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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08
TILE CaNsEvOORT PURCHASE.

The Ganseyoort purchase which was qllcted
he n, Injunction in December last, suddenly re-
appeared on Friday evening IN the Board Vi
Councilmen under n new and ingenious
form. The present proposition Is 10
pay to James Il. Taylor the sum OF Sloo'ooV
for the premises, together with the value OF
filling in and making said land at BIZ cents per
cubic yard for / 1881, 900 cubic yards, making
in all the sum of $533,437 80" The matter is
expected to come up for action tonight, and
probably will be passed and the money PAID
before New Years The parties in interest VIII
thus have realized on an investment Of S4O,OOO
made ten years ago, profit OF not less than
! / ,233 per cent. The public is very well aware
that whatever the " value OF filing IN water
lots may BE-, it does not usually Involve thc
outlay Of any money, the case of tho contractor
for the extension of the Battery, IN which that
gentleman, while paid by the city so mucp a
yard for filing, actually charged and received
from private persons a shilling load Tor the
privilege OF dumping, is too recent to require
more than an allusion.
But the enormous price TO be PAID for tbis
that the city is paying this price for what Is
already really its own. AS the history OF the
case may have become forgotten, we recite the
main points. In December, l5j2, the Common
Council ordered this property, situated between
Ganseyoort and Twelfth streets, west OF Tenth
avenue and West street. to be sold, and II was
sold, the deed being given to Joseph Il. Var
nun, for $4,000 cash, mortgage Tor SI2o,-
600, payable with per ceat interest IN 81
years. being given in addition. We are in
formed that no payment of principal or inter
est has been made on the mortgage, ana tina,
taxes aud assessments are also IN arrear. An
attempt was made by private citizen TO SET
aside this sale on the ground that one Of the
purchasers, Mr. Simeon Draper then a Gov
ernor of the Aims. House, was Is such officer,
forbidden by the charter to purchase real estate
from the city. The attempt failed because the
plaintiff, having no private interest IN the mat
ter, had no standing in Court, but tie Court
of Appeals in It's decision says:
81, may wei be that the diy could 'u'ain an ac'ion to
impeaeh the conveyance berg sGe contrary TO low in
this respect"
The Court intimates also another ground OF
illegalty OF the conyeyance-that the mortgage |
i. with interest at six per cent, while the ordl-
nance under which the rule was made requires
a reservation Of seven per cent interest
BE that as il may it is clear from the de-
c,.iop that the city has bat TO 60 into CoGr. in
order to recover the title to tbs property, and
the question for such members OF the Common
Council us consider public rather than private
interests is simply this: Whether the city shall
take the property by legal proceedings, ard
repay the $iO,0 900 which, with seven per cent
interest, now amounts 10 So, 900, or whether
It shall pay $533, 49, so and get no better
title
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

Tho establishment during the past week Of
the 4" International Relief Fun" such is Is
wel.chosen title-in aid of the starving opera
tyes OF Lancashire, England, il an event OF
worldwide interest, and one which can hardly
fail to possess in the future al historical I'M
portauce. Tho Appeal Of the Committee to
the American People, published this morning,
and which will command attention at home
and abroad, bases the movement upon the
broad aud simple duty OF humanity-a duty
which our countymcn have promptly recos-
nzed in the past in reference 10 Ar lesser
conditions of famine.
A private letter from an American lady,
dated London, the 2Oth November, says: The
dreadful distress in Lancashire is the chic!
topic Of thought and conversation everywhere.
1t il said to be quite as great az that in Ire
aud owing to tho famine. and the accounts
from tho manufacturing towns Of the starved,
emaciated look of the people one sees, OF wo-
men iainting away in the streets for want OF
food, and Of the great iortitude Of the fuierers
are very touching
Punch in verses entitled Famine, Fever
and Frost" represents these three agencies
as working together in a vain attempt to IN
ducc England's purse 10 open wide for the re-
Lief Of her wrctched children.
The English papers are crowded with the
proceedings OF meetings m aid of the sufferers.
one number Of the Times contained seventeen
such reports.
The London Relief Committee at their last
meeting voted an appropriation Of f3-, s25-
the largest public grant yet made for one
week; but this reduced largely the surplus
fund on baud, aud painful anxiety was er-
pressed as TO their ability TO relieve the din
trcss that impended during the Winter.
Mr. Brzy, N. F., Said, 1t was feared
by those most competent TO form an opinion
On tho subject, that If the present state OF
things were protracied, not less than 1900, GOO
people would be depending on the poor rates
aud public bounty. Two years ago
tbe people wcro making their investments III
the savings banks aud paying their monthly
instalments to building societies. FROM the
former their deposits had been drawn. In the
latter their little contributions had been Tor
lcited, owing to their not having been able to
pay up. Notwithstandlug MI that, the
sufferers were to be found IN their humble
homes offering up hymns of Thanksgiving and
praise. They did not want aims. What
they wanted was work" These people, II
would seem, perfectly understand that The
want OF cotton, to which their distress Is
chiefly attributable, is owing to the attempt O
tho slave power to destroy our Republic, on'
tie determination Of JoA. Davis TO force
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08
GEN ER AL NEWS.

