The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1862, Page 4

ONNEW YORK HERALD; (WEDNESD AY)|/ SEPTEMBER 10) 1862. . The Dehet ef Guribaldt and'Its Infiu-. » emee om Amerigun Affairs, | We publish, elsewhere sevoral ~ Dri. THe Troors—Sonse of ‘the officers now for the old’ or raising new interesting Kan FAREA GORDON, PRUP ) | sult.as.a glorious victory over secession, as repre V'savy that the game of strategy has now com | doevments conneoted with the recent unsucces* | we are sorry to say, do not. Whether they do vaca pa * EDMOR AND PROPRIETOR, pray Aan gc opear pee ig « »bmenged, “on the one: side for the preservation ‘aan of Gakinaas including his aaa or not, however, the matter is so important that baie a mapa current im regard \ OPFICEN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU $73, - ve Tand on the other for the capture of Washing-| Preelame so'the peopto‘of Hungary and it should no longer be left to the'caprice or the’| *esisnation of the Secretary ol young man named John Riley being found guilty ter proclamation of General Klapka. tively, however, by. those Of an'attéuapt at petty Inroeny, his-counssl asked’ su fo wd tou;” and let not our spidiers of Reunsylvan'a will of subordinate ofMfloers, General Halletk to¢ information “aR hc aaa Benes ae a eh leave for him to be allowed to-join tho army, | 2d Murylanid be divorted ftom this object. | _/ ape bp Me Pay Psi svg, | Should: immediately issue an order ditecting | war omve, exedbt st the tavitaion 6 the TUR Baby lakes i when City Judge McCunn stnted that he did not-| Let ns expel, this rebel army, from the back Seles it, taip eae anna that all regiments, battalions, companies 7 RADICALS PLOTTING 4G AmveY M’CLMLAAN. mh pi dn believe the atmy-woold be hetioftted by recraits'| door of Washington, and then, if not capturca, | "0" partaittsto ‘0 t squads of recruits ghall,bo drilled, by their] The radicals are still industriousty endcavoring to re OS tay pie of that cla-s, and sentenced -him to thePeniten-"}>it will speedily disappear. ‘ sullsied on ee wishes for ftsmecess. It} omcers twice’ a day, at “igi hos. wip biaptloy bye Presidecit’ yaa ont ahr Bae PP iat sot opin appears to have been ill-timed/eaifar ast own | Gonoral Lew. Wallace drilled the Western #2" armiay Sropcht olags tnt i ase Gn wa. A} ’ A Tih ERNILE Akl aC, on Watweiayactomreeme ree | Tho market for beef cattle was active, buoyant |’ Daiocasti’ Sire’ Convanrion.— ‘The! State | Proerects were concerned, but most, oppor Paap appl oy Pion = recruits, eight hourd.a.day} and’ that. is/only.a,| © : . i ‘ } done to dentroy it. While General McCiellan is’ els Bors PON DENCE covtaitig impdniane | and frm on Monday; bub with’ alange increase inh Convention of the deicetatio party. off this} ("n° *.* diversion: tn the, Pete a don in | ftir day's work. IP ‘this, order. be issued agd:|, machinations prove fattores, Dut the ‘be goes . a-<'ca Ponies Conwetronueang apa | the Teceipts the, market. waa less. firm, and the} site assembles, in,Albany,, to-day, for tie,| &Aid to be enjertained by Louis Napoleog in} poroughly carsied out, our recruits will go to | Auto tue Geld they redouble thelr ofbriae -) srhpip Skat abt Lertens axa Padx- | sales dragged, somewhat yesterday, when ry our regard, Jn undertaking it agatust the judg- were slightly lower. The whole range was\irom ment of the lfberal press of Europe, the’advice HE FORTIFICATIONS AROUND WASHINGTON. purpose of nominating candidates for Goy- the war a hurdredfold more serviceable than ciced crery day: eadorrtivements ine Baus Fawiny fixeatn, and ig the toms, Volume XXVIF, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVEN NIBLO'S GARDEN, Rioadway.—Mr Nerouson’s Wirz Rep GNomy— Firing Prarece. . WINTER GARDEN Broadwat.—Geratoixe. NEW Canin—sr. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Cartars KyD—How 10 Avon Daarrinc Kauss. OWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Uwcus Tom's er ick. NIXON'S CREMORNE GARDEN, Fonrteenth street and Ath aveuu#,—Orrns. BaLiet, PROWENADE CONCERT 4ND QUESTRI ATM. Afternoon—CINDENELLA, BARNUN'S AMERICAN. MUSEUM. Broadway.—Guax Aovant.—Leinsep Seat, &¢., ab all hours, Chavo Map- xt, aficrnoot anderening. BRYANT’ MINSTRELS’ Mechanicw Hall, 472 Broad- Burcasques, Dances, &¢.—Tue ‘way.—Ermiorias SoxGs, Bekox omsant, CHRISTY’S OPERA HOU! ‘Brosdway.—Ermiorian Sones, Dancks, ac.—Tur ome WOODS MINSTREL HALL, Broadway.—Ermiorux Boxos, Dances, $0.—Lut Hux at HITCHCOCK'S THEATRE AND M HALL, Cana street.—lovasiety Ovrpoxe—[. A A : GAIBTIES C! mee Conoger BALL, 616 i ae PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS. roadway.