The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 2, 1864, Page 1

A ooo — _—_— -— ~——— el ed ee et ee _= SD Leet ~~ a=, Ce cst —s ‘THE Store “FIEST VA. } RR DDB 10, 005. ee The Latest News By Teiecgraph:-to the V. ¥. Sun.. eH PETERSBURGH THE ASSAULT ON SATURDA'.. ITs PARTI a FAILURE, VERY DESPERATE FIGHTING HELVY LOSSES IN OFFICERS. A COLORED DIVISION N- DEMORALISED, Their Defeat the Cause ‘of Fautures | Interview of Mr. Lincoln with | Grant at Fortress Monroe. THE RAID IN PENNSYLVANIA. ACCOUNTS STILL CONFLICTING. THE LEGISLATURE CONVENE dD. Victory of Averill wr the Raiderss ke NER aL GR ANT. The Great Explosion not Entirely Sace cominl Baltimore, Auquat 111 A. M.A letter from fortress Monroe cays; Later advices from the Bont show that we were u le to hold the ground @awmed in We aeeaulton Saturday, it being mostly tommandel lines: aed that the works teken by our forces were recaptured by the encmy, We capiured 500 prisoners in the agseult, The loss fan both sides was considerab’s, probably irow four to five thousand, Headquarters Army of, the Potomac, July Do'clock P.M.-—After the explosion at an early hour thus morning everything betokenued a briliant Wee tory, but soon after matiers assumed a different ase pect, part of the attacking force har mR ae on Way, Bios exposing the balance t ing fire from both ortillesy and propramime was en follows + The mine to be xled ai three o'clock in the morning ; the hatieries to open at once along their ontire Line immediately atter the exploaion, and the Woth Corps t mal pported by the Tenth Corps Aver'y Divison of the Fifth Corps, end the Third Division of the Beeond Corps, The preater partot the arrangement was carried out as ordered, although theo than the h Pa by inner ! net an eufil tufantry, The e the charge, wnt was later int of the fuse mmnence ur designated, on wen ng out twice, clock, ¥ forty minutes past four o* The war of ertiliery th deafenine. At | at inamediuwel was almicst f-past tive the charse wae made, emul the fort, with part of t line mh wide, Was rarried : the most brilliant style, The Becond Division, whict in the centre, ad sl and taried the second Ine, a short dis beyond abe fort, and Lere rested, boldiog their ground wth the utmost determination I! was atthis time the ed Divirion. uncer the command of Prigadier General White, was pushes forward and ordere| to charge and carry the crest of the hill, which would have decided the contest, The troops advanced in good order as far ts the first! @bich chec ac. where they received a gaiting tie, thems and although quite a number kept on advancing, the greater portion seemed to heeome demoralized, part of them taking refuge in the fort, and the balance running to the rear as fast as posalble rallied and again pushed forward, but without success, the greater part of their officers being killed or wounded, Daring the time they seemed to be without any one to manage them, and nally fell back to the tear ont of the ranwe of the volleys of canister and musketry thet were plowing through their ranks. Their losser are very heavy, partucularly in officers, ag will be seen by the following figures: Twenty-tamen U, 8. Conese. —Filteen offeers killed and wounde!; four ivired men, inelading They werr Twesty-rigutn U. 8. Conoonmp.—Fleven offi- cers, and about 140 men kilial, Wounded and mis- fine, THERTTCAEVERTS U. s, CoLouen,—six offcers we Killed, wounded and missing. weynty- NINTH U. 8. ¢ o0 off eo LTS sae, Kk tea, me au m) Tamtyerinst (, 8, Conocen, Seven officers and | | The explosion took place at pres | } sont two hundred men itled, Wounded and mins- fiw. Forty-tnarrp U. 8, Coronrn, -8 x oMcora anda Yar-e num of men kill ‘ and niss- te faurryesixru U, &, Cononep,—several officers and abweat ty ire sud mea killed, nny Land to's Corpe, Gen, Le) nandiny, Was very severd aud fs @stimat 16) to 1200, while mans sanke the fh aeyer, Ainong those mising I reeret to announce cho nome ot Gen, Bartlett, He sneceetded in reaehins tie tort wth hit commund, Dut having see tally kon his cork ley,he was unable to cet oF the i ff, however, held p pesein: 1 rad everal hours and surrendered w! al) hig ape Was gone, Bome