Blythe sIgiya. at this port Of the steamship Ocean
Queen, with $735CO5 in treasure, we have later
news from tie Isthmus and from South America.
There was at Aspinwal, on Nov. %, severe gale,
doing great damage TO the shipping, wharves, and
other property. The British Mail Steamship Avon
and the brig Boliver went shore, and the United
States brig-0i.wT Bsinbridge was 50 seriously IN
idred that it thought beet 70 ecl her. The Pan
anna railroad was also considerably injured, and from
Saturday evening until Thursday morning,
there was communication by train to Pan
mama. The whole loss Of the Company was not
TO exceed $4,000 IN Panama a State Con-
vention met Nov. e, 10 frame a Conttiu,ion and
elect Governor. From Peru the new President,
6sn Roman, Is actively recognizing tie internal and
Gnsocial afsrs. There is again a feud between
Chile and Bolivia Oh account Of tie frontier Tie
Central American States were all quiet. Nicaragua
az promulgated agsinst tho colonization Of lie com
Try by neg;oes al Anese, unless specially Authorized
b. tie Pfesiden..
n ree,irg Of merchants was held On SatnrAag
aAUEqgG al TIC Fl.Gg:v EEcLsgss ca the yaspo..
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

Tn, Argl0-iGican has taken ofense at the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for some remarks
held to imply Discrimination TO fraternize with
negroes, and pitches into him thus JOLLY:
lie; there allowance to be made In the case Of Mr.
Beecher lie l. born rowdy he i' by us'uFe suoterrs.
-esu AFTER tie .,iicisa o. the Nike Wash schools be
rkeJ wh the sFsyeng instirc.s Of the Denociscy by
sGri.ie. wih has lot yet overcome Hence when
negro Up before hs excited imagination &c only SEES
something butt sgain the HaddeEsd bull n tie spanish
arena These ecaates spess in hi, gal, sni
~ the street. where we never him without the mental
snaton bsfore have recognized hnl There comes
apendous rowdy who have been on batter as.
night
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08
Fo,IENTzNG TREASON.

We have twice already called attention to
dishonest fabrication of Rebel capital by city
journal which makes large pretensions to
Unionism. The subject is the Hon. Thomas A.
X. Nelson Of East Tennessee, who is now for
the third time announced as a convert from
Unonism to treason because Of the Presidents
Proclamation Of Freedom, when in fact he
turned traitor in August, 1861, upon being
captured in Cumberland Gap on MS way to
Washington and carried TO Richmond as q
prisoner to the Rebels. Yet after having
been o sworn subject and compatriot OF Jef.
Davis for fifteen months, he writes letter
denouncing the Presidents Emancipation poll
cy, and is thereupon published and rePublished
by Tie Herald as having renowned his ancient
Unionism on that account. We have lttls
faith in the Military suppression of traitorous
journals; but there should DO some way Of
compelling them 10 correct such damaging
fal.choods, OF at least TO desist from rei.eratIng
them.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

