The New York Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1865, Page 5

THE DRAFT. The Call for Three Hundred . Thousand Men. Wew York Again Saved by Her Naval Credits, Bhe 1fas but Four Thousand Four Hun- dred and Thirty-three Men to Raise. Whe Bounty to be Raised to One Thousand Dollars, &o., &eo., &e. At the meoting of te Board of Supervisors, held 5 the following report was presented by the Committee on Volunteering :— Wo run Howonasts tas Boanp ov SurzRvisons:— ‘The Coumty Committee on Voluntecring respectfully % REPORT. That om the Sist instant the fol! A ee eae thougand (800,000) men. Wasuxatox, Dec. 20, 1864. | by to ‘ck opted Say 164, ented ent aot farther rogalate and provide for the enrolling ones otk of the national forces, and for other pur- ” it Is provided an E it that the President of the United may, at bis discretion, at any time hereafter, call any number of men as volunteers, for the respective of wo or threo years, for military service ; and tn oage the quota, or any part thereof, of any town, ip, ward of a clty, precinct or election district, or not so subdivided, shall not be filled within of fifty days ufter such call, then the President jately order a draft for ono year to fill such thereof which may be unfilled; and ‘the credits allowed in accordance with the E que Sills reas, wnot of Congress on the call for five hundred thousand Bi. wea Fy 1, 1864, the number of men to be ob- ined under ‘call wa reduced to 320,000; and, reas, jons of the enemy in certain States aged imaprsctisatie to procure from them , of troops nnder the said call; and he: the foregoing cause, but 250,000 vo a put into the army, navy and @narine corps under the said call of July 18, 1864, leaving ib defictenoy on that call of two hundred and sixty thou- Tg now, esto, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United’ States of America, in order to supply the aforesaid deficiency, and to ‘ide for casualties in the gnilitary and naval service of the United States, do issue call for three hundred thousand volunteers, to for one, two or three years. The quotas of the districts and sub-districts under this call will be by the War Department, through the bureau of eneral of the United States; and any part thereof, of any town, ward of'a city, precinct or election district, or of wubdivided, shall not be filled before the Fee comers eee Shae § Gait sal Be made to any part thereof, under this call, filled on said 16th day of February, 1865. In testimony whereof I have horeunto set my hand the United States to ve affixed, Washington this 19th day of Decem- the of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth, the "ABRAHAM LIN . Fe yer ee iCOLN, several districts have sComunition have just _re- Commypication from Provost Marshal General, to. Acting Assistant Erovors position ref New York in respect to its quota under the ro oall ot the President ‘for three hundred thousand ‘Wan Daranruest, Provoer Marsuat’s Orricn, Wasmnarton, D. C., Dec. 23, 1864. General Wu. Acting Assistant. Provost ae nancy henge vision of Now York, New ‘The quota of your division of New York, under the call tbe President for 300,000 men, dated’ December 19, ‘athe number required under the call, after taking aoooumt the crodits to which the State is entitled. the number of years of service furni: estimating two and three ’ men. quo of the rad Hs de ao @ de do do th do mth do do ' oh duane, whi considered i Rreaing tho quotas of sub-datits, fo iba | servic nf Years. pike, + 225 1,592 15,936 808 ‘eas San ‘i367 ome 17,108 4,228 9,606 6,456 ‘3,940 1,674 it, he m proportion fothe number enrolled; but number wo and three years’ men res have boon furnished without tothe num. the Provost Marshal will subtract from th —— actual amount of excess of years of ser- ice the sub-district has furnished. ‘The inolesed formuts is furnished asa rule for assign- quotas to sub-districts. om a ua under the present call in a given (1 districts, is one thousand men, that the ‘que fa tuat district under the call ot tA 1864, nye Downed as hundred, which was 100! no 198 148] 72 102 10} 70 72] 216 200] 1,000 '2;060|2, 200 The above formula ts furnivhed to boards of enrolment a rule by which they will apportion the quotas of sub- tricta, and determine the amount of credit due them, ' JAMES B. FRY, Provost Marshal General, OMieial: Guo, KE, Scorr, Captain Veteran Reserve 1p, By the above it appears that the number " ded from the county of New York is Ay for it hundred and thirty-three (4,423), apporudoned to the voral districts as follows ;— Number of Men Demanded. : ft ral is “before the votion of the credits allowed do not appear in this tunication, but taking the apportionment of the i lf TEE ~ = 3 Al a i é Feet iF é --omb | & seg Pex =F Fy veel] ea iia] Mi] ast geo | gat Fs 2 5 four hundred and thirty-three (4,433), plus fl ‘coss of years of service thirty-two thousand five hundred (82,600), we find that the whole United States must have un excess of years of service of no leas than four