The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1865, Page 8

8 “THE QUOTA OF NEW YORK. The Report of the Committee Sent to Washington. THE DRAFT PROBABLY POSTPONED. New Assignment of Quotas when the re Enrolment is Corrected. ACTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ae., de, de. Board of Supervisors. ‘The Board met in their chamber yesterday, pursuant tecall. On motion, the regular order of business was. sus- BPended, for the purpose of permitting the special com- mitice appointed to goto Washington in regard to the eounty quota to present a? report. ‘The following was presented:— jarshal General, unde President of the United States of December, 1864, for hundred thousand men for the armies of the Union, —would respectfully present the following ‘That on the of Wedn on evening of eaday, February 1, the: proceeded to Washington. : siti INTERVIEW WITH THR SECRETARY OF WAR. Immediately after their arrival your committee com- municated with our United States Senators and Repre- gentatives in Congress, and were promised their assist- ence. On that day (Thursday) they obtained an interview ‘with the Secre! of War, to whom they explained the ebject of their visit, and expressed their desire to receive guch information as might enablo thom, on their return, te assure their constituents of the county of New York ‘What the county had been fairly dealt with in the increase ‘of the quota demanded under the President’s call of December 19 for three hundred thousand men, inasmuch @a the impression now vailed that there must be some ~~ mistake in the increase of our quota from four sand four hundred and thirty-three in December to ‘twenty-one thousand and nineteen in January. Mr. Stanton remarked to your committee, in discussing he quota, that if the assignment in December had been ‘Seo small the number ought to have been increased, and 8 good citizens we onght not to complain; but assured us ‘What if, on the other band, it was too large, the govern- ould be shown, should have @clock ou the next morning (Friday, the 34), with the waderstanding that full explanations in relation to the quota of our county should then be made to us, FIRST INTERVINW WITH THR PROVOBT MARSHAL GENERAL. On Friday morning, at nine o'clock, as appointed, your @ommitteo waited upon Provost Marshal General Fry. General Fry then read to your committee portions of @ Better which he said he had prepared in explanation of fhe increase in the quota of the county of New York, fad which he said he intended to make public. What was read dealt only in xeneral rms with the points at sexe, and was not discussed by your committee, xcept in the endeavor to obtain a clear ding of the matter. ‘There were only two points which elicited any contro- versy. The first was in respect to our enrolment. Gen, Wry stated that when the quota of December was as- igned it was baced on a reduction of twenty per eent in ‘the enrolment, upon the supposition that the corrections ‘would have been completed before the 15th of February, end would have justified that reduction. But when the quota of January was assigned no reduction for excessive @@rolment was made, b. cause of advice that the correc- tien of the enrolment would not be completed by the ‘16th of February. On this point your committee took occasion to explain the difficulties of correcting the enrolment of New York ‘eounty, and the causes for the delay in the completion of Shat work. But, in order to give some idea of the possi- ele result of the'correction of the enrolment now in pro- grees, your committee exhibited a statement of the work @s respects the first four wards of the city, which state- ‘ment is hereto appended, marked A. it of the statement read by the Provost General which particularly attracted your com- ‘Mittco’s attention was the entire absence of any figures which could be used to ery ee correctness of the (quote assigned, and expecially the following sentence A tie not poraible to compute the quotas witheut full in- toa from all Ure Sater and epee Fo plain a ‘of persons. w we no other information bat pertains to their respective localities can lend 10 uo cor- Soot renults. the force of this sugges- Your committee appreciated on, and therefore, in order thut they might be enabled @ arrive at correct results, they requested permission to examine, through a sub-committee, the figures used by @e bureau as the basis on which to assign the quotas of the county of New York. In no other way your com- mittee felt assured would they be able to demonstrate What the county of New York had been fairly dealt with, ‘This was acceded to, and the sub-commitye at once proce:ded with tne work. They a made to ‘as a report, which ix appended, marked An examination of this report will show that our sub- @ommitio: had been compelled to take for granted the fests of the figures on the whole enrolment of the loyal ,, and the excess of credita due the whole United Btates. As the correctness of the result of their compn- (ations depended upon the corroctacss of these very figures, we deemed it cesential that we should have the means of verifying them, for, if we took for granted any Portion of the figures given ux as a basiv of calculation, we might as well have taken for granted the quota itself” even if the basis on whieh the computation of the uary quota was made should prove to be correct, it ‘would afford no explanation of the causes which con- Sributed to produce the difference between the qnota of December of four thousand four hundred and thirty-three. and the quota of January of twenty-one thousand and minetern, It was aseertained from the snb-committee that they Dac! asked for the figures relating to the Deceinber quota, but that they had not been furniched. ntial toa thorongh under. manding of the matter under investigation, the report ‘was woratiefactory so far as these items of information were wanting. committee then requested of the Provost Marshal @enoral that we be allowed av extensfon of the time tixed Gor the draft iu the county of New York, and that our quota should be re in accordance with the sum of @ar enrolment, when the work of correction, now iv pro- should be completed. The following letter was, therefore, despatched to Pro- vest Marshal General Fry :— THE COMMITTEE TO THO PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL, Wi.ano’s Hore, Waswrncrton, D. General J. B. Fry, Proves Marshal General :— The commities of the Board of Supervisors of the nm aty of New York, appointed tov 10 the deficiency claimed of the mober 19, for three bnudred th u for the facilities afforded them ct which the quota of the county has been computed. to call your attention to two facts, je desire now First—The time allowed ie which to raise the large nainber “0 edly demanded of 1 tirety ton # ft be extend: fait opportunity ‘without a draft. Second—That