The New York Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1862, Page 4

4 - “NEW YORK HERALD. * Jamms GORDON BENRRTT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICEN, W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NagsaU STS, Western rivers. A party of them destroyed the Hazel Dell, om Wednesday, at Caseyville, Ky., capturing her-eargo. Proceeding to Columbus, they set fire to the transports Admiral ‘and Phila delphia, blowing up the former by the explosion of the shells on board. Fortunately, a thousand kegs of powder were taken from the Philadelphia in time to save her from a like fate, The loss was about seventy-tive thousand doliars, General Dodge was wounded by 4 fragment of shell. A large body of Union troops have started for Caseyville In pursuit of the enemy, who are under command of Colonéls Anderson, Johuson and Mar- WVotame XxVII. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Fum Gtaptatom, WALLACK’S THEATR: rroadway.—MOonEr, WINTER GARDEN B: —Ricnusne, LAURA KEENB'S Til mnotor—Conivey Baw NEW BOWEKY THEATRE, Rowery—Normw—Four | Sisrens—Bwavrr axp OY OF CLOGHREN, BOWKRY THEATRE, Bawwel--) ALuxTiNe AND Ona tin, We | arn from Helena, Arkansas, that @ skir- mish took place on Saturday near Lagrange be- tween the Second Wisconsin cavalry, supported by the First Missouri and the Twenty-seventh | Texas Rangers. At the outset the Wisconsin troops got worsted and were driven back ten miles; but on the Missourians coming up the for- tunes of the fight were changed and the rebels were defeated. We have nows from New Orleans to the 7th by the steamship Potomac. An expedition went up the river to Donaldsonville on the Ist, to take pos- session of alot of cattle which had been sent from Texas for the rebels. The gunboats Sciota, Itasea and Kineo had, however, already got hold of them, numbering in all 1,600 fine beeves. While pass- Cartan Kro—Macic GERMAN OPERA HOUSE, 635 Broadway.—Tax 5x- RAGLIO, BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSKUM, Broadway.—Coror- | wp TROPICAL Fis, &C a all hours, Pauvaxzr, alvoruvon ‘aod evening. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS’ Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad way.—Etmioriax Sonus. BuRLEsaues, Daxoxs, &¢.—Tn Berck Beicanx. CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 585 Broadway.—Ermorux Songs, Daxcus, £c.—iue Miscnievous Monkey, WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 516 Broadway.—Eraiortan Danoxs, £0.—BixD Huntress. HOPE CHAPEL No, 720 Broadway.—Exursition ov Js Cauironnta. HITCHCOCK'S THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL, Canal sireet.—Sonas, CEs, BURLESQUES, GAIETIES CONCERT MALL, 616 Broadway.—Deawixa Room Entertainments. PARISIAN CABINET OF W' Open daily irom 10 A. M, tit U HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Eruior:an “4 DERS. 563 Broadway. = Sonas, Dances, Bunuesques, & New York, Friday, October 17, 1862. ing down the river with this welcome freight, arebel battery about three miles below Donald The Sciote was THE SITUATION. An advance of our army into Virginia was made from Harper's Ferry yestereay. sonville opened fire on the boats. repeatedly struck, and Lieutenant Swacey killed. as were also several men on the other boats, After doing all the damage possible to the flotilla, the rebels abandoned the battery. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Itappears by the following order from the War Department that little Delaware has raised her quota of troops: — At six o’clock in the morning General Humphreys division crossed at Blackford’s ford and advanced on Sheperds- town, supported by General Porter's di nm. He was met by the rebeis, who opened a heavy fire upon him; and as General Humphrey had no artil- lery, and the object of the reconnoissance being accomplished, he withdrew his forces across the War Devarrweyr, Wasmnoton Crvy, D. C., Oct. 10, 1862. j Ordered, That, whereas the full quota of the State of Delaware of volunteers and militia, called for by the Pre. sident on the 2d day of July, 1862, has, under authority of this department, been raised by volunteers, the order for a draft of militia from the State of Delaware is reyok ed and annulled. By order of THE PRESIDENT, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. river. About the same time 4 portion of Sumner’s corps, consisting of part of General Richardson's and General Sedgewick's divisions, under com- mand of General Hancock, advanced from Bolivar Heights along the road to Charlestown, and met the enemy's pickets in force, supported by a bat- tery, near Halltown, driving them with artillery in, and following them up towards Charlestown, which place our troops occupied at noon. At four o’clock we formed in line of battle, with our infantry along the heights near Bunker Hill, the enemy’s line extending from that point to the Shenandoah. A slight skirmish en- sued, and the rebels fell back, our forces push- ‘tng on to a position two miles farther. Imme- diately after the firing was heard all the troops along Bolivar, Loudon