The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1861, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1861. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash in advance, Money vent by mait will beat the isk of the seniler, “None but Han ‘at arrent in New York taken, THE DAILY HERALD, two cents per copy, $7 per anmon, THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at six cent Py, OF $3 per annum; the European Edition every Wednesday, at siz cents per copy; $4 per annum founy part of Great Britain, or $6 12 to any part'o7 the Continent, loth fa include postage; the California Bitition on the lst, 1th and 2lst of each month, at siz tents per copy, or $275 per annum. THE FAMILY HERALD, on Wednesday, at four centa per per annum. "ARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing important solicited from any quarter of the world; & used, will be jiberally part for. OUR FORKIGN CORRESPONDHNTS ARE Paw ¥Y RequestkD TO SEAL ALL Lurters AND Pack- AGES SENT NO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence. 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CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. _ Buwixsqves, SONGS, Danons, &C.—-Uuscn Sravoe 444 Brondway.—Sonos, Bat- New York, Wednesday, August 28,1861, OUR WAR MAPS. The nunrerous maps, plans and diagrams of the operations of the Union and rebel troops in Virginia, Missouri, Iinois, Florida, and on the Mis- sissippi and Missouri rivers, which have been pub- lished from time to time in the New York Henaup, tre now printed on one sheet, and is ready for Uclivery. Agents desiring copies are requested to send in their-orders immediately, Single copies six cents. Wholesale price the same as for the Week iy Heranp. THE SITUATION. Our intelligence from Washington reveals no. thing new in the movements of the army in that quarter, ‘with the exception of some picket skir- mishes with the enemy on the part of the Thirty- eighth New York Volunteers near Bailey's Gross Roads, which was rather a stirring affair, the rebels far outnumbering the Union pickets, A despatch by way of Cincinnati states that Col.; ‘Tyler's forces—a part of Gen. Rosencrans’ army~- had been surrounded and defeated by the rebe, forces under General Floyd, at Summersville, in Western Virginia, but the report is vague and un- satisfactory, and does not appear to be confirmed hy any details. No particulars of the affair had reached Cincinnati, and we can hardly conceive how the rumors of an important battle én the vicinity of Summersville should rea¢h us by that route. The news from Fortress Monroe to-day is impor- tant, inasmuch as it records the inauguration of a naval expedition of great magnitude fur some Ppoiat unknown—an expedition, however, of which we have been hearing for a considerable time. It 8ppears that General Butler has command of this enterprise, in which the frigates Minnesota and Wabash, the sloop-of-war Pawnee, the gunboats Monticéllo and Harriet Lano, the steamers Ade- Jaide and George Peabody, and the propellers Fanny and Adriatic, together with a number of Bchooners and barges, have been employed. Commodore Stringham, it is said, goes with Gen. Butler in command of the squadron, which num- bers a hundred guns and four thousand men, among whom are Colonel Weber’s New York re- giment and Colonel Hawkins’ Zouaves. The squa- dron started from Old Point the day before yester- day. The Quaker City was to follow. The movements of the rebel forces in Missouri appear to be somewhat mysterious, The army ander General Matthew Green, which was supposed to be advancing on Kirksville, had, by the last ac- counts, been discovered to be rapidly returning to wards the Missouri river. Notwithstanding the apparent quietness on the part of the United States authorities in this city in relation to the suppression of the secession newspapers, it is not true that they are not doing anything in the matter. The bundles which have already been seized while on their way to the rebel agents, have not deterred the publishers from devising other methods to send off their pa- pers. This morning every mail and express train which leaves this city carries with it a detective officer, whose duty it is to search alt packages and Suspected baggage, with a view to ascertain if there are any secession papers on the train, and if Bo, to seize them; or if any such journals should be found in the possession of any person, to bring him back to this city to be properly cared for. As soon as the District Attorney, Mr. Delafield Smith, returns to the city, it is said that measures will be taken to suppress the publication of those Papers which administer ald and comfort to the rebels, THE NEWS. By the Gity of Washington, at this port yester- day, we received the details of the European news to the 15th of August, brought by the Hibernian to Father Point. From our files we publish to-day Mr. Russell's latest letter to the London Times on the sutjects of the Union defeat at Manassas, tho reorganization of the federal army, the strategy of the rebel commanders, and the existence of freason in the government dey-artments in Wash- irgton. His report of the “On to Richmond” howl of the two leading abolition organs in this city, as well as of their after attempts to deny. it, fis very graphic and spicy. We give also some im- portant British editorial articles on the financial ‘and commercial aspects of the war, the blockade question and the supply of cotton in Liverpool. Nineteen rifled field pieces, composed of six, ten and twenty pounders, were shipped from the Wa- tervliet Arsenal on the 23d inst. for Cincinnati, The party in the South who recently cried so imploringly to be “let alone’ are now crying “on- bard to Philadelphia and New York.” ! The Canada papers complain that desertions From the British regiments stationedin the pro Winces have become frequent of late. x | We learn that a party of