The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1862, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9521. FUR VICTORY AT CORINTH. The Rebels Totally Routed and Throw- ing Away Everything. wee TWO REBEL GENERALS KILLED. Generals Rosecrans'and Hurl-' but in Close Pursuit. GFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM GEN. GRANT, 0. &e., &e. Bue ngvarrens ov O eWRRAL oa} Yackson, Tenn., Oct. 6—12:20 P. M. ‘Wo Majer Genera} Harizcx, Gororal-in-Chief:— @enerals Ord and Hur)bui, came upon the enemy yes- Corday, and Gen, Hurlbut having Griven in smal) bodies @ the rebels the day Leflore, after seven hours bard RPMing Arove tho enomy five miles back across the Matohie towards Corinth, capturing two batteries, about @ree hundred prisoners, and many ema}i arms. Aeomodiately apprised General Rosecrans of these facte, (@n4 directed him to urge on the good work. Tho follow- tug deapatch bas just bec received from him:— Curvar.s,-Oct. 6, 1862. - ‘Po Major General Guaxt:— Who enemy are totally routed, throwing everything way. We aro following sharply. W. 8. ROSECRANS, Major General. ‘Gader previous instructions General Hurlbut is also fo}- Sewing. Genera) MePberscn is in the Jead of General eaecrane’ column. fhe rebel Goneral Martin is said to be killed. U. 8. GRANT, Mejor Geveral Commanding. Carko, Oct. 7, 1862. Ap yot we can ouly state the general reaulis of the Qgbting at Corinth. Skirmishing commenced on sunday Inet, and there has been more or Jess fighting every day ttu00. ‘The rebel Joss is about eight hundred killed and ‘from one thousand five hundred to one thousand cight Aundred wounded. We have one thousand tive hcndred Prisoners at Corinth and three bundred on tbe Hatchic @tver, and wore constantiy coming ip. We have taken @everal thousand stand of arms, throwa away by ‘he webels in their flight. They are mostly new and of Eng Beh make. Our Joss, it is believed, will bo three hnn- ‘@zed killed and one thovsand wounded. Many houses in ‘Me town were badly shattered by shot and abell. @n Sunday General Ord drove the encmy five sailee over ‘iis and throng woods and valleys, the robels taking ad ‘vantage of every wood for their infaniry, and every hill fer their artillery. The fight lasted seven hours. The rebe! @emeral Rogers was killed. General Oglesby bas died of ‘@ie wounds. General Ora is slightly wounded. Prigovers taken say their effective force in the vicinity 5,000 men. This is probably an over estimate; but teortain that they bave outnumbered us two to one. MaTERESTING FROM KENTUCKY, Whe Menels Retreating to Hall's Gap, ‘whore a Great Battie will Probably be Lomertue, Oct. 7, 1862. Gen. Gilbert, with ic covps, war at Lebanon. Re here by military men that the whole abel force is retreating to Hall's Gap, afew miles soutn @f Crab Orobard, where they ivtend to make a stand. ‘Bee bridge at Shepherdsville will be completed by Sun- @ay. Nearly al) the bridges between us and the | ebels Rave been Burned by them, avd some three weeks will dapeo before they can be revonpiructed. ‘The story of the capture by the rebels near Elizabeth ‘tewn of three companies of Ovo cavalry last week ‘6 eotrue = Mivacuation of Lexington by the Rebels, Lovieviste, Oct. T—Midnight. ‘Manington is mostly evacuated by the rebels, there ‘Being only one bundred remaining. They took and veut to Camp Pick Robinson 1,000 barrels of — pork from Chenault & Co., packed on their own @ecount and for other parties, mostly secostionisis. ‘They also took $90,000 worth of jeans and jineeys from Oldbam, Scott & Co., which they have manufac fased mito clotbing. The rebels paid for thi se goods in Canfederate scrip, uniess owners refused to ive ity a ‘which event no consideration was given. Reliable individuals from Lexington, who bave con. ‘wernea with rebel soldiers, are confident that a battle manst ensue beford the rebels leave henticky. Robe! goldiers tel] hem they prefer being kied, or voptured ” gna parolea, rather then march over the mo nia. again, ‘Zhie poems to be the conclusion of the whole robe) army Our Louisville Correspondence. Loumviax, Ky., @ct. 3, 1862. Budland His Ariny—4An Active Campaign Coamenccd— Our Army Moving—Tne Rebels Re'vea'ing , de. ‘Thore who have found so much fault heretofore with Buell’s tardiness will now hive occasion te change their opinions of that officer, and adimit that when necessity requires be can bo as prompt and energetic av could be @esired. He entered this wown a week ago with a jaded, wagged and footeore army of fifty thousatd men, by Sis week he hax shod and clothed this army, rec By the addition of fifty thousand new men, completed an aatirely now organivation of the force by the system ip vogue on the Potomac—that of corps d’arie——and ie now Mm Dot pursuit of the rebels. All thie has bere accom. plished in the {ace of the most perplexing dif culties, He has been removed from his command fend roinetated during this period; tho first organizetion Be effected fell through aud had to be abandone) becanve af the unfortunate death of General Nelson Politicusus and gubernatorial officials have interterea with his plans * @gd@ barassed bim with tbe claims of thw and that oliver for preferment; all manner of obstacles have been thrown fm hie way, abd yer, by Herculean efforts, ne bas sar mounted (hem, and j* already far on bis mareb, with tue eebels in fliybt before him ‘The army moves iu th ee main corps derme, com- manded respectively by Major Generals Criitiendea, Me * Pook and Gilbert. “Major General Thoms, the hero of i | 1 Spring, ie second i command ander Huell. Ht would , manifestly improper to mention the programme o: this campaign; Dut its development will display a rapidity of movement, of strategy and a bi: iilianey of gene ralahiy only oqnalied im this war by McClellan ip his glo wlow Maryland campegn. A few gimamerings of wha: is to bd can be diserned in the movemont of one corys, which lott this city on Wednesday morning, and within Qwenty four bou.s Was in possession of Shelby vidie, over ‘Girty miles distant. The rebels fled before then in cop jon, forgetting, in thew husie, io get away large quii { tihe of arme, ammnnition and oiber military storey ™ had been —gecuphed & aiviswn of Kirby Smith'e army, about 4,000 srry Semmnaned | Claiborne, of Missitiopi. Preston Smith and Heli held ae brigadier generals under Claiborne. Colovel whilom edivor of the New Orleans /yreceit. was tbo rebel provost marshal 0 the town. The rebel rule at that piace if desoribed as unusually gentie. No jnaigniies were Ollere: to private citizeas, and