The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-18


Cordova. was equired to leave the ca al. The
throughout The republic by the friends of th ".
eminent. Our thanks are due Captain Foster, OF
the bark Teresa, for fayors received.
Several Of our ultra black republican organs.
without understanding or considering the charac.
ters OF the officers of our navy, have from time to
time published statements accusing them of treason
and disloyalty. Among other things they stated
that Captain Adams and the other officers, as well
as the crew Of the United States ship Sabine,
were largely tinctured with secession sentiments,
and that the rebel flag was actually hoisted
from the decks of this federal vessel. To show
low false and unfounded is this statement we need
only refer to the extracts from private letter,
from an officer Of the frigate which we elsewhere
publish, indignantly repelling the charge and
showing that there is not in the service more
loyal and faithful set Of men than those who com.
prise the officers and crew of this gallant ship. So
much for baseless assertion.
regular meeting of the Union Defence Com.
mittee was held yesterday afternoon at their
ooms in Pine street, but there was no business
transacted of public importance. At the meeting
of the Executive Committee to be held on Wed.
nesday afternoon, it is expected that report of
the proceedings of the Union Defence Committee
will be presented.
The Fourteenth regiment of New York State
volunteers, under command of Colonel James
McQuade are expected to arrive in this city (from
Albany this morning. They are fully equipped,
and will remain some few hours in the city. Their
destination is supposed to be Fortress Monroe.
The two rife cannon for the Ihrty-seventh regi-
ment arrived in the city yesterday, and by orders
from Colonel McCunn practice with blank car.
fridge was Immediately commenced with them by
the artillery corps.
According to the City Inspectors report, there
we're 3s7 deaths in the city during the past week
an increase of IL "a compared with the mortality
of the week previous and ~ more than occurred
during the corresponding week last year. The re-
capitulaion table gives deaths of diseases of the
bones, joints &C.: 70 of the brain and nerves, of
the generatve organs, = of the heart and blood
vessels, ia of the lungs throat, &C.; of old age
6G Of diseases of the skin and eruptive fevers,
premature births of alcoholism, 48 of diseases of
| the stomach, bowels and other digestive organs;
81 of uncertain seat and general fevers of disease
of the urinary organs, and % of violence, &c.
The nativity table gives 2G5 natives of the United
States, 81 of Ireland, 80 of Germany, of Eng.
land, of Scotland, and the balance of various
foreign countries.
The deserters from COL Duncan's rebel regiment,
recently quartered at Harpers Ferry, made sp-
pcation on the 18th inst. at Camp Clay, in Louis
vile, KY, to be taken into the Union ranks.
The army worm in Kentucky has entirely disap.
peared, but it has left sad traces of its progress
upon some of the fields.
Martin F. Conway, republican, has been elected
Member of Congress in Kansas.
The oyster crop in the vicinity of Perth Amboy,
N. j., which has failed for number of years past,
will this season be very large.
Next Thursday the special election for ten mem.
bers of Congress will be held in Kentucky. The
antisecessionsts are confident that at least nine
good and true Union men will be chosen, and are
hopeful that the entire delegation will be sup.
porters of the Stars and Stripes. The "seceshers'
in Kentucky will be forced to submit to Mary.
land defeat, in spite of John G. Breckenridge and
his man Magof6n.
1t is reported from Frederick that the Legisla.
ture of Maryland will hold alternate sessions every
four weeks until the first of January next, when
the terms of service of the members will expire.
They will charge the State four dollars day from
the oath of April.
We have before announced that letters could be
sent to the Southern States through channel
about to be established at Louisville, Kentucky.
We now learn that arrangements have been per-
fected, and the plan laid down, by which letters
can be safely forwarded. To get letter to New
Orleans it must be put in United States stamped
envelope-a three-cent stamp upon an ordinary
envelope will not do, because the law of Congress
forbids express companies from carrying letters in
any other way than when enclosed in stamped
envelopes The letter should then be directed in
the following manner
Mr.. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
INV ORLEANS,
Louisiana.