The New York Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1862, Page 4

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CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, $85 Broadway.—Erurortay Bongs, Dances, &0.—Tueary with Javan, WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Eraroriag Sonas, Dances, b0-—Biay Hexteke PALACE OF MUSIC, Fourteenth strnet,—Camramun’ MinstxkLs—SonGs, Daces ann BUKLES URS. ” ’ HOPE CHAPEL No. 730 Broadway.—Exuiition oF Tinnes i's Catsronnia. HITCHCOCK'S THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL, Canal etreet.—sonos, Dancus. BuRLesguss, &c. GATETIES CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway,—Daawixa | ys ENY KR AINMENTS, PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS. 50% Broadway. = Open daily irom 10 A. M. til 10 P.M ROOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Brmortax NGS, Dances, BURLESQUKS A New York, Friday, November 14, 1863 THE SITUATION. Nothing of any importance is reported from the Army of the Potomac to-day. General Halleck paid a flying visit yesterday to General Burnside, who was employed on military business most of | the day in consultation with his officers. Everything | was quiet in the front. Gen. Hooker took com- mand of Gen. Fitz John Porter's corps, the latter having taken formal leave of his troops and pro- | ceeded to Washington. Tt was reported that General Jackson was moy- ing along the turnpike road toward Cumberland’ | Md., and that the forces of Generals Floyd and | Bragg were concentrating on Gordonsville, to unite with General Lee, Our advanced corps still occupied Fayetteville, | _ bur miles from Rappahannock station. Skirmish hg is going on almost constantly between our ad- ance and the enemy’s rear, but the results are “psignificant. Guerillas hover in onr rear, and oc- vasionally pick up squads of convalescents on their way to their Amal! force of rebel cavalry have for several respective commands. days been prowling through the valley east of the Blue Ridge, and have even ventured down to the viciuity of Warrenton, but the recent movements | of our cavalry in pursuit of them have rid that | section of them. @ The rebels have apparently abandoned the line of the Potomac, near Harper’s Ferry. None of them have been seen there for a week past. General McClellan has been receiving all honors at Trenton. The people assembled around his hotel on Wednesday night and gave him a grand serenade. He made one of his characteristic Bpeeches—brief, pointed and patriotic. He al- luded to the bravery of the New Jersey troops in the army; recalled to mind the “ dashing, intrepid Kearny," and finished by giving the following aa- vice to his audience :—‘ While the army is fight- ing, you, as citizens, see that the war is prosecuted for the preservation of the Union and the consti- tution; for your nationality and your rights as citizens.’’ It is remarked by prominent army officers in Washington that General McClellan was marching hia forces with more regularity and celerity than at any other period during the war when he was relieved of bis command. That the army was moving rapidly and the supplies were at the points designated precisely at the right moment, and that the entire movement was thoroughly organized. ; Gen. Corcoran and staff arrived at Fortress Mon- foe on the morning of the 12tb, sy the Baltimore boat, and immediately proceeded to Newport News to join his command, The “Legion” ar- rived at the Fortress during the day and will be diserabarked for a short time in order to clean the ships, after which the force will proceed on the expedition for which they are destined. ‘The particulars of the late attack by the rebels upon Nashville are given in our correspondence to-day. The enemy made a dashing onslaught on the city, but were gallantly repulsed by our troops, who fought splendidly throughout. Us NEWS. The Aspinwall steamer Champion, which sailed Yrom that port on the 4th inst., arrived here at noon yesterday. She brings $706,780 in specie on freight, ‘Ihe news by this arrival is of some im- portance, tending to show that the oivil strife in the Colombian confederacy is drawing to a close. General Mosquera hag met with most eminent sne- cess, The State of Antioquia, rich in mines and agriculture, has failen into his hands, He captur- ed the capital, Medellin, without firing a gun. One of Mosquera’s lieutenants, named Nieto, was fo- menting trouble in Panama, by threatening to sow terror through the land unless submission be made tw his chief. Considerable excitement pre- vailed regarding this threat. The Bishop of Pana- ma had entirely recovered from his recent illuens, ‘and the churches were all once more open for pub- lie devotivn. We give to-day another instalment of Prince de Poimvidie'’s critical oud ana!ytidal marrative of the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1862, | war, embracing particularly the events connected _ with the amdertabing of the peninsular campaign. , Impartial and enlightened, and thoroughly familiar with all the public and secret movements of the day, his testimony will have great weight on the minds of the American people —and that testimony im