The New York Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1862, Page 4

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M. till Jor HOOLEY'’S OPERA House, Brooklyn, —Erm:orran 563 Broadway, — is Dances, Bunnsaves &e THER SITU ATION. The intelligence from McClellan's army is inte- resting, inasmuch as it shows that the recent bat @le at Barbour was a brilliant affair, “fought by cavalry alone, and between the best disciplined troops either army can produce.” The rebel Washing officer Stuart has been met by the equally ashing Union officer General Pleasanton, and this ‘time Stuart did net find his employment quite so easy as passing through undefended towns outside ‘the Union lines. The Union troops now occupy Warrenton in force, Seven rebel soldiers were captured in that town when our troops took possession. Stonewall Juckson with his command is re- ported in occupation of Choster Gap, recently re- counoitered by General Pleasanton. Snow has been falling everywhere, from Canada on the north to below Washington and the Blue Ridge on the south. These suows will speedily melt, and having fallen in heavy bodies must soon fill up the various streams recently dry, ahd cause &@ great rise in the Potomac and other rivers, This filling up of the important water courses will pre- vent any more rebel raids across the Potomac, and the river banks will require leas watching. The sudden cold will be a valnable ally to the Army of the Potomac, for the rebels are not pre- pared to meet it. Communication, so long cut off, has been re- Yened with Nashville, Tean. The inhabitants Yave, during their isolation, eaten up and worn » out nearly all they had inthe city, Nashville has been wel! fortified and cannot easily be taken. General Negley is on the alert for any and every chance to meet the rebels in fair fight. If the snow storm should have extended aa far west as Kentucky and Tennessee, the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers will also rise sufficiently to enabie our vessels to ascend to Nashville, Florence, Ala., and other important points in the new De- partment of the Cumberland. The Alabama has again becn heard of. Captain Reichery, of the British bark Mary, from Yarmonth, N.S., arrived at this port yeaterday and reported that on the Oth ult., in latitude 41, longitude 69:30, he saw two ships, From the description of the Alabama which he has read since his arrival here, he belicves one of the vessels to have been her, in pursuit of the other—an American craft—and gaining rapidiy. They were heading northeast by east, with the wind from tie southwest, and were | dictant from eighteen to twenty miles. ! Inquiries were made at the State Department i yesterday about the current statements of Mr. Seward's having been consulted by Mr. Buchanan | fn the closing period of his administration; also @bout the startling hostile announcements having beom made by M. Mercicr to the Secretary of Btate, and about the “protracted, adjourned and anxious meetings of the Cabinet, invoiving serious military and Cabinet changes." The Secretary simply replied to the inquiry thut the alleged con. sultations between himself and Mr. Buchanan were imaginary; the reported propositions of M. Mercier were apochtyphal, and the alleged Cabinet meetings fabulous. The Norwegian, at Father Point, telegraphe | Qews from Europe to the 24th of October—five | days later. The London Times canvases, in its city a. the foasibility of the rebel government collecting @ad forwarding to Europe one million bales of cot- ton, and the selling it, subject to all contingen- Gies, as contemplated on paper lately in the South- | rn capital. The writer saya that ‘speculators might be tempted” to buy the article if the “mar. ‘gin of profit offered was very large; but it is evident that he did not believe in the possibility of @etting the cotton through the Union Wlockading | Geet. } The London News thinks that the prospo.t of @ foderal triumph over the rebels were never were | at bright. The London Zimes finds much consolation in the financial reports brought from New York by the City of Baltimore, and states that “money | thas commenced to feel the dangers which threaten the country, without single Confederate Sinte | Conquered or likely to be.”’ Recognition of the South and intervention were till written and spoken of in Liverpool and other morcantile and manufacturing towns of England. ‘The rates of insurance on “all American ves 4 ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEM 8. Haiib Ae sat | sets"? had been advanced from two to three per ; hemp, groceries ond naval stores wore quiet. Metals | cent at Lloyds, London, in consequence of the ravages of the pirate Alabama. The advance de- | manded in Liverpool ran as high as five guineas per cent. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Cunard steamship Scotia, from Queenstown, on the 26th of October, was off Fire Island last ‘Thursday evening, on her voyage to this port. She took a pilot, at the time experiencing a heavy wind which was blowing from the eastward. The Scotia lay off during the night, and yesterday (Friday) morning felt the effects of the heavy snow sterm which set in so unexpectedly. She was thus detained during the forenoon; at half- past four o’clock in the afternoon we received a despatch from our news agent in the port, stating that he kept a steamer in readiness to board the Scotia whenever she made her appearance at Quarantine, and obtain her news and forward it to our office. He added, however, that the gale had not then abated, and, judging from the appear- ance of the weather, he did not think the vessel would come within the harbor during the night. ‘The news by the Scotia is two days later than the advices of the Norwegian, at Father Puint, pub- lished in the Henan to-day. The Norwegian, from Londonderry on the 24th ult., arrived at Father Point yesterday morning on her voyage to Quebec. Her newsis five days Jater than the report of the Arabia, published in the Hxxap on the 2d and 3d instants. The Liverpool cotton market closed firmer on | the 23d ult., with an upward tendency. Surats ad- vanced one-half of a penny per pound. Bread- stuffs had improved, and were looking upward. Provisions were dull, with quotations unchanged. Congols closed in London at 9334 a 937%. American securities wore heavy, and all descrip- tions slightly lower. It was thought that M. Fould and the Count de Persigny would remain in the French Cabinet. Sir Benjamin Brodie, the eminent English surgeon, is dead, The alarming reports concerning the health of Garibaldi continued to prevail. It was even ru- mored that he was dead; but the latest despatches state that he had been removed to Spezzia, and bore the journey well. A breakfast was yesterday given at the Astor House to Col, Chickering and officers of the For- ty-first Massachusetts regiment, pow en rove to the seat of war, by the sons of the old Bay State. After breakfast a large company of ladies assem- wied, as it was understood that General Banks would speak on the occasion. On entering the room General Banks was received with a round of applause, which was continued for a couple of minutes. Professor Hitchcock delierved the wel- come address, and was followed by General Banks himself, who made a very impressive and eloquent speech on the war, Colonel Chickering and other »Micers also spoke. A full report of the proceed- ings, which were very interesting, will be found elsewhere. The Aldermanic Committee on Ordinances, who have the petroleum question under consideration, met egain yesterday, pursuant to adjournment, Alderman Frear in the.chair. The insurance com- panies were largely represented, and a great many of the shippers and manufacturers of crude pe- troleum were also in attendance. A great deal of interest seems to be felt relative to the presence of crude petroleum in our city, its manufactare into refined oil, and the carelessness with which the article is stored and handled. In reply to Alderman Mitchell, Mr. Stebbins, of the firm of Schicffelip Brothers, large dealers in the article, said that his firm had been dealing in crude petroleum since it was first discovered, and he thought, while it was exceedingly dangerous, people were entirely too mauch alarmed about it. However, he thought that the plan suggested by the insurance companies— namely, that of exc uding crude petroleum from the city of New York—was exceedingly wise, but after crude petroleum had been distilled, it ought to be considered marketable in New York after a fixed temperature had been determined upon. He was in favor of fixing the temperature at one hun- dred and ‘en degrees of Fahrenheit. Mr. Cun- ningham, of the firm of J. H. Brundage & Co., and several other dealers, spoke of the detriment it would be to their business were the Common Coun. cil to frame any prohibitory law against the use og crude petroleum or its manufacture into refined oilin the city. Mr. Heild and Mr. Douglass made some remarks on behalf of the insurance compa- nies, urging the protection of the citizens and their ty from the danger to which they were ex- e use of the combustible matter un- asideration, as well as protection to the in- ‘ance compa It seemed to be the impres™ sion that the p: leum would not be dangerous were the vaporizing point fixed at from 110 to 125 degrees. A very ingeniously contrived and vaina- ble little instrument, called “the oil pyrometer,” invented by My. Guiseppe Tagliabue, of No. 298 Pear! street, was here introduced, when a quantity of petroleum oil was tested in it. It was found to vaporize at 90 degrees, and the oil burned at 110, thus showing the test to be a safe standard, ac- cording to the apparatus, which is said to be the most accurate yet invented. The committee then adjonried + t Friday, when an ordinanco will be deny stisfactory character. Charles Hulett, conservative, is