The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 27, 1864, Page 1

IRTVeVIRST VEAR, ) THM 10,027 ‘ The Latest News Charlestown at daglight that morn ag, and march: | By Telegraph to the V. Y, San. manreen pogy enenm MPONTART PROM SUTRIAY, AGREAT BATTLE EXPECTED. Ger. Grant's Operations, The Danville Railroad Threatened. A VAIL FROM RICHMOND, IN ews Mobile. PARRAGIU ET SPILL ACTIVE, Obstructions in the Bay. ABOLITIONISTS AND VEESIDENT, from TUE THE Lincoln & Fremont Asked to Resign. A New Republican Candidate Desired, GEN, BUTLER IN WASHINGTON. The English Murder Case. Examination oft Accused, END OF THE “BOGUS DRAFT” AFFAIR, Relense of Noward from Lafayette, to, ke, ee. GENIAL SHERIDAN, Lhe Bouter bas the ng pater Inthe Pild, Au Yesterday a recopnole- gance Ww 4 detachment from General Crook's conuand, to ascertain the strength wad | vinourfront, This force waa on the right of the ene- if possible, get in thetr force moved out to attract their his force to the front.advancing | keeping his rear, as much as prevent th 1 or probabl enemy from intentions, | for four hours, when he encountered the | skirmish line, who were | under cove AStiiy thrown Upy each efor resis men. As soon af the enemy's aly ed ne discovered the approach | of our for-e they hastily retired to a corn-feld tn | the rear, where a portion of tueir reserve were sta | tione!, and who were t lintely drawn up to re- @st our | F e. Colonel Daval continued to move forward, and | got nearly 40 ta in thelr rear, when suddenly lina they wheeled into line and opened » his flank, cumpelling bum to change D faco our Hue tothe right, As soon as the exemy became convinced that we meditated en attack on bis ekirmish line, they brought rein forces rapuly forward from the direction of Charlest ian artillery duel was commenced, whil i for about twenty minutes, when the | ener ry waa withirawn. Our forces then fell back mplished a!! that was intend. | @i, with the ¢ \pture of the ene- @y's entire sk i ye, however, took | eho } ers. The ers captured state | hai bk ss and Bane divisions are detallod | for picket duty in our mt, and that | the roet th rebel forces under Early are at Charicst The total | k's command will not exceed 43 wounded and 6 killed, After | we fell back, terday, the enemy resumed hia old | position, picket firing was kept up until dark, | Gen, 8 » on the Potounne ia said | te beaver ie posted on rows of | he I amile and @ half to two en livar H les ‘ ta, and running ob- Niguels across to Hurper's Forry and Charlestown pike, the left thaak re on thes Kio, & » that is good either for defousive or offen- ®ve work, es from Syeridan are that Iate reconnois- ave josed the fact that the rebels are \ in f in his fr It is believe? (hat nearly the whole of Leo's arinvy proper ee there, Jeaving on! Bovureyars'a forcg with two or Bebel Attempts ty Cross the Potomac. | | tended about six or seven milea and we now hold | | | three divisicue besides perhaps, at PeversLury and Richinond. LATER DIVPAT HOAVY SAIRMICUING Baltimore, Aud. The AMentoas epocial has the fil A reconnoissance made e yeuterday moreiae o larve force of cave der Genera Torbet. A portion of cur cu uder General out to K 1 t y arranag’ ment, Gene Mer ! hich had been etationed near Sicparcet 1 two forces, | combined under toe ! Torhet, moved out in the dire The col u had not pro ea ¢ yer they met the en ‘8B which was composed of infuniry belonging to Genural Early's | corps. Gen, Tor nted a brigade of hia ec pian’, an in to skirmis) with the ene- | mr's wu el f riniah et another portion \ was sent around by acir- | evitow ute to anke them on the flank and rear. The effect of this mova waa to completely double up th skirmish line, and cause them to flee in wild confusion; whilst a portion of our men | mounted, and held in reserve, charged upon them | | with the sabre, killing, wounding and capturing quite a number, The charge waa only demisted from when our men camo upon the enemy's ree perve—ail the infantry drawn up in ling and pre- penting « front nearly two miles in length, On examining the prisoners captured in the gkirmish and charge, it was ascertained that the . whole of Karly's old corpy now emmmanded by Sa RAT td NEW Breckinridge, bad broken camp in the