The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1862, Page 4

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The rebels wore said to be at Hagerstown yesterday. The map which we publish to-day of the present.scene of the impor- tant operations of the two armies will be found of the utmost value. It is the impression in Washing- ton that the rebel force in Maryland does not ex- ceed fifteen thousand, and that they came across the Potomac simply on a plundering expedition, as we originally stated. The want of food is urgent, and must be supplied from some source, or the rebel army wil! perish. Governor Curtin continues his active prepara- tions to defend Pennsylvania should the enemy make an incursion into that State. The reports that they had already advanced on Gettysburg have received no confirmation. The news from the West ig mostimportant. The rebels had approached to within five miles of Covington, Ky., yesterday afternoon in considera ble strength--3,000 infantry and 1,000 cavatry. They had come so close as to engage our pickets and drive a part of them back a mile. A battle was considered almost inevitable to-day. We have received intelligence from Key West, Hiorida, up the 2d inst. The yellow fever con- tinnes to claim its victims among the unaccli- mated population of that locality, including officers and men of the army and navy. The deaths from the time the fever appeared this cea- ton to the date of our advices were one hundred and sixty. Onr Havana correspondent, writing on the 6th lnstant, states that the rebel steamer Oreto—now named the Florida--bad arrived at that port trom When at Green Key she mounted her guns. She was per- mitted to remain in Cardenas to the 41st ultimo, having a Spanish war vessel on each of her. She has lost many men by yellow fever and desertion. Amongst the deed is the von of her commander, John N. Maffit. The Florida mounts eight very heavy guns and carries the irom piates for covering her with armor in her hold. Captain Maffit was still ill, Her first officer is — Stribling, formerly of the Sumter. On the lst instant the Florida was ordered to sea from Havana, and steamed out in the midst of a severe storm. Our Buropean files by tho Australasian, dated to the 30th of Angust, sontaia ihe detuil®of the news telegraphed from Newfoundland and published in The London Tres advocates a peace between the North and ii ed as far into ad as Pool Nassau, N. P., by way of Cardenas. side the Henan last Tuesday morning. Routh in very strong terms. The same journal contains a very fair and candid article on General McClellan's position and capacity for the chief command of the Union ar and acknowledges Vhat he enjoys the full coufidence of the soldiers ind people. Lord Bronglam has again denounc- t\ the idea of foreign int crvention in our war af- hira. Tait were fully reported by the telegraph. A rebel letter, from Louisville, Kentuc ky, to the London Tunes, asserts that the Union army in Virginia bad lost filty thousand men up to July 8, tn killed, wounded’and missing. The writer adds, however, that “peace on any terms would be ac- ceptable to North and South alike.’ MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Cunard mail steamship Australasian, Cap, tain Cook, from Liverpool at noon on the 50th and Queeenstown on the Slst ultimo, arrived at this port yesterday evening. ‘Ihe news by the Austral Gsian bas been anticipated in all its main fea- tures —political, financial and commercial—by her own ample report, delivered off Cape Race, and telegraphed from St. Newfoundland which was published in the Henatp on Tuesday morning. A despatch from Madrid of the The govert tes a bill granting a na, Bt. Domingo and tepresentatives to M Lord Palmerston's remarks on the Trent Jolna, 20th of August to the Cor- om to Hava- ns will pre Ww political « which will send Marshal nt, of Austria, is dead. He was born in Jrela n the year 1777. The Columbia, at this port yesterday, brings news from Mexico, Vera Cruz to the Let war steamers banded reinforcements for the u two the ptock of provisions. ( by way of Havana, dated at of Be Two French transports, had ptew with two eteam ver nur of NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMB&K 11, 1862. with those of Almonte, were atill however shut up in Cordova and Orizaba, and were engaged in fortifying their positions. Their communications with Vera Cruz were getting worse, for the roads were infested with Mexican guerillas. From five to seven French soldiers died from disease every day, The native guerillas were very bold, and ran up to the very outside of the intrenchmenta, They thus captured one husdred and four wagon mutes of the French army train, and General Lorences had to ransom them, at a cost of one thoasand aix hundred and sixty-four dollars. In a few days they ran the same cattle off again. General Do- blado had resigned his position in the Juarez Cabi- net, General Comonfort was at San Luis Potosi, in command of the Mexican army of the