elected to the Assembiy of this State in Chemung county, ins of 4 | stead of Tracy Beadle, republican, whose name | was given in our list. Brigadier General R. B. Marcy, Chief of General | MeClellan’s staff, arrived in Philadelphia on sick leave on Wednesday, having left Berlin, Md., on the previous day. Mrs. Marcy is with him. The time for receiving substitutes for drafted men in Maryland closed on Wednesday, and @ large number of thoso who held themselves at a high fignre were jeit on the market. There are two thousand two hundred patients in the military hospitals at Louisville, Ky. It is rumored that the proprietors of the daily journals of Baltinore contemplate cithe: raising their prices or reducing the dimensions of their papers. Genera! Sherman recommends the soldiers to give all their surplus provisions to the starving poor of Memphie. A petition from the inhabitants of Norfolk and Portamouth, and Princess Anne, Nansemond and Norfolk counties, Va., is to be presented to the government asking the opéning of the port of Nor- folk to trade. Throngh a difference of opinion among the members of the Cabinet the port is sealed. The Albany -irgus of yesterday had returns from ail the Assembly districts. It gave the names of sixty-iive conservatives elected and sixty. three republicans. Augustus ©. Baldwin, conservative, fe el cted to Congress in the Fifth district of Michigan, over Rowland ©. Trowbridge, republica ronsand Joyal refugee Indians revenily at Le Roy, Coffee county, Kansas, h ¥ decided to apply for permixsion to fight the rele i Tndians, who have been inatrumental in driving tiem from their homes, in the abori- i yle of warfare. The stock market was dull and lower yesterday, cape cially on the railroad shares. Speculation in these secu- ritiee appears to have died out. Money was in good request at six Pox cent in the strect; but the old houses continue to be supplied at five. Gold gold at 18%, but afterwards feli to 151%;. Exchango was quoted firm at 145}, 4146, The import of dry goods fur the week was only $426,017 ‘The snow storm interrupted business yesterday. The rise in gold and exchange enabied holders of four and wheat to establich a slight advance in prices, the inguiry having been fair, in part on speculation. There was much firmness in the cotton market, but less activity. ‘The transactions in pork and lard were liberal, while beef, | | meres less freely purchaseé. Whiskey was plenty and heavy. Spioes were in lively request. Tho freight mar ket was inactive, without any remarkable change in rates. The Late Elections—The “Admninistration and the War. The late eleotions of the rich, populous and powerful Central States of the Union have, it appears, made a profound impreasion upon the administration circles at Washington, and cspe- cially among the astounded radical leaders of the republican party. A mysterious but spon” taneous and irresistible reaction in the public mind has quietly been developed into 4 great political revolution. An opposition conserva- tive majority this year of ten thousand in this State againsta republican majority of last year exceeding one hundred thousand leaves not a peg to hang a doubt upon. The solution is sim- ple and easy. Last year the republican party stood upon the conservative war%platform of President Lincoln, and they carried everything before them. This year they have proclaimed the platform of a fierce and exterminating abo- lition crusade, and they are repudjated by the people. Hence the consternation and confusion among the abolition radicals, and their vain and foolish efforts to ‘explain away their late crush- ing defeats. The all-powerful Central States, stauding be- tween the two extremes of Northern abolition fanaticism and Southern rebellion, demand the prosecution of this war for the restoration of the Union, and for nothing more, but for nothing less. This is the paramount expression of these late elections. But there are mauy inci- dental issues comprehended in this grand idea. In corrupt jobs and contracts, and in the waste- ful mismanagement of army supplies, many millions of tie public money have been squandered and thrown away. In these things there has been a degree of recklessness, cupidi- ty, corruption and shameless audacity among the spoilsmen without a parallel in the history of the civil commotions of any country except Mexico. The people from whose pockets these millions of money have been drawn and wasted demand retrenchment and reform. They look to the President, the responsible head of the government, to correct these abuses, and to punish or displace every sub- ordinate, civil or military, great or small, proved to be corrupt, disobedient, factious or incompetent, Under the last Presidential term of General Jackson his pet bank system resulted in a pa- per currency inflation which created a general jubilee of speculation and universal prosperity, But under his immediate successor, Van