victnite of | ed iy the direction of Leetown, that now went ache In tt aroun] This was the force | Torbette, and baving commenced withdraw: con*rinted Gen: ne! these facts, be mmead. town & fore pre- dure | n the Siephoris wiitel v nted General © ary ao retiring ip the tion origimelly intemied, A col ima under (fenera) W ison had reached tts destination 'n safety at four otclak P.M, and was p when a counter arrived | er was cut off, and or yistratior about yoing inte with information that € dering } in to ken on the ene. mr, and picket the road from Halltown re Duf- Hens annonading wae heart in the direction of Bhepperdstown, w Lich continued until dart, and me evterta'ned that Custer might tind too auch for hing but those who knew m better, an ere acquwuted with bis dashing qualities and fertiliy of resources ae a cavalry leads p Uboir minds he would cut his way ut in some way, and tine hae proved they were correct, for early this morning bis oourier arrived with dispatches tuform': r wa. the enems » marl ¢ Gen, Sheralan of bie are rival ata point of safety, aud from whence he can wateh the further mr of the ener Our loases have been cor y ur Will not exceed 150 killed and wounded, ali of whom were brought off the fell. Amongst the killed is Major Sohlick of the 22nd Now York, and the followin rs staff offcers were slightly wounded: Lieut. Blunt, Sth Now York, serving on the staf of Gen, M: Intosh, shot through the ear; Lieut. Chester, U. §. Ay Gon, Torbeu's @tat, wounded in the foot anc Capt. Bailey of the let New York, also serving on the stall of Gen, Tor bet, bad bla Jeft shoulder strap shot off, and his shoulder slightly grared, A charge waa i at dot lo k vesterday after. noon, by Col, Lowell, with a small attachment of cavalry, onthe enemy's skirmish ling to the left of Halltown, which resulted inf the capture of some prisoners, from whow we received some important information, which leaves no doubs but that the enemy are in force and on the qué vfve—prepared to take aivantage ofauy woak vess ta our lines, In the charge we lost Capt. Idenhock, of the 2nd Massachumetts, killed, and some three or four were wounded, Gen. Dae reports there ts no force of he enemy any whore in Loudon Couigy, ‘Lhe fords from Williamsport te Point of Rocks sre weil guarded, and tue enemy would find ita d ficult operation if they should attempts to croes into Maryland. LATRAT The Amenioas's Harper's Ferry dispatch received to-night saye: “Theenemy made an attempt to cross into | Maryland to«iay at Williamsport, with two regi- ments of cavalry and gerne infantry, After a spirit- od tight of some bours duration, they were hand- ly repulaed by Gen, Avori!), with heavy loa, A reconnoissunce waa mace by Gen, Crook to-day, which resulted in the copture of six commisnoned officers atnongst thern one Lieut, Colonel, and 63 privates, still frout.”* The eueiny show @ force un our | GENERAL GRANT, The Left Wing }xtended- Our Recent Losses. Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, August 4.~-Evening.--Everything is quiet here to-day, excepting the usual cannouading on the right in frontofthe 18th Corps, which waa com- meneced at six o'clock this evening, and continued On the left, the line has been ex- the line of the Wel lor stat are to be seen on u yto Reanm's No rebels ar left front, and their line has been contracted tn thia direction, The Sth Corpain the battles of Friday aud Bunday are now computed at ubout five thousand, Ov Sunday this corps is reported to have fought splendidly. From other sources, It appears that the railroad between Peters!urg and Weldon ta being thor- ray! destroyed by Warren's forces, There wil! be nothing left of it save the cuts and embank- ments when he gets through his work of destruc- Mou. ‘There are some indications that the rebels are | massing troop: for another attempt to disiodye us from the Wil? Lewently the trains on mond a ersburg railroad have been | railroad socure mm, & distarce of about seven mi! evident! Jones In a road ing haviug been seen ¥ twenty-four hours ; tthey are carrying dowr the ithe vicinity of Deep Bottom, wud it is Lelleved th rebel troops latel on the north side of the Jarues River, It is certain that there are ‘ov troops to be seen pow on | the north