The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 12, 1865, Page 1

Number 10,31 he Latest News By Velegraph to the N. Y. Sum, STEAMBOAT OOLLISICN. OX“ HUNDRED LIVES LOST, Sinking of a Lake Steamer, NO TIDINGS FROM THE CABLE FLEET. Arrival of a British Gun-beat, SHE SAILS OVER THE COURSE, reat Eastern, THE NEW FOUNDLAND CABLE. Temaessse Election Returns. Does Not See the HY Reconstruction of a Seceded State GOV. PARSUNS GN THE SITUATION, | NO SLAVES IN ALABAMA. Plenty of’ Freedmen. y WORK ENOUGH FOR ALL. Apenses, Guvernwent Barracks at Elmira to be Soid, Cutting Down QUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES, THE “ROLL OF HONOR.” MESSAGE FROM A BLACK KING. He Wants a “Rain Coat.” FREEDMEN AT WORK. Coasting Trade of New York City. THE PHENIX BANK DEFALCATION. Buicido of An Accomplice. &e. Terrible Steamboat Disaster. (me Hundred Lives Lost Der ty Aug, 11.—A collision occurred between the Bean. Lovie Tewabic aud Meteor, at halt-past eis @clock on Wednesday overing, six miles from alore. The Pewnbic was struck on hor port bow, just aft the pilot house, an@eunk im three or four minutes. The boats were running at full epecd, aud strock with such terrible force es to crorb in the ontire bow of the Pewabic, At the time tne accident occurred it was iy dark,cod the boats eaw each other «lx mies epartk, When appiosching they exchanged signals, and the Pewabie bore off to pass, but the Motcor, for somo unexplained reason, tarned fo the same direction and struck the Vewabic, Anumber of the passengers on board the Pewabic were killed by (be crushing of her timbers, A few Jumped on board the Moteor hefore the Powabic ennk. Life boa s were immoadiately lowered from ihe Meteor an! plekud up those who were oot carried down with the wreck. One bandred and seventy-fve totwo hundre! passengers were on bowrd of the Pr- wabic at the tlie of the disaster, Seveuty-ftve of the passengers and twouty-shree af the crew were saved. The loss of life cannot he correctly ascertained as yet, but Js will be nearone huadred. The Meteor re- mained bear the eoene of the disaster til morning, fn the hope of picking up any persona that might be etill floating on ploces of wreck, hut uowe were found, The propeller Molawk, the survivors ty, The Meteor wea but lightly injured aud ued ber trips \o Lake Superior. The (ollow ing are the naines of passengers known to be lost: Mies Fravk Rider, Ohio; Calvin M, tis, Ano Harbor; Fidward Levan, Canada beer of Hoary Litchell Os. Kockviile; Mise tno. |) Clovelnud ; Miss Julia i andtnoehidren, Cop. j Thos, Biackweil, pianegen ; Jobu ly NAM oF (NS CPNW THAT Wray Lost. cer KR. G. Jackson sad wife, Detroit; let nuel Bowles Lee arexeor, H. Choler, ae iF hend, rare Tiley eveland ; vealed, “May,” Cleveund, 8d porter “Cleveland; | watchinan. ‘Bobert Marden’ Cieve.and; bartender, Danie! Oares, Marguette, PASSINGYRS GaVED, a ter ond O.; Mrs. Chas, Mills, , A, 1. 7 j Canade Wost; W, ne, Coomiea Whet end .bree children, Canade basys Hhonty Miwbeil, Lake Erperior; Sem Annu, t t Weck, Nowark, ob Ohio; Mars; fo Tig ten ; tumbles, 0.5 apes So) le, Andrew Fidwora, Ci Cieveland; Win, Keid, Wrieht Detroit; Dr. #. H, Dou * dauele two rons Anu Arbor; J, W, Chery ana » ware, Obioy J. Worman, wife ene uaa! », Ohio, Tho follor were soved: », C’eveland; First Mate, Geo, ‘ coond Mate, Frank Day lave Lovecus,"’ John McKay, Cleveland; Clerk, A, Mack, Detroi; Second Engineer, Wm. eunedy, Cleveland; Stewart, John Lyuch, Detroit; ‘ortes, Jobn Mooney, Cleveland heat Porter, } Substauts on Mitier, Clowaland: Deck Qweeper, Joho Nelly, C.oveland; Whee man, Fd. Mooney, Cleveianu, Latest Despatch. Detroit, Atig. 11.