The New York Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1861, Page 4

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SEAR GAIETIES CONCERT ROOM, 616 Brondway.—Dnawina Boom Exrkurabocnts Bauiers, PaNtOxias, FARCES, &0. an AMERICAN MUSIO HALL, 444 Broadway.—Sonas, Bate umn Padvounana, So Maaebanane Date e—Lowk im Livkay—Hirro- AON, AND OtmER Cumiosrrixs. ORYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. 45 Bowery. Buatesaurs, 80: D. BLACK St. New York, Friday, September 12,1361. = : OUR WAR MAPS. Another Edition, with Several New and Important Maps, ‘We have publishef another edition of our war maps. It contains several additions, such as the map of the Coast of North Carolina; one of the {present Seat of War in Missouri, Kentucky, Ar- i¥ansas and Tennessee; the official diagram of the Sattle of Bull run, and an excellent plan of tho Jattle field at Wilson’s Creek, Missouri. Agents desiring copic8 are requested to send in their or- ders immediately. Single copies six cents. Whole- sale price the same as for the Weexiy Hunan. THE SITUATION. The news from Western Virginia is highly impor. tant. General Rosecranz succeeded in engaging the rebel forces under General Floyd on Tuesday fast, and after giving them battle caused them to (llow the same course as that pursued by Wise— “aamely: to make a rapid flight—which they did under the cover of darkness. The engagement ‘was @ brisk one, the rebels having the advantage ‘of position, and also of greater numbers both 7 men and artillery, The Union loss js fifteen killed and seventy wounded. ‘The rebel loss of men cannot be ascertained, ag they'removed their dead and wounded, but their Joss of matenial and baggage was heavy, all of Which fell into the hands of General Beuham’s brigade. Twenty-five of the prisoners, taken at the time that Colonel Tyler's force was attacked @t Cross Lane, have been recaptured. Floyd's ‘forces are said to be entirely driven from their stronghold and routed. ‘The intelligence received relative to the pirate Sumter seems to be conclusive as to its destruc ‘tion. Further particulars have been elicited from one of the escaped crew of the rebel craft, of a nature to confirm the report of Capt. Atkinson. ‘The sailor’s statement is to the effect that a plot had been concocted to run the vessel ashore 80 as tO cause her total wreck. This, borne out by the mews received from Venezuela, gives a great amount of probability to the reports. The vessel” ‘was wrecked on the coast of Trinidad, West In- dies, about August 22. ‘The movements of the rebel army before Wash- ington, and all matters in connection therewith, are of the utmost importance at the present stage of military affairs. Reliable information has been received of a change in the command of the rebel forces. Genoral A. . Johnston has been appointed to the chief command of the rebels in the Missis- sippi valley, to act against General Fremont. The command of the troops before Washington, there- fore, devolves upon General Jos. Johnston. Gene- ral Beauregard takes command of the main colamn SF this force, and all movements are to be made aftera consultation between these two generals, both actually, if not nominally, acting in concert. The rebel reports show the force ia Virginia to be very large indeed, the men in good spirits, antici- pating a fight at an early day. Some‘little alarm was yesterday raised in Wash- ington in consequence of the report of artillery having been heard in the neighborhood of the Chain Bridge. The firing was, however, only caused by artillery practice, Generals Lander and Burnside have been ap- pointed upon some important mission, the nature of which has not transpired. A good report is, however, expected from them quickly. ” Itis Teported from a Southern sourco that four Union navy vessels had been seen off Fort Macon, Beaufort, North Carolina, on the 10th inst, Fortress Monroe is to be made an important sta, tion, both ina military and naval point of view, and large forces of each branch of the service will be concentrated there. Further expeditions against the rebels are expected soon to start from this point. The tidings from Missouri continue to portray the wretched state of society in that neighborhood. Vandalism prevails to an alarming extent, and at- tempted destruction of hundreds of lives by pro, cipitating a train down an embankment, or half burning a railroad bridge, is almost of daily occur- rence. The rules of civilized warfare is entirely set at naught by the rebel bands of marauders. The first case of manumitting the slaves of a rebel took place in St. Louis, Mo., yesterday: Thomas A. Snead having been convicted of taking treasonable action against the government, two f his negroes have been deciared free,and their apers made out. This action goes to prove that General Fremont is determined to carry out his proclama- tion to the letter. Dr. Jamison, the noted Kansas Jayhawker, or- ganized a small force of daring men from that State, who have succeeded in routing the rebel forces in Pettis county, Mo., (500 strong) under ‘the well known Dr. Staples. The rebel leader was killed. It is reported that Colonel Marshall’s First Ili- nois cavalry surrounded the rebel troops under Captain Shelby, at their camp, near Lexington, .Mo., taking the whole force prisoners. st General Fremont has organized a military sani- ‘ety commission, with power to act, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER -13, 1861, A few more rebels were sent to Fort Lafayette yosterday, The rebels near Leesburg