The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1861, Page 4

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No. - Buntxsavs, Soncs, DaNces, 40.—Buluaso set af, Sitnieee On wor "ARISIAN CABINET OF WONDI ray SUpen daly from 10A. BE UH O Fak ee 6S Browdway, NATIONAL MUSIC HA’ QuKS, Songs, Dances, &c Lathan street.—Bornas- QUERADE Bau, MELODEON, Brooklyn, SONG: o Buaixsauns, ‘s, Dances, Paxtowins, New York, Friday, November 29, 1861. THE SITUATION. ‘The naval and military expedition, which com- menced its career so gloriously by the capture of Port Royal, has made another splendid stroke by the occupation of Braddock’s Point, the most southern portion of Hilton’s Head Island and Tybee Islend, commanding the entrance to Savannah. To this point a portion of our ‘stone fleet’ from New London are now hastening, and we may look for- ward to the complete blockade of all the e ranees to Savannah in a few days by the effectual | blockade of the channels by our sunken | whalers. The map which we publish to-day and the editorial comments upon the recent move- ment on the mouths of the Savannah river will ex- plain ia the most complete manner the object and importance of this expedition. Savannah may be considered henceforth as of no importance to the South as a port. It is to be presumed that the work thus com- menced by the government will be followed up district of this State, will also be vacant, Mr. Ely being a prisoner at Richmond. James F. Wilson will represent the First district of Iowa, in place of Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis, resigned, and Samuel Hooper, elected in the Fifth district of Massachusetts, will take the place of William Ap- pleton, resigned. Hlijah H. Norton and John W. Reed, both of Missouri, and now in the rebel army, will probably be expelled, as will also the arch traitor H. C. Burnett, of Kentucky. Charles J. Biddle will fill the vacant seat of the Second dis- trict of Pennsylvania, and three or four new mem- bers will make their appearance from the loyal sections of Virginia. The delegates from seven of the eight Territories have been chosen, and will also appear in the House at the opening of the session, The Canal Zouave regiment is filling up very fast. Owing to the near approach of the close of canal navigation, the recruiting offices at West Troy are doing a flourishing business. It was generally known that the camp followers of General Price’s rebel army consisted of ex- Governor Claib. Jackson and a few of the secession members of the late Missouri Legislature. When a safe halting place was obtained these camp fol- lowers got together at Neosho, and passed an ordi- nance seceding the great State of Missouri, with over one million two hundred thousand inhabitants, from the Union, handing it over to Jeff, Davis & Co., and selec a couple of rebels named John B. Clark and . Y. Peyton to represent her people in the Confederate Senate. With these pro- ceedings the credit tor being supremely followers went furs! in & novelty—sometiing never before heard ef in this country. Having called themselves a legisla- tive body, they picked a number of rebel adventu- rers out of Price’s army, and elected them to represent the various Congressional districts of the State in the bogus House of Representatives, the members of which are to assemble at Nashville on the 18th of February next. These are the men who talk the loudest about adhering strictly to constitutions and obeying the laws. The municipal election in Portsmouth, N. H., which took place on the 26th instant, resulted in the success of the republican ticket. For Mayor, William Simes, republican, received 591 votes; John R. Redding, democrat, 381, and Jeremiah Johngon, National Union, 34. The Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad Company, of which David Tod, the newly elected Governor of Ohio, is President, has refused to allow the Cleve- land Herald to be curried on the road, on account of its secession sentiments. Louis P. Harvey, republican, is elected Governor of Wisconsin, over Benjamin Ferguson, democrat, by upwards of 8,000 majority. In another column we give an abstract of the will of the late Francis Jackson, of Boston, who appears to have been an abolitionist of the Garri- sonian school. He leaves one hundred dollars each to a number of nigger enthusiasts for their own personal benefit. He grants funds to be used for the purpose of purchasing public sentiment in favor of putting an end to negro slaver} two thousand dollars to help runaw; their journey; and he places in the hands of Wen- dell Phillips, Lucey Stone and Susan B, Anthony Ifive thousand dollars, to be expended in an en- deavor to procure the passage of laws granting women the right to vete and to hold office. This ast devisatory clause will open a small field for lobbyists. Moses D. Gale, Esq., the present Clerk of the Marine Court, was unanimously reappointed by the Board of Supervisors at their last meeting, and the bar are much pleased at his retention in office. Mr. Gale is an efficient public officer, and has held the position of Clerk of the Marine Court for nine years. The deputy clerks will be retained by him. A mass of copper, weighing six thousand six hun- dred pounds, from the Evergreen Bluff mines, ar- er with ‘They threw until every