Vienna, St. Petersburg and all the targer cities of the continent, That the Davenports wil create ability, and depends for cash on the nail upori | an extraordinary seasation abroad, aud that Mr. Palmer the rebels alone. However this may be, we certainly think that the United States govern- ment ought to investigate this affair of the twenty-five thousand dollar check, and detail n detective or two to discover trom whom it came and how it is to be applied. It there be no secret undorstanding between President Lincoln and Mr, Wood, and po bergain. in referenve ta Mr, Wodh's oNorts to destroy the democratic party, We may confidanily eipect that the peace.aaany price Cmprressmam. tho qisunion editor ang Fecolver of suspicions checks frop Mantres! wil soon orc avy ane of the dungeons of Yor Lafayette ewe . Tun Lara Peace Puseo ge Migaata ayv Tim Cmicaco Coxvrymioy,—Our estrespondent at Niagara Falls throws some fresh light upon the late poace negotiations at the Clifton | Dean Richmond, subsequent to the opening of | the negotiations, the rebel agents narrated the | views of the leading men of the Sonth respect | ing peace, the true position of affairs was pre- sented, and a statement made as to what the | commissioners believed would be endorsed by | the rebel authorities. What the precise terme were does not appear; but they elicited an em- pbatic exprossion from Mr. Richmond that if | they wore well founded fighting must be stop- pod and negotiation commenced. It wili now | be curdous to notice the course Mr. Richmond will purane at the Chicago @onvention, as it will probably foreshadow the real basis upon whieh peace negotlations can be commenced with some prospect of a practicel aad favorable | result. O'Remiy ann tan Tron- Private Minas } CLans—Jestice To InnLANp.—While every ovo | ie now fully satiefied of the unfituese of the Eriessom fron-clads for the work they were built to accomplish, it should not be forgotten | that our epecial correspondent, private Miles O'Reilly, Forty-seventh regiment New York yol pteer infantry, was the first to denounce the folly of the invedtion, and to expose, in rong and prove, the radical bluaders of the ; Monitor-yuilt floating batteries. For citites on this point private O'Rei! fered o rigorous imprisonment on Mor sland, and the venerablq Secretary of the Lis st | House. It soems that in an interview with | will muxe his fortang, nobody oan reasonably doubt, We wish bim every succtss. WINTER GARDEN, This favorite theatre reopenod last evening, with Mr. W. Staart as manager, Mr. Elauiy as stago mavager, Mr Robert Stoepel ar musical director, and Mr. J. S Clarke asthe summer eter, The house has been repainted and decorated, and is cortainly very neat aod elazant, The footlighta bave bees sunk, co as to give a better effect to the stage picture The sconery displayed was ali new and very ntealy palates, and there was exco tent taste roown ia the Hage arraogomente broughout. Tu every respect the theatre hag been very greatly Improved during the interregaum, and Manfger Stuart boging bis reign most auspiciously. ‘The playa Inst ovening wore Evoryvody’s Friend and fee Bough Diamond. Those pieces aro 90 {amiliar to owr public that it Is unnoscsary to doscribe thom; but in Wis cave famillarity doos oot breed contempt. Both Ways wors capitaliy, thongh broadiy, acted, There was avery Incge audience, and @ very great deal of good, hearty laughter. The thoatre, fortunately, I cool enough to laugh {n com/oriably, On the whole, the eutertain. pient wae light, ploasant, eummory and just the thing for | tho audionoe. We ave rarely seen more emphatic emites | and hoard more decided gut A taptd round of euch perfermaaces will occapy the nomt scvoa or eight weeks, | and thea we shall have Sbakspere and Mr. Zdwin Booth, | Wo congratiiate Menager Stuart upon (be happy inauga- | | \ ration of hia regime. Personal Inteltigence. Pon Mariano Aivores, ex-Consul of Spain at New York, | and recenuy returned from &t, Dowingo, Is not hero, as | ramored, on avy political miemion, but rimply travelling for his , Accompanied by tho prosoat Vice Cousu!, D. A. M, de