Buren, pay day came, and. with it a sweeping financial revulsion, which not only dissipated all the castles of speculators built in the clouds, but shook the whole fabric of public and pri- vate credit to its foundation. What was the consequence to the party in power? It ‘was swept away in the popular tornado of 1840. So now, as they begin to feel the pressure of war taxes, war tariffs, stamp acts, a depreciated paper curren. cy, war prices, the uncertainties of trade, the decline in public securities, the lack of confi- dence between man and man, the draft, and the slow and indecisive advances of their fleets and armies, the people arey becoming impatient for some gleams of daylight to guide them out of this darkness. They demand some reforma. tion of the financial blunders of Mr. Secretary Chase, some consistent paper money system ; but, above all, they demand that this everlast- ing negro question shall no longer interfere with the earnest and systematic prosecution of this war. The conservative people of the great central States, who have thus risen to demand friin the government retrenchment, reform, honesty, ac- tivity, union and decisive resulta in the conduct of the war, have freely given untold millions of their resources, and have as freely offered up their sons and brothers by hundreds of thon- sands for their great cause. They have, there” fere, the right to demand some compensating Tesulte for these great sacrifices; some heayy blows at the vital points of the rebellion, which willopen the way to a glorious deliverance. This demand has been made with emphasis and with something of public indignation, in’ view of the fact that the men and the means at the service of the government were sufficient in the beginning, and are sufficient now, to crush out this rebellion in ninety days. We rely upon the President to respond to the popular voice and to meet the just expectations of the country. The idea was broadly put forth by at least one of the democratic speakers in the recent canvass in this State that he would pursue the war to the occupation of Richmond; and that then, if the rebellious States continued intractable, he would say, “Wayward sisters, depart in peace.” But this notion is simply absurd. Where would be the boundary ine? How and where would the Mississippi be di- vided between the two confederacies? The Governor elect took the ‘proper view of the subject, in a late speech, when he declared that the conservative party of the North can agree to no other peace than a peace founded upon the submission of the revolted States. We believe, too, that with the reoccupation of Richmond by “the old flag,” the door will be opened to this desirable peace, and that the grand army of the Union, under General McClellan, now holds and commands the right of way to the rebel capital. Let President Lincoln apply all his energies to the great desideratum of the occupation of Richmond, and, if successful before the lst of January, we are confident that the enforcement of his emancipation proclamation will be in- definitely postponed. With the loss of Rich- mond the prestige of Jeff. Davis in Europe will be gone, and his confederacy will there be ac- cepted asa failure; his Confederate scrip will, in a few weeks, become worthless, even in Sonth Carolina, and bis bankrupt government will becoue @ beggarly vagrant, and cease to be followed by the deluded people it has so re- moreely despoiled of their young men and s0 nearly brought to the last extremities of desti- tution. We are assured, too, that from the army under General McCiellan we may expect a decisive settiement with the rebel General Lee, Thus before the expiration of the present mouth the whole face of things may be so changed as fully to justify the suspension of | \ the emancipation proc}aination. At all events the late elec!ions of the Central | States admonish our patriotic and sagacions President of the dangers which lie before him, of the malign abolition infinonces whioh it is his duty to avoid, and of the way to honor and glory, and safety and success, Let him walk therein, and he may yei inherit the good fortune of President Monroe, in the merging of all gage. ties, North and South, into the party of the ad- | ministration, arvVl Wal ied f : The Winter Campaign by Land and Sea. The winter campaign seems fully planned and fairly inaugurated, The apparently long season of preparation necessary to vigorous aud comprehensive forward movements has at last ended, and the Union forces aro again in motion. Those of ovr readers who have com- pared, digested and combined the reporis of the advances of the four great divisions of our army, and-the preparations made to briag into action both our river and ocean navies, have already comprehended the great plan of this winter campaign, and the glorious results which, if properly prosecuted, it will undowbt- edly secure to the country. In Virginia the forces under McClellan, Cox» Sigel