a#ideof James Rover, The eanal acrosa Dateh Gop yon prosperomaly, and the men ( ton the work Luye not been mulested for | rt loys, Contederste News. vy Rick t; rat view of | row, Tue Esawinee of Tues a that avant ‘ the Dany | are now re- vealed, and sil the nd gallantry of the army under Lee and Besuregard will net be too much to beat back this hold movement to the south | of Petersburg, Th n i on the railrosd about three miles from the vite, and bie lef stretches westward to the V. n road, Arouns posiuon works of groat strength have sprung like magic, mountiug bes ne and guarding touch. Behind these works Nes the Grant's army—not lees than 30,000 men, We have me! wilh a repulse, costing usta brave men, but (he atfuir is not over," The SeNTINEL tukes the sane glociny view Commenting oo the danger to the Petersburg & | Lynchburg Railroad, that journal sayw: ‘That avenue lost, Richmond is really besieged."* A dispatch from Petersburg, Aug. 21st to the same paper gives the following account of Butur- day's fight: About 9 o'clock this morni: attacked the enemy lodged on the Weldon Rai !roud fron) pushed tha soemy Wack ball'o atte coated two lines of earthworks and capvured 800 prisce- » our forces a rain YORK] | gon and Anderson, of Alubotuay were coln will withdraw, you will do ae SATURDAY, AUGUST ets, The forse namautting In flank captured the eveme's Due of aki rmiebers and rowbed bw heavy breastworka when owing to bis beavy force, the | ' grew streneth of bia works and the aceouunt+ alle giving was nt of ove of \ our brigacesy we were rep 0 cons Jerable | | loss and compelieito reure, Bog. Gon. Joun ©. Bainlera of Alabam, was koled \, ha bende th she cunree, Gen. Lar was mortally wounded, Generile first reported, but are wounced, Poh. at eleven o'clock, but skirmishing sod «! ing have teen kept up aliday. The enemy their 2d, Gey and Ot corps boldiug the re With fortifications of the et ha made a hoavy Estrabon o My Ov road this morn with infautey and arwilery, but secon pliahed nothin. Later from New Orleans. The Attnch on Mobile. Py way of the Mississippi we have Now Orleans datos of the 18th, Geveral Canby bas authorized Colonel Dwight. our Comin'ssioner of Exchar diate release of our prisoners some 8,600 in pum ber, now tn Camp Ford, Texas, ‘Lhe stoamer Rob Roy, which waa reporte’ cap tured and destroyed by yuerr laa is reported sale, but aground below Monroe, Washite River, Adiniral Farragut mac lth fnat., to the obstruc found the Confederate steamer Nashville «unk ecross the channel, making access to the city im- posse until ahe is removed. The rebel gunboat Morgan came down during the reconnolasance, and cannonaded our vessels from a safe distance, There are still two tron-ciad rama and reversal plated bat- ter'os near the city, Our betteries will open on Fort Morgan in a few « Admiral Farragut bas issued a congratulatory order, returning thanka to the officera and crews of the vesse!s of the fleet for thelr ¢ llant conduct during the engagement on the 6th Inut. and for implicit confidence placed in him as their leader Two bundred of the rebel prisoners taken at Port Gaines have petitioned t be allowed to take the oath of allegiauce, * to effect an imme- RABEL NEWS, Mobile papers have been reocivot ab Vicksburg containing some iteme of intereet Gen, Buckuer was io take the place of Gen. Tay- lor in Kast Lontaana, The Mobile 1 Tuesday haat (he Federale ser ons across the river at N itol ey The rate cavalry eng sod killed and captured all tb T ‘ed - erus then sent out two reg inenia of Go tromy who were whippo! and driven tock, DTicy thea sent vat two Wide regsmentty who Lave got yet been beard from, Moosles pp) gaaitat $5 a letior, be adver. ob le be Warren Aduniy care of ADVER- aud Ream ‘vie Brandon,” which place ves weekly. ‘The Keateres precicta the defeat of Sherman at Atlanta wud bis rocestalouy the Lue of the Ton- nemmee, iSTrRanyet tft. foraging wae- with a nore guard, reo pi the wa The Presidency. Split In the f The Vostoe ninos Gat d Vremont, and Invite mto Retire ten. Fremont in Vi illing-—Presideut Lincola tolds On. Boston, Aug, W6.—Several prominent wbolitions iste Including Elizur Wright and 8. G, Howe, bave written to Geo, Fremont, speaking of the dissntia- faction ex'sting in che Repu ican ranks, and ad- vising that the Baltimore aud Cleveland nom‘'neca both withdraw thelr names as Pres dential eand!