The New York Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1861, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9125. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1861. PRICE TWO CENTS, THE REBELLION. Wreck of the Privateer Jeff, Davis on the Florida Coast, Arrival and Reception of Her Crew at St. Augustine. The Report of the Death of Jefferson Davis Believed in Washington. The Heavy Firing on the Virginia Side of the Potomac Accounted For. The Union Troops Prepared and Eager for Battle. Condition of Affairs on the Potomae River. Official Advices from Gen. Rosen- crans’ Command. ADDITIONAL ARMY APPOINTMENTS, &€., &e., &e. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasmixaton, Sept. 3, 1861. REPORTED DEATH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. A negro, arrived here from Manassas to-night, reports hat Jeff. Davis died at seven o'clock on Saturday morn- ing. This report is believed by members of the family resident here, His physicians have long expected, from the condition of his health, that if at any time he'should be subjected to protracted and extraordinary mental exertion, ho would die suddenly. The report of his death is believed here. BXCITEMENT AT THE CAPITAL—ARTILLERY PRACTICE THE CAUSE. ‘The whole city was on the qui vive to-day. The known proximity of the Union and rebel forces excited expectation: During the forenoon the booming of cannon was heard distinctly from several points. Speculation was rife. A general attack had been made, thought some. Old women were nervous. Boom banged a big gun down the river, and boom banged o big gun up the river, and thump went a dull.‘sound of a big gun in the distance between. It has since been ascertained that the firing up and down the river pro- ceeded from the trial of new guns at the Navy Yard and artillery practice at the Chain Bridge. The intermediate sounds were occasioned by the fire of rebel cannon from Munson’s Hill, to try whether they could reach our pickets, either at Bailey’s or Ball's Cross Roads, or any of the dwellings of Union men that had not already been rhidled. THE TROOPS EAGER FOR BATTLE. ‘Our troops have manifested much spirit and determina- tion. They are anxious for a brush with the rebels, and are only withheld by the force of discipline from rushing ‘upon their outworks, and driving them back from the Potomac. The rebels have five thousand men at Spring” field station, about two thousand at Annandale, and a bat” tery erected about midway between Cloud’s Mills and Benton’s Tavern, about one and a half miles from Cloud’, Mills. SKIRMISHING AT RAILEY’S CROSS ROADS. The report that four men of the Fifteenth New York regiment were killed at Bailey’s Cross Roads this after- noon is incorrect. The rebels on Munson’s Hill can tinctly seen with a good glass, movements rendored perfectly visible. Most of each Morning is devoted to drill, and small bodies of troops can be distinctly scen performing their various evolu- tions. SUPPOSED DEATH OF THE REBEL COLONEL STEWART. It is supposed that the officer reported killed on Fricay afternocn, on the side of the rebels, was Colonel Stewart- Ho was a showy individual, fond of display, and it was probably he who was hit in the skirmish in the neighbor- hood of Bailey’s Cross Roads on Friday last. ‘The flags at half-mast may have been on account of the death of Colonel Stewart, or of Jeff. Davis, but tho pro- Dability is that they were on account of the latter. CONFIDENCE IN GENERAL BANKS. ‘The confidence awakened by General Banks, when in command of the Department of Annapolis, including the city of Baltimore, is unabated, The pcople of West. ern Maryland have faith im his firmness as man, and his ability as a commanding officer. ‘they rely upon his skill and ability to prevent a crossing of the rebel army into their fields and flresides. Where Genera; Banks is now ho is to prove himself a general or no general. Those who know him do not fear the result. He has a military reputation to make, or a political repu- tation to lose. We believe he will win. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM GEN. ROSENCRANS. Tho telegraphic despatches reccived from Genoray Rosencrans to-day show that all is well in that section, and that the Union army there is neither surrounded nor likely to be taken. AFFAIRS ON THE POTOMAC. Fifteon or twenty vessels have arrived here within the last twenty-four hours, and with one exception the crews report all quiet down the river, haying secn no batteries ‘and no men on the Virginia shore. The exception is the schooner Charles West, which arrived last night, andre~ ports while opposite Muthias Point the captain had a fine glass through which he was trying to get a poep at the rebels, when @ shell came whizzing over his head, and dropped in the water, about four hundred yards beyond his vessel. He made no further observations in that locality. At the the Potomac creek, Dolow Aquia creek, and above the Maryland Point, he noticed some commotion. Just above the old steamboat landing, at the mouth of the creek, taking his glass, he saw tHe men as thick as blackberrics, apparently throw- ing up intrenchments, and twenty or thirty horse and ox teams hauling earth. One team had six oxen attached, and appeared to be drawing a gun. A Virginia refagoo, who was picked up by the Tigress reports that the rebels are constructing batteries at Cockpit Point and opposite Budd's Ferry, about forty miles below Alexandria. He states that the officers in charge of the batteries have orders not to fire on any verse! until all the works are completed. The steamer Alger, from Vhiladelphia, arrived here teday, and reports that the rebels have greatly strongthoned their batterics at Aquia and Mathiascrecks, and may need immediate attention. They will not be allowed to close the Potomac to our navigation. Officers of the flotilla state tnat from Alexandria to the Rappahanncck river, a distance of nearly 150 miles, not soul is visible on thé Virginia shore, the whole cown- be dis- and = their try bearing the mark of desolation, No houses, cattle or animals of any” kind are seen, and mot a particle of smoke to note the habita- tion of a single individual is perceptible. Complete Silence ant Joneliness pervade the whole oxtent of coun- try, as though it had been devastated by a pestilence. ‘THH RECENT SEIZURE OF VESSELS AT NEW YORK. ‘The seizure of ships at New York, noticed in an article from the 2 Lune, are not under the confiscation act is popularly known, passed during the late extra of Congress. That act has reference to property devoted to the uses of the rebellion with tho nt of the owners, The seizures referred fo aro made under the President’s proclamation, of August 16, which, among other things, directs that all vessels, owned in whole or in part in the rebel States, found at sea or in our ports, at the expira- tion of fifteen days from the date of the proclamation, shall be seized ; the owners, however, to have the right to apply to the Treasury Department for such clemen 8 the peculiar circumstances of the case may warrar THE ARMY. Brigadier General W. B. Frankdn, of the ree! yy has been