The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1861, Page 4

i i a i mm aE Si 4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash én aitvance, Money sent by mail roill be atthe tak of the sender, "None but Bank bitte current in New York taken. No, 253 Volume XXVI.. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—CixpERKLLA—Coon as A Cucummen. sis NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Buu Rox—Tue YOune Wivuw—!) AKON GLEN. RBARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day and Byening—Tine 08s AtimLove tx Liveny—Hirro- POTAMUS, SEA LION, AND OrHER CURIOSITIES. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad way. SONGS, DANCkS, HURLESQUES, &6,—WIDE AWAKE. MELODEON CONCERT HALL, No. 589 Broadway.— Songs, Dances, BoxLesques, &C,—IRELAND IN 15U0. CANTERBURY iC HALL, 685 Broadway.—Soncs, Dances, BURLE: GAIETIBS CO Room Exreerar AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 444 Broadway. Lens, PANTOMIMES, AC.—Mas/UERADN Baul, CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. 45 Bowery.n Bunresques, Sonos, Dances, &c.—H New York, Wed oes = OUR W/.R MAPS. Another Edition, with Several New and Important Maps. We publish anther edition of our war maps to- days” Hewill embrace several additions, such as the map of the Coast of North Carolina; one of the present Seat of War in Missouri, Kentucky, Ar- ‘Kansas and Tennessee; the officigldiagram of the (battle of Bull run, and an excellent plan of the (battle field at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Agents Uesiring copies ay equested to send in their or- ders immediately, Single copies six cents. Whole- sale price the same as for the Werkty Henan. THe SITUATION. Tie movements io te neighborhood of Washing- ton and the Por although not of p far as yet iax had gecurred thi: the day, but nothing serious. ‘The rebel pickets jac been withdrawn, and a con- centration of their troops in the neighborhood of » bave some points of interest, sularly marked importance as ied. Some slight skirmishes Chain Bridge had become apparent. Every manauyre was, lowever, carefully watched and noted down by. the Union forces. The greatest activity is prevailing in all the de- partments of the Navy Yard at Washington. Nearly two thoussnd men are employed, many of them night and day. A large quantity of shot, shell and ammunition are daily forwarded to proper points, Dahlgren rifled cannon are made with great rapidity. Seamen are being daily drilled in howitzer practice, with marked success. ‘The Thirteenth New York Voluntecis have been joined to another brigade, and are ready and willing to do their duty, so as to wipe away the disgrace of their former conduct. The government are determined to reduce the'r telegraphic expenses, and have issued an order to that effect. The telegraph is not to be used, ex- cept in cases of public necessity, otherwise than at the expense of the person sending the message, fovernor Curtin presented the Pennsylvania troops with the flags ordered by the Legislature of that State, at the request of the Society of the Cin- einnati of Pennsylvania. The ceremony wes im- posing, and during the proceedings, General McClellan delivered his maiden speech to the troops. The address was characteristic of the man, being, like his military despatches, rema ble for its Napoleonic brevity and clearness, Goneral McClellan restored to the Seventy-ninth regiment of New York State Militia the colors which had been taken from them, expressing a hope that the reziment would not again have to part with them except in an honorable manver. The day will be an eventful one in the history of many of the troops now in the vicinity of the cap- ital. A report had reached Washington to the effect that the rebel s' amer George Page had escaped, and had captured several barges containing go- vernment stores; but the rumor was apparently without substantial basis, if not entirely false. The news from Gen. Banks’ column is chee The rebels had thrown up a two gun battery at Conrad’s Ferry; but shortly after its discovery one of the Union field batteries was brought to the scene of action, nd engaged the rebel works, throwing spherical cas considerable effect, causing a stampede among the chivalry. There seems to be a little trouble among the rebel troops. e shot with A whole Mississippi regiment is re ported to have revolted on Saturday last, broken their muskets to pieces, and started for home. A complete demoraliz: ion of the army is apparent. Thirteen rebel regiments have left for their homes since the captare of the forts at Hatteras, ‘The sarcasms of the Richmond papers relative to the capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet are very biting, and censure the rebel government severely. General Dix has forbidden the Mayor of Balti- more to continue the payment of the old police force, to which edict Mayor Brown had very reluctantly signified his compliance. The news from Missouri indicates a strict en- forcement of martial law in St. Louis. yost Guard is to be respected by officers The Pro- nd sol- diers as well as by civilians, From Rolla is re- ceived reports of ty Prairie, nishes—one on Dougal's pnade county, and the other at Cuba. In the former case tworebels were killed and eight taken prisoners, and in the latter ten rebels were killed and thirty-four horses captured. No en- agement is known to have taken place between General Rains (rebel) and Colonel Jim Montgo- mery up to Friday last, by which it may be concluded that Fort Scott was