The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-07
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
wAsns TON, August Q, 1903
the OBSERVANCE OF raAsksoyrsG DAY.

r,ct,v obser,ea ,nn any Sunday All the departments
have been completely closed, ana no business "'
anywhere transacted. The people seneiay nave To-
NAMED at home avoia exposure 70 tue INTENSE neat
prevailing Even the churt hes nnVe' LOT 'hs 'eon'
bsen snarse,v attended and many OF them brief ex'
hor,0,,on rom the cnauca was substituted Tor
the regular DISCOURSE. Tho ffes'den. a'sehucd
services at Dr. Guriey's PresA vterian church, and
afterwards retired to the shsda OF inc soldiers
Home During the day the streets We o strangely quiet
deserted but the evening pie @ure parties ro
turned from suburban resorts, some d uhAcnhess anu
disorder aud then exhibited.
RESTORATION or THE UNION.
Much anxiety expressed by leading pciisk ans here
in regardto the policy 10 be adopted by tho gov eminent
In reference he restoration OF the unin after Inc re-
belon shall have been crushed out. The only Dell
mite policies that have been Indicated dher
widely ono Ia to maintain military control
seeded and them Territories until
each OF them shall have abolished slavery and by amend
uents to ts constitution free State; repre-
sentlves In Congress be admitted from these States
until this shall have been done The other Is, whenever
the rebel army Virginia shall have been routed 70 en-
upon foreign war, and, treating tho insnr-
reoon thing Of the past 10 invite tie soldiers OF the
JOIN the armies Of the Union In chatising Great
Britain for infractons OF the laws n nations and
driving the french Of Mexico leaving tho southern
lity and to fall back upon their old status and
condition before tho Neither OF these policies can
command tho appreciation OF majority OF tho Cabin.t
ana programme must be disc sed before the
action OF the government can be clearly defined Gov
Pierpont Of West Virginia, is here, TO ask def
Of the policy OF the government this respect
and To urge that one shall be speedily adopted
EFFICIENCY OF THE DgrEcTIvE FORCE.
The prompt arrest OF Mccaiy the abscondng clerk Of
paymsstcr Mcfarland and tho recovery Of the whole Of
the stolen funds. is regarded high proof of the
efficiency Of the new metropolitan detective police
The money discovered hidden in stovepipe, in
Eagle Hotel Blauensburg, whore the par
ties arrested by J. A. McDvitt of the metropolitan
police assisted by officer j. n. Jones, OF Bladensburg
Tho affair conducted under the direction OF John
Dugan, detective officer OF the metropolitan police.
NoN-ARRrvAL or THE MAIL.
Washington Is IN the dark tonight No afternoon pa
pers have been Issued, and, worse than ALL the HERALD
has not The train due at halfpast five =. has
arrived Hundreds eagerly asking In every d.
rection for HERALD protesting that they cannot sleep
without H.
THE PRIZE STEAMER NEPTUNE.
The prize steamer Neptune lying at our Navy
Yard Is a much less valuable vessel than former
paper reports from here Indicate II In truo she Ia fast,
and could be relied for fifteen knots in smooth water,
but in heavy with gun or two In battery.
she would be useless Her meagre breadth OF BEAM
pared with hcr length. will render almost impossible
for the Navy Department 10 make formidable war
sci Of her. BY the old salts who have examined her
she pronounced cranky" She may however, prove
useful q dispatch vessel. She old Clyde
steamer.
REGMENT or NEGRO c0NsCRIPTs.
The draft In this district will produce fun regiment Of
negro copscripts; but comparatively few oil the white
conscrpts will 60 into service. Nneenhs or those who
exempted for viii either pay the commute
ticn provide Substitutes The brisk business already
begun by substitute brokers indicates that considerable
force Will be realized In this way.
ARRIVAL or GENERAL ROUSSEAU.
Major General Rousseau, Of the heroes Of osscranS
army, accompanied by Colonel sanderson OF Kentucky
Is registered among tho arrivals At Wizards to-day. He
tho field except when no be Of creator
service elsewhere.
THE CHEsAPRAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
Alfred spates ESQ.,. President OF tho Chesapeake and
ohio Canal Company has just reached this city, after
personal Of the repairs Of the canal from
GEORGETOWN TO Cumberland. Since the rebel raids In
June the TO the company In the neighborhood OF
quarter Of million Of dollars. Coal reaches here
from Cumberland at low rates IL freight which 10 i'm
porAnt tho government, the demand for trausporta
tion purposes is very great.
SUICIDE or Mr.. A. 4. RAMsIY.
A. N. Ramsey, Esq clerk In the onhoe OF the Com
mssary General committed suicide by taking audanum,
on hearing he had been drafted 10 this city He
native Of Scotland and Of scholarly accomplish
mcnts-
REMOVALS.
About twenty ocers Of the Capitol removed yes
tsrday, by order Of the Secretary Of tho Interior.
THE sUrLExs AND xosBY's 0UERrLLAs.
Several Of the suffers and their employees, who
were taken by Mosby's guerias q few days
sin and hy oYp al tNc
city day. Ono Of the party Mr. Peck, Of Maine had
conversation with Mosby. He said that he had
fears Of being captured though he constantly drove o6
mules cattle from right under the guns Of forts
Sons wonder expressed that suffers such risks In
seeking roach follow Tho army, but We profits Of
four ave hundred per cont for their venture
someone's.
aRExK yrRE.
The government 10 giving largo orders for the
species Of proecte called "cresk IRE" The rebels have
also some new thing Of this sort, which 10 used BY
muskesry.
An onscsr q the FIN New hampshire Volunteers has
bupught this city The sword a General Barksdais,
which wS presented 70 him in Mississippi He fell
Wills little dssschsd from his command Al the hands
a Avs soldiers Of that regiment, Wis nrs1 upon him In
concert.
run auDsnxAronaAL CONTEST IN nAnx.
LSsssrs we're received here from MAinc which show
tho reason that ths republicans throw overheard their
present Governor and nominated . democrat. II sad
BY republicans who know vhss the wind that the
democrats Do ncs soisass ~ party back thsy
make great run 10 shs STATE. M oncis hsrs are h
stew about this matter. and Of sAsn have gone
10 Maine already 70 saks part in The coa.est.
TIE DENOMINATION OF GOVERNOR cunrn.
Ths renomina,ioa a 0ovsrsss Curtin hes fallen IKE
bouhshen upon FosDsy, canssos and Co. who had con
spirsd defeat him because q biz reflections upon Tho
administration IN ~ conduct u the var Governor Cur
tin truly represents the feeling q the Of the people
Of Pennsyivans their thorough Indifference 70 the mig
esg and their great chmeut 70 0snsvai Mcclellan
Affairs at Fortress Monroe.
In, wx. n. srrrKR's DRspArCH.
FoKrRn< hosaos, August 4, 1894.
ppr~oSyNs cAvrrEvD sRAn wkfDou.
About two hundred rebel prisoners, capsared duvsns
nf rnitnr- In nrnlnctlon With