made a Major General pro tem., au sghed to command the brigade commanded by Brigadier General Philip Kearney, Jr., consisting of the First, Second, Third and Fourth New Jersey regi- ments, and Benjamin’s battery, and the brigade to be commanded by Briga/lier General 0. M. Mitchell, but tem- Porarily under the command of Colonel J. McLeod Mur- phy, of the New York Fifteenth regiment, consisting of the Fifteenth, Fighteenth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second New York regiments, Arnold’s battery, and two compa. nies of the Lincoln cavalry, All these troops are sta- tioned on the south side of the Potomac. Major General Franklin has made the following appointments on his staff, and promulgated the intelligence of the same to the troops under his command, viz:—Captain Walworth Jen. kins, Assistant Adjutant General} Surgeon, Frank H. Hamilton; Firet Lieutenant J. P. Baker, First cavalry» Aid-de-Camp; First Lieutenant C. W. Towles, Fifteenth infantry, Acting Quartermaster and Commissary. The President has made the following appointments of Brigadier Generals:— Captain George C, Meade, of the Topographical En- gincers. Major Lawrence P. Graham, of the Dragoons (a Virgi- nian by birth, and brevetted for gallantry in Mexico). Alo Colonels Abercrombie, Biddle, Duryee and Casey. ‘The last named is Lieutenant Colonel by brevet in the re- gular army). Also, William A. Richardson and Eleazer A. Paine, of Tlinois. Justus McKinstry (Assistant Quartermaster of the Ar- my). 0. 0. Howard, of the Third Maine regiment, and Charles D, Jameson, of the Second Maine Regiment, ‘A. McD. McCook, of Ohio. Ebenczer Dumont, Robert H. Milroy and Lewis Wallace’ of Indiana, Walter 8. Casson, of the Fifteonth New York regiment, is appointed temporary Assistant Adjutant General in Colonel Murphy’s brigade. Mr. Wiegel, of Baltimore, who has been for some time acting as a volunteer aid to General Butler, and who was one of the most energetic of the Union officers at the cap- ture of Fort Hatteras and its dependencies, was to-day appointed a Lieutenant in the United States Army, and detailed as an Aid-de-Camp to the staff of Major General Butler. This will gratify the friends of Mr. Wiegel, who has been persecuted for Union sentiments by the seccs- sionists of Baltimore. Captain Geo. G. Flint, of New York, has been appointed Assistant Adjutant General, and ordered to report to Gen. Thomas, at Louisville. Oliver 8. Witheral and Wm. G. Terrell have been ap- pointed additional Paymasters. A squadron of Colonel Van Allen’s regiment of tavalry, now commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Wing, has been detailed to General Banks’ column, and left this after- noon. This regiment has been subjected to a severe drill instruction by Lieutenant Wing, of the Second cavalry, and they have been prepared for active service. Captain Geo. G. Floyd has been appvinted Assistant Adjatant General, and is ordered to report to General ‘Thomas, at Louisville. THE NAVY DEPARTMENT CONGRATULATES THE SOL- DIERS AND SAILOKS OF THE NAVAL EXPEDILION, The Secretary of the Navy has addressed the following letter to Commodore Stringham:— Navy Drrarraenr, Sept. 2,1861. Si—The department congratulates yeu and those of your command, and also the officers and soldiers of the army who c erated with you in the reduction of Fosts Hatteras and Clark, and the capture of the forces em- ployed in their defence. The successfel result, thus far, of an expedition projected with great care, and the occu: pation of the positions commanding the most important inlet on tho coast af North Carokina, will be atten-ted with consequences that can scarcely be over estimated. ‘This brilliant achievement, eecomplished without the loss of & man on your part, or injury to any one in the federal service, has carried joy aud giaduoss to the bosom of every friend of the Union, I is,1 trust, but the beginning of results that will soon eventuate in suppressing the insurrection and con- firming more strongly than ever the integrity of the Union, Convey to the officers and men of the respective vessels under your command the thanks of the depart- ment for their gallant conduct, and the assurance that is thus afforded that in the great emergeucy that is now upon us the country may rely as of oid upon the vigor and the courage and the enthusiasm of its brave officers: and sailors. Lam, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDBON WELLES: Flag Officer S. H. Sertvauam, commanding Atlantic Blockading Squadron. APPOINTMENT OF A NAVAL RETIRING BOARD. The Secretary of the Navy hos, under the direction and approval of the President, and in pursuance of the act for retiring of such officers as appear disabled to perform duty, appointed the following officdrs as a board to deter” mine and report upon the facts in the cases which may be presented:—Commodore Hiram Paulding, Chairman; Captains Charles IT. Bell and D. G. Farragut, and Surgeons L. B, Hunter and N. Pinckney. IMPORTANT TO ARMY SUTLERS AND VOLUNTEERS. ‘The publicati n of the following regulations of the War Department will prove interesting to both sutiers and volunteers:— ‘Tho 208th paragraph of the regulations, which forbids sutiers to “keep ardent spirits or other intoxicating drinks,” is absolute, and admits of no exception, and a vio- lation of it not only subjects the offender to the penalty which the regulation prescribes, but also, within the Indian country, renders him amenable to the act of Con- gress of June 30, 1834, regulating intercourse with the Tndian tribes. No sutler shall sell to an enlisted man on credit to ® sum exceeding one-third of his mouthly pay within th® same month, without the written sanciim of the com* pany commander or the commanding oflicer of the post or station, if the man does not belong to a company; and not excve.\ing one-haif of sajd pay with such permission, « ‘Three days before tho list of every month the sutler shallrender for veritication to the company commander, or the commanding officer, as the case may be, according to the meaning of the preceding ‘para graph, & written and separate account in each caso of any charges he may have against enlisted men for collection, and the officer shall submit the account to the soldier for acknowledgment and signature, and wituess the same. In the.case of death, desertion or remuyal from the post (of the soldier), the account will be ren- dered imimediateiy. If the soldfor dis;ute the account, and the sutier insist, and im the case of death and deser- tion, the sutler will be required to establish the account by alli t endorsed on it, before any ¢filcer authorized toadminister an oath. Such verification will establish the debt. Debts thus verified as due th; sutier are to be noted on the m r rolis, and will be paid by the paymaster outof the arrearages due to the soliier at the time of death, desertion, discharge or sentence of court martial, the sums due the government and laun- dress being first paid. nts of sutlers against enlisted men which are cted at the pay table—as of those who have ted or been removed beyond the reach of the sutler—after being dyly audited as