and Maryland Heights were under arms and ready tomove. General MoClellan, accompanied by his wife, passed through Harper's Ferry in the afternoon, en route for our advance posts, on the Winchester road, arriving in Charlestown at two o'clock P. M. Heavy rains took place last night at eight o’clook on the Potomac, and if it continues there is every probability of a rise in the river, which may make some serious difference at the various fords. A reconnoitering party from General Sigel’s force towards Leesburg, by way of Dranesville, re- turned yesterday and reported that General Stuart’s rebel cavalry occupied Leesburg frani Sanday morning until two o’clock Monday after- noon. Their force is estimated not to exceed three thousand. The men appeared worn out, but other- ‘wise looked well. They were leading about two hundred extra horses. Reconuoissances to our front have discovered a force of about four hun- dred rebel cavalry west of Warrenton? By the arrival in this city yesterday of Captain Wagar, of the late ship Brilliant, one of the victims of the rebel Alabama’s piratical raids, we are put 4m possession of the modus operandi which the corsair Semmes adopts to entrap our vessels on the high seas. It appears that Captain Semmes keeps close watch on the Atlantic, and when he cap- tures a merchautman, holds on to her until night ‘and then sets her on fire. Neighboring vessels na. turally steer for the burning ship to tender aid, when they readily fall into the clutches of the Ala- bama, A flotilla of swift, well armed steamers, despatched from the leading Atlantic ports, would soon make short work of Captain Raphacl Semmes and his piratical craft. A despatch from Fortress Monroe states that the rebels opened fire from a number of field Pieces at Wilmington, North Carolina, a few days ago upon the Union gunboat Maratanga, killing ‘a master's mate and one sailor, and wounding five men. The gunboat Mahaska returned the fire and drove the rebels off. Major General Foster has imposed a duty of ten “yr cent upon all cotton exported from New, fern. ¢ Agreat battle was fought in Kentavky on Wed- weday, between Lexington and Richmond, in Suich tho rebels, under Kirby Smith, were com- pletely repulsed, flying in disorder, and throwing away their arms. The fight is said to have lasted from six o'clock in the morning till eleven at night. We captured large qnan- tity of cattle and stores, and took a Great many prisoners. Numbers of the enemy, without arms, arrived in Richmond doring the night, evidently fugitives from the battle field. They declared that they had been terribly whipped. At was reported at Louisville that General Buel) had passed through Crab Orchard at eleve; o'clock, and must have been close on the rear \e: Brogg’s army. The rebel cause in Kentuo! 1 Peswould thus seem to have received a deadly blow. ae. Maine, has been informed, by a telegraphic des- patch from Governor Washburne, that the Twenty- fifth Maine regiment would leave Augusta yester, day; the Twenty-third on Saturday, and the Twenty-seventh on Monday, and arrive here, en departure. twelve dollars. to Blackwell's Island, 428—decrease, 64. individual has been sent to the State Pniscn. are falling. wore higher at the close, after some sharp fluctuations. Gold opened at 135, teil to 13254, and closed at 135. De. per cent. ficetuatione, which can only recede or advance in propor. tion to the amount of paper currency put in circulation. the sales embraced about 1,800 bales, on the basis of 60340. @ 6134¢., a good part at 6lc., with few or uo sellers at the close under 61}<e. The floar market was firm and active, aud closed at a further advance of 10c. a 25¢. per bbl. Wheat opened heavy, but rallied near the closc, and with tolerably free sales, closed az the previous day's prices. Corn was unchangod, while sales were mado toa fair extent, closing at 67c. @ 68c. for good and sound Western mixed. Pork was excited and very active, and closed at a decided advance. The sales were large, and embraced mess at $13 873, a $14, and prime at $12 25a $12 50. Lard was also active and firm, with sales bere and to arrive at 10{c. a11%c. Sugars were quite active, and the reeent advance was sustained, with sales of 3,004 bhds. and 3,318 boxes at full prices. Freights were with out change of moment, while engagements were made to a modorate extent. The Philosophy of the Elections. The further election returns which we pub- lish this morning confirm the news which we published yesterday. The war democrats and the coalition tickets of Union democrats and conservative republicans have almost every where beaten the abolition tickets and straight republicans. The radicals are as completely sympathizers with secession. and the Southern licanism has also fallen off. In fact the princi- and Connecticut, as well as in Peunsylvanis against men peace.” Wherever the democratic was preferred-—thus refuting the foul sla! Union. And it will be the same in New York, cidedly as Cox has whipped his opponent in Ohio. é ‘against him, and Wadsworth, radical as he is, will