The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1865, Page 4

tion is given regarding that present absorbing question with the Southern peopie, the new labor system. All but four regiments of the troops in the Shenandoub valley, under General Torbert, are to be mustered out of service. . The One Hundred and Second New York regiment arrived in the city yesterday On reaching the Astor when General Hooker made his NEW YORK HERALD. nannnninnennennnnnit JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS Wolume XXX House they were halted, appearance and. briefly addressed them in words of wel- come and commendation for their patriotic services. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Lieutenant General Grant, secompanied by his wife and three members of his staff, arrived in this city about oor York, Wednesday, July 26, 1865. 4 iahatiees ip aden alee NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION. Receipts of Sales of the New York Daily | six o'clock yesterday morning, and immediately after Newspapers. left for Albany, en rowe for Niagara’ Falls and other OFFICIAL. places, on board a North river steamer, Year Ending |” we have received later and more accurate intelligence Name of Paper. May 1, 1385. | regarding the loss of the steamer Quinnebaug, which Heravp.. $1,095,000 | wont ashore on the North Carolina coast on the 20th ‘i It appears that only seventeen lives were lost. pee ean rl the meamor Vora Cruz, from Vera Cruz and Ha- ‘Tribune. 252,000 | ana, we have dates from Mexico oity to the 1th and Evening Post. .... 169,427 | from Havana to the ge g: nlleged an pra ie ved by the Liberty. general condition of e hiya ange pie was about the same as usual, some guerilla oe. 151,079 | senting, a good deal of highway robbery, and much un- “Express. .....eeeeeee seseeeseees 90,548 | oasiness in the public mind still continuing. The Fourth A ponay Bs gy of July, the Emperor's birthday the 6th, and the anni- Mew Youx Hanatp....... seresees+:$1,095,000 | Vorcary of the foundation of the empire, had been each ‘Times, Tribune, World and Sun combined., 871,229 | colebrated with much pomp and all the ceremontes due to those important events. Affairs on the Texan frontier have an unpleasant look, and more trouble than has yet come is expected by many. ‘The Havana papers of the 20th inst. contain no news of importance. It will be remembered that some time ago reports from Matamoros, Mexico, were received and published in the Northern newspapers to the effect that the imperial troops had entered and taken possession of Chihuahua, the republican capital, and that President Juarez was compelled to fleo for his life and become a fugitive. We are now in pos;ession of correspondence from that city to the 10th of Juno, which indicates that these stories wore utterly false. At that time the forces of Maxi- milian had not even entered the State of Chihuahua; President Juarez, surrounded by his Cabinet and other officers, was still exercising the functions of govern- NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Our city subscribers will confor a favor by reporting any of our city carriers who overcharge for the Hewaup. Country subscribers to the Nsw Yous Heraup are re- quested to remit their subscriptions, whenever practi- cable, by Post Office Orders, It is the safest mode of transmitting money by mail. Advertisements should be sent to the office before nine o'clock in tho evening. THE SITUATION: Provisional Governor Lewis E. Parsons, of Alabama, has issued his proclamation announcing the inaugura- | ment undisturbed, and everything in that tion of measures for the restoration of civil | region was progressing favorably for the republic. Senor government m that State, The Sfst of August | De Teada, Juarez’s Minister of Forelgn Affairs, had written a letter to Senor Romero, Mexican Minister in Washington, in reply toa communication from the latter announcing the capture of Petersburg and Richmond and the rejoicings which followed. Senor Tejada is pleased to recognize in the policy and conduct of our government all through the rebellion, notwithstanding the unprece- dented difficulties by which it was environed, a spirit of friendliness towards the Mexican republic and a deter- Mination not to recognize the empire. The Newfoundland despatch published in last Mon day’s Heratp gave our readers some very interesting in- formation regarding the preparations for receiving the Atlantic telegraph at its western terminus, and we have now a message from the other end of the cable in the lotter of our Valontia (Ireland) correspondent, under date of the 12th inst., given to-day. A large number of officers and other telegraph men were then there, nearly ail the arrangements necessary to commence the work of sinking the wire had been completed, and the arrival of the vessels having it on board was anxiously looked for is the ‘day appointed for the election of delegates to the State convention, which is to assemble on the 10th of September. county and town officers who, The greater portion of the under the rebel régime, were officiating on the 22d of May last, when rebel authority ceased, are reappointed to the positions, which they are to hold during the continuance of the provisional government; but they are all required to take the oath of allegiance to the national government and to give new bonds for the performance of their duties. The Governor comments on the present condition of | the South and the ruin and suffering which the war has ‘caused, but informs the people that notwithstanding this they have to-day every political right which they pos- sessed before the war, excepting the right to hold slaves; and slavery, he tells them, is irrecoverably gone, and tt 4s the part of