The New York Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1862, Page 4

4 4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMEG GORDON BENNETT, . EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. FFICEN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash in advance. wink o/ tie sender. Nowe lus 2 TUE DAILY ABRALD. too cents per THE WEEKLY HERALD, Sas or. oF 3 ver unum: the Lure 9 Mx a Gahiorss son : Cents per cub, OF Dev ane. THE FAMILY HEKALD, on Wednesday, at four conte vor 20 per anime NTARY CORRESPONDENCE, conta from any auciter or the world; if used, ly pasd for, gaQPOUR Pouxign Comw -ARLY Requmster 10 San ati Ler AGES SENT UE WO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence, We ito not ey sent by matt oil be a. jc villa cusvent in Nevo urn rejec sd comsnumie tions "AD VELYISEMENTS renee? rvery day; advertisements ine serted in the Hensto, Pawity Hgwaty, and in the fornia and European Bvistiois, eS PRINTING coeeutel with naainess, heapness avd dee AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. 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M. till 10 BM THE SITUATION. The most important intelligence from the army is the recent cavalry raid of the enemy on Manas- sas Junction and Bristow Station on Tuesday evening. The troops engaged numbered, accord- ing to all accounts, nearly two thousand men, and Were a portion of Colonel Fitzhugh Lee's forces, which made the attack on Catlett's station a few days Previous. The attack appears to have been first made on a train of cars at Bristow, about four and @ half miles west of Manassas; but the train putting on extra speed escaped. The rebel cavalry then made a dash on Manassas, where they were partially ohecked by the Eleventh New York battery. The resistance, though gallant, was ineffectual, and the rebels destroyed everything within their reach— the railroad track, the cars, the telegraph wires and all the government stores and buildings. The place appeared to have been undefended save by three or four-companies of infantry and the single battery of undisciplined troops who were unable to make any defence. It would seem, from the intel- ligence stated on the credit of the Baltimore American and the National Intelligencer, that this affair is something more thana mere raid. For instance, the former journal announced on the 27th, that large numbers of rebel treops were then marching on Manassas after making a successful dash on the Union troops in the town of Waterford. The Intelligencer confirms this statement, and says that at the latest accounts (yesterday morning) fighting was still going on at Manassas, and that large bodies of our troops were going out there, This surprise reflects disgrace somewhere, and argues gross carelessness in leaving this important Position unprotected. In order that our readens may comprehend more fully the nature of this movement, we give in another column a map of the locality. We learn from Louisville, Ky., that the rebels, 1,800 strong, under Morgan, came into collision with General Johnson, near Gallatin, on the 21st, and compelled his force of 700 men to surrender. General Johnson and staff were kindly treated by the rebel chief, and released on parole. The Union, Joss was twenty-six killed, inclading Lieutenant Wynkoop, of the Seventh Pennsylvania cavalry, and two other officers, and thirty-three wounded. ‘The rebel loss, including several officers, was thir- ‘teen killed and fifty wounded. We publish in our news columns to-day another interesting instalment of news from the South, from the Richmond p&pers of the 23d inst. The papers at the rebel capital are crying loudi@ for the annihilation of Washington, its reduction to ashes, &c., ad infinitum. A special order from the rebel War Department declares Generals Hanter and Phelps outlaws, who, if captured, will meet the death of felons. The extracts are worth perusal, if for nothing more than to infer the straits to which the rebels are being put to, to keep afloat their rapidly sinking cause. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A friend has called on us to state that our re- marks of Wednesay, in regard to the “venerable Quartermaster,’ were unjust to Col. Tompkins, the officer referred to. The Colonel says that no one—oflicer or civilian—is more pleased than him- self with the late order of the Secretary of the Treasury. He has, since the commencement of the transportation of goods and stores by govern- mont transports, endeavored to prevent the for- pwarding of liquors and Other articles of a #imilar- Uy useless mature to sutlers. Vessels despatched byrhim have not bees allowed to carry anlimited quantities of goods, contraband or otherwise, on Bpeculation. On the other hand, Colonel Tomp king has been guided in this matter by the orders of the Secretary of War, and has thereby ineur- fed tho ill willof those who wished to uee public ports for private purposes. as not taken umbrage at the course pursved by the Collector; he does not consider anch a course Bn interference with his ts, nor has he any fideo that he could effect a termination of Mr. Barney's official life,” or Wish or desire to bring about such a result. All that Col. 7. can Complain of is that certain boxes