above, will be entered on the next succcedfig muster roll, or on the descriptive roll or certificate of discharge, as the case may be, and the same shall be retained from ‘any ba‘ane the soldier after deducting forfeitares and stoppages for the govern: ment and laundress, and be pair to the sutler on applica- tion to the Second Auditor of the Treasury through the Yaymaster General. MAJOR MYER, THE BRIGADE OFFICER OF GENERAL M’CLELLAN’S STAFF. Your military biographer does injurtice to Major Myer, signal officer of the United States Army. He is the in, ventor of the system of military signais at present used by the United States Army, under the authority of Congress He was Surgeon, with the rank of Captain, and offered his signal inveution to the government, asking oniy in retur: the commission and rank of Major, Tho Thirty-tifth Congress, against the active opposition of Jefterson Davis, adopted the signals, and promoted Captain Myor to a Major. He was, at his own request, detailed to ser- vice in New Mexico, against the Indians, where he could best test Lis new invention to the satisfuction of the fovernment. He was successful. When the civil war broke out he was coiled here, and detailed to General McDowell's staff, whe istinguished himself at Bull run, and was so mentioned in General McD.’ report, Previous to the fight at Buil run he visited Fortress Mon. roe and rendered good servico there, bat was n General Br staff. General MeUlelian, apprecinting tite valuable services of Major Myer, sought to obts him upon bis staff, where he is now actively eng having been allowed by the General to organize a signal corps, of whieh he is the chief. This much is due to av able and gallant effcer. AVTOINTMERTS BY THE PRESIDENT. ent has reinetated Reger Perry a8 a comman- er on Burnett, of Kansas, Register in the Land office at Fort Scott, Kansas, and Willis Holland, of Missouri, Recelver of Public Moneys at Warsaw, Missouri. APPOINTMENT OF CORPORATION ATTORNEY. The Mayor of Washington has appointed Joseph H. adley Corporation Attorney, in place of James M. Car- isle, resigned. DISCONTENT OF THE VIRGINIANS. From private advices it appears that the Virginians are quite as troublesome in their new government as they were inthe oldone. They insist upon having all the offices. This i# natural. The lazy F. F. V.’s of Virginia were born to hold offices, because Washington and Jeffer- son and Patrick Henry were Virginians. They may have in their veins a little Indian or negro blood, but so long as their ‘sacred soil’? is the repository of the ashes of America’s great dead, whether loyal or disloyal, they are entitled to the offices under either government, and reaty toaccept them under either, So much for the Old Do- minion. PROTECTION FROM INCENDIARISM. ‘Tho late municipal police of this city having ceased to exist as such, before their successors are installed in office for the due protection of person and property here, in the meanwile Provost Marshal General Parker directed that the commanders of battalions of the Provost Marshal’s guard hold their several commands in readi. ness to turn out at any alarm of fire which may occur | each in his own district. Ho has also directed thm to inform themselves of the position of the fire engines, each in his district, and to use them to the best advantage in extinguishing any fire that may occur. AN HONEST ALABAMA POSTMASTER. To-day an Alabama postmaster settled his accounts, and returned the stamps in his pos- session. He could get no money, but he hoped the department would receive the stamps, and ‘“ex- cuse him as long ashe is in this bogus Confederate d—d circumstances of hell, in whieh a man is not al” lowed to express his sentiments.” These aro the senti ments of hundreds of men from the cottonooracy States, and they only pray for relief from the oppression to which they are subjected. DEPARTURE OF SECRETARY CHASE FOR PHILADEL- PHIA. Secretaries Seward and Cameron having returned, Se- cretary Chase left this afternoon for Philadelphia, to make some necessary arrangements in regard to the portion of the national loan to be taken in that city. RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELLERS. After to-day the stringency in regard to passes will be inereased, and no one can pass to the other side, male or female, without a sufficient showing of loyalty. NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 3, 1861. The rebel troops are erecting a fortification about mile below Murray Mason’s, on the land of Levy Deming, College farm, five miles out, on the Little River turnpike’ The rebel pickets have possession of the upper part of the farm, and the Union pickets the lower part. In the mean time, Mr. Deming has thought it prudent to leave. WRECK OF THE PRIVATEER JEFF. DAVIS. THE PRIVATEER JEFF. DAVIS WRECKED ON THE FLORIDA COAST. Puncape.ena, Sept. 3, 1861. The Richmond Enquirer of the 28th of August publishes alotter from Fernan‘ina, Florida, dated tho 2let ult., which hag been received at Savannah, Ga., saying that the crew of the Jeff. Davis had arrived there, the vessel having been wrecked on the bar while trying to get into St. Augustine, Florida, ADDITIONAL PARTICIIARG WRECK OF THE JEFF. DAVIS OFF 8 AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA—ESCAPE OF THE CKEW—THEIR RECEP- TION AT ST. AUGUSTINE, ETC. The Charleston Mercury has the following particulars of the loss of the privateer Jeff. Davis:— Captain Coxetter now mie sail for the Florida const. On Friday evening, the 10th ult., he was off St, Augus- tine, but the wind having increased to half agale, ho could not venture in. Ho remained outside the bar the — of Saturday, without observing any of Lincoln's loot. On Sunday morning, at half-past six, while trying to cross the bar, the Jeff. Davis struck, and though every possible exortion was made to relive her, by throwing the heavy guns overboard, yet the noble vessel, after her perilous voyage, and the running of innumerrble block- w'es, became a total wreck. Ali tho simall arms and clothing of the crew, with many valuable sundries, were, however, saved. On the arrival of the brave but unfortunate crew in St. Augustine, they were reccived with a kindness that they never can forget. ‘The town bells rang out a joyous peal of welcome, and the people vied with each other in their courtesics to the shipwrecked ones, Thanks to the noble hespitality of the Floridians, the men soon recovered from their fatigue. They are expected to arrive at Charleston on Wednesday next. The namo of the privateer Jo Navid had become 4 ter- Sv epomemelh ementorint nat A pecome.s its amount of merchandise which she captared has no parallel since the days of the Saucy Jack. IMPORTANT FROM VIRGINIA. L TROOPS AT WINCUESTER—THE REBEL ON THE UPPER POTOMAC—DESTITUTION OF THE SOLDIERS AT RICHMOND, ETC. Baxtmozg, Sept. 3, 1861. The Baltimore American of to-day says that no rebel troops were at Winchester on Thursday, except a fow who were sick. At Leesburg there are three or four regi- ments, one at Waterford, above the Point of Rocks, and ‘one at Goose Creck. Letters from rebel soldiers at Richmond state that the troops are