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MISCELLANEOUS WASHINGTON NEWS.
WASHINGTON, August %, 1861.

Army Bulletin.
Post Chaplain q. Rayner has been ordered TO Sitka
Second Lieutenant J. II. Rice has been relieved from
duty In the Frscdmen's Bureau First Lieutenant w.
A Sutherland Seventeenth infantry, and Post Chspsa
Francis Springer have resigned Second Lieutenant j.
Logan Twenty fourth infantry V. r. C., has been
tered out Captain W. p Auxford Forty-second insn-
try, has been granted thirty days sick leave.
General Orders No. 20, just issued from the Head
quarters Of tho Army, is as follows
The following order received from the War Depart
meni Is published for the information and guidance OF
all concerned
General Orders No A. OF 1867, relating to punshments
for soldiers Is hereby revoked, and paragraph oG5
vised regulations OF the army lie restored.
The Retirement OF General Hitc hcocIs.
The following special order has just been furnishsA
for publication:
OFFICE or CoxMssARY GENERAL PRISONERS,
WASHINGTON, d. c., August ~, 1857 !
In compliance with an order IRON the Adjuant Cen.
era oil the 10Th instant the undersigned announces thai
he has delivered the books papers property Of this
ONCE 70 the control and direction Of Brevst Brgader
General Brock, Of the Adjutant Generals ose and IL
only remains for him 70 tender his thanks gentle
men In Once for their uniform fidelity industry To
Brevet Major w. f. Harris he feels particularly indebted
and desires 70 make his for his
vices and experience In the ONCE which have been OF
the highest value and importance, merely TO him
SELF Individually but 70 the Government MAJOR Harts
in compliance with the order referred TO- viii report m
person 10 the Adutsns General ~ the end Of the current
month.
u 4. HITCHCOCK, Major Gsnsral of Volunteers.
Commissary General OF Prisoners
Condition Of Secretary BrswuiuG.
Secretary Browning attended Cabinet meeting yes
this premature attention 70 business has again
PEELED him 70 keep his bed
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THE pAess TeleGRAms.

WASHINGTON, August %, 1861.
AnOrder AssixrinG General Hancock to the
Temporary Command or the Fifth Military
District 10 be Issued Te.Morrew.
expected that the order directing General Han
cock 70 proceed immediately 10 New Orleans and relieve
General Sheridan commander OF the Fifth Military
district would be issued this afternoon but up 10 three
O'Clock u had no, been promulgated The order will be
Issued tomorrow and will direct General Hancock 10
proceed immediately 10 relieve General Sheridan, and
taks command Of the districs during the illness Of
General Thomas. Upon the recovery Of that lofacsr
the original order No IL assigning him TO the command
OF the Fifsh Military district which is suspended ON
account OF his illness, will be again put IN force, and
General Thomas will take command.
Adjustment Of the Differences Between the
President and General Grant.
Corroborsve evidence furnished to-day that Gene.
raj Grant yesterday sent 70 the President decidedly
arm lssssT Agsns las rsnoYL si esnss Sheridan and
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WADE aAmpToN on RECONSTRUCTION.

He Prefers the Present Military Govern.
mems 10 Reconstruction on the Preferred
Terms-He Favors Impartial Suffrage and
No Cow cntion.
AUGUSTA, Ga, August %. 1867.
General Wade Hampton having been solicited by .
number OF prominent citizens fer his views - 10 the
duty OF the people OF South Carolina in reference 70
organization under the military billa replies In long
letter arguing against the injustice and the unconstu-
uonalty of the proposed while anxious for
restoration he prefers the military rule 70 the proersd
terms He instances how reconstruction works Ten
nsssss and refers the rejection Of the Kentucky Re-
pressntssvss, and says the people accept she stua
ton they will have guarantee that the State will b
feadmised unless radicals elected, who
present the views Of their constituents He denies the
right Of Congress 70 interfere with suffrage in the
sntss and counses justice 10 the blacks and 10 In
favor OF impartial suhraga He advises the people 70
register and 10 vdss against Q convention.
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THe ECLIPSE TO-DAY.