port in the South is barricaded and all communication with the sea cut off. The War Department is hourly expecting the announcement from General Sherman that he has taken possession of the rebel fortifications com- manding the entrance to St. Helena Sound, about fifteen miles north of Port Royal, and commanding the outlet of the Coosaw and Combahee rivers, ‘thus securing entire control of all the approaches from the ocean to the cluster of sea islands, and affording another avenue for a movement towards the interior of South Carolina. Affairs on the Lower Potomac look encouraging, The rebels are already falling back from the river. before the advance of the Union forces. They hardly offer resistance to the passage of our ves- sels. Many have come up within the last twe days, loaded with coal to such an extent as to lower the price in that article from ten to seven dollars. ‘The Reliance came up to the Navy Yard from Indian Head yesterday evening. Captain Ham- mond reports that just before he left, at half-past one o'clock, @ heavy fire was opened from the rebel batteries at Shipping Point. Three or four shots had been fired while his ship was within sight and hearing. Nothing could be ascertained in regard to the object the rebels were firing at, 9 no vessel appeared beyond Stump Neck. The Constitution, with the advance guard of General Butler's expedition, left Hampton Roads on Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock, for her destination southward. Our news from Missouri represents Ben McCul- loch at Springfield, with 4,000 men; General Rains at Sarcoxie, with 7,000, on Friday last, hastening to join him, and General Price at Pineville on the game day. The schooner John N. Genin, Captain Safford, which arrived here yesterday from Ship Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi, reports the forti- fication at that place finished, the guns mounted: and a force of one hundred and fifty men from the different blockading ships are detailed to work the guns. THE NEWS. The first regular session of the Thirty-seventh Congress will commence in Washington on Monday next. Nothing will prevent the members from entering at once upon the business which the country demands st their hands, as both houses rived at Detroit on the 23d inst. The debt of the city of Philadelphia amounts to $18,532,400. The Satanic Spirit of Revolution in Re- bellion Against the Government. However reprehensible the conduct of Gene- ral Fremont and of his abolition partisans may have been previous to his removal from the mili- tary command of the Western Department, it has gradually been becoming of more dangerous significance, since. The avidity with which the anti-slavery faction, in all parts of the North, but especially in this city, St. Louis and Cincin- nati, have seized upon the occasion of his being superseded, to vilify, malign and calumniate the patriotic Chief Magistrate of the country, and dampen the energies of those who are en- gaged in the loyal work of suppressing rebel- lion, would of itself be sufficient to call forth the reprobation and disgust of good citizens; but it is still more deplorable to perceive that General Fremont himself takes no step what- ever to discountenance the revolutionary spirit which uses his name as a pretext, and makes it an instrument of rendering indirect aid and comfort to the cause of treason. Resolutions were passed at the meeting in Cincinnati, on the 23d inst., so denunciatory of the President, and of a constitutional prosecution of the war, that their authors should have attracted the instant notice of the United States authorities. “Imbecile administration;’ ‘wretched and despicable standards raised by pigmy generals, who have gone out warm from under the wing of the administration;” “all lowest depths are possible with this admin- istration; “Halleck’s first words were a lie, his second an order to betray the country;” “ mean, malignant, infernal, fit for a place in the asylum for idiots;” “the infamous, crawling, sneaking policy of the President;” “the policy of the administration will be swept away or else itself; such are only a few, and not the most vindictive of the expressions used by the orators of the occasion, in exhorting Fremont to “raise a higher standard than the Stars and Stripes, or stars and bars,” in revolt against the federa; government. And yet General Fremont him. self, instead of opening the flood gates of indig- nation, and pouring forth the wrath of an honest, injured man at such use of his name endorses by his silence these infernal sentiments. The incendiary abolition fanatics of St. Louis have starteda ten cent subscription, for the purpose of purchasing a eword to be presented to that officer. The recital that heads the list of subscribers, opens with the following declara- will be fully organized as soon as @ quorum is pre- sent, the duty of electing and qualifying officers | having been gone through with at the opening of | the extra session in July last. We give in another | column a list of the members, and it will be seen that some important changes have taken place | since the last sitting, and that some seate will be | vacant that were occupied atthattime. Jobn J. | Crittenden gnd James Guthrie, or Joseph Holt and | Nathaniel Wolf, will probably occupy the places in