— daily irom 1AM CH IDE ronan New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1662. THE SITUATION. Tt was stated, on the authority of the Washing- ton Intelligencer, that the rebels occupied the western bank of Seneca creek, from its month at the Potomac, twenty-two miles above Washington, to Middlebrook, a. point within eight miles of Rockville, a town on the turnpike road between Georgetown and Frederick. It is said, also, that General McClellan passed through Rockville on Sunday night. Harper's Ferry is considered per" fectly safe and beyond all danger from the raids ofthe cnemy. The rebel force now in Maryland is set down at nearly 120,000, disposed of as follows :—80,009 infantry and artillery, and 8,000 cavalry, supported by 150 pieces of artillery. Itis reported that a portion of the Indiana cavalry had a skirmish with the rebels at Pooles- ville, Ma., ou Monday evening and drove them from that place. The news from the West continues to be im- portant. The rebel forces are said to be within five miles of Covington, Ky. Despatches from Louisville state thaton Thursday a foraging party from Cumberland Gap encountered a party of rebels, seven tiles distant. A sharp skitmish ensued, in which the Union loss was one killed and three wounded. The rebels were driven away, with considerable loss, as they were exposed to a raking fire from a thirty-two pounder. The rebels are reported to have destroyed the water stations at Benson and Bagdad, on the Louis- ville and Frankfort Railroad, and to have torn up @ hundred yards of the track at Bagdad. Our letter from Hilton Head, 8. C., contains, among other interesting things, the departure of General Hunter and General Saxton from tha, point, on their way to the North. General Bran- nan, as next in command, succecds General Hun- ter at Hilton Head until the arrival of Genera} Mitchel. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamships City of New Youk, from Queens- town, and Borussia, from Southampton, reached this port yesterday morning. Our European files are dated to the 27th of August. The papers con tain interesting details of the news to that date; but the inteHigence is not so late‘as the telegraphic reports of the Norwegian and Australasian. Three State conventions will meet to-day, viz:— ‘The New York Democratic, in Albany; the Repub- lican, of Massachusetts, at Worcester, and the I Jinois Democratic, in Springfield, The candidates 4% be nominated on the general ticket for New York aré for the officeg of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Canal Commissioner, Inspector of State Prisons, and Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The Democratic State Convention of Wisconsin adopted a long and prosy address to the few faith ful followers of the party im that Slate. It de- mounces the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, the discussions in Congress, and the Emancipation bill. It denies the power of the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus or to arrest citizens for treason, and to suppress se- cession journals, and if it had dered it would, no doubt, have denied the right of the government to pat down'the rebellion. On Saturday and Sunday last the following num- ber of troops through Baltimore, en route p seat of w ork, new regiments... uneylvania, New York, old r ia, old ‘an, old regiments. Ohio, old regiments... 2,727 1,480 Total ‘ The Hartford Courant (republican) says that at the time McClellan was charged with dereliction of duty, in pot sending forward troops to the aid of Gen. Pope, he had virtually been stripped o¢ all his troops, even to his body guard, and that he himself was asking for the privilege of going him- self, in almost any capacity; that, while the Presi dent was led to believe from Pope's despatches that all was going well, McClcilan was assured thet all was not well, and that when the President learned of the retreat of onr army to Centreville he called upon McCleliau to take command and save the army. The State of Kansas, with a voting population of less than fifteen thonsand, inclading those who vote early and often, has sent twelve thousand three hundred men to the war. There are two thousand one hundred wen, raived in Essex, Morris and nine ex tc wnties, New Jersey, now éveamped at Newark, iu tw ty-two barracks. atewent ino of the‘city jonrnals yes- ounty to volunteers ccasod d to oucour, and ts cal The & ‘© | geneous and barmonious i] > | authorities and people of vee | co-operate directly whth the army o/ 6c. to 90.3 bat only a few sold below 7c., and the average price was sbout 76, Milch cows were steady at $25 to $40 @ $50. Vdals_ were steady at. 3340. to 5c. a 5Y%o. Sheep and lambs were in good demand, and rather higher; prices ranged from $260 to $5.05 50. Swine were active at 32{c. a 434¢. for corn fed, and Se. a 3%4c. for distillery. The total receipts were 6,369 beeves, 80 cows, 425 veals, 13,752 sheep and lambs, and 14,204 swine. The stock market was higher yesterday all round. For- a wonder, the rumors of the dey were all favorable to the bulls, and government securities rose 1% 8 3%, while railway shares advanced a % per cent. At the close there was @ moderate reaction in prices. Money was abundant at 6 per cent. Gold declined from 11934 to 118%, Exchange closed at about 1303;. The export of produce for the week was about $2,800,000. ‘The cotton market was again excited and active yester- day, and closed ata further advance of 2c. a 23;0. pep Ib., giving a tolal advance in nine or ten days past of 93¢0. & 10c. per Ib,—equal to $42 95 © $45 per bale. The sales to. day embraced 8,500 bales, on the basis of 57340. @ b&c. per 1b. for middling uplands, closing at the outside figures. It may appear strange to some readers why sales should be so large when the