The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1861, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1861, NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIKTOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 8T8. Renn e Crea) nent ty mail will beat the cider tas cena aan Ml ie tarrent tn Nene York AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—(ixpseeuta—Coor a3 A Cocumnen. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Butt Ros—Tar Young Wibow—Wak.oox oF Tie GLKN. BARNUMS AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day and Evening—Voman's Love—lora ix Livgur—Hirro- Poramus, Sea Liox, anp Oruen Cuntositixs, BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Wall, 472 Broads Way.—Sonus, Danogs, BuaLesques, 40.—Widke Awan MELODEON CONCERT HALT, No. 8% Broadway. Bones, Dances, Burcesques, Ree wise CANTERBURY MUSIO HALL, . ANTERBUY sr0 , 885 Brondway.—Soxas, Gi CONCERT ROOM, 615 Broadway.—D: iN Room Knranranuants Bauters, Paxtowians Pancus, So, AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 444 Broadway.—Son! uate, Pantouines, &0—Masacunane Bate et Oe ORYSTAT, PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. — Bontxsouxs, Bon LACK trace wey New York, Thursday, September 12,1861. SS THE SItUAaTION. The news from Kentuoky is very important and highly gratifying. The Legislature has adopted a resolution directing the Governor to issue a pro- Clamation ordering the robel troops now encamped in that State to evacuate the soil of Kentucky, ‘The resolution was passed by Seventy-one yeas ‘Ywainst twenty-six nays. A counter resolution or- (Bring both Union and rebo! troops to leave the Coil was negatived under the rules of order. This Sotion of the Legislature demonstrates the loyalty of Kentucky to the Union, without the slightest shadow of question or contradiction, ¢ Areconnoisance party started from the Chain ‘Bridge yesterday morning at seven o'clock, under the charge of Colonel Stevens, of the Seventy-ninth New York State Militia. As the skirmishers ad- vanced the rebel pickets retired beyond Lewins- ville, which is situated at about seven miles from the starting point. The object of the party hay been accomplished, they hegan to retrace their steps, but the rebels were determined they should not do this without somo saffering. They therefore sent afar superior force of infantry, with cavalry ant artillery to out them off, while a line of battle was formed by the remainder of their forces. Their battery opened with shell, to which Captain Griffin replied. Several rounds were fired on vither side, when our troops ceased firing so as to allow the rebels to advance ont of the woods in which they were concealed if they dared, in order to have an open field fight. But to this tho rebels would not agree, therefore a thirty-two pounder ‘was brought into action; the shell from witout svvn silenced the rebel battery. Captain Griffin next gave the rebel cavalry, which had made their ap- pearance on the road to Fall’s Church, a specimon (Of his skill, and soon sent them flying, somo with empty saddles, as the shells burst in their midst. The command then withdrew and reached the Chain Bridge in good order. General Smith ar- rived on the ground soon after the engagement commenced and at once assumed the command. Charles Henry Foster, claiming to be a Congress- an elect from North Carolina, called upon the ta yesterday, and tendered the services of a brigade of loyalists for the war. From Cairo tidings have been received of an engagement between the Union gunboats Canes- toga and Lexington, and the rebel forces. The vessels encountered a battery of sixteen guns at Lucas bend, on the Missouri shore, near Columbus. Near the battery were two rebel gunboats. The Union vessels silenced tho rebel batteries and disabled one of their gunboats, the Yankee, which would have been captured, but from the srrong support which she received from the shoro when opposite Columbus, at which place there are fif- teen thousand rebels in camp, and reinforcements arriving rapidly. ‘ At Fortress Monroe vigorous measures are being taken for fitting out expeditions from Old Point to the Southorn coast, and the military department has, under General Wool, attained to a high state of efficiency in discipline, the troops being impa- tient for an engagement with the rebels. Reinforcements and supplies have been forwarded to Hatteras Inlet, at which place General Reynolds has beon appointed to the chief command. The batteries at Aquia Creek are reported to ex- tend for about six miles along the coast, to be in gond condition, and to be able to throw a shell from their rifled guns to the opposite shore—a dis- tance of four miles. About fifteen thousand rebels are estimated as the force in this vicinity. The Pensacola dry dock has been entirely de- stroyed by fire—at least it is so reported by a rebel newspaper. Fort Lafayette continues to receive visiters, and Ko pressing is the host, who is always at home, that his guests should stay for some short time that the parties are compelled to accept his hospitali- ties almost against their will. The intelligence gathered from the files and let- ters from Bermuda gives information of a suspi- cions schooner being off those shores, but nows has been received in town that the privateer Sum- ter, which was last reported at Trinidad, seeking a supply of coal, had again commenced operations among the West India Islands. The required fuct is said to have been supplied by merchants at Port Spain, with the approval of the Attorney General. After shipping the coal the Sumter proceeded to sea, and soon after captured four American ships, fully laden, which had but recently quitted