the Senate of John C. Breckinridge and Lazarus | W. Powell, of Kentucky. The seat of K. §, Bing- ham, deceased, will be vacant, unless filled by appointment by the Governor of Michigan. The chair of the lamented Colonel Eaward D. Baker, of Oregon, will be occupied by Ben- jamin Stark. In the House the two representa tives from California—T. J. Phelps and A. 4, Sargeant—will take their seats for the first time. | The place of Brigadier General John A. McCler- nand, formerly representative of the Sixth district of Illinois, will be vacant. The place of Hon, Alfred Ely, the representative of the Twenty-ninth tion of the object for which they intend it shall be used:— Jobn ¢, ont, the noble champion of # free nati has momentarily fallen & vielit to the seifish intrigues of 8 corrupt clique, A weak government has torn from the grasp of the heroic Pathfinder bie sword, bitherte un wullied. Freemen of the West! Will you look on tamoly, while the despicable selfishness of Fremont’s enemies threatens to jeopardize you ally Will you permit that your standard bearer, the man of your confidence and hopes, bealienated from you by § ‘ous inginuationsY ‘The citizer St. Louis have cast their verdict in this coutroversy by & great and solemn popular demonstration It means Fremont and Liberty! An attempt is now made to deny this expression of the popular voice and to lead pu opinion astray ‘The time has come, therefore, to reaffirm the truth by prov ing (oa deluded administration our comfidence in Fremont in @ manner that can never be questioned, Instead of the sword torn from his grasp, another one must | & placed in Kis hund by the people, to be wielded for the de struction of faleehoal and intrigue and for the reorganization Of a great and free country. | The journals of St. Louis openly declare that the intention of this movement is hostility, and, | perhaps, armed hostility, against the govern- (ment, aud that the conspiracy is a widespread HERALD, TRIDAY, NOVEMDER 2), saad 10vU4. one, is manifest from the fact that preparations have been matured for a torchlight manifesta- tion in Broadway upon the arrival of General Fremont in New York, and from the manner in which the Tribune, Post, Independent, Anti- Slavery Standard and Liberator are continually making his name their watghword, in their prev Sent assaults upon the government. Even the Mayoralty election is made by the abolition- ists to revolve round the same noxious centre, so that Cheever, Goodell, Op. dyke, and Johnson were found associated together, evening before last, as vice presidents of a meeting which endorsed the course of Fremont, thus virtually denouncing Mr. Lincoln and his measures. All this while, General Fremont, an officer in the United States Army, owing the strictest respect and obedience to those who are in authority over him, and liable to court martial for insubordination, s well as for conduct unworthy of an officer and a gentleman, in not protesting in the most solemn manner, against the employment of his name as arallying point for discontent and disloyalty. Says not a word, allows the evil to grow daily more widespread, and strengthens, by taci connivance, the hands of those who for thirty years have been conspiring for the overthrow of the constitution and the laws. General Fremont was court martialled seve- ral years ago, for disobedience of the orders of his superior in command, and was cashiered for the offence. Polk restored him to his position in the army, to the great dissatisfaction of his fellow officers who regarded the example as dangerous to military dis- cipline, The extreme gentleness, forbearance, and moderation of President Lincoln have, heretofore, prevented his being subjected to a second trial, which, without the shadow of a doubt would result in his utter disgrace. The conservative masses of the community in the North are beginning, however, to ask how much longer impunity is to be allowed by the govern- meut in his individual case, while so many of- fenders of an inferior order, are called to ac- count and punished. Public sentiment is out- raged, and the cause of loyalty suffers detri- ment, by the rampant outcries that have been lately heard, in so many directions, for a reor- ganization of the country on an anti-slavery basis, and the revision of the constitution in such clude the possibility of a a manner asto p manent restoration of the integrity of the Union. The daily tirades of the Tribune, Times, Postand other abolition newspape incendiaries as Senator Su ; the efforts of such nner to misrepresent the views and intentions of the Washington au- thori he efforts that are making to procure the arming of slaves against their masters; together with the covert sneers and implied sure, which of late have developed into out- right abuse of the single minded, conscientious and patriotic policy that has been pursued by the President of the United States, are all cre- ating an alarm which can only be checked by prompt and efficient measures to put a stop to the progress of such disloyalty. Nine-tenths of the people in the loyal States applaud and admire the course that has been pursued by the administration; and the unparal- leled energy it has displayed in putting down the Southern rebellion, has met with nearly uni- versal approval. The number of abolition mal- > | we contents is few, but nothing can exceed the insuf- ferable character of their arrogance, their men- dacity, or the restlessness with which they strain every nerve to accomplish their nefarious ob- jects. For thirty years they have remained true to the single motto that the constitution of the United States is “a leagne with hell anda cove- nant with death.” It continues to be their prin- ciple of action now, and they have chosen Fre- mont as their standard bearer. It requires but one word however, and one effective coup d’etat to crush out their machinations forever, and these are what are now looked for by the people from the Washington government. Tue Sumner MeETING, Fremoxr aNp THD ApminisTRATION.