no great outrages were committe. chief complaint the cigizeus make is thap they were compoded wo part with what- ever they bid to oat or wear for Confederate verip, which was declared to be legal tender Merchants were forced to open their stores and part wich their goods for j¢fsis migorablo trasb. The Oaly consolation the merchane ve that they got 00d prices for their wares. rebels on leav: the tow forgot to wke down ing from the cupola of the Court borne discovered this when some distance ‘away, and returned (or the precious piece of bunting, i ie from therdirection of Bardstown that the oe fee ae moe back from that Defeat of the Rebels at Newtonia—Gen. Schodeld im Pursuit-The Union Loss Trifiing, &e. ‘ Sr. Love, Oct, 7, 1862. Despatches received at headquarters bring intelligenco to the effect that on Saturday morning General Sehofield Mivanced npon the rebels at Newtonia, a small town about fifty four miles south of Springfield, and after a two hours’ engagement the rebels broke and fled in all direc. tions, The force of the enemy is estimated at fifteen thousand men, Our joss is tril Despatches intercepted after the fight acquainted Gen. Rohofleld of the intention of the, enemy to concentrate their whole force at u pot twelve miles distant from Nowtonia, to which point he was pushing rapidly , with the expectation of renewing the battle on Sunday No further particulars have been received. Our Springfield Correspondence. Jn Caxy, Naar Serixcrrip, Mo. , Oct, 1, 9862, Arvival of the First Division of Generet Scitfeld’s Army— Acting General Salomon’s Skirmish Near Sarcoxie—It Was Fought Without Orders, dec. On the night before last the First divisionof the Army of the Southwest, under the command of General Totten, left Springfield, and now lies encamped at Pond Spring, twelve miles from Springdeld and four miies from the battle ground of Wilson’s ¢reck. How long it will lie here is only matter for conjecture, but probably until the Second division is organized, whieh will not be longer than afew daye. Innderstand the two divisions will keep in supporting distance of each other. 1 bi made perfect arrangements for forwarding intelligence, and am greatly indebted wo General Totten and Major Lucien Barnes, Assistant Adjutant General, for facilities. As fast as events occur the universal public will find them by ‘chromcled in the Herauy. A brush with the enemy confidently anticipated at a very early day. General Totten has juss received intelligence that on yesterday and theday before a battle was fought at Newtonia, about sixty miles /rom Springfield, and that at four agri yesterday afternoon the result was still un- ‘The attack was made dy Brigadier General Salomon, of the Firm brignde of Keasen tropa, commanuding portions of the First and Seooud brigades’ of fe moved yesterday states that reinforcements were within three iniles of him. With these his force would number four thousand, while that of the enemy is stated at seven thousand. No statement made as to loss on either side. ‘This battle was fought distinetly against orders, which were that no attack should’be made until General Potten's division @ame up. That General Totten intended to push forward with all speed i indicated by the orde:s given last might, which were that the entire division should turn oat Under arms this morning at four o'clock, and be 1 ouly © move by ten o'clock, with three days’ cooked rattous. NEWS FROM TH E ARMY OF VIRGINIA. Statement of a Deserter from the Rebel Army—General Jo. Johnston Ordered to Supersede Bragg in Kentucky—Pos: tion and Strength of the Rebel Forces in Virginia, &, & Fairrax Covrr Hover, Oct, 7, 1862. A deserter from the rebel army, brought in jast even- wg, wakes eome highly interesting statements, whie are important if true. He belonged to the Second Vir- gina cavalry, of General Mum ford’s vricade and Genera) Stuart's division, The following are his statements:— Mumford’s brigace, of from nine hundred to ten hun- dred cavairy, is between Warrenton and the Springs. ‘Ibe foree at Culpepper Court Mouse, pow commanded by General Jo, Johnston, consists of three divisions, ove of them commanded by General Gustavus W. Smith, apother by General Horwwn; the name of the otner di vision commander he did not know. He heard General Mumford say tbat Johnston had been ordered to take command of the Dopartwent of the West, General Bragg baving been relieved, There wae much complaint against General Bragg. He eaw a young man from Rich- mond, who told bim tndt the rebels had a large force at Gordonsville. He was with the rebels in Maryland, and heard officers say that their loss at the battic of Antietam was sixteen ‘Ubousand killed and wounded and four thousand prison- ers. the rebels say they obtamed eight hundred cavairy and iwo thousand infantry recruits in Maryland, about six hurdred cf whom were from l’enneylvania. ‘the force ander Lee at Winchestor, he sage numbers ope bumdred and cighty thousand men, and is being remioreed. This is considered here a large over esti. mate, ‘rhe old regiments are being filled up with con seripts. ‘He was io the Battles at Poll ron, and sys that the rebels universally admit that they were whipped on Fri day by General Sigel. A prisoner from the Forty ninth Virginia, commanded by Coloncl (formerly Hon.) Wm. Smith, was brought in yesterday. He war home on sick leave when taken, and gives no information. Wasuineroy, Oct. 7, 1862, While there is no evidence of any enemy im great force immediately in frout of Washington, the General who bolds the advance is not idje. Daily recunnoiasances in force are mado in all directions, and every necessary pre- caution i taken to provide against any surprise from the retreating army of General Lee. INTERESTING FROM NORFOLK. Stringent Regu ions Helative to Trade and Travei. Hiksvquaktaxs OF TM Mi waRy GovmRor, Nowwouk, Va., Oct. 0, 1862. } No move passes or permite will be issued to take snp- plies {nto the counyy, exeept on a certiticave from the clerk of the market thai the person applying for the permit actually brought supplies to town. Supplies will oviy be allowed (or the family use of those who take them, The pickets and sentinels will be instructed not to allow any person or vebicle to pass out of the Lines, with the exception of market carte or wagons, eal taining bat ene person. Physicians will be allowed to pans me conditions as heretofore, No porson or vehicle, uniess for market purposes, will come inte the Viner, with this exception, that, ehiontd the persons have come from a distance, having