The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. |”” ‘AMES GURDON BENNET®, EDITOR AND PROPRISTOR OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAC 875. TERMS cash in advance. Movey sent by mail will be atthe risk of the sender. None but bank bills current in New York taken THE DAILY HERALD, Fous cents per copy. subscription price $14. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five cents Annual per copy. Avnual subscription pric One Copy 38 Three Copies 5 Five Copies . 8 Teo Copies ose : sees ob NO NOPICE taken of anoaymous correspondence, We do aot return rejected communications, ge five cents per copy for three months Auy larger number addressed to names of subscribers, Gt 50 exch. An extra copy will be sent to every club of ten. Twenty copies, to one address, one year, $25, and any larger number at same price, An extra copy Ji be sent to clubs of twenty. Zhese rates make the Wergiy Herat the cheapest publication in the country. ‘The Eexoreay Eprmion, every Weduesday, at Five cents per copy, $4 per annum to any part of Great Britain, or $6 to any part of the Continent, both to incinde postage. Volame XXIX veecee NO, 247 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. = ——— spoon SIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Cortor anus. TO INTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Byanrsopr's Frigxp— ‘OODLES: OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Miriaw’s Crime— Comtoas Countess. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Vinoce—Na TONAL DEFENOKS—FREDERICK THE Gieal. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery. ~Signer or King So1o- moe —CHwAr Excuuston—N ak io: BROADWAY THEATRE, Peorue’s Lawren. BARNUM'S MUSEUM. Broudway.—Tow Tuuxs—Two Giants, Two Dwagrs, ALwinog, PinrENTs. £0 all Roura New Ywaws Cauus—Jocsom—at HA. M., Sand 7% 433 Broadway.—Victim— WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway, —Brmioriax Bones, Dances, &c.—Lur CONTRABANDS COLLEGE. CAMPBELL MINSTRELS, 199 and 201 Bowerv.—Vaniap anv Excimixa M cx oy ErHiorian Oppitixs, AMERICAN THEATRE. No. 444 Brondway.—Baucers, Pantomimes, Buruxsques, &0.—Vouay-VENt. SEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 615 Broadway.= Ovkiositiey AND Lycrokes, from PALM. NLP MS JONES! WOOD—Tur Crearios, ROOLEY'S OPRRA HOUSS, Brootiyn.— Boxca, Dances, Buauasaues, ac. SOON —Remrortan New York, Monday, September 5, 1864. THE SITUATION. The capture of Atlanta, and the serious disaster to General Hood's army is at length officially established. Geueral Sherman’s despatoh to the War Department, which was delayed by the breaking of the telegraph linea, was received late yesterday. It is dated @ix o'clock on Saturday morning. Mr. = Stan- gives the report of General Sherman in Ris bulletin to General Dix, received here last night. ‘Tho leading points are that, as already stated, the army withdrew from Atlanta and made a break of the Weat Point road, reaching a good position on the 30th ult., from which to strike the Macon road—the right com- munded by General Howard, near Jonesboro; the left, under Schofield, near Rough aud Ready, and (the centre, under Thomas, at Couch’s station. Goneral Howard drove the enemy from their position ‘at Jonesboro after a bard fight, and General Sherman Droke the railroad clear through from Rough and Ready down to Howard's left, throwing his whole army be- tween Jonesboro aud Atlanta, They made a general ton attack on the enemy at Jonesboro on Thursday, the Fourteenth corps, General Jef C. Davis, car- rying tbe works splendidly, taking tem guns @od about @ thousand prisoners. In the night the enemy retreated south and our troops followed him to another of bie lines near Lovejoy’s station. General Hood, finding Sherman's forces between him and a considera Die part of hie army, blew up bis magazines at Atianta od left in the night time, when the Twentieth corps, General Slocum, took possession of the place. So, says General Sherman in his despatch fs ours, and fairly won.” “Atlanta Our losses, be saya, will not exceed twelve hundred, Gud we have possession of over three hundred rebel dead, two hundred and fifty wounded, and over Mfceen hundred weil Mr. Stanton adds that « later despatch (rom General Biocum, dated at Atlavta oo the 3d, at nine P. M., states that the enemy destroyed seven locomotives and eighty ‘one cars loaded with ammunition, smal! arms and stores, end left fourteen pieces of artillery, most of them auin- Jured, and a large number of small arms A division of rebel cavalry, under Genoral Lomax, at- ked a portion of General Sheridan's (orces pear Bunker which resulted in their being defeated and driven back five miles towards Winchester by our troops. Their artillery varrowly escaped being captured. The struggle was a severe one, but our loss was slight. All ts quiet coming into his agod by his late order affording them protection and gm- ployment. Geveral Grant's army. Deserters are es \o considerable numbers, encour- MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. As we have for some time anticipated, the draft will Dot take place to day, at least pot in thie city or Brook lye, The correspondence between Supervisor Blunt and Adjutant Genera! Stonehouse aud Assistant Provost Marsba! General Towasend shows (bat we are to receive credit on our quota for our naval enlistments, which freee us from the draft on the last cail of tie President for five bundred thousand me ‘Tne steamship Germania, from fouthampton on the Q4th of August, reached this port yesterday morn: Dringing our European files dated to ber day of sailing ‘The news bas been anticipated io its main features, ax have the financial and commercial reports, by our telegrapnic report from the Caledonia, of Cape Race, published in the Hexacn on Saturday, The papers of the Germania contain ome interesting details. ‘The Septomber term of the law courts commences to Guy, but most of the courts bave adjourned over uotil October. The Supreme Court, circult and general term, ‘will moet on the 19th tnt. The General Sessions com mences this morning, Judge Russe! presiding It ia probable that « large number of {ndictments will be dis- posed of during the mouth, inasmuch asthe calendar of prison cases is heavy, coupied with the fact tng to custom, no bal) cases have been tried f Shree months The energy which the City Judge District Attorsey have beretolore exhibited, however ia toe transaction of the public Dusiness give the assur. ence that at the close of the term the calendar will be protty wel! cleared. The United States steamer Ticonderoga pol toto Barba does op the 6th ultimo, coaled and sniled again, 8 ann Vox.