most direct and positive—that the only practi- cable mode of attacking Richmond was that by the York river and Pamankey. by which General Mo- Cietlan led his army, and for which he haa so often been aseniied. fp the opinion of the Prince it was, the Merrimac at Norfolk that prevented our cap. tare of fachmond last summer The Repebliean (ity Convention met last even- weg. for the parpose of nominating candidates for Comptrolier aed Corperstion Counsel, After or- coming and some bith + discussion, on motion Mr. Robert T. Haws was cominated by acclamation for Comptrolier The nomination for Corporation Counsel was deferred ant)! next Monday evening, te which Um-> the Convention adjourned. At the meeting of the Boerd of Aldermen yee- terday, resclutions were adopted directing the Commit@re on National Affars to ascertain and _ Peport, as soon ae pesaibe, the nember of men required t Gf the quote of troops for the city, and aise to precerc exemption from the draft of | wach citinens as may furnish a feerelt each Henry A. Smythe war nominated for fireet Commis sioner, and rejected by « vote of eight to five. The Board then adjourned | The Board of Bopervisors tecamed their seasion | yorterday ase Beard of County Canwassers, and dinpomed of the returns from the Eleventh, Seven- teenth and Ninetoonth wards, after which they + S2journed antll twelve o'ctock to-day The Commissioners of Pobiic Charities and Cor rection met yesterday, when the following state- ment was sebmitted: The mumbor of inmates re- maing in the various institutions om the let inst, | Was 6.319% admitted «nee, 1.05; died, 2; die charged, 1,111; sent te Wlackwell's Inland, 204; to State Prison, 4; oumber remaining November 5, 6,242 decrease, as compared with last report, 77. In our list of new Congressmen, published a few days sinoe, we gave the repeblicam two of the members above reported as elected; bat we mun, acknowledge our inability te point them out. The delegation seems to represent all political phases except radical republicanem. | The Board of Aldermen of Boston have decided to send the amended returns im the Third Congres. | sional district of Massachusetts to the Secretary Of State to be counted. Alexander H. Rice, repud- licani, will therefore receive the certifioate of elec” tion, instead of John 8. Sleeper, who was previ ously declared elected. The merchants of Portland. Maine, have decided to receive and pay out silver at 4 premium o¢ | twenty per cent. The only State in which the conservatives have not gained Jargely at the recent elections is Kan- sas, That State has gone overwhelmingly for Jim Lane and in favor of negro stealing. A citizen of Hudson county, New Jersey, bas ap plied for the discharge of his son from the army | on the ground that he is a minor, and that, accord ing to law, the father is entitled to the services of his child until he attains bis majority. The Eighth and Forty-second regiments of Maa Sachusetts are to be sent to Newhern, North Care lina, to reinforce General Foster's command. The governm ent purchased sixty-eight acres of land directly east of Indianapolia, Indi ana, near the corporation limits, for a permanent | arsenal, under the recent act of Congress. The Chicago Tribune (abolition) offers Governor Salomon, of Wisconsin, a brigade to enforce the draft in that State “ by bayonet and bail.”” Governor Buckingham has called sion of the Legislature of Connecticut, to convene in New Haven on the #th of December next. The newspapers called the Albany Inquirer, the Engene City Register and the Portland Adee tiser—all of Oregou--have been exoiuded from the mails on the Pacific coast, by order of Brigadier General Wright. The returns of the election in Missouri indicate the success of the following named candidates for Congress :— 1—Francis P. Blair, Jr. Blow. bas 6—Austin A. King. 2—Henry T. 7—Ben. Loan. 3—J. G, Scott. 8—William A. Hall. 4—S. H. Boyd. 9—James 5. Rollins. 5—J. W. McClurg. Lieutenant de Brooa, of the French navy, who had been sent by the government on a scientific mission in America, to examine the different kinds ' of shell fish which might be naturalized on the French coasts and add to the supply of food for the inhabitants, has fulfilled his task with great success. A few weeks since he had an andience of the Emperor at St. Cloud, to give his Majesty a report on the results arrived at. | | Acnumber of farmhouses, barns filled with the | | products of the season and farming implements, hav@ been consumed by fire in the Southeastern | part of La Salle county, Illinois. | The manufacture of salt at the State works in | Onondaga county continues to increase in amount over that of any previous year. The | namnber of bushels inspected this year, up to the | 8th inst., is 7,530,000, which is an increase over last year to the same date of nearly 1,350,000 | bushels. There is doubt about the election of E. L. Browne, republican, in the Fifth Congressional district of Wisconsin. The democrats claim that | Ezra Wheeler is the successful candidate. If this | should prove to be the case the delegation from Wisconsin will be equally divided between the conservatives and republicans. The orders for several