the enrolment upon which the quota of the of New York is assigned ix much longer than it ald be. "Piidonce of the excessive enrolment of the county Is nov @ forward state of preparation, and when (whioh will be in about twenty days) weask thet the ta of the county shall be reassigned om the basis of the oe We believe that we have the stronger claim to this, naw geash 20 our Jocronsed quota ia due In good part to the re tof quotas on enrolments corrected bn other dix- in it shall be eorn- thon, ‘the necessities of the count 1 tivels a rospersant ot the arate we bere inant oe rite oe en fall emy ive inent in mostering tent with the iting an early wv ply, ‘obedinat sarvasts, UX, SMITH ELY, JR. ANDREAS WIL h Committee of the Board of Su tase of the county of New York. Ou the rame evening a reply was received from Pro- vest Marshal General Fry, as tollows:— 7 ub. ‘ox, Serr ommities af thesBoard of jew York, Willand’s Hotel, ba OF to acknowledge the rece iF communtention of this date ti afforded you for arriving at the the county, of N of jew York, under the cali of Decem!er was computed. satistied, as I understand “give the shale fall employment in must n volun T will find it “consistent with the ste of ie Grarament not 0 Mrithdraw them fruin that duty for the rpone of en: conseription.”” Ie revly on tile int, I wonld fompensfut atate that the time draft been fixed by the President im his Proclamation, and I have no authority to give any assurances $6,004 extension, but if “give the Provost Marshais ‘all employment in mustering in volunteers,” I shall not re- ommend they be withdrawn from “that duty for the Parpore of enforcing the conscription.” srcond-—Thah 28 ev pace of tae eproasive “onrotmant of the aounty is Dow In a forward state of preparation, and when ‘abail bo, comsfeted (wich will Delia. aboue twenty days)? ask “that the quote of the county eball be reassigned on basis of the enroiment aa corrected.” cannot recominend thet ihe raising of troops be deferred the Burpose of ‘correeti'¢ allognd errors In the enrolment but when there lista aha have been reduced by the eor- of errors # claim will he’ entertained for « correapond- reduction in the quotas fire tbe honor to Bey ceil, yoy ropeetay, your Pro Vout Marshal General, Op the next morning (the 4up) We following addi. raing ‘end more ‘equitably apportion the Hoaiin abha\nuotn io the chy of New Vork and the F ‘would on the part of I Tespectfully ‘that you the Rado See aa ete ‘The information asked by the Provost Marshal General in this lotter could not be given, for the reasons previous- ly stated by us, in relation to the report of our sub-com- mittee, It was therefore determined to request of him the figures neceseary to complete our computation. tp the information in a few moments. for five hours; they were informed that the application for what was desired must be made in writing. The follo letter was therefore at once prepared and handed to the Provost Marshal General :— Brigadier Mit st 18 Fin oe Marshal General: jeneral J. B. Fux, Provost neral:— rh Dgas furnish the figures which fill the following table— Total enroiment tothe United States, on which was ed December apportioned the quota ber 28, 1864.. Surplus years of service due to whole United States. . ¥ tla AE: oboa66y Totals... If the manner in which the quotes assigned December 23 were computed in. different from this, please furnish, the figures to us in the manner in which quotas were ar- tired at by you. ORISON BLUNT, ‘WM. M. TWEED’ JOHN FOX, ANDREAS WILLMANN, SMITH ELY, Jr. Mes aree of the Board of Supervisors of the county of New ‘or! Wasuinaton, Feb. 4, 1866. The following answer to the foregoing was received on Sunday morning, dated on that day, and declining to furnish the information desired :— ‘THE FROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL TO TuR CO! aR -ARTMENT, Provost Mansmat GeneRat’s Buuxdv, Wasnixcron, D. C., Feb. 5, 1865. Omron Brony, Eng. Chairman of ihe Commitiée, Board of Supervisors, of the County of New York:— Sin—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a com- munication of yourself and othera of the Board of Supervi- sors, of yeuterday evening, requesting me to furnish you with tabular statement of the baals and amounts of credite, the enrolment, &e., de., upon wi e assignmen the several distriets embraced in the ty of New York, December 24, was prediaated, You request me to furnish ‘you with the amount of the “to.al enrolment of the United Btates, on which was appor- tioned the quota assigned December 23, 1864. “The surplus years of service due’ by the whole United p tific enrolment of each of the Congressional districts em- braced in the city of New York. aig hg heereeate yours of service furnished to these several strict, A hele quotas under the call, July 18, for five hundred thousand. “The excess of years of service furnished by the districts ely. *FSvelr several quotas under the call of December 18,” and thetr. deficiency or surplus. Ax this information pertains exclusively to the quotas that have been abandoned, in consequence of their revision, as explained to the Board of Supervisors, arrt aa it does in’ no way affect the quota of January 24, with which we at present have to deal, [ do not see that it would be of any practlow ulility to go into that subject, as the December a mew whether correct or Jacorrect, has been replaced by that January. T have, within the last two days, extended to you the op- portunity 4 examine the records of this office, and commu- nicated to you the principles upon which the present quotas ‘Wore assigned, and the amount of credit which. bas been lowed, and I have understood froin the Committee, whi the Board of Superviedts had designated to make the mination, that they were convinced that the quotas of u- ary 24th are correct and just, me cept that they deem the en- nt to be excessive. 