South. ‘The several States had taxed themselves towards a war fund of eight hundred thousand dollars. Do- blado had been succeeded by Juan Antonia de la Fuente as Minister of State. Some more adhe- sions were given to the French invasion. Circulars from Madrid call on the Mexicans to remember their Spanish descent, and ask them to call the Duchess of Montpensier, sister of Queen Isabella, to the throne. The steamship Potomac, Captain Fletcher, ar- rived at this port yesterday morning from New Orleans, with advices from that city to the even- ing of the Ist instant, inclusive, bringing four days later news. The Delta, of the Ist, publishes the particulars of a brilliant and saccessful recon- noissance to Bonne Carre Point, forty miles above New Orleans. The expedition was composed of infantry, artillery and cavalry. Reaching the point of attack, a body of rebels was disco- vered, who, after a short engagement, retreated. The expedition marched up two miles further, and captured a large drove of oxen, some six hundred in number, that had been driven across the country from Texas, and was intended for the use of the rebel army. Besides this, a large num- ber of cattle, mules, horses, sheep, &c., the pro- of well known, notorious and bitter seces- + were seized and confiscated. Over fif- teen hundred head of cattle, horses and moles were brought in as an evidence of the suc The health of New Orie: continues good. two preceding months. have cov- ined no single case of 7 i many years past, has been the scourge of that city. ‘Two destructive fires occurred in New Or! on the 3ist, which destroyed property to the value of sixty or saventy thonsand dollars. The first fire took place about three o'clock in the after- noon, in the buildingssituated at the corner of Poydras and Carondelet streets, well known as Davidson’s row. Almost at the same time another fire broke out on Calliope street, opposite the Jackson Railroad depot. Our thanks are due to Purser F. L. Jenkins, of the steamship Potomac, for late New Orleans pa- that disease v for so ers. : The Jacobin Club, called the National War Com- mittee, have held another secret mceting on the affairs of the uation. It appears that a correspon- dence between Mr. Opdyke and General Fremont in regard to the 50,006 men to be raised for the latter’s command, was read. Gen. Fremont as- sents to the acceptance of the command, but far- ther proceedings show that Mr. Stanton under- stands the matter, and puts a quietus on the affair. In answer to resolutions previously passed, asking the consent of the War Department to raise these 50,000 men, the Secretary stated that the raising of voluntecrs had been assigned to the Governor of the State, and that no military officer of high rank could be authorized to organize military or- ganizations. The correspondence will be found in another column of our paper A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, last Tuesday evening, to aid enlistments inthe Irish regiment, Corcoran's bri- gade. Mayor Wightman presided. He made a statement in relation to his application to the Pre- sident and Gen. Halleck to be allowed to furnish a regiment for Corcoran’s Legion, and gave the as- surance that sach a regiment would be'received, and those who now enlisted would have the satis- faction of knowing that they would be led to bat- tle under officers of their own choice. Addresses were made by Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, Patrick Donahue, Esq., Judge Rus- sell, and Col. 0. A. Brewster. Ex-Governor Joseph A. Wright (democrat), now United Siates Senator, has dectined the re- publican nomination for Congress in the Seventh district of Indiana. Harvey D. Scott, who was the whig representative of the district in the Thirty fourth Congress, will take Mr. Wright's place on the ticket, in opposition to Waniel Webster Voor- hies, copperhead democrat, who now holds the seat. There is a report in Massachusetts that Charles Francis Adams, Minister to England, has signified his willingness to change places with Charles Sam- ner, United States Senator. Five thousend one hundred and sixteen soldiers from the North passed through Baltimore on Mon. day for the seat of war. The Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth New Jersey regiments, forming the whole of that State's quota under the first call for three hundred thousand volunteers, are now at the seat of war. Th@ Twelfth, which was the last to leave the State, left Baltimore on Monday for the Relay House, where it will be stationed. The draft in New Jersey has been indefinitely postponed. Recruiting contianes to be brisk. Clement L. Vailandigham has been nominated by the copperhead democracy of the Third district of Ohio for re-election to Congress. The New York Democratic State Convention, for the nomination of candidates for State officers, met at Albany yesterday. There was a namerous attendance of delegetes, and a general fraternizing of the vatious factions of the democracy. Horatio Seymour waa