The New York Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1865, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1865. ene fINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. * Sunpay, July 16, 1865. “The stock market was active, but somewhat irregular ‘and unsettled, during the past week. The fluctuations were wider than usual of late; prices were strongly in the ascendant they closed lower than at the opening. The failure of the directors of the Erie Railway to declare a dividend at their meeting on ‘Wednesday, and Michigan Southern, influenced the entire market. Another meeting of the former will, however, take place ‘on the 26th inst, When the subject ef a dividend or no dividend will be discussed. Owing to the absence of much outside support the bulls have little confidence in | ent of railway. ‘their own strength, and are quick to realize whenever a profit presents itself, At the same time there is a strong Total. disposition to Operate for a rise, and the bears are in the minority. The bagbear of a forthcoming tight money market was revived; but of this there is no likelihood whatever. Even if after the lapse of a week or so the sub-agents of the Treasury should make arrangements to subscribe for the remainder of tho seven-thirty loan, the drafts of the Treasury would be so timed and distributed as to keep the money market easy. The supply of luanable funds at this point has been latterly diminished to some little extent by a drain southward for employment in commercial and specula- tive ventures; but the issues of the national banks are continually repairing tho ldsses from this source, and tho establishment of thesé institutions in the Southern country will tend to chéck the flow of cur- the efforts made to depress | with the same period of last year:— 1864. the Secretary of the Treasury as additional depositories of the public money :— Exchange, Richmond, Va ; National Bank of the Com- monwealth, New York; Ocean, New York. ‘The Amoskeag National Bank of Amoskeag, N. H, and although at one time | has been discontinued as a depository. ‘The following is a statement of the approximate earn- ings of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Raitroad Company during the month of Juno ult, compared 650,310 Increase... ‘The traffic on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, for the month of June, in 1864 and 1865, was as follows :. June, 1865. «$521,174 June, 1864 i" eia}s21 Increase . see e + +0 $ 206,653 The shipments of specie from the port of New York last week and since January 1 compare as follows with the exports during the same time last year:— 1864, Twenty-cighth week........--$801,244 298,286 Previously roportod...-.»-+ 39,788,185 18,014/777 Total from January 1. ....$30,059,429 18,313,063 Excess in 1864,..... sesesereceeeesece $11,746,366 The Rutgers Fire Insurance Company of this city will rency in that direction. Gold will, however, be likely to | pay, August 1, a semi-annual dividend of seven per cont, find its way southward for a long time to come, to pay | free of tax. for cotton and tobacco. Tho money market, which was easy at 4 a5 per cent ‘up to Thursday afternoon, becamy more active at 5 on government collatorals and 5 a6 on railway and miscel- laneous shares. The supply of funds was, however, in excess of the demand. Government securities wero strong, and both the ten- forty and six per cent bonds experienced a further ad- vance, notwithstanding the slight relapse in five-twen- ties abroad, reported by tho last steamer. There is a disposition among the bulls in tho gold room to put up five-twenties so as to check their export, CITY COMMERCIAL REPOR' Satunpar, July 15—6 P. M. Asues.—Receipts, 45 packages. The market was dull, and prices were nominally the same, We quote pots $7 50 and pearls $8. Breapsrurrs.—Recoipts, 14,966 bbls. flour, 1,568 do. and 650 bags corn meal, 101,087 bushels wheat, 178,787 do. corn, 61,177 do, oate, $,000 do. rye, and 697 do. malt, The flour market opened dull and heavy, and prices de- clined about 5c. on the lower grades, The sales em- braced 9,000 bb's. Canada flour was quiet and about 5c. ‘The gold market was strong throughout, but not very | lower, with sales of 500 bbls. Southern flour was dull. active. ‘only $298,280 the demand for customs duties was lurger that usual—namely : $2,844,033, while the gold interest on the July coupons paid out of the Treasury was only $872,447. Cash gold, which had been previously | Choice State. scarce, and loancd at 3-16tns a 1-32d per day, became equal to the wants of borrowers on Friday afternoon, owing mainly to some of the bulls having loaned a por- | Common Southern, tion of their gold in order to be enabled to buy and | Fancy and extra do, carry more. Loans were, therefore, made without in- ‘terest at the close. The extreme quotations of the street Although the exports of the week aggregated Tho sales were about 500 bbls. Corn meal was steady, The sales comprised 200 bbls. Brandywine, Rye flour continued quiet, and prices were firm, but nominally un- changed, We quote:— Supertino Statv and Western flour. 600 Extra State. 615 6 85 Common to 690 Extra round hoop Ohio. 700 Woastern trade brands, 790 78 11 60 Common Canadian,.... 6 90 Good to choive aud extra. . 810 5 65 4% reduction, The sules were about 70,000 bushels, We Coe amber Milwaukee at $1 64 a $1 68; winter red tate, $1 55; white rtate, $1 70, and winter red $1 4554 a$1 61. Barloy and malt wore quict. Ryo was quiet and without decided change. Corn—The market was reconstructed by the government, thus restoring direct | fuirly active at a reduction ot 1c. a 2c. per bushel. The railway communication with the North, The Comptroller of the Currency has written the fol- lowing in relation to the taxation of national banks by municipalities :— It is not of course within the province of this bureau to decide the’ question ra’sed. In my opinion, however, the shareholders of national banks are entitled to exemption from State taxation upom that portion of atock that is invested in tho United States This opinion is predicated upon tho decision referred to, which exempts from taxation that portion of the capital stock of a bank that is invested io United ‘States bonds, andthough it is possible that State courts may make a distinction, I think that each individual shareholder