two hamlred black aud white were with bita bt the tinue, a few ed to get back to our res, amidei ® stern lets, Nearly allot | Gen, Barvott's stall were red mt We Barnes nme Co). Marshall, commanding the 9d brigade of this division, was alsy taken prisoner, with several of his sta. Col, Wild, of the 56th Massachusetts, s also reported a p. sald, of the 69th Mansicbusetis. r Buxton, of the 170th New ¥ Leut, Col, Bar- oe, 1 Pepnsylvania, was Woundel, Major Pres- tit, STth Massachusetts, was killed. Lieut, Col, Ross, 81st United Bates, (colored) lost «leg, This division, having been a goml deal in advance of the rest of the held ite petion for several hours but was finally compelled t. fell back, euf- ering severely while doing so. The lose in the Ist and Sd divisions was also se- rere. The lauer have 400 in the hospital. The Gib Corps occupied » part of the Line on the rghty soner, ¢ Mai c, ulso lost a leg, lost a leg, } front to resist the assaulting party. | manned the fort, Ve but thelr lene wna not vers great. We ary shea | 260 prisoners, moat!> South Carocliniang and fire battle flags. All is quiet this morning, (Snndar, the Bist.) RECAPITULATION Grants Preliminary Operations. fained as to ite nature or extent. This impression has now been verified by the events of the poat week, and more particularly be the successful ex- Plosion of the rete: fort on Saturday last. The rebel fort waa situate near the City Point railroad, in a commanding position worth east of the city, near the Appomattox river, It formedthe hey to that portion of the rebel detences, and was exceeting- ly strong. constituting @ portion of the line that Was unsncces#fully attacked o@ the 18th of June, Tye failure of that assault sugested the Kies of resorting to mining to effect a breach in the rebel lines, The work wos com- meneed on the following week, and woe executed by the 48th Pennsylvania volun. teers, ® resiment raised in the mining districts and whore colone!—Pleasants—was familiar with extensive engiverring operations, Every precau- tion was adopted to secure secresy. The work was exceedingly difScult from the nature of the soil, which consisted of quicksands aud marshes, which caused water to accumulate in the excavation, and greatly retarded the procress of the men. The distance from the fort to our front Line was four hun: dred yards, and it was necessary to «ink the shaft ata distance of five hundred feet from the fort, in orler to conceal our operations from the enemy. The tunnel or ‘srulley’’ waa four-and-a-half feet high, and nearly four feet wide at the bottom, slop ing to two feet at the top, Veutilation was secured For some time past on increasing impression Prevaiied in the arury that an important movement was in progress to strikes decisive blow against the enemy, but no defin' te information contd be ob- vEW _ YORK | TUESD AY, _AT GUST » Ast. <————s— ually mending their pace until they cere ‘ern y ners, also eighteen stanla of co ore and over 6,000 the range of the rebel batteries, when they subsided | stand of arms. The total lew. {the enemy of that SUN. — SPRICK ONK CENT IN GOLD. iTWO CENTS. = CURRENCY LOCAL NEW NRW . YORK AND TIE VICINTTY. Tur WAR News in tite Crry,—The news from General Grant's army created intense excite mentin the city, Nearly every adult diseusaed the probabilities of Grant holding hie own, and continuing to fight cn his “line, af it takes all sum. mer." A general impression prevails thas the Fed- | eral loases bave been greater than announced tele- crophically, One effect of the news has bean te } tal se the price of mubstitutes nearly one hundred intoa walk, The 4th Divinion of colored trooper, | ahora nf frm ia vo Tx as ees hy 2 cannot whieh had been posted in reserve, and had not | 2 th fustant, bie lowe was at lenst 6000 ond a atand hitherto teen under fire, was now ordered to | ee ‘1 Our eriny ts right ob AVontag and in ulvance, They started in gool show, but on artiv- Lae aiate - - ing bafore the concentrated rebel fire they {altered News Items. | and heeltated, and at last atood etill, in qpite of the —— exatwple entreaties and even threats of their offi- (Bg Telegraph to the New