The New York Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1862, Page 4

a JAMES GORDON BENSETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. PFICEN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, tion of the Moniteur and other French The fow words relative to Jeff. Davis made & nation of the South, suggested the largest amount of comment. The Debats does not believe that the English government is any nearer ro00g- nizing the South because a Cabinet Minister thus expressed his sympathy for the Southern cause. ‘The ministerial journals have less faith in England and France acknowledging the South than they had a few wecks before. At a meeting of the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the question of the recog- nition of the Southern confederacy came up for discussion. Mr. McFie, one of the members, had given notice of a motion on the subject, intending that a special meeting of the Chamber should have been called to consider the propriety of memorial izing government in favor of the recognition. After some conversation, Mr, McFie intimated that he wished to recall his intention on the subject; a statement which was received with general satis- faction; several members present obserying that the policy maintained by the government hitherto was the only correct policy to be pursued ander the circumstances. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, MIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Jick Cae, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Bron! \ay.—Bosom Paizxps. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Lavy or Lrows, LAURA KRENE’S THEATRE, Broadway.=No Bi sue Wickxo—Kovcn Diaxonp. ee ee NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. s ‘Moun, Mass ano Nonpaanerduaee tow nes Dorel i |, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Qvicksanps or Lirs— Rev Growe—VaLe201NR aNp ORSON. ' GERMAN OPERA HOUSE, 435. va oun [OUSE, 485 Broadway.—Posritis0N BAKNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—Cotor- Be Teoricas Pisa, &¢., atall hours. Pavyaxrte, afternoon ‘and evening. ( BRYANTS' MINSTRELS’ Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- Ex-Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, was en- ar Sonos, Buntwsvts, Dances, &¢.—THS | tortained at a public dinner in Liverpool. He made a lengthy speech in reply to the toast of his health and the success of the Southern cause. A Liverpool paper says:—“Mr. Morehead spoke with much energy and effect, and was very warm- ly cheered, more particularly when dwelling upon the absolute impossibility of the Confederates ever again being brought under the Union. A feeling of intense attachment to the Southern cause characterized the proceedings, and alto- gether the demonstration was one of the most enthusiastic and most gratifying to those concern- ed that has ever been witnessed.” A letter from Spezzia in the London Neirs states that two rebel privateers had been seen in the Mediterranean, and that they had already destroy- eda dozen American vessels, under command of Captain Semmes. It was thought that this was only a muddled up report of the news of the ope- rations of the “No. 290" off Flores. ‘The London Posi, London Ttmes and Manchester Guardian refer editorially to the probable result of the pending elections in New York and other States. The writers attach much interest to the issue in New York, and assert that they decidedly wish for the triumph of the democratic candidates ( CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE. 585 Broadway, —Etuiorran Bones, Dances, &c.—Tneary wit Jarax, \ a eee ‘gp. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermrorram Bowgs, Dances, &0.—\We ALL BeLong 10 Tue Unix Aumr. \ HOPE CHAPEL No, 720 Broadway,—Exuisition oF Mianwcr's Caceronta. HITCHCOCK'S THEATRE AND MUSIC Ha! Canal Btreet.—Sonas, Dances, BURLESQUES, &c, 2h Sp | GAIETIES CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway.—Drawixa Room Exrenrainwents. PARISIAN CABINET OF WON! pen daily (rom 10 A. M, til ‘ HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermor1an G8, Dani Boriesqves, dc (ERS. 563 Broatway. = New York, Sunday# THE SITUATION. Onr reconnoitering parties in the front are kept actively engaged. Portions of General Pleasan- ton’s cavalry went as far as Philmont yesterday, Your miles from Snickersville, and drove about a hundred of the enemy out of the town. The rebels are lying in large force in the vicinity of ila 3 Gap, : the west ae Of | 5. einamubal restoring peace. ue Mage, a vi ; clive ewaepel on Neti: Wik MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. in the Shenandoah Valley, beyond the The steamship Edinburg, from Queenstown on Gap. The pickets of the enemy had some | the 16th of October, arrived at this port yevter- day forenoon, and the Arabia, from Queenstown on the 19th ultimo, reached Halifax yesterday morn- ing on her voyage to Boston. The news by these vessels is a week later than that brought by the Australasian. The Liverpool cotton market was dull, and quo- tations nominal during the six days, and closed at a decline ranging from one and a half penny to two pence per pound. On the 17th of October prices still tended downward. Breadstuffs were dull, and the market downward. Provisions were still falling. Consols closed in London at 9334 for money. M. Thonvenel, Minister of State of France, has resigned, and is succeeded by Baron de !'Huys. Other changes in the Cabinet of the Emperor