be preferred by the people to a democrat war; because, in the balance compared with- his hearty and earnest support of the war and the administra. tion. But if Dix would take the field, even now, he would probably be elected by a handsome majority over both candidates, The philosophy of the elections now held is war for the Uniow to the bittter end, and a repudiation of all factious opposition to the administration. It is evident that the people understand the true nature of the issue, and, though the politicians did not shape it for them, the voters, aided by the instincts of patriotiem and common sense, have shaped it for them. | selves, Party spirit has received a rebuke on all hands, and the Union sentiment is dominant aod trfumobent fy the land. The two narties, ace Apr Louisville correspondent furnishes som a Ai bod interesting details of the late battle near g: 5 The losses were heavy and the forces 6, a8 the following abstract will & two aud a balf ded. Total. Q 4,000 ur 3,300 peilaw wah Neel - 100 i ae Conagl with | small parties of guerillas to the steamboats on the Colonel Frank Howe, the agent for the State of route for Washington, on the days succeeding their Substitutes are offered in Cincinnati as low as The Commissioners of Public Charities and Cor- rection met yesterday. The statement submitted showed that the number remaining in the various institutions on the 4th instant was 6,477; admit- ted since, 2,034; died, 29; discharged, 1,641; sent Itisa noticeable fact that for the past month not a single Great quantities of cotton continue to arrive in Memphis, and the prices in the Western markets The stock market was activ: yesterday, and prices mand notes closed at about 129. Exchange fluctuated between 148 and 149, Money wns iu request at da5a6 Produce yesterday, bth foreign ant domestic, with few exceptions, was quite firm, and prices were either sus- tained or met with a further advance. The movements seemed to hinge on the currency, and sympathized with its Cotton was less buoyant; but the demand was good, while disappointed at the result as the peace men, thé secessionists themselves, Hence Greeley is completely downhearted at the defeat of the re- publicans in Ohio and Indiana, and has nothing to rejoice over in Pennsylvania, where repub- ples of the party are shown to be everywhere at a discount in the recent elections—in Maine Ohie and Indiana—unless where arrayed suspected of disloyalty, or in favor of stopping the war and letting our “wayward Southern sisters depart in was sound upon the war question, he met with a preference from the people; wherever & democratic candidate seemed tainted with pro-Sonthern ideas, a conservative republican of both the Zimes and the Tribune that the great masses of the democracy are traitors to the Had the democracy started us candidate for Go" vernor a man like Dix, who was known to be decidedly in favor of crushing the rebellion, he would have whipped Wadsworth just as de- But Mr. Seymour’s antecedents are who is believed to be in favor of stopping the whatever Wadsworth’s ideas about the negro may be, they are only as dust NEW YORK: HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1862. republicans and democrats, are completely demoralized, and they have no longer any con- fidence in their leaders. Their faith is. in the honesty of the Presideat of the United States, and him alone. Political leaders, includiag the members of the Cabinet, are of no account; and if Mr. Lincoln, taking his oue from these elec- tions and other signs of the times, could get rid of his present administration, and appoint one more in accordance with popular indications, or appoint a new Cabinet every six weeks, till he found the right men for the time, he would be sustained by the people, who have full reliance upon his honesty, and will rally around iim as the preserver of law and order, and the only safeguard against anarchy and confusion. And as to the emancipation proclamation and the proclamation suspending the habeas corpus, they are willing to trust him, and he will not abuse their confidence. Had the Pro- sident, indeed, taken this step in the beginning of the war, and arrested the disloyal and factious radicals aa well as the sympathizers with secession, his popularity would now be boundless, and the affairs of the country would be in a far better coudition to-day than we find them. Mr. Lincoln is pot the President of the republicans or radicals, but of the whole people; for, though he only received a minority of all the votes cast—in fact only about a third of them— yet after his election he became the President, not_of a faction, but of the whole people. He was the candidate of a party; but he is the Chief Magistrate of a nation, and where the great vital interests of the republic are at stake it is his duty to consult the wishes» not of a fraction of the nation, but of the whole people. Not in republicanism, not in radical- ism, lies the power of the President for good, but in the support of the people, without dis- tinction of party. Let party