ORIGINAL WILL OF GEN. WAsHiSGroS.-A COR
respondent Of TIE PiRa}ciDttG Iagui-er s,ys, in
reference 10 the removal of the will OF Washington
10 foreign museum that il involves national bu-
initiation hard for Americans 20 bear. Justice and
history demand that the name Of the msn who 10
responsible for this National disgrace shall be given
90 the world. Some time previous TO the advance u
orr army lss, Spring, 10 Fairfax Court-llouse aud
Cen,re,ille, Alfred Moss, then Clerk Of the Fairfax
County Court removed all the moot important
records and papers, public Documents county SEAL
&C., 20 Warenton, the county seat OF tanqu'er
County, Va. The original Will Of George Washing
ton was removed by him either previous to or az 'ne
same time. The friends OF Moss declare that he took
the will Of Gen Washington from the County
Clerk Office al Fairfax Cour-House AMI carried IL
Of with him. lie lad tried hard for some time pre-
vi,us 10 remove il to this city for speculative
.nrposes. Henry r. Brooks, who was elected
C,np,v clark ~ An election held at Fairfax Court
Ilouse under An order OF Gov. Pierpoat Is the cor
rs.poudent above alluded 10, and he further states
bt the boxes containing the public records OF FAIR
lax County were placed IN his hands. lie says Tho
boves war, there opened by job uAwShurSt,
DANNY Clerk; Jonathan Roberts, and myself We
found everything OF importance, except ne eoHH'y
,,.{ end lie original VA Of General Washington.
From hints thrown cut by tue Secession friends OF
Alfred Moss he had taken special care OF these TWO
erec.ou, articles" Moss is dead. He might have
-,yed himself from an infamous immortality had Id
died sooner.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

Co.oPERATIoS WITH COP NECESSITY Fon
THE SALVATION or Our CorSrRT.--Lnsi evening.
at the church Of the Puri;ans the Rev. W. Richard
son. Of Worcester. Msss.. delivered discourse on
Tie above subject to large and very attentive
congregation. Alter stating aud illustrating the
general principles he applied L 20 individuals sud
nations Our nation, lie said, had sinned and it had
been chaaised in consequence. This was as sure
as any law in nature. We were jls' realins as we
bad s0wu. Tie way for our safety ald recovery
was reformation. We must cease 10 cypress and
return to equity before God. lie expressed tho
desire that tie President. arm might not bec.me
weak by the LIST of January but that he would lave
courage and strength TO enforce ais Proclamation in
all It's breadth of application.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

CHANGr IN COMMAND All MENPHis.--MaJor-Hen'
sherman has turned over the command Of his post {"
Memphis 10 Major.Gea S. A. Huribat' M'JoF'uS",
Hurlbu, is "a South Cnrolinan by birth, ou' 'e'i','
for many years in Illinois, lie has been III he''''y
nj the hard-fought battles OF tie South" est
Fort Doneson, Fort Henry, Shiloh, Bolivar, anu
Connih. Tho bloody battles al Bolivar de'o'op01
IN hun military geuios of the highest ORDER
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

Although we have no news of importance
from tie Army of the Potomac by telegraph,
It can do no harm TO repeat the announcement
made in a Washington paper on Saturday,
and doubtless already in Richmond, that a
portion Of the army had probably crossed the
Rappahannock at Port Royal. The details OF
this movement, so far as they are in our pos.
session, we do not think proper to give. For
the position of Port Royal, we refer to the
map on our first page. The intelligent reader
can draw his own conclusions as to the i'm
pOrtance and purpose Of the movement.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

understood to be trying to evade payment on
the excuse that they signed under mlsappre-
tensions. We hear that strong Vigilance
Committee has been formed by leading
citizens, who are resolved that the county
shall not be taYd to pay this sla8,Oo0 over
ooa;n if there Is an honest way to avoid 1t.
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NOTE FROM crRRIr SMITH.

