The New York Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1862, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JamES GORDON BE aaTT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICEN. W. aS or FULTON ve NASSAU STS, TERMS cash imacvance, Money sent dy snail will be at the the sanders Noaatat Bin ates in Mew York TNE DAILY HERALD. two centsver covy. $72 annum. JOB PRINTING executed with weinees ness and des . a Voleme xxv sites 263 NTS rate EVENING. ’ AMUSE: < BIRLA" 'S GARDEN, Broadway.— ~Meunr Wives or Wixp- 01 WALLACK’S © THEATRE, Br Broadway.—Soao0on Boanpar, WINTER GARDEN Brentwey —GERALDING. FOR LAURA KRENRS ano YounG Heaxrs. THRATHE, Droadnay.—O.0 Tans NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Eague Ere— KuLY—ASBABSIN OF ROSLN WALD, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowe: Cantwaxax Sia—oo-Lia © Bown NIXON'S CREMORNE GARDEN, Fourteenth street and Kh AVENUES crkiT OF THK FLOOD—BALLET, PROMENADE NOKRT AND EQUESTRIANIS! —Tar Vurtore OF THE OTURR BAILEY. CAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—Gnrann RARNTD SRAL, &C., at all hours, Cuiupe Mar- joon and eve ‘ BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS’ Mechanica’ Hall, 472 - way. —Brmtortay SoxGs, BURLESGUES, DANCERS, A OeoTae Brack Bri CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 585 Broadway ; ETatOrTAN Bones, Danons, ko —Perce Lire Peeree WOOD'S MiN: Boncs, Daxc ODGE. REL HALL, 614 Broadway.—Eraroriax —Tae Bin livsiees, (HAVEL, No, 720 Broadway.—Exnra:tiox oF Onna, HEATRE AND yi HALL, Cana/ Oks, BURLESYURS, HALL, 616 Broadway,—Deawine VONDERS. wild PM AN CABINET oF Open anily from 10 A, M re Now York, wucane, Sept. 23, 1862. DAILY CIRCULATION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Monday, Sept. 15.......... Tnesday, Sept. 16... Sept. 17 Wednesiay , Sept. 19 Batirday, Sept. 20 Daily Average - 127,200 + - = 123,460 THE SITUATION. The latest news from the headquarters of Gen. McClellan's army reports every thing quiet in that rection. The full amount of our loss in the late battles has not been ascertained. That of Gen. BSumner’s army corps, however, numbers 5,290. ; A raid was made by Stuart’s rebel cavalry across the Potomac into Maryland on Friday even- ing, accompanied by @ regiment of infantry and ‘weventeen pieces of artillery, but they were driven back again during the night. Next morning no webcls were visible. The work of burying the ‘Acad is still going on at the rate of a thousand a day. The proclamation of the President, which we Publish to-day, and upon which we comment in bur editorial columns, will strike our read- ers as the most important document which bas yet been issued by the Executive. Based pon the Confiscation act framed by the lact Congress, it leaves the option to the rebel ve States either to return to their allegiance before the Ist of January, 1863, or to submit to the entire emancipation of all their slaves. In such Btates or portions of States as are loyal to the government at that date, the right of property in Slaves will be respected, and the President an- Bounces that he will renew the proposition to Con- Breas to pay for slaves who may be set free by the will of their masters in any loyal State. The news from the West is of a stirring character. Yorces are mar: It would appear that General Bragg’s ig upon Lonisville, having es- paped from those of General Buell. Major General Nelson is making arrangements to defend the city of Louwsviile to the last, and has just issued the following order:—‘‘The women and children of de this city will prepare to leave without Sefferson ferry is to be uscd tary purposes. An exclusively for Persons on foot may proceed as attack was casual.” within in a stete Robinson expected yesterday and tle twenty-four hours, of and Mayor Delph was great excitement. Govern- have issued ations to the peo} Advices say that a portion of Gen. Buell's force attacked and repulsed Gen. Pragg’s rear guard from Ho: ave on Thursday even! On the 20th instant Lieutenant Col with four hundred and fifty U ed, and routed from Owensboro, cight hundred rebels, under Colonel Martin, who lost twenty- eight killed and twenty-tive wounded. was only three kill When the Nova Scotian left Londonderry for Quebec—on the 12th inst.—no later news from America than that brought by the Anglo-Saxon fad been received in England. The effect of live advices has reached us from the Borussia, YT Cape Race, and was commented on in the Qowann. isl) people believed that a de- misive, if vot finel, battle was near at hand in the United States, and the arrival of the next steamer from this country was looked for with great enxiety. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. fhe steamship Nova Scotian, trom Londonderry on the 12th instant, passed Cape evening, on her voyage to Quebec. telegraphs a “sommary of her news from &t, Johns, Newfonndiand, which is published in the Henao to-day. The advices are two days iater than the report of the Boruss point. There were only four thousand bales of Unrest sold in Liverpool during three days—the pod 10th instent. The market was irregul Wall on the 11th instant, with prices from one to two pence lower. On the 12th instant the market wus buoyant aud experienced a triding advance, Whe stock in port footed up ninoty-two th five hundred bales. Breadetuils wero still d ‘ward, with flour easier. Provisions were Console closed in London on the 12th in 935%. Italy was still agitated, on account oF ine pondition of health and situation of Garikaldi, A Jetter from Gene val Bixio, denouncing the Ratazz Povernment for its treatment 6F the liberator, ropeed the unc “a, sé. A general amnes ty was eye by the people. Spain was deter Ww olgsgr to France in hey diplomacy y. E Veadiaport Price Jerowe was burned tar. yeah ves were lo, ni ahh , from hinetown on the instapt, arrived at this port yesterday 4 Her news has been fully anticipated, Phe Math section of the Coniscation act, whick Our loss ed and eighteen wounded. The Bn Our agent | and preparations leading to the invasion of that is the operating feature of the law, goes into effect to-day. The of the President was issued on the 25th of July, and the sixty days no- tice therein given expires to-day. The following is the section :— See. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any person within any State or Territory of the United States, other than those named as aforesaid, after the passage of this act, being engaged in armed rebellion against the govern- or aiding or abevtin, ment of tho Uniled Siat h re- bdollion, shall not, with: and proclamation, duly giv of the United States, cease to aid, countenance and abet such rebellion, and return to his allegiance to the United States, ull tine estate and property, moneys, stocks aud cre: Luts of such person shall be liable to seizure as afore oresvid, or the proceeds thereof, And all wees of any such property af. aid sixty days from the date of mation shall be nuli and void; wnt bar to any suil brought by ion or the use of such proper- ty, orany of it, to allege and prove that he ia one of the persons described in this section. Poindexter, a notorious guerilla leader, who was recently captured in Missouri, escaped from St. Louis on the 17th inst. All the Congregational churches in the State will be represented by their pastor and lay dele- gates in a convention which is to be held in Syra- cuse to-day, The Board of Aldermen did not organize yester. day, for want of a quorum, According to the City Inspector's report, there were 408 deaths in the city during the past week— a deerease of 121 a3 compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 34 move than oceurred during the corresponding week last year. The re- capitulation table gives 6 deaths of alcoholism, 4 of diseases of the bones, joints, &c.; 72 of the brain and nerves, 5 of the generative organs, 7 of the heart and biood vessels, 100 of the lungs, throat, &e.; 3 of old age, 13 of diseases of the skin And cruptive fevers,é premature births, 182 of dis- eases of tue stomach, bowels and other digestive organs; 36 of uncertain seat and gi 4 of diseases of the urina 20 from violent canse There of the United States, 8 of land, 25 of Germaay, aud th foreign countries, The stock very b y opened with moro tnrday, und prices exhi> sales embraced abou, animation than prevaile: Dited more steadiness, while th 600 bales, ou the bosis of 530 a S4e. for middling and up- finds, mostly at the outside figure, The Nova Scotian’s news did not transpire until the afternoon, too late for its effect, it any, to be developed. The demand for home consumption, combined with tho light stock, prevents this market sympathizing with that of Liverpool to the extent tliat otherwise might be expected. ‘The flour market was steady for common and medium grades, and the higher brands of good extras were scarce and firm, while prices generally wero unchanged. The sales made were to a fair extent. Wheat was heavy, and declined 1 cent per bushel, while the market was active at the concession, and iu good part for export, Corn was firmer for geod sound Wesvern mixed, which was extremely scarce, while parcels in poor condition wore plenty and prices unchanged, Small sales of god sound Western mixed were made at 59c. aGic. Pork was heavy and cheaper. Sules of mese were made at $11 624g $1175, and of prime at $10 a $10 121. Lard was steady: with sales at 9c.a 97{c. Sugars were active and prices steady, with sates of 2,000 binils., 1,029 boxes and 5,162 bags of Manila, at prices given im another column. Coffee was steady but quiet. Freights were firmer. ‘To Liverpool wheat was engaged, iu bulk and bugs, at 12d, a 12344., and to Glasgow at 14d., with some iots in ships’ bags reported at 14:44. A vessel was engaged to the same port, to load with wheat, at 14d. Important from Washington—The Presi- dent's Proclamation, be The President has issued a proclamation to the people of the rebel States. It will be found in another column of this morning’s paper. It is one of the most important documents that has emanated from the Executive Depart- ment