were looked for. There was a discussion more amusing than in- structive last night at the Cooper Institute, be- tween Mr. George Francis Train and Mr. Cassius M. Clay, on the negro question: There were six rounds disputed; and it is for the community to say, from our report, which side had the best of the argument. The next Legislature of this State—the mem- bers to the lower House of which are to be chosen on Tuesday—will elect a United States Senator in place of Hon. Preston King, whose term expires with the present Congress, onthe 4th of March next. The State Senate now stands twenty-two republicans, nine democrats, and a vacancy in the Fifteenth district, occasioned by the death of Hon, John Willard, democrat. The Board of Aldermen met again yesterday at one o'clock. The Mayor sent in the name of Wil- liam E. Dodge (merchant) for confirmation as Street Commissioner, which was rejected by a vote of seven to five. A stated meeting of the Board of Councilmen was held at two o'clock yesterday, for the purpose of concurring with the Board of Aldermen in mak. ing some alterations in the election polls of the Fourth district of the Fourteenth ward. The pa- per was concurred in. A resolution was offered that the Committee on National Affairs be request- ed to report immediately on the expediency of increasing the city bounty to $200, for the pur. pose of avoiding the necessity of a draft. The resolution was adopted, although some of the members stated they did not believe a draft would take place, and that the whole thing was intended for ascare. After transacting some routfhe busl- ness the Board adjourned to Thursday next, at five o'clock P. M. ‘Tho stock market opened firm yesterday morning, bu; svon fell off, and closed woak at a material decline. There was not much business done, and but little speculative spirit. Money was guite active among stock speculators. Gold closed at 130; exchange, 14334. ‘The cotton market continued firm on Saturday, though the sales did not execed 1,500 bales, including some foreign. The flour trade was quite limited, though prices decline! 10e, Wheat was rather freely purchased at full rates for prime winter and lower prices for other de scriptions. Corn was ia fair demand; prime mixed closed higher. The provision business was depressed. Lard was lower. There was less activity in coffee and sugars; as also in hides, leather and whiskey, the latter article closing with a downward tendency. The freight engago- ments were very light, though shippers bad any ex- isting advantage. Wuar Fortows tue Etxcrion or Waps- wortu.—The abolition organs themselves de- clare that the constitution will be superseded if Wadsworth be eleoted. Lyman Tremaine, the abolition eandidate for Lieutenant Governor, announces that Wadsworth will dictate a policy to the President if he be elected Governor of this State. We know from Wadsworth’s past exmity of McClellan that, if elected, he will im- mediately join the other abolition Governors in demanding MeClellan’s removal. If eleeted, Wadsworth is pledged to carry into effect the threats of the abolition organs, and imprison Seymour, John Van Buren, Charles O’Conor and James T. Brady. Wadsworth is a muti and incompetent general, and will make a dan- gerous and tyrannical Governor. Consider these facts, and vote against him. Mr. Bucnanay’s Derexce.—Mr. Buchanan bas replied to Gen. Scott. The document is given in full in another column. The ex- President desires to place himself rectus in curia with the world. It is hardly to be sup- poeed that this reply will change the opinion of the public. It is manifest from all the facts now known that Mr. Buchanan exhibited de- plorable imbecility, from the effects of which @ great nation is now suffering. A Connxcrion.—Poor crazy Greeley calls Gen. Wadsworth “Pap Wadsworth.” We sug- gest that he be called “Treasury Pap Wade worth.” As Wadsworth has been drawing largely from the Treasury for useless services to the contrabands, as all the money he ever expended for the goldiers was immediately re. funded from the , and as he has a heavy claim upon the same fund from which Greeley is paid for his gun gontragts, this cor- Tection is mogt apropos. ig with our own at different points in From the fact that heavy firing was heard at Purcellville it was thought that General Bayard was attacking General Stuart in that loca- lity. A balloon reconnoissance of Professor Lowe from Bolivar Heights yesterday discovered the rebel cavalry in large force near Charlestown, and three sections of a battery posted so as to com- mand fhe turnpike. Farther rumors of peace propositions are afloat. We learn from Frederick that it is stated on relia- ble information that proposals for peace will be made from Richmond after the next general en, gagement takes place. We give considerable space to-day to an inter- esting document relative to the present war and its origin, being a defence of his course at the out- break of the rebellion, by ex-President Buchanan. Tt is indited as a reply to the letter of General Scott, lately given to the public, but as far as it Boes it is not at all likely to convince the people that the administration of the late President isnot, in a great measure, responsible for the calamities which have befallen the republic. We learn from Port Royal that two Anglo-:cbel abeamers—the Anglia and Scotia—were captnred on the 27th ult. by our cruisers. The latter is valued at $690,000 and the former at $300,000 