- dates, and that a new convention be culled wo select a new candidate, Moessre, Wr ght end company conclude the'r let- ter as follows: “Permit us, er, to nek whether in ease Mr, Lin- " wand join iv fellow e.tizen# ip an attempt to place an atminis- tration in power on at broad ae the patriotisia of the country and ite needs."" Gen, Fremont, under date of Nahant, 2nth, replies at considerable tenth, He does not feel at Wberty to withiray his name without first consulting the patriotic party who nominated Anguat obtain an immediate understanding between the supporters of the Ballimore aud Clevelaud pomina- tious, in order that the friends of t and unite upon un early dey for belding suche Convention, The following is extracted from General Fre- mont's letter : “Much has been said of late about peace, and you will, therefore, excuse me if L say here what 1 understand by it, Por me peswes wnites the inte- gra! establishment of the Colon without slavery, Decatuse slavery is the source of ail litical dia} sentions aud Lecouse the iustitution inset is ¢ Cermnped by the enlightened vnc | beral spirit of the | age, These sre ty me tie essential conditions | th may coalesce him, but suggests that a diroct effort be made to peace," a F Nows Items, (By Telegraph w the New York Sun.) Geonex Tooxia, a8. Joln pilot, woe murdered the Globe Uotel, Boston, yesterday afternova, by @ United States sailor named Joh Tuk subseriptions t Ue thirty loan us re- ported to the Treasury neous yesterday, 1 Longworth De, | smounted to §776,000, | AMONG several cther Lays oers who have ro- | cenily mysteriously disappeared, ia Acting-Ensign | 7.0, Shaw, late of the United» teawer Tabo- | ma, The Navy Department bas) vain sought ine | formation coucerning bm. | The Gen, Bure and stat? orr in Washington | yesterday on the steamer (irey oun), and proceeds | ed at once to the War Department, ‘The Goneral is on his way North, fur what po r pUrpose is not known, | Tur Treasury Department ha el elroular | potifying holders of Seven-i , dated Oo tober Lat, 1961, that they may t 1@- | jiately in guy amount, t& Rar " . per | cent, bonds, falling due ser June 00 S The | interest on the Soven-Thirty notes will be settled | up to date of maturity, Ostober iat; per cent, bonds will bear full coupons trom July the Ist. AN accident occurred on the Indinnapol# and Cincinnati railroad, on Wednesday, caused by the breaking of a flange of a locomotive wheel when near Lawrencebury, The engineer was justantly killed, and one passenger was futelly injured, Three other persons received severe injuries. Gove ernor Morton of Indiana, and Mr, McDonald, his opponent in the present canvass, were on board the train but enueped withous luur7, | pressed for three day Lhe lasues of the newspapers | 27, 1 Tak Executive Committee of the Repultican Na tional Cotamittes, bad a long seasion at Washing- ton yesterday, but po business ofa pullic charac. ter was transacted, Bo far from thelr being any probability whatever of President Lincoln with drawing from the canvaas, as some have suggested, the Coummitiee express themselves confiuent of his | Pediection, General Intelligence. (Py Mail to the New York Sun.) Nine cnerrilias and rebel ep lea were shot by the y authorities at Paducah on Thuralay aud day before, Suventeas thousand dollara in five-twonty United Statea tonda were stolen on Thuraday, trom the ban! house of Brewster, Sweet & Co. rere Gettcaburgh, Keratone State and : is captured the blockade runner Ll. Tien, froma Wi lowugton for Bermuda on the Tir Richmond papers cay that thongh flour has fallen one hundred dollars a barrel, baker's loaves still retain the same dinuuutive alao—about us big asa baby's fist, Woertre's cavalry (rebel) appearcd at Stewart's Landing on the Tennessee river, on the by cape tured a numberof seidiers and Isborers, and de stroyed forty-four wagons, A Lerren from eight of the survivors of the Mon! tor Tecumseh states that ‘as far as we can learn there have been twelve more of our comrado@ may - eis egbtare inthe fleet in the bay, and four are prisoners in Fort Morgan,"* Wiasrmaros advices state