wisdom to make the best they can of the new order of things. His Excellency James Johnson, Provisional Governor f Georgia, has also issued his proclamation calling a State convention and appointing a day for electing dele- gates thereto. The election is to be held on the 4th f October, and the convention will assemble in Mil- edgeville on the 25th of the same month. The citizens are reminded that in order to be entitled to vote or to become candidates for election to the con- vention they must previously subscribe to the That emigration to Brazil which has been frequently mooted of late, of citizens of our Southern States who are too much disgusted with the results of their rebel- lion to remain in this country, appears to have really commenced. Our Rio Janeiro correspondent, writing on the 6th of June, notices the arrival there of numbers of these persons, who, he is informed, are only the advance S7Talince W. Whittlesy, formerly a clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington, was arrested in this city on Saturday last on the charge of having stolen one hun- dred government bonds of the denomination of one thousand dollars each from the Loan office of the De- partment. He arrived in Washington yesterday, in cath of allegiance to the national government; | charge of officers, and was committed to await “legal ex- and this they are earnestly advised to do. They | amination. It is said that Whittlesy has confessed his guilt, When arrested be had only made use of about aro also informed that slavery is extinct, and that there- eight thousand dollars’ worth of the proceeds of the fore no person in the State can hereafter control the theft. In the case of the United States versus the bark Da- homy, where the vessel was seized on suspicion of being a slaver, Judge Betts yesterday appointed John J. Hill and William Seymour appraisers, to determine the value of the vsasel and cargo preliminary to her being bonded. In the case of the United States versus a case of dressed furs marked ‘J. B.,”” where there was an under- valuation in the invoice, Judge Betts issued an order yesterday confiscating the property. The owners made no defeace and allowed the case to go by default rather than run the risk of being prosecuted criminally. The Court of Common Pleas Chambers adjourned yes- terday in consequence of the death of one of Julge Brady's children. A mecting of the lager bier retailors of the city was held yesterday, at 316 West Thirty-sixth street, to pro: labor of another, excepting so far as he may, be legally entMted to do so by the terms of contract voluntarily on- tered into by the laborer. The administration of civil Baw, to a great extent, is to remain in abeyance till a Btato government shall have been chosen; but in the ‘Meantime order will be preserved, if necessary, by the inilitary. All the States in the Union are now provided with civil Exocutives, either elected or appointed. ‘The fol | lowing shows the seven States which have Provisional Governors, appointed by the Prosident, with the names of the incumbents and the date of appo ntment:— State. Provisional Gowrnor. When appointed, North Carolina,...William W, Holden. | May 29, 1866, | test against the present high demands of the brewers for Mississippi. "Wit am L. Sh June 13, 1865, | the refreshing fluid—from fourteen to eighteen dollars Georgia. James Johnson, Juno 17, 1865. | Per barrel being now charged by them, A number of | Texas. . Andrew J. Hamilton, June 17, 1865, | 88ésestions were made by different saloon keepers, but poem apiieta thy Biebehe, June 21, 1865, | thers was no decisive action taken on any of them, and South Carolina,...Benjamin F. Perry. June 30, 1865, | it was resolved to hold # mass meeting on the subject on Florida -Willlam Marvin July 13, 1865, | Bext Friday afternoon. The Fenians had an immense demonstration yesterday in Jones’ Wood. About five thousand of the fraternity were present, besides a large number of outsiders. Spooches wore made by Colonels Roberts and O'Mahong and Judge Connolly, and there was plenty of music, dancing and various other kinds of enjoyment. —Elections have been ordered in the following of these States for the purpose of rec proclamation of the Presiden Slate. 5 ‘Time of Election. Time of Conventim, Missiasippi........ August 7, 1365. Augnst 14, 1865, ‘sbibania, ‘August 51, 1505. September 10, 1865, | A base ball contest took place yesterday at Hoboken Georgia detober 4, 1865. October 25, 1866. between the Keystone Club, of Philadelphia, and the South Carolina. November 20, 1895. Mutual Club, of this city, which resulted in the victory Interesting Charleston of the latter by a score of thirty-one to twelve, There was a large attendance of spectators. sev bwieg The Cartmen’s and Laborers’ Association is not dead nizing according to the patches of the 22d inst. yesterday of the wore furn: val here steamship Granada, The il! feeling which has been for | yet. Another meeting of the society was held last some time growing up between some of the white sol- | evening, at which addresses were made by several diera and the citizens on the one side and the negrocs on | Speakers of a consolatory and encouraging nature. Among the speakers was the President of the organiza the other bas resulted in the mutiny of the One Hun- who denounced the Mayor's recent message on the dred and Sixty fifth New York ufantry, their disarming, | gubject of sifeet cleaning. The business that came up and the commitment of the privates of theorganization | Was of no public in . to Fort Sumter and the officers to Charloston jail. ‘The | . Th? Petroleum case in which Messrs. D. H. Mann and J. Stratton Jr, are the defendants was resumed yeerter. diMlouities which led to this result are now under inves | gay at the Jefferson Market Police Court, before Justice tigation by Generals Gillmore and Schy The city of | Dodge. There is not much interest shown in the inves: n- | tigation now, and it drags its slow length along very quietly indeed, The re-examination of Colonel Hillyer and Mr Kellogg was resumed yesterday. Nothing very important or interesting was elicited, and the case stands adjourned till one o'clock to-day. The investigation before Commissioner Newton of the alleged frauds of master workmen in the Brooklyn Navy Yard was continued yesterday, Mr. De Luce, chief Charleston, which until recently was ina turbuten dition owing to these troubles, has been restored to order. Great destitution is said to still exist in the interior of South Carolina among all classes fering for the want of tr of people, who are suf: “1 necessities of life, and an agent bas been sent to the North to rn @ funds for | oogineor of the yard, and Mr. Vaa Doran, chief dranghts- their relief, Mail facilities between Charleston and the | man, wero examined regarding the bookcases made by interior have been much improved of late The cars | the accused. Their testimony was very contlicting, that of the formor indicating that some of said articles were made without directions from the propor officers, while that of the latter was to the effect that official orders had been given for all the bookcases that wore made. The examination will be proceeded with this forenoon. Commitments for trial were made yesterday in the Tombs Police Court in the following cases;—Joseph But ler and Moses Conklin, charged, in company with two or three other young men who escaped, with attacking Jacob Sherman, on Monfay night, in Greene street, near Canal, knocking him down, beating him, and despoiling him of hie clothes, wateh, and a considerable amount ot money; Margaret Lynch, alias Sullivan, a servant girl living on Long Island, on complaint of stealing a gold watch and chain valued at five hundred dollars from Jacob 8. Thurston, of 49 Cherry street, while the two wore spending the night togother im an alleged disreput- able house in New Bowery; James Boland, aged nine- teen, on charge of decoying into a dark alley in the rear of a house in Mulberry street and there robbing John Good, of No, 72 Market street; Vigtor Gruller, n German tailor, charged with offering a counter foit five dollar Treasury bill and a worthless five dollar bill on the Erle and Kalamazoo Railroad Bank at a eaioou in New Cliambers street, and Michael Grinman, onthe charge of offering at a store in Canal street a worthless ten dollar bill purporting to be the issue of the Black. stone Canal Bank, of Providence, R. I. A laborer named Thomas McCue was yosterday ar taigned before Justice Dodge and detained for farther examination on suspicion of having stolen fveYhousand five hundred dollars’ worth of share certificates of the | Dolaware Gold ond Silver Mining Company, the property now ran as far as Urangeburg, and it iv hoped to have the railroad completed through from Charleston to Columbia within three months. Owing to the havoc | which Sherman played with the South Carolina rarlroads, Dut little of the cotton of the State is yet enabled to reach Charleston, but, much to the dotriment of the business @f that city, is being diverted to Augusta and Savannah, Genoral Fisk, Assistant Commissioner of Froedinen, Rofugoos and Abantoned Lands for the States of Ken- tucky and Tennesse, in « communication to the Freed- Mmon's Bureau ia Washington, describes the agitation in the former State on the subject of ratifying the anti- lavery amendment to the constitution as very great; but ‘Lie foars that Kentucky will not be one of the States to Byprove it, Genoral Palmor, military commander in Kentucky, has issued an order giving freedom and granting passes to nil the slaves who will leave the State, anda great exodus ©! these people to the north side of the Ohio river is in A most interesting narrative of experince in the Bouth since the conclusion of the war is givon by one of the Hagar correspondents from on hoard a Mississippi fiver steamer. This gontieman has been for some wooks ‘engaged in putting a girdle about the circumference of Roveldom, as well as moaauting ite diamoter and ex- acniaing it# mfternal condition, and las bad the fullest opportunities for gbuervetion, Some vaiuable informa. of an Exchange place broker. 4 goed lookima yuma ciel knows py the mame of Gilen Jackson, as well as soveral aliases, who has been for some time in the habit of visiting the up town hotels with a bonnet box, representing herself vo be a milliner come to supply the orders of lady guests, was arrested a tew days ago at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in consequence of suspicions aroused regarding her, when her box, in- atead of a lady’s bonnet, was found to contain a man’s boots. Various articles bave been from time to time missed in the hotel after each of Ellen’s visits, and she was taken to Jefferson Market lock-up to await an inves- tigation. ‘The stock market was moderately firm yesterday, with an upward tendency. Governments were stronger, Gold was .nactive, but firm, and closed on the street at 14334, and at night at 14334 Breadstutfs were in fair demand yesterday, and gone- rally much higher, Cotton was heavy and a shade lower. Provisions were in less request. Now mess pork opened dull at $30 a $30 50, and closed firm at $31. Lard ad- vanced to 18:40, a 23¢., and tallow to 103sc, a 11%c. Groceries wero in less demand, though the tendency of prices was downward. The changes in othor branches of trade were not important. The boef market was supplied with 5,079 bullocks for the past week, but not a particle have sellers given way in prices, Indeed, all