The New York Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1862, Page 4

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MINSTREL HALL, 51¢ Broadway.—Ermiortan sas, Dances, Ac.—Biap HuNTsus, ALACE OF MUSIC, Fouttcenth atrcet,~Casepaute’s Nieteets—Songs, Dances ann Buncgsaues. % HAPEL No, 720 Broadway.—-Exminition oF 07 THEATRE AND MUSIO-HALL, Oana! ANOS, BULLESQUES, ie. HALL, 616 Broadway. —Drawixa T OF WONDERS. 663 Broadway. — ALM. UL10 P, HOOLEY'S OPRTA HOUSE, Brookiyn—Ernoriax | Bongs, Danous, RL ms &c } SIDPVATIO din Washington nt that Gen. MoClel- he supreme command | ¢ Potomac, and that General $ appointed in his pl General | vid, will take con of General Buinvide's comps d'armee. Rumors were rife for some past that in the event of the York cl he favorable to A) Clellan would st bul few credited the statement. removal, therefore, somewhat s of the national capital yes- bt will the whole country fact, did not recoive much nat first. the a The roport of hie atertiod the res: it no oe in We NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1862. participators in the late horrible massacres, and are condemned to be hung, and it is said that the people of Minnesota, to a man, are in favor of their immediate execution. By the Scotia at this port we have European ad- vices to the 26th of Ootober—two days later. The American war question engaged the atten- ‘tion of the English people more and more every day. Our files contain letters and speeches on the subject by Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Cobden, Major Beresford, Mr. Du Cane, Captain Jervis, Mr. Mil. ler, Mr. Peacocke, Mr. Ouslow, and Sergeant Pi- gott, members of Parliament; @ letter from the Right Hon. Mr. Gladstone in explanation of his late specch at Newcastle; the opinions of the Loudon journals, as well as the comments and suggestions of the Christian members of the Evangelioal Alliance in Paris and London. Mr. Lindsay and tho majority of his fellow logis- lators advocate the catise of Joff. Davis, and‘ ask for tho recognition of the South aga nation. They eondemn both the intent and policy of the eman- cipation proclamation, and evidently anticipate an immodiate dissolution of the Union. On the other hand, Messrs. Onslow, M. P., and Pigott, M. P., support the arguments of the abolitionists, and are indignant at the idea of England holding fellowship with a people “fight- ing ‘only for the perpetuation of sla- very. Mr. Peacock, M. P., asserted that he had “the highost authority" for sayipg that ‘it was the earnest and sincere desire of the Soutf¥rn confederacy that they should be recognized as an independent State by the Europcan Powers.” The honorable gentleman further asserted, on ‘‘very good authority,’ that the Emperor Napoleon bad told Mr. Slidell that ‘‘personally ho was in favor of # recognition of the South; but that he was un- willing to take any step except in concert with England.” Mr. Cobden delivered an important and lengthy “address before the Manchester Chamber of Com- merce, stating his opiuion of the ‘evil’? done to England by the existing. state of in. ternational and maritime law, which he declared. was - maifly maintained by the government of Great Britain, and urging the formation of some association to place a pres- sure on the government to procure the abolition of blocakade of all commercial ports by belliger- ents, aud the exemption from capture of all ves- sels of commerce not actually engaged in the conveyance of munitions or contraband of war, He endorsed the position of the United States government on the question in 1856, as taken in the offer made to the European Powers after the signing by them of the articles of the treaty of el steamer Gladiator had arrived pool, from Bermuda, with fifteen hundred The Anglo-r in Liver, rn cotton. She was convoyed to t Admiral Wilkes’ crulsers—by the British war ve el Desperate. Hercommandor made a report in England to the effect that Admiral Wilkes was “blockading” the | ports of Bermuda. A somewhat depressing offect | duced on the London Stuck Exchange by this statoment, and counsels doclined during busi- ness hours. Mr, Gladstone now gives a written explanation of n- The official r releasing Gencral MeClel- fan from the co: 1 of the army was re. Geived at hen ra yesterda ternoon, rd was presented by 4 Ajatant seral Buckingham in Mo- toly issuedia wuss "teay > command to Geir. aside, farewell of the wiea who had tach aad eaered hie lovg campaigns. McCiclian is ordered to report at Trenton, Now Jorsey, and leaves for that place to-day. at- tended by his whole etalf. Mosntime the of the Potomac is cheerful him so