—Mr. Lineoln re- cently lost his temper and spoke of ‘the pica- yune attacks” upon bis administration. We suppose that he refers to the universal demand for the removal of Welles and his Fox, or Fox and his Welles, who now disgrace the country by their mismanagement of the Navy depart- ment. Under Welles and als Fox, or Fox and Welles, incompeteney and corruption have 6 synonymow with that department, and tiscks upon these notorious Rreapabies be ted by Mr. Lincoln be will probably be ‘out of temper until election day and after that a sili be gus of ofion, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1864 THE NAVAL RECRUITS. tion of New York from the Drart— Our Quota Filled. It will be seen bya telegraphic despatch, which we publish in another columa, that this city has been credited with elghteen thoisand four hundred and forty-eight men on account of naval enlistments between the years 1861 and 1864, and Brooklyn with alx thousand and forty-six, while the balauce of the total of twenty-seven thousand seven butdred and forty-six, which New York ratsed during that time, has been allowed to other portions of the State. Properly the number credited to Brook lyn ought to belong to the city of New York; but this is a matter of little consequence, seeing that we are so well situated asitis. To the number with which we are credited eleven hundred has to be added for the excess in our fayor over the last quota, and there is reason to believe that more than the bal- ance against us, after making the above deductions, has been raised here by subsequent naval enlistments and volunteering. We may, therefore, we are glad to say, congratulate the community on freedom from all liability to the coming draft. This we have well earned, for of the two hundred and fifty recruits that are procured in this city daily nearly two-thirds are lost to us by their removal to other States. The number with which we are credited, es- timated at the former exemption price of only three hundred dollars per man, would amount to no less a sum than five million five bundred and thirty-four thousand four hundred dollars, which may be regarded as 30 muck saved to the county treasury. This is, however, a small consideration compared with the risk of a repetition of the riots of last year, with their fearful consequences. For this happy result we are indebted chiefly to the untiring energy and indefatigable zeal of Supervisor Orison Blunt, who has worked night and day in order to seoure justice for the city. It is a source of further gratification to us to learn that, notwithstanding our having fur- nisbed all that is at present required of us, it is the intention of the Volunteering Committee to proceed energetically in the work of recruit- ing, so as to provide a surplus against the con- tingency of another call. Sherman's Great Victory—Its Military and Political Effect. The fall of Atlantais no longer a matter of doubt or conjecture, based upon the gossip of pickets, the mysterious admissions of the Rich- mond journals or the dubious bulletins of the War Secretary. The telegraph wires which were temporarily destroyed by the rebel chiefs Wheeler, Forrest and Roddy have found a voice, and a positive assurance of the defeat of Hood and the occupation of Atlanta from General Sherman himself has reached us, and is published in our columns to-day. The victory appears to have been com- plete, the plans of General Sherman well ex- ecuted, and the result entirely satisfactory. “Atlanta is ours, and fairly won,” says Sher- man. Hood, finding that his army was cut in two, blew up the magazines at Atlanta, and abandoned the city, which was at once occu- pied by General Slocum. Without being furnished with the par- ticulars of Hood’s loes, we may readily conceive that it must have been most disastrous. His army was in a position to break all to pieces when it broke at all; and all that we know of the previous position of the two armies in Georgia { v rs the aa- sumption that this defeat is one t..¢ ‘eaves the rebellion no army and no hope in the Southwest, and is a blow from which it is clearly impoasi- ble that the rebellion can ever rally. Up to the time of this battle the position in Geor- gia was justly regarded by the rebels themselves as equal in importance to the posi- tion ia Virginia. Atlanta was as vital as Rich- mond; Hood’s army not leas important than Lee’s. All the material that the rebellion could get together wasin that army—all the detached bodies of troops and the State militia. Mobile, Florida and Charleston were stripped to strengthen it, and every element of resist- ance that was not necessary for Richmond went to Atlanta. Sherman’s success, therefore, by the capture of Atlanta andthe victory over Hood, destroys that one-half the power that the confederacy relied upon. And such was the intimate relation between the power in Virginia and that in Georgia that the destruc- tion of that half is the destruction of the whole, for neither part can live alone. Wego but very little further than the London Times did when it contemplated the possibility of this success in saying that the victory at Atlanta bas*put down the rebellion. Another battle will certainly be fought in Virginia, aud wa may regard it in advance with the peculiar interest that will naturally pertain to the last