is entitled in equity to the same benefits that would accrue to them ff they were taxed in their oorpo- rate capacity. Your attention is called to the provision of the latter part of tho forty first section of the National Currency act, which provides that the tax imposed by the laws of any State upon the shares of national associations shull not exceed the rate ‘dmposed upon the shares in any of the banks organiavd under the authority of the State where such association exists, [aim clearly of the opinion that a State bunk, after ita conversion into anat.onal institution, .an only bo subject to, and must be taxed in accordanve with, the of the National Currency act referred to above. act of Congress must prevail over any State enact. ‘mont on the subject. The closing prices of stocks at the first board on tho our last Saturdays were :— June, Julyl. July 8. July 15, Atlantic Mail.............150' 154% 156%; 15834 Alton and Terre Haute RR, — = 26 Cleveland & 68 63% 10% O84 Cleveland & Toledo. _-_ — 102 103 & Rock Island...100 101% «108 = 1074 & Northwestern.. 24% 26% WK 28 Seccmemene = aS ington: "y. — _ Cum! Coal 4 41% a 42 a 42% «(3036 -_ 9535 ane 143 M49 = 108% 111% 110 128% «136187 107 108 107% 62 63% , ed 13% =— 40 94% , 4 95% 53, 98% conpen 6's of 1881, Five-twenties, coupons. Five-twenties, registired. = tote Bixos of 1868. +. — Seven-thirties, 2d series... 999% 997% Tho following table shows the amount to be paid on each day of the present week for the various descriptions of the third and last series of the seven and three-tenths Treasury notes, which date July 16, 1865 :— Joly 17..80008 100/00 $0030 SoHo 00 S008 al + ' 5 July 18.; 50.04 10003 500 40 1,000 80 6,004 July 10.. 5005 10010 600 50 1,001 00 5,005 July 2.. 5006 10012 50060 1,001 20 5,008 July 21.. 5007 100 14 500 70 1,001 40 007 July 22:. 5008 10016 50080 1,001 60 6,008 The valuo of the imports other than dry goods at the port of New York for the week ending July 13 was ‘The total imports for the week compare as ending June 23. June 30. July 7. July Dry goods. .. $1,540,192 6,009 1,208,443 1,240,529 General mdse 3,274,447 2,422,082 1,466,349 5 Total,.....$6,118,639 3,818,001 2,704,702 3,087,174 The New York imports of dry goods compare as fol tows :— For the week, Entered at the port.. Thrown on market, ‘Since January 1. Entered at the port... $22,638,573 49,620,114 Thrown on market... 27,810 163 45,085,915 The following National Hauks were authorized dur ng the week ending July 15:— Yam Location Cop tel. q $180 000 50.000 600.000 | 106,000 50,000 Gonwsee B 100/008 National 60.000 Lanrenceb rg..... eLig. tnd, 200,000 National Warren... Warren, B. 1.... 200.000 i Pauk of Doin 0 110,000 166,060 Wertchort r€ Peckskill, N. ¥. 200,000 National Giob« Woonsocket, RL. 100,000 Wheel.ng, W.Va. Nat. Bank of West Virgini ° +++ Onlaia, Me... ¢ Parkeraburg.. . .Parkersb’g, W.Va 125,000 Alton. « Alton, Meee eee 1,000 City .. Yrovidence, Rf. 450,000 Vermont - Brattleboro, Vt. . 150,000 First. . Hagerstown, Md. 69,070 National ...... Baltimore, Md.. 1,210,700 National Insurance otroit, Mich. ‘200,000 Easton... , Md 200,000 Pittston, Pittston, ¥ 200,000 National State. Elizabet 400,000 Merchants’ angor, M ‘00/000 Merchants’ Milwaukee, 100/000 Berkshire. dais, Masa 100,000 Wareham. 100,000 Btate . 150,000 Traders’. 000,000 Manufacturers 000 Firat. . 110,000 Firat. 100,000 Rockland. , 150.000 Harrison. . Cadiz, Ohio. 100,000 Salem National Bank’g Co..Saiem, N. J..... 75,000 Mechanica’....... . «Trenton, N. J... 350,000 Capital New Banks $7,749,770 Previously authorizes 366, 20,986 ‘Whole number of national banks dutho- rized to date, 1,447, with an aggregate capt GA Ds svescceesssecsscesveores « «$904,020, 766 Amount of cir-alation issued to national banks for the week. 5,031,410 Previously issued. + 149,088,605 | lie cove $154, 120,01 The following naional banks Lave been desiguated by sales embraced 150,000 bushels at 75c. a 80c. for West- ern, mainly at tho outside figure. Coyre#.—The market remained buoyant, with but little doing, at unchanged prices. Corrox.—The market continued strong, but prices on all grades were nominally unaltered. The sales were 2,000 bales. We quote: — Upland, Florida, Mobile, N.O.@T. 41 41 4a 51 62 52 54 56 55 1 and rates wereash de 00 bbls. four to London lower. per steamer at 2s. 6d., 600 boxes chees® to London per: The enga: spares, at 403., aed uO Dushels hry and corn to ‘erpool per suilivg vessel at 334d. a 4340. Pa wisios, Receipts, 269 bbis. Pork and 42 do. Lard, The pork market opened, with some considerable ac- tivity, and prices at the start wero somewhat tirmer, but dosed decidedly dull, at reduced pric 8 The sales (oma 80 11,600-bbis. at $28 25 # $20 for now mess, closing wy at #25 25; $26 50 a $27 for old do., cash and reg: wlar; $19 75 0 $2025 for prime, and $22 60a $23 for Prime mess; also, for July and August. at soller and buyer's option, 4,300 bbls, pew moss at 428 25 a $20, The beef market was steady, with sales of 6,500 bbis. at $10 u $14 for plain moss and $12 9 $16 for ‘extra ines. Beef hams were quict, but very (rm, with a limited sap- ply. Bacon was dill and entirely nominal, Cut meats were in moderate request and prices were firm. ‘The gals were 400 a 600 bbls, at 130, a Lbc. for shoulders and Isc. a 21 3c. for hams. Tho lard market was som what firmer, ‘The sales were about 1,800 bbis., at 17 a22c., the outside price for mnall'lois. Butter—The market was quiet and nutinaily unchanged, The sales were in sinail lots, at 26c. a 360, for State and 18¢, a 25c, for Ohio, Rick.-—The market was quiot and_pricos were nomi- nally unchanged, We noto vals of 300 bags Rangoon at 9c. a 980. and 70 tiercos Carvlina ut 10%¢. Sreamiee was fairly active and firm, with sais of 96,000 ibs, at 17c. « 20%4c.; grease, 40,000 Ibs, at Llc. a 1340. ‘StGar.—The market continued active and prices wero The saics embraced firm, without noticeabie change. 1,800 hid ba at 11.0. a léc., and 300 boxes Havana at I4e. a Also 100 boxes Cuba at 12%. Tat Low. e market was very strong aud moderately activ’, The sules were 170,000 ibs. at lic. a 1L%c. Tovacco.