in a gad state of destitution, being barefooted and in want of suitable clothing. The skins ina tannery at Hillsboro’ had been taken dripping from the vats to convert into shoes. All the horses from the Union and disunion farmers had been seized, which created the greatest dissatisfaction. ‘The want of confidence is increasing daily, the hopes of the rebels being kept up by reports that tho federal go, yernment had only 80,090 troops around Washington, and found it impossible to recruit any more. NEWS FROM WESTERN VIRGIN#A. Waeeina, Va. , Sept. 3, 1861. ‘The expedition that left bere on Sunday night to dis- perse the rebel gathering in Marion county returned to- day. They report the outbreak as having been much magnified in importance. Before they reached Worthing- ton, which is some distance across the country from the railroad, the rebels bad dispersed. NEWS FROM KENTUCKY. Faancrgnr, Sept. 3, 1861. Governor Mogoffin has privately declared to severay members of tho Legislature his determination to sustain the action of the Legisiature, whatever it may be, to the extent of his power. Neither Ho se has yet done anything officially, except the organization of the lower House. ‘The Senate is occupied in settling contested seats; but I am assured that the Legislature will abandon the neutra- jity position, vote to raise the State's quota of troops, ‘and assume her portion of the military tax levy, without putting the government to the trouble of collecting it. Kentucky is all right. This may be relied upon. THE NATIONAL LOAN IN PHILADELPHIA. PuttapEtpata, Sept. 8, 1861. The subscription was opened to the national loan yes- terday, ond $135,000 were subscribed during the dey. UNION MEETING AT NEWPORT, KY. Cincaxwatr, Sept. 8, 1861. Fon, Andrew Johnsen spoke to an iminense Union ™ Nownort, \y., yesterday. Strong Union reso- Jutions wer Blow THE HEW HAMPSHIRE THIRD REGIMENT. Boston, Sept. 3,186] The tuird Now Hampshire regime: left Concord te lay for the seat o: war. fully aria! and equipped for active service, ERTERS FROM THE SECOND CELSIOR BRIGADE RE-EN- Nr Jn the New Yorn Hrrann of ONE OF THED REGIMENT £. Lis nx, N.J., Sent. 1, 1861. ngust 29, Francis Ko duty to W pivadietion, ns Zounves i » New York, le went on board the V sme friends 1 was accidenta away w Um. I have since received lett om him rhowing | tht he te azacmber of Company B, Wilsan's Zouaves. Thie plain statement myst exo-erate my mm from tho |i Ath lication in the be oo aud patriotism. PAL THE WAR FOR TUE UNION. BRILLIANT ADDRESS OF EX-SECRETARY HOLT. Immense and Enthusiastic Demonstration at Irving Hall Under the Auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. SPEECH OF WILLIAM CURTIS NOYES. VOTE OF THANKS TO MR. HOLT. New, York Fraternizing with 4 Kentucky, ker Keo &ee 4 At the Fequest of the Executive Committee of the Cham- ber of Commerce and other influential citizens, the Hon- Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, well known to the public from the lustre of patriotism which he shed on the declining days of the Buchanan administration as Secretary of War, delivered an address last evening in Irving Hall, op- posite the Academy of Music, Notwithstanding the ter- rible storm which pagsed over the eity last evening, and the very slight degree of publicity given to the matter, it was one of the largest political meetings that has con- vyened in any hall in New York for a Jong time past. When Mr. Holt made his appearance on the platform” accompanied by many of our distinguished citizens, he was hailed with most flattering demonstrations of respect. ‘The whole audience rose and cheered and cheered again, waving hats and handkerchiefs and exhibiting great en- thusiasm, SPEECH OF MR. PERIT, Mr. PeLarian PEnir, President of the Chamber of Com- merce, was chosen to preside over the meeting. Tn ac- ing that position , he said:—This meeting, fellow citi zens, 18 to give a public reception to a distinguished fellow citizen—the Hon. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky— (cheers) who is accidently with us. Mr. Holt has beon rawn to this city by business motives, and did not in- tend to take a part in any poblic demonstration; but he has kindly yieided to the solicitations of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and of many distinguished citizeng, and he honors vs with his company this even- ing. ‘It may be a proper introduction to the proceedings of this evening to advert to afew of those important eventsiwhich haye given special prominence to Mr. Helt before the public at this time. We all of us remember that doleful interval in our history when the executive go- vernment appeared to be paralyzed; when the army of the United States, under the ingenious arrangement of Mr. Floyd, had been scattered through remote regions, and was unavailable for any important purpose; when the best arms ot the government had been carefully sent to those States that were ripe for secession, and when the navy of the United States were scattered to all remote parts of the earth, inaccessible to the orders of the go- vernment. It was under these circumstances that Mr. Holt accepted the appointment of Secretary of War— (Cheers for Mr, Holt)—and Iam sure that I do not trans- gress the limits of truth when I say that owing to his firmness, vigor and patriotism, in @ great measure, our government was saved from ruin. (Cheers and cries of “That is so.’") I am sure T utter the sentiment of this largeaudience when | say that we owe to Mr. Holt cor- dial acknowledgments and everlasting gratitude for the services which he has rendered. I have the honer of introducing Mr. Holt to this assembly. Again and again did cheers in honor of Mr. Holt rend the air. At length the uproar subsided, and Mr. Holt was at liberty to proceed. He sai: MR. HOLT’S ADDRESS. Feiiow Crrizens—It is to me a source of boundless re- Joicing that the freemen of Kentucky are still permitted to call the freemen of New York their fellow citizens. (Loud cheers for Kentucky.) Traitors within and traitors without have striven unceasingly to drag that noble old Commonwealth from the moorings of her loyalty and to wend her adrift on that stormy and bloody sea of rebellion oro co many of our States aro now being kod; thank "ONY Neither Wir eeductions nor their machinations, nor their throatenings, have proved of any avail. (Cheers.) In spite of all the efforts to rend them asunder, New York and Kentucky this night Stand before the world as sisters. (Applause.) The free. men of Kentucky are still the brethren of the freemen of New York, united by the same blessed memories, cradled by the same transporting hopes, and ani- mated by the same stern and inflexible ‘resolve to maintain this Union, whatever expenditure of life or of troasure the patriotic struggle may inyolve. (( Applause 83 Kentucky has not now, she never has had, and sho ney or can have sympathy with either the spirit or the purpose of those conspirators who, at the head of armies and in the mad pursuit of power, are now reddening their hands ina nations blood. (Appiause.) She abhors tl Rome abhorred Cataline, as the American peop! Benedict Arnold, as