Trini- dad for the Northern ports of the United States. It is quite time this rebel craft was either captured, sunk or wrecked, Our readers will be facilitated in their efforts to understand the relative positions of the hostile | armies on the Potomac by an excellent map of that region, which is published in this day's Herarp, showing all the poiuts of military impor- tance from Harper’s Ferry, on the northwest, to Fort Washington fm the southeast. The area *here represented is about forty miles from north ‘p south, by thirty miles from west to east, The Uecisive confict in the present war will be fought (here, and that probably within the present ‘week. The map is, therefore, a necessity of the our, THE NEWS. The People’s Convention at Syracuse yesterday adopted a brief declaration in favor of sustaining the government in its efforts to quell the rebellion, and nominated the following ticket for State offi- cers: — Attorney General—Daniel 8. Dickinson, of Broome. rene of State—Horatio Ballard, of Cort- Comptroller—Lucius Robinson, of Chemung. Treasurer—W. B. Lewis, of Kin; Canal Commissioners—F. A. A berger, of Erle, lene term; F. A. Tallmadge, of New York, short rm. State Prison Inspeotor—A. B. Tappan, of West- chester. State Engineer—W. B. Taylor, of Oneida, Wright, Judge of the Court of A —W, B, os ties the Cc of Appeals—W, B. Tho Republican State Convention met at Syra- cuse yesterday, and nominated the ticket for Stato oflicera, with the exception of their candidate for Canal Commissioner, Te ‘madge, of New York. The name of Renjamin F. Bruce, of ——, was sub- stituted for that of Mr. Tallmadge. Dates from St. ‘Thomas are to August 25. Our correspondent writes:--There are three United States steamers of war in our waters in search of the privateer Sumter, and from the swiftness of the pursuers, with the vigilance which they exercise, she cannot possibly escape many days from capture or sinking. Business very dull. Pork, $20; flour, $9 to $9 60; meal, $5 50; lard, 18¢.; hams, 16c.; but- ter, 20c.; codfish, in boxes, $5—none in first hands; haddock and hake plenty, at $2 to $2 50 per quintal, Exchange on the States, six per cent premtam; colonial billa, $4 8224: French drafta, $5 30; francs, 96; English silver, 24c.; American gold not fo be obtained. Dates from Bermuda are to the $d inst. The steamers Segunda and Terceira, from New York, had put in there for repairs. All on board well. We have news from British Honduras, dated at ize on the 21st of August. Our correspondent states that the plantations were flooded to a great extent in consequence of the prevalence of heavy », accompanied by severe gales of wind. The growing crops were greatly damaged, and sugar and rum very scarce. The swollen state of the rivors had, however, liberated immense quantities of abogany, and wood, which had been laid back high and dry for years, had come to market, the rs being compensated as the planters wero + Logwood—which will not float—was laid under water in large bulk and had gone up to $15 in consequence, Sarsaparilla was dull, and the trade in cochineal, indigo and hides nearly at an end, Business in Belize was very heavy and money scarce. Exchange on the United States was not to be had even at from ten to fifteen per cent pre- minum, We publish to-day full and interesting particulars respecting the capture of the Britis’: prize schooner Aighurth by the United States sloop-of-war James- town on the 31st ult. Captain Chisholm, who wes entrusted with the schooner to bring her to New York, furnishes details in regard to the Alva- rado, which was taken and afterwards burned, sooner than let her fall into the hands of the rebels. Our correspondent in St. Petersburg, writing on tho 17th of August, furnishes a very interesting and important letter on the subject of the all en- arossing interest excited in the Russian mind by the reports of the progress of the civil conflict in America, From 8t, Petersburg to Moscow the question is canvassed in journals enjoying the highest literary reputation, with the most decided Porttioal end imporial infuanoe. Tho sentiment of the writers is universally in favor of the Union cause. Their inferences as to the causes which animate tho rebels, their long and stealthy pre- parations for insurrection, as well as the estimate formed by the Russian writers of their warlike character, are very accurate, and prove that our friends in the far North have some able and un- prejudiced agents among us. We are told, indeed, that the New York correspondent of one of the St. Petersburg papers writes his letters in Eng- lish, and that their contents are translated into the Russ! mage at tho office of a bi-monthly public in Mozeow, and read with great avidity. The appointment of General McClellan to the army of the Potoms as hailed with satisfaction in Russia, where his report on the siege of Sebastopol is well remembered, and, as our correspondent observes, it is thought that, “if he fights as well as he writes, he must be one of the first generals of the age.” By imperial decree of Napoleon the Compagnie Gonerale Maritime, represented by M. Pereire, of Paris, which, in conjunction with the Credit Mobilier Company, obtained the concession for a line of transatlantic steamers for a postal service between France, the United States and the Antilles, has been authorized to assume the name and title of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. The newly modified statutes of the company are approved of by the same decree. Still another candidate for the quiet retirement of Fort Lafayette arrived here yesterday morning, under the kind protection of Mr. Sandford, United States District Attorney for Rhode Island. The