Both prizes were taken into Port Royal. The tebel steamer Minnaho was chased and driven ashore at the same time. She was bound for Charleston, with stores for the rebels. General Mitchel and his two sons (aids) are sick’ with malarious fevor at Beaufort. General Brannan is in command there. A despatch from Lexington, Kentucky, recounts the curious adventures of three hundred recruits for the Third Tennessee (Union) regiment who reached there yesterday almost unclad—without shoes, hats, or, indeed, garments of any kind. It s said that they marched by night, and kept con- sealed inthe woods by day. During the journey hey ran foul of General Breckinridge’s rebel en- They eucountered snow fifteen inches deep in the moun- tains. They came from twenty-five miles beyond Cumberland Gap, through Hopkins’ Gap, and had acither arms, wagons, nor provisions, campment, but judicious!y turned aside. It was rumored at Cairo yesterdey, based upon aews from Corinth—bronght in by prisoners taken by our scouts—that Mobile was captured by our forees. Further particulars, however, are not ‘urnished. < » EUROPEAN NEWS. * We have news from Europe to the 19th of Octo- ber—a week later than the advices of the Austra- \asian. Our files by the Edinburg and telegraphic report from the Arabia at Halitax indicate that the scheme for intervention in American affairs by Fngland and France has received a check in Cabi- net circles in both countries, while the “recogni- tion” idea has been almost entirely dissipated in England. Mr. Gindstone’s late specoh at Newcastle was pretty generally regarded by the journals as an expression of hia own individual opinion, and not as reflecting the sentiment of his colleagues in the ministry. He has delivered another address at York, in which he himself admits that he “always” entertained the same convictions with respect to a division of the Union. ‘The British Cabinet has, however, given a very Socided contradiction to’Mr. Gladston'es Newcastle theory of Southern nationality, fur Sir George C. Lewis, the Secretary of State for War, has made a speech in which he denies the right of the rebel States to Duropean recognition on the ground that they “have not yet accomplished their indepen- dence.” Lord Palmerston had delivered speeches, daring ® rural tour, on a variety of subjects, home and foreiga, but did not allude to the American ques- tion. At a banquet given to Lord Palmerston in South ampton, the Earl of Hardwick—speaking in the presence of the Premier—when responding to the toast of the House of Lords, expressed his satisfac tion at the discretion which, up to that moment, the Ministers had displayed in the policy of non- intervention they had adopted in the struggle in America. Ho also expreased approval of the sen- Uiments enunciated by Mr. Gladstone, that Joffer. Gon Davis had succeeded in forming in the Bouthern States a great and bation: |; Thoovenel was regarded as 8 warm officiay friend of Mr. Blidell and the Davis government. & Mr. Gladstone's speeches attragq the atten” ‘on General Wadsworth to direct the whole affair. man and the abolition candidate for Governor is, of course, just the person to direct such an emeute. What little reputation he has was ob- tained by his mutinous and insubordinate con- duct towards, and intrigues and proceedings against, General McClellan. in the abolition plots to depose the President and make Fremont dictator, and has earned for himself the cordial dislike of his superiors and the equally cordial hatred of his subordinates. He f3 an ardent negro worshipper, and devotes all his time to making white soldiers attend upon contraband darkeys. His greatest battles have been armed resistances to the'civil officers of the District of Columbia. qualified, therefore, to leada riot on election day here, and this is the reason why the aboli- tionists have sent for him. Island cannon and the four regiments of soldiers stationed about the city, the abolition- coup d'etat, as Napoleon put down the French Directory. They have Americans, not French- men, to deal with, however. of these revolutionary schemes will be to se- cure Wadsworth’s defeat and add to the large majority against him. The police will be am- ply sufficient to quell any disturbance and arrest any army which so incompetent a gene- ral as Wadsworh may lead. If the abolition candidate shall attempt any such emeute he will find himself ia the Tombs before night, or will save himself only by another flight like that he made from Bull run. civil war plotted by Wadsworth and his sup- porters cannot be begun with impunity in New York city. The people here know their rights and how to maintain them. The coming election must pass off undisturbed by any such an attempt at military despotism, or the rioters must be prepared to take the consequences. All the conservatives ask is a fair expression of the opinion of the people. must neither be smothered nor coerecd. Bal- lots, not bullets, must be the order of the day for worth may be able to go out of his department to Pennsylvania in order to arrest a couple of innocent country editors, but he cannot come here to New York and prevent a fair and peace- ful election and forcibly control honest and in- dependent voters. Governor of the city of New York, and will never be the civil Governor of this State. He may as well send away his cannon and remove his regiments. him on here in vain. They had much better box him up and hurry him back to Washington, He may lord it over a few poor contraband darkeys, but he can neither coerce nor intimi- date the citizens of New York. tue Nartoxat Dest.