battle of this great war. Though it will be the last battle it will not be the Water- loo, for the rebellion has received its death- blow. That battle cagnot save it, though it may hasten the collapse. At any hour we may hear that Lee has once more devoted his army to a useless slaughter and burled the small rem- nant of his men against Grant's lines. He can- not change the issue, though he will simplify it. He will reduce the number of those who can possibly give trouble to the government in future——who, lost to all the restraints of society, will take to the mountains aud the woods, and make the Southern States forthe next fifteen years an unpleasant country to travel in. Oliver Cromwell said that a man-of-war was the beat ambassador, General Sherman has proved to be the best peace negotiator. He bas knocked Colonel Jacqass and Colonel Jowett, Greeley, Vallandigham and Wood com gletely out of sight. In all our political his tory there never was @ party started on leas intellectual capital and with a smaller amount of brains than this peace party of Vallandig- bam and Woed. One battle has taken from them the very ground that they stood upon. Before the period arrives at which they can go before the people the question that they pro- posed to gubmitto the people will have been decided beyond peradventare by our armies. There will be peace before they oan ask the people to vote for peace—and their ascendancy. Their platform contained ono idea—cessation of hostilities. It’ sald clearly as « platform could “don’t bit the South any more; she gan'h Aleod ib! Bus Gala commegh sill sound oddly when, before it ean be acted upon, the South has bees knocked out of time. Our snocess at Atlante has thus at once changed the whole political aapeet, and must necessarily unsettle the shape that parties have at present taken. We have supposed that General McClellan was a man too decidedly and positively bonest—not to say too clear- sighted-—to go before the country on this ret- ten Chicago platform, We have supposed that he would only accept this nomination with the distinct reiteration of those sound and patriotle views that have made him beloved by the people, We hope we were right in this par- ticular, But, in case General MoOlellan had any intention to accept the Chicago nomir tion, platform and all, Sherman’s victory has come just in time. McClellan may profit by the victory of another general, though he was ed to profit by his own. The very ambition that might stimulate a man to accept a nomination for the Presidency should prevent his taking this one. McClellan can see clearly enough the change that Sherman’s victory makes in the political horizon, and can see that this nomination is not only an abso- Inte worthless one now, but must ruin for all his future the man who is shortsighted enough to tuke it. We have no longer any apprehen that General McClellan will be that man. Exue or Grveran Priw.—We learn from Madrid that the Spanish Cabinet has or- dered General Prim, ex-commander of the Spanish army in Mexico and well known in this city, to fleaye the capital, and to take up a fixed residence at Oviedo. General Prim is a member of the progressista party, and it is said that this measure against bim was taken in consequence of the agitation re- cently prevailing at Madrid, and of the at- tempts at revolt made at other points of Spain. On leaving the city the General, who is very popular, was accompanied to the railway station by an immense crowd, who loudly cheered him. To us there is much of signifi- cance in this. Napoleon has no love for Gene- ral Prim, who has spoken some strong demo- cratic truths to him from time to time, and while he commanded the Spanish troops in Mexico he did everything to frustrate the French plan of holding the country, while col- lisions between French and Spanish soldiers were of every day occurrence. The sudden expulsion of this officer from Madrid, under a ban of exile, is doubtless with a view of pleas- ing Napoleon, who has perhaps been making tempting offers of alliance with Spain. The King Consort also left Madrid on the 18th of last month for Puris, where he was re- ceived with more than regal grandeur. What is the meaning of all this but a scheme of Napoleon and a plan to gain over the Queen to his cause, and to form an alliance of the greatest advantage to him- self? The cheers of the Spanish people for General Prim show that they feel differently; but the movement does not less clearly betoken the tact and adroitness of Napoleon in taking the lead in Europe. We now see him govern- ing France, directing the councils of Italy, making an allianoe with Spain, giving an em- peror to Mexico, invading and holding the dis- tant territories of the Chinese and Cochin Chinese, striving to give another Bonaparte (not a Bourbon) as a present to Jeff. Davis’ bogus confegeracy, if acceptable, and frighten- ing poor John Bull out of bis senses by his rapid and shrewd diplomacy. No doubt he would like to make his interference in our af- fairs more actively felt; but in the present changed aspect of things he will take care not to thus compromise himself. Toe Sreixe or tue THEATRICAL MaNagers.