be thrown to the winds. The elections have shown that a hand- fal of republicans are insuflicient to sustain the government. Were it not for the loyal demo- y of the land we would not have a govern- ment at this hour. Those, therefore, who advise Mr. Lincoln to make any distinction between republicans and democrats in this great crisis are his worst enemies and tho enemies of the republic. It is only by the union and co-operation of all that the country can be saved; and hence it is that, notwithstanding democrats have had many causes of complaint, they have said but little, because they think this is not the time to make a noise about trifles, while the great temple of freedom, built by our forefathers, is on fire and is in danger of being consumed. The firemen are throwing the water upon the flames. The Presi- dent is the chief engineer, and he has working under him assistant engineers and various com- panies commanded by their foremen. Now, though some of these officers may act badly, and though the chief engineer himself may err in judgment, and may perhaps do more damage to the surrounding bniidings than some would deem necessary, and even proceed to level some of them to the ground in order to arrest the progress of the conflagration, shall citizens who do not belong to the department interfere at such @ moment, and insist, with threats of violent opposition,that the chief engineer and his firemen are all wrong? Would they get up a riot and embarrass all operations, while the fire consumed the glorious structure to ashes? If they witnessed mistakes, would they not ra- ther wait till the fire was subdued, and then make their comments, and, if the chief engineer showed incompetence, let him be turned out at the next election and a better man be put in his place? But let one thing be done at a time, ‘and let all things be done decently and in order. The desire of the people, as evinced at these elections, is to have the flames of rebellion sub- dued as speedily as possible. The Chief Magis- trate, who by the constitution is Commander-in- Chief of the army and navy, has charge of the fire. They are resolved not only not to em- barrass him in his efforts, but to give him all the aid in their power, not caring to be too critical till the work is done. When the job is accom- plished then they will pass judgment upon the merits of the performance, and applaud or con- demn accordingly. To the soveseign people, the true and only legitimate source of all peliti- cal power, he is responsible, and will have to render an account hereafter. But meantime no obstructions must be thrown in his way, but all hands must yield obedience, maintain order, and cordially aid in the great work. Crry Poxrtios.—The local politicians and ranners are now as busy as mortals can well be, running the several party machines, and again doing their utmost to hoodwink the public and elect their ringleaders to office. of bargains are being made, in which votes of our citizens are transferred and hawked around as though they were of no more importance than rebel shinplasters. Among the most noted of these bargains is that between Tammany and Mozart, where a few men have got together and agreed and certified that the voters of such and such district shall vote for Mr. So and So, a Mo- zavter, for this office, and that the voters of another district shall vote for Mr. So and So, a Tammany man, for that office. They have thus rranged it in all the Congressional and Assem- bly districts of this State. No attention what- ever is paid to the qualifications of the men or the interests of the city or country; but a bar- gain is struck, and the agreement, or rather the indle, coolly certified to. We do not wonder that the people are amazed at such barefaced frauds upon them, and that everywhere there is a disposition to denounce the bargains, and act free men instead of slaves to a few political hucksters. We hope that the reception that this bargain will receive at the polls will pre- vent any party from attempting to enter into any such impudent and audacious swindle here- after. DisaPPOINTMENT OF Tite Rupert, Lyapers axp Newsrapers.—The Richmond papers have reckoned without their host in the case of our elections. They calculated that there would be a great democratic uprising in their favor, repudiating the proclamation of Mr. Lingoln, and that peace would soon be the result. Tho rebel officers engaged in the recent raid into Pennsylvania expressed the same sentiment at ambersburg, a8 appears from the letter of Colonel McClure, which we published yester- day. But these hopes are now blasted. The elections have been held, and, if they indicate anything, it isa vigorous prosecution of the war for the Union till it is brought to a successful issue. Let the rebellious States, therefore, take warning. The war will be carried on more vigorously than ever, and there is nothing Jeft for them but submission to the authority of the United States government, or to pay the penalty of their obetinacy and folly. All soria | Extraordinary Attempt