Christians abbor the memory of Ju- das Iscariot. That abhorrence was fully expressed in her reeent election, and yet in the very presence of that over- whelming popular demonstration, and in defiance and contempt of it the public papers now assure us that the aecessionists are preparing to precipitate that State into the horrors of civil war, simply and solely because she has refused to follow the example of Faust and gell herself to the devil. (Laughter.) If, like the political bandits of South America, they atrociously persist in appealing fro: the popular vote to the sword, then I venture dl Hirt 66 weit] ha found that. tha Fin inn man at Zant naley. a'l thir sincere love of peace, still carry bullets. as as ballots in their pockets. (Loud applause.) Fellow- citizens, Iwish that I had language in which adequately toconvey to you my grateful sense of the wartath aud kindness of this reception, and my thanks to the distintinguizhed gentleman who, in terms so gracefully expressed, has presented me to you- ‘The very slight sorviccs which it has boon my good for- tune to haye renlered to our common country are alto- gether unworthy of the generous appreciation I have re- ceived at your hands. Had I done infinitely more I should have but dono my duty, and I should have been abased in my own’ conscience and utterly in- famous before the world had J done anything’ less. Cheers.) When I accepted the distinguished honor ‘rom the Chamber of Commerce to present myseif before you to-night, it was with the distinct understanding upon my part that I would not inflict upon you a stu lied political harangue, To elaborate a discussion of these topics which 0 painfully occupy the public mind is not at all necessary before the loyal men of New York. The fearful import of the current events, and the stern duty which these events impose upen us, all are too well understood by you to make it ne- ceeeary for mo to strive to explain them, or to endeavor to impress them upon your consciences. A few words, however, I will submit, somewhat in connection with a journey I recently made through several of the loyal States. Ihave everywhere found the most healthful and the most encouraging condition of the public seutiment in reference to the prosecution of the war. (Enthusiastic applause.) I haye nowhere found any feeling of exaspe- ration against the people of the South—no bluster, ny threatening; but at overy point I found a solemn deter- mination to uphoid the government, conuected, at the same time, with a sadness, and with a dopth of tenderness I would in vain endeavor to describe. (Applause.) Strong and brave men, when speaking to me of the unhappy distractions which rend our country, have wept in my prescuce, I have henored these men for this unwonted exhibition of deep feeling, for if a brave man cannot weep over the threatened ruin of such a country and such a government as this, where is there a catastrophe or a sorrow that can touch his verywhere rn inall places the people seem now ize the fact, that this is not a war upom the people of the South, but a war undertaken for their defence and for their de . (Cries of “Good” and “That's 60."") If it were indeed a war against them we should bow our faces in the dust and confers that our glorious institutions werea failure, But it is not such a war. rane It is ‘war against a band of traitors and conspirators who have possessed themselves of the government of this distracted country to ostabligh a military despotism, and who, in the remorrelessness of their ambition, are plunging themseives into a worse profiigacy than thore who ir other lands have disturbed the repose of nations. The public mind no longer occupies its with any discussion as to the eanses of the war. It no Jonger wanis logical arguments in discussing and ex- posing the dangers of the doctrine of secession, as seen in the light of current and recent events. We know to well what secession was intended to accomplish, and too bit- terly do we know what it has already accomplished. And now wo can ho more think of gravely examining its ob- ject with a view of tracing its treasonable character, than we would think of analyzing the kiss of Judas to prove it was only the poison of treachery. (Appiause.) Equaliy and strongly impressed is the public mind as wo the consequences which would flow from the success of this rebellion. The providence of God and the most sacred compacts of men have made us one peopie, and the experiences of three quarters of a century have de- monstrated that on this unity of a country, and a govern- meut, and of a people, consists at once our greatness and our happiness, (Fnthvsiastic applause.) Dismember these States and this government, and cast their migerablo fragments en the wild and bloody tor- ret of revolution, and we become the prey of | spoiler, and thys would be utterly thepe that belongs to us as anetion. ty, too, is tho public mind fixed. rence to the charactor of thi isnot a war of cenqvest, or of aggression, or or pr ssion, or of revengé, but,in every. }izht in which it sit is @ war of duty. (Applause and* “That's £0."") A struggle so intense us it is must ruggie for hational oxistence. (/pplause.) A 6 #0 halowed in all its be and in 8 wi spoll ition, those who wor altar, alike cont treasne sured that in doing eo they only up to th rements of the patrict’s and the Chris\ian's duty. lenge.) It isa war of duty, b or the i stian civilization no nm comrait it the perp: tration of x gowarcly and alrccio ss ‘pplause.) That nation does commit suici.e | aroomd and wh bute of their blood a orime. | Selyos or our ck who surrenders its life to an cnemy from whose str manhood and courage could save it. (Applause.) It is a war of daty, because we have no right to bear our father’ name if we insult and degia te their momorick by giving up the institutions won by their blood to be trodden under the feet of traitors. (Applause.) It is a war of duty, because we have no right to bestow our names upon’ our children stripped of their geand and glorious iuheritanco of freedom which rightly belongs to. them, and for the transmission of which we are but the ap! pointed agents of those illustrious men who, having won it with their swords aad with their lives, bequeathed it to us and to their dese ts forever. | (Applause ) It isa war of duty, because devoted as we profess to be to law and order and gogd government, and to tho high interests of civilizution, it behooves us to rebuke ant chastise and punish those erlimes comanitted through this rebellion, not only against us, but against the very race to which we belong, all over ‘the world, (Applause.) It is finally a war of duty because we have assumed to our- selves a8 a people the special championship, not only of the right but of the capacity of the race’ for self-government—(tremendous applanse)—and that as- sumption has beon accepted and recognized by the lovers of frc@'om everywhere, And now, with the men and nations of the world looking upon us, and ds Us, As from the seats of some yast amphitheatre watching ‘tho strife in our mist, wo have no idea of permitting the sacred cause to be smitten