nominated by acclamation for Gov- ernor, and a Committee on Resolutions was ap- pointed, and then the Convention adjourned tit! to-day. A detailed report of the proceedings is given in another column. The great trotting match in harness for ten thousand dollars, between the stallion Ethan Allen and Robert Fillingham, took place on the Fashion Course, Long Island, yesterday, in presence of more than ten thousand persons. The race was an excellent one and was well contested through- out, but was eventually won by Robert Filling- ham. We give a detailed report olsewhere. The Commissioners of Emigration did not transact any business yesterday for want of a quorum. From the weekly statement it appears that 1,109 emigrants arrived here during the week ending on the 10th inst., makiag @ total of 53,519 during the present year, against 66,701 to the same date in 1861. The namber of inmates on Ward's Island is 633. The treasurer's report shows that the Commissioners have a balance of $20,616 69 remaining in the bank to their credit. ock# were again better yesterday. Government 6° sold at par, and the railway shares advanced from ' to 2 percent, At the close there was in the market. Money wae alyinda Gold 118% , exchange LW 4, fe The cotton market was age | day. The sales ein) a vasis Of G8e. fur anid the and prices firm, while the salgs of ail neds Wheat was heavy and clined from Le. to ge yt and active, while the rate. ese Active, while prices per buehe Corn waa ters b to a fair extent, we b8e. A 58'gc. for fair sound shipping Western mixed: Pork was more acti 4 prie firmer with cules f meas at $11 62), a$ nnd at $10.0 $10 12ty for prime, Sugare were steady, with rales of 900 hhaw Coffee was steady. The advance « Was one In the absence of any definite intelligence from the rebel army column in Maryland, our city, as usual in such cases, is abundantly sup- plied with conflicting reports, rumors and con- jectures. Beyond the picket lines of the rebels, which, it appears, extend to within twenty miles of Baltimore and thirty of Washington, we have no information but the vaguest scraps from doubtful refugees. We think it altogether probable, however, that a heavy column of the rebel army is intrenching itself along the Monocacy river, while another large body on the opposite side of the Potomac, near Lees- burg, remains on the watch, to act as cireum- stances may require. This isa good arrangement on the part of General Lee to move over to the support of his forces in Maryland, if necessary or advisable, or to the pe a of those forces in recrossing; if driven back to the Potomac; or to an assault upon the works of Arlington Heights, on the south side of the river, should he be satisfied that the bu!k of McClellan’s army has moved up into Maryland in pursuit of Longstreet, Jackson, Hill and Fitzhugh Lee. But for the present these rebel forces in Maryland appear to be almost exclusively employed in foraging and in sending over their collections of sup- plies to the half famished branch of their army on the Virginia side of the dividing river. Thus they. hold both banks of the Potomac and its fords near the mouth of the Monocacy, and the whole fruitful and hitherto un- touched valley of this latter river up to the State line of Pennsylvania, some forty or fifty miles—a very neat arrangement for gather- ing the abundant army supplies of that valley, and for moving them over into Virginia. The Richmond Examiner, after deploring the failure of the vy to ent that of 2 Pope to pieces be Arlington. contend: late rebel viciories would any event, “1 , y which ng in the enemy’s country: ent Richmond rebel organ, “it fact, a matter of necessity that we should {tis difficult to see how an enorm do 80. army can be subsisted in Northern Virgin during the coming winter. Everything that it consumes will have to be transported there from great distances; for it is now literally (in Nortbera Virginia) an army in the desert.” This is the simple truth, and it shows that, whatever may be the present de- signs of this rebel invasion of Maryland, it was from sheer necessity at first undertal to sup- ply the destitute army of General I. e with provisions, the hitherto prolific fields of North- ern Virginia having been reduced by this war to a desert. In this view, should General Lee conclude that it would be worse than useless to attempt to push into Washington by the back door, and that the front door is impassable, those supplies which he is collecting in Maryland will be re- quired to feed his army while recrossing this desert of Northern Virginia back to Richmond. That he contemplates a winter sojourn ia Mary- land or Pennsylvania we cannet for a moment suppose; but that, before returning to Richmond, he will make a desperate effort by strategy and by hard fighting to get into Washington we have very little reason to doubt. Let him be defeated in this last and most desperate venture, and it will need very little strategy or additional fighting on the partof our army to put an