that there fs no found- ation for the supposition that our Government con- templates @ recognition of the Mexican Eiupires hing of Hue character will be eutertained until the povernment of Maximilian is frat recognized by its own anbjacta, Ax immense force af contrabands te employed ae- curing thé harvests of the Government farms near Arlington, under the auperintendence of Colonel Groen, Chie! Quartertonster of the Department. It de embim Miot the net profits from these farna for the preseut season will exceed $60,000, Tre ti-month!y report of the Department of Ag- riculture exhib eficieney of from ten to forty fe e in winter wheat ip the Western States, alanced by a nearly corresponding fmerease fu spring wheat, Barley, oate sod corn are below the average of last your, A soLprre named W. HW, Towa, of the 116th Pennsylvania regiment, was bung yesterday at Philadelphia for desertion and killing” au enrolling officer in Montyomery county a few months aince, The execution took place at Fort Mifflin, and was witnossed by @ large concourse of people, A rouMIDANL® mosquito raid oecurred in New. ark, N.J., on Tuursday, to the dismay of the in- hal jtante, ‘The raiders penetrated chamber res and country bouses and in many stores they were so numerous that the proprietors closed them, as customers were deterred, ty the singing noise, from entering in, Tarn 'atety died in Buenos Ayres an old man of neventy-cight years, whoae will contained a clause loving ten thousand cigars for those who might at- tend bis fun This eccentric testator also ex- pressed bie cosire that his friends should not leave the house of motirning without drinking to his men ory all the wine ler in hia cellar, It ia said that tho wish of the deceased was perfectly fulfilled, Atcerren from Halifax, published in the Boston ADVER LINEA, states that when the Tallabasses made Ler recent visit to Mulfax the Confederate sympa- thizerny who itie said form fourth -tifths of the popu lat'on, were bighly jubslant, and gave the [pirates «moet enticviagtio reception, Leading merobants wore lavish in there praise, and cheered the buc- caniers Leartily on ther departure, AwAN named Charles F. Beavers, who bad he- Jonged to Moseby"s guerrillas took the oath of alle. dance at Washington Shortly after this he viola- ted his oath, rejolned the juerrilloa, and was sub- sequently captured, These facts having been proven, he was sentenced (o death, and was huny yesterday on the Old Capitol prison grounds, It is positively reported that Gen, Hooker ta to asaiyned to an important command, in the Hienandoah Valley. A sHoOoKLNeG murder War perpetrated at Chicago om Monday night last. Two men named Hunt and Corry, who had been employed tu the work of con structing the tunnel uncer the luke, which ta te mipply the city with water, got Into an altercation inthe tunnel, atadepth of nearly # hundred feet below the surface, Viey were alone at the tua, end partics on the outside having beard the cry of murder, hastened to the scene and found Hunt leaning against the side of the tunnel in wo dysay condition, With # frightful wound jp bis neck and covered with blood, Newer lum lay @ large file with which the wound had Leen inflicted, Corry was arrowed, be LOCAL NEWS. NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY. Reivase or Jow Howarp tar “Boars Procuamarion’ Man,—It will be remembered that on the night of the 17th of May, some unknown person left at the offices of the varlous newspapers belonging to the Associated Press, manifold copies of @ proclamation, purporting to be @ecall by the Presideut for “four buudred thousand men," and uppointing # day for fastiny and prayer in view of the deplorable state of the country, Two of these papers the Wottpo end Jouunat oF Commenoe published the document, and the next day, the offices of those journals were neved by the military authorities, who sup: | question, An intense excitement was created wt (he time, and large rewards offered for the gu- | thor The detective police worked up the case and arrested Mr, Joseph How- of the proclamation, ard, # sensaiion bewspaper Writer, who confessed thatho manuisetured the document for stock-job- hing purposes, Tle was placed in Fort Lafayette, aod cver sino bis friends have