still safe. General Price was reported within fit- teen miles of that place, marching onward to join General Rains, when the united forces would number about seven thousand, Ex- Governor Jackson is said to have left Springfield to join the State forces. General Ben. McCulloch was last heard of at Fort Smith en route for Fort Walker, Arkansas; but it is suspected that his sroops would hover about the border so as to be in readiness to advance and act in concert with the Missourians should his services be needed. General Anderson had arrived at Louisville, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, where he will take command of the Kentucky loyal- troops, Tho State is reported to be in a very dis turbed condition, The United States blockading steamer Montgome- ry, Captain T. Darragh Shaw, entered the harbor of Apalachicola, with another steamer, on the after- noon of August 27, and captured the ship Finland and schooner New Plan, taking the masters and crews of the vessels prisoners, Finding it difficult to secure both vessels, the captors set fire to the Finland, but brought the other safely away. From Great Britain the following news is very interesting :—Dr. Russell's latest letter to the Lon- don Times says that the issue in America‘is,rapidly narrowing between slavery and abolition, He thinks that the President will soon declare all the slaves within the limits of the United States army free. The Times editorially advises a compromise between the North and the South. The. ship Thos. Watson, Captain Allen, had cleared from Yaverpool for Charleston, South Carolina. There are some curious circumstances connected with this vessel. About the time the blockade was first being en- forced, the Thomas Watson, supposed to contain contraband articles, was suspiciously wrecked on the coast of North Carolina. She was afterwards floated off, and left Wilmington for Liverpootwith a cargo of naval stores. She now again sails for a rebel port, and will doubtless try to ‘sun the blockades”, A es The intelligence from Bermuda, bearing date August 30, gives the information that snvoficer of the rebel navy had arrived perth’ Britigh mail steamer Delta, and had been’ desirons. of purchasing the British schooner Hound—a very fast vessel Sqflis offers had, howéver;Mbeen dey, clined by the owners. The rebel officer pro- ceeded to St. Thomas, on his way home, It is also reported that a suspicious looking schooner had been hovering around the Bermuda Islands for several days, refusing to take a pilot. THE NEWS. ‘The arrival of the North Briton at Father Point, and the Hammonia at New York, yesterday, put us will probably be expelled. He is raising 4 regi- ment of rebels to aid Jackson and McCulloch. We have intelligence, which is published in another column, that the privateer Sumter went into a British port in the island of Trinidad on the 80th of July, and after remaining five days and taking on board one hundred tons of coal, sailed again on her piratical cruise. We learn the cap- tain threatens to hang from the yard arm every prisoner he takes if any harm is done the crew of the Savannah, who are now confined in this city. We learn further that the Sumter run into Surinam on the 20th of August for coal, but was refused a supply by the government. Gen, Anderson arrived at Louisville on the 6th inst., en route for Frankfort, Kentucky. When he arrived at the former place he. was in plain citi- zen’s dress, and not being recognized by the Deputy Marshal, he -had to submit to have his baggage thoroughly searched. ‘The “sacred soil’ of Kentucky has been again wantonly invaded by the raising of a full company in Louisville called the Ellsworth Zouaves. The company is composed entirely of native born Ken- tuckians. They have offered themselves to the government, been accepted, and are now at Camp Holt, A couple of families recently passed through Cincinnati ina most wretched condition, and by stating that they had been expatriated from North Carolina on-account of their Union sentiments, they elicited the sympathies of a number of persons, discourage or restrain the capitalists of England from embarking any of their surplus means in the American loan, they are welcome to do their utmost in that way. But those same capitalists have now invested in our State,railroad and other securities no less than five hundred millions of dollars—double the entire amount of this loan— and we do not see that they are manifesting any disposition to realize or that those securities are being depreciated in foreign markets. That looks as if there were no very serious apprehen- sions felt abroad as to tho results of our pre- sent troubles. And yet, if this rebellion were -to be successful and the republic disintegrated, such securities would not average fifty per cent of their. present market value. Well, then, since there is no alarm felt for them, we think ‘there need not be any felt for those of the general government. The Ameri- can people feel none. We think that the people of England orFrance fee! very little. Indeed, as an-evidence that, at all events, the capitalists of those countries do not, we may mention the fact that there are large orders here for the pur- chase on foreign account:of lots of the national loan, but at prices below par. The would-be purchasers seemed to imagine that the loan would be sold at least as low as 95, or perhaps 90 per cent, and framed their orders on that who gavé them money to help them on't! ney. On the Gth inst. two other famili rently, appeared in the same localities, and said they had been driven out of Tennessee, They, too, received a considerabjg sum from patriotic citizens. It was subsequently ascertained. that the families from North Carolina and the families from Ten- nessee were composed of abowt the game indi- viduals.) Major Wnt. H. Dike, who has been nominated for Governor of Minnesota by the People’s Union Convention, is attached to: the First Minnesota re+ giment of Volunteers, now on thé Potomac. 