se pnists over in Queens county, Long Island, have called a “peace” bnecting, to be held in the quiet little village of Wewtown. | Ex-Govemor Robert M. Stewart, of Missouri, has }ssued an address to the people of that SI ate, im- ploring them to stand by the government and arm Phemselves for tlie purpose of driving the min hills and swamps of Arkansas. ‘Bob’? is a true Union man, Isham G, Harris, Governor of Tennessee, has ordered every house in the State to be searched by the county constables for old muskets, rifles, bayo- nets, swords and pistols. The officers are to re- ceive one dollar for every musket and bayonet they discover, and fifty cents each for swords and pistols, Philip Swimp, a blacksmith, charged with send- ing arms and ammunition to the Confederate army, and Jacob C, Brown, sailmaker, for furnishing the rebels with tents, have been arrested in Baltimore, The Boston Traveller has a letter from Salisbury, N. C., which states that four members to the United States Congress have been elected in that State. The writer says that the people of North Carolina are fast throwing off the secession yoke, and that they will soon be sufficiently strong to an- nounce without fear their determination to take a stand for the Stars and Stripes. There is a Union Lengue throughout the State, which embraces many thousands of Ioyal men, and to them is at- tributed the reaction which is now taking place. Not over half of the twenty-five thousand addi- tional volunteers called for by the recent procla- mation of the Governor of this State have as yet enlisted. The artesian well in Fort McHenry has attained the depth of one hundred and twenty-five feet, but no water has yet been found. A special meeting of the Uriion Defence Com- mittee was held yesterday afternoon, The meeting was a private one, but enough transpired to show that its object was to see how funds could be raised to assist in the completion of sume of the regiments now in and about the city. No other business was transacted, and after a short session the meeting adjourned. The market for beef cattle was more buoyant yesterday, and with a good demand and a large decline in the receipts, prices advanced fully half a cent per pound—ranging from 6}4c. to 8%e., but with occasional siles at more extreme rates, In other stock there has transpired no change worthy of notice; but from the indications we judge that sheep and lambs, which were plenty and dull, will sell at reduced rates to-merrow. ‘The cotton market was firm yesterday, with sales re- Ported of 2,500 bales, closing on the basis of 18 184c. for middling uplands. ‘The adyance in freights for flour, with some less demand for export, caused the market to rule heavy, and flour closod at a decline of 5 cents per barrel. Wheat was heavy, owing to limited freight room and higher rates. The market closed at a decline of 2c, a 8c. a bushel, while sales were active at the concession, Corn Was easier and active, with free sales, both for export and for shipment to New England ports. Pork was inactive, while sales of mess were made at $15,and prithe at $f0. Sugai Qf Jolt. Davis and the traitor Jackson back into the were firm, with sales of 1,200 hhds. Cubas at Tull prices: Coffee was steady, with sales of 1,200 bags Rio—for stocks and prices we refer to another column, Freights wore excited, room was searco and rates decidedly higher. Grain shipments were active, including corn for Liverpool at 10}. a 11d., in b ilk and§bags. At the close 12d. were asked, at which some wheat, in bags, was re- ported. For flour 3s. were asked. To London wheat was reported at 12d.,and Coar at 3s. 6d. To Hayre wheat was engaged in an American vossel at 220. , in ship’s bags. The Present Extraordinary Activity at *Washington—Stirring Events at Hand, From fhe extraordinary activity introduced into the government,at Washington within the last few weeks, in the reinforcement and in the training of our armies, in the strengthening of our naval forces, in the collection of warlike materials, in the seizure of rebel spies and emis- saries, male and female, and in the suspension of the circulation of Northern incendiary seces- sion newspapers, it is evident that there is some new and exceedingly active power at work at headquarters, and that some'stirring events are close at hand. What new and wonderful power can this be which is thus bringing order out of chaos, chang- ing indolence into energetic action, indifference into that sleepless vigilance which has an eye upon everything, and which is inspiring the go- yernment, the army and the country with con- fidence and enthusiasm? We answer that our young Napoleon, Gen. McClellan, lately called to the command of the army of the Potomac, is the wonderful magician who has produced all these remarkable transformations and re- forms. He is very busy all the time. From day to day, for many days, we have heard of him inspecting this camp or that camp, and with every visitation we are assured of the improved discipline and efficiency of our troops. And stil] his reinforce- ments are pouring in, and still he is hurrying them up. Depend upon it, Greeley will have no occasion to lose his patience and revive his war cry of “Onward to Richmond” as an order to General McClellan. We are confident from this inceasant activity on his part that there is something in the wind. We do not know the number of our troops within and around Washington, nor should we care to announce it if we did know; but we have every reason to believe that not only has General McClellan secured our capital against all possible contingencies of assault, but th: t he will soon be ready to assume the offensive. His contemplated plans and combinations we may safely leave to be disclosed by their prac. tical enforcement; but with that experienced and sagacious old soldier, General Wool, at Fortress Monroe, with the vigilant Banks on the upper Potomac, with