stock is sosmall. This is explained by the fact that the same lot of cotton is ffequently sold’ over and over again, as the market advances or recedes, and chiefly on speculation, Assortments of shipping brands of State and Westera flour were limited, and prices were firm, and, in some cases, 60. per bbi. better. ‘Wheat was heavy and fell off from 29. a 3c, per bushel. Corn was also heavy and declined Ic. per bushel. Pork was lower ; sales of mess were made at $11 50, and of prime at $10. Sugars were stronger, with @ good re- fining demand; the sales embraced 1,730 bhds., 800 of which were Cubas, and bought’ by ove refiniug house at 8%{c. a8}gc. Coffee was. quiet dnd sales limited, The advance in freights was sustained, while engagements were modorate. Phe Rebel Army in Maryland, and Its Designs—Washington and Foreign In- tervention. ‘The rebel army now in Maryland is variously estimated from eighty to one hundred and fifty thousand strong. We think it will not be safe to rate it less than one bandred thou- sand men. This immense force, upon which the fate of this rebellion is staked, signifies something more than a mere foraging expedi- tion. What are its designs? It menaces Penn- sylvania, it threatens a descent upon Baltimore; but we believe that its real objects are: first, to confuse and divide our forces for the protection of Pennsylvania and Baltimore, and then to pounce en masse upon Washington. What has this great rebel army to gain by moving northward? Nothing but destruction from the spontaneous outpouring of the North- ern people. Once north of the Pennsylvania line, this rebel army would soon be cut off from the South, surrounded and cut up in de- tafl, if not in a general baitle. What has it to gain at Baltimore? Its entrance into that city would doubtless be the signal for an order to the women and children and all non-comba- tants to move out, preparatory to a shelling from our forts and mortar boats, which would reduce the city to ashes over the heads of its rebel “diberators.” We cannot, therefore, en- tertain the idea that the grand design of this rebel army is an invasion of the North or the occupation of Baltimore. On the contrary, from all the. facts before us, it is manifest that the rebel programme. is to seize our national capital, to risk everything in this enterprise, from the conviction that with the occupation of Washington by Je& Davis a satisfactory and conclusive case wiH be made out for Eurapean interventfon and Southern independence, to ‘say nothing of the immense supplies of artillery, munitions of war and mili. tary stores of all descriptions which will thus be secured for an offensive winter campaign. “More than two-thirds” of this rebel army in Maryland, it appears, “are barefoot,” and “very few ofthe cavairy have shoes.” Their situation is desperate. They are not prepared for an invasion of the North. They would be delayed too long on the road, in their peesent extremities of poverty, to think of reaching Philadelphia in season to sup- ply their wants, and Baitimore may be made too hot-to hold them. Al? their wants, how- ever, can be supplied at Washington, if they can capture it; but the political importance of this capture they estimate asa thousand times more valuable than all its warlike stores. The rebel headers, too, are doubthess acting under the idea that the fortifications of Wash ington on the Marytand side are weak, if not contemptible; that we have mainly depended upon the Potomac against an assault in the rear. Should the experiment be tried, how- ever, of entering Washington by the back door, we know that General Lee would find himself seriously mistaken in his calculations. If there were not a solitary earthwork in the rear of the city, we are satisfied that General McClellan has to-day an army around him sufficient to repel this rebel ariny in Maryland; but is there not some danger that the rebels may so divide our forces to protect Baltimore and the Penn- sylvamia border as to be able, by a sudden con- centration of their army, to wheel in against Washington, and by the dead weight of over- whelming numbers at some exposed point carry the city by storm? If we are not mistaken, the War Department has authorized the assurance to be made that every necessary precaution bas been taken to catch this rebel army in Maryland as ina trap; but we had similar assurances when this same rebel army crossed the Rappahannock, when they erossed Dull run, and when they Lad occu- pied Centreville, We have scen, however, that the rebel {Enerals Ste hot so dasily entrapped. There is nothing to prevent their crossing the Potomac, as the two armies now staid; but before we attempt to cut off their retreat, let us be perfectly sure, even against one hundred and fifty thousand men, that we are abund antly prepared to resist their advance. We have great faith in the preeautions and sagacity and vigilance of G and ‘an tre with thoi | side, and our new volunte hicGi eat confidence in the consolidation a | ‘ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Canal Gommis- the Court of Appeals, aa well. .as. to lay down their platform .of principles {for the canvass. As usual, the Conrention will, beyond a» donbt, be