, 1864-07-23

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Especial Dsspa.ch to the Chicago Tzibune.1
WAsntSd7os, Fsiday, July q, 1864
dispatches from o=u:~ ehrr.uau were r.
ceiyed By Government this morning. Tht
fighting, day before yesterday, Was dons
mainly hy the corps under command of Gen
Hooker, who reports that be has taken Eou,
thousand prisoners. The enemy were beaten
back with great slaughter at all points.
There is no doubt Gen. Hood who led the
attacking force has superseded General
Johnston.
LATEST.
WAsu1soroS, Friday, July GIL r. ".
Nothing has been received By the govern
ment in relation to the fall of Atlanta.
TIE NEW LOAN.
The advertisement for the $50 loan will
appear Oh Monday or Tuesday Of next week.
No special amount will be called for, the
only limit being that fixed By Law, which
provides for the issue Of s2oo, ,0oo, ,0oo Sub
ecriptions will be received for from $50 to
5000. The advertisement will be accompa-
MED by q brief appeal to the people to come
forward aud help their Government to carry
on the var. In this paper the Secretary will
eet forth the e1ac: condition Of the finances,
that subscribers to the Few loan may be ad-
vised of the precise value Of their invest
ment to themselves and the Government.
The statement in the New York Herald
and other Journals, that it has not been de-
cided whether to make the scyen-thlrty notes
convertible into FIVE or SIX per cent bonds,
is incorrect; there never was any doubt that
the bonds in question Wou1d hear six per
cent interest, aud it was decided, as We tele.
graphed three days ago. that they should be
5.20s, running from August 1st, 1867.
The statement in the New York papers
that Secretary Fessenden had gone North
and to his home is incorrect. He has not
left the city, land will not do 20 for a.week or
ten days.
THE CoAET BLOCKADE.
The Southern Atlantic Blockading Squad-
ron reports the capture Of TWO small block
adc runners, with thirty bales Of cotton and
ten boxes Of tobacco, and one rebel emissary
Fuller.
DEPARTMENTAL.
The public should know that most Of the
sensational paragraphs which appear in the
New York World as special dispatches from
Washington, were never sent from here
either By telegraph or mail, but were manu-
factured out Of whole cloth in New York.
This Is the case with reference to the state.
ment lately published concerning Cabinet
changes. The assertion in the World Of
Wednesday TINT secret,ry Stanton had re-
signed or been removed, never hnd the
slightest foundation In fact or in rumor.
Everybody In Washington knew it to be Mt
terry false, but people at distance do not
seem to be SO well informed us the menda-
cious news Of the World.
MILITARY.
General Hunters request to be relieved
has been refused, but it is stated that the
troops which had been detached from his
command hare been restored to it..
PAT OF NEGRO TROOPS.
In the case of co1ored man appointed
hospital steward previous to January LIST,
1864, the Secretary Of War has ordered that
lie be paid at the same rate as white persons
holding the same situations were paid. The
Attorney General his nat yet promulgated
any decision Dpon the case Of the payment
OF negroes in the army as soldiers prerio"s
10 that date referred to him By Congress, but
1t Is understood that he has 1t under advise
Ment.
NATIONAL BANKS.
Ihe number Of National Baoks is no " 485.
" these, are in Missouri, 81 In Illinois, rs
IN Indiana, l6 in Iowa, IS in Wisconsin, Is
IN Michigan, 70 in Ohio, II In Pennsylvania,
~ IN New York, IS In New Jersey, and CO In
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