IL VIII He Visible In South America Only
Another One 10 Take Place In February
Next.
South America has been Of late and win be shis ysar
favored with sclipssG One Of these eclipse sf he
sun, will occur today and viii b total ~ Tsica, Chile.
partial Santiago and almost sxacsy central q Busnss
Ayres, Mcnsev,deo and Maldenado. n win be caused
by the centre Of the moons shadow crossing South
America IN . nearly sasasriy course from pont IN
Gale about one h1ndrsd miles scuth 81 Santiago y
Maidonado, in uruguay, On the Atlantic. The ssipse
win last Tor eighteen minutss and 10 width win b
about ssvensy.6ve milss sxtsadsg about shry.ssvsn
70 the north and - Ne eou!h Of The central path.
sastery course and save Ne sarth In high southern
latitude In the Antarctic Ocean.
ON the 2sth Of April less, the centre Of The tmosas
At the place In south America situated In latitude % a
south and Longitude % 50 west This eclipse comuenosd
NJ Talcshuano in Chile, and ended n Cape FRO, near
Rio Jancro. IN Brazil a. each Of which places ana Il
all Intervening In direct line drawn east and west be-
tween these two points, u total Another ECLIPSE
Of the VIII be visible In southern hemsphsrs ON
Sunday, February 20, 1868. II win net however, -
total, but annular as u win take place when the moon
win b 81 s greatest distance from us and s apparent
diameter viii consequently be much less than thas Of
the sun IL will assume direction caat northeast con-
mencing IT point in Peru in latitude Is - south ana
longitude g 10 west and going thence TO point the
Atlantic coast in BRAZIL in latitude OF % south and oa-
gtude 81 So west leaving the earth Africa In latitude
~ north and longitude IS east
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Increase of Prize Fighting I'm This Country.
Ever since the highly respectable and fash
ionable voters of the Fifth Congressional dis
trict in this city sent prize fighter to represent
them in Congress the fistic art has become an
institution in this country, and, among q certain
class, qualification for political hOnors. The
decline Of the prize ring in England at present
contrasts strangely with its pernicious increase
here, and battered specimen of shoulder hit
ting chivalry from the other side is received in
this city as distinguished visitor or one iden-
tilted with the progress of the age. The papers
TEEN with accounts Of fights in which each
combatant endeavors to destroy every vestige
of humanity in his opponents face, and bene-
fits are held even in our theatres for the pro-
Some Of the rising generation emulate the
glorious example Of their fist beaten elders,
and the neighboring shores of New Jersey and
Long Island are infested with crowds of
''roughs" escorting STRIPPING champions to
their trysting ground Even the police, whom
the laws appoint as guardians Of the peace,
are seized with the mania. Two stalwart
Metropolitans were discovered few days
since by their sergeant making preparations for
6stic encounter according to the rules of the
prize ring. When the police thus take part in
this new, fashionable entert linment, and mimic
encounters illustrating the ''noble art" are
permitted at pcnics and before the footlght,,
its increase is not to be wondered at. At
some Of our fashionable watering places
champions and ex-champions may be seen in
the most extravagant jewelry and dress, the
objects of admiration to crowd Of satellites
Of that ilk When those champions Of the
arena congregate in the halls of the national
Legislature the affairs Of the country will be
to the meeting of the Common Council in this
city last spring, when inkstands were used as
convincing arguments. In the event of real
war, however, those redoubtable champions
become singularly quiet, and their belligerent
qualities seem to be reduced to the lowest
possible standard. The rifle and sword do not
enter into their calculations except so far as
keeping out of the way, and a prize ring
charge, II VIII be very difficult to check this
growing evil "a long as prize fighters become
law makers, and the laws are either suspended
or leniently dealt out in fisticuff cases. Let
those who returned one of the confraternity to
Congress as England did Gully to Parliament,
initiate the example Of the latter country and
never repeat the mistake.
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',.- ssx YoRk HERALD THURSDAY, AUGUST Is. 1881