st Political Swindling—Orestes A. Browmsen Up for The philosophy of swindling is very curious and presents many interesting a. In Europe, for example, we find political and financial swindling often combined in a single crime. The cases of Mires, in France, and Roupel, member of Parliament, in England, are illustrations of this fact. In this country, on the contrary, the political and the financial swindlers are different persons, belonging to different classes, and our Schuylers and Hunt- ingtons are not politicians. In Europe, more- over, the political and financial ewindlers, if detected, are sent to prison or to Botany Bay. In this country, on the other hand, we have a separate punishment for each class, and send our financial’ swindlers to Sing Sing, if we can catch them, and our political swindlers to Con- gress, if we can get them votes enough. _ Fully aware of this nice distinction, Greeley, the prince of political swindlers, is attempting to foist Dr. Orestes A. Brownson upon the voters of New Jersey as‘‘a friend of the administra- tion” and a candidate for the next Congress, Dr. Brownson’s nomination was announced in the Tribune some time before it was made, and long before the majority of the republicans of New Jersey knew that the versatile and variable Doctor had settled among them and had his local habitation at Elizabeth. From this circum- stance, and from the fact that Fremont, the milf- tary pretender, visited and held close consulta- tions with the Doctor, we conclude that his no- mination originated among the New York radi- culs, and that they are the authors, and the New Jersey republicans the victims, of this extraor- dinary attempt at political swindling. It is due to Dr. Brownson to say that he seems to lend himself to this swindle most unwillingly. In his speech accepting the nomination, delivered at Elizabeth on Wednesday evening, he honest- ly confesses that “he had never wished to be nominated for any office nor to hold any one.” Evidently, therefore, the nomination had been forced upon him by the radical managers in New York, who could find no other available candidate of their ultra views. It is consequent- ly the duty of every man who has any regard for the Doctor to consult his expressed wishes and vote against him. In a strain of modest and truthful candor Dr. Brownson gives very good reasons for such a vote. “With all respect to the convention which nominated me,” says he, “I think a wiser and better choice might have been made.” We cordially agree with the Doctor, and, if the Doctor knows himself, no Jer- seyman ought to refuse to take him at his own estimate. “I am comparatively a stranger in this State,” he continues; ‘Iam in no respect, except that of residence, identified with New Jersey.” Could Dr. Brownson plead more earnestly to be elected to stay at home? Are there so few men left in New Jersey that a comparative stranger must be sent over from New York to be forced unwillingly into an office? Isa man “in no respect identified with New Jersey” a fit person to re- present. that State in Congress? Such an idea is absurd. Such a nomination is an attempt at swindling. Dr. Brownson speaks of us not unkindly as “his friends of the Herato.” He calls us friends because we opposed his nomination, and now oppose his election. He is too wise a man not to know that those who push him forward as the representative of a political swindle are practically his enemies. He himself says that “he is certain his nomination was not made from any attachment to him personally.” If the Doctor will take a friend’s advice, there- fore, he will make one more speech, and then withdraw from politics and retire into private life. What other act could be more noble or more satisfactory to all concerned? Dr. Brown- son admits that “he is a man against whom many things may be said,” and said truly. It is not for us, his friends, to say these things; but he cannot expect his opponents to beso for. beariog. Our animadversions are directed, not at him, but at the political swindlors who have forced him into such a humiliating position. He has a right to his opinions, such as they are, and we do not envy him their possession or seek te deprive him of them. We know, as well as he does, that he is bitterly opposed to the present administration. In the last number of his Review he makes the most violent, the most able, the most insulting attack upon the ad- ministration that has ever been written. He cellects all the mud which the- radical aboli- tionists have thrown at McClellan and Buell, compacts itinto a single heap, and flings it savagely at the administration. He accuses the | President of being under the influence of seces- sion sympathizers. He charges that the Secretary of State made a secret compact with ; the Southern rebel Commissioners, He asserts that one of the members of the Cabinet desired to imitate Cromwell or Louis Napoleon, and dissolve Congress by a coup d’eat. He sums up all the radical assaults upon the President and his advisers in a single article. He gives these attacks