Zea Tho grliant Col. Macy, of the Twentieth Manachu- | neets, Drigade, will arrive io this ely this morning. arrangements for hia reception hive been made by Howe, the Maseachusette State agent. John #. Pierkon, of Buevoe 2 Chapin, of New York: De. L. La , of Londen; 8. B. Gardiner, of Gardiner's island; Viecout L. bradford, ¢ Vailadetphia; Major Kodraan, United tates Army, B. 8, Cotiin, of Teens Ayrea: ©. Hi. Benoist, of st Louw Goneral Saxton, United States Army: dIr. A. Thomas and H. Garels, of Hivana; D. T. Voli, of Troy of Cixeinmnet!. Hoo, Lyman Trematn,.of al, ; Rev. fr. BA, ibany, and T. T. who was wounded On Sunday Inet, while leading a 4 Proper | @ David Gibson, | Pringle, of Oregon, are stoppiug @) the Fuih Aveoue | Yote!. F. B. Hollister, of Chicago; @. ton, T, Campholl aud £ A, Henderson, of Wash + Of Califor nd B. 2. famiey and family, of New Orleans, are stop; Metropolitan Hotel! in rr Poitce Intottigence. A Perotar Cave bout three o'clock yortordny morning © of the Fighiessth previnet, caagbt a young man to the not of crawling from | one of tho frout windows of dtr. Willan M. Forgacor residence, 126 Past Bighternin treet, Tho buriginr wan feized and taken totue station hovne, whore hy gove hie | nome as dwerd Nyaks Jn hie posdesion were found | piece of clk ant a gold ® alned at one, hundred dole | fars, belonging t Mr, Ferguson 1 was yeetorday | tos re de Ledwith oud ewau tied for trial im eu t | @ofautt of $1,600 bail gmt io | Military Affatrs. THE FRE vi AIMMONT AND TIE DRAPE, The c).cera and members of the Fire Department are Uranineusly signing & memorial to tue Secrotary of War asking that the request of Goversor Seymour for @ ro- vievcu of tho euroiment lists ef this city muy be com- Pied with, ‘They plead their valustle services m the 84) Tessi B of the July riots of 18¢8, and ask that the City way Fol be ageia expo%ed toa recurrence Of that Givastroas tumult, Ail they respectfully ask is that the Secretary of War may be pleated to a) point a commis- aloo for dhe revision Of tho enrolment lists Similac be that which 80 largely correcrad the eruiment lists of the preendiag year.” the memorit is being aigaed by all the ov'cers of the Fire Vepartment aid by all the men, Add Suck A docement Conuod fail tO elivit, an@even to extort, wiieniion, NAVAL OREDITS ON THE DRAFT. A comiaissi 0 bas been appointed from this State: con- sisting of Governor seymour and Colonel Townsend, to examine the re.ister and secure the credit of men en- Usted nthe navy from this State, and not heretoror credited, A like © mmssion {rom Tenneylyania bas spointed, oorsisting of Colovel Todd aud Captam vost Morstal Geveral Fry has addressed a letter to the Cxmmisaion, I whicu the fullow.ng Instructions o¢ cur:— : Sect on 8 of rther to remu- ont of the ereury ols an, mm! son it may de proper ber ot nthe naval rs, by the Navy ve- ang this que ton the Secretary thinks it will sve that coe site im which navel enlistments sented to the credit for those em ist+ vad ear by more direntey dence that Tae points at law tw be ov- qhoted wil readiiy be perceived uit ee oF ihe thet the total nur be fart y x have been made ments ties 3 Rerved napsiie. the ac Uy tie Coutunission, GENERAL SPINOLA'S TRIAL. The report that Genera! Spinolz has been acquitted, or that the charges against him have been absndoved, is entirely erroueous. In consequence of a technical ine formality, Lieutenant Colonel Hall, the Judge Advocate in this cise, withdrew the coargos from the considera- tion of the oourt in order to make them more specific, ‘And the trial will be immediately resurmed ou the amended obarges. Judg og from what we hear, the trial will be obe of more than common interest; and wi eata lose tw marine for What reason the court should continue to imeist that its prooeedi, hail be carried op with closed doors Ii there be vo desire on the part of those in aw thority to suppress the truth in this case, why shuld not Ube proceedings be epen to the pregs and public? THE AUKEST OF OOLONEL MAIDHOF¥ AND OFFICERS » OF THE KLEVENTH REGIMENT. The following orders have been issued relative to the arrest oF Colonel Juachin Maidhoif apd other oflicers of the Eleveuth regiment Nutioval Guard:— APHCUAT ORDERS—NO 380. GeermRaL HEAD UsRIERS, S7ATs OF New Yore, ADJUTANT GENKKAL'S OFricK, ALuAnY, August 18, 1864. 