The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1862, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENRETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. @PPICEN, W. CORNER OP FULTON AND NaSSa0 ST, SEEMS oni in oavance. Money sent ty matt will be at the righ 01 the sender. ‘Nomabut Bink’ bills current tm New For! TUE DAILY HERALD. two ceatsper comy. Rerannum | THE WAEKLY HERALD, every Saturdw, at atx cents per SPU, 8, Spt anmun te Evropean Edition “cary Wetnanian, | 0 Comts per $4 per annum to any part of Great Hritain oF 86 12 tuny parto the Crt mend, both to tnchude’pratage, the Galiforwia Eadtton. on the Ist. LUth and 21sta/each month, at siz | . a: $2 16 er ane. ILY WEKALD, on Wednesday, at four cents ner | ane KY CORRESPONDENCE. containing ¢mporiant from any quarter of the world, if used. will he for, B@POUR FORKIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARE | WReQUMSTED TO Bea att Lurrems axp Pack: | Panvict: Sons sun? ve NO NOTICE taken of anomymous correapondence. 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Fey. —Bruorian Songs, Bortksvus, Dances, &c.—Tan Buick sutcape, CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 5%5 Broadway.—E: BoxGs, Dances, ac.—Taeaty with Jaraxe ee WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ett Gongs, Dances. &c.—Biap Hunters, anit PALACE OF MUSTO, Fourteenth street. , Nin-TRELS—SonGs, Daxcxs axp Buuumsquess ees HOPE CHAPEL No, 720 ‘Timkeie's Carrrornra, oadway.—ExHinItioN oF HITCHCOCK'S THEATRE AND MUSIC reel Boxes, Danone: Bemuasaces: we) TAMU Canal GAIETIES CONC HALL, 616 Broadway.—Drawina ys ENTERTAIN MENTS, PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS. 563 Bi — Open daily irom 10. A.M, tilt lu P.M sien HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermorian NGS, Dances, BURLESGUKS &¢ NewYork, Wednesday, November 1: THE SITUATION. ‘Tne tull particulars of the retirement of General McClellan from his command of the grand Army of the Potomac’ are given in our columns to-day. The modest, unobtrusive and wise beairng of the late Commander-in-Chief in taking farewell of his army will strike every one with admiration. His simple and patriotic speech comprised in ten words—addreased to the soldiers from the plat- form of the railroad carat Warrenton Junction, proclaimed the spirit of a patriot, and of a man equal to the endurance of all personal disappoint- Mments, provided the country was faithfully eerved. ‘They were—‘‘Stand by Burnside as you have stood by me—good bye.” These Placed on record as evidence of that sublime re- publican spirit which should animate all the lead- ers of @ great self-governed nation; but which, an- happily, even in these perilous times, inspires so few ofthem. His written farewell address to the army is couched in like few and patri- otic words, and characterized by the same abeonce of all selfish considerations. It concludes with “The battles you have fought ‘ander my command will proudly live in onr na- tion's history. The glory you have achieved, our mutual perils and fatignes, the graves of our com- rades fallen in battle and by disease, the broken words should be |-, NEW YORK H#RKALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEH LZ, 1862 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The following Major Generals are pow wilheas @ command:— ¥ Geo B. McCleilan, Irwin McDowell, John C #remont, Cassius M. Clay Geo. Cadwallader, Fihan A Hitcheock, Edwin D, Morgan, Fitz 4obn Porter Hon. John J. Crittenden, representative in Con- gress from the Eighth district of Kentucky, has arrived) ‘Vashingten, Mayor Wightman, of Boston, bas been tomi- nated tur re-election by the democrats. Some Trappist Monks have started a colony in Lower Canade. Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, visited the great Hoosic tunnel last week, and expressed an | an opinion that the work could be completed with | the bulance ef the two million lean granted by the State for that purpose, z At the meeting of the Board of Supervisors, on Monday afternoon, a message was read from the Mayor vetoing the resolutions of the Board appro- priating $500,000 for the relief of families of vol- unteers, because he considered that sufficient pro- vision had already been made by the city authori- ties for that purpose. The message was laid over under the rule. Estimates of the expenses of the Police Department for 1863 were submitted and referred. The estimates set down are:—For gencral expenses, $40,750; for the New York force, #1, 422; for the Brooklyn force, $214,200—tot a 021,370. The Board then adjourned ag Super- visors for one week. The Board of Supervisors met at twelve o'clock yesterday as a Beard of County Canvassers, and went through the canvass of the First, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Thirteenth wards, The errors discovered were principally of a clerical nature, and the official vote, 80 far as arrived at, does not differ much from what has al- ready been published. The Board adjourned to meet again at twelve o'clock to-day. The City Inspector's report states that there were 309 deaths in the city during the past week— adecrease of 20 as compured with the mortality of the week previous, and 108 