thotendorsement of his name and the sanction of his deliberate judgment. We have not the slightest desire or intention of dls- puting his statements at this time. No matter how greatly we may differ with the Doctor, we contént ourselves at present with holding him responsible for his expressed and eeiterated opinions. We contend that, believing as he does, Dr. Orestes A. Brownson cannot recommend himself, or allow himself to be recommended, to the voters of New Jersey as “a friend of the administration” withdut dishonestly conniving at and assisting a gross attempt at political swindling. In the speech from which we have already quoted, Dr. Brownson bluntly confesses that he “has changed often.” He never uttered truer words than these. In religion he has been a chameleon, taking his color from almost every creed and sect. In philosophy he has been a weathercock, whirling around with every fickle wind of doctrine. In politica ho has been a notorious turncoat, wearing alternately the livery of every party, from the democratic to the abolitionist. His aptitude for changing his mind has made him celebrated. In nineteen years he has embraced and renouneed all the philo- |. sophies—political, social, moral and religious— of the past nineteen centuries, The Jowa, the Armenians, the Brahmins, the Roman Catholics, the Quakers, the Protestants, the Mahometans, the Unitarians, the Shakers, the Voltaireians, the Trinitarians, the Universalists, the Deists, the Pagans, the Mormons, the Pantheists, the Per- sian Fireworshippers have by turns claimed him asa proselyte and been attacked by him as an enemy. In philosophy he has taken a range so vast that we must decline to enumerate his dog- mas, and has latterly followed poor Greeley, the albino editor, through all the miry paths of social reform, from Fourrieriteism to amalga- mation, He has supported and repudiated evory political creed, from the federalist to the republican. Just now:this wonderful man pro- fesses to be a Roman Catholic and an abolition- ist. His conversions are so sudden, however, that he may be an Atheist and a secessionist before Christmas, What sort of a representa- tive, then, would he be in Congress of the pious and conservative State of New Jersey? Let him follow his, own inclinations, “remain at home and pursue his accustomed studies;” stick to the Pope of Rome—who sadly needs his aid— and become an Abelard,a Newton or a Des- cartes. With all his versatility he oannot have 60 soon renounced the opinions expressed in his last Review, and, with such opinions, his nomi- nation as “a friend of the administration” is an attempt at political swindling. The Rebel Cruiser Alabama and Her Depredations. A very unusual excitement prevailed in our commercial and financial circles yesterday, in consequence of the news of the terrible work of destruction commenced by the rebel privateer, the Alabama, or “290,” among our whaling and merchant vessels on the high seas. The intelli- gence of these depredations, however, so close behind the warning that the robber had taken tothe road, was very naturally calculated to produce a sensation. But this sensation was not a little increased by the arrival in this city yesterday of Captain Hagar, of the late ship Brilliant (one of the ten or a dozen vessels already destroyed by this in- cendiary rebel cruiser), and by his startling in- formation concerning her. Thus it appears that the Alabama is a very fast and powerful armed steamer, and is commanded by that experienced and daring freebooter, Raphael Semmes (of the Sumter), and provided with a crew of which Capt. Kidd himself would have been proud; that Semmes has made the ocean highway between the British islands and the United States his cruising ground, and that one very ingenious and dangerous trick of strategy in his plan of operations is, in capturing a ship, to hold it till night, and then to fire it. Of course every ves- sel within reach of the scene is attracted by the conflagration, and hastens to the spot for the benevolent purpose of picking up such of the unlucky ship’s crew as may be still afloat. Thus, with the morning’s dawn, the rebel in- cendiary may find two, three or half a dozen prizes within his grasp. r It is not difficult to believe that under this most ingenious of all piratical devices millions of dollars worth of the property of our loyal people may be seized, burned or sunk in the sea before we can put an end to the career of this rebel piratical craft. To make the matter worse, it appears that the rebels at Liverpool, Glasgow, and some other British shipyards, have three or four other steamers, similar to the Alabama, nearly ready for sea, and all designed for the same profitable business. What, then, are we to do? The true course was suggested by our merchants and our New England fishermen in their propositions a year ago to the Navy Department, in behalf of a large number of volunteer armed cruisers to keep the Atlantic clear of these rebel corsairs, and to make our blockade complete and effi- cient. Now is the time for our