of the republic since the adoption of the federal constitution. On the 25th of July last, the President, in accordance with the act of Congress approved on the 17th of that month, gave sixty days’ notice to those in rebellion that the property of all rebels would be confiscated and their slaves made free if they persisted in their suicidal course. The notice expires to-day, the 23d inst., and the proclamation now issued preseuts the ease in its new and significant aspect. The gravity of this proclamation will strike every one. It has been forced nation by the abolitionists of upon the the North and the secessionists of the South. It inaugurates an overwhelming revolution in the system of labor in a _ vast and important agviculturai section of the coun- try. which will, if the rebels persist in their course, suddenly emancipate three or four mil- lions of human beings, and throw them, in the fulness of their helplessness and ignorance, upon their own resources and the wisdom of the white race to properly regnlate and care for them in their new condition of Mi But the of this grea social revolution will not be confined to the section where the black race now forms the chief laboring element. It will have an influ- ence on the labor of the North and West. It will, to a certain extent, bring the black labor of the South in competition with the white labor on the extensive grain farms of the West, unless the existing stringent laws of some of the Western States, confining the negro to his present geographical position, are adopted in all the other free States. This proclamation, however, gives the South an opportunity to escape the fate so clearly and emphatically marked out by Mr. Lincoln. It should be her golden opportunity. It is to be seen that the President has fied on the 1st day of January, 1863, as the day for the eman- cipation of ail slaves tn States in rebellion to the federal gover: nment on that day. This should strike home to the interests of the peo- ple of the South. Tt must be mani- fest to them that the rebellion cannot succeed. The reception of the rebel army by ‘he people of Maryland, after all the promises importance State, must have its peculiar and impressive significance with them. The late utter rout of the rebela by McClellan at South Moun. tain and Antictam, fo Be foil ‘red by the prarching of « million of men for the ennibilation of this rebellion, must convince them, unless they are mad, of the hopelessness of their cause. it ig at this time, with viglory in qur bands, opposition, that the Portant manifesto, and the South this chance. It is now the question with them whether or not they are prepared, for the sake of the few miserable leaders of this wicked rebellion, to submit to this overwhelm- ing revolution in their social system. There is the document. There is the time fixed for the return of the rebellious States to the alle- giance of the federal government. No event in the history of the world surpasses the one now presented by the President, and which is to be decided in a little over ninety days. The Campaign ‘in Virginia—The Daty of the Hour. Now that the rebels, ia consequence of the victories of Gen. McClellan, have been compel- led to evacuate Maryland and retreat into Vir- ginia by the'way they came, in order to fall back upon Richmond, to save it from captug, and to save the remnant of their invading army from destruction, the duty of preventing its es- cape falls upon Gen. Halleck and the War De- partment; and it will soon be seen what amount of capacity there is at Washington to render the campaign decisive by the capture of the whole of Lee’s army. McClellan has done his part. He has driven the enemy back from Maryland across the Potomac, and it rests with the War Department and the military authorities at Washington to perform their parts by confining the rebel army in the mountains of Virginia, and thus cutting off its supplies and reducing it to siarvation or surrender. ‘To accomplish this it will be necessary t» send a force rapidly to Fredericksburg and Gordonsville, in order to seize the railroads and sever the communication of the rebels with their base of supplies. Upon the manner in which they accomplish these movements de- pends the speedy success of the campaign or the prolongation of the struggle to next spring. In the winter littte can be done in Virginia. To finish the war with the year 1862 it will be necessary to “ make hay while the sun shines.” It was a great blunder to withdraw McClellan from Harrison’s Landing. It gave the oppor. tunity to the rebels, which they desired, to fall upon Pope’s ermy, cut it up and demoralize it before it could form a junction with the army of McClellan. It was the same radical influence in the Cabinet that divided the Army of the Potomac and prevented its being reinforced at the critical moment that caused it to retreat from the James river to Washington; and the terrible experiment was made to give McDowell and Pope a chance to become great generals. After their miserable failure, when they