The New York herald., 1863-10-21


the defenders Of the national capital are roenaced
by superior force, the Army Of the
Cumberland is in an impered condition,
and the military operations Of the govern
ment are delayed and hindercd by the
want of adequate military power and are threa-
tened with serious disaster, and that in this emer-
gency is the duty of all the citizens 10 listen to
the appeal set forth by the President, and to give
efficient and cheerful aid in filing up the thinned
ranks of our armies.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
| The mails Of the Hibernia reached this city
yesterday evening. from Quebec. Our European
| files are dated in London and Paris on the 8th
instant. Special letters from our correspondents
in Paris and Berlin, with very interesting com.
piaion of the details Of the news, published in
! the HERALD to-day.
| The steamer Thames. Arey from Port Royal 10th
iast., reports all quiet at Charleston.
The rebel prisoners at Camp Chase held q regu-
lar and orderly election on the 18th instant and
voted for Governor, with the following result.
which is published as the official returas:-
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Brougn q
The Chattanooga ReJe, says that If Bragg can
drive Rosecrans from Chattanooga the rebel SOL
diers can be fed sumptuously through the winter,
can be well shod and clad and in the spring all
they will have to do is to retake the valley of the
Mississippi, drive the disprited Unionists into the
Ohio river, secure the election of peace demo-
crat TO the Presidency, and arrange the terms Of
treaty and independence, This is very pretty
programme.
There is a coal panic in the Western cities. and
the price has run up to forty five and fifty cents
bushc Hundreds of boats are loaded along the
Ohio river, awaiting rise in the channel.
Eleven buildings were burned in Memphis on the
llth inst. Loss $20. 900.
The steamer Commonwealth Of the Stonington
line, was run into last evening, Immediately after
leaving her pier. at five o'clock, by the English
propeller Saladin. Her starboard wheelhousc was
stove in, and she was damaged TO such an extent
as to render it necessary to transfer her passen-
gers to the extra steamer Of the line, the Com
m0dore and they were forwarded al an early hour
in the evening.
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. Su-
peryisor Blunt offered resolutions expressive Of
the " eminent loyalty Of the city, and affirming
that for one-fourth the expenses attending the
| draft, more men could have been procured by vo
| lunteer enlistments had proper bounties been Of
fcred; that as another draft is imminent, if the
quota OF the city is not raised by volunteering the
Comptroller he authorized to pay q sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars to every volunteer
who SHALL from this time forward. be credited to
the county, and that he be authorized to borrow
81 900 900 to pay these bomties. The resolutions
were referred to the Substitute and Relief Com
mittee. The Board then disposed Of number of
routine bills, and adjourned TO Monday next, at 10
o'clock A. NJ.
In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be.
fore Recorder Hoffman, Ann Cusick and Mary
Mangin, two Irish girls, about twenty years Of
age, pleaded guilty to petit larceny, on an indict
mcnt charging them with having stolen six dresses,
valued in all at $6a, from Mary i. Carpenter, of
| IL Macdougal street, on the 2lst Of September
! last. They were each sentenced to the Peniten-
| tiary for six months. Elizabeth Brown, colored
woman, twenty, ITO years Of age. was sent to the
State prison for two years, having pleaded guilty
to stealing gold watch and chain. valued at SEQ,
from the person of j. J. Held while he was lying
asleep in No. AZ Baxter street, on the 18th Of
September last. Bridget Glsmore, an Irish apple
woman, over forty years Of age, pleaded guilty to
having stabbed Julia Wall Oh the 4th instant and
was sent to the Pentenisry for three months.
Michael Eyres and Thomas Tranor. two boys of
the respective ages Of eleven and twelve years,
were arraigned on charge Of having, on the
10th Of July last, burgariously entered the liquos
store kept by Barney Murtha, at 25a Tenth ave.
nue., from which they stole some bottles Of gin
and other spirits. The Recorder, in his capacity
as a magistrate, sent them to the Juvenile Asylum
Susan Tompkins WAS then tried on charge Of
having, on the 9th inst, stolen from No. II Wash
ington street, money aud jewelry to the value OF
sls5 %. The evidence Of the prisoners guilt
was conclusive, az the jury rendered verdict Of
guilty without leaving their seats. Susan persist
| ed in asserting that she knew nothing OF the
whereabouts OF the property. and the Recorder
| remanded her for sentence, III the hope that her
memory would be refreshed. The Court then ad
| journed
The City Inspectors report states that there
were i2l deaths in the city during the past week
an increase Of as compared with the mortali'
| ty Of the week previous, and 6s more than 90.
CURED during the corresponding week last
year. The recsptuaton table gives deaths
| Of alcoholism, 72 Of diseases OF the brain
and nerves, 4 Of the generstve organs, 10
| of the heart and blood vessels, l3s OF the
lungs throat. &C.; Of old age, 20 OF dis.
eases Of the skin and sruptive fsvers, premature
births, ITO Of diseases Of the stomach, bowels and
other digestive orgsnf; "a Of uncertain seat snd
general fevers. I from cause unknown, : Of
diseases OF the urinary organs and II from vic.
lent causes. There were 27l natives OF the United
States, 8 OF Englaud, 104 Of Ireland. OF Scot.
land. 27 Of Germany, and the balance Of various
| foreign countries.
| The stock market improved yesterday, and showed
signs Of returning animation. Harlem was done a. low
at one time as 49, and afterwards at 90 Gold nuc,uated
between lsTl and l5o. closing M 1<1,. Exchange was
dI OF Ie4 lsS, Money was fairly active N eat foi
| call losns
The cotton market depressed yeserday and price.
we're declIniug. FIour quiet, and common brsndi
were saacr Wheat less active, but spring ciosed
buoysntiy Mixed can opened higher but left on hesvi
w. Oats cheaper, with less doing. There was lss
activity In provsons press Of which generally favored