gallantly throu end ardnous intelligence from” the Army enough. While uc troops on the Potomac, under their late ge'lant commander, are advancing, the rebels ap. pear tot ing southward. General Reynolds took poesession of Warrenton on Friday’, the re- be!ls, under Hill, having just evacnated it. General Longatrect, with his rebel forces, left Culpepper on Baturday list. It was talked about that General Tee had ‘‘eleded" General McCicllan by these retreats, and that Lee had succeeded in @etting a large portion of his force to Gordons- qille, Gens, Hill and Stuart, it is said, are bringing ep the roar of Gen, Leo's army. A battle near Warronton wae predicted at that point vy the @ecemion sympattizers, who represent that Stene- wall Jackson wae only ten miles distant with 70,000 mea, and that Bragg had reached Gordons- ville with large force. The absurdity of these etatements will pe readily seen. General Fits John Porter has been ardered to Washington to answer to charges preferred ageiast bim by General Pope a long time ago, when the latter officer was in command in Virgi- @is. Our readers will remember the circum. @tances of these charges, as published in @olamas at the time. General Porter hes been Going brave service to his country since then, and We presume will be ablo to bear the brunt of sa investigation into his conduct during the defeat of General Pope at Bull run. It will be econ by docamonte ia another colamna that the draft fn this city has been indefinitely Postponcd—a fact which wil! no doubt be hailed ‘With considerable relief by many anxious persous Who do not aspire to the honor of compulsory mili- tary service. Arumor was circulated in the city yeaterday that an expedition under General Foster had sur’ rounded three thousand rebels at Plymouth, North “‘arolinia, aud compelled them to surrender uncon- ‘tionally, There is wo confirmation whatever of is story. The latest news from Fortress Mofroe oresents everything quiet there and at Suffolk. An attack on Nashville, Tem., by the rebei Conetals Breckinridge, Polk and Morgan, with 24,900 men, on Friday, reaches as from Louisville, 0 ‘he authority of an escaped prisoner from Le- Danon, Ky. The city was assaalted on both sides, Wed the rumorwont that the rebels were repalecd @t one side, while the reault of Gevers! Polk's was not knowa, ‘The Indian war im Kirnesote bas ented disas- Wrously for the ted mon who participated tn the Wassacrés of white people. Over three Todfane have bees convicted by tho Mi. (Pt Commlasion 51 the Lower Gioun Aaoney, on retir hrough his sccretary:— hi t, however, be reapon- ible for the inferences which, from your letter, su appear to have drawn from hfs statementa— ore 30,89 they might, he thinks, have been ked by attention to other portions of his de- srutions conceraing America on the same oooa- “He ¢t qo ich be referred to steps that might, un- dor conecivable circumstances, be taken by the Powers of Europe.” The rigorous enfurcoment of the blocksde of tie vorts of Mexico by the French having caused re. monstrafices on the part of the English squadron, Admiral Jurien de la Gravicre addressed @ letter to the captain of the English vessel-of-war, the Phaeton, promising to modify the instructions of the blockading vessels, so that no obstacle will be raised, until farther orders, to the entrance of neu- tral vessels into the port of Tampico, wheh it shali have been proved that they bave not om board any artioles contraband of war, or passengers who may seck to land for a hostile purpose. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Scotia—which had been lying off the port since Thursday evening, in consequence of the severe storm—reached her dock at Jersey City early yesterday morning. She left Quecns- town on the 26thof October. Her news is two days later than the report of the Norwegian pub- lished in the Hanan yesterday morning. Console closed in London ou the 26th ultimo at 93% a 95%. The Paris Bourse was flat on the same day. The Liverpool cotton market was dull, with a downward tendency, on the 25th of Octo- ber, but prices remained unchanged from nominal quotations of the previous day at the close. Breadsta™ rated firm, with a steady market, Provisions were flat and heavy. King Otho, of Greece, abdicated his throne en the 25th of Ootober in favor of his brother. This step was forced on his Majesty by a revolution, which commoaced in Western Greece and spread rapidly, the revolutionists organising a provi- sional government in Patras, of which the gtatesman Mavrocordata is President. The King of Praasia attempted almost daily a justifiea- ‘tion of his coup d’etat against the independence o the Legislative Chamber. He says the measure was forced on hin by the “invasion of the democracy’ and the ‘comments of a seditious press.’ Mr. Dillon, editor of the Paris journal Sport, was killed ina duel by the Duke de Gram- taont Onderouse, M. Drovyn de l’Huys, the now Foreign Minister of France, had addressed a circu- lar ou the Roman question to the representatives of the Emperor at foreign courte, In this paper he repeats the arguments used by Napoleon him- aelf Intely on the subject, to the effect that all his efforts were quite disinterested, and urged with a View to & “reconciliation” of the parties, ‘The Albany papers differ slightly in their lists of the Assemblymen elected, The following were their figures yosterday:— Concernation. Revublican, ise ate “ @ 15th ult. Captai of the rebel steamer Sumter, pe "ihirhon, while tn hie bed, by the First Lieutenant, Mr, Hee: per, who shot him three times witha revolver, Mr. Besper has been committed for trial. Gen, Charles D. Jameson, who recently died in Maine, was ® prominent politician, and was a dele. gate to the Charleston Convention, where he sup- ported Mr. Douglas for the Presidency. He wase candidate for Governor at the last two elections in Meine. By means of the sloomes Forest Queen, one @ ay the finest and flectest boats on the Miseissippt ri- | ver, how running between Memphis and Cairo, we have received our Memphis correspondence, whioh will be found interesting, giving as it does full accounts of all matters of interest in and around that city. ‘The latest footing up of the returns in this State for Governor gives Seymour 12,200 majority. ‘Toe stock market was irregular yestorday, ite main feature being dulness, Atthe close it was weak. Gold closed at 131%{, exchange at 146, Monoy was 606 per cent. The Edinburg took out $490,500 to Europe. Cotton was firm on Saturday at 620. a 62}¢c. for mid- dling ; but the sales did not exceed 660 bales. The trans- actions in breadstuffs embraced sales of 19,000 bbls. flour at an advance of 60. @ 15¢.; 230,000 bushels wheat at an advance of 1c. a 2., and 116,000 bushels corn at a de- cline of lc. Pork was dull, and megs down to $12 62% at the close. Becf was quict. Lard was hoavy at 9Xc. €103¢e. Bacon and cut meats wore more activeand very firm, as wero likewise fish, coffte, chicory, hides and leather, The sales of sugar were confined to 500 hhds., and of molasses and tobacco to small lots at unaltered rates, ‘There was a fair degree of activity in hay, eils and woo), which were stiffly held, Whiskey was sicady and moderately active. There was not much done in the freight line; rates wore quoted about the game. The News by the Scotin—England Not Quite Ready Yet for Intervention. The news by the Scotia from England is very interesting. She brings also two very import ant passengers vis-a-vis—Lord Lyons, the British Minister to Washington, and, Hon. Simon Came~ ron, Minister of the United States from St. Pe~ tersburg. *From the return of Lord Lyoas to Washing, ton, it is inferred that her Majesty’s govern. ment “is not inclined to depart from the policy it has hitherto pursued in reference to the con- teat between the North and the South,” but that Lord Lyons, nevertheless, may represent to‘our government “the views of the British Ministry as to certain contingencies” (which are very uncertain), and may “‘iudicate the changes of policy which may be forced on them by the advent of certain events,” or, in other words, of very uncertain events, It was the opinion of that profound skipper, Jack Bunsby, that if the good ship Only Son had not gone down, she was probably still afloat; and this is about the substance of these latest oracles from the British Ministry on American affairs, Hngland will remain neutral unless certain contingencies may ciange ber course. “She thinks “the Union as it was can never be restored, but that the North must suc- ceed eventually in obtaining possession of all the Southern maritime cities and strategical points, and will eventually overwhelm the large Southern armies in the field, unless prevented by a financial cataclysm or by internal dis- cords.” We think this will be satisfactory to nt Lincotn; for by the time the } h Ministry get out of this muddle of wi a} they wiil be enlightened as to their tuue policy by the advances of our fleets and armies and the sinking cause of the rebellion. The Newcastle Southern confederacy speceh of Mr. Gladstone, mean’ hes {him to some troublo and to explanations which leave him in the position of an over zealous offi- clal called to account bor exceeding his instrac- tions. Later speeches, also, by other