were even reinforced by tke army of McClellan, but without the presence of that general, he took the same whipped armies, and with them he de- feated the rebel host, flushed with its victories. The logs of human life or the safety of the re- public seems never to have entered into the cal- culations of the selfish politicians who hitherto have had the control of the army. Had it been otherwise McDowell, who had been tried at Bull run in July, 1861, and so sadly failed then and there, would never have had a second chance to fail on the same ground in August, 1862, to say nothing of his failure to reinforce McClel- lan from Fredericksburg when he heard the sound of his cannon at Hanover Court House. Had Harper’s Ferry been taken proper care of from Washington, and had a sufficient force been sent up the south side of the Potomac to hold the fords, the army of Lee could not have recrossed into Virginia, and it would have been all destroyed or captured by the victorious army of McClellan after the battle of Sharps- burg. But, now that the rebels have succeeded in re- crossing the Potomac in safety, it remains to be seen what dispositions of troops will be made to intercept them in their retreat to Richmond. Thoroughfare Gap, Warrenton, Fredericksburg and Gordonsville ought to be occupied inme- diately with Union troops from Washington, in order to head off the rebel army while McClel- lan presses on its rear and places it between two fires. Let this be done with promptitude and vigor, and the rebellion in Virginia will be ended before the first frost. Diswissan or ComMaNpEerR Presie---No one will condemn the show of vigor exhibited by the Navy Department in the case of this officer. Had it been displayed sooner the blockade would not have proved so ineffective as it has done on several points of our coast. We, ques- tion, however, whether the manner in which the department has punished the aileged deve- liction of duty on the part of this oflicer is ex- actly that which is demanded by the interests of the service, or which is calculated to promote the object in view. Taking fer granted that Admiral Farragut’s charges against him are correct, the proper course to pursue in his case would be to suspend him from duty and try him by court martial. To dismiss him from the service, without hearing what he has to say in his defence, is a violation of every constitu- tional principle, and establishes a most danger- ous precedent. We are induced to lay the greater stress on this case because there have been several instances lately in which army officers Lave been summarily dismissed in the same manner, and again reinstated on proof of the injustice done them. All this is very wrong, and shows, to say the least of it, a fitful, arbitrary temper in the management of the two depariments. Apvance IN THE Price or Coa1—A Cavrion to’ SrecoLators.—Within the last few weeks the price of coal has been steadily advancing, until it is now about seven dollars a ton. The dealers tell their customers that by midwinter it will be at ten or twelve dollars. The causes assigned for this extravagant rise are, first, the tax; secondly, the interruption in canal trans- portation oceasioned by the freshets; and, last- ly, the scarcity of labor caused by volunteering in the coal districts. All these reasons com- bined will not serve to account fer the rapid advance in the price which is now taking place, being at the rate of a dollar a week. It is at- tributable, we understand, mainly to a combi- nation amongst speculators, who are forcing the price up with the viow of compelling the public to lay in stocks at a high When this is bap cor ‘ price i be put down again, &nd those who have purchased la will find that they kaye been innit housekeepers would adopt the ‘policy of buying Joyal only what they require, and consuming as little as possible, they would soon break up this con- spiracy against their pockets, The use of gas and naptha cooking stoves would enable them to dispense with a considerable quantity of the goal whigh they now burma NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1862. issues this im- ives the people of The unscrupulous Tribune, the organ of the infernal, destructive radicals, is still harping upon McClellan. It dares not now come out as boldly as it did in an extra, as well as in its regular editions, a short time ago, and pro- nounce General McClellan a double traitor, compared with whom Arnold was an angel. Neither does it now find it feasible to omit Gen. McClellan’s name in its editorial references to the recent battles, as it did at first, ascribing all the credit to subordinate generals. Insinua- tions now take the place of direct charges, and the old sneers and inuendoes, so familiar to the Tribune’s readers just before the first Bull run massacre, and just before the seven days’ battles on the Chickahominy, are again jw sumed. Take, for example, the Tribune of yesterday. In that paper poor Greeley has four columns of editorials, and in every column there is a mali- cious stab at