The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-25
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
News from General Sheridan.
HIS POSITION 1MPREaNABLE.
THE RAM TENNESSEE"
SHE Is 4 VALUABLE ACQUISITION
To OUR NAVY.
special to The Evening Telegraph.
WAsHINGTUN, August %
Peace Negotiations.


The appearance OF Hon. Henry ]. Raymond
and Hon. John w. Torrey in the city this
morning indicates political movements Of import
ance have been entrusted 60 them more than %
others. They will 10 most OF the engineering Of
the Republican party in the coming campaign.
They may however, be about 60 arrange the
peace negotiations which are said 90 be uuIer
consideration by tho President.
From the Upper Potomac.
Parties who have just arrived from Harpers
Ferry represent Sheridan's position as worry
strong one, and from which the euomy viii dad
it impossible to dislodge him. The RebI l)rcc
under Early is estimated by our scouts az siyty-
five thousand though those in command in the
valley think It not over forty thousand. Oar force
is fully equal to the task OF preventing Early
from invading the North, and no d1nbt sheridan
will assume an offensive campaign ss s1on o9 tho
exigencies of the service demand T.. Sherdau
you will recolect, commanded division in
McCook's old corps, and is an able strltsrst ~
well as tactican.
nosChy's Last Exploit.
Mosehy, in his raid in Auuandsle yes serday,
effected nothing 50 far a known, beyond the
capture of one sergeant and two private ot .ae
9TH New York Cavalry.
The demand Tor the surrcaG'r o. the stockalo
was made three times by M5schy, each demand
beng prece ed by shots from his artillery Tho
demands being refused, Noseby thought it p u
dent g. retire seasonaby.
Appointments.
Judge \. $. Johnson, OF New York, has been
appointed Commissioner ON the part ofthe United
States, to settle the claims of the Hudson Bay
and Puget Sound Agricultural Society.
PnSing or the Armies.
Several more paymasters left to-day to pay Off
the troops in the Army Of the Potomac. Money
is being rapidly furnished by the Treasury De
partment, and number Of paymasters will pro
badly leave tomorrow 10 pay oil the Western
troops.
From SheruRn-Au Well,
respatches from General Sherman convey
assurances that everything is going on well in
his neighborhood. The public must not infer
disaster to him if nothing is loported, as it is
known that he does not expect to move for somc
days. He is waiting the development OF plans
and movements in other sections.
ERN ON Officers.
Tfe five per cent. special war tax upon the In
come of all State officers accrung from their
salaries is not to be withheld by discussing oti-
GERS, but is to be assessed and collected the same
Of this tax nc deductions will be made on account
Of the salaries tax which has been withheld by
paymasters.
Payment Of COIOred Troops.
The Attorney. General having decided that the
colorcd troops in the service of the United States
are entitled by law to the same pay, bounty, and
clothing allowed to white soldiers in the volun-
teer forces of the United States of like arms of
w
that they be paid in accordance with the decision
Of the Attorney General.
Reorganization of the Ordnance Bureau.
For some time past trouble has been brewing
in the Ordnance Bureau, growing out OF jealousies
| between high officials. which has fnally culmi-
mated in a general reorganization of that office.
General Ramsey, chief of Ordnance, is to be
retired. Major Baulch, Executive oilcer, Is tj
be ordered TO other duty, and MAJOR Dyer placed
in charge. The action Of the War Departmental
the matter will be officially promulgated on Mon-
day next, II is notorious TINT proposals for
heavy guns, shot and shell have for some time
past met with no response from manufacturers,
owing to the red tape which has heretofore sur
| rounded contractors in the execution OF their
| agreements with the Government. Il Is TO be
hoped that with this change in that department
there will be some improvement in the transaction
| of business with the manufacturing interests Of
the country.
The Rebel Ram "Tennessee."
Private letters received in Washington from
naval officers belonging to Farraguts fleet OIL
Mobile, say that the captured Rebel ram Ten
aessee, in invuInerabiIlty and power, is vastly
superior TO any iron-clad vessel excepting per-
haps the Ncto Ironsidss) in our navy. She had
but one defect in her construction, and that was
the exposure of her rudder-chains, which were
above deck instead of below, o2ly partially pro-
| tected by thin coating Of iron. Only two shot,
out of more than two hundred which struck her,
penetrated her sheeting, and only one Ga lj-inch
solid shot went through her woodwork The
Tennessee is comparatively uninjured, and with
few slight repairs, which can De completed in a
few days, will become amost valuable adjunct TO
our navy. She cost the Rebel Government over
a million and a half of dollars.