1. The officers of the K'eventh reuime ¢ onal ef the Staw of new York, having lL Hi nieral Char es H. uard ontrements of the cr jeneral James A, State, umbil fursher 1 id ssury General of the ordera. who w ons wry receipts, 2. hrawe ter hy Ewen commanding Fourth gale Navioy at New York, ts chat wih the on of thts order. By oeder 0} ort aie JOUN fF SPRAGUE, Adjutant General. B.RCIAL ORORK:—NO. 36, Brapguanteas, Fy NY.S.N G, mat 15, 4 Joachim th reginent New York Stay been ue charges tohow a. ial for bi f WTlox, of tue Nuth regiment New rd. as men bers, the y. corner of mn Tend ay eeis, 1b the city t t ° weeding in the disciat D Mead, piviaon Judge will attend said court as Judge Advocate thereof. ol or General CHARLES W_ SANDFORD. tox, Division Loapector. * The Actors’ Protective Union, MEETING AT THY COOPBR ING'ITUTK, = An adioarved meeting of the Actors’ Protective Union was beld yesterday afternoon at the Cooper Institute, Mr W. B. Davidge ip ibe cate, There was a good atten: dance. ‘The minutes of last meeting boing read snd approved, the ocommittes appointed w coufer with the Trades Union as to 1be feasibility of on-operation reported through Mr, Barnard. The report set forth the imposéiflity of oining with the Tradus Uuton, on accouut of their hours of meeting, a8 well as olbor technicalities, ‘Tbe report was received. ‘Tbe (ollow ing cfroular, wh'ob is to be sent to all the agar actresses iu (be couniry, was tbeo read and 0) pted — TO THE DRAMATIC PROFRAEION OF AMBRICL Lanins axp Guatie ¢ tormation of the above Damed society beng Hmperntire y demand: d by the long ex- isting Decess.ty lor aw Oyuitale siatus ior We members of the profession, your sitention 7 copy of the annyxed preamble to that end are fully see forth is ctty have addet lane y nomber+€ their asso- awevery gnthering, am it 18 Only meeessary for ite officers te prewent the sim and ob ect of this project te in sare the co-opernuion of the profe-mon thronghoat the eutire continent, By laws are in course of pre)aration, and will be y considersd. when ft wil bs regard ior the interest of the ere as wel as mciors wod nctrexsea will form the nent ieatmre of the cendition. To this end sugees: lly solicited from’ manazers ax we Wil meet with the most careful peru ents meetings alveady heid ne A resolutioa was noxt adopted that tbe association meet fo fuiure on the first of every meath, commencing Sep tember 1. Mr. Davincr then addressed the meeting as follows:— Oentim@me—I desire to congratulate you upon the pros. perous advance you bive mate since your tpaugural meeting at he Astor House op (he 11th of inst montn, where you agitated the questive 0 equal rights between employer and employed Stace that time you have bud Dat two other meetings prior to this, and younow pumber abeat one bundred members. Is not this jwogress’ If wo look back to the great commercial oity of Manchester, whore a measure wee provided which revoiutiontzed the commerce of that country, what do we find? Why. but tbat thirty-five pereoos assembled at the first meeting for the repeal of tee corn laws Tsay then onward be your progress. Listen not to those who are totally igno- Tant of the sub/eet at issue, aud who tell you that you cannot strive ot « consummation of vour deatgn, because You caunot dotine Howe of busmew Yor kbow well enorgh that you can: and you know that you can simply becsuse yon understand the subject, and thoy do not. (Appl-use.) I unve been very muct! amured at the way ive been battonholed at atreet corners by inquiring tavited to explain the ob,ect and inteytion of y y. Some assume that the managers are the est judges of what the actor is capable of doing: but whed yiu localize the matter in such a way wa to apply ® like principle to their own petticular ayocation they most Birenuousiy object to a de capo o! their own composition, ighter and applause.) Notion most be your motto, fod when you bive sec tplished the ubject ‘you seck all right thinking ond liberal minded peopic will readily aad cheerfully endorse you. A motion to adjourn w then put and carried, City Intelligence, Tum Seem Craving Commract.