name of the fortunate wight is John W. Anderson, a resident of New Orleans, who is charged with leaving the Crescent City and pitching his tent in the North, with the wicked intent of affording aid and comfort to the Southern rebels. Tho Rhode Island Marshal put a speedy termination to the wicked plans of the conspirator by nabbing him rather unexpectedly, and conveying him to the now famous summer residence opposite Fort Hamilton. : The inquest in the case of the Willett’s Point mutincers was commenced yesterday, and after the examination of several witnesses was adjourned until to-day. A report of the testimony taken may be found in another column. The following are tho names of the most promi- nent secession members of Congress, some of whom are now roaming about the country “giving aid and comfort to the enemy” in various ways:— Hon. Benjamin Wood, of New York, editor of a secession newspaper. Hon, H, C. Burnett, of Kentucky, making seces- sion stump speeches. Hon, John B. Clark, of Missouri, expelled from the House of Representatives, now in the rcbel army. Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, of Ohio, delivering se- cession stump speeches and writing secession letters. Hon, John W. Reid, of Missouri, raising a regi- ment to join the rebel furces. Hon. John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, getting up disunion barbecues, and trying to strengthen the backbone of secessionists, Mon. Henry May, of Maryland, doing his best to keep out of Fort Lafayette, where a number of his “fellow citizens” are now taking an airing. Hon. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, n ing since the discovery and publication of a letter to Jeff. Da Hon. James A. Bayard, of Delaware; Hon. Trus- ten Polk, of Missouri, and half a dozen members of the Honse of Representatives, are now remaining comparatively quiet, in view of the necessity which the government has recently adopted of encoutag- ing emigration to a certain fort in New York larbor. ‘The fact cannot be gainsayed that sickness, de- bility, prostration and death have taken hold of the rebel army to such a degree as to cause the great- est consternation among the officers and soldiers. As additional evidence of this fact to what bas been heretofore published, we gather from late Southern papers the following in relation thereto:—The hos- pitals at Fredericksbarg, Va., are crowded with sick soldiers from the Carolina, Arkansas and Ter- nessee regiments, The hospitals in Richmond have been fullfor some time, and they are obliged to quarter the sick wherever they can find a shelter. « The Mississippi brigade, which was composed of forty-seven hundred men, has only twenty-three hundred on duty, One-third of Johnston's division are prostrated by disease, The smallpox is raging violently at Lynchburg and Leesburg, and two thousand men are in the hospitals at those places. There are two military organizations in Ken- tuoky, besides tho soldiers enlisted in the govern- ment service and those who are regularly in the employ of Jeff. Davis; ono is known as the Home Guard and the other as the State Guard. The former ig composed entirely of unconditional Union men, and the latter is made up of “armed neutrality” secossionists. A contract has been made in Cincinnati to fur- nish General Fremont, by the lst of October, five complete batteries of steel and brass guns, with all their equipments, including horses, harness, ‘Wagons andammunition, There will be thirty can- non in all, sixty wagons and two hundred and forty horses. An ordinance has been introduced in the Board of Council of Memphis, Tenn., authorizing the Police force of that city to impress women into the service of hospital duty. Tho motion, after con- siderablo debato, was finally rejected. The will of the late General Lyon, United States Army, gives all his property, worth thirty thou- sand dollars, to the government of the United States, The Indiana Zouaves, Colonel Lew. Wallace, aro again in service, having a full regiment of Hoosiers, Their exploits in the Cumberland neighborhood are not yet forgotten, and we shall doubtless hear of them again from Missouri. ‘The St. Louis papers say that the interview be- tween the President and Governor Gamble, of Mis- souri, was of a very gratifying character. Jeff. Davis & Co. have a newspaper in Quebeo, Canada, called the Meroury, through which they preach their seoession and rebellious doctrines. It calls our blockade an insult to the civilized world, as well as to the Southern confederacy, and advises England and France to immediately reoog- nise the independence of “the Confederate States of America.” At the special meeting of the Supervisors yes- terday tho Police Commission was authorized to provide for the immediate completion of the house for detention of witnesses, hy paying some small deficiencies on the contracts, tho whole expense incurred being $30,267. A communication from counsel announced the acquisition of the site for a new Court House, the Commissioners having taken the City Hall Park fronting on Chambers street for the purpose, at an appraisement of $240,000. Sn- pervisor Purdy anngunced the report of the Com- mittee on Annual Taxes as ready, but as only a quorum Was present, the republican members being absent at the Syracuse Convention, the document was laid over and ordered to bo printed in the minutes. Supervisor Ely, from the Special Committee on Revision of the Tax Levy, announced his report, which was ordered to take the same course, with leave to make any advisable modifi- cations upon consultation with his colleagues and the Comptroller. The report on reducing the levy enumerates from one-half to three-quarters of 8 million