Necessity 81 Refsr@ In the Treasury Do
/ Tho National LateVigencer makes great
fuss over President johnson, and endeavors to
create the impression that it is the especial and
confidential organ Of his administration. AT
the same time 1t is wholly in the interest of the
Treasury harpiss, from whose money it derives
its support, and is in reality the organ of
Chase, McCulloch and the national banks IL
is nothing more than spy in the Presidential
camp; and although Mr.. johnson seems ig-
norant of the fact, it il hostile to him and is
one Of his most insidious and dangerous
enemies.
The removal of McCulloch from the Treasury
Department is absolutely necessary to the sal
walton Of the government He is nothing more
than the successor of the policy Of Chase, and
carries on the Department in the same old rut
dug out by his predecessor, his object being to
secure the election of Chase and the permanent
establishment OF the national banks as q political
power in the government. No greater mis-
fortune could befall the country. five would
fully establish our credit at home and abroad,
and prepare the way for the payment ct the
proper time Of our national debt, it il abso-
lutely necessary that we should clear away all
the suspicious now attaching to the Treasury
Department, and satisfy the people that our
financial system rests upon secure, sound and
honest basis. The retention Of McCulloch, to
be followed by the election Of Chase, would
defeat this object and prevent any investiga-
ton into the past administration Of the Depart
ment
The country was never in more prosperous
condition than at the present moment Our
last financial exhibit from Washington shows
that we have over one hundred millions in
gold and over fifty millions in currency in The
Treasury, and that the revenue is coming in at
the rate of eight or ten millions week. The
crops are heavy all over the country, and will
serve to enliven trade and to materially in
crease our income and our wealth. We can
pay our war debt in less than fifteen years,
without overtaxing the country, if we have
properly organized, efficient and honest
financial department But in order to do go,
and to keep up the credit Of our bonds, we
must have a complete clearing out of the
present Treasury forces, who are merely the
hangers on and heirs of the old Chase regime,
with all its gross corruption, incapacity and
indpcpncv
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In the stats Of ArAgua, and the rnsisAdsf. vosa's
Brteno. had bssn captured By Gensrsl saAzsr. u
Apurs the elections had resulted in favor OF GsnerAl
Cornelis Nunoz. Zsmora was quiet.
Adycss from Vera Cruz to the 18Th inst state thai
Lopez was still alive and MARQUEE had not been cap
tured The trial Of oHoran was progressing. Filbus-
tsring in Cuba was going on very slowly.
The financial estimates for the ensuing year in Porto
Rico show the amount Of revenue to be 81 sos. 49,
while the expenditure less by $2l1 ZOO Half Of thu
revenue produced BY customs duties and large pro-
portion by the lottery department. the direct taxes mol
amounting 10 more than 100000.
In the Constitutional Convention yesterday further
consideration OF the reports or the Finance and Cana
Committees was postponed until Tuesday. The repor,
ON the Secretary Of State, Attorney General and Other
State officers considered in Committee Of the Whole
but without coming to vote the committee rose and
motion, were discharged from the further conSdera
ton OF the subject
Wade Hampton has expressed his views OF the politi
cal situation In letter the citizens Of South Carolina
He prefers the present military governments to re-
construction under the accorded Tennessee and
circumstances . convention.
Chief Justice Chase received grand ovation in Nan.
chester. N. H.
The laying of the cable to Key West about com.
nsncing on Tuesday, when two cases Of yellow fever
were discovered on board the Narva, both OF which
proved fatal Mr. Webb at the date Of the despatch,
was considering the expedency ofbuoying the cable and
putting to SEQ till the disease had abated.
Twenty nne deaths occurred in New Orleans Mon
day and Tuesday OF yellow fever Cyrus Hamln, son
efthe ex-President being among the number Twenty
one deaths occurred in Galveston on Tuesday.
II Is stated that the New Orleans ofcias recently
moved instituted suits against tho city counsel
libel In reporting them as incompetent
-Four removals in Texas reported among them be-
ing the State Comptroller Treasurer and Attorney Gen.
erai, all on the charge Of disioyaIty.
In revenue case in Richmond yesterday, the accused
party denied jurisdiction the ground that Virginia had
in Congress- and could therefore have
no inspectors in her limits according to the law which
provides for the number OF inspectors there
representatives OF the State in Congress.
The republican New York State Committee met in
Albany yesterday and xed upon the 25h OF September
for the meeting Of a nominating convention the place
TO be at Syracuse.
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Old Thad stevens n Revo,uiioni,r.

