The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-09
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
PROGRESS OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
An Effort TO be Made to End the War
Without Farther Bleedshed,
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rEAoE YRorosrfYoNs UNDER CONSIDERATION
Notwithstanding the doual Of washngecn newspapers,
hose managers 70 know everything, but really
know nothing. It is q that for two months past tho
question OF settlement Of the pending difcutes be-
the Northern Southern states without further
oodshed has under consideration both IN Wash.
ingtsn and Richmond. The action thus far hardly
authorizes tho statement that "psacs propositions" are
being considered The negotiations have not yet reached
any dsandts propositions For the present your
respondent Is under obligation OF secresy upon the
-subIsct which ~ In few days be removed. when Il
will be shown that the government has either accepted
or rejected plan proposed TO try to bring the to
speedy and bleoaass conclusion without dshonor0 the
North or humiliation TO the South.
THE RRPORT o. TIE RECENT BATTLE AT BRAsnEAR
DIscRHDrrED.
Tho repsst of recent engagement al Brashear Cay,
Louisiana, n which the onion troops were at first de-
ssated and Afterwards successful u not credited here.
rHy AFFAIR OF GENERAL sCHOFrELD.
james 8. Rollins menbcr Of Congress from Missouri,
ve 1t present working strongly against the mission Of
Missouri deegatonin tho Of General schonsd.
IL = sAsd that Mr.. Lincoln has promised that order
shhi - issued IN Missouri similar 70 that issued BY
General Burnside In Ksaucy, preventing rebels from
voting In elections
TEE WASHINGTON DEP Anr,HEr.
b oow Understood 70 b Asttlsd that General Hsnt-
ssman will 10 relieved from duty here and sent 70
Texas, supposed sw aays ase would bs Ne
For the present. lssss there b 70 ~ change this
military department either h ~ military couaHAnaes
or IN tho milkary eOvsfnse aAf an ,r
TEE SANITARY COMMISSION.
Ths Board Of The sanitary comninsoa ne u pssssst
holding their regular quartsriy meeting In this city,
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The officers OF Commission show ~ Asts 70 b h
good condition and The work progressing sAvOssssy
the total cash contributions 70 October I foss
I'D eight hundred snd nlty seven thousand seven
hundred and dollars and thirty three cents q
ths California has contributed nve hundred md
one thousand hundred and dollars Tho value Of
tho contributions Of supplies materials &C., 10 that date
10 estimated ut about milons Of dollars. Many
persons supposed and some have asserted that The
expenses Of the Commission consumed large per cenage
Of the contributions but books show that the expenses
averaged only three cent Of tho amount Of the
contributions received distributed for the benefit Of
the soldiers.
The Board have appropriated thirty eight thousand
dollars supplies, &c. be Immediately forwarded 10
Charleston harbor relief Of the military and naval
orces engaged there and additional supplies win be for
warded - they are required. The Board will probably
conclude its scss Ions " morrow.
JEFF. DAVIS CAPTURED CORRESPONDENCE.
Amsng the jefferson DAVIS recently captured
" ono written by General Gadsden, OF South Carolina,
dated Mexico Ear back 1854 when Davis secre-
cary War, deveoong the scheme Of great federation
N West India Islands, including Cuba, b formidable
commercial and naval power stimulated In their advance
msut end prosperity BY African slavery existing
In tho Southern states where Southern planters Of
pr,ss vtil fed space and nducemsuts eocuGh seek
new homes for themselves and domestcs In The most
lovely domains creation and al united In harmony
,inlsr eos Homogeneous American sysssm.
ras vrvB-rwBsrY YBAns DoNps.
The third series Of ave twenty bouds Of hundred
Snsous preparing AZ the Treasury Department nearly
onplsled and tho subscriptions continue 70 augment
a. they have during the pest few days the sutrs ssrss
yin soon ~ absorbed. An srroasous imprssssoa
srtainsd BY psrsoas sbas this WORK has all bsss
-sxsoatsd In the department. ms nos the eAss. Ths
s4cs as engraved In New York. and The printing
Of the Of one dissemination performed there Ths
.rcnandsr the vuvk bssn dons ~ the Treasury
Tho execution Is ercdaabh 70 IN, and, When IN
eosssartly brief period Of psspasaoa ~ the Treasury
ousdcre the spool with which shs series has bssa pro
dresd must resAred exsrsosdnssy while ths oos
W III government has less than half the cost d
IN. former III economy ouss b very sassfac
tory "a The public shows that With all the pressure
oa ~ Treasury Department there are both the dspos
xoo and the ABILITY 70 scoosmizs details u sxpsa
di,ures.
TIE plsxouxrEp cAvALKY CAN'T.
Tho d,-mcunted cavalry camp, near Washington, ~
.ducng ~ Operations 70 most perfect sys'sm II hs'
nov thousand three hundred dsmountsd cavalry
trn whom thirteen hundred attached 70 the Armj
of the Potomac. two hundred and rpety-eve 70 cavalry
regiments Organized TEXAS ard various other places
sho have besn rccently exchanged, and even hundre
and SIX Fifteenth, ss,esush and Eighteenth Nsv
York regiments. When the supply VI ordnance ID AIDE
qua.e iwo hundred any oavaIrymeu be rDoan,e
ouuppcd and INTO the Geld daily. During the las
DAYS fourteen hundred have been SEQ, from the
10 the rc,d ago thers we're twenty thousao
A,ary horses m wash,ngtou, Of which nine thousan
aero reported ~ tor srvce. The prise noe ysd d
xxsry hnrscs 10 oua huudfed sad forty Collars. vror
yo 10 four hu ndred dsnooned men are scn, into N
camp daily Ma or ]. r. MAYOR. second New York ca'
airy Il IN command OF The camp The other officers
che headquarters sre;--cspsain 4. l. Barney, Tent
Nee yosk Assistant Aajutant Geaera. Captain Piso'
eighth rernsyivana. inspector General L'so'ena'
Iohn A. Goodwin, FIRST Msssachusevs. or1'e
snssser; NJ. Bgxns Twelfth Illinois, Surgeon ~ che
" Chrca,mau, Erh,h penrsyivsna, assistant surseou
Lseufenant H. Il. whae. Fourth Ne~ York, commissAr,
fA~.s.,.n. = n INv,s e<cord Pspnsy anita, urdnsa