dollars in the appropriations which could bo cut down, together with provisions for deficien- cies and arrears of taxes authorized by the act, which could be supplied by the genoral fund. The report reviews the sources of the city revenues and their inconsiderable product as managed at pre- sent; recommends an increase of license fees so as to include the rich man’s carriage as well as the poor man's cart or hack, and an increase especial- ly ithe: mount of city railroad licetises, &c.; the civil courts and markets should at least sustain themselves by their fees and rents, and tho outlay for the construction of piers and docks should come within the limit of the rents and receipts from these sources, A number of communications from heads of departments accompanied the report. Mr. Casserly, the secretary of the Commissioners of Emigration, presented a report to the Buard yesterday, showing that Mr. Archibald, the British Consul at this port, returned him £93 sterling, out of £130 of which emigrants coming to this country have been defrauded in England by the sale of bo- gus tickets. It was all that the British authorities alloged they could collect, though it is well known that emigrants going to Canada cannot be defrand- ed in England without being fully reimbursed by the British government. The amount is to be di- vided among the victims prorata. The number of emigrants landed here last weck was 902, mak- ing the total since Jannary 155,701. The balance in bank is now $5,622 9 A mecting of the epecial committee appointed to amend the city charter was held yesterday afternoon in the chamber of the Board of Council- men. Five standing committees were appointed to prepare the different parts of the charter, and the mecting adjourned until Tuesday next, at three o'clock. The steamers Westchester and Petrel, which arrived yesterday from Providence, had on freight 270 bales of cotton. In the General Segsions yesterday Frederick Ma- thie and Mathew Fitamaurice, genteel looking young men, were tried and convicted of burglary in the third degree, in breaking into the store of Wm. Mf. Lyons, 19 Beekman street, on the night of the 18th of August, and stealing $100 worth of silver ware. They were cach sent to the State prison for five years, Christian Weber, who stole awatch and chain from Jacob Franef, pie: guilty to grand larceny, and was sent to the prison for two years. Charles Jogel, a private in a volunteer cavalry regiment, was charged with a felonions assault upon Thomas Rickenburgh. The evidence for the defence showed that the complain- | ant first seized him "by the throat, and as the as- sant was unprovoked, the jury promptly acquitted the accnsed. The Grand Jury brought ina large batch of indictments since the commencement of the term, and they are being disposed of rapidly by the District Attorney and his assistants. Under very heavy receipts, the market for beef cattle was considerably depressed, and prices re- ceded from %4c. to 4c. per pound, ranging frem 5Y%e. to Se. a SY%e., according to quality. Milch cows were dull, except for extra milkers, Veal calves were in moderate request at previous prices. Sheep and tambs continue plenty, but, with a fair demand, prices are generally supported. Swine sold at from 3%4c. to de. The total receipts were 5,716 hy and lambs, 8 sw ‘The cotton market yes y, but not very active. The sales embraced about 900 bales, closing on the basis of 213¢0. a 2c. for middling. uplands, Flour wag steady for the medium grades,of shipping brands, while common brands were dull, Wheat was firm for good lots for shipping, witha fair demand for export, chiefly to France. Corn was ffrm, with free sales at full prices, Pork was unchanged; sales of 500 bbis. were mado last privat terms, and 300 bbis., 96 cows, 499 veals, 4,216 sheep evening to government a $13 75 0 $14 for 39 75 for re active and | sales of ., and 1,200 boxos at ful Coftve was steady, with sales of 7,500 bays at 13%c. a 150, Freights steady, with afair quantity of engage “ments at ri given in anotuer column. Tae Tricksrers ov THE ReceNcy.—The cen- tral organ of the Albany Regency is just now playing the boldest confidence game of a politi- cal Peter Funk. It is publishing Daniel S. Dickinson’s war speeches, which it qualifies with many a malignant dig at Dickinson; it is strong for the war, but it profers the success of treason to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. The Regency, in fact, promise to out- Herod Herod in the support of the government, although whenever they can give it asly stab under the fifth rib they whip out their dagger, use it, and then whip’ it in gain, with that smile of injured innocence which only the adept in treachery can express. Let them goon. They are bursing out the fag end of their candle, The Nationa) Battle Ground. ’ On our first page to-day we present to our readers a map of the scene of the coming con- flict on the Potomac, where will take place that great shock of arms by which in all probability the fate of this wicked rebellion is to be de- cided. When the shock does come we cannot doubt that its result will be glorious to the loyal and true men of the country, and disastrous to the traitors who would destroy the republic, On both sides of the Potomac, and within the region embraced by our map, there now lie in hostile camps more than three hundred thousand men, brave, impetuous, well armed, and equally resolved, probably, to fight to the bitter doath for the great stake that is atissue between them: Preparations for a conflict were never made on © grander scale jn allthe world’s history. When the conflict shall have taken place there will 2e none more like it, let us hope, during this