PRrrnnoRo, n. Y, Dee s. lS61
Ny DEAR sla: have just read in Tux TRIBUNE
fo Bal the editorial ON The Dcsusuon 40 England
hays as, reed che call Tor meeting TO which refers
IS all exceedingly gratifying will thank you TO hAna 10 ''
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

Mr. Mason Jones repeated on Friday evening at
the Brooklyn Acade my, the lecture On Dean swift
which he had given the night before il New-York.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29

Mall, and will christen Il by the name Of Club
ocracy. TChcers. The poor ye have Away
with you. What serfdom--what slavery---ns
hope-no education--no religion--not but desc
lation and despair What have the people dons
TO be denied air and water, and light event.
Think ofe0OD families living ia Scotland in one
room with no window The statistics are sick
ening--227, 600 families live IN one room with
one window, and 250000 families live in two
rooms with two windowsi Think Of seventy.
two per cent Of the entire population Of Scotland
living in families Of from four to eight persons,
in only two rooms with only two windowsi-
And this is freedomi j call it slavery. What
immoraIityI How debasing 10 the mindl
The monarchies of Europe, like garrulous old
men, are propping each other up with the hope
of the downfall Of America. Hear them chat
ter, and try to stand firmly on their weak legs
sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything.--
[oheers.l Each saying to the other, Repub-
lies are dead Miserere Dominel America is
divided-the Union is gone--but am with the
people. lCheers] believe that right is right,
since God is God-and right the day must win.
To doubt it would be dsloyalty; to falter must
be sin.
My lecture is ended; my thoughts are now
your thoughts; and let liberty burn within your
breasts Remember the lessons of history
How the oppressed Romans burst asunder their
bonds under the Rienzi, the tribute of the peo-
pie. How the Tyrolese sprang to arms when
Andreas Hofer sounded the alarm bell for liberty.
How the republican mountaineers grasped their
cross-bows when Tell hurled defiance to the ty-
rant Geslerl lCheers.1 How the North rose up
10 protect their national flag, and fight the bat
tie of mani CCheers.] SO Ireland must find
some Garibaldi to remember Wolf Tone EN-
met and Daniel O'Connell aud cry Union in
America and Liberty in ireland. Tremendous
cheers and great sensation, the audience escort
ing Mr. Train, with loud cheers, some way into
the street
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29

So rapidly are iron-clad gunboats turned out
from our navy yards and the construction docks
OF contractors, that it is difficult to keep pace
with our naval achievements, and know what
the size of our fleet really is. The New York
Tribune publishes a complete list of the work
which has been and is being done in ron-clads.
The summary of this statement is as follows:
2frigates, afoat.
l Monitor, ahoat.
2gunboats, ahoat (Galena and Naugatuck
gunboats on Western rivers, afloat.
4gunboats on Western rivers purchased and
mailed.
Monitors, for California, building,
l0 gunboats for the protection Of Ohio and
Indiana.
. Mississippi gunboats
tremendous ram, to be plated with inch
iron.
gunboatto be built at the Navy Yard.
lgunboat at Dry Dock.
gunboat at New York (13th street.)
gunboat at Boston.
gunboat at Greenpoint.
gunbOat at Philadelphia.
vessel supposed 10 be building secretly by
Mr.. Ericsson.
new Ericsson vessels. Total 49,
Four of these, at least--one building at Phil
adelphia, one at Greenpoint and two at the Ma
Wy 1ard,-are to be exclusively of iron.
The following is the actual force of our iron
fleet at present:
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29
Total. 1880