7 An Odd Fellows Lodge in Jersey City has order- ed five hundred dollars of its funds to be invested in the new government loan, The assessed valuation of real estate in the city of Boston this year is $167,335,900, and of personal property $107,945,300, making a total of $275,281,- 200, Since 1860 there has been a gain on real supposition. We need not say how egregiously mistaken they are. Our government gives the amplest security and the highest interest for the sums which its present necessities demand, and there is no réason why it should submit to any shave. If ‘the great capitalists’ of the country had hot eviticed the willingness which they did of comingg.to the aid of the government, all that would have been necessary was an appeal to the people, and the funds would have been fortheomings*Jyzany event there would have been no selling below par. That appeal to the people is now being made; but it isin reality only to lighten the responsibilities of the banks, which have subscribed for the first fifty millions. The successful examples of the national loans in France, Italy and Prussia have not been lost on the government of the United States, nor will estate of $3,444,600, and a loss on the yalue of per- sonal property of $5,024,400, Charles A, Harris, son of E. C. Harris, while en- in possessiow'of details of the European news to the +) of August. It is notso late as that from the Africa, off Cape Race, but is very interesting notwithstanding. Mr. Rusgell’s Washington letter of Augist 10, to the London Times, with some ex- tracts relative to the cotton supply of England, the shipment of troops for Canada, and the trade of France, as affected by the war, are given elsewhere. The Hammonia brings $10,177 in specie. By the Hammonia we learn that the American bark California had arrived at Hall, England, and reported being boarded by the priyateer Jem. Davis about one hundred and fifty miles southeast of Bermnda, The privateer hoisted the French flag of distress, in consequence of which the cap- tain of the California bore down to her. The com- mander of the Jeff. Davis requested the California to back tapsails, as he wanted to send a letter on board. In place of the letter being handed in, the hont's crew, eight in number and armed to the teeth, boarded her and demanded the ship's pa- pers, ‘vhich were immediately delivered up. ‘The cargo proved not of a nature, being pine and pitch, to suit them, they therefore let them go. The People's Convention, for t nomination of candidates for State officers on a decided war plat- form, assembled at Syracuse yesterday. ‘The at- tendance was quite numerous, including many po- litical managers of the republican, democratic and defunct Know Nothing parties. As will be seen by our orts, that the harmony of the preliminary proceedings was marred by rowdyish demonstra- tions, which resulted in the expulsion of Mr, Wil- liam D. Murphy, a delegate from Albany, who was charged with belonging to what is known as the white feather party, while at a later stage the en- tire Albany delegation were sent adrift. ‘The re- mainder of the session was occupied in_ perfecting the organization of the Convention and in appoint- ng committces to arrange business for future ac- tion. It is evident that the republicans have con- trol of the Convention, and will arrange matters to suit themselves. The Republican State Convention of New York will meet to-day in Syracuse. The nominations made by this Convention for State officers, if the candidates are worthy to fill the places for which they are put forward, will be equivalent to an cleetion, as there is now no political organiza- tion in this State sufficiertly formidable to mak. decent show of opposition. As the republicans have now secured the confidence of the people in these trying times, they should be careful not to betray them by holding up for the batch of old party hacks and arm who make polities a trade and che: profes sion, Give us fresh men, good men and honest men, and all will go well. A State Convention will be held to-day in Mil- ledgeville, Georgia, to nominate a candidate for overnor and select electors for President and Vice President of the bogus short-lived confede- racy. This Convention was to have been held on the 4th inat., but for some reason wes postponed. Peace meetings have effectually played out, and enthusiastic Union meetings are now being held in all parts of the Northern States. with seven hundred names attached, is made for a Union meeting in Newark this afternoon. Hon. Lyman Tremaine, who was nominated by the Democratic Convention of this State for Attor- ney General, has declined to run, He is a Union democrat, and cannot swallow the secession part of the platform. Who is the next? The Congressional committee appointed at the last session to ventilate the numerous contracts made in connection with the carrying on of the war met on last Monday at the St. Nicholas Hotel, but adjourned without transacting any busine Mr. Van Wyck is chairman of the committee, which will reassemble next Monday, and probably enter upon the work before them in earnest. Some rich developements may be expected. ‘A serious revolt took place among the ew Monday night. An entire company, as far as it A call, | York Rifles, near the camp at Willett’s Point, on | gaged at gymnastic exercises at Nyack on the 5th inst., fell from’a post to the ground and was almost instantly killed. The steamer Ospray, Kenney, which arrived yes- terday morning from Providence, brought on freight 320 bales of cotton, The steamship Marion, J. D. Phillips, United States y, commander, is now loading, at pier 4 North river, government stores for Key West. She will also touch at Havana. ‘Thoro was a better feeling in the cotton market yester- day, owing in part to the favorable news by the Africa, The sales embraced between 600 and 700 bales, closing on the basis of 22c. for middling uplands. ‘The trade deny that any cotton has been received here from Providence for shipmont to Liverpool. It was said that some pur- chases were made at the Fast awhile back on speculation, and brought to New York to be resold to spinners and on speculation, and the supposition was that some of it may have reached the place or its vicinity from whence it came. Tho demand for flour was good, and prices for hipping brands of Stato and Western were rathor firmer. ‘There was also more inquiry for Maryland and Delaware flour, in part for export, Wheat was active, and prices for prime shipping lots were firm and the demand good, while the higher grades were irregular, Corn was in good demand and firmer for shipping lots of Western mixed, which closed at 49c, a 49 Pork was heavy, but more active, with sales of mess at $13 75 and at $14 for Loavy barrels, and prime at $9 75 and $10 for extra barrels, Sugars were active,and in good do. mand, ‘Tho market closed at an advance of se. por tb, on the sales of the week. The transactions footed up about 6,000 bhds. and 1,300 boxes, at rates given in an. other column, Coffve was active and tem, with sales of 10,000 bags Rio, within the range of Ie, a 1be., but ly at 14tye.a 14tZe. Rates far frieghts were sus. tained, while engagements Seve: charters were made on terms given elsewhere, yoro moderate. Our Popular National Loan at Home and Abroad. If there ever was a period since the breaking out of this wicked rebellion when any depres- sion or misgiving or doubt as to its result weighed upon the public mind, and exercised any influence on the supply of the al gov- ernment with the funds nece: to carry on the war against the rebels, that time has passed away. The people realize that now there is no longer any danger of the government being overthrown or the Union dissolved. The clouds are breaking, the prospect is brighten- ing, the discomfiture or disory: tion of the rebel army is recognized to be elose at h and a feeling of entire confidence preva throughout the loyal Siates. The consequence | is, that bankers, capitalists, professional men, | tradesmen, mechanics, domestic servants and all who have money to invest, from the sum of fifty dollars up to thousands and hundreds of thousands, are coming eagerly forward to sub- scribe to the national loan authorized by Con- is The Secretary of the Treasury has recently commenced organizing the necessary means to facilitate subscriptions throughout the country, and, in addition to the Sub-Treasury offices in this city, Boston, Philadel phi Louis, is | appointing five hundred agents in the princi- pal towns and cities to opensubscription books. These books are to be kept open fifteen days, within which time persons in all parts of the country will have the opportunity of particip: ing in the benefits which this investment offers. | and at the same time of manifesting their con- fidence in the stability of our institutions. An unfriendly disposition in regard to our national loan was at first exhibited by the Eng- lish press and statesmen. The influential London journals cautioned Bri capitalists against risking their money in any such investment; | and even Lord Palmerston intimated in the House of Commons, in reply to a question about | had been mae up, attempted to desert en masse, at the instigation of Capt. Cresto, their eom- mander, in order to join another regiment in New | York. They were stopped by a special patrol en route, and ordered to return to the camp, and on refusing they were fired upon by the patr men were killed on the spot and five were sever wounded. Capt. Cresto and several of the n have been arrested, and the affair is being inves- tigated by the Coroner. A great effort has been made on the part of the rebels in Missouri to get hold of the city cf JeMer. son, the capital of the State, in order to secure the meeting of the secession Legislature, which ad- journed on the 4th of May last to meet again in that city on Monday next, the 16th inst. As the attempt has thus far proved fruitless, and there being no immediate danger of its succe: we ex: pect in a tew days to hear that ex-Governor Jack- | son has called on the members to assemble at Little Rock, Arkansas, or iu some part of the In- dian Reservation. The Union ticket for State officers in Ohio con- tains the names of three democrats, three republi- cans and one national Union man. It is said that Hon. John W. Reid, representative in Congress of the Fifth district of Missouri, has no intention of again taking his seat in the House of Representatives. As soon as Congress megts he Two | furnishing arms and money to the United States, that such act might be