distin- guished characters, had completely neutralized the Newcastle blunder of Gladstone. For example: Mr. Monckton Milnes, A. P., at a great conservative dinner at Rochester, declared against fhe recognitiou of Jeff. Davis, becwuse “it could not bring forward any cotton, but might embroil England in a war with tho North.” This fs coming directiy to the point, and upon this infallible argument we may do- pend upon England's neutrality. Louis Napo- leon would like to intorfore, dut “he was gn- willing to do so without Fnglend;” end, wito she is not disposed t tose her Northern bréai ia @ foolish intervention expetiment for Sowth- ern cotton, the French Emperor must be apn- tefft to afte himself with the Pope ond with Mexico. \ ‘The Evangelien! Alliante of London, taking the emancipation bull of Vresident Lincota by the horns, has hit upon (he scherue which, ii adopted by Jeff. Davie and his confederates, will surely bring this war to an ead. The A'Mi ance proposes to Davis & Co. “to compete with President Lincoln's emancipation scheme, to take the wind out of his eaila, and to do, a8 a gradual measure of peace. what he has proposod as @ measure of war.” This is a shrewd idea; but if anything can ex- tort a smile of derision from Davis and his fellows, it is this English suggestion that, in order to save” their Southern confederacy, they proceed to abolish the institution of Southern slavery. The Evangelioal Allianco of Londoa should instantly apply to James M. Mason, the spocial ambassador from Jeff. Davis to England, for a copy of the “Confederate States Con- stitution.” We attach no importance to the stock market sensation in London arising from the despatch of several vessels of war to look after Adiuiral Wilkes at Bermuda. We have no apprehen- siona of a collision with England upon any “contingencies” or “evenis” that arc likely to happen. We have no fears that Lord Lyons returns to Washington charged with any warn- ings of intervention. We do not believe that any coalition for an offensive mediation is possible between England, France and Bussin; but we suspect that our Minister, Mr. Cameron, returns from &. Petersburg with assurances from the Czar of his continued sympathy for the cause of the Union which will onttaty President Lincein of the continuance of. European neutrality. Ganenat, Casstus M. Orar—Tum New Yous Crnowat, Actrontrss on Hts Track—Gaeeer ata0 IN Danorn—Genoral Cassius’ M. Clay, though he has not greatly. distinguished himself in Aighting the rebels of the South, has achieved somf notoriety in his late unprofitable Now York eleetioneering campaign. He recently astonished Mr. Richard O'Gorman, of this city, for example, with an invitation to a settlement of certain personal accusations according to the code of honor—an invitation which Mr. O’Gor- man (though belonging to a fighting race) very properly declined to notice. Again, « few daya ago we published a card from Mr. D. 0. Bird. sall covering @ supposed invitation to a duol from General Clay, on account of certain dis- paraging allusions in a late speech of said Bird- eal against General Clay, which supposed invi- tation, we are informed from our criminal au- thorities, has been investigated and discovered to be a hoax. ‘Whether it was intended by.some malicious wag to frighten Mr. Birdsall, ot 40 obtain his opinion, as a Christian, on the barbarous prac- tice of duelling, is a matter of no consequence, The important fact is, that the attention of the Grand Jury of the city has been drawo to the subject. The Birdsall thus turns out to beam impesition; but O'Gorman effair isa trpe bill, aad when Gen. subject Clay next returns to New York let him look sharp, or he may find himself the subject of an indictment for @ serious oriminal offence. General Clay is s fighting man, and ready for “pistols and coffee for two” upon the slightest provocation affecting his honor; but in New York he must remember that “pistols and coffee” are under the restraints of law, and that a disregard of the law may tako the offender to Sing Sing, or at least to Blackwell’s Island. It must be said of General Clay, however, that, while he is prompt to call others to account for offensive personalities, he is as ready to answer for any such offences. We cannot say as much for the Hon, Massa Greeley. He bandies + + his epithets of Lar, scoundrel, villain, &c., with the liberality of a rowdy, tak- ing every advantage, in this vulgar, electioneer” ing habit, of the securities of the law. But in the late canvass he indulged so very frecly in these outrageous epithets and charges against his potitical opponents that we should not be