The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1861, Page 4

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The following shows the daily average circula- tion of the New Your Henatp in each week for the six weeks ending September 14, 1860, and also that of the corresponding weeks in 1861, ex- hibiting the increase of 1861 over 1860:— Week Ending 1860, 1861. Increase. August 10........ 70,660 94,992 24,332 # 17 ‘70,600 94,584. 23,984 ae ‘70,280 96,432 26,152 “ 70,205 98,832 26,627 Sept'r. 7 69,612 100,164 30,552 “ + 69,980 102,020 32,040 Increase in 1861 over 1860 in six weeks. . 163,687 The annexed shows the daily circulation on par- ticular days, as influenced by tho great events of the war:— April 14, Sunday— Attack on Sumter. . “91, Sunday— daly 22, Battle of Bull run. whack agiged ie ae 26, ai ~ teeseees . The circulation established by the above tables is greater than that of any other daily journal in the civilized world. In France the largest daily issue ever attained by a newspaper was that of ‘70,000, reached by La Presse during the Revolu- tion of 1848. The average daily circulation of the London Times is 50,000, and in times of great Political excitement it has once or twice issued 60,000—never more. That of the New Yore Heratp exceeds the circulation of all the daily newspapers of this city—morning and evening—put together. The marked increase which has taken place in it during the last few weeks proves the extent to which the trade of the city and country, paralyzed for @ time by the rebellion, is reviving. Business of ‘every sort is rapidly resuming Its wonted activity, operatives finding less difficulty in obtaining employment, and the advertising columns of the nowspapers— the best index of the times—daily exhibit, in & large progressive addition to their trade announcements, all the evidences of returning prosperity. We need scarcely point out to those who find it necessary to aid the impulse thus given to their business by more extended publicity, the advantage of advertising in the journals which have the largest number of readers: One advertisement thus published is worth a dozen distributed amongst newspapers of infericr circulation and influence. THE SITUATION. ‘The Kentucky news is still exciting. The bridge over the Rolling Fork, near Muldraugh’s Hill, has been destroyed, and the cnemy had, on Thursday Jast, broken up the position on the hill which they had fortified. General B:ckner is reported to be in command of the rebels. A general excitement prevailed yesterday, and oannon and other arms had been received in Louisville. Indiana troops were expected to help the Uni.n troops alrealy engaged. Telegraph communication South is entirely stopped, therefore nothing is accurately known of the movements of either side of tho troops. War has been declared ‘y the Legisla- ture, the Union Home Guards being placed under the charge of Brigadier General Crittenden and the troops under Ceneral Anderson, who has the supreme control of the State arms and ammuni- tion. From Lexington, via St. Louis, the intelligence is to the effect that Acting General Mulligan still held the fortifications on Wednesday, and that he had repulsed several assaults on the works made by General Price’s rebel forces. The loss of the rebels in each case was very severe. Later reports tend to confirm the above. 4 Colonel Richardson, with his regiment of Home Guards, had taken up position at Osage Bridge to resist the advance of General McCulloch’s rebels, said to be 2,000 strong, and who are reported to be approaching Jefferson City. * The news from Washington is interesting. General McClellan has ordered that there shall he no firing upon the rebel pickets except to repel their advance, or to returna fire commenced by them. This moderation does not seem to be ap- preciated by the rebels, as they have several times fired on the Union pickets since the order ‘was issued. Our Washington despatches state that General Fremont'’s military action in Missouri has given cause to the President for dissatisfac- tion. It is further stated that General Fremont will unquestionably be called personally to Wash- ington to give explanaticn thereof. A skirmish took place onthe 14th inst. near Kansas City, Mo., resulting in the death of seven ebels and the capture of six others with their Pores, &c. The rebel barracks were destroyed. ‘Bho Union loss was one wounded. Another skir- Piish, between rebel cavalry and a battalion of the First Indiana cavalry, took place near Ironton, Mo., in which two rebels wore killed, three: taken prisoners and the rest routed. Several horses and @ quantity of arms were also captured. Several slight skirmishes have taken place near General Banks’ command, the seat of contest being in Virginia. The result of each was in favor of the Union. THE NEWS. Our European files and letters by the Europa, dated to the 7thinstant, reached this city from Boston yesterday, affording copious and very in- teresting details of the news telegraphed from Halifax. The speech of Mr. Bazley, M. P.