less than occurred during the corresponding week last year. The re- capitulation table gives 6 deaths of alcoholism, 2 of diseases of the bones, joints, &c.; 49 of the brain and nerves, 2 of the generative organs, 8 of the heart and blood vessels, 134 of the lungs, throat, &c.; 4 of old age, 7 of diseases of the skin and eruptive fevers, 1 premature birth, 50 of diseases of the stomach, bowels and other digestive organs; 29 of uncertain seat and general fevers, 3 of diseases of the urinary organs, and 14 from violent causes. There were 191 natives of the United States, 5 of England, 75 of Ireland, 19 of Germany, and he balance of various foreign countries. The market for beef cattle remains without es- sential variation. Prime cattle were active at 8%c. a 9c.; other kinds were steady at 524c. a 8c.; average quality 7274¢.. The bulk of the cattle were common, and the market for this description was heavy at the above range. Milch cows were quiet at $25 a $40 a $60. Veals were steady at from 4c. a6c.a6%4c. Sheep and lambs were more active yesterday, and prices showed an advance of 25c. per head, varying from $3 to $4 50 a $6, according to quality. Swine were very plenty, but active, and 4c. per pound higher, with sales at 4c. a 5c. for corn fed, and 3}4c. a 434c. for still fed. The total receipts were:—5,330 beeves, 107 cows, 794 veals, 12,466 sheep and lambs, and 40,662 swine. The stock market opened firmly yesterday morning, but fell off at the close of the first board, and closed very heavy at a decline of 1a 2per cent, Money was in very active demand at 6 a 7 per cent. Exchange closed at 147 and gold at 131. The oxports of the week foot up $3,215,610. The particulars of an important negotiation by the Sub-Treasurer will be found in the money article, Tho cotton market exhibited more firmness and activi- ty yesterday, sales having been reported of 1,600 bales at prices ranging from 62};¢.a 633;c. for middling per Pound. Gold having declined, breadstuts were depressed and lighter sales were effected, flovr closing Se. a 10c. per bb!. lower, and wheat and cern with a downward ten- dency. There was much more animation in sngar, partly on speculation, and a slight advance in prices of both raw and refined was established, ‘the market clesing buoyantly. Coffee was quiety but firm. Molasses was im fair demand. Pork was bricker and dearer, mess closing Ormly at $12 75 a $12 67. Lard was heavy and drooping. Beef was in limited demand at former rates. Butter and cheese were active and buey- ant. Raisins were in more request and quoted firm. Hay was doing better in view of the reduced supply. Hops were saleable and very firm. The demand was good fo" hides, leather, tallow and wool, ail of which were stiffly held. There was more activity in pigflead and Strait tin at rising prices. Oile were in fair request. Rieo wa® isactive. Teas wero sparingly purchased. The freigh* market exhibited less animation, but rates were eescn- tially unaltered. News from Richmond—Condition of the South—Gloomy Prospects of the Rebel- len. The government of the United States has now forms of those whom wounds and sickness have in the field onc of the largest armies and the isabled—the strongest associations which can | very best equipped and most powerful of any exist among men—unite us still by an indissoluble | nation of ancient or modern times. East and tie. We shall ever be comrades in supporting the | West, with a co-operating iron-clad navy, Constitution of our country and the nationality of equal in itself to a land foree of a quarter of a its people.” And, with this farewell, McClellan | Million of men, this grand army of the Union, left his magnificent army amid scenes of enthusi- asm, solemnity and sorrow such as are rarcly wit- messed. ‘The rebel pickets still ehow themselves on the Virginia side of the Potomac between Point of Bocks and Berlin, and are scouring the country on the south side of Loudon Heights. It is said that Stonewall Jackson’s whole column is at Front. Royal, with the exception of about two thousand men and six guns atill remaining in the Shenan- doah valley. The rebels, with e large force of cavalry, artil- lery and infantry, made au attack on Monday upon General Pleasanton at Amosville. Reinforcements from General Wilcox’s command were at once pushed forward to support Pleasanton, who lad no infantry and was compelled to fall back, and having joined him, drove the rebels back. General Fenno at the same time advanced upon the town of Jefferson and occupied it. ‘The investigation of the Harper's Ferry surren- der has been brought to aclose, and a general order has been issued npon it. The result is the dismissal from the United States service by the President of Colonel Thomas Ford, of Ohie, who abandoned the batteries on Maryland Heights, and of Major Baird, of the One Hundred and Twenty. aixth New York Volunteers. The conduct of General Julius White receives the approbation of the Commission. The United States steamer Montgomery brought ‘@ fine rebel steamer a8 & prize into Baltimore on Monday, loaded with arms and ammunition, on her way to Mobile. She was taken aftera chase of seven hours, within fifty miles of that port, and wos found to be the