but first quality are stiffer this week, The supply was hardly adequate one week ago, and butchers wanted more than were offered for gale. Hence a lively competition at Forty-fourth street ‘on Monday for the 3,200 on sale there. They genorally brought 14c. a 16c., though a fow scallawags sold at 12c, a 13c., while some fine solected animals brought 17%, and even 173¢¢,, the average sales reaching 15c., making a slight advance upon last week, on account of improved quality. The stock was all sold long before night of the Seco) d day, though trade was alow on Tuesday. Sheep sold during the week, and even on Monday, at last week's prices; but @ rush of customers on Tuesday, with little stock in the market, carried good sheep to Te. a 734c., and even then butchers were quarrolling to see who should get them, Lambs are in leas demand, aud are worth $5 a $6 each, or 9c. alle. per Ib. Receipts 16,066. Live hogs are coming in more freely, the arrivals being 16,634 for the week. They are selling well, but at lower rates, or lise, a 120. ‘The Present Political Situation as Com- pared with that of 1862. In the year 1861, from the fusing of all par- ties in support of the administration and the war for the Union, one might have supposed that the Northern, like the Southern “de- mocracy, had been disbanded never to come together again, except as a paltry minority, in any State. But in the year 1862 the Northern democracy, on a patriotic war platform, <ar- ried all the great Central States from New York to Illinois, including the election of Horatio Seymour as Governor of this State by ten thousand majority. In the State elections of that year, from the disasters of McClellan and Pope, the Northern democracy hit the nail upon the head in taking the field for a “more vigorous prosecution of the war.” Strangely enough, however, in 1863, when the war (Gettysburg and Vicksburg) was more vigorously and successfully prosecuted, their copperhead peace leaders inveigied the Northern democracy, from Maine to California, upon the ricketty and rotten platform of “peace at any price;” and from Maine to Cali- fornia they were swept off like chaff in a whirlwind. This should have taught the party to cast aside their copperhead’ peace leaders, and to fall back upon their solid war platform of 1862. But in 1864 they met at Chicago, and while they recognized the war in the nomi- nation of General McClellan, they ruined him and his prospects by denouncing the war as @ failure, and demanding peace at any price. Vallandigham, beaten the year before by a hundred thousand majority in Ohio on this platform, was yet permitted to make it the democratic platform for their Presidential cam- paign. The result, of course, was a repetitiay, of the elections of 1863. Now the war is over. It has not turned out a failure, but a grand and glorious success. Looking, then, from this success back to the elections of 1862, the democracy ought to have sense enough to know what course to take in reference to the approaching State elections of 1865. They should recognize the practical results of the war, including the abolition of slavery, the washing out of the Chicago plat- f form, the downfall of that pro-slavery fallacy of State sovereignty, and this other important | result, that all the party leaders” supporting this fallacy are dead cocks in the pit. The Vallandighams, the Pendletons, the Seymours, the Woods—Fernando and Ben—and all those pestilential copperheads who have brought nothing but defeats and disgrace upon the Northern democracy, should now be turned adrift, and new leaders, identified with the fr and new principles appropriate to the new order of things, should be adopted in the place of the old worn out party trumpery of Southern democratic traitors and their North- ern mercenaries, By pursuing this policy, and by fighting the Chase-Jay Cooke programme of immediate and unconditional negro suffrage, and the expansion of the national debt as a national blessing, the democrats, considering the present unsettled, discordant and disorganized condition of the republican party on these issues, may repeat to a considerable extent their victories of 1862. The republicans in Ohio, by casting Chase and his followers overboard, and by nominating for Governor a fighting general fresh from the war, have gainod the inside track; but in New Jer- sey, by blindly giving the go-by to one of the most dashing, successful and popular generals of the Union armies, and by setting up an old political hack, with nothing but the prestige of defeat, they have left the door wide open fora democratic victory. 4 In New York both parties are “ lying around loose,” waiting for the moving of the waters. Governor Fenton may move them if he will to some purpose by upsetting all the machinery of the corrupt municipal establishment of this wretchedly governed and horribly plundered metropolis, and by making the question of a thoroughgoing metropolitan government here the issue of our November State election. Otherwise, upon the negro suffrage issue, and upon the principle that a great national debt is not a great national blessing, but a great na- tional burden, which ought to be reduced and settled as soon as possible, the democracy, having less than ten thousand republican ma- jority to overcome, may carry even New York this year, and more handsomely than in 1862, The mischievous national programme of Chief | Justice Chase and his financier, Jay Cooke, will make a fine opening for the democrats this fall, and if Governor Fenton would head them off in New York his only course is to make the issue of a great reformation in this cily the ruling question of our November State election. Homsva Conventions.