Massachusetts regiments to proceed to New York have been countermand- ed. It hag been decided that they shall embark | at Boston and join the Banks expedition. A petition is in circulation in the West askifig the President to give General John G. Fremont command of the forces of the Mississippi valley. The City Clerk of Roston had made up the re. turns of the late election, and delivered them at the | office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth before the new count of the votes was made in the Third Congressional district of Massachusetts, by which itis claimed that Alexander H. Rice, republican, is elected over Mr. Sleeper. It is doubtful whether they can now be corrected. At all events, we may look for a contested seat, The election of Owen Lovejoy, in the Fifth Con- gressional district of Illinois, is still in doubt. The returns, as far as received, leave Thomas J. Hen- derson, conservative, three hundred and fifty-two ahead, with Henry county to hear from. The new Legislature of New Jersey will stand as follows: Conservative Republican, Conservative majority......... The Ninth Vermont regiment, which has been at Camp Douglas, Chicage, since the surrender o¢ Harper's Ferry, is to be immediately exchanged. The stock market opened strong yesterday, but fell off in the afternoon and closed, after a smart panic, considera- bly lower than the day before. Governments were firm; the 7.30 notes were higher, Money was in very active demand at 6a 7 per cont, in consequence os the recent begotia jon gold clawed at 132; exchange at 14654. ‘The sales of cotton yesterday reached 2,000 bales, and pricen of middling advanced to 640. a 643¢c. por pound. ‘The transactious in broadstuffs were fair; four rising be. a 10c., and corm le., while wheat was steady. Pro- visious were in lees demand, and hog products were de- pressed, mess pork closing at $13 per bbl. The sales of sugars and Rio coffee were liberal, and prices very firm. The demand was good for hay, hides, tallow, ols and leather, at buoyant rates. There was loss activity in homp, bops and metais, but 8 asked full prices, Whiskey declined to 36)¢¢. & 310. per gallon. There wore no movements of importance in brandics, wines, qoa!, fice, seeds or naval stores, The freight market was without improvement in rates, though the engagements were fair. extra sea | Geverner Seymour"edd the Results of _ His Blection, Grave duties devolve upon the Governor elect of this State. Ina very short time he will be called upon to assume the responaibi- lities of the office to which he has just been chosen by the people. From the declarations of Governor Seymour, in a speech delivered at Utica on Thursday last, he appears to fully un- derstand the requirements of his position. He | says most emphatically that he does not regard his election as a mere partisan triumph; that he was supported by conservative men hitherto belonging to different political organizations and that the recent victories have been vic! tories not of a party, but of the country. Such sentiments show that Mr. Seymour appreciates | the facts of the great revolution which has just swept over the central States, They are ex- pressed in almost the identioal terms employed by us in advocating bis election. They justify the confidence reposed in him by reflecting, conservative men. Governor Seymour is now the representative of no political party, but the leader of the great reform party of the nation, Although only voted for by the citizens of this State, Governor Seymour is, in fact, en- dorved by the result of the elections in all the other central States. Now these States, it must be remembered, are, in point of fact,-the loyal portion of the nation: They have the popula- tion, the wealth, the resources, the influence of the whole country within their borders. They aiways lead the way, and the other and secondary States follow. It was this which made the recent canvass quite as important as @ Pregidential campaiga.* By their conserva- | tive majorities, as though by the election of anew President, the central States decreed a | new national policy. Governor Seymour ex- | presses this idea when he says, in the speech te which we have already referred, that the result of his election will be to give new vigor to those who are fighting for our flag, and to weaken those who are fighting against it, since all uncertainty is removed in regard to the object of the contest. Our soldiers now know that they are to fight for the Union, and not for the negro. The rebel soldiers will soon under- stand that they are fighting against the old con- stitution, which bas#o long and well protected them, and oot against the abolitionists, who | would deprive them of the rights which that + constitution guarantees. Those who voted for | the conservative ticket @t the recent elections joan already point with pride to the fact that the rebels have been for the first time driven to deliberation by the conservative Union suc- ceesea at the polls. When « rebellion stops to deliberate it is practically lost. As Mr. Sey- mour justly remarks:—“The war now takes a new phase. We bold up to the people of the Seath not only the penalties of further