ne knowledge ef this order, they wid be allowed to pags in and their nan dl rest dences reported at the headqaarters, where iuetructionr will be given ag to plowing them to return to their homes A picket will be placed at the Marine Hospiial imme diately, and no boat allowed to laud there with or with. outs poss. No boats, excopt lighters with wood or sup. plies, will be allowed to pass the drawbridge going up or down. Lut further orders the daily pagsenger boat will not Fetus to Fortress Monroe, and no pasos will ve given to go there by other government vessels, except ceturn paeses or to officers on doty or with leave from Suflo The ferry to Portemouth will run every halt hour only during Wie day, wolees a more frequent use shal\ be required fur military purposes. These orders will coutinae in sores until a more general good faith is exbivited towards the government. Unless the attempia to violate the military laws necessarily os. tablished bere, all be discountenanced and suppressed by the citizens Lhomselves, (bey must blame themselves Alone for the consequences. All persons are solemnly warned against attempting to pars tbe lines for any pur. pose whatever, without authority. ignorance of military law in this respect will not hereafter be accepted as an excuse for its vivlation, By order of Brigadier General EGBERT 1. VIELE. Military Governor. News from Fortress Monroe. Fortress Mownon, Oct. 6, 1962. ‘Tean sports Maple Leaf, Thomas A. Margaine and Com. moore arrived at Fortress Monroe this morning from Annapolis, loaded with soldiers, some of whom are re. turning (rom hospitals to their regiments; others are new recruits. ‘The flag of trace boats expected here with Union pri- sovers from Richroond bave pot arrived, The Connecticut State Fair. Hartono, Oct. 7, 1862. ‘The Connecticut State Fair opened finely today, The weather bas been fine and the attendance good. A large number of visitors are preseut from otber States. There in @ fine display of horses and cattle, and of manufactured goods, ive Horticultural display is the finest over in the State, he Fair promiste to bo a complete NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1862. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. Arrival of the Steamer Star of the South— Speech of Beauregard at Savannah— His Pledge to Retake Fort Palaski in Thirty Days—Destruction of the Rebel Saitworks at Bluffton, &c. ‘The steamer Star of tho South arrived hero yeeterday forenoon, with Port Royal dates of the 4th inst. Among her passengers are Major General Hunter's staff. The New South denounces as untrue the report at the North that Fort Sumter had beon assailed, Deserters from Savannah report the arrival there of General Beauregard, who had made a speech to his troops, pledging that he would retake Fort Pulaski in thirty days, The Fingal and other batteries would be ready in two weeks. Colonel Barton, with bis Forty-eighth New York re- giment, had destroyed the extensive saltworks at Bluffton. Two gunboats had shelied the rebel battery at Crans- ton’e Bluff, on the Savannah river. Our Hilton Head Correspondence. Huroy Hxap, 8, C., Oct. 4, 1862. The Fingal—vestruction of the Bluffton Salt Works—Re- connoissance in the Sarannah River— Arvival of Desert- ers—Promoioms on Guneral Mitchei’s Staf—A Negro Town—Deiihe of Soldiers, de. I wrote yon on the 26th ult. of the Fingal, and of the Positive information which Admiral Dupont had received ag to her condition. Later reports from Savannah lead us to expect hor advent during the next fortnight, Both Degroes and deserters from the Confederate military ser- vice concur in their statements as to’ her condition and her invulnerability. We shall ‘give her fits’ when she chooses to show herself. The steamer Planter, which Robert Small stole from General Ripley and presented to Uncle Sam in May last, has been given by the Navy to the War Departmont, and 4s now in rervice at Fort Pulaski. She is armed at pre- sent with the same picces che carried in Charleston har. bor. On Tuesday last, the 30th ult., she took on board a portion of the Forty-eighth New York regiment, and, in company with the little tug Starlight, which is also armed with @ twenty-four pound Blakely gun, she started on an expedition to Bluffton. The salt works at the latter piace, from which the Georgians have recoutly derived their saline geasoning, were on this occasion the object of our attention. Under command of Captain Strick- Jand, the force landed and drove in the rebel pickets, when the balauce of the rebel force fled in- continently, and the salt works were destroyed withoug | difficulty. On the following day, Wednesday, the Planter made a reconnoiesance up the Savannah river as far as Cranstou’s Bluff. The rebels had a diminutive battery at this point; but its guns were soon silenced by the “Long Yom” of the Panter. Beauregard arrived at Savannah about a week ago, on a tour of iuspection. As we learn from a couple of de serters who rouched Fort Pulaski on Monday last, he bed visited the camps and fortifications, and promised his troops that he wonki retake ort Pulaski witbia the month of Oct be These deserters, whose names are ‘Thomas Gillespie and James Cuyie, aud who belonged to the First Gcorgia infantry, report that the Fingal and the Georgia, both iron ciad, are to be sent against Fort Pulas ki withic two ke. I wrote you of the action of Col. Beard, Gen. Saxton’s provost marshal, im removing the women avd children irom st. Augustine. Gea. Terry, whose commavd em- braces that portion of Florida situated in this de partiunent, visited St. A ne jamediately ater his release from quarantine, two weeks since, and on his way met ho steamer General Burnide going into the st. Job's river, having on board about a hurdred women and cbileren Under Generat Terry's orders tho Buruside was turned back and the passeugors were returned to their homes; but many of them, having parted with their property on their depart ure, ace now destitute. Th these people, whose indigence been occasioned Varough the misguided zeal oi the government's servants, should look to the governme t for reparation. Several changes have been made jate in the Official rank o the gentlemen prising Generat Mitchel’s stafi, Captain Michael R. Morgan, United Statee Army, formerly Chie¥ Commissary, has been ordered to Washington, and has turned over his of- fee to Captain Gideon Scull, of the voluntes:s. Captain Morgan is the Jastof General Sherman's officers to leave this department. Cwptain Charles E. kuller, Assistant