The Sun (New York) Newspaper, September 26, 1863, Page 1

ee NUMBER 9713, — = me ee Latest News RY TELEGRAPH TOTHE NEW YORE SCS — NEWS FROM TENNESSEE. Bosecran’s Position Secure. FEDERAL OPERATIONS RECOMMENCED. A Saccessful Reconnoisance, Additional Signs of a Battle. Rebel Dash into Maryland LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. | The Draft and its 1 fm and . Ancidents, How Conscripts are Treated, | OUR RUSSIAN VISITORS. | OFFICIAL ATTENTIONS PAID. THEM. | NEW YORK. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1863. | compel the rebels to leave their vantagr ground. Gen. | Patrick, Provost Marabal (Gevera! of the army, will take the feld, end Brig. Gen. Terry ie tendered the Provost Marebdalship in Gen, Patrick's plees. The | Qrmy is reported hopefal aud confident. Meadje'sin- terview with Halleck, it is thought, decides the quee- tion of an early advance and battle, (By Mav.) WaWinyion, Sept. $4.--The indications from the front to-day are premonitory Rhet Lee will make no | s*rions opposition to Meade’s advance apen hie pree- ent line, if that be Bie object. We know that our troope are already in positions whieh Lee could hard- ir bare surrendered without @ hattie, aniess deter. aed vot to fight this side of the fortifications of Kieb- mood. It fe thought that Meede already commands the fortifications of the Rapidan, which were eon: | troeted with great lebor by the rebels, or at leset hee them at his mercer Washington Sept. 25.Recently & body of White's | cavalry crossed the Potomec river et the eight mile | \ into Moutgomery County, Margiend, aod in- tercepted a Canal beet guing to Harper's Ferry, te- King therefrom merchondise, amounting to 1.000, Ieee ther carried over the Potomac in escow. It le teported that they also intercepted @ farmer et Med- ley's Station, end robbed bim of etght bundred to one thousand dol! } Telegrapiio News Items, ke, Tre Rebel Genere) Merasn is to be he'd forex: | &e., «e.. ae. ehange against Gen Neal Dow, nner ae rtp te fe out een cat ot Ug 4 “ every enlist 1, Oxee tal eteward who Georgia and Tennessee. | Stier duty. Several thowrend fghtng men will (hue be epevdily obtainrd. Plaue of Gen. Rosecrans, Fite. | Washington, Sep’, 4.—Telegrame upto? o'cioek | Pasterday afternoon, from (rn. Rosecrans, give addi- thowal sesurance that bie position can be asssiled on- | &y by regular siege. The purpose of Gen. Rosecrans | @eems to be to resume offensive operations as econ as the reinforcements, including Gen. Burnside's troops, wow on the way, reach him, ' The mase of the rebel infantry are in Chattanooga | Creek Valley. A division of rebel cavelry advanced The reward for the appreh jon and delivery of | deserters ie to be increased to $30), which is intended Lh elude all expeners {ocurred by the party making \ Treat. Gennnat Tnowas, who hee distinguished himeeif courage and conduct in the late betties near Chat- jogs, 18 aN officer of the old rink and is @ native | ifginin. He commanded at Mill ® (the fires Fe I vierory), at which Gen, Zoillcofer was hi: ed. ‘Tre withdrawal of ao large « portion of Leo's arucy | from Virgin induerd our military suthoririce | to commence operations, to contract the feild of operations ong br ng our forces more nearly within | fe vesterdey of the day before from Stevens’ Gap,threat- | supporting di @aing® Union regiment guarding one of our signal wtations, whereupon the regiment in question retired | from its isolated porition in the extreme front before 08 conld be attacked Gen. Rosecrans expresses tho wish that Gen. Bragg will venture a prompt atteck upon him, buat is of epinion that it will not be jade, Ali was quiet slong | ie Mines at ¥ P.M. yesterday. | nominated for Fifty Pieces ef Artillery Reperted Low. | Parladel phia, Sept. 25. A cpecial diepateb to the | Philadelphia Briuuetis, from Cincinnati, says oar | Nesees in northern (ieorgia will not fell short of seven- teen hundred killed and elehteem hundred wounded, Col. Barrett of the Artillery says wo iost tifty (50) ‘ A Succesaful Recenneisance | Washington, 3¢p*, 20.