Leen iportuning the President for his release, prisoner was bighly connected, a | Loyal League Republican, and numbered among hia war ethe Rey, Henry Ward Beecher, besides tihamen of wealth and prominence in the @ ty of Churches, The father of the “yay civer’ was at firut very disconeolate at the At first he declined to Intertere with the curse of justice, but as the sinoke of the excitement cleared away, he found his blood thicker than water, and #o determined to | rescue Joseph from the military prison to which he | serape bia don bad got into, had been consigned, By special authority, | Mr. Uoward, Senior, was enabled to visit | bie son frequently, and as these inter- views the young man appeared so penitent, and | promised ev faithfully “never to do so any more," that the old gentleman relented, Subsequently be obtuined the signatures of @ great mauy influential Republican politicians to@ petition for the release of bis son, Mr, Howard then went to Washing- ton, where he waited on the President, presented his documents and earnestly besought the Chief Magistrate of the nation to temper bis justice with ‘Tae Pensident took the vaners shoud two {Wor ONR CENT.IN GOLD TWO CKNTS IN CURRENCY, ——————— <a weeks ago, but gave no sign as to thotr effect upon hire.Letters and other appea!s were afterwards sonty written by prominent Republican politicians stilt the President apparently remained inerorabla, Finally, Mr, Beecher and Mr, Greeley urged upom Mr. Lincoln the propriety of acceding to tho requests promising to keep the mattor secret, On Welnos~ day morning, {n socordance with a previous Inte maton, Mr. Howard Senior waited npon Gen. Dix, and (n the course of the day a dispatch was rece! vod from Washington directing the military comman- ler of thin district to release frotn Fort Tafy.ette Josep’) Howard, Jy the author of the Roous Proc. lamation, General Dix {mmediately wrote ont the proper order, and presented (8 to the bepry father, who fmmediately proceeded to tho Forty where he handet the “open seaame* to the com tmandant, and goon after left the prison in company with hid son, The ame evening the relatives ant friends of the family rejoiced over the return of tha distinguished Joseph, who delichtod the assembly with @ piquant narrative of hia experioncea, It fa understood that Howard, Jr. intends to write a book," wherein he will give the public a ylimpae of the interior life of Fort Lafayette Examination of MoLLer tine Esau Ran.war Mognewen...Tho examination of Muller was contipned this morning in the United States Commissioner's office, At an early hour the Court room was crowded by hundreds of citizena anxh ous to catch a @ght of the notorious railway murderer, A number of ladies were present wha appeared to regard the proceedings with extrema interest, Tho accusod preserves the samo stolid. expreasion of countenance as he did on Thursday, seeming the least interested of all who were ip attendance, Judge Beebe, whe had been assigned as counsel for Muller, was absent, having been detained else~ where on business, It therefore became necessary for hia Honor to sasign now counsel, Muller was asked tf he had any preference as to whom atmong the members of the bar present he would choose as his legal adviser ? In auswerto this question he suid that he knew no one bere, and would prefer that the Court ehould assign bim, He said that he hod a ister in this city, living at 189 Nassau street, and expected that ahe would be hore this morning, His Honor then assign®d Edmund Blank. man and Chauncey Bhaffer as Muller's counsel, These preliminary mattera being settled, Mr. Mars berry, counsel for the British Government, rose and said ; It became his uty to make @ comand for the extradition of one Franz Muller, a fugitive from justice, charved with the murder Mr. Briggs, a clerk in @ banking-house in London, ‘I circumpstances of thia murder had been already laid betore the public by the newspapers and he would content himself by br efly recupitulating the cireumatances of the murder, and, if the proof should carry out bis statement, it would become the duty ahi Hovor to make representations to the National Executive, ag would lead to the rondi- tion of the aecused, Mr, Marberry then gave @ bref