manipulated by the Albany Regency. Whether they will try to be good Lord and good Devil to all sides, as they did at the Syracuge Convention last year, in the adoption of the famous ninth resolution, remains yet to be seen. It is intimated, how- ever, that they intend to take a bold stand on the war, and may possibly, now that “ Stone- wall” Jackson has found his way so far North, decide to appoint a committee to go andmeet him and tender him the hospitalities of the Convention. The publio generally have been so much ab- sorbed in the war, and their minds on tbe bat- tle field instead of political eaucuses, that they little comprehend the scramble that has been for some time past going on among the guber- natorial and other aspirants for positions, The selection of Albany, in@tead of Syracuse. for the place to hold the Convention, was gencral- ly interpreted to mean’ 9 determination on the part of the Regeney to lay ex-Governor’ Sey- motr one side and place General Dixin the field for Governor, in response to the demand of the conservatives of all parties; but, we see that the old style politicians have been at work packing the delegate conventions and instructing the delegates to vote for Seymour. This looks as though the movement of the Regency was mis- construed, or else they have been trying their hands at their confidence game. There is' an interesting contest between the several candi- dates; but we leave it with our correspondents to inform the public who will win. We do not expect any important results from this Conven- tion, nor do we have any idea that either the administration at Washington or our generals in the field will be at all embarrassed by its proceedings, notwithstanding Tammany and Mozart have decided to behave themselves, and not quarrel until after the Convention has concluded its important labors. Loox on Tus Picrers 4np on Tats.—A few short months ago Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, de livered the following speech Mr. Fessenden (Maine), In the ‘There are more men than the gv do with here on the Potomac to-d there to sent! for others? * * Wel nate (28th March) — nows What to What cecasion is 760,000—if that is the number—250,000 more than we ever intended to have. * * What isthe reason why we should go on and appeint generals to correspond with a number of men ‘that aye not needed and are not used? * * | offered a proposition the other day to siop all enlistmenta antil the army should be reduced to the proper level—until wo should get down to the number we wanted, and nu more. My friend from Massachusetis (Wiison) said wo should have a bill soon where I could put on my amendment. 1 have not seen his bill yet. As soon as he Drings it along, go that Ican put on my ameudment, I will, and hope it will be forthcoming very seun. 1 undersiand, however, that the department has absolutely stopped enlistments. - beaenrnod iow te cease we to reduce it to re ve & law on the aubject.— Washington Glebe, March 29, 1862. In the Tribune we find the following account of Senator Feesenden’s present views :— It ia to be hoped thas the visit of Senator Fessenden to ‘Washington, caused vate reagona, will be productive of public benefit, It is to be presumed that while he was here be visited the President and members of the Cabinet, and it i¢ certainthat if he tali:od with them lerahe prosecution of the war, widiort fear or Per cwitict eon duewerard to politcal ‘og persenal considerations, but in a manner and by tim us@ of ail mfeans that should insure This is a great clange even for a radical, and we congratulate him upon it. Experience often brings wisdom, and we are gled if Fessenden’s experfence during the past few months has led him to believe im “an energetic prosecution of the war,” and to cease his efforts to reduce our armies and discredit our generals, various Proxorioy From THE Ranxs.—A_ brilliant opportunity is now afforded General Halleck to fulfil his promise to promote our officers from the ranks, by conferring commissions upon those privates distinguished by gallant conduct upon the battle field At Plymouth, North Carolina, recently, Orderly Sergeant Green, of Company F, Hawkins’ Zouaves, Ninth regiment New York Volunteers, with about three ban- dred men, composed of bis own company and Joyal North Carolinfans, boldly advanced to meet and utterly defeated fourteen hundred rebels, commanded by Colonel Garrett. Such conduct needs no eulogium, but deserves prompt recog- nition and reward. Sergeant Green is so well able to fill the places of his superior officers when they are sick that he should at least equal them in rank. We do not ask the President to make Sergeant Green a brigadier general, though he has done more to merit the rank than many of those who now hold it; but wedo ask General Halleck to give Sergeant Green a commission, and he will no doubt soon make himself a brigadier general by hard eervice, Tux Nationa, Tax.