The New York Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1866, Page 4

4 THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. Effect of Powder, Sickness, Famine and a Scareity of Surgeons on the Allied Army. ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE ALLIED CAMP, Semi-Official Account from General Mitre. IMPORTANT REINFORCEMENT OF THE ALLIES Causes of the Ministerial Crisis in Brazil. The Financial Embarrassments of the Empire. POSITION OF THE NEW MINISTRY. Commercial, Agricultural and Fi- nancial. &o, QUR RID JANEIRO CORRESPONDENCE. Rio Janumo, August 8, 1866, THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The war in Paraguay hangs fre. The allies occupy ‘the same ground gained by them when they crossed the Parana river two or three months ago, Thoy have not been able to advance any further. In this position they are occastonaliy shelled by the Paracuayans—sometimes with somo effect, and almost always In a manner to cause considerable annoyance to the invaders. In fact, the naked truth seems to be that the besiegers are them- welves besinged, pretty much as the English and French wore in the Crimea, when, having laid siege to Sebasto- pol, they found themsolves shut in by the Rus- asians in their rear. So many different and confiict- ing stories are told of the belligerents on both sides that me docs not know what to credit. Tales are abroad of mortality among the allies of a most frightful nature, In fact, if one-half that is told were true, the war would have been over long ago, from sheer lack of ‘food for powder"—that sort of provender having been con- sumed by disease and other agencies, It ts said that the allies havo four enemies to con tond against:—First, tho Paraguayans; second, disease; third, famine; fourth, doctora—a quadruplicate of foes sufficient to destroy any army, of which the first is probably not the greatest, nor the last the least, It has been said, however, that there has been a regular atampode of doctors from the army, and that thore isa great scarcity of them even in Corrientes, insomuch ‘that wounded men can hardly obtain that ald which is imperative. Indeed, a Buenos Ayres paper has recom- mended the impressment of surgeons into the army. In the midst of this scarcity of doctors, the small pox, of a mont malienant type, bas broken out in the camp, while there are many cases of typhus in the hospitals at the Paso dela Patria, These evils cause more dread than the shells of the Paraguayans, EXFLOSION OF A PARAGUATAN CAIRAON, ‘The first noticeable event sinee the date of my last ‘otter that was mude known here was the expiosion of a Paraguayan caisson by @ shell from a haif battery of tour twelve-pounder rifled} guns belonging to the Brasil. \tans. This battery, commanded by Colonel Mallet, was ‘the only one that was doing any service at that time. At the came time, it 1s said that the fire from the Paraguayan artillery, which was kept up pretty continuously, was doing very little damage to thb allies, THR PARAGUAYANS ATTACK THR ALLIES, On the 11th ultimo the Paraguayans again attempted ‘wo take the allies by surprise, but were ropulsed with a tors of two hundred killed, thirty-five prisoners, one caisson and some armament. The allied commander es. timates the Paraguayan loss at from four hundred to ‘ive hundred men placed Aors de combat, and his own at not quite two hundred, There is something cloudy in this statement. &o, &e, ORDER OF THE FIGBT. The accounts received here are to the effect that the Paraguayans, with four thoussnd men, attacked the right wing of the allies, where the Argentines were en- camped. As they advanced their batteries kept up a heavy fire of shell and Congreve roc! which tho allies admit caused considerable damage. The Brazilian and the Oriental forces were not engaged. The two sions were attacked three times during Paragvayans withdrawing for an hour or two to rest between each attack, then forming and re- turnitig again and avain to the charge. It is that the Joss on both sides was reel reed than was reported, as the fight was maintained with great stub- Dornmess, aud at times at no more than fifty paces apart. The Argentines lost three of thetr best officers—one colonel and two majors. RUMORED RETKMAT OF THE PARAGUATANR, same position. It was reported generally that the Varaguayans had abandoned ‘thelr camp. This rumor originated from the fact of the onemy having set fire to sil bis ranches, On the 12th of July the nay an lime was observed to be very thin, only about sunset they fire afew shots into the allied camp. rospondent, writing from the front, says:—‘I have it through a most reliable channel that officer com- manding the vanguard has reported to the commander. in-chief that the enemy's line is deserted, that none of she usual beate are hi no fires seen, which leads him to suppose that the AARON TORTO S088 TORN A This gentleman, who some months ago proceeded up tho Parana river a considerable distance above the Passo de In Patria, with a Brazilian of oroesing at ltapua and thas mi of tho Paraguayans, while the main army attacked them in front, has at lest been heard from, after « and mysterious silence and profound bry in re gard to bis wh reabouts, A flouila, which was sent up the Parana in search of him and his division, com. municated with one of his aid-decamps on the llth of Juno, when it was ascertaned thas the Baron was making preparations to embark from Paso da Patria, all idea of crossing at Itapua baving been given up, as it was considered absolutely necessary to effect a janction with General sitré, in order the more effectiv: atiaok Lopez in his present position, to fortify which, is aaid, be has taken no small pains, Ths doesnat look as ff the alleged abandonment of the Paracuayan camp, if trae at ail, is permanent, May it not be one of tho many ruses of the astate Paraguayan commander to en- Lice the allies into @ position where be can be attacked at a disadvantage to himself? Baron Porto Allegre, by last accounts, was expected at Paso da Patria very soon. His continued absence and the want of horses are asgigned as the reasons for the tnactivity of the allie, An advanced guard of 2, eavairy from hia army had, however, arrived at Paso de » Patria. They report that he is following close behind with the rest of his corps, He has left twa Brazilian an‘ two Corrientine divisions watching the frontier of the territory of the Ancent Mission, which contains about one hundred milea of territory between the Cruguay and