re- sietance, but also all the blessings and all the | advantages of submission to the constitution.” It is just this phase which the radicals and their accomplice, Jeff Davis, have hitherto en deavored to conceal. It is just this phase whieh the radicals now try to blur by removing MeClellan and Uius inapiriting the rebels with } new hopes of military successes. It ix just this phase, however, which must be presented and | sustained before reunion is possible. Bet Governor Seymour's election and ad- ministration must benefit the loyal as well as instruct and weaken the rebel States. Gover- nor Seymour says that by his election “the go- vermment bas received new strength, That seditious spirit which prompted Northern Go- vernors to give only a conditional obedience to j the constitutional demands of the governmeut bes been rebuked. Treasonable efforts to co- erce the Obief Executive into a line of policy opposed to his convictions of duty have been condemned by the publie verdict. The Presi- dent will receive from us that which he has not | had from those who claim to be bis peculiar | supporters —a cheerful, usconditional obedience to his rightful demands, whether they meet our | own views of policy or not.” How completely | thia covers the whole case, and how thoroughly it rebukes and falsifies the infamous predictions of the radicals in regard to what Seymour would do if elected, it is not necessary for us to state, Governor Seymour believes himself pledged t « cordial support of the President, | and will act upon this belief. At the same time he considers that the recent elections “have | admonished the President not to go beyond his } Tightful jurisdiction.” In all of these views we | } i beartily concur; and we agree with Mr. Sey, mour that, when the conservative influence is felt, the President “will be saved from those intrigues which have hindered the successful progress of the war; our armies will be permitted to gain victories in the vicinity of our capital, as they have beretofore won them on other fields of ac- | tion, and the national credit will be strength- ened by greater economy and honesty in the conduct of public affaira” These declarations we can willingly endorse and approve, and they show that in our Governor elect we have a | zealous supporter of the President, an official firmly in favor of » vigorous and constitutional prosecution of the war, and a dauntiess defender against all illegal and tyrannical proceedings, arbitrary arrests and despotic stretches of power. This is just what the conservative peo- ple of the North require, and just what the radical opponents of Mr. Seymour constantly | asserted that he would aot prove. Both for the constitution and the Union, therefore, the prospects of Governor Seymour's administration are most promising. If be car- ries out the programme be laid down for bim. self at Utica he will receive the unanimous sup- port of all loyal people, and make for himself | a great, patriotic name. As it is, however, he bas completely justified all that we promised for bim, and falsified all the predictions of the radicals. The Hxxatp having supported both | Seymour and McClellaz, it gives us no small | pleasure to find that both of them fully vindi- | cate the justice of our course—the one in the | hour of his triumph; the other in the hour of his temporary retirement. Tus Pentxsutan Camraton—-Prisce px Jot- ViLLE's AxTIOLR—To an exalted member of the Orleans family is attributed, by political circles | in France, the authorship of an article appear- | ing in a Paris periodical, the Revue des Dew Mondes. Throughout all Kurope this article has attracted great attention and interest, as it undoubtedly will im this country, when, by a combination of circumstances as yet unex- plained to the public, the Genoral who formed into an effective army the disorganized, demo- ralized masses which had been retreating before the enemy, and defeated and drove Wack those | hitherto victorious Southern legions, is sudden- ly disgraced and his command given to another. The article written, as is assorted in Paris, by history of the peninsular osmpaign, and carries with it « convietion of the truth of the author's conclusions. We are inclined to think the Pay risiang in error as to the authorship of the ar- ticle. It is clearly the work of s more prac” ticed writer than the Prince de Joinville, aud was more likely written by the Duke d’Au- male, the most capable author of -the Orleans family, or, more probably still, the article was edited from the notes of the Prince de Joinville by that master hand, Thiers. It bears the im- print of his genius in every line, and possesses, above all, that wonderful clearngss of detail and distinct outline so peculiar to the great historian. He is, as is well known, a staunch adherent of the Orleans family, and of no one sooner than himself were the princes likely to demand the editing of the notes taken bere by De Joinville. The article in question explains the conduct of General McClellan during the whole of the peninsular campaign, and will please his friends and clear away the ill-advised -prejudices of-his enemies, The Prince de Joinville is a person