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The New York herald., 1862-11-28

n Cbaplan faton, Ir Of tho twenty seventh reri.
ueut Ohio Infantry Volunteers, 10 hereby appointed 10
ss charge all vbe fugitive slaves that are now may
from time TO time como within tho military lines Of the
.dyanoue army this vicinity, not employed regis.
tersd IN accordance with General Orders No r. from
besouarters District Of Yves; Tennessee, aud vii open
oamp for them al Grand Junction, where they will he
suitably cared for and organized into companies and
70 work picking, ginning and baling al co,ton out
a con,nsuing officers " troops VII send al rrgnyos
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FOR SALE.

A FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP FOR SAE-AT
N great sacrifice to close trust; engine machinery
fixtures patterns tools &c, full and complete, modern
improved, in operation convenient the city and in
good order. Terms very liberal.
SOuTHMICk WOOD 50 Nassau street.
The New York herald., 1862-11-28
DRoPOsALs.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, wAx DrrARrsEsr

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEpARrxEST,
WAsHIEoToS. Nov. 2t.'l5b2 !
SEALED PROPOSALS will b. received by TING Depart
until O'Clock r. NJ. the 9Th day OF DeceaSer
the manufacture and delivery Of the following pro-
l.cnles, VIZ
5000 n.inch Solid Shot.
1910 hitcen inch Shells.
LOO fifteen inch Baitcring Shot,
The projecses TO be made of the kind OF metal and In
spcled after the rules laid doSn the Ordnance Manual,
exception Of The batering shot, which be
OF 10 known gun metal Drawings OF these pro :
eces be at the principal arsenas OF the United
States at the Ordnance Agency No. 10 Worth street, New
York, and at this Office.
The pro delivered free of charge for trans
poration. at the Uaitcd States Arsenal Governor
Island New York hnrbo where they VIII be Inspected ana
All such as may be rejected mast be reo,e ~ The coo-
Immediately uit,r the inspection VI each delivery
BIDS will be received Tor ANY portion Of he quantity re-
CURED not less than JO OF kEd Deliveries 10 10
made AS follows One tenth Of each knd. within thirty
tenth weekly thereafter un all shall be delivered.
Payment be by the Treasury Department tho
usual certificates OF inspection ant receipt after each deli
bonds with approved surety, will be required for the faith
full performance OF contracts.
No bid will he unless be- accompanied by
adAv from the party making IT, 10 the effect that he " an
iron founder and that his bid IA accepted the proectes
will be made At his ioundrynamng and s location; and
the right reserved to reject AL b II deemed nnsa
tisfactory for any cause.
Proposals will addressed the undersigned at ash
iDgton and viii be endorsed Proposals for Proectes
JAMES w. RIPLEY,
Brig General Chief 0t Ordnance.
The New York herald., 1862-11-28

OUARTERMAsTER GENERALS OFFICE, WASHING
W ton city, November "a ls0z-Wantcd for service IN
th Department Of the South. several light drangh steam
draught exceed nve feet to ak feet loaded Per
having steamers for charter for sale
questea 70 send Information to Major Stewart Van vlst
Qnarcrluascr Uni.cd States Army, New York stating
terms OF SAFE charter with dnensons OF the vessels,
place where and time when built.
NC. MEIGS, Quarterniaster General
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The New York herald., 1862-11-28