—The market was farly active and prices in-d; we note sales of 1,500 ids. Ken- VitsKRY Was in moderate demand, and prices re- maiued tirm with only a sight change in favor of the seller, Th» salds were about 000 bbls. at $209 a $2 093, for Western. THE INTERNAL REVENUE. Massachusctts. In Springfield there are thirty-six persons paying a goverument lak on incomes exceeding ten thousand dol- lars, and eleven paying on over twenty thousand, The folowing are pangs the heaviest taxpayers:—Jared 19,623; Gurdon Bill, $10,015, D. H. Brigham, Bthan 5, Chapin, $13,815; Marvin Chapin, 776; Josiay Cummings, $23, 0. H. Greenleaf, $15,031; Dr. J) G, Holland, $16,364; 10%, George iiss, 812,854; Samael Bor $24,516; John Olmstead, $1959 napin, $54,463; Georg Deane, $ 17,180; Daniel L. Harris, 340 Howard, $24/740; Horace Sinith, 879.000, b. Hh. $19,563; J, M. Thompson, $54,959; MN. Thu $1840; John I. King, $20,740, Charles Merri Wiliam Gann, $15,200; Elisha Gunn, #15 for 1864 is that of Geo $168,000. ‘there are no others le reach $100,900, thou. some app The tax oa licenses and incomes ia tue Big ( cester) distri t has reased from $165,147 ty 1863 to $402,963 in 1864. The following are some of the returns In Webster—H. N. Slater, $92,165; Lydia R, Slater, $31,43]; Win, 8. Slater, $11,336 In Ceicester—Samuel L. Hodes, $46,533. In Dudiey—O. ¥. Chase, $43,750; H. H. Stovena, , 500. In Oxfort—Moses BuTum, $12,072; Joseph Burroughs, wo, Hodges, $20,607. 1; Horace Waters, 5,000; J. D. Wheeler, nd, $10,000; LM. 5 A.D. Shat! tuck, $1242. In'Boyrston—J . In Northbr dge $25,194; Paul Wh tin, $16,765; 058. In! tidge—M Robert Taft, 8. Wheele A. Wheelock) rd—C, F, Claflin, ; Samuel Wo'kor, sy Kstone—Estus Lam, $29,006; HS. Mansfield, | $1 | $12,.40. | "i Framktin—Otiver Dean, $41,900; #. B. Ray, $10,885; J. UG, Ray, $12.62, Th Witnituain—Dunt 1 A. Couk, (3,541 W. Burd, $0,406; J. ob. Crane, $18,968. Ninth district for'May 1) § 106,058 comes from val fevenue in the 12.48%, of whi be n amounts to | manufeetarers. Among the largest taxpayers are Lan- caster Mills, Clinte 9.077, Bigelow Carpet Company, do., Sail y Wannues sianuiacturing Company, | Kastha 80; Charles L, Wilder, Lancaster, jd. Russell Monufacturing Company, Deeriield, | $2,207} George H. Gilbert & Co., Ware, $4208) Good: year Hlastic Fabric Company, Easthampton, $2,007. Accarding to the returns of (he akseasors for the Tenth district, theg amount of income tax for 1664 will be about | $440,090, against $152,000 in 1863, The whole amount of incom in the district for the year from all sources, it is oatinated, will not be far from six milion of dollars, subjed to an average tax of 634 per cent, Miscelianeous. The income of John Roe, pork packer at St. Louis, is $471,900, and that of Ames & Hrother, pork packers aud provition dealers, ts over $700,000. William B. Orden is the wealthiest man in Chicago. His cish receipts during lust year excecded $300,000, The income of Mr. John Purdue, of Lalayette, Indiana, for 1464, was $107,000. Newbern, N. C., three bundrod and five colored m an income tax. Of these, from $600 to $1,900 income was 110; upwards of $1,000 income was 18; Waging gh ~ gd ineome was 4; upwards of $3,000 | wncome was 2 The largest incom: reported, $4,150, was | derived from the turpentine business. : Pravps on THe Government.—Some time since a cer tain manufacturer in this State was coarged with fraud in making his return to the Assistant United States Aw sertor in hits district, The affair was brought to the no- tice of the Washington authorities, but eater, 4 were stopp d and the party liberat d apon paying to the gov. ernment over fifty thousand dollars, which, however, did Not begin to cover the amount of the fraud the man was charged with. Probably a large number of cases have been Sminiiy disposed of, but it ia stated that under re. | cent orders all persons so arrested will be brought to trial, deat Traveller asingle army have been provided with regular headquar- ters, constating of tents, mess chests, coking stoves, uten- sila, wine chost, and other furntiure, besides the necessary animals and wagons to transport tho material. The Viaitatp headquarters at General Grant's*quartors at City Point, under the chargo of Mr. 8. Cadwallader, was “an Inetitution’’ famous on both sides of the military line—a sort of neutrat ground where rebel peace commissioners and flag of truco individuals generally and our oflicers could meet as gentlomen divested of all official barriers to fres and social intercourse, and discuss with the same- good humor the evils of warfare and the good things of the Hsmazp’s larder and wine cheat. Similar headquar- ters were maintained in other departments and in various cities of military occupation, as at Now Orleans, Port Royal and Richmond, and at Rey West and Fortross Monroe. Our headquarters at Richmond wero: estab- lished im the elogaut mansion formerly occupied by Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the extinct confederacy. Tho headquarters at Port Royal were sub. sequently purchased by our correspondents, to. secure cecupation undisturbed by the complaints of the former secesh proprietor, who had been depos@d. At Now Orleans, Key West. and Fortress Monroo,, in addition to tho headquarters, or, to speak in the language of peace, the Hasatp Rooms, our correspondents wore furnished with boats for the purpose of communicating with the vessels in tho harbor, These were regularly visited daily by our reporters, and tho news furnished. usfrom these points as regularly as the local items of a city are far: nished to alive newspaper. Although wo find that every correspondent had at his becls a contraband, for whose «maintenance we find ourselves charged at the rate of fiftoen dollars per month, it must not be-oharged that wo haye engaged in tho negro trade Somo of the horses which those nogroes groomed we have sold, but the contrabands themselves indignansly refused to: ‘eQbmit to tho aame operation, We find, onexamination of our a:counts, that we have purchased for these corros- pondents one hundr-t and twenty-throc horses, of which only about forty-five survived tho war ina Mt condition to be sold. We lost oleven hors, each of which cost at least one bundred and twenty-five dollars, during: McClel- Jan's Peninsular campa gn alone, Wo havo Mosby's re- evipt for three others captured at one time, while Stone- wall Jackson's autograph graces anothor receipt for another fine Hrrarp horde. Of course-all these things cost monoy, and wo find the aggregate of the accounts footing up a fraction over five hundred thousand. d.Uars. CURIOUS IZEMS OF EXPENSE. Bome of the items of expenses are curions. Oneof our: correspondents roturns an itom of “$100paid to a mili- tary conductor, on @ railr ad in Tonnessee, to: gain twenty minutes lost timo in order to make-a,connection: with a Louisvillo train at Nashvillo."’ The consequence? was that our account of the battles of Chattanooga. was published a day earlier than tt would have: boon if tho $100 had not been expended. Our: special account of the capture of New Orleans, although filling but a few columns of a singio issue of our paper, cost us in the expenses alone, of the corres- pondent who accompanied Admiral Farragut, over eloven bundrod dollars. Anothor correspondent re- turns items of ‘85 paid for wild turkey, caught by a soldier, and eaten by the correspondont during tho bat- tle of Stone river. Ono hundrod aad fifty dollars ia am {tom for cost of a horse starved to death during the: s'ege of Chattanooga. The rido of our corrosponient from tho battle flold of Chickamauga cost us a yploudid animal, purchased from the widow of Col. W. P; Campbell, killed while riding him at Perryville. Soveral others returm itenis for subscription to Richmond papers, at the rate of fity conta por copy, delivered in Libby prison There aro itoms for presents to energetic sconts, whos) moutlrs wore opened san Every modo, direct and indirovt, pat ingenuity could devise, appears to have been em- to obtain news, and each correspondent appears, ‘his gonerous oxpendituro of our money, to be pod sossod of a liborall y of sou! truly adinirablo. OUR WAR MAPS. These have not been all the curious and expensive items. Whon the war first began we mado arrangements to illustrate the operations, marches and battlos of our armies, and the naval cagagements of our navy, and long befure the close of the war wo had reduced tha system to perfection. We made @ special agreement with Mossrs. Wat rs and Son, engravers of this city, to engrave all our maps, by the terms of which they wero at ali times 0 hav: men at hand to do our work ata momns notice, They never failed us, and conae- quently the Henawo novor failod to furnish its illustra- tion of overy important battle ground. Our corres- pondents furnished rough diagrams of tho field, tho position of troops, and tocality of houses and streams, which were rapidly, we might almost say instantaneously, transferred to the wood and engraved by our engravers. Our messengers from the. Army of the Potomac usually reached the oflice with correspondence and maps at nine o'clock on tho second night after starting. Our diagrams wore placed after that hour in the bands of the engravers add finished by the hour of closing tho forma, about one o'clock at night. Our correspondent with 6 Grant, Mr. Shanks, once reached the office at eloven o'clock at night with a six cohima map of the battle fleid of Chatta- nooga. It was put into tho hands of Messrs. Waters and Son at that lute hour and finished at the proper time, not loss than twenty-four engravers being employed upon it, We have published a series of maps which will be invaluabie for the historiaa, while we have at tho sam» time collected from all the departments of thy army, a series of offical maps never published, wh oh is second to the coll ya at the War Department in n, aud which ia growing invaluable as timo This item of expense for drawing and on graving has amounted to nearly twonty-five thousand dollars, which we have paid to Messrs. Waters and fon alone, having cuiployed no other engravers, | MAPS BY TELBORATH. Tt may be interesting here to state that so important and interesting did this feature of our paper become, that w> mado arrangermeats with our correspondents to forward their maps as they often did thetr correspond. OUR WAR CORRESPONDENTS. Sketch of the History of Our Enterprise in Obtaining War News, Tho Cost of the Enterprise Half a Million of Dollars, Sixty-threo Correspondents in the Field. What They Mave Done and the Adven- tures They Have Met With, Key Key &e Tho war is over, and accompanying tho returning veterans of the grand armies of the Union homeward come our large corps of war correspondents, Like the veterans whose decds thoy have been faithfully record- ing for the past four years they return eovered with the fame and glory that ever attaches to duty woll dong, to bo rewarded with the respect and admiration, ‘coun- tonance and aid of those who sent them forth. Like the tried veterans of the sword and musket, our voterans of the pen return from the rebel prisons as well as the loyalcamps. They have boen sharing alike the priva- tions, the bondage, the dust and tho glory, the history and tho honor of the veterans. They roturn, like them, with maimed limbs and wounded bodies; and, alas, liko the voterana, they have left some of their comrades buried on the battlo fields of the South. THM CARBRR OF THE KNIGATS OF THE QUILL. Our readers who have sipped their morning cup of coffee with the additional rotish of the latost war news at hand in the early edition of the Hxrsip, have nocon- ception of the extent and the expense of tho organized corps of correspondents which we have'kept in tho fleld for the past four years, We confess that their return in such numbers was somewhat of a surprise to ourselves, and we began for the firat time to really conceive towhat an extensive and important department tho project which we started with tho first gun at Sumtor had grown. No other paper in the world, or of any ago, can boast of such an organization, whether for the numbers, enterprise, varied talont or the success of its differen members engagod. From the time of the great success of Zonophen, the firss actual, active, energetic, Heraldish war correspondent on rocord, (and whose roport of tho Anabasis of the ten thousand Grecks is nearly as good as our accounts of the very diferent Anabasis of Sherman), to that of Bull Run Ruszell (whose retreat from Bull run or its vicinity 1s not 1o33 familiar if not so interesting as that of the Grooks and Sherman), there has beon no such organization known, probably for the simple reason that there was never before such @ nowspapor as the Heraup to oncourage such labors, Our system has been entirely different from that which saw its rise and pro- gress in Zenophen and its decline and fall in Bull