-A telegram from General | Bosecravadated last nieh:, aeye he made a reconnow- @aner ip force along the enemy's lines yesterday et- ternoon, and found bim in force. The enemy did not | fesiet the advance of our reconnoitering column, | whieh returned to ite quarters after having accom- lished the object of the movement, whicb proved to eof considerable importance. Repertse Geed aad Rad. Tousaville, Sept. %. Scraps of iniormation from Garties as! arrived lead to the belief that Sherman's | tarps from (irent'sarmy joined Rosecrans on Tuerday or Wedineedar, and that Burnside's corpe bas more | @eent!y effected » innction at (Grane Vine. } Reports prevalent to-night on the street eay that | Bnornside's force has been captured but nothiog hee Qaesed over the wires to-day indicating such sm event tnd it is undoubtedly faire. Be View of the Militaty Importance of Chattancega (Corvrapondence af The &un ‘ Fortress Monroe, S pt. 24.—The flag of trace bost | arrived last evening from City Point with 80 pris. | enersofwar. The Richmond Waic of Sept. 23 hea been received. Ite editorial claims @ vietery in Northern Geargie for General Bragg, bat in conclusion | ‘aye: ‘We anporess exnitation at the thonght of what ret remains to be done, La ie that bee been gained by failing tocomplete the work. | Rituated as Rosecrans is. the vietory that does not Gisperee or capture his whole army is @ lost opportn- | wity. If he te permitted to hold Ch hen | oar virt will be without profit, and we haw te mourn that en m brave men have died rm and chiefly that the gallant Mood his sealed his fait @ith bis blond. Rosecrans mnat not anly be beaten tn battle, but he mart be destroved or driven from raat Tennessee ; otherwise the hartie bad as io fought. Lf thir atrongho'd le not wren: him now, it will bardir be hereafter. If he tinlda it, be holdea point dappus from which he mar at any Moment strike at the very vitals of the Confederacy. He bolde w region peastilent with ¢ nerds only the presence to ripen into bo'de th country ¢ orm, nitre for our " for many of our inanufactur pnseatee of that country is ytous Jt isthe prize fo: tog. Until be wee won it, feqr and treinbling over what he bas done u e win, it will be the suyrbsst achievment of tLe war Allthe chorctee ‘0 Marrtte have bern taben ty the Medical Department, to be used ae boepitale Pederal Attack on Zullicetier, Kact Tes Beasee "Sbe Riehmond Dista.cu, of Sept, 244, be owing fo! e rkOm BAST [ENN EAMEE Toilivofter, Ser ral’ e 81) monnted, with «) iments ere repor’ boro aod Wenteuge bridge; tnt (hey bad uot eugaged my fo ce et the latte: place this afternoon (Bigned), Saace. Jones Maj Gen | Bristol, Rept. 21..After the enemy retired veaterdar, oar cavalry went in pursuit of them and came up with them thie morning % miles below Blounterilie, where they camped Inet night. It te reported by as courier who bes just arrived, that the enemy have again ad vanced (wo miles from Blounteville in thie direction, with the Intention of meking e flank movement vie thie place, A force of Federal cavalry dashed into this piace on Sanday night, aud_barnt the balldipg ereeied for commissary stores. They burot the rell- road bridge at Goodwin, on the Virginia and '} ennes- jlrord, and @ tre-te bridge on the East Ten- 4 Virginie Railroad, six miles west of h 1] pane over both to-morrow—¢o there te lit- lone. Zollicoffer ts tion om the Eset Tennessee and ‘Virginie Ballrosd, eleven miles from Bristol. Jones- boro’ is thirty-two miles fiom Brirtol, The distance bom Bristol to Knoxville is 150 miles. hive etween Jou Gen. Meade’s Army. Feree of the Encmy—Tho New Cr about to Begis. Washington, Sept, 26,--The impression is that the eampaign in Virginie will re-open at once. The ene- my’s strength under Le is now balieved to be consid- erably less than 50,000, The enemy remains juiet, pat holds the strong position immediately in front of ue the natarsl defences baving been etreugthened with entrenchments and fortified with heavy artil- tery commending the fords, The Union forces mey gross clsowhere than in front of the fortifications ead sigs |) pumber were taken ate p | pasions of the pirehasers. | ept estate, pre: 4 the possibility of losing all | &% wife, mother and grand. othe It is announced in a Detroit paper thet HH. Ker, of the firm of Johnson, Key & Co., of thie city (New York, has been murdered. He wae stopp ug at the arrison House, in Detroit, and disappeared on uredey of lact week. liehed about #280 io cash, besides 's valuable watch AraDemoeretic Convention lately beld in Dutuque’ county, Jowa, Deanis A. Mehony, who failed to secure the nomi ernor, wee regularly bs eguiarity” consisted in Mr. Mahouy’saiving hie opponent a sound beating, which removed ail opposition to his claime. Oct of two millions of doliareof postal currency eaucelied and purned, not #200 were