The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1863, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY; also passed. A memorial from the Wisconsin Le- The Rise of Geld and the Deeline of but only wild, w'cked and unpatriotic specula- gislature asking for the reduction of the duty on Patrtetion. paper was presented. The bill amendatory of the | The Wall street speculators gave another Pacific Railroad act was passed. Several impor- | strong puff at the bellows yesterday, and forced tant bills and resolutions were introduced and ap- | gold up to 173. To-day the newspapers which pete referred, and after an executive sea- | these speculators control will indulge in a few sion the Senate adjourned. a 2i2.2;.'., | more remarks upon our depreciated currency. In the House of Repre: the conaidest: | We sincerely hope that the people will not Kipm.of Shei pane aR: is of | atlow themselves to be deluded by such non- the nation waa. ceegrned, jadmonts Maiting sense. The paper money of the nation has not the term of active service to three years, provid- depreciated a single cent since yasterday or ing for the punishment of spies, and striking out | * i since last month. The rise in gold is the re- the clause requiring provost marshals to inquire i into and report to the Provost Marshal General all | sult of speculation, not of the depreciation of treasonable practices were adopted, and the bill | government paper. There is not the slightest passed by a vote of 115 against 49. The bill will | necessity for the people to be frightened com- now be sent to the Senate for action on the | pletly out of their wits because the quotation, amendments referred to. The Select Committee | «(old at 173,” stares them in the face. The case on Emancipation reported a bill appropriating | i, pad enough, but not so bad as it seems. No- $10,000,000 in aid of the emancipation of slaves in body wants to use any gold, except a few im- Maryland. It was recommitted. The same com- porters and afew persons who are obligedto mittee reported a bill appropriating $15,000,000 t it money to Why, then, should for the emancipation of slaves in Missouri. A ap sober RAN ghee high my motion to admit Mr. George W. Bridges to a seat | the country nut pre-, as the representative of the Third district of Ten- | mium upon the precious metal? " nessee was agreed to. The bill amendatory of |. Why? Beoause the prices of every article tne Internal Revenue act was taken up in Commit- | of daily consumption and domestic use may tee of the Whole and a number of amendments | adjust themselves to this rise in gold adopted. Wall street pt ‘THE LEGISLATURE. if it be long sustained. V — gambles, and the people suffer. . Bulls Both houses of our State Legislature met again and t play with gold on the street, and the last evening, after a recess of five days, having ad- * j people are robbed ot their comforts and tuxu- journed over from last Thursday to yesterday. Gol 4 does the Very little business, however, of importance, was | Ties at home. ‘Gold goes up, and so transacted by either branch. In the Senate a com- | Price of a spool of cotton or a pound of coifee munication from the New York Chamber of Com- | or ® yard of muslin. Gold goes up and the value of the poor man’s wages is reduced over fifty per cent, if he is obliged to spend those wages immediately. Thus the poor are 4 NEW YORK HERALD. SamBE convo’ BaNNErT, * Ree gant preminns as those Charged by the Wall street gamblers, who williagly barter their | country, as levendary misers signed away their souls, for the sake of a little filthy incre, and | EpITOR AND PKOPRIBIOR, Orrics N. W- ne XXVIII, Volame : in this world or the'vext. The Exp of the Hatteras. Captain Homer C. Blake and the surviving | officers and crew of the United States war | vessel Hatteras arrived here yesterday in | the Star of the South from Key West, to which | place they had been conveyed by the ship | Borodino, from Kingston, Jamuica, where they had been set ashore by Semmes, of the Confede- rate privateer Alabama, In another column we publish # statement of the exgagement be- | tween the Hatieras and the Alabama, obtained | from some of the officers and crew. - We call the attention of our readers to this recital of what wo deem one of the most gallant expioite in the history of naval warfare. The Hatteras was | signalled to chase a vessel far in’ the distance. | She steamed for her, and when, at sunset, she | was quite close to her, it became evi- dent to Captain Blake, of the Hatteras, that he had before him the renown- | ed Alabama—a ves:el which, compared to | his small, slightly armed blockading steamer, | was asagiautto adwar!. He felt assured that | an engagement between them could but result | in the destruction of the Hatteras, and yet he | determined he wou'd attack her. He fully made | aM USEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIRLO'S GARDEN, Broadway,—Satan xia. WALLACK’'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Masxs anp Facks | WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—NeLt Gwraxe. wAUBA KERNE’S THEATRE, Broadway. —Bersr Bacee —Faim One Witn iwe GoLpEn Locks, KEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Epcxwoxta Bess Lowki Ma» of tuk Ucéean—Ock Nam, BOWERY THEATRE, wery.—OTHELLO—WIsARD GERMAN OPERA HOUSE, No. 485 Broadway.—Faa Du ow. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Mnene Wanu-x. Com, NOvT, Liv.wG Mir: Orotamus, 4, at all bours.—Baoc.—Alterooon and Kveuing. MRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechonics’ Hall, 472 Broad. | bry -—Eruierias Songs, BuRLesquas, Dances, &¢.~Biace 2 uaDE j WoOuD's MINSTREL HALL, 516 Broadway.—Ermi0ruax G8, Dans, BO: 44uKnt, \ BROADWAY MENAGERIE, Broadwa LIVING AWIMALSePRRVORMING ELRHANTS—COMIO MULEE BO “MERICAN THE ATRE. No. é4é Broad: j.—Bat ters, Paxtomixns, BUSLESQUBS, 20. eerie PARIS{AN CAPINET OF WONDERS, aye Open daly trum 10 A. M, till 10 P.M. aa Brower: HