The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. ’ WHOLE NO. 9528, INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH. Important Action in the Rebel Congress on President Lincoln's Bmancipa- tion Proclamation. - The Rules of Civilized Warfare to Be Ignored. Important from General Leo’s Army. HE 18 SAID TO BE ADVANCING ’ Impending Battle w the Valiey. THE YELLOW FEVER if WILIHNGTON, Ree, ate We have received copies of the Richmond Knguirer Rictimond Dispatch Richmond Ezammer... From these papers wo coilate an interesting selection of news from the rebel States. The action of the rebel Con- gress on President Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation is ef the bighest importance, showing, as it does, the in- tense hatred for the North it nas engendered in the breasts of the Southern Congressmen. The Richmond Ezaminer of the 4th inst. says:— Congresa again indicates an adjournment, coincident with @ feeling of depression and apprehension in the pablic mind. The general acquiescence in the Executive mapagement, right or wrong, has brought to us its bitter fruits. A close, vigilant and firm performance of Con- gressiona) duties is as much demanded by the public exi- gencies as a wily and bold control of the army. Aresolution has been adopted in the rebel Serate for the appointment of a committee of thirteen to take testi- mony relative to the outrages committed by the Yankees, ‘The evidence is to be collected and preserved in 4 perma- nent and credible form, in order that the “truth of history”? may be vindicated and the perpetrators of the outrages delivered to the just indignation of present and future generations. According to the debates and reports of the rebel Con- gress the Post Ottice Department is not sclf-sustaining. A bill has been introduced to provitle against foreign counterfeiters of Treasury notes. The bill provides that if such counterfeit notes are introduced by officers and séidiers and others of the United States, the offender shall ‘De deemed guilty of a felony, and suffer death on convic- tion in any military court. An act was passed authorizing the manufacture of shoes ‘and clothing for the army of the confederacy. It provides for bringing into the country, duty free, cards, card cloth, machinery and al) other articles neeessary for the purpose. ‘The number of sick and wounded paroled by tbe United States cavalry at Warrenton, recently, is eight bundred and eleven. A large majority were not re- + quired to take an oath orsign any writing. Hence, the ‘papers say, they cannot be considered as paroled. ‘The State of Mississippi and that part of Louisiana east +, Of the Mississippi river are announced as a separate mili” ” tary department, to be under the charge of Major General Pemberton. ‘The Richmond Dispatch of the 1st gives an account of the case of James M. Levinggood, an enrolled conscript, suing for his liberty. It was tried before Judge T. W. ‘Thomas, Elbert county (Georgia) Superior Court last ‘week, and a decision given liberating the plaintiff from Yhe hands of the enrolling officer. The Judge pronounced ‘the ‘Consoript act”? unconstitutional, and therefore the act itself and all regulations and orders based upon it are likewise void. The Richmond Whig of October 4 says that the small pox has broken out in the military hospitals in Danville. “s is reported,” says the Whig, ‘‘that one hundred and twenty-five transports have gone up the Potomac to | Alexandria, and it is supposed the purpese is to make | another move on Richmond, by way of Fredericksburg , | or some other route.’? Governor Vance has ¢alled a council of the leading men of this State, for the purpose of taking President Lincola’s Fecent proclamation into consideration. Tre Emancipation Proclamation. PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S PROCLAMATION AGAIN BEFORE THE RFBEL CONGRESS, SENATE. | Wengspar, Oct. 1, 1862. Mr. Smncs, of La., from the Judiciary Committee, to ‘whom was referred the resolutions relative to Lincoin’s emancipation proclamation, stated that a majority of the committee favored the following bill:— Whereas, these States, exercising a right consecrated by the blood of our revol ‘ognized as fundamental in the American system of go- ‘vernment, which is based on the consent of the go- verned, dissolved the compact which united them to the Northern Stas, and withdrew from the Union created By the federal’ constitution; and whereas, the govern- * the Union; and whereas, in the for the past seventeen ligerents by the usages cefvilts nations have been @tudiously denied to the citizens of these States, except io cases where the same have boen extorted by the ap- ‘under the pretext of repressing rare and restoring exacting treasonable eaths, sul ‘unarmed citizeus, women and children to ‘amen Danishment and imprisonment; burning thetr dwelling ravaging the land, plundering private murdering men fer proten Offences; organi abduction of slaves by government officials and at gov- @mnuent expense; promoting servile insurrection, by * tampering with slaves, and protecting them in resisting ‘their masters; stealing works of art and nmi ed lie libraries; encouraging and inviting a brutal liery | to commit outrages on women by the unrebuked orders of military commanders, and attempting to ruin cities wy filling up the entrances to their harbors with stone: And, whereas, in the same spirit of barbarous ferocity Po ae ayy the United States enacted a law, en- ti ‘An act to suppress insurrection, to prevent trea- gon and rebellion, to seize and conti the property of rebels, and for other purposes,”’ and has announced ‘by a proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln, the Presi- dent thereof, that in pursuance of said law, ‘* on the Ist ef Jannary , 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof abail be in rebellion against the United States, shail be ‘Athenceforward and forever free,” and has, thereby, made manifest that this ovnflict has coased to be a war as re- eoguized among civilized nations, but on the part of the enemy has become an invasion of an organized horde of murderers and plunderers, breathing hatred and rey for the numerous defeats sustained on legitimate batt! fields, and determiued, if possible, to exterminate the ; doyal population of these States, to transfer their propert: to their enemies, and to emancipate their slaves, witl ‘the atrocieus design of addiitg servie insurrection and 7 the massacre of families to the calamities of war; and, whereas, justice and humanity require this government « te endeavor to repress the lawless practices and designs @ the enemy by inflicting severe retribution: Therefore, the