—a large Manchester manufacturer—affords the most convincing proof that England is heartily desir- ous of emancipating herself completely from a dependence on the planters of the South for cotton by cultivating an extensive colonial supply. The spinners hope that by working “short time’? they oan get along with the stock on hand until importations from sources other than America actually commence. The threatened interruption of the importation of to- bacco to France, caused by the federal blockade, presents a more serious aspect even than a dearth of cotton in England. Both England and France, however, are receding from the position of a war with the North either for cotton or tobacco. The progress of our civil contest was watched with un- abated anxiety on the ‘Continent, as will be seen from a perusal of our letters from Paris and Berlin. By the arrival of the overland express we have advices from San Francisco to the 7th inst., and interesting accounts from Oregon, Texas and the Plains. The news is very interesting. The re- turns of the California State election, which was held on the 4th inst., are incomplete, but the dis- tricts heard from establish the fact that the repub- lican ticket has been successful by a handsome plurality over the Union democrats and Breckin- ridge men, The Marshal of San Francisco had seized the ships Henry Brigham and Benefactor, owned in part by rebels. Emigrants from Texas who have reached the southern part of California state that in the former State there is no security for life and property against either Indians or rebels; that tho Union men are disarmed and powerless; that the loyal citizens re- quire only arms and assistance from the govern- ment to bring the rebels to a terrible retribution. From Oregon it is stated as a fact beyond dispute that the whole region embraced between the Cas- cades ant Rocky Mountains is one vast gold fleld, only requiring developement to revolutionize the social and business relations of the entire Pacific coast. There isan immense emigration going on from the Western to the Pacific States this season, amounting to between twenty-five and thirty th< u- sand persons. The overland express, with San Francisco news to the 11th inst., has also arrived. “The steamer which sailed on that day for Panama took $1,090,- 000 in treasure. The United States District Attorney has secured another condemnation of a vessel for fitting out with intention to proceed upon a slave voyage. The forfoiture of the bark Sarah was announced in the Hzratp some weeks ago. We have now to chronicle the condemnation of the Augusta, which Mr. Smith seized in July, and brought to trial in August. The Augusta was announced fora whaling voyage, but some suspicious circumstances led ‘to an investigation, which resulted in stripping off the alleged disguise, notwithstanding that she was closely assimilated in her equipment to a fair trading vessel. An immense and enthusiastic mass meeting of our citizens was held last evening in the Cooper Insti- tute to give renewed expression to their determi- nation to uphold the Union, and at the samo time to ratify the nominations made by the Convention of the Union People’s party at Syracuso on the 10th and 11th inst. Among the speakers was the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson. When he declared, in tones of fiery eloquence, that, although he was politically opposed to the President and his admin- istration, he would rather cut off hisright arm than cast an obstacle in the way of their crushing the rebellion, the sentiment was hailed and endorsed by the immense audience with vociferous ap- plause. His denunciations of the ‘‘miscreant peace party’? were received in a similar manner, and when he said that the President should not only have suspended the habeas corpus, but should also have suspended some of the apologists of the rebellion, there was one universal shout of appro- bation. Some attempts were made by the poli- ticians to get the control of the meeting, but they failed signally. The democratic secession ticket of this State may now be considered fairly in the field. The State Central Committee have put Marshall B. Champlain for Attorney General in place of Lyman Tremaine, who declined on Union grounds, and William Williams for State Treasurer in place of Francis C. Brunck, who also declined for the reason that he was too much of a Union man to swallow the platform of the seces- sion democracy. All the candidates, with the ex- ception of George F. Comstock, who is nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals, have signed a letter of acceptance, in which they declare that they will contribute in future their earnest efforts in sustaining the President in the prosecution of the war at all hazards, and at any cost of blood and treasure. Taken as a whole, the letter is about of a piece with the dem.cratic platform which was adopted at the recent Syracuse Convention. They talk like men that have a bad cause, and are con- scious that they are going to be wofully beaten. Business still continues very dull down at the Custom House. Mr. George Brown, an entry clerk of nearly thirty years’ standing, was dismissed yes- terday on account of representations being made to the C-llector that he was a secessionist. The charge is believed to be a malicious one, as Mr. Brown has always been taken for a strong Union man, and was acknowledged to bo one of the most efficient clerks in his department. The Port Surveyor is on the look out for several vessels lying at this port and said to be owned at the Sonth. The names and all particulars will be pub- lished as soon as the seizeres are effected. Two changes have been made in Jeff. Davis’ bo- | gus confederacy Cabinet since its formation on the 6th of March last. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Vir- ginia, has been made Secretary of State in place of Robert Toombs, of Georgia; and Braxton Bragg, of Louisiana, has succeeded Leroy P. Walker, of Alabama, as Secretary of War. The Cabinct as now formed is as follows:— Secretary of State—Robert M. T. Hunter, of Vir- ginia. Secretary » Le i of South Baise Peds cag emmninger Secretary of War—Draxton Bragg, of Louisiana. Secretary of the Navy—stephen R. Mallory, of Florida. Postmaster General—John H. Reagan, of Texas. : irre ent General—Judah P. Benjamin, of Loui- 8 je The number of sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals at Washington and Georgetown is di minishing very fast. The following figures will show the number remgining on the 13th inst., the date of the last report, and also the number that were discharged cured during the previous seven days:— N.Y. Reg'tt. Whole Number. 50 91 September 6. 0 September 13. 224 792 Discharged cured, 26 8 The House of Representatives of Kentucky have ordered a committee of thirteen to be appointed by both Houses to prepare a bill to provide for the calling of a National Convention to consider the misfortunes of the nation, with a view to their per- manent settlement, based on constitutional pro- visions, mutually forgiving the wrongs of the past and assuring good fellowship in tho future. Also a ee emer ee + NEW YORK. HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1861. hill ealling on both sections for an armistice of ninety days, to give time to consider these propo- sitions and to provide for a joint commission. Parson Brownlow, of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig, says he has not changed his sentiments in regard to the heresy of secession, but that he has come down a peg or two, because, being unarmed, he has not the courage to meet in open combat eleven States fully uniformed and ona war footing. The Memphis Appeal thus notifies Kentuckians of the purpose of the rebels regarding the State:— “The South needs Ker territory, and must have it, though at the price of blood or conquest.’? James Whiteford, a wealthy merchant of Balti- more, and John Bosley have been indicted by the Grand Jury of that city for treason. Whiteford is Out on $40,000 bail, and Bosley isin prison, being unable to give security in $20,000. Contrabands in droves are fleeing from Missour; through Kansas to Nebraska. Whon they are known to be the property of Union men they are arrested and sent back; but when they escape from secessionists they are helped along on their journey. The tax levy was adopted by the Supervisors at their meeting yesterdaY, and the Board adjourned to Tuesday next. The ground taken by Supervisor Blant, in opposition to the retrenchments proposed by Supervisors Ely and. Purdy, was sustained by a vote of 8tod. After a prolonged and stormy de- bate, this test vote was taken on Supervisor Ely’s motion to strike out so much of the appropriation for the Hackley street cleaning contract ($30,000) as had not been earned during the suspension and litigations on that matter—a large sum being on this account withheld by the Comptroller. The levy was then read in detail, and a-sum of estimated deficiencies of three per cent added, in conformity with the recommendations of the Comptroller. Although the head of the Strect Department had recommended a large reduction as expedient in his section of the levy, the recommendation could not be carried out without the co-operation of the Finance Department. The levy as now adopted is as follows :— For State purposes................04 $2,108,635 32 For county purposes and police. For support of city government. Three per cent for deficiences. .. Total..... fe + sis ain edisk cg dabeosn $11,627,632 28 The tax levy has therefore been increased in- stead of diminished, only two of the Supervisors, Purdy and Ely, voting against its final adoption in this form. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was heldlast evening at five o’clock. After the usual routine business had been gone through a letter was read from Mr. Gustavus W. Smith, tendering his resignation as Street Commissioner. Mr. Shepherd F. Knapp was neminated as his succes- sor, and after a short discussion the nomination was ratified by a majority of the Board. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Sa- rah Vanderpool, who was indicted fora felonious assault upon Emma Lewis, pleaded guilty to as- sault and battery, and was sent to the penitentiary for ene year. John Hartnet, an old man, was tried for attempting to kill Martin Garraty, at 51 Mulber- ry &treet,on the 8th of July. The parties had a scuffle, and while Garraty was on his face Hartnet struck him twice with an axe, which produced a wound upon the head. The defendant proved an excellent character, which no doubt modified the verdict, the jury convicting of an assault with a dangerous weapon with intent fo do bo- dily harm. He was remanded till Monday. Catherine Williams, who was charged with robLery in the first degree, in stealing a $20 gold piece from John B. Machie, @ returned volunteer, at a lodgi:ig house on ‘the Five Points, on the 21st of August, was convicted of “larceny from the per- gon.’’ This is an offence recently created by an act of the Legislature, for which, upon conviction, the sentence is the same og for grand larceny. Louis Minet was jointly indicted for the same offence, but he demanded a separate trial. The jury had not agreed upon a verdict at a late hour in the afternoon. The Grand Jury brought in a large batch of indictments, among them a bill for murder in the first degre against James Gallagher for killing his wife. The accused pleaded not guilty, and his trial was seb down for next week. The-will of Jacob Aims has been submitted to probate. His estate, though large, is distributed exclusively among his relatives, The Agricultural Fair at Framingham, Mass., closed on the 19th inst. The crops of the State were represented as follows:—Grain good, corn extra good, grapes short, vegetables fine, apples searce and poor, peaches and plums a failure. The French steam yacht Jerome Napoleon will depart this morning, via Long Island Sound. The steamer Wamsutta, of the New Bedford line, was yesterday morning towed to Mr. Webb’s ship yard, for the purpose of being turned into a gunboat. The cotton market was quict yesterday and without animation, while prices were somewhat nominal, at 213¢c, @ 22c. for middling to strict middling uplands, Thesales, in small lots, footed up about 200 a 300 bales. Flour was again firmer, and, with light receipts, prices again ad- vanced from 6c. to 10c. per bbl., chiefly for good to ship ping grades of State and Western. Wheat was firmer especially for good shipping lots, and the market wag active and closed at an advance of 2c. to 3c. per bushel, Corn was firmer and from 1c. to 2c. higher, especially for good shipping lots of Western mixed. Pork was firm, with sales of moss at $14 50 and at $14 75 for full weight bbis.; prime was at $9 75.9 $10 50. Sugars were again mo!ado, and 3,000 bags Pahia, on terms given in another column. Coffee was firm, with sales of 2,000 bags Rio on the spot, and 2,800 do. per Cora, toarrive, on terms given elsewhere. Freights were sustained in rates, while engagements wero moderate, Asortrion Seprrion Crorrixe Ovr ar Sino Sina.—The New York Times gives a report of a “grand Union rally at Sing Sing,” at which a Mr. Nelson H. Baker made a speech, declaring that “if Lincoln opposed Fremont he would be opposed to Lincoln;” and it appears that this declaration 80 “electrified” the audience that “it was some minutes before Mr. Baker could proceed.” This threat of Mr. Baker is worthy of notice, from the fact that so many other abo- litionists have declared or indicated the same purpose, as to menace an abolition conspiracy against the administration. Are these things to go on with impunity? We think not. Let our abolition disorganizers be warned in time, that in “giving aid and comfort to the enemy” they are guilty of treason. Corron ror Evrope.—The government is now organizing, and has, perhaps, partly despatched several military and naval expeditions against the South, employing in the aggregate about one hundred and fifty thousand men and three thousand ships of war and transports. With this large force the Southern cotton crop will be seized at the different depots, when itis ready for market, and the government will have «bout 2,000,000 bales, by the first of January next, for export to England and France. There is no necessity, therefore, for European nations | to quarrel with us about the cotton supply. We shall be ready to let them have all the cot- on they want by the time they require it. Tur Canat, Commissioxersurr.—Certain re- publican wirepullers are industriously circulat- ing the fable that the Hon. Frederick A.” Tall- madge has signified his intention of withdraw- ing from the people’s ticket in favor of Mr. Bruce. This rumor is wholly false. Mr. Tall- | madge will not only ran in November, but will | be elected by an ovewhelming majority. firm and active, with sales of about 8,600 hhds., 160.do, |* The Charges Against Gencral Fremont. In another column we reprint a curious letter, published in the National Intelligencer, touching the career of General Fremont in Missouri. The communication is vouched for by the editor as proceeding from “a citizen of Missouri, well known to him for his intelligence and his proved loyalty to the government.” The accusations in this letter are in the form of queries, but with an