hundred and ninety-elght thousand and thirty-four (498,034), or about five hundred thousand (600,000). It appears, there- fore, that the three hundred thousand (300,000) years of service called for by the President's jrochumation has been added to the five hundred thousand (500,000) years of service already furnished in excess of ail previous call and that the sum of eight hundred thousand canoes years hag been apportioned among the sevoral Congres- Sional districts, aud that by this apportionment, the quota of New York is fixed at nearly thirty-seven thou- sand (37,000) years of service, hewgnyne its surplus of thisty-awo thousand five hundred (82,500) years, and demanding in addition forty-four thousand and thirty- three men for one year. By thia means only is the War Department able to secure the number of mon called for, and at the same time make the allowance which it had pledged itself to make tothose portions of the country which filled calls for one year men with men for two and three years, The wisdom of the course adopted by this county in recruiting men mainly for three years stands vindicated by the result. Had no credits been due to this county, the attempt to fgg ore thousand must bave beon abandoned jespair. Fortunately, the naval and other credits obtained with- out the paymentof bounty by your committee on the last juota have contributed even more to save the county rom the than from the last. quota under the call for five buadred while on the present quota the remaining two years of service are ‘e Your committee desire to express their thanks to the War Department for the adoption of this method of fixing the quota, ener justice is done to every portion'vf the count etn ns war iy} out of ree = fle for by the Protident. i Wo would state that, though four tuousand four hundred and menace? that the number of men which we wil raise to the demand is five bi (8,500) men. ‘This discrepancy bag gery Eorag fact that allowance has only been made the War Department for men enlisted up to and including the 30th of November. Since that and up to this date, there has been ral army volunteers, re-enlisted men, naval recruits, substitutes in anticipation of the draft and representative recruits, a total of about one thousand (1,000) men, and this number we are entitled to have lucted from the de- mand for four thousand four hundred and thirty-three 430) — leaving only about three thousend four hun- red and thirty-three (8,483) men to be raised. But to raise even this small number of men will be the domand upon us is for i ge 2 il be compelled to only about three ment. As usual, this county will be the beg pecruitit ground where all will centre to obtain their men. It also natural to su that heavy bounties will be offered, as bi to secure these men. Kither this county must give up in despair of filling ite quota with- out a draft, oft mes offer n bounty suifioiens to prevent the districts taking the men from us. ‘Your comenition are satisfied that 8 large bounty will be necessary to secure us the number of men needed to County the volunteer fund a sum sufficient only, ie eereemel th geet wit net wor conrolment, ‘Your committee have therefore con- to and have appended hereto (marked for raising of the men de- ‘ordinance pro the tneiie ot ten onree eens On eae (4,000,000) of doliars to cover expenses therefor. obtain the logislative authority might be moment now is of Sor ke' it will, to the extreme limit of = . M. TWEED, ELIJAH F. PURDY, C. GODFREY GUNTHER, Committee on Volunteering. AN ORDINANOE TO PROVIDE FOR THR PROCUREMENT OF VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ARMIES OF THE UNION AS PART AND PARCEL OF TAR QUOTA OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, UNDER THE CALL OF THE PRESIDENT, DATED DECEMBEE 20, 1564, FOR THRER HUNDRED THOUSAND MBN. ‘the county of New York Sxetion 1. For the of the additional number of men required of the county of New York, under the call of the President of the Unis od ecem men, ber 20, 1864, for three hundred thousand the Com Bounty Fund Bond transferable <7 a oo in person or by attorney, only u books’ of county, at the ‘omee of tie trol bats amie gerne ise ag by the Block Bxe. 6. The raid bonds shall be signed by the troller, by the Mayor, with common seal of Board, and the Clerk of shall bear interest at a rate not thie Board, and York, and the followit members of this board, that tomy, Elan f, Purdy, Orison Blunt Willen M Tweed and William Ri. Stewart, are hereby designated and aj ted a committes to owe the enlistment of the volunteers authorized by this ordinance, and to se- cure the counting of the volunteers raised undor this or- dinance upon the quota of this county, Enrolment. F THE HERALD. New Yona, Deo, 30, 1964. ‘What ie the object of the young men who are patrol- Ing the streots of this city alleging that they are em- ployed for the purpose of correcting and perfecting the Snrolment for the city, when, instead of correcting, they render it more objectionable than before? Let