The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-14
tended for active service ia Che Southwestern por-
ton Of the State. wherever secession SLOW. i,s
had .


barked yesterday afternoon on board the e.,aan.
| ship vanderbilt, en- route for Fortress Monroe.
Previous to embarking the regiment was presented
with beautiful flag by the ladies Of the Relief
| Committee. Rev. Mr.. Weston, Chaplain OF tho
| Seventh regiment, made an eloquent presentation
| speech on the occasion, to which Colonel Wilson
responded in appropriate terms.
The twentieth regiment. United Turner Rifles
Colonel Max Weber, left this city Yesterday after
noon, TO proceed to Fortress Monroe on board the
steam transport Alabama. They were preceded by
one OF the largest escorts that has ever attended
regimensal co'fege Four elegant silk banners
were presented to the regiment from the City Hall
steps by various parties. In another column Will
be found full report Of the procee dings
Eight schooners arrived at New Orleans from
Mobile on the 9th inst, all in ballast. This ind
Gates that there is movement working up. Pro.
badly the intention is to attack che BROOKLYN Of the
| Pass.
JEFF. Davis household farnituee was sold il
Montgomery, ala, on the Goth ult 30. ) of the
articles brought more than their original cost
An extra term OF the United States District
Court i'll st. Louis has been ordered for the goth
inst. a number Of treason cases are on the docket
| Capt. Dabney II, Maury, Of Virginia; Capt. An
drew J. Lindsay, of Mississippi; Capt Carter l..
Stevenson, Of Virginia; Brevet Major Henry e.
Sibley, of Louisiana; Lieut.. Col. George b. Crit.
tendon, Of Kentucky; Paymaster james Long
street, of Alabama, all OF the United States Army
| in New Mexico, have resigned their commissions
Major John Is. Grayson, of Kentucky, and Major
Robert Il. Reynolds, of Tennessee, will also re.
sign The report Of the resignation Of COL Loring
| is contra acted.
There is a Brgadier General Pierce ia command
of the Arkansas rebel volunteers
Henry Giimer, N. D., Of Mississippi" gives
notice through the columns Of the Charleston pa
| pers "tbat the death of James W. Jackson Of
| Alexandria Virginia. shall, will and must be
avenged" What terrible fellow Dr. Gilmer
| must be.
| The 40 party ticket for charter officers in New
| London, Conn.,, was elected on Monday last by two
hundred and fifty majority over the straight demo
| Gratis
The spoke factory Of Albert Goodyear, in Ham.
den, Conn.,, was destroyed by fire on the 18th
| inst. Loss s. 600; insurance S., 500.
L.. j. Walker, Secretary Of War Of the bogus
coniederacy, made speech in Knoxville, Tenn,
| on The Sth inst. He was ca route, in charge Of
troops, for Virginia.
We have had reports lately of two or three Gre
vases being formed in the banks of the Mississip.
p liSer, without being able to get at the paricu.
lars. We now learn that one Of these breaks
occurred at Talula, 1ssaqueDa county, Mississippi,
end that the overflow OF the water injured nine
plantations to such an extent that no cotton can
| be raised on them this year. The damage was
| estimated al four hundred thousand dollars. An
| other break occurred a. Ford's, twenty-five miles
| below Columbia in Chicot county, Arkansas
which is by far the most serious The water in
undated large section Of country, the formation
of which is such that the falling of the river will
not drain it. The damage to the planters is est.
| mated at over million OF dollars. On the 30th
| ult the levee was cut at Grand Lake, but was re-
paired before any material damage was sustained.
John Beman, formerly of Boston, Mass, and
employed on Mississippi steamer, was hung at
Mound City, Arkansas, on the 9Th inst, by num-
Der of citizens ef that place, 'or expressing sen.
. | timents'' Mr.. Beman was upwards of sixty years
! old.
1t is stated that Senator Douglas died entirely
destitute, and an appeal has been made by some
prominent citizens Of Chicago to raise sufficient
funds to secure suitable home FOR his widow and
children.
| There are Sl02 inmates in the institutions Of
the city at present. The number admitted last
| week was 2, l39, and the number discharged trans
| ferred or who died was 1902.
The camp Of the Thirty-seventh regiment on the
Battery, is now called Camp Weed, though this
designation was incorrectly applied to the camp
OF another corps on the banks Of the Hudson.
| Yesterday, in the absence Of Collector Barney,
who has gone to Washington, Mr.. c. P. Clinch,
Deputy Collector, presented TO Captain George
Sonthard of The American slip Flora Southland,
an elegant seXtant, which is gift from her Br-
taDnic Majestys government in acknowledgment
Of his services in rescung part Of the crew Of the
British brig Quickstep, Of London, from peril at
| sea.
| The United States revenue steamer Vixen which
has been stationed at Throg's Neck, is under
| orders to return into the service of the coast
| survey. The revenue steamer Bib, which has
been located at the mouth Of the Raritan river as
part Of the blockade, will take her place at
Ihrog's Neck on and after today, and the revenue
| cutter James Campbell will be placed at the Kill
Won Kull to supply the post which has been occu
pied by the Bib.
special meeting Of the Tammany Society was
held last evening at the Old wigwam, Colonel
Delavan in the chair. The three newly elected
Sachems-General Dix, Major Geo. 4. Baldwin
and Judge Waterbury--were duly installed, after
I. which Henry Vandewater was elected Father OF
. the Council, William D. Kennedy, Grand Sachem,
and Richard Whine, Scribe It was decided to
> celebrate the Fourth Of July with unusual 6co,
9 this year, and the following gentlemen were
/ elected committee to make the necessary ar
rangements:-,John 4. Dix, Il. +. Purdy, John
i, Kelly, Isaac Bell and N. j. Waterbury. Recorder
Hoffman was selected as reader Of the Declaration
Of independence on the occasion. After some
f routine business the meeting adjourned.
e The Board Of Councinien met last evening and
q transacted large amount Of routine business
The Comptroller replied to the resolutions Of in