sur- prised if he were called upon to prove some of them according to law, or suffer the conse- quences. In the columns of the Tribune during the last thirty days there may be found matter for a score of libel suits, and Greeley will be fortunate if not called upon to answer to half a dozen or so of the most scandalous of his per- sonal assaults within this brief interval. If hauled over the. coals he will be properly served. The newspaper press has been suf- ficiently degraded by his, peouliar system of electioneering logic, and, where the law can reach it and rebuke it, let the law be applied. Thongh Greeley may suffer, let us have “the Union, the constitution and the enforecment of the laws.” The Draft Postponed Indcfinitely. The publication of the subjoined telegraphic despatch, received from Albany yesterday afternoon by General Anthon, will impart re- lief to many an anxious mind in this city an | State — ‘ Arany, Nor. 8, 1842. It ts stated, for the {uformation of commissioners, that they aro not to proceed with the draft until they ehall have received from this department formal orders to that effect, and giving the number of men to be drafted in exch town. ‘Tho delay in transmitting to this offco the returns of the men eulisted ia the reveral counties since the 2d of July will io semo instances render it impracticable to issue such orders to commissioners until after the 10th inst. THOMAS HILLILO} Adjutant General, State of Now York. The plain Englich of this is that the proposed draft in this State is indefinitely postponed. Even that is a consoling thing to know. It amounts fo a respite, md for that the men who were liable to the horrors of the conserip- tion will be duly thankful. Up to the hour of receiving this despatch General Anthon contemplated put machinery in operation to-morrow, alihough it was quite evident. thet the thing was absolutely im- possible. ‘The cor ners to hear appli- cations for exemption did not close their labors till last night, and the mere clerical work of writing down the names and residences of two or three hundred thousand persons separately, on distinct pieces of paper, and then folding up those papers preparatory to their belng deposited in the wheel of fortune—or’ misfor- tune, as it would heve proved to many--could aot be performed within much leas than a wook, The very impossibility of having sucha labor performed withla the hours of the Sabbath day was quite sufficient excuse for the draft not taking place to-mor- row. There are several features in the proposed conscription which seam to be as illogs! as they are unpopuiar,. For rapes hag law of this 6tate provi call first be made ont of tte cle P ced mon between the ages of cighto oNbirty, and that the second class of enréied mex, from thirty to forty-five, shail not be drawn upon uatil the first class is exhausied. That law—as sensible ina military as in a social point of view—seems to have been set aside, and in tho present enrolment both classes aro blended into one. Tt does not noed any argument to show that, for the business of an active military life, the men coming within the second class aro totally unfit. That is one objection which ought to have been futal to thie indiscriminate huddling up of young snd middic-aged, active and lazy, atrong and weak, lithe-limbed and corpulent, counddunged and phthisical, all in one box, out of which the namos wore to be drawn at random. Another objection, equally sireng, to euch a ridiculous proposition is @hat, as an almost invariable rule, mon beiweon the ages of thirty and forty- five aro no longer bachelors, but have families depending on them for support. There aro probably one hypdred thousand mon tm this city who come within that class. Of these there are not ten thousand whose fami- lies, if deprived of the father’s earnings, would not become burdens on the community. And yet that is one of the results inevitably to flow ‘from the proposed plan. Therefore, in a mill- tary and in @ social point of view, the idea of unnecessarily forcing men of that age into tho ranks of an army is absurd. In France end Other countries where armies are raised by conscription the heads of families aro always exempt. Why is democratic America so obtuse as not to see and appreciate the force of a reason which the military governments of Eu. Tope recognise and aot on? The explanation of this devistion from the militia Law of this State has been given to us by General Anthon. It seems that an attempt to make the enrolment according to that law— keeping the two classes distinct—was actually commenced since the President's call for troops, aud that for seme