and Heintzelman are now engaged in operations of the utmost importance. The suc- cesses, the skirmishes and the gradual ad- vances of these forcés, which we record day by day in our news columns, indicate all that it is prudent for us to reveal at present in regard to the ultimate intention of McClellan’s operations, It is very evident, however, that as we secure and hold the passes of the Blue Ridge one by one, and slowly move along the east side of that mountain range, the rebel army under Lee becomes imprisoned on the west side of the mountain, is prevented from reaching the for- tified fords of the Rappahannock, and is forced gradually farther and farther away from Rich- mond, which our army is as gradually approach- ing, and that at the same time Washington is protected from attack, and its vicinity is no longer exposed to sudden and annoying rebel raids. Whether McClellan intends to force [Lee into a general and de- cisive engagement, or to cut him off from supplies and reinforcements and destroy him at leisure, or to shut him up in the valley and then make a sudden and successful descent upon Richmond, beaving Lee imprisoned be- tween the mountains, is, of course. conjectural. The strategical movements in Virginia resemble those of a.game at ehess, when one player so places his strong pieces as to cover his own king and force his opponent into such a posi- tion that his checkmate is inevitable. General McClellan has doubtless determined when and how he will checkmate Lee, and those of us who can neither understand nor explain his moves, any more than we could those of Paul Morphy, must confidently await the victories which will undoubtedly result from his combi- nations. But other divisions are advancing besides that of McClellan. From Kentucky we learn that Rosecrans, having assumed the command formerly held by Buell, has left Lonisvitle to join his army, now bivouacked in Kentucky, along the Tennessee line. General Rosecrans has at least two great objects to achieve. In the first place, he must protect Nashville, an important military centre; and, in the second piace, he must perform an imperative duty— hitherto strangely and unwisely neglected by our military authorities—by entering and hold” ing East Tennessee, and liberating its oppress- ed but lnflexible Union patriots from the in- famous tyrannies and outrages of Jeff. Davis’ despotism. The occupation of East Tennessee will give us possession of a most important strategical base of operations, sever the great rebel artery of the’ Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, which connects with the roads in Vir- ginia, Georgia and Alabama; cut off the south- western from the eastern portion of the confede- racy, and completely hem in the Virginia rebels, If General Rosecrans shall neglect to perform successfully either of these important and in- dispensable duties he will fail to satisiy the just expectations of his superiors and the coun- | try. From General Rosecrans, however, we need anticipate no such failure, and his part of the winter campaign may be regarded as cer- tain of achievement. Proceeding still further West, therefore, we find that Gen. Grant has lo!t Bolivar and advanced to La, ge, on the line of the Charleston and Memphis Railroad, en route probably for Holly Sp: 8, Where the rebel Generals Pemberton and Price are said to have conceatrated an army of about fifty thousand rebels. The defeat and dispersion of this army, by way ofa ‘sequel to the victories of Rosecrans and Hurlbut at Corinth, ave perhaps the objects of General Grant’s movements, If so, that sec- tion of the country will soon be clear of any organized rebel force. In the meantime Gen- erat Curtis is clearing out the valley of Arkan- sas, and a part of his army, under General Schofield, is reported at tho Boston Mountains, having defeated the Confederates in several ca- gagements and driven them to the mountains for refuge. Besides these movements of our armies, seve- ral expeditions are now organizing or in actual motion for points not yet revealed to the public, and the probability is that we shall receive intelligence before long of expeditionary operations quite as important as those against New Orleans and Port Royal. The flotilla of Commo- dore D. D. Porter, for service on the Mississippi, isnow nearly ready for action, and will soon give us control of that river. This accom- plished, the rebellion will be literally dis- severed, the rebel Stutes east of the Mississippi will be completely isolated from those west and southwest, and Jpff. Davis’ confederacy will practically consist only of those seceded States along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean, Thus the blockading squadrons along the seacoast and the river blockades on the Mississippi, Ohio aad Potomac will environ at least three-fourths of rebeldom with a cordon of gunboate, and leave our armies free to guard that small interval of territory