counterfeit. A qu ity of the new fractional currency is printed, but it le not yet eufficicntiv dried for immediate ure. bor the ty eon, the new National Bank notes will not b given out until abou: the middie of the month, One hundred and c'nrteon prisoners captared re- eeutly eoutd of the Kapidan hed Waebt the 2th, from the Arn y of ie captured at the Madison € Gordonsville, of residences belonging to rebel before their late contiierstion aitem damper @ general ro government pur- verpment will pay whet if piraees or Jore net, ivreepective of the exorbitant antics Tur President hes directed General Gillmore to demand from (General Krauregard e list of the men ot the Sith Colored Regiment who were taken pris onere on Morrie [eland, end e etatement of their pier | If the list be furnished. an equal number | of rebels of the same rank or bigher, who are pow ia our rapke, will be eet apart for such treatment as our men receive. If Beauregard refuses to furnish the list, our Goverpmen 1\ p esume that they have car tied out their threats and will act accord nglr. ‘Tue Washington Krrcoticas (eemi official organ) eave: “We have positive information of the presence in Northern Georgia of s very considerable portion of Lee's army naoutof three of Leng street's corps engaged. cepresenting 42 regi: | mente out of 6., that | ire corpse were not eset. The third div ie corps onm nered 2S regiments, eo positiv. infor: mation of 67 regiments om Lee's army to reinforce Brage"’ A MaAsaacurent te c was recently invited funeral of e you yer” erroneo: for consolation to the be: and grandchildren, to the areat d ly and the suppreseed mirth of the mere unconcerned portion of the audience. When “amen” was pro- nounesd, and the good man was told of the “ewtal | he had made, he felt in no enviable frame | Jeompliauce with the request to pray again accord!ng to cireumetances, i | SECRRTARY BTANTON estimator that three-fourths of in ealled for by the draft will be forthcoming. a Die agitated in official circireas to how the remainds The drift of the opin- fon ie that the e cond draft will be added to the un drawn of the tiret, aad from the combined liste of In respect to tors ut New vames the remainder will be drawn. the epniiration of the Vawphie pail uw ex. ded, o Arrival of a Prize be B.iieh prize eteameh.» June, tow Win oe arrived inst aght. She wae ¥2d, off Wilmingtow, Not, ater ae ebare of 4 hours by L. © guntoar Connecticut, durpg whieb the ©, Cred thirty roande of and | wiidetot. The.dano hove vvertoard part of her car- | goofcotton, She wan irom weasel, 120 tons borthea, | ede wheel, built at Mristol, Ragland, aod ie 10 years | oid Her eugiaee are about 40 borne power, the cargo te valaed, together with Che vessel, at +10), WOU. Inieresting frrm Bermuds By theariivel att). portof the Brig Liveie Mar we have dates from Hamilton (Ber, to the tant, In speaking of the sinking in ( hark ton barbor of the famous rebel steamer “Sumter,” | alias Gibraltar, the Bermuda GaAzerrs says she was fired into br Fort Moultrie —the rebela there probably mistaking her fora Federal man-of-war. There were ix hundred and thirty persons on board at the time, but they all but twenty were saved. The Confederate steamer Elle and Annie, Cap’. Ronness, arrived a: it George's on the 7th, frorn Wilmington. “Kecesh" | eympethisers abeund in Bermuda, The Gazrrre editor says: The FE. and A. has hed any vird tore since her arrival in Hamilton, #il of whom have | been moet kindly rece: br the captain and his officers. The new pretty Confederate ‘eplayed bythe F and A. Nineteen rebe! vessela are keeping up aommunication between Wilmington, and otber Confederate porv, and Bermede, Tur Feast or TABERNACLES.—This Jewish | festival will commence to-morrow evening, being the 1th Niean in the Jewish calendar, It is called Sac- | cah, because the Jareciites were directed to dwell in booths, and the law enjoining its celebration is found | im Lev. xxii! 83. This feast will eontinue for eight days, on the fret of which there can be no servile work dome, because it is held as @ sabbath ; #0 ie the eighth. During the cight days, however, in order to | obey the law as neeriy ae Ibie, many of the Isreel- heir menis ander s canopy of branches, if | not int rdens of their bouses. This dwelling in | boothe, i f the means of | helter, hen wan- | dered in the wilderness after . A par ) tlon ot the litargy, on ¢! prayer for rein, to make good the | scrap book. LOCAL NEWS, MEW YORK AND TRE VICINITY, How Coxsscatrte ane TREATED, Axp Sor- RIERA 488 Marr. Scene ix Capra Waonse’s Die- ‘wRICT.