the tried and approved Rosencrans in Western Virginia, with the heroic Anderson in charge of Kentucky, with the watch" ful Prentiss at Cairo, and with the able and in. trepid Fremont, Siegel and Sturgis mustering an overwhelming force in Missouri, it is quite possible that the next forward movement from Washington will be associated with a series of other Union army movements from the vicinity of Norfolk to the neighborhood of Memphis, Our readers will remember that shortly after the appointment of General McClellan to the military department of Western Virginia, com- plaints began to be made that he appeared to be doing nothing but travelling about from point to poiat, and from camp to camp of the Union forces; he was here to-day and there to- morrow, and for two days together it was diffi- cult to locate him. But he knew what he was about, and he kept his own counsels. Orenight, at about nine o’clock, his little immediate army of heroes were aroused from their slumbers and moved forward upon a forced march, and other co-operative detachments from differents points in the mountains were in like manner put in motion. And what followed? A succession of Union victories, complete and decisive, result- ing in the destruction, capture or dispersion of the secession invaders, amountisg to difteer thou- sand men, in the course of afew days, and the liberation of Western Virginia, With these late events before us, we are com filent, from the present energetic and comprehensive military proceedings at Washington, that before long not one, but several, terrible blows will — simul- taneously be given to this hydra-headed mon- ster of secession, and we have an abiding faith, (oo, that they will be given to some purpose. Gen, patriotic young men, ambitions of military dis- tinctions, promotions and glory, who have not yet got off to the scene of war, would share in the approaching victories of our armies in the field, let them hurry up the work of enlistment in some one of our various incomplete regi- ments, or they may lose the golden opportuni. ty of an immortal public admiration. Meantime, if the people of our revolted Southern States can stand the despotism of Jeff, Davis, which has given notice to every,Union loving citizen within the limits of secessiondom to clear out before the expiration of forty days, surely our Northern newspapers and other al- lies of secession cannot complain if they in their turn are subjected somewhat to the pocessities of this war. Let them be thankfn) that they are not driven offinto “Dixie,” where the chances are as ten to one that, if able bodied men like the Hon. Ben. Wood, they would be compelled to shoulder a musket and pack off to Manassas. Nor have those distinguished seccession fashion- able ladies at Washington who have been put under the restraints of martial law any right to complain ¢f the penalty inflicted for their treasonable folly. They have already done mischief enough, and in putting a stop to all further communications on their part with Beauregard the government has acted wisely It is in these precautions, as much as in any. thing else, including the seizure of all the small river craft on the Potomac, that we see the signs of some stirring events. Let our patriotic young men still on hand, who are anxious to distinguish themselves, fill up our regiments that are awaiting only a few more recruits, and they will soon have an opportunity to share in the work of redeeming our late disasters. ExTRaorviIvary bess OF THE New Loan.— The success which has attended the new loan is the most extraordinary in the history of finan- cial affairs. Already, even before the notes are ready, thirty-seven hundred applications have been made for it. From the millionaire down to the servant girl and the old woman with her “stocking of gold,” the applicants are thronging by hundreds to the Sub-Treasury. Those who have deposits in savings banks are withdrawing them to invest in the new loan, and so scared are the managers of those institutions that they are now raising the inte- rest to seven per cent. But the interest given by the government (7.30) is higher and the securijy better; for if government stocks are not safe, savings banks are still more insecure. The effect, therefore, upon the savings banks will be very serious. It will bg to gradually gut them of their contents, for no oie will leave deposits with them while he can get higher in. terest and better security elsewhere, The loan will also work a revolution in the State banks. The banks in this State are secured by State stocks and United States stocks. Having ob- tained a laryo quantity of the new stock, they will pay it over the counter as gold to balance their own circulation, and thu» they strengthen their hands and enlarge their operations. They | will be enabled to exprnd with safety, having | the secure basis of the government stock to rest upon, The loan will be tke most popular ever issued, Exactly like Napoleon’s loan, it will be taken by everybody. It will be taken, not by the mere financiers, but by the people. What a practical (contradiction is thus given to the financial speculations of the London Times, which has been laboring so hard to depreciate the stock and induce John Bull to believe that it isa very dangerous investment! More or LL. D. Russent’s Fronts oF Fancy.