—The assessors and col- lectors recently appointed under the Tax law of last Congrees received their blank books on Monday, but are unable to tell from their in- structions how or in what manner they are to proceed. In fact they appear to be in a dilemma, not even knowing whether they are to keep an office or hold forth on. the curbstone. The most intelligent of them are unable to tell what is to be deducted frém the income, if any- thing, or, in fact, what they ave to do. Iu short, the whole affair, owing cither to defects in the law or from instructions from headquarters at Wasbington, is in a decided muddle, and the prospects are that several days will elapse before any portion of the law will be carried | into effect in this city, | Tun Baer Canto oF Is vnc Let Gene- | ral Halleck iseue an order thet every recruit | shall be drilled from the very day of en! | ment. 7 and v is « goldiets ¥ nm mediate service, olcier v will thank G 1 Fal! will give them more exper Mee and thom more ¢ at, | ) ’ care of t rely ‘ rt ‘sioners, State Prison Inspectors and Clerk of endeavor to carry water on both shoulders, and: of the leading patriots of Italy and the eqynter- vailing intiuences of such men-as Kiapka, Gari- baldi, it scems now, judging him by the ordinary standard of prudence, committed a groat error. He Bhould have distrusted the promptiigs of, his own mind when he found that the red republicans and the Bourbonists both evinced such lively satisfaction at the precipitation of his plans, Put, after all, enthusiasts like this illustrious patriot are not to be judged of by the rules that govera ordinary men. He had succeeded before when success had appeared visionary, and if to bis raskness the Italian people were indebted for their liberation from the yoke of their oppressors, why to the same heroic teme- rity might they not owe that ‘unification’ for which the national heart was panting? But it is too sogm yet to pronounce the move- ment a failure, We have got to pause a while before we can say that it will not effect all that it was intended to accomplish. Victor Emaguel and his Cabinet may think that in the capture of their quondara associate they have avei difficulty with France. Vain illusion! The ‘akin of the dead lion’ has’ still a potengy in it. Garibaldi, in prison, will exercise over the heart of Italy an influence a hundredfold greater then when he was at the head of his partisans in|the Calabrian. wilds,, Those who coademned | his rashness will forget their moderation sympathy, whilst the great mass of the'people. will actively resent the indignities put upon him. To watisiy France, the great patriot must be kept where he can no longer alarm her suscep- tibilities; to satisfy Italy, no fetters must be allowed to press the limbs, no prison walls to chafe the spirit, of the man to whom she owes all that she holds most dear. will Victor Emanuel! be most likely to yield to? His patriotic, antecedents do not admit of a doubt as to the answer. s The Roman question, then, so far from being indefinitely postponed by the capture of Garibal- di, is by that very event more pressingly forced ion of Europe. A to important cousequences by ¢ se her policy in regard to the Pope, and and to give official expres- felt by her at the upon the atte: sion to the discon in which her French ally is atsempti neer over Italy, to the total exe: own influence. long been rank!ing inthe breasts of Ex statesmen, and it has now assumed po: ey despatches which have anged between the two governments in relation to the fresh troops about to be sent to Italy, and the maintenance of a French squadron if the Italian coasts. If, as isintimated in the article which we copy from the Moniteur, it is thereby contemplated to protect the Pope against the consequences of his temporal misrule, and to secure to him in perpetuity the capital of Italy, without which its unity can never be, accomplisyed, it is plein that nothing can averta rupture between the two Powers. As to the effect.ofa quarrel between them on our own interests, it matters very little now whether they continue on amicable terms or not. The time lus passed by when they could have interfered with any effect here. With an ammy and navy such as we will possess in the course of another month or two we onan bid de- fiance not only to tlte two Powers, but to all Europe combined. Let them hook to it that in oar turn we do not make our influence felt in the complications into which they are drifting, ——_— ‘ Tar Nationan War Committe, —The “Nation- al War Committee” heid a secret meeting yester- day afternoon at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. Not only was the press excluded, but the members of the commitiee present re- fused to communicate any portion of the discus sion to the reporters. They saide—*We are under a ban not to reveal the proceedings.” Now, the question is, ought any secret Jacobin committees to be tolerated who are professedly @ war committee, and sitin cancInve for two hours, and will not tell the people ‘even the result of their deliberations? We want nothing secret in this republic. The Union is not to be saved by Jacobin commitiees, who wouki only render confusion worse confounded, and man- gumte a reign of anarchy and terror. It is said that the reason why the secres¥ has been so rigidly preserved is.that the question under dis cussion was the treasonable one of raising fifty thousand troops for Fremont, in order to evable him to overthrow the government and accempiish a revolution in favor of fanatical abolitionism. Some members of the committee, finding out the disloyal designs of the rest, have yn from it, and others have offered such opposition that it is believed to be paralyzed, Yesterday the Tribune warmly espoused the cause of this revolutionary Jacobin committee, which is the most damning point against it. If it were loyal to the Union, the constitution and the laws, the Tribune, instead of supporting it, would denounce it. We cal! upon the Judge Advocate General to look after these gentlemen before they have done mischief, and it is too late to check their dangerons designs. Tue Maine Frrctton.