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Annual Regatta or the Brooklyn Yacht
Club.
5PLENDID AQUATIC DISPLAY.

The sixth annual regatta Of tho Brooklyn Yacht Cab
came or yesterday and the finest aquatic display
made by the club The weather excellent end
tho course sot down by the cOmmtee-around buoy No
in The lower bay aud back-aforded the boats every
chance 10 test their best points The steamboat Rip Van
Wrinkle chartered by the club for the accommodations
Of the members and their Friends and accompanied th
feet all over the course. The steamer left Fsk
ton ferry at twelve O'Clock, rreighted with about
thousand ladies and gentlemen. and arrived at the
starting ground, Gowanus bay. In good time tho
yachts take their departure Sanger's band in At
tendance and dscoursed excellent music during
trip. The members OF the Regatta Committee
Hiiyer Ostrander, Sawyer, Underhil and w. H. Pegg-
board aud deserving OF much praise for the
successful manner in which Tho affair passed OIL
At hapast twelve o'clock the boats OF the first class
Glib and mainsail) ordered TO their buoys of the
Club House, and afterwards tho cat rig boats WhcA
comprised the second took their positions at the
long whearf the entrance OF tho BASIN Everything
being in readiness the signal gun fred and at ten
minutes to one O'Clock the yachts started the 10
tha foil Ow Ordar
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STRATEGY FOR PRESENT UsE.-Our object
in this campaign should be not SO much
to take the cities of the rebels as to defeat,
destroy and capture their armies. The rebel
General Lee has drawn his forces from all
points in Virginia and North Carolina, and
even from South Carolina, knowing that If he
can defeat Hooker's army he can send troops
back to those points after he has marched Into
Washington. To outgeneral Lee the administra-
ton may either collect our veteran forces from
various Southern points to reinforce Hooker, and
enable him to outnumber and whip Lees army,
or 1t may gather thirty or forty thousand
veterans. and take Richmond and the rebels
there while Lee is contemplating the forti6ca-
tons about Washington. The latter Of these
courses is probably the quicker and the better
adapted to the military capacity Of the admin
istration. Hooker cannot be compelled TO
fight unless he wishes. He can maneuvrs about
Washington for weeks, amusing Lee and exef-
cising himself. The crisis now demands strate-
cical ability, and the most brilliant stroke OF
strategy possible for MS is TO capture Richmond
and defend Washington at the same time that
we are placing Lees army In a position where
retreat is impossible and defeat inevitable.
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DINNER AT THE Aston HOUSE LAST EVENING.
General Thomas Francis Meagher entertained the staff
and line officers Of the Irish Brigade at dinner at the
Asor House las, evening The company numbered about
thirty, and down to table eight o'clock The
tertanment a strictly private one, being social
reunion OF the brave and gallant officers who often
rsked their lives defence Of the flag OF their adopted
country, which borne aloft through so many hard
fought fields the head Of the Irish Brigade Genera
Meaghers late command. After the edibles had been
disposed OF many short speeches made Of social
character which served draw still closer that bond "
sympathy and brotherhood which closely united Gen.
Meagher and all the officers Of his brigade. The enter
got up under the personal superinendence
of Mr. Woods the major domo Of the Astor House. and
added another to the many similar ,riumphs he has lately
achieved in that line.
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Brooklyn Military movements.

The Forty seventh regiment are under orders TO take
up the line Of march for the Of this morning 1t
O'Clock. Many having joined other organizations.
der the impression that their services q regiment
would not be required the ranks will not be full
they would have been under other circumstances. SIN
they expect to muster between three and four hundred
men. The following in a list Of the officers
Field and Sbf-Colonei, J. V. Meserole: Lieutenant
Colonel George Sangster Major, vacant Chaplain, Rev.
Dr. Porter Qartermaster Frederick scholes Surgeon,
DIR. A. j. Berry.
Company A-Captain j. c. Harding; First Eieutenans
J. c. bloom Second Lieutenant, Thos. Brown
Company B-Csptain, C. G. Barnes First Lieutenant, ~
A. Tappan; second Lieutenant, vacant.
Company C-Captan, A. H. Rogers; Fist Lieutenant, ,
Geo. n. Lettbrdge second Lieutenant, G G. Nissan.