-A viet to Provest-Marebal Wagner's beed- quarters, No. 63 Third avenue, suppiies us with some interesting information whieh we place before our traders this morning, es exhibiting the operation of the Conecriptics law fn all ite various detaila Capt. ‘Wagner's district embraces large portion of the pa- triotie village of * Meckeral ville,” and it is presamed bo otber distriet exhibitee larger variety of haman peture, then mey be een at the Provost. Marshal's Nias, during the sittings of the Roard of Enro!iment for the Seventh Conpressional Disirict Pauctually at nine o'cloek, Captain F oC Wagner and Mr. Raldwin, the Commissioner, take their sente behind s couple af desks in 0 front room,upon the lower foor ofthe bailing. Mr. Deputy Rutherford ond other assistants are alee accommodated in this room, The “ conscripted " begin to arrive with their notices end are abown info @ parsage-war Irading to some Upper roome occupied by Dr. Van Kirek, the mnrgoo of the District. The murgeon having examined @ coneeript, and found him lable to militery duty, writes upop one corpe: of bis notice, and sends him to the back room below, where he rematne amtil called before the Board of Enroltinent. The sext man ex amined is found hy the surgean, diseased anf cientir to exempt him from service: bags Doctor expnot | ‘\wilually declare him eo, therefore Captain War ' d Mr. eldwin attend in the Doctor's room, | the three hold an offcial inquest over the 1 oac king the conscript any questions the: desire, snd when all are estieted, the sirgeon en dorees the decision apon the conecript’s papers, and sende Lim to the beck room down below. After the rovtine office werk is eompicted acon eeript from the back raom ts admitted into the froot room, where Captain Wagner receives notes the decision of the Doctor, adminie tothe man eud aske hie Heme, residence and occu pation, As the drafted man replies to these quer tions, the Provost Marehel verifire the truth of hie statements, by a reference tosone iarre ecrap books, containing private information previously collected, coacerning the individus). If the conseripte acconnt of himeelf agrees with tbe records, Captain Wagner acke bim what reseona he can give why be elvald not eerve his country eee ecldier? The conscript re- plies that he isanalien. “Give thie man eome alien papers" saye the Captain toan as'stant, and, on re- | ceiving them, the Provost Marsbal telisthe man he must obtaim es certificate from the Consul of the | conntry he belongs to, and bring it again before the Board, with twocitieens as witnerers, willing to awear the conscript leap alien. Northe present this case le diepoeed of, and Captain Wagner calle forthe next. A robust healthy-logking young mau comes ip, ansecrathe usanl questions, and ciaiwne exemption on the ground of being @ poor man, havinge wife end children to euoport, “No such excuse taken here,” saye the Captain. “We must enrol! you as liable to duty. You havr now the option of paytng £300 of procuring a substitute. © Your papers to | the Supervisors’ Relief Committee,71 and i3 Chamber street. and perhaps they will assist you ia neutetitute.” “deed in another!" mitethe nest coneaript. Be elaime acemption be cauee he rupporte @ widewed mother. The proper pa- handed to him. Captain Wagner instructs be is to dete verify hie statement, and caltaforthe next men. Thies individual claime to have been inthe servier onthe 34 of June, He is tworn aud questioned. He produces b/s discharge and deecriptive list. Captain Wagner reading ites “brown heir and dark eyes." ‘The maa before him hes biack hair and blue eyes. A whispered conversa tion ensues hetween ¢! Provost Marshal end Mr Baldwin when Captain Wagner ashe the eonseript 6 varicty of cueations, meantime referring to the large The questions being answered, and eve Ty etatemeut apparently corrert, Captain Wagner finally diemeses theconseript with directions to bring two god witnesses and his father, to prove the iden tity of the drafted man, with the “brown hair and } parties closely examined, under oath, by the arey eyes," alluded to im the dercriptive list. The | next customer has brought two friends to swear he te | @ subject of ber most Cathelic Majesty the Queen of Spein. The consuler certificate ie all right, bat the declaration of the conscript is aot sworn to beforee Notery