Caroline, commanded by Captain Forbes, of New Orleans, but formerly known as the Arizona. The crew made an effort to throw the cargo overboerd, but without much success General Rosecrans and staff arrived at Nash, ville on Monday night, having left Bowling Green at alg thet morning on train to Mitchellville, mak_ ing the remainder of the trip, forty miles, on horseback, without interruption by guerillas. The forests aro blazing along the greater portion of the route, and many dwellings have been destroyed Tue country looks painfully desolate, inhabitants, orage and stock being nearly afl gone. in several columns, is now moving down upon | the armies and strongholds of the rebellion. The issue is between twenty-three loyal States, | only two or three of which have suffered from | the actual presence of this wasting war, against | eleven rebellious States, every one of which is under an exhausting blockade by land and sea, and occupied, to a greater or less extent, by the fleets and armies of the Union. We antici- pate, therefore, from this winter's campaign, the complete suppression of the rebellion; and in this hope we are materially strengthened by the comparative weakness, destitution and de- spair of the rebel States, as betrayed in the ex- tracts from late Richmond papers which we publish this morning. From these extracts it will be seen that the prospects of the rebellion against the presxure of a winter campaign on the scale indicated are indeed gloomy and desperate. For example: we have said that the rebel Army of Virginia is shockingly ragged, and, to a great extent, des- titute of shoes. This is now confirmed by an appeal, which is published in all the Richmond papers, for shoes for their suffering soldiers, with the declaration that, “from undoubted authority, thousands of our brave soldiers of the Army of the Potomac are without shoes,” and that the quartermaster’s department is not immediately able to supply them. What a haul of boots and sboes of all descriptions the rebel General Lee would have made had General McClellan permitted him to get into Washing- ton, Baltimore or Philadelphia. This lack of shoe leather has doubtless hurried Lee back- ward towards Richmond. His vigorous pursui of Goneral Pope was as much for the subsist. ence, clothing and shoes of his supply trains as for any other purpose. Let General Burnside guard well against the capture of any of his trains, and his enemy will be half beaten with- out @ battle. These Southern deficiencies of shoes and clothing, salt and other essentials, bave in- duced the rebel government to exhaust all expedients for European intervention before abandoning that hope of relief. But at length, says the Richmond Keaminer, “the prospect of European intervention has dissolved like a snow wreath,” Looking to. the exhaustion of the North and South, and the destruction of an overshadowing commercial rival, “England is not willing to saceifice the larger fruits of the future for eotton, or for any emall benefits which might ensue from her recognition of a Southern confederacy.” No “She etands aside to see the two nations cut their throat ith the inhuman calculation of ber selfish is from every drop of blood.” “The South under- stands Fugland Behind ber mask of con- science and Pharisaical precision there lurks a devilish purpose.” True as Gospel this, but what a pity the chief conspirators in the work of this rebellion did not Sooner make this important discovery. Had they not depended upon “King Cotton” and free trade to bring England to their rescue they would not have followed the jack-o’-lan- tern of South Carolina into the morass of this rebellion, but would have compelled her to come back and wait a little longer. Next, it will be remarked that, East and West, inland and along the seaboard, the leading oracles of the rebellion cannot disguise their fears of our iron-clad gunboats, These apprehensions, too, are well founded; fer we predict that the work of our navy at Hatteras Inlet, Roanoke Island, Elizabeth City, Port Royal, Fort Macon, Pulaski, Hampton Roads, Forts Henry and Donelson, Island No. 10, Mem- phis, Pensacola, New @rleans and Galveston will be eclipsed in this campaign, in the reduc. tion of the remaining seaconst and river strongholds of the rebellion. Beauregard, at Charleston, seems to be impressed with the con- viction that he is to be called to an early reck- oning ; for he has made his arrangements for the removal of the entire population ot Charles- ton, asif he had resolved, in the last extre- mity, to reduce the city to ashes. What the cause of the rebellion will gain by such an act of savage ferocity we cannot divine ; but that Beauregard will be compelled to choose be- tween the evacuation, the surrender or the de- struction of the city in his charge, and before many months are over, is by no means impro- bable. The Richmond Whig, in contemplating the Northern draft, which is swelling the Union army on every side, while the conscription in the rebellious States seems to have exhausted their fighting materials, says prophetically :— “We are about to be put to the greatest trial we have yct encountered. If we are ready at all points, and succeed in repelling the enemy, it