The New York herald., 1863-09-08

in Frankfort Lord Clarendon had arrived in that
city, and was to warn the Archduke Macmillan.
in the name of England, of the dangers Of the
| Mexican situation.
Polish affairs remained without change. We
publish to-day the text of the second notes address
ed by France, England and Austria to Russia on
the subject. The language is firm against the
olcy of the Gear, and the crisis spoken of as one
of'great gravity.
toria in Germany.
The Turkish seraglio was recently burned to the
ground, and an exciting scene occurred during the
confiagration among the three hundred women
over one hundred eunuchs and some hundred SER
wants who inhabited it,
| Consols closed in London, on the goth Of August
at 93ss 931a for money. American stocks were
| higher. The Liverpool cotton market was buoy
| ant, and experienced an advance during the week,
ranging from one to one and half penny. On the
10th ultmo the market was quiet and unchanged.
Breadstuifs were quiet and steady. Provisions
| were steady.
MIsCELLANE0Us NEWS.
By way Of San Francisco we have important
news Of the commencement of an Anglo American
war upon the Japanese. The ship Pembroke hav-
ing been fired upon by the Japanese forts while on
her way from Nangasaki to Kansgawa, the gun
boat Wyoming proceeded TO the scene of the out
rage, silenced the forts and destroyed two war
steamers belonging to the Japanese. She had five
men killed and six wounded in the affair. A
British merchant ship had previously been as
sailed by the Japanese, and in retaliation the
British Admiral landed force which destroyed the
forts, spiked the guns, blew up the magazine and
burned the village. The Japanese made but
/ feeble resistance.
The steamer Sunbeam foundered during heavy
| gale on Lake Superior on Friday last and all of
| her passenger and crew, thirty-fve in number,
| except the wheelsman, were drowned. The
wheelsman lashed himself to piece of the wreck,
and, after floating thirty hours, was washed ashore
at Portage, twenty miles from the scene of the
| catastrophe.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday concurred
with the Councilmen in the $3, ,OOO, 900 appropra-
tion for the draft exemption fund.- despite the veto
Of Mayor Opdyke, and irrespective of the interme-
date action of the Supervisors and chief magis-
trate. Mr.. John E. Develin. Corporation Counsel,
In communication, states that he does not be-
ieve that the Supervisors have been vested with
any power to act in granting relief under the law
Of 1868. The Committee on Pri0lng reported in
favor of making the NEW YORK HERALD, in conse-
quence of its universal circulation, the medium of
publishing all advertisements emanating from the
city government and heads of departments.
There was meeting Of the Tammany Society at
the Old Wigwam last evening at half-past seven
O'Clock; but thsre was no occasion for the
Sachems to put on their war paint. Elijah F. Pur-
dy presided, and after some little business Of
mere routine character had been transacted, the
meeting adjourned.
General John A. Garfield has written letter
denying many of the assertions of Clement L.
vallandgham, and convicting him of uttering un-
truths about the sentiments Of the people of the
South Gen. Garfield also says that he holds him
self personally responsible to Mr.. vallandigham,
or any of his friends, for the statements he has
made.
The democratic State ticket in Minnesota is
doomed to On overwhelming defeat. The Conven-
tion crowded in the copperheads, and the conser-
vative journals refuse to support 1t.
| The State government Of Mississippi has joined
the itinerancy. When it left jackson, the capital,
it located at Meridian, and when danger approach
ed that place. it took up its line with light march
ing orders, and at last accounts had squatted in
Macon Noxubee county.
madam Parliament to raise 81 900 900 year, by
direct taxation, for the support Of tho militia.
The opposition attack the bill ferociously.
The Confederate debt. says Robert Taylor, Re.
gistF of the Treasury at Richmond, is $780,.
600 900.
There are nearly two thousand deserters from
the Missouri regiments now in the field.
The committee to investigate the fairness of the
In xhn - N,sl
| New York, found that two hundred and sixtyfve
names were enrolled, and only two hundred and
twenty-fou ballots were placed in the wheel. The
| Draft Commissioner, Mr.. German, refused to
give any explanationin regard to the discrepancy.
The September term Of the Court Of General
Sessions commenced at eleven o'clock yester-
day morning-City Judge John H. McCunn
on the bench. panel of grand jurors
not being present when the roll was called
those in attendance were discharged until
Wednesday morning. The panel of petit jurors
was then called, when but few answered to
their names, and the Court announced that those
who had failed to attend would be fined twenty.
five dollars each. No cases being ready for trial,
| the Court adjourned until Wednesday morning at
eleven O'Clock.
| The International Wheat Show will commence
to-day in Rochester, New York. The productions
| Of some Of our New York and Western farms will
be compared with the best efforts Of Canadian
| horticulturists.
The Hartford Horse Association will hold their
third national horse fair to-day at the Hartford
Trottng Park. The exhibition will remain open
four days.
The eighth annual exhibition OF the New Jersey
Agricultural Society will be open to-day at Pa.
terson, and continue for four days.
The season at Saratoga Springs has closed, and
the number Of visiters reach the aggregate Of
nearly thirty thousand--ffty per cent over the
| whole number last year.
The City Inspectors report states that there were
5s5 deaths in the city during the past week-a de-