Confederate States of America do enact, 1. Thaton and after the Ist of January, 1863, all eom- fissioned and non-commissioned officers of the euemy, excopt as hereinafter mentioned, when captured, sball Dedmprisoned at hird labor, or otherwise put at hard Jabor , until the termination ef’ the war, or until the re- poulof the act of the Congress of the United States, bere- in — recited, or until ogherwise determined by the er nop-comm!: officer, command or mu. Jatioes against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, Or mulatiocs for shall direct; and, after conviction owe punishment, or pardon ut ms an he may see fit. ib ether. retal cory menaeres aa ne joaent h r ret y ir in t Shay’ bo beat caloulated to repress the atrocities of the Mir iruman, of Migs. , submitted a minority report from the same committee, in the form ofa lengthy preamble + and the followigg resolution: — - Be it resolved, &e., That from this day forth all rules of civilized warfdee should be discarded tm the future de- 8 - 5 § suape ef nz qountry cnr Minsllan neh. oor lives, againes jell design now openly avowed government the nited States to annihilate or enslave us; abd that a extermination should henceforth be wi every invader whose hostile foot shall cross ries of these Confederate States. Hii—I must be allowed to say for myself that I b= the lamation of Mr. Lincoln as @ mere brutum 'y purpose at jorth. we ing it beyond its importance. As fhe Senate has cenclud- ed to notice it, Iam in favor of the simples! action. We must confine our action within the line Of right, under the laws of nations, In my opinion we have the right to declare certain acts as crimes, being in conflict with civilized war, and the actors as criminals; ‘and a criminal, th a soldier, is net entitled to be con- war. While, therefore, I approve the general idea to treat them as persons guilty of certain acts as criminals, contained in the bill reperted by the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Semmes), and agreed to that report as being the one most favored by the majority of the committee, I, also, in accordance with the under- standing of the committee, the following bill, and ask that it be printed for the consideration of the Senate:— 1. That if any person singly, or in organized bodies, shall, under pretence of waging war, kill or maim, or in apy wise injure the person of any unarmed citizen of the Confederate States, or shall destroy, or seize, or damage the property, or invade the house or domicil, or insult the family of such unarmed citizen; or shall or force any slave to abandon hie owner, or shall, by word or act, counsel er incite to servile insurrection within the limits of the Confederate States, all such persons, if captured by the forces of the Confederate States, shall be treated as criminals and not as prisoners of war, and shall be tried by a military court, aud, en conviction, suffer death. 2. That every pergon pretending to be a soldier or offi- cer of the United States, who shail be captured on the soil of the Confederate States, after the 1st day of January, 1863, shall be presymed to have entered the territory of the Confederate Sfates with intent to incite insurrection and abet murder, and unless satisfactory proof be adduced to the contrary, before the military court before which the trial shali be had, shall suffer death. This section shall continue in force until the proclamation issued by Abrabam Lincoln, dated at Washington, on the 22d day of September, 1862, shall be rescinded, and the policy there- in announced shail be abandoned, and no longer. Mr. Ciark, of Mo., read a preamble and resolution embracing his views on the subject under consider 5 The resolution proposed to recognize the enemy us ‘sav- age, relentless and barbarous,” and declares that it ‘is the duty of the government of the Confederate States neither to ask quarter for its soldiers nor extend it to the enemy until an awakened 0} vated sense of decency and humanity, or the sting of retaliation, shall have impellea our enemy to adopt or practice the usages of war which prevail among Christian and civilized nations.’ On the motion of Mr. Seumes, of La., the several bills and resolutions were ordered to be printed, and made the order of the day for to-morrow (Thursday), at ove o'clock P. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ‘Wepnespay, Oct. 1, 1862. The House met at twelve o’clock. Mr. Lyons, by consent of the Honse, introduced a series of resolutions proclaiming the infamous character of Lin- coln’s late proclamation, exhorting the people of the con. federacy to kill every officer, soldier and sailor of the enemy found within their borders, unless a regular prt- soner of war; declaring that after the Ist of January, 1863, no officer of the enemy ought to be captured alive, or if recaptured should be immediately hung; and offering a bounty of twenty dollars and an annuity’ of twenty dol- lars for life to every slave and free negro who shall, after the ist of January, 1863, kill ene of the enemy. Referred to Committee on Forcigh Affairs. Mr. Foors, of Tennessee, submitted a memorial on our Bew defences, by General Henningsen. Referred to Com- mittee on Naval Afiairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foore reported resolutions, which were referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs, to appoint a Joint Commit- tee to,address the people of California, Oregon, and the va- rious Territories beyond the Rocky Mountains, on the ex- pediency of hereafter establishing a league, offensive and defensive, between such States and Territories of the Con- lerate i Mr. Cuiton, of Alabama, submitted resolutions tn rela- tion to retaliation, which, after enumerating the outrages committed and contemplated by the ememy, goes on to provide that after the Ist of January, 1863, all federal oibeers captured within our limits shall be treated as felons, and, if condemned by court martial, hanged by the neck until they are dead. The Proclamation in the Virgtnia Legislature. In the Virginia Senate on the 2d inst., Mr. Collier, of Petersburg, offered the following preamble and resolu- tions:— * Whereas, Abrabam Lincoln, President of the United States, by his recent proclamation, is acting in stolid con- tempt of the principles of property in slaves of African descent, which is no less consecrated in their federal con- stitution than in ours, and is aiming, by his said procia- mation, to excite a servile insurrection in our midst: Resolved, therefore, That no person within this State shall be held to have committed any offence against the criminal laws thereof, or shall be tried, or imprisoned, or