shipped by him, nd which had been received from a disté ahipment to army officers at distant 5 ports, have been opened by the Collector's o Further sod unnecessarily delayed. Tompkins has dismissed the captains and other live various transports for carrying private property contrary to his instructions; and his I (is have every confidence that, after a long » (lod of usefulness in the service, he will do no- f o mar the re tion he has gained aw an Bevest cad faithful o , " road freight house, water house | . uildings, at Oneida, N.Y¥., | Ps on the 22d inst, 4 Luca Tegiivats, Bumbering gyer { per Col. Tompkins | for | thirteen thousand men, under the new call, have gone into Kentuoky. The comet can be plainly seen with the naked eye from early ia the eveaing until morning. It is about ufteea degrees west of the North Star, and forms with the brightest star inthe “Little Dip- an obtuse triangle, the star being in the angle. The nuclens is quite brilliant, and through a telescope burning rays can be seen issuing from one side of it, which resemble fire coming from the mouth ofa cannon, A tail of four or five de- grees in Iength can be easily seen with the naked eye. “he democratic Congressional district conven- tions met in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, and made the following uominatio . 1+Sanme! J. Randall. = 3— cr 2—Charles J. Biddle. 4—d: Nicholson, It is reported that the unaru.cd ragamuffins, numbering some twenty-four thousand, under the rebel Gen. Thomas C, Hindman, in Arkansas, are ina demoralized state, and Hindman is in constant fear of assassination. He was shot and severely wounded by one of his own soldiers, a few weeks ago, and on the 15th inst. he was again fired at, but escaped injury. It is stated thathe has been superseded by Major General Theodore H. Holmes, of Virginia. Cairo, Illinois, will soon again swarm with United States soldiers. The Governor of Minois is making all necessary arrangements to protect the State against guerilla raids. He has ordered barracks to be constructed at Quincy for three thousand men, at Jonesboro for two thousand, Cheater two thousand, and Shawneetown two thousand—in all, barracks for nine thousand men. This is in addition to the barracks already in existence at Camps Butler and Chicago. The guerillas confined at Camp Morton, Indiana- polis, will not be exchanged, but will be sent to Johnson’s Island, near Sandusky. The stock market was better again yesterday, and prices were higher, though im the middle of the day there was a slight scare om the news of the Manassas raid. The market closed weak. Money was abundant até per cent. Exchange, 127: 127%. Gold, 115% a 15%. ‘The cotton market was again firmer aud more active yesterday; the sales cmbraced about 2,200 bales, closing stiff on the basis of 473Jc,a 48c,, chieily at the Iatter gure for middling up lan: The flour market was about 5c, better for cqumon to fair shipping grades of Stato and Western, while good to prime extra brands were un- changed. Wheat was in poor assortment, while the de- mand for fair to prime ehipping qualities was good, and sales active, in part for export, and in part for milling. The supply of poor corn, in proportion to prime, was large, and sales pretty freely made at 45c. for damaged and warm for Eastern shipment, while prime sound qualities sold at 60c. aGle., and 4 email lotof extra quality at 623;c. Pork was dull and lower, with sales of mess at $11 $7, 9 $11 50, and of prime at $9 75 a $9 873g. Sugars were a trifle higher,as indicated by the public sale of New Or Joans. ‘Tho Yransactinus embraced 1,300 bhds., a good Portien of which was New Orlouns, Coffee was quiet, and sales limited. Freights were rather more active and firmer. To Liverpool wheat was engaged at 13d. a 13Xd., and flour at 3s, 9d. a 4s. The Virginia Campaign—The Rebel Raid Upon Manassas. The latest.event of any moment reported from the Army of Virginia is a succe: dash of a squad of rebel cavairy upon Manassas Junction, resulting in the capture of a field battery and the forces in charge of it and sup- porting it, and in the destruction of several trains of cars, a lot of military stores, the rail- road track, &c.—a very disgraceful affair to our army, and particularly to every officer who is directly responsible for it in any way. With our first report of this affair yesterday, or close upon its heels, came mysterious rumors that it was but the prelude to a great disaster— that this rebel squad of cavalry at Manassas was but the advanced corps of a heavy column of the rebel army, which had thus, bya great circuit through the woods, turned the right flank of Gen. Pope, and placed him between two fires, while en his extreme left Stonewall Jackson had cut in between him and the forces of Gen. McClellan. Of course, with this dispo- sition by Dame Rumor of the contending ar- mies, Pope was bagged, Washington was under an eclipse, and the gallant ,Corcoran’s Irish brigade would edme in a day after tho fair. Such, however, are the doubts, uncertainties and confusion resulting to the public mind from the exclusion of the representatives of the public press from the army, that,in the ab- sence of definite and authentic news, the mos' incongruous, inconsistent and