will probably be his final effort. If he breaks our defences and makes his way into the inte- rior, enforcing emancipation as he advances, he will do incalculable mischief.” No doubt of it; but, then, all this anticipated mischief may be easily avoided. The State of Virginia, for example, by the simple act of submission to the Union, may secure to her people not only their slave property, but its protection, under the shelter of the federal constitution, against all enemies. This is the saving clause of Presi- dent Lincoln’s emancipation manifesto. While he warns the rebellious States of the extreme dangers of a continued resistance beyond the Ist of January. he invites them to the protec- tion, meantime, of the constitution, including their system of African slavery. Let General Burnside, then, push forward and defeat and disperse the rebel Army ef Vir- ginia and move into Richmond, and the rebel- lion will speedily fall to pieces. The folly of further resistance to the overwhelming land and naval forces of the Union will be made manifest to the people of the rebellious States from Virginia to Texas, and their security in the Union, as indicated in the late elections of the North, will settle the question. Desperate men may resolve upon the most desperate ex- tremities of resistance; but there are limits to human endurance in the South, as there are everywhere else, and these limits will be re- cognized with the defeat of the rebel army of Virginia. France the Key of Europe—Napoleon I? ~ the Absolute Mastee of France. A new era is dawning upon the nations of Europe. Changes, startling in their results, have occurred, and agitations and grave disor- ders can but follow. Progress and civilization, independence and representative governments are to be laid aside, while bigotry and super- stition, tyranny and despotism are once more te flourish undisturbed; it is the victory of evil over good, and the prime mover in all this is Louis Napoleon. He ascended to power npon the princtptes of revolutionary progress and ad- vancement, and, once seated upon the throne of France, became the outspoken advocate and de- fender of all oppressed nations. That he did not include France withim that category, and that ke has continued to rule in the most des potic manner over her, are, it is true. sad draw- backs to this far seeing and widely extended philanthropy, which reaches even to Mexico, and easily attained China, Syria and Cochin China, to say nothing of Italy. The old proverb has it that “charity begins at home;” so wo may fairly insinuate that the desires of Lonis Napo- leon to aid the oppressed are in proportions Nice-ly suited to the occasion, and that in his judgment the French are unworthy of free in- stitutions. Be that us it may, he rose to power aided by revolution, always advocated revolu- tion until now, and, as France is the key to Eu- rope, he, Napoleon, set revolutionary ideas in the heads of the people of Europe, as all those soi-disant “divinely appointed” emperors and kings can testify to. A change has come, however, over the spirit of Napoleon's dream, and, throwing aside his former supporters and ideas, he has espoused the retrograde nitramontane party, and is now their tool. But, while gaining the good will of the Jesuits, he has drawn upon himself the enmity of the revolutionary party, and it is strong and powerful throughout all Europe. Agitated by its partial successes in Italy and by the events of our present struggle, the revo- lutionary party in Europe is giving signs deemed portentous by the crowned heads; and no surer proof of this can be ad- duced than the fact that England's aris- tocracy, though antagonistic to the Ame- rican republic, apparently goes with the revolutionary party in Europe. Mark how England sustains Garibaldi, how she speaks out for the Poles, and how she sympathizes with the Hungarians, and you perceive that she en- courages and goes with the ideas of the revolu- tionists. That this is all treachery and deceit will some day appear, but at the same time it proves conclusively the power of those ideas which England pretends to uphold. How can Napoleon stand up against the enmity of that powerful party? How will he escape their revengeful assaults upon him, as a renegade to the principles which hoisted him into power? He has one great refuge, one last resort, one forlorn hope. He will pander to that inherent dislike of the English which pre- vails throughout the whole of his empire. He will ne longer prate about “entente cordiale” or treaties of commerce. He will, allow the press openly to discuss enmity to England, av@ will cause his army and his navy to understand that their dearest wish, their heartfelt desire, is | against persons politically epposed to - him. near at band —“war with England.” Diseased in mind and body, the threats of the Jesuits against the life of his son, the Prince Imperial, have gained possession of his heart- Tle hus been told repeatedly that were he to aban” don the Pope the lie of bis gon and the conse- quent extinction of all his bopes for the trans- miasion of his dynasty would be the forfeit, and, giving way to the fenrs created by this threat and the argumenta of his