affirmative signification, and embodying the charges formally made to the President and his Cabinet against General Fremont in con- nection with his military command in the De- partment of the West. These charges are: that Fremont, having at his disposal sixty thousand troops in and around St. Louis, lost time and labor in fortifying that city, which needed no defence, and at the same time kept this splendidly equipped body of men idle about him, while brave Lyon was sacrificed for want of a reinforcement of 5,000 men; and his noble little army, after great loss, com- pelled to retreat from the field on which it was victorious. And this’ disaster was sustained while there were two regiments at Rolla, with no enemy to check or subdue, and while a fleet of boats left St. Louis “for Cairo, one of them being only burthened with the General and his suite, though it has been alleged in his excuse that there was no,means of transporting troops to the aid of Gen. Lyon. Owing to the failure of Gen. Fremont to send him reinforcements, the grand object of his expedition to the Southwest—the possession of the Granby lead mines—was lost, and the rebels, who weré greatly in want of lead, were permitted to se- cure as much of that mineral as will enable them to carry on the war for years. Further, it appears that thirty thousand Confederate troops held half of the State, and ravaged the great and fertile valley of the Osage, while sixty thousand Union troops were unemployed at the very elbow of General Fremont, and only wanted his order to sweep on the foe swift as the eagle to his prey. When General Fremont reached St. Louis the rebels were whipped out of the State, and the railroads and rivers were in the control of the Union troops. How is all this changed now! | It is further charged that General Fremont is inaccessible to the most important men in the State who seek interviews with him on offi- cial and military business, such as colonels of regiments, members of Congress and influential citizens, who, after waiting for three days, and sometimes for a week, are compelled to leave without an audience. . It appears that the Gene- ral is surrounded by a band of officials who will permit only such men to approach him as they think proper. These charges, which resolve themselves either into incompetency or treachery, or some ambitious scheme apart from the service which Fremont undertook to render and is bound by every obligation to perform, are sufficient, if true, to authorize the removal of a better gene- ral. For our own part we regard Mr. Fremont as a brave, well meaning man. But if the charges are established they are fatal to the idea of his eapacity for generalship, and the sooner he is removed the better, and a man of greater calibre placed in his important post. It is reported that Lexington has been cap- tured by a superior force of rebels, while Union reinforcements were on the way which might have been sent forward long before, as it was announced for several days that General Price was on his way to Lexington, and it was known that he had invested it two or three days before he made the assault. Now, Lexington is.on the bank of the Missouri, and is easily accessible from St. Louis, either by that river or by the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. Why rein- forcements were not sent in time we leave General Fremont to explain, together with the other charges against him. If these accusations should be proved to the satisfaction of the Cabinet, the fact would go far to explain Mr. Fremont’s unauthorized and ill-advised proclamation. It is known that he is surrounded by aset of scamps and adven- turers from California—a circumstance which in itself, certainly, does not argue much for his wisdom or strength of mind. Assuming that the charges are well founded, it is highly pro- bable that they counselled him to issue his abo- lition proclamation in order to divert public attention by raising a new issue, and to gain popularity with tf® radical republicans at the expense of the government. Their object’ is to make him the next President of the whole United States, if possible; or, if the war should fail to restore the Union, to make him Presi- dent of the Northern half of it; and if that cannot be accomplished to make him President of the West, for we have the authority of Mr, Vallandigham for saying that if the South should finally be separated from the North the Wegt'shall be separated from the East; andvit is intimated that the friends of Fremont have already carved out for him a Western military republic, similar to the design of Sam Houston in the South. But if they rely upon his proclamation they will find themselves wo- fully mistaken. The President has already taken the wind out of his sails by his short and plain letter, and has rallied around him the conservative elements of the South and the North, including the whole democracy and the moderate republicans. As for the abolitionists, the best thing that could befall the President is to get rid of them forever. They are only a nuisance, which must be abated, and a dead weight like a millstone round the neck of the Union cause, dragging it down to perdition. If Mr. Fremont should not be fully exonerated from the charges against him let him go by the board. No element of distraction can be tole- rated. The cause must have unity, and cannot afford to be made subservient to personal inte- rests. Insubordination must be crushed at all hazards, and the simple objdct of the war must be held steadily in view by all who are en- gaged in it—to restore the Union as it existed before hostilities began. That is the only war that can have a prosperous issue. Squiruine or Our Apowtrionists.