improbable ru- mors and:conjectures find ready listeners. Nor is it surprising that this should-be so, consider- ing the events of the last one hundred days, and the tremendous interests depending upon our Army of Virginia, and in which every indi- vidual of the community is vitally concerned. Nor could it be readily believed by mén of intelligence and common sense that within a few days trom the warning of the late rebel raid at Catlett’s station another of the same sort had taken place within less than a dozen miles from Catlett’s, and by the same rebel ca- valry. The general conclusion, therefore, at first, was that this affair at Manassas was some- thing on a grander scale than a mere foray of a squad of rebel cavalry; and hence the unneces- sary excitement which followed. With the facts before us, however, it is clear that we had only a repetition of the raid at Catlett's station; and we therefore agree with the Washington Star, that “it is high time that examples, by shooting, on the sentence of a drumhead court mar- tial, should be made of some of those responsible for these occurrences, so well cal- culated to make our armies justly the derision of the world;” and that, if these things are te go on, “ they will insure our ultimate defeat in this war,no matter how many men we may put into the field, or how much money we spend for war purposes.” After these successful rebel cavalry dashes behind our lines upon Catlett’s station and Ma- naseas, involving, for all that we know to the contrary, the loss of millions of dollars in the destruction of army stores, who can undertake to say that President Lincoln is safe in the | White House at Washington’ What is there to | prevent a squad of rebel eavalry from stealing across the Potomac river near Leesburg, and down into Washington under cover of the night, and off again with the President as their prisoner, before they can be resisted or over- taken, if such disgraceful negligence as that which seems to prevail in the rear of our army in Virginia is to go without rebuke or correc- tion? In behalf of the people; who furnish the soldiers and stnews of war, we call upon Gene- ral Ifalleck either to enforce the exclusion of | horsemen from our army lines and confi- ial papers, or to give to the public press ame privileges of information. We presume that the army of General Pope is pertvctly safe, that it has come to a stand, and that it will be soon ready, in conjunction with the y of General McClellan, for an advance, , irvesistible, whelming and decisive, in the annihilation of the rebel army of Virginian and in the oxtin- guishnient of this rebellion. But let us have no more of these Catleti’s station and Manassas disgraces, conprehens over NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1862. The Man of the Mass Meeting—Michacl Curran, the Carman. The representative man of the great maas meeting, held at the City Hall Park on Wed- nesday, was no distinguished general or elo- quent orator, but plain Michael Curran, the carman. The meeting was designed to be both practical and @atiiotic, and it developed at least one practical patriot, While the fiery speeches of generals already distinguished in the field, and of civilians who have labored hard for the Union cause, will not soon be for- gotten, and while the return of the gallant Sixty-ninth was an ineident which added great- ly to the force and effect of the meeting, still the circumstance which will make that gather- ing most memorable, and which best embodies at once the spirit, the purpose, the result and the lesson of the affair, is the appearance and example of that honest, loyal, simple-hearted Irishman, Michael Curran, the carman, who laid all his hard earned savings upon the altar of his adopted country. Michael Curran is an Irishman by birth and a New York carman by profession. Hearing of the meeting to be held on Wednesday, he stopped work early that day, drove his cart to the Park; tied his herse to « lamppost, and joined the crowd around the speakers’ stand: He heard the brief, stirring, practical orations of the practical men who addressed the meet- ing. He saw the Sixty-ninth regiment march past, led .by brave General Corcoran, and its ranks filled with soldiers who have finished two terms of service only to volunteer for a third. He listened to General Corcoran’s soldierly appeal for men and means. And as he heard and saw, the conviction forced itself into his honest heart that it was his duty to do something for a country which had done so much for him, and to aid in supporting a go- vernment which had given him home, employ- ment, comfort and security. The more he heard and saw, the stronger this conviction became, aud somehow or other it soon connect- ed itself with the thought of a little hoard of one hundred dollars—the sole savings of the honest earnings of many a long week—which he had at home, snugly stowed away against some rainy day, when sickness or accident should prevent his working, or some family ne- cessity should require an extra outlay. What the poor widow of Scripturethought before she gave her mite to the poor, this poor carman thought before he gave his mite to his country. But as he reflected his duty became more clear and all