—We publish to-day another letter of Mr. Russell’s to the London Times, dated July 29, from Washington, in which he makes some remarkable statements with reference to the ex- tent to which treason has permeated through the public departments of the government. Me’ relates an anecdote of a seeie Which he witness- ed is: the private office of Postmaster General Blair, involving that official in complicity with anagent of the rebel governn:ent, which, if true, would reflect most discreditably upon the character and the loyalty of Mr. Blair. If this statement came from a man whose ve- racity was unimpcached it would be most start™ ling, anc, indeed, alarming; but after the reve- lations which have just been made touching LL. D. Russell’s account of the Bull run affair, this late story oughtmot perhaps to be regarded as of much importance. It was very well for the Times’ correspondent to indulge in flights of fancy during the Crimean war and the Indian mutiny, because there was no one to gainsay him or contradict his statements—his written word being the lex scripta of the British nation at that time; but when he comes face to face with the’free press of America it is a very different affair, as appears by the emphatic contradiction given to the whole of his Bull run story by the correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who, we are credibly informed, is Dr. C. H. Ray, one of the editors of that journal. Tow far Mr. Rus” ell’s reputation as a reliable correspondent will stand ihe test of the exposure he has met with in this country we cannot say, but we un- derstand that the British residents of New York are considerably disgusted with the unfair man- ner in which he has used his position bere to, falsify and malign evorything and everybody connected with the Uniox cause. Tue Conreperate Loay—Kina: Corton Ds. THRONED.—Bby, the last accounts from the rebel States, it appears that the junta of Jefferson Davis are preparing to exchange their paper promises for a million of bales of cotton—not to speak of sugar, rice and tobacco. We have only to request that the insurrectionary chief- tains will see that theee various arti@les of pro- duce are properly stored. The North have need of them. As soon as the frost sets in we expect to send down our well organized armies to seize and confiscate the property of the rebel authorities, and we want to find it in good or- der. A million of bales of cotton ought tobe worth fifty millions of dollars, of which we ex- pect to receive every single cent. Certain English agents have, it is true, smuggled them- selves backwards and forwards between Rich- mond and London, and advances on the present and future crops of cotton are-said to have been made by English capitalists to the rebel gev- ment; but we warn the former that they will as suredly be called on to pay twice over. The North will supply Lancashire with cotton, and will ask for a proper price, and there will be no deduction on account of previous payments. Usion Derence Commitrex.—We have re- ceived several communications asking why the Union Defence Committee did not include a list of the private subscriptions to the fund in their MeClellan knows the weak points of the enemy, | recen ement. The report cannot be con- and, best of all, he knows how, when and | sidered complete without it. Let us have the where the blow should be administered, Jf our | list. Tus Goversuent anv Tue INcENDIAItY Press.— The government has taken the wise step of stop_ ping the circulation of the Daily News, and other secession journals, throughout the country, al. though it permits their free distribution in the , city of New York itself. Here there is no dan- ger to be apprehended from its teachings. The people of the metropolis are amply able to take care of themselves, and want no help in‘so doing. Disturbers of the public peace would soon find themselves in a hornet’s nest, per- haps, if they managed to manufacture real dan- ger, tied to the cannon’s mouth, In the rural districts, and in the more sparsely settled re> gions of the East and West it is different, and everything contributing to disorder or to dis- affection should be put down. For tlris reason such newspapers as the Tribune, Times and Independent should call forth the immediate action of the authorities. These bloodhounds of abolitionism which incited the administration to the unhappy calamity at Bull run, are now hounding it on to violate all of the privileges guaranteed by the constitution to the Southern States. They proclaim, openly, that the war which has begun can only end with universal emancipation, and the elevation of the negro to a level with the white man, They rant, rave, and tear, at any and everything which opposes imelf to this diabolical dictum, and insist that we are in the midst of a struggle, not to elevate and save, but to disrupt, rend asunder and overthrow. Such teachings ought to be put a summary stop to by the administration. Neither Congress, the Cabinet, nor any local authority, however bigotted and fanatical, has dared to propose negro emancipation as the end of the present war. Only these mob in- citing newspapers, have insinuated that the doctrines of the Liberator and Anti-Slavery Standard ought to be carried into active opera- tion, They aim at general anarchy, and are willing to see States, counties and townships convulsed with internecine struggles rather than pot triumph, with their diabolical and abo- minable principles. Were the suspicion to pre- vail, generally, for a week, that their ideas could become permanent, insurrection would be the order of the day everywhere. Yet the Greeleys, Beechers and Raymonds of the press are banded together to produce just such con- fusion. Popular sentiment is opposed to them, and they know it; but they trust to the outcry they can arouse against Ben. Wood, with his tail of ninety-nine editors, and Aminadab Sleek Hallock, with his nine and a half scribbling subordinates, to save their own bacon. These latter ought to be put in limbo; but they are not the tenth part as bad—Confidence Cassidy's Wall street relative inclnded—as the incendi- ary nigger liberators of the Tribune, Times and Independent. The daily circulation of the Tribune, Inde- pendent and Times does no mischief. It is con_ fined to this city, where the antics of those jour. nals are understood. But their weekly issues are spread broadcast over the land. The false cor- respondence of the Tribune from South and North