—It appears that the republicans in Maine have eiected the Gover- nor by less than balf their majority fa the for- mer election, and they have lost one Congres- sional district. The only significance in the event istbat the public are diegasted with poli- tics and take no interest in them; that they are absorbed by the war, r political part form in certain a recently been inter withdr: or heart fe We know that at present. Now: (hey have to be drilled at Washington before they can fight. There is no reason why they should not be sent on to Wash- ington in good fighting ‘condition, well versed in the schools of the soldier and the company, and perfect in the manual of arms, The prac- tice would do the officers good as well as the soldiers. The other day we saw a cavalty re- eruit who had been enlisted & month, and had never yet been on horseback. Any day regi- ments may be seen passing down Broadway the: officers of which have to tell. the mep upon which shoulder to place their ihiakets and deliver theirorders in this style:-—“Right sh-ul- der—shoulder arms;” “left foot forward—tor- ward, march.” This is inexcusable, when we re- member how many weeks most of these regi- ments remain in camp before marching, and shows great neglect in otherwise active officers. Send the troops on fit for duty. Drill the re- cruits, and hurry them on to Washington. Tue Poricy or tHe Revers.—It is now well known, from returned prisoners and fromescap- ed Union men in the Southern army, ‘that no news of a defeat ever reaches:them. The news- papers are studiously excluded from the camps when battle bas taken place anywhere, be- tween thé rebellious and Union for The re- sult is communicated to the army in a few lines, in the shape of an army order, read to the troops on parade. In every case it is of course a vic- ‘tory, and a defeat is a thing unknown. It is no wonder for the rebels’ to feel confident ‘in the ultimate success of their cause, They seem to assume as an incontrovertible fact beyond all question that they can successfully invade | the Northern States. Hence, whea the despatch from Gen. Lee to Jeff. Davis, announcing | the rebel victories over Pope in front of Washington, was read to them, they took it quite coolly, asa matter of course, a forer-ne conclusion, and did not appear to be at all e!- ed with the news. We have no doubt that they would be but litile surprised if it were announced to them that the rebel flag floated not oniy over the Capitol at Washington; but the steeples of Philadelphia aud New York, and even the Bunker Hill Monu- ment, which overlooks the city of Boston. Nothingy would astonish men whose expecta- tions are so great and whose audacity knows uo limit. tyrone v gpa oman ecg ony» toma ral McClellan previous to bis taking. the General Fitz John Porter has immediate command of the fortides- tions, &0., an the south side of the river. Nothing has ‘been done to the forts since Inst winter, but coptrabands are now at work on them, a WHERE ARE THE REBEL FORCES, These who have been, upon the battle fiela me last few days roport that very few rebel are ta be eon in that direction, Their pickets appear to be no ‘1oas than three-quarters of a mile apart, and the great body of their troops are reported to have marehed in the direction of the Potomac river, by way of Leesburg. Bt is evident that a very small number are left in the vicinity of Centreville and manassas. The information derived upon the spot lends to the belief that the forces remaining there are simply pickets. GEN, POPE'S NEW DEPARTMENT. ‘The Department of the Northwest, to which Majer General Pope has been assigned, incindes a Towa, Minnesota, Nobraska and Dacotah, with the troope raising and to be raisod therein under his command—hie headquarters being at St. Paul, Minnesota. . THE any. } Major Jobu F, Lee, Judge Advocate of the Army, “| resigned, He occupied the position about years: First Lieutenant Drake DeKay, of the’Fe United States infuntry, is. relieved from duty with Gem - Pope, and ordpred to report for duty to General ‘Banks. .. Colonel Kane, of the Buoktall Rifles, has boon appointed ‘a brigadier general for gallant and meritorioup’ conduct tm the field. vod ARMY PROMOTIONS. _ ‘The following ‘promotions have been couferfed upem officers of General Fitz Jobu Porter's stalf for bravery end efficiency in the late campaign:—Major Alexander Webb, ‘Chief ‘of Staff, to be tidutenaut colonel ard tnepectes general ; Captain F. J. Locke to. be lieutenant golonel ; Captain C. B, Norton, Chief Quartermaster, to” B6 