eminently capable of judging the matters treated in that article, and none will accuse the high toned gentleman of undue favoritism- Coming at sucha period in General McClellan’s career, the article we refer to will do more to raise him in the estimation of the public than the most elaborate defence he could-have made himself. The article will become history, and asa matter of deep importance to all we re- commend it to the public. McClellan at Trenton Greater than McClellan at the Head of the Army, Brilliant as have been the qualities displayed by McClellan asa general, and successful as has been his’ military career, notwithstanding the impediments and obstacles thrown in his way by a faction, all this is eclipsed by the dignity and self-sacrificing heroism of the patriot as exhibited in the manner in which he retired from the command of the Army of the Potomac to the bosom of his family at Trenton. It is adversity which is the touchstone of great minds. As long as everything goes on pros- perously with a public man we have no test of his highest moral and intelleotual - qualities. But when the blast of adversity assails him, then his mettle is tried, and it is seen of what he is made, Had McClelldn been an inferior, felfish man, he would have resigned his com- mand, and, like Fremont, made inflammatory appeals to excite public indignation against the government. So far from that, he has never yet complained of the wrongs inflicted upon him, and now, when he is removed a second time from the Army of the Potomac, he gracefully withdraws without one word of reproach to his superiors. On the contrary, he exhorts the army to stand by Burnside as it has stood by him, and ddes everything to inspire confidence in his successor. Like Henry Olay, who said he would rather be right than be President, McClellan prefers ww be right than to be General-in-Chief even of the Army of the Potomac, which had “grown up under his own care.” Had he shown the servile, sycophantic nature of other men, and violated the dictates of conscience—his obliga- tions to God and his country—he would have been retajped in the chief command to-day. But, like Aristides the Just, for whose banish- ment his envious opponents admitted they voted because they hated to hear all men praise him; or, like the Roman general Fabricius, who declined to be a party to the taking of the life of the hostile general by treacherous poison—-Fabricius, of whom it was said that he was like the sun, who could not be turned from his course—McClellan was resolved, at all hazards, to “support the constitution of our country” as well as “the nationality of its people.” For this he became obnoxious to a dominant fanatical faction in temporary power, who would sacrifice not only General McClel- lan, but the army and the nation itself, in order to carry ont their one idea. There is no amount of blood and treasure which they are not pre- pared to expend in the vain and impracticable attempt to elevate the negro to an equality with the white man, or rather to drag down the ‘white man to a level with the black. Recause McClellan would not become their pliant, supple tool in this visionary scheme, in- volving hideous horrors and cruel barbarities from which humanity revolts, they compelled him to “walk the plank.” But his spirit is “marching on” at the head of the great national conservative movement which is destined to redeem the country from the thraldom of aboli- tion miarule North as well as from the usurpa- tion of the Southern rebels. His persecution, and the calm and lofty dignity with which he endures it, give him a higher place in the na- tional beart than he could ever reach by his most successful deeds of arna. What party persecution did for Martin Van Buren it will do for McClellan. In 1831 Mr. Van Buren retired from the office of Secretary of State to General Jackson, and was imme- diately appointed by the President Minister to Great Britain. He was received at the Court of St. James with distinguished favor. Soon after the meeting of Congress the President submit- ted the nomination to the Senate. He was re- jected by that body on the ostensible ground of their disapproval of the instructions which he issued while Secretary of State to Mr. Melane, then our Minister to Eng- land, in reference to the West India trade, but really from the spirit of faction; for Jack- won bad assumed the entire responsibility, and publicly declared that those instructions were “the result of his own deliberate investigation and reflection, and still appeared to him to be entirely proper and consonant to his public duty.” The result was thatin May, 1832, Mr. Van Buren was nominated as candidate for Vice President, with General Jackson nominated as candidate for President for another term, by a National Democratic Convention, assembled at Baltimore. Both were victorious, and Mr. Van Buren returned from England to triumph over his political opponents by his elevation to the second office in the gift of the people. Nor was this all. A greater triumph awaited bim. At the end of Jackson's second term Van Buren received from the Democratic National Conven- tion at Baltimore, in 18%5, a unanimous nomi- nation