IL any additional evidence were requisite to
prove that Old Thad Stevens is revolutionist,
it would be supplied by his letter published in
Yesterdays HERALD. lin this letter he openly
avows himself as a revolutionistIby declaring
that'he and his sympaihizsrs in Congress were
oil acting outside of the constitution, which
they had repudiated. ''else our whole work Of
reconstruction he adds, "was usurpation."
lThad Stevens is, in fact, the Robespierre Of the
revolution through which we are passing. He
has adopted the plan of the Jacobin party
which Robespierre led to condemn the King
and demand his death. Robespierrc declined
his nomination as presiding Judge Of the revo-
lutionary tribunal which he caused to be
organized "for the summary trial Of the enc
mics Of liberty and Thsd Stevens, although
from different motives, opposed the impeach-
ment Of President Johnson. After the execu-
ton Of the King, Robespierre proposed the
decree investing the revolutionary tribunal
He was elected member of what was called
the committee of general security, an auxiliary
OF the committee Of public safety. Thad
Stevens did his best to transfer the executive
authority from the President of the United
States to Congress, and was the soul Of the
Reconstruction Committee, to which the policy
Of Congress is due. He would fain have made
that committee the ruling power of the land.
Briefly, be 10 the American Robespierre. But
he il clever Robespierre, witty and good
tempered Robespicrre, Robespierre that va
can get along with, despite his pei theory Of
"a mild confscation," far better than with such
Robespierre % either Wendell Phillips OF
Greeley or Sumner would make. We are glad
to hear that he has recovered sufficiently from
his recent Illness to undertake tour to the
upper lakes. We don't want him 20 die for q,
least five years yet to come. Let him return
TO Congress invigorated in health, TO eight Il
out" on his own peculiar line, and see 10 wha
result his pet theories viii lead him and hi,
colleagues Of the revolutionary party. W,
shall see II he will yet force "the man at IN,
other end OF the avenue" TO quit the Whit,
House, reopen his tsilor's shop in Tennessee
and make suits Of clothes for new Presidentis
candidates.
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Iue CABINET MEETING ON TUESDAY.

From the National Inteligencer hs Presidents organD
August 20
We have high authority for saying that tho loose and
sensational rumors which Circulated and which
reflected In degree in the papers of last
ing, about troubles in the Cabinet yesterday
founded The OF member OF the Cabinet retiring
before the others must naturally DO Of frequent
renee That General Grant out of the White House
some time before other gentlemen yesterday be
ascrbed his business habits rather than to any far
fetched and imaginary cause when the session
the day.
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sHokes The diGsrsaoss wee known = :. "A "a. a.
tween the Presdsns and General 0rsat snsk
gentlemen supposed them 70 BE- irecsnciish,e sns ~
shs retirement Of the General from the War D.n.,,-
mont inevitable. But this sftsrnoea 0~nsr..
Grant and the President had interview a IN.
Executive Mansion, which resulted in the adjust
nent Of the trouble Financial men in Northern cities
were 90 much interested In tho announcement In the
morning papers that numerous kilograms were sent
hithsr BY them inqurng into the truth Of the pub-
lshed statements But until after the inter
view 70 which reference above made that responsss
made to the effect that there no trouble
The Relations Subslsting Between tho Pred
dent asd the Cabiaet.
There Cabinet rumoFs to-day and no prospects
Of an immediate retirement OF any Of Its members.
The relations Of all OF them with the President connus
Of An agreeable character 70 bs settled that
Secretary McCuoch will continue in ohce. for financial
reasons, Il for other reasons, IL has been rsprs
sensed by gentlemen Of dnsrent politics that hs resig-
nation would dsasrousy affect public securities,
both at home and abroad. tt Nt f M
General Sickles and the Reported InbreGlio
Win tho United States Ceurts-A Geaeral
Denial In the Prenises.
There is unquestionabls authority for stating thas
General sickss has not received any Executive order
revoking modifying his General Order, No. TO- nor
has he requested the reservation or suspenson ee say
Executive order, any other order In Che prsmisss
neither has General Sckss asked to b relieved 49,
the passage Of the act Of Congress Of July TO- 1857 The
only Executive order thai 10 known 10 hass bssa a.
dressed to General sckles concerning his relations with
the courts Of the United States in his Military district
was sent to him when Of thoss courts in an Asnps
to coistran action ordered his asrsst whsrsspsa
General sickles instructed 10 take into his ouo1v
any and all persons undertaking 70 arrest him No
OCCASION however, has arisen for eemplanss with these
instructions. sfaffN sew
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TINE pumIMIom oF CANADA.