0 go over the subject of the Deetunber anaignment. would necessitate & further buspension of the current busiuess of one of the most iny it branches of my office, now re- quiring constunt attention. aud wonld result in inconvenience and hardship to jes from other States, who await the completion of my business with your committee, to get in- formation required by their respective localities, Having Inid the nubject before the President and Secretary of War, nd their instructions to this effect, I beg that you will excuse me from giving further the to'an Mvestiguiion into the December ment, T beg leave, however, to aaaure you, as stated In my letter of yesterday, that tt ‘will give me great pleasure to tmpart any information at my disposal touching the draft er the busiuess of recruiting. int 53 ‘am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant "Sinks B. PRY? Provost Marshal General. The committee at once despatched the following reply :— THR COMMITTEE TO THE PROVOST MARSHAL GHNERAL. Wasstinctox Feb. 5, 1865, Brigadier General J. B. Pay, Provost Marshal General:— Sin—We have th: r to acknowledge the receipt of your commuaniat! terday, requesting replies to the fol- lowing questi Firt—Whetl principles upon which the quota of the city of New York is assigned have been tnade known to the Bourd of Supervisors, and if #0, whether the same 14 to them sutlvfactory. “* Sacrmd—Whether these principles have been fairly apphed to the city of New York, and whether her full share of credit has been allowed to her by the Jannary assignment, “Third—And whether the bourd is advised of any method other than the one adopted, which would carry out the law governing the aubject and more equitably, apportion the eredite and quotas tothe city of New York and the country.” We have to reply to the first clause of the first interroga- tory, that the principles upon which the qnota of the city of New York is assigned, have been made known to the Com- mite of the Board ‘of Supervisors by the report made by the sub-committee appoluted by them, to which you refer, which report is apper o, mar) To the recond cliuse of the first loterrogatory, “ whether theenme ix to them satisfactory,” we have to say that the data furnished us by the munpxed. report we deemed tnsuf- cient, ‘We thought it necessary, tw order to show the occasion of the inerense of the quotas aasigned In January ultimo, over those assigned in December, that the figures by which the quotas of December were arrived at should be fartilshed na, in the same manner as the figures tor the quows of Jauu- ary had been. We therefore a honor to seknowledge the rece this mo Hind for those figures, and we have the int of Four communication of had laid the subjact before h yof War and recetved their justrictions, and asking that we will exeuse you (eau giving further tne to an investigation into the December assign: meat, We regret tht Jou, from the conviction that only throngh th of the process by whiah the quotas for our oo 4 well na Jantary were ar rived w natinGed thut the increased quotas ‘gnment were just. We regret also the ovcanioned by our mirepprehen- sion of 0 vortinity extended to ns to examing the records w learn for the first tine that such op- ded, und shall gladly avail ourselves ‘We denire now to be allowed to copy from the recorde the enrolment of the remaining Congressional districts of the Joyal States, she terms of aervien, the quotas of July 18, 1864, the excess or deficioncles, if any, and the quotas assigned all be in possession of these figures we shall a and pleased to answer the remainder of your inter- orier, » hearer of this wil await your reply, and our sub.com- mitwe will immediately thereupon proceed to the examina- Janvar, Ww ton. We have the houor to be, very respect folly, your obedieut N BLUNT, AM M. TWEED, wervants, € Ww ANDREAS LMANN, Commitee of the Board of Supervisors of the county ‘of Appended was the report of our subcommittee, which forme Appendix B of this report, This request wos also refused by the Provost Marshal General in the following letter: — THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENKRAL TO THE COMMITTER, Wai RIMENT, Oniwon Brow, Baq., Supers thors of the ‘York: — Knowledge the receipt of your whieh F qnote ae foll occasioned by OOF nded to ue to examine We learn for the fi it is extonded, and shall gladly avail ourselves to be all olment of renvainir ter, the worm of sery eticwnetes, If ans ed to copy from the records the onal districts of the loval July, IMM, the #x- tas as-igned January 1 reply to the two poragraphe quoted from ir letter, I would rexpectfutly ata! om follows to the feat Logg nity "ference to my tetier of Ubi@ morning, I find the follow- i i the lant two days extended to you the 0 Ine the reesrds ot this ofien kere if nie commun hag understood i erended meaning than was int P ned that the Committee would understand me aa saying hat they had been offered an opportunity to examine athe of the different branel sary to ® proper understandiny sideration, to wit: the quoia of New York January ZA, 1866, 1 reepeetfully request that Will #0 Underatend my letter of tle mornin, To the werond: L have already made the committee a tainted with the method of computing the quotas on the 24th of January aa it ie in ny power to do, mente, de, asl for above, will give the ditional means forming & correct opinion ag to the method of computing the quotas referred to, ‘The request made tn the second ty Ph, quoted from (of thie date, han been laid Delore tie retary of hima ae follows:— committee appears tome unreaso Provost Marshal (eneral Fs bie: but the foroo 8 bé can aud ip the Weantine ay oo igadier General J. B. Fax, Provost i Brlenalive have the honor i acknowledge the receipt of your Mira tcgret to and that our roquees seams to have been cx: we en en- tirely misundersiood both by the Secretary of War and your- ‘So fur from 2 “call on the office of the Provost Mar- inl Galseatt ane mouths to Bit es other purpose than delay,” it will tion on the part of your clerks, ex: ‘an exbibit of the re- cords, and we will e1 (the number of figures to be copied Deing leas than four thousand) to have the copy made in two hours by t ‘Fromihe tebor of your communication, we are led to infer that you are under the iny mm that an opportunity has been’ afforded us to examiue some of the facords of “your ‘tine in seomaniary eapoctaten ef peschiee? Sento mn ing eco . Bouthera ‘atrict of New York), and that for bi momen nowledge that have already made the commit- toto Neds With, the mothed of computing the SOR Tei cardiy necesonry. newered, fac aio chases’ st gerald eh ae a ee cca ‘computation correctness of w! f the rewulle enti those Sh henna Sevan aigamiccet from we salon to copy. Unless the means of verifying their correct- 3 possession tt will be inpbesible. for us elther rrogatories ‘oommunica- Werday, oF to. deroustrite to uF constituents the of the increased now de the means of satisfying our constituents be afforded un, heartily respond to any just call wi may be made upon them, and we are en- tirely confident that recruits will then be obtained s#o rapid! voluntary enlistment that the enforcement of the will be unnecessary. ‘Trusting that this explanation of our request may be satis. factory to the Department, and hoping immediately to re- ceive the mission to copy the igures denlewd, we rena our obedient servant 2 WILLIAM M. TWEED, JOHN FOX. SMITH ELY, Jn, ANDREAS WILiMANN, ‘Committee of the Board of Supervisors, county of New York. INTERVIEW WITH THR PRESIDENT. Your committee had, since their arrival in Washing- ton, endeavored to seo the President; but it was not until the gate, bx Monday, the 6th, when our correspond- ence with Provost Marshal General Fry had reached this fe that we were enabled to have an audience with his xcellency. In