bigotted, superstitious Empress, he has abandoned his former eupport- ers and gone over, heart and soul, to the Pope. The Emperor perfectly understood the results of such @ course, and he determined he would prepare to ward them off iv good time. Thus he appointed as his Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Drouyn de l’Huys, a person celebrated throughout France as a hater of all that is English, and, above all, of Lord Palmerston. Of course the French people understand the meaning of such a nomination, and its results will cause them to forget for the time being the recantation of the Emperor. Already hints of a etrug- gle with England sre rife throughout France, while her people extol in significant terms the strength of the French arnties and navies. Napoleon is well aware that all Europe hates and fears England; that all alike have suffered from her deceit and treachery, and that he could do no more popular thing than to attack ber at once. But he is too wily for this; he will grind her into the dust by insults and contumely, preparing all the while to strike, and securing from her any aid or sympathy. Once fully prepared, he will attack her with overwhelming forces, and he will do so fully and enthusiastically supported by his subjects. That he is aware of this we well know. Years ago he made the following remark:— “Why does England seek to anger me? Does she not know that were I to declare war upon her there is not an old woman in France that would not sell her last shift to give me money for the prosecution of the struggle? I alone keep back this dreadful conflict.” England did know this, and she has bowed down accordingly to the whims and desires of Louis Napoleon. She will feel, now that he has abandoned the revo- lutionary party. that she is danger, and she may then regret, as she reflects upon her position, that she alienated from her the sympathy of the American people. When Napoleon strikes, and that at no distant day, England will be friendless and alone-—a fitting retribution for her past course of deceit and treachery to all. Should she fuil, none will heave a sigh over her ruin. The Obvious Duty of the Grand Juryy It is the current opinion in Europe that the people of the loyal States are oppressed by a most infamous despotism. Europeans think that we are all subjected to a terrible tyranny, and that numbers of our citizens are arrested and dragged off to prison at the mere whim of | our chief officials, without any legal warrant or legal cause of arrest. Of course we all know how absurd such ideas are. We are aware that the number of arbitrary arrests has been very greatly exaggerated, and that the people here know nothing and care nothing for the few un- influential and foolich persons who have ren- dered themselves liable to these hasty and un- wise imprisontaents. But we should remember that such arrests, although laughed at here, are very differently regarded in Europe, and that they do much to prejudice foreigners against our cause. Consequently it is our duty to do all we can to remove the impressions which these illegal measures have made upon Euro- pean minds. Now, the very best way to correct the opinion of Europeans in regard to the state of despotism which exists here is to show them-that the regu- lar, legitimate and usual operations of our laws are not at all hindered or interrupted. Our Jawa are our security. Just as long as the laws are unchanged and enforced just so long des- potism cannot exist in this country. No argu- ment ‘is stronger than this, and none has greater ; weight with Europeans, many of whom know | by experience what anarchy is and how dread- ful are the results which follow the suspension of the laws ef the land. Obviously, therefore it is the duty of our grand juries to be espe cially particular, at this time, to vindicate the majesty of the law and the character of the country by allowing no criminal to go unin- | dicted and unpunished. During ordinary times only the reputation of the community suffers if a flagrant criminal is permitted to escape notice; but now the reputation of the whole nation is involved. We hopo, therefore, that the Grand Jury now in session in this city will under- stand and appreciate the great national import- ance of the work in which they are engaged, and that they will be extraordinarily eareful that no offender against the laws shall, by any subterfuge, remain unindicted and uurebuked. The duties of the grand jurors are aiways | onerous; but during a crisis like this they de- mand tenfold attention and will be repaid by tenfold honors. In order to somewhat lighten these labors, however, we refer the Grand Jury to four indi- viduals whose offences demand investigation and presentation. The Hon. Cassius M. Clay has rendered himself amenable to the law by send- | ing a challenge to mortal combat to Richard O’Gorman, Esq., against the statute of the State of New York in such cases made and provided. Count A. (supposed to stand for Adonis) Gn- towski has been guilty of a like offence in challenging the Hon. John Van Buren tou duel: | About the guilt of these gentlemen there can be not the slightest questién. The law is ex- plicit upon the subject of duels, and needs