—The Secretary of the Treasury has been recently writing a letter in regard to the finances of the country——which we publish to-day—in which he characterizes as agroundless absurdity the statement that the national debt amounted to two thousand millions of dollars, and sets down the amount at less than six hundred and forty millions. Hese ems to be at a loas to account for the prevalence of the idea that the debt was so enormous. We can easily relieve his mind on that point, and trace the statement home to its author. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means—a position which give’ him the opportunity of knowing whereof he speaks—declared in his place in the House o¢ session, and has recently repeated it in a speech made to his constituents at home, that the na- tional debt would amount at the end of the present fiscal year to two thousand millions. the people to believe? Both have almost equal facilities for making up their estimates; in fact, Some approach to bridging over the wide gulf iNEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1662. - conclusion, therefore, is thas’ Mt. Thaddeus Bte- vens is cither stating what he kav“ ‘0 be false or is ignorant altogether of what he is tlking about. We do not undertake to decide on w> horn of the dilemma the Chairman of the Com- mittee of Ways and Means should hang, or whether the error lies with him or Mr. Chase. Between the two it is, and it is of the utmost importance that the truth shall be aecertained beyond peradventure, and that the party who is guilty of ignorance or misrepresentation shall cease to occupy the high position he now fills. North Carolina—Additional News of Gov. Stanly’s Flag of Truce to Gov. Vance. We published yesterday the interesting intel- ligence that Gov. Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina, under a flag of truce, had sent, a communication to Gov. Vance (the head of the State as a member of our rebellious South- era Confederate States), “proposing an inter- view, without any ceremony or raising any questions of dignity or rank, upoa the present state of public affairs and the aspects of the war at this time." By a late despatch from Newbern we are now informed that the flag of ice had returned, with the answer from Gov. Vance that he cannot act upon the proposition aforesaid as desired, but will submit Governor Stanly’s communication to the Confederate government at Richmond for its action. Thus it appears that Gov. Vance, an old line whig, has not yet learned the first lesson of Southern State rights, as taught by the chief contrivers of this{rebellion, to wit:—That the sovereignty of each State concerned is para- mount, and that before this State sovereignty the government of the “Confederate States” is but a subordinate and helpless creature. This fundamental idea such as it is, is engrafted into the Southern Confederate constitution; and, accordingly, any one of the States concerned in this rebellion, acting upon its own judgment, may seeede at pleasure from Jeff. Davis, and set up an independent nationality for itself, or, with another State or two, may sell itself to some Enropean Power, or save itself by return- ing to the secure and beneficent protection of e Union. Gov. Vance, therefore, was free to ‘act upon Gov. Stanly's invitation without con- sulting the “Confederate’’ government; and, according to that constitution, Jeff. Davis can only return the paper in question to Gov. Vance, with the remark that the proposition submitted is a matter for the consideration of the soveroign State of North Carolina, and not for the free and easy copartnership of which she is a mem- ber. With this view of the subject Governor, Stanly should renew his proposition for a con- ference with Governor Vance, reminding him that, under the Confederate constitution, that supreme Southern State right—the right of se- cession—is possessed and may be exercised by North Carolina at any time. Let Governor Stanly present this argument to Governor Vance, and notify him that it will be published, together with his answer, and he will most pre- bably open the eyes of the North Carolina peo- ple to the fact that the door for their constitu- tional deliverance from Jeff. Davis stands wide open. In any event, however, this proposition of Governor Stanly is a beginning, an initiative step towards the reclamation of our revolted States. It is a proposition, too, which would not have been made but for the important fact that Mr. Vance has just been elected Governor of North Carolina by a heavy majority as a Southern conservative overa rabid Southern secession radical. This fact indicates a popular reaction in North Carolina in behalf of the Union, upon which Governor Stanly has felt encouraged to try his experiment. Let our Northern November elections go as those of October have gone—in favor of our Union Northern conservatives—and the dominant con- servative Governor, Legislature and party of North Carolina will be ready to close with the simple offering—and the only one that can be made—of the protection of the constitution of the United States. Let us have, in fact, a sweeping public verdict from the North against our abolition crusaders and in favor of the con- stitution and the Union, and the emancipation proclamation of President Lincoln will be a dead letter before the