rebellion or in the future annals of our country. If victory perch upon the banners of the Union, the rebel hordes will never again be organized, but will melt away as snow before the summer sun. We will not speculate upon the consequences of de- feat; for, with loyal and brave men to up- hold the nation’s standard, and with that skil- ful generalship which we have every reason to expect from the energetic commander of our army, “there’s no such word as fail.” We look forward, therefore, with unfaltering confidence to the hour of that great clash of arms which must soon sound on the banks of the beautiful Potomac. Our map comprehends those portions of the States of Virginia and Maryland, lying on both sides of the river, from Harper’s Ferry to Fort Washington, forming an area of some forty miles from north to south by thirty from west to east. Within that area are encamped the federal forces around the capital, under the imme- diate command of McClellan, those which de- fend the upper Potomac under Banks, and those in the vicinity of the Great Falls under Stone ; the main body of the rebel army, under Beauregard, with his headquarters at Fairfax Court House, and the two corps commanded by the two rebel Generals Johnston, the one stretching southeastward from Leesburg, fho other northeastward from Manassas Junction. The positions of the rebels, as de- rived from the best authorities, are laid down on our map; those of the national army are, for good reasons, omitted, except so far as they may be understood from the localities of the old forts from Arlington Heights to Alexandria. A fair estimate of tho rebel forces in the vicinity makes them out to be one hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand, of which each of the John+ ston’s corps constitutes one fourth, the others two-fourths forming the main army. Of the strength of our own army we do not feel at liberty to give particulars. The problem now is, when and at what points will the great decisive action take place? Will there be attempts made by the rebels to cross tho Potomac into Maryland, or will they employ all their strength in endeavoring to force the line of federal intrenchments before Washing- ton? The first plan appears impossible of roali- zation; the second would only be resolved upon in mere desperation. In the meantime, there come up vague rumors that the rebel army is becoming disorganized through sickness, insuffi- ciency of supffiies and the recall of North Caro- lina and other troops for the defence of their re- spective States, and that they are gradually falling back. There would seem to be some confirmation of these rumors in the significant fact of Gencral McClellan advancing his pickets a mile after a personal inspection of the enemy's position from a balloon a day or two since. A retreat without fighting would prove almost a3 disastrous to the rebels as a great defeat, for it would inevitably disband their army. At all events, this week will probably bring matters to a crisis, and either end the struggle by a de- cisive victory over the rebels, or embitter and prolong it still more by a contrary result, Tue SercuLatioss or Tas Loxpox Tres Arovr rug War.—The London Times says the federal government cannot carry on the war much longer because of the inability or unwillingness of the people to pay the taxes which the war involves, particularly the Western States, which will be sure to revolt against these burthens. Now, how does it happen that New York city pays such enormous taxes, year after year, without revolting, though these taxes are for the most part expended in corruption and ex- travagance? As for the Western population, they will he more benefitted by the result of the war than any other section of the couniry. The free navigation of the Mississippi is bighly im- portant to them, and the success of the federal arms secures that object to them forever. Meantime the army of the West will consume fhe surplus provisions they haye to sell, and pay them in gold. They never lad such good times before. Then we learn from late intelli- gence from Europe that there is every probabil- ity of short crops at the other side of the Atlantic. There, then, is another market for their produce instead of the South, closed to them by the block- ade. Hence they will have plenty of money in their purses, and will not grumble about the taxes for so necessary a purpose. As it is, the most enthusiastic portion of the free States in favor of the war to restore the Union is the West. The London Times is, therefore, mistaken in this, as in many other matters connected with the war. Yankes Enterrrise—A Cuear Baroain.— A short time since we called attention to an offer made to government by the New Eng- land fishermen of the services of them- selves and ‘vessels against the Southern That offer was declined by Secretary Welles. We understand that the same patriotic and enterprising class of men have mother proposal to make of a still more advantageous character, but are deterred from sending it in to the Navy Department from a repugnance to encounter a second refusal. They are ready, it is stated, to enter into a con- tract with the government to sweep the ocean of privateers and to close all the inlets of the Southern coast for a million of dollars—they de- fraying all their own expenses. The, country would save many millions by this arrangement. We should like to hear the objections -to its ac- ceptance, A Vany Poor Joxs.—That of the facetious Peter Cagger, to wit: that the Rev. Thurlow Weed saved the Hon. Ben. Woed from Fort La- fayette on the condition that he, the Hon. Ben. aforesaid, would go up to Syracuse and raise o row inghe Democratic Convention, which he did. Democramo Inerrreriony oN TRIAL IN ENa- LAND.