—At the late abolition Sumner meeting at the Cooper Institute it was, “with uproarious demonstrations of applause,” Resolved, That the doctrine enumciated hy Major Gen- Fremont, with respect to tho emancipation of the slaves of robels, and the more recent utterances of Gen. Burn- side, Senator Wilson and Hon. George Bancroft in this city, and of Col. John Cochrane and Ion. Simon Cameron, at Washington, foreshadowing the eventual rooting out of slavery, as the caugo of the rebellion, indicate alike a moral, political and military necessity; and, in the judg- mont of this meeting, the public sentiment of the ‘North is now fully in sympathy with any practicable scheme which may be presented for the extirpation of this na- tional evil, and will aceept such result as the only con- sistent issue of this contest between civilization and barbarism. Now, here the Hon. George Opdyke, as first Vice President of this meeting, places himself on the Fremont. platform, in direct antagonism to the war policy of the government. The emancipation proclamation of I'remont was re- tracted and his war policy in Missouri was modified under the President's instructions, so as to hold subject. to confiscation the slaves of rebel masters, but not to emancipate them. The President's instructions were in pursuance of the law of Congress on the subject, and that law was doubtless shaped to meet the con- servative views of the President. This Cooper Institute abolition resolution, therefore, ix but the developement of the great design of the abolitionists to make this war a crusade against, slavery, or to disorganize and break down our federal administration and the constitution and government of the United States. Is the city of New York prepared to enter into this abolition crusade? If so, the election of Opdyke as our | Mayor, on the abolition platform, will go along way to put down Honest Abe Lincoln's policy— “the integrity of the Union’ —and to set up in its place the abolition scheme of a bloody ex- termination of slavery, and an endless reign of anarchy South and Nortb. Orpyke aNp Carey At the meeting of the “New York Young Men’s Republican Union,” at Cooper Institute, on Wednesday evening, in honor of that notorious abolition agitator. Charles Sumner. there were some old abolition sinners present in full uniform. The most con- spicnous. as Vice Presidents of the assemblage, » the Rev. George B. Cheever, D. D.. and | William Goodell and Oliver Johnson, radical olition newspaper editors—the list of these ce Presidents being headed by the name of the Hen. George Opdyke. Jt appears, too, that the reading of the names of Messrs. Opdyke aad Cheever in this connection was received with applause. And why! Plainly because Mr. Opdyke thus boldly annourced himself as the abolition candidate for Mayor of New York. Opayke and Cheever! “Show me,” says an old philosopher, “the company a man keeps, and I will tell you what he Who could have dreamed a week ago that Mr. Opdyke, as a candidate for the office of Mayor of New York: would voluntarily place himself on the abolition platform of Cheever, Greeley and Lloyd Garri- son? Point—Preparations for Barri- cading the Port. We have to congratulate the country on the accomplishment of another important step in the series of naval and military operations which are being directed against the Southern ports. On Saturday last, the 23d, General Sher- man occupied Tybee Island, which had been previously evacuated by the rebels, and which, as will be seen by the map published elsewhere, lies to the south of and commands the mouth o the Savannah river. Coincidently with the sei- gure of this place, the federalists took possession of the rebel fortifications at Braddock’s Point, the southern extremity of Hilton Head Island, and situated to the north of the entrance of the port of Savannah. Here they captured eight guns be- longing to the enemy. The narrow channel, called Calibogue Sound, which lies between Braddock’s Point and Dawfuskie Island, can be closed by the sinking of a few vessels. From the southern end of Dawfuskie to Turtle Island, and from the latter to Tybee Island, the sinking of some half dozen vessels more will offer an effectual barrier to navigation, The ap- proaches between Little Tybee Island and Great Warsaw Island can be disposed of with still less effort. Thus Savannah will be as effectually blocked up asif shehad no natural outlets to the sea. .Of the reliability of this news there is happily this time no room for doubt. Singularly enough, at the same moment that it reached this city, through rebel sources, by way of Fortress Monroe, the arrival of the Illinois from Port Royal brought us full con- firmation of it. The importance of this intelligence does not, however, lie in the acquisition of these new patches of the “sacred soil” of the rebel terri- tory. It is in the uses to which they will be put, in connection with the operations of the stone fleet, that the interest of the acquisition mainly consists. The first of the outlets of Southern piratical enterprise which the govern- ment determined to seal up hermetically by this new blockading agent was the port of Sa- vannah, through which so large a proportion of the arms and supplies which have helped the rebels to carry on the war have been hitherto conveyed. It can never be forgotten that the Governor of Georgia was amongst the first to distinguish himself by his zeal and activity in the cause of secessionism. It was in Savannah that the first seizures were made of vessels be- longing to Northern shipowners before the fall of Fort Sumter. It was to that port that the Bermuda continued to make trips so profitable to her owners, and of such timely aid to the Confederates in arms and munitions of war. Inasmuch, then, as Savannah has been one of the prime movers in and aiders of this wicked rebellion, it is but right that upon it should fall one of the first and heaviest of our measures of retaliation. It was ambitious of commercial distinction, and aimed at becoming to the South- ern confederacy what New York has been to the Union—the great emporium and centre of all its business operations. By a retribution as appropriate as it is deserved, it will in afew days be wiped out of the list of the ports of the Union. The seizure of Tybee Island and of Braddock’s Point are but measures preliminary to the barricading of the entrances to the port by the stone fleet, and which will make of this nest of rebels and pirates a scene of commerciay desolation and ruin. The fleet left here on the 20th, and is about eight days out. It took with it upwards of eight thousand tons of stone, but a small portion of which will be required to block up all the entrances to the port. From the military precautions taken by General Sherman, there is now no probability of this, one of the main objects of the expedition, being defeated. We hold the land points command- ing the approaches to the port; so that there can be no interruption to the operations of the fleet. By the close of the week, therefore, Savannah will, so far as its communications with the sea are concerned, be as valueless to the rebels as any of their towns in the interior. It is likelySgthat with the receipt of the news of the consummation of this gratifying result we shall have the news of another conjoint naval and military suc- cess further down the coast. We learn by the Illinois that General Viele was to leave Port Royal on Monday last with a couple of brigades and ample supplies of provisions and munitions of war. General Sherman was to accompany the expedition. Its point of des- tination was not known, but it will not be many days before it transpires. General Sherman must feel strong in his present position, or he would not thus venture to divide the force under his command. The activity and energy of his proceedings will, we trust, silence the carpings of thove journals which see in his recent procla- mation to the people of South Carolina only a motive for depreciating and undervaluing his efforts in the cause of the Union. THANKSGIVING SERMOY Yesterday the clergy in all the churches delivered Thanksgiving ser- mons, in which was nothing new. They were stale and hackneyed as a thrice told tale. We do not, therefore, publish them this morning. The real Thanksgiving sermons were published yes- terday, in anticipation of the discourses of the clergy. These were the various proclamations of the Governors of the Joyal States. Theclergy have scarcely ever mingled in ournational poli- tics but to do mischief, and the sooner they con- fine themselves to their own proper vocation, and leave the secular affairs ofthe nation to be managed by those who understand them, the better for all parties. As for the questions now at issue, they are out of the range of politi- cal discussion, and beyond the reach even of statesmen. They must be decided by the sword of General McClellan, and by the other generals of tbe army. Ifany of the clergy think they peace. and desire to become men of war, let them doff the surplice and gown, and apply for the uniform of Uncle Sam; and should an early education at West Point or the developement of military talents point them out as competent to lead’ in battle. let commissions be given them, ranging according to their abilities, from lieu- tenant even to major general, like Polk, of the Confederate army, who, having discovered that | he had mistaken bis calling, threw aside the mitre and crozier of the bishop for the hat and sword of the warrior. Let the warlike clergy at the North follow his example, or limit their\ ministrations to the proper sphere of the cleri- cal profession. Let them take their choice, and do it quickly, too. OppyKE AND OLIVER Jou? Next to the name of George Opdyke, in the list of the Vice Presidents of the late Sumner meeting, is the pamyg of Qliver Jghnson, editor of the Anfi-Slaye- What