between the Ohio and the Potomac, and to advance upon and annihilate the rebel armies. It only remains for President Lincoln to puta stop to all that squabbling between generals and politicians 40 explicitly rebuked by the people at the recent eleetions, aud to insist upon it that these move- ments shail be vigorously and successfully car” ried ont, and the end of tho rebellion will be cerlain. We hope, therefore, that the President wil devole his whole attention to this winter compoign by land and sea, urge Secretary Welles into greater activity in regard to our jrom-clad navy and the pirate Alabama, and improve to the ntmost this glorions opportunity of immor'alizing himself, restoring the Union, and convincing the world of our power to | maintain and defend our nationality. Space ANstutLarKo.—On Thursday a telegra- phic despatch from this city was sent to San Francisco between the hours of for and five in the afternoon, the answer to which was received between six and seven that evening. Taking into consideration the fact that there is a difference hetweon the cities of New York und San Fran- | cisco of théee hours and u quarter of time, we Lierally find space overcome by the telegraph. 1864, The distance is about tree thor dred miies, and is greater | thao ony cireuit ever worked in the history of wlesrapbing. The despatches sent over the famous Atlantic cable from Newfoundland to Valencia, 1 lreland, Proved that fora length of, say two ‘hous miles, electricity was applicable; but the great feat performed on Thursday would go to preve | that no limit exists to the power of the electric i spark, The lines from Cape Race and New- foundland might be added to the Pacific lines, and a continuity of five thonsand wiles be ob- tained, enabling the citizens of San Fran- cisco to receive news from Europe in six days, Mow wonderful are the results of science, and | what may we not yet accomplish with elestri- city. The friends of the Atlantic cable will | carey take courage from the wonderful success of the Pacific line of telegraphs, and we may now hope for some active steps in the matter of con- necting this continent with Europe. We may, and that at no great distance of time, see the world girdled by these electric wires. Who can tell where the power of this great invention ceases ? Tho Rumors of Intervention on the Part of Bri Sinco the elections an attempt has been made to force upon the public the belief that our relations with France are upon an un friendly footing, and that danger exists of an immediate recognition by that Power of the Davis government. We have reason to believe these assertions unfounded. No doubt thé French government has made representations to the administration at Washington as regards the imprisonment of French subjects in New Orleans, and against acts of General Butler complained of by the French Consul. All this isin due course of diplomacy, and &s our go- vernment will give heed to the demands of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and grant reparation where it may »e due. we see no cause for disquietude in the facts. As far a@ regards recognition of the seceded States by France, we believe the matier quite | out of all probability for the present, as it is well understood in Europe that no steps con- cerning our affairs will be taken by any Eu- Topean government until afier the Ist of next January. This is a natural result of the President’s emancipation decree: Reduced thus to their true dimensions, the docu ments banded to our administration by the French Minister at Washington lose the grave importance attributed to them by some of our contemporaries and become what they really are—ordinary despatches, having reference to an unpleazant subject, to be sure, but quile capable of a friendly solution. Our advices from Paris go to show that the tone of the despatches in question is unusually friendly, and, as the information is obtained from 9 source generally correct, we are inclined 40 place reliance upon it.. There is every pro” babtlity, judging from the changes in the French ministry, that the relations between France and | England will grow cooler, and that, as a natural result, there will be more cordiality in the rela-.