—No farther particulars have bees Teceivod from the scare of the lao catastrophe on Lake Huron, Capt, ¥cKay, of the steamor Pewabic, has sone witha email steamer to cruise about the j mot where the Pewablo quuk. It (# propored also to srud adivor to thewreck. Tue books and p-pers of | tho ill-fated steamer were lost, It ts therefore im- Possible to ive acompleie Liat of the passenrers who were on Laard, but the list miready tolcerephed com- Piles those ened, The Pewabio was bulit last year, an4 was value! at $104000, Sho was insuied tor | Sound, From Washington. Wai on, August 11. A Diack man, who was lihe. wed in Kentucky five | yeare aro and went to Africa ase@ preacher aad mis | Giotary, rocentiy arrived in Washington on privates business, He brought @ meeenge of respect tothe Presideut from the King of the Basses, accom pauled | with the :ejuces that the former would send hime | “rain oo meaning one made of icdia Rubber, The earvens bas Leen purchasedand will be forward- 6¢ to bis African majesty in due time. | Jemen Donaldson, for a long (ime a messeneer | atioched the State Depurtinent, bae Just been pre- sented with one thousand dollars, the contribution of 0 ew parse friends of Fecretary Beward, who thus manifest their appreciation of Mr Donaluecn’ sable services and coremitting atten- tien to the Secretary durlog bla late phyrmcal atic ton; audase further mark of the estimation ebich Mr. Dopaldson le he'd as an officer, he has beea commisrionad ae @ justice of Luo peace, ‘The Commistoner of Internal Kevwnne rules that where rece'pts given to parties who deposit veluabies with banks for safe keeping certain guarantecs for the value of the eame. eich guarantese are held to be subjcet to stamp Cuy as agroements or cou- tracts The War Departinent bas Joet pabtehed a por eusitied the “roll of Honor,” giving the names of soldiers who died in defence of the American ’ and were interred’ in the national cemoteri the District of Columbia from Anguet 8, 1861, to Jane oy | 1865. The « itire number is 20,727, Of thees, 16,000 white.-including nearly 7,200 natives of this country, 213 trom } nd, 660 from Ireland, 683 frow ‘ier- mary, and 167 from Canada, and about & other nationalities, in email proportions, ape represented The nuoknown whites pumber abont 6,000, and the upknowa blacks, or contrabands, 6,700, The ceme- torfes are kept in good condition, and the names of tho deceased, as far as known, are limcribed on tho heud-Loards of the graves, On inguiry et the United Stalcs Trensurer's office * it wae ascertained that of the large amount of presented for relemption, not more than from one anda half totwo percentum, ifso many, are counterfeit, The spuriows notes are easily detected and promptly branded “counterfeit, with am tron constantly kept heated forthat purpose. Of course the holders and not the Ticasury bear the loss, From $9) to 81M of mech currency, of various denomina tions, fe cestroved every day, No know @ige of counterfeit Natiousl Hank notes has come to the ba- reau, nor of ones or twos of the United States enr- rency, The laiter denom'nations, bewever, are iy i tered to represent higher amounts, and some photo- staph fives are in circulation. A tolerably well execuicd $50 note recently found ite way to tho redemption bureau, having previously been staroped as counterfeit by an Eastern bank, The most numer- ous counterfeits are on the fractional currency. It ln enid that the Government does not assent to the doctrine of the Vice Chancellor of Fagland as pronounced in the case of the United Stator agains Prioloan, The United States are not likelr to concede very soon that the rebels are now or ever were a de facto government, nor very likely to cousent to de. rive title to their own property through that imagi- nary concern; and being a sovercign State, dealing with other States according to the customary meth- ods, they are not erpecially Likely to sabmit without process of attachment to decreca which may be regis- tered againet them by a Court of Chancery sitting in