the Parana rivera, MOW THE OLINNTALS AND ARGENTINES ORTAIN HORSES AND 2s MULES, Considerable speculation waa occasioned in Rio about an order for all the transporte to to Buenos Ayres and Montevideo tor special service, At last it came out (hat (he epeeial services required was the trans. portat’ 4 mules, of which the allies, as of he lamentably defloent. Contrary expe so far from Baron Porto Alegre de- cending the Parana with a full supply of these antmals, has no fewer then three thonsand @° his own cavalry: rence of this the Argentine nis decreed a forced levy and ap- nd 1,500 mules from among has sblies for whieh the magnifl- sum of $26 per as been awarded. It te said that the ministers of Great britain and France protested , im #0 far a the prope nts i Inve f subjects ed. Tho one, whieh only the con. xcus®, Ro this as it may, seized had been already registered at Buenos Ayres, it is not kuown whether they have been paid for, Such is war. What THE PLEPT & DOING, Whilo the allied army re inactivity tho fleet is amuni NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1866.—-TRIPLE SHEET. accent more Teutenit than ts requisite in English. It turned out that our two naval officers hud served in that capacity in the United States Navy—one of them being an Amorican and the other a German. cuddenly the brace of sale disappeared, when it was whispered that they had dey for the Paraguay river, with the view of turning an honest penny as neutral fishermen, eupplying Paraguayans and allies a tke with piscatorial daintics while at the same time they were to aim at higher game in the capture of Paravayan torpedoes on the sly for tho exclusive bone- fit of the allies. Pople ome that Admiral Tamandare, riment Pend Lol § fa. ‘not have chosen better men for tho purpose, sseing that they boat knew where fo find the torpedoes, as they had already earnod several honest Paraguayan pennies by laying thom down Shrowd dodee tint, bat dangerous withal, involving a long rope ‘and a short shrift if they should fail into the hands of Lopez or any of his people. COW WHATHRK N THR ALLID CAMP, ‘Among tho many reasons assigned for the inactivity of the niles is tho rigorous winter in Paraguay. The frost has been very severe, ating dreadfully on the Brazilian troops, especially such of them as have en- listed in the northern provinces, It was not to be ex- pected that natives of such hot climates asthe provinces of Para and Amazona, immediately under the equator, could endure the rigors of a Southeru winter in this hemisphere. Indeed, it was rumored here that there was some fatention on the part of the allied commanders to recross the Parana and fall back on Corrientes, there to winter, but that the Emperor himself peremptorily forbade the commander of the Brazilian army doing 40. It is not likely, however, that any general would, unless ressod by the enemy, and rendered incapable of hold- ee his position, relinquish that which had boon so dearly purehased, Frighthal stories wave been afa:Trere Af the thorouch disorganization and utter want of disciptine in the allied camp. It is allezed that 80 wretched is the management of the Commissariat Department—if, indeed, there is such a department at all—that soldiers frequently starve to death in the'r tents or berths, in which condition they sometimes remain for days without being discovered, consequent on the loose manner in whivh guard is kept and police regulations carried out. . Sugh st seem incredible On the other hand, there fre n6l mB writers who represent the troops as being in tolerably comfortab'e quarters, with dry and airy encampments, pleasantly faid out, and living luxuriously on half rations. THE PARAGUAYANS REPORTRD ADVANCING ON* THE ALLIED oar, By the English steamer Arno despatches and news- papers have been received from Buenos Ayres to the 26tn and Montevideo to the 28th ultimo, No ‘urther news of a definite nature has been received from the seat of war. This Is attributed by the Argentine papers to the grounding of the mail steamer on her way from Corrientes. The Nacton Argentine, however, has pub- liched @ letter dated Corrientes, July 16, addressed to a very respectable party in Buenos Ayres, stating that the Paraguayen army was advancing on the allied camp, Although the Nacion 1s always well ‘nformed, all war news sent on at the last moment must be received with great reserve. REVO! UTIONS IN THR ARGENTINN REPUBLIC, The revolution which had broken out in tho province of Catamarca has triumphed, after considerable blood- shed. ‘The tender of it, Col. Cordova, approached the gates of the capital of that province with over a thou- sand men, and demanded ita surrender. The small gar- Tivon, consisting of two hundred men, resisted the de- mand, and an obstinate fivht ensued, which lasted two frre resulting in the complete success of the revolu- jonisis. The garrison had sixty men killed, and the governor was taken prisoner, but was sot at liberty next day, to- geth r with all the other prigonors, by the Colonel, who ‘was elected Governor by the soldiers, after the approved fashion of those moet electors, the old Roman Pretorian Guarde, in their choice of an emperor. Another revolution broke out m the capital of the province of ‘ordova, resulting also in the fall of the Governcr, Ferroiras, ‘and his Ministor, Echenique. the latter was Imprisoned. The people appointed Dr. Ma- thew Laque ‘sional Governor. He was the leader of the insurrection, General Osorio has withdrawn from tho command of tho Bragilian army, and left for Bacnos Ayres, General Polydoro, who left here a fow woeks ago, has taken his place. Lopes is reported to have received a roinforcoment of 10,000 men, 2,000 of whom are Indians. Diplomatic relations, which had beon broken off be- tween tho Chilian and Oriental governments, have been reestablished. The Chilo-Peruvian floet was expected soon at tho River Plate. It fs stated that the Brazilian ambassador will rema‘n at Corrientes till the conclusion of the war. It is cer tainly necessary in all respects that he should do so, as things are in a very bad condition in that city, and bet- ter discipline should be enforced. It is also believed that Genera} Flores will return to it poorly im his absonce. It is supposed, however, that he will not leave the camp till some decisive engagemont takes place. The of horses in the Argentine Confed- eracy was about to be concluded, the whole number de- manded having been obtained. GENERAL MITRB'S LETTER, ‘The following, from the