down and ornshed the battle flelds of the South, to perish there amid the scoffs and joors and tannts of the kings and despots of Europe, (Enthusiastic applause.) How anxionsly and with what confidence have the enemies of freedom the world over pre- dicted the day, and how have they longed for its coming. In the essential antagorism of their institutions to ours, aad the intense abbo: ce which tl ey feel to that system of government which gives honor and the fortunes of the earth to the Loiling millions of the carth, lies the secret of the hatred of tyrants to us, And how gladly would every ane of these tyrants this day behold a monument of us, in the skies, coud they sce inscribed upon it these words:—tin’ momory of the great republic of the United States, founded by Washington and destroyed by Toombs, Twiggs and Floyd.” (im- mense applause.) What a” record for humanity would that be! Fellow citizens, Ido but utter a truth which is painfully present to all minds when Tsay that the disloyalty which is found in our midst, but more expecially found at Washington and in the border States, has been a fruitful source of disaster and discouragement from the beginning of this unfortunate war to the present moment. This evil has now assumed proportions of euch magnitude that its correction at this time has be- come a first and parameunt duty on the part of those charged with the administration of tho government. (Applause, and cries of ‘That's g0.”") Its prevalence “has been marked by all that treachery and by ail those excesses which Have been its unfailing characteristics in other lands and in other times, Next to the worship of the Father of our Spirits, the grandest and the strongest and the holiest sentiment of which our nature is syaceptible is the love of our country. (Ap- Pismee,) When that actitiment has become corrupted, ike an arch from which the keystone has been dis- Placed, the whole moral fibric secms to tumble into ruius, (Immense applause.) The public and private profligacy of traitors and spies, both male and female, have been borne testimony to by all history, in all times, until it has nigh grown into w proverb, that the man who will Detray hie country vill Botray his'God. | (Applange.) Ho will botray his friend and his kindred, and, if need be, he will botray the very wife of his bosom and the children of his loins, of “That's s0.”) Fellow citizens, suppose you lived in one of those cities where there is a steain fire engine and also a paid company to operate it: and snppere that your house was on fire, and this company whose engine has been sunmoned to the spot is vigorously engaged in extinguishing the flames, and sup- pose you observe from time to time sume parties stealthily slipping through, the crowd, and as occasion serves, cut- ting the hose with their knives, from which the water {s seen to spout in all directions on the pavement and on the streets, how long do you think would the presence of such miscreants be endured? But, suppose that on looking more closely at the faces of these men, you discovered that a number of them were members of the very company who received salaries from the fands to which you contributed, would you not, in the first burst of you indignation fee! that the punishment would not be too great for them were they thrown futo the flames they bad thus been indirectly fooding?, (Applause.) And yot this has been precisely the condition of the government of the United States with regard to its traitors. This has been commen of this struggle, the condi from the very tion of the go- vernment, | that there are those who look with = more ‘ation at those offences which revail among us than I can possibly do. erhaps I am too harsh. (Cries of “No, no.’ But I must eay this, tliat the meu who in our own midst give aid and comfort to the encmy, either by furnishing them with information, or’ by advocating their cause, or str ‘to ROW dissension among ourselves, or by insidiousiy porsunding loyal men from entering the Mintary service; these men are more fatal foes to the governinsnt and the country than if they actually bore inet us in the army of the Confederate State ‘The power of the gover hh to correct this evil, Bet how much more coull be done by the crurhing power of public opinion, branding as infamons, socially and poll- tically, disloyalty, wherever and whenever {it is encoun- tered. (Applause.) ‘There disloyal men are, morally, at least, guilty of the death of those who fall in defence of the government, jnet as much aa if they had fallen by their hands on the battle Meld. (Applause.) In your raiircad cars, on your steamboats, in your thoroughfares, in’ every” business, in every Social circle, disloyalty must be branded’ and blasted ag a leprous and a loathsome thing. (Enthusiastic applause.) When, therefore, fellow citizens, you meet these men, be it’ on ‘Change or in the social circle, and they offer a their hands, look well at them, and if you have the discernment ‘that T have, you will sco that thoir hands are red with the’ blood of the brave men—your kindred and your friends it may be—who perished, and are perishing still,on the reeking battle fields of the country, (A! slause.) ‘Tarn away from them with disgust and indignation, fel- low citizens. I know thnt there are some men—few, it is trae—who do sincerely belteve that, the question of public honor out of view, this repubilc can be severed, can be patched up jiu # the two governments {ler live on prosperously aad peacefully as be- crept kerpent- 7 “it You might as well tell me that the hich has beon turned atrif t above the cataract of N il have a tranquil voyage. If yon will go and stand, as many of us haye done, amid the ruins of the crumbled empires of the Gid World, and ask them, they will tell you it is a delusion. If you wiil go to thé cemotery of ‘nations, and lay your ear to the sepuichres of those young, but givrious and high spirited, nations that have perished aiid the convulsions of civil strife, they will answer you in accents of broken heart- edness, “It is a delusion.” But if you will not listen to the voico of the past, go to Mexico and South America, and ask the inhabitants of those. bright lands, blessed with the finest ciimate on earth, occupying a soil of exhaustiess fertility, and living anid rivers, and lakes aud mountains full of gran- deur and inspiration, and they will lift up their bowed heads, and amid demoralization, poverty and dishonor, they will tell you it is adelusion, (Loud applause.) Fel- low citizens, I rejoice to believe—may I not gay to know—that the spicit of loyalty at this time dwells rich and abundant in the popular heart of the North aud West. But Ido beeeech you, you who have a deep stake in the present and in the future of our country, you men id of moral power—I do im- add alty. If it grows cold amid the calculations of avarice, or craven under the discouragement of defeat, our country will be overcome. What we now need js @ patriotism which will abide the ordeal of fire, a patriotism which is purged from all selfishness, from all fear, which is heroic and exaustless, which yows with every th:ob of life