Run Russell, and we may justly claim for those young gentlemen to whose energy tho credit for success is in a great moasuro duc, that no such success has over been attained by a similar organization ag that which hae uniformly attended the war oorres- Pondents of tho Huraup. It is true that ticir state- ments havo sometimos boon callad into question by men upon whom they and trath alike reflected severely; Dut it must be remombered that the standard historians of ovory age have been denounced for falschoods and par- tality. Not only war correspondents but iaspired wri- tors have failed to be thought prophets in their own country; and truth, in this degenorate ago, like wine, in this ora of adulteration, unfortunately neods the stamp of time, Has not Thiors been two or thros times prose- cuted by tho descondants of those of whom he has written? Was not Sir Walter Raleigh so thoroughly disgusted with tho vory diferent reports of himself aud his jaitor, in an encounter, of which both wor eyewit- nesses, that he destroyed his manuscripts and took to his pipe with as thorough a disgust as Sherman ever folt for “what is called history? Is it to bo won- dered at then that our correspondents should occa- sionally fail to satisfy all partios in giving truthful accounts of battles, where both parties claimed to be victors. It ia true they have drawn on themscives tho dislike of tho temporarily great men of tho bricf age of military power, now happily past, but {thas boen by following tho good ady.ce and fearloss example of Defoe, and telling truth with the fearless- ness of those who expect martyrdom. Tho prisvns of the onemy and tho dungeons of those who ought to havo been thoir friends have alike yawned to en thoin— those of the one as enemies, the others for telling impartial tales of Caducean victories, unqualified de- feats, useless slaughters and unsuccessfal exporimonta in nayal vessels at the national expense; but with tho firm resolve to neither give nor take quarter, they have dared to try the issue, aud have proved indeed that tho pen is mightior than the sword. OUR Wak CO NDENTS IN THE FIELD. We have had im the Geld during the last four years the following correspondonts, sixty-threa in number, of whom have been constantly and actively en- ing war news to the Herat: — ou, now Major and Assistant Adjutant rai Hancock's statl: Solomon 7. Bulkley L. H. Buckimgham, killed at Aldie. J.B. Bingham, now editor of the Momphis Bulletin. John A. rady. Frank G. Chapman, now Secrevary of tho Board of rt House May 12, 1864. Mr. B. 8. Osbon, ,Sipal naval correspondent, (whose naval of great use tothe Henatp and somewhat to himself, aa his long. residence in. prison afterwards Proved,) was twenty-seven times under fire, andi was seriously wounded seven:times by bolts and concussions whils on beard the Montayk and Hartford. Mr. Wilson was also wounded at Five: Forks, and. Mr. Cadwallader in the engagements which forced Lee's surrender. Mr. Shanks was struck by a.grape shot as Chickamauga, and literally buried ‘ative byye-shell which burst ear. bim ab Ressacca, SERVIORS OF OUR: AVAL CORRESPONDENTS. Som2 of the most interesting and exciting adyontnres which have occurred. to. our correspondents have been upon the water. Before: this war and until: tho Hrs 1>- had tuitiaed this feature: of ita onterpriso, war corres- pondents had. never been known aboard men-of-war. Mr. 8, B. Slack, a naval correspondent at tho beginning of the war, served on, the Potomac flotilla. iu various “‘Aghting” capacities,” and wus by the: side of Captain James Ward when: he: fell,- Captain Ward wasthe first naval officer killed aftor the rebellion began. Jiv met his death while fighting. tho rebel batteries at. Mathias Point, Juno 27, 1861. Mr. Slack, though: a: British sub- Joct, not having the fear of tho Queen's-proclamation before his eyes, handled a Sharp's rifle in) earnest. Placing ‘his cartridges on a train, just forward of the Paddle box, he loaded and fired as fast as. he.could—the distance being about one hundred andi fitty/yards frow. the shore, whero the rebels were posted. / Mr. B. 8. Osbon; another naval correspondent; formerly commanded a.vexs2l in the Buenos Ayres navy in 1850}, being.opposed! to» the f9rces of Urquiza.. Tho usorper Gucceeding, Mr, Osben was compelled to. leave the coun stry, apricobe ng set upon bis head, and camo-to this country, where he: engaged on the Hxkaup. Awar) of the experience of Mr. Osbon in naval warfare, Ad: mirals-Dupont, Farragut and Porter mado-lim.over.wel- como: oa board. their flagships. His adventures: have beon.told in full in.our correspondence, His-letters from tho Montauk, whon, lying bofore Fort Mcallister, in, the Ogeechee river, wore republished in the-oficial papers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, Mr. Osbon:was in our service when Farragut ran the: forts. at Now Orleans, and was- the only corr-spondent who. could be induced to run the risk of the battories. Ho was specially honored. by Admiral Farragut, by being permitted to plant the-firat flag on tho west bank of, the: river above , New Orleans. OUR. SCHOOL FOR CORRESPONDENTS. Of tho: sixty-three correspondents whom. we: have , Bamed only about one-half return to. uswith tho coming of peace-andithe veterans, Some have died on tho feld. and ta. tho-harness; others have entered the mililary sere vice, whilo-still others have gono into tho civil servico of the:government. Thro» of them havo-established papors. of their own, on the profits of their corrspondenco, whiic-others have entered tho service: off the: Asaociated, Prees. Theywerc naturally anxious to know what dis Position: was-to be made of them. om their return; and gach. one-has.been gratitied to loarn that not. one-off thoso: who havo been in our service during the war will be dis. charsod for want of employment. We shuil coutinue: tor omploy them for two reasons, in justice-not only to them, bat. to. ourselves. Their faithfulnoss. aud energy bave made such a mark of gratityle a sacred duty which wo owe them, and which we shall cacredly pay; wh lo thor exporien*e has mado them invaluable as correspondents, aad wo shail, therefore, retain them be awe it is to our interest todo so. We sent thom forth with eloarly do. fined, instructions oa two points only. They were told that they were expected to