Public. This form murt be gors through with. The next case is that of en alien from ‘Hingland.” Rie deposition has heen ewern to beforea Commis vioner of Deeds, ‘This wom’ do," says Wegner. “I told you yesterday toawearto this before e Notary Public, and until thet is dome ] cannet eet.” The indignant Englishman begine to vent his epleen, and wants te know ‘ ‘ew much time he mnet spend a-looking after this ‘ere thing.” Capt. Wagner don't know that, bet thinks ife citizen of this coun- try must tako the trouble of proving bis exemption, there is no good reason why a ferrigoer coming here, and living fifteen years in the country, where be hes | always mede @ eemfortable living, abould not prove himeeif such by conforming te the necessary reguls- | reliet. —— PRICE ONE CENT EE o conscripts ond eutetitntes Rindly, pate them to no | persed the mcvt eucecsefnl examination, were 6:1 anneressary inconventense, and dispatebes hfe bur. ree be rapidly as the reatine of red tape will allow. In doubt(al eases af disease, the conscript produces the statement of bis privese physician. This is sworn to before @ notary, and receives ite due considers tlon frem the Doctor and the Rurolling Officers. Tleving described the operation of enrefling and er- empting conecripis in Captain Wagner's District, it ie proper to add thatthe work ie performed ta thie \ District with e system and promptness hardly equal led in any other. Each member of the Board atte | to the services required of him, andefter the offic | hours of bis dav's duty have expired, remaine ofte: | cori! midnight with tho clerks, making up and efen- \ ing percwary docnmente for tranemierion to the Pro- | vost Marshel General. This red tape routine con- | eumes crany nsefal hours daily. Much of it might eanly be dispensed with, tothe saving of time end | @reat conveniences of the enroiling officers end cou: | ectipte, Where a cabstitute is enlisted, the pupers that discharge him frem the custody of the I'ro- vou Marshal require twenty-four siqnaturee; and when @ equad of tr: conseripts or enbatitutes arc sent ‘s Inland, the amount of etetionery aeed up, the ink + A, and writing seaompliahed, is perfectiy astounding. Our rreders need not wonder that the Draft “drags ite dow length along.” through all these are modified, the conseripted # thet should not be charged apen (be Enrol!nent Offioars, who do all thet is in | the power of three each gentiomen se Capt. Wagner, Tr. Veo Bleek, and Mr. Daidwin, sesisted by Mr. Deputy Ratherford amd others, to facilitate the hari- nees transacted in the Seventh Congressional Die- trict. Tur Drari.—fourt) District, —The number exam ned hore yoaterday was if, of which the were held to rervior, 9: discharged for disability, 4; furuiehed enbstitutes, 8; all other causes, 2, Foyth District..Pighty eight cases were heard yee- | terday. Held to duty, & substitutes accepted, 5; elienage, 20; over ar: minority, 4; ont of dishict, & discharged for disability, 1. Theexemining son of this district, Dw, Nelson Place, daily performe almost mirsenious cures, Obstinate kidney diteaves, | rheumatism of long standing, and chronic affretions of he liver end Invgs, dissppaar with the weve of the at consigne the restored invaiide to fields of glory and fame Sixth Dietrict, The number examined in thie Dis- trict vesterdey wae J4, of which there were held to service, 4; d'echarged for disability, 2; for all other causes, 11; substitutes accepted, 6, paid 6800, 1. There were 6 sent to general rendervons. Senenth Distric?. The Board here examined 83 eee yesierday, of which there wera held to duty, 6; substitutes accepted, 7; diecharaed for disability, unsultshie age, 18; only son of widow, 6; in service Sd March, 2; non-resident slienage, °4. Pigith Dietrict.- Vlewen only were cxamined yes terday, and ware disposed of a followe:— Held to ver vice, 1; furnished eubstitates, 2; psid commutation, 3; all other caures, 7; rent to rendervour, 14, Noth District, The number examined in thie die- trict wee 38, of which there were held to service 6; furnished substitutes, 10; discharged for disability, 6; all oiher caueer, 14; sent to general rendezvous, 11, From thie day inc! usive thoee who have not appear 04 according to rammone will be treated as deserters. Such delinquents will be arrested to day or Monday. On Thursday, im Capt, Duffy’s district, a man ciaim- edexemption on the ground that he had been con- vieted of felony ten yeare nao end sentenced to 0 term .in Sing Sing, which be served, for breaking into « leather store in the “swamp,” and that since Hall Park. His claim wae admitted. Screnvisons’ Comontren.