construed into violation | of English nentrality, and the persons so offend: | ing might be proceeded against according to | law. All this was a very gratuitons, uncalled | for and wholly unnecessary | manifestation. s capital enough in this coun and patriotism enough to sustain the arm of the government and enable it to crush the rebel- | lion, were the rebel resources ten times as | great as th But it probably will not re- | quire the expenditure of a larger sum than the two hundred and fifty millions authorized to be borrowed, and which is an insignificant item when compared with the vast wealth and resources of the country. The real and per- sonal property owned in the loyal States alone is estimated, independent of pro- ducts, at eleven thousand millions of dollars. This fact, taken in connection with the imposi- tion of income and property tax and other fiscal ! in in; measures forthe purpose of providing for the payment of interest and defraying the ordinary expenses of the government, gives to the loan a character of undoubted security. If, therefore, it be the good will and pleasure of the British authorities ynd journalists to our peopl Jower than theirs in bringing their savin, the national treasury. We should not be warprised if, notwithstand- ing adverse ii nes, there should spring up a great compet ‘ition from abroad for our govern- ment securities, paying as they do an interest of seven and three-tenths per cent. The Bank of England has reduced its rate of interest to four per cent, The British consols, paying but three per cent, are sold at about ninety-one, and the French rentes, paying four and a half per cent, are sold at about ninety-eight. The advantages of our government loan, as well secured, cer- tainly, as the national debts of either England or France, are obvious to the simplest mind, and it would be something very remarkable if there should not be a very considerable invest- ment in them on foreign account. Preswenr Lixcoun as 4 Lerren Wrrrer.—We have already referred to a recently published letter or two of President Lincotn in reference to the war. One of these, a familiar, off hand note to Secretary Cameron, suggesting the im- mediate appointment of Lane, of Kansas, ag a general of volunteers, was very much to the point in this particular instruction: “Tell him, when he starts, to put it through; not to be writing or telegraphing back here, but put it through.” Good advice, this; and it is to be hoped that every one of our military and naval leaders, who knows what should be done, and has the means with which to do it, will “put it through,” and “not be writing or telegraphing back” to Washington, but “put it through.” We respectfully submit, however, that Presi- dent Lincoln falls short of the mark in his re- ply to the very cool and impudent manifesto of the secession Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, touching the neutrality of that State. The Pre- sident writes apologetically, and condescends to make such explanations to Magoffin as will be caleulated to soften his wrath, in- stead of addressi him as a traitor, in league with traitors, and warning him of the consequences of his treason, if carried too far, Ttstrikes us, too, that had the President, for the sake of the Unien, devoted an hour or two in his reply to Magoffin in an expo- sition of the folly and fallacies of this Southern rebellion, and the imperious necessity and duty devolving upon all honest men to put it down, a new and powerfal i Ise might have been given to the Union cause, not only in Kentucky, tate, North and South. Tt will be universally admitted that General Jackson's elaborate expositions of the constitu- tion, the law, and the duty and policy of the government, pending the nullification treason of South Carolina in 1832 and 1833, operated to an incalewable extent to strengthen the Union cause, and to suffocate that nullification attempt at rebellion. So now, if President In and his Secretary of State were to sei me to time, the oceasion of some inquir- x letter or complimentary diplomatic de- spatch for an exposition of the bad canse of this rebellion, and the constitutional duties aad policy of the administration in the prosecution of the war, much good would doubtless result to the Union cause North and South. With these views upon the subject, we hope that the President or Mr. Seward will seize the earliest occasion for a deliberate exposition of ity for a vigorous prosecution of this war, defining its objects and the broad distine- tions to be made between loyalty and treason | in our revolted States. We of the loyal States are fighting for the government, for the Union and for popular institutions; and hence our loyal people desire and should have the fullest | information, from time to time, of the views and | objects of the administration. but in every other Lin from the neces: Ocn Norraern Evecrions on tHe War Qves- riox-—The Vermont election the other day | was all on one side—on the war qnestion; and our returns from Maine run overwhelmingly in the same direction. But there is a party, or aiher rump, hump or stump of a party, in New York which will be more effectually repudiated in November than has heen any one of the little impracticable peace factions of the day in any quarter. We refer to the Janus-faced war and peace democratic faction of Dean Richmond, Peter Cagger & Co. This miserable faction, which blows hot and cold with the same breath, which prays “good Lord, good devil, have mercy upon us,” having sounded all the depths and inlets of corruption, is now among the breakers from attempting to ran a false channel, and great will be the universal joy when this rotten old Regency hulk is broken to pieces. He.rtve Osr’s Frievps.