have torn up over nino miles of tho newly laid track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, removed the rails, &c., and had commenced tolay o military line from Winchester toStrasburg, thus connecting with the Manassas Gap Railroad. They had also taken forcible pos-” session of a large quantity of rolling stock belong- ing to the same company, Intelligence had reached Philadelphia from Bal- timore thata gentleman had arrived there from Richmond on the 10th, and who asserts that Jeff. Davis was alive and well on the Wednesday pre- vious. He said the reports of his death were with- out a shadow of truth. The national loan still continues to be taken up with vigor. Overs million of dollars were sub- scribed in this city yesterday, and about one hun- dred thousand in Philadelphia. THE NEWS. By the arrival of the bark Venus at this port yesterday we have intelligence of tho wreck of the notorious privatecr Sumter, at Trinidad, on or about the 20th of August last. The captain of the Venns reports that the Venezuelan Consnl at Cn- racoa had received advices from Caraccas to August 22, stating that the Sumter had gone ashore on the island of Trinidad at the above time. The Venus also brought one of tho crew of the Sumter, who escaped a short time previon» to tho wreck, by jumping overboard at Curacoa, 111 con- cealing himself until she had gone out of the port. He states that the crew of the privateer had be- come greatly dissatisfied, and it was probable that they had mutinied and driven her ashore. Just before tho wreck of the privateer Jef. Davis, when about eight hundred miles east of Cape Florida, says the Richmond Enquirer, she came in contact with the ship John Crawford, Cap- tain Edge, from Philadelphia, bound to Key West, with arms and coal for the United States forces. She was found to draw twenty-two fect of water, and conld not possibly be brought in. The officers and crew, numbering in all twenty-two persons, were taken on board the privateer, the vessel fired and holes bored in her sides and bottom, This was about four o'clock in the morning, and by good daylight the ship was wrapped in flames, going down shortly afterwards. It was found impossi- ble to secure any of the arms, as they were stowed under the coal, The police last evening searched a house in Thirty-sccond street, between First and Second avennes, and seized bills on the Bank of Pittsylva- nia, Virginia, to the amount of $180,000, It is alleged that these bills have heen manufactured in this city by authority of William H. Millner, who is now in confinement at Fort Lafayette, and that $200,000 of the money was forwarded to Virginia a few weeks since by him. William Corley, Bethel Benton and H. Fitzier were arrested for being con- cerned in the manufacture of this money for tho rebels, and all the parties implicated were held for examination. The Africa, from Liverpool and Queenstown, reached this port last night with European advices of the Ist of September and our files of the 38lst of August. Her news had been anticipated in all its essential features by her own report, delivered off Cape Race, which was telegraphed from New- foundland and published in the Heranp last Tues- day morning. The European journals contain in addition some important articles en the cotton supply question in England, as wellas the new policy likely to be inaugurated by Lord Monel in Canada under instructions from the Palmerston Cabinet. Cord Palmerston’s remarks at Dover on the battle of Bull ran, with those of Colonel Me- Murdo on the superior discipline and energy ob- served and displayed by General McClellan, afe very complimentary to the courage of our volun" teers and the young General-im-Chief. The re- turns of the British Board of Trade show a serious falling off in the revenue from exports during the seven months to the 31st of July. Her Britannic Majesty’s steamship Rinaldo, Capt. Hewett, lying at Quarantine, this morning salute] our national flag with twenty-one guns. A very neat compliment under existing circumstances, By the arrival of the overland express we have advices from San Francisco to the 28th ult. The enlistment of soldiers in California was pro- gressing satisfactorily, and patriotic citizens were giving money liberally in aid of the cause. A ter- rible steamboat disaster occurred on the 25th ult. on the Sacramento river, above the city. The J. A. McClelland, an independent steamer running to Red Bluff, exploded, killing fifieen certainly, and probably many more of the passengers. Twelve were scalded, some of whom have since died. Among the victims aro Captain Webstor, Z. Gard- ner, C. 8. Howell, Jos. Acceja and James Morrow, of Sacramento. Trade was rather active at San Francisco, and prices well sustained. Some anxiety was felt with regard to the treaskre shipments, but notwithstanding the specie list by the steamer of the 1st inst. would, it was believed, be as large as usnal. Our correspondent at Pernambuco, writing un- der date of August 16, says:—No business doing for the States, and the sugar market exclusively engrossed on British account, owing to the dread of capture by privateers if forwarded to the United States. The port is very healthy. The planters in the interior are extensively engaged in the cul- ture of coffee, which will doubtless pay cent per cent for capital and labor expended. Treason trembles in Kentucky, and in a few days will fall like rotten tree in a whirlwind. Tho backbone of the rebellion is broken in that State, notwithstanding the efforts of Breckinridge and Magoffin to give it strength. Peace arguments, armed neutrality pleadings and secession bar cues have had their day, and are now engulphed beneath the waves produced by the popular Union sentiment which has exhibited itself throughout the Commonwealth. The members of the Legisla- ture have told the rebels thatthoy cannot be bul- lied from their position, and the rats have scam- pered from Frankfort to the southern borders. Test votes haye been taken in both Houses with tho following result:— IN THE SENATE, ow Yeas. Nays. Motion to read a secession address... “Oh 1 Motion to print a secession petition....15 2 In norer. | Motion to hoist the St rsapd Stripes. ..76 20 Motion ordering rebeis out of the State. 