me give you an illustration, A few days ago two NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. SOLO LL PD LLLP Wasmmaton, Deo. 81, 1866 FEHB DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WILMINGTON, Much mortification is felt here, both tn private and of- Geial circles, at the ridiculous fizzlo of the military part of tiny Wilmington expedition. The naval officers claim that Fo. Fisher could have been taken without difficulty, and that #t only required that the enemy's works should be moved o8 to deliver them into our hands. Commo- dore Rodgers, who has arrived here, says that in his opinion the for: was already taken, and only required thas somebody showid go in and occupy it, The fact that seven hundred of Butler's force remained two days on the beach witheut being attaeked, or even a shot being fired towards then, ie cHed as sufficient evidence that the enemy were not in foree to resist a determined and per- sistent advance of even the comparatively small number of troops employed, which, there is reason to believe, exceeded the number avaiiatte for the defence of the point, THE TRIAL OF GOLONEL NORTH. ‘The trial of Colonel North, New York Military State Agent, and M. M. Jones and Levi'Cohn will be concluded om Tuesday. It has been pendimg before the Military Commission a month and a half. HE .ABREST OF MEROHANTS CHARGED WITH TRADING WITH THE BNEMY. Pardon Worsley, the detective and’ spy, on whose in- formation a number of merchants of Washington and Baltimore were arrested some weeks ago charged with selling goods to the rebels, has made an affidavit before the proper authorities that, having played at a gambling house in this city, he lost three thousand dollars in money belonging to the government; consequently the premises have been placed in charge of a-military guard, pending an investigation into the affair. Mrs, Fanny Martin, a notorious female rebel, was sent down to the front to-day from the Old Capitol, for the purpose of being passed through the lnos by General Grant. Captain Leet, Assistant Adjutant General on the staff of General Grant, and who has charge of the General's headquarters in Washington, left to-day for City Point, on important military business. A FEMALE REBEL SENT SOUTH. DEPARTURE O¥ CAPTAIN LEET. COTTON FROM ANTIOUA. The Agricultural Department has just received a sample of cotton from Antigua, of very fine quality, almost cqual to Sea Island. DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA. A letter from Los Angelos, California, to the Commis- sioner of Agriculture, states that that State has suffercd very much from drought for two years past, and that in November, when the letter was written, the prospect for rain was bad. Of the eighteen hundred thousand cattle of all kinds owned in the State half a million had died of starvation, caused by a lack of feed, induced by the want of rain, or been killed to save them from the same, to preserve their hides. In consequence of difficulty Of raising wild stock, attention was more generally being paid to agriculture. Exporiments have demonstrated that cotton of good quality can be raited abundantly. In the whole district of country from Los Angelos to the Mexican frontier larger quantities of cotton will be planted thore next season if good seed can be procured. CONTRACT FOR FURNISHING CORN MEAL. ‘The Commissary of Subsistence has accepted a bid for furnishing thé government with corn meal at seven dol- Jars and eighty-five conte a barrel. PAYMENT OF PAROLED PRISONERS. About four hundred thousand dollars has thus far been expended in paying to the paroled prisoners at Annapolis the commutation of rations due them while in the hands of the rebels. Up to yesterday cight thousand had re- ceived their certificates. Snow commenced falling here at one o'clock SNOW AT WASHINGTON. this morning, and continued, with occasional interruptions, ‘until five this afternoon. The fall of snow is not heavy. THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. Colonel Seaton, after an active service of more than half a century, announces that after to-day the proprie- torship and editorial management of the National Intels- gencer will pass into other hands. James C, Welling aleo retires from that establishment. From the Army of the Potemac. $ ‘Wasmnaron, Dec. 81, 1864. A letter from the Army of the Potomac, 29th inst., Several shells were thrown by the enemy and some from batteries in entirely new (positions. No damage re- sulted to our troops. Picket firing fs sti maintained at at several localities along the front, but it isnot eo general as a few days ago. Desertions from the rebel army continue in about the same proportion as for some, ten days past. Twelve deserters were reported at head- quarters on the 27th. A rebel spy was recently captured near City Point, ‘upon whose person elaborate drawings and descriptive sketches of our defences in this locality were found. It is stated that, when taken, he was on bis way to City Point to complete his mission