—Two of our city contemporaries—the one an evening, the other a morning paper, and both professed republican organs—have published accounts of a couple of SEPTEMBER ll, 1861. a secret naval expeditions said to be fitting out by the government against the Southern coast, Not only are details of the preparations given, but the names of the places against which the squadrons are intended to operate, Is this helping one’s friends? But is it not a direct in- fringement of the fifty-ninth clause of the arti- cles of war? Entistuents.—Recruiting seems to be resum- ing something of the activity that it exhibited at the beginning of the war. This is owing to the increased confidence that is felt in the organiza- tion of our army under the young and able generals who have been placed at the head of the different military departments. Our soldiers are now better fed and are in all other respects as well provided for as any troops in the world: Owing to the recent arrangements made by the Secretary of War, they will for the future re- ceive their pay with unfailing regularity, and can, by the allotment system, where they prefer it, have it paid over to their families with the same punctuality. There is no mechanic who can be said to be in the enjoyment of as much comfort, as much leisure, or as much pocket money as the United States soldier. That the life is a healthy one we had abundant evidence in the condition of the three months men when they returned from Virginia. Those enlisted here, and who had been engaged in mechanical occupations, went away haggard and sickly looking, from the effects of insufficient food and close confinement, They returned robust, hearty, and ready to encounter the hardest work, showing that, notwithstanding the com- plaints made of the commissariat, and some of which were at that time undoubtedly true, the soldier's life was infinitely more conducive to their bodily vigor than their former pursuits On the whole, there is no better employer than’ Unele Sam. He is neither a bad pay nor a hard taskmaster, like Uncle Sambo, who gives those who serve under him more kicks than cents. Wut Tury Ficur or Fant Back ?—This is the question suggested by the delay of the rebels in the matter of the conquest and occupation of Washington, From Alexandria to Harper's Ferry, along a line of over sixty miles, they have been throwing out their feelers for a weak place at which to cross the Potomac, but it does not appear thai they have found one. We sus pect that their opportunity has gone by—that they are beginning to realize, the fact, and that they are hesitating between the desperate ex- pedient of storming our defences and the de- moralizing alternative of falling back into the interior of Virginia. If they hesitate a few days longer, we shall next hear that they are moving “onward to Richmond.” If we may believe a tithe of what we hear of the sufferings of the rebel soldiers from the want of proper food and clothing, and from the ravages of the smallpox, measles, fevers and other diseases, we may feel assured that Beauregard is meditating more upon the necessary preparations for a retrograde movement than upon the division of the spoils of Washington. At all events, he must soon make up his mind to attack our lines or to repel an attack, for, from all appearances, McClellan is prepared for a fight, and thoroughly under- stands his game. Tue Snarrsnoorers ror Our Army.—Two more companies of Colonel Berdan’s sharp- shooters leave to-day for Washington. The idea thrown out by this gentleman has been seized upon fn all parts of the country by crack shots, and instead of one regiment, two are now being organized, and the companies, as they are filled up and tested, sent forward to the nation- al capital. The test is a string of ten shots of fifty inches, at a target two hundred yards dis- tant--that is, the whole ten shots must not foot up a greater distance from the bull’s eye than fifty inches; in other words, the sharp- shooter must not hit the target further from the central point than five inches on an average each shot, at a distance of two hundred yards. This is a very severe test, and is sufficiently ac- curate for all practical purposes. But the com- panies generally excel this shooting. The Mi- chigan company (101 men) made a target of twenty-seven inches, which is an average of about two and three-fourths inches each shot from the hull’s eye. Two regiments of such sharpshooters must prove most deadly in their firing upon the foe, particularly in the havoc they will make among the officers and horses. Revivat ov Bustness.—All the indications around us denote a renewal of public confi- dence and commercial activity. That unfa index of returning prosperity, the advertising business of the newspapers, daily exhibits in- creasing evidences of it; strangers are begin- ning to flock into the city, and the hotels, if not full, are becoming so; our merchants wear more cheerful and hopeful faces, and money is as plenty and as easy as eyer, as we weeks ago foretold would be the case. The loan which is so rapidly being taken up is as rapidly being spent by our sol- diers and sailors, as well as by those engaged in the industries that have been created or ex- panded by the war. These have given employ- ment to vast numbers of operatives, whose wants have in turn given employment to others; so that in reality the condition of the working classes, 80 far from being. impaired, is much improved, All this shows the facility with which Americans adapt themselves to a new order of things. If, three months ago, any one had predicted that commercial confidence would be thus early revived to this extent, he would have been langhed at as a fool. Under such cheering circumstances, it is not looking for- ward too sanguinely to anticipate a lively fall and a stiff spring business. REINFORCEMENTS FOR GES . Woor.