—From the numerous extracts which wo have at various times from the corres- pondence and editorials: of the London Times, it has come to be an understodd thing, in this country at least, that that journal has made itself the systematic defender and apologist of the Southern rebellion, and has consistently decried and ridiculed the idea of defending the national integrity by force of arms, Whetlier the new-fangled doctrine of the right of seces” sion is to be limited in its application to the United States, or is also to be deemed appli- cable to Ireland, India, and the British posses- sions in America, is a question on which the Times has not yot deolared itself, but on which its views may, before very long, be regarded as interesting and important. It is particularly in matters of finance that our national weakness is supposed to lie, and it it just hore that this English organ of secession thinks it can do the American republic most damage. We therefore find it constantly hold- ing up to British capitalists the scarecrow of the approaching dissolution of the American republic, and warning them from investment in our federal seourities, We have before us an article written in that view of the date of 28th of August, in which the cost of the war and the magnitude of the undertaking are dwelt upon with evident satisfaction, and tho concluston is arrived at that there is, in our present position, little calculated to inspire men with faith in the superiority of democratic institutions as tending to public economy and peace. Whatever effect such an article might have had when some important events were but im- perfectly known or understood in England, must have been dissipated, we apprehend, when the facts came fully to light, At that time it was known that negotiations were pending be- tween our banks and the government in regard to the national loan, but it was not known that the loan was taken at par. The fall of General Lyon at the battle of Springfield, and the re- treat of our forces upon Rolla were known, but it was not known that that supposed defeat was a triumph, and that it saved Jofferson City and St. Louis from falling into the hands of the rebels, Since then the national prospects have been brightening from day to day, and now there can be no reasonable doubt entertained of the power and’ determination of the federal government to crush the rebellion. Henceforth, therefore, it will not be very easy to convince the English people that democratic institutions area failure, our national loan an unsafe in- vestment, or our republic doomed to dismem- berment and annihilation. Our Carr Race Enrerrrise.—The arrange ments for the transmission of news by Cape Race are now so complete that not only re the steamers arriving from Europe regu- larly boarded by the newspaper agent, but the outward bound steamers are also communicated with at the same point, so as to convey to them the latest telegraphio: intelligence from New York and Boston. This makes Capo Race a sort of half-way station on the Atlantic, and di- minishes the actual distance between our coaat and Great Britain by about a third—a saving of tho greatest importance in these times of in- tense political excitement, when news is looked for at both sides with an anxiety that has known no parallel in the memory of the present gene- ration. Tae Posrrion or SeNaror Brecxrmmar.-— John C. Breckinridge thus expressed himself at the barbecue at Richmond, Ky., on the 30th of last month:— Ho insisted that Kentucky ought not to pay any portion of the direct tax—firet, becase she had no hand in in- angurating or carrying on the present war; secondly, be- cause the tax was lovied to pay the interest on adebt un- constitutionally created, without authority of Congress, in support of an army and havy unconstitationally raised. It will not be denied that this is overt trea- son, for which, in any other country, at 2 time like the present, the utterer would be instantly consigned to a dungeon. And yet John © Breckinridge has for weeks past, both in and out of the Senate, been ventilating himself in similar language without any effort being made by the government to arrest his career of mis- chief. Recrurttxc.—One of the chief reasons why so much difficulty is experienced in procuring re- cruits for the new regiments forming in New York is that they have to compete with the re- cruiting offices of regiments at the seat of war, which are enabled to promise intmediate relief to the families of those enlisting. Recruits en- tering the regiments forming here are entitled to no such aid, and are compelled to leave their wives and chitdren for a period of several we in some instances a couple of months—in destitution. It is obvious that if this plan is persevered in the additional quota from New York will never be completed. Gov, Morgan should at once make efforts to provide some remedy for this unequal manner of dealing with the recruits enlisting from ° ur State. Arrival of the Brazilian Screw Steam Corvette Bebcribe. ‘This very beautifully modelled little Brazilian man-of- war, commanded by Capt. Alvin, arrived hore on Tuesday morning from Rio Janoiro, touching at Pernambuco, from which lattor place she made the passage in twenty-five ays—eleven of which sho performed by steam, the re- mainder under sail. Sho experienced very calmn weather, with the exception of a strong breeze in the Gulf of Flori da, Sho is bark rigge’, and has a very fine appearance on the water, floating lke a swan on its surface. She is armed with six thirty-two pounders and alarge brass swivel field piece mounted inthe stern, Her tonnage is five hundred tons, with