no comment. The challenges sent by Clay and Gurewski have obtained the publicity of print. The Grand Jury cannot avoid taking cognizance of these matters of public report without neg- lecting itsduty. If our elections are to be de- graded into mere personal and mortal combats between the respective candidates and their friends and supporters, then the elective fran. chise is worthless, and the revolver, instead of the ballot box, must decide our political con- tests. But besides these two criminals there are two others who have been guilty of using weapons which sting more severely and do much more damage than bullets. These per- sons are the Hon. Horace Greeley, of tho Tribune, and the Hon Henry J. Raymond, of the Times. Not even the natural and usual excitement of a political canvass can ex- cuse the libellous and slanderous statements published by these individuals in their daily papers during the past six weeks. Mr. Ray- mond has deliberately and repeatedly asserted in the columns of the Times that the conserva- tive people of this State were traitors. Mr, Greeley, besides endorsing this assertion, has uttered through his journal nearly one hundred malicious and unjustifiable slanders and libela ! nobody. Fort Lafayette is not a Bastils, no: i | Upon each and all of these offeaces Messrs. Greeley and Raymond can be indicted by the Grand Jary and tried according to law. That they ought to be thus dealt with no reasonable | man can deny. They have endeavored to inter fere with the election by abusing and intimi- dating their fellow citizens. They have made their papers public nuisances. They have greatly injured and prejudiced the cause of the country and assisted that of the rebels at home and abroad. Th»y deserve the utmost penalty of the law. It is our province to call the attention of the Grand Jury and of the District Attorney to these offenders against law, morality and pro- priety. We trust that those concerned will also perform their obvious duties in regard to the matter, and put a speedy end to the criminal audacity and malignity of which these persons have been guilty. American Democracy in Europe. Those Europeans who believe that our loyal States are now groaning under a terrible dee- potism; which has usurped the place of democra- ey and republicanism, and which sets our con- stitution and laws at defiance, greatly misunder- stand the real state of affairs in this country. By an illusion net at all uncommon to the Eu- ropean mind, they confound President Lincoln with Jeff. Davis, and the loyal States with those which have seceded, and imagine that we are suffering from the very evils which the rebels have inflicted upon themselves. The people of England especially cannot be made to compre. hend that we of the Northern States are affected by the war only in abcut the same degree that England was affected by the effort of the British government to crush out the rebellion in In. dia, With the exception of an occasional rebel raid a few miles over the borde see and hear nothing of the actual presence of war Our homes are invaded by no hostile armies: Our cities are not depepulated by conscriptions, Our places of amusement are better attended thanever. Our business and commercial and manufacturing interests are undisturbed. No for” eigner, landing upon our shores could be in- duced to believe that we were not in a state of Only through the newspa- is profound peace. pers, or through their friends in our armi this great civil war brought home to the masses of our people. Europeans distress themselves about us a great deal more than we are dis- tressed about ourselves, ‘That tremendous bugbear of arbitrary arrests and the suspension of the writ of habeas cor™ pus, whi ppears so frightful to transatlantic observer a very harmless sort of «a humbug when viewed close at haud. Two or three of our journals made some unnecessary noise about it just before the elections; but tl amere electioneering trick, and should de the warrants of provost marshals modern lettres de cackhel. Men are not seized in the street and dragged off to prison or impressed into the army. Our journals are not muzzled nor our orators tongueticd by a tyrannical government. This kind of business is exclusively monopo- lized by the rebels and confined to the rebel States. Jeff. Davis, not President Lincoln, is the despot whom Europeans should assail. If General Butler makes bis power felt severely and suddenly in New Orleans, rebels, and not loyal men, are the suffer The few arbitrary arrests which have occurred at the North are laughed at, the victims being insignificant per- sons, with whom the people at large have no sympathies; and even these arrests sre investi- gated and annulled almost immediately. We assure our dear European friends that their sensibilities are nnduly excited on our behalf. We have no need whatever of their pity, and cau only smile at their untime- ly grief for our imaginary woes. The poor Southerners, who are oppressed by that unmitigated scoundrel, Jeff. Davis, ave. on ifthe contrary, really deserving of commisera- i tion. They are deprived of even the necessi- ties of life, while we have all its comforts aad its luxuries. They are no longer tveemen, while