The New York herald., 1863-11-04
GENERAL NEWS.
wAsu.ero., q, Nov. ., Isss.

STRIKE OF rHD 00vBRNNENr pooKBnpsns.
Tue bookbinders employed at the goveruhsae
printing once struck 70 day, IN consequence q )
resolution Of the Bookbindsn' Asoeiasisa resuinag
thsm 70 do unless advance In IL rasss oe wages -
eighteen dollars pr week, and reduelsoa q ~ Nouns
o labor during The winter TO eight hcas pr Day, NJ
conceded. Al tho request Of Mr. Dsees ths eupsrin-
tsndsns public printing who % the peat d Issv
Ing for Philadslpha, the society held another mseng
this evening which resolved 70 postpone rurhs
aotion until his return.
rHs STRIKE OF rHs rRxAsuRY Wrnssrox wonxana.
Tho wormsn On The Treasury Department. held ansahs
meeting to-day In relation 70 the strike for higher wages
Tho committee who waited upon Secretary Chase rtsa
that he had promised 70 interest himssf In their bshas
and the meeting finally adjourned, proposing 70 resume
work until the result Of the Secrstarys Efforts shesA b
ascer ts,f ie '3qa ~ 81 ~
I. nnLoYE p1scHAaaRD. sg3s,rfs !
Four hundred employees discharged IRON ~ -
valry depot to-day, that number having struck fss
advance OF wages This Is TO be pursued n thn
department In al such cases. sa.t aas e alea
BUSINESS OF TEE aExRAL LAND oYYICH.
subdivisiona surveys have just bssa received u Ne
General Land once embracing the region Of country
"a Territory. The district surveyed 4. said 70 be god
farming lands. -
Tho General Land once stil actvsy engaged II ~
preparation oe land scrip, In sasfActien Of the clais
OF the several States that have accepted the Agricultural
and College grant, passed at the last session eems NJ
Of the laboy Involved In this may be obtained from ~
fact that hundred volumes Of records ere required
TO record the scrip. = sgR IHfs HAtt fa
RrLrAss or rHs srxAxER rHxm SaorHxns q ~ (
The steamer Three Brothers, captured recently By ~
Potomac Hosa the charge Of violating the BLOCKADE ~
running into the Responsiveness rvsr as ben rssass
IL being udcially decided the report o. the Prise Cen-
siopers did not sustain the libel. r-, feg
y rH1 PRIZE srHANEa DIAMOND. d
The prize Diamond has besu sold ~ publc aue-
tiou 70 Thomas Clyde Of Philadelphia, for $4,000 ~
said she viii bs used Of the line Of stsanerste
be sstablishsd bsswssn washisgtcn and New York :
.hers was large number 9 merchants and shlp ewnse9
from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York preeeata -
the sas and The bidding spirited. Shs b - see,
Clyde buiH steamer, and = vuy fass y 49,.
" TEE ANNUAL pgPARzxxHfAL RSr0Ess.
n The pressure upon The govssnmsnt printing once =
vy great at present, preparing ths documsuts TO acec
pany the Prssidsnts Message Under the law 6 The lass
session e Congress ths dccumsns which accompany be
serstsss reports are required 70 bs ssat 70 ths ese
bsfoee the Arst day Of November. The STATE and Navy
dspartmsa have promptly furnishsd their copy sDms
Of the others ARE sti bshndhAnd, but = believed ne
accompanying documents will be printed and ready FOE
dstribusion at ths comnsuesmsnt Of ths session
THE TERN or rHs UNITED STATES Drsrncr ccuRf.
The third term of the United saas DISTRICT 0oart win
convene Alexandria, Va On Monday nsxt- Only afsw
cases have yet been hsard BY this court unAsr -
connscaton ixk. large amount Of propssty has bssa
seized and lbs,isd. District Attorney Chandler WIN
resign prior The meeting Of The nsxt Conrss es<r
to take his seat 10 the House Of which be msnber
elect.
T .fgg REs7OnxD TO TEE sRRv1cI.
Capt. p W. Black Of the Ninth Massachusetts regimsas,
dismissed frcn the service July 2s has been rsssors,
Judge Advocate Hoh upon revision a The svi4sncs h
his case having decided that insufficient 70 sustain
the charge against him. The vacancy caused BY h dis
missal having been ed, be 70 bs assigned 70 ssoths
Command. M f.nst nlateta 70 e.a aft s-'t
PRIZE coxxisnoxER AT NEW oRLRAxs.
Captain Rscbis Of the navy has been assigned 70 duty
New Orleans, Prize Commssionsr OF The Eastern
district Of Louisana. 1tvy rrr, s,t4strareBn
ESCAPE AND RDcAPTUHs OF rxIsoFms.
Two prisoners escaped from the Old Capitol prssa hs
night and rccaptured At Blsdensburs, WHARF ~
guard fred upon them, woundins in the ~, rsaAw
ing amputasion necessary.
t1 WARRINGTON RACES.
The horses Thunder Biackbird and John Morgan were
entered for the running the Nasonsi Cosrss
TO day for . purse OF 5000, three mile heats. ThundsR
woe both 1ime,-First heat nix minutss eight an1)s
bali ssoonds second heat Ave minutes forsysix nd
half seconds.