—The Commissioners for “cleaning streets” by contract, consisting of the Mayor and Comptroller (the City Inepector act being present), met yesterday in fhe Mayor's office, The Mayor presentod the new proposal of Mr. D 1). Madger, offering to cloan the stroots for five years at (he rate of $300,000 per annum, without specifying further conditio The former o.ler of Mr, Badger was rejeciod, because he stipu- Jated that the manure should be at his own disposal, an Uret the City Inspector ehould guarantee him a free and auticient supply of Cwoton water free dumping grounds, In thia, his eecond proposal, fir, Badger maker Ho stipulations of the ki in his spec to provide tor the rem: and qarba Meyor and Comptrotier both thought this fats Patyor's proporal,re it ts vory neceseary to have (hose avd distinctly epeci“ed in all pro osnia for and therciore the Commissioners cleaning decided U Awxnicas Byrenayr Sociemr,—This company bos just commenced buainess fn this city, with a capital of one mill of deliars, for the purpose of securing to tho country the emigration of mochanior, agricultural labor. cre mod minora, and transporting them to this country. Vertias dssiring to import laborers throngh the agen of this company ora reqcired bo forward taformation Pio Aud explicit as porsibid, atabing the exec’ qu tions of the mon requ ys bin) agent of pany contracts with the mon for their serv! t on fied time, undertaking bo pay thom the current a this conmery. for #ueh work, or to make such raiea os way b& required. iba man thus ¢ tracted with ara duly trangported to the nearost =ip} port, ond thoes to New York, where they come ui ihe imanedinte enpervinion oho cetpany, and ar once pook to thelr fon, 9) pected oe pylug them the entire distance. The cificers of tb Pony arg ag folluwe:—A. G, Hammond, of Hai is Gillette, of Counecttent Precidoot; Hon, tre ‘ President; John Hooker and 8. P, Lyman, Secretarive, and Job Gonoral Agent, Mayor Gunther bas given notice until the rebutlding of the now incor at on Caivary (F street and Fou in the Fitet, Fourth and Vitin fire dictricts so fmm tolog 1 iy Gall, and thence to tho eoveral towers throughout the city. ‘The cid bell tower iting tho duly rit and its 4 of boon severely Colt of the Fire Department Uving 10 2 te olay, rub avenuo, will be ruag for frePocourrtag | Tn cave ef | re in the vietnit | sre crate be the newrost poues ALation , ¥ ommuntented by Feet to Ube Howlqvarcers and to tre City Fire Tel. ~ MEWS FROM WASHINGTON, Wasusarow, August 18, 1864. THY ARMISTION QUESTION AND THOS BEPUBLICAN LEADERS. ‘Tho armistios question 1s almost the only topic in Waek- fogton. It is kvewn positively that prominent republi- cao party mamagers regard it as vitally Important that Mr. Lincoln should immediately take steps to open nego tiations in this respect, A conferonce was held a few days ago of Now England leaders, tn which tt was concluded that the only safety OF the adininfstration party, under existing circumstances, is in proposing negotiations for a termmuation of the war. ‘These necessarily involve aa armistice, which will allow 4 postponement of the draft nati! after she election, and will also permit soldiers to be sent home to vote, Sena tor Wilson, of Massachusetts, hes paid a visit to Wash. ington, to represent to the President the opinion of the republicans of New Englaad that this necossi¢y exists, Mr. Fessenden, the new Secretary of the Trea sury, who is cognizant of the moyamont, is understood to have declared that if something of this kind’ ts not done promptly he will be compelled to retire from the Cabinet, ‘The President ig warmly in favor of the experiment, Be thinks that, “if it can do no good it wil! do no-harm to try iton,”” It is the last card to be played to coniuse tho Chicago Convention and take the wind oatof the sails of the peice men, That it will be done, and speedi- ly, there is no doubt, The republican