Quartermaster, bas becu restored to duty og Chief Ouar- termaster of the department, Captain Elwell, the recent incumbent, acting hereafter ag Depot Quartermaster. Other promotious have been nade, as follow Mayor W. P Prentice, Assistant Adjutant Genera, to be the same with the rank of lieutenant colonel; Captain E. 1’. dott, Third Ohio Volunteers, to be lieutenant colo- nel aud assistant inspector general; Lieutenant B. Birch, to be major and A. D. C.; Lieutenants J. C. Williams and F. A. Mitchel to be captains and aids-de camp. Iwo negroes. who were picked 1) in a sma! boat by schooner Triumph. laving made their escape from Wi ington, where the yellow fever 18 suid to be raging, have deen vent to quarantine in St. Heleva Sound. They are allowed to go ashore on Otter Island. ‘The Major Genera! Commanding has in consideration a plan for quartering the Degrces Outside the limits of the post. A spot near Drayton's plantation, on the camp ground of the old negro brigade, bas been selected as the Site of @ future town, whose sole residents s.uuil be “per 1.1" tested case of Colonel Sorrell, of the Volnn- tea 3, hus ended in his acquittal and restorattn t, command, He is at present im charge of the constrne- tion of a railroad from the end of the pier to the ord- nance yard. m Crane, U.S. \., Medical Director of this depart ment, turniches the follow ing list of deaths since the 11th tl sees Lawrence Barrow, private, Co. 1, 47th N. Y. V., Sept. 11. Geo, Sweetner, private. Co. By H. Vols. Sept. 12. Charier B. Kimbail, private, tn N. HW. V., Sept. 15. Patrick Barnes, private, Co. G, 7th N. H. Vois., Sept. 14, Henry Oliver, private, Co. 1, 7th N. H. Vols., opt. 1 1s. Horace Benton, private, Co.’ K, Th N. fl. Vols., Set Wm. F. Lock, private, Co. A, 7éth Penn, Vole, 8 Charles Stearns, private, Co. H, 7th N. il. Vols., Thos. L. Rich, private, 0. A, 3d N. HL. Morris Winn, private. Henry 1. Brown, F r, private, Co B, 76th Penn., Sept. 21, dysen- private, Co. C, 3d 8. 1. E. Peters. private, Co. 1, 76th Fenn, pt dysentery. ept. 21, dysentery, Visit of Admiral Wilkes to Bermuda. {From the Bermuda Roye! Gazette, 8 Ov Friday last three men-of-war United States » ade their appearance on ows coast— the Wachusett, carrying the flag of Rear Adiniral Wilkes, ‘Trent and the 0 Detter known among us as Commodore Wilkes, Captain Rogers, te fair celebrity; the Tioga. Sonoma, The two former vesmela caine into harbor: the last remains at anehor in Five Fathom ‘The ovject of the squadron was stated to be to proc a supply of coal: but it was not unnatural for those inte- rosted ina small feet of fast steamers, aleo lying in St. George's harbor. nt was remarked b d American, Uvat flag wae boiated nor aay sa! After he had anchored and saluted the Amerioan Conanl’s flag he despatched Au officer on shore to ascertain if the customary salute woold be acceptable; and, on learning it would, the ordinary interchange of courtesies took place. On Saturday the Admiral proceeded to Mount Langton and paid bis reapeots to his Excellency tue Guveruor. Hon, (Colonel) Daniel Uliman in Dixie. ‘The Richmond Diepu'ch ot the 4th inst. eays:—Among the latest arrivals of Yankee oilicers ig Danie! Uliman, formerly the great gun of the Know Nothings o( New ck York. He was operating on the line of the Rappab as Colonel of the Seventy-cighth regiment New York Volunteers, when, on the 28th of August, be had the mis- fortune to fall into the hands of our troops, Ullman’ Personal appearance is insignificant: as a prisoner he has & deeponding and dowucast look. He will be seat home with his brother olticers. News from San Francisco. San Fraxcisoo, Oct. 6, 1862. Trade is generally very dull. The steamer Constitution arrived yesterday, bring 47,000 firkins of butter, which is selling at 2he. per Ib. Candies dull at 18c. Crashed sugar, Ide. Dried apples, 11340. 8,000 bage Of Costa Rica coffee sold at 25e. R 8. Oles & Co., extensive importers of carriages, have failed. Their Eastern liabilities are understood to be large. ‘The ship Florence \ ightingvle_has been chartered for a Joad of wheat to Liverpool, Sailed, ship Dictator, Liverpool, carrying 34,000 100. pound sacks of wheat, and ship Helios, for Melbourne, with barley, wheat, flour and oats. Horaee I’. Janes, @ promment lawyer of San Francisco, feli dead while walking the streets last evening, it is snpposed from heart diseare, Disasters. Borrato, Oct. 7, 1862. The barge SL Lawrence, londed with lumber and staves, coming into port last night sunk, thereby blocking the eptranee to the harbor entirely. The schooner Jason Parker, loaded with wheat, and the sehoover Bermuda, loaded with corn, were both towed on to the Breakwater leaking. Mar THE PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION. Republican Mass Meeting in Brooklyn. Speech of Major General Cassius M. Clay, &e., &e., &e, An'Immense gathering of the republicans of Brooklyn Axembled last evening in the Academy of Musio of that ¢ity, under the auepices of the Republican Banner Club, ‘The building was crowded to its utmost capacity by the Most reapectable citizens, inchiding a very large propor- tion of tadies, ‘The principal attraction waa the promise of an address fvon Cassius M. Clay, now a Major General Of volunteers in the army of the United States, and tho Proposed object was the ratification of the President's proclamation of emaveipation, ‘The meeting was presided over by Gen. H. B. Duryea. Along list of vice presidents and secretaries was read and approved. ‘The following resolutions, embodying the sense of the Imceting, were read and received with hearty demonstra- tions of applause:— Wherens, thig nation is now struggling for ite fe againgt 9 yavton, vleked and desperate sebellion: and wherea-, the President of the United States, in the exercise of the autho nity vested in him by the laws of war, na recognized by the const f the United States, has judged it necessary, in order to the rebellion, to ‘strike down its cause and main support—slaverys therefore Resolved, That independently of our own convictions as to the expodirn y or necessity of this measore, we hold it to he the duty ot ¢vary loyal citizen to in ihe zovernment in the courre St hes decided t> adopt, and from which it sould not now recede without covering itnelf with drawing down the acorn of the whole civilized worl Resuived, That we are, moreover. fully ity, justien and expediency « ‘cinaneipation, velieving th which it er ates ‘amon f the Presivient’ at slavery. by th the rich and the ignc- @ poor, ix the direct ot the pr nt infamous