get the fullest detatis af the news ag arly a3 possible, and to get it tu the office by the Quickest means. They wor) told that to be beaten by uny other New York paper was a cri:ne; to be.up and oven with thom not particularly worthy of eommenda- tion; but to beat them was @ success which would not go perowarded. Theso instructions we soom found full enowgh; and our eorrespondents in the East obeyed thom by beung uniformly at least a day ahead, while those in the West ,enerally published their sogpunta of all im. portant engagements from thrve days to a week ahead of the other New York papers, This was generally effected by the correspondonts coming direst from tie battle eld to the Hevanp oillce and by the discreet expenditure of an occasional hundred dollars in indueing couductors to make connyctioas which they would otherwise have missed. Without loading them down with instructions, we loft our corrospondents to tha exerciso of their own judgments, which soon, ander the experience of acam. paign or two, became vory discret, and their decision of character soon bocame as marked as their onorgy and other characteristics. The “School of the Correspondent” which wo paid them for attending, as the West Pointers are paid for attending that school of the soldier, has been the means of educating them to a profeasion new in tho world, and weshall Lonceforth provide regularly educated war correspondents tu report the doeds of our future regularly educated soldiers. We bave become a military people, and the Hrratp professes in time of war tobe a military paper, with its corps of military re- porters. Z Violent Storms in Maryland. About fouro’clock on Tuesday afternoon last, a heavy storin of rain, accompanied with a shower of hail and very high wind, passed over portions of Freder.ck and Washington counties, Md. The Boonsboro Odd Fellow thus speaks of tho effects of the storm :— At one titne it seemed as though the ia A floodgates of heaven wero hoisted, as the rain descended in perfect torrouts, while at intorvals the rattling of hail upon the honse roofs and the distant roar and booming of heaven's artillery seemed like unto the second com: Antietam carnage to many of ovr peopl wind blew @ perfect hurricane, levelling in its course trees, fences, wheat shocks, corn, outbuildings, &c., causing great alarm to (hose behoiding its irresistible rage. Nearly all tho window glass in the house of Con. rad Nicodomus, near town, was broken by the falling hail, and the destruction of other property on his farm i6 considerable, I all that section of country lying southwest of town, and extending some mile, the storm, was part alarly severe. Our “oldest inhabitant’ records this as about the heaviest visitation of the Storm King that has ever falien to his lot to bear witness, [From the St. Mary's Gazette, | Tracie at Cairo, William ©, Carroll. Thomes M. Cash Goorse W. Clarke. Thouas M. Cook, now editor of the Wilmington Herald. 8 ter. 8. etice, by bv apb. Tho inyeution by which this could bo done was mado by Mr. Thomas W. Knox, and waa ag curious ag usofal, A caneat was filed at Washington ane a patent for the invention secured, By the uso of # invention » r correspondents on the field walluder. Pp. Da. id P. Conynghe ‘sph us, and Messrs. Waters and Son could prt 4, 4 awaon. produce for next day's paper a full diagram of the fleld, John E. i*. Doyle. showing roads, streams, houses, fleids, woods, the posi- ino, tion of troups by regiinents, and the entire lines of battle of the contending armies. We have renewed the patent aud arranged our collection of maps proparatory to the riext war with Maximilian or Joho Bull, when we shall arrange to furnish illustrative diagrams, as well ag graphic pen picturos of every battle by telegraph. THE ADVENTULES OF OUR CORRESPONDENTS “py flood and fold” woatd make a volume of intense in- terest. They have witn ssed every phase of the striggio for the Union, from the secessioa of South Carolina to Samu! BR ¢ Cc. WG 0. Y. How Frauk Hency. Chas H. Nannam ce H. Hart, now Colonel om Governor Pierpotnt's i 4 inaoe its late restoration, from the fal! of Sumter to the fall of George W. Hosmer Fort Griffin at Sabino Pasa, from th» tnurder of Ladd and Be Rete Bi. Keim Whitney to tho assassination of Mr. Lincoln, . While f : some aro now looking alter the work of reconstruction and restoration in Virginia and the Northeistern States, others are watching the closing seenos in Texas, while others are on the ground awaiting the opening of the grand ball in Moxico. Many have boon captured, and several have been wounded. Mr. Finley Anderson was» captured and confined for fourteen months, ten days of Thomas w Knox, now agent of Western Presa, ¥. C. Long, uow clerk in Interior Department at Waeh. ington. 8 ©, Maso w editor of the Savannah Herald. Hi. Merriam. Horner Morrill.’ Galen HL Osborne, died in our service at Hilton Hoad, B. ©. Osbon, the iron-clad correspondent, A Patter, now Captain on Major General Butler's stail, which was ina dungeon into which not one ray of light Tea 1. Scribner, found its way, and in which he had for companions five Charles 8, Shanahan, Our correspondent with Maximt. | ‘esperate murderers, two of them negroes, Messrs. lian in Mexico. . Hart, Hendricks, Bulkley and Vosvurg each spont several ae G. Shanks, months ia Libby prison, while others have been cap- Willan i Blade, tured. Mesers, Cadwalinder and Fitzpatrick wero. cap: 8. 