— Strikes are infectious, to judge from the fact that for months past we have undergone a sories of them. All classes have indulged in strikes, and now our theatrical mauagers have met and determined to increase the prices of admis- sion to their several places of amusement. It remains to be seen how the public—the patient, but not spiritless public—wiil take the matter. The probabilities are that no cessation of patronage will be felt by the theatres if, with increase of price, they give imcrease of attraction. The public is well aware that all the necessaries of life have gone up in price, and will naturally expect to find amusements taking the same tendency; but witb increase of cost reflection will come, and ere the dis- bursement be made the inducement will have to be more than ever strong. With in- crease of price we shall become more ex- acting, and will not put up with scant returns for our outlay. We shall expect our theatres to be liberally conducted, and shall withdraw our patronage from those which show any lack of enterprise in pro curing the best talent wherewith to give with necessary eclud auch entertainments as will warrant increase of price. A sbabby mise en scene, poor acting and all such drawbacks must no longer characterize any of our metro- politan establishments, else they wili be neg- lected by the public, and, as a consequence, be overtaken by that ruin which many have hitherto richly merited. Greenbacks, we ‘know, bave depreciated, and the very thought tends to a carlessness ia their outlay; but still our managers must got expect to take advan- tage of this fact, unless they are fully deter- mined to give as well as take. We conceive it our duty to the public to offer this admoni- tion to our managers on # strike; and would note, en passant, that at the present prices three or four of our theatres are doing s aplea did business. Sanrrany Fains—Tuern Money ano Tawin Monatsa.—We had supposed that all these concerns had closed up shop, that the managers had pocketed ali the stealings, and that we should hear no mere of them. But it geeme we were mistaken. We have ro ceived a circular from a committee of the Wost- ern Illinois Sanitary Fair, dated at Qnincy, Illinois, asking donations from uw to some department or other ta the fair, and promising that this will be tie last demand of the kind upon us from the same quarter for some time to come. We bave lad appeals enough on bebalf of these Sanitary fairs, We have given enough, and shall give n0 more, Five or six millions of dollars have been collected at these Sanitary faire throughout the coontry, and at least one-third of the receipts have beon etolen by managers, or entirely misap- propriated. Between one and two miltions were realized at the Sanitary Fair in New York alone; in Brooklyn nearly hei @ million more. And more than two-thirds of the sums have been disposed of to & good and proper purpose we shall be glad to know It The balance bas been diverted from its legiti- malo giesilva oid uscd fat pilteia purpente, We see men sow living im grand houses, riding im splendid carriages, snd indulging in all sorts of extravagant displays, who, before their coanection with these Sanitary fairs, were obscure people, living in obscurer places, and apparently not peeuniarily able to ries above the level of the humblest in society. fo one case @ new opera was produced under the auspices of a golden tlood poured from a side slaiceway in our Metropolitan Sanitary Fair. All these fairs have proved to be grand schemes of robbery from beginning to end, and are of @ piece with the peculations recently ex- posed in the case of the late Surgeon General Hammond, which is one of the most atrocious instances of official corruption that has ever come to our knowledge. The goverument is to blame for not taking steps to punish such cul prits, and serving them like Colonel D’Utuassy, by sending them for a long term to the State Prison. Tur Fi W Exusruenr Aor iv Enoiann.— A case has recently been tried at Liverpool in which the defendants were accused of having obtained enlistments in the rebel service for the pirate Georgia, in violation of the provi- sions of the Foreiga Enlistment act. It is stated in the English papers that the facts in the case were so Clear that there could be no doubt about them; but a quibble was raised, and it is questionable whether the offence will be proved within the meaning of the act. The doubt appears to be as to whether the act could be construed to extend to enlistments actually made on the high seas ax well as to those effected in the British ports. Thus it appears, while a great hue and cry is made in British journals and among rebel sympathizers in Great Britain about the American plan of facilitating immigration, and a tedious auit and vexatious delays follow from the enlistment of a few sailors for the United States service, as in the case of the Kearsarge—and ali on the plea of a violation of the Enlistment act—a hole is found in the law big enough to drive a rebel privateer through with but little difi- culty. This isa fair sample of British justice and fair play, and is fully on a par with the boasted neutrality of the British government in regard to the contest now waging in this country, A day of retribution will surely come. Liycouy anp tae Custom House.—Some time ago President Lincoln decided to make @ change in tbe Custom House, and appoint Post- master Wakeman as Collector and Simeon Draper as Surveyor. Then a few small potato politicians objected, and Lincoln hesitated, paused, and is now undecided how to act. This little incident gives us an admirable idea of the firmness and dignity of the chief executive. Mr. Wakeman would make an excellent Col- lector—much better than the Chevalier Barney, whose brains have been turned by a foreign title. As for Simeon Draper, he is a busy, talkative, energetic sort of a person, who shows to great advantage ata political meeting, and has earned the salary of the Surveyor by his services to this administration. We presume that Lincoln will make these appointments as soon as a few small potato people badger him, upon the other side. In the mean time Thur- low Weed carries the whole matter in his coat- tail pocket. and would be very glad to be rid of it satisfactorily. INTERESTING FROM ARKANSAS. Our Little Rook Correspondence. Lirmue Rock, Ark., August 18, 1804. The Capture of the Steamer Rob Roy—How the Trade with the Rebels ts Carried On—Seriows Accusations Against Officers of United States Gundoats—Capture of the Steamer J. 0, Miller by Gucrillas, he. Tho Rob Roy, on tho Washita river, has been seized by the rebels, fifty miles below Monroe, La. She was loaded with cotton and going to doliver it on the banks of Red river, where a Union boat would soon have (ound it, and where two thousand bales have heretofore been townd by cortain naval officers, not many weeks since, by an arrangement with two rebel contractors with Jef Davis’ government, who reside at Camden, ark. The rebel government give them four pounds of cot ton for three pounds of bacon. The bacon comee from New Orleans, Momphie end St. Louis, and js always delivered when tho cotton is roshipped, on the Mississippi or near the mouth of Red river. Cotton bas been carted for near a year past from Camdéen to Lake Village, Chico county, Ark., and there excuanged for groceries with the agent of the rebel army, Mr. Chichoster, who stays there most of the time to 001 duct the “excuange.”” Ho 1s also the mail contractor, and thore rebe! letters aro gent to be forwarded to Rich- mond avd all the east side of the Mississippi. 