President of the Argentino Re- public, and Commander-in-Chief of the allied army, may be Herapararvens, Tvvurr, Joly 12, 1866. To raz Vice ‘or ru Rerusiio, D. Maxcos P. pg ty ee has bree encounters ago rgen- rese: ind, by two battalions of infantey, cto coli 42k tn odds till retaforeed by the rest of A fight al ‘on by Colonel Rivas, who left two ad of the vi ees coming to the : prisoners, Killed wx and (i ee the Estero, where they had many more nveuordsy, sbont four P. M., the enemy again fel! on our fallons of foot, two regiments of hiores and four how cers. The Correntino fon in advance held its gron; ma: and San Nicholas battalion rushed to. the. resoue and a0 ine ‘cloae’ to the , when a desparate ued and. the. ener Sitew some rockets among our ranks which did is damanc, « battalion and Legion Militar of the reserve made a dash on the enemy, wiille covering one of thelr advance, routiog them and : in their flight they cbandoned '& powder chest; but our men he smoke, for their Congreve afire. After picking up the arms F anero, who had sallied forth with the reserve, ordered the forces to fall back to their positions; hi reference to from 40 to days’ hard commander, four for the mo: rm 7. un fron whose hnes they exhibited their courage and abilities. 1 details in confide: ‘as the oficial dex. patchad araly'be nde on in tne i lista of the kilied, wounded ai livision of joa covets, aces Test Alsgre’s arm: hes articed at Tuaprias Baron. remains with the rest and tu tends to protect the ea fronticr with two Brazilian and Corren! divisions. I an ever, irs truly, a rit BARTOLONE MITKE. Rio Jawaimo, August 8, 1966, The alteration of the dates of the arrival and depar- ture of the steamers of the New York and Brazil line has disappointed many persons here, and ted to much speculation. It was indeed generally known that an alteration was about to take place; but those who ‘wore not posted expected that those concerned in this piace woutd have the bonofit of the alteration by receiv- ing their letters, newspapers, &e., ton days in advance, instead of twenty days later than formerly, and there was much grambling and growling about the matter, Howover, it is to be hoped that, having taken anew departure, and made a fresh start, the company will pro- coed on & prosperous voyage, to the eatisfaction alike of the general publte of both countries and of the share. holders. CHANGE OF MINIETRY. For some time past such has been the financial do. rangement of the country, and so incompetent did the Ministry seem to be unequal the requirements of the commerclat community to place the finances on a proper basie, that a ministerial crisis was daily expected and anxiously looked for, For the last two or three weeks it wae reported every day at balf-past twelve o'clock, on the Exchange and other places of public resort, that the Ministers had tendered ‘heir resignations, till the matter became regarded as 3 mere sham cry of “Wolf.” On the 30th Olt, however, Dopular expectation was realized; the Ministry resigned, and thetr resignation wae accepted hy the Emperer, who sent for Benor Zacharias Gées @ Vasconcelos, and em- powered him to form a new Ministry; and, sccordingly, on the 24 inetant, the following list appeared in the eev- era) newspapers :— ot sauce ad "Prosvat o waa ae a is place, or whoever em: } Minister of Justice, Eenator Joao Sustosa da Cunha Paranagné. Vinwter of Foreign Affa'rs, Deputy Martin Francisco Rube 'ro do Andrada, mi 7 Minister of War, Senator Angelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz, Minis'er of Marine, Deputy Affonso Celso de Assis Figuoiredo. Minister of Agriculture, Deputy Manoel Pinto de Souza ire, Deputy FINANCIAL D'BARRANGHMENTS, As the ministerial erisis, which cannot be paid to be yer settled, is considered as a matter of importance» both poistoalty and financially, I have sneceedod in obtaining irom @ weilinforined source the following statement of the cnnsea, remote and immediate, which led to tho prow ent state of affairs:-— ‘The consequences of the abolition of the slave trade upon production, and consequently on the material prow perity of the contry, had not appeared, nor been fully appreciated, until the years 1858-4, when the planters fo nd it impossible to pay their slowly increasing debts, an embarrasament on the part of the agricultnral inter: ost v hich soon influenced all branches of trade, domestic and foreign. ‘THE PANIO OF 1864, Tho climax was reached in the great failnre of Messrs. Souta & Co., in Septomver, 1864. The Bank of Brazil iad already for some yoars assisted that great house, but now refused to continue its accymmodation, The conse- quence was its complete failure for about forty millions of doliars, and with it the failure of several other banks for about the same amount, involving the ruin of a large umber of commercial houses. In this terrible crisis the Minister refused to permit the Rank of Brazil, which had greatly over-issnod, to embarrass itelf any further with Souta & Co,, but did sustain the House of Bahia Bros. to the extent of $10,000,000 This ministry falling, that headed by the venerable Mi n is a pneealras formed on the 865. and fol) on the Fist of 66, Soior Dias de Carvalho, of tho recently defunct minis- trv, a man of emai! note in capacity, managed the loa. sury Department go inefficiently as to provoke a g-neral outery, of the ruinous ratos of tho last. British Joan; because of the indiff-rence with which he treated the apy many of ane pig Licpebrnen of alow My 01 anse of an utter lity to regu- $0: ing the conntey, which ware daily grow. ing more and more embarrasved—the exchanges of the notes fesued the Bank of Brazil, which for a time have been le @ legal tender, costing from five to twenty per cent discount between tho Tent provinces of the empire, This Minister haying been compelled to some months sines, Senior Carrao, of San Paulo, took his place. The first measore of this gentleman was to recommend to Par'iament the ual return of the Rank of Brazil to its normal tsaue of three to one, to the relinquishment of its paper circulation, and its limitation to deposits, dis- co nts and mortgage advances on estates, for ita final and rapid liquida'ion, the government to asanme the en- tire issue of paper, ‘The eovernment already iganes all the small notes in circutation, namely, of one, two and five mill-reis, directly from the treasury, and these being subjected to no discount between the provinces, have borne preminms during the last year varying from