Westminster Hall The Secretary of (he Navy has directed that mas- teorsand ensigns of the regular navy, and midship- men mrving on board any naval stoaner, will here after he tanght the stady of eteam encineering, The Acting Second Comptroller bas decided that to reimburse the Goverument for losses by roldiers, for which they are Uable for stoppages ef pay, dir- bursing and accounting officers are justified in withbolding any portion of money due the soldiers, either es pay, bounty er for money deposited with Peyinasters on check-books, From the 34 to the 6th of August, 1503, fifty-six regiments, batiorles and companies were niustered out of the United States service, by order of the Secretary of War, The profcesional duties of Mr. C. A. Seward re- quiring Lis personal aitention, he has relinquiehed his porition of Acting Assistant Secretary of State, sad retarned to New York. The President to-day sppotnted William G, Dixon U. 8. Marabal for the Stato of Georgia,; Daniel Or- ton, Purveyor of Customs a) Ce!ro, LL: Bamuel D, Houston, Kecelver of Public Moneys at Jackson City, Kaneas; Heary W. Briggs, Rogister of the Lind Office at Visalia, Cal; Alonzo (, Mayers, Arsistant Assewor of Interosl Reveuue for the 24 district of Mirsourl, and James Law, Postmaster et Suspeusion Bridge, N.Y. Atthe request of the American Geerraphical and Statistical and the Anerican Fthnograpiitcal docte- ties, Dr. MoGowen has been appointed to accompany the commission to the Lu tian (orritory, Newfoundland Cab!e Lost, Ne Tidings ef tho ‘irent astern, North Svdney, C. Ba. Avg. 11—Bteam yacht Clara Clarita has arrived,baving left Port ea Basque Isat evening, Aug. 10th, No tidluee had roschod thet point of the Great Fastern up to that time, Eneneer lve it, whore experience la laying the first Atiwntic Cable, entities | his opinion to great respect, believes the laying of | the eecond cable is now o failure, Mr. Mackay, the | telographic enperintencent at Cape It»ce te etill hope. | ful, The expe sition of the Clara Ciarita |e @ failure, the armor of the Bi. Lawrence Cable beicg entirely destroyed in many piaces, Aspy Bau, C. B, Aug. 1th, 11:50 P.M We bave nothing later from Heari's Content than wes en. braced in the dispatchos from Mycuey to day, Arrival of the British (ua Beat Sphynx, Hearts Content, Sunday, August 6th, via North Sydney, C. B., August 11.—The Dritish gun boas Sphynx arrived here to-day, Sunday, a6 5 P, M,, under canvas, having been short of cos! since Friday night, The Sphynx was le‘t behind by the Groat Eastern and the gua bost Torrible, on Tbharsday evening, July Tih, ot 6:15 P. M., during @ strong western breeze and head s6s, not being able to kecp up with the others. ‘that time, she atoored tho uLower the bas gq NEW YORK, both ing of the Great Fastern or the Terri Bhe renorte the woather favorable for lav! he oabia, when she parted, at 615) Moon the Sith nit. at! which time ther were fn latitude 824. lonetinde 2078. Capt. Hamilton, of the Spliynx, save he on not see how be could have passed the lees without eeeing them The weather here hes beou all tat could be Cosired, but ft has been thick to tho ros ward, From the Southweet. Catra, Aug. 11. 181 bales of cotton arrived here yesterday, and 91 bales passed hera for Be Louts ‘The ermy worm f+ threatening the entire destene tion of the cotton crop. At Wharton, Texan, one f d of 20 acres was destrovol (a ere night Laceipte of ection at Now Groans for the wrok ck on hand, 66,".4 The etermer Star, with 209 delve of cotton, ere buried on the Red Bayooa tributary to the 1 Rivera fow weeks elnce A echoonor wrecked on Yaroo Bar wae @ total lee The crew were lost. No dates During a storm at N DArEOR Fore etok-—ove longing to Government. her, Inly 31, several coal mtaining 29,000 busbele bo THE TENNESSER ELECTION Nashrilie, Aug, 11.