end to all the schemes and hopes of Genera! Lee on his way back to Richmond. Meantime, with our army at Washington re- invigorated, consolidated and barmonized un- der General McClellan, and heavily reinforced by our new rogiments of volunteers, of the best which have yet been sent to the field, we think we have nothing to fear from immediate action, nor from a few days’ longer de- lay. The rebels are as much mortified by the failures and blunders of their leaders and generals as we ure by the disasters which we have suffered from our intermeddling poli- ticians; but we think that the pressing neces- sities of General Lee have at last brought him into a position. on both sides of the igs. 2a which will be fatal to him with the first sive rain in that quarter of five or six hours’ duration. In any event, and under any circum- stances, as the two armies now stand, General McClellan is master of the @ituafion, and has all the advantages ati command for holding this position and winning from it the crowning victory of the war. Counr Cavour on GanimaLor ann rae Awe rican Repeis.ion.—in a biography of the late Italian Premier, recently published in Geneva by a M. de la Rive, we find the following amongst the declarations attributed to bim on his deathbed :—- Garibald is an bonest man; I wish him noe desire is to go to Rome and fo Veutoe, and 80 18 u 0 oue is ima yroaier burry thu we are. As to Istria and the Tyrol, that w another thing. That must be for another generation. We have dove quite enough for our genera- thom, we have made Ttaly—ri, i'Maliv ¢ ia coca va. That Gormanic Confederation is au anomaly; i will be dis- solved, and o Germanic union will be eslablished: but the House of Hapsburg will never change What will the Prussians do? They are 0 slow in making ap (beir minds. It will take them fiity years to do what we have dope ip three. Whilat thie craving after unity is taking possession of Kurope, there is America thinking of sepa. ration, Cam any of you im the jeast understand those intestine quarrets in the United States Aa for myself, in my youth 1 was a passionate admirer of the Americnns: bot Fawn cured of my iilusions; and 1 contess that wh is going on on the other vide of the Atiautic is to ne perfect ebigma. ‘The failare of Garibaldi’s recent attempt has for the nonce justified the dying statesman’s caution; but is.it quite clear that to that itlus- trious enthusiast will not yet belong the glory of recovering Rome and Venice for fialy! There is nothing impossible to such men; and as @ martyr to the cause of italian unily Gari- baldi will exercise a far greater sway over the hearts of his countrymen thaa he has ever be- fore done, As regards ourselves, it is surpris- ing that the sagacious and richly stored mind of Count Cavour should bave failed to pene- trate the character of the contest now being waged here. For him, as a close student of bistory, it ought to have been no more of an “enigma” than the Wars of the Roses in Eng- land, the war of succession ia Germany, or any of the similar struggles (hat bave checked the growth aud prosperity of nations, Here, asin 8 simply a . His the instaaces reverred to, the war dynastic one--not the jess dynastic ber power publican—a contest for does not follow great parties. It are republicans, that we must rot ¢ | pay the penalty of indulgence ix and resentments which are the mankind. It is this ignoring principles in our regard tha lat of | osophical ai » poli ov for They | when the whole radical abolition tactic ! porter ‘The Important Position of General Mc. Clellan—The Attitude He Ought to Aseame. General McClellan has been restored to the position he ought to hold at the head of the army by the foree of circumstances, which re- dound to his credit and to the disgrace and dis- comfiture of his enemies. The universal salis- faction with which his reappointment has been received by the country, and the joy and confi- dence which it has inspired among the troops, are the best proofs of the prudence which dic- tated the change. It is curious to note through what disasters and difficulties this measure was brought ahout. It was only by the utter failure of the other geverals and the imperative de- mands of the officers and of the rank and file of the army, almost in a state of mutiny, that Gen. McClellan was, at the eleventh hour, restored to the position of which he had been deprived by the intrigues of a rampant faction of addle- brained fanatics. Had even moderate success attended the operations of the army under other military leaders,Gen. McClellan would have remained under a cloud, and justice would not have been done to his talents as @ sol- dier till after the war was over. Even as it was it required all the determination and moral courage of the President to re-establish him in the supreme command. But he now oc- cupies a far higher position than he ever did be- fore—the highest that any general ever beld. ‘The destiny of the country is in his hands, and in the most critical and