York Sun) | cers. They finaliy turned and retreated pell mell | yyy eather of General Aherman died la Waehins | to the rear, where they became mixed ton Inet weet, tp with the white troops causing Freat) piye fut) pogimente of Mawaachusetts 100 das } confusion and ahnost ® panic. The enemy | men have already left Roston for Ws gtoty un then advances whooping and yelling, to ebarge | x | our lines, tut they bad been partially straightened | anc! placed in @ position to break the attack, Ayain | by # shaft in the side of the tunnel, in which a fire | was truilt to obtain a current of air, In order to craw attention from the smoke, other fires were built in the vicinity, aa As wae if for cooking purposes, the work progressed a constant fusilade kept un in order to deaden the noise of picks and shovels below, and divert the atten- tion both of the enemy and our own pickets, Hence the constant telegraphic reports of “continuous firing on Burnside’s front.” When it became ap- parent that the rebel fort was reached, great cau- tion was exercise! in order not to alartn the ene- my, as our engineers could hear the sound of votoee from above, and distinguish the hauling of cannon and placing them in position, The soil ac- cumulated from the excavation during the day wus placed in bags and pourel on top of | our earthworks during the night, so as to | wliny = suapicion. Everything waa completed in about ten days and it only remained for General Grantgo give the signal to ceposit the powder aud light the fuse, to holst the rebel fort into the air. This wae given on Friday, onl aix tons of powder were placed inthe branches of the tunnei under the rebel works, and orders were issuicd to the troops on Friday night which let oo doubt among experienced campaigners that hot work was at hand to the ensuing day, of the Seee Prelimiaary movements d Corps were believed to have drawn the bulk of the rebel army across the James river, so a8 to leave a coroparatively insignificant force in our om and Friday evenings, just before dark, long trains of empty baggage wagons were driven across the pontovn bridge over the Jamee river, so as to lead the enemy to suppose that the army war about to remime operations on the Peuiusula, while Han- cook's men were quietly raarched back again duce ing the darkuass, and pisced in reserve to anpport the assaulting party ou Setontay morning. thursday THE EXPLOSION, Toe programme was successfully carriod out n every particular, The troops forming the assault. ug party were placed in position before daybreak. They conmeted of three divisions, one of them colored, of the Ninth Artny Corps, supported by a pewerfal reserve, The signal was given, and at half paat four o'clock om Saturday morning fire was applied to the fuses, and in about a quarter of an hour a terrife rumbling of the earth, followed by a sudden clouding of the atmospbere in the direction of the rebel fort, told that the powder hud done ite work. Instantly the men of the Four- teenth New York heavy artillery, who had beeo crouching bebind their gunr, sprang to their places; and opened a terrific and furious artery fire, in the direction of the dismantled rebel fort. Asi! by aeincle word, nearly one hundred gun- of the Va sibre poured forth a shower of dently misel'es, whose roar and explosion seemed to shake the solid earth. No more magnificent ever been witnessed during the war, continued without interyttesion for an hy » half, until the ate was laden with the toxleating smell of suupowder, which iucreased the sight haa ur and n- ardor of our troops alinost to @ frenzy, The eue- me's artillery plased bat feebly, and by far the | heaviest firing was fore ou our side, Many of our abot’ aud shell pnust have ywased over the rebel forts and fallen m the str 1 Petersburg, as was uw conflagrations thet eviden: from the numer wore visible from our | nes, THE ABS AUNT, Kuddenly the canneonaiiny on our Fide ceased, Audthe assaul The crater furrned by the wae nearly — fifty feet tony, afd in this were buried the bleeding, mangle! remams of the rebel solliers who had Leys, arin heads and even ve horrible stiJ!, the torn formas of men yet ulive