care they for the consequences? ry (radical abolition) Standard. A bold bid this for the abolition vote on the part of Mr. Opdyke. Of course our fellow-citizens not yet converted to the beauties of abolitionism will give Mr. Opdyke « wide margin. The Potomac and the Southern sea- board—Our Military and Political Policy. Our latest advices from Washington, and from the public journals and Southern newspaper correspondents at Richmond, fully warrant the conclusion that our military occupation of Bean- fort, South Carolina, has thus far effected no material reduction of the rebel Army of the Potomac. On the contrary, anticipating an attack, the leaders of that army have been strengthening their lines, and appear to be confident of another “Bull run affair” close at hand, and very anxious for a battle with Gen. McClellan. Is General McClellan about to advance upon the enemy? We think not. His infallible line of action, with the removal of the rebel Con- federate government from Richmond, appears so very plain and simple that we cannot imagine he will reject it, unless well assured of success in an immediate ad- vance. Since July last the defensive works of the enemy around Manassas have been greatly strengthened, and they have been extended eastward so as to embrace all the water courses which empty into Bull run, to the heights of Centreville. The dislodgment of Beauregard, just now, would probably require, not the work of a single battle, but the labors of a siege; and for the purposes of a siege, being thrown back from that system of water courses referred to, the first necessity of our army would be an artificial supply of water. Moreover, with the repulse of the enemy from Manassas, unless a decisive repulse, the forces of that army, to a great extent, would immediately be moved down to the seacoast defences of South Caroli- na, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. Thus, even in gaining the field of fanassas, we might have a winter's work be- fore us in repairing the road to Richmond, and a largely strengthened enemy to cope with in all the cotton States. Clearly, then, it is still the policy of General McClellan to hold his place on the Potomac and await events. If the enemy wish to tight him, they will know where to find him. If they choose to wait for him at Manassas, let them do so; for thus the great valley of the Mississippi, and the Southern seaboard, from Charleston to Texas, will fall the more readily into the hands of our naval and land forces, operating upon the enemy’s flank and rear. Ley General McClellan stand, then, yet a little longer just where he is. He can thus spare one hundred thousand men for offensive opera- tions in the Mississippi valley and in the cotton States; and, with our occupation of Charleston, Savannah, Mobile or New Orleans, the great rebel army of Virginia will be finally dispersed and that State will be reclaimed without another battle. Reinforce General Sherman promptly with an addition of twenty-five thousand men, and, with the naval co-operation of Dupont, Charleston and Savannah may both be taken before Christmas, and Virginia and North Caro- lina, too. Now, too, is the time for a positive declara- tion of policy on the part of President Lincoln touching the slaves of rebel masters. The law of Congress upon the subject admits a large margin of executive discretion. To silence, therefore, the clamors of our pestilent and dis- organizing abolitionists, the President should proclaim a consistent course of action in refe- rence to contraband negroes. We think no better plan of dealing with them could be adopted than that of their employment in the public service. We say in the public service, but not as soldiers, for this expedient is sugges- tive of the horrid anarchy of St. Domingo. Nor is a war of emancipation anything better than an idea of disorganization and confusion. Slavery in the border slave States may dicap- pear under the pressure of this war, and with- out disadvantage to those States; but if we would restore the cotton States to the Union without depopulating them. we must save their institution of slavery. The rebel planters of Beaufort district have scampered off, leaving their houses and estates in the care of their negroes and at the mercy of our army of occupation. Let General Sherman put an army overseer with a guard of soldiers in charge of each of these deserted plantations, and let said overseer take the negroes under his care, and make them pick the ungathered cotton, gin it and bale it, and turn it over to General Sherman as the property of the govern. ment, and let the surplus rice, corn, &c., of said plantations be disposed of in the same manner, and we shall begin to turn the slaves of our Southern rebels to a good account. Should the war last till the planting season of next spring, Jet the slaves of said plantations be still em- ployed in putting in new crops for the govern- ment, and Southern slavery will thus continue to help us in meeting the burdens of the war. With the return of peace the estates and negroes of intractable rebels could be turned over in part to indemnify loyal Southern men for the losses entailed upon them by the rebel ; government and agents of Jeff. Davis, and in part to the account of our brave soldiers, killed or crippled in the