lieu: tenant colonel ; captain Joseph Kirkland, aid, to be majors Licutenant George Monteith, ald, to be captain ; Lieutes- ant J. MoQuade, ald, to be captain. f APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE TAX LAW W.C. Flagg has boon appointed Collector for the Twelftt district of Iijnois, in place of Hiram Barbor, declined. Joseph H. Lembart has been appointed Assesor for the Twontieth district of Pennsylvania, in place of D. W. Der- rickson, declined. their, Which of the two STAMPS. ‘Stamps of all kinds will be furnished upon receipt, by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenues, at his offies, of epecie, United States notes, or the original certificate of auy United States Assiatant Treasurer, or designated dopositary of a deposit made for that purpose, at the fol- lowing rates:—in sums of fifty dollars and’ over, two pes cent discount; one hundred dollars and over, three pee cent discount; five hundred dollars and over, four pes cent; one thousand dollars and over, five por cent dise ount, COLONEL PRATT, OF THE NEW YORE THIRTY-FIRGT, Colonel Calvin E. Pratt, of the Thirty-first New Yors regiment, who was seyrely wounded at the battle Gaines Mill, has returned to duty with his regiment. Col. Pratt has been strongly recommended for promotion foe gallant conduct in the battles of West Point and Gaines Miuis, and will probably be appointed a Brigadier General. DEATH OP LIEUTENANT GRUMMAN, OF THE BROOKLYN FOURTEENTH. : Lieut. Grumman, of Company H, Fourteenth New Yor® Stato Militia, died this morning, at Armory square Hes pital. His body is boing embalmed. BUSINESS AT THE PROVOST MARSHAL’S OFFIOR. Crowds continue to besiege the offees of the Military Governor and the Provost Marshal from morning until night for passes and other business connected with mil tary matters. Milltary business is attended to at ak hours. ARREST OF ALLEGED SECESSIONIST.’ Two citizens.of Fairfax county—John-and Presley Hay- cock—wers arrested yesterday for being within our tines under suspicious iroumstances, gent over te Major Duster, who disposed of the Y A man named Sunuel Tyson, gesiding: near Seneem creek, Md., was also arrested and sent to the Old Capitel. ‘Two ladies rositing near the Navy Yard were arrested last night for alleged tanipering with the guard at the Old Capitol, They were sont to the centrakguardheuss, where whey remained eome three hours, when thoPrevest Marshal rele ced them, satisded that thoy had been eaf- ficiently admonished of the impropriety of their condast.. THE INDIAN TROUBLES. dy ithas led ng Wrance E fool tne sae i eh ti freliig ihss Tue Norta 1s Srroyc Enovcs to Taxx Care or Irsenr-—Judge Advocate Turner, having already removed. the restriction upon Northern travel, has now arrived in this city forthe purpose of investigating the eases of prisoners contined in Fort Lafayette, and discharging all those not clearly guilty of treasonable ofences. This is a good work, and is well done, though done tardily. Itisja very great farce to be bothering ourselves about a few small potato chaps who can do no haim, if let alone, while we allow the big scoundrels, who are doing us real damage, to go unnoticed. Since the authorities seem determined not to arrest these great evil doers, itis just as wall to let little talkers escape Scot free. The North is certainly strong enough td take cate of iteelf and of all such fellowa, and the yovery- ment can very safely turn its whoie atention to the rebels in arms, and have its dungeons emptied and newly whitewashed for’ Jeff. Davis aud Company, when they are captured. Arrival of Union Prisoners—Sixty-two -€ General Pope’s Officers in Close Com- Snement in Richmond, &e. Fortress Monogr, Sept. 8, 1962. ‘The fing of trace boat Cosenck arrived from Aiken's Landing this forenoou, witheover six hundred Union sol. @ors paroled. They have deen in prison on Lette Istand. ‘They report fopternber 4. John Hickey, of Phtladelphie, was shot in Libby prison by the guard. ‘The guard shot ata Union prisoner for looking out of the window, and kfled Hickey imstend. The guard's came was Juaes Owen. September 6, there were sixty4wo of General Pope’s officers taken to Richmend aad placed4n clore cop. finoment in Libby prison; also about thirty soldiers, ‘The following letter was brought dewn by a paroled ‘Unton prisenor:— Arrived here yent Engagement wé¢h the Indians Near Fort Ridgely—The Indians Driven Back— Burial of the Massacred Whites=Ran- ning off the Government Mules and Catth—Need of Reinforcements, dic., de. * Sr. Pau, Minn., Sept. 6, 1862, Mayor Prince arrved) in this city laet night, with des- paiches from Fort Ridgely to September 4, Captaine Great aud Anderson, with a smallparty of infantry and cavalry, were attacked by two hundred an@ fifty savages eighteen miles from Fort Ridgety. Durieg the engagement tlie whites managed to throw up breastworks of deat horses 2nd carthyand held out mnt Colonel Sibjey ca their relief ‘and drove the Indians Uack. - 4 Thirteen wintes were &! and forty-seven wounded in th eugngememt. Meat of thykilled were residents of this city Before tt» engngement commenced Captain Graat’s party suceroiled in burying et} five maamered whites. ~ ‘One woman bad