McClellan. In the first column General Wadsworth is nominated for Governor, and is puffed, at McCtelian’s expense, as fol- lows:—“Wadsworth was soon after made Prigadier, and as such served in the front of o1 lines opposite Centreville during the gloomy winter, steadily insisting that there i | not more than fifty thousand rebels there, an that our army would watk right over them General McClellan would only say the wor It is now known that General Wadsworth was entirely right as to the strength of the enemy, and that General McClellan was deplorably misled.” This is a lie on the face of it. Major General McClellan, Commander-in-Chief, pro- bably knew the strength of the enemy better than any brigadier general, and certainly better than Brigadier General Wadsworth. What Wadsworth’s abilities as a soldier were may be judged from the fact that he tried to get Ray- mond, of the Times, to aitack McClellan, his superior offeer, and that he has never si secn active service, and has distinguished him- self only by interfering with the civil authori- ties of Washington. “now known” that the rebels only had fifty thousand men at Centreville and Manassas last winter. It is known that they had many more; but it is the policy of the radicals to underrate the rebel forces, so that they may make out our soldiers cowards, no matter whether the rebels are successful or defeated. For the rest, Gen. Pope tried Wadsworth’s famous plan of “walk- ing right over the rebels;” and how did itresult? In its second editorial column the Trilune says that Pope’s “short but dashing” campaiga was successful in its object, ‘ but closed disas- trously through the failure of some of General McClellan’s lieutenants to reinforce and sup- port, at the critical moment, the army which had so bravely and effectively befriended them.” This is another palpable lie; for if it had not been for General McClel- lan’s lieutenants, who bravely aod effectively befriended Pope, all of the dashing Pope's army wonld have been captured or destroyed. But in the same column the Tribune continues:— “Wo do not consider the events of the past weck asubject of congratulation.” Of course not; for they were victories for the Union cause, and the Tribune congratulates itself only when the rebels triumph, having always been in favor of “letting the Southern States go.” Then it again repeats:—“ We do not think the Union cause has gained anything by the events of September.” Of course not; for the saicty of Washington is nothing; the safety of Baltimore is nothing; the deliverance of Maryland is nothing; the preser- vation of Pennsylvania is nothing; the loss of the rebel armies is nothing; the despair of the rebel leaders is nothing, to the Tribune, because it-wants “to get rid of the President;” because, as it has recently asserted, “politically, a victory by McClellan would set us back six months.” Oh, a model, loyal sheet is this Tribune! In its third editorial column yesterday it charges the Hsrap with its own invention of denounc- ‘ing McClellan as “a usurper” and “a military dictator,” and to this it insultingly adds, in its fourth editurial column, that, while there ‘is no shadow of truth” in such reports concerning Fremont, it “trusts’’—only “trusts’—there is none in regard to McClellan. This cowardly and sneaking commentary upon its own story is worthy of the Zrilune, and does not deserve refutation. But how does Greeley justify the publication of these slanderous inuendoes against General Mc- Clellan? By what argument does he defend these sin-like attacks, unworthy of a gentleman, characteristic only of a coward, impossible in a truly loyal man? Why, by the singular logic that the Huraxn js friendly to McClellan, and that the Richmond W hig says that “some notice should be taken of Wallace, of the New York Heratpi but, unprincipled Swiss as he is, Wallace's heart has been all along with the South,” and much more of the same sort, which the Tribune seems to think very important, as it has published itno less than three times already. What that has to do with McClellan we are at a loss to see; but, in order to knock away even such a prop to the Tridune’s contemptible and malig- nant meanness, we assure poor Greeley that there is no such person as “Wallace, of the New Yorx Heraxp,” a fact of which he may convince himself at any time by examining the list of the names of our employes. All the Zri- bune’s bluster and brag, therefore, goes for nothing, and Greeley might better be preparing himself for the fate which awaits him, and which he so much dreads, when the war is over and our brave soldiera come home to settle accounts with him and bis accomplices, whe have caused and prolonged this war, who have maligned and abused our officers and soldiers, and who are responsible before Heaven for the murder of many brave men. Tun Newsrarer ov tur Aok.