we hold all our rights and liberties in- tact. They are forced to fight for the bare rivilege of existence, while we enjoy life ex- cedinglysand have plenty of tine to devote to its amenities and amusements. If our tinances are a little deranged. and eur paper tweaty or thirty per cent below specie. how much worse off are the Confederates, with gold at one hun- dred and thirty per cent premium? (n the | whole, therefore, we advise our English friends to give their sympathies where they do their assistance—the piratical steamer Alabama. for instance—to Jeff. Davis and his starving sub- Jects. There can be no beiter proof that, instead of a reign of terror, we really have at the North a reign of prosperity and comparative peace than the conduct and results of the recent elec- tions. Within six weeks past two-thirds of the Central States have expressed at the polls their opinion in regard to the policy and manage- ment of this war. In all these States, and | especially in New York, the canvass was most | bitter and excited. and on both sides the i | pline of party was maintained with unusual strictness. The whole course of the present administration was reviewed and criticised by public journals and political orators with un- surpassed freedom and severity. The Presi- impartial. While such elections can ,be held there need be no fears of a reign ef terror. To argue, in the face of such evidence, that we are governed by a despot because a few nobodies have been illegally arrested is as absurd as it would be to infer that England is in a state et anarchy because there have been Garibaldi riots in Hyde Park. What may happen, if our Jacobin radicals seize the reins of power, it ia impossible to predict. Just at present, how- ever, the reign of terror over which Europeans grieve so kindly is as wholly imaginary as Eng” land’s neutrality or the rebels’ prospects ot suecess. ey Tur Union anp Tur Reset Cavatry.—The rebel cavalrymen have been unusually lucky fellows. They have been puffed, not only by their own newspapers, but by those of the loyal States. Unfortunately, however, in nine cases out of ten these puffs have been totatly unmerited, and should really have been con- ferred upon our own cavalry. In any sort of @ fair fight Stuart, or Morgan, or Hampden, or any other rebel on horseback, is no match for our Pleasanton or our Bayard. For # scamper- ing, marauding ride around a camp, like a band of chicken thicves on a scout for. a fat pallet, the rebel cavalry are unrivaled; but when it comes to plain, honest fighting, they are no-~ where. Duning the recent advance. of the Army of the Potomac Pleasanton’s cavalry have been pitted against the rebels of Stuart and Hampden very frequently, and have al- ways defeated them triumphantly. On Wed- nesday last, while making a reeonnoissance towards the Rappahannock, our cavalry drove that of Stuart over ten miles. and from posi- tions of their own choosing, fighting desperate. ly all the way, and yet the number of our men was only half as great as that of the rebels. This is the uniform experience of ali our caval- ry encounters, and those who eulogize Stuart in the face of such facts as these commit a great error, and do a great wrong to our brave soldiers. The rebel riders make good racers; but, for fighting men, give us the Union oa- valiers. Bessey on vag Screenver or Hagrer’s Fer- ry.—The recent report of the commission rela- tive to the surrender of Harper's Ferry is a curiosity in its way. “The rebels.” says the report. “did not take possession of Harper's Ferry till more than a day after its evacuation, and at the very moment Colonel Ford aban- dened Maryland Heights his little army was im reality relieved by General Frankiin’s and Sumner’s corps (of McClellan’s army) at Cramp. ton’s Gap, within seven miles of his position.” Now mark what totlows:—“The General-in- Chief testifies that, in his opinion, General McClellan could and should have relieved and protected Tlaurper’s Ferry, and in this opinion the Commission fully concur, dent, his Cabinet, the generals in and ont of the army, the abolition policy, the couserva- tive policy, the illegal arrests, the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, our relations with foreign Powers—in short, the whole subject of the past: errors, present effects, logical tendencies and future results of the course adopted by the administration and of the acts of its representatives—were fully, ably and unreservedly disoussed. This spirited can- vass over, the election ensued, and the people of every State, except Towa, Michigan and Massachusetts—and even these impliedly by their decreased republican majorities openly condemned the administration, its imbe- cility, vacillations and radical measnres, and declared decidedly and emphatically in favor of the original. conservative, constitutional plat- form of the President and a vigorous, constitu- tional prosecution of the war. Did the - overn- ment attempt to interfere with this canvass, to interrupt these elections, to prevent the expres- sion of the will of the people? Was any editor, or any orator, or any legal voter, arbitrarily arrested during the canvass or at the election? | Were soldiers stationed