71 26 It is not at all surprising that the rebels at Pen- sacola do not attack Fort Pickens. Besides the sand batteries which the Union troops have erect- ed on Santa Rosa Island; the fort has mount | 42-pounders pounder 24-pounder: 18-pounder: nunders. OC ER HORS rererserecers oooe 198 The rebels have found a constitutional argument for their acts, ticle second of the amendments expressly declaris, that {the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” They contend that’ under this provision it is decidedly “unconstitutional” for the government to attempt to disarm them, The weekly statement of the sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals at Washington, George- town and Alexandria, made up to the 6th*fnst., shows the whole number to be nine hundred and ten, of which threo hundred and fifty belong to regiments baitiog from the State of New York. There are four hundred soldiers in the hospital at Annapolis, a few of whom are rebel prisoners. ‘The water in the Ohio river at Wheeling mea- fures but three feet, and none but the lightest boats can now cross the bars. Ex-Governor George N. Briggs, of Massachusetts, who was wounded in the face and neck about a week ago by the accidental discharge of a shot gun, died yesterday morning at nine o'clock, at Stockbridge. The taking of testimony in the case of the Wil- lett’s Point mutineers, before the Coroner, was concluded yesterday, but up to a late hour last night we had received no intelligence ag to the verdict of the jury. A report of the evidence is given in another column. To @ communication received by the Commissfon- ers of Charities and Correction from the Board of Supervisors, asking if there will be any diminution in their estimate of exponses for next year, the Commissioners replied yesterday that there will not, as they have already reduced the expenses of the department over $70,000 per annum. A com- munication from the physician of the eity prison informed them that Jeremiah Flynn, confined for murder, is suffering from phthisis pulmonalis, and recomended his removal to the penitentiary hos- pital, in the name of humanity. The number of in- mates in the several public institutions of the city at present is 8,229, a decrease of twenty-eight during last week. The number admitted last week was 2,520, and the number discharged, transferred or who died was 2,348, Tho steamer Pelican, Jones, which arrived yes- terday moring from Providence, brought on freight one hundred and two bales of cotton, Tho cotton market was comparatively tamo yesterday, large holders having to & considerable extent withdrawn from the market. Prices, however, continued firm. The sales embraced about 500 # 600 bales, closing on the bas's of about 2c. for middling upla Tho market for ship: ping grades of Stato and Western flour was firm, with the turn of the market for most grades in favor of the seller, Tho demand was fair for export and for homo use. Wheat was active and in good demand for export, chiefly for France, Good ship ping qualities were rathor firmer, while sales were Active. Corn was in good request, with free sales at full prices. Pork was more firivly held, especially mess, for which $1375 was bid, and $14 a $1412 asked; smalt sales were made at the latter figures; prime mess gold at $9 75 and at $10 for heayy or extre barrels, Sugars were again active and 3c. per 1b. higher: tho gales embraced bout 6,000 I:hds, and 1,106 boxes and 100 bh's. metado at rates given in arother column. Coffee was firmer and active, with sales of the Cavalier’s cargo of 6,500 bags Tio al 14e., and 2,500 bags do. from other cargocs nt 13ie. a 1524e.—tho latter figure was tho highest of the season, Freight engagements were moderate, while rates wore without change of importance. ‘Tremendous Revolution in State Politics in New York, , The prediction so frequently reiterated in the columns of the Heranp, within the last few months, that the stupendous uprising of the people of New York, in favor of the preserve, tion of the integrity of the Union, would prove the harbinger of an equally salutary awakening in relation to State politics, has begun to be verified. Such a tottering and downfall of the systems of treachery, violence and barbarism, which have prevailed, to a greater or less ex- tent, for nearly a quarter of a century, have com- menced, as must inevitably bury in ruins all who have co-operated to sustain them. The methodized rottenness and corruption with which party organizations of every stripe and model have become identified, will, for the first time, under the auspices of the People’s Union Convention, receive an effective check, and, in future elections combinations will be made with exclusive reference to measures and ideas, without regard for tho profligate requirements of petty demagogues, and little aspirants for place, pelfand power. Albany Regency depravity, under the rowdy misrule of Richmond, Cagger and Confidence Cassidy, will be buried in the same political grave with the fanaticism of Grevley & Co., and their unscrupulons abettors, in Tammany Hall, will have at last met with a fate worthy of their infamous antecedents. The nomination of the State ticket headed by Mr. Dickinson, settles the question of the etection in November, and it may be confidently expected that the people will adopt its policy asa pre- cedent, and that each successive year, conserva- tive candidates for office will be put forward to stem the political heresies of the hour, and cor- respond to the exigencies of the period. The impetus which was given to trade, com- merce, agriculture, manufactures and finance, by the annexation of California to the United States, together with the gigantic strides ‘that were subsequently made in the means of inter- national communication—opening markets all over the globe—resulied in such an upward bound to the already vast resources of the country, that the thoughts and energies of all who are not drones in tke national hive bécame directed, with an approsch to exclusiveness, to the acquisition or augmentation of property, and the management of affairs of State conse- quently fell into the hands of the basest and moat yenal intriguers. The result of the eulpa- ble apathy of the sound and conservative por- tion of the people, has heen nowhere so deplo- rable a8 in the State of New York. Some five or six thousand so-called “active politicians,” distributed between the metropolis and Lake Erie, living by place, and considering the money in the city and State treasury, as well as the canal patronage, to have been created for their benefit, have succeeded in establishing a close- borough cliqueism, theivon yoke of which bas been patiently borne through sheer lack of zea), perseverance and unity of action on the part of those whose duty it was to have shaken it off. est political cares and responsibilities, which right-minded, intelligent men had so im- providently cast off, have been gveedily snatch- ed at, for the sake of the power, patronage and plunder, which the possession of govern- ment gives, by such creatures as dis- graced and — stultified themselves the ether day at the Convention which was pre- sided over by Mr. Heman J. Redfield, or by their rivals of the school which oppesed the efforts of Mr. Weed’s friends in the republican | gathering, at Syracuse, on Wednesd They have both r 2d their quietus; but it vequired | a terrific shock to arouse the community at large to a sense of its dangers and wants, and perhaps nothing less than the imminent peril of losing more by secession than was gained by the Mexican war, could have galvanized the rust by which all that they should esteem of value was being eaten away. eminence*who, since the election of Mr. Lin- coln, in November last, but, more especially, since the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in April, has risen to a full appreciation of the wonderful revolution upon which the country and State has entered. While the Greeleys, Caggers and Confidence Cassidys, with their affiliates in Tammany Hall, or the Central Re- publican Committee, have remained “of the earth, earthy,” never soaring beyond the abo- lition tether or lust for spoils which has chained thom down for years, Mr. Weed seems to have understood, from the beginning, that the old platforms and party shackles had disappeared, virtually, with the very first blast of the hurri- cane, and that it would be a vain effort to en- deavor to revive them again. The action of the People’s Convention has demonstrated the correctness of his views. The popu" lar flat has gone forth in opposition, on the one hand, to secession and disunion, whether in the shape of active rebellion, or its more insidious ally, advocacy of an inglorious and dishonorable peace, but also, on the other, to everything that savors of abolition, or tends towards a violation of the guarantees of slave property provided by. the constitution. The position assumed by the People’s Convention is admirable, beyond praise. It commends itself to the patriotism and common sense of every thinking individual. It leaves democratic and republican wirepullers, hopelessly wallowing in a slough of helpless corruption, from which they never can emerge. Itstrikes a death blow at the terrorism of cliques and factions which has heretofore prevailed. It is the beginning of ® permanent emancipation of the industrial purity of the overwhelming majority against partial rottenness in the State. It will meet with a hearty response everywhere, and it is the commencement of a work, the beneficial effects of which will not end with the present year. The republican party is gone; the Chicago platform is annihilated; the democratic organization is smashed to pieces; disunion and abolition theories are condemned to equal repro- bation, and a principle is established by which electioneering machinery will be broken up as useless at the close of each yearly struggle at the polls, and new men will be brought ferward, each successive year, by the people, to repre- sent new and fresh and conservative issues that may have arisen, just as Mr. Dickinson has been selected by the Union Convention, because the prominent part he has taken in the main- tenance of national ideas since the inauguration of tho war. General Dix and Ef Kid Glove Policy With the Maryland Robels. In tho great distress