the darkest hour of its peril the republic looks to him for its sal- vation. It is said that the Cabinet is now a unit in his regard, and that the radical element init which was hostile is reconciled to him, and that its opposition has ceased. Such appearances are itful than the treacherous calm of aa before the coming storm. It 1 nature, it is not in An | of long e ted hi by stopping enlistmeu' y dividing bis army and giving portions of his command to political generals, by withholding the needed for suc and by preventing the junc- tion of McDoweil’s army with the Army of the Potomac at the proper mowent—the infinences which brought about these results, with all the disasters which have followed in their train, will soon be again at work, and, taking advan- tage of McClellan’s abseuce in the field. they will cause a fire to be opened in his rear. The political valturesstill hover over Washington— Wilson, Fessenden and the rest are there, wait- ing for their opportunity to give him a stab in the back, like steaithy Indians, and then raise their hideous warwhoop against him oace more. Under these circumstances, what is the duty of General McClelldn? His position is like that of Wellington in the Spanish peninsula, when he was interfered with by the British Cabinet; and it is a duty which he owes to the country, no less than to himself, to follow the example of that illustrious and patriotic general. When “the iron Duke” found that the administration were bent on his destruction aad the defeat of the army which he was lead- ing, he firmly took his stand and insisted that the cabal should be broken up. His country was in danger, and he was in a position to dic- tate terms. His remonstrances had the desired effect: the meddling Cabinet was overthrown, and thenceforward victory crowned the British arms. Now this is the ground which McClel- lan ought to take in reference to that portion of the administration at Washington which is responsible for the present condition of things. He ought to insist upon the modification and reconstruction of the Cabinet. in order to have it purged of the radical taint which may again infuse its poison over the’ whole. Now is the time for him to prove bimself not only a great general, but a statesman wortby ofthe occasion and of the responsibility which he has assumed. last win nof the campaign, inforce:menis he Phe safety of the country is entrusted to him. He is bound to see that no insidious enemy lurks behind about his base of operations. His own security and the security of his army are involved, and the fate of the republic itself is at stake. He is master of the situation. He i# the only man in whom the troops and tie country have confidence as a general for the chief command of the army in the field. He has a right to demand indemnity for the past and security for the future, and he ought not to rest satisfied till he is assured by facts, not mere promises, that his plans shall not be inter- fered with hereafter. The game is now in his hands, and unless he plays his best tramp and disposes effectually of the radicals, as he has the power to do, they wil! soon dispose of him by striking him down in the very crisis of the campaign now opened in Maryland, on which hang the destinies of the American republic and ofemillions of the human rave yet unborn Sunaror Sum ANG voR A Ree Execrios.--Senator Sumner is improving some- what in his professions, if not in his principles. He bas written an electioneering letter to the Republican State Convention at Worcester, Mas- sacbusetts, in which he recognizes “the just libe- rality of the call for the Convention,” which embraces “all who sapport the present national and State governments, and are in favor of all means necessary for the efleetual suppression of the rebellion.” And he would “like to show piuinly how to hamstring this rebellion, and to conquer a peace,” all of which he is sure can be done; but “to this single practical purpose he has discovered all theories, prepossessions and aims must yield.” So far, so good. But Senator Sumner cannot close without trotting out bis inevitable nigger, and showing him off to bie admiring audience. Emancipation is broadly suggested as everything in the suppression of this rebellion, while “all the is blood-stained — vanity, The Senator refers to the testimony of such ‘good democrats’ a8 Daniel S. Dickinson, Robert Dale Owen. and General Butier, has colored persons in the patriot service of the tates, b) virtue of an oustanding order of the rebel Governor of Loniviana, of the ebapter, This le werate on rest who organized a regiment of Unite 1 sv on to the end markubly ¢ Ah negro question, aud ¢ vily at this crisis boiling over with wrath ainst the cone ive President Lineola, But Senator wr is a candidate for a rec aud he mu no doubt, is well up cut his cards accordingty. ni by the honest Mase inigtrati of the Union husetie and o' President ineoln’s ad vel4 Senator Sumner slands condemnacd as an abolition disorganiver, and te