statement of fats connected with the rmourder, which have already been published in ths country, aa well as in Kuglands Mr, Murberry then offered the deposition taken before Mr, Henry, the London Magiatrate, Mr. Soatter maid that they deemed it ther duty to ob+ {oct to the reading of these de /ous. Mr, Mars wrry aafd that they were tal en before the Chief Police Magiatrate of London, and had the certiticate of te Amorieao Mivister Mr, Adama, attached to them, Mr, Boaffer askod if the parties were here to be croas examined and waid that be deemed ite right to which tho prisoner waa entitled t in all eralual proceedings, Mr, Marberry said that the Actot Congress passed under this treaty and in. tended to carry outit# promaions, provided that depositions taken abroad and certined by the Amer- Kau Minister should be received in evidence iu Ex. tradition Chaos, Mr. Shatfer said that he wan antisfied that a link was wanted in the foundation of this evidence, There was no evidence that these depositions Would bave been received in evidence, After a speech from Mr, Hlankman, the Court held thas the depositions were competent to be read in evidence, Richard Tanner sworn, Testitied that he was an Tuspector of the London pel ce, and that he identt- tiou the hat and chain, Me saw the compartment of the car thas Mr. Briggs wosin, Tt wat sacurated with Hood, These depos tons had been taken before Mr, Henry, who waa a regular police taaria- trate, Cross Kaamined,- jo not know bow many persous ped the compartment of the car in which Mr. Briyga was, It woulu take five or six uinutes betwoeu the two stations, Of my own knowledge I can gay that Wese cepvsltons are sto lar to many otbers that [ bave seen, I know nothing of my own knowled.e ot Thomas Nenry, the Magistrate, except that for a number of pears © has acted us chief Mayistrate, Walter Mennedy sworn, Ix inspector of Railroad Die vidion of Metropolitan Police, stationed at Bow, Attention was tually called to this case on the 1b of July lost, Lost aww Mr. Brique before day of hin death, etorthe body and received it trom him. heen in the service 14 pears, Know Mr, Heury, He bas been os @ Uagisirate for about 12 present when these depositions were fore Thomas Henry, in Bow street. 1 received these orixinal depositions from bis hand, and brought them to wis country, There was a hat produced before Mr, Henry ; 1t was the sume hat that received trom the constable ; Tyave that bat to Luspector Tanner, Taleo produced a gold chain, the book belonging to it au @ smnall jet ring lound inthe raiirond car, wt the exauunatiou | othe mang atr é hook was takea off ised by Mr. Brigaty 4 chain | received tran Mr. Drow, the Jeweler, ve box was produced by ie to (.e magistrate ; it is the one shown to Mr, Rout. Death, Crose-examined.—I did not wee Mr, Adoms tmuke the ceruficate attached to these deport John Death sworn: Resives in ©. + London; am a silversamith and jeweler. pine, city of en now khown me is one that Tpurchoodt tle ') of suly of the prosover 4 washed to rel it; Tid bam Lwould give hun ihre pc for it. He looked at another chain vilue tone pounas five, which be ayreed to tale, Eres. auw Muller on the Victoria; L picked lum oul iu nutober of men, aud pombvely idemiuy bots us Wie man, Jonathan Matthews testified that he Inew Moller and bad purchased # bat tor bina; he kuew bin well Inspector Clarke testified to finding the hat and wath oo Mullerta bos Jobo ©, Teman calle! : detective force of the yi Imada the arrest Marshal Murray, This with mony of ie Eughsh ofieer, Clark, O9 to the tind- ing of the hat ana waten in the box of the mcused, This closed the testimony for the Briiah Govern. ment, and the case was adjourbed wnutil this morn. ing at eleven o'clock, Tue Dearr Aniest, DISCHARGE oF TIE Eprnos or Tux MetroroLitan Reoorp,—Mr, John Mullaly, who was arrested for the alleved publica. tiou of articles counseling resistance to tho draft, was yesterday discharged hy Commissioner Os- born, In giving his decision, the Commissioner stated that the articles upon which the cowplains was based were severe and outspoken agaiust the policy adopted by the Administration for scuring Lam connected With the eoldiers ; bus there waa o question whewber jb Continued on bias ata