—The government ought to send immediately large reinforcements to General Wool, placing at his disposal an army of 25,000 men, with which, on Doard the fleet, he could operate against any portion of the Southern coast where an oppor- tunity offered. It would serve as a sort of flanking force to strike at uncertain points, and thus keep the enemy continually ina state of alarm, compel him to send a large number of his troops to defend the coast, weaken his army in Virginia, and reduce the strength also of the force on the line of the Mississippi. We hope this policy will be carried out vigorously at once. im The Libel Suit of Horace Greeley. Putas, N. ¥., Sept. 10, 1861. The suit for libel brought "by Hon. D. C. Littlejohn against Horace Greeley was called up this afternoon be~ fore Judge Bacon. There is an immenso attendance of witnesses on both sides, but the greatest number on the part of the defendant, Thurlow Weed, Peter Cagger, Abrabam Van Vechten, George Oplyke and other nota- bles are here. ‘The sheriff is after George Law with an atiachment. It seems that the Legislature of winter be- fore last is Wo be thoroughly overhauled. ‘The counsel for the plaintiff aro D. 1. Marsh, J.C. Churchill, Henry A Foster and Charles R Sea=wick, Tho dofendant has retained Mesars, Grant and Ailen, of Os- wego, J.C. Williams, of New York, and Mr. Porter, of Albany. Rxpected Arrival of the Prince De Joim- ville. It is generally expected that the Prince De Joinville will arrive here by the Africa to-day, and that he will be accompanied by his son, whom he intends placing in our Naval Academy at Newport for the purpose of giving him the best naval instruction. Permits for bis luggage were being made out at the Custom House yesterday. pli al i Another Mallzend Accidens: ay Hou . 10, 1861, ‘Tho six o'clock morning train from Wadhington euane into collision this morning with some cattle on the track at Elk Ridge, Landrige, ten miles south of Baltimore. The engine tender, mail and baggage cars were smashed, one of the passenger cars injured and the rails torn up. The mail agent, baggage master, engineer and fremam Fore slightly injured, but fortunate ho passengers wore a ugh thelr escape was . The traim will be delay ed for afew hours. + Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. 10, 1862. “ PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, . Stocks’ firm. im Slate 5'3, 14, "Reali Railroad, 18 6:16; Morris Canet, ; Long island Railroad, 9; Pennsylvania Railroad, 8754. Sight exchange om Now York at par. per ipidh Sept. 10, 1861. Flour declined 1s.; superfine, $4 50. a eh 15. wh firm: sales 8 000 busitels; red, $114 a $1 15, white, $120 8 $1.35, - om Ae: mie 8,000 bushels at 560.” Meas “$15. 9c. a9%e. Colfwe—Riv, 1dc. a 15%c. Whiskey dull at 18e. a 18340. of say ALnany, Sept. 10,1861. Flour is in large receipt by railrond, ‘and in excess of the demand, ‘The consignments of flout by railroad for New York and Boston are also large, Th» sales. to.day ate 1,100 4 1,200 bbls. Lees doing in wheat, tho sales being contined to car lots; white Michigan $1 21 a $1 25. RyeSnall lots from storo.at Ole, per 66 ibe. Corn is again good lomand, anc ir supply and steady; sales 28.000 bushels Weatorn mixo at 46".-ailoat. ‘Tho farther Sales made yesterday afternoon cairicl the ‘sales to noar- fy 70,000 bushels, Oats are in demand, and sales made ‘at 38c, for 9,000 bushels Westen, ‘afloat, and 834c. for car lots, delivered, Whiskey—Sales 110 “bbs, at I8o,, which i a decline, Rrovived by Central Railroad for New Yark—108 bbls. beef, 200 kegs ard, 7,697 bbls. flour, 265F ales wool, OL bb's. pork, 600 do: high wlues, 2.226 boxea cheese, 200 bags sed, 1,565 hays wheat, 100 hhds. and 18 cases tobacco, 21 bal's hi 8, 200 bbis, wheat, Received by Gontral Ratirond, for Boston and the East—10 hhds. tabacco, 4,823 Dbis. floar, 293 bales wool, 756 bbls. apples, 401 bags seed, 98 bhis. hgh wiues. Shipped by tows to New York, Sept. 9—1/9,200 bushels corn, 256,000 F do. wheat; 4,000 do, teed. Flour unchanged. Wheat closed firn rate; sales 6,000 bushels Amber Michigan at 96c. Corn Sina ad good demand: sales 86,600 bushe's at 35e. Canal ts firm. Lake imjort:—8000 bb's. flour, 48,000 bushels wheat. Canal exporis—114.,0C0 bushele wheat, 190,000 bushels corn, 20,000 bushels oats, 6,000 bushels rye. Borrato, Sept. 10—6 P. M. Flowr unchanged. Wheat closo' th a moderate demand : sales, 7,000. bushels ambor ican at 96c., 3,000 do. white Ohio at 99, , 10,000 Jo. Miiwackee club at p.t, Coru in good demand and market fiin : sales, 100,- 000 bushels at 5c. , 26,000 «to. on p.t. Canal freighta— 12. on corn and 13c. on wheat to New York. Lake im- ports—9,000 bbls, flour, 51,000 bushels wheat, Canal exports—110 | bushels wheat, 245,000 do, corn, 20,000 lo, oate and 7,000 do. rye. “ Osweco, Sept. 10, 1861. Flour unchanged. Wheat scarce and held above the views of buyers: nosales, Corn und other grains quiet. Canal freights quiet: wheat 9c. and corn 8c. for New York, Somé-forwarders are asking a quarter and a half cant above these rates on grain. Lake imports—560 bbls. flour, 11,000 bushels wheat, 12,100 bushels corn, 3,800 tashels barley. Canal exports—13,000 bushels wheat, 49,000 bushels corn. Personal Intelligence. Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, has returned to Washington to resume the command of tho regimente furnished by nis State for the suppression of the rebol- lion, From the efficiency and bravery they have hitherto displayed, and the ability with which they were handled by their rave young Governor, we feel assured that they will win fresh laurels in the forthcoming campaign. Hon, A. T. Pemberton and wife and Theodore Nickersoa, of Rosion; H, P. Gerard aud family and Samuel Lawson, of New York, and J. 8. Atwood, of Hudson, are stopping at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Rev. P. T, Holcomb, of Cincinnati; C. B. de Boucherville and wife, of Canada; 'B, L, Harder and wife, of St. Louis; W. W. Willard, of ‘Troy; C. Alger, of Newberg; W. Still: ,of Hartford; H. B: Walley, B. 0. Tufts, J. 8. Chaffin, K. Rice, H.G. Sturtevant and J. Loighton, of Boston; Lippincott, of Philadelphia; J. 0. Rico, of Washington? C.F, Smith, of Baltimore; @. K. Warren, of Lowell, Mrs. Beckwith, of Chicago, are stopping at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. Hon. Charles Sumner and S.C. Bruce, of Boston; Col. ¥. V.R, Reove, Lieut. Col. 0, L. Shopard, ‘Capt. 8. H. Woed, and George A. Remil, of the United States Army; L. 0: Lewis, of Now York; Danicl 8. Dexter, of Rhode Island; W.T. Carroll and party, of Utah Territory, and'T. R. B. cede) OfSt. Paul, are stopping at the Metropolitan jotel. Hon. Channeey Vibbard, Judge Parker, B. Wilson and P, Monteith, of Albany; @.'L. Brown, of Key West, Fla.; Mr. Stone abd wife and'T. F. Mason, of Rhode Island; W- F, Hart and G. Hewitt, Jr., of Elmira; K. Wilson and D. Jackson, of England; Capt. Krintzing, of the United States Navy;J. A. Jones, of Long Island, and J. D. Parker, of Boston, are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. M, Parodi and family, of Havana; A. G, Hinckley and wife, of Hartford; A. Stevens, of Bangor; D.C. Wilcox, of Meridien, Conn, : Percy Smith, of Boston; M. Sloat, of Ver- mont; 8. Burgess, of Connecticut; L. ‘Tiffiny, of Weet Farms, and G. 8. Derby, of Troy, are stopping’ at the La- farge House. Hon. J. B. Alley, of Lynn, Mass,; Rev. D. Butler, of Washington; H. Bancroft, of Ohio, W. H. Seward, Jr., of Auburn: §f.'E. Pore, F. H. Palmer and wife, and W: J. Cutter, of Boston; M.” W. Bishop and wife, of Worcestor; H.F. Smith and wife, of Rochester; J.T. Warren, of nati; J. E. Reno, of Kentucky; R. Me’Gillary, of ‘Toronto; Ft. Crocker, of Utica, and S. E. Meigs, and G. Hall, of Philadelphia, are stopping at the Astor How: Hon. W. D. Shipman, of Hartford, Conn.; Prof, Jas. D. Pana and family, New Haven, Conn; Mr. H. W. Hallett and wite of Springfield, Mas Chas, D, Hewett, Tnited States Army: Mrs. King and Master King, of Spu- n Duyvel; Captain’ RB. B, Hitchcock,’ United tates Navy;’ W. 1. Rogers, Tsi., Mr. Jas. H. Fal- er and wife, of Now York; S.J. Roe, Esq., of Albany; R.R.K. Holdam, of Ne 5M. J McAulf, of ad, are at the Albermarle Hotel. W. C. Shaw, Miss Shaw, children and servants, of Bal- thnore; Mr. and Mis, Hammond, of New York; W. M. faylord, of Northampton; Colonel Dibbie, of Detroit, Dwire and wife, of New York; Thos. J: pool; Thos, Dixon, J. H. of New 88 Dickinson, of Chicago; W. Chambor- jain, of Red Hoo P. C, Calhoun, G. B. Waller, of Bridge- . Morrison, of Albany; H. A. Robbins, of Lak and H. L. Clinton, of New York, are stopping at the Everett House. MAILS FOR EUROPE. BE The New York Herald—Edition for Europe. ‘The Cunard mail steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, will leave this port to-day for Liverpool. ‘The Ruropean mails will close in this city at ten o'clock this morning. ‘The Evrorgan Eprvion or THe Heravp will be published at half-past nine o’clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, six cents. ‘The contents of the Evrorean Epmon or Tae Hera will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at. the office during the previous weck and up to the hour of publication. Sampson Low, Son & Co., No. 47 Ludgate Hill, London, England, will receive advertisements and subscriptions for the HsRaLp. MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC, New York Herald—California Edition. ‘Tho mail steamship Northern Light, Captain Tinkle- paugh, will leave this port to-day, at noon, for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific will close at half-past ten o’clock this morning. The New York Wrexiy Hrerarp—California edition— containing the latest intelligence from all parts of the world, with a large quantity of local and miscellaneous matter, will be published at nine o'clock in the morning. Singlo copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents. Agents will pleaso seud in their orders as early as pos- sible. 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Hil’s Hair Dye—50 Cents. Black or Brown, vest in use. Depot No. 1 Barclay street, and sold by all druggists, Christadoro’s Hair Dye, W: va—the best in the world—wholesale an No. 6 Astor House. and T retail, and the Best and ing, Surling, Cleaning ms, try it. Sold by rry’s Tri cheapest article for Dressing, Beaut Preserving and restoring the Hair, all druggists. Trusses.—Marsh & Co.’s Radical Care Ee No. 2 Vesey atrect, Astor House. ovnoaite the