MANITOBA SINGLE STONE 81 ,ruNp - y1RSr
Ny aG..,.t, ~ Wp..na '.4 tt.s stifts, ,tttn
p...s aud ~Ie,e 70 " svss, svs As,s rv.s vase.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13
Fires I'm New York.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN FRANKFORT srREEr-DEsrRUC-
TroN OF SEVEN STORY BUILDIN0-L0ss ABOUT
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
shortly before eleven O'Clock last night, re was dis
covered in the fourth story Of the story building
Nos % aud ~ Frankfort street The nrcmen early st
work hut owing TO the dense smoke they unable IN
reach the main body Of the c. The flames spread from
floor 70 door until It broke through the roa. The wall
fronting Frankfort street sprsng out at about the
fourth story, snd In few seconds the whole 'front.'
gave way and fell with q tremendous crash.
The wall falling suddenly the means Of stopping the
spread OF the rc. The building however, extended AZ
least hundred foet back coming almost IN oonsacs
with several lager bier saloons on William street Nos
2o1 2D6 and 20s william street damaged, more or
less by the falling walls. The OCCUPANTS were nurIeo
ont In n summary The buildngs NOS ~ ano ~
Frankfort strset are owned by Edward W. JenKins ano
the promises we're occupied by Claros H. Jenknss
printer also by marble paper manuiae,uring company
and hook bndery The ateness Of the hour precudes
a., ,enortor obtaining any moro details. The Globe
Uotei adjoining escaped DAMAGE considerahe excite \
nan, ho,vever prevailed among the boarders. while
] ~, 4, nress The ruins still burning Tha origin %
tho ire Is at present UNKNOWN
r,.. 80 TuoxpsoS SrRKHr-A CoLoeRD WoMAN BURNED
n,.r. shortly before seven O'Clock last evening .
a. -. a.covsrsd 10 the apartments OF Sr,san Thomp-
w us " solorsd woman In the Of No. Il Thompson
,rnot The alarm given, and on ent oring the room
~ found the deceased on the foor enveoped
an esmcs Her clothing was oompie,ey burned on, and
,,a hoie of her person burned N frightul
r ,vh tho exception o her feet Her shoes remained
on onv slightly scorchsd Deceased twenty three
.a.ra of ags and had been IN eeble health for
na paat III In supposed shs tainted and accident ally
eel Arc 10 her clothes The roce conveyed tho body 70
,he Tah,h precinct police aton Coroner Wiliay will
| hold an inalcst on the boy this day
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

The EFFECT or THE WAR ON TRADE.-No
traveller through the North, ignorant of the
fact, would imagine the possibility Of our being
engaged in a stupendous war, and having on
foot an army Of from 100000 to 100000 men,
besides an immense naval force. Shops are
crowded with customers, money Is abundant,
poverty is discoverable nowhere, the festivities
of New Years Day, never were celebrated with
greater signs Of rejoicing and manufactures
and trade have received healthy impulse,
which will be Of lasting service to the Union
We give elsewhere the result of inquiries which
we have lately caused to be made on the sub
ject of the prosperity Of the Northern States,
and which shows that our prediction, made
when the insurrcction first broke out that trade
and labor would receive great impetus, is fully
verified. 1t appears that our capitalists have
sl6O, 100000 invested In cotton and woolen
mills; that the profit on manufactures of these
articles, during the last six months alone, has
been over s2O,O0O,0OO, and that s2,5OO,OOO
have been expended in wages for making up
army clothing alone. This does not look like
falling of in trade or show likelihood Of
any want, this winter, among our laboring
classes
The New York herald., 1862-01-13
ANOTHER CONNECTICUT BATTERY COMING

splendid battery Of artillery win leave New Havsa
this afternoon tMonday) Ivy the steamer City Of Hart
ford and land Fort Columbus Governors Island carly
10 morrow morning. The battery is fully armed and
equipped there being four sxpound bronze riod gunst
and two twelve pound howitzcrs, one hundred and ten-
horses and one hundred and fifty six II Is said TO.
be unequacd by any battery which has left New Eng
land and reflects great credit upon Gen. Tyler under
whose immediate supervision IL has been raised
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

hundred cases of smallpox among the civilians
OF the federal capital is attributed chiefly to his
bad management. The Sanitary Commission
ought to inquire into this important matter
without delay, as well as into the practice COM
mon among contractors of sending out army
clothing to be made up in all the pestiferous
dens Of New York and elsewhere, where small
pox and other contagious diseases are very
prevalent, and by which means they are CON-
municated to our soldiers Preventionis is better
than cure, and it is positive sin to allow any
thing SO dangerous to the health of the army as
either bad hospital management or the practice
to which we have just referred.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13
SIXTY. NINTH REGIMENT N. Y. g. NJ.