for the succession, and he was elected President in 1836 by « bandsome majority. Now, Mr. Van Buren was not particularly distinguished for bis talents or any great quali- ties of statosmanship, or any services he had rendered the country, nor did he in any bigh degree possess the elements which make men popular. But he was rathlessly aud vindic- tively persecuted. That was enough for the nation. With how much greater zeal will the republic now hasten to make matters even by elevating to political power another persecuted the Prince de Jolaville, to © tlear, masterly | public man, who has done the oouitry such “such ballots as they desired: signal service, and whose ability, integrity on call ee Al go in gil of the people. ‘The ostracisa of General | him next President than if be won a decisive | battle at the bead of his aplendid troopa, and | the capture of the rebel capital resulted from | the victory. Bad State of Our National Finances. Mr. Chase has recently been inviting proposals for a new loan of eleven millions of dollars, and has evinced great anxiety to procure it, proba- | bly with a view of discharging some of the large | indebtedness to the army, which one of our radi- | cal contemporaries estimated a month ago at fifty millions of dollars. But the loan asked for would go only a very short way in paying off that debt to the army, which bas probably accumulated by this time to at least sixty mil- lions. This disgraceful impoverishment of the national Treasury is all due to the injudicious | system of finance forced upon the country by- Congress and the Secretary of the Tressury. Undoubtedly this will be one of the first and most important queations that will be forced on Congress at the approaching session, Con- gress will be called upon to regulate the cur rency of the country in such a way as, to” save us from the ruinous depreciation which that currency is undergoing. The mixed basis of a national currency and of a State bank note cur- rency must be abandoned, and one or the other must have sole possession of the field. For our own part we are in favor of a system which will substitute for the present monetary chaos the pure and simple government issues of Trea- sury notes. . The effect of the withdrawal of the $300,000,000 of bank notes now in circulation will be to reduce the present extravagant price of gold, and to place the government issues on @ par, or nearly so, with gold. We have repeatedly instanced the case of England, when, in her great wars with Napo- leon, she not only maintained her own immense armaments, but defrayed a great part of the cost of those maintained by her allies, and yet managed to avoid a great financial crisis. She did this by the means of the Bank of England, under the direction, however, of her great statesman, William Pitt, By keeping down the paper currency to the actual necessities of trade an undue depreciation was prevented, and specie was worth only a small premium, varying, of course, with the various phases of the war, and the greater or less excitement of the public mind caused by new and alarming complica- tions—as, for instance, just previous to the bat- tle of Waterloo, when .gold went up to forty per cent. Not so with us. We have had only eighteen months of hostilities, and our currency has depreciated more than did that of England in so many years. Our financial managers seemed not to possess the intellect to perceive that the sudden doubling of the paper currency could have no other effect than to enhance largely the price of specie and derange our whole system of exchange. It is for Congress to set to work earnestly and inteiligently to remedy this great evil, which is daily becoming more and more felt, and to devise a plan for re- storing paper currency to something like its fair relations to specie. The solution of the pro, blem is simple enough: it is to compel the withdrawal either of Treasury notes or of the bank notes of States from circulation. Which will itbe? Let Congress decide as soon after its meeting as may be. The Grand Jury and Public ornlity. During times of war laws are very apt to be disregarded. During civil wars especially the ordinary safeguards of morality and propriety are often greatly relaxed. Under suc! circum, stances, therefore, it sometimes happens that our greatest dangers are not from the enemies of the people, but from the people themselves. When the French Revolution suspended the laws of Frence, ,universal anarchy, murder, robbery and rapine ensued. In our rebel States the crime of treason seems to have developed all other sorts of crimes, and the rebel papers compiain of men shot down in the streets, of frequent burglaries, of highway rob- beries, of incendiarism and of the terrible in- crease of all sorts of criminalit es consequent upon the practical abrogation of local laws by the rebellion against national laws. It behooves the guardians of the public peace, therefore, to be especially careful during such times as these that no offender shall take ad- vantage of the popular excitement and escape notice and punishment. The necessities of the period demand the strictest vigilance ‘rom all legal officers, and