five thirteen per cent, STATUS OF THK BANK OF BRAZIT, Although there is creat necessity for correcting the over issnes of the Bank of Brazil, yet the quantity of paper in circulation, instead o” ing too great, ix hardly adequate to the darge commerce and industry that it orght to represent, Tho dimMculty is, that this paper, notwithstanding {ts temporarily bein leval tender, is nt considered to ret on a so'id basis; bot the occasion selected by the Minister, daring the height of a costly foreign war, just after a large loun, and during a chronic criss in ‘the commerce of ‘the country, was, to vay the least, most inopportine; and the proposition having been virtuslly rejected by Parliament, by tho commercial bodes of the c'ty, and scouted by the Bank Directory itself, the associa'e ministers. reqnested the Minister of Finance to withdraw it, He refused. They then asked him to resign. He again refused, after which his colleagues resolved to resign themeelves, and thus compe! his withdrawal, tho crisis betng preeipiiaied by Dr. Paulo Souza, the Minister of Agricnitura and Commorce, (rosin d not only the reconsideration of the bank and financial mattore, but also for the presor- vation of the liberal and dominant party in the Cham- bers themselves, ACTION OF TTR FATTROR. The Emperor, on recoiving the resienation of the Ministry, refused for several duya to avcept it, contend. ing that it was their duty to continue in offiee and close the war; but he finally calied the Counce!lor Zacharias, a distingnished liberal, and instructed him to organize a new administration, which he sneceeded in doing out of almost entirely new elementa, none of the new 4 inisters having been in office before, except himself, Senor Fer- ray, ‘iinister of War, and Sonor Paranagua, Senor For- ra zhas been Min3ster of War more than one year, wag & conzervative leader, and was proposed by the Emperor both times. He bas of late acquired liberal tendencies, and being a very able man, ts tolerated by the dominant THE NEW MINIRTRY IN PATIZAMTNT. On Saturday, the 4th instant, the new Ministry met Parliament, whon the annonncement was made that they would declare the imme of their administra- tion on Monday, the 6th. This, however, did not cuit certa'n membera, who then and there extemporized « determined opperition toan untried Ministry. Nothing would serve but an immediate declaration of the policy the covernment intended to pursic, and as the Ministry were no" prepared to make such a declaration, loud cries of diratisfa tion resounded throughout the istative hall, which were re-echoed by the strangers in the gal- lerv, in the formof ‘Death to the Ministry!’ “Down with Zacharias!" While the words “ihieves,” “rob- bers,” “tho infamons Ministry,"’ and similar compli ments were plentifally showered on the heads of men who had not yet been afforded any opportunity of doing either good oF evil. The ery was taken up by th: crowd ovtaide, causing much commotion, in the midst of which an adjournment took PQUIVCCAL MINISTERIAL VICTORY, On the 6th inet. Ministers in Parliament were with thetr programme of government, which they were ot permitted to declare, as the were doter- m “ ed on atrial of strength in form of a vote of it of confidence, This was promptly met by the n'stry, who resolved to stake their official ‘on the result of the vote, there being no anbsidiary qres- tion, with the usual embarrassing side issues. On the vote being taken it was found that the ministry had a Majority of three on their sido, No other issue will iy be made, aa the present Parliament will expire ‘expiration of time on the 34 of September. ANEW COAL MINE IN HRAET. There has been in this city for several weeks an old + a native of Ireland, for many years resident Pernambuco, named John Donelly, who has just ob- Drive ot working a coal mine belonging to him, sitaated at St. Ar in, about thirty miles t Sot Dee, mine afte cag roe Fe ige, reduc'ng the transportion to a minimum, Opposite the mine, and at a short distance from the main land, is @ email isiand, belonving to Mr. Donelly, the interme- diate space forming a secure harhor for vessels of large tonnage, which can run al the wharf and dis. charge and take in cargo, leaving, if desirous, in an posite direction from thelr pince of entrance, a Donelly bad for seven years made unsuccessful applica- tion to the government for the privilege of working bis min* and making the harbor in question an international coaling depot, for which it in admirably as it lies it im the track of versels botnd to Rio do Janciro and leaving that for the North. Ap- pication had also been made to the 1 want of suceoss, till from the tate ME Dinky from. the lato Me this clty, in which. thet’ gentioman offered” his thicty tmilreis per ton for the con. pany pays no more than eighteen to twenty m Ireis ot the baat Liverpool gas coal, This will give some idea of the immense value of the mine Mould it Prove to be extensive, ea ae sa TES QOUIRNRE STUTM, e of receiving any accession of popul a from the Southern Sates are seremowsas ever. Several gentlemen from those States, who have been ‘ tng" for location in the southern provinces of this empire, are now in this city, on their return bome in digcust and quite dissatisfied with the country, which does not suit them atall. These gentlemen, it is said, are men of ™ ans, who were induced to visit this country to judge for themselves as to its dostrablity ae a home, and they have d seovered that it is not what it has been fepre- sented to be; im fact, they say they can do far better at home, where they intend to remain in future. It ie ab- surd to expect that American citizens will be content to leave their own country, where they ean live in comfort ‘and have elbow room and to spare, to encounter all the hardships and disadvantages of » wild country, with a strange people, armen hd strange lancuage, together with subjection toa pamber of religious, etvtl and social di-abilities which were unknown to them at home, What Brazil wants is labor, combined with capital, in the shape of a portion of the teeming tations of Eu- Tope—stalwart fellows, with some little means, who are able and willing to start, axe in hand, and hew out for themse'ves homes in the virgin and fertile soil of the primeval forest. Capital without tabor in the unsettled or sparsely settled regions of such provinces as Rio Gennde in the South, and Amazonas in the North, must prove a failure, seeing that slavery is doomed. ‘The following bard bit on