At election OF Company J, OF this regiment, held
their armory Essex market Tuesday, jan T. the fol
lowing gentlemen wore elected,-Erst Sergeant, J.
Foster vice Scanlsn resigned Second Sergeant Thoo
Donohoe, Foster promoted Third sergeant, James
Watson vice Morris resigned: First Corporal, James
M,Gowan, vice Donohoe, promoted; Second Corporal,
Wiiiam Norris, vice McGowan, promoted. All OF the
above were through tho three months campaign last
summer Sergeant Foster acting clerk TO Col. Corco
ran from the day after the regiment cft New York.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13
VERMONT ALLOTMENT COMMISSIONERS.

President Lincoln has appointed Hon. Joseph Poland,
J. b. Page, State Treasurer and John Howe, Jr Of YER
mont as Commissioners under the new law 10 visit the
Vermont troops camp and obtain thor signatures 70
the allotment rolls These gentlemen have boon fos
week past visiting the camps with gratifying success
very few refusing to assign anything, and noary all as
at least half OF their pay for the bcnent OF their
families.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

dust who attempt to exact premium upon
gold. In our restaurants and barrooms. where
specie change is a commodity, no want of it is
yet felt The only advantage of high premi-
um is that it makes an export of gold unproft-
able, even If desired.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

SANITARY NEGIEcr-Great complaints being
made about the neglect Of proper sanitary regu-
lations in the military hospitals at Washington,
and indeed in the Army of the Potomac general
ly. The Surgeon General in charge of the
Medical Bureau is blamed for the inefficiency
with which he performs the duties Of his de-
partuent, and The fact that there arc now four
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

MASA GREELEY ON NATIONAL ECONOMY
The Honorable Massa Greeley is getting econo
mical. Perhaps he judges of the approaching
circumstances and probable bankruptcy a
everything in the land from Tribune standard.
1t must he SO. He sees all objects through
Tribune spectacies. 1t is very natural, then,
that everything should look gloomy and som.
bre Hardly fair, Master Greeley.
The latest trouble is, that Congress has under
consideration the grant Of paltry S35,0O0 ts
promote the interests Of our manufactures and
commerce, and keep up our credit and our re-
spectacle position as great nation at the
World Fair in London the coming season. To
save SO insignificant sum, because we are
obliged to spend thousand millions or 80 in
terrible rebellion, would be like the man who
should go without his supper or sell his last
shirt because he was about becoming bank
rupt for 100000. But there are other reasons
why the money should not be appropriated for
this exhibition.
We are not going to become an insolvent
people or nation of defaulters in consequence
of any small items of necessary expenditure;
but we are going to keep up our commercial
supremacy by grcasing the wheels Of manufac-
lures and commerce in every legitimate and
laudable manner We could show the nations ol
the world that, though we have very respec-
table war on our hands, we could still afford to
spend few thousands to keep up our prestige
as an ingenious, inventive and enterprising peo-
pie, If such o plan be necessary. Starving the
OK that ploughs the land is not the most judi.
cious way to increase the produce of the culti-
vated field but, under the circumstances, why
should we fritter our time and attention in such
matters just now. Let our great exhibition for
the world be the suppression of the rebellion
by May next, and then we can have Worlds
Fair of our own. That's the view to take Of
the matter, Massa Greel ey.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

SPECULATION IN SPEcrE.-Certain speculators
in gold have lately been hoist, like an unskil-
full engineer, by their own petard. Trying to
make money out Of the necessities Of the coun-
try, they ran gold up to premium Of FIVE per
cent in few days after the banks suspended
specie payment Now they have met with a
collapse, however, and gold has fallen to two
per cent premium, and will doub tlcss
fall still lower. This is as 1t should be. Gold,
like any other coin, is only worth par. There
are three hundred millions Of ii in The country,
and very little Is going out California sends
us more gold than we now sead away. In the
face Of these facts men arc blinded with gold
The New York herald., 1862-01-13