1s, Slack tured by Mosby noar Frodericksburg, robbed of evory- Oscar G. Sawyer. Henry Thompson. George A. Towasond, thing but their drawers, and then forced to walk to Washington, Joff. Davis cast Mr. Glen into prison at New J. . Trombly Orleans before war had actually vegua, and he was to- “ Ee rnd lensed only through the good oftore of Pope Walker. John Jomoa B. Wardelt, Morgan made himself twice acquainted with the value of Theodore H. Whipple. Mr. Shanks’ valixe, on ono occasion stealing not oaly his Theodore C, Wilkon. money, but his despatehes and shirts, The same tdividual Benjamin F. Webster. aonb. 7 introduced himself to Mr, West/ail on July 4, 1863, and Edw o D. Westfall, ¥. W. Wilcox showed him how to make his vajuable six hundred dollar 4 Zz “ale w watch go withont wind ng. Morgan, finding out who William Young. Mr. Wostfal! waa, wanted him to aecompany him on his raid, promising him a horse and every factlity for writ- ing and transmitting despatches; but Morgan refusing to ay which way he was going, Mr. Westfall bad to deoline Tt turned out that Morgan Was going and the decision of Mr. Westfall Stonewall Jackson once This list embraces only the special war correspondents whore services were demanded by the cireumate ot the war, «nd does not include our regular corr in over parts of the Union, of in Europe, South Anietioa or Asia, | going with to the Ohio State Prison wed a lucky escape for hit. mn. T ® COST OF THE BNTERTRISE, paid Inrge To cach of these gentlemen wo have | captured Me. George Clark, but fell a victim to the de- salaries—inrger by far than any amounts paid to | lusive logic of that gootieman’s ready wit, and permitted similar empioyos in the country, and above the ave- | him to escape for fear the Hgnano could not go on with tage paid to reporters in Eng! The regular salaries | out him. Mr. Young was captured by Stuart, but ma- paged to esvape, and with his usual energy brought away with him a fall list of our ofeers captured at Gettys- bury Several of them have been wounded, Mr. Anderson was seriously wounded in the battle of Spotisylvania have, however, not beom the only expense necessary. | Each correspondent was fitted out at our expense with a | horse and accoutroments, field giaes, a waterproof sabretache, cot, blankets and bedding, while those hav. ing tho principal charge of the several correspoudents with Our county was visited on Saturday, tho 8th, withthe soverost storm of the season, which, we regrot to learn, proved very destructive in some localities to growing crops, particularly the corn and oat crops. Th» wheat which was caught shocked in the ticid also suffered se- verely, being blown down and badly scattered, More Anti-Rent Troubles in Albany County. [From the Evening Journal, July 6) About four o'clock ey Roger the barn of the noted Finch was discovered to be in flames, and it was not long before it waa burned to the ground. ‘The barn was an old building, thirty feet by seventy. Attached to it on one side was ashed twenty by sixty, and on the other side another shed, fifty {vet long. A wagon house was aiso burned, Finch had not yet gather d in any of his crops. His loss is confined to the buildings, which were not worth much—« few farming uteusils, a horse, apig, and probably a cow, which was so badly burned thay it is not thought it wiillive. A Mr. Secor had stored a considerable quantity of utensils there, which were also burned. They will each lose several hundred dollars, ‘The fire is supposed to have been th» work of incendiary anti-rentora, It is said that last week a meeting was caliod, to be held at the Corporation to-day, and another genral mecting on the last Saturday ia this mon Relense of the Last of the at Elmira. {From the Elmira Ad bel Prisoners Joly 12.) Two hundred and twontyonix 1 prisoners were re. leased yesterday, the last remnaut cole to be moved. ‘Dbagga’e wagon load of 1 and taine ones were ear. ried from the transporte’ ion ve fo the depot. All now Jott of the # ek will be teken charge of vy te post hosph tal, and divcharged ag fas. ns choir recovery will permit, Tho business of the prison catp is atan end, aud that bureau will be abo: can be finished up. shed as soon as all ueedial matters Fires. ELLSWORTH, MB. {From tho Bangor Whig } Two blocks of mills in Ellsworth, owned by Seth Tis- dale, keg. destroyed by fire on the night of the Lhe ins her witit about three bundred thousand fetoflu noes The mils contained a gang, single eawe, circuiar fos 0 maenines, box machines and other small machinery. MISMAWAKA, IND. On the 6:» inst. the large woollen factory of Messrs. Paboor & W wake, Tod., was consumed by fire, Joes estimated at 000 THAFYE Wiven, Wie. A ston saw mill, the property of 7. Hinton, on ‘Rrappe river Whe, was totally de-oyed by fre on the 27h ult. = Lose 000; uo insurance. This is the second time Mr, Hinton has suffered a similar loss, A Great Mistane,—The old proverb of “circumstances alter cases’’ had a spicy illustration the other day ata Boston hotel, and two parties—one from this vity and the other from Boston—participated therein. A young man, who is the least bit feminine in his appearance, parting is hair in the middie, &c., went to Boston, and while in that city was taken with a severe fit of colic. Stopping at a hotel, be put himself to bed and sent fora physician, The doctor came, felt of his patient’s pulse, examined jomach, and inquired solemnly if his hab- its wore “ to which the Figg, Ta somewhat suprised, answor.d tu the afffrmative. The doctor then cautiously and politely informed bis patient that he symptouie ninuifesced #ome probabilities of an increase 0} the consus ia @ short tin The surprise of the colic stricken young man at this singular announcement was only caved by that of the doctor whon he discovered the trae eex of is patient “Ciroumptagces alter y always. Sipringhela Unio. ead Across: Hake Winnipiseogee and at the Glen House. ASCENT’ GF MOUYT WASHINGTON, The: Magnificent Panorama as Seen from the Summit, , &e., kes,, ke. Our White Mountains Correspondence. Guen.Houvss, Wurre Mountains, N. H, duly 12, 1365. A. TRIP TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. On: Monday morning last I found myself om board. the steamer Lady of the Lake, on Lake ‘ Winuepesaukee—to adopt the latest orthography. How. I got. there, and from where, whether I - availed myself of the magic ‘carpet of the ‘“Ara- bian Nigits’ Enterjainments," or employed the seven league boots of the nursery tale, or secured the: services of a Moorish sorcerer—vide Boo- cacio—to, transport me thither, is of no oonse- qnence.. Suflice it, 1 was. soon crossing the ro- mantic lake with the long name. My teliow pas- sengers.consisted of a goodly number of ladies and-geutlemen und a few children, who, like my~ Self, were en route to the White Mountains of New _ Hampshire, in search of healti and recreation. H LAKK WINNEPESAUKEE. There-are, I fancy, few localities in the United States which preseat to the ye a succession of ‘more lovely scenery than Luke Wiunepcsaukee and its surroundings. The. bosom of the lake is _ studded with innumerable islands, whese bright foliage, under the sun of a bright summer's day, appeared in bold relict, like emeralds set in crys- tal. A.pretty