other considerations insignificant. “Just as the meeting dispersed he pushed his way to the platform, stood before his fellow citizens in his shirtsleeves, and told them that he was a poor man ; that-all he had in the world he had earned by the sweat of his brow ; that his sole possessions were his horse and cart and a hun- dred dollars in silver at home ; that he felt that he could not sleep that night without doing something to save the Union, and that now, with free heart and willing hand, he offered all his savings, which no specie premiums could purchase, to aid in the recruiting of the Corco- rau brigade. This simple, manly speech touch- ed a chord which all the eloquent orations had missed.. Michael Curran came to the mecting on his cart. He left it in triumph on the shoul- ders of his cheering countrymen. In the evening Curran came down to our of- fice to fulfil the promise he had made at the meoting. His face beamed with patriotism ; he clanked down on our desk a bag of silver, and” asked us to take care of it for the Corcoran Le- gion. He wonld not give it to Gen. Corcoran himself, he said; for then the public might think him and bis offer a humbug. He wouid not de- duet from the sum the premium on silver; for he wished to give # all—and only wished he had more to give—to the country. We could do nothing with the honest fellow but receive the money; and yesterday morning we de- spatched the bag of silver to General Corcoran. At first the General was loth to take from Cur- ran all his little savings, but on second thoughts sat down and rapidly wrote the foliowing capi- tal letter:— Astor Houser, New York, August 23, 1862. Micuazt, Cornax, F8Q., 178 Orchard street, New York :— My Vasey Dear Sin—The editor of tho New York Hxrasp bas this day handed me one hundred dollars in specie, in- forming me that it was placed in his possession by you for my use. My first impulse was to return the amount to you, ng I felt that your generosity was greater than your means eould afford ; but a second thought has made me conclude to accept the sum, that it may stand as a per- petual testimonal of your devotion to the sacred cause in which we are all engaged—as a lasting evidence of the sacrifices which adopted citizens are prepared to make for the land of their aduption, and of the pride which Irishmen feo! in showing the loyalty of their race to tho institutions whica have afforded them liberty , protection and happiness. . All our citizens are now doing well, and to those who are lukewarm or slow your example must stand as and striking rebuke. Perhaps ail your earthly means ore thus voluntarily tendored to me for the holy cause, and T should be gratified if others would be thus induced to do likewise. Accept my heartfelt thaoks, andaliow me to remain, Very sincerely, your friend, MICHA DRCORAN, Brigadier General, This may end the affair, as far as Michael Cur- ran is concerned. He will lose nothing by the gift with which he has purchased a long distinc- tion of honor for himself and his children. The letter of General Corcoran, framed and hung in his little parlor, and the remembrances of many of those who heard his speech or read this record of his offering, will perpetuate the incident for years and years. But is this the end of the matter with the public? Is there no one who will follow poor, patriotic Curran’s example? There are many of our citizens who rell in their carriages whe have not done as much for the Union as this carman whose carriage is his cart. There are many wealthy men in Wall street who have millions of money stowed away in bank vaults who have not given as much to the country as this working man with his one hundred dollars. There are many of our native-born citizens who have not sacrificed as much for the Union as this poor Irishwian, Can such men read this story and not blush with shame to think how they have been outdone in patriotism by an adopted citizen, a humble carman, a poor, hard working man, who has earned his hundred dollars by carting the very goods upon which they have netted thousands’ Hundreds ef millions of dollars now lie idle in the safos of this city, and fs none of it to be employed for the Union? Citizens who have hundreds of millions-of dol- lars involved in this contest, are you to do no- thing to insure success? The city of New York has been liberal in ite donations to the government; but it has hitherto been only the liberality @ sarplus means, the offering of spare change. But here is a poor Irishinan who gives al his savings ond sacrifices all | prospect of those little luxuries in which poor men delight quite as much as rich men in their L costlier oxtravagances. Have our rich men no savings for the Union? Can the wealthy make no sacrifices for the nation? Let Wall street open its vaults. Let al! our citizens contribute in proportion to their means. Let us have no holding back part of the price, Ananias-like, when all is necessary for our salvation. Mi- chael Curran, the carman, heads the list with his one hundred dollars. What merchant, manufacturer, banker or capitalist will follow with his one, ten, fifty or one hundred thousand dollars ? Army Correspondents Necessary for the Public Good. The public naturally feel an intense