were mingled with the rubbish, and the dismonnt- ed guns that had tallen were blown from their places, The first detail quickly removed theae,und the attacking column advanced to the charge of the rear line of rebel works. Two guns in the crater, that were nninjured, were quickly turned upon their late owners. The enemy cpened a galling fire upon our men, and as thoy advanced, new and previously unseen batteries opened upon them from front and flank, wivouced, party explosion tm | As they advanced, the fire becamine more withering, and by the time they had nearly reached their des- tination, batteries opened upon ther from the rear, in addition to those on the front, left and mght. Our men had ei first advanced mpidly, but their pace gradually elackened, until at last it became apparent that they must retreat. They accordingly fell back, in good order —slowly, af first but grad- | Sunday at! PLM | | General Hertrauf finally det the last call, The last left last ¢ Os the morning of the 20th ult., n. Sheridan's | In this warm weather, it is to be hoped | | chat ¢ fe pubhe will keep cool over army news or Hors Until the official dispatches are received. cavalry captared over 100 rebel prigoners on the | and again the rebels advanced t the attacks but | eth bank of the James River. Minin ny Areains—Tue Hexprep Dare’ always without success until the order was finally | pay Louisiana Constitutional Convention adopt. | Mes—Acttoy ov rn Roar or Covsotaxs--Re- given to our troops to retire within their works, | ed, on the 20d ult. the new itution, by alarze | CPENTING Ageyts Gorse Soura, Rro.—Up to the whet) they fei! back in good onier, but with fears |. crity, aud would immediately submit it to the | Present writing, General Sandford haa not received fully diminished ranks. Nearly all the white people fostrietions from Governor Seymour relative to the peace : the colored reayiments were killed or Tne Richmond paper of Pri hundred days! troops, who are now awaiting the wourn ter A bn wade of Gen. W by Ger). Hert Cora diviatons Ce dangerous position, After the assaulting party had regained their lines Generis! Hertrauf atten pt ed to forlow, but found bimsaell cut off by the crafty enemy. With great skill and presence of mind, succeeded in extricating his compaanud with the loss of some few prisoners, whose ooumber bas ret been ascertained. Among the officers captured by the enemy ie Gen. Rartlett, orother of the Rev, Mr. Bartlett of Brook- Iyn. He had lost a leg at Port Hudson, and the false one becoming broken in the confusion of battle, be i ell an easy prey to hi« capiors. The Waetington Stag asaya that Generel Burn sie was slightly wounded while ena to Pally the nero troope on Saturd not ring Peeaideut Lincoln and Gen, Grant at Fortress Monroe. New York, Auguat}.—Capt. Martin of the « transport Cityr of Hudson, from Fortress M “arn ree « arrived here vesterday, and re- ports that President Lincoln and Lieut. General Grant were at the Port when he sailed trom there Fortresa Monroe, July 81.4 rived fromthe Army of the Potomac at% A. M., and President Lincoln from Washington at 1%. They both embarked on beard the steamer Balti- more, going im the direction at Cape Henry, turned their course ta Norfolk, evidently avoiding any {nterrupticg during thelr interview, At J o'clock P. M., the President ond General Grant returned. The President shortly after left for Washington, and the General weut up the James. ral Grant ar and after THER INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA. Facts and Rumors Balt.more, Av wat 1. -Reporta trom Gettrabury and Einmettsburg vepresent tliat a panic exists there and thronghout that region of the country, and the people off thelr stock and vale uables, an‘ ¢ hurry lug along the pike iu crowds, Deliewiny that the rebels re sea Nog are Ling in large | force, This morning's train frou Frederick eame in as usush and brings the report that 4 re citement prevails there on aoc of order for the expulsion of the Southern « b to meet on the sec thizers beyoud our liner. BEOOND DISPATCH Harrisburg, Pa, Anguat 1.