The New York herald., 1864-08-24
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, August 20, 1864

WASHINGTON, August 49, 1864
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Notwithstanding the denals that have been made is
we'll understood here that peace negotiations have been
FOR sometime going An effort has been made by the
government to suppress any mention OF the fact The
e,ary OF War has threatened arrest any
who would offer another despatch, private upon
subject be by telegraph showing unwonted
desire to keep the public Ia ignorance Of the fact
Major Hays visit to Niagara not without significance
The only secret is that admin sraon may in
negotiaiions. For this reason they want to have q
secrecy OF their operations that unsuccessful they
may deny that any have been had
The denial Of Henry Wilson, OF Massachusetts,, is
laughed here. well known that no s in the habit
Of denying anything that he says does. is known
ALSO from his mouth that he here to represent
the President the necessity Of taking steps OF the
kind Indicated and he will be confronted with men in
whose preterce he dare not deny the fact He ~ so
in a newspaper paragraph, bnt he cannot and will not,
d. so in the presence OF a person who will prove the
fasy Of his assertion II is said here that ne Is charged
with letting ont the secret and has been compelled to
deny publicly to save himself from the allegation Of
betravng The facts, elected, win
ul,mstey vindcste correctness Of HRRALD's
teligence the Senator's denial the contrary notwh.
standing.
THE DRAFT TO PROMPTLY ENFoRCM.
AS the time the draft Approaches mucn anxiety ID
manifested procure substitutes which is increased by
that this District 10 sti oyer thousand short
Of its QUOTA and draft is inevitable. Substitutes
hard get and bring from Eve TO six hundred
dollars found It understood tobe the determi-
nation or tho President TO the DRAFT promptly
upon cxoiration o. the fifty days all hazards It
evident that renforcemens to the armies In the 6eld
had entire and final success and IL .
number of volunteers be obtained draft
ing must be resored to.
SUBSCRIPTIONS THE GOVERNMENT LOAN
The subscriptions to the 1910 loan reported To the
Treasury Department to day amount 10 s233 900 and to
73O loan Ss57 800. The total subscriptions 10 the
latter loan are S22 ,3o7 900.
APPOINTMENT IN NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE
Philip Herzos appointed Assstan. Appraiser
In the New * Custom House, vice John II. Baush,
promoted TO appraiser
wEsr yrpGISrA AND TIFF SWAMP LAND GRANT.
the state Of West Virginia, admitted into the Union
since the census of $780, has accepted the land
grant md will under the decision of The Secretary Of
he Interior, receive ore hundred ard hity thousand
proportion q the quantity which would have
accrued the Old state of Virginia
81 uooLBooEs FOR FREEnaFS.
Ry order OF the War Department, issued August II
General Orders No 10 Of February %, is enlarged
scnoobooks among the to be transported
Tor the use OF freedmen.
CABINET COUNCIL.
There was a long session " the Cabinet to-day.
ARRIVAL or PRisoSEEs OF WAR.
Two hundred tv-ive rebel prisoners arrived here
on Sunday night from General sheridan.
,sEer - pKHeH.
rr Mckenzie. OF baltimore, yrs brought here yester.
dy and consigned to Old tapito by Provost M,shal
wooley for reasonable correspondence With rebels.