merchants, together with those of Philadelphia and Boston, to act upon this idea, and to prepare, without loss of time, a number of swift and powerful armed steamers to look after these rebel marine guerillas. We have some hope that Admiral Wilkes, with his flying squadron, may before long fallin with this Captain Semmes and send him to Symmes’ Hole. We under- stand, too, that the Vanderbilt, one of the very fastest ships afloat, is nearly roady to set out upon this important mission; but at the same time the proverbial slowness of old Mr. Welles should admonish our commercial men to put their own hands to the work, and with the fixed resolution that the work shall be done. ‘Phe blackest and most repulsive feature of this rebel piratical business is the “financial and material aid” which it receives from Eng- land. We have recovered all the shipyards of our revolted States, and the rebels cannot now, within the dominions of Jeff. Davis, get up a steam vessel equal to a voyage across the At- lantic. But England is ready to supply them on the most accommodating terms, and the de- vice is practically armed intgvention against us, without the drawbacks of actual war. We must be expeditious, however, in suppressing this nuisance of these Anglo-Southern confede- racy cruisers, or we know not what may be the consequen: Potmicat Rato on Watt Stxeet—We are living in extraordinary times—in a season noted tor raids frequent and numerous. Thus Morgan and other rebel guerillas have been for some time past amusing themselves and frightening the people of Kentucky with their bold and dashing raids upon this and that village, and Generals Stuart and Hampton have set the sober people of Pennsylvania all in commotion by their dash into the Cumberland valley to obtain a supply of horses and shoes. Wall street, free from these rebel dashes, is about to experience araid from the hungry politicians. The Republi- can State Central Committee have been in ses- sion for several days past at the Astor House, preparing for an incursion upon the money bags of Wall street. They are accompanied by seve- ral operators in the Albany lobby, who, like the rebel sympathizers in Pennsylvania who acted in the capacity of guides to Stuart and Hampton, pilot the committee through the streets and point out therich prizes. The Democratic Committee arrived here yesterday on a similar mission, and have made the St. Nicholas Hotel their base of operations. Wall street is there- fore hourly in danger of raids from both of these parties. These political raids for money have become regular affnirs. The annual profits enable the Albany Regency to make both ends meet and keep up a decent outward appearance. It is singular that the republicans, who have been fattening for the last year and a half on big contracts of caps, guns, beef and shoddy, and have swollen the national debt to one thousand millions, should now be here begging for money; but we are not at all surprised that the Albany Regency, rom been so long shut, out of the kitchen, are really in a starving and desperate condition. They no doubt present as forlorna picture as the ragged and shoeless followers of Stuart in his recent raid into Pennsylvania, and are sadly in need of supplies of all kinds. We dare say that Cassidy and Company, of the Albany Regenoy, are relying upon a suc- cessful rail at this time to enable them, like the rebels, to keep their confidence shop open. We trust that these political begging com- mittees will be coolly treated everywhere, and that none of our moneyed men will entertain au hospitably as Colonel MoVlure did the Tebels at his residence near Chambersburg, but lock and bolt their doors, and place everything beyond their reach. If our business and finan‘ cial men have any money to give, let them pay it in to the war fund, or use it.to encourage en- listments, and thus prevent a draft in this State. In that way they can be of some real benefit te the country. Funds placed in the hands of these political committees never do any good. They are always eaten up by afew sbarks who can hardly contro} their own votes, and are rarely ex- pended for the purposes for which they woro in: tended. Thisisno time to expend money for the benefit of party. The public interest and tha dictates of patriotism require that every sacri- fice made should be to aid the administration in putting down the rebellion, and not to build up political parties. If these parties are obliged to have money or die out, so much greater the reason why they should not be supplied, but be left in their present forlorn condition. We trust that the raids of these committees will prove fruitless ones, and that they will find no one sa unpatriotio and unmindful of hia first duty to his country as to contribute anything for party purposes, ve > Gunman ‘Dix vow Govunvon—We are in- formed that there is #.political organization in this city, styling themselves the Federal Union, extending into every ward of the city, whe have already placed General John A. Dix in nomination for Governor, and are now