—As time pro- | @rerees, the Inbor of the Supervisors’ Exemption aod | Hallef Committee appears to be om the increase. If great during the frat week of their sitting, it is ¢! greater daring the last, Up to the present time, about 1,190 have been relievedt-their numerous ps. pere firet having teen thoroughly ecratinized—tha Shair man, Gapervisor Biant, «rt by Bupervierre Purdy, Tweed or Stewart, or by the Comptroller, ee the cnse may be.» multitude of new documents made out and certified te, and everything done with that pre eleion and care vo necessary ine matter ro important | es this. Most of those appearing before this Commit- tee esem fully to appreciate the importance of its ac- tion. It is the final tribunal on which their last hope reste. If the conscript feile here, there ix nothing for him but te deck himself in Uncle fame bive toggery, shoulder hie musket, end march tothe wars, The decisions of the Counei) of Ten in | the Palace of the Dogs of Venice wrre never awaited with more profound dread, though eccomnpenied by Gleams of hope, than are those of the Supervisors’ Committee by tbe conscripted, who come before it for But if the duties of ¢ Hoard ere arduons they appear to he eminently fiir end junt, giving as tiome, ‘Ihe Fuglishmae decleses he paid $. to the | Commissioner of Deedes, and 1 cents for stamps, and hegiue a long story of bie hardebipr, which the Cap- tein eute short by telling bka inderstands that the Commissioner of Deeds bed swindled him, aod if be intends to get exempted, Be must follow the direc tone already given. With muttered curses, Jobu Ball setires, to make ruom for a natursiized Freneb meu, the father of motherless children, who im ture | Gives place toa German with papsie poyeriy made out and two witnemer, inteiligeat aud sendy, Ali the parties Biss the Mook, answer every ques! op, and are dismissed by the Caplain, whore patience ie only equaled by hie po'itene: pert custome fis ao ‘oyoun native Ame ban, known fo the Enrolling you, gentlemen? ‘To th “he don't make any excu liberal construction te tbe ordimanve as it will bear, bat invariably insisting that the would-be exempt aball first secure @ sutmtitute ere be ie let off. In this, we find, on exawiping the ponderous books aept by the gentlev.anly eud laborious elrrks of the commit- tee. he invariably succeeda: Whenever a couscript | appeare for relief, and declarre that he canuot prowire es cubstitute, it te looked upon es a goed juke, and ue je ceuelly langhed at for making the assertiou, ‘These eubet'tutes are procured sometimes by the conscript himee!!, but more trejueotly by an agent or broker (not fom Wall at , They ere ecured at various prices, trom #150 bo #100, Where the eonerript obtains one | under coe authored sum of the Superviscrs, the Committee only pay the eum agreed upou bi tween tue one ves as mach for bivieelf ont of the 7/00 paid over by the To thie way some of these agents make large nme, over which, however, the ‘he is bound toeerve | Committee exercises no control. The Hoard deserve that time he robbed @ man of ewateb im the City | | the rush of the conscripted to their rooms was | tipt avd bie mau. Wheos broker cltaloe | ade“ Jommittee ae mey be agreed upon by the | Piumag-s of ¢ Board, He comes in with @ emile anda “How ere | peer and bie men ual question he replies | ee {a Peter Cooper's setool, at the Cooper Insti e. Ook Navat Visitons—Tare Reaay Freer I” THB Haanos —Virir oF Av Rarnecen tative. Mesa: THE Navy Devan te | Mant ‘Tur Navt Yarn of New Yous Pracen at vue Disrmat oF tie Resstas Avwreat Tw | Presence of a Rassian fleat in the harbor of New Yo & | ie welcomed by ail persons with the greatest pleange. Five eplendid mea of war, fully manned and in par- fect trim, ere now riding at anchor im the Necle | River, in foll view of our noble harbor-the freee | Alexander Nevsky, the Peresst, the Osliaba, and tie | corvettes Vitiare and the Variag. They will enone | toined by the cilppere Almas, Jonmroud, and the | Jabout, The Imperial flag of Kussiaa piece o¢ | white quadrangular bunting, with broad diagons! tre of rhy-bine floats from the fure-top of each ver |. The attention of earners fe also attracted by the bad | etrikiug op occasionally a Kussian air, which eonr te very melodious to an American esr, At