at the polls and the people forced to vote for the administration at the point of the bayonet? Was there any coup detat, and were the administration candidates declared elected in spite of baHots and pro- tests? Sueh questions answer themselves and sufficiently refute the unfounded and mistaken statements of European papers aad speakers. Never were elections more orderly, quiet aud INTERESTING FROM TENNESSEE. Generals Rosecrans and McCook in Nash. ville—Resumption of Communication With the North—The Unionists in Nash- ville Jubilant, d&ec., &ec. Nasavitua, Nov. 11, 1862, Genera! Rosecrans arrived here last night. Geverat McCook fs stil here. General Negley goes with his com- mand to Franklin, Tennessee. Mail communication will be immediately resumed with the North. The telegraph lines are now open, and the railroad fines soon will be. ‘There is much rejoicing in Nashville ever the favorable aspect which affairs have recently assomed for us. Nasuvitix, Nov. M, 1862. Gen. Rosecrans and staff arrived last night, having left Bowling Green at six (bat morning on train to Mitcholle- ville, making the remainder of the trip, forty miles, om horseback, without interruption by guerilias. ‘The forests are blazing along the greater portion of the route, and many dwellings have been destroyed. The eountry looks painfully desolate. Inhabitants, forage and stock are nearly all gone. The reports about the starving situation of Nashville were fanciful. About thirty thorsamd bushels of corm and other substantiais were in store when McCook’s corps arrived. ‘The recent attack of the enemy was a reconnolasencee and a feint to cnablo Morgan’s guerillas to destroy the railroad bridge. ‘We lost about thirty {illed and wounded in the attack. McCook bas driven most of the rebel guerillas clear back from the city. ‘Ibe enemy is still in considerable force at Murfrese- boro, but they are retreating as rapidly as possible beyond the Tennessee river, destroying everything as they retire. A supply train of a hundred wagons arrived from Mitchelisville last night. Geucral Rosecrans occupied the old headquarters of Buell. Irvine Matt.--That clever little lady, Miss Nina Foster, whose readings gave se much pleasure to our community during the tast winter, gives the first of mer musical and dramatic entertainments for the present season at this establishunent to-night. She will be assisted by Mrs, Charles Farnbam, Mr. Theodore Thomas, Mr. Henry San- derson and Signor Barili, Inthe course of the evening Miss Fester will give readings from ‘The School for Scan- del,”’ “ Parrhasius,” and “Romeo and Jukiet.”” ACADEMY oF Mvsic,—The “ Trovatere,” 1s to be given this evening, with Guerrabella in the role of Leouora, and Mlle, Morensi (her first appearance) in that of Azucena. Oo Friday Madame Lorini Whiting makes her dobut in “Norma.”’ “ Dinorah ’’ will not be produced until Wed- nesday, it beiug found impossible to bring it out on Moa- day as firet intended. rge Ipsioting of the Bay aad M of Rio Jaueiro 1 now Cu exbiDbilion at Goupil’sr where it will remain for the next fortnight, It is a work of remarkable merit, and the novel eharacter of the scenery and incidents which it ropresents renders 1€ wa interesting study to all who are fond of pictures ef this cbaracter. Whilst it embraces a large.sweep of the bay and its beautiful surroundings, it also takes in the market place near tho Imperial paiace and the shipping at the quay, thus affording a ortumity for the intro- duction of acrowd of figures, poupied in the different patents incident to such a scene, and presenting an in- nite variety of gay and pictnresque costumes. Even the tropical fruits and vegctabies piled np iu the market stalls cag all be readily distinguished by those familiar with them. The picture is the result of several months, carolul study upon the spot, the ebauche of almost evel thibg introduced havi been made from the actual object. In handling and tone it is all that can be desired, and&t cannot fail to add to the reputation of thie rising young artist. ANNivensaryY Oration oF emt New Yore Acapant os Mrmcr®.—A large and fashionable audience assembied‘at Dodworth’s Hall, Broadway, lust night, to hear the anmi- vereary oration delivered by 8. C. Foster, M. D., before the mombors ef the institution. Several of the faculty, includ- ing Dr. Igaac Wood, occupied seats on the platform. Dr. commenced his oration precisely at eight o'clock, roster copied am hoa? im ite delivery” 1s wns on clone rate and able production. taking im all phases of medical science, treating the various discases that human flesh is heir te, aod the remedies therefor, &c. He especially dwelt on the muitifarious duties of the modical man, inting out the great’ responsibility whieh devolved on im by God and man, and Lyin Ke useful sug- jtions as to how his conduct should be governed in the yacharge of his onerous and important mission. He ad. vocated the instruction of the general public in certaim branches of medical science, contending that this would not lower the professional man, as some were inclined to think, but, on the contrary, would greatly tend to ely vate. him highoriu bie profession. 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