by examining the inner line of works at that place. Passengers who left City Point yesterday report that picket firing was still going om at the front, Within two days one hundred and fifty deserters have come into our lines, among them five North Carolina consoripta, One of them says that four or five days ago a division of Gen. Early’s command waa in Richmond preparing to move southwest, Blockade Runners at Bermuda, &e. Hauirax, Dec. 90, 1864. ‘The steamship Alpha, from St. Thomas 22d, via Ber- muda 27th inst., has arrived here, Arrived at Bormuda, Docember 16, brigs Henrietta, Hodson, from New York; 20th, Chesapeake, White, from Baltimore for Demerara; 23d, steamers Charlotte, from Wilmington, with 1,024 bales of cotton; Owl, from do., with 700 bales of cotton; Col. Lamb, from do., with 1,800 bales of cotton. Sailed, December 13, steamers Acadia, for Nassae; 16th, Ruby for Nassau; brig Devonshire for New York. At Bermuda, December 27, brign T. H. A. Felt, Pen dleton, for Now York first fair wind; Henrietta, Hudsoa, for do, ‘The British bark Nieman, from Hong Kong for New York, put into Bermuda December 7, in distress, with loss of spars, &c., and remained on the 27th. corner of City Intell Reonoamization op tae Rervsuicas Paaty.—The troubles of the republican party of this city have been terminated, for a time at least, and a reunion, based on sn equitable representation of the Draper and Darling Paesextarion to Powor Cartas Cammnon.—aA large and enthusiastic mecting of the citizens of the Eighteenth ward was held at Irving Hall last evening, for the pur- pose of presenting Captain John Cameron, of the Kight- eenth precinct, with a token of the appreciation in which he ts held by the citizens of the ward. Mr. Benedict, United States Deputy Surveyor, as Chairman of the meeting, introduced KE. Delafield Smith, Eeq., who made the degrees bir erntoge ot being sbetantially appreeised bY th in gratiti 20 wl ly. appree! the citizens, Mr. L. F. then invited the assembly to he had f speech, in which he reviewed the police presentation #ystome of the world from its carly history down to mod. those of other nations in the buried ve of proprietor of Irving Halt, ntifal collation which for them, and toasta were given and Hi Sopa were Fe nercon + Lammers Captain ir. in nator Lambier, ite James . Thompron and ober, The press was also tonsted and appropriately reaponded to. 6 baton pre- sented to the Captain is ornamented with a tablet bearing the inseription, “Presented to Captain John Cameron by the citizens of the Kighteonth ward, city of New York, December 864. "" y The Weather. Deo. 81, 1864. Boson, , It has been snowing and thawing all day. To-night thero are tudications rain. Portianp, Deo. $1—12:30 P, M. ‘Wind northwest. Thermometer thirty-three degrees. Snowing. Mowrnnat, Deo, 21—8 A. M. Weather cloudy, threatening snow. = Therraomoter teu below coro. YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, ».- - TANUARY 1, 1865. & nd THOR Movements of tho Rebels: 8° Hood, ., &e., eo. Cunoneam, Deo, 84, 1864 Tenn., whioh says:— It ts thought that the buf of Hood’s army is atill aorth Of the Tennessee river. Hood first attempted to strike the river at Decatur, but expe! ee prine ent summer, except what world, they would have appeared to us of terrible disasters, of which the speedy fall of Richmond. Take a reat Case: bulletins of victory which the . enemy from Missoui when Price was lately in State, reprose: that doubie as many men had beea Killed and captured as Price really led, It was, indeed, difficult not to believe that he had met with terrible dis- asiers—so persistent were the statements, We now know, however, that he brought out twice as many men as he carried in, bestdes immense traing of spoils, and that his total losses were only eight hundred. Listen, to the exukation of Sherman, asserting what wo know to be false. He has murchod across & part of Georgia, and robbed a number of hen roosts, and picked up some mules. He represents that it wae a mere plea- sure trip, in which he did not lose 80 much as & wagon; while we know that his forces were well whipped at Gris- woldville, at Oconee bridge, and at Waynesborough, and that besides his killed and wounded we picked up a large number of prisoners. Of the recent operations of General Hood we have been informed only through federal sources, Our peo- pie, untaught by such facts as we have above glanced at, ave taken these federal accounts with too much credit and too little scrutiny. Let us bring together a fow of their figures and.see how they look, On the 16th of December the battle before Nashville was fought. According to the federul official aceounts Hood’s left wing was pressed back, but hia right stood firm. Their capturos of prisoners they state at cight hundred to one thousand, ‘The next day they tel! us that Hood fell buck to the Brentwood Hills, and they claim to have made from him: large captures while gain- ing that position, The day after—thut 1s to say, the 17th—their only operation was a skirmisti with. Hood's rear guard six miles beyond Franklin, at six P. M.