desire for correct and reliable information from our armies, But few are there, throughout our broad Northern and Western States, who have not a deeper interest than mere curiosity as regards the war news. Fathers, mothers, bro- thers and sisterg each day eagerly and trem- blingly scan the papers. Rumors of bléody battles are ever rife when, as at present, two mighty armies are face to face, and sickening is the anxiety of those whose beloved relatives are numbered among the ranks of those armies. It has been our great anxiety te furnish com- -Pleta, quick and reliable information from the seat of war. We esteemed it our paramount duty to the public, and have, at enormous ex- pense, made ample provision for the transmis- sion of correspondence. from the armies. We have employed persons devoted to the cause of the Union, capable, reliable, and, above all, careful writers, anxious to obtain information, but using the nicest discrimination as regards giving details likely to injure the cause they are devoted to. Some of our contemporaries, eager to furnish news in advance, have incautiously extended information of a nature to injure the plans of our generals. Our correspondents have care- fully refrained from any such imprudence. We can then but deplore the order of the adininistration as to the expulsion of corres- pondents from the seat of war. We deplore this for the sake of the public and in consideration of the deep anxiety universal- ly felt for information. How different was the course pursued by the French, Italian and Austrian authorities during the Italian cam- paign of 1859. The comparison is surely op- portune at this moment. Accompanying the staffs of the generals of both the French and the Austrian armies were special correspondents of the leading Journals in Europe. With the French army were M. Dreolle, of the Constitutionnel, of Paris, a semi-official organ; M. Texier, of the Siecle, the repyfblican organ; M. Amedee Achard, of the Journal des Debats, the Orleans organ; M. Gaiffe, of the Press, the opposition organ; M. d’Audigier, of the Patrie, and M. Leonce Dupont, of the Opinion Nationale. F It will be seen that each Paris journal was represented, and that all alike were permitted free access tothe ranks of the army. These writers were furnished with passes by Colonel Vernon, the Provost Marshal of the French army. The passes especially stated that all officers of the army were to extend to these special correspondents every facility for the furtherance of their duties, and that due cour- tesy be observed towards them. Not only were French writers allowed within the French lines. The special correspondent of the London Morning Chronicle, as also General Eber (a Hungarian, since become celebrated as a fol- lower of Garibaldi), the special correspondent of the London Times; M. Petruchelli, the cor- respondent of the Independance Belge and the Daily Telegraph, of London, as weil asa num ber of German and Spanish correspondents, all were provided with similar passes, and all alike met with the same courteous treatment. Count Cavour also provided passes to these corres- pondents for the Sardinian army. No restric- tions were made, as reliance was placed upon the discretion of the differeat writers; and in no instance was that confidence betrayed. The result was that throughout Europe correct and timely information was afforded as to the re- sults.of the different battles, the anxiety of the public being gratified. At the headquarters of the Austrian army were gathered special cor- respondents of the Austrian, Prussian, Russian and English journals. We submit these facts to our administration, and suggest either that the orders as to the cx- pulsion of correspondents from the army lines be reconsidered, or else that, in view of the heartrending anxiety of the public, and in furtherance of the public good, the govern- ment should issue daily bulletins from the seat of war. In the present state of suspense and doubt exaggerated rumors will arise, depress- ing to the public and injurious to the adminis- tration, unless ene or the other course be adopted, while as a certain result to the ad- miuistration will be the loss of consideration throughout the world. It will be accused of a desire to suppress the truth. -In fact, such ac- cusations are even now rife in the columns of European journals. To put an end to such re- ports, the greatest latitude should be allowed to the press as regards the publication of news from the army, tue government having the un- doubted right of punishing those journals dis- semjnating false reports or publishing details injufious to the success of the campaign. Coyremprvots, Bur Nor PuGNactovs.—English statesmen and journalists act and speak in our regard as if we had no exact appreciation of our own position. They assume that we are on the verge of bankruptcy, and they are dis- gusted that we should have still so much con- fidence in our paper currency as to keep gold down to a premium of 116, when at one period in their own history the notes of the Bank of England fell forty per cent in value. They assume that we are being steadily whipped by the rebels, and are disgusted that we should remain in ignorance of the fact. In this they resemble Santa Anna at Buena Vista, who, after fighting General Taylor’s small force with five times their number, finally got disgusted with old Zachary’s obstinacy, and concluded to leave him alone in his glory. This English disgust is a chronic affection, and, provided it takes no more offensive form, eed occasion us but little concern. When Englishmen turn up their noses it is a sure sign that they have ao stomach for fighting. Resewi.’s Letren.