Company Daptan, Thos. s. Cooper; First Lieutenant,
Isaac Geerey Second eutenant, vacant
Company F-Captain, Henry irwin; First Lieutenant,
vacant Second Lieutenant, George Fountain.
Company T--Captain George Dougherty. First Lieu
tenaI David Austin Second Iisutenant George Gardner
Company k-Captain John W Nandewater First Lieu
tenant, Charles W. Hayes Second Lieut. saaut, William
Cornell
Nom Csnmisso~ed Stq6-seryeant Major, william r..
Gouge: Second Sergeant Major Fred II. Way; Commis
sary sergeant, Edw ard smith Hospital steward George
W. Wilbour Right General Guide George n. Mayer;
Left General Guide Charles II. Ridgeway.
The destination OF the regiment Baltimore although
effort Is making g. have sent 10 Harrisburg where
the other regiments Of the brigade are socamped
The Colonel 10 hrs last orders states that must be
distinctly understood that every person liable do militia
ry duty in this regiment go with II, furnish
substitute acceptable 10 his company be considered
deserter and be dealt with accordingly. Commandsnts
OF companies viii have a statement Of the
and residences VI those members Of their respective
companies who do not respond TO ths order. and will
return Of the same the Colonel Friday
ing, previous to departure
ment, left for Harrisburg last night with ful company
Of one hundred members, which has been recruited By
him since the departure ~ the body He took
along 4 number Of recruits for other companies
The seventeen regiment cavalry are recruiting aud
making every exerten TO nl w the ranks. The CON-
panes drih daily And are persctug themselves as much
possible.
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The Rebel Army OF Virginia-Our Latest
News and Views Of It's Movements.

Vne N0oeA army OF V1f8lmlo-O0r Lotest
News and Views 81 It's Movements.
We>Aave some additional facts, and SUPER
abundant supply Of rumors and conjectures, re-
garding the movements and designs of the rebel
army of Virginia In other words, bushel
of chaff has accumulated upon our hands since
yesterday morning, and we desire to ascertain,
as far as possible, how much wheat there is
in it.
First we have the report that on Friday
last Generals Lee and Longstreet were at Win
chester with one hundred thousand men. Now
we remember that last August, when Gen. Pope,
with his small army, was retreating before the
overwhelming columns of Lee, the whole of
by United States army officers to be hardly
less in the aggregate than three hundred thou
sand men. We know, too, that this enormous
army dwindled down at Antietam to
less than seventy-fve thousand. According
ly, we doubt whether the present army
of Lee, which is guessed to be from a
hundred to hundred and twenty-five thousand
strong, can in reality muster more than fifty
or sixty-say Straightforward men. This is
the army that General Hooker has to deal
with. We cannot believe that with anything
near hundred thousand men Lee would have
stolen away from the Rappahannock over the
Blue Ridge chain of mountains. On the con-
trary, turning sharply upon the flank of General
Hooker, which he had the opportunity to do, Lee
would have compelled him to fight somewhere
on the direct road between Culpepper and
Washington, to secure his communications with
the capital, and to secure the capital itself.
Lee, in word, knows that his army is inferior
to our opposing army in every sense, or he
would not have gone hundred and fifty miles
out of his way to find General Hooker.