-The Parse and the Tres news oepere this moruing contain t fo low! The Representatives olect im the respective dis tric te are as follows: N.G. Taylor, Upper Fast Tennessee, almost acer. tainty. Horace Maruard, Knorville district A. 8. Ri. Peulkner, over Stokes, iu the Chattanooga distrlet WR Campbe!l, Nasheil ¢ district D. B. Thomas, Clarkesville district Col, Hawking, over Ethertiao, in Weat Tennessee Tir, Lefiwiek, Memelts dletriet Fr id Cooper, Bhelby ville cietriet Faulkner, we four, teclected over Rtokes, and will ith Gov, Campbell and Mr. Thomas, If they get a chance to vote at al Maynard end Hawkine can be depended on as cup porters of a liberal national policy, and we he pe also ‘Tavlor, Dr, Leftwick te also reported to be a eood Union man, The chances of the admission of our delegation are not very fattoriug, The Usiow enya Col. Hawkins fe undoubtedly elected ; bis majority, as far as heard of, being 1,749, Redaced tom Peace Katablishment, EBimire, Aug, 11--Adjutant-Geveral Thermas, while in thie city to day, matee close survey of the military ertabliehmant here, aud ordered ite tome diate reduction to a peace footing, ‘The expensive | Government buildings at barracks No. 1 are so be sold; the general hospital is to be given tp, and the Patents transferred to the hoepitals in the late rebel camp, and nothing wil! be retained hut barracks No, 3. ‘The troops here will protebly be sant away, ex- cept the few meveseary to guard the public property The full details of the General's order have not yet transpired, Gen, Tboines caine here entirely unac companied, semarking that when he had business to | do, he preferred doing it without show or parade, There aro now no rebe! prisoners except a few aick In the general hospital, Large numbers of troops have bess mustored out hore during the Inet three monthe ‘The conduct of the troops while in the city hae been anerceptionable, Vory fow disturbances have ariven, and there were promptly quelled. Elmira will now putea the garb of peace, towhich she has been . otrauger for the Inst tour years, Governer Parsons’ Proclamation. ‘The proclamation of Provistonal (Governor Parsons, of Alabama, informs the people of thet State what they have lost by the rebellion. aud what they have saved. They Lave lost property, but thoy have not lost their rights as citizens of the Uuited States, He eave: “Evory political right wbich the State posecesed under the Federal Conetitution © to-day, with he ainglo exception relaitne t " Pourees Teturn to the Lalon © down ta ces the re- : (appeals to people to rid in vr, On the neeic ques h ves bow in Alabau ende ie a dewl letter, They were once el aie now tree, and niet Le ermed by whe MW Alabuinmastice men, f. is dloiate of wi dweowe tt pives and pore! bh thinge. oe. of the former civil Oo the passage of the “the day for an election for memLer tublonal convention notice hat all men Are voters who were ® to the preenge of the seceeriun ordinance. exc only euch oe are exeiudet b eauite for both secession © epting the terms of the aun. t! Besty poolamatio A! good citizens are urcod to £0 to work, and “the tie, evil-diepored and vicious are rarved th ations of law will be promptiy puolebed, bheriffs « led to keop at bande sufficient number of deputice and caditante to exes ente all legal processes wud arreet otfeuders promp'ly, The Governos tacitly eo the biacke tn hie address to the peop'e, asriug nothing directiy to them, but indicating thet they will te sreatd according to their ceserta, Juet as ithe whites will be ‘Tbe constitutional convention will assemble on the 1144 of next month FREEDMEN IN WARVLAND, The Government Varma, A correspondent of the Uultuuore Awertcan writing from Government Fanos in Ma yland, anys: “We on up the river to the he, the Perms, wh ch ie eisuated on avd ertate of Colonel Rotheron, the murdered Lieutenant Whi'e sore