The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-20

Washington for "the suppression OF the slave
| trade in the Southern States"
- The London Times confosses that General Grants
operations the Mississippi. far as reported in
Europe. were substantial" victories, and that he
had been Remarkably successful" Even II re-
pulsed at vicksburg in the end it would be dis
astrous but not inglorous" termination of the
campaign.
The American ship Kate Dyer arrived at Ant
werp on the I'd inst. She had been captured
by rebel privateer. and released on giving bonds
of $4,000. The Kate Dyer belongs to Portland,
Me. She is vessel of twelve hundred and
seventy eight tons burden, and is commanded by
Captain A. Dyer.
The new steamer Southerner had been searched
by British officials, being suspected as rebel pri-
vateer; but nothing was found ON board to warrant
her seizure.
The reports from Vienna relative to the action
of Austria towards Russia on the Polish question
are. conhicting-one telegram stating that the gov.
eminent did not join England and France in their
recent proposition, and another affirming that 1t
did.
1t was reported that Napoleon contemplated
extensive measures of reform for France, par
ticularly with reference to the freedom Of the
press and freedom of speech.
large amount of government securities, chiefly
Polish, had been stolen from the Bank of Warsaw.
The Liverpool cotton market was dull during
the week, with decline of one-fourth Of penny
for American and from one-fourth to one-half of Q
penny for other descriptions on the 18th Of June.
On the 12th instant the market closed quiet, with
prices unchanged. Breadstufs had downward
tendency, and provisions were fat on the 18th Of
lima x1n fno<o mt
MIsCELLANEoUs NEWS.
Tho ship Ontario, Captain Hosmer arrived at
this port yesterday morning from Liverpool, bIipg-
ing seven hundred and ffty-three passengers, Of
which four hundred and ninety-one are males and
two hundred and sixty-two females, hestly Irish.
Three deaths occurred on board during the pas.
sage, vz:-May 20. Fowny Dantes, an infant or
John and Betsey Kempt aged seven months June
l, James Kelly, native Of Ireland, aged Afty.two
years; June IL, Patrick Moan, native of ireland,
aged sixty years.
About one thousand Of the 'longshoremen, who
struck for higher wages, have returned to work;
but the remainder Of them still hold out, and ex-
press themselves determined not to yield on any
account whatever. In tho. meantime shipowners
have induced the crews Of their vessels to load and
employed on the government vessels. Neps--
Most Of the Contra! Railroad laboEers have re.
sumed work. On Thursday morning they marched
to the residence of Hon. Erastus Corning, in Al
bany, where committee from their ranks waited
upon him and made their demands known. After
hearing what they had to say, Mr.. Corning told
them to resume work without delay, saying that,
at the proper time, he would inform them, through
their respective foremen, what course of action
the company had determined on in regard to their
claims.
In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be-
fore Recorder Hoffman, Arthur Carr, a seaman
was tried and convicted on an Indictment charging
him with having stolen a United States Trsa.
sury note of the value of 800 from James II.
Smith, on the 18th inst. Edward Ford pleaded
guilty of forgery in the fourth degree on an indict
ment which charged him with attempting to utter
q counterfeit Eve dollar bill on the bank of
Coxsaokie. N. Y. The prisoner tepdsrsd the note
in payment for q glass OF soda wtter and Q segar
at Julius Kribel's store, 40 PeAA strsA, on the
18th inst, and when Informed Of the character Of
the bill he ran away. Both prisoners were re.
manded for sentence. ''9
Mrs. Catherine Mccoy has been sentenced to be
hanged for child murder in St. Louis, on the 2lth
Of July.
The President has exemplinsd his sentiments in
relation to slsvsry with another anecdote. In .
conversation with Ex-Governor King, of Missouri,
he said, II he met rattlesnake in his path, and he
had stick in his hand, his nrst impulse would be
to kill It; but II be found one in the bed between
his children, he would pursue different course;
for by killing the snake he might injure the chill.
dren. Therefore he would take more gentle way
to get the snake out before he killed it. The same
with slavery; he was satisfied that immediate
emancipation would be detrimental to the int.
rests Of the States.
One Of the leading men in Canadian politics
writes as follows =" While we have no militia,
England will not interfere with the Americans, for
she would fear 70 lose her finest colony; but
strong militia here, would bring Intervention and
w0."
The Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Telegraph has
been suppressed by military authority. II was an
abolition concern.
The three brigades under Gen. Heron, which
went to vicksburg to reinforce Gen. Grant, were
commanded by Gen. Orme, Gen. vandever and
Gen. Ewing. They were composed of the Ninth
and Twentieth Wisconsin, the Ninety-seventh ILL
nois, the Nineteenth Iowa, and the Sixth, Tenth
and Eleventh Kansas regiments.
letter was received by the Ohio Democratic
State Convention from Gen. George B. Mcclellan,
in which he says" Under no consideration can
permit the use Of my name before the Convention
as q candidate for Governor"
The Legislature Of the new State Of West vir.
gnia will be composed of twenty Senators and fl.
ty-two members Of the House. The first Legisla.
ture will not probably be full, on account of the
troubles in the border counties preventing the
holding of elections. Forty members Of the House
and eighteen Senators are, however, known to
have been elected.
Two notorious bushwhackers. named Samuel
Dale and Aquias Standaford, were shot under the
sentence Of a court martial in Clark county, Mis-.
souri,, last week.
The stock market irregular yesterday. but prices