Next we are told from Frederick, Nd, that
it is generally believed that the greater part
OF Lees army "has crossed over the Potomac
since Friday, at Antietam, Shspherdstown and
Wil,iamsport." We, however, demand more
satisfactory evidence than the general belief
Grant that General Rhodes division Of ten
thousand men left Hagerstown on Tuesday for
Chambersburg, and that General Johnston's
rebel division, twelve thousand strong, crossed
over at Shepherdstown on Sunday, these move
ments may be explained as mere diversions
to deceive General Hooker and as supports Il
those immense trains Of army wagons sect
passing northward through Hagerstown. Those
wagons were sent out to gather up provisions
shoes, clothing &C., for Lees main army in th'
Shenandoah valley Virginia having beer
eaten out, he is simply making the best use
of his time to forage upon Maryland and Penn
svlvania while maneuvring to draw out an,
divide the army of General Hooker
We have no idea that General Lee mediate
an advance upon either Harrisburg or Balti
| more. In the one case the trip would not pa
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JoHNsroN's ARMY BEHIND vIcKsBURG.-An
impression prevails that Johnston's army will
attack Grant behind Vicksburg It will attempt
nothing of the sort. Grant now has an army
of over hundred thousand men. Johnston's
army does not amount to more than half that
number, if indeed he now has over twenty-five
thousand men. Besides this, Grant has used the
spade with such effect that the Notifications
in his rear are scarcely less impregnable than
the rebel works in his front. Instead of COM
hitting the folly Of mourning certain defeat by
attacking Grant, the rebel Johnston, who is un-
doubtedly an able general, will use his army as
a corps of observation until Vicksburg falls,
and then march to defend Mobile. AT last ac-
counts Grant was about to open upon Vicks-
burg with red hot shot If so, its capitulation
cannot be long delayed.
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PHIiADEIPHIA, June %, 1868.
The general subscription agent reports the sale to-day
OF 81 $50 Hve-twentes by the various agencies in the
loyal states. Bonds being delivered TO June L The
uncertainty which still the rebel movements in
and has the effect of esssning the
volume of sales the number Of local subscriptions
peculiarly gratifying.
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The judges awarded the prize for the first class 10 che
Katie Did and the Laura awarded the first prize for
the second class boats The second prize for the rig
given to the Nonparie but the Of the
Favorita protested against the proceeding account a
the matter will probably have 70 be decided before
meeting ol the club.
number OF yachts from the New York. Jersey City
and Hobeken Yacht Clubs in attendance and addeA
largely 70 tn display.
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THE AMALGAMArrON OF RACES.
The Difficulty mt the Clarendon Hotel
AT CHAMBERS.
Before Hon. John II. Nc

Before Hon. John II. McCunn City Judge.
JrNE 25.--rhe writ OF certiorari In this
turned before City Judge McCunn at Chambers today.
Mr. Pycock, through his counsel, wished to withdraw the
charge Mr.. Dodge, counsel for Mr. Henry Wood, pro
tested against the withdrawal stating that 1t the
wish Of his client matter thoroughly nvest
gated as Mr Wood Believed 1t conspiracy against
him. and felt very much aggrieved at the statements
which had appeared in all the papers except the HERALD.
The case stands adjourned until eleven O'Clock this
Iavl mn
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DIERs.-The most shameful neglect is evinced
by the authorities at Washington in paying to
the relatives of deceased officers and soldiers the
claims due the latter at the time of their
death. Even in cases where they are acknowl-
edged by the Department, the payment is post
poned indefinitely, to the serious detriment Of
the parties concerned. This is wrong for the
existence of which there can be no excuse, and
we sincerely hope that it may be at once rene
died. We have had cited to us cases where for
more than year the claims have been anthem
ticated and as yet no payment has been made.
1t must strike all that justice and promptitude
in these matters is paramount duty on the
part Of the government.
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The Desperate Affair Near Belfast, Me.

Grant aud Knowles the deserters who shot Mex ennsy
Chiefc. the Pecs OF this city sunday while attempt.
ing 10 arrest them for horse stealing discovered in
the woods yesterday by three Of the posse sent 10 scare
Of them The desperadoss resisted and desperate and
bloody ARRAY took place.
AMr. jenkins, Of Detroit, one Of the posse, was 10.
stanty killed by shot from revolver 10 the hands Of
Grant who also succeeded seriously woundng another
man.
Grant was 6ually killed by blows from knife, and
Knowles was wounded beyond recovery.
Chief Of Police Mckinney romains' Yin very critical
condition
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The COMPTROLLER's ANNUAL REPORT-We
have received a copy of the proof sheets of the
annual report of the Comptroller for the year
closing with December 81, 1862. This report
shows the source of the revenues of the city,
the amount raised by tax and the amount dis
bursed by the several departments Of our city
and county governments. The Comptroller
acts wisely in calling attention to the leak in
our revenues from the ferries. The proper au-
thorties should take this in hand at once, and
see that the ferry companies keep their wharves
in repair, in accordance with the contract, and
not throw that expense upon the city, as it ap-
pears has been done in several instances.