few ruouths eines, while he was ence In FecrUlINe® Hog ves for Jn\\6d Btatea service, trom cf his puta toa. 1 Osta'o, together with the’ of a Josep vo raired w coinpuny Jor the rebe. service oucce d to a captaincy. filing positiou in the Con ede THIUTY THOUSAND The wholo number of artere of eit 1 who ate aarvico aun . of OoCUMIED, onstiiusing the two @otates. and whic) ace noe Ku we the Government mbere wme rT end acres of cieh abd, twenty-two tod of which we Bow uncer cul .ration, eo! ding @ enue iicome the Govermness ere is. bowever, a larre por. tloa of wooded ‘and on ive ae ehicd wot hevee te c eased ie the, cao yeild manch; bet evon sliowing it th desurbed, there le quite ao sbundane ‘ tol left to vation loa wot hue beau well ° menced by joeat, (‘Brie hoy topetber with his ascletant rojo. .ot ndent i. H. D, Byron, took cherge ia rei. Inet 801 Lave now erowin, some of the tine yard & » 10 be pro_uce: wish ie lutier » is lookine very e teubled by the worm ug ten Fepianted by reason siibe house now filed 1 8 probably the first ne, and bee teen tut | Only @ email poitiou har of their ravaces, hele with the frearant peek #0 Other pe j Cro, “et gaina.ed in the ‘, UbOSr portions ot the cop wil bow howevely uptlt October, havin, D planted is.or, Tor chore. though Mob excelli, as few keep “att” of then a Yonr correepoude equestrian, did whilet viewing t! stoad, ‘Lhere sie sTowing On en ented ing iair specimen Of tho rest of the Producsions, LED PRERDMEN, Lieutenant O'Lrien b ereven or eight hun- dred freedmen ia the Gor t etaploy, who bare ved transition from £2 ‘contraband’ id have iy gertuinesied freedmen,” ith "swings full tied), and bave not had ther Nibrium upres or thelr morals effected t, the Ughtont manor, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1 but jai ed to | bor eves, @ subordinate The Sarntoga Races, toga, Aug. 1i.- lu the racee to-day, for three year ol@*, the two wll on by the Reve colt Baltimore, beating Oiiata two lengths, Time B.48%; | The second rea of mile heat, was won by tha Leatucton horre Lexicon, Madostone won tue first heat, Time 1.406 mows lloms [Dy Pelograph to the Now York Sum.) Tax grand Indian Counetl will be held at Fort Bun co, tpetead of Port Gibson | Sa The train from Muscatine, Towa, to Waahington, | a bridge at Ainaworth, and one of she passenger cars wae pre- Clip tated into the chasm t le | Fetterday efermoon broke shrough aud several wounded Mason [lara Chief Clork of Tncian Afatre in St. Lows city, bas received orders to countermand previous instructions t) courers, and order ayente t sead couriers to Fort Smith, sixty miles below Fort Gibeco GeNtaat Grant and parte arrived at Barnia, C. W, last evening, from Bullalay A lars crowd turned out. The Goneral declined waking e tpeech. Toenight there will be # grand procession in Port Huron in his honor, The General leaves for Detroit thie morning Cons in Chicago yesterday advanced 1 to 1 Wee Selling at prices ranging from 70 to T2c.; receipre Were 97,000 bushels, end abipments 79,000 Re- ceipta of flour were 5,400 barr od shipments 2,600, Recet; ts of whoat were 10,000 bushels; ship- mente, 18,000, At Philade'phia yesterday afternoon, the Cam- den Club of Cainden, beat the Actives of New York ine full game of ofue Innings. The fol- jowing is the score: Camdons 22 ; Actives 17 Five tho inand persone witnessed the game. On Thura tay peat the Camdeus and the Athletics play the | first of » new series of home games, The Actives ! ef for New York to-night. Tae Albany cattle market has been over-auy piel thin week, the receipts being 6,200 head, general! y of better quality and heavier weight than lent | weok. Several New Yorkors bought their atock {n Buffalo. There were sales af about 1/500 head during the week, mostly at @ decline of ‘¢ cent per pound, #hee; were in good request at bi to 6 conts per