— By reference toa table, copied from our account books, of the circulation of the New York Hyrarp during the past week, it will be seen that our average daily issue is now one hundred and twenty- three thousand four hundred and sixty copies. This extraordinary daily circulation is un- equalled by that of any other paper In the world, and far surpasses that of any paper which ever before existed. It is equal to the combined issnes of all the other daily papers in New York city, or to the combined issues of all the daily papers of London, and is twice as large as the combined issues of all the papers of Paris. Such a record as this is gratifying as an ex- ression of the estimation in which the Naw Yom ih Hienatp is held by the public. It has been attained only by our strict adherence to truth; by the enterprise we have displayed in obtaining the latest and fullest news and pub- lishing all facts of public interest; by our un- wavering loyalty to the government and the }- constitution, and especially by the fidelity, ac- quyacy and completeness with which, we have ‘The Radicals Stil! Harping om McClellan. Besides this, it is not [¥o"\ , column, 80 that yo report o! F tinuons. printed day by day the history of this great war for the Union. Our envious rivals, and particularly the Tribune, cavil at and deny, but cannot alter these established facts. The abuse of such op- ponents seems our best praise; for our cireula- tion grows larger and larger as these attacks continue, while the Tribune has fallen below all its contemporaries, its circulation being now also exceeded by that of the Times, the Sun, and even by that of the World. The reports of our war correspondents have uniformly been the best written, the fullest, the most detailed, the most accurate, the earliest, and the best illus- trated by maps, drawn exclusively for this journal. The completeness of this correspond- ence may be judged from the fact that, besides Il we publish, we have enough remaining every vy to fill another paper of this size. But we prefer to allow our rivals to praise , and we therefore republish the subjoined ote from Mr. S. H. Gay, the managing editor, under Mr. Greeley, of the New York Tribune—a paper which has often denied what its leading editor here admits in a private letter of instructions to his correspondent at Yorktown. The letter was picked up at Yorktown, and sent to us by a corres- pondent. We have the original now in our possession, with the correspondents pencil notes on the back, and its authenticity has never been questioned by Mr. Gay or by any one acquainted with his handwriting and h's eculiarity of writing the word “the” in the old bth ety oe tur Triwong, New Yorx, April 28, 1862. iMy Dean Sim—Mr, ir has gone to ye army batove Yorktown to make arraugements Wo woh us ye news. le me ag ably sec you, & you will act in conjunction ‘our akotoh of ye battle-ground of ye 16\h cam eight days after ye battle, Of 1 of ye Phitad t paper, which it had 1 lished, which I had aiso bud engra @aye betore yours reached me. 1 pray you 1em Eishune Jo 8 dady mars payer—or meant to bey—k hoi a istorical record of past cverts. Ci st be prompt should you to write daily, if only « hail, a quarte you may teil be coi abont Yorkiown is best that is always dlutely nothing to write s The curiveity & a1 feverish, & ye public like ye pa’ giving something. If there is al about, drop a line and tell me th ‘the Tiki stantly ahead of us with Yorktown news. 1 ye 16th we were compelled to copy from it, Yrs. very truly, S. H. GAY. We think this acknowledgment of our su- periority a suitable corollary to our table of circulation. Why Mr. Gay does not admit the facts above stated in the Zribune, aa well as in his private letters, we cannot say; nor can we explain how he and Mr. Greeley reconcile it with their consciences to abuse us in their paper while they confidentially own that “the Heratp is constantly ahead,’ and that they are ‘‘compelled to copy from it.” Tue Harpur’s Ferry Discrace—A Crear Case ror a Court Martiat.—Who is, or what parties are, responsible for the disgraceful, costly and humiliating surrender of Harper's Ferry? It isa clear case for a court martial, and President Lincoln should promptly order one to probe this ‘matter to the bottom. The infamous and inhuman slanders against Colonel Miles, now lying in his grave, require no refu- tation. No honest man believes them. But what base motives could have dictated them? That is the question. Is not this business open to the suspicion that the unsexapulous tool of some dirty political faction has had a leading hand in it? If the responsibility of the surrender. of Harper's Ferry belongs especially to any one officer, we think that Col. Tom Ford,” of Ohio, is that man. His aban- donment of Maryland Heights was the loss of the whole position; for with those heights in possession of the enemy all the other defences of the town were untenable. Nor does it appear that Ford made even a respecta- ble show of resistance to hold those heights. Gen. McCiellan fought the successful battle of South Mountain om Sunday, the 14th, the can- nonading of which was, perhaps, heard in the same mountain range at Harper’s Ferry, only some twelve or fifteen miles off. We know, at