order that there might be no saminhormenaing. me to what we desired, the following points of our claim were submitted to him in writing:— Wasuinaton. D. C., Feb. 6, 1865. gre EXcevtance 7HK Pxesiwent oF THE UNITED ATES: ar call of December 19, 1864, for 300,000 men, there was asxigned to the county of New York on the 234 of December a quota of 4,443 men, On the 2th of January, 1865, our quota was increased to 21,019 men. fe ank— First—Inasmuch as the increase in our quota Is due in great Part lo a reannigninent of quotes, after the correction of the enrolment in other districts, we think it but fair that our quota should reasslgned after the correction of our enrol- ment. We ask, therefore, that upon the completion of the correction of our enrolment, which will be in about twenty days, our quota be igned. ‘Seconde—tn ease our county shall keep her Provost Marsbals Feauoupbly busy musteriug In recrults, that the Provost Mar- shall be not withdrawn from that duty to enforee the draft. ‘Third—To satisfy our constituents as to the justice of this increase of our quota, we usk leave to copy the figures on which the quotas! of December and January are based, As the quota of each district depends on the ‘figures for ever other district, we shall be to copy the figures of al the districts of the loyal States. | This we will do at any hour of duy oF night which may. be leant inconvenlent to the War Department, and we will do it in less than two hours. Although your committee received no positive assn- rance from the Prreldent to the two first points presented to him, they were led to belleve that his Excellency saw thojr force and justice, In regard to the third point, however, in which our correspondence with the Provost Marshal General had been so unsatisfactory, he remarked that it had been re- presented to him that we desired these Agures for the urpose of showing that the [Atanas ‘wes wren, our committee assured him, however, that their oy object was to be put in possession of the data on whic they might satisfy themselves and their constituents that the quota assigned them was just. ‘On this explanation, his Excellency was kind enongh to hand Pape committee the following order to Provost: ‘Marshal General Fry:— ‘THR PRESIDENT TO THR PROVOST MARSHAL. GENERAL. CUTIVE. MANSION, Wasninaton, Feb, 6, 1865. Provost Mansuat, Gexerat—These gentlemen distinctly say to me this morning that what they want is the means froin your ofl of showing thelr people that the quota us: signed to them iaright, They think It will take but little Une: two hours, they nay. Please give them double the ye and every facility you ean, Yours truly, i ‘4. LINCOLN, MAD INTERVIEW WITH THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL. With this memorandum, and a copy of that of the paper handed the President relating to Fonds our bub-committee culled upon Provost Marshal Genera! Fry, ready to proceed with the labor of copying the fig- ures, The Provost Marshal General took the papers, aud shortly after handed the sib-committee the following: — ‘THK PROVOST MARSHAL GENKRAL 70 THY COMMITTEE. Wan Deranraxys, Enero MARSHAL GENeRAL’s Burnav, ai 1885. im, D. O., Feb. or Tux sry oy Naw Te tus Boamp oF SurEevisoRs ‘ORK :— Gxyriewen—T have the bonor to acknowtedge the receipt of a memorandum from the President, by the hands of your sub-committee, in reference to furni¢hing the information asked by Ee! yesterday, and which was declined by my letter to you of last evening. Since the receipt of the memoran- dum from the President [ have call spee and conferred with him upon the subject, and am now directed by him to inform you that, in answer to your application for figures, statements, &c.,"I have ouly to repeat my letier of last even: ing, to whieh I refer you. etfutl “au . , ‘am, gentlemen, ve ully, your obedient servant semen AMES B. PRY, Provost Marshal General Thus your committee were at last informed distinctly that ‘even with the President's permission, they could not have the figures necessary to demonstrate the accu- racy either of the quota of four thousand four hundred and thirty-three demanded in December, or the quota of twenty-one thousand and nineteen required in January. Had this refusal been given us at the outset much valuable time would have been saved us, and we should the sooner have been able to lay our report before your honorable body. ‘As your committee was appointed in part for the pur- pose of ascertaining the justice of the increased quota, Or, at least, the reasons which operated to Increase the demand, for 4,433 men in December to a demand for 21,019 mon in January, they felt that they would have been remiss had they lees pertinaciously insisted upon obtaining the desired iufermation. During the evening of the 6th your committee were surprised at the receipt of a letter from the Provost Mar- shal General, agoin refwsing to furnish the information asked. It was aa followa;— Ww Onison Buuwr, Esq, ¢ Snpervisors of the County of New York Sin—-Your communivation of this dace has been reeetved, asking for an opportunity to examine the records of thie oftce and obtain such information as will enable you to test the accuracy of the “sum of the enrolment of ail the dis- tricts of the loyal States, and the sun of the excess of credits Of those districtk on December 3, 1864, after satisfying all calls previous to December 19, 1864.) In your communication im, allege that these two numbers are aianmed, and then add that the correctness of the quote Of New York depends upou the correctness of these assumed bombers, In reply T have the honor to state that “the sum of thi rolment of all the districts of the loyal States’ to which havo beew assigned and which wun furnished you on instant, and which ls f tl 3d correctly staied in the report of your sub-cotumittes, and the “xuin of the excess of creditn of districts,” which were also furnished you, are not aasuam but are ihe correct aggregate of the enrolment and excess years of servier, T beg Irave to inform the Board of Sty furnished them with this information, at my disponal to devote to this subject, tir, very rexpectfuily, your obedient sarvan bi: AMES B. FIR, Provost Marthal General. ‘Your committee have received no further communica tion up to the time of making their report, The result of all their labors the committee aum up to be a reduction of twenty-five per cent of the quota of twenty-one thousand and nineteen until the enrolment is completed in the city aud the true quota can be asoer- tained, This makes the quota fifwen thousand seven hundred and sixty-three. Besides this they have ascer- tained that the drait will probably be posiponed if volyn- teering is brisk and there ix a reasonable prospect of ill tng the quota by that means. The report concluded by offering for adoption the following revolution -— Resolved, That