a crew of onc hundred and twen- ty-one men. ‘This is tho third Brazilian corvette which, during the last year, has visited the port of New York. She comes for the purpose of obtaining Instraments for tuking deop sea soundings. Tho first of those corvottes was the Donna Isabella, which was unfortunately wrecked near Gibraltar, with a loss of nearly tho whole crew, and almost every ono of tho fine young students who wore being trained under Senhor Don Jose de Carvalho, the excellent commander, for the naval service of their country. ‘Tho next was the Bahiana, a very fino vessel—nearly resembling the iil fated Donna Isabella—which was ropaired at the Navy Yard of Brook- lyn ina most substantial manner, as a mark of esteem from the American to the Brazilian governmont. ‘The First Lieutenant cf the Beberibe, Senhor Jose Marques Guimaraes, was providentially sived from the wreck of the Donna’ Isabolla, by remaining on the poop till rescued, with a few others, among whom was the Surgeon, Senhor Guiraaracs is how the Firat Lieutenant of this elegant corvette. Tho corvette is in excellent trim, but shows the marks of her long voyage, After un- dergoing @ coat of paint, she will mako as. neat an appear- ance as any vessel of equal dimensions, The officers are extremoly’ polite, and offered our reporter all the informa- tion he desired with the greatest cordialits Death of a New Haven Bank President. New Haves, Conn., Sept. 11, 1861. John W. Fitch, Presidoat of the Mechanics’ Bank, and universally esteemed, died this morniig, Launch of the Gunboat Kearsage. Porsemovra, N. H.,Sept, 11, 1861. The gunboat Kearsage was launched at the Navy Yard to.day, and has been placed in the floating dey dock to bo ‘coppered, Accipest av Camp Lestry.—One of the d'Bpineiul Zouaves was dangerously wounded yesterday by tho die charge of a pistol in the hands of one of hiscomradem Notwithstanding the strictness of Colonel d’Epinetul to the contrary, 801 Zouaves were out of camp, armed with one of them, to try If his pistol was loaded, fired ‘The ball struck astone, and rebounding, en of Ernest Mignon, The Woonded man was ine Hospit R ~ e. THE POPULA' LOAN. ne Activity of Subscriptionsei lalf s Million @ Day stin Coming In—0, treulation of Base Coin—Skill of the \ Government Testers—Anxiety of the Pee, vle to Sub- wribe, &. ‘Ifany one had over dreamed of doubted'a, * the stability and popularity of our government, or of tie © unbounded faith which the people at large repose in’ the, *dministra- tion, the army, the navy and the press, tof rroneous ideas would bo dissipated like a pasving shadimm “0 « dia- Solving viow by a single visit to the United Stata Treasue Fy offfee in Wall street, When the Vico Preth ‘ent of ‘the bogus Southern Confederacy asserted that thoN® ‘therm ‘States would find 1b impossible to raise oléan gusty 98 ie Reoded for the exigencies of war, he quite: forgoe that there were tons of thousands of dollara Tying idleriny 7 vate hands, which the holders would jump to lena hia and when the English money lenders-timy > contly supposed that the American le were comming * to London to bog fora Ioan at any rato of intoraemy hoy wero equally im the dark as to the’ weaMlk and vitality of “the people’ of this: countty: No nation such a@ this can be long in want of tho means of maintaining the government, whon it is backed up by the free will offerings of @ patriotic peoples. Tho question of Intorest, go important to your greedy; avaricious money lenders, is entirely a secondary oom sideration with tho men and women who are forciag thels” hogrded wealth into the handg of the governmort; Im terest or no interest, the money, in any amount, weld’ | be forthcoming. ‘The office of the Sub-Treasurer, ivWall! Street, is every day besieged—even before the opening of the doors—by crowds whoso nly desire is to enrol their names among those of thepm > triots who are so nobly responding to thole country’s call. Every day that rises and scts upon New York adds half: million of dollars to the government loan from the Empire: City atone, There is no decrease whatever in the sub+ scriptions, but rather signs of a gradual increase. The- clerks and other officers of tho Sub-Treasurer’s: establishment haye to exert all their efforte- to koop pace with the demands made upon their time by the numerous contributors tc the loan. Bug: a few days ago a-sum of $209,000 in blank notes was sent to Washington from the American Bank Note Company} on tho day before yesterday $225,000 was sent; yeater- day $225,000 more; and it is expected that by Friday hext thore will be a million ready to be sent, as by that time many of the larger denominations will be ready for transmission, On Saturday it is expected that a supply ofevory douomination will be ready to be sont om te Washington. To give the public an {don of the operations of the Sab- movements of last week—recoiving and paying—amounted over nineteen millions of dollars, The operations fer the present week will probably be much larger. The Joan still continues to inereaso regularly at the pre | | vious rate of half a million @ day. Some two or | threo days ago a lady came to the offlce ana | waited patiently until when she hastened to make her contribution to tho loan, fearing: that any delay would exclude ber | from the bene@ts of the 73-10-stock, Ag-an instance of | tho universality of subscriptions, it may bo mentioned: | | that one man who contributed $600 was altogether unable | to sign bis own name, Among the curious incidents whiety | | every day occur, we may mention that a woman fron some place in Connecticut, desirous of investing in the loan, sent on an old Treasury note issued in 1838, with the desire that it