honest Union “wey hoped, will combine in sufficient nambers to set ‘The Hon, Mr. Nimsompasp for Governor. A great many smalt politicians, ia town and country, are very much disturbed about the question of “who shail be Governor?” It is a question with which the publie at large has very little to de. Let it be decided as it may, the great absorbing issue’ of the suppression of the rebellion will not be at ali affected one way or the other. For this reason the question of the Governorship, which now engrosses our State politicians, has not the slightest interest for the people. Whether the Hon. General Morgan, or the Hon. Mr. Seymour, or the Hon. Mr. Nincompoop, shall be elected Governor, is a matter of no rational importance whatever. If the Hon. General Morgan be re-elected he will continue to raise troops, and will give all the military commissions and government patronage to his personal and political friends. If the Hon. Mr. Seymour be nominated by the democrats, and elected by ehance, Cassidy, Cag- ger and Dean Richmond, he will raise troops and give the commissions and patronage to his friends, If the Hon. Mr. Nincompoop shall eclipse both these competitors, ad be installed in the gubernatorial chair, he will similarly benefit his friends. As the whole affair, then, is of no earthly interest except to the friends of the candidates, the people will do well to let them fight it out and settle it comfortably among themselves. The best efforts of the peo- ple are needed in another direction. The elections for members of Congress, which also take place in November, demand the undivided attention of the country. We regard these Congressional elections this year as of more impo: e than any which have been held for the Upon them depe y, the very e ence of the country snow in power ly ac . There never complish ned the ruin of the waa collected i silly, revolution- body of y fanatics. When they at last adjourned the whole country gave a deep sigh of relief, and thanked God that the worst was over. If Jeff. Davis himself had drawn up the measures which they passed they could: not have done the Union cause more injury. By their diabolical intrigues they have brought upon the country every disgrace and disaster which has visited our armies in the field. Under the lead of Sumner, Wilson, Fessenden, Lovejoy, Chandler and the other abolition radi- cals, they succeeded in befooling weak mem- bers of the Cabinet and imposing upon the sim- ple good nature of the President, until they had marred the plans and interfered with the com- mands of our ablest and most patriotic gene- rals. This accomplished, they deliberately proceeded to stop enlistments, and thus ena-, bted the rebels to outnumber our armies io every important engagement during the war. Again and again they interfered to prevent the capture of Richmond, and at last left McClellan’s army to melt away in the swamps of the Chickahominy, while they purposely held back reinforcements which were. not needed elsewhere, and which would have saved the Army of the Potomac, and given it the triumph which it could almost reach, but was not strong enough to completely secure. A crime like this can never be for- gotten or forgiven. But the damning record of the preseut Con- gress does not end here. During all this time its members were exasperating even the most unwilling rebels, and intensifying the treason of the rebel chiefs by unceasing harangues and debates about the inevitable negro ; and they completed their mischief by the passage of an unconstitutional Confiscation and Emancipation bill, the obvious and immediate effect of which was to transform every Northern man into a fiend in the eyes of the rebels. Lven after their adjournment, these Congressmen did not cease their bloody work, but incessantly harassed our generals in the field, and prevented Pope's reinforcement when he was battling with the whole rebel army in desperate endeavors to check the advance upon Washington. And now, when the rebels have invaded the border States, these Congressional demons of discord ave again at Washington, to inveigle the Secretaries of War, of the Treasury and of the Navy, and to gain the ear of the President, who could as safely listen to the counsels and advice of the arch rebel himself. A more infa- mous record can be shown of no men since the tine of Judas. The question is, are these wretches to be sent back to Congress to repeat their exploits? The people have the oppor- tunity to answer this question at the ballot box in November. If it be answered in the aftirmative, then nothing short of a stupendous mir an save the country. If it be answered in the negative, then conservative men will be sent to Congress, who will do ae much good with their powerful opportunities as the radicals haye done harm by their intermeddiing, in- trigues and evil. legislation. Upon the noxt Congress hinges thecdate of the republic, and its action will probably be decisive one way or the other. We desire the people to understand