—-There is going to be a Temperance Reform Convention at Saratoga ina few days. It would be very curious to know how much conventions of this kind are designed for the purposes announced or for purposes of politics, It is exceedingly proba- ble What all those temmerance gad thos gone NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1869, ventions are made the medium of ventilating ideas upon political questions, and canvassing the qualities and chances of candidates for elec- tion to certain offices, Politicians have a finger in every pie, and although, as a general rule, temperance is not in their line, still any hobby is good to ride if it only runs first to the winning post. The Fi cial Condition and Prospects of the Country. The daily operations of Jay Cooke, the gov- ernment broker in Philadelphia, are despatched across the telegraphic wires in every direction, and represented as the achievements of a great benefactor who is struggling for the general, good. Many journals are endeavoring to force the conviction upon the people that five or six millions added each ‘day to our national debt, entailing an interest of nearly seven and one- third per cent upon every dollar, is not only an evidence of our sound financial condition, but is positive proof of the extraordinary saga- city of the great self-denominated financial strategist above mentioned. We do not hesi- tate to assert that we entertain directly oppo- site views. We cannot look upon the augmenta- tion of our national debt in any other light than that which marks the path to financial distress and commercial ruin. Simply returning to the government its non-inttrest bearing paper and the notes of the national banks, which are being increased in volume at the rate of three to four millions a week, and receiving therefor seven and three-tenths bonds is, in our opinion, no evidence of the soundnessof the national credit or the healthy condition of its finances; it only proves that the currency is inflated and that its dey reciated gongition has closed many of the ordinary channels for safe inyggtment, During the continuance of the war the fluc- tuations in the premium on coin created no more uneasiness than what was produced by temporary excitement. The government had flooded the country with greenbacks to the extent of seven hundred millions, and it was not surprising that gold took a stand far above the representative value of the legal tenders ; but the premium from day to day became greater or less as our prospects were brightened or clouded by defeat or victory on the field of battle. But now that the war is ended what is there, it may be asked, to cause fluctnations in the price of gold, or even to keep it above the face value of government paper, which for all purpoges in our daily transactions is its legal representative? The question is cacily answered. It is simply the distrust which is engendered by the continued increase of the currency and the enlargement of the national debt. We are in the same track that England pur- sued during the ten years subsequent to the final close of her war with France. The mis- takes which the government of that country made resulted not only in monetary revulsions and financial distress, which nearly ruined her trade and commerce, but in domestic broils and riots which threatened the very existence of the kingdom. If we do not commence early to profit by the knowledge we possess of tho financial blunders which that country perpe- trated, we must be prepared to witness a monetary collapse that experience has already taught us will spread disgrace and disaster throughout the heretofore prospsrous Northern We call upon President Johnson to take the matter in hand, and with the aid of Congress to endeavor to avert so direful a calamity. He is doing well in his efforts to restore the political status of the South, and to bring the misguided people of that section back to their normal condition in the Union. But more is incnmbent upon him. He must keep in mind that it is just as important to preserve and austain the national credit and to re-establish our currency upon the metallic basis, as it is to reconstruct the Southern States. He is a man of sound common sense, and we are con- vinced that he is fully equal to the task of averting the danger which threatens us, and which the course of policy now pursued will inevitably bring about. The British government finally overcame ita difficutties by consolidating its debt and reducing the interest thereon to three per cent. This movement of course raised an army of grumblers; But it was con- tended that as the majority of them had en- riched themselves by taking advantage of the country’s necessities, they could not be con- sidered as having been unjustly dealt by. The question now arises whether it would not be better for us, while we are yet free from any real monetary commotion, to follow a some- what similar course. We may ultimately be forced to adopt such a policy; and far better for the country will it be to secure whatever advantages such a necessity possesses now, than to wait, like England, until we shall have passed through financial vicissitudes from the effects of which it would take us a long time to recover. The adoption of such a course would probably raise the cry of repudiation, and the government would be accused of violating its faith; but the charges would come mainly from government steamboat agents and shoddy contractors, who have fleeced the nation and robbed the poor soldiers and sailors to in- crease their wealth. But in the end the mass of the people would be benefitted and the prosperity of the country secured. Tue Coysrmacy Triats—Some papers are still discussing the late military trial at Wash- ington, and the pros and cons of the execution of Mrs. Surratt and the