allevents, that had our officers in charge of that position held out till Monday night, instead of basely surrendering that morning, the be- leagnering rebel forces would have been com- pelled to leave the place on Tuesday morning, as they did, to go up the river to the relief of Gen. Lee. Thus, in holding Harper's Ferry a few hours longer, we should have saved to our Army of the Potomac from ten to twelve thousand mens some fifteen thousand muskets and rifles, from fiity to one hundred pieces of artillery, and valuable supplies of ammunition, provisions, wagons and stores of all kinds; but above all, in connection with. these troops and materials of war, we should have saved a military posi- tion equal to fifty thousand men to ceneral McClelfin. But all was lost through this dis- graceful capitulation, and thus the means and the way of escape were provided for the rebel army frem Maryland, which otherwise would have been cut off. From the facts before us, had our forces at Harper's Ferry been under the com- mand of an officer of Jeff. Davis, the capitula- tion would not have been contrived more ad- vantageously than it has been to General Lee This, we repeat, is a clear and urgent case for a stringent court martial; and, as the fidelity of Miles is established, we submit that the abandon- ment of Maryland Heights by Tom Ford should be thoroughly investigated. We have had of. late quite enough of these shameful capitula- tions, with the sinallest possible show of honest resistance; nor until some exemplary punish- ments are administered for such outrageous delinquencies can we expect any great success, In conclusion, while such incompetent, blather- skiting politicians and adventurers as Tom Ford are assigned to such’ important military trusts as Maryland Heights, we have no right to expect anything but disappointments and disgrace. a Comsry’s Mixerrnis.—We are glad to learn that there is no trath im the report that this popular troupe are about to leave on a professional ‘our, They are pers manently established in their presont bi *ro the Dieincss has been such as to render any chadge in their plans unnecessary. General Pope at St. Pa e {From the St. Paut feet Voy Major General Pope and staff arrivePhore fe] the North. ern, Belle at nine o'clock last evening, and put up ee a International. Brigadior General Eiliott, who has be ordered to roport to General Pope, in this city, is with tho y. Brigadior Geroral Roberts, who Mas, also beew ordered to report to General Pope, % oxpocted to- morrow. ‘The names, rank and position of the party who arrived last evening are as follows:~ « Major General Pope, Prigadien oral F Colouel Morgan, Aid: Colon hall, Al Colonel Butler, Mtd-de-Car eral Pope. Lientenant Colonel #miv,, Radec pong to Gon, Pope. Captain Pope, Aid-do-’ amp to Ger Pd Selfridgo, Asalr tant vajatant Genveal to Genoral Paptaln Jacobs, # sistant Adjutant General to General Pope. Paptatn Bel, Tie t. amy, to General Pope. CF imp 90 to General Pope. Assistant Adiutant Geveral to wore NEWS F101 MCLELLAN'S ARMY.‘ Rebel Cavalry Raid Near Wil- : liamsport. Occupation of Maryland Heights by the Union Forces. we ee The Rebels Still Retreating Into Virginia, ; cE! soe. rm Ere] cf BRaSI S381 FyEE Particulars of the Skirmish on Saturday. Additional Names of the Killed and Wounded, &o., &e., &e. REPORTS FROM GENERAL McOLNLLAN'S HEADQUARTERS. HeapQuanv7ers OF THR ARMY OF bear ie Sept. 21, e\ The firing hoard Inst evening in the direction A Wi- liamsport turus out to have been a raid of Siuart’s m be! cavalry. He croased tho Potomac on Friday nents Ud land, at that point, with his cavalry, one regiment of & fautry and seventcen pieces of artillery. The force seat * up todrive him back arrived noar (he town buze in the afternoon, The firing hoard was principally from thet rebel guns. During the night thoy recroased into Virginia, and: (naw morning they had disappeared from tho opposite shore, No one was } ‘the work of burying the doad is still continuing. They aver avout a thousand per day, To-morrow will pro- bably finish it. ‘The Maryland Helgbts were yosterday ocoupied by @ Union forge. ‘The indications are that the rebels are continuing their retreat into Virginia, leaving the ling of the /otomas. Diviwe worship was held at headquarters this evening, Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, ofliciating. Heapquarrers oF THY Anaty OF THE Weer jonDAY Evening, Sept. 22, 1862. ‘The following is the official report of cur logs in Sune Lee bok ee Be am et tre! ners corps at the batile of the Antictamn:— General Richardson's Divison, Killed .. Wounded Missing . General Sedgwick's Division, Killed... Wounded . Missing . General French's Dwison. BE BSE 83 OR) POW! TONNE T TT OTTO SSR! COTHIVTTI SEP! Peas Missing . ry Total loss in General Sumner’s corps. ‘The loss in missing may be somewhat reduced by stragglers returning. A train of cars croseed the Monocacy thig-morning. The road is now open to Hurper’s Ferry, where there is a suf- ficient Union force for all purposes. ‘The rebels, in their