—Governor Curtin has issued a proclamaten calling the Legislature Tuesday in the mon August, to devise means to make the powers of the State immelintely a thot m itars ilable for State and Nationa! defence, Information has been re- ceived here that a rebel cavalry force is proceeding in the direction of Bedford, Pa. THAN MEPATCH Harrisburg, Pa, Avg. \—ien. Cadwallader, in t command of the defenses, haa arrived here, and | opened an otfier N ‘Lge wis | tn the Capitol building, Capt, C Turnbull, of the U.S. Engineer Corps with a surveyiug party, isnow engayed in making sur- veys with the view tothe defence of the Susque hanna River at the various fords between this city and the bay. FOURTH Disvared, Harrisburg, Avy. 1.—Positive information has reached here that the rebels are retiring trom the direction of Bedford Spr uge out of the State, Maj. Gen, Couch ts y in the western part of the State making 4 rec: auce of the dedences on the hese anand Olio Rivers, Before pro- ceeding direc to Pittsburg, he examined several points alony the Panneylvanuia Railroad, on cL | Important direetions for covering the borcer of counties along We Maryland fine in that dire tion. M n, Cw)wa'lader ia in lemporar mand of the forces mud fortifications in the port of the State, aud is inaueurst ny the actlve | ineasures tu uicet emergen may o The railroad between this po nd Hayerstown is now open, and tryi# have been loaying on ther regular moruing and noon Line, The entire tor dt H Chambersburg is now posit ractually to have consisted of three compames la the ug vate, nurobersog bat two hundred and eihat men! They ove d the town but two - On the first entering, they gave the yrwople thee Lours time to move the women and ebildren, but | before an hour had expired, the flends had nred thetown, The inhabitants have found shelter with the farmers along the different roads leading fron Chambersburg. A dispatch just recefved here, siaus that Gene ral Averill had come upto the raiders eight miles fouth of McConnellsbure, and whipped them handsomely, At the Jatest accounts they were re- treating in the direction of Har , with Averill | in pursuit, “% The Second Hattle Before Atlanta, The Chattanooga Gazerrr of (he Jith ult, has the following ; We have permission to Iny before our renders the | following telegraphic dispatch frora the front, re+ ceived here yesterday. The conclusion of the dis patch cannot be published for the reason that it sof the fusure, ‘Tbe battle of the 22d, of the Army of the Tennessee and the enemy, was very severe. The enemy attacked seven times, and were as often repulsed, Our total loss is 4,50, and ten guns The known loss of the enemy in killed is more than 8,000, and we captured over 2,000 priso- mrmanded uf, which had been placed in the centre to cover our rear, now became involved ina in North Carolina that W. and the “Conservatives”? have been ¢ aloclaring w that Vance te re-elected Governor, Toa workmen on the Adirondack Railway, N. ¥., “struck"* yesterday for $2 The sirikers number one thousand persous, Company meet the dificulty by dissatisfied, but refuse to Tar receipts The of all the advance the wages, for the 7-30 Joan 21,506,800, making @ total for tons paying yesterday | | | any reporte been received as yet trom the West. The German Cat! ilet, Th, wi lie Church fp struck by lightning, on Sunday, d The chureh w atattiy killed, Three of the Gesenat Bayke has proh rir Ned with people. and fourteer latter have «ince d pw gold, exeept in the Un ted stopped all traff it be deposited depowite tr planations be iven of the purpose to which the wold is to be sor . General Intelligenco (By Mail to the Yew York Sun¥ A nousTy JUMPER Was arrested it in Dalt.more ta week, whe sted th had mart hae #15,000 ince he commenced jumping. THe quota of the Tat Congreadone prising the counties of Sutfolk, Riebr Queens, under the call for 500,000 meiyis Tae “Fenian |s the tithe of a new w to be started Ip Boeton this week, te le the discussion of the Nationality of Ireland, to Atapy wae playing with a favorite marpie the + the service, e were ime hited the transfer, in his department, of gold to the rebel States and purchases of States Treasury, such be drawn out only on aatiniactory ex. ‘ t . COM: aud paper were command to inarch, Oriers are hourly expects however, and the regiments are holding then- wives in readiness to march at short notice, The yiiclal deciaion of the War Dopartioent in regard | tothe exemption of such soldiers, has been puiirs "Hhished. It contains no facts additional to those heretofore given, but declares that the ast of Cun gtess exempting all persons in apply to the hundred days’ There is at lasts prospect that the Supertieor« may be aroused toa just sense of their duts wok ve Bervice men. n avaof #4,875,- 950, or over one million of dollars per day. Only the nearest points have been heard from, nor have ely injured, | patient, and probably disgusted with the atup | taking mewsures to incresae the County Bor This encouragement does not emauate directly om that body, but is the result of action taken y day by the Board of Councilmen, That body, inaction of the Supervisors, unanimously parse! « resolution requesting the latter body to “inereses the bounty." Whether this oficial reminder « |) have the desired effect or not remains to be aeons but itis certain that unless something is done im- mediately the Supervisors will have to shoulder + good shure of the responsibility if a draft ocews From almost every section,excepting this city, ~4 hear of agents beng dispatched tor the purpose of recruiting in the rebel States, Yesterday three more were furnished with transportation from th. clty—two of therm being from this State, and one from Connecticut, Col, George 8. Bachellor, of Saratoga, bas rec from the ¢ ernor, and will at once proceed Sonth to recruit. Rrooklyn, also, bas commisasione + agents for the same purpose, and there ta little doubt that the « will materially lighten the burthen of the draft iv that city, The authorities, vesterdae morning, ordered the ved authority other day, (in Marido mi) which bad scons: | removal of all the reeruiting tents and offices from 5 re he h, . SOPDOG FO FOC VS 10s bits from her mo ut + | the Park. Tis order ts in consequence of the tact when, prched on her shoulder, tt dropped npot a ber tongue an immense pr fat eatery i v An Atlanta paper bousta that there + re now net that men were there being enlisted for other States and counties, where larger bounties are paid, Tho lesa than o bandred oificers in set rebel service | authorities not feeling Aeposed to continue mob with but on : (ary at | feller for other counties to prey upon the city in thoritles “ pour follows | a ay lished every weok. {the matter of recruits, properly abolished the A Wrt-mrorwen Washineton eorrespondent | UMA save; “Mumors sie currentol the arrival ots Come re itor Sur Wha person, doing business in N.Y. missioner at Havana, en ro Mex to | Cty, end ving to Jersey, is drafted in Jerseys Richmond, We ts Hte have been Ker thor | and obtains a shbatitute-—« minor—in New Yorks by the Bineror Maxinn'lian, but the special object | and takes him to Jeregy, is he violating the entist- Mobis visits unknows ment net ¥ Tt, Matikwa, Fiow (he statement of a correspondent, it senme | but he vlolates the law of New York, and ta & the Beeber art Mary btets met PY | Habe te punishment. yinpathizers took uparing to repel their fortocr Custom Hover,—Tt is said on the beat an trieuds, who lust year were received with man; , : len npivatic 1 frieudabip. | thority that Secretary Pow den hus called upon Anmy ples are so terribly tough that the Miers | Collector Barney to resign. The roasons alleged eall them eather pies, Al pw fellow (9 Geout's | are saidto have beeu derived from the evidence ' army, Whose arin had juet A. Atlee, Ww takou by, and the reporia of the several Congres- belug carried past a stand the aay where an | Veg carried past a stan the other way wher 9” | gional Investicating Committees. The Gecrotary self in the ambulance and ealled . “Peay, old | believes the iuteresta of New York merchants and lady, are those pres sewed or pegg | of the country dernand an official of nage capacity Axorine New Serves editor, Mr. Elen W nion, j than the present incumbent. Withia dave of th County Democsat, was orrested © rat S hekerraatil ne Gant teal lit pe \* nuraber of proposed changes will probably he | ™ cof fer Wx, t m oorticle digou + | made, | 4 rH stinent and onpowin t a exeenton of the Apisstona To THE Free AcApemy.