The New York herald., 1865-07-31
THE SITUATION.


We give this morning another entertaining chap.
ter in the narrative Of jeff Davis staff officer descrp-
tive Of affairs in Georgia, the condition Of the country
and the people, Immediately after the explosion Of the
rebel confederacy. It contains striking facts
gardng the decentralization that time and previously
prevailing in the South, and also further particulars
relative to the capture OF JeH his Secretary Of the
Navy, Mallory, and others.
The feeling Of the Canadians in favor Of the
ton Of their province TO this country represented by
our Toronto correspondence to bo gradually growing and
strengthening, Notwithstanding some drawbacks with
which 1t met in the late Commercial Convention at De-
troit The provincials while their towns remain dull
and almost devoid Of business glance tho line and
cities and villages close them alive with all the stir
hum and bustls Of teemlng trade and industry,
and quietly but earnestly long be under the flag and
institutions in which such prosperity inheres It said
lhat the contrast formed by business activity on one
lde Of the border absence Of on the other is
lust now more marked than at any former time
and It is believed sat unless the provincial Parliament
docs something at its next session giving promise OF i'm
break out with fury
In accordance with the directions OF the Postmaster
General hereafter all letters deposited In the mails
addressed to post Offices in the South which have
been reopcncd since the termination Of the rebellion
will instead Of being the Dead Letter ONCE at
Washington be forwarded to the reopened Offices
70 the FOR which they designed here remain
II not previously called for until the Offices to which
they addressed shall be again in operation, when
they will be sent thither
The Fourteenth regular infantry, numbering about
seven hundred men, arrived in this city yesterday en-
yout, for California Battery of the Third Rhode
Island heavy artillery arrived here from Hilton Head
yesterday. The Eighteenth New Hampshire infantry,
which arrived saturday night left for home yester
day.
EUROPEAN NEWS
The steamships City Of Manchester and City OF New
York, from Queenstown the 18th and Goth instant
respectively arrived at this port yesterday The City Of
New York, whose foreign adviccs four days later
than those by previous arrivals passed Cape Race
Thursday last and a elegraphic synopsis Of her news
was sent from that point and published yesterdays
HERALD. To-day we give fuller details.
or Ave hundred and Hfty Of the English elec.
tions made up to the evening Of the 18th instant thrcc
hundred and twenty professed liberals being
. liberal gain so far OF eighteen
Tho Princess Helena, Queen victorias daughter has
been engaged TO tho Prince OF Orange.
The cholera was rapidly decreasing in Egypt
M1sCELLANEoUs NEWS.
The steamship Empire CITY, Captain Barton from
Hilton Head, s. c., the 9th inst arrived at this
Qba of artl~ nj i'm
portance.
General Grant remains in Boston. Yesterday he dned
with Governor Andrew and afterwards drove the
suburbs To-day hs will hold o public reception In
1aneuI Hall.
very interesting account OF current fashionable and
political doings Saratoga including the ceremonies and
excitement attendant the visit Of General Grant, s
Furnished by one Of correspondents at that place.
and given in this mornings HsRALD.
Mr. Dickerson in response the proposs Of the Sec
retary OF the Navy the relative capacities Of the
steamers Algonquin and wnooski alongside one Of our
city pies. instead Of trying them In q river
race says that although the engines Of the Algonquin
were MOI made 70 run at dock, . kind Of service for
which be believes those Of the navy well qualified, st
NE will accept the challenge, though he considers II
very unfair mode OF trial.
The Forty-sxtb, Fifiy-hrst and One Hundred and
Thrtynr regiments OF New York Volunteer infantry
10 have their formal receptions 10 the city to-day
The Forty sixth and One Hundred and Thirty-nrst will
move from the Centre Market armoy at nine O'Clock IN
the forenoon escorted by the Eighth regiment OF the
National Guard and about thousand policemen and
p rade through Centre street, Broadway, Fourteenth
ktrcct and other thoroughfares The Fynrs escorted
by the Thirteenth National Guard regiment will move
From Centre Market at three O'Clock In the afternoon
through Grand street. the Bowsry, Chatham street aud
Broadway.
The suppression OF the rebellion and the extinction Of
psvery have increased field Of country for settlement
by adding TO the great West towards which the eyes OF
engranrs before principally turned, immense fer
tile regions in the South In order TO encourage and