There il another chance for Improvement in
the rent of our markets. Our present markets,
in the hands of private parties, would be made
to return an income of over two hundred per
cent more than they do now. Why cannot the
city realize more respectable and remunera-
tive rental from this source than it does at pre-
sent?
The report also shows satisfactory condition
of the sinking fund for the redemption Of the
city debt. The total amount of the funded and
temporary Indebtedness Of the city, on Decem-
Der 81, 1862, was $27, 49l GAP, an increase Of
upwards Of five and a half millions in the last
five years.
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Names Of Ydchts. Ouners Tonnage.
Oceau,.. ...-....J J. whise........15.
Katie. Did. ....... G. Atkins. ........l6.
Dolphin ....... +. Sheridan 10
Midnight ....... j. X. Waller. see. 18
Restless ......... John Jones .... Is.
Addie. ............R Trundie. .......20
Aunie Laurie. -. W. McSonies . "a
Arehusa. j. NJ. Dagna. rs feet inches.
I. F.: Newman. n% w%.: "a 20 feet rect, ,,
Commodore $. Snedley 81 feet 10 inches.
favora:. Jno: NJ CIenahan ,Jr IS feet inch.
N0apareil L. Faucher ..28 feet inches
The wind was blowing gentle breeze from the south
when the yachts started that the TO the stake
boat beat TO wndward and it was whiie this ops
ration was being performed by each Of the contest
ants that the spectators enabled to Judge Of
the qualities OF the different boats On reaching OWLS
Head the wind freshened and from that time until tho
boats turned the sakeboat the sport was lively beyond
description On reaching Fort Hamilton the Laura and
the Commodore had the lead closely followed by tho
Favorita, t. +. Newman and Nonparel II just be-
fore reaching this ont that the Nonparie oued the
Coney Island Point the struggle between the Commodore,
Laura Nonpariel. Favore and L. +. Newman was OK
versation board the steamboat At this iuncture
the Commodore, which was apparently tho
leading boat had her mast carried away and was
of course out OF the race. The Laura then
took the lead, and kept in the advance until
the stakeboat of buoy No. was reached, whom she
rounded and stood for home about half mile ahead Of
the other boats Coming home the wind almost di-
recly aft, and Notwithstanding the tide had commenced
ebb the boats made splendid time the whole way up
From Coney Island Point to Fort Hamilton the L. New
man. Favorita and Nonpareil side by side, each
boat vainly endeavorng to out man9uvre the other
for the second prize. Finally, after q great deal
Of figuring the kept mna to%
Island shore, shot ahead Of her competitors and came
to the stake boat about five minutes after the Laura
ed BY the f. Newman and the cabin boats brought up
the 10 splendid style.
The following table, prepared by the Judges, Messrs
SAWYER Lewis Jones, shows the exact time made BY
each yacht In sailing over the course
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expenses, as the broad, rocky Susquehanna
river is in his way; and. in the other case, his
army in getting into Baltimore would get into
a trap from which Lee would never eKtricate it,
with General Hooker's army and our militia
auxiaries behind him. and with NO means of
retreat a. his command over the broad, naviga-
BILE Lower Potomac. Betw cen Governor Curtin
and the Governor of Maryland, with the eight
or ten thousand of our New York State
militia sent forward, one would think there
would be no difficulty now in advancing to the
Maryland border body of fifty thousand men.
This force would protect the border from fur
Their foraging incursions, or compel General
Lee to bring up his reserves; and in this event
the Army of the Potomac would be able to
repeat the battle of Antietam under greater
advantages than were possessed by General
Mcclellan, including our present possession of
the commanding heights of Harpers Ferry and
the river front below, where Lee last year en-
tered Maryland.