—that ws after cat Here they my they captured two undred and fifty,prisoners. ‘Their aggressive enter- prise seems now to have ceased. From this it ap- pears that Hood fell back from the 16th to the 17th twenty-two or eleven miles per day. doen not much resemble either panic or Le gre especially if it be remembered that Schofield fell buck from Franklin to Nashville, nineteen miles, in one night, after the battle -of Franklin on the 30th of November. But if Hood moved slowly and cautiously in the first ays of his retreat, and jf after the first day Thomas yen- tured no more than to harass his ne ge with night attacks of his Recs the movement of our army since has been still more deltberate, self-confident and defiant. On the 20th Hood {s represented aa being at Columbia, at which time and place he was joined by Forrest... From the 15th to the 17th inclusive le had marched twenty- two miles; from the 17th to the 20th inclusive he marched ninoteen miles, or about six miles per day. ‘Yhomas, for his part, had bis headquarters at lact so- counts at Spring Hill, ‘about fifteen ratles short of Colom. bia. On tho morning of the sixth day after the battle of Nashville, an army which had becn represented as routed, demorali; seatiored, panic stiioken, and flytng at (oy speed, waa thus only forty-one miles fromthe battlofte) while the victorious Thomas was fifteen iniles behind, and had not ventured on anything above a ekirmish since ‘the gecond day, Surely meu who could run from Frank- lin to Nashville in one night, could not pretend inability to overtake Hood, who marches uineteen miles tn three days. (i figures tel! their own story. They refute the falsehoods with whicu Thomas has stuffed hix despatches, Hood doubtless co far sustuined a reverse as to render it inexpedient for him to rernain in @ position #0 ndvanced. The loss of so many general officers in the battle of Franklia must, toa considerable extent, have disorgan- ined his forces. The drawn buttle at Neshville increased bis difficulties end decided Lim upon a reireat. In that retreat there is nothing of moment even claimed as ac- complished him after the firet day. Tho utter failure of further results stamps falschood om Thomas’ statement of the disorder of Hood's retreat, or pours drs- ree, on Thomas for not profiting by such an opportunity. 1e mare of our troops was alow and, doubtlees, orderly, and the column was kept well covered. Thomas, who bad sey suffered, to the full, as much n& Hood had done the fg timidated must be the it, was ioo mutch ebfeebled and too much in- to soek further battle, He sont bis cavalry forward to watch and to skirmish, while be followed at the safe distance of fifteen miler, having made twenty. eight miles in five days of what he yet representa ase Vigorous pursuit, knowledge that Forrest joined Hood at Columbia bps hehe all uneasiness as to the latter, even if the Of the enemy's figures had not sufficed. ‘What may be Hood's further movements we know not, He ia, however, master of them. ‘The last reports of the enemy represent bim as marching in the same delibe rate, unmolested manner, upon Pulaski. This indicates « retirement to the ‘Tennessce at Tuscumbia (where Hood has & pontoon bridge), or possibly a movement on Chat- Our le have been too pt to accept the enemy's = Hood has sul gqeat disaster, We think the truth will yet tell that the carnage of the enomy was at least equal to ours, Hood's retreat does not neces. sarrily prove more against bim than a drawn battle; for in his advanced position victory was demanded. His de- liberate march, and the enemy's slow and respectful show that a drawn battle was all. Woe have not only been swift, too, to write down a great disaster against Hood, but to censure him with extreme acrimony for failure to triumph. It is not in any gene ral’s power to command victory. He can only strive for tt and deserve it, None of those who revile Hood raise any question of the extraordinary courage and tho fighting qualities of Forrest, Yot Forrest failed in Tennessee, too, Ifthe of the enemy are to be received, the defeat of Forrest at Murfreesboro was more complete aud disastrous than that of Hood at Nashville, the tive Bumbers being considered. Nothing, however, that the enemy can say against Forrest disturba our opinion of the merits of that gallant officer. Shall Hood, who is no lesa gallant, be condemned unheard on the same testi- mony? Itis not just or erour. The boasts of the enemy are self-refuting. that quietua. When we learn the whole trath we shall be still more contented. If Hood shall prove to dove as well as'vould have been done, we ought to thank him, though unsw Capture of Four St. Alb: Ratders. Naw Haves, Cor Dec. 31, 1864. ‘The Palladiwm of this evening contains the follow- fog:— . The following facts, furnished by Capt. James Rice, Provost Marebal of the Conecript camp, are very tntor- esting, aa they indicate that four of the