pound, live weight; receipts were $,900, Reve’ pts of boxe were 9.600, of which 9400 were ebipped to New York, Commisstonr® Sraioue, of the Freedmen's Re- | Hef Bureau, writes from St. Loula that there are | not a dosen freedinen went of Little Rock, Arkan- | sa, asking ald from the Government, The major- Sty of refuyecs and dependents now being metain- | et in Arkansssand Missourl are the families of | soldiers who hare fought in our own arm He | also writes that there {ea large amount of land ja | Arkanaes which bas been abandoned, and much | that shoul! be confiecated, Genoral Intellizenco, (Dy Mafl to the Yow York fun.) Tr trial of Wirz, the Andersonville prison flent, ie bo commence on Tuesday next, A coLtram in Waterville, Me. bas dubbed Gen, Howard an LL, D A Cursaman recently sold @ woman tn tralia for $600, He patd #50 for her in Chine. Ir ‘ea dened that Governor Corwin haa advaed the recognition of the Imperial government aince he lef, Mexico, Tex miliions of dollare were tome in the United States, laet mo: of this aum came from New York ‘Tre editor of the Byracuae Jouayar conveve his food to hia mouth on the blade of hie knife, and | Writes a bali-co!imn in favor of the practice, Asornaw man fell cutof another hotel window } in Cincionati, on Wrednend Hie head was broken Leyoud medical rene Ta Cal.fornis, the radics! wing of the Republican party are termed “Tong Hairey'* and the conserva ing “Short Haire." Does this iuean woolly ’ Aus. m1 for cus. . Fivo-mghthe of Abd-o! Kader's wives has run aw y from Kim wince he arrived in Paris, and the forsaken husbend dou't Niko it, butthe French authortios declare she Locame free on her arrival, A wittis girl in Hartford, Conn, tried to see how many times abe could jump her rope. She reachod 500 times, and then fell to the ground dead, ‘Tare (ss great demand for farmers and mecha. nichin Texas. It is @ promising fel! for petile. ment, {the dleorder and jayhawking are left eus of the account, sre very common in Loviaville, Ky, of two 10. tourderet men ware foul, near ex) other, lout 2undey night. No .ue to the mur‘cercra, Peovrrvary Sawanpo was in Washington, and re- ceved the cijlomatic corps on Tau y. tae health and streoeth ore groatly improve by by bis ur cD 1 ut Cape May uvertor of Sa "-horne bag made an tn- at by which the sound of brane fustru. | Jacreaso| to & mal Vellous exter vtnat | 4x musicisos can now eke «8 much ooise as sixty eed t A New Haven horace car conductor found @ pockesboo.s stutfod wit Moy, the chherctay ; ran allover town to hu up the owner; found ptand cave bitn the prime; you," and ihet wasal!, Virtu ner aaid, ie iteown | z Chicago Trwgs ‘s newspaper of sscash pro. | ra] ‘uae re itorsm) aoous the negroes, oe They > nour time, our firaichors, \end our money freelr.'" The Louiay ile Joonsan therenpow remarks: Mov he they red some claim | to your *@rwt-lorn." What color was is? | ! Tu* pow cen chusatts bas | With an inveatcd capital Pore], 421 operat ves Touterial (hua worked up im $136, srbows thas the § 176 menufoctur'n mt & \o of Manva- tha’ monta, 2%, mod eme f the raw -0, andl the | value of the product Was estimated at 9255 545,021 | | A rip cana) te thit ronth to be commenced Thiet w o% from | Portage Late to Lake Super or, very im- | portant work, and will aa travel to | S eamboats which go un the Lake by that route to , Ortonagon, ete. Lhe work isto he completed in sbout fourteen months. A New York coutractor has the job. A clasp) LIeB-8TAY broke in # church in Cleve- Jand, last Sunday evening, and the (coal o!!) lamps were thrown down, breaking them, and scatier:ug the burning oil over the peop! he clothing of | several females was set on fire, but weimbers of the congregation, came to the rescue, aod po one was fatally burned, A Foutress Mowtom correspondent, of Wednes- day, saye Joon Mitchell is well, sod