Carolina, Washington, Kansas, Charleston | and elsewhere, which Massa Greeley manufac- tures in his office, is believed by the unsuspi- cious readers of the remotest sections of the land to be genuine, and does infinite harm. The high sounding phrases of the Independent are ac- cepted for church decrees, and are read by honest zignorant people a» Sunday as if they were part of the Bible, they sink into their hearts, and be- come part of their daily lives. It is deadly poison, but there is no sufficient antidote. It is the bounden duty of the Postmaster General, there- fore, to exercise his prerogative and prevent these papers from going through the mails ag all. He is responsible for the future of the country, at the present time, even more than any member of the Cabinet and should see that the machinations of these scheming, seces- sionist journals should cease. They are far more dangerous, with their insidious Machia- velianism than any open advocates of secession- Tue Caprver—M:re Comurrrers—A com. mittee of Boston financiers, composed of Messrs Wiley Edward, John C. Gray and Wm. T. An. drews, have been to Washington’ to try and induce the President to make a change in the Cabinet. This proceeding is 2 modest one. Mr- Lincoln, we should say, is better qualificd to decide who shall be his ‘constitutional advisers than a small knot of Bostun capitalists. Our Wall street financiers have also appointed a eomntittee composed of the following gentle- men:—John A. Stevens, George S. Coe, James Gallatin, Moses Taylor and S. Williams, to con" fer with the President. They do mot go to Washington, like the Boston committee, to dic- tate to him whom he shall retain or dismiss from his Cabinet, but simply to recommend the infu- sien of mere vigor and energy iz the prosecu- tion of the war. . The comr:ittees exercising these pretensions of interference with the government are a new ‘institution ameng us. They had their origin in tite delegations got up by Greeley to prevext the retention of Seward in the. Cabinet. To defeat the move, similar committees were sent on by Seward’s support- ers to endeavor to oust Cameron and Welles, Chase and his friends aided the intrigue against Seward, of whom he is a rival for the Presi- denay, and these fresh committees are merely a repetition of the efforts in question. The Wall street financiers and Boston capitalists, who cannot see farther in these things than their noses, are being made the tools and-instruments of the political wire-pullers; hence tle anxiety and activity opservable among them about the reconstruction of the Cabinet. If we have one advice to give the friends of Messrs. Seward and Chase, it is to drop this agi- tation for a change in the personnel of the ad- ministration. We are in the commencement of along war, on the eve, perhaps, of another bloody batthe, and they should sink all this use- less intriguing and quarrelling over the succes- sion. The fature is no longer in their power to direct or control. The “coming man” for the Presidency will be taken, not from their ranks, but from the ranks of those who are perilling their lives in defence of the country. Is New York City ror mas War?—The Honorable Benjamin Wood is in about the same: position as the Honorable Massa Greeley. Each of. tiem is surrounded by a cohort, very dis- united, and pulling in contrary directions. } Friend Benjamin found it easy to manage lot- tery matters, and Massa Greeley was not much troubled with the theoretic arrangement of Fourierite phalanxes, but the politics of the present day are far beyond their depth. Hon. Ben. says @ majority of the citizens of New York are opposed to the war, and Hon. Horace thinks th in favor of emancipating the dirty ni h are in the wrong. They ignore that the polities of the country have ad- vanced half a century within half year; that old issues are obliterated; and that popular opinion points in an entirely different direction from what it did six months ago. Why, out capitalists have agreed to give $150,000,000 to suppress rebellion.‘ Our troops are pouring down into the Potomac district by tens of thousands. Business is everywhere reviving. The people are on the qui vive as they have not been before since the days of the great Wash- ington. Go into our hotels, streets, thorough- fares, omnibuses, on ‘Change, anywhere where the masses congregate, they all say, war to the death until rebeljien is put down and the Union is restored to its pristine integrity. Old fogy- ism is dead. Shoddyism, democracy and re. publicanism are defunct. There is but one party now, and it is that of the Union and war to restore it to the prosperity and strength it enjoyed one year ago. Mos Law ayp Martian Law.—It was report- ed yesterday, in some of our papers, that the police anticipated riots to put down such se. cession papers as the Journal of Commerce, Daily News and Day Book. Now, such mobs are stimulated, mainly, by abolitionist vaga" bonds, wholly unprincipled, and who wish to embarrass the measures of the administration, which ought not to be compromised by such in- famous and atrocious allies. Mob ‘law means anarchy, and no good citizen can otherwise than abhor the approach to the confusion it would produce. It is the duty of the government to proclaim martial law as speedily as possible, if only for the purpose of relieving our police from burthens that are altogether too onerous. The, Metropolitan Police has done its duty; but it can:.ot go as far as the exigencies of the period demand. A portion of the voluntcers or militia of the loyal States should be on guard here, 1° suppress every outbreak ofabolitionism or seces- sion violence, and we are of opinion that more is to be dreaded from the incendiary efforts of the f:.rmer than of the latter. ASTONISHMENT ON THE Lonpon ’Cwanag.