present ioe pew!;-arrived vessels present @ baer scene, in preparing for the reception of their American friente. Tun rapar. Ove of the mom inieresting novelties of the flee te the chaplain @ (ireck priest, dressed tn the fash 2 of South American padres, except thet the hat > stead of being low crowned with an immense w ie | leaf, io @ gaod deal of the “xtove pipe” fashien. The © TPartpea'® | te ove of these cjeraymen on all vessels of apy mast. tude, and two op very large ones. On Sundey res « | ie celebrated on the open deck after the manmer of’ 4 Greek church —the language used in the celebration of the ceremony being Greek. The padre, of course, t..s awife and fnmily, and like the wives of all other oi cers,they heave to remain on ehore while their husba: ts tre at sea. The padre tsa gentleman of noble bearing, | @ Little above the medium height, and in the prime “a lite; be weare @ full beard, whieh felle apon | is breast, and rather long, dark curling bair. Hie lerze | blue eyes are full, his form is well filled out, ond «\F hie movements are dignified and noble. | NAVAL BTIQUETTE, | At L2 o'clock exactly, while our reporter wee ce | board the flag ship Alexander Noveky, the nov | eteain tug Vanderbilt was eeen approaching with A:t- miral Paulding’s barge intow. On arriving af tie atern of the frigate the Vanderbilt dropped the bars. which with twelve oarsmen, pulled along side. je the barge wae Lieut. Commander Fillebrowne, the executive officer of the Brooklyn Nevy Yard, «ha boarded the veeacl, end wee immediately ree: | wlaed by the majority of the officers as an oid | friend, baving eruieed with them during the | Crimean war in the wetere of ihe North 4 | Hurope On being presented (o the Admiral, | Mr. Fillebrowne was astonished to find en- | other old friend, who was lately the Russiss egent in this city atudsing the progress of eur iron- clade, He recognized by our reporter es the eam, who, on the trial trip of the Montauk, evinced a tho- rough knowledge of navalartillery, After the asual | friendly ealut tions were exchanged, Mr, Fillebrewie | told the Admiral that he wae eent down by Admiral Paulding to iy aud cordial welcome to | the port of New York at the facilities of the Nev v Yard for any repairs) + veesela might need, of foe other pw ee, were 1! hie dirposal, and that he a: 4 | hie officers were invited to visit the yard end serail | interesting objecte which the navel antheritice bere couldehow. ‘1ne Kuesian Admiral replied very warm- ly to the m eof the Admiraleent bis compii- mente, and hoped to beable to ree him ine few des 4 Mr. Fillebrowne then left, after which the Americam flag was sent to the fore-top of the frigate, and the lute for Admiral Paulding was fred. This wee re- | turned in o few moments after from the eob dock «f the Navy Yard, by ordere of Captain Richard W. Meade, Commander of the North Casolina. 1B BBCRETARY OF THE NAVY TO MR. BTORCRT A navy officer of the Brooklyn Navy Yard kindy showed us a copy of a telegraph dispatchie from Warh- | ington, recuived from a friend, stating that the Ber- | retary of the Navy has edireased @ compiimenta:r | letter to Mr. Edward @tocekl, the Russian Minister Extraordinary at Warhington, The Secretary stat-@ | that he ‘is gratified to learn that « equadran of Rn+ sian war vessels hes arrived at New York for the pr pose, it is enid, of visiting that city.” He desires to | have hie compliments, and tho good wishes ant | friendly feelings of the Government, conveyed to the Admisel: and also the assurance that the sr vices of the Brooklyn Navy Yard ere at bis disposw., if he wante them. THE BCONAN NAVY Has been fer some time past in process of reconetrn*- tion, rendered pecesrary by the strides of naval prr- gress, The Russian naval forces in the Baltic, Amat river, White, Caspian and Black Seas,end Leke | Ural, le 122 veeeels.vine being ships of the line en® | thirteen frigates. ‘hey mount 2,946 guns, end are | manned Ly © officers and 453 sub-cfficers, er? | 20,485 seamen, The personnel of the Rassien N ; includes 16 Admirale, 20 Vice Admirals, 49 Rear Av | mixals, 111 fret clees Captains, ¥ second class Van | teine.207 Lieatenante ud 346 midshipmen, The Mr rive Artillery compri bout 400 officers, Besides | thie complement, the Cear bas a special navel ete. ' Hie naval force ie considered ove of the best regu ‘Weted ta the world | The movements of the Ruamtan fleet for the futuie ere untnows. ‘Ibe general opinion is that