rest. This is an indica- tion of folly and bad temper. People desire to forget that our state of society ever produced such wretches, and they are willing, out of con- sideration for the surviving triends of the per- sons implicated in Mr. Lincoln’s murder, to let the painful subject pass out of mind, it the literary vampires who make their daily food out of those dead persons will permit it, All useful agitation of the subject was at an end when the drop fell, and it is certainly quite im- possible to uproot in the public mind the con- viction that the drop fell justly—that the crimi- nals were guilty. Leave it alone, then, and take up a more profitable subject. “There are plenty. Let these fellows who find so little employment for their pens that they must needs dig in those old graves assist in the re- organization and reconatruction of society in the regions devastated by the war. There is an immense labor to be done there— intricate questions to be settled—rights in dispute—and all that labor, or nearly all, rests upon the President. It isa flold of labor in which the press can help him greatly, and itis one in whioh the whole intellect of the country may Gnd arogable axeroiae. ia General Seaman's Srgeca—Tue History or tae Wax.—Gen. Sherman is indulging himself out West in the dangerous business of speech- making. He was feasted at St. Louis, and after dinner made some rambling references to the great Southwestern campaigns, the subatance of which we give in another column. Last year, when we read General Sherman’s admirable letter to the Mayor of Atlanta, we thought the country could not hear from that soldier too often; but the impression that inevitably fol- lows the perusal of what the General has just said in St. Louis is that he is talking too much. He accords to General Halleck almost the chief praise for our Western successes and for the first direction of what he calls the great central movement, aa if it were Halleck that taught the Missiasippi river how to run in its present course. General Sherman isentitled to a large share of the honor of those movements, and 80 fox his praise of Halleck is. graceful, and, per- haps, generous; but that praise goes @ little further, It seems, indeed, to detract from the honors of General Grant, and in that General Sherman ought to make it more carefully. The General may ve getting over hia late difficulty with General‘ Halleck, and may, in the warmth of reviving friendship, feel even better toward that general than he would have felt if there had not been any dispute; but the country will not be pleased to see Grant’s well-carned laurels suffer on that account. General Sherman touches once more on the battle of Shiloh, and also alludes to the story that he had protested against Grant’s plans in relation to Vicksburg. He pronounces that story folly, and adds that he “never did pro- test in bie life,” Ig there any little quibble in that—as on the word “protest,” for instange? As to the Shiloh battle General Sherman saya “there was no strategy In it.” The handling of troops on the fidld of battle is not the province of strategy; but strategy must direct the choice of a battle field, and we must suppose, therefore— as that is the only way in which the word can be properly used in that connection—that that is the way in which Genegal Sherman uses it. He ought, then, to remember that he had pre viously said of that field, “it was well chosen; on any other we would have been over- whelmed.” This was in General Sherman’s letter to Professor Coppee, of Philadelphia, published in December, 1864. Tne Farore or Comic Newsparers.—There isa good deal of fuss being made in some quarters about the failure of establishing comic papers in this city. It is true that, as a general rule, this class of literature has not succeeded of late, but the reason we think is obvious: There is no room for them. The ground is fully occupied, and as it is impossible to force a superfluity of pabulum upon an overcrowded stomach without disordering it, so you cannot compel the public to digest too many comic newspapers. There is one paper which oc- cupies the entire field of comic literature. The Tribune has decidedly the monopoly in this line. Fun would not be palatable without a little touch of the antics of the clown. Ro- mance would be flat without the inspiration of lying and an unlimited stretch of the imagina- dion, which upon occasion can make white black and black white. These faculties are essential to the production of a truly comic paper, and these fuculties are possessed in such perfection by the Tribune that it has necessarily swept the field clear of all the other comic papers. The failure of this class of papers is, therefore, very easily accounted for upon the simple principle of supply and de- mand. The Tribune is a comic journal so rich and racy that even Punch himself could not hold his own against it. Trovpie In TENNESSEE.—The troubles that are likely to grow up in Tennessee are due to the crazy extremities of the leaders there. Par- son Brownlow is a passionate agitator, always in trouble and always getting others in trouble, to no purpose—very much such a man in the West as Parson Beecber in the East. Mr. Johnson must find means to temper these Ten- nessee quarrels. It would be a singular spec- tacle if Tennessee were the only State in which the re-establishment of the government was characterized by extreme measures. Tue Trreune iN Trovste.