leaders here are uot only fell of it, but they imsist that without it thop Will be deieated, They hope that Jeff, Davis will decline tonegotiate, and that they will thus get the credit of making an effort to stop the wi There are, however, sound tbiuking mou who believe that the proposit iow will be accepted. SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT TO ONIO: SOLDIERS. This afternoon the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Obte- regiment, Colonel J.C. Lee, whose term of service bes expired, paid their respecia to the President, in {rént ef the Executive Mausion, who addressed them as follows:— Soters—You are about to return to your homes as@ your friends after baving, as | learn, performed in camp Roomparstively short term of duty bu this great content. Tam greatly « blixed to you and to all who bave ome forward at the call ot their country. J wish it might be more geverally and universaily understood what the country ie now engaged in, We have, as all will agree, a free goverument, Where overy man ‘has a right to be equal with every other maa, ‘in this great struggle bis form of goverument aad every form of human rights te endangered if our coemies succeed. There is more in volved ip this coutest thaa is realized by every one ‘There {s.iuvolved in this struggle the question whether your children and my childreo shail enjoy the pri we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upom you, if you are wot ulready eo {mpressed, that oo small matter should divert us from: our great purpose. There may be some inequalities tn the practical application of our system. It is fair that cach man pry taxes in exact tion to the value ot 13. property; but @ sbould wait before ‘collecting a ‘tax to adjust the taxes upon each maa, ia exact proportion with every other man, we sbeukl vever collect any tax atail, There may be mia takes mude sometimes: things may be done wrong white the officers of the government do all they can to prevent mistakes, But | bog of you, as citizens of this greas republic, not to let yeur minds be cai off from the great work we have before us, This struggle is toe Iarge for you to be diverted from it by any smat! mate ter. When you return to your homes rise up to the Leight of a generation of men worthy of a free goverm ment, avd we will carry the great work we have commenced. { return to you my sincere thanks, for the bonor you have done me this afters noon. Cheers wore given for the President, and be was saluted by the regiment, atter which the march was takea up fur the railroad depot. FINANCIAL MATTERS. The suddenly increased subscription to the new lem has afforded great relief to the Treasury Department, gives assuranoe of the administratten being able te meet {te current obligations. ARRIVAL OF EXCHANGED PRISONERS AT ANNAPOLIS. Four huadrod and Ofteea privates, seven surgeons amd one chaplain arrived at Anvapolis yesterday, (rom Rieh- mond, as exchanged prisoners, Lieutenant Colonel Mans fleid, Second Wisconsin, weunded iw the Wildersessg Major Motley, Firat Massachiwetis, aud Licatenant Foote, One Hundred and Twenty-iwet New York, Lavo arrived bere upon special parole, granted by the rebe! hoa ties. Assistant Sargeous Brady, Ons Hundred aad Thirty. uiath New York; Getcheli, Seventh Main rmstrong, Fitth New York cavalry, and Laver, ita, Pena, syivania, have been anoonditionally relensed. BRIGANDS IN VIRGINIA. An organize! band of berse thieves from Marylend is plundering Loudon and Fairfax ooanties, Va, undor the guise of guerillas. A few captures bes made by our troops, but nothing has yet bees plished towards chook ing the outrages. REBSL DRSEBYEAS AND PRISONERS. “ Thirty.ope rebel deserters were brought tu this morm- ing, and took the oath of allegiance, Two bandred and sixty Ove rebel prisoners arrived bere last night from Geueral GranVs army, and fiity to-day from Geaerdl Sheridan. SENTENOR OF A DELINQUENT CONTRACTOR. Daniel Warnor, 8 contractor, who emtered into artes of agreemont with the chief quartermaster of the eay~ alry bureag to farnish twelve hundred heres st B& Charles, Iil., and who failed to