rebdellic ve day has arrived in whi Union must beome “All wave or all fre Resolved, That for these rentons we emancipation no relueant suppor ‘enthusiastic welcome, pledging our prayr r4, our words, oitr proper ty an Resolved, Tont while ag foyal citizens we will sustain the rovernient in fis course, even when distastet Bppeal to It wih resjectiul, but heartfelt earnestness, to consider whether this is the time toexclade from servtee in the fleld officers of unquestioned ability who are known to Aympathize with the policy to which the nation iw now com mitted. and nationality; that we implore our govern to houor e ery one of there 10 le volu and that Lier generony sympathy makes as feel Mo petly than ever that the freeiom of the wor d is involved in the resuit of the war for freedom iu America, er Drryea seid that the Previcent’s proclamation constituted the most important feature of the war, Not only that, but it must determive the resnite or the war, And, therefore, the destiny of the nation, Hence this im- monse assemblage. Tt was the most important act since the Deviaration of independence. 3 was a mornentous act, striking so deep as to obliterate ap immense interest and destroy au instituvien which had eaten up the vitals ofthe land, ‘The Prosident had hesitawd as an honert man, avd io hear what the toyal men of the South woud have to say to the measure, Jt was now his duty tw ia- troduce a loyal Kentu one who bud honored bis famous name, He pros General Cassiug M. Clay. As Mr. Clay came ferward he received a most jratit ing and hearty manifestation of the sympathy ot the au- fmen cheering and clapping their bands, and the ladies waviug their hanckerehi Mr. Chay stia there were,no douvt, latent ¢ had dividod ma: kind into separate uations. e well known causer— ers. great bodies of water, deserts. mountain ranges, &e. those grest’ physical characteristics ap- peared’ cn this contiient to bind, istead of to diesever ‘They mado us one instead of two people. Other causes— moral us well as physical—had their influence, The North had its greac manalacteri g powers. Ibe South had these produets to which, were it not for the advan tages of uty, we should have had tw look to oth-r ua. tions, Religion was also sometimes » cause of disin tegration of mations; bat here that cause would Dot operate, Here toleration was the great reli- gion. “Thus far the A an people were one per- ple. lawgucge and difference (race wore otber causes for the aggrecstion of natious. Here the one tongue was spoken, and the various raccs were natienalzed into ove poopie. Cioero, a repablican, and Montesquieu, the sub- Ject of a@ very absolute monarchy. both agreed that y irtue ‘Was a hecessity of ropublics. Without claiming too much ho thought he might say that truth, integrity aud virtue in men and women prevailed bere more tiwn in any na- tion that ever existed. Why, then, the revolution that threatened our nationality’ He believed there was no rearon under ragged hen, Pega people should not be eter- naliy cne people except the existe: ce ef Aft; ican sipver: in the Culted States. (app aati.) What did tbe tanes of the constitution regurt as the greatest dange the republic? It was Airican slavery. Mr. Jefferson went down to bis grave melancholy because he saw that slavery menaced the existence ot this great people. Ho would not outrage a sensitivoand intedigent andience by analyzing slavery, he would content himeeif with say - iug that it violated very principle of religion ty. Whatever infidels tay gay about the common prin ciples of morality, all xperionce and bistory proved there is @ moral law, and that there are indestreetibie aud universal principles of mo:aity. Slavery violated them all. (Appiavse.) So odious was it atthe time of the formation ofthe goverument that the constitution did not contain the word slive or «lavery in it’ James Madi son bimself proposed to strike it ontof the dratt, on the broad principle that he, a slaveholder and the representa tive of a slave State, was not willing to acknowl-dge, by putting the wort “slave” in the eutstitution, that man hud any right of property in man. (Applause ) SUili there was some responsibility in the constitution for the existence of slavery in the South. That was the clanse for returning fugitives, and the clause pledging the gover! mont to pat down insurrection in the South. And What was the result? Seo the suffering? entailed upon the BAGoN, and say whether the rigbt is not always the pedient, aud whetuer nations, as well as individual, must ACL Always reap the consequences of their acte Primogeni'ure was abolished m tlis country because it Was reergnized aS @ oangerous system, Ano'ber msti tution—that of o r established religioa—was aleo abo lished here for the sume reason. \odrew Jackgon saw that the United States Bank bad @ bad tendoucy, and abolished it And yet what were ail those instiv $ pared to that of slavery? ‘The thing was apparent. ago he foresaw aud foretola that ubis inetitation existence of the republic, es which were, a nu Might have Keen @ priori, experience an d turned imto facts. The cant p. the Union wt it was. Why, b y declaring that there n wns always what Mr. Seward c vlauee,) Tho slave power had on tue liberties of the peop’ in an ort to estabiish a slave- Yue power® who had s» long bal: always (eo encroaching and at lust cuiminated ocracy North and South. controlled the guvert ment a bt box to the cartridge box in Kanses, with that of power which characterized dospotisia, determined mot to give up their effurts en ‘being defsated in Kansas. He had for: n and fo yd that if ‘Desham 1 were ek eted to the Presticney w Hion: and was he nO correct? country bad freely contribyted their ; Of the republic. And yet, alter eighteen rith at! vantages which we had, ivem back jarther than when he lett , 1861. And was he now to be told egvere avy considerations of morality, of Feil of good 8 calling upon them to refrain long err ‘No; th had come when the nation must say to the South F you must go down Or we inust go down.” “(Appiause.) We must use all the powers which Gel and nature have pat into our hands to protect the republic, or elee let it parixb. ‘The President of the United Stetes was a mao of rather & peculiar organizition—(langhter)—in some respoct He was aman who listeued co ail sides, but whove ii siiapts had always mainly beon in the ,true direction, (Applause.) Fle wes a man in whom he (Mr. Clay) wad a deeper sentiment than that of ical Cousiderasion, It would bave been a betrayal of ail logic i Abraham