—Ac- cording to the last accounts from England, the London Times and other journals were urgent in impressing upon the community of Europe that no credit ought to be given to the United States an’ that no loans should be subscribed to which might emanate from Washington. How great will be the surprise of these organs of an effete aristocracy when they learn that our own capitalists have subscribed a million a day to carry on the war for six months, and that there was never period in the history of our country when the recuperative energy of our institu. tions has been 48 manifest as it is now. Eng- land sustained itself ix its war with Napoleon the First, but it had not half the advantages nor half the commerce that we have. We are en- tirely self-sufficient, and, in spite of the dicta of the Times, American securities will be eager” ly sought after in England as the most profita- ble investment that can be found, before the lapse of sixty days. City Intelligence. CaaRTeR AmaNpM&NT CommissionEns.—The committee appointed by the Commissioners for the amendment of the charter of this city, to suggest a plan for organization» met on Monday afternoon. They resolved to call a meet- ing of the Commission on the 9th of September, after which they adjourned till Monday, when a list of officcrs will be submitted, . Pi.or CommsstanERs.—At a special meeting of the Roard of Underwriters, held on Monday, Messrs. G. W. Blint and R. Sturgis were re-elected Pilot Commissioners for this port. Tus New Posracs Stamrs.—We learn that the Post- master of this city has not yet received a sufficient num- ber of the new postage stamps to warrant their general distribution. When he has three millions on hand the public will be supplied. The printers prodace about three millions daily, and it is hoped that by the 1st of next {1 month there will be a sufficient supply to warrant their distribution throughout ail tho principal cities. Crosoy Aquepvor Derartuext.—The following eontracts were awarded by the department yesterday :—For regu- lating and paving with cobble stone Twenty-eighth street, between Eleventh avenue and Hudson river (twelve bids received), awarddd to John Rousko, at $456 20—surcties, Terrence Kone and Samuel W. Galpin; for regulating and paving with trap-block pavemont Forty-third street, bo- tween Ninth and Tenth aventisg (fourteen bids received), awarded to Patrick Lynch, at $3,781 19—suretios, Samuel F. Righter and Gharles Morand; for doing itis same work on Forty-third street, between Sixth avenue and Broad. way (fliteen bids received), awarded to Patrick Lynch, at $3,819 61—sureties the same; for doing the same work on Fifty-tith street, between First and Third avennes (four- teen bids received), awarded to Hugh Hames, at $6,438 75—suretics, James Humes and John Pettigrew. A Metancnory Accipext.—On Saturday evening last a sad catastropho occurred’ in Westfield, New Jersey, by which two families and a numerous circle of friends have beon painfully afflicted. It appears that aMr. and Mrs. Rogers, of this city, wore spending a few days on the farm of Mr. Mott, at Westfield, N. J., and nothing oc- carred to mar tho pleasure of their visit up to Saturday evening, at which time two daughters of Mr. Mott went intoa pond on their father’s estate to bathe. One of them, an interesting girl, seventeen years of age, unfor- tunately yentured beyond her depth. Mrs. Rogers, who was standing on the bank, perceiving: that Miss Mott was in danger of boing drowned, courageously plunged-into the water, and, athough she possessed tho unusual accomplishment of being a good swimmer, her self-sacrificing efforts were unavailing, and the young lady and her faithful friend found an untimely temporary resting place in the bosom ef the deep. An alarm was specdily given, when the devoted husband and fond fathor appeared, nd with the assistance of friends, re- covered tho bodies in half an hour afterwards, but life was extinct. The funoral services of these ladies, who were so unexpectedly snatched fram the circle of which thoy were the loved members, was attended by @ largo number ofsfrjends and acquaintances, who evinced the deepest sympathy for the bereaved familirs. ‘The wite and daughter were intered in one grave. Faran Accipent oN Boanp 4 Stkaxpoat.—Michacl Mel_ vine, a native of Ireland, aged thirty-five years, died at the New York Hospital yesterday , from the effects of inju- ries accidentally received on board a steamboat at tho foot of Twelfth street the day previous. Deceased, it ap" peared, was engaged in ojlimg the machinery, when he was caught by the revolving shaft and crushed inashock- ing manuer. Tho body was taken to the late residence of the deceased, at No, S11 Monroe street, where Coroner Jackman will hoid an inquest to-day. Bursa Casvarty 1x Broapway.—John Lawrence, laborer, employed on the new building now in course of erection at the corner of Broadway and Tenth street, fe from a scaffold yesterday and was almost mstantly killed: Tho body was conveyed to the residence of deceased's family, No. 114 Sixth avenue, where Coroner Jackman will hold an inquest this morning. Fatat Aceipest.