Last September, after driving Pope's shat
tered columns behind the defences of Arlington
Heights, Lee deliberately took up his line Of
march and entered Maryland forty miles above
Washington. His march by this short route
could not be resisted; for Mcclellan, from the
remains of bis own army Of the Richmond
peninsula, and from the fragments of Pope's
army, and from our new levies of volunteers,
hurried forward, had first to build up and
organize q new army before he could move
from the capital. Now General Hooker COM
mands the Potomac between the capital and
Harper's Ferry, and has an army Of veteran
soldiers 90 situated on his interior lines that
with even ordinary vigilance and activity he
can meet and defeat any offensive movement of
the enemy in any direction
A very few days will determine the issue to
Lee Of this aggressive campaign. If informed
from Richmond of the fall of Vicksburg in ad-
vance Of battle with General Hooker, there
will be an immediate necessity for the move.
ment of at least one-half Of this rebel army of
Virginia to the protection Of the flank Of Ala
bama and Georgia against the formidable libe-
rated army of General Grant Meantime, if the
report be true that D. H. Hills corps has been
left behind to take care of Richmond and the
communications between it and Gordonsville,
we may begin to doubt whether this Northern
campaign of Lee amounts to anything more than
a scare, an indispensable movement for sup
plies, and grand foraging expedition into the
loyal Dor der States.
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BOWERy THEATRE. Bowery.-AuRoRA FLoYD-DUxB
10Y on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dream
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NEW BOWER THEATRE. Bowery.-CoLLEEN BAwN-
fouAG ioow-kiSc AND FREE8oorER-Lo ziSGARA
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BARNUM's AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway -GEs
roN THUMB AND WIFE Com. MUIR AND MINNIE WARREN,
1t all hours DUkE BEQUEsT. Afternoon and Evening
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LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE. Broadway -WIvRs or
Par s-ioUNG WiDow-TIGur RoPE FEArs
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fRYANTS' MINSTRELS. Mechanics Hall l72 Broad.
We! .-ETHIoPiAN SONGS. BURLEsouRs DAScEs &c.-CnAw
Rnts nuE
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

NIBLo's GARDEN Broadway.-Tus DUKES MORO
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

A regular meeting of the Board OF Ceunclmen
was held at four o'clock yesterday. The attend.
anoe OF members was rather small, aud the BUSH
ness transacted was mostly Of routine nature. A
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WOODS MINSTREL HALL. ola Broadway. -ETHIorrA
SONGS DANCES, &c.-sILyER TRUarEr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-11-19
The Action at Rappahannoek Station---TIle
5th Wisconsin,

The New York papers bring some addition
al details of the brilliant affair at Rappahan-
mock Station last Saturday The Times cor
respondent says:
While all who participated in this affair, 1
believe, without exception, did well, special
mention should be made of the Fifth Wiscon-
sin and Sixth Maine.
The Herald spondent writes from War
renton Junction on Sunday:
The prisoners are now arriving. They are
chiefly frem North Carolina and louisiana
They say to our boys, "You all could not
have taken US, if we had had bayonets like
yours" The Wisconsin and Maine fellows
answered, ooh, CANNON; that's played out.
We did the same thing at Fredericksburg,
and can always do it. Our orders were to 90
into those works, and should have done it,
Oayonets or no bayonets We never thought
Of them till we got close up to the redoubts,
and then fixed them"
The stoicism of the 9Th Wisconsin bows
when wounded is remarkable Three Door
fellows, who lay with their faces towards the
enemy, and who had fallen while charging I'D
the hill upon the redoubts, on being asked if
they were dead, replied, dead No: we
are worth two or three dead men yet" Each
had broken leg, and they cody remarked,
"Thats ALL
Among the prisoners captured were six col
onels, two of whom, commanding brigades,
declared to Gen. Sedgwick that they were so
well assured Of the strength of their position
that they were confident it could not be sue
cessfully assailed by any one corps in the ar
my of the Potomac. The result shows that
they did not correctly estimate the bravery
of our soldiers, since their works were car
ried by only four regiments, who in skrmish
line charged on the enemy in his line of bat
tie, under the protection Of his rife pits
Sergt. Roberts, of the Sixth Maine, captured
a rebel battle flag. That regiment suffered
very severely, losing in killed and wounded
seventeen out of its twenty-five officers who
went into action, and two-thirds of its enlis-
ted men. The regiments actually engaged in
the capture of the prisoners went into battle
with only about nine hundred men, and the
excess of the prisoners above their own num-
bers is therefore very large.