of President Buchanan last winter, when he discovered that the trai- tors of his Cabinet were sinking his edministra- tion, he turned them adrift at the eleventh hour and put loyal men in their places. Thus General Dix was called to the head of the Trea- sury Department in the place of the traitor Cobb, and our readers will remember the fa- mous order of the General in regard to a reye- nue cutter at New Orleans—-to wit: “If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot’—and how that order electrified the country. At that time this war had not broken out, and the honest, conserva- tive Union men of the country were making great efforts for, and entertained strong hopes of, a compromise which would restore the se- ceded States to the Union. Hence it was con- cluded that General Dix, who had thus boldly taken the initiative for strong measures before the war, would surely be the man for strong measures in the midst of a state of war. But in this reasonable conclusion the country and President Lincoln were mist&ken. In that single point-blank shot of his rifled cannen at those revenue cutter traitors in New Orleans it appears that General Dix exhausted his stock of gunpowder. Honest Abe Lincoln doubtless appointed him to the command of the military department of Maryland under the belief that the General was a man of decision and prompt action; that when he had anything to do in the great work of suppressing this rebellion he would “not be writing and telegraphing back to Washington, but would put it through.” And this was the hope of the country. But the country is disappointed. What is the presen hold him. people into a full knowledge of the moth and | situation of Baltimore and Maryland in refer- ence to this rebellion? An extensive conspiracy of rebels is known to exist in the State and all over it; it is known that their headquariers are in Baltimore ; that they are only awaiting an invasion by the rebel forces from Virginia to light up all Maryland with the fires of civil war; to cut off all our communications with Washington, and to attack that city inthe rear. It is known that the pur- pose of the rebel Maryland Legislature, which meets in a few days, is an act of secession and a reign of secession terroz like that inaugurated by the late trailorous State authorities of Missouri; and yet, in the midst of these dangers, what do we see? We see, for instance, that while an obscure editor of a contemptible weekly secession paper at Greenport, Long Island, is seized and clapped into Fort Lafay- ette, three or four daily secession organs in Bal- timore, of the most rabid type, are permitted, without interruption, to kindle and blow into a great flame the secession combustibles around them; that these organs, with impunity, right under the nose, of General Dix, are allowed from day to day to publish information for the benefit of the enemy, and in every way to be- lie, misrepresent and scandalize the govern. ment of the United States and its great and holy cause. And why are these things permitted? We can only answer that it is because General Dix has put on his kid gloves, in order to deal gently with the fashionable rebels of Balti- more, He dpes not‘wish to give them any cause of offence; he wishes to conciliate them, when he ought to know that these Maryland se- cessionists, like all the rest, axe only laughing at his credulity. We can tell him, however, that he is in danger, and that he must act, or he may be destroyed. He must adopt the policy of Lyon and Fremont in Missouri, of grappling the.threads of this rebellion wherever they are visible, or Baltimore may soon be too hot to If Vremont were in command of Gen. Dix’s department at this crisis we have no doubt that his first act would be the suppres- sion of those Baltimore secession organs, and that his second act wowld be a proclamation | establishing martial law over Baltimore and the whole State of Me . including a special | injunction against the impending meeting of her | secession Legislature. Doubtless such a procla- | mation would be approved by three-fourths of the people of Maryland; and we submit this opinion seriously to the immediate attention of | President Lincoln and his Cabinet. Thurlow Weed is the only political leader of | The safety of Maryland {s indispensable to the safety of Washington, and the immediate proclaraation of martial law over the State will at least enable the government to discover and baffle the designs of the Maryland rebel con- spirators, as the allies of Beauregard. At all events the loyal people of the Union every- where desire the suppression of those rabid secession organs of Baltimore, or the reasons of Gen. Dix for his extraordinary indulgences to- wards them. If he cannot take off his kid gloves’ in dealing with these Baltimore traitors we want to know the reason why. Is Gen. Dix asleep? We should like to know. War on THe sberceive that recently the bitter war waged against the administration bythe republican journals of New York has cease, particularly the onslaught upon the Navy Department. It was all a family quarrel. William H. Seward’s friends desired to control the contracts of the War and Navy Departments, and were of course resisted by the heads of those departmente. Hence a war of crimination and recrimination sprung up, which was anything but edifying to the country or beneficial to the public service. It turns out that the fault of mal-administra- tion lies not so much with the heads of depart- ments as with their subordinates. For instance, in