Ist of January, as he un- doubtedly desires it may be; for President Lin- coln’s object is to save, and not to destroy, the South and the Union. Why the Abolitionists Sent Om For. Wadsworth. The abolition journals have been engaged for @ome time in denouncing all conservatives as traitors and advoeating their imprisonment in Fort Lafayette. The abolition orators have re- peatedly threatened the democratic candidates and all who support them with hanging. The sbolition organs boldly state the idtentien of the radical employes to “spot” all conserva- tive voters at the polls. Representative aboli- tionists have declared that the election of Sey" mour will inaugurate a civil war at the North— meaning that they mean to contest the result of the election by force. It seems, as we have an- ticipated and stated, that these bloody threats are to be carried out on the day of clection. The abolitionists have determined to raise a riot in this city on Tuesday next if they find that the election is going against them. They have already organized their plans and com- pleted their arrangements for this purpose- Upon Governor's Island are plentiful supplies of cannon and ammunition, which can be obtained, as they suppose, at an hour's notice. Around the city are already quartered four regiments of soldiers, which the abolitionists expect to use to aid their revolutionary schemos. These de- tails being perfected, they have sent on for General Wadsworth, being at once a military He has been deep He is most amply With the aid of Wedsworth, the Governor's ists hope to carry the election here by a The only result The Northern This expression next Tuesday. General Wads- He is not yet the military The abolitionists have brought Secretary Caase anp Tuappevs Stevuxs on Our Crrv GRESSIONAL TickeTs,—Ouz city Congressional tickets are considerably mixed up; but upon the simple test of capability, and the constitution and the Union, it will be no very difficult matter to select the best from the candidates before the people. For example, in the Fourth. district, begin- ning at the Battery, there are three candidates now in the field—Benjamin Wood, the “ Fort Lafayette, or Love and Secession” democrat; Wm. L. Ellsworth, Jeffersonian democrat, and General Hiram Walbridge, an out-and-out con- stitutional Union war democrat. Of these three candidates General Walbridge is the man en- titled to an election. He has proved his faith by his works. He has shown in Congress his capacities for usefulness in that body. He is a man of talents, knowledge and experience in public affairs, and is emphatically a war demo- erat. As for the Hon. Ben. Wood, he, too, has been tried in Congress, and has proved a com- plete failure. Asa representative at Washing- ton of this great conservative commercial city, he has more nearly approached a nonentity than any member ever elected from this island. Practically he has been a regular good-for-no- thing; for we are not aware that he can show from the record a motion, or a vote or a speech of his in Congress of any account whatever, He isa stick asa legislator, and ought to be left at home. Mr. Ellsworth, in this view, if he is asensible man, will withdraw in favor of General Walbridge. In the Fifth district the candidates are Fer- nando Wood, democrat, and John Duffy, demo- erat. The principal complaint against Fernan- do Wood is that he is a secessionist. Nobody questions his talents and capacities for the posi- tion which he seeks. He is universally admitted to be a man of keon intellect, much valuable experience, untiring industry and great admin- istrative and legislative abilities. Nor do we attach apy importance to the hue and cry of se- cession which has been raised against him. He is not @ fool, and if elected to Congress he will not make war upon bis own interests and the interests of this city by doing anything to obstruct the prosecution of this war fer the Union, nor by failing to support it. Moreover, his opponent, John Duffy, is so poor an exouse for a Congressional candidate that we have no doubt upon the simple question of capacity and fitness, Wood will obtain many votes which, Representatives several times during the las¢ Now, which of these two fiscal functionaries are the sources of information are common to both. between their respective statements may be made by supposing that the Secretary of the Treasury confines himself to the debts actually recorded, while the Chairman of Ways and Means aggregates all the liabilities of the government, actual and prospective, up to the lst of July, 1863. For instance, the fifty millions now due to the army as probably not entered into the Secretary's computation, but has entered into that of the Chairman of Ways and Means. After making 11 such allowances, however, the substantial fact remains unaffected that there is a differenee of more than a thousand millions of dollars be- tween Mr. Chase’s and Mr. Stevens’ respective estimates of the national debt. How can this be explained? If Mr. Chase is at all near the mark in his estimate Mr. Stevens can know nothing of what he has been talking about; whereas, if Mr. Stevens is nearer the truth, then there must be gross falsehood and misrepresentation on the part of Mr. Chase. Now, whatever may have been Mr. Chase’s de- merits in the choice of a general—he being re- sponsible for all the evils that have attended the keeping of McDowell in command—or whatever blame may be justly attributed to him for