required by any magistrate, or judge, or police officer, to answer at anytime for any act done in driving from the State, or putting to death by any means, any pergon, with or without arms, who may be found on our soil, ailing or abetting in any way to give effect in this State, or dn its border, to the lawl(s and fiendish purposes of the said proclamation. Referred to the Commit tee for Courts of Justice. News from General Lee’s Army. (From the Richmond “nquirer,, ct. 4.] Passengers by the Central cars last evening give some additional information in regard to the movements of our army and those of the enemy. The stragglers bad nearly all returned to their different commands, aud the army is now reported in excellent condition and spirits. The enemy, in ferce, was at Martinsburg, with his left ex tending to Harper’s Ferry. General Lee, with a strong force, was rapidly moyjng towards Martinsburg, and there was every probabiMy that a desperate battle was about to be fought. Persons of intelligence trom Win- chester state that McClellan cannot avoid an engagement unless he withdraws his army across the river—a move which it is next to impossible for bim to make, as he was evidently being urged forward by the Yankee ad- ministration and the clamors of the abolitionists. For him to retreat now, in the face of an enemy, who had thrown down the gauntlet tohim, would tend ‘almost as mueh to demoralize bis army as would a defeat: It 1s evidently the design of McCiellan to land a large force—probably raw recruits—at Fredericksburg, with the view of retarding or operating against the movements of General Lee in that direction, and thus open the road for himself to advance down the valley. We are confi- dent, however, that ample preparation bas been made for him even in that quarter. General Lee bas already given too many assurances of his ability, aided by his gallant army, to thrash the in- ‘vadore of our homes, on any and every field, for us to en- tertain fears or doubts now, and we therefore feel war- ranted in saying that, he strikes, McClellan and bis “grand army” will agafa be beaten back in utter discom- fkure and ion. [From the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. 4 } ‘There neeme to be a general,impression that our own forces and those of the enemy in the vicinity of the Poto- mac are on the evo of a determined collision. This im- pression is strengthened by the statements gathered from passengers who came down on the Central train from Staunton yesterday afternoon. From thede we learn that on bom: Omen the enemy, in considerable force, advanc- ed from per’s Ferry as far as Charlestown, shelling that place from a point about one mile and a half east of the town. Ascertaining that the town was unoccupied by our forces, they moved up and took pos- On Weduesday evening our cavalry pickets at Martins- burg fell back, and reported the advance of a column of the encmy on the Williamsport road. Harper's Ferry is ‘The force of the enemy in and around vy. The division commanded by Gen. said to be very Geary oecuptes the Loudon Heights. It is supposed that has crossed, or intend to cross at the . ‘The force which reached Charlestown Tuesday is believed to be the advance of their army. From all aecounts the condition of onr army is excel- lent. The barefooted have been recently shod by lar arrivals of shoes, and the commissariat is now abundantly supplied. The stragglers have all been gathered up, and the whole army is in buoyant spirits ‘contidentty ‘an- ticipate another brilliant triumps. 5 ‘From the Richmond Whig, Oct. 4. ‘The number of our sick and wounded thatiors + pms roled’’ by the enemy’s cavalry at Warrenton, ast week, is eight hondred and eleven. The proceeding can soarcely be recognized as a parole from the information which bas reached us. The Yankees merely took the names of the patients, giving a few paroles in writing. ‘Tho large majority were not required to take any oath or sign any yer. Thé railroad bridge across the Rap- pahannock was completed on Wednesday, and the leco- motives Hero, Oki Abe, and five others brought safely over to this side of the river, he -o=-d with a large quan- tity of rolling stock, iron, & of the locomotives are in good order—the others need repair The unsus- pecting people about Gordonsville were “ sold” by the announcement that Old Abe had arrived at the depot there a prisoner. ‘On proceeding to view the Hlustrious Gorilla they discovered that the captive was an ' It is reported that one hundred and twenty-five trane- ports have gone up the Potomac to Alexandria, and it is su the purpose is to make another move on Rich- mond, either by way of Fredericksburg or some other route. the Richmond Enquirer, October 3.) Our army is still at Winchester. ‘The enemy aro ro- period arora Bunker Hill, eight miles beyond. A rankeo colenel,tormerly a member of Congress, whose name we could not learn, and two were it diately after paroling our sick and wounded. [From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. 4. ‘There are indications, by many deemed conelitive, that ‘the groat battio for a week expected 10 take place in the tomes, ou Ete tak Ry What att ot i . Wi all these badleadions aro wo do not deem it willy advieebie to Jay before the public. Passengers who lett Winches: Thurday morning, bring the intelli that ‘coreray on Wednesday moved forward from Bunker Hill tow: Martinsburg, where the enemy's were believed to ‘be concentrated ; and that the Valley road (rom Staunton, northward, was crowded with troops and munitions har. rying to the seat of war. from all sources con. cur jn representing our army-as much increased in num bers, high in health and spirits, and conddent of victory. The only fear entertained i¢ that MoCleiian will alip ar from our front and avoid a ee a however, should risk # Siyagement, he must W yictorious or be NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1862. ruined. The Potomac is in his rear, and he will not find in Northern, as he did in Eastern Virginia, a White Unk ‘Swamp to cover his retreat and embarrass his pursuers. PREPARING FOR THE COMING SHOCK. Judging from the past, and from the appearance of the resent, we have no right to expect anything else than continuance of the war for another campaign and on @ very grand scale. True, Lincoln’s by apencnonec is raising some commotion in the North; but his universal martial law wilt probably quiet that. The Yankee seems to have lost his whole desire for his own freedom in his attempt to destroy ours; and the world does not at this moment present a more grinding tyranny ‘and a more ab- ject submission than is seen in dominions of Abrabam the