the Commitee on Volnnteering be and it is hereby authorized to offer such bounties as may be deemed wise and judicious, both for volunteers and sub- stitutes, and be instructed to report (heir determination to thie Board. Supervisor SHOOR moved that the report be accepted id the resolution appended to it adopied. ‘The motion visors that, having have no further time was carried without det Super ‘visor PURDY moved the adoption of the following Resolved, That in the opinion of this Board, whenever it is made satistactory to the Volunteer Committee that y person has been duly entisted and ered.ted to the junty of New York, and accepted by the United States anthorities, that the person so presenting gach certitieate shall be entitled to the bounty and hand money prop wed by said committee. Supervisor Twrep made a speech defending the Super> visors from the insinuations of come of the newspapera He referred to the investigation of Colonel Baker into the alleged frands in enlistments in this county. No forged papers were ever male out inthis county, The naval enlistments claimed were all genuine, re is nothing in any of the arrests made to implicate the county of any one in it In fraude, Every man credited to this county had been duly examined by a United States medical officer. Every man mustered ‘nto service has been paid the bounty himeelf, The committes or the Bourd were not responsible if aman has the mustering officers once, twice or three times. The buel- nees of the county was to give the men to the govern- ment and get the credit. It was not their business to take care of the men. The same agent of the committee does not alwayr pay the bounties, so that it would be im- ble for them to detect frauds. Ho thought tho preas should assist the Board in disposing of the imputa- ope cast unon lt, Be eonsidered Mr Biuut entitied mob only to the confidence of the Board, but of the commu- Yo sera seete unt of the government on the government. in the integrity of the President, but if inst the county was insinuated by men under him, he ‘ht it was time to meet such insinuations. ‘Supervisor TweED moved to amend the motion of 8u- pervisor Purdy by referring it to the Volunteer Commit- tee with power, and the amendment was adopted. ‘The Board then adjourned to Monday at two P.M. FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY. Destructive Conflagration in Philadelphia. Two Thousand Barrels of Coal Ol Burned ABOUT FIFTY DWELLINGS DESTROYED. Peqnie Roasted Alive in the { Streets, NAMES OF SOME OF THE SUFFERERS, &e., &e. &e. {From the Phfiadetphia Bulletin, Feb. 8.) The most terrible conflagration that has occurred in Philadelphia since the great fire of July, 1850, took place this morning. Before to narrate the horrors of the calamity, we will describe the locality where the dread tragedy was enacted. Ninth street, below Washington, 1s lined principally with three story brick dwellings that are Spo ied mainly by respectable families of limited means, the houses rent- ing, we should judge, for from two hundred to two hun- dred and fifty dollars a year. The first street below ‘Washington street is Ellsworth, and the next is Federal, both of which streets had, in that vicimity, about the same class of dwellings upon them as those upon Ninth street. On the southwest vorner of Ninth and Washing- ton streets there is a coal at belonging to Messrs. Daily & Porter; and immediately west of this, upon Washing- ton street, was an open Jot, upon which Blackburn & Co. had between two thoueand and three thousand barrels of coal oil stored, on account of various owners, This morning at about half-past two o’slock, a fire broke out among this oil, and the flames spread through the greater part of it with almost as much rapidity as though it had been gunpowder. About two thousand barrels of the inflammable material were soon ablaze, and sending up into the ky a huge column of flame. ‘The families in the neighborhood sprang from their beds, and without stopping to secure even a single arti clothing, rushed into.the streets that were covered mow and slnsh. Those that were most prompt to escape from their threatened homes got off with their lives; but those nearer the spot where the conflagration first ‘com- menced, and who were not prompt to escape from their houses, ‘were met by a terrible scene. ‘The blazing oll that escaped from the burning barrels, ured over into Ninth street and down to Federal, jill- the entire street with a lake «ff fire, and igniting the houses upon both sides of Ninth strect for two squares, aud carrying devastation into Washington, Ellsworth and Federal streets, both aboveand below Ninth street. eye witness, who was upon the spot when the ofl ured out into the street, describes the flerce body of @ as resembling a screw in its progress; it frst whirled up Ninth street, and then the flery torrent rushed down the street fora distance of two squares, aud then baek again at the caprice of the wind, destroy- ing all living things that came in its way, burning dweil- ings and their contents as though they were 80 much straw, und even splitting into fragments the paving stones in the street with the intense heat. Fully five squares of houses, had they been placed ina row, were on fire at once, and the scene was one to make the stout- ‘est heart quail. People escaping from their blazing homes, with no covering: but their night clothes; its #weeking for their children and terrifled little ones looking for safety in the horrid turmoil, were all dreadful enough, but there were still more terrible scenes witnessed, fen, and children were literally roasied alive in the Sor iy te Josep H. Ware occupied the dwelling No, 1,128 Ninth street, the second house below the coal yard al- ready described. His family consisted of himself, wife, fi ters and two rons. They all into the street J vy left their and there they found them- Stra Ware had her youngest child, & wil fpabout five ire. Ware er youngest c! & girl ofgal ve ‘ears of age, in hes armen She fell, and Lewis. Wil- lames, a member of the Moyamensing Hose Company, made'a dosperate effort to save them. He had hold of the unfortunate woman, but he was compelled by the fierceness of the ery biaat'to leave her to her fate and seek safety for himeelfin fight. Mrs. Ware, her child anda daughter about fifteen or sixteen years of age, were burned to death in the sireet and so horribly mnti- lated that their remains can only be identified by the pe- culiar circumstances surrounding them. Captain Ware and his two sous e: ; but three of his daughters are missing. Captain Ware and his sons were all badly burned. There were six bodies in all recovered; they were taken to the Second district station house, Three of the bodies have been gs gegen as belonging to the Ware may One, the body of a man supposed to be Mr. Jumes Gibbons, the