this, and to be deluded by no treasonable talk of the resignation of the President or the daa- ger of a revolution. The resignation most ne- cessary is the forced resiguation of those mem- bers of the present Congress now before the people for re-election, The revolution which will save the Union is a revolution in the members and the policy of Congress. Thie re- signation and revolution can be secured at the ballot box, and for that the people must unite and prepare, Let us not perplex and befog onveelves, then, with any side issues. Attend solely to the candidates for Congress, and leave the friends of Morgan, Seymour and Nincom- poop alone to squabble, scramble and quietly decide the unimportant question of who shall be Governor. Generar MeCLetian’s PLax.—It will be re- mbeved that in his address to bis galaat ypsat Harrison's Landing on the Fourth of mi them that from hould advance to the cepture and him and Captain d which int they ymoad. This was b prmination we informed that betw tions had by a plan of ope arran by Jand and water, against Richmond, ted beyond the ta could not have 1 the reb lato! ember. The removal of our army from thes river was in direct opposition to this plan of General MeClellan, aad ogainst his re Ho. therefore. ame coe monstr respons for these late r arms, but great degree entitled to dit having deieated the rebels in their desperate en of rv 4 nl ‘Tan Boosrar ov Fouwicn Lvrervewriow A VAin.—The recent reverses to our arms in Vin, “inia, and the partiat victories of the Con- ies, have set the quidnunes to speculating once m ove 08 the chincos of foreign interven- te. BY from all the evidences before us, it appears pain that this danger is less than it dos amee bi OS It is tess in England, less ia France, and daily lessening; and, as for the other Powers,’ thete aever was any reason to tear their interfer ence, and certainly none now. ‘The Western ma ‘itime Powers of Europe have evidently resolved . not to meddle in our quar- rel; not that they m sh us well, but lest we ahould not fight it ous. Rather than intervene, therefore, they will suifa "tom want of cotton, and risk the most serious Political convulsion, Had we played any puny pa “rt they would have soon appeared on the scem i but the sudden development of our great m ilitary and naval atreagth deterred them from ta ‘i half formed purpose, and they fear to inten, 108 lest the | breach might be healed and the Uim ‘02 restored. In that event a vast fighting force wo ‘Wid be loft with nothing to do, and they would, oaturally seek employment in driving from this. °Btinent every vestige of foreign sway, and parth ‘laely that Power whose intrigues and whose sold fomented the strife between brethren of, the same political household. It is very cerk Ua that their earnosf desire is that the Union sha '! never be restoved either by the arms of Nosth or South. Their policy, therefore, is to let the breach widen by a prolonged strugg‘e, in order that the reunion may become an impossibility, and that the combatants, exhausted by the struggle, may cease to be formidable to Kuro~ pean despotism. There need be no fears, therefore, about foreiga intervention. England and France, rather than attempt it, will continue to endure the ils they have in the want of the raw ma- terial for their manufactures rather than fy to other ills which they Know not of. Dut there isa limit to human endurance; and their own eadered by dire distress, may soon culminate in a terrible ‘outbreak. Kurope is one volcano, and none can tell the moment when an eruption may take place The rulers have just escaped Garivaldi, whose movement was too complicated for success: Bat there are other dangers in reserve for them. They are surrounded on every side by the combustibie elements of revolution, and @ spark may any day kindle a conflagration on which all the thrones of Europe may be coa- sumed together. et The National War Committee of New York and General Fremont. At a special meeting, beld September 10, the following resolution was passed, in conformity with which the prior regolution of the committoe—the letter to Genera t Fremont enclosing the resolution ana his reply, the tele gram to the Secretary of War and his reply—are here with published :— National Wan Commirres or tax Crrizens org Naw Yorx, New You, Sept. 10, 1862. The Natioral War Comniitee of the citizens of New York having passed the annexed resolution on the 2d inst., in the hope that the names of the two major generals mentioned, being the only two then in New York and not on daty, woa! aliract lo the service of the country some persons who might not otherwise enter it immediately, and the following cor- ‘and the answer of the War Departinent bones by this commitice as cunclusive of ite action, (tie tbereupon Resoigedd, That no further action be taken under the sald resolution, and that the sume, together with the correspond- ence, be published. * Resoived, That Gen. Fremont and Gen. Mitchel be and are requesied, if the ——_ will