—The Trine is in great tribulation about the official statement of its circulation. It thinks that the circulation of newspapers should be established every day upon oath. Well, we think that this rule is faithfully complied with. We know that as far as our paper isconcerned its daily circulation is veritied under the sanction of an oath. We have not the least idea—nor could we be in- duced to believe—that the Tribune people, in making their first returns to the assessor of in- ternal revenue, jntended to commit perjury to evade the tax. Not at all. On the contrary, we are disposed to put the charitable interpre- tation upon the matter—that in making their first returns of circulation they simply made a mistake. Doowortu Haut.—A lecturo will be delivered this evening at Dodworth Hall, Broadway, by the soldier poet of the One Hundred and Twonty-seventh New York Volunteers, Isaiah W. Gougler; on the “Inside View of the Army.’’ The lecturer's subject embraces many points in army life upon which he had practical expe- rience, and his discourse will, no doubt, be exceedingly interesting. Fires in New York. Fre ww Pike Staeer—A Sore Metuop to Destroy Bunucos.—Betwoen eight and nine o'clock last evening 4 fire occurred at No. 53 Pike street, under the following clrourmstances:—It seems that Mrs. Frances’ Burnett keeps a vory respectable boarding house, and one of the occupants of the attic bedroom complained of unpleas- ant visits made by that little red-backed insect com - monly called “bedbug.”” Mra. Burnett, being a very kind and obliging landlady, set herself to work to cleanse the bed of these troublesome visitors, and, mot having time during the day to attend to such matters, embraced the most favorable opportunity in the evening. Providing herself with 1 pint of benzine and alighted kerosene oil lamp, at it she went, with a fall determination of giving “nasty things fits," The bed was overturned, the rad well saturated with bonzine, whon accidentaliy the lamp upset; the benaine took fire; some bedding was thrown on the dame, but that only added fuel to the fire, and before the firemen came the whole room was in one blaze, and before the fire was extinguished the roof was taken off, Thus poor Mrs. Burnett, in her eudeavore to do a good thing for pne boarder, upset the whole house, destroying her own fur- nitire and that of her boarders, to the atmount ©” some two thousand dollars. The damage to the baild ing will amount to at least one thousand dollars more Mrs, Barnett was uninsured, which makes the matter sll more unfortunate. Our readers will see by this aifair that bedateads should be examined by day light. it was uot long ago that a woman and her daughter wore burned to death while using benaine and a tight under similar cirewnstances, Fink ts Tae Bowery. Between ten and eleven o'clock last night a fre occurred on the third floor of a new building, No, 287 Bowery, the cabinet shop of Ff. Bau- mano. By the prompt action of Edward McDonald and Mr. Jonas 08 the fire was oxtingwished with a few of water. A hole waa already burnt through the Keor, and a fire bed kindled among some wood on the floor below. The fire was evidently caread by some around whe gtove, The damage ia avout WASHING TOW. One Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth ef Gov- ernment Bonds Stotea, ARREST OF THE SUPPOSED THIEF. Dxcitement Over the Slavery Ques- , tion in Kentucky. Only Four Regiments of Troops to be Left in the Shenandoah Valley, &e., &e., &o Wasuaton, July 25, 1866. AN EX-CLERK OF THE TREASURY ARRESTED FOR STEALING GOVERNMENT BONDS. On the 5th of June, 1864, the Chief Clerk and Super- intendent of the loan branch connected with the offive * of the Secretary of the Treasury addressed to the latter a note, stating that one hundred bonds, partially preparcd for issue, of one thousand dollars each, were missing, and that he had exhausted all the resources at his com- mand in endeavoring to find them. As they had hot been signed by the register or scaled they could not be negotiated. The coupons, however, amountipg to ono, hundred thousand dollars, were sealed and complete, and | payable to bearer on the 1st of January and July of each year, and could be sold anywhere. The Solicitor of the Treasury having employed two detotives of this city, it was not long before they fixed upon Wallace W. Whittle- sy, a clerk in the Igan office of the Treasury Department, as the guilty party) but it was not deemed advisable to 4 make the arrest until:more conclusive evidence could bo obtained. . Their suspicions were strengthened by the fact of his resigning his position in the Treasury in December Jaat, amid OF Wis Tivin iia fee g lanai. moans. On Saturday last the deivdtly Fe ied fow York and captured Whittlesy near the Wostern, Hotel, in Cortlandt street. He confessed his guilt, and Stated to them where some of the coupons were con- cealed, namely, in the chandeliers of his residence, wher? they were subsequently found; but the bonds had been destroyed. On recovering all that was available of tho stolen property the detectives took their prisoner rapidly to Jersey City to catch the train. Whittlesy quietly seated himself in the car, but soon after thetrain | had attained its full speed he hastened to the door, doubtless with the intention of jumping off, but waa , |] pulled back. Finding himself foiled, he endeavored to obtain sympathy from the passengers by accusing the officers of kidnapping him. He was safely landed here this morning and conveyed to the polico headquarters. Whittlesy had sold some $8,060 worth of the coupons, and made about $2,200 on the premium on the gold. He had no moncy when arrested, notwithstanding his high style of living. THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN KENTUCKY. A report, dated the 20th inst., from Commissioner Fisk, who has supervision of the freedmen’s affairs in the States of Tennossee and Kentucky, has just been re ceived at General Howard’s headquarters, and from it is extracted the following :— 4 Kentucky is just now stirred to its bitter His gored the \, slavery question. A hotly contested. political canvass is agitating the entire State. The only issue before the people isthe rat.flcation of the constitutional amend- ment forever prohibiting slavery in this country. The devotees of the barbarism cling to its putrid curcass with astonishing tenacity, _Kentucky, I fear, will refuse to become one of the twenty-seven pall-bearers required to bear the remains of the great mination to its final resting place. Major General Palmer, Department of Kentucky, has, by generat orde: stricken the shackles from all slaves who will leave the State. His post eT ee throughout tee are granting passes to each colored person making applica- tion. lroads, steamboats and ferry boats are required to transport all who present the military pass and pay their fare. This order wss issued on the 10th inst., and tho result has been that thousands of the colored population have crossed the Ohio and are now crowding the towas and cities of the States I; ng onee ‘The writter adds that he is daily looking fora breoze from Indianapolis and other Northern cities that may be experiencing this black vomit. The emancipation and ¢ deportation by general order, and the agitation attending the political canvass, have roused every colored mn to the importance of striking for freedom; and wo- men and children are generally upon the move for some place beyond the reach of mastors, In many localities the most cruel and fiendish atrocities are boing visited upon the slaves by their maddened and Rpecarniy J mas- ters. Especially is this the case where the males of fami- lies have been enlisted in our army. General Palmer has directed his post commandants to forward all parties making application for protection to Camp Nelson, and five hundred were sent during last week alone. CABINET MEETINGS, The Cabinet were in session about two hours and a half to-day. .It is understood that, in addition to other im- portant matters, they had under consideration some of the more important appointments about to be made. ‘ APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON. The applications for pardon are very numerous, aod rather increasing than otherwise. The slowness and de- liberation manifested by the President in acting upon these petitions has doubtless operated to prevent go groat @ rush as would otherwise have taken place. C. J. PAULKNER ANXIOUS TO BE PARDONED. C. J. Faulkner arrived here last evening and is stop- ping at Willard’s. He desires that his pardon may be completed as soon as possible. He thinks that injustice has been done him by portions of the press, and claims that he has been a Union man during the war, and his only complicity in the rebellion was holding a positon on Stonewall Jackeon’s staff for a few weeks in order to prepare his official reports, asan act of personal frieud- ship. . SECRETARY SEWARD OFF FOR CAPE MAY. Secrotary Seward, accompanied by the members of hi family, will leave here to-morrow afternoon on the reve nue cutter Northerner for Cape May. THE SOUTHBRN RAILROADS. A large number of Southern railroad Presidents aro hero, among them Milton Brown, the President of tho Georgia Central road. They can® here to consult with the government and arrange the futuro status of their re. spective roads. GENERAL TORBERT’S COMMAND. Four regiments are for the present to be left in the Shehandoah vailey, under the command of General Tor- bort. The others have been ordered here to be mustered out of the service. ASSISTANT TREASURER AT CHARLESTON. The Prosident has appointed Benjamin E. Pressly As, sistant Treasurer of the United States at Charleston, South Carolina. THE TRIAL OF THE ANDERSONVILLE PRISON KEEPER. Prelimipary measures are in progress for the trial of Captain Werz, formerly in charge of the Andersonville military prison. A large number of witnesses have already boen summoned, and letters are constantly re- ceived from those who possess knowledge of the cruelty practised on Union prisonors by this rebel commander. DEPARTURE OF GOVERNOR PERRY. Governor Perry will leave here to-day, for South Caro- lina, to enter upon the duties of his office. THE SALES OF GOVERNMENT VESSELS. ‘The Navy Department t# rapidly dieposing of its 1 mense ficet at prices at about the government appraise- ment, The next great sales take place aa follows:— Boston, A 1, Philadeiphia, August 10; New York, August 15; Mound City, Mlinois, August 17, and Wash- ington, August 19, These sales will dispose of the larger portion of the fleet which has taken so prominent a part in crushing the rebellion. FORD'S THRATRE. The Secretary of War, haviag occupicd Ford’s theatre, has informed the counsel of Mr. Ford that he recog- nized the latter's right to compensation, and after @ careful investigation of the value of the butiding, rented it until the Ist of February next for $1,500 a month, with the privilege of purchasing it for $100,000—the Price agreed upon with the Christian Commission—it Congress eee proper to do 80; if not, to return it in good condition, ‘The building will probably be needed for the depository of the rebel archives. PROMOTION OF GENERAL KILPATRICK'S STAPF, The officers composing the staf of Major General Kil patrick have been brevetted fur meritorious conduct during the campaigns through Georgia and the Carolinas, As follows, to date fgom March 13:—Major L. @. Estes, to be colonel; Major G. KE. Dunbar, to be Heutenant colonel; Captains BE. V. Brookfield, Win. B. Day and & M. Hayes, to be majors, and Lieutenants Norman Lewis, A. J. Faller, Wm, Hollingsworth, Wm. G. Wedemyer and Charles McRae, to be captains. New Counterfelts, ‘ Paranetrata, July 26, 1965. Altered notes, fifty dollars from five dollars, on the boy ng Bank, City, are oxtenaively Girculated here aed J