The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-09

from Nashville our troops had little skrmish
with the rebels. and pursued them TO Spring Hill.
which place. il is said. they had Immediately
evacuated. In this affair-the date Of which is not
mentoned-we lost fifty men The rivcr was fall
ing rapidly. with only two feet Of water on the
shAls.
The United States steamship Continental. from
New Orleans. with dates TO the I'd inst, brngs
some interesting though not very important news
Our correspondence from there oontaiDs q valua.
BILE account in detail of the late attack on Port
! Hudson.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
| 1t has been rumored for some days past that q
great political meeting in support of the war Is TO
be held at the Academy of Music in this city dur
| ing the coming week, under the auspices Of Gen
| T. F. Meagher and Messrs John Van Buren,, J. T.
| Brady and D. s. Dickinson. It is understood.
however, that, 80 far as Gen. Meagher is concern
cd, this is mistake, he docs not intend to asso-
ciate himself with any political demonstrations for
| the present.
| mass convention of the unconditional Union
| party of Delaware will be held to-day in Dover.
| Gen. Robert Schenck Daniel 8. Dickinson, David
| Dudley Field and Henry Winter Davis are an.
nounced Is the speakers. ..n
The Third Wisconsin battery, attached to the
Twenty-frst army corps, publishes challenge in
the Nashville papers, and offers to bet one or two
thousand dollars that the members can out-drill
Southwick's battery-General Brannan to be the
judge.
During the past two months there were receiy
ed, assorted and mailed OF the Nashville Post
Office one million three hundred and thirty three
thousand two hundred and eighty-six letters.
The government sales Of abandoned cotton will
take place at st. Louis the first Monday Of each
| month, and at Cincinnati on the second Monday
| The first sale will take place in the last named
| city on the 18th instant.
| The Provost Marshal of Nashville, on the 4th
instant. sent the following named persons through
the lines into Dxe:-Mr. Nicholas C. Nance, Mrs.
| Bethena Nance. Miss Mary A. Nance. Miss Bethe-
| mia Nance Miss Susan W. Nance, Miss Martha H.
| Nance, Miss Ssllie p. Nance, Miss Virginia T.
| Nance.
| At a meeting Of the Board of Councimen yes.
| terday, communication was received from the
| Comptroller, containing statement of the condi
ton of the city finances to the 9Th inst, from
which it appears that the balance remaining in the
city treasury on that day was 81 ,429, l6S 90. In
answer to resolution Of inquiry the Counsel to tire
| Corporation sent in q communication stating that
he has no supervision over the Office of the Corpora
ton Attorney, and all moneys ceived by that Off
Ger are accounted for to the Comptroller, and that
detailed statement Of the amount 80 paid in dur
ing the present year will be presented at the next
| meeting Of the Board. A resolution of concur.
| renee was adopted directing the Mayor, Comp
trOller and City Inspector to devise means for the
speedy cleaning Of the streets and the removal of
| garbage from the sidewalks. The Board then ad-
| journed until Thursday evening next at four
| O'Clock.
An application for mandamus was heard yes.
terday, before Mr.. Justice Wells, in the Supreme
| Court, to compel the Comptroller to concur with
the Mayor in designating four papers having the
largest daily circulation to publish the public ad
vertising. Mr.. D. Dudley Field appeared for his
Honor the Mayor, and James T. Brady for the
Comptroller. The argument was exclusively di.
rected to the point whether the words Of the oct,
"hsving the largest daily circulation. did not
mean papers having the largest city circulation,
exclusive Of any other. The Comptroller takes
the ground that the city circulation is meant and
the Mayor the general circulation.
| In the Court Of General Sessions yesterday, be.
| fore Recorder Hoffman, Richard Jaynes was ar
raigned on an indictment for murder, and pleaded
| guilty Of manslaughter in the third degree The
| indictment charged him with having shot James
Costello, on the 9Th of May last in consequence
| of his having seduced the wife of said Jaynes.
Walter N. Clarkson pleaded guilty to an indict.
ment for grand larceny, which charged him with
having stolen box Of tea from the United States
| bonded warehouse corner Of Cherry and Water
streets on the 25th Of May last. Patrick j. Han.
bury, constable belonging to the First Judicial
District Court of this city. was tried and convict.
| ed on an indictment for extortion which charged
| him with receiving the sum of three dollars and
| ffty-six cents more than the amount he was
| authorized to collect upon q judgment for costs
| obtained in said court.
James N. Pagan, late clerk in the employment
of Messrs. Bixby, Msther 4 Sedgewick, was ar.
rested yesterday on charge Of embezzling 50 900.
The accused was entrusted with cargo of goods
for Port Royal, South Carolina, which was sold for
100000. OF this amount s37 900 was RENTED 10
the compliments hut the balance, they allege,
was appropriated by the defendant to his own use.
Justice Connolly held the accused for examina.
ton.
1t is reported that the New York Light Guard
contemplate visit shortly TO New Haven and
Savin Rock.
The prospect for large peach crop in New Jer.
sey is uncommony promising. The backward
spring delayed the budding Of the trees, and thus
prevented the liability to blight
| According 70 the City Inspectors report, there
were $50 deaths In the city during the past week
an increase Of .. compared with the mortality
Of the week previous, and IS more than oc.
CURED during the corresponding week last
year. The recspi,ulaton table gives deaths Of
alcoholism, 8 OF bones. joints, &C.; 50 OF dis
eases Of the brain and nerves, IL Of the
heart and blood vessels, 20 OF the lungs, throat
&c; Of old age, u Of diseases Of the skin
&C., and eruptive fsvers; prematurebirths, So OF
| diseases Of the stomach. bowels and other diges-
tive organs; 30 Of uncertain seat and general
/ feyers, 4 Of diseases Of the urinary orsAns