pecuniary or other reason it was abandoned, and that then Gene- ral Anthon (who isa United States officer for the purpose of the draft, as well as a State officer) had to put the United States militia law into operation, which does not make any provi- ion for separating the classes according to age, and does not contain a provision similar to the State law in regard to organized militia re- giments. ‘The fact is that the whole thing is in a regular muddle, by no means complimentary to the in- telligence of the military authorities either at Washington or Albany. There ought to simple and genoral law on this subject, and we have no doubt that General Anthon, bringing to the task asagacious miad, thorough acquaint. ance with the matter, and the knowledge derived from his position as Chief Commis- sionor, is the person best qualified to draft a general measure, which might be passed into a law at tHe next session of Congress. But, how- over that may be, we trust that the absurd mon- strosity dbus tomporarily suspended will nover have its functions of Menge fa restored. rm con- scription, under the best metances, is bad enough; but, with such abominable foatures 0a this one contained, it could only be regarded a0 en womitigeted aulmooe and outrage. “laborer is worthy of his hire,” and part of the seaman’s contract with the government is, that if a prize is captured and condemned he is as much entitled to his proportion of the amount for which she is sold as he is to the monthly wages named upon the shipping articles. If government is in want of seamen—and we know they are wanted—let it be known that prize money is being paid when earned, and there will be no difficulty in proouring all the men desired, and of the right kind, without ' sending to Europe for them, and paying outeide brokers so-much per man for every seaman pro-- cured who passes a medical inspection. All that has been done for Jack as a reward for his noble conduct in every naval action of the _ present war is tho stopping of his grog. Thiswag = asevere blow to him, and no great encourage> ment to exert himself to perform other deeds of valor. Now stop his prize money, or delay its payment, and the chances are that larger boun- ties than have yet been paid to volunteers will have to be given to seamen before they canbe =, procured to man the vessels of our large and rapidly increasing navy. We trust thatmoney 80 well carned will be paid without further der lay. Favaros Brownson np MEramrorseced Cxase.—Just as Mephistopheles helped Faustus in order to ruin him, so Secretary Chase gave poor Dr. Orestes A. Brownson just enough as- sistance to secure his defeat by five thousand majority, Heedless of the inevitable fate of those who sell themselves to the Devil, Browne son went on to Washington, called upon Seore- tary Chase, was invited to stay and take tea, and very foolishly gulped down the Seoretary’s | stories and bohea together. Of course Secre- : tary Chase explained the whole mismanage- ment of the war, and showed how Secretary | Seward was guilty of this, and responsible for that, and neglectful of this, that and the other, until poor Brownson’s head was completely tu@ed, and he imagined that he had found ia Seward the head, front, body, wings and tail of the evil spirit of this war, Consequently he rushed back to Blizabeth, New Jersey, wrote a terribly severe and absurdly untrue article against Seward for his twopenny Review, re- ceived _Greeley’s approbation and Bryant’s blessing, and was nominated for Congress by the New York managers of the New Jersey radicals, Brownson has been turning about, and wheel... ing about, and dancing Jim Crow all his life long; but he never made a more false step than when he started for Congress, with one hand grasping Greeley’s coat tail and the other waving the black ubolition banner. We told him at the time that his defeat was inevitable, end assured him that, by appearing in the dou- ble character of an enemy of Seward and a friend of the administration, he was guilty of a politi cal swindle. He ought to have had sense enough to see that Chase was the real Mephistopheles of the war, and that Seward had nothing what" ever to do with the military mistakes of the, past few months. It was Chase, not Seward, ~ who kept his brother-in-law, McDowell in command, twice prevented the capture Richmond, intrigued constantly against Me- Clellan, cost us many defeats and many valua- ble lives, unnecessarily prolonged the war and completely deranged and mismanaged our finances, by neglecting his own departmentand interfering with those of Stanton and Welles, It wes Seward, not Chase, who attended-to