particularly from our grand juries and distriot attorneys, whose duty it is to indict criminals and bring them to trial. We sincerely hope that, in this city at least, this necessary vigilance will not be wanting. If there be anything which our laws and their executives should strictly guard during this civil war it certainly is the right every citizen to exercise the elective franchise unmo- lested and undeterred either by force or threats, Popular elections are the sa‘ety valves of the republic. Remove or obstruct them, and either official despotism or popular revolution must ensue. But if thus supremely important during the most ordinary times, how much more im- portant is the undisturbed exercise of the right of suffrage during ® revolutionary period like this. Those who interfere with it at any time are deserving of severe punishment; but for those who interfere with it now no punishment can be too great. It isthe duty of the Grand Jury, therefore, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances connected with the recent elec- tion in this State, and to spare none of those who have been guilty of doing anything to pre- vent a full and fair expression o! the will of the people. There is Cassius M. Ciay. lor instance, who called the conservative vgters traitors, and threatened to hang the conservative condidates and their supporters. Were not such epithets aud such threats calculated to deter voters from appearing at the polis und depositing Tut, more than this, Cassias M. Clay followed uj these threats by challenging Richard O'Gorinan, Esq. to mortal combat, against the luw of the State, *and with an evident intent to inti- midate those voters who agreed with Mr O'Gorman in political opinions. is not this ‘an indictable offence? And will the Grand Jury be doing its duty fully and inpartiaily if it aball neglect to notice this challenge, or that other challenge, of equal notoriety, which Count A. (presumed to mean Adonis) Gurow- ski sent to John Van Buren, Hsq., because Mr, Van Buren saw fit to oppose Wadsworth’s election? Distinctly and decided! y not. But besitles these two challenges, which dis the recent canvass, ile threats, the a and | epithets, the slanders, with which Horace Greeley and Hleury J. Raymond befouled the columns of ‘their respective journals—the Tritume and Times--certain!y deserve the at- | tention of the Grand Jury of this county. For only one such offence ax this Horace Greeley was indicted by the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia; and shall he now escape punish- ment because of the number of bis indiscrimi- mate transgressions of the law? Surely our public officers will fail in their duty if they abut their eyes to suoh outrages upon publie decency, morality and propriety, and_ ne- glect to rebuke most emphatically such numerous and impudent violations of the jaws of this State and of common law every- where. If our elections are to be allowed to degenerate into mere personal squabbles, where the bowie knife or the revolver kills off the op position candidates, and where the foul tongs of slander wags unchecked, the Grand Jury should at least clear its skirts of all blame by vigorously resisting and protesting against the tendencies towards such a state of affairs. It is sad and shameful fact thatthe democratic or_ ganization of this city felt itself compelled to issue a handbill assuring our citizens that mea- sures had been taken to protect legal voters against the enforcement of the threats of Mevers: Clay, Greeley and Raymond. Can the Grand Jury permit such a fact as this to pass um- * noticed, and the authors of these threats to re- main unrebuked? The safety of our citizens and the welfare of the country, as well as the requirements of the oath of the Grand Jurors, forbid the supposition. We hope and expect, therefore, that Messrs. Clay and Gurowski will soon be indicted for wilfully transgressing the law against duelling, and Mossrs. Greeley and Raymond tor repeatedly and deliberately vio- lating the laws against threats, libels and slan_ ders. The Grand Jury having thus performed its labors faithfully, this quartette of criminals will be further dealt with as the laws require. Woerar Ganpas.—To morrow evening Mr. Edwin Booth brings to a close an engagement of unwonted briiliancy and duration, This ovoning be takes his arewoll boned, appearing in two characters—Peacara, in Richard Lalor Shoil’s play of “The Apostate,” produced for the frst time this season, and Shylock, in the fourth aot of The Merchant of Venice.” Wedoubt not tho occasion wil gather round Mr. Booth a full circle of that numerous por* tion of the public who regard him ag one of the most ta- tellectual actors upon the stage. Dopworra’s Hatt.—Professor Hows gives the first of his annual series of public readings ot this establish. ment to-night, His selections will be taken from “The Diver of Schiller,’ “Othello,” “Tho Pickwick Papers,” “fhe Honeymoon,” “The School for Scandal,” aud Doug: las Jerrold’s “Caudle Leotures.’” Coroners’ Inquests. Surcior ov 4 GERMAN BY HaNnGixc.