t, if repulsed, it will rally; i€ stricken down it will rise again, and that under the pressure of no circam- stances—<defeat, sorrow or suffering —shall tho natiinal flag be abandontd or the honor of the country compro- mised. (Enthusiastic cheers.) What we need is bt. ism which rises fuliy to the comprehension of 1 and awful periis in which oar institutions are which is cager to devote every power of body and mind and fortune to their deliverance—a patrioticm which, obliterating all party lines—(ioud hurralis)—and entomb- ing all party issues, say's to the President of the United States, “Here are our lives and our estates; use them freely, use them boldly, but use them successfully; for, looking on the graves of our fathers and on the Cradles of our children, we have sworn that though all things ese ehall perish, this country and govertiment shail live.” (loud appiaise.) Tis such @ patriotisin as that, and Such only, which will conduct you to victory. I rejoice to believe that that spirit has been everywhere awi d thronghout the loyal States. The ‘capitalists "of tho country have come nobly for- ward—(cheers)—and, risking ail, have exhibited a gran- deur of devotion to the country which, while it will as- tonigh the people of Europe, has inspired the admiration and gratitude of every true American heart. (Applause) Allhonor to them. “They have proved that if there is much gold in Wail street, there is more patriotism théte— (chears)—not suminer patriotism, which flourishes amid the peans of victory, but a patriotism which struggles aud sacrifices and siflers, and is prepared to put all things to bazard, even in the winter of adversity and in the very hour of national defeat. Unless this country can thus feel, tho sun of our national life, which js now obscured, must go down for evor amid storms and ness. If all our great mate- rial iniereste are crush@d to the earth by the siacow which is passing over that sun, what would be our condi- tion if that shadow should deepen into the might of per- manent defeat? Is there nothing to live for but the gains of commerce, nothing but the embellishment of our es- tates and our homes, nothing but our personal e n comfort? Are courage and manhood, and honor and loy- alty,and nationalfame and tho respect and homage of tid world worth nothing? Is it nothing to live without a flag and without a country, without a future for our en, and to stand forth the degenerate ylants of illustrious sires? (Applanse.) , lay ourselves in the dust, and be and base de Ww Ly, we mig! str pod by traitor hauds of all that cunobics aul sweet- ons huran existence, and sttil live on, as do the cattle in the fields. Batour lives would be more ignoble than theirs. If, with a!l our vast material resources % if, with our known and acknowledged physical superiority over the rebols, if, with our clamorous and profuse avowals of devotion 19 our institutions, we suffer that rebellion to h over us, Ido verily believe that tho American m would became a stcnch the nostrils ¢f the d that au American citizen would not be permit. r world ted to watk the strecis of a tal without having th: fieger of sc intd at him. (Applaure.) Fellow citizens, if Ima © permitted to utter a w on bjt, arnextly counsel forbeara wi regard to those who are charge with the ad- tio of our government, (Cheers.) Fe.ore eriti- patione ising their conduct we should remember that we ma} all the fleld of action, and may not be m a condy- ociate the diMeulties that are to be ran doubt the courage or the loyalty ent of the United States—(loud, long and ers for the President)—or his determina- tion toguppress this rebellion. To him, under the con- stitution, the popular voice has committed abso- lntely the fate of this republic. His hands are emphati- cally your hands, and in weakening him you weaken. yourselves, and you weaken the stroggling country which Wo areall striving to save. He is at this moment over- whelmed with mountains of responsibility and of toil Such as have rested on no public man in our history, and is fully entitled to all the support and all the eonsola- n which a generous and hearted patriotism cam give him. (Applause.) Fellow citizens, aiid all the discouragements that surround us T have still an unfal- tering faith in human progress, and in the capacity of man for self-governmeat. bel. eve that the blood which the true lovers of our race have shed on more than a thousand battle fields has borne fruit, and that that fruit is the republic of the United States, (Cheers. It came forth on the world like the morning sun from his chamber. Its pathway has been a pathway of light and fio. Tt bas brought blessings upon its people in the ritiming fullness with which the rivers pour their wa- tors into the sea. I cannot aimit to my bosom the crushing thought that in the full light of the Christian civilization of the nineteenth century such a government is fated to perish beneath the swords of the guilty mon who are now banded together for its overthrow. (A voice, “Never.” I cannot, I will not, believe that twenty millions of oe cultivated, loyal, courageous—twenty Pres’ enihnsingtic 2 millions the Anglo-saxow ‘race, bearing the names of tho heroes of the evolution, and. passing their lives amid the fuspirathn of its battle flelds—wi!l ignominfously suffer their institu- tions to be overturned by ten millions, nearly half of whom are helpless slaves with fetters on their hands. (Applause.) Nopage of history so dark and so humiliat- ing as that has yet been written of any portion of the hu- man family; and the American people hat better, far bet- tor, have never been born than that they should live to have such a bistory written of themsclves. Let us, then, fellow citizens, nerve and rouse ourselves fully to this great work of duty. If it is to be cone well, it. should be done quickly. If we would economise’ both blood and treasure, wo should move promptiy; wo should move mightily. At this very moment. were it possible to precipitate the whole physicab force of the loyal States on the flelds of the South, it would be a measure not only of wisdom but of economy, and of humanity also, (Applause.) Lot us, then, have faith, and hope; and courage, and all will yet be well. (Applause.) Fellow citizens, I feel that T may have spoken to you to-night with more emphasis and with More earnestness of siggestion than Iam privileged to employ in your presence. (Volces—*No."’) If | have done so you will forgive the froadom, 1 know, at this terrible conjuncture of public affairs. ‘If Thad more in- terest than you have, if I had less interest than you have in the tragic events and issues to which I have referred, you might well distrust me, But I have precisely the same, If this Union be dismem- bered and the government overturned, the grave of every hope will open at my feet, and it will open at yours also. In the lives of famiiies and of rations there arise, from time to time, emergencies of danger which press all their members {nto the same common condition ; and when the storm is raging at sea,and the laboring and quivering vessel shricks out from hake f joint the agony of the