Linewin had not prevea true to the g: in. tinets of humanity, He came out with the proclamation, covliy, religiously, solomnly—not angrily, or with threauw, bot alte ng deliberation, aud prayerfully, a8 bo old them in Washington, praying to God that he was right, aud that it would do good, and not harm. And what was the proclamation? That slavery, the cause of ail our wees, would, on the Ist of Janvary, 1863, conse to exist im ail stares or parts States that siould then be in open rebellion ayaiuat the government. (Loud and long continued bursts of applause.) ‘Though hot a very religious nap, he said, (rom the bottom of his heart, amen to it, (App aure.) OF course, if thore wus uy truth in or right, and God was with them He Joctod the tine when he (the penker ) stood almost alone in this unequalled co, teat, foliowing the principles in- stilied in him by « good mother, who yet tived, aud who hoved to live to see the rebellion pat down, and the Union restored, (Applame.) He came then to the conclasicn that hie position was right, aud he continued to hold to it, wusting to se@ the day when the people would be pened at last from th The . has always Ye one in « bee use they would be allfree. (Applause, What wore the objec’ tons ur oi td yodend. tion? They wore told the ond could be accomplished just as well wit a8 with it; that it was @ britum fuimen— an impotent decree—and that wherever our arms pre- vailed slavery would cease, Was that true? It was not true, Cd donee) it seomed to be a prime sees i some Lond mai iftary and civ ad be | welu ding: re protect a ‘tend of destroy: . Where was the th wa of what he said? He was by ad man from t nee ‘the jail at Loose eeta of meer tered and North Carol who dented tot teres wae ri) F: ‘thing for his freedom, end who was | Farl Kneselt bimseit into jail at Louisville by @ military officer—perhaps to be returnod to bis rebel master. Anomnmn Voxe—Give the namo of that military ‘CLa¥—Hie name is Boyle. Mr. A Voix—We'll spot him, Mr. you wuss go bi 5 No, or than him for the Tesponsibility. (Appiause,) At rper’s Ferry uftecn hundred of these were to be returned to slavery, and no effort made to secure them from the barbarities towhich they would be subjected in the South. It was a delusion to suppose that liberty could be established on this eou- tinent when the President of the United Btates and tho poople of tho United Stites had not the courage to do Fens was right, Therefore, said he, spot not General yle, spot the President of the United States, spot the heads of departments, spot your milxary chieftains, spot those who would have ‘the Uvion ag it was,” and trea yourselves from __ cespenstbitity and from the indign: siden ot the world. If you do, then stand by tho prociemation end say “these mea shall be free.” (Applanse.) He confessed that, as a military measure, he bad nover placed much importance ona de creo of emancipation; but this he did know, that the rebels and their sympathizers did. Look at the curses, the impotont rage manifested at the South, aud then say whether they consider it a brutum fuimen, a useless thing ergo, These men who would have the Union as it, was, say that the ching is unconstitutional Ab! have they at Wat shown gomy respect for that sacred instrument? (Applanse.) Theso eervilo tools of a despotic power havo Qt last grown couscientions about the constitunon! Thore who forined the government did not speak of the indopen- dont sovereignties of South Carolina or Virginia, did they? What were tho great powers of sovereignty? The power OF making war aud peace, making troatios, iesning coin, Koo jing stipies and navies, &e., did not belong to Lhe poople of South Caroliua, or Virginia, but belonged to us, * the people of the Unived Strtes.”? When the sonth assumed those powers and Jeviod war upou the government, where Wee then your Seymours and these men who denounce the -proclamation? “(Appianae, cries of Where were toy? iit the + He claimed that all the acts of the President» courtitution of the United the habeus corpus act had been surpended; but did not ‘the constitution say that it #l Id not be suspended, ex- © pt in cage of invasion or rebellion, and, he asked, would it be rand that there was norebeiiony (A voice—-Thav’s the talk.’’?) ‘The President had the power to do as he had done, ond if @ precedent was wanted they would make Quis Wwe precedent for ever. So far trom finding fauit with Abrabain Lincoln, he rather found fanit with him that he had not suspended the habeas corpus, not by a dash of the | en, but by the rore round the necks of these taitors, ‘A Yorce—We'll hang them yet. Mr. Ciay.—Yes, air, the banging of such men as Sey — and Wood would have saved thousands of honest vee. A Vorce—That is 86, Mr. Chay—That is trne philanthropy. (Applause and Jaughter.) Go to the batue flid and you Hua thousands of brave wnd generous men sinking ito the grave through the acthnof this rebellion, and yet there 1s uo ery about the e matitution being violated by the South, Safe. liberty a d property had been sweriiiced, and yet thege mon ure sient about it; but when wo defend our- selves against th plotters acd scoundrels, and seek io | de end the fife of the nation. we are tuid it as unCONstiL tiona!. Why would wo confiscate all other sorts 0° pro- perty and retuse to touch slavery? Fo far ws these sh are property—putung the question on the low tut busis—we have as mache right to say to th for it, as wo Lave ty take the horses aw the cannon s hen we put a Laighe v right have © men, a yourseives atid fight for your’ ibberties.”” (Applause.) at wus suid, too, by Jt was complained that demcoratic orators Uhat the emancijation of slaves woud crowd the jabor market” in York What a ea these omen =omust- have of the — in wo ot the democrstic masses, If there was * anor Fre of his voiee, lie weuld tell him that thi reason why be should separate from. such a pa wus not the cuur that these mauity itself; it was labor Shere at all’ It was because ih jetrine that awelves there. a0 the land woud cou was raid w be a evuel thing (0 wopardise southern sueiety by & possibility of Fervile insurrection. Let the Souib \ake the oonrequences of their acts. (Applaure.) bor how many years had he pleaded UW these mea aod tohl them the cense ences of their actions thay the thane would come when they would find that slavery was a wenknes2, and would lead Uhdirsvli- tion and destruction. But bis voice was thought to be “the voice of one crying iu the wilderness.” Te was aud that it was not yet the thne—a Aign was leked