First. Without, therefore, some such popular revo- lution a a day may bring forth, but which it is very unwise to calculate upon, the whole power of the North is still to be exerted for our destruction, ir people and ment ave all conscious of the giant tions which Lincoln is making. His vast drafts of men ‘not all. His ship yards are all busy, and gun- boats of heavy draught and of light draught, cased in iron armor, and fitted up with all the art of war and all the appliances of ingenuity, are being constructed in great numbers. Thus, while & great army is to press us on land, our coasts are to be infested, and our large and small rivers penetrated by mailed gunboeta. it has become of late a little fashionable to sneer at gunboats. There is no good reason for this, ‘They are certaimly formidable means of offence, to a people who cannot meet them in the same way. And the rise in the rivers, which the rains of winter always produco, wili bo them the power of ascending to the heads of naviga- 1. We niust prepare for these gunboats, not by flippantly sneering at gunboat panics; that would be very unwise. Not by timid apprehensions of inability to resist them; that would be very unwise also. But we must prepare de- fences on our rivers and. obstructions in their channels. We must try all the virtues of sharp-ehooters on the banks, aud sub aqueous batteries in the stream. We must make it necessary for the enemy to move in force wherever he moves at all; thus we shall reduce the num- ber of his attempts. We should have river guards of active, courageous men, suflicient to prevent the crows from landing and penetrating into the country. The crew of a gunboat is small, and can be easily overcome away from the vessel. The shores that we cannot defend must be relieved of everything that could reward ma- rauding parties. AN movable property should be retired to a suitable distance. ‘To meet the coming hosts of the enemy,on 1and, our army must not only be sufficiently increased in point of numbers, but its discipline and efficiency must be pro- moted to the highest degree; and good citizens and good soldiers must all cheerfully submit to and co-operate in whatever is necessary to secure these results. It is thus and thus only that the war is to be safely and speedily ended. Ali who desire those results as his first wish, should be willing to employ the means. The war is sepa: rating men from their business and homes, and inter- rupting the industry and the happiness of the country. Let us end it as soon as possible. One of the principal evils to be corrected in the army is the practice of straggling. It is a vice which, if allowed, will destroy any army in the world. It can only be restrained by rigid discipline; aud whatever regulations may be necessary to this end should be gug- tained by the sentiment of the army and the conkers, It is very common, however, to censure ds harsh any attempts made to repress ‘this evil; and perhaps these ill-considered complaints may haye sometimes found their way into portions of this paper. But so far from. being harsh it is only just to the good officer or soldier who, stands up unfliuchingly to his arduous duty, not to allow one who is disposed to shuttle to straggle from his side, The prevention of straggling is demanded by the best interests of that cause for which the army itself was raised, and of which straggling would be the speedy ruin. It would surprise the uninitiated to know how large a number there are who habitually straggle away from duty. It is said there are some who have been in the war from the beginning, but have never been in a fight. In the amy, similar to what we see in everything, there are good men and there are shuffiers. These last have to be Strictly disciplined, or they will prove nothing but useless consumers of army rations. And when they are pro- ceeded ugainst, our sympathy shonid not be with them, but with the good and brave men whom they are leaving to bear the whole brunt of the fight. It 1s these stragglers, too, that are so terrible a scourge to a country through which an army passes. They tarry behind to plunder while their brethren go on to fight. ‘The procuring of army supplies and the discharge of this important duty in such mauner as not to destroy the re- sources of the country, nor to affect the people, demand the most earnest attention. The satety of the republic and the comfort of the citizens are both involved. Unfaithful, incompetent or dishonest quarterimasters anid commissa- ries could plunge the country into ruin and the people in- to destitution and distress beyond the possibility of averting it. The experience of t! vernment has ena- bled it to know who are ite best men in these departments. Let them be cherished and honored. Unfit meu must be diact without besitation or compunction. It will not do to stand upon the reelings of friends which will be burt by it. By our love of our country, and our love for the soldier who fights its battles, we must turn them out; and not to make room for a new and hungry set who seck the office for its “opportunities,” but for good patriots and honest and capable business men whe will have at heart the interest of the country. In short, for the war that is upon us,and the campaign that impends, we must improve every elemen’ of strength and must root vut eve rp hing that weakens. We believe that this is the spirit and the effurt of all who fill the responsible places, whether io the civil or the military service of the country. We desire to sustain their hands and to stimu- late their zeal; and we call upon every citizen and every soldier to give voice and influence in the same behalf. Yellow Fever in Wilmington, N.C. {From the Richmond Whig, October 2.