the War Department, Ripley, Meigs: and ‘Thomas, instead of expediting business, are per- fect obstructions, They are fixtures in office, having been in the receipt of pay from Uncle Sam for thirty or forty years. They are con- sequently old fogies, behind the age. They might do well enough in the past, but they are not suited to the requirements of the present, and cannot keep pace with the go-ahead energies of our young gene- rals. The same may be said of Fox and others in the Navy Department. They so retard all naval movements by red tape that they are a serious drag upon the wheels of pro- gress. Judging from Mr. Seward’s first movements, we had supposed that everything would go right in the State Department, of which ho is head. But experience has proved that the same mismanagement prevails there asin the other two departments. Instead of superintending his subordinates, he is continually following the President everywhere, and interfering not only with his important public duties, but even his family matters, Hence we can account for his letting slip the golden opportunity of writing an effective reply to the important letter of the Emperor of Russia, instead of a short formal note with nothing in it. He is keeping « sharp lookout for his own interests as regards the succession. But he might as well save himself all trouble on the subject. He will never rise astep higher than he is, and he has no more chance of being President than he has of being Emperor of France, while there are twenty young generals in the army all candidates and all of them equal in strategy to Napoleon the First. The best horse leaps the ditch. Our Tevecrary to "Ee Pactric.—By the 1st of January the telegraph to the Pacific across the plains will be completed, and thas New York and San Francisco—the two great com- morcial cities of the New World—will bein com- munication with the rdpidity of the lightning’s wing, and the Golden State and tho Empire State will cver be united in the ties of a.fra- ternal Union. Ithad been stated by the seces- sionists that California would secede, and if sho did not join the Southern States would, in con- junction with Oregon and the Territory of Wash- ington, form a Pacific republic, distinct and sepa- rate from the United States. But events have dissipated these hopes and predictions, proving that California is a strong Union State; and as goon as the telegraph is completed, a brigade, consisting of three or four regiments, will start thence for the East, following the line of the wires, in order to take part in the conflict for the preservation of the Union which is now going forward on the Mississippi, the Potomac and the Atlantic coast. If the subjugation of " the rebels should not be completed before the beginning of the new year, three or four regi- ments of the enterprising, hardy settlers of Cali- fornia must prove a valuable accession to our army. Asfor Oregon, itis equally loyal, notwith- standing the attitude of Senator Lane. Great re- liance had been placed by the secessionists on the co-operation of ex-Governor Stevens, who took such an active part at the Charleston Con- vention. But he is now Colonel of the Seventy- ninth New York regiment, in place of QOolonel Cameron, who fell at Bull run, and the regiment is now on the Potomac, ready to do battle for the Union. The Pacific States will stand firm by the government to the last, and the telegraph line to the Pacific may therefore be regarded as a highly important prise, Tre Burnixa or vue Catarixe—Tae Case tx Court.—The evidence which we published yesterday in the case of the burning of the steamer Cataline, at Fortress Monroe, while in the service of the government, is sufficiently curious. The facts brought out before the Po- lice Justice are startling; bat there are other developements behind, which, when brought to light, will probably astound the public. It is very evident, from the testimony, that there is something foul which has not yet seen the light. 'The evidence, as far as it goes, only touches the surface. This is one of the steamboats em- ployed by the Union Defence Committee, and no doubt the burning of the Cataline is’one rea- son why their accounts are still unpublished. Some of the documents were no doubt lost in the conflagration, and will never be forthcom- ing. Tie present investigation appears to be a fishing inquiry on the part of the insurance offices, the Cataline being insured for $20,000, which is said to be considerably more than she was worth. It is alleged she was wilfully burned. On Monday, perhaps, when the inves- tigation shall have been resumed, we may throw more light on the subject, Tae Exons Aristockacy Acamst THE Unrrep Srates.—The London Times and its Ame- rican war correspondent are equally savage against the cause of-the Union. The Times is the organ of the aristocracy, and indicates its wishes and ideas, and Lord Russell and Russell, LL.D., are working for the same end. The British aristocracy desire the destruction of this republic.” hey have sent out their armed vessels to, menace our coast and a large land force to menace our northera frontier. Recent intelligence informs us that twenty-two thou- sand five hundred are to be added this month to the army in Canada, making in all a force of from thirty thousand. to forty thousand men. What do the English government want with all tlig land and naval force on this side of the At- Jantic, unless to make war upon us or to intimi- date the United States government from retali- ation when the British fleet shall have found some flaw in the blockade and proceeded to raise it, or have performed some high-handed act of intervention? Forewarned is forearmed, and if with all the warnings we are now receiy- ing we shall be found napping at the last mo- ment, we deserve to pay the penalty of our folly, Eternal vigilance is the prico of liberty. Tre Graxp Jurtes Commrrmxe Bioxpers.