St. Albana raid- ore have been caught at the camp. On Friday, the 23d inst., a detachment of recruits ar- Fived from Windsor, Vt., in whieh were four men, evi- dently Southerters, and of good appearance. ‘Two of them, foon after their arrival, displayed a great deal of St. Albans money, and desired to kuow if the St, Albans banks were redecming their bills, and wanted to exchange them for other money, They showed also bills on Georgia and South Carolina benks, and « quantity of Canadian silver, They claimed to belong in Canada, and sentaway money from the camp under different names from those under which they onlisted. They also said that they came down from Canada with those same 8t. Albans raiders who went to Concord and onlisted and were caught; that they came with them to White River Junction, whore they parted company, their companions going to Concord tw enlist, and thoy coming on to Windsor for the same purpose. Provost Marshal Rice, on these and other suspicious grounds, arrested the men on Thursday, December 29. He then had them photographed, and their pictures sent on to Governor Smith, of Vermont. Governor Smith haa telegraphed to Captain Rice to hold om to the men. Since the arrest of those men tho two other Southerners were heard to say that they were Present at the trial of the St. Albans raiders, and that they knew all about the case, They also appeared to be flush with rebel and Canada money, and sooord- ingly Capta'n Rice has also had these two placed ia con- finement. ‘The first two arrested have appeared extremely anxious to have an interview with same friend whom thoy supposed to be in this city, and offered fifty dollars to the sergeant of Captain Rice to help them obtain such an interview. ‘The matter is held in abeyance for the present to await further developments, Counterfeit Twer Bowrem, Doo. %1, 1864. Counterfelt twontioa on tho Mechanics’ Dank of Wor- coster ond Oves om the Uoion Bank of Haverhill, both wall exequiod, ars in cirouledoa, OBITUARY Bx-Vice President George M. Dallas. George Miffin Dallas, ex-Vico President of the United States, and more recently Minister to the Court of St _ [arc died at bie residence in Philadelphia youterday r , suorning. Mr. Dallas was born in Philadelphia on the > af July, 1702 He was descended of Irish parentage, 10th and was Sopnected by kin and marriage with Bir George Pallas, Sir Sokert Dallas and the poet Lord oldest brother entered the American Sf. on Ble ~ mavy, which he obtained the rank Cottons os Pringeses = Prem ere BO tho office of his fatherat Phi, @ member of the American bar . ever, of applying bis energies to labors of his profonsion, be devoted hy Of politios, and early attached himself ©, democratic party, which he euy Civilian through « public career © forty years. Before he liad, the ber more than ® few ‘oa 1818 the & coreful study of the politioal communities, He'was subseqs iy ttme as Secretary of: Legation'in London, return to the United States Mr. Dallas” practice as a lawyer, and rose to some 4 e criminal bar. In 1817 he was appointed thor Attorney Goneral’ of his native city, Hie Z quently fulfilled the duties of the Mayoralty of Phitmdetphia, and in 1920 was nominated to the offéew whiotr bis father had held before him, namely, thed of District Attorney of Pennsylvania; under tho Pros} denoyrof General Jackson. The duties of this post. he continued to discharge with muck firmness and ad- drous down to the year 1831, when tie was elected a member: of the Senate for Pennsytvanin. It was not long: before his experience, bis thorough busi- ness habits and bis geueral high personal character secured for him a recognized’ position in that agsembly, in which be was always listened to with attention an respect, In 1887 he was seleoted by’ Mr. Van Baren to undertake the post of ambassador from the: United Btates to St. Petersburg, in which capital ho remained until 1839. He was much esteemed by the late Emperor las, andeproved himecif in more than one respect & ful servant to the nation by whom ho accredited Returning to America at the close of 1839, Mr, Dallas threw off his diplomatic character, and resumed his pursuits as a private citizen, Five ears later, In 2844, ho was elected Vice President of the Gnited Htaten. ‘This office he continued to hold until he was succeeded by Mr. Fillmore. As occupying this pont, he was also ew President of the Sonate, and in tha capacity gave, in 1846, hie casting vote in favor of w la reduction of the tariff as arranged in 1842. Just as t ‘Russian war was juded aspeeet of Paris, ag ¢! commencement of 1856, certain difficulties arose on the other side of the Atlantic, which for a few weeks threa- tened to involve us ina war with England, The subjects in dispute were tw one ee the occupation of certain parte of Central America by a British forec, undor the plea of “affording protection’ to the Mosquito Indians; and the other connected with tle personal acts of Sir John Crampton, thea British Minister at Washing ton, in enlisting