should be exchanged for a certificate of the now government loan, ‘The lady was laboring undee th» fdca that the noto was atill bearing interest, and there: foro kept it from the time of its issue to the presontdate, | though tho fact is (hat the interest ceased a long time ago, Tho note itself was returned to ber agent, and wilh doubtless be redeemed on presentation at the propes | place, with full interest to.tho perid@ set forth on ite faem | | The greatest activity provafls tn the Sub-Treasurer’e | office. Mr. Cisco has to sign his name agoften asa thow | ‘sand times a day—a task which may appear very trivial | | until it is tried. ‘Transcripis of the accounts of the office | | havo to be rogularly made and forwarded to Washiagtom, and during tho Inst week, irrespeetive of entries on the books, tho clork in charge of this department sent on me Jess than 420 of these immenso sheets of records. ‘The testers of coin have mado some most extraordinary | discoveries. Not a picco of bad money, however inge | niourly contrived, can pass through the hands of these ‘Argus eyed men. Some of the pieces which they havo checked as bogus are in appearance as perfect as any coin that ever came out of a mint. The fraudulent | _ operators in bags coin must find some other market foe} | their spurious imitations, for with such noses os the} | testors in this office possess it will be utterly Impossible; _ to deceivo the government in the smallest degree, Spoot-| mens of the spurious money which is every day found te ‘his office have been sent on to the banks in Canada by i tho request of their agents in this city, as great fears are| entertained that this kind of sharp practice may be eam” ried on in Canada with great loss to the banks and private individuals. In the statement we made yesterday concerning the} | prorress of the Ioan it was erroneously stated that S| i certificates have to come from Washington. This is 80. ‘The notes come from the capital, Dut the certiNeates) are supplied by the Sub-Treasurer. Tho operotions in the office yesterday were very exten} sive, and it is supposed that the subscription was over, q half a million. , TUM SUBSCRIPTIONS IN PHILADELPHIA. s Prm.apetrma, Sept. 11, 1861. |) ‘Tho operations of the national loan at the popular a still goon at a big footing per diem, In tho six days during | which the offico has been open about $600,000 have i subscribed and paid. Yesterday $102,000 was pald bp one hundred and five subsersbers. Tho country banks are) coming up slowly. ‘The best day's work was that of Tue |) day , when $131,000 was paid in by ono hundred and H} two subscribers. A great part of this monoy is paid by |) laborers, artisans, &c. There was one subscription yea) terday of $20,000. This is the only private or populan/| ‘office open in the Union. iH} Joan to-day, and $102,000 subscribed at tho office of Cooke & Co. , and $27,000 at the United States Mint. Movements of Prince Napoleon. i Oswedo, Sopt. 11, 1861. Prince Napoleon, accompanied by Princess Clotil \ passed through Oswego last night, on their way down lake to the Thousand Islands and St. Lawrence. Ai Scizure of a Suspected Slaver. ‘Boston, Sept. 11, 1861, ‘Tho whaling bark Margaret Scott was seized at New Bedford hy the United Siates Marshal to-day, bein pected of fitting out for a siaver. Samuel P. reputed owner; Ambrose Kander, master, and the and second officers, were brought to this city and to ba 1 for an examination. } Masonic Intelligence. BINGHAMTON, NOT Sept. 11, 1861. 7 The Grand Commandery of this State met in this clty yesterday, The meeting was well attended, and a large amount of routine business was transacted. f got Foy, | . ,o PACUBO, | rand Commander; W. H. Burtis, of Water rand Goncralissimo; Pearson, Mundy, of Grand Captain; General Salem Town, of Aurora, Gran Yrelate; 1. §. L. Banting, of New York, Grand ] Warden; Charles E, Gillett, of Elmira, Grand Junior We don; Join 8. Perry, of Troy, Grand Treasurer; Rober, Maccy, of New York, Grand Recorder; Samuel Graves, Auburh, Grand Standard Boarer; Bradley Parker, Brooklyn, Grand Warden, and John McQuillan, of town, Grand Sentinel. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. AR6 Pintapeurmy Cryo 1861, Stocks steady. Pennsylvania State 5's, . Railroad, 18; Morris Canal, 36; Long Island Railroaq 9; Peunsylvayia Railroad, 373,’ Sight exchange at p seats Wheat firm satea 85 Flour dull and unchanged. oat firm; sales 3,00 bushels red at $1 10.0 $1 15, white at $1 200 $12 Corn declined; sales of 3,000 bushels at Gic. a 583, Whiskey steady. Sept. 11—P. M. gales at $478 1orfamgy 0 our unchafiged. a for fancy from sp won pene cthien gratneeiet. Canal fteghte dil Flour Slc.,whoat 9c. and corn 8c. to New York. | imports—36,500 bushels wheat, 22,400 cory Canal exports—4,498 Dols. flour,” 3,400 bushels whoag! 34,000 bushels corn, 3,000 bushels oats, 73,000 bush | barley. xf Bovrato, Sept. 11—P. M. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat quigt but firm sales 25,000 bushels No.1 Chicago spring at $2c., 3,00f} Dushels No, 2 at 7c. Corn firm: sales 60,000 bushels af] | B6c., 21,000 bushels do, at 85340. Cana freights 13¢. off | corti; 14o. on wheat to New York. Lake im 9,00) | bblg. flour, 191,000 bushels wheat, 282,000 o0 12,000 buskels oats. Canal exporte—72,000 | wheat, 18,700 buehols corn, 25,000 bushels Rees Carcaao, Sept, 11, 1962. Flour steady. Wheat active at 650. a 65}<c. for No. and 6lc. for No. 2, in store. Corn i lower: sales 193¢., instore. Reccipte—6,900 bois. flour, 87,000 b | os wheat, 148,000 do, ci ata ts — 2,800 > | {ae-ou, whoat to. Budo, Bxchangg on Now ork the opening of the doors, | i : ‘Tronsurer’s offica, it will bo onough to say that tho spoole | | ‘