} We regret to learn that the yellow fever is on the increase at Witmington, and is raging in the most malig- nant form. There were twenty interments on Sunday, and forty-five new cases reported on that day. The hotels and all places of business are closed. Among the deaths are Wm. C. Battencourt, a prominent merchant; Dr. James G. Dickson, an eminent physican; Stephen Jewett, cashier ef the Bank of Wilmington; James 8. Green Treasurer; and Benj. Trollinger. Dr. Choppin, of General Beauregard’s staff, and several velunteer nurses, have arrived from Charleston. (From the Richmond Examiner, Ogt 4.] We learn irom the Wilnington Journal dt Wednesday that the pestilence with which that city is visited does not abate. It has, however, we are glad to learn, assumed a jess malignant type, the number of the fatal cases being much less within the day or two previous to the Ist of October. On Tuesday there were forty-one new cases and only eight interments in Gakdale Cemetery. The in- terments were from former cases. “If taken at once,’” says the Journal, the fever seems to yield readily. If not, or if neglected too long, the chances of recovery, are small. To this facts being understood, and the greater familiarity with the disease, is to be ascribed the com- paratively small mortality to the number of recent cases. OBITUARY. * The Richmond Despatch of the 6th inet. bas the following obituary notice:—Died, in Wilmington, N. C., on Weanes- day, October 1, 1862, of yellow fever, Jos, &. K. Duman, a native of Bangor, Maine, aged 24 years. The subject of the above notice was the of the Southern Telo- graph Company's odlee in Wilwlagton, and was well and vorably known throughout the entire city. Telegraphic Begeenn te Richmond FROM TENNESSEE. A of partisan rangers yesterday” dove. the company isan rangers yesterday drove ‘Yankee pickets at Flat Rock back to Nashville, killing several, Fiat Rock is three miles trom Nashville. The Nashville Dispatch of the 30th says that the steamer Forlorn Hope was captured a few miles below there on Sunday by the rebels. ia is that Bragg has taken isville. Speculators have cleaned out all the goods and stores between here and Nashville. No more need come. ‘There ig no doubt about the starving condition of the people in Nashville. A CAVALRY SKIRMISH. Mowitx, Oct. 2, 1862. A special despatch to the Register, dated Tupelo to-day, says:— Zixty Yankee cavalry scouts yesterday penetrated to Saari meer nnt Suee hed the ae J Tennessee cavalry and rouiea, with the less, of seven killed and two prisoners. Our loss was two ktHed; nome wounded. Destructive Fire at Syracuse=Total Loss $115,000. ‘Syraceas, N. Y., Uct. 6, 1862. A large fire occurred in this city this morning, entirely destroying the Bastable block, on the corner of Geneseo and Warren streets, fronting on Hanover square. ‘The building was cecupied on the ground floor by stores, chiefly for the salo of millinery goods and Yankee notions, a lookingglass factory and stere, a jewelry store and the Merchants’ Bank. ‘The second story was oceupied by lawyers’ and phy- sicians’ offices. ‘The upper part ef the building was occupied by various shopkeepers, a bilWard room and the Knights Tempiat Hall, ‘Tho goods of the stores and tho livraries of the offices were removed in a damaged eondition. ‘The principal sufferers are as follows:—L. Schwartz, E. Beard, Laragus & Co., A. Stern, Stone & Maunheimer, Fowler & Baktwin, Rosenthal & Rebenstein, storekecpers; D. & D. F, Gate, Sedgwick, Andrews & Keunedy, W. 0. Ruger, Hough & King, L. W. Hall and George Murphy, lawyers, and N. B. Powers and P. ©. Satnpson, doctors. je block was @wned and built by Stephen Bastable, whose loss is $40,000. Ho is insured for $80,000. The te lors on goods, &C., in $75 only $40,000 ia insured. (thn aca The Democratic State Central Committee, Atmary, Oct. 6, 1862. ‘The adjourned meeting of the Democratic State Centra) Committee is called to meet at the Astor House, New York, on Thursday, Abo 16th of October jst. WAR MEETING IN BOSTON. Speech of Senator Charles Sumner on the Pre- sident’s Proclamation—George Francis Train Attempts to Speak and is Prevented by the Police. Boston, Oct. 6, 1862, Faneuil Hall was crowded at noon to-day to hear ad- dresses from Charles Sumner and others. William Clafiin, Esq., of Newton, presided. ‘Mr, Sumner, in the early portion of his address, said:— ‘Thank God I live to enjoy this day. Thank God that my eyes have not closed without seeing this great salva- tion. The skies are brighter and the air is purer, now that slavery has been handed over to judgmemt, Among the omens which he hailed with gladness was the union which prevailed among good men in supporting the State and national governments, forgetting that they were whigs or democrats; and not ca} cheering was He generous devotion which all birth Lave offered thejr adopted count: Surely this was no time for the strife of party. proclamation of President Lincoln was considered as practically securing freedom to all who can find shelter within our lines, and he accepted it without note or com- ment. In relation to his (Sumner’s) own acts he chal- lenged scrutiny, and defetided himself from sundry accu- sati Ho believed that the government had made. progress during the last year. He (Sumner) advocated the proclamation of President Lincoln to liberate the slaves as a military necessity, and he denied that the object of the war was other than to put down the re- bellion. To secure peace, which so many advocated, could only be done by ‘preventing a separation of the States. Separation was chaos. The rebels must first be subdued and then conciliated. Action was wanted— straightforward, Godlike action. Thunderbolts must be hurled into the Cabinet as well as in the dela. The Afri- can race—slave as well as free—must help us. Loyalty did not depend upon color, Help from the slaves was constitutional and justified by historical precedents, An appeal to the slaves should be tried, and he believed that such an appeal would be effectual. The slaves would be encouraged and the masters discouraged by a panic among them, The various objections to the proclamation of President Lin- coln to liberate the slaves were, that the border State officers would throw down their arms; that side issues would arise; that there would be slave insurrections, and that the slaves would overtlow the North. These questions were considered by him, and he appealed to bis audience if he had not wnswered them. He believed that success could only be obtained through the emanci- pation of the slaves, as without a fire in their rear a united people could not be conquered, The proclamation, he contended, was a herald of peace, and emancipation the Dest general. Force alone could not conquer, without ideas; and, for the sake of peace, he now pleaded for freedom. If the instincts of freedom did not prompt the suppert of emancipation, the command of the Almighty to “ let His people go free” should have an ef- fect. The conclusion that he (Sumner) came to was, that ‘by emancipation the war was changed in its charactor, ee Not in its object, and that it was a war for all man- ind. Mr. Sumner spoke about two hours, and was frequently applauded and subjected to occasional interruptions from his opponents. Upon the conclusion of his speech, a loud call was made for George Francis Train, who, with many of his friends, was present. Mr. Train’took the platform, and after re- fusing to yield it, was carried off by the police, who were in attendance. Mr. Train, after his ejection from Faneuil Hall, was detained in the station house a short time until