The West PoNr MILITARY AcADEMY-WHA1
IT Has DONE FOR THE CoUNTRY-We publish
this morning the first complete, graphic and
succinct history of the Military Academy Of
West Point, and its new and curious details
will amply repay careful perusal From this
account it will be seen that the West Point
Academy is not of such recent origin as is gene
rally supposed. The idea of such an institutiou
originated with Washington, and the FIRST elar
borate plan of the Academy was drawn up BY
the lamented Hamilton. In 1902 Congress
passed an act authorizing the establishment Of
such school for military officers, and
West Point was selected, almost unani
mously, as its location. There was for.
merly some opposition to this Academy,
and efforts were made in Congress to break
II up; but the Mexican war 30 demonstrated
the efficiency Of its graduates that all opposi-
ton was thenceforward silenced, and those Of
the Southern States which had determined b
,secede founded academies Of their own--minia-
ture West Points in effect. II is noticeable that
Beauregard, the military chief of the rebeis.
was graduate of West Point, and was, for the
short space Of two days, the superintendent Of
that institution. Mcclellan, our Commander.
in-Chief, was also graduate; and Scott, though
he was never student at our military
academy is and has been one of its most earnest
advocates and supporters. We commend our
readers to this article upon the Academy fos
much valuable information, therefore. In times
of peace the usefulness of such an institution
is evident; for by it we are prepared for timea
of war. Now we have grand West Point, in
which G5O,0OO students are educated to arms
and it is singular that, in both the Union and
rebel armies, West Point graduates are at the
head OF the military forces. 1t is hardly neces
sary to add that we have naval academy al
Newport-formerly at Annapols-upon the
same plan as the Military Academy at West
Point Thus we are taught the science of both
branches Of the service; and that we under.
stand the art as well experience will show.
The New York herald., 1862-01-13
THE SITUATION.

New York. Monday, January I3, 1864
The sun., 1862-03-18
Our Special Correspondence.

TIiE PRosrFCT ~ NmGINtA-MutrARY OPINIONS
Tlw PoMoy or rnr ApMlNisrRArlos-Tl MEu.
EIHAc ANp Nav YoGH CRY, &c, d..
WAsniNGroN, March IL, 1862.
TIE whole section OF Northern, a. vel a. West
EN- Virginia, is under the Fddera lag and II the
rebe. troops can be driven from thor new base
from the RApidon and RappahAnnock- Richmond
md the rest Of virginia will ,Ali into our hands. Ii
's said by mi tary ciiics NJ - he desirable for the
rebels 10 crowd back into the Gulf or Cotton
states, but thai this Government must keep the
great rebel army in VrginfS and destroy or take IL
there. SO say our bsat Generals. Some u them
have al idea that ~ drive the enemy into South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, with
cut either battle, or the capture q any rebels ia
well enough. This ia not she policy the Admin
udrAiion. 0fhis am sure, In general terms,
o ersiore, can say that yigor operations viii be
conducted in Virginia, ana they will not be post
poned.
There is still great deal &, anxiety here respect
ilg tie MerrirAAc, and her ability 10 desIroy our
fleet. So much depends upon mere contingency
that Il is impossible noi - feel ~ Nous upon the
subject IL Ia not believed, however, that the Mer-
rInAc can 20 W seN-if she Ca New YORK may COX
out. II will doubles take several days for the
AoIimac b. prepare herself for another hyhI-Ai
eIst su h istnr opini n at tho Navy Department.
Lord L. yons hiss been giving ch zoe party here,
st which DR.. R1tsoll assisted" in some private
Ihoa,rcas. The unreliable Doctor is good deal
art1nisaed by lie recent sus5easts Of the veru-
MCnt nuOps QuIp.
The sun., 1862-03-18