—The penny Sun, of New York, now in the hands of an abo- lition clique, denounces the President's disap- proval of General Fremont’s emancipation pro- clamation as disclosing “the moral inconsis- tency and weakness of the President in a stronger light than has been supposed or re- presented.” This abolition befogged Sun, how- ever, passed its meridian long ago, and, from present appearances, it will soon set under a total eclipse. If they feel called upon to de- nounze Mr. Lincoln to-day as guilty of “moral inconsistency and weakness,” and as a “tempo- rizing President” “terrified into an amazing committal” to the enemies of the Union, it is possible that to-morrow these abolition disor- ganizers of the Sun may boldly take the high road to Fort Lafayette. tion, Oficers, Equipment, dic. before our readers yesterday what we consider a very instructive and valuable com- pilation of the rebel armies of the South, their divisions and sub-divisions, their officers, equip- ment and distribution, from Manassas to Mis- souri and Arkansas, and from Norfolk to Texas. This schedule is the result of our careful sav- ings for many weeks of numerous items of in- formation from Southern official and other well informed sources, reaching us from time to time through the lines of that rigid embargo which exists between the two sections of the Union: We are sure that these statistics have very much interested, edifled and astonished the general reader, and we are inclined to think that they will be useful to our government, and some- what surprising to our Southern newspaper co- temporaries, as an example of persevering in- dustry.” In lookingover this extensive army catalogue of two hundred and ninety thousand rebels in active service, the loyal Union man of the North, who is aware of the hundreds of millions of money and immense manufacturing labors which have been required to arm and equip the ferces of the Union in the field, will be em- barrassed to account for these multitudinous armies of the South, raised by a spurious government, without money or credit, and from a combination of States hitherto al most wholly dependent upon the North and upon foreign nations for all their manufac- tured articles, from their hats to their shoes, and from their carriages and harness to the very hoes with which they cultivate their cotton. How are we to account for these great Southern armies, with all these indispensable external supplies cut off by the existing blockade by land and sea? To answer as briefly as we can, we reply that for many months, and, indeed, for some years before the outbreak of this re bellion, the conspirators had arranged not only the bagging an invaluable list ofarsenals, mints navy yards, forts, cannon, small arms, ammu nition and materials of war of all kinds, but they had instructed the people of the South to lay in an extraordinary stock of goods ofall descriptions, and to the full extent of Southern cash and credit in the North. Upon these sup- plies, eked out by the scanty factories, family looms and village workshops of the revolted States, this rebellion has been armed and equipped for its suicidal struggle for aSouthern confederacy. Thus we find that while this Southern rebel- lion has. fortified and armed itself from its seizures of United States property and money its materials of equipment have béen largely de. rived fromextraordinary purchases of Northern goods. Of course the’ revolted States, devoted almost exclusively to agriculture, have foundno serious difficulty in feeding their armies, except in the important item of transportation. In this item, however, they have been considerably embarrassed, for his deficiency in wagons has doubtless had as much to do in holding Beaure- gard at Manassas as the strong Union fortified camps of the Potomac. But in the equally im- portant item of clothing the rebels will soon be falling short. In fact, if they fail to make a lodgment in Washington or Maryland, and fail to get our blockade broken up before Decem- ber, it is altogether probable that these nume- rous Southern armies will rapidly fall to pieces for lack of clothing. Hence, let us hope that the backbone of this rebellion will even yet be broken before the regular meeting of Congress. We need not be in any hurry for a great deci- sive battle, when it is thus apparent that by delay and skilful side operations, we can win the day without one. We gain by de- lay, and in proportion to our gain is the ene- my’s loss. If they must