the crowd dispersed. ‘The pr meeting in Faneuil Hall to-night did not take plave, om account of the absence of General Busteed, who was detained by illnese. IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI. The Fight at Newtonia—General Scho- field After the Rebele—An Important Battle Expected—Reported Union Suc- ces Texas—The Rebel Texans in Missouri Ordered Home, é&c. Srnrxarmup, Mo., Oct. 4, 1862. From a private in the Sixth Kansas cavalry, who par- ticipatea in the fight at Newtonia on Monday last, we learn the following particulars:— Colonel Solomon, on Monday, learning there was a rebe! force, thought to be 600 strong, at Newtonia; sent about ‘400 troops—176 infantry and the balance cavalry—under command of a major, whose name we did not learn to drive them out, They charged into Newtoni® on Tuesday morning, and found that the rebels had been heavily reinforced, having, it is estima ted, about seven thousand men and six pieces of artillery: Our men had to get out the best they could, the infantry fightingghem band to hand three-quarters of an hour: As they fell back out of Newtonia, Company H, Sixth Kansas cavalry, aboat forty strong, were surrounded» but cut their way out. The federal troops then fell back three miles, and were followed by the rebels, when the former met reinforcements of abont three hundred cavalry and four picows of artillery—making six in all—and in turn drove the rebels back into Newtoma. Considerable cannonading was kept up for some time between the two armies, our men now having three or four regiments. About night our troops commenced falling back to camp for the night. The rebels followed, when our men turned on them, driving them back into Newtownia, and held the field. The Union loss during the day was about one hundred and forty killed, wounded and missing, probably most of them taken prisoners, Those of our wounded who fell into the hands of the rebels were treated in the most barbarous manner. The rebel loss is not known, but is thought to be larger than ours in killed and wounded. They were still at Newtownia at last accounts, but wil probably not remain there long, as a few days wiil decide who are the masters of the Southwest. Sr. Lovis, Oct. 6, 1862. Advices received from General Schofield state that with a powerful army he was on Saturday at Sarcoxie, sixteen miles from Newtonia, where the rebel forces, 16,000 strong, were collected, He expected to reach there to- day; ané@ if the rebels do not vacate we may expect to dear immediately of a battle. No apprebensions are en- tertained as to the result, Scofield’s army being superior to that of the enemy and in excellent fighting trim. The only thing feared is the rebels won’t fight. Advices dated the 4th inst., received from Greenville, Mo., convey the reliable intelligence that all thé Texas troops under the rebet McBride have been ordered to re- turn home forthwith, in consequence of Union victorles at Marshal and Shreveport, Texas. The troops thus re ferred to are estimated at 2,000 in number. NEWS FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA, Reports of G 1 Bigel’s Scoute—No Rebele at Thoroughfare Gap—Capture of Prisoners—The Rebel Army Retreat- ing Towards Richmond, &c. Wasutxctox, Oct. 6, 1862. Two of General Sigel’s scoute returned last evening, having been to Thoreughfare Gap, at which point they found no rebels. They brought back three escaped con- scripts, one of whom was formerly in our army, but, fail- ingin to the bands of the enemy, was impressed into their service, He was held a prisoner for attempted desertion. At the time of making his escape he was in charge of a Lieutenant, and while the latter's back was turned ho succeeded in cutting the cords that bound his wriste, and made his escape with the Lieutdnant’s doable barrelied fowling piece. The other twohad been drafted, but es- caped before being put into the army. ‘These men report that tho rebels have commenced re- treating towards Richmond, General Longstreet having already gone, They say thoir train is at Staunton, while their cattle are at Mount Jacksen. Captain Barrett returned yesterday from a scouting ex pedition as far as Newmarket. At Gainceville he captured a rebel scouting party, consisting of Lieutenant Roberts, of tho Second Mississippi, and eight men. Lieutenang Roberts says that we whipped them on Friday, the 29th of August, at Bull rim, but they more than retrieved this defeat on Saturday. Captain Tompkins, formerly a lieutenant in the regular army, and latterly Colonel of the Vermont cavalry, hag ‘been made Quartermaster of Gonoral Sigel’s corps, reliey> ing Captaia Loomis. News from Fortress Monroe. Forrrsss Moxnor, Oct. 4, 1962. ‘The Pelvidere arrived to-day with rebel prisoners from Fort Delaware, and the New York and other steamboats are hourly expected with one thousand eight hundred rebel prisouers. They will be seut by a flag of truce to Aiken’s Landing. Fortness Mownor, Oct. 6, 1862. Several transperts have gone up ‘James river, wih about 1,800 rebel prisoners, and are expected to bring ‘back about that number of our released Union prisoners. They are expected aere to-morrow. IMPORTANT FROM KENTUCKY. Loursvitim, Oct 6, 1862 On Saturday the rebels inaugurated Richard Howes a@ Governor ef Kentucky, at Frankfort. Bragg aad Hum- Phrey Marshall made bitter Anti-Union speeches. Kirby Smith wastbere. Buckmer was expected, but was not present. At five or six in the afternoon the rebelé burned the railroad bridge, whereupon all thew infantry left for the South, Scott's cavalry remaining. On Sunday, at one o'clock P, M., the rebels cut one span of the bridge to South Frankfort. Soon thereafter Scott’s cavalry departed. The rebels took all the print- ing paper and ink belonging to the State printer. A great number of revels were left at Frankfort sick, and the mortality among them has been very great. ‘The enemy has not obtained more than fifty recruits in Frankfort and Franklin eounty. Our informant met the federal pickets last night at Har- disnville, passing onward to Frankfort. At Frankfort Mossrs, Baisbow and Gilson were arrested three times because they would not take Confederate scrip for goods. Storekeepers were fined twenty- five dollars per day for closing their stores. Mr. Macklin, the senior of the firm of ham notoriety, was compelled to take confederate sorip for a large quantity of meat. John Watson & Co, manufacturers fof jeans, linsey and cottons, lost large stocks. The rebels took away vast quantities of edible® of various kinds, leaving provisions very scarce, and many necessaries of life unattainable by the citizens. At Camp Bloomfield, eleven miles northeast of Bards- town, at