The two frigates afoat are the Ironsides and
the Roanoke. The latter craft--which is the old
frgate of that name raced and heavily plated,
lis not ready for service and will not be for six
weeks. She will be formidable monster when
completed, having three immense revolving gun
turrets on deck, and powerful beak or ram at
her bow.
OF the nine new Monitors building, three are
at Greenpoint two at Boston, one at Whining
ton, Del; two at Chester, Pa, and one at Jersey
City. These will be all perfectly alike.
The tremendous ram" spoken of is being
constructed for the Government by Mr.. Webb,
at New York. She is expected to eclipse in size
and destructive powers everything afoat in the
waters of the United States She win cost over
with iron no less than six inches thick. she will
have two revolving turrets, and on the bow there
will be cover of twelve inch iron. A solid
projecting ram will protrude from the bow.
The new Ericsson vessels. are to be iron-plated
ships Of remarkable speed and strength. One
win be 800 feet long, the other $40. These will
be by far the longest mailed vessels in the Ma
Wy. They will also have more powerful engines
than any now afioat The turrets will be strong
enough TO Withstand the shock Of the 425 pound
ers. The armament will consist of l5-inch guns,
but the exact number is not yet decided on.
That this Navy cannot be lightly estimated
by foreign nations is apparent, A year ago the
London Times reproached us for not thinking
Of bgilding iron-clad vessels. Now, the Thun-
derer will feel more like reproaching us for hav-
ing dared to eclipse @the mistress of the seas
in our iron feet. England intends to have @by
the end Of 1862 fifteen iron plated vessels, all
or nearly all of which will require 25 feet depth
Of water. At the same time the United States
viii have fifty iron crafts, large proportion OF
which, instead Of presenting TO the enemy so
huge a target as the Warrior will afford, can dis
appear to the very surface Of the water, il nee
essary, leaving only an inVulnerable turTet ex-
posed to the fire of an enemy's guns. We can
not now be molested or menaced with impunity.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29
The Ola Norm stnre.

In his speech at Washington, Col. Corcorar
said: / have come from North Carolina, and
can say Of her, she has her 10000 troops in thG
field. One half Of these men, il they were free
to speak, would speak in favor Of returning t.
the Union. But will also say that their Stat,
pride, their blind love, perhaps for State insti'
until we can give them assurance that we car
send into the interior Of feyery State, a sufficient
number Of troops for the Union people to rally
around.
Union men and Union editors at the South
have for months been proclaiming the same notes
of warning. Generals Hunter Phelps and But.
Ter have time and again reiterated it and tn,
people are loudly demanding it; the day o
their deliveranee we trust is near.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29
PnXmenI nf Ronn,Ie.-

A Washington despatch says: Bounties paid
and TO be paid by the Government to new vol
unteers, already amount to seven millions. OF
or two all other payments at the Treasury have
been suspended for the purpose of closing these
up. It's supposed that another day or two will
pay off the remaining two millions. These of
course, are merely the bounties paid by the Ma
tional Government. 1t is estimated that other
bounties paid by State Governments, counties,
towns corporations DC, viii swell the amount
expended, beyond the legitmete payment of
soldiers wages and outfit in raising volunteers,
under the Presidents call for 100000 to fifty
millions dollars
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29
From the London Times August 4.
Good for the Thuderer,

We naturally look for some changes in such a
war as this. The successes of the Confsderates
have been for many weeks SO frequent and con-
tinuOus that we have been expecting something,
events. But although the Unionists have the
lens in their own hands, nothing seems to have
occurred which they can even magnify into a
victory. We might have anticipated that the
audacious attempt to invade a Northern State
would have been promptly repelled and severely
punished. But seems tie Confederate force Is
StW upon tie sacred soil Of Ohio. Tho Governor
gems seem unwilling to volunteer even 10 resist
an invader, and proclamation threatening a
conscription has been found necessary even in
an invaded State undoubtedly loyal TO the
Northern Confederacy.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29
No Furrber LACK OF Aluminium.

In many of our engagements during the war,
we have been informed that regiments or bat
teries were obliged to be withdrawn, at critical
moments, because they were destitute of anu
milton. This was the case with several corps at
Bull Run, Pittsburg Landing, Fair Oaks, Saw
age Station and other engagements where the
carnage was dreadful.
Gen. Pope intends to guard against this def
cheney in his command. He has issuedOrders
to have his men provided with one hundred
rounds of ammunition on all occasions when going
into action. aud each gun shall carry not less
than two hundred rounds in the cassou. A
strict adherence to these requirements will be
enforced by rigid penalties