—Drowned, on the afternoon of Friday? August 16, in the Hudson river, opposite the residence ef his grandmother, at Riversite, Ulster county,N. Y., Honry Clay Waring, only son of Charles R. Waring, of this city, in the fourteenth year of his age. He was sailiag, With another yonng man from New York, in a small boat and in attempting to throw a lineto a passing sloop, fell overboard and sak before help could reach him. His body was recovered on the 21st inst., and interred im the family burying ground at Riverside. Movements of Mr. Seward. Arnayy, August 27, 2861. rd arrived here at ten o'clock this even- Secretary Ser ing, by the Hudson River Railrord, and proceeded west by the Centrai Road at a quarter to eleven P. M. He was accompanied by Mrs. Lincoln. Quite a large crowd greet- ed him at the depot. Powder Mill Blown Up. Boston, August 27, 1961. The extensive powder mills,four in number, at New Durham, N. H., were blown up this afternoon at half-past two o'clock, killing five men. The explosion was terrific, and shook the country for miles around. ‘The mills had a large contract to fill for the govornment, The cause of the explosion is unknown. Massachusetts Republican State Con- vention. Boston, August 27, 1861. ‘The Republican State Committee have issued a call for a State Convention at Worcester, October 1. The call is addressed to ‘ali citizens of the Commonwealth who are in favor of the Union, for the support of the government, and for a vigorous prosecution of the war against wicked and unprovoked rebellion, and who are determined in good faith and withont reservation to support the consti anthorities in all attempts to restore the sway of plitution and laws to eytry portion of the gouutry. pC eC Serer ‘*de to General Viele. Brigadier Genera.' Febort 1. Viele was tentodered the honor of a serenade Ina, ¢ ¢voning by the Engincer corpe of the Seventh regiment (or Which he wag at one time com. mandaut), in token of grath ation at his recent appoimt- ment to the command in the Yolumteer service, ‘The members of the corps as&\Mbled at the Armory is citizon’s dress and fatigue cap, an shortly after cloven o'clock proceeded to the private residence of Gen. Viele, 38 West ‘Twenty-fourth street, where thé regimental band which accompanied them, performed sey@val airs, Om the sid were congregated, in addition to tity mem- bers of U eventh regiment, quite a number of nNiitary gentlemen, and 4 large concourse of citizens. ‘Towards the close of the third piece General Viele mace his appoarance at the window and, after bowing in re- sponse to the loud applause with which his appearance was greeted, proceeded to address the assemblage. ‘This demonstration, he said, was an exhibition of the same esprit du corps which induced our soldiers to ight the battles of their country, and he returned thanks for the honor to his old friends and comrades. It had been Temarked that the Seventh regiment onght to return to the war, but three hundred of those who had gone out had gone out again, Where were the three months? volun- teers? Polder robels ard biacker traitors were at home to prevent them from acting. ‘The time had come when every man who was not for us Was against us, and it was time that such men were exposed. This was the holiest cause that men ever engaged in, and he believed the North felt such to bo the case, We little thought this was to bea defensive war, and there was consequently a great neees- sity for troops. As for himself he would not sheath his sword until this rebellion was crushed out. He paid a parting compliment to the band which serenaded him and retired, the crowd giving him three hearty cheers, The members of the corps then, by invitation, pre- ceeded inside the house, where a collation had been pro- vided for them,and during the discussion of which the health of General Viele was proposed in aspeech by Cap- tain Ferraro, of the Engineer company, and all success wished him in his newcareer. ‘The ceremonies lasted until near one o'clock, General Viele, before proceeding to active service, will havecommand of the camp of instruction stationed at Scarsdale, in Westchester county. Personal Intelligence. Since Mrs. Lincoln’s arrival in this city she has been busily engaged shoppiug aud completing her purchases of the numerous articles which will be required by herself and family Curing the fall. Mrs. Lincoln and family are not expected to return to Washington until about the end of the first week in September. During their absence from the capital the Metropolitan Hotel, in this city, will be their headquarters, and the greater part of their time will be spent in this city, The Presidential party will visit the Falls of Niagara during the present week, and return to this city about Saturday next, Secretary Seward passed through this city yesterday afternoon. He came through from Washington via Phila- delphia, and took tho Hudson River cars direct for Au- burn, making no stay tn New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Florence, the “Irish Boy” and “Yankee Girl,” depart in the steamship Persia to-day, om 8 protracted foreign tour. They will visit, during their absonce, Great Britain, Ireland and Australia, returning by way of California, H. G. Wright, of the United States Army; Licutenant W.8. Boyd, of the Unitod States Marine Corps; A. @. Monson, of California; M, Villalba, of Philadelphia; Bom. Kiutridge, of Cincinnati, and E. D, Peters, of Boston, are stopping at the Brevoort Hou: A. 8, Chapin and wife, of Be‘oit; B. Buffum, of Prew- dence: W. 8, Andrews, of Boston; T. C. Goodsell, of Micht- gan: M. Rogers, of Baltimore; T. B. Hardy and wife, of Cireinnati,and'W. A. Batfum, of Washington, are stop- ping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. John R. Murray, of Mount Morris; H. rn1N. A. Hotol. kiss, C. H. Lindsay and C. H. Kingsley, of New Haver, H. H. Hayden and G. W. Sanford, of New York, R. K. Holdane, of Cold Spring, and D.C, Hannahs, of B-ooklyn, are stopping at the Albemarle Hotel. Colonel] H. DP, Stover, of the United States Army; A. A. Bertram, of Rom>,N. ¥,;G.W. Wartor, E. D. Lock- wood and J. W. White, of Philadelphia; W. L. Beadley and A. J, Coe, of Connecticut; ©. 8. McDonough and wife, of Middletown, and 1, Blossom, of Milwaukee, are stop- Ping at the Lafarge House. Colonel 0. 1. Sheppard, Major Wainwright, Captain Eagle, S. 7. Nowbury anad'A, H. Holgate, of the United ates Army; Colonel 8. D. Bruce, of Kentucky; Colonel Starkweather, of Milwaukee; Judge J. B.’ Colt, B. Stickney and G, A. Nolan, of St.’ Lewis; Mr. Lewis, of England; Major David Robbins, of Boston, and 0, J. Ruger and family, of Washington, are stopping at the Metropok- tan. Hon. Fdward Ball and wife, of Ohio; Hon. HS. Wash- burn, of Massachusetts; Hon. R. E. Renton, of New York; Major Sitgreaves of the United States Army; J. 0, baz: nor, of Albany; Daniel Crouse, of Syracuse; 8. Dorner and W. Mason, of Massachusetts; M. P. Bernice, of Maysville; y and family, of Washington; ’'P. L. Bogart , of Long Island, and J. B. Stone, of Rhode Island, are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Hon. A. B. Olin, of Troy; Hon. 8. JFoot, of Vermont; Hon. G. Ashman, of Springfield; Hon. 6. H.’Van Wyck, of Sullivan county; Judge Law, of Iowa; Col. Williams, of Connecticut; Gen. Mansfield,’ of Washington; Colonel 8. P. Sanford, of Providence; H. A. Risley, of Dunkirk; B. V. Johnson, of Albany; Capt. J. Drummond, of Bath: 8. W. Hastings, of New York; J. Sinclair and wife, of Kingston; J.O. Curtis and J. W, Edwards, of Boston;} P. V. Kellogg, of Utica; J. H. Orne ‘and family, of Philadelphia; De Kay, of Washington, and A. B. Smith and family, of Wiaconsin, are stopping at the Astor House. J. W. Candler, of Boston; Peter B. Sweeney and T. Br Musgrave, of New York;C. H. Strong, of Alban; ‘Adams and wife, and Miss Day, of Norwich, Con! Knight, Mra. Knight and servant, of England; L. H- Brown, of Watertown; Mr. and Mrs. 8. V. Hoffman and Miss Hoffman, of New Brunswick, N.J.;A. Morrison, of Albany; J. C. Calhoun, of Connecticut; Captain S. Brook, of steamship City Jof Washington, and 1. 13; Dawley, of New York, are stopping at the Everett House, The person arrested in Philadelphia as a Southern agent, and reported as Mr. Samuel E. Aiken, is Mr. Samuct A. Eaton, formerly of Boston, who was for a time connected with one of the Sunday newspapers in that city. On Saturday afternoon, upon the arrival of Hon. John P. Hale at the depot in Dover, N.H., (the placo of his residence), @ man, apparently intoxicated, to whom an acquaintance had pointed out Mr. Hale as an abolitionist, stepped up to Mr. H., and with the remark, “You are aue of the men who have brought all this trouble i us,” struck him in the face, knocking off his hat. fe Hale, seeing the condition of the man, replied, “Get out of my way,” when the drunken fellow struck’ him again. Mr. Hale did not return the blow but walked quietly away. Tho depot master and othors intorfered to pre- vent any further assault, The attack did not appear to be premeditated, and the affair was over in a few minutes, Major Robort Anderson was in Cincinnati on the 26th inst. Major Slemmer left Cincinnati on the 26th inst. to joim the staff of General Rosencraus, in Western Virginia. Hon. Jared W. Fuller, of the executive council of Maines and Hon. 8. H. Blake, late Attorney General of Maine, are in Washington, commissioned by Governor Washburn te look after tho affairs ef the Maine regiments. ¥Ex-Governor Porter is lying dangerously ill at Harrie burg, Pa. Tho Louisville Democrat says that the Hon. Joase D. Bright admits that he wrote the letter found in the pos- session of Mr, Lincoln, of Texas, at Cincinnati. Boston Weekly Bank Statement. Boston, August 27, 1862. ‘The following are the footings up of the banks for the week past:— Capital stock. Loans and di Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Pmapeiria, August 27, 1861. Stocks steady, Pennsylvania State 6’s, 75; Reading Railroad, 179-16; Morris Canal, 33; Long Island Railroad, 9%; Hennsylvania Raltroad, 37%: Sight exchange om New York at par. Pmtapstrata, August 27, 2861. Flour steady. Wheat dull: sales 2,000 bushels red at $1 16 a$1 17; white, $1 30. Corn, 65c. Whiskey firm at 18c.a'St<c, Coffee—Auction gales of 1,700 bags at 136. w 10 fe. for Rio, Armany, August 27, 1861. Flour dull, Wheat incar lots at $110 for red State. Whiskey, 170 bbis. at 17, Received by Central Rail road for New York, 445 bbis. of highwines, 6,198 bbis: of flour, 215 bales of wool, 456 bags of wheat , 29 cases of to- duced, 47 bales of hops, 641 boxes of cheese. For Boston and the East, 685 balcs of wool, 110 bbis. of highwines, 2,121 bbls. of flour, Shipped by tows to New York, Au- gust 26, 142000 dushels of corn, 68,500 bushels of wheat, 7,000 bushels of oats and 1,300 bushels of malt. Bervavo, August 27, 1863. Flour unchanged. Wheat unsettled and tending down- ward: sales 14,000 bushels ordinary red winter Westerm at 95c., 6,000 bushels fair do. at 99e., and 10,000 bushels do. on private terms. Corn dull and a shade easter: sales 25,000 bushels at 36\c. Oats steady: sales 24,000 bushels at 25c. a 25340. Canal freights—11c. on corn, 126. cm wheat, 10 New York. Imports—0,000 bbls. flour, 178,000 bushels wheat, 197,000 bushels corn, and 12,000 dushels oats, Exports—94,000 bushels wheat and 81,00 bushels corn, eigen Oo Flour unchanged and in moderate demand. Wheat lower and in fair demand: sales 22,000 bushels Chicago '4,000 bushels ordinary red winter at 96c., do, atg99c. Corn m fair demand and les 23,000 lease hoe Hala Yering a - toady: sales 10, ushels at 353¢c., 13 ooo bushels blown Hf 26c. Other grains quiet and po sales. Canal {reights, 11c. on corn, 126. on wheat to New York. Lake Imports—9,000 bbis. flour, 189,000 bushels whet, 201,000 bushels corn, 13,000 bushels oats, 15,000 bushels rye. ere 0s buahels corn, cor enna beat, ! ushels corn, 67,( 8 s bar at Oswanod, August 27—P. M. Flour in moderate demand at previous rates. Wheat dull, but unchanged: sales of 2,000 bushels No. 1 Milwau— kee club at 900. Corn quiet and held at 40c. a 4c. Canal freights firm--Flour 28c., wheat 9c., corn 8¢. to Newe York. Lake imports—470 bbls. flour, 41,000 bushels wheat, 24,000 do. corn, Canal exports—25,000 bushels Wheat TANTO. corn. Genoano, August ATP. AE. Flour 0c. lower, Whoat declined 1c. a 2c.: sales at 6tc. for No. 1, and 834e. for No. 2 in store. Corn de- clined 1c.: sales of mixed at 21c. in store, Oats 4¢o. low. er. Receipts-5,600 bbis, flour, 819,000 bushels wheat $35,000 do. corn, Shipments—6,500 bbls. flour, 184,008 fs wheat, 101,000 do, corn,” Freights firm? engage- Ie, for corn to Buffalo. Exchange oy New York rotaius uncbauged, — as | | ]