eleven o'clock, yesterday morning, General Rosecrans’ division received orders to fill their cauteens ‘aud be ready to mare at a minute’s notice. Colonel Bruce, commanding at Bowling Green, yoster- day morning, six miles north of Glasgow, attacked an” other party of rebels, killing a few and capturing several, together with Afty horses aud some cattle; federal loss none. The weather has been oppressively hot and sultry for the season to-day, Thermometer 82 at noon. Telegraphic communication with Bardstown is just re- established. The wires will keep pace with our army a% it proceeds southward. INTERESTING FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Newnerw, N.C., Oct. 3, 1862. ‘The United States transport steamer Baltimore leaves Beaufort this morning, via Fortress Monroe, for Balti- more. All the able bodied negroes in Eastern North Carolina are now being seized by order of the Rebel Secrotary of War, and carried into Virginia to work on fortifications, Governor Vance has called a council of the leading men of this State for the purpose of taking President Lincoln's recent proclamation into consideration. ‘Union war meetings are being held daily in adjoining counties, for the purpose of filling up the loyal North Carolina regiments, which are addressed by Hon. C. H. Foster, the administration candidate for Congress, who has thus far met with great success. ‘Six new companies for the famous First North Carolina have been sworn in, the brave Col. Petter commanding, who has recovered from his wounds, received in the recent attack on Washington, in which engagement his regiment carried off the palm. On Wednesday last nine of our pickets took a rifle pit and repulsed fifty rebels near Bachelors creek, fifteen miles from Newburn, ‘The Unionists in Camden county have petitioned Presi- dent Lincoin for permission to drive all the rebel families outof the county. If granted, they promise two loyal regiments for the Union, half of which are already raised: ‘one of cavalry and one of infantry, Recruits for the North Carolina regiments are rapidly pouring in since the heroic conduct of the first in the en- gagement at Washington. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS. Troops En Route for the Seat of War, Ocpexsavna, N. ¥., Oct. 6, 1862. ‘The One Hundred and forty-second regiment New York Volunteers left this morning, at ten o’clock, with full ranks, via Rouse’s Point and Lake Champlain and the Hud- son River Railroad, for New York. - Provinence, Oct. 6, 1862. The Eleventh Rhode Island regiment, Colonel Metcalf, being the first of the nine mouths’ regiments from this State, left for New York to-night via Stonington. Boston, Oct. 6, 1862. achusetts Fifth regiment, Colonel Pierson, is sfordepar ¢. The destination is said to be The M under orde Newbern. Military Affairs in New York, THE ENROLMENT OFFICE. As the work of the office approaches completion the reduction of the force employed has commenced. In the New York office the B copies are nearly ail completed, and several of the copyists are engaged oa the C books, The transterring of the names from the “out of district lists’ in the Brockiyn office will com- mence to-day, under the immediate supervision of Sajor Pinckney. The B and C copies of the books are com- pleted as far as examined. A few days more will see the whole work done. General Anthon is pushing the work as rapidly a# possible, in order to complete it by Friday next, the day the draft is ordered THE LATE OFFICERS OF THE IRISH BRIGADE. The committee who conducted the obsequies of the late officers of the Irish Brigade—Captains Kavanagh and Joyce, and Lieuteaont Lynch—are to hold an important meeting at room No. 20, Astor House, this afternoon at five o'clock, Communications of an juteresting character to the brigade will, we believe, be made on the occasion, The Draft in New York Not to Take Place on the Tenth Inst: ee ALRANY, ‘The statement in some of the New York papers of to- day, that the draft in this State would be made on Friday noxt, is without authority. It cannot be made on that day as the eae enrolment . not completed, and no commis. Pr exemption or intend the drawing have beon appointed _ The Draft in Pennsyivania. Harnisnenrs , Oct. 6, 1862. Ao order bas been issued to the Drafting Commissioners of the several counties, directing that all persons who have been exempted from military service because of py a but who shall become citizens prior to the day of drafting, shal! have their names placed on the list sub- ject to draft. News from Albany. GENERAL MORGAN REQUESTS THE NEW YORK REGI- MENTS TO BE ASSIGNED TO GENERAL SICKLES’ TAVISION— COLONEL GRAHAM KECOMMBNDED FOR BRIGAD! GENERAL, ETC. ALAANY, Oct. 6, 1862, Governor Morgan has sent a request to the War De- partment that, as far as practicable, the new regiments from New York may be attached to the division under the command of Major General Daniel K. Sickles Colonel Charles K. Graham, at present Colonel of the Fifth Excelsior regiment, is strongly recommended for the brigadier generalship of the Metropolitan Guard. ‘The Orleans Dy: ity in the Field. LETTER FROM THE COUNT DE PARIS TO GENBRAL SICKLES. Chanson, Sept. 11, 1962, My Dear Gawenar—I have just read the letter you wrote to the New York Zimes in anawer to the misrepre- seutations circulated about our departure from America, ‘and I hasten to thank you for having taken up the pen under these circumstanree, Although we are acqustomed to calumny , and dospise it, nevertheless it is very gratify. ing to see ho {ucts put in thale true light, and our situa. tion so well understood and #0 clearly explained, espe” cially by & member of the army with wheee destinies we were associated during nearly a year. We shall always remember that with the Army of the Potomac as one of the best most inte- resting epochs of our youth. It is with regret that wo left our companions in arms, and nothing can be more valuable to us than such testimonies of ‘brance and esteem. | need not add that our hearty still ac. hearts who follow with emotion the struggle of a great and free nation for hor institutions, and who Neve in the ultimate success of the efforts of a deluded minerity to establish a new community whose corner stone shall be 80 odious, so dangerous and 80 precarious an institution as that of slavery. Before ending this let- ter (for tho bad Englieh of which I must speiogtze) fot me still tell you, my dear General, how glad Is! id be to shake hands again with you, and to talk once more with you of your winter quarters in that wild corner of Maryland, or of tho summer days when your tent was pitched on the fleld of battle of Fair Oaks. 1 beg you, my