for, Why, Leity soko trough a nature, and peechumed i an clerhal voice that the uijust thing s6ouki mot toarieh, ‘aud that # jie, however Lobtered up by j riert or prophet, should perish, The Deity pon them tw awaken Tow botore it was tuo late, execute jndgiment, and jet Justice bo estabiishod in the land. (appiause.) Would tbey de ity Mr. Lincol, in the chariiy of lis beurt, which ita large one, and the strength of bis iutelie which 16 a great oue—he is both great hearted aud great Deaded—(applanse)—had said to thew slavebulters, 01 would that you would be persuaded to do right. Libe- rate your slaves, return to our femily circle: we will ehae our lust dolar with you, and you will be novo the worse for being tmagnauimous aud just,’ The rebess had nmety days to dvede upow his vitor, Let them return to ther ullegiauce and be saved. they had pmety days to du itin. Lf New York ehould in tue for- tuno of this ctruggle be threateued with the terrors of war, the women and children might perbap! Dave vy hour of #ix hours given them to see’ But these rebels get winety duys and w avon theevil, They may chitdren into the poesesrictis of thetr alles, the 0, (iHisses.) War not time enovgh given ty themy How much more did they want How jo the b affect the nation in tho matfor of fofeign 1 Ho had precious hitue confidence im the erist ruling classes of Eugiand, whether the goverament was against slavery or for slavery. ‘The English people bad hitherto evinced great hostility to slavery, aud he bad supposed that thére would bo but one’ seotiment in the British islands, and thet sentinuemt w be the Union aud perpetuity of tes. etacts? There was no respo: se in the of the Amerieay pew Mr. koowledging de facto the independence of the Lebels,evea Detore a Sivgie battle was tought. kari Russell aa lately said in tho House of Lords, in reply to Me. Bright, wnat the ackuo ent of the Southern republic would be nothing Unters they interfered by the war power in sup- port of the South—that they had already done all they could for the South. +0, whether the nation stood with avery or aguiust slavery, it nade no dillerence with Uie Hrith arisweracy, the wath was that ihe Kagiieh ate tocruey desired aid Ww Jat to welcume such a state o/ things, ia or ht establieh for themselves: anew on, Bud eo be indepe & perpetu: € the aristocracy, aud that sure seily gland against us Lo ty Inet. She inte ous at the ty Trent affair, He said that, because the despa: Soward, assuring the British gover thet the United i bates would do whatever wos rial @ secre: iu bngwnd, aud tbe yor ‘tat 1b Was Fee ed Bull run f that the American people we mi dare not give up vateh 4 mob, amd that the Jason and =i There poreb, aul the Heitish wehance of going t the iaboribg classes of i8 country, aud did Lope The Presi wourl reach ww would Amake them tw war with the Cuited states Fpgiana didsyavpathize with i go far for ue tha a blow in su Fraucer The F shou'd come wh fog suouid meet om the battle fleid, the Freach tricuior would float side by side with the American flag. (Ap. plause. (A volcey': That's gv.) ‘There was in the Frenel a my and peuple a desire to blot oat the dishonor heaped jon them im the past by Engwand, The Freuch Emperor stood upou his own iixed poiiwy, aud that was, thi the American government Kiven No cause for interterence, and that the Freuet government would not intertere uuless such caure was gi was Napolcom’s owi declaration, and been over and over aguin stuiel that icon had propored to kuglaid to interfere. been compelled to say, bow. ever, that no nation had proposed (w the English govern. Ment to intenere ja the affairs of the Atwerican pe ple. But sume people saw cause for suspicion in the French gion, AVrabam Lincoln was expedition (0 Mexico, aud thought Napoleon was going to esiabiith a mouarehy there. He (ir. Clay) did mot believe anything of the kind; and Napoleon hat himgelt declaced, i a ietlor to one of bis geucrals, that alt ho ned to do was to vindicate Freveh arms und French hovor. But, at all events, the procamation of emanct pation made it forever impussible that Napoleon should draw bis sword in defence ct Atrican slavery, Another Knropean Power—Russia—(applanse)—bad, at all risks, with « sublime courase, struck the bunds than twenty millions of men, (Applause. was the man to whom We should have looked, We had trusted to hin, and he had pot deceived us. Again and again bad the Emperor of Russia declared to bin, ina frank and manly inanuer, Be assured that you will always fod me true to the United States of Ameri+ ca." (Appiauee.) At home and abroad there was no ob: jection w the proclamation of Abralam Lincoln, But let ‘us not bave, i pay you, the Union aa it was, What was ftto me? With ali your declarations of human rights it mauve me—though bora @ citizen of the republic—a siave, ‘The sears which I bear upon my person are proofs that while slavery existe there is not, and there caunot be any true Nberty, (Applause) ‘ihe Union as it was! What did {t bring, notwithstanding all your forbearance, but rebeliion aud bloodshed, war and desolation? Aud will net the same tree produce the same fruit? How better wilt 1% be when it shail return, with renewed po me te when such men as I, aud Colonel Hamilton, who addremed you—(Cheers)—and andrew Jobu- ‘sop and all that class o men shail have become extinct? I declare to you, w® my opinion, that if thie Union shall be teswred, with slavery mmtact and uaext! 5 henceforth abd forever there will be but ope para tb tue THE NEW YORK HERAL?P soot so ea PRICE TWO CENTS. South. There will be no more division into a Union party and a Soutbern party; but there will be am undivided despotism. — Give us the constitution as it is, the conatitution as our fathers made it, and the Union, a8 our fathers intended that it should be— & Uniow of free men. Said James Madison—"1 pu wae the word ‘slave’ in the constitution, becanse wi is institution shall have ceased to exist, then let the metnory of it also be for ever banished from ond records.’ (Applause.) There is but one peaco—that the peace of justice, Thers is but one secure basia liberty and union—that is the unity of a common love o humanity, and the true and faithful, open, avewed manly declaration of our fathers again’ reitera‘ed, “all men are created free and equal, entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ (Applause. What a grand destiny awaits us—thirty threo States ai about a8 many millions, Before many a man and woe man who listens to me to-night shall have gone to thet jast resting place, there will be a hundred nn of ficomen hound together under a common flag and a cone mon principle. Whose heart does not expand, whose in. tollect does not brighten, whose aspirations do not yo np ta the @reat and good God that that consummation may be perfected, that we may he one people, that there may prevailg bot only over all this content, but over tha whole world, **ibersy and union, now and for over, one and inseparable.” Mr. Clay jesiined bis seat amid tumultuous appiaure. ‘There was an open air meeting outside of the Acades my which was addressed by Mr. H. B, Stanton and others, NEWS FROM M’CLELLAN’S ARMY. Important Order of General McClellan Relative to the Emancipation Proclamation, &e., &., de. General Orders—No. 163. HkanquaRTRRS, ARMY OF THR PoroMAc, Camp swan Siancsnund, Md., Uct. 7, 1862. ‘The attention of the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac ts called to Generat Orders No. 139, War Department, Sept, 24, 1862, publishing to the army the President's proclamation of Sept. 22. A proclamation of such grave moment t© the nation, officially communicated to the army, af¢ fds to the general commanding an opportunity of defining specifically to the officers and solders under his command tho relation borne by all persone im the military service of the United States towards the civil authorities of the government. The constitution confides to the civil authorities, legislative, judicial od executive, the power and duty of making, expounding and executing the federal laws. Armed forces are raised aud supported simply to gustain the civ authorities, and are to be held in striet subor- dination thereto fn all respeeta. This fundameotad system is essential to the institations, and should rulo of our political security of our republican be thorovghly unde: stood and observed by every soldier. ‘Tho principle upon which, apd tho objects for which, armies shall be omployed in suppressing the rebellion, inust be determined and declared by the civil authorities, and the chief Kxecutive, who is charged with the ad ministration of the national asairs, is the proper and only source through which the views and orders of the xoverninent can be Be made known to the armies of tbe nation, Diccuseion by officers and soldiers concerning public measures determined upon and declared by the govern inent, when carried atall beyond the ordinary temperate and respectin} exprersion of opinion, tend greatly to im- pair ond destroy the digcipline and efficiency of troops by substituting the spirit of political faction for that firm, steady and earnest support of the authority of the gov ernment which is the highest duty of the American ‘dhe remedy for political errors, if any soldier. are committed, to be feund only i the action of the people at the polle. In (hus calling the atteution of this army the tree relation between the goldierg and the government, the geuera! commanding merely adverts to an evil againes whi it bas been thought advisable during our whole history to guard the armies of the republic, and in so doing be will not be considered by any right minded person as casting any reflection upon tha Joyalty and good conduct which bas been so fully 1uB- trated upon go many buitle fleldy. In carrying out all measures of pubiic policy this army will, of course, be guided by the same reles of mercy and Christianity that have cver controlled its contuct towa: ds the defenceless. is By command of Major General Mc. LELLAN. Jame A, Harper, Lieutenant Colonel, Ald de-Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant General the Charicstown mov HooK, Md., Oot, 6, 1862 A recounoissance was made thi® morning by the Sixth Un ates cavalry and a gection of Robinson’y light battery. They moved out on the Charlestown road, and shortly after came opon the rebel mounted pickets, who fell buck, rapidly skiruishing as they retreated. wotil they came upon the reserve, who were drawn up to Fo. ceive them with a battery commanding the approach, Captain Sanders, finding the enemy in force, fell buck and returned to camp During the advance we bad two men killed and six wounded. The rebels lost six killed and ten wounded, and a lieutenant of the Seventh Virginia cayairy taken prisoner. Aside from this overything is quiet in this vicinity. the Rebel Army Rapidly Retreating Towards Richmond. Frepenck, Md., Oct. 7, 1802 I learn from private sources that recent recegnvissances reveal the fact that General Leo's rebel army is rapidiy failing back on Richmond, ‘The chanees of their escape from MoCielian’s clutches are hourly diminighing. A detsehment from Summer's corps drove in the pickets of the enemy to Charlestown Gay Defore yeserday Explosion at Harper's Ferry=Nine M Wounded. Furvexicx, Md., Oct. T=P. Mt. At eleven o'clock Inst night, at Harper's Ferry, a house, formerly used as a powder magazine, was exploded in the fullowing manner:— The powder had all apparently been removed, but enough remained to cavee au explosion from igniting bY aspack froma goklier s pipe, The house was used as @ guard house at the time of the explosion. Nine soldiere were wounded by the explotion, including Kagor, of Co, A, Seventy-aecond New York; Mervine, of Co. E, Seventy. #econd New York; J. Street, of Co. G, Seventh ———, two men of the Seventh Michigan, three men of tho First Delaware, and two men of the Kighty-cighth New York, Another Brilliant Affair. CAPTURE OF REBEL SUPPLIES, MUNITIONE OF WAR AND PIISONERS, ‘ Barniwonr, Uct. 7, 1862. ‘The American hag recived the following despated from Cumberland :— Imboden’s entire wagon train, embracing supyties of all kinds, two pieces of artillery, one hundred email are ad fifty prisoners, were captured; and Culone! McRey- noids is io pursuit of him, up the Great Cacapon river, Imboden is a noted rebel artillory oflieer. pls nataeae Annes Hoxp Fracpe.—AB indictment siust Dapiel U. Stover, ite state uing forged aud fraudulent bonds, , Corder Holman issued & warraut fur the wrveat of poe piaced it in the hands ot olheer MeCord tor sreeation, The defonduut was taken iato custody yew Terday, and on being brought inte court he was com. initted for trial in defanit of bail, No dey bas yet bee cot down for the trial, bat we understand District Attors t jg anxious to dis, o8e of the case as speedily aa Tum Inprasa having been fv agent of Inuiana, ‘Stare a wey Hall poeatbie, ‘The bail was fixed wt $10,000, United States Cireult Court. al spun amogee im Orting ogre ee he trial of Maynes, with trans) reas coast OF Attica, Wal De eAalied tp {ble |W et axe ay Be