The New York herald., 1864-06-26


Soy les Thirty sixth Wisconsin, and Captain W. N.
EIwen, Seventy arst New York
The hospital steamer George Leary, Captain Demng
from Hampton Roads, with three hundred and seventy
I'VE sick and wounded soldiers also arrived yesterday
They In charge Of Surgeon W. A. Smith. Of the
Forty.ssvsnth New York Volunteers and Assistant Sur
| geons ". K McKimm and Fry.
Mr.. Joseph + sccvie, the well known correspondent
| OF the London Standard and Herald, died suddenly in
this city yesterday morning He summoned recently
before General DIX TO for Of his statements
In those Journals, and received warning from him
Oncers OF the seized the premises Of Mr..
Wener at Weners Hotel, yesterday, about hundred
thousand segars which had been brought ashore from she
Spanish frigates recently arrived from Havana Ths
number beiag considered greater than II usually kept in
hotels Of this character taken together with the pecu
liary Of their purchase warranted the officers In their
course.
The heat yesterday the most intense have had
mis- season. At two O'Clock p. n. he mercury mounted
70 ninety degrees IN tho shade. There were
Of sun stroke. which viii BE- found in another
column. g.r
An important decision was yesterday rendered By
Judge Bets In tho Uaed States District Court defining
the powers q collectors unAer Internal Revenue law
IL va on . motion brought BY Barnard Carples and
others, represented manufacurers TO restrain the
Collector OF tho Fourth district from enforcing coec
t Tho motion was resisted BY the United States Dis
ict Attorney aud denied BY Jsdgs Bstts who ruled ia
the s place that the redress sought must be through
appeal second, that Il was not permissible 70 the ju
dietary to restrain the executive branch o the govern
ment in the collection Of taxes and without the
consent OF the government. The motion for injunction
was therefore denied.
In the United States District Court yesterday, before
Judge Belts, the United States District Attorney ned
formal decree Of condemnation against portion Of the
cargo OF the schooner SOPHIA captured by the United
States mortar schooner Dan Smith, In Atamahs Sound
Georgia. The Sophia, when captured was ashore She
loaded with army banKets and drugs intended for
the Of the rebel forces
The United States District Attorney yesterday also died
nal decree Of distribution Of the proceeds Of the sale
OF the Mary Clinton and part Of her cargo portion
of the cargo reserved for the decision OF appeal
pending n the United States Supreme Court The Mary
Clinton was captured in the Gulf Of Mexico BY the Pow
hatan.
Among the indictments brought In on Friday by tho
Grand Jury Of The General Sessions against Amor
j. Williamson. Of the Tax Commissioners. for mlsds.
meanor in illegally taking the books belonging TO the
Corporation from q public Office The indictment ID
framed in accordance with law passed ABOUT three
years aga Mr. williamson arrested bench wer.
rant aad appeared in the District Attorneys ONCE yes
erday morning to give bail Judge Russell fixed the bail
at thousand dollars, which promptly given by
the defendant, whe discharged from custody The
trial win not take place until after tho vacation
The continued high price Of ged and the excitement
in commercial circles growing out Of IT, had the effect Of
restricting sales Saturday when only small business
was accomplished. Cotton nominalIy lower. Petro
leum was irregular Crude was lower and dull. Refined
Quict but hrner. On Change the four market
dull and dropping, and prices were &c. q 100 lower.
Wheat less active and fully &c. sc. lower. Corn
was q shade nrmer. Oats were nrmor and more active
Pork was ls1 excited, but shade nrmer. beer was
STEADY and little nrmsr Lard in active request,
but scarcely a. firm. whiskey was more excited and
lsc. zoe. per gallon higher.
south q the James-The Operations
Against Petersburg.
Petersburg is still in the hands Of the enemy,
though the Army Of the Potomac has been ten
days on the south side Of the James river, and
though there has been desperate fighting in the
very trenches dug for its defence. Burnside,
Hancock and Smith have each tried it, and
each has carried by storm some
part Of its defence. Finally, we are,
to ell appearance, compelled to invest it.
All this struggle indicates very clearly that
the enemy peroeives the whole Importance Of
Petersburg, and is disposed to dispute its pos
session with the greatest tsnacity. We are Of |
opinion, as our readers already know, that in
doing their utmost to hold that point the
enemy do not overestimate it. Richmond city
and the existence of the confederacy are con-
tended fer in every blow struck at that point
Richmond city is in fact practically moved
twenty miles down the railroad, and we may
be sure that Lee will entirely sbHdon Rich
mond, IL il is necessary to do 50 in order to
hold Petersburg, rather than lose Petersburg,
without which Richmond would be untenable
But, though Petersburg holds out stab bsrnly
its fall is as certain as the daily recurrence OF
sunrise. No human event can possibly be more
certain than that Petersburg will be ours. We
take it for granted that General Grant cannot
be driven from his position in front Of the place
by any force that the confederacy can rally,
and that be should be able to stay
there is all that 10 necessary for
complete success. 1t matters not how he car
ries on his operations, whether he invests the
place and starves the army out Of 1t, or whether
he mines it and blows 1t to the moon; its cap
ture is equally certain. In view Of the stub
born resistance at Petersburg, 1t is worthy Of
notice that the more desperately it rs defended
the more decisive will be the result Of its fall.
Lee has left certain amount of strength to
oppose us with, and the more Of II he spends at
Petersburg the less there will be to overcome
when Petersburg falls.
General Grants movement to the south side
OF the James has brought General Buffers
operations there into considerable prominence,
asd given the admirers of that officer the op-
portunity to venture new defence OF his cam
paign. Both the Tribune and the Independent
have stated that Gen. Butler did all that was
expected Of him, and that he was expected only
to secure point on the James that General