struggle, all who are on board, alike the humblest sailor and the obscurest passenger, may right- fully speak, on that great principle of nature which no “human institetion’ cem modify and no human destiny can control—the right of solf-preservation. Even 0 ami: the h-avy currents of this national tragedy, T, whoam but an humble citizen of this distracted and bleeding countay, have ventured to lift op the voiee of counsel and entreaty in your midst, and I thank you most kindly for your attcntich. Mr. Holt'resumed his seat amid thunders of applause, kept up for several minutes, varied with cheers for Mr. Lincoln and for Kentucky. REMARKS OF MR. NOYES. Mr. Wa». Curtis Noyes next addressed the meeting, and Paid ahigh tribute to the last speaker. He had nofears for the result of the contest. He regarded this as the starting point in the carcer of distinction and national honor to which neither this country nor any other nation had ever attained. Let us not, therefore, said he, be dis- couraged. Let us live, and hope, and fight. (Applause. ) Referring to politica! parties, he said:—I render bere my devout and grateful tharks to Tammany Hall for the ri - bake which it bas given to Mozart. (A voiec— “That is the true dem:cratic doctrine.” Three cheers: for Tammany Hall and three xroans for Mozart Hal! Ho said there should be no peace meetings until peace been accomplished. It was like leaping before you came. to the stile. Ho would recemn us the only appro- priate locality for such meetings, West Voint, where Ar- nold’s treason was concocted, and Hartford, where tho famous peace convention of 1812 was held. ‘He compli- mented the navy, which, he said, was beginning to make itself felt. Its officers, if left to themselves, would do what Lord Cochrane’ did on the coast of France, and what Nelson did in the early part of his carcer. He praised the administration for what it had accomplished in arming the nation in six months. And wow, said he, I have to return my thanks to the gen tleman trem Kentucky for the eminent public services which he has rendered. I thank him not only on behalf of the Chamber ef Commeree, batcn behalf of the city of x und I know T may say on behalf of the Stato of New York. (Cheers.) New York gives her hand to Kentucky. (Pulling tho action to the word, Mr. Noyes alvanced and took Mr. Hoit’s hand, amit loud cheers.) She will give both hands, with her heart im them, to Your work of patriotism and e country and arouse it by als which you can make, such as wo have listened to to-night. (Applarse.) Go on, sir, and may God prosper you in it, and you wit! receive as great e rewird in bringing this country to {is right position on these great questions as the great orator of Athens received when he mare his denunciations against.” Philip of Macedon. (Applause.) I bog leave to offer the Joseph Holt, of Kentueks haracter, in private as well as inp altering devetion to the constitution and the by the prompt and successful Measures promoted for their defence and for the protection of the capital, when in imminent peril from traito: by his patriotic efforts throughout the country , and especially in his own State, in rallying the peopie to the support of the national flag and our national integrity, and by bis stirring and eloquent appeal on this occasion, has entitled himself to the gratitude of his countyymen, and to the admiration of the lovers of freedom and free popu- Jar institutions everywhere; and that the thanks of this assembly be and they are hercby gratefully tendered to him. The resolition was vociferously adopted, and Mr, Holt. acknowledged the compliment by saying:—Reli ve me, fellow citizens, that if the pulsations of my wore words it could tell you, what I can never do, how deeply I thank you. The Rey. Mr. Hrroncock was the next speaker. An al~ lnsion of his to Commodore Stringham brought out three cheers for the “fine old Commodoro,” and three more for Major General Butler, INTENDED SERENADE TO COMMODORE STRINGHAM. It was the intention of the citizens of Brooklyn to sorenade Commodore Stringham, tho hero of Hatteras, last evening, at his houre, 106 Hicks street. The m y2- ment was a spontaneous one. Dodsworth,s band was engaged, and there were great anticipations of a'treat not only of ood inusic, brt what was perhans better, ag. ‘being more rare, the speech of a gallant sailor, The ex- pectants of so rare a treat, however, were disappointed. ‘The weather was inclement, and the musicians were not, consequently, “able to attend, Tho peopic of Prooklyn were on the qui vite, but they could not contend wth the elements. The serenade will take place to-nigbt at ten o'clock, when the procession will start from the City Hall. ENFORCING THE CONFISCATION ACT. ADDITIONAL SEIZURES BY THE SURVEYOR OF THE PORT. ‘The work of confiscating the property of the rebels goes bravely on. Surveyor Andrews, aided by Inspector Thomas J. Brown, is determined to enforce the act of July 13, until the rebels are completely cleaned out of every dollar invested in shipping in this port. It is true many of the rebels Lope to evade the law by making assignments of their property to loyal citizens in this State, but Mr. Andrews, who appears to be fully posted in such matters, will sec that none but lona fide assign- ments can pass. In cases where the rebels are part owners of the vessels seized, the loyal citizens of the North will not lose their interest in the configeated property. The vessels will be condemned and gold Lo the highest bidder, but the claims of the joyal owners will be duly recognized and paid after the sales take place. It is the intention of our New York merchants owning shares in confiscated vessels to buy in the property at auction, and it is believed that tl _ vernment will admit their claims in part pay " the property so purchased. For instance, Spo! > Tileston & Co,, who own about two-fifths of the ste 2 Marion, can settle for the payment of that vessel by paying’ the government three-fifths of the amount she will bring at auciion, the remaining two-fifths bein; credited to them for the interest they had in the vesse! previous to the seizure, Some eight or ten seizures were made yesterday, but the names of the vessels have not yet been made public ARRIVAL OF A/NORTH CAROLINA MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN PHILADELPHIA. Pumapeupma, September 3, 1861. Hon. Charles Henry Foster, Union member of Congress from North Carolina, arrived bere to-day, en route for Washington to confer with the administration upon alfaire | connected with his State. Rebel scouts laid in wait for him in Virginia, whose vigilance he successfully eluded. THE BERDAN SHARPSHOOTERS. Bosrow, Sept. 3, 1861. Col. Berdan is here, and has just received a despatch, from the Sceretary of War, requesting him to forward his sharpshooters to Washiagtou immediately; that they are yery much needel. Col. B. has telegraphed to al! the Eastern Governers to forward all tho sharpshooters they have mustered iit) service at once, to report te | Lim‘at Mavor G ners! Manslield’s office, A Massachsaete comy say ave this evening, aud another will be ready in a few dayg, rs wil