—At | dratt, “Was ree mare, to stand exam. i ‘ on this i saa " the last examination of applicants from our publio | Tne hay crop th rt be Hight, but | schools tor admission to the Free Academy, the fol- the dairemen in this weinity eay it will be really | lowing was the result; worth more than the erop year, ond that twa | No. of of lowls ot the present erop wil be worth as nach for | Rshool, Adta $ Adm, Rej't feeding purpowes as three louds " nt crop, | * * sg ae when the stalks were unusually coarse, heavy, aud i 3 1 hollow, 1 a Ir isa remarkable fact that the coutest before At. ad a Jorta brougut together three old clanper trove ira 16 Pout, G ieveral MOP 2 1 Brita 1 Rehofield were old 3 - 8 1 wind 1 mates auring we lane vear | 0 . 4 b } fet life. M Pactswonm and ifood were pare | 1 8 1 | is yo e fell by the hand of the ” A wb | 9 us “ | from Neevnu to the Oth instant ‘ 0 6 2 | int pedect that blovkade-cunn ig Hackve | 13 a 2 1 Pa ange lth k +t i | rr aki " 3 iy, a | 0 » murchat oO. ‘yest e | ny to Naseuu steainers are arr te 1 > - 3 u eon the way, “Dwo large vewe at 6 ent write in last Wook nore are oxpect There are ten ol ones are runnin doi » they fy cy bud « allo keep up the exam- Fast Proclamation by the Mayor, Mayou's Urriog New Your, Au, 2 1644, In view ot the Procluroation of the Preskient of | the United Stave, setting apart Thursday, the 4uh |) iets aK of tastings bugilation and prayer, I meder iy duty to call the attention of the t community to the observance of the same, | To the a misters of the various churches on worn wil devolve the duty of opening prayer in » presence of thelr congregations, and cepa! t vinistert who have inculeated the das nt war and blood, so much # variance with t! ingot their Divine Master, I would humt oo mend thatthey will, on that solemn oecusion, in- vokethe merey of Heaven to hasten the relief of our suffering people, by turning the learts of thowe ip authority to the blessed ways of Peace. C, Goprnex Ge nus Mayor, ly 108 of tom Hor. —The Thermometer at Delatour's yea- terday, showed the jMllowing to be the state of the atmosphere : 6AM. 12M. PM Ang. Ist, 1864. 17 i} 98 Aug. 18h 1505., ™ hie ad radii ot be ol le -———__ eee fie Harvest oF DovtH,—The desthe in New York during the past week were 569-—an in- evesse of 4 upon the mortality of the previous | ywoek, and 8 yercase of 193 a8 compared with tie Tire Most JM pwortality of the correspon ding week of 1868, Of | vewly By ee prot Balas ) the deceased, 48 were ebildren under five years of ye ee the ~ £ UC Paar detaane « age, Amoug the prince pal diseases followed 7 IY Cen, Law Wallace ane her of Bele } death were—Cholore infantum, 0%; diarrhea, 2 5 | a of r vob Wy ; : he ent yor tintantile marcas, Sly Marler fever, 16: typio4 . re fed ly ba ther were the | fever, 12; menalos, 11; amall pox, 6 , | ehitdren of those sounded a ae Marys} Kenan Prisonens,—The Stean Traatport pod religious lik fra neviloy en te | Weybosst 86 hours from Point Lookout, arrived yesterday with 640 rebel prisoners, Country Goverxmenr,—The Board of dy pervisors tnet yesterday, and proceeded to ballot for the appointment of Inspectors of Election ant District Cunvassers, but no satisfectory result hay - ing foliowe'y the matter was postponed, Bupes- visor Pardy banded in a ¢ mrmounication,’ atu: oy that be had recefved from Mr. J. Wiliarr - son the Tax Books snd other which io latter gentlenuan has lately a in his posses#!, and a resolution was wloptedy Pequesting the dw © his opiwety of the we ie Rey : eee ach underei, o ingly. varned to Te next, TRADES’ MOVEMENTS, Asa any Mint CauTMaN.—This body, coroprise of workmen from the 6th, Sth, 14th and 17th Wards, met, lass evening, at Montgomery Ha)’, Prince street, The President explained that ‘he object of the meeting was to cndesvor to obluin & rise in the rate of w: ad the bigh rates of overs necesmary of life jo it imperative on the poor laboring Man to endeavor w get at er what would “keep soul and baty together.’ The bm'+ Continued en last pag,