| tions between the Emperor Napoleon’s govern- ment and ours. An impression of hostility to England is gaining ground throughout France, and no doubt this is at the instigation and by permission of the Emperor. Should Nupo- leon turn the cold shoulder to England, all chances of a recognition of the Davis government by any European Powe, would vanish aud the setllemont of the struggle in the United States become a matter more easily accomplished. Be that as it may, we have but little fear of European intervention now. The results of our late elections will be consirued in Europe asa rebuke against the military and financial conduct of the war up to the present time and a: determination to bring | about a change—in fact, that the people have awakened to the necessity of prompt, vigorous, overwhelming action—and Europe will appre- ciate that at such a time intervention would bring ona general war, or,in the words of Mr. Seward, “ extend the area of hostilities.” The people of the North, fully droused, will conquer or die, and foreign Powers will look twice ere they run counter to such a determination, To return to the subjoct of the despatches from the French government, we believe them to refer simply to the acts of General Buller ag New Orleans, and that upon the subject of in tervention no word is said. We are quite pre pared to find efforts being made to induce the public into the belief that all kinds of misfor- tunes are at hand. We doubtless have much to endure yet; but when the conservatives are fairly in power we shall expect to be saved the annoyances ef indecision, of extravagance, of corruption and mismanagemeut, and, above all, the disgrace of foreign iatervention. We are inclined to belicve that for the future we shall prove to the world that we are fully capable of taking care of ourselves, and, can settle our quarrels without the aid of other parties. Miurrary Preraratiovs tn Canaps.—Some curiosity has been created by the transfer of alarge quantity of ammunition and military stores from Quebec to near the United States border line, and the despatch of an additional regiment from Halifax to Canada. These move- ments are looked upon by the timid as indicat- ing an apprehension on the part of the Cana- dian goverment that the present amicable rela- tions between England and the United States are likely to be soon interrupted. We do not at- tach any such importance tothem. The arrange. ments in question are merely the execution of the plan of internal defence agreed upon at the time of the Trent difficulty, and have not been influenced by recent considerations. But, sup . posing they were, we have no occasion to quar- rel with them. They will only serve to place within our reach, in the event of a war with England, large depots of militery stores and ammunition. As to the actual military force of Canada being strengthened by further additions i from the English army, no fears need be | entertained on that score. The authorities in England had enough of the expense {ocurred in sending out eight or ten regime nts on tha occasion, and they accordingly informed the Canadians that they must for the futurepro- vide for the defence of their own territory. After all, what could the small additional num- ber of troops that England might spare from her limited army effvet in a war with us? We surrendered, without missing thom, at Harper's Ferry, a¢ many regiments as she sent out to ona war with the United States! It ts the appreciation of these facts that renders the Canadian authorities alive to the necessity of carrying out the plan originally agreed upon with the home government. The movements | referred to are, therefore, to be attributed | rather to motives of Penn than to any pre- Goethe nd five hun. | | were silenced in Austria by the armed inte4 | poteon and the re-establishment of the Nay ‘trived to conciliate the republicans of Franc | by New York for the interest and a morving, and in Brooklyn at two o'¢' (ook ia tL a id between the (a — Ln I Porrrtoas, Aarratte.’3 IN Bynore, mOut lati advices from Europe lave the sound of mutt ing thunder in the distance, Tose comp: | hensive popular notions of popuist ‘ly! | which shook the Continent like an eart! in 1848-49 have not been extinguished. vention of Russia, in Rome by a French arm, | and im France by the coup d'etat of Louis Ni | jeonic empire and dynasty. Since then the ré publican revolutionary elements of France an the Continent have beon amused by the Russia war, thewar in Italy, the consolidation of Ftalss the mysterious but promising manifestatidns « Louis Napoleon in regard to the temporal pow« of the Pope, and that tremendous enterprise ¢ the Emperor Alexander-—the liberation of 1 serfs of his empire. ’ But Louis Napoleon, it appoars, has at lengt changed front. He has joined the church part of the Empress, and has gone over to the Popé Naturally enough this sudden conversion, a though it may appear miraculous, has -resu!te: iu a ministerial crisis, involving the necessity anew Cabinet. But if the trouble goes no fw ther Louis Napoleon will be a fortunate mar” Thus far, with remarkable skill, he has co: but he abandons them in abandoning Youn, § Ttaly for the old Pope. This isa mistake, an Louis Napoleon, we apprehend, will soon di: ] cover that it is a very serious one ; for the mc dern ideas of popular liberty, of which Youn Italy is the representative, are not onlystrong: | in Italy than the Pope, but stronger in Franc than the Emperor. In undertaking to carr the Pope over all the obetructioas of publi | opinion the Emperor places himself under th load of the “old man of the sea,” and fortuna‘ will it be for all