hasty rotreat from Maryland, lef between 1,100 and 1,200 wounded between: Sharpsburg and the river, They are being paroled. Twenly-siz stands of colers were taken during the battle of the Antietam, and have been received at headquarters. Seven more are known to have been captured, and aro i the hands of the diferent regiments whieh. captured them. THE REPORTS FROM FREDERICK. Freverice, Ma., Sept. 22-9 P. We have had the ugual number of rumors to-day, bet very little reliable news. I hear of no fighting to day. All are confident that the final destruction of the rebeb army, which bas been 80 badiy defeated, is a fixed faot. It 1s currently reported. Lere that a portion of the sebel army hus recrossed into Maryland at Williamsport; bet this needs coufrmation. . Miss Dix passed through bere to-day on her wap te Washington from Sharpsburg, where she bas beon to minister to the comfort of our wounded soldiers. She: goes to Washington on business connected with her phi- lauthropic mission, and i expected to return imme diately. Proiessor Lowe, with bis balioon arraagements, Baw * gone to the Potomac, where his services will doubtless { prove of value. REPORTS FROM HARRISBURG. { Harrisnvra, Sept. 22,1808: There is no intormation here in regard to the condition of affairs in Maryland. The United States government has complete possession of the telegraph wires from Chambersburg to Hagerstown. ‘The Pennsylvania regiments will return to Harrisbarg again, at the rate of two a day. Deputations arrive here by every train, seeking: infor- mation in regard to sick and wounded. Travel from Charnbersburg to Hagerstown has bee stopped, no porgon being allowed to go over tho railroad without a proper pass, Geo. Geary having sufficiently recovered from his late wounds, will leave to-day and proceed to Hagersto m, for the purpose of rejoining his division, now im the fiold. The statement that six regiments refused to cross the State line is without foundation, Test: meres: alr It is mot trie that the State of New York offered troeps for the purpose of defend- ing Pennsylvania against invasion. No suo offer was expectod, as Governor Curtin felt perfectly come- petent to protect his State, The tuilitia forces of Pennsylvania saved, beyond ques- tuon, the Cum! tal from a rebel raid. ‘Tho Governor of Maryland hus tendered his thanks for the prompt assistance our forves have rendered. A salute of one hundred guns will be fired fron Capitob Hill to-morrow noon ju honor of the suceess of our arma, OUR HARRISBURG CORRESPONDENCE. GENBRAL M’ULELLAN AND THE RADICALS—THE ORDER FOR THE NTRATION OF THE PENNSYLVANLA MILITIA COUNTERMANDED—TNE PHILADBLTHIA Na~ TIONAL GUARD—WOUNVED SOLDIBRS—RETURN OF TROOPS, KTC. Harersnvee, Sept. 22, 1862. Tho news of McClelian’s Inst great victory has beem received here with the greatest rejoicing. Everybody is exulting over it, and even those persons who have here~ tofore been opposed to General McClellan cannot now praise and admire him enough. Orders have been telographed to the various military headquarters throughout the Stato to the offect the& the snilitta companios now organting in the different loom lites need not march to Harrisburg, as the exigengie® — which first made It nccessary to call the militia have heem entirely surmonnte!, and all danger of invasion passed. Tho militia throughout tho State will, how- over, maintain their organizations, drill as agcal, and in all things perfect their knowledge and di. -uipline, awaiting thus for marching orders, and in constaph read Ress to answor a summous of the Governor. Pennsylvania has really saved the Union. If it bad not been for her marching one hundred thousand men to the border, the enemy might possibly hivo made an invasion intoafroc State, Bat our brave boys left everything, their homes and all that was dear to them, and showed the enomy their spirit and determination. ‘All the militia wv Maryland have been ardered backjte Greencastio, and will probably receive ordowa in a day om two to procced to their respective homes. ‘The Phiindelphia National Guard gerived here last evening. On their arrival the Colonel, Jeremiah Frite, addressed §=thein, telling them = that their wervices were not required, and they woul® to Philadelphia this momning, at nine ove! ‘his news tho mon recoived with great dissatisfaction, thoy wore extremely anxious 60 goon to the soak Ofgpary ‘A groat many wounded arrived in town yesterday, and ‘one thousand more are expected to-day. Great pfepa® ons are being,made for them, All the sehoolhouses and a great many publio buildings have been converted {nto hospitals. Yesterday was devoted ontircly tothe preparations for the w gunded, Governor Curtin is still at Hagerstown, administering to the wants of tho siek and wounded, ‘The trooys in the Cumberland valley lave not yet been ordered qome; but it is expected hero that such an order will aon be ieswed. The Anderson Guard has beon exfaged on apeolal servieo, by order of the Governor, and will return to thoir homes when the Ferm ef that serwion bas been comploied