his * own business, left the war and navy depart- ments to the care of their secretaries, and, in- stead of intriguing for or against any generale, devoted himself solely and successfully to the task of preventing any foreign interference with our affairs. Poor Brownson would not see this, however, and be is now enjoying the oon, sequences of his folly.. There are » great many roasons why Chasd, and not Seward, showld have been the object of his attacks, and five thousand of these reasons were presented te him in the majority of Tuesday last. If he had behaved himself properly, and not turned a sommersault quite so quickly, the HraaLp would have given him a nomination, perhaps aud ho would have been (rinmphantly elected. As it was, he was nominated by the Tribune, and of course’ defeated. Let him turn again, repent and be happy; for, as the poot says :— Long as the lamp boids out to burn, ‘The vilest sinner may rewurn, That quotation fits Brownson’s case exadtly, and will make a fine motto for a poccavi arti. cle in his next Review. THE WAR IN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS Our Forces Steadtly Gsintng Ground— The Rokels Driven From Pocahontas, _—" Sr. Louw, Mo., Nov. 6, 1868, Wo hear nothing of special interest from Gen. Sche- Gold's army. ‘Tho rebols do not appear to have attempted to rogala, tholr tost Or to re-possess themselves of say part of Missouri a ‘The rebels have boon pursued ito the Boston Moune tains, and will cortainiy be compelied te rotrest beyond the Arkansas river. ‘The that was to tako Pilot Knob and Girardean tho soutnopat, by way of Pocahontas bave not achieved such a result. ° On the contrary they have been driven from Poos bontas, and portions of General Steete’s forces are 80 dis” posed at Pittman's Ferry, and other pointe, thas it wity be Impossible for the enemy to obtein a foothold in that Grau and the Guerfila Opera, For some time past New York has been with- out opera. The public has manifested every disposition to attend the Academy, but no manager has had faith enough in his star and influence enough over the stockholders to ven- ture to undertake the season. Nixon, who can tame a tiger and control a whole menagerie, failed in his attempt to manage the opera, and was so torn to pieces between prime donne tenors, chorus girls and stockholders, that no one can find enough left of him (except in the form of unpaid bills) to put ina glass Sase at Barnum’s, with a label outside inscribed, “Re: mains of a victim of the Academy of Music.” Since that time our fashionables have had to be content with Wood’s colored opera, and have displayed their rich silks and Parisian head- dresses in his bijou theatre, accepting For, in- stead of Brignoli, aud applauding Horn in Susini’s voles. ‘When the rebel armies fail Jeff. Davis has re- source to guerilla raids. So, when our veteran operatic impressarii acknowledge themselves in as bad a fix as the radicals afier the recent elections, Grau, the gnerilla manager, steps forward and offers us five new prime donne and ten nights of opera. This operatic raid begins to-morrow evening, with Madame Guerrabella in“La,Traviata.” Guerrabella has a fine faceand figure, and a history gs full of romance as Greeley’s penny-n-line articles in the Indepen- dent; but her artistic reputation is not yet esta- blished. As a native of New York, she will doubtless be warmly welcomed, and her debut must decide her claim to continued favor. Af- ter Guerrabella comes Cordier, in the new grand opera of “Diuorah,” the tame goat in which may possibly rival the dead fox at Wallack’s in popular favor. Madame Lorini, Miss Kellogg and Mademoiselle Carlotta Patti are promised in due course, with Madame Morenci—said to be a fine contralto—in the “Trovatore.” Brig- poli, Macecaferri, Susini and Amodio will sus- tain the male characters, and will betmccepta- ble. For the rest, we are promised an increased orchestra, a better chorus and some new scenery. The, promises of managers, however, are often like pie-crust or politicians’ pledges—made to be broken--and we must not disappoint our- selves by anticipating too much. Signor Muzio will wield the baton with a practiced hand, and Uliman has something or other to do with the mise en scene. On the wiidle, therefore, no one can deny that Guerilla Grau’s programme is a loug one for ten nights, and that .it has at least variety, which is the spice of an operatic sea son as well as of life. We understand that Grau has begun his raid in real guerilla style, by forcing both the stockhold- ers of the Academy and the artists engaged to come down tohis terms, which are as greatly depreciated