public service. In conclusion, we are in no hurry for an ad- vance upon the enemy by General McClellan. Our military policy is to encourage Johnston, Beauregard and their associate generals to hold their army intact in Virginia while we attend to the Mississippi valley and the cotton States; and our wisest political policy is to turn over the estates and slaves of Southern rebels to the benefit of the government, without disturbing the constitutional landmarks of the institution of slavery. Our great object in thie war is not to destroy the South by the extirpation of have mistaken their vocation as ministers of | slavery, but to save the South, and, as far as | | practicable, its peculiar institution, in the resio- ration of the Union. “By Tem Freirs Seauy Ye Kyow Trew. The radical abolitionists of the school of Lio: Garrison, Dr. Cheever, William Goodell and ¢ ver Johnson, with whom George Opdyke Scon- sorting asa bird of the same plumage, have declared that “the constitution of the United States is a covenant with death and a league with hy labor to the end for ite overthrow Accordingly they are resolved to Hence their scheme for a national armed crusade for the ex- tirpation of Southern slavery by fire and sword. Do fana- ‘ They are monomaniacs, crazy upon one diabolical idea, and they will follow it to the end. But shall Mr. Opdyke be eridorsed by this intelligent community in join- ing hands with these pestilent fanatics? Let our intelligent and conservative yoters angwer at the polls on Tuesday next. tics stop to reas Oppyxe anp Goopent.—George Opdyke and William Goodell were among the Vice Presi- dents of the Sumner meeting. Now, who is Goodell? A leader of the radical abolition clique of this State, of which Gerrit Smith (white man) is the high priest, and Fred. Doug- lass (black man) the chief orator and expounder, The platform of this clique is universal emanci- pation, universal equality of races and sexes, and the Maine Liquor law. From such a coali- tion for the Mayoralty of this city we may next expect the nomination of Fred. Douglass him- self for Governor of the State. The issue de- pends, perhaps, upon Tuesday’s election. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasinatos, Nov. 28, 1861. REPORTED ARRIVAL OF THE KRBEL STEAMER NASH- VILLE AT CHARLESTON WITH A VALUABLE CARGO. ‘There is a report here to-day that the rebel steamer Nashville has run the blockade off Charleston and entered that port witha valuable cargo, consisting of woollens, arms, wires for telegraphic use, percussion caps, salt, &c.,&c. While this report comes only through rebet channels, there is reason for believing it, as one of our Consuls notified the government some time since that the Nashville was loaded in » certain foreign port and was intending to run the blockade, EXPECTED NEWS FROM FORT PICKENS. ‘The government is expecting that news will arrive from Fort Pickons in about two days. EXPECTED NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL. ‘The War Department is hourly expecting the announee- ment from General Sherman that he has taken posgession of the rebel fortifications commanding the entrance to St- Helena sound, about fifteon miles north of Port Royal, and commanding tho outlet of the Coosaw and Combahee rivers, thus securing entire control of all tho approaches from the ocean to the cluster of sea islands, and affording another avenue for a movement towards the interior of the Palmetto kingdom. RECONNOISSANCES TOWARDS VIENNA, ‘The reconnoissances from Generals Porter’sand Smith's: divisions were made to-day in the neighborhood of Vienna, They saw what was supposed to be a regiment rebe! infantry at a distance, VICIAT, REPORT OF COLONKL BAYARD'S RECONNOIS- SANCK. General McCall has to-day made his report to General McClellan of the reconnoisance made yesterday by Colonel Bayard, He accompanies the same with the remark, that‘ the troops all evinced praiseworthy alacrity on the vecassion.”” Goneral McCall submits Colonel Bayard’s of- ficial report which is as follows:— Camp Pusrront, Va., Nov, 27, 1861. Sim—in obedience to orders, Istarted from this camp yesterday with my regiment at nine o'clock in the even- ing, for the purpose of marching on Drainesville, We reached positions above and behind Drainesville shortl after five in the morning, after a very tedious and toil- some march Majors Barrows advanced on the town by the northern pike which leads to it with two companies of the regiment, whilst I with the other eight gained the rear of the town, and advanced by the Leesburg pike. There were but two picketmen in the town. ‘These were cavalrymen belonging to Colonel J.E.B. Stuart's regiment of Virginia horse, and were captured, with their horses and arms, by Captain Stadel- man’s company B. I arrested six of the citizens of Drainsville, who are known to be secessionists of the bitterest stamp. ‘The names of the citizens taken are as follows:—John F. Day, M. D., of Drainsville; R. H. Gan- neil, of Great Falls, Vu.; John T. D. Bue and C. miu, of Drainsville; W. B. Day, M. D., of Drainsville, and J.P. Fair. Upon my return, some miles from Drainsdille,a fire wasopened upon the head of the column from a thick piue wood. Assistant Surgeon Alexander was serious} wounded, and private Joel Houghteling was badly wouud- ed, and I