concerned if this burden ca) be dislodged before it breaks down the carrie In the stately, precise, stiff and conventione | kingdom of Prussia, an event has come off equ | valent tos coup d’eat or a revolution. Th” Lower House of the Diet having, on constiti tional grounds, flatly refused to appropriate th iS extravagant army budget demanded by th King, and having flatly joined issue with him o | that subject, he abruptly adjourned ‘the tw: houses sine die and sent the members home ward. This bold and hazardous experimeat « kingly authority over constitutional law w be very apt to stir up the republican element « all Germany. In conjunction with Louis Nap. | leon’s retrograde policy, it may produce a gsi eral revolutionary agitation. In these days (7 thought and discussion, when the Europe: Continental States are not at war with eac other, they are sure to find work enough home. But, after all, in different forms only, i) is the old story of the Roman empire repeater of a foreign war or an internal commotio: Thus the chances.of European intervention i American affairs vanish in the smoke of Eur” pean complica‘tons. Race oF Tux Pur.apeLpata Press.—-On of the Philadelphia papers is extremel wroth with the city of New York because of “| overshadowing political, commercial and fina: cial interests and influence. The results of tl ’ recent elections, overturning and Seuahiiy radical anticipations and prospects, hav) quite deranged the stomach of our contemp: rary. If the abolition sentiment of Pennsylv nia and New York had prevailed in the rece: elections, we should have had loud Jo paar fromthe radical disorgunizers of the republica party. The grand triumph of democratic pri: ciples, and the extraordinary revulsion of pul lic sentiment shown by the elections, hav: however, completely silenced the abolitio enemies of the country. Among the rest, w have this Philadelphia editor raving’ in fur and bitterness against New York. All the a vantages of the Empire City—nataral, artifici: or commercial—are treated as if they wei elements of evil, instead of blessin to the whole nation. Everything dor vancement of the whole Union is regarded : an encroachment upon the welfare of Pennsy vania. If we build the best iron gunboats an stoops-of-war, Philadelphia objects to it. If w recoive and éntertain the Japanese Ambassador and the Prince of Wales, the people of th Quaker City shrug their shoulders and refur to be comforted. If we beat the abolitionis' in fair fight in the elections throughout th couatry, they become frantic and desperat«) gash their teeth in helpless despair, and insis ” that all is done to secure the trade of the worl.) Now this is all nonsense, and the Philadelphi press ought to know it, New York is, of neces sity, geographically and politically, the grea! central city of the Union. Philadelphia can o more be New York than New York cau be Hc! boken. There can be no rivalry between thee; two cities, The one will always initiate grea movements—the other must copy and imitat © them. New York is a great commercial empc rium—the rising centre of the trade of the whol | world---while Philadelphia is but a third rat inland town, cut off entirely from the vast mar: time advantages of the Empire City. No wonder, then, that New York builds mor ships and gunboats, uses up more money an resources in the progress‘of civilization; rear more fortifications and launches more oces steamers, and in every way eolipses the bright ness of Philadelphia and all the other cities 0” the Union. This is the natural order of thing: which cannot be reversed, and it is to be hope: that the Philadelphians will be convinced o the truth, and cease to reflect upon the powe | and influence of the chief city of Amerien. i Tux Drart To s& Canrisp Ovr.—All the pr parations incident to the enforcement of tt draft in this city and Brooklyn are comple te aud it is confidently expected by the chi commissioner, General Anthon, that the vray ing will take place on Monday next. Th heads of the various municipal departmer its ar invited to be present, so as to lend their offici: sanction to the proceedings and to giv o assu anoe that everything ts done fairly. It is commence in this city at ten o’cle ck in tt afternoon. The lista of persous lig blo to mi} tary service are completed, althoug :h, of cours they contain tho names of muny , who, on count of aliemage, physical debi ity and othe oauses, may still claim exemptiy yn. Each nam is written on a stip of paper, W/uich is folded uy and all are to be placed in, » large revolvin box, from which they are to be drawn, one b one, by a blind man engaged for the purpox ‘This insures impartiality. Those whese name are drawn will be notified of the fact, and the will still—as we understand the law—have fiv days within which to prove theiy non-liabilit to military service or to procure substitutes, ‘The chief commissioner oanhot yet say pos! vely how many are to be drafted from thi