the financial policy which has placed gold ata premium of thirty per cont, he is a man of too much natural ability to commit such an blunder in the rule of simple addi- tion, and we do not fore moment suppose that he fs intentionally misleading the public in the matter of the national debt, The only logical * Wanatiann, Va., Nov. 1, 1868. Our cavalry made a reconpoissance yesterday to withia Ubree miles of Winchester. At dusk a large force of the febel cavalry with artillery was discovered on the slopes: in the vicinity of Snicker's Gap, where the euemy have also ra/ently erocied a signal station. Heavy cn H0nading was beard last evening at Purcell- villo, @Nd tt wa Supposed there that a skirmish was going ou Between Gow: Bayard and Gen. Stuart. In tho recCunciasance #8 Ards Winchcs:er we captared umber of prosoners. ih reconnoisanioe 4M monaing rey, as tho fact that the rebels aro in strong force betweon snw.<er’s Gap aad Philmont, on tho wester™ side of the Blue Ridge. The prisoner arrested yo¥erday has been takew to m.** qnarters. Little doubt exists shat he isa spy. Provost Mseshal Mitchell wont to the horse where he was arrest- od, And by adopting the following ®ratagem obtained . another’ proof of bis guilt:—Ho informe’ tx? people of the house that she prisoner bad confessed aM, aid bad sent for hip clotNes, which were immediately givéa@p. Among them qas foand a complete rebet uniform, The prisoper says that he came within our lines to avotd the rebel conscription. Reconna tssance and Skirmishes wth the Euemy\s Pickets—Probable Fight Be- tween @en. Bayard and Gen. Stuset’s Cavalry, dsc. Crison Blunt {people's Union), and Elt.P. Nor- ton (cvstitutionsl Vaion), We have sobhieg to say ageinst Mr. Ward; but we beli*¥@ that if Mr. Blunt ¢hould be elected he will prove himself a wortty representative of New York and its predominax¢ conservative Union senti- ment. He has always garefuily looked after the interests of this metropolis, and has been of great service to the government in this war. On no account should the radical Comkling be elected from the commercial emporivan. In the extreme up town district there ar¢ only two Congressional candidates. First, Col. J. McLeod Murphy, independent war denso~ crat, who haa established his claims fe the pub- lic confidence by his services on the battle field and by his superigr qualifications as a tegisla- tor; and second, Anson Herrick, the apoils and plunder candidate of the dirty huckstevs of Tummany and Mozart Hall. We hope that our fellow citizens of this district will prove their patriotism, their intelligence, and their ix dependence of these despicable Tammany and Mozart hucksters, by a rousing majority for our worthy soldier candidate, Gol. Murphy. He belongs to that rare class of men who, in any position of trust and responsibility. may be relied upon against all temptation and ap- proaches of corruption. We anticipate his election by a decisive majority. Porcetiviaz, Va., Nov. 1, 1962. ‘The Sixth New York enyalry. ir Gencrat Pleasantoa'e command, was yea terday employed ta reconaoitering the country about Snidkersvilie Gap, Captain Crane, com manding the regitnes:t, took two squadrons round to tho right, and passing the ond of Short Hill, saw the enemy*s pickets posted along tm) slope of tho Blue Ridge. It was positively ascortaincd by personal observation that the enomy nave a large force in the Shenandoah valley just beyond the Gap. Lieut. Balder, of tho 8amo regiment, wont with another detichment across ¢he,oov#ry round to the left, striking the Aldie and Sniciersvilis pke about a mile and a half frony the Gap, He charge#on about twenty. five rebel pickets, drove them in confusion into the woods, and captured twe carbines and £wo swords and bela. Lieut, Thompson, one of the Ganeral’s aids, who went yesterday afternoon to communicate wivt Gen. Bayard, commanding the cavalry ia Gen. Sigel’s command, wae stopped on bis way by a column of sebel cavatey passing down the pike leading to Aldie, Fe heard canvonading and saw shells exploding in tie Av Untimen.y Resurnxcrton. ator Wilson rises from the political grave in which we have laid him to say that the President does not like the results of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and In- diana elections, and regards them as favoring the rebellion. Senator Wilson is knowingly and maliciously guilty of a falsehood in this statement. Does he wish that we should again publish the proofs of the falsities of his state- ments in regard to McClellan and the stoppage of enlistments? Will he never rest quietly in a a ms i a direction of that place, It was suppssed thas the tomb in which we buried him. with the in. ] Genorais Buyard and Stuart were having’ a fight, scription on his monument, “ Here lies a great | st was ascertained that Genoral Stuart haw passed through Snickersville Gap the day before to this side of the mountain, with several thousand cavalry end four pioces of artillery, He encamped at Union that might, and yesterday pursued his way down the valley on a tres. General Pleasauton’s command hag been very actively engaged in scouring the country in the extreme fremt. On Thursday Companies A and B of the Third Indians cavalry, under Captain Patten, wont out to within a mnie of Snickersville, driving im tho robot pickets, A® that point the enemy were found with a tine of tlankers extending to the woods on the side of the moum tain. The sound of choir drums was soon heard, and