proprietor of dry goods store, 1,123 South Ninth street, There is also a boy not yet recognised, and @ man whose body was found im ‘inth street, a short distance below Washington streut, ‘A fragment of red cloth, resembling the lining of a ilre- man’s coat, leads to the belief that the victim was a fire- tan. It is thought there are persons who have perished and whose bodies are buried under th ins. The streets were in a frightful cond: from the snow and rain that had failen the evening previous, and the firemen, after reaching the fapot, could accomplish noth- ing excupt the prevention of the «pread of the flames. Kearly every house from Washington street w Federal, a distance of two squares, is burned, with all their con: tents, nothing but the bare walls remaiving this moruing. The same scene of ruin is presented on Washington, Ellsworth and Federal streets, both above and below Ninth street. The entire number of buildings burned is about forty seven. THE PROPERTY DRSTROYED—THR OCCUPANTS, RTC. The fire began on Washington street above Ninth, in the coal oil storage promines of Hanse Hamilton, which were totally destroyed. On the south, at the corner of Ninth and Washington streets, was the epal yard of John Porter and Thomas Daily, the firm bet orter & Daily. The sheds, &c., were dostroyed and much of the coal was burned. Several large piles of coal were smouldering this morn- ing, aud will probably be almost entirely burned. NINTH STREET, WEST SIDE. South of the coal yard, and extending to Ellsworth street, were about six dwellings, These were completely destroyed, and only a portion of the walls of some ‘of them are standing. In front of the one nearest Wash- ington street three persons were burned to death and more bodies are supposed to have been buried in the ruina. The next house, No. 1,128, was occupied by Jo- soph H. Ware, The occupant of one of the other houses threw his wife out of the window. Her back was broken faved fall, and she is reported to have perished in the em, Southwest corner of Ninth and Ellsworth streets was owned by the estate of Robert Briggs, and waa occupied by Robert Watson as a grocery and liquor store. The front of the building was pretty badly damaged. ‘Adjoining, No. 1,144, occupied by James White, also badly damaged, Belongs to the Briggs estate. No. 1,146, dwelling occupied by Mr. Kline and Mr. Briggs. Completely burned out, Also belongs to the Briggs estate. 0, 1,148, dwelling of John Booth. Burned ont. Be- i to Charles Brannan. ‘o. 1,150, dwelling of Mr, Gill, badly damaged. Belongs rannan. No, 1,162, dwelling of Geo. 1.. Dougherty. Considerably At the corner of Ernst street, No. 1,156, ia the liquor store of James Kilpatrick; slightly damaged. No. 1,168, Henry Walter, baker; badly damaged. No. 1,160, —— Kane, dwelling. No. 1,162, Hngo Lockhorn, provision store, No. 1,164, Anthony Voght, grocery store. Nos, 1,166 and 1168 were dweilings, but we could not learn the names of the occupants. No. 1,170, corner of Federal street, is Reed's tavern. The houses in this row were all considerably damaged. RAST SIDE OF NINTH ATRERT. Southeast corner of Ninth and Washington streets te « tavern, kept by James McManus; roof destroyed, and upper part badly damaged. ‘hen comes an open lot, Next came @ three story brick dwelling, owned and gcenpled by David L. Hey. This was not injured by the re. No, 1,139, dry goods store of James Gibbons, Com- pletely burned out. ‘Three dwellings between that and Ellsworth street were also destroyed, but we could not agvertain the names of the occupants. At the corner of Ellsworth street was the hardware store of Mra. Chadwick, This was partially destroyed. Southeast corner of Ninth and Elleworth, owned by the Eneu estate and occupied by Jeren.ab Brew as ® liquor store; badly damaged. The next two houses belonged to Jamer Bradshaw, and No. 1,137 was ocoupied by him as a dwelling. Both were burned out, Two frame houses in the rear, also belong- ing to Mr. Bradshaw, were consumed. he next house adjoining on theysouth wae ocenpied by Pat. McNulty. It was gutted. The stable in the rear ‘was saved. 55 and 1,167—a large four story brick building by David’L. Hey, woolen manufacturer, The structure was completely gutted. The lose will be heavy. Retweon this warehouse aud Kegeral street there were HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1666. street, from Passyunk road to Ninth had the fronts badl; They were ‘as follows :— Southeast corner of Ninth Federal, Mr. McClain, ‘No, 838, Mr, Hey. No. 836, J. Caldwell. No. 834, Kenedy io. 832, ——— ELLSWORTH STREET. No, 907, occupied as a livery stable by Patrick McGary, partially destroyed. No. 913, occupied by William Riley, partially de- No, 917, occupied by Mr. Conway. In this dwelling $000 in ersenbacks Here burned up. The rear of the welling was burned. No, 919, occupied by Mr. Fields. The rear was burned. In a court back of No. 921 the following persons were totally burned out:— Patrick Cassidy. Patrick 3 They occupied small but comfortable brick dwellings, INCIDENTS OF THE CONFLAGRATION, ‘The scene at the place of the conflagration can only be fi by re) and those who have had at auch ly. A waste of ruin extends over several acres of ind. Piles of coal are smoulder- ing. The rey, pavements and cobble stones are calcined, The street rails are bent up. Totter walls are seen on all sides, Thousand of gnarled, twisted and an are wandering in the vicinity, with torn clothes and smutzhed faces, only half comprehending the calamity which has befallen them. WHO THE OIL, BELONGED TO. The portion of the oil consumed was under extensive shedding, known as Blackburn & Co.’s bonded ware- house, It was all in bond to the United States. It was all refined oil which belonged to Richardson, Harley & Co,, Tack, Brothers & Co., Dilworth & Ewing, and other ies. ‘The loss upon it is about $70,000, which is lly covered by insurance. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. oe that the fire was the work of an incen- ry. Rival Charitable Associations Quarrel- ling. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Before Judge Barnard. Fen. 8.—he People vs. Mary Voorhies.