1p the “exchange” tras Yaskeos are partuers, who furnish the bacon, & In capturing the Rob Roy the rebel! oflcet made a mis- toke, not being in the rag. On being tuformed the pri- soners he took, and bed started under guard tor Texas, were ovortaken forty miles on the way by an express and let loose If Secretary Welles will take the tro bie tigate how ome of the Mississippi gunboats em- of their time he wiii learn now easily riches ed by nome officers. amer J. C Miller, carrying government freight 0 this post and the post at Pine Bluffs, has been capturod and burnt by twenty-Ove guerilias, People this way thiok that after several 08 firing oD bouts bo. tween these two poate, aod good roads on the banks of have foresight nd cavalry on tho banks ‘or pro hot, and bundreds of jus Amusements Lo Kill Lime, cavairy aro engaged inv 1t would bo too much tr NIBLO’S GARDRN. Mat\ida Heron closed her engagement of six nights at Niblo’s on Saturday night, with a farewell benefit. She appeared jo her great character of Camille, The house wae handsomely filled, and the audienos were eotbu Giastic in their applause. At tho close of the performaace Miss Heron was called before the curtain, avd delivered the following address: — Lapras anny Gaetiewer—tIt would be truly ungrateful if I failed to returo you eartielt thanks for the un expected Bay onthusiasi ™, poarance in Now York bas pecn greeted. [had some reason to apprehend that the repetition for the one thousandth time of my familiar rote of Oamitle wou! ‘cooived with tndiffer- ence, and, perhaps, fail to draw a house, but, tom astonishment and the gratification of my worthy ger, my receptios been more brilliant than fo lay tho Sattoring wnotion to my ta Now York, or that ust Be that Thankiog you, thea my fellow artistes for tbeir roalo Camille, respecttully aud gi MBLUBR. Tho opening dight of (he Baile Diabolique, on Broadway in which the wonder-working Helier presides, ie an Bounced for Thursday cent, 8th ‘ast Hin bill promises something more beautiful than diabolical, in Ube way of Alpine scenery, mountains cascades, lowers, aad Swiss cottages, of courte, making up the sosnic charm. Kvery thing extraordinary In the way of magical delusion, in which Hellor is 80 famoun, wii be presented, including tbe “ Antbropogioral," for tbo menoing of which eupbonious term we refer the reader to the (reek lexicon. Mr. Hol. Jer also avnounces two pianoforte wolos, bo which be will, no doubt, do full justice, for bia Oogore are aa nimble © that instrument a# io tke marvolious manipalations of he biack art, The Navy, Brae ov Grongis—10 Gows—The United States gun boat State of Goorgia arrived hore yesterday from the Wiimington biookade. Sbe bas bees ordered North for repairs, The following ina lint of ber oficers:— Commander—Bomer ville Nicholsen. Licutenant and —George B. White 4 Maser—Bonjaraia Watimore, as A Pe '—W. H. Andorpoa. doting A b Richard B. inland Sepa — Win. Wesson and’. Rc Choguekers ne x Acting Bneigne—Wen. Shuite, Samuel Grifia and Robert Ading Quaner—Thomas Grail, Aang Molomi., B, Papenti: Fiera. Bie, _ The Receiving Ships ead Verment—How ase Treated—Highhanded Robberies Swindliing—The Free an Fatel Ust ef Chioroform—The Naval Peter Funk Shops—A& Reform Needed Immediately, d&c., dc. But very few of our cttivens aro aware that since the last call of the Presidant for troops aud the prospect of @ draft thousands of the young men of the North have enlisted in the navy, ugti! the time has nearly arrived when no more naval recruits will be aec are aniiated im this city, Brooklyn aud Je sent, after examvation, to the receiving ship North Carolina—an old seventy-four guu ship, which has laid mud-vound off the Navy Yard for over a dozen years. This vessel, im olden time, was manced by about eight bundred men and oificers, who then had barely room enough allotied to them to inake tolerable, not to Say pleasant, At the prosent time, in these days of humanity and civilizstiou, the space formerly allotted to eight hundred men is now devoted to holding from two to three thousand, and sometimes even 4 greater uumber, Were this the only cause of complaint we might, with some degree of forbearance, keep ovr peace; but when we add to his Inbuman practice of huddiing men together like so mavy shoep the horrors of consinement, subjected to the presence of vertnia, poorly evoked food, no place to sleep, Save a dirty deck, bodaubed with tobacco juice, decaying fruit, and even filth, then it behooves us to speak of it and condemo {tin unmeasured terms. To those things must be added robbery, swindling, fraud, and ucts which may be classed among murder, aod which, if uot checked soon, will cause most disgraceful exposure. Ifthe recruit !