the noise of their artillery rolling on the turnpike. About six: bundred rebel cavalry were seen bebiod a knoll close te Snickersville Gap. Infantry or dismounted cavalrymen were also seen in that vicinity. A few shots were ex- changed. We Leok two prisoners, Let him beware. political liar?” im. N. ‘The steamship Matanzas, Captaw Li aug, from New Opleans and’Matanzas, arrived yesterday, She brougiat bo Matanzae papers. We are indebted again to Mr. Hu. orta, the purser, for favors; ‘The atoamship Creole, Cagtain Couch, also came up yos- terday afternoon from New Orleans aud Koy West. Sho brings a maii {rom the fleet. Sho mado the run from the Dalizo to Key West in forty-eight hours, and experienced strong head winds, and very heavy woather the rest of tho passago. The purser will please accept our thanks for favors received. ‘ News from the Pacific. San Faanctsoo, Cal., Oct. 30, £862. The markets are quict. Butter has an upward toa- deucy. Tiout. Col. Rabbitt, of the Eight New York cavalry, ‘The weather, atti ia etorm of twonty-tour hen made n reconnoissauce to Union and Bloomaei’, ‘The rebel aksneic seceee shes ¥ ws pickots were found six miles fromm Union, and weredrivem towards Snickersvilte. From Union the revel pickets fled to bloomfield, within a short distance of whiet our party found three or four hundred rebel cavaity formet behind a high slene teace. on the road between Snickererilipaad Middleburg. Qur reconnoitering party passed within carbine range of them, and weat two-mites further para let wiph ttre rebel Line, but mo encounter took place: A Supposedirobel apy was caught on Thursday asa Goose eveek by our picket, A court martial wae immer diately convened. The proceedings were commence® Jast evening and resumed this morning, The case is act concluded yet. The cobets atil! appear in force ia the vicinity of Berry ville, and, with artillery, cavalry and infantry, appear determined to hold Snickorsville Gap: while: their army } operates in the valley. Yesterday Lieutenant Ward, of General Pleasanton'e staf, returned, having successfully established a-line of comraunication between our cavalry advance in: this te- cality and that of Geuveral Sigel's command ‘The steamer Sierra Nevada has arrived from the north. ‘ern coast, bringing 340 passengers aud $260,000 im tron sure from Oregon, and $36,000 from British Cotambia. ‘The Walts-Walla Siatesmaw of the 18th inst. publishes alotter irom James i. Pyle, one of tne escorts to the emigrant train. Ho left Omaha on the 16th of June, fot lowing in the rear of the emigration for Oregon and Wash - ington Territory, He estimates tue entire number of emigfants who have passed over that route this year at 10,000. He has positive iaformation that fifteen of this number wore killed-by Indians, and thinks there were no more killed. The health of the emigrants 1s excelient. ‘The deaths from disease are very few and their hardships inconsiderabie. San Francisco, Oct. 31, 18 Arrived, ship Fleet Wing, Boston. Sailed, Davy Crook. ett, Liverpool, carrying 46,000 sacks of flour, 500 kegs of East Boston syrup, soid toarrive at 62%gc. Money mar- ket casier than when tho last steamer nailed. On Atlantic cities five a six per cent premium, payable in coin; fifteen and twenty discount for currency; legal ten. der notes fourteen and sixteen discount. Market wel! supplied during the past month. $100,000 federal taxes were collected, at 30, for the National Sanitary Com- mittee will be shi from California to-morrow, and $20,000 from Nevada Territory. Saw Francisoo, Nov, 1, 1862. Arrived ship Cutwater, Boston. Satied steamshi Golden Age, Hudson commander, for Panama, cal rying 200 passengers and $930,000 in treasure for’ New York, and $760,900 for England.” Among the passengers was Senator Harding, trom Oregon. Arrived ship New Wirt, Boston. Sailed Raitle, Hong Patwmoyt, Va., Nov. 1, 1068 Our advance under Goneral Pleasanton left. Purcetivilie this morning, aud proceeded to Philmdit, which: was reached about eleven o'clock. A hundred'rebel cavalry were chased out of the town. Kong. Ship Cutwater reports, August 27, whea off Lign’ Pemien, caw © poll oi to be the Lrie ot | Pbilmont is about four miles from. Snickersviile. The New Bedford, although the name was not fully distin. [| town and the gap are in piain view from-bere. guisbable. The enemy is reported to be in considerable force es ‘The steamer Active has returned from the wreck of the Goldea Gate near Manzanilla, having left oathe 26th. Nothing had then been done towards recovering the treagure, A final attempt will be made on the 1st of November. A Man Merdered in the Bowery. Shortly before nine o'clock last night a most horrid murder was committed in the barroompof the “One Mile House,” kept by Patrick O'Brien, corner of Bowery and Rivington street. The victim was a young man about twenty-five years of age, and from his appearances re- spectable. Tt appears that about half-past eight o'clock a party of some dozen merrentered the saloon and called for drinks, which Thomas O’Brien, the bartender, says he served out to them. After this they got into'a dispute among themselves upon some question, and it ts said the deceased gave the lie to one of the party, who immedi- atoly produced a sinall revolver and discharged it in the face of the unfortunate yout ¥ ball entered just below the nose aud lodged in his head. He staggered backwards and fell upon the floor, the blood towing pro- fusely from the wound. ‘The police