— It appears that one of the German papers pre- sented by the Grand Jury of Westchester county is on the right aide of the question now. Whether it was on the other gide or on the fence before, Apumastation Cxasxp.—We | matters not. The presentm had he good effect of bringing out our German opntempo- rary. But Grand Juries onght to be mare earc- ful than to commit themselves by presemting’ the wrong journal, as the Westchester Grand Jury did, or a journal many years dead, as the New York Grand Jury did. They must try to keep pace with the age ; and if they look sharp in New York they may find several journals still living which deserve their attention. MILITARY AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK. DEPARTURE OF COL, DICKEL’S MOUNTED RIFLES, In our yosterday’s edition wo mentioned that this corps did not get off on Tuceday. We ascertained that such was not the case, a they loft thoircamp at Yonkors at three O'clock Tucaday, and havo arrived gafe at Camp Teutons on the Potoniac, where present. The are pe hoe a Bas aeetene 4 ins open for a short time to fill up companics not who will be forwarded at ones to Calap Teuton, 7° Me ARRIVAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SHARP- SHOOTERS. A company of New Hamp-hire Bordan Sharpshootera, numbering 101 men, under command of Captain Jones, arrived early yesterday mcrning, in the City of Boston, and proceeded immodiatoly to the camp assigned them as Weehawkon. They are at present ununiformed and carry rifles of varions Kinds, principally Hilliard and Parring- tou’s. On reaching the’Palisades at Weehawken yester- day morning, thoy pitched twenty tents and proceeded to the business of camp life with as much alacrity as possible, After remaining there for about a weok they expect to be summonod to Washington, Another com- pany from Vermout is expectot shortly. Besides the New Ham; ‘© mon, there are at presont about a dozom of the Calcium Suarpshooters at Weehawken. THE MILITARY REVOLT AT WILLETI> POINT. THE CORONSR'S INQUEST—THIRD DAY—THE JURY NOP AGREED, The inquest onthe bodies of the two soldiors of the Now York Rifles, who wero shot near the camp at Wilt fett's Point during tho affray of Monday night, was re sumed before Coroner Trunk, at Edwards’ Hotel, Flush ing, yesterday. Aremarkablo feature of the day’s pre- coodings was tho presence of three or four artillery soldiers the room to keop back tho crowd from prersing forward «0s om the previows day, when they scriously incem> moded the crowd. “The official presenco of soldiers in @ civil court in this country is a novelty, justified, perhaps, by the peculiarities of the case, ‘The Lirst wituess examinod was Dr, Charles M. Allein, who deposed to the nature of the wounds inflicted on the two deceased, evidently by Minte ritle buttets, ‘The evi- dence was principally technical, showing that the wounds wore sufficient to caage death, Lioutonant Barbotte was examined, ard his testimony in corroborated. the main points of the evidence of Sergeant Thompson aud other witnesses. His cap was produced, and tho witness testified that « bullet had passed throught it. It was ripped open in front from the peak to the crown, which wus tora neross nearly Wo the back, and again transversely to the loft side; a piece of the pastebcard stiffening of the crown, was torn away, but there is not the slightest indication of any hole throuzh which the bnilet entored o passed out, Moses Kégar Brush, the artillery sergeant, who arroste ed Captain Crasto, testified to that fact, und identified the rovolver ho fornd on the captain. Oae barrel was um loaded, tallying with the evidence of a previous witness that Captain Crasto had fired his pistol during the emente. Liout. Georgi and Colon! Legendre were recalled and interrogated respecting the names of the men who were sent to intercept the deserters, with the view of uscer-" taining who fired the volley, but the Lieutenant ony: knew the names of three of the men, and the Colonel said he ae sane the men, but bo supposed Major Smith could tell. * Captain R. Crasto was next examined. He deposed that he made up his mind to Icavo the camp about cleven o’clock on Monday aight; ho was officer of (he camp at the time; he called on his’ company to start for New York, intending to take his company before Ge- neral Yates and explain why they had left the camp ia that manner; when about two hundred yards from the guard tent he was intercepted by Lieutenant Georgi, whe ordered him to halt; be sw a squad in front and com! towards him; he was asko1 for the countersign; to demand he repliod that Lieutenant Georgi had no right to ask him for the countersign, as he (eit was the officer of the day, but that tho Licutel should himseif give the countersign; Georgi said, “It is of no uso for you to try to pass, you can't puss ines said, “I must pass, for I intend to go to New York; ‘Capt. Gasauor then spoze in a friendly manner to witness, and told him ha could not ; Licutenant Georgi them stepped forward and said, You are my prisoner, give me your sword;”” witness refused; Georg! then commanded iis men Lo ‘shoulder arms, and then. to cross bayonets; witness