—This being the day set apart for the hearing in the habeas corpus taken out by the managers of the Union Home School against Mrs, Voorhies and others of the Home of the Friendless, for the production of certain children alleged to have been spirited away from the Union establishment, the court room was crowded by a large number ef ladies and gentlemen, who were eager to learn the result, and came in their carriages for miles around to be present at the tilt between the opposing counsel, Chauncey Shaffer, who appeared for the Union School, claimed that the legal custody of the children— six in number—was vested in the relators, and that the object of the respondents in trying to retain pos- session of the juveniles was simply to defeat the appro- priation donatéd by the Legislature and turn it over to the Home of the Friendless. In regard to the report that had been circulated relative to the children being maltreated, the return showed that all these stories about thetr being half starved, half clad and covered with vermin were without foundation, and that all the tronble was occasioned by two of their former employés, who had been dischary for neglecting their duties. Mr. Mann, on behalf of the Home for the Friend claimed thal the charter of the rival establisament di not give them the right to act as guardians over the children, and that the Home for the Friendless had a right to retain possession of the subjects in dispute until some legally authorized guardian appeared to claim them. He then pro to read the affidavits of the hysiclans who attended the Union School to show how Badly things were conducted in that establishment; but the Judge said he only desired to hear the legal argument of the case. ‘The coansel on each side then proceeded to advocate the claus of the different establishments, and at the con- clusion of their remarks the Court ordered the case to be sent to a referee for the purpose of taking testimony, with the understanding that the examination of the wit- nesses was to be concluded within ten days, City Intelligence. Tor Werarier—Sivst m THe Agcenpant,—After the snow, bail and rain of Tuesday, we had the nsnal result yesterday in abominable slush and every species of dis- comfort under foot. The condition of the streets was simply abominable. Dissolving and dissolved snow flooded the sidewalks and ye with water, which appears to set at defiance the thickest boots and penetrates shoe leather as if it were only paste- board. Gutta percha is the only substance that seems to afford protection against this ies of dampness. The slush in some places was ankle deep, and the condition of Broadway, Bowery and other leading thoroughfares was particularly horrible. Another good rain storm woud be invaluable in clearing away the rest of the lus Tax M. T. Brexsay Corremm.—On Tuesday evening the annual reunion of this organization took place at Irving Hall, and, notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the weather, proved to be a very pleasant affair: The friends of Comptroller Brennan mustered in large force, and enjoyed themselves till an hong hour in the morn- ing. The music was furnished by Wallace’s band. The invited guests were numerous. Among them we noticed Charles O°Conor, Ju Russel, Recorder Hoffman, Owen W. Brennan, Exq., Judge Hearne, Supervisor Roche, Senator Bradley and other well known citizens. Judge’ Dowling is President of the organization; Captain William J. A. McGrath, Secretary; and Morgan Jones, Treasurer. ‘A Bounty Jumper Snor.—An alleged bounty jumper named George Coffin, alias “Yorgy Joe,” was shot by two government detectives yesterday in Bleecker street He was being conveyed through the streets in the custody of detectives Wright and Kingsley, when he atwmpted to escape. The detectives fred upon him and shot him in the ‘f. He was taken to the headquarters of the Pro- vost Marshal of the Sixth District, and medical aid sura- moned, Baw. ov tur Irauan Bexevouayr Socrery.—We again call attention to the fact that the ball of the Italian Be- nevolent Society takes place to-morrow evening. ‘I !\e ob- ject ts of such a very laudable chara’ that the» fs po doubt the ball will be well atiend: y cla es of our benevolent community. The funds are to be «levoted to the benefit of the orphans of volunteers and thu even- ing school for Italian children lately opened by the woviety. Court Calendar—This Day. Burrewr Court—Circurt,—Part 1—Court Fe nos ot ten o'clock A. M.—Nos, 713, 535, 575, 831, 946, 949, 981, 987, 967, 997, 857, 957, 1003, 1009, 1017, jozi,'1011; 447. Part 2, t1and 73 Duane street.—Court opens at ten o'clock A. M.—Nos. 700, 802, 604,° 706, 454, 553, 565, 556, 657, 568, 005, 673, 747, 1031. 559, 660, 561, 662, 663, 564, 566, 16000 American gold 210! Soe do. res n arose Arrivals and Departures. ARRIVALS, Bracronr, NO—Steamship Zodiac—N L Latson, © A Rosen. COrmaned Wood: Capt 8 W Crawiurd, J Belicce Capt G a Day Craw Henderson. Bannapos—Ship Biack Hawk—Capt Evans, late of bark DEPARTURES, Lrvenroor—Steamabip Cuba—C Coleman, Mr and Mre LW Coleman and child, New York; DA Mefavish, New York; 8 W Harding, Mr Salmudzer, New Yorks I Germany; Mr G Breant, Paria; A W OG Rusdes Megone, England; FA ‘Richard, New Y i Bowsange,’ Paring; Mracd. Mrs rvs, Robert Barre) : mas Cor New ‘ands, Thoroas W. Roya, New York; WH New- NH Wolle, New Yor! raunfels, New York; Herbert, Fi in Charles L Gardner, Boston; C D Caat in, 3 Samuel, Philadelphi Philadelphia; Jno Gibb, Jr, Jno'G Roas, Mra LJ Craphay, San oo Mee and Mes tebuz, London, W it won, Montreal; James Barkley, New Yor bet Hetherin, New York; Jno Carse, Erie; Jno Pearse, New Yor 10 Davies, Liverpool, Paul Tuern, & V Andelrit, New Otleana; Edwatd Diomley, Liverpool; Alex bide, Boston, Specie, $246,095 70, Liverroot—Steamship HHbernian, from Portiand—A pg Alex Murra: ad B O'Doherty, David Shaw, wife, children and nurse; Misa Mary Dobey, Charles A Dupresue, James Morgan, R Dowsey and wife, and 7 in the steerage, Havana—Steamship Columb! R Bachem, Mies King, D Knowlton, G Wicke, Mixa Clinton, Mb H Sherman, J Kn E_K Stevenson, J Fernandez, N Valdez, J A Sonoa, © Adam, © Austin, A A’ Raven, © B' Eaton, J M Cornell, B Wagner, LT Steker, Ed Du Pasquire, O K King, J Lestil- here, Miss Gray, Mite Dantorth, J © A Gray, lady, four el dren and worse! Mr W Smith, infant and servant; Mise Ida Read, M Dolge. ty Lanier, P'M Reilly, G W Carleton and Lady, M Sanford, @ E Danforth, i V’ beds, Jit Bs on H Carleton, Korver, T Audersou. Mre At Caldwell apd four ren. Arrival of Released Prisoncora from Richmond. A General Exchange, Including Colored Sole diers, Agreed Upon, hee Rev dee Mr. Wm. H. Stiner’s Despatch. Fortress Moros, Va., Feb. 6, 1865. ‘THE BXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, At noon to-day the flag of truce steamer New Yorke, Capt, H. W. Chisholm, in charge of Lieutenat John E, Mulford, arrived here from Aiken's Landing, after an absence of nearly one month, with one thousan@ and fifty released Union prisoners, among whom ar@ twelve officers, 4 REGULAR EXCHANGE AGREED UPON. Colonel Mulford, under the direction of Lieutenan@ General Grant, who has now complete and exclusive comq trol of the exchange business, has been thus long im arranging matters with Robert Ould, rebel Commissiones: of Exchange, and re) that there are no farther obstae cles exi , and @ reguiar exc! of prisoners deen upon. The flag of truce ran ‘ larly (the ice in Chesapeake bay permitting) from. Landing to is, and and ) the former terms of exchange embrace 7 point heretofore quibbied