recruite for the English army on Ameri- ean soll, Sir John Crampton's conduct was felt in the ‘United States to be a breach of his daty as an accredited diplomatic agent, and the Amorican government very naturally-nignified their wixh that he should be recalled in briaty ecco The British government did not wholly endorse the’conduct of thelr minister, who returned in due course to Englund, and that which at one time threatened to become a casua belli biow over and passed away like « thunder cloud in summer. For baying escaped this dire contingency both Kurope and America are greatly indebted to Mr. Dallas, who was nominated ambassador to England for the settlement of the question, in succession to Mr. Buchanan, whose poltey, while residing in Kngland, war of a far less con- Pilatory character, “Mr. Dallas terived at" Liverpool om the 13th of March, 1866, armed with the fullest powers to settle and determine all saatters in dispute between the “difference” already meu- American question, Lord Jon ¢, in his place in the House of Com- negotiations were about to be carried in country and the United Btates, thoy es not be entrusted to . beter _— —_ bs 3 alias, a yeptionan universe! and wi! ur. ing his short sojourn in fend hed gained the good will of all classes of people.’ The conciliatory conduct of Mr. Dallas did muoh towards inclining the acaleg in favor of peace. erpool, in an- Bwer to an address from mber of Com. meree, he predicted with confidence that “the causes of difforence which had arisen between the two countries could soon be amicably arranged, and that, in his opinion, they were not of such # serious character as either would lead, or ought to lead, to any disturbance of the relatiouship subsisting between them.” On the Cen- tra! American controversy Mr. Dallas evinced the same conciliatory spirit. Upom the conclusion of his diplo- matic onreer he retired (o private life in his native city, Mr. Dallas was a gentioman of fine personal appearance and uppretending, if not platn in manner. He a very thorou ucation and a highly poll mind, which, to natural good sense and « long experience of men and things, gave him a high position among the statesmen of the pipe WEWS FROM HILTON HEAD. Hiton Heap, 8. 0., Deo, 22, 1806 ROM DEVRAUX PONT, There is nothing new of importance from General Match’s column at Deveaux Point which it is proper to publish, We now command the railroad, but not suffictontly to prevent the occasional passing of trains. Our right betiery of light rifled ta within noven hundred yards of the railroad, in front of a awath cut through the woods by the Twenty-fifth Ohio, ou the morning of the 9th. On the loft we bave a swamp bat tory which commands a oulvert on the road, and our thirty-pounder YParrotts are, in good position. There been no casualties since my last despecth that I can learn, DEATH OF COLONEL MULLIMAN AND MAJOR RANDOLPR. Tho gallant Colonel Sildman, of the Twenty-sixth United States colored troops, and Major Randolph, of the Twenty-ffth Oblo, have died in hospital of wounds. Both were fine officers. Major Randolph had lost # foot, and Colonel Silitman’s leg was shot off In the fight of the The wounded are all im the best hands, and doing finely, with fower deaths than was anticipated Reported Disaster to a United States Gunboat. Houtman’ Hore, Dec, 20, 1464. ‘The British berk Springbok, from Cape Baytien on the 16th inst., for Boston, has arrived here. She reporta:—Laf at Cape Haytion United States gunboats Galatea and Neptane; also the bark Haven, of Portland, disabled. A report had come to Cape Haytien that a United States gunboat, with the mails, &e., was asbore on the north: west part of Inagaa. Major General N. P. Banks, United States Army; Gene- ral K. J. Strang, Savannah; Colonel Wm. R. Lunt, Wash- ington; Colonel 8.8. Mathews, City Point, Va ; B. F. Bolfour, Norwich, Conn. ;1 Surgeon P. B. Rose, Washing. tou. and Robert Y. Lincoln, won of the President, are at the’ Astor House, Goneral Charles C. Waleutt, of the Army of the Ten- nossee; Colonel R. 8. M ~ sg and ©. A. Dana, Assistant Secretary far, Washington, are at the Motropolitan Hotel. Hon. Samuel MeLean, Gon McKay, of Boston, 'are at the St. Nicholas of Montana eer ent oo Dicnowant ov tHe Unren Srares Coxuneas.—We have just received @ copy of a Dictionary of Congress, comptiod aaa manual of reference for the legislator and statesman, by Mr. Chas, Lannenan, late librarian of the ‘House of Representatives, The book is neatly got up and comtaine tnteresting biographical sketches of all the members of both houses. The work can ooly be had by Application to members of Congress, who will have it for distribution among their constituents, Tt will shortly be lasued ag & public document, Baapquantara Seoown Boum Canouuma, Deo. 14, 1004, . * . On 00 scoount wil! non-combatants be allowed to enter the oity of Charieaton, except ie jing through to more ‘tons of the State, the promulgation of (hie order, Thone siaves whose owners are now living beyond the limite Of