as nd uncongental as ever, zayeoaly he bea mprisoucment very well. H» has sibsisted ont! arioy rations from the firss day ho was coufined bere, and basnever needed a doctar or medicine, To pass the weary days, Miho! has taken to re log the Bible, SUN. ee —S s=——— Thirty-Third Year. ——d Tarte waren express fale of unclaimed pack- aces! y Adama & Co, in Washington, Thuralays atwhieh bigh pri were pall for “mysterous par ola” which on being broken cpen were found vu a'n arr.cles of litte or no value. Or Pelt $25 for @ lot of old Met paign docu- ‘foe, Another man got a box with josded shale us. Me hancled bis prize very caveluily, « Barton, uncer ciate of Augnat % writes Avcersonvilie, Gay that up to that tine the: en bured 6,592 of our noble defend re, eu through the centre o| the grounds, twice, and lined on both sdes with ‘eht trota Arilugton Cemetery. Tha toc t grounds ar ‘ hitar’ Ll enclosed, and it was thonghs® Mtinight bo ne ry to seus to Weehington for ‘tonal soy of Leaiboards, as those takem OUb Were Learly exhaveted wowe eight thousand, , OUR STEAM COASTING TRADE. The steam coasting trade of t's United States had Just begun to fairly ob when the rebellien opened, and in afew days as it wors, the reault of the work of yoars, as will as the investment ef @ largo amount of cap! ‘as tuldenly brought tow | close, and the business was entire ly surpeadod, For over four years, with the exception of the New Or~ loans traders and an occasional steamor to porte of lowe note, our steam conating trade has exteted only in | * hope for the future, which fe now being realized tm @ wonderful manner, Itis tre scores of steamers have coasted slong our seaboard, bat a large majority wore in the einploy of the Government, and were not entitled to the name of coasters in the true mer- cantile renee of the word, The termination of the War, and the consequent release of numerous steam~ ers frou Government employ, and the enterprise of our merchants induces them to place steam lines on Toutes, ecine of which are entirely new, and hereto fore eupplied by aailing vessels alone. Ports thats few yours neo were rarely vinited by @ seagoing steamer, are uow ia weekly communication with the great metropolis by meaus of inst and commo- Givus stoam versule, Already Were lines are doing = fair business, and che future premises « rich harvests to those mermhantewho have promptly and beldly launched cet their vesveia and invested thelr capital in thle new field ot conumercial enterprise, There 86 several milion bales of cotton awaiting trans Portation from the Boath, and at higher rates of freight than ever known, The capital at the South at the prevent time ts in the hande of a different clas of people than formerly, while the demand for North ‘ oro products pecessariiy are and will be greater then ever, Prices are bett «l @ varioty of causes com- bine to give promise of o large business for oat coasters, Merchants and traders must have their goods as quickly aa possible, and cannot brook the dolays of eal'ing craft, which aro at the mercy of the ther, ‘Time ts money,” ts an old and true adage, and the one which, in a measure, governe the preseut age, and the public will demand the quickest means of transportation for themselves and their goods. ‘To give our readors an idea of the magnitude of the Proportions which tho steam coasting trade of the United Btates bas alroady assumed, wo give « list of the steamers aod routes of the principal ccastwise lines of the country. NEW YORK TO Hands Lane This ere Fairbanks, Pmpire, Beltimore aud palvor, evelope ite XANDRIA AND WARSHINGTOR, he is compewed of the steam obec iyde, J.B. Gi Rebecca he AL per d toeather These vessels torm # semi-weekly line, and & i hay ri N.K. romeo ine consists of the stea: J Mis ge wna Ana Th fr . ohe Gibson and kK. Anleht, represan' A tons. Those vessola leave Now York on ‘fucedeve and Fridays, trom Vier 18, N. BR. NEW YORK TO BALTIMORE, Commercial © 8. Co.