—We once heard an English politician liken Earl, then Lord John, Russell } toa Shetland cur. On inquiring the reason, he replied that his lordship’s disposition was natu- rally waspish, and that he never failed to bark where he could do it safely. There is a good deal of justice in the simile. With the bump of caution dominating all the other organs, aggressivencss on a petty scale has always been a marked feature of bis lordship’s charac- ter. His recent extraordinary lettor to Mr. ~ Seward is a perfect exemplifica'ion of this tendency. It exhibiis a wish to insu,'t without the courage to do it, and it is consequ2ntly as undignified and purposeless an effusion 8 has ever beea penned by a foreign minister. Hor- tunately bis lordsip’s bark is worse than fis bite. In this instance it has degenerated into a snarl. What Is to be Dene with the Negroes, and What with the Avolitionistu? The abolition press and the orators of the radical revolutionary faction are continually embarrassing the President and the operations of the war, not only by their absurd theories of negro “liberty, fraternity, equality,” bat by urging their practical adoption on the govern- ment. One portion of the faction contends that the emancipation of all the negroes of the South is essential to the success of the war, and would be, besides, a righteous act of the President to down-trodden humanity, thbugh the President himself deelares that the salva- tion of the Union is paramount to the emanci- pation of any number of negroes. At the same time this wing of the faction, whichis by far the mgst numerous, insists that the liberated negroes shal? be sent out of the country with- out waiting to inquire whether they are willing to go, or determining the question, in the event of their refusal, whether banishment from their native land would not be a greater crime against humanity than permltting them to re- main as they are, even inslavery. The other wing of the radicals goes the whole figure for emancipation and social and political equality, and contends thatthe negroes have a right to remain to amalgamate with the white race. Now we hold that the best thing odo with the negroes is to let them alone. The. best thing to do with the leaders of the abolitionists who have disastrously meddled with this war is to squelch them, and then there will be a bright prospect of the struggle soon being brought “to a successful termination. We are not opposed to the colonization of the negroes; but it does not practically amount to any- thing. The blacks have'a right to emigrate to Liberia or Central America, or anywhere else they please, just as the frish in America have a right to return to Ireland or the Germans to fatherland; but to force them to emigrate is impracticable and absurd. That they would not leave in any considerable numbers is too well known to ‘admit of question. But if it were practicable it woutd be neither for our in- terest nor theirs to drive them from the country. Weneed their labor; but it is*better for all con- cerned that they should be held in the mild servitude of the Sonthern States. The two races could not ‘exist together in freedom. It has been said they do exist in freedom together in Russia, in France and in Eng- land. How many negroos would a tourist see in his travels through England, France and Russia? Not one hundred. In some of the Southern States thé blacks are more numerous than the whites. Could both races exist together in freedom there? Moreover our institutions are ‘very different from those of England, France and Russia. Under a monarchy ne- groes might exist in freedom side by side with white men, but not ina republic where every man has a voice in the making of the laws. Republics are founded upon intelligence. The black man has not sufficient intelligence for self-government and democratic institutions. Political equality would lead to amalgamation, as in Central America and the South American republics, and the result would be the deterio- ration of the white race, or it would lead to the destruction of the blacks. Political equali- ty would beget’a cldim of social equality, of in- tellectual and physical equality, and lastly of amalgamation. The antipathy to this on the part ofthe superior race would result in a war of races sand the extermination of the blacks. The negroes, in their native Africa, have never made any progress in arts, or sciences, or letters, or philosophy, or religion, or government, since the dawn of history. The head of the negro, as sculptured on the monuments of Egypt thirty- four centuries ago, is-the same as it is found at this day on the shoulders of the living race in America. The figures on the Egyptian tombs show that they were slaves more than three thousand years ago; and slaves and barbarians they still