@ not defrauded of his advance and vounty moaey before he quita the different rendezvous or geote on board the receiviug ship he may consider himsolf very fortunate, The following loiter trom five respectable young men who desire to enlist in the navy will give some idea of the dilouitiesyencountered ia attempting to enilat without the aid of the thousand and forty thieves who jurk around the shipping oflices, the receiving ships aud the Nayy Yard TO THY RDITOR OF THR HEALD, Will you please fnform us how an honest man cea volunteer n the United Statea navy? We huve applied atevery place desiguated ag a navai roadezyous ia Now and Brooklyn, and find itimpossibie to gel ito the navy without uudergoing a thorough course of fleecing from brokers, vavy oilicers, ruuners and aod sharks Yernaps the old lady at the head of the Navy Depart- ment can suggea * comedy (if awaka) do their own shippiag, tue thieving hounds who stand around the doors, crowd the stairs, fill tue offices and even dare to dictate to the officers ia charge, would aot Jot them, because if thay did they would lose a portion of taelr plunder. Now let us see how the recruit fares after he bas suc- ceeded in gotting on board the recsiviog ship:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Receiving Suir Vermont, Brooxurn Navy Yano, August 29, 1864. Sim—t wish to cal! the attention of the public and the officers of this ship to the manover in which the men oo board of this vessel defrauded, and the various atyles of evil tolerated he The recrutt comes on board and sometimes remains for a week before he gets into a moss where be oan bave his regular meals, and wheo pe goes tothe master-at arms to have a mess set off to bim he is charged five dollars for the favor—as he terms it— which is no more than his duty. Wo are charged five dollars ior having our money taken care of for ove night id twenty doliars have beco taken for doing the ga ing, and when the recruit says word for himself be is driven away and threatensd to Put in trons. Shurks are allowed to come on board with pockets full of composition watches, which they soll for from seventy to one hundred and fifty dollars. These sharks throng the abip daily, while {atbers and mothers fiod it almost impossibie to get on board to gee their sons. Sutlera are allowed on board with their good for no- thing trash, which they charge four hundred per cent profit on. be rations are vot half enough, and the mea ‘are compelied to buy of these men so tbat they can get enough to oat. The cofles served out here has no taste of coffee; itis mors like dish water. We are afraid to go and complain to the officors,as we fear they are con. nected with these parties, and that we will be punished if we make a compiaint. It is time that a stop should be put to theso outrages, which are getting worse every day. It ts earnestly hoped that this epistie may be the means of Daving the proper officers look to the matter and bring about a reform, whicn is earnestly looked for by your bumble servant aod all others oa board, except those who are engaged in those outrages. Yours, truly Now, then, let ua hear what some recruits say in reia- tion to tho North Carolina—porsons we know to be relia- ble in their atatenents:—First, they confirm the above lottor#, and state, as did the officer of the deck, in the prosonce of the writer, that scarcely an bour passes, day or night, but some robbery is committed on board the North Carolina. The prison is full of thieves now. Those villains use chioroform in their pillegiag, and some seven or oight persons who have bad it administered to them are now lying at the point of death, baving inbaled such large quantities. One man was robbed of a vala able ring while under its influence. The ring not oom ing off easily, they cut his finger off. Another poor follow concealed some six hundred dollars about a private part of bis person, and while under the influence of ether they nearly severed bis testicles in cutting off the money. fe will probably oot recover from the offects. Boots aro ripped open, pockets cut out by these cut- throats, anybody aod everybody is robbed, and it will not be long before we shall hear of downright murd boing committed on board of this ship. Things are in a torrible state of confusion, tho officers are powerless, fraud stalks abroad without fear, and robbery is carried on without remorse, or scarcely a rebuke, The public would ecarcely believe all wa could teil about the ini quities of this modern Sodom and Gomorrah, Save tho Gre, holi itwelf could be no worse, and be who visite the North Carolina comes away a wiser and a sadder maa. The gun deck is filthy and dirty. We saw a lighted can. die sitting in the centre of a huckater’s atand, the! ight be. ing uncovered—a gross violation of the rules of a man-of- war; and when we saw such a breach of the imperative orders whiob are laid down for the use of theuayy we could believe almost anything that might be said of the morale of the vossel. Where was the master’s mate of the gun deck? We suppose thac he thought the deck was ee wot with watermelon water and seeds, perch parings anda filthy compound sold as milk that there was po dangor of fire, Wesaw oo such disorganization and beard of no such diabolica! conduct when Commander Richard W. Meade was iu chagre of that ship. Can- not the department order him back here? Capt (tilis— au officer who has never been idle since the frat gun was fired at Sumter, and hos broken down undor the arduous sorvice be bas been caliod upon to perform during the war—is in command of the ship vow, having juet re ported for duty m hor. It was unkind and unjuat of the jopartment tonend him hero. Ho should be under the care of « caroful ourse, «0 that he might recover bis orth and be spared to ue for fature usefutnesa It voeds m strong, healthy and uotiring officer bere, who would bang about forty of the thieves on board and shoot & hundred of those who haug about the ship Police Imte neo. Anansran ow 4 Caanae of Broamy —A man about Ay yoars of age, named Robert Stack, living on the corner of Greenwich and Leroy atreets, was yosterday arrested, charged with baviug ove wife too many, Frem the tex timony elicited i¢ appeared that oo the 8th day of May last Stack was married to Mary Conberry, by the Rev Father McSweeny, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, tho Rev. Father Nabroga, of ceremony, Both marriages were tuly Teapective 6 ‘aad