—Thia tine run the fine prow poiiore Falcon, Kingfisher and Sea Gull; total 4129 tons, ‘They sail from Mer 1, N. RB. NEW YORK TO NORFOK, OLTY POLNT AND BIOUMOND, N.Y. & Virginia 8. 8. Co Thin Une te Saeed from. of the steamers eolo and Yazoo, tog t ey leave on Wednesdays and Bat This is a new line and is started’ vr Dacotah, of 633 tons, sailing 5 Co.This line consists d Ariadne, of 1,000 tons. y Atlantic Coaat Ma: of the etoamers Mate those ships HOW YORK TO DEW ORLBANE Star Line, (5. ¥ MLS. S. This le one of the Moat @xveus Vines of comeing steamers in the world, and hos bean orgaoired enoe the war. Itis compo. éd of the tinest vou of their class it, and fitiod up La the bert posib.e atele ior speed and oom- fort. 1b is composed of the following vessels + Morn- fog Sint, Rveutoy Siar, Ciubling Star, North Star, {i lug Star one leaving every Eaturday: Mississippi, Mons arlvowm leavin on Wednesdays from pier Logethor iene vessels register 16,087 tone, Cromwell Ling, This line sail on Saturday, and te composnd of Loe ‘ollow ing vossela : —Star of the Union, George Cromwell, Fung bhusy, Genge Washington, Hialer, and represents 6,108 tons, They sai aN Line is now composed of the Hane, of 600 yesved ahortiy by other vessels. om Vier 3, N. RB. on Wednesdays sod Weaeru Metro~ Polis, of ¥,044 ton auy are negotiating Jor sLeamers to wake weekly trips, Rew YORK TO BA VANNAK, Pioneer Tine, Thia ta a semi-weekly Moe, com. posed of che ato Chase, berlt and Zodiac, of LTS) tone sailiug t Vier 11,4. R. Sar Ling, Someweekiy, aad coupriaing the new stoainers Armericn Nevedy, Uoicd States and Con. shituton, rep oseuting Sut tone, NEW YORK TO CUABLEATON, US. Mail Line,-The Mevsrey Leary run a weekly line we Charieston, composed of che steamers Alham- bre end tsranada, and they Sry to put on the line, about the let of Septem er, the side-wheel s.eamer Quaker City, upon which they are expending eboug <0 00v in oe decorations and furniture, These thier vececle iegistor 3,329 tons, NEW YORK TO MRAUPORT AND NEWDERN, N, 0, Murray's Line. This is a cemi-monthiy Une, an@ ete steamer Carviina, 451 tons, Balls Lewy | ome This Woe rans the first oles screw siosmer Commander, 9i! tous, tri-monthiy to Beau. fort and Wilmington, tesving Pier 14, b. K. The office isa 73 Wilbam ative, NEW YORK 10 NAWURKNE N, 0, Murvav'e Ling,—Thie line ts composed of the stemmue.¢ Lonies Moo, aud Cheries Benton, and hola ® weekly communication between Newberne pail the tine eam oud New York, ‘Loonace 89v, Tho steamer El Cia--Goodapeds Line—Leavee 15, BK. on Sasurdaysn three clues # oath, foe wherne dtiect. ‘Lunmace 4.) NEW YORK TO POMTLAND AND ¢ New England 8. 8. Ce weekly ‘he sioamere Fy ‘Total 1,251 toot, ‘Tuese jand with tue Greud 1 Quelec, and orher po iueruations! 5 ean ANADA Thie ure cispateh remi- nconia aud Chesapeake, ius pacopuect a Porte bh ta. way for Montreal, in © ) aod with the Cou.pany tor Faaiport. Caine wad St. Jolins, N NEW YOu TO PROVIDENOR, ne has accowp!ished more ¢ lice im blue country, in rave Dulic ap their lina, steaie.s Kieetra, Gale y tO Providence, Pnese veesc's ¥ Obie: the rapidity with w ‘Lhey run the tla and Ucen: Tepresent 4,2 BOSTON (0 PULLADELPULA, Sprague / ‘This line i# composed of the stean ers Bacco Normau, one of which leay Moston evry paturdey, This line represents tous, DOWTON TO BT, JOUN, N. B, International 5. 8. Co.—T his ine rans the splondia Paddle wheel rtenmers New Fuylaad and New Hiaue~ wick, semiwerkiy .o St, Jonn, connecting at thes piace with the Eiperor tor Halijax. Toil, 1,600 (ona. BALTIMORE, NORFOLK AND BICHMOND New Line —Tho Mevers. Leary have put on betw the above plaoes, the now aud sp end.d eide-whe steamers Gea, Leary, Jetes T, Brady, City Foi (Continued on tho fast Page.)