remain. They alone, of all other races, have made no progress by the light of Europe and America. Time has effected no change, even by the transfer of the race to the New World. In ten generations here it has not made the slightest approximation either to- wards the aboriginal population or to any other race. Better food and contact with the white men have slightly improved both body and mind; but two generations of domestic culture effect all the improvement of which negro or- ganism is susceptible. Many negro families de- scended from the second generation are here, but they are perfectly identical in physical and intellectual character with those of the eighth or tenth generation, where there has been no admixture of white blood. We have no objection to the emancipa- tion of all the negroes in the land; but let it be done by the people of the States themselves. The federal government has not the power. It must be admitted, however, thatthe negroes are practically as little en- slaved at the South as at the North, while they are far more happy and contented with their lot there than here, und have a lien upon the land for their support in sickness and old age, which is more than can be said of the white laborer of the North. The negro population ane a vast benefit to the Southern States, and to the whole country, under the patriarchal in- stitution. To colonize them would be to re- move so much productive labor from the coun- try without a chance to replace it, and to saddle the nation with a vast interest-paying debt, incurred by the just payment of compen- sation to the owners of the staves; while, ihstead of the condition of the negroes being bettered, they would soon fall back to their original barbarism, as they are doing in Hayti and Jamaica, But slavery is asserted to be the cause of the war, and therefore it must ‘be abolished. Slavery is not the cause of the war, for it has existed in the country for ten genera- tions. Why did it not produce war during that ‘long period? It is not negro slavery, therefore, but the attempt of the abolitionists to med- die with it, that has caused the civil conflict that is now desolating the land. For the last thirty years they have agitated the coun- try, and their agitation has culminated in a terrible civil convulsion. The abolitionists have cansed the war, and they are now interfer- ing with its success, by intensifying the rebel- lion, on the one hand, by the: titude against slavery; while, on the other hand, they repre- aont, the way as hopeless, and thus discourage * 4 a i ty a mm enlistments and damp the ardor of the natiom It is the duty of the government to arrest their revolutionary career before it is too late. Mr. Seward’s Letter and Emanctpation. On the whole Mr. Seward’s letter to Karl Russell was a good diplomatic document for the time it was written; and though subsequent reverses to our arms, brought about by the fa- natieal and corrupt abolition leaders, somewhat impair the force of the main argument, it is nevertheless highly creditable to the Seere- tury of State. But™there is # weak spot in it, and it-would have been better for the interests of the republic if it had not eeen the Ught. The foreshadowing of universal emancipation may dovery woll to influence forsign govern- ments, or to. hold out as a bugbear to frighten the rebels; but none knows better than Mr. Seward himself that practically this “stone im the sleeve” is of no avail. The rebels are now made too familiar with it to be alarmed, just as the birds in the fields become accustomed to the scarecrow and no longer fear it. If ever they dreaded it, they do not now, having had already experience of about the worst we can do in that way, thanks to the fooliyh policy of the last Congress. s ‘ It is idle for Mr. Seward or anybody else to hold out threats of what we will do in a certain contingency. Let the contingency be first re- alized, and then it will be time enoygh to oon- sider what we will do thereafter. For our own part, we hold that if we succeed in establish- ing the authority of the federal government over the rebellious States it will not then be necessary to resort to emancipation; and, even if the constitution permitted us to adopt such » measure, it would be the dictate of extreme folly. But to announce beforehand that we will do this thing in the event of our success is still more absurd; for it is only holding out a premium to continued resistance, and like hoist- ing a black flag to make the South fight with desperation. The effect upon the border slave States now in the Union would be disas- trous in the extreme. Instead of having Dela- ware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri as friends, we would soon have to count them as foes, and thus the difficulties of ultimate suo- cess would be multiplied. Mr. Seward is too able a man not to see that the threat of universal emancipation is only » brutum fulmen to the Southern confederacy, and that nothing will suffice to bring it to rea- son but hard knocks. The rebels regard negro emancipation as little as the whistling of a northwester, and the only important effect it would have upon them would be the new ar- gument it would furnish their journals and demagogues to inflame