dear General, to believe me always very truly yours, LOUIS PHILIPP#: 1" . Comte de __| TUB VieToRY aT PRICE TWO CENTS. CORINTH. General Grant’s Officiai Des- Patches. The Rebels Driven Across the Hatchie. ONE THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN. Two Batteries and Two Hundred More Prisoners Captured by Gen. Ord, &e., &s., ae. Wasmncrow, Oct. 6, 1602, The followimg despatches have beeu received at bead- quarters here;— FIRST DESPATCH. Grant's Fleanquantema, Jacnson, Tenn, Oct. 5—GA. M } To Major General H. W. Hatiecs,Geveral-in-Chior, United States Army:— Yesterday the rebels, under Price, Van Doro and Lovell, were repulsed from their attack on Corinth with great slaughter. Tho enemy are in full retreat, leaving their dead and wounded on the Seld. Rosecrans telegraphs that the Joss is serious on our side, particularly in officers, But bears n0 comparison with that of the enemy. General Hackleman fell while gallantly leading bis bri- gade. ; Genera! Oglesby te dangerousty wounded. Geveral McPherson, with bis command, reached Co- rinth yesterday. General Rosecrans pursued the retreating enemy this morning, and, should they attemp: to move towards Bolivar, will follow to that place. General Hurlbut is at the Hatchie river with five or six thousand men, and is no doubt with the pursuing columa, From seven hundred to a thousand prisoners, besides the wounded, are loft in our hands U. 8 GRANT, Major Goneral Commanding, SECOND DESPATCH. Grant's HeanquaRTens, Jacnson, Teun. , Oct. 5, 1962 ‘to Major General H. W. Hatisox, General: in-Chief United States Army:— General Ord, who followed General Hurlbut, met. the enemy to-day on the south side of the Hatchie, as I un- derstand from a despatch, and drove thom across the stream and got possession of the beights with eur troops. General Ord took two batteries and about two bundred prisoners. A large portion of General Rosecrans’ forces wero at Chevalla. At this distance everything looks most favorable, and I cannot see how the enemy are to escape without lost! everything but their small arms Thave strained everything to take into the fight an adequate force, and to get them to the right place. U. S. GRANT, Major Genera! Commanding. Sketch of General Oglesby. Brigadier General Richard J. Oglesby, reported danger- ously wounded, isa man of about thirty eight years of age. He was born in Kentucky, but removed into Illinois at avery early age, and became a citizen of the latter State. He served during the Mexican war as first liew tenant of Company C of the Fourth regiment of Illinois twelve mouths volunteers. ‘The regiment was discharg- ed im May, 1847. On the death of Captain Morris, im February, 1847, the command of the company devolved on Oglesby. The regiment was badly cut up at Cerro Gordo, losing several line officers, At the commencement of the present rebellion the subject of our sketch entered the United States service as colonel of the Eighth regi- mont ¢f Illinois Volunteers, for three months service. ‘the regiment was organized in April, 1861, atSpringfeld, and was stationed at Camp Deflance, at Cuiro, where they re-enlisted bodily for the war, at the end of their threo months term. On the 12th of June, 1961, Col. Oglesby commanded the expedition that sailed from Cairo, in the City of Alton, on a reconnoitring expedition to Columbus, which trip resulted in the cutting down and bringing away of a rebel flag from that point. After the reorga- nization of the regiment it was transferred to the com- maud of Gen. McCiernand , and was engaged in sevaral little skirmishes in Missouri, in the inity of Cairo. On the ist y, by general order, Col. Oglesby was appoint” ed acting brigadier general, and his brigade formed part of the reconnoitering party under Grant, in the rear of Columbus, and also formed part of the land force in the taking of Fort Benry. During the bombardment of Fort. Donelson Col. Oglesby acted as brigadier general, com manding the First brigadefof the First division, thea commanded by Gen. McClernand. For gallant and meri- torious services on thut oceasion he was made ® briga, dier general of voilnoteers. He took part with the First division, Gea. McClernand, ia the famous battle of Bhi- Joh or Pittsburg Landing, and was engaged in the siege of Corinth. Since that time the brigade of Gen. Oglesby has been located in those parts of the Southwest where Gen. Grant has been in command, and has been, during the recent reorganization of the army of that department, placed in the cops d'armee of Gen. ‘Rosecrans. The Radicals After General Grant. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, Heanquanrens, Disraict of Weer Tenweseae, Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 28, 1862. ‘The New York Tribune of the 20th instant, in an edito- rial headed Military Responsibility,’’ makes use of the following — tee ‘he alleged surprise of our Army of feat at Pitts: pag iaees, of Shiloh, with at least one green regiment in its front, without a cartridge, the Commander-in-Chief far in the rear, and with several regiments bayonetted in their camps in broad daylight, betore they bad time to form a line of battle, has never even been inquired into. How much of the above is true we do not pretend to know; but it is widely charged that we lost ten thousand men that day who might have been saved, and camo near losing General Grant's whole army, far wamt of the simplest military precantious. Why has uot this matter been probed to the bottom? Pormit me the use of your columns to say, i reply, there is not a word of truth in it. and the editor of the Tribuneshould have beon as thoroughly convinced of it when that editorial was written as was General Halleck when the sanguinary battle of Shiloh was fought and I protest against this constant abolition defama GEORGE J. THRIE, ‘won. tion of General Grant. Chippewa river, September 23, says: We meta porty of friendly Indians who had separated from the Crow Indians, bringiag with them ninety one white prisoners, whom they had been instrumental in releasing from Little Crow's party. Many of tho priso- women, who are completely overwhelmed brutal captors. epteraver 23, resulting in the repulse of the Indians. Our men buried fourteen Indians. General Sibley i8 arresting all Indians suspected of having participated in the out om the frontier, and will execute all found gufity on the spot. \d Accoutrements of the Late ree a) opts General Kearny. Neawarn,N. J., Oct. 6, 1862, A despatch to Mrs, Major General Kearny’gives the in iy fon that the rebel General Lee has eaused ber hus- bana's horse and accoutrements to be sent within sur Times, They will be at once forwarded to her.