had my horse killed. The wood was instantly sufrounded, and the carbineera sent into the woods. We killed two and captured four, one of whom vas shot twice, and ig not likely to live. ptnred two good horses, five shot guns, one Hall's rifle und two pistols. ‘The vames of the prisoners are as follows:—W. D. Far- ley, First Lieutenant South Carolina Volunteorn, (was Captain on General Bonham’s staff); F. DeCarandene, Lieutenant Seventh South Carolina Volunteers; P. W. Cas- per, Seventh South Carolina Volunteers; Thomas Coleman, citizen of Drainesville (dangerously wounded); F. Hilde- brand, private Thirtieth Virginia cavalry; A. M. Whitten, private Thirtieth Virginia cavalry, (taken at Drainesville on picket), We killed and captured all we saw. 1 cannot close this report without speaking of the splendid manner in which both men and officers behaved. ¢ fine manuer in which Majors Jones and Bayerd, and the Second Lieutenant of the Fifth cavairy, Mr. Parrows, acted, cannot be too highly commended or appreciated. well, and I cannot but thus publicly express my tiou for their truly admirablo behavior. Tam, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEO. D. BAYARD. Colonel First Pennsylvania Cavalry. Major General McCaxt, Commanding Division, &o. Surgeon Alexander, of the First Pennsylvania Reserve cavalry, who was wounded at Drainesville yesterday morning, is considered out of danger. Joseph Houghling, who was also wounded, died last night. Thomas Coleman,a rebel guerilla, and brother of Charles Coleman, the proprietor of the hotel at Drainosville, and who boasted of having exhibited in front of that estab- lishment the head of a Union soldier, died last night from injuries reccived during the same skirmish. ‘A portion of the twelve prisoners brought to Washing- ton were prominent civilians, who were found with arms in their hands. EFFICIENCY OF THE WESTERN VOLUNTEERS. A visit to the camp of the Nineteenth Indiana regi- ment, in the vicinity of Aloxandria, shows that the West- ern volunteers are capable of the highest degree of military training. The condition of the camp,and the soldierly qualities and bearing of the men, are creditable to the regiment, to the State of Indiana, and especially to Colonel Meredith, the commander. AFFAIRS ON THE UPPER POTOMAC. ‘At an early hour this morning a deserter from the + rebel forces in the vicinity of Leesburg was brought to the headquarters of General Stone, on the Upper Poto_ mac. His statements corroborate the intelligence already received from the other side. Colonel Van Alen arrived here to-night from General Stone's column, and reports everything quiet along the Upper Potomac. No recent demonstrations of strength or hostility have been made by the enemy in that direc tion. GENERAL BANKS’ MOVEMENTS. Genera) Banks returns to the headquarters of his divi- sion on Saturday. THE BLOCKADE OF THE LOWBR POTOMAC. ‘The rebel: already falling back from the river, bo fore the slow but certain advance of the Union forces. ‘tney hardly offer resistance to the passage of our vessels. Many have como up within the last two days, loaded with coal to such an extent as to lower the price in that article from ten to seven dollars, "The Reliance came up to the Navy Yard, from Indian Head, this evening. Captain Hammond reports that just Defore he left, at half-past one o'clock, # heavy fire was opened from the rebel batteries at Shipping Point. Three or four shots had been fired while the Reliance was within sight and bearing. Nothing could be ascertained in regard to the object the rebels were firing at, No veseel appeared beyond Stump Neck, consequent- ly the supposition is that the batteries opened on the Maryland shore. Captain Kiehl, commanding the Reindeer, went down the Potomac to Budd’s Ferry, and returned to-day. He reports everything quiet ip that vicinity, He brought up one contraband. THE POTOMAC FLOTILLA. Fx- acting Master's Mate Kly has been promoted to the grade of Acting Master, and bag been appointed to the Yankee as exeuative officer. Mr, Ely commanded the tender Dana, under Captain Ward, and was presentat the Mathias Point fight, where the latter Jost his life. The storeship Wyandank went down the river to-day. ‘The Anacostia hag not yet reported to Commodore Cra- ven. Sbe went down thir evening @ short distance, to yeturn tonight THE ARMY. Captain Follett, of ome of the Massachusetts batteries, hae resigned, receiving thereupon an Lonorable discharge. OBSERVANCE OF YHANKSGIVING DAY. ‘This being Vhankegiving éay in the federal city, all the opartments aro closed, aud business is exceedingly duli, ‘Among the guests at the Thankegiving dinner at the | white House to-day were Generals Sumner and Banke, Joshua F, Speed and lady, of Ken meey, Commandant of the Wash and Colone ARRIVAL OF CONGRESSMEN. Congressmen are coming in in squads on every train, Speaker Grow arrived Iaet night, and has taken av ek gant residence on F street, near Ninth ‘The assembling of Congress on Monday will bring with ite large number of members belonging to tho third House, as usual, most of whom ran away when Wash ington was in danger, but who can return now with per fect safety to their persons, They will be mightily mis taken, however, if they suppose they can fleece the goverument gn claims the coming session, os jt is th