as Secretary Chase’s currency: Under these circumstances, then, there can be no excuse for shabby representations, or for the usual hue and cry about the extortions of ar- tists and sharcholders. If everything has becn arrangod in his own way, however, why does not Grau come out like a man and a manager and give us a regular operatic campaign? Our theatres were nover more prosperous than now, and Forrest, Matilda Heron, Booth and tho Wallacks find no lack of either critical or pecu- nhiry appreciation. Why, then, should an operatic impressario hositate, and doubt, and tremble, avd, instead of crossing the Rubicon like Ceesar, turn tail and rin away, as Raymond does from his ante-election statements? Gays has plenty of artists and a first rate opera ou hend, aad could casily construct a regular season from such materials. To limit himself to mere guerilla opera is to give aid and comfort to Jeff. Davis, by seeming to despair of the republic. Only tea nights of opera insinuates a distrust of our resources, Oasts a slur upon our expectations of victory, and makes Grau an accomplice of Secretary Chase in his intrigues against the army and a fit subject for Greeley’s guillotine, if ho trer gots it in operation, A regular sen- eon, on the contrary, is an 6videnco af faith in onr country and our cause which would rebuke the abolitionists, etrike terror to the hearts of Napoleon and Palmerston, and make Jeff. Davis’ knees knock together with fear. Is Grau a patriot, or is he not? As rebel ralds are generally successful, and as John Morgan and Genoral Stuart usually make a nice thing of it, Grau’s guerilla opera may be successful also. The company Is good: and there are plenty of people in the city with now bonnets, new jewelry and new kids to exhi- bit who wiil certainly attond and put money in Grau’s purse. That there is no greut excite ment about the affair results aaturally from its transitory character. In announcing 4 guerilla raid for ten nights, John Morgan Stuart Grau attempts a shrewd speculation, not an operatic season, and must expect to bo regarded accoil ingly. Tax Disremvtion ov Prize Mowsr.—The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has settled the oases of twenty vessels condemned for attempting to violate the blockade, and the United States Marshal of the same district has deposited in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the government and captors, the proceeds of their sales, amounting to nearly four hundred thousand dollars, This moncy is now ready for distribution among the officers and crews of twenty United States ships, and is only awaiting the order from the proper authority to be paid to the parties to whom it is due. The order for its paymont should be issued at once, for {t pro- porly belongs to those who have worked for it, instead of being permitted to remain idle in the treasury. The great incentive to onlistraents in the navy during time of war is the prospect of prize money. It is the same to the sailor as the bounty to the soldier, and should be paid promptly when the case is finally settled. We have not, however, heard of one dollar having yot been paid of the enormous sums realized from the sale of prize vessels and their cargoes, although many cases have been settled besides those of the district above mentioned. Bounty is paid for work expected to be per- formed, prize money for work actually done. Suroly the eatlor is as justly entitled to one as the soldier to the other. Yet they do not seem to receive it, although entitled to it, not only as ‘an act of justice, but bylaw. Many of the fami- lies of the men to whom this money is due are no doubt badly in want of it~some may be actually suffering for the very necessaries of life—yet the money belonging to them remains idle in the vaults of Uncle Sam's treasury, with no prospect of ite being paid in time to relieve wants that may be pressing. ‘This is all wrong, and the matter should re- colve immediate attention at Washington; for the was evident that the snow was over for. the present. heavy fall of rain commenced at half-past twetvo, w! Iasted woll (nto the morning, ‘The streets will, thorefere, be protty Cleanged, and all prospects of aleighing will have today, Meantine, the rise in the Potomac and its cout rivers may be looked for if tho weather in that Cinity continues wniform with our own. At Boston. " Boston, Nov, 61:80 P. My Tho westher continues thick and rainy. At Cleveland. Cravatanp, Nov. 611 A.M. Asnow storm commenced here at eight o'clock morning, About haif aa tnch of snow bas fallen, atorm continues. _—— At Cincinnati. Cinermnati, Nov. 6,18 en jeenlary.