tai m the woods two weoks unbaried. Captain Vanderhnck, commanding at Fort Abercrombie, writes that a large number of Indians bad appeared‘ around the fort, and carried off all the government mules | and cattle belonging te that post. Captain Vanderhook says that be is competied to keep | bi ire force on the strictest guard all night, and also: say that unless reinforcements: appear goon be will be. conipelied to abandon the post. ? Leaveswonre Sept. 9, 1862. Intelligence from Dacotah and the Upper Missouri indt- cates serious Indian hoetilities. Governor Jayne, of Da- cotah, issued a proclamation on (he 30th ult. calling on she: gettlers to organize 2,000 men. Judge Amidon and his son had already been killed. General Blunt received a Cespatoh yesterday from Governor Jayne, dated Sioux Gity, September 6, whieh gays the Indians made an attack thet morning within three miles of Yanktown, the capital of the Territory. ‘The courier bringing the despatch to Sioux City, with an cscort of ten men, had o fight with twenty Indiang ten miles from Yanktown. The Governor cails for @ regiment, armas and ammunition) as a genoral Indian war 8 feared. Omana, Sept, 9, 1868. Powerful bande of Indians are threatening the northerm settlements of this Territory. The settiers.are greatly alarmed, and are coming in with their families, There te he excitement and no causeef alarm in this locality. Acting Governor Paddock bas tclegraphed to the Secreta. ry of War offering suffeieat military forces to hold the Indians in check along the borders of Nebraska. The militia Is being rapidly organized and drilled. It te be- Heveg thmt « moderate militia force, properly dispseed along tee border, anda smaller force in Minnesota and Jowa, will be adequate provision against Indian ineur- sfoas. ee ‘Tae Feuxse Mcnpen Cate.—Tho indictment against Radgski for the murder of Feliner, was called upm the, Court of Oyer vnd Tervainer at Monmouth, New Jersey, yestorday morning. ‘Attorney Ceneral Frelinghuysen aud osecuting A McLear appeared for the State, and ‘ex-Jndge Stewart, W& New York, defended the prisoner, ‘The case was postponed on the ground thet witneseon could be procured who could not appear wait next term, Lemay Passom, Sopt. 7, 2662. . ter ton dave’ hard march, and were immediately placed in the tobacco prison, te- gether with several other unfortunstes, We sincerely hope that Mr. Wiard, of Washingtou, aud the Test of One many friends, will use their uumest hifmence to haveue exchanged, in, ploes of there rebel prisoners: taken at Fairfex and now at Warhington. To oor (ami- lies we can ouly say we are well, and living bm hopes of soon being exchanged. We can write but tue. Re- member us to ali our friends. We shail write to yours often as possible. There are one hundred and thirty citi- zen prisoners Lere from all parts of the cuvatry. 8. SMITH. NATIAN ARICH. TALMADGE THORN, + Tho fleg of truce, in returning, mes a rebel gunboat this side of Harrison's Landing, returning towards Rich mond, About twenty Indies came down from Richmond, going North. It is talked in Richmond that the new Merrimac iss failure, but is completed. Capture of the Steamer W. B. Terry by Guerillas, Cricewatt, Sept. 9, 1862, On the 3d inst. the steamer W. B, Terry, with two Dahlgren howitzers on board, while aground in the Ten- nessee river ut Duck Shoals, 100 miles above the river's mouth, was captured by gneriling, The guerillas were in position onan adjacent bill, and fired so rapidly as to drive our gunners from their guns. ‘The guerillas removed the guns from the boat, captured teen government officers, and burned he boat, They liber:ted the \ tleers of the boat. The rebels also captured three free Legrcee andsold them on the A BA Ce BERS al On| le are, naitnees Me Neon ot the oth awk, esy:—The Unitod states schooner James T. Chambere captured the rebel steawer Union, witha cargo of threo hundred and Atty baler of eotten, recently, inthe Calf. On boarding hor it was found that every preparation had been made to ink her, which was prevented. Also, the robel schounor Corolla, fron Havana, with @ soneral cargo, bound for apy port into which she might convenicntly cum. “he evnk her rebel flag and papers during the c! of five hours. racer anid Movements of General Pope, &. Mapwon, Wis., Sept, 9, 1862. A telogram received by Governor Solethoa from Secretary, Staaten, ths afternoon, atinownoes that © Is on his way to St. Paul, Min, to take 5 tho Northweatera Department, headquarters id have no inclination ests. Some po- mn at Troy and lay Prot. Mr. 1. Lowenthal, agent of the femily of Meltver, and seesion of the Tegisiatare meets here to. | Mr. Wiislow, Dettrict Avegrney of Brooklya, wern prevent during the proveedings al: question iis idk ae a on al TERED le: hey ave to be George Vrancis Train. Funrrat oF Convoaar Coane 0. Hewrnere the menidhut up ina Boston, Ha pt. 9. 1 fiimeral of t's pitlant eoldter, WHO met Lis denn from di" Hel th wounds receisnin battle, takos plage today, from Ne. the “ei Nuon, ~“ \ 100 Bromd way, xt one o'clook. ‘Those af Duryee's Zourvee ¢ of tie nifle, ‘And ot NOW IN INIEALy npe @xpenter: tH attert — Peren congitg bayonet Orpore lab (he Furth Comtptent, Yuryee's Gove) wi