furnish any, bas been sentenced by court martial bo pay a fine of two thoussd dollars, or to be imprisoned for a term not excoedmg ene ear. Fravos REGARDING THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. The attention of the War Dspartment bas boon called to the fact that tveurgent enemies in Kentucky, femmes see and Miesouri bayo endeavored frauduieatly abd treacherously to obtain the benefita of the Presidents amnesty, for the purpose merely of preserving their pro- perty from the penalty of their crimes or screening themselves from punishment for the commission @f ar- son, robwery and murder, Accordimgly]an arder bea been issued to all commanders In the military sorvice to prevent the improper administration of the cath to per sons taking It for any other than the “purpose of re- storing peace and eatabnshing the national authority,” as expressed in the terms of the proclamation, all the benefits of which end full protection are promised to those who voluntarily come forward and take the oath. THE PUBIC LANDS. The records of the General Land Qilee show that the domand for and the settioment of public lands, are greater than they have been dering any previous season within the last three years, The receipts of money have, as @ conseqnonce, been very largely increased. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THR GOVERNMENT LOAN. ‘Tho subsbriptions to the reven-thirty loan reported a8 the Treasury to-day amount to $1,186,000. PROMOTION. Captain Dawnon, of the Second New York artillery, @ ‘son of the editor of the Albany Journal, who was severely wounded at Petersburg, but who is convalescent, received to day a commission as major for gallant and meritorioas ip Lady Emily hton Board the Fig jo) Poa Pamavecrma, August 18, 1964. This afternoon a fight occurred on board the ship Lady Emily Peale, which arrived from Londondorry last night. During Iast night and this morning the crow of the sbi won! on shore and returned yery much intoxicated, a finally bégan to fight among themselves, A gevcral row fsoon ensued upon the deck, during which the boatswatn, whose namo is McMaster, of Beliast, was etabbed in the neck with a J heath knife, Tho jugular voin w: cut ond MoMacter bled to death mm a few momonts. Another of the crew, somes Freee rca - ne ne joted the wound, ‘The iat Bethan and bed Ho was taken to the bospi~ . Tho petice tools go of the vessel, arresting some elght or ten of t crow, who will be held to await the Coroner’s investiga. tion. Fire in Roxbury, Masa, Boston, August 18, 18¢4, ‘The Newton Lubricating Oil Works, on Park strest, Roxbury, were biown up and set on fire to-day by theex: plosion of te dofier, A large quantity of oll was destroyed, Loss $23,000; insured for $15,000 in New York. Inst betwoen the yach contested race the soli nea: gontiomen of this troduced many improvemants fibrous and paper stock trou 3. by which it is eb exla now used vill ull an Pr a ehion ts ond of VP neaviest fives 4 tock. Aa vot noviiag ato praction 0 Pie Yes merita, Ute tf mo aud attention of the fovent {ng absorbed By DW other ox Hut dhe AtteMEON Fr poioters, fate onwoet fail ‘to bo WY, w hohe of eyala aa duentt br be a and itis 7 oe that we moy soon Heo A revo! paper MALWagtura Morton Manscrivh ‘vice in the battles from the Wilderness to Petersbarg.- AQHaTics. =A very exciting race took place on Monday Carrio and Neliie,of the Hobokem Yacht Club, for H/ty dollars. Tho coursa wailed was from ‘stave boat anchored of the Club Houery around buoy 18 oleback plaes of starting. The wind being fresh from the soliheart. a well conten pened, the Carrie winr t :mivules, The Carr, was satied by tha well koown Capiaia W. Acker. Thy tne made was two hours aud ihirty minutes, New Parem Mame PRocem— We understand that a wito hays already sucoosefally tm. in the manufacture of bys potented a process for A%&, wool, or other fibrous ma- ‘Od thet one-half the cbeml- v be saved, god that good Pe onl ie ‘or lowe than six eerie per ponod, Papar meker ww Noratand the lupe rtance of the raving in chemt- of expocditurs ia bas been done (o tition, oF éven to rowed prece a 2