they wil remain here three ot four weeks, as the officers a) piled to Admiral Paulding for some cherte of tbe A: | lentic harbors, aud it Is provable that they cumtern | plate visiting our seaboard cities, Pus Fart Fasmions are now well defined , end to begin at the beginuliug we notice that bouuete | ereamalier with» sensible depression of the bigi scooy hitherto iu vogue. The triuminge ere of Ov rich feathers, with goid | aod jet ormament+ ical birde are also used in place: ¢ Oetrich feathers, Lace ard blond, fastemed wiru golden butterfiles, cree nd brillieate constitute the decorations of the hats, ranging from fifty totes his Unele; snd only wanta the proper deeuinente to | groge credit for the determined cuuree it has adnited | burired dollars, for which there ere plenty of fei get his bounty, @ short furlough to kien hie wife, and ‘when you call for me Lam ready.’ Applause from all present greets th short epeeches, and the pens fly repidly to serveaach & good-natured customer The case of & eabstitute, who eames with a messen ger from the Sapervieor’s Belirf Committer, next oc- cupies the attention of the Board, who adjourn with the man to the Doctor's room above, Here the rob- sounded and quertioned by *he Doctor and the Enrol ling Officers, pronounced arerp'ed, clothes himself, and then the papers of the drafted man are properly endorsed. The whole party retarn to the front room, where the substitute ie sworm into the servies.the Supervisor's messenger paye over the money. Capt. | Wagner aske the substitute if he ie sattefied ; trile him to look out for pickpockets, amd sends bim with ‘ap officer down below, where a guard of soldicrs keep atch over the enlisted conscripts and those who money enongd to pay their commutation fee of 8300. Often substitates ere offered, amfit for duty as sol diers. These are promptly rejected, and the eon- ecript receives @ furlough, with instructions to try egein. Next time, perbepe, bis substitate is sceepted, and be cess owas beppy. Ds. Van Kioek treavs both in reference to substitutes. Hed it not been for the policy thas put tn practicn end pereeverrd Ih, the | Government might have obtained a large amount of money, but few soldiers. The probability is that not 1,000 of the originally comecripted wil! entrr the army from thiscity. The duties of the Prevost Mar- | customers. Green ie the prevailing coler, and green and biack velvet hate with bands placed cross wie on the body of the hat, with bows fastened with jet | butterflies ha very charming effect. Dresses are getting increasingly masculine with asteady approm: mata to the Bloomer styic. Jackets and vestes are abnls and those of the Committes go baad in baud, | the mode, with jaunty neck-tire disposed fon os | end it will be several weeks hefore either will be ably | eiahcrately embroidered shir! thet peeps bewitchine stitute takes off aj) bis clothes, shows his paces. is | to close their business. Tue Sruscriprions to the draft (@2,000,000) leon foot up #887,000. None worth mentioning are now being received, though more are promised from | influential parties. Rossin A Resstax Orricer.--Michae! Se- monoff, firet master of the Kussian corvette Witjase, wae robbed op Thareday night in e house of ill feme in Greene street, of geld coin to the value of 6174, | He informed the police, and they arrested Clore Hall, ave not been able to get exempted, or hed not | Edmire Sinelairand Kate Hagar, charged with the theft, and they were locked up by Justice Kelly for exemination. On searching the room im which the robbery was committed, one of the gold pieces was found om the fleor. Frvress oF THE BRST MECHANICAL engineers mow in the empicy of the Government, and who ly frov the half-buttoned west, Skirts are worn lor/ with hoops of the usual extent towards the bese, hur diminishing towards econe upwards. Closks ip a)! the eplendor of searlet ave made circular with pointe: capes and dependent tasrels. The weather hasnt yet grown enfficiently cold to prodace any marked deo velopment in furs. Commopore Farracrr was serenaded on ‘Thureday evening at the Astor Home. A large aum- ber of ladies paid him their reepects. M. Gortones Bornnar, the new Frepeis Consui here, ie e brother. in law of Gen. Frement, + far as the marriage of the General and the (Congo! | with two sisters can make such @ relationship. M. Boilean married 0 sister of Mre. Fremont. Turner witt se Mcar0 at the Centre! Parl (Contnuad_op Fourth Page.) .