the passions of the Southern people against “Lincoln’s govern- ment.” I¢ would be adding fuel to the fire already kindled, while, in a military point of view, it would utterly fail, and render no as- sistance whatever to our arms. - Fart, Russert axp THE Press—In his cynical reply to Secretary Seward’s letter, recently published, Earl Russell endeavors to be satiri- cal, but becomes nonsensical. In one part of his note he claims that the British government has been very magnanimous in preserving ita neutrality, because of “the insults constantly heaped upon the British name in (American) speeches and newspapers,” and in another part he reminds the President that the British go- vernment cannot stop the utterances of insults against America, because “perfect freedom to. comment upon all public events is, in England, the invariable practice, sanctioned by law aad approved by the universal sense of the nation.’” Now, the American press is quite as indepen- dent of the American government in its com- ments upon English affairs as the English prees is of the English government in its comments upon American affairs. Upon what ground, then, can Earl Russell claim magnanimity in disregarding the “ insults” of our newspapers? Upon what ground, then, can Earl Russell place the utterancés of our press alongside of the blockade and the cotton famine as an equal motive for intervention? If Earl Russell can- not control Roebuck and the Times, neither can President Lincoln control Archbishop Hughes and the Heratp. The rule isa very poor one which does not apply equally to two precisely similar cases like these. Waiack’s Taxarre.—We wish to eall attention to the jact that that versatile actress and very deserving lady, Mra, W. J. Florence, takes her benefit at this establish- ment to-night. The bill is a most attractive one, and we trust that the attendance will be such as the occasion calls for, Union State Convention. TO THE EDITOR OF THR LERALD. Aimany, August 22, 1862. The undersigned, the Statv Executive Commilies, de- sire the attention of all constitutional Union men in the State to the following call :— UNION STATR CONVENTION. Ata meeting of the teo,” held at Albany on the Sth instant, it was unanimously resolved to call a State Convention to nominate State otlicers, the Couvention to gonsist of two delegates from each Aw sembly district. ‘A sub-comunittee of five was appointed, with power to de- siznate the time and place of holding the Convention, aad issue tue call, and resolutions were adopted d pose to by our old platform of * he Enioreement of the Laws.” Alaa, fen ws wil be faithful to thelr igh trusts, C general government in the exercise of every legitimate means to suppress the rebeliion. The undersigned, therefore, designate the City of Troy, and Tuesday, the Wh of September next, at twelve o'clook 3 oe and time of hoiding said Convention, and we hers of the cousututional Union party im in their reapective Assembly districts, and with alternates (not delegates to any inating Convention), to meet Jn Couvéntom ‘or the nomination of State officers, and business 4s may be presented. uh Habe tO in elect two detegat other state No as heret appelute: (0 transact such TS 7 oe JONAS ©, HEARTT, CHAS. B. FREEMAN, } Sub-Committee, JAMBS KIDD, . STEVENS, mi. Aupayy, Augt At the present juncture of our national affairs, while rebellion, in gigantic proportions, is seeking the over- throw of the nation, and every energy of the people is demanded w sustain the governinent, we must uot be un- mindful of our duty as citizens of the Empire State. A most important election is at hand, and the selection of candidates, such as should fill the Stato offices, is a duty vecond to none in the importance of its bearing on the State and pation. Fully believing that our nation can only be restored to its past prosperity and glory uj the principles we have ever held, as set forth in the above call, we ear. nestly urge upon you, and all who sympathize with us, to unite in the selection of true men as delegates to the Con- vontion, that each Assembly district may be represented, and such nominations made as will secure the co-opora: stitut ional Unio-loving men in the State, JAMES L. SMITH, ROSWELL GRAVES, RF. F. A. TALLMADGE, BE. W. TOML ABRAM DURYEA, JAMES KIDD JEHIEL REID, CHAS. B. PREEMAN, KLIP. NORDON, WM. DUER, GEO. A, HALSEY, Wi. ©, HASBROUCK, WaSHINGION HUNT. E. J. BROWN, The Turf. FASHION PLEASURE GROUND ASSOCIATION—T2OTTING. ‘The trotting Face announced to come off yesterday artor- noon between Lancet, Lady Sherman and General MeCtel- an, did net take place, on account of the heavy condition of the track, occasioned by the deluging rain of yestorday morning. ‘Tho trot was postponed until Monday noxt. A number of those who went out to witness the trot made aslight attempt to play the indignant at boing disap- pointed; but as the race was made for a good day and good track, the proprietor had the night to postpone the Taco and save himself from loss, and he oxoroised his pre- rogntive accordingly. A trot bolweep the above named horses will be well worth seeing ,n@ thoy are all very fast, nud on a good tra ck ouglt to oat 2:30 very time. Tour horses will trot this afternoon for a purse and wtake