TBE Iror Won OK THE FIsr srpE or
80 city ara doing y'ry arge an, nv ~ bu,ine-s
nnd tnJl.s large number %, hAr ds II M arm
S,rtt TIC wa .fs p4i a-aouui to s3,otoa v-ct, AMI
tie ren stnder are equally fall. rhe ioAOwiB, Is q
syt6P ia - work beng now ,one;
AU1.rs Trar Eort. j Garry str. -, near Essi
R.ver-- iii ts tao palrs v marine engines, for
the niicd 5,aias s..o2 of-vsn aow IN tue yi,o1s
"a 4 q Nv Ysrd. Tsoy Will 7c mn, "A In about
Two months. AIs1 . beam engine ,r lie s1u.d
trade, 52-iUch cylinder and II f,.s IS. ko. Ablsm
susb.l, VA 5U-in. DiinIsr 10 Zee, stroke. beam
rnsinf, s1-.lot cylinder s1d 10 Zee, stroke, - the
sia''u Is.sua X ilr 81 Company. a bsam engine
'or g. gird, Tiestou & Y .., viii 1j.iuch cylinder
All u 'eet stroke, which is intended 'oriae West
lajlArads 40 one & ? the Cnins trade. &c 'oei
q i8der and i2 feet stroke a,'o ivo new boilers
ar steamboats,, bosides a considerable lIantty of
Ugh Irss sure work, snsl.cr Dolc.s g..
James NuypLp O. 10 ofI, Fui'ol fr,o Tortt
lave lu4i cYt-4i.t engines Nd boilers tl- tnc I .
. slo-I-o'-var Qne.i'. igtt o' engines ati b,i-
cis complete, 30 ,-us SIX sugar mil ir TIE
8. a.i Of Cuba four steam saF.uI's Z l different
Iar,ies ali aye uoW uuDdfg K ihe eI,s uos and boil
ors 'uf nsv 'er.g ylst, 'le iArgrf o4e ia tle
'iwd 51I1's z o ties Kre Railway c.; one elyina,
. -.ac cylinder ali iO-'o.t stroke, fJf lnl: one
engine, .--a IA ,,Iidsr auI g-'oot s,rpke, for the
buokyu T,ry c.. ono engine. 3,.u % .yAuder
AID l"-ioi s'roke, 'o- & per Cut, Hlet' c.:
ons steam boiler ~ 'ef-y D.. a. Ol.etA four sts.1i
p a'-s 'r te steamship l. Ms.snas. ,i1 tI,k.
pressure en .aes, y 80 horse y ~er each; ts,s 70
.p,omotvo b1.lsrV 'run 10 to 80 horse 10 yer each
The sun., 1862-03-18
THE NEW YORK SUN.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH Is, 1862.
,hs Pre- DIN. ~. adn,I rs,.relr,.t,sn ;,


Ths ugsage Of the President 10 fela ion 10
the lraogsl emancipation Of slaves, through
the Aii ol the Fedafd G0ycrrmsnt, whgn
sought f.r ly Ghe people yt tLl several states.
Sens 70 be cOlsoql4nca II bis previous hiat
for th sPif.Priati,a OK zone tract Of land Tor
their color a'iJn. Tne proposition combines
schemes Ci emancipation liza, were advocated
many years s.nce, enc c. which Is briefly pro-
sentoi.
The CO. 'it!on OF tie ml.Ios d1te-minus that
Of the CA.ic. II sLa Is bond. Ter oil prins PIE
serve tho ram0 cglliiJn. ueloa II Gti bson
from time TO time proposed that tho y, aus co..
oted females as they ap7r.lgh me marriage
able age. should be made foe. Il follows that,
with tao lapse Of tino, Tie whole aystom would
die out, since 10 mere females capable Of s.y.
ing biiih to slAves would then grow up Now.
According 10 the census table, thore are 4, ,OO2,
996 slaves; Of these, OJG, S9l are fomalcs, aud
cf these females very nearly one half are under
10 year, d sgs. B-tWesn 10 and 10 yoars there
arealtogciho 300 COO The oousus doss not Eiv,
the exact lumber Of each ago, but if ",
assume that ono ffCh, or 80 coo, are this yea
10, and that IS many Tiil resch that age eyery
year ttsn al that is required is to purchl,
and mako FREQ 60, coo ovory year, as they sfriy,
al the aye Of 10 This, a. p.ies Of $500 fel
head, viii cost Slt, ,OOO, 900 Per annum, or on,
works cost OF tne presen; war.
by this system, in thiry years time, slaves
would cease TO DO born, ard those nov existing
would IN Ito course Of nature, very noRrly hay,
ceased &c exist Black ssrvitu1e would hay,
come 70 an eud. There would remsiu, Jweyor
vast nriabOr Of suporannua'sd blacks whom
the masters could not support, thero bqipg IA,
longer yOuDg slaves to supply the substance
For those blacks necessary provision would 70
quire 10 bs made az the pu1Hc expense.
The question then recurs, what is to be don't
with the purchased females? And here Mr.
LHCoLH's colonization views, under suitaJ d,
provihona, could he made to apply.
The sun., 1862-03-18