consent, to organize in this State without delay, a corps of fifty thousand mea, aud that application for such’ consent be made to the general ment, and {f tt refuses then to the State goverument, Resolved, That all residents of this city who are williag to jotn auch a corps be requested to communicate their names and residences to some member of this cominittes. ew Vouk, Sept. 3, 1862. Sin—I have the honor to enclose a cupy'of a resolution this day passed by the National War Committee of New York, and to ask whether, if the government consent, wiit Undertake the or-anization of a cocps therein req Very respectfully yours, GEORGE OPDYKEK, Chairman. Major General Joun C. Feamowr. reapondence having thereupon taken COFY RESOLUTION, Resolved, That General Fremont and General Mitchel be each requested, if the government will consent, to o in this State, without delay, a corps of tty thousant ant that application for suct conscat be made to the government; and if it refuse, thea to the State government, New Yor, . 5, 1863. Sin—I have the honor to receive your note’ of the 3d Inst. tome a resolution pasted by the National of New York, in relation to & corps of ilty and requesting to know. in tie event of uaving the sanction of the government, if I would undertake its organization, [thank the committee ior the honor of their invitation, and bes you to inform them that [ would andertake the proposed duty with great pleasure. fully, your obedient servant, J.C. FREMONT, Major General United States Army, Hon. Geonce Orvrag, &c., Chairman of Committee. New Yorx, Sept. 4, i862, To the Hon, Epwix M. Stayton, Secretary of War, Wash- ington — Sin-—Wiil you consent that General Fremont and General chel, each or either, shall organize ty this State a sepa- rate corps of fifty (housaud men, composed of citizens of tum and other States, and allow the men received to be counted ‘as part of the quo a of the State from which they come, upom bg of the calls for troops beretofore made by the Presi- ent. I! you consent, we shall hope to induce the Generals to undertake (he organization. GEORGE OVDYKE, Chairman National War Commities. Wasntnoton, Sept. 6, 1862, Gxonax OrnvKx, Mayor, No. 79 Fifth avenue Yor Your telegram of yesterday haa received consideration oF tuis Department. “Gen. Mitchel having been assigned command the Southern Deparimeot, must immediately jot his command. Raining volunteers in New York has been ae- signed to the Governor of that State, who 1 faithCully per forming his duty; and there appears to be no reason tu lerfering with him, by orize military officers of high rank to raise aad or- gauice aruiy corps wold be productive of mllary dioorgnsl- iow. mits Dey etinent, thorefire, eounot consent that any Mayor neral shall organize a separate oor "EDWIN N. BTANTON, Secretary of Wee, Crsmone Ganorn.—This gala week at Gremone., “The Feast of Lanterns” and other attractions Provided for Mr. Nixou’s benefit on Monday last, having been oon- tinued. This evening there will be 90 entire change im the mosical programme, and a new Brindist waltz, com- posed py Musto for Miss Carlotta Patt! and Madamo Stra- ll be produced for the first time. The composi- this popular mazstro, one of which is Drought out noarty every week, are anongsi the most attractive fea- tures of the concerts of this establishment, City Intelligence. Drowmse Casoarty iv tHe Lowex Bar.—About three o'clock yesterday afiernoon, white the ship Weat Point was being towed oat of the lower bay by the propeller tugboat Odd Yellow, oue of the crew of the first mon tioned vesset leaped overboard and was drowned. before the necessary stence could be given him. The man ¢ bee drank at tke time or aulleriog tremens, as be was obeerved acting in. « ‘The capta y the hip and weul to the resene of the unfortunate sailor. Ho was found slorting iv the water with the bead and lower extremities tmmerted. Kvory exertion was made tw bring im to iife, Bul withent effect. The body wan brought @ tis cy vad left at the Second ward station houwe, where aa tquest wil bo Lest to-day. Keak Apwrat Foork.—Tbe citizens of Brooklyn pro- pore preaensing to Rear Admirai Foote a sword tao com- ing week. It can be seen at the office of tho Home Lite Insurance Company , No. 16 Coart street, Brooklyn Majer Genera dier General Mam: Pun anuuena, Sept, 10, 1868, Major General Heimtzelman has beon appotnied to tho command ot the forces for the defence of Washington south of the Potomac the (riends of Brigadier General Manstelq gay that be Is to be appointed a major general of volunteara jerson: telligence. Major Prentice, of the United tues Army; Captae Pwire, of the ateamehip City of New York. Dry Towa Of Toronto: Mo H. Mora, of | Hheckbarn, hia; B. Dana, | stopping at the Ari tore 9 a iney, of he Duited States Army facwiord: J. WH ev ilies J. W va; 8. arrow 0. Hastings, of Conneetiont leland, dand J. M. Peowt of St. Lotin, L. WHiians, of Gall df. W. Kddigon, 61 uur iota wy at the Aek rd, 0! Warned, of Ut wy vol Wasitiagton snd ©. 6 haw