cortitisd to 08 Whicu ReverAl Dorw peared iD court to (eetily against (he prinoner. After tho conciuston of the examination defure ustice Ledwith the mugiatrate committed Stack to prison for trial, ia default of $2,500 ball The accused Pionded gviity to the charge preferred againat bim Ronse Warne Abiety in tue Steeef—At a late bour oo Sawueday oight Mr. John (49, of 110 Elizabeth street, FAA ABIOO) UU 4 SLOOP dear Wis residence, Whe two meD ndvanond and stole a gold watch and obain, valued at $220, (rom his vost pooket Mr. Let was aroused by feeling & band io bis poe nen he saw the thieves standing fa front of him aubsoquently officer Mulvini Arroutad one Matthew Mann boing one of the man whe robbed Ukn was taken boford Justice Hogan and committed to the Tombs for trial, to default of bail. Manning i sightren years of age, and lives at 126 Heury atreet, The priaga- er'e accomplice auccesded macog 04 excape, The atolen property wax not recovered BRRIOUs APRRAT In 4 DINING SaLooN—OvR Maw Mager Srapeen.—Twe colored mon, oamed Charies (‘bert and Willath Owons, wore arrested by oMcers Reilly and Clark, of tae Seventesnth precincs, charged with aasauié ing Thomas and Patrick MoCatrey, Drothers. It appears that the men got into an altereation ia the balway of « ing ealoon, corner of Seventh strses and Hall Yee, which Patrick McCaffrey waa atabved in tour dif. piseos about the face and arms by, kalfe elleged to have beoe In the Bande of Chorios Gilbert, Is is fur- SHERIDAN. OPERATIONS OF THR UNION CAVALRY, Rew he, te Bir. Francis ©. Long's Despateh. Heapguasnts, Finer Cavaimy Devinion, Naan Bunarvine, Va., August 31, 1864, GENERAL MRRBITE'S KEVUNNOLSO ANCE a the morning of the 28th ipaieot General Merritt's Givision was ordered to make ® recounoissance towards Smithfeld, some seven or eight miles from Cbariestowm Up to this date General Custer had beew lying with bie brigade at Antietam ford, Md. The division started om the expedition at sev M., Oolonel Gibbs, with the reserve brigade, taking the advauce, while De Cesnoia, with bis brigade, Drought up the rear, until joined by General Custer, who bad marched from bis position op the other side of the Potomac at daybreak. Noiniug of importauce occurred until we arrived withip about « mile of Leetown, at which point the command was baked and massed, as General Merritt had cogeat reasons for supposing the enemy to be vear us. Accordingly the Second United States, uuder Liewtenaut Lam rison, was ordered to move forward and recom noitre the town, while the Fourth New. Yors was gent by Colonel De Cesnola across the country to wards Summit Poiut to make a reconuotssaace iu thas vicinity. THR REPKE PICKETS MET AND DRIVEN (W Only a short time had elapsed wheo the Second United States sent back a report that the enemy's jrickets had been met, aud General Merritt immediately ordered Colonel Gibbs to send avother regiment te their Assin® ance. Aocordingly the Sixth Pennsylvania, ander Major Starr, was sentout. Sharp skirmishing Nad alroady com- monced, and at the eud of twenty minutes or half am hour t brigade was ordered t move up te Leetown and take part in the melee, leaving De Cosnota’a Drigade to await the issue of the reconovissauce on the Smithfield and Summit Point road. Shortly aiterwards the Fourth New York reported tuat n0 rebel force wus te the neighborhood of Smithfield, aud Generel Moret ordored Ube regiment to be recalled and rejola the brigade at Leetowa, THR FIGHT IN THF TOWN. Moanwhile tho skirmisiing continued in the town, the enemy having taken possession of the trees, housckops, &o., was pouring adestructive fire upon ue.” The Firat United States was ordered to charge througd the towm and oust the rabei riflemen from thetr | osition ral gallant charges were made, and the rebew were at last driven from ough it must be said for their credit that for the village desperately avd made several charges upon tbe Hires United States and portions of the First New York dra- goons and Sixth Pennsy!vauia cavairy, in all of whim they were repuised with loss, TUK CHAROS—LRUTENANT HOYER, MIRET RACULAR CAV ALAT, KILLED, In one of tbe charges made through the.towo Lieat. JS Hoyer, of the First United states, was kiliod at the head of bis squadron. Colouel De Cesudla, who witnessed the charge, says be bas but rarely seen at oilicer conduct bimeeit wi! such gallantry. Lieut, royer was the nephew of Hoo. bimon Cameron fie was a brave ane efficient officer and quite young, and ha death w deeply regretted by ihe entire commaud. fle entered the army during March, 1862, aud was a graduate of West Point, THE RENBLS FORUBD BACK, After ousting the enemy from the towo he was grada- ally forced back by Gibbs’ brigade some distance beyond, and Cesnola’s brigade moved upaud formed upon the high bills, a little beyond the village, on the left of the roud, to support the reserve brigade that was very hotly em gaged. Finally vhe rebels fell back and showed ae further signs of contesting the way save when our ad- vance prossed their rear guard tio closely. AT SMITUMEL? the enemy seemed inclined to dispute the way cae more His skirmishers. ‘being coooealed ju the Bousss, wore raking the streets with their bullets, so Merritt sent word to Ne Cosnola to dislodge them. De Cesnola immediately threw forward @ stronz line of mounted skirmisbers to surround the town, while he a@- vanced leisurely with his brigade. When the Second brigade (De Cognola’s) entered tho town a sharp firo was opened upon it from almost every house aud street oor- ner, aud a squadron of the Fourth New York was ordered to.charge through it and clear the streets. By this time our skirmishers had almost surrounded the piace, and te avoid capture the robeis bad to jeave im considerable haste. De Cesnola followed them up smartly, aad planted his batteries on the outskirta of the town, @& section boing. 19 the road and a@ section i the fields to the left, in positions that com- manded the surrounding country for some distance. 