The intelligence from Mexico today presents
points Of great interest 1t indicates that Min
istor CORwIS has, with or without authority
from our Government, given assurances that
the United States will endorse the payment of
the Interest on the Mexican debt due TO foreign
nations, and upon this England rstires from
the contest, while Spain and France are left TO
tho djustment Of details.
1t is not 10 be presumed that such a retire.
ment is made, except with good understand
iug Of The points at issue having been ar
rived at by the allied Powers, but tho old ajage
o' many slip between the cup and the lip, will
cause regret that England did not continue her
representation until matters should have been
finally settled, and all foreign forces have left
the country at the "a mo period. Bat tho aban.
comment of tho monarchial scheme, and the
strong probability of peace, are excellent items
of news.
The sun., 1862-03-18

Our n aosrs are aW-Go TAT tho L. S tyrres,
nnder Gen. PcrE, have possession Of Nsn
Madrid, On the Mississi 2i ~ which place sx
tonsye lOTtiicatiCns, mOgA,ol with the hsAvi.
est siege guns, had been prepared by tho Rs1,h
10 oomIAAId the river. These DO A serve an ad-
mirable purpose for tho Federal troops. ilas.
much as tho Il Dels are ,ucampod in force
sOme 10 100 to H. 900 strunG-at Island No. 10,
situated in The Mississippi. River, short dis
tAnoe above Now Madrid, AID directly o. the
line which divides Kentucky Gum Ionuos 20
At the Island are stationed some I. bel guuboa,.,
also several Tebol TluBprr. steamers. which
cannot 10 up the river Is Commodore
FoorE's mortar fotllil, and Eunboals, have
descended !, to within a few mlts Of the Is
lane, wheIe. al last acoounts, tuyy wero shell.
ing on; the rebols at long rsuge, to which Ii,
confederatIs had no pleg3s tL-l would reply.
The mortar fleet stopped their escape up the
river, while Gon. PORE, at Now Madrid,
stopped reiIlorcemenis, and barred escapt
down the river. In this position, it il
not improbable that We may have, at any hour
intelligence Of the capture Of the whole rebe
force, with all their boats and property tina
may DO spared from destruction. The new
from this point will now bo looked for with
aaxiety
The sun., 1862-03-18

81. Lyuis M1rri Il ID raip1nsl - a saron ldo
tonight, Gee. HJ,egs announced fr1m tho la'c,uy
o. the P.nter'. II uss ,ht ISLAND No TEN
rs OCRS, BIIH All THE IUVCNITlON
AND TRANSPORTS THE ENEMY MAD
THERE
lie said 'hst another victory bad beca gained in
Arkansas, in which three "a rsto cplonels we're
captured.
Tie particulars hsve o; wa prod.
THE Govi Is an e0riier dispatch than the
abovel
Cairo, March IA dispetoL tday says tha,
Ihe sccracy ofthe firing by the -ort,rs yesterday
was fully equal 70 previous expectations. The
mortar feet threw 24p shells and the benton Il.
ID is expected that ore or more ot the onemy's
works will be reiu,ei ,odsy, and the place closely
invested. IL thought by Ihs. the rebels are
marching aeruss the neck Of land ,rom he island
u Msrriwoather's landing on the Misslssippi oply
five miles, over prac.icsbe road, and below Point
Pleasant 10 the place where Gen. Pope has hat
teries, and that whn they sre embarked ON the
boats, tthe smoke Of which WAS plainly seen yss-
terdAy, at or near Merriwesther's Landing, from
the gunlo Benton.l we snail find Inc abeI's nsAi
empty, and she rveI clear of raDels W Randolph or
pt