strong breeze euused the waters to , form rather respectable waves, reminding one im- Umate with Old Oceun of lis venerable acquaint- auce,. while it tempered the burning rays of a July sup. The beautics of the scenery were enhanced | by distant view of the lofty peaks of the White Mountains, towards which we were advancing. CENTRE . HARBOR. | Nes very long dil the steamer take to reach, | Centre Harbor, where the passengers, with their: | baggage, were landed. A. stage was in requisition. to take us to North Conway, thirty-live miles on. uz journey towards the mouutains, but, before. ] starting, it was necessary to satisfy certain crav-- |, ings of the inner man, which was done at the Senter | House—a very creditable wayside hostelry, kept by J. L. Huntress—where @ very good dinuer waa. served. A RAILWAY G@IDE: NO GUIDE AT ALL, The passengers now started on their journey dm a stage filled “sky high!’ with baggage, and sup- plemented by a wagyn asa sort of tender to the parent vessel, alsy. filled with passengers and “‘dunnage;’’ and we: were soon bowling along et the rate of five kaots [t was not long before L discovered that 1. had been misinformed as tomy roosting place for the night by a railway guide 2 had purchased, which states that passengers.bp the stage from Geutre Harbor ‘arrive at Con. way same evening, ten hours from Boston,, pro- ceeding to the moussains next day.” Not a,word is said about North Conway, five miles further, from which place a wagon takes you farther.on— there being no such convenience at Conway proper, save the ghost.of a chance of getting a lift ona carriage from.Geutre Harbor. The driver,, how- ever, like a sensible man, in studying my conve- neince, had also an eye to his employer’s.interest, and on my arrixal at Tamworth made me. pay mp fare to North,Conway. AGRREABLE SORNBRY. " The scenery all along the route was. agoseably diversified with hill and valley, cultivated fields and woodland, farm house and homestead. Hay- making was in full blast, with eveny indication of @ good crop. The road in somo places. was aa level as. Broadway; at others we: had.to climbs @teep aaclivity, very trying to. the horses; and anon to plunge down an uncomfortable looking incline, But these steep piecea.of roadi were not to be: compared to some that we: encountered om the following day—yesterday. We:passed over @ great many rickety wooden bridges, some of them having very convenient holes in. their planking, besutifully adapted for the purpose of horses put- ting their hoofs through. Is is surprising that sech neglects should road 80 Seok reveled tae ae the pena - season. It is a wonder that serious accidents, em: bracing the loss of valuable: horses and still more valuable lives, are not of frequent eccurrence on these bridges. The traxelling public ought to call eer eet iN ca ak } will follow suit? 0% . “ss Ris sits RU ROADS. le] GaRD That night we slept-at North Conway, where artived at nine o'elock, and next morning after breakfast such of us.as were so di sot the Glen House, where we arrived at two o' P.M., just imtime.to hear the welcome dinner gong. ‘The road at first wus level but we not gone far before we found it far . ceeded in tee, ye Signet of that which had travelled during previous day. times the driver had to rest his horses ana give them a breathing spell. I"have travelled over fer more steep and rugged roads on horseback, bat never before had 1 experienced such highways im anything on wheels for such a number of wiles; and | am informed that I have much more to en- counter should 1 make up my mind to visit Pran- conia Notch and the summit of Mount Washi which I can easily belie’ to judge from the appearance of the mountains as they rear their heads up to and through the clouds right in front of the hotel where I am staying. FOREST SULNEKY. Tn ascending we passed through dense forests of pines in some places. These were alternated by me ple, = — other trees. elicious w! raspberry, now fully ripe, graced the roadside, an ue Blackberry, jest ts 100m, z gave prowise of a goodly supply @ couple of months beace, Animaicu naiur., too, assisied im relieving the tedium of the joucuey; for ceca sionally a squirrel Would emerge (rom its viding place and, waiter besiowing on tue passengers & saucy sare, would skip ulinbiy away to bis re- treat, A partridge, too, wou'd sometimes station himself in the middie of Uhe road, retusing 0 stir till the | s Were close ou hum, When he would wack leis: away as unconcerned as a barn door fowl. The driver informed met ey are so tume because they are unmolested by sportsmen, MOUNTAIN STREAMS, Several rustic bridges of jogs spenning brawl- ing rivuiets were crossed on our upward journey. Iuxcelieut brook trout are taken from these streame in abundance. ihese rivulets feed the Saco river, iiecit no more than a mountain stream, which in its sinuous course is spanned by inna- merable bridges, several of which we crossed 0@ our journey. The Saco is remarkable for the number of its waterfalls, some of which are of great beauty and attract a number of visitors. GRANDEUR OF THK WLITK MOUNTAINS. The Gien House is advantageously situated on & small plateau, exactly in front of the Mount Wi ington range. Before the hotel is a deep valley, beyond which and intervening between the moun- tains is @ sylvan landscape, beautifully relieving the sterner features of the rugged mountains be- yond. Mount Washington summit, rearing ite head 6,200 feet above bears, west by south, and beyond that, but not visible from here, is Franconia Noteh, 1 am tolerabl, familiar with mountains than the White Mountains of New Hampghir>— motntains far more difficult of ascent, too, w which all the engineering science in the worl could not construct # carriage oe but i doubt whether | have ever seen & mountain range more majestic, more calculated to impress the mind with a sense of the sublime, than that opposite the Glen House. Some writer peaks of Alps piled upon Alps. Here is its realization. But it is impo-sible to take in all the grandeur of such ci + once. More minute description cam only ba; ructicable on more familiar acquaintance. Some idea may be formed of the altitude of these mountains when it is mentioned that from thia apot, on the present 12th of July, an apparently small pateh of snow is yet visible in epot