fight or fall back from Washington, we can wait where we are, upon gur chosen ground, until they make their election, : There is aitother remarkable feature in this rebellion upon which we may submit a word or two, The managing chiefs of this great conspiracy have nearly all been shoved aside and superseded by new men. In all'great revolutionary enterprises few of those sowing the seed have eaten the bread of their labors. And so the Rhetts, the Yanceys, tle Slidells, the Masons, the Spratts, the Browns, the Greens, the Gwins, the Cobbs, the Thomp- sons, and Floyds, and Wises, and Pryors, and all that galaxy of Southern leaders and fire- eaters involved in the shaping of the programme of this rebellion, from the secession experiment about California, of 1851, down to the bombard- ment of Fort Sumter, are now holding hack seats in the Southern temple, when they all ex- peeted to be among the chief priests and scribes. Jeff. Davis, to be sure, is a Provisional Presi- dent; but even his glory is eclipsed by that of Beauregard, who was but the other day an ob- scure subordinate officer in the United States army. Now, he and other army officers, late of a secondary rank, lord it over the prostrate politicians who founded this experimental Southern Utopia. They are overshadowed and manacled by a military despotism. The gov- ernment of the United States had no offices te give them large enough for their self-conceit. They would have an independent Southern con- federacy—they would be the masters of it—and now behold their humiliation. Wise and Floyd are reduced to more bush fighters; Slidell and Mason, and Cobb and Thompson are among the outsiders; Yancey is in exile, and poor Pryor is the subordinate of some military master among the swamps of Norfolk. Let us hope that before long the whole batch of civilians and warriors, great and small, trai- tors and dupes, committed .to this great rebel- lion, will be subject to the judgment of the good government they have so foolishly under- taken to destroy. So mote it bel AFTER THE War.—At the conclusion of this war we shall have in the field over three hun- dred thousand veteran soldiers; and our navy will comprise over five hundred ships of war, and we shall have a naval brigade of about fifty thousand men. Let European governments be careful, then, how they treat us during the con- tinuance of this war, for when we have settled our domestic troubles the slightest word of in- sult or provocation may let loose upon Canada and Cuba this terrible force, and sweep the last vestige of monarchical rule from this continent. Apotmmionisa at THR Nonra.—The abolition. ists at the North could never number more than five hundred thousand voters out of an aggre- gate vote of three and a half millions. Mea” sures are now being taken to weed out the abo lition element of all parties from the conserva” tive, and when that result is accomplished let the Abolitionists expect that punishment which their enormities have long merited. MOVEMENTS OF PRINCE NAPOLEON. piiebenadnsetirtir His Departure Delayed Until To-day—He Visits the Navy Yard and Custom House—Serenade in the Evening: ‘The visit of his Imperial Highness the Prince Jerome Napoleon to this country seems to be fraught witha great deal of pleasure, and he appears determined to seo whatever is to be seen. ‘The programme , as arranged for the movements of the imperial party, was not carried ot asoriginally intended, and the expected departure form ‘Boston was postponed until to-day, By eight o’clook yesterday morning the imperial party had already partaken of a bountiful breakfast, and half an hour later were on tho way to the yacht lying off the Battery, where everything was arranged to Teceivethem. The reason of the postponement was that Commodore Breese, the commander of the Navy Yard, ‘had extended an invitation to the Prince and euite to pay ‘® visit to that institution, which was accepted. A little after twelve o’clock, noon, the Prince, attended by Capt. Du Buisson, commander of the imperial yacht, and one of his officers, embarked on the deauti. fol little propeller attached to the vessel ag tender, and steamed around the Bat_ tery in majestic style. The crew of this little eraft consists of the engineer, coxswain and asailor. ‘The boat is covered by an awning, stretching as far as the smoke- ‘he receiving ship North Carolina, and at that moment the French flag was run upon the main. His Imperial Highness landed on the dock, almost opposite the re- coiving ship, where he was received by Commodore Sam- uel L, Breese and Captains Meade and Almy. ‘The Commodore greeted the Princo in French, which the old veteran speaks with fluency. The usual compli- Jnents having been paid the illustrious visiters were es- corted to the storehouse, the bakery and the shipyards, After this Commodore Breese invited his guests to his residence, where a luxurious collation was partaken of. The band attached to the North Carolina was stationed atirrng airs while the. distinguished wiallre rogaod soul-si wi vi themselves inside. After a stay of Sheds ates tome the Prince was again