said, “Boys, don’t shoot anybody; if they shoot anybody, Jet thom shoot me:’? told them that as he was nob sure whether his mon’s gins were loaded or not; some more altercation took place, Georg! forbidding withess te pass, on pain of being shot; witness said he was not angry with'any ono, he ouly wahted to leave the regiment) he said, “For God’s sake, don't shcot my men, for have done nothing, if Tam wrong shoot myself,” Liew tenant Georgi said, «We will shoot you if you attempt te pass;? and then’ witness heard a grombling among Georgi's ranks, Yea, shoot bim;’” after that a pistol was firod; witness does not know from whera; he asked, “Who fired that pistol?” aman replied that it was he, but witness does not know who it was; a second after, Lient. Goorgi said, “Aim! fire,” a volley of musketry was then fired and struck.in the Witness’ ranks; turned hig head and saw ali bis fen running, and called on them to retreat in good order; he saw the flash of the musketa and heard tha whiz of the bullets; passed through the platoons and heard two or throo more shots fired after dark; he: could not see more heard afterwards that Fordi- \ Dominic Sassi, two members of his com- pany, wore killed. The wituess then deposed that the wounded men, ag they were named to him, belonged to his company. Captain Edmond Gasnuer was then examined through anJinterpreter. His evidence was merely corroborative, He'swore, however, that it was Captain Crasto who gave the order to fire. ‘The court was then cleared for deliberation, and whon the night train left at seven o'clock the jury wore not agreod. THE NINTH REGIMENT N. Y. 8. M. DEPARTURE OP A COMPANY IN PLACE OF COMPANY K. ‘Tho battery under Capt, Bunting, belonging to the Ninth regiment, having been, by order of the War Da- ched from this regiment to recruit for a place hai to bo supplied by another com- tiles ordered Lieut. E. K. Miller, of Com- pany, and C pany ©, to this city, to enliist a company, to make up the deficiency caused by Capt. Bunting’s withdrawal, Capt, Miller in a very short time succeeded in raising one hun- dred men, with whom he left. last evening to jom his regiment, at present in Major Genoral Banks! division, A. Martin Burtis, formerly. a mem- ber of the Seventh regiment, was elected Firat Lieutenant, and a son of Colonel Stiles js the Second Lieutenant. The uniform of this company (the Tenth id line) consists of jactzets of dark blue army Kersey, dark - blue government pants, designed for comfort and manu. factured in a warkmanjike manner Tho “shoddy” busts ness, a8 far as this company is concornod, was entirely mored. pie ‘Miller has baeboe', ote business in this city for the sole purpose of serving his country in its darkest hour, actuatod only by the most patriotic spirit. His compan: consists of some of our best young mon, al! of whom wil prove an honor to the service. ‘The company wont by way of railroad to Washington. THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, All recruits for this rogimant aro roquested to report at headquarters, 44 Chatham strdot, bofore twelve o'clook to-morrow (Saturday). THE MOZART REGIMENT. Licutenant Colcnel T. W. Egan, of tho Mozart regiment, hag been detailed by the govertiment to raise ono hun+ drod and fifty additional recruits for this regiment, which is now stationed at Bai‘ey’s Cross Roads, in Virginia, The hoadquarters of Colonel Egan arb at 664 Broadway. NOTICE TO RECRUITING OFFICERS. ‘Orvicn GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF BARRACKS, Ciry Hair Parr, ery i, eon Jn consequence of the numerons applications for names, location, &c., of the different recruiting oMicers In this city, it is requested that they report tho same at this office immediately. CaPt. L. D. ABELL, @. 3. B. THE WOUNDED AT WASHINGTON. Surgocn Nimian Pinckney has been placed in charge of the hospital at Washington for the, sick and wounded sailors and marines of the vessels now opersting,on the Potomac. Dr. Pinckney has Teen hf tached to the United States Navy, an selection for his present position. FETE CHAMPETRE AND RECEPTION OF THE CONTINENTAL GUARD. Last night the scene at Camp Weyman, opposite Fort Hamilton—where ;the Continental Guard, Col. Perry, have boen encamped for some time—was quite picturesque in every particular, Tho regiment {s now full, and expect to receive marching orders the early part of ‘next week. ‘The officers of the corps, in view of their early departure for the seat of war, last night gave areception torthoir friends at the camp, which was brilliantly illuminated for the occasion, A band was provided, and a platform erected for dancing, which tho company onjoyed to thel heart’s content. Some five thousand people were up’ the ground, who wero admitted by jnvitation tiekets sued by the officers of the Guard. Shortly before e o'clock the fine band stationed on the platform struck %) the “Star Spangled Banner,” which was the signal for @ cnoral illumination of all the tents in the encampment. Outside of each tent was hung a transparency, with ap propriate inscriptions, and wreaths of ever wero wound into all imaginable shapes, which {ent a rural sin- plicity to the whole affuir. ‘Tho scene at ten o'clock wag imposing and Baha ‘There conld scarcely have ‘doen lees than five thousand people on the grounds. The moon shone brightly out on the crowd, and the pint in Gompany K; Strickland, Company Lent, Company A, acted as the Committee many years at- is a most judicious on the occasion. thing off quits agreeabie ioe ‘present, nat beeing Sion ‘up until near day.