—Jacob Meyer, @ native of Germany, aged 41 years, committed suicide a his residence, No. 113 Norfolk street, on Wodnesday, by hanging himself to his bedroom door. His wife discover ed his situation before life was extinct, and cut the body down; but, notwithstanding every effort was made to resrscitate him, he died from exhaustion in a few hours afterwards. Coroner Navmann held an inquest upon the body, when the jury rendered a verdict of Suicide while lnboring under temporary aberration of mind.’’ An Usxwown Man Fouxp Drowwep.—The body of aa unknown man, about 23 years of age, five fect seven inches in height, was found floating in the North river, near Fort Washington, on Wednesday afternoon, De- cease’ was drossed in dark pants, gray knit undorsbirt, blue flannel ditto and army shoes, Coroner Collin held an thqnost pon the body, when the jury rondered @ verdiot of ‘Found drowned.’’ Fatat Fatt From a Wivpow.—Charles Leon Hubsher, ap infant about threo years oid, fell from a fifth story window at 29 Chrystie strect, yesterday morning, and wae almost instantly killed, Coroner Naumann held an ia- quest. Tne Aecxgr Bakery Casuatty.—The investigation into the circumstances atte ding the falling of some ovens at Hecker’s bakery, in Rutgers stroet, on Monday night, in- volving the death of the in'ant child of John Seabrook, was resumed yesterday by Coroner Naumann, but of importance was elicited. Tho further cousideration the case was postponed fur two weeks. First Degree. NERAL SESSIONS. Before City Judge McCunn. Nov. 18.—The People ve. Amnda Thompson.—The pei- soner in this case was indicted for the murder of her hus- and, Joseph P. Thompson, on the mgrning of the 29th of September last, at No 42 Sullivan strect. The deceased had abandoned tho prisoner and was living with another woman named Josephine Conover. The prisoner, leara” ing his whereabouts, went to the room on the morning im question, and entered * a few minutes after the woman Conovor had left it. Thompaon was still m bed when bis wife approached him and asked whether he intended to come back and live wi'h her; and on bis answering in the negative she cut his throat with a razor. The wound did not prove immediately fatal. but after struggling fore few minutes the unfortnnate man expired. Ali the par- ties involved in this unfortunate aifuir are colored poople. ‘The prisoner is a very intelligent looking woman. with & remarkab'y determined looking countenance, and during the trial was perfectly composed and self-possessed. A large number of witnessox were examined to-day, when the facta above stato! were fully proved. Several wit- nesses were also examinod for the defence, for the par- pose of proving that the conduct ef the deceased towaras his. wite bad been sufficient to incite her to commit the fatal act The caso will bo summed up and given to the jary to-day. Assistant District Attorney O. L. Stewart pid the proseoution, and Mr. Johu W. Anthon the defence. United States Circuit Court. Before Hon. Judge Nelson. REVENUR CASES. Nov. 18.—Te suit of K. 1. Clance and others against Augustus Schell came on for trial this morning. The plaintiffs claim penal duty of twenty per cont, paid under Protest upon an importation of glass, and also claim re. turn of duty upon ninety per cent of the glass, which was damaged, as is contended, while in the bands of the Cot. loctor. The defendant centended that, the invoice valae of the merchandise being raisod by the appraisers more: elas wien reapocs to the cent. 0 that the glass was not injured whilo in his ‘The suit of W. A. Sale againat A\ Dove suite veralots ‘wore entered made. 4 District Kthan Allen, Assistant Unitod States District Attorney, for the government. Mr. Ridgoway for the plaintiff. Bridge Correspondence. nom, Naar Caary Rarpoe, barry: Vinaima, Nov. 10, 1862. } It in in nowiso a breach of government confidence te say that this rogimont has beon duly designated t¢ remain at this point during tho coming wintor, for the purpose of guarding the Chain Bridge. The regiment tly located, about four milex from Washingtoa, and bat a few hundred yards from the bridge, imnedt- ately around which « large numbor of regiments are sta~ tioned. These and other forces are under the immodiato supervision of @ brigadier general of experience, ane one who is an oxceetingly able and pepular soldier. The neogress of this regiment in the manual of arms aad bat dation drill is really complimentary to the men and-ore ditable to the colonel, who has already, a8 was predicted, established a well grounded reputation for diseiplinary eiliiency, united to a calm judgment « bearing. "ihe Lith of ths rogiment is, good, and it a notowond thy that not a single death has ‘ocurred since its formar tion, save the man Tredo, whe was lost from the ons ofe the bd ‘the passage of the command from TrepAe ‘ork. New under the invetee Our C News from Ban F: iveo. i] Saw Fitancisco, Nov. 18, 1848. The markets aro unchanged. All kinds of paper have rocently advanced twenty-five por con.. Tosurance %@ conrgoes to Liverpool ‘and Calcutta bave advanced to seveg per cont. gailod, ship Molita, for Rugland, carrying 24,000 snekg of wheat, Cloared for Liverpool ahip Enoch Train, with « cargo Of 61,000 mols of whoa and 169000 pounds of libela, the falsehoods, the insinuations, the | tallow.