quasi immigrants from the States appears in # £t. Paulo paper: Rverybody thought that American Immigration would being to our constry both eapital in labor nud fapital tn cont That impression vaniehes dally, becanse almont every day 3 haa the foliowing in the orders of the rest jency. ‘To Tue TamagcreR:—You will upon receipt for the ame the nidede-camp of this Presidency Henrique the num of ninety milrels, given to the Americ: arrest, for their recurn wR furnished to the waid Americans n closed. Aftor applying to the unfortunate Americans who sought a bome in Brazil, uncer false representavions, on offvosive and almost untransiatable epithet, the wriier acldsi— prefer, then, the German, the Portagusse, the Pols, We are not to efrermetations (9 eouniar o may be in the United States. At the provinees, NOTRE. jo consent of the govern. view of banat | trade, as it te ship), and Brussn, The Shawmut has ance lett for the South, and the Brooklyn has gone to ia or Per- nambuco, leaving only the Onward to represent tho United Siates Navy tu the Bay of Rio, AR/IVAL OF THB UNITED STATES James Watson Webb, the American Min! arrived here on the 2d inst, by the English steamer from south~ ampton, Tho General is uafurtunately laid up with gout POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ‘Toxrt on Boarp A Srsampoat.—Frank Teller, a lad “only nineteen years o!d,” being on board the stvamboat Continental, foot of Peck slip, East river, took a fancy for a travelling bag belonging to Mr. Jamos B. Cone, residing at 684 Broadway, wh» bad just arrived from the East on the steamer, A spring overcoat and an umbrella, also the property of the same gentler hs met Frank's eye, and, coolly seizing the bag, coat and umbrella, he left the stateroom with them, when he was caught by Mr, Cone with the property in his possession, ‘The youtdful operator was sacured and taken in charce by an officer of the Second precinct, and subsequently arraigned before Justice Dowling, who held him for trial in dofault of $1,000 bail ‘Teller is a clerk, and in bis examination says he lives at 82 Degraw street, Brooklyn, Frvstratso Arrsmet to Rop a Banx,—On Monday night @ party was arrested on suspigioh of an attempt to rob the Franklin Savings Bank, on the corner of Eighth avenue and Forty-second street. It is alleged that the individual called at the bank on Friday morning last, in company with other parties of respectable appearance, and while one engaged the cashier of the bank upon some pretended business, another took impressions of be (rout door and ks, The me ware pertcived Ly °& mbeabucer BEY coe oned ae Ws peared vane Scar taken 2h es constint WAlTh kev} on the bank. On Mon- day night «man was seen to approach the bank and try He then started away, bu} was the door with & key. , but Ww pursued and arrested. Ho had a preliminary examina- tion before Justice Ledwith yesterday, when h was com- mitted for trial. Steps are being tuken for the arrest of othor parties suspected of complicity. Wuo Lost mux Hat?—When Richard H. Felty, fore- man of G. L, & J. B. Kelty’s factory, in Rast Twenty- ninth street, wont into the factory yesterday morning he found on the top floor a hat, a narrow brimmed, round top straw hat, somewhat the worse for wear, This was not atl Richard H. Felty found, He found that a large table had been drawn under the scuttle and a smaller table put on top of that, Ascending to the roof he found five pieces of muslin lying there, convenient to the scuttle, and a further investigation down stairs revealed the fact that seven pieces had been removed. Two were misting; but there was a straw hat instead, Kelty argued @ connection between these things, and recognizing, a9 he says, the hat to be the property of Bernard McGee, a resident on the same block, he suspected Bernard of robbery. Acting upon this sus- picion Felty procured the services of officer No. 507, of the Twenty first precinct, and had Bernard arrested. Bernard appeared yesterday afternoon before Justice Kelly. He denied the ownership of the hat, but was held notwithstanding in $500 to answor the charge, If any one else shouid wish to put in aclaim for the hat they can call on officer No, 607, at the station house in ‘Thirty-fifth street, Tie Sooiat Vicx.—At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday six or seven abandoned females were arraigned, charged with soliciting men on the street. They volunteered no defence, and had no counsel, their arrest the previous night having left them without a cent. No money to pay their Gnes, they will serve out bv by sad and, ec if they shall have revieed. trite tter in future, they emerge from prison penniless, can get no work, and oo deopaliagyy walk tho streets again. Wao Strock Hin ?—Ignatius Graf yesterday made complaint before Justice Ledwith against John Arm- strong ofan assault and battery. The assault in ques- tion was committed one week ago last Tuesday, at a re- sort of notorious characters, styled the “Melodeo,” where Graff was struck on the head with a heavy club, The complainant was very positive that Armstrong had inflicted the blow, bat the heer of the witnesses was confused. Graff was struck. that point was clesr, as an ugly abrasion of the scalp amply tastited; but who LA had struck him did not conclusivel ies. However, as Armstrong was in a manner responsible for the order of the place, the Justice decided to hold him, and eo ordere? him to give bail in the sum of $300 for hid ap- pearance at the General Sessions. Rowep nr a Womax,—On Tuesday night Henry Miller slept in Wooster street. As a companion of his slumbers he choose a courtesan named Mary Berkeley. Fatigning must have been the labors of the day befor, hen he awolte on the fullowing morning the. day was far advanced. More than that, he found himself alone. The sharer of tis couch was gone, and with her had fied all his pocket money—$7 in greenbacks, Miller considered this rather more than an equivalent for value recoived, applied for a warrant. The girl did not dony havi ken the money, but claimed it as her law- ful ” For this, after a prel miary examination be- fore Justice Ledwith, she was hela for trial at the Special A Nmer Brav.—A scraggy individual, with unkempt ‘and matted locks, a face which bad for years been & frequenting dark alleys and out of the way places, stood up, winking and blinking like a night bird unaccustomed to the daylight, as the Justice at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday called the name of ‘‘Pat Connors."’ Ho shambled up to the bar, and his dull, peter 8 aay diy. blink hod & at to Justice, wit and atu; nl ice, witnesses and # ; sind whon he was ordered to sland committed ia detaati of $300 bail bs blinked the moro, and slouched and shuffled off to his cell without a word. Asortna Conripenox.—Hannab Bailoy was arraigned before Justice Ledwith yesterday, charged with hav- ing stolen » coat and a silver watch, of the aggre- gate value of $35, from tho house-of Jobn Gall: No, 490 Sixth avenue, on Tuesday afternoon. This ‘a clear case of misplaced confidence. The defendant was out of work and equally destitute of spirits. She called to gain the Lt of Mrs. Galagher. The latter could not give ber w but could make up for her loss oo She accordingly seized @ pitcher and hastened to the nearest saloon. soon returned with a supply gon family—and bis beat coat. Pursuit was immediate, the faithless Hannah was taken to the lockup. She ‘was committed for trial at the Special Sessions, Youna in Yrars.—George Anderson, a bold-faced young reprobate, was yesterday morning arraigned before Jus- tice Ledwith on the charge of burglary, The prisoner is but seventeen years of age, but bis features bear deop traces of acareor badly begun. On Monday ni¢ht the saloon of John Wohn, No. 147 Forsyth was en- tered through a rear window and aset of tte balls, & Coat and a quantity of copper coin, in all amounting in value to $57, taken. On the following day officer Con- not observed Anderson endeavoring to sell a set of balls, He took him into custody, and Wot shortly epperred at the station house and said that hie premises bad beon Lo ayy entered. The bails were identified by Wobn as bisown. Anderson was exemined 45 above, and committed in defauit of $1,500 bail to answer at tho General Sesaiona. Broan Assarit on Board & Steawmoat.—Frank A. Fields and “John Tenpenny,”’ two notorious ruffians who are in the habit of plying their dishonest practices on the river steamboats, were yosterday arraigned before Just ce Ledwith charged with abratal assault upon Mr, Jobn Hopkins, a resident of Annapolis, Md. The assault was committed on board the Daniel Drew, on the way to this city, a few miles south of Poughkeepsie, on the afternoon of . The defendaats had taken pas. on the steam! doubdtiers for the as robbing some of the passengers. Unfortunately for their ‘own success they began drinking, and when the boat bad arrived te Poughkeepsie both were very mach intoxicated.” Tn this condition they grew quarrelsome, Hopkins war sitting with his wife in the lower cabia when suddenly the roughs commenced a violent assault on him and beat him anmercifully with « slungshot, His outery attracted a number of who res- cnea him from the prisoners. The Captain of the boat Was appealed to, but (It is allyged) refused to place the oflenders in custody, and would” onty give bis promise not to let them leave the bost at Thiity-fourth street. When tho steamer reached the landing Detective Ryder arrested them, Th» defendants were held in dofauit of $500 each for trial at (ne Special Sess'one Viotations ov tis Hasire Laws.—D. F. Butcher, who kecps a rendering (actory on Thirty-seventh street, be- tween Eleventh avenue and the river, together with bis employé, Thomas Keenan, was arragned yesterday morning before Justice Ledwith to answer to the charge of operating such establishment in violation of the health laws of the city, Varties living In the vicinity de. pose that the premises in question aré a nuisance and preludicial to the hea'th of the neighborhood. Tho de. fendante were required to give bail in $300 each to an. Neny All apponen. #0 ake complaint at . Alien a ™ com| i Peter Turner. Turner bas in oy on West Stn ninth street « & and offs boiling establishment. Aw of ite iilegality, and its suppres. tion, he. bas been. “fn the abe ot Tanai ft a night when the olfactory organs the are to be lulled into insensibility by the the god. Nightiy had per. suas slumbering in the aronsed’to be worse than iy smells such as never poset Sapp ge that the soar. noxious rf at s ti : i i i 5, if i Grand Reception of Reliance Engine Com- pany No. 7 of Philadelphia by the Brooklyn Fire Department—Fifteen Hundred Red Shirts and Thirty Apparatu Parade— Thetr Appearance and Enthusiasm of the People, &e. ‘Yesterday was a gala day among tho gallant fire lad- dies composing the Volunteer Fire Department of Brooklyn, the occasion being the reception of Reliance Engine Company, No. 7, of Philadelphia, who were especially invited to visit the City of Churches by Engine Company, No. 3, in return for the courtesies extended to the latter organization during their visit to Philadelphia in October, 1865, ‘THY PREPARATIONS, Upon ita becoming generally known among the mem- bers of the Brooklyn Fire Department that the invita- tion had been accepted, the different companies of the Eastern and Western Districts immediately signified their desire to make the occasion one of éclat, and decided upon mak‘ng a general turnout to weloome their fellow co-laborers on their arrival, With a view to perfecting the necessary arrangementa for a general parade several meetings of the board of officers of both districts were held, and the different izations went to work with a will In order to vie with one another in their appearance on parade, Engines were repainted, reburnished, Es ished and embelli-hed less of exponse. lose carriages were remodeled and beautified to such an extent as to be made hardly Troost le under the skilled hand of tho artisans. Hook dor trucks were algo embellished, and, indeed, no expense ‘wag spared, nor Was there any pains lost by the boys in the'r desire to emutate every new improvement or de- vice that could embetish their apparatus, ‘THK RECEPTION. Phortly after noon Yéilerday the members of Reliance Company No. 7, of Philadelphia, ether with their beautiful steamer, reached pier No. 1 North river by the Camden and Amboy route, whore they were met by a of the New York Fire Devartment and enter- tala Adipnor. About three o'clock the members of Franklin Engine Company. ‘whose guests they are to be), accomp nied by tant Engineers Dowd, Fitzpat- rick and Barr, procosded to New York, whore they met the visitors. They then marched to the Fulton eet: which they ecrosred about four o'clock. Upon reaching the Brooklyn side they were recetved with loud cheers by the crowd who had been in waiting for hours ™~ that Surpass, yamine ee Tans ore preceded by a band, they turned into atree where the Tae was