1be rebels were already retreating in far too meok haste for grace or dignity, but when Lieutenant Taylor opened upon them with bis battery they broke acroms the open country in the utmost ooafusion, displaying am Astonishing depth of bottom and soundness of wind. They were followed up for about two miles, and as it was gottiog iate aad mo rebels could be found, orders were received from General Merritt to evcamp tor the nies Custer, who had joined us during the day, eacamped ow the right, the reserve brigade in the centre, while De Cesnoia formed on the left of the Winobester and Berry- ville pike. OusTER’s OPmRATTON. On the morning of the 29\h General Custer was ordered to proceed across the Upequan and stir up the enemy, and reconnoitre the country towards Bunker Hii as fer icable. He hud hardly crossed the Opequaa, 1e hotiy engaged with the e z o'clock A. M. the firing grad came closer, showing plainly that Custer was hardiy pressed and was fall back, and the simost coutinuces roar of his cappon piainly told us that be was strainiog ‘every nerve tu de‘end himself For some time previously heavy clouds of dust haa been seen to rise on the Winchesier pik d it now Proved to be a column of infantry. Cus held tae enemy until one o'ciock P M, tighting with hie usual determ!nation, yet the odds were vastly agames biiged, though reluctantly, to recrose Je met the balance of the division Moving up to bis support, At Smithfeid Custer’s brigade was formed on the {rout and right of the town, while Gibba’ drigade was also deployed in front to support him, and notice was instantiy seut to De Ceavoia to bring Bie brigade to the town and support Custer aud Gibbs. COLONEL DR CRSNOLA’E CO OFBRATION. Although De Ceanola obeyed the order with the greatest Alacrity, he had uot a moment to spare, for he came up Just as the enemy was makiog # furious onslaught upom our line. He instantiy dismounted the Niotu New York and Seventeenth |e ivenia regiments aad sent theas to the assistance of the reserve brigade, wuich wae furiously beset by the enemy. The two regiments mea- tioned went in with a cheer and handsomely re pulsed the enemy. [a the engagement Captain Has ley, of the Ninth New York, was dangerously wounded. In the meantime Colonel De Cesnoia seat & section of ‘or’s battery, under Lieutenant oGilvery, to the front to punish the enemy. . McGilv nced nis pieces out upon the cenire of the skirmi and commenced raking enemy with grape and canister. His battery waa so close and his range ao good, chat my {rom Cesnola’s (rout, lear- ing ther pon Gibbs and Custer wich greater vie lence than Asaailed by such numbers, the division at last was ordered to fall back through the town, and re- formed just beyond, As Lieutenant Cayler wy tiring, one of his catssons was blowa up by @rebe! shell. Al- moat every house in Swithfiehl soon became filled with the rebo! ridemen , even the belfry of the church was occupied by the y's anarpshooters. At this poiat L jonant Cuyler lost two men io his section by a rebel THR RNEMY soon brought his batteries to bear upon us, and the ale for a while was filed with shells and solid shot, and we wore obliged to fall back about two miles to the high ground, where the division was formed and our batteries placed "in position, and the every held to check watt Gonera! Rickett's division of the Sixth army corps came ap to our support, which was much aveded, as we were boavily engaged GRNERALA MERRITT AND RICKETTS WIN TUR DAT. Geverai Morritt wag on the fleld and directed the oppe- Fation of the division in person. Alia calmness, even at the tmost critical moments, inspired the commaud with the utmost confidence. General Ricketts formed bis division iw the position that bad been held by the cavairy, and Merritt prepared to advance again, Colonel Gibbs formed .90 the right of the infantry tine and } Cesvola on the (e't, and the tide of battle was sv0n'turned. = The eaomy, perceiving that we bad been re-enforced, Dogan to give grouud, and floally started ip full retreat towards Smith- field. ‘We followed them up aa far as the Upequan sod took poasersion of Smithfield, where we remained antit morning COLONTL DR ORSNOLA’S TAM OF SERVICE bad expired on the 10th instant, yet be scrupied to leave the command in the midst of an active campaign, cape cially after the gallant Devin bad been disabled and ea. trusted the Second origade in bis banda aod General Merritt bad made a writien request for bim to retain command the brigade, so the Coionet has remained, Sghtiog almost constantly when he ao looger held a virtual command or receiv pecuniary remuneration for bis services. De Cesnola ® about to leave this command tor New York, with a poe. tion of his regiment whose term of enilatment bas ox- pired | (rust 1 wil be a jong time before the Ameriona people forget the services of this lant officer, who ie not only one of italy'’s aoblemen but one of nature's, who has so godly tendered bis sword to our country te hor hour of OFVICHRS KILLED AND WOUNDRD, On the 30th the Firat division war ordered to Berry~ writing. | Among tha doath of t Charles B. Alford, of thy, First New York dragoons, Captain Whovier finkos, tat Mr. Theodore °c. w Heanacantens, Avmenr's Drier ow, Bowman Hit, Sap 5. 1804 Acer CAVALRY lo; t—rm REMEA DRIVEN oe ey vALtNT Wo wore attacked at about balf-past ten Ao’ciock thie forenoon by Loman’s division, consisting Of ve brigades of cavairy, Acti the dofenstve for » abort time, until the enotay bad developed bie strovg'?,, the offensive was vakon by our side, and she enemy Aef.ven five mile towards Winobester at avery rapid rae This division phowed ite thovough discipline im the splendid advance which (tf made aod the manmavring ‘rhich 4 oxecuted, The rebel artillery barely oacapod CH ure, through the fortunate for thern interposition of ¥. il! eresk, by which siream our charges were ebocked / of the time dei L5G dlp was © deeper ate strugg's. Our losmeg are the wourgted are MP'jor 8 Foie: Fou: 1 Woe Weeder, is ia