about, and even the soldiers are included in the cartel. ‘MANNER OF SENDING CLOTHING, LETTERS, ETC,, TO VRIENDS m+ PRIEONS. REBEL ‘Thore having friends in rebel ns, and desiring send boxes of clothing and eatabl may do s0 ing them to Lieutenant Colonel John E. Mulfc a” of Exchange, Fortress Monroe. All letters for the Sou: must likewise be directed to Colonel Mulford. ARRIVAL YROM HILTON HRAD, ‘The steamer Cumberland arrived here this perce, from Hilton Head, and put in these Roads for a aupply 4 Mr. William H. Merriam’s Despateh. Orp’s Heapquarrsra, Feb. 7—A. M. THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONBRE, The country will be glad to learn upon reliable ag thority that military exigencies admit of the immediat ( resumption of the exchange of prisoners of wat upon the basis of a cartel that will permit aff no delay. Colonel Mulford’s arrangements to practle cally exhaust this subject of controversy are now complete, and the Northern firesides will soon be ad ditionally comfortable by reason of’ the presence of: the released, thongh emaciated, brother, son, and, in far too many instances in the war, of the self-sacrificing father. During the current month Colonel Mufford hag forwarded ten thousand blankets, several thousand suite of clothes, and fifteen hundred private packages to our- prisoners of war im the South. INTRRVINW BETWEEN COLC MULVORD AND JUDGE OULD. ‘The interview yesterday between Colonel Melford an@’ Judge Ould, which was a protracted one, reeulted in a common agreement that the exchange of prisoners should be resumed in a spirit and to an effect that should: lereaftor preclude all notion of technical interference, From this fact the momentarily bereaved of the North may reasonably derive consolation. ‘AN ORDER PROM GEN. ORD CoMMUTING SENTRNCR OF DRATH. The following order by General Ord, commanding de- partment and army, will fix the public attention. Ite features are meidental to the new military element of negro soldiery :— GENKRAL COURT MARTIAL ORDERS Ne, 23. Heapgvarrers, Derantuenr or Vinaw, Army ov Tim Ji In rae Frexp, Jan, 31, 1865. Good faith and loyalty have been shown by the cavalry an@> colored troops of this army. In both these vorps desertion: Ssasureaifence. ‘Tho General commanding for this reason commutes the senten death in the cases of, private John W. in, Co. D, nueth New York ca ny rivate Rendople Young, alins Alexis Queen, alias John johnson, Co. H, First United States colored to im caval pHsonment for One yeur at lnard labor; at the Hard Labe P+ prison: ut Norfolk, Virginia. He hopes that theywill remem- r thut they owe their lives to the good behavior of thelty comrades, and try to deserve at some future time the * of followship with such faithful soldiers. By mand of Major General ORD, Ebw. Sxeru, Adjutant General, FORTRESS MONROE. Mr. 8. T. Bulkley’s Despatch. f Forrams Monnok, Feb. 5, 1806, ‘FRUM OF SERVICE REPIRED, Lieutenant Colonel B. C. Butler, of the Ninety-thir@s New York Volunteers, paseed through here last evening: on his.way North, his term of service having expired. He has served three years and nine months in the army, and fonght in nine different engagements, in all of whicl~ he behaved with distinguished gallantry, ON IRAVR, Colonel McDonald, of the Fosty-seventh New York, also went North last evening ou a short leave of absence. He ts just Roe two severe wounds received: in front of Richmond. PRESENTATION TO ‘LIEUTENANT LRVINS. ! Lieutenant John Levins, post booger oe at For- tress Monroe, was the recipient last evening of some beautiful silver ware, presented by the employes of his: department. Lieutenant Levins has been in the army @ nuinber of years, and has given universal satisfaction im. oi gy presentation speech was made by- . McMannis, fed. Kratox,—On Wednesday, February 8, of consumption, , Mipne frends and relatives of the famil respeetfull he friends and relatives ¢ family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residenee, Ne at Fast Sixteenth street, on Friday afternoon, at’ two» o’cloel [Fur Other Deaths See Second Page.) ‘NITED STATES SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. _ By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the under signed bas assumed the General Subscription Agency for the: sale of United States Treasury Notes, bearing seven andi: three-tenths per vent Interest per annum, known as the SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. There notes are tasued ander date of Aug. 15, 186, and are payable three yeurs from that time, in currency, or are con~ vertible, at the option of the holder, into UNITED STATES FIVE-TWENTY SIX PER CENT GOLD BEARING BONDS, ‘These bonds ure now worth a premium of nine per cent, tn cluding gold interest from November, which makes the: actual profit on the seven-thirty loan, atcurrent rates, ine @lnding interest, about ten percent per annum, besides ite- exemption from State and municipal taxation, whieh adds from one to three per cent more, acoording to the rate levied on other property. ‘The interest is payable semi-annually by couponsattached to each note. which may be cut off sold to any bank or banker. i The interest amounts to ONE CENT PER DAY ON A.. , 6 NOTR TWO CENTS PER DAY ON A.....s.ss0eses+.$100 NOTE, TEN CENTS PER DAY ON A. TWENTY CENTS PER DAY ON A. ONE DOLLAR PER DAY ON A. Notes of all the denominations named will be prompt farnisbed upon receipt of subscriptions, ‘Thin te THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered by the government, and it # confidently «x pected that its superior advantages will make ft the GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE, Leas than $200,000,000 reroain unsold, which will probabty: be diaposed of within the next sixty or ninety days, when the: notes will undoubtedly command @ premium, as bas unt formly been the case om closing the subseriptions to othex ‘Loans. In order that citizens of every town and. section of they country may be afforded facilities for taking the loam, thes National Banks, State Banks and private bankers through- out the country have generaily agreed to tocelve subserip- ons at par. Subseribers will select their own agents, in whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responst- ble for the delivery of the notes for which they receive orders. CAUTION TO BUYERS AND HOLDERS OF 7-90 NOTES.—In order to prevent the mutilation of these notes, the Secretary of the Treasury has given motice that the. notes are not negotiable uniess all the unmatured eoupone are attached, SEAS | lelal | | JAY COOKB, Subscription Agent, Philadelphia, a TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION, F) REWARD. LOST, COMING FROM GREB! ‘street to roadway, « Three Years’ $: ee inieed sates Army, ‘Thies ny. y HF made out to Daniel Leshy Ai person ngning ve above Discharge te 125 Cherry aweet, will receive ry