The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-15

guard stationed TO watch our movements ] enclose
Jane, which may gva tho department idea Of tho
policy pursued in Nova Scotia. have the honor 10 be,
J. &c c. ROWAN ROWAN, Commander ,u.s.N.
10 GIDEON W flEs, Secretary Of the Navy.
The list OF vessels captured at Cape Haeras a. fol-
lowsSchooners Susan Jane Ocean Wave, Harriet wyan
and Nary Ware.
now THE REBEL POSTAL SERVICE is MANAGED.
The Confederate State" thieves are now engaged In
the laudable enterprise Of using old Post Once
stamp which encoscs the Of the place where and
date when the letter 10 deposited. have seen one of
these envelopes, dated "Richmond August IA, 1861"
On the upper left the printed words, "Free-
Odcia Business" Following this il the written sigma
ture Of "B. Baker" On the right upper OF tho
envelope is the following, printed"Confederae States
Of America, Post ONCE Department, Auditors Office"
The direction upon the envelope Is follows
"P. NJ, Mount Prospect, Obion county, Tenn" This
is ono Of package Of thousand letters seized by
governments agent at louisville, that neutral city being
The envelope contained the following document, which
more curious than important
CONFEDERATE STATES or AxrIaA,)
GENERAL Posi- 0r1cH DEPARTMENT, ?
AUDITORS OFFicE RICHMOND, Va, August IL, lSolJ
CIRCULAR.
Sn-Your attention Is called TO the acts Of Congress
authorizing the transmission Of letters packages or
age. This privilege 10 limited 10 the follow
Ing named persons-The Postmaster General and
his chief clerks, the Auditor Of the Treasury for the
Post Office Department. the chiefs OF the APPOINTMENT.
Contract and Finance Bureaus, and deputy postmasers
and in every letter or package must relate
cusvey to thor official business and deputy postm
ters must endorse upon every letter the words "Pos
oilce Business" over their own SIGNATURES
THE PREPARATION OF TREASURY NOTES.
Tho Treasury presented animated on
Tuesday night. Over two hundred clerks were
engaged in cutting and trimming demand notes,
Of the denominations Of FIVE, ten and twenty
dollars. These were all engaged in ono long room
Of tho Treasury extension in which placed twenty
tables, supplied with pair of shears each Every
receives hundred sheets, which charged to him.
They must DO cut, returned, and his account
cancelled before he leaves tho ROOM In another room
twenty clerks detailed for signing the demand
notes, who obliged to work almost necessarily 10 sup
ply The pressing calls for this national loan at Boston New
York and Philadelphia The calls became urgent yester
day that Secretary Chase found necessary largely in
crease the force engaged In their preparation. He,.
notified the heads Of bureaus detail such clerks
as could be spared this work The reply that
all hands were busy on regular duty. The law
requiring the work to be performed by the regular
ploycs Secretary Chase Immediately directed order
be issued for all the clerks the four bureaus REPORTER
extra duty afc dinner and Of office hours Hence the
great force the Tuesday night The clerks
given understand that such Of them could
devote few extra hours Of labor to their country in its pre-
sent exgency could be dispensed with entirely The result
that all on hand. must be remembered that
each note must have two signanresthose of the Regis
ter aud Treasurerthat three Thousand signatures Is
large days work for man. aud that Eve million dollars
Of FIVE dollar notes requires two million signatures then
begin to what Us required Of the Treasury
| Department in this branch Besides overseeing
all hio md NIT Ia he ord nina
business the spondcnce Of the Assistant Secretary
three of letter paper daily These let
ters all be written, copied signed and frsnked. To
accomplish all this Secretary Chase and his assistants
obliged work sixteen hours of twenty four 1t is
the determination Of tho department organize the
force that and half to two and half millions Of
per day be placed regularly in the hands OF
the banks until the whole hundred and fifty million
and three nths coupon and City million demand
| notes are IN circulation.
THE THIRTEENTH NEW YORK REGIMENT.
The Thirteenth New York regiment lately damaged In
reputation by mutny its ranks has been attached
the brigade Of General Fitz John Porter. Under his
management promises 10 become Of the best dsci-
pned regiments IN the service and TO conduct itself
well that wh.n returns home instead OF bearing back
the Odum of mutny, it will carry with 1t an honor lie
fame. 1t is greatly desired that the Governor should
take TO promptly I'LL up its ranks to the maxi
mum number, and Afford fair opportunity to retrieve
| its reputation.
COMMISSIONERS no THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF
ALL NATIONS.
The following s list OF tho Commissioners appointed
by the President represent the interest Of American
exhibitors the exhibition Of the industry Of all Nations
to be held in the city Of London, September, 1862
William II. Seward, secretary Of State; Caleb b Smith,
Secretary of Interior Edward Everett of Massachusetts
James Henry Of the Smithsonian Institution Robert Il.
Nnturn, OF New York. j. Dawson Coleman, of Pennsyl-
vania John II. kliphart, of o James X. Parridg, of
Mary land B. =. Johnson, OF New York; Richard walach
Mayor of Washington; W. W seaton, OF Washngt ton;
Joseph G. Kennedy, Superintendent Of tho Census b.
| reau.
ARREST OF sECEssIoNIsrs.
Provost Marshal General Porter arrested nine secs.
| s;oniss tonight, citizens OF Washington.
PAYMENT OF REGIMENTS.
large number Of regiments have been paid off within
| the last few days.
POST OFFICE ENVELOPES.
About the LIST of October the Post Once Department
will substitute tho ruled envelopes the unruled with
out additional charge to the public.
TIE NAVY.
Commander Porter has been assigned by the Navy Do
partnent to mport ant duty in the Mississippi river.
| IMPORTANT FROM HATTERAS INLET.
| NEWS FROM THE FLEET-gNTRANCE OF FOUR YES
| Sells UNDER ENGLISH COLoRs.
| FORTRESS MONROE, Sept Is,
Via BALnHOas, Sept IA 1861.
The steamer 8. r. Spauldng returned from Hatteras
| Inlet this morning
The Susquehanna and Pawncc still remained there.
The former had sustained but little injury the collision
with the gunbost Flag The spauldng brought the
nant Of Colonel Weber's regiment and nearly thos
sand stand Of arms. which were captured from the
bells, and dozen prssosN TAKEN from the prizes
made at Hatteras Inlet. Y $50 ~
Four vessels bad INTO The inlet With English colors
flying under the supposton that that place still belonged
10 the rebels the federal dss having been tempora.
rily hauled down. Pilots were offered che vessels and
every facility for getting in They did not discover their
mistake until too late Two OF the vesses-he Susan Jane
and Harriet Rysn-were from the British provinces and
had valuable cagoes consisting Of moasses, shoes and
clothing
Our troops at the inlet have mounted all the guns and
rendered those effective which had been spiked by the
| rebels before their surrender.
No intelligence Of Importance had been received from
| the Sound from the mainland.
General Reynolds had arrived at Old Point, and will
proceed to by the r. Spauding assume com.
mand at Hatteras Inlet.
NEWS FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. Sept. IA, 1861