making preparations for a State Convention to ratify the nomination. There is no question but that both Wadsworth and Seymour are obnoxious to a large portion of their own parties. In fact, many of the leading party men, like John Van Buren, have publicly declared that they be- lieved Dix was the man who should have been nominated. .The fact of the matter is, both Seymour and Wadsworth were nominated by ‘ political tricks. They both owe their nomina- tion to packed conventions and a boisterous lobby in attendance for the purpose of forcing the delegates to believe that everybody de- manded their nomination. In this condition of affairs there is no telling what the result will be in placing General Dix in the field by an in- dependent party. In these days of war and revolution the public mind is ripe for any change, and both Seymour and Wadsworth may yet be forced to resign in time for the people of this State to record a unanimous vote for Dix and the Union on the 4th day of November next, POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Pennsylvania Election. Below we give a list of tho mombers of Congress re- cently elected, together with the Congressional vote ia 1860:— —— Fote in 1860.——_, Ed Dem. 5 vu 76, 1,685 2168 1,331 5 Elects’, .-Samuel J. Randall, dem. . . Charles O'Neill, rep. 9.) .. Myer Strouse, dem. ‘Philip Johnson, dem. : {Charles Denison, dem Detaanreans 88 James K. Moorhe: |.. Thomas Williams, rep. -- Doubtful Tho State has twenty-five ropresentatives in the prosent Congress, but loses one by the now apportionment. The following table shows the strength of each party in both the old and new dolegations:— fttli Ropublicans 4 Democrats . ‘eo? . Doubtful. ae 1 Among the most prominent of tho defeated candidates for Congress in Pennsylvania are Brigadier General George A. MoCall, dem.; Galusha A. Grow, rep.; Major Joel B. Warner, dem.; A. J. Glossbrenner, dem. Ohio Congressmen Elected. ‘The following named representatives to the Thirty- ‘eighth Congress are known to have been elected in Ohio: -- 1—Goorge H. Pendleton, democrat. 2—Alexandor Long, demoorat. 8—Robert C. Schenok, republican. 4—J. F. McKinnoy, democrat. 5—Francis C. Le nd, denocrat. . Cox, democrat. 8—Wm. Johnson, democrat. 9—Warren P. Noble, demoorat. 12—Wnm. E. Fiack, democrat. 13—Joun O'Neill, democrat 14—No returns. 15—No returns. 16—Joseph W. White, democrat. 17—Ephraim R. Fekley,, reyrabtican. 18—Rafus P. Spalding, 19—Joha A. Garfieta, Cunvaranp, Oot. 16, 1862. Tho democrats claim fom 10,000 to 15,000 majority om the State ticket, and twelve Congressmen. The Union ticket have elected five Congressmen, and two are doubtrul. The I tate Election. Desmoutes, lowa, Oct. 15, 1362. Dubnqne county gives an average democratic majority of 1,200 for the State, county and Congressional tickots. Scattering returns indicate the election of Kasson, re- ae to Congress, by from five to seven hundred ma- jority. New York Congressional Nomination. : ‘Tror, N. &, Oct. 16, 1988. At the Republican Congressional Convention for the Fifteenth district, composed of the counties of Renssolaer and Washington, Edward Dodd, of Washington county, whe nominated. * Missouri Congressional Nomination. Frawxiiy, Mo., Oct. Henry C. Blow received the unanimous nomination a¢ tho Convention of the unconditional union emanctpa- thonists held here to-day, Miscellaneous Political Inteltigence. Rervmucan Avprws.—The Republican State Commit. tee, of Massachusetts, have issued an address to the “Joyal men’’—moaning, of course, that all who are not re” blicans are disloyal—oautioning them not to be led away from their support of Governor Andrew and Senater @umner by the poople’s movemont, and intimating that that organization, which bas recently become so popular, is a democratic dodge. ‘Waercnesren County Asemmsty Nowation.—Tho on tional Union demooratic electors of the First Assembly district of Westchester county, New York, have rencwi- pated Pierro C. Talman for momber of Assembly. Raltiroad Convention. CHANGES IN THE TIME TABLE FOR THR WINTER MONTHS. Aconvention of the managers of tho principal lines of railroad east of the Mississippi river was held atthe st. _ Nicholas Hotel yesterday, ‘The following Important foes wero represented:—Now ‘York and Erie, Hudson River, New York Central, Penn- sylrania Central, Steubenville and Ohio, Lake Shore; Cleveland, Colursbus and Cincinuatl; Great Western, of Canad! Central; Chi Burtingtos and Quin” oni and isso date tiara, Detwolt and Mil” ‘wankee, and the Bollofontaine ling, Chapin, Presidont of the Westerm Railroad of Mas. pauvasetens a3 he chair, aud K, B. Phillips, of the Boston and Worcostor , 6 tucker, of the Cleveland and Toledo line, appotnted secretaries, After transacting some routine business, the following changes in the time table for the winter’ onthe wore anan: adopted:—Through trains for the West to Joave Now York, ou and after the 17th of Novembor uext, at seven A, M. and bie td hb add | Gaee M. Leave Boffsio ay 840A. Be ani a pmalvedincinaatl nt 8.30 A. M, aud 10:90 P. My ‘The Couveution then