First Election Of nlenber Of the House 81
CSansss-llen. George Brown Defeated.
TORONTO. C. w., August 20, 1851.
Great excitement prevails throughout Csnsda the
election In South Riding, Ontario, for member Of the
nns House Of Commons Of the new dominion
The contest We between Hon George Brown, leader
Of NE opposition, and Thomas N. Gibbs, ESQ., local
candidate On the nrst days polling tie vote vas sr-
majority OF seventy out Of two thousand ave hundred
votes cast.
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ADVICE TO THE ASSOCIATED Passive
would advise the agent Of the Associated
Press to be careful to keep politics out OF all
news reports The account Of the reception
OF Chief Justice Chase in New Hampshire, in
view Of Mr.. Classes polidcM position, is rather
pufG
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stsmr SMITH ENDORSING RAILROAD SCHEMES m MAINE

PORTLAND, Me-, August 2s, 1857
Nr. Gerrt Smith, OF New York, stopped here to-day
on BIZ vny TO the white Mountains, and addressed
large meeting OF citizens the Merchants Exchange In
favor o the Portland, 0sdensburg and osweso Railroad
urging strongly. He advocated the construction OF
the NIAGARA Fails ship canal.
Senator Fsssendes, John Lynch, n G., Ex-Governor
dressed the meeting on the came subject. Mayor
Stevsni presdsd
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The Political Canpaign-rhe Duiy Of the

The Political Canpaign-The Dnty Of the
We again present to our readers full and
interesting particulars Of the political contest
vaged for the control Of our municipal gov
eminent and for unrestrained power over the
city treasury. The party which has so long
shamelessly and dehantly squandered the
peoples money is, at length, through the ex-
clusiveness. aud rapacity of clique, headed
by Mayor Hoffman, Sweeny, Tweed & Co., in
the last throes of dissolution. 1t does not
require the spear Of IthurieI, nor even the
dagger Of Jack the Giant Killer, to Stay the
whole fell brood who have so long fattened on
the public treasury. The people have but to
waken up 10 the danger of the hour, and,
shaking of the apathy which has SO long en-
chained them, rally to the polls in November
and December next, and by their votes con-
sign to oblivion the last remnant Of the corrupt
party that still struggles for an existence.
The citizens OF New York will be more
than derelict to their duty if they fail
in this crisis There never was such an oppor-
tunity presented for cleansing out the Augean
stable in the City Hall, which so stinks in the
nostrils Of all honest and upright men. There
is an irreconciIable feud raging in the enemy's
camp. Like hungry hounds they are snarling
and quarrelling over the spoils Here the old
axiom may well be applied, when rogues fall
out honest men come to their own. Among
the candidates suggested to the citizens of
New York for Mayor is one who stands
out prominently in the light of an honest,
faithful and upright life, passed in our
midst. Mr.. John Anderson is known to
the great bulk of our native born and
adopted citizens. His past successful ca
reer, without faint and without reproach, is
a guarantee that in his hands the present dis
tracted affairs of our municipal government
will be brought into order-that out of chaos
and darkness would be evoked light and har-
mony. The people have but to will this, and
the end so long and so anxiously and yet so
hopelessly desired will be attained.
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the INDIAN WAR.

Movement Of Troops nj Fort Hayes.
Fosr HAvEs Kansas, August 20, \
Via ELLSWORTH, Kansas, August ~, 1897.
The health Of the troops II excellent. A company OF
the Tenth cavalry arrived here to-day, and orderot
forty-hve miles further west for protection Of the
engaesu and labsrsn On We rAlrvAA
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{ ILLNESS o. ststall srHufItlp.

RIcHxovp, August %, 1851
esaspl Ssaoisd 10 cute IN viii fever nsaz Hampsss.