soon after arrive. and arrested Patrick and Thomas O'Briea , and conveyed them to the Tenth precinct station house, The body was also taken to the station house and the Coroner notified to hold an inquest. The deceased had not been recogaized ap to @ late hour iast night. Uppervitle. A detachment of our cavalry was gent to occupy the town of Union, where General Stuart encamped with his cavalry a few nights ago. Out of twenty-one citizens of Philmont arrested by Lieu- ! tenant Koen, the Provost Marshal, immediately after our occupation of the place, only two took the oath of alle giance. Ninetecn avowed themselves bitter secossionists, and distinctly refused to take the oath. Results of a Balloon Reconnolssaace from Bolivar Heights—Cannonading at Union, &c. 7 Harren’s Fener, Nov. 1, 166% Professor Lowe made a balloon, reconnoissance thie afternoon from Bolivar Heights. Rebel cavalry were discovered in some force @ short distance this sideot Charlestown, and three sections of battery stationed se as to command the turnpike which passes through the town. Tho rebels display themselves quite freely, with the evident design.of provoking an attack from our forces om Polivar Hoights, hoping to draw them within the readm of their masked batteries. They had evidently aoe reckoned on the balloon, and the plan won't work. ‘The cannonading at Union could be heard-quite plainky on Bolivar Heights, ‘The eorrespondent of the Bailimore Amcrican was ae rested, or, at least, ordered to be arrested, in conse- qneoce of the publication of contraband news in that pa- per on Monday and Tacaday last, and was aiso uotified that a repetition of the offence would we followed by the ‘exclusion of their correspondents from the line. The ‘War Pepartment did not pass the reports in question, ea they wero not telegraphed, and a pertion of thesame im- formation sent to the Hee aun was suppressed by the go~ vernment cenvor at Washington. The Rebel Forees Reinforced hy the Army Mrs, Lincoln, having enjoyed sevgral delightful aquatic excursions during the time she bas been stopping in this ¢ity, variod her pleasures yosterday by driving around (he upper part of the city. She left the Metropolitan Hotel jm an open barouche about two o'clock, and proceeded up town, where she was joixed by General Scott and Brigadier General Robert Anderson , of Fort Suzntor fame, The party were then driven along the Bloom iugdnle road and bom 9 the Central Park. They returned home about five o'clock, highly delighted with the afternoon's drive, Captain Moore and Dr. Jowett, of the United States Army; Robert Neil, of Ohio; ©. Guild and W. C. Hibbard of Beston; A. B. Wells,0f St. Louis, and Hilt, of Louisville, Ky. are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Lieutenant C, L. Sherman, of the United States Marine Corps; 3. W. a of the hg army; oe from Western Virginia—More Rumors Charles Greene, rego; Major H. %. Curtis and W. D. Paria, of St. Louis, aud E.8. Hildreth, of Boston, aro} of Pewee Pn oe Sas ac stopping at the Motrepolitan Hotel. REDERECK, Md., Nov, 1, 1862. W, P. Dean, of Washington; 8. Fawards, of Huson. N. | | Soewesionista here inform me that the rebel forces of ¥.; ©. Kojokorbocker, of Albay; 1. Chapin, of Rootes. | Western Virginia have joined General Lee's forces ia the . Jackson, of Delaware; @. ¢. Goodwin, H. K. Hor- | vaiiey, they have been added to Stonowall Jacksowa ton, and J. D. Warren, of Boston; R. A. Forsyth, of New burg; R. 0. Williams, of Havana, and J. 8. Young, of Philadelphia, are stopping at the Astor House. Nupvo’s Garnen,—Miss Matilda Heron made her rentree at Niblo’s Garden last night after a long retirement from the stage, occasioned by & severe domestic afilic tion. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity, and the distinguished actress was welcomed with» degree of warmth one is accustomea to see bo: stowed only upon anartist of Mr. Forrest's deep seated and unapproachable popularity. The play was ber own version of “La Da: aux Camelias,” or “Camille,” founded upon Du famous novel, in which Miss Heron mado her first great sensation, and in which she has had no equal since the retirement of Miss Joan Davenport, wife of the late General Lander. It is neediess to state that ker performance from be one continaed triumy The or immediate command, Thave reiiable information that after thie noxt general engagement propositions of peace will come frem Rioh- mond, The Rebels Still at Thoroughfare Gap— Attack on the Union Cavairy at Aldie. ‘Wasnnaton, Nov. 1, 1862. ‘Tho latest news from the front is that the rebels evoamped las night two miles east of that place, Thich fect itis tnforred that he repulsed the rebel’ foreey) News from Fortress Monroe. Fonrrnas Monon, Oct. 31, 1867s, ‘The steamboat Georgia, from Washington, arrived thie sworning with fifty rebel prisoners, to be sont/ap the river for exchange. Major General Dix arrived at Fortross Monroe t¥ .is morm. ing, on tho steamboat City of Hudson, from Way hington. ‘The flag of truce bont Metamora, in chaty,« of Major R. W. Shenk, returned at three o'clock tis afvernooa from Aikon’s Landing, bringing down e¥ghty paroled Union prisonors and Mr. W. P. Wood, Swyerintendent off the Old Capitol prison. A portion of the’ Union prisoners from Salisbary, N.C., had reached Ri¢.hmond, and were not allowed to proceed from there. Tiiey wore remande@ prison thera, ‘George D. Stooum, ihe ‘San Sainte, eapearen'ee ‘Yolnt ‘unciaditionsiig Samuel 8. Brush, anda