taken charge of by his entertainers and escorted around to the Arsenal and othor places. At the yard everything was, bustle and exc! The arrival of the imperial party happening in the dinner hour, the hundreds of mechanics ei:aployed in the were anxious to have a view of the Prince, and I~ ingly returned from their dinner sooner than usual, In front of the Marine Barracks two companies of marines, in command of Major Brevoort, were drawn in lime to receive his Highness, while opposite ‘them, from the gate to the Lyceum, the workmen stationed themselves in a row, respectfully ‘awaiting the arrival of ‘incely Y. was Bu] and his cor Age a ie eg carr ant main gate. The workmen, however, were sadly disap- pointed, as the visiters did not come that way, and hav- i to dock, before coming to the Commodore’s house, and the bell having tolled one o’clock, the men wero bed oe ha return to their labor without haying had the satisfaction of behold B sent Frnt, ites tne mips eee were thoroughly inspected, \- porial ighnoes aiid escort returned to their little vessel, upon,which they ro-embarked to come'to. Now York. On the Brevoort had his battalion drawn and as the princely party passed the marines presented pressed himself highiy pleased With what he sav, and with wi saw, ess vax pom ee - = compuete and ractical arrangemen lepartment. . From the Navy Yard the Prince sailed to the plor foot of Wall etreet, where he and his escort disembarked and to the Custom House, by previous invitation of Rarney, jolt hee thes a o’clock, Hiram Barney, |.» Peceive visiters and conducted thom through all the as ho went the put, and the different acted in each room. The a few ‘paces behind dently noticing all the of the building with a curions and critical nl and Con stopping to question Mr. Barney an, attracted his notice. In iat mene the main hall of the buil he a ys gee i- dently much and interested with below. No ono in the bullding know of his he appeared among them, Sod with tho excopiion. of aft blue lights were kept burning for « considerable period. ‘The seronading party, led by Signor Mu: from pier No. 1 North tire atend past ten o'clock, on & Steamboat, and on yacht com- menoed tht i 5 F }. Overture Massaniello—auber. 9. Princess Clothilde Waltz—Sig. Muzio. 10. Garibaldi Rataplan—Sig. Muzio. Non. 7,9 and 10 are the compositions of Signor Mugio, the Prince Napoleon Polka” and ‘Princess Clothilde Walt” having beou written by that artist expressly for the occasion. The night selected for the sérénade could not have been withed to be better. The full moon shining out in her‘full radiance, and the waters of the Hudson calmly, numerous lights flashing aboot the Im) yacht—all this combined made the scene very interest- ing. The gentle breeze from due south—or e little southwest—wafted the meledies ageeyeires thus afford- ing numerous persons gathered on iors an opportu- nity of enjoying the princely serenade, ‘The music was, as @ matter of course, of the very best, infact it could not be otherwise when Signor’ Music handles tho baton and has the selection of his per- formers. Numerous parties of lad! and gentlemen engaged rowboats on the Battery and the piers of the North river to listen to the sweet strain of the band, thus embracing the opportunity of spending a pleasant hour on the water on a moonlight night. At twelve o’clock the serenade was not yet finished, and undoubtedly the seronading party was invited aboard the yacht. Whether the band performed any more after the programme was finished we have no means of know- ing, as the writer of this left at thathour. From the preparations going on aboard the yacht during the day, it is evident that his Imporial Highness was greatly with the compliment, and when he arrives again at his home in Ja belle France, he will not have an of saying that Americans aro not a hospitable people, or of 83) at ericans are, a understand honoring a nobleand distinguished stranger. ‘Tae Conogrr at Parg Tus Artrrnoox.—If the clerk of the weather permits there will be a rich treat in store for the halitues of Central Park this afternoon. Dodworth’s Band has boen engaged for the occasion, and, judging from the annexed programme, visiters cannot fail to bo pleased with the prospoct.. The music will com- mence at four o'clock precisely. PROGRAMME—PART I. 1. Overture to Zampa, $ “Miegretio Boherso, trom eyeiphemy, in: 7 . \erZO, 8, Russian National Hymn. mL 9. Brandon Medley... 10. Fantasia, from ‘ who ev! ree crend sentiments by froqusat and- eithualeabte New York Canal Navigation. zi 20, 1861. One hundred and twenty canal boats, to tide water, passed Fultonville yesterday. City Intelligence. A Dancerovs Expermenr.—Sergeant Lord, of the Sani- tary squad of polico, made a deacent yesterday upon six- teen cases of percussion cartridges, which were stored in a private dwelling in First avenue, near Eleventh street. The owner of the property, it appears, had the combustibles removed from his store down town in order 4 and knowing that an explosion in euch be thiekly Cetera ji they: resolved we: soles up “the Pst bead oon will, im all , be