the city of Charleston, except Ove slave to take whiob snob owners bave left unpre. tected, wiil be at once Temoved from the oity If te Ofteen Gaya after the issue Of this order any such phy hy A will be at cooe ki rested 0d sent out of the oly cage Cee evens, . . . Ry oommmand of Major General RANSOM, Wu QAnCm, Asmiginay Adjutant Cameras while hig youngest brother reached the ‘The subject of those remarks received, Baia Veith’ autlnction pnd 5 NEWS FROM KENTSCKY. Louuvinin, Deo, 80, 1804 Om Aaturday tast Captain Bamuel Tabor, of the Home Guard, of Harding county, and his nephew, fifteen years old, were surrounded at thetr residence by oven of Capt, Pratt's rebel gang. Captain Tabor and bis nephew dred. from tho house, killing Prats and threo of bis ‘Tho remainder escaped, with the loss off ‘ guns. Acting Major ; : Nowberwick, of Ps 7 wong vee) dail h it him with attempting to steal $1,200 evorth of wear parel. Caddell says he was born in Albany, Te prvtends to be a book pedies, Tho parulysis ocurred abow’ ninetoer’ years ogo, and was caused by Ueting struck onthe back with a stone, Cuance or Ronmuny.—At @ late hour ow Friday night Mr August Beckizan, residing c& No. 178 Division street, was passing through’: Reosovelt ctreet, when he was vie- lontly assaulted and ‘enocked down by one Menry Boots, av English seaman, who forcibly tok from hts posses sion thirty-six pounds anda half of sotton, worth tweaty- five dollars. Séott instantly gave te eetton to araccom- plice, whe escaped with Beckmam called for b whoa officer Towns, of the Fourth precinct, ran-up arrested'Soott, who wnc ‘subsequently takon before Jus tice Hogan and committedto the Tombe for examination. At the time of committing ‘the assault the prisoner repre- sented that he was an oficar and wishot to arrest Beok- man. ALLuGE® AssacLY wire & Stonc Sier.—Cathartes Greason, e.- woman residing o& No. 332 Chorry street, ap peared before Justice Hogan, a the Tombs, and lodged a complaint against Samuel O'Neil, charging im with the commiseion of a felonious asscatt. Catharine avers thas as she was onthe corner of Catherine and Wator streets, lato on Friday night, O'Neil, without the slightest prove- cation, struck her on the forehead with a slung t= flicting a very*@overe wound ©'Neil was a by ofticer Byrnes, of the Fourth preeinct, and taken before Justice Hogan, who committed him to the ombs for examination. ‘IutxcaLie Opearina Goops—Dowa 4x Exransrve Businxss. —For some weeks past a large amount of goode has been fraudulently obtained from the steamboat ang barge offices on the North and East rivers, by a mem pretending to be am agent for the owners. The mater being brought to the attention of Captain Thorne, of the Twenty-sixth precinct, he detailed officers to make am tm vestigation, and the result was the arrest of Charles As Scott alias George W. Smith. It appears that afier get ting possession of the goods the prisoner would employ & earman to take them to Brooklyn, where another would be hired to remove the goods to a remote cornee of the oity, where he would sell them at prices far belew the actual Cost, It is thought Smith thus obtained goede valued at $1,600, Eke was committed for examination by Justice Hogan. Anaxet oy ALLAGup Proxrockets.—Two young men, giving their names as George K. Jones aud Wim. Jobnses, were arrested by officer Wilson, charged with picking the pocket of John G. Cryer, a gontleman, residing in Morte ania, Westchester county. While on the Third avenes ear, the prisoners solo Mr. or's gold watch an@ chain, valued at $100, and ren Mr. ‘er purseea the thieves, and when he raised the ory of, hop thiete they also re the ory at the thelr vioces; bab that dodge did not succeed, as the officer intercepted thean, After thoir arrest a search was made for the stolen SS ty, and it wae found in # culvert, where they Rhrown it. ‘The accused parties were taken before Jam att end committed to prison for trial withewd At, Mra. Rebecoa Morria, of New Ro Weatchester county, yester had her pocket picked of a wallet cea- taining $14 60 while walking down Broadway afternoon, by John Burke. The theft was wi Mr. Gustavus C. Brown, of 669 Broadway, who attention of officer Pearsall, of the Twenty-fi to the fact, and Burke was arrested. Justice mitted the prisoner for trial in default of $1,600 Drsuoxnet Douxeric.—Dotective Slowey yesterday ae rested Kiten Cavanagh, late a domestic in the family of Jules Mendelsohn, 186 Kast Broadway, on the charge of having stolen money, clothing, furs, &c., valued at pt temporary absence of the family. rie] the stolon was found secreted under the im the garret in Mr. Mendelsohn’s Cs — wes taken before Justice Shandley and committed for trial. The = Remedy.—Those who rom breath are open to the charge of fi ts an offence that can be aj wot FY wit breath pure and sweet y al 5 the f y DONT will unit work. No toilet table sbould be without it, and keep the teeth white and the Bold by oll druggista. 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