formed and in waiting. The crow: of spectatora, both male and female, here at that hour was very great; and if the superabundant am-unt of “tiltera” and other lugubrious crinoline which wore continually jostling, without ary regard to the display mad> by them, against each other can be taken as an indication of the popular sentiment, the visiting Oro laddiex may expect a fair reciprocity of “ brotherly love’’ from ‘hat quarter. Wending their wav up Hicks street, their appearance was highly creditable as a fair repre- sentative delegation of that world renowned paragon of organtzation—the Philadelphia Fire Department. Cer- tainly a Aner looking body of men would be difticult to find. Each company as they passed from the left to the right of the line raised their hats in token of salutation. On reaching the right of the line, the position assigned the visitors, the procession formed and the live of march was taken up about five o'clock in the following order:— TUR PARADK, Company of Policemen. ‘FIRST_DIVISION, Band. Chief Engineer Cunningham and Assistant Engiveers Dowd, Barr and Fitapatrick, of the Western District. The members of Reliance Engine No. 7, of Philadelphia, Franklin Engine Company No. 3, drawing Reliance En- gine No. 7. SRCOND DIVIBION, Band. Chief eor le, of the Eastern District. Northern Liberties, Engine Company, No. 6, E. 0. i Ellsworth Hose Company, No. 4, E. D. Phoenix Engine Company, No. 12. ‘Dram Corpa. Lady Washington Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, E. D. Neptune Engine Com , No. 7, E. D. Friendship Hose Company, No. 3, E. D. Victory Company, No. 8, K. D. Band. Victory Engine Company, No. 13, E. D, ‘THIRD DIVISION, Band, Atlantic Hose Company, No. 1. ‘Washington Company, No. 1. Clinton Hook and — Company, Ne. 2. Neptune Engine Company, No. 2 (Cryatie nome Seer No, 4 Good Will Engine Company, No. 6. ‘Franklin Hove ‘Oamtang, Ma, 6 FOURTH. PIVBHON, Band. Protector Engine Company, No. 6. Empire Hook and Ladder —— No. 3. ‘Mount Vernon Hose , No. 10. Constitution Engine Company, No. 7. FiyTH Division, Band, Continental Engine Com; , No. 9. Columbia Hose Company, No, 11. vs. Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, No. 5. Ly Water Witch Hose Company, No. 8. ‘SIXTH DITINION, Band. Brooklyn En, _ No. 17. Eureka Hose Company, io 14. Putnam ine Company, No. 21. im Corps. Torch Boys. Empire Hose Company, No. 16. Montauk Engine Company, No. 22. Bhi Hose Company, No. 17. Turning off Into Clark street the procession passed into Henry and through thence to Fulton—Ranners and flags bearing the device, “Welcome, Reliance,” were floating from several engine houses and privale dwellings im this vicinity—up Fulton to Clinton street, thence to Atlantic, down Atlantic into Court street, down Court and around the City Hall into Fulton avenue, Fulton to Clinton avenue, to Myrtie avenue, and up Myrtle to the City Hail, where the various divisions and compa nics wore dismissed. Along the entire route every available window and cminenee that would afford a view Of the gaifant mon who “brave the elements to snecor the distressed”—a motto borne by an Eastern District track—was occu and white handkerchiefs ad tn- JSin'tum waved a welcome to the Philadelphians, while bright sought roguishly to peer beneath the broad roof hate of the liremen, in the hope of some token of recognition. THR APPRARANCK OF THR APPARATUS throughout, right to left of the line, was such that it is dt Moult to icularize. Of Eastern district be mentioned engine No. mounted by 8 minaiure temple of liberty, standing in which was the Goddess of rty, while at the rear of the apparatus was standing erect a life-sized reindeer. Victory 13, also of the Eastern digtrict, decorated with streamers and other ornaments, and was much admired. Hook and Ladder No. 2 was covered with the starry emblem, and gained no little praise for their general turnout. Crystal Hose No. 4 carried an eagle, which set off the apparatns to good advantace, On the top of Constitution Engine No. 7 was perched alive eagle, which gazed quietly and proudly around opon the people, as thongh he entertained the belief that the con- stitution was safe and inviolate; which was no doubt the case. |No. 17, Brooklyn Engine Company, were the recipients of much praive for their meatness ia the plain exterior of their engine. Hose carriage No, 1, always elegant, was no exception to the general rule yesterday in point of decorations. Hose Company No, 16, Empire, of South Brooklyn, paraded with @ folt repe, while the elegant plume and neat apparatus which they drew spoke their praise, Hose 5, Water Witch, which Was specially refitted and painted for the oceasion, won the eneomiums: of those who witnessed it, The Jast engino in the Nine, Montauk No, 22, was perhaps the fiueet in the parade, at least of the double deck. ors, Towering above all others stood a figure of an Indian Chief with raised baitie axe, while on the plates which adorned the sides of tho machine Were elegantly hed and appropriate doeigna, The company turned out with a full rope, and their appearance would warrant the assertion that their foreman is an expert in such matters ‘The line extended for About fifteen hundred a0 partment part eipated in t ) ternity of Philadelphia as a high token of the good feel- ing existing between the two citier, AN ACCIDENT occurred, which did not, however, reeult serione after the diamiseal, As Hook and Ladder Comp 6 was about to into te house in ie Kally « near Fulton, it ran into one of the N Was pas ing at the tian, by whieh ac members were slightly Injured. This dent that took place to mur the ba FOTURR MOVEMENTS OF THK The programme for Brooklyn ive! came of last night with much and today they ther with the inviled guests which accom. , On an excursion to Dudley's Grove. On riday morning they will visit the county inatitotions, enon No s iliiihn enema mena eee nro anmeemmees fe and el ii Unopea ae toma Seale fae: | PARADE OF THE BROOKLYN FIREME ——— CITY INTELLIGENCE. Savores Finep Yusrerpay.—Cunpowdor was used very lavishly last evening, two salutes being fired ia honor of the nominations made by the Democratic State Convention. The principal salute, of oae hundred guay rattled all the windows, startled all the horses and delighted numberless bootbiacks mer- chants in th Violnlty of the City Malt Parke Phe’ ones one, of y-four guns, woke up the slumb in the vicinity of Carmine and Bedford aireeta = i Saves or Government Cortox.—Yesterday afternoon @ considerable quantity of cotton belonging to the gov- ernment was sold at auction, at 112 Pearl stroet, by Mosers. T. H. Draper & Uo, Tho following is a list of the goods sold and prices obtained :— Mouttx.—6 bales strictly middling, 83140. ; 19 low mid. dling, 313¢.; 29 good ordinary, 294;0.; 21 ordinary, 2T3¢0.; 4 ordinary, 23346. ; 808 pickings, 12440. ; 1 dam: pier 26.5 202 rebaled, 2730. per pouad. SAaVANnau.—76 bales good middling, 36c. ; 113 low mid- dling, 32360, ; 41 good ordinary, 303¢¢. ; 5 low ordinary, 250, ; 97 pickings, 130. ; 45 rebaled, 28c: per pound, —* Fronipa.—14 bales strictly middling, 35140. ; 87 low middling, 313¢0; 105 good ordinary, 2940. ; 87 ordinary, 2730; 8 low ordinary, 26340; i pickings, 10%; i pickings, 60. : 362 rebaled, 27c. per pou! New Ontrans —2 bales low middlings, 32c. ; 5 good ore dinary, 203%. ; 8 ordinary, 25340, ; 7 low ordinary, 24340. 116 pickings, Téo,; 13 Pickings, 44a; 145 re “baled, 270, par pobnd, 8 bales pickings, 2334c.; 109 robaled, 20%. a 88XKc. per pound. -~ ASHVILLY.—6 bales strictly middling, $8140.; 1 low middling, 313¢¢.; 2 good ordinary, 281¢c.; 17 pickings, 240. ; 21 damaged pickings, 3%c.; '179 rebdled, 2830. & 280. ‘a 260. ; 1 Sea Island, 53340. ; 1 wool, 200. per pound. A Map Bowt.—A large bull was yostorday afternoon descried making its way down Broadway, near Union square, in a very excited manner. A number of pedrs- trians were set upon and serenely. hurt. The animal was arsued by officers Banty and Holt, the former ot whom lassoed the brute and made him fast to a tree in Uni- versity place. Onc secured, the infariated ani was quickly despatched. It is said that the bréte was inflicted with hydrophobia. ‘Tax Vaiun o¥ Ammnican Crizenauir Annoap.—A meet- ing of American officers of foreign birth bas been con- vened for am early day with the view of arranging the prelims aries for holding a public meeting at Cooper Instit . to discuss the value of Amorican citizenship to those who leave the country on « tour of pleasure te Europe. Tax Tempgrance Movewent.—The diiforent total ab- stinence societies of this city are unusually active at the present time, During the summer months they hold but few meetings, and with tho retura of coot woather comes renewed activity. Several new societies are to be formed, and, aided by the action of the Excise Commissioners and the decision of Judge Barnard, the temperance cause {s certainly ina flourishing condition. Founp Drownep.—The remains of an unknown maa, about thirty-five years of age, wero yesterday found floating in the dock foot of Desbrosses street, North river; by-an officer of the Fifth precinot, who secured the same, Coroner Naumann subsequentiy held an in- quest over the remains, and a verdict of death by drown. {ng was rendered by the jury. Deceased evidently been in the water for several weeks. Frniantsu.—The Constitutional Wolfe Tone Circle held a meeting last evening in Twenty-second street, near First avenue, at which W. P. Cooney, Centre, presided. ‘Tho meeting was called for the twofold purpose of en- rolling new members and the endorsement of Colonel Roberis in the office of President of the Fenian Brother- jae valde objects being effected the mocting ad- Orrmina oF BatLevon Muvicat, Courxce.—Tho prelim- inary term was opened yesterday in the new college buildings attached to Bellevue Hospital. Prof, Isaac ¥. Taylor, M.:D., President of the Faculty, made a shor opening address, He reforred to tho advantages offered by the new moans of practical instruction in afl medical departments. The new building instituted for the ~~ oratory” for the vesching for medicinal chomlstry” with Y medicinal che: for any, students, The former bullé- ception” of" 'hosplal collections und.” also private on ‘ po The rempants of the celebrated Mott collections are placed here, Beneath the maseum of the old build ing are placed the rooms nora’ court rooms. There is also an autopsey room, accommodations one students. tutions here open for clinical ernie are Bell re wil thonsand le; Chai Horpit ith afoen hundred ; pre] outdoor department. ie opening en makes New York the rope of medical scieneo and her fur ahead of Philadel pe foremost. Ln np to pi oe address Professor Hamilton held a surgi nique, ee eteraen one Island, * NATIONAL BANK CONVENTION. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK WERALD. The Baskers of the Northwest in Council Strong Oppesition to Mr. Hoeper’s Amend meat te the National Hasking Act—Au Rf fert Being Made te Have Judge Nelson's Decision Reversed, &c. Cmicago, Sept. 12, 1866. A largely attended convention of the officers and mam agers of the National banks of the Northwest, isin ses- sion in this city today, Sixty-six presidents and cash- Third Bank of Chicago, ' ire Gifford, of the First National Bank of Dav urer. ‘The morning session devoted to the appointment ! dons. The Convention alro expressed posed ta the taxation of national bank stocks pal nuthorition, aad tat, thoy would’ co-opersto "with aut ey woul Vous ener yd in the East to have the New York decision of Judge Nelson revoreed im the United States Supreme Court, itaelf by resolution traders, who, by defrauding the revenue and other sim!- lar dishonest expedients, were thereby enabled to push a trade to the detriment of fair-dealing merchants, bave ‘at Inst called the attention of the leading business mom of this branch of trade in this and the neighboring cities to the matier. Knowing with what tmpanity these evasions of the revenue law have mn Carried on for some time, and seeing no hopes of their being or checked, they bave at Jength conceded to take the matter into their own hands, and co-operate as for as they can with the government in putting an end to the frauds on the reve. Bue which wre being perpetrated daily. Accordingly, for the purpose of initiating a system of survelllanes this partioutar as weil at to take ures to adopts Unt orm Reale of prices, a meeting was held at three P. M. yesterday at the Astor Mouse. A great many of the trade, including some of Ite wealthiest members, were ‘and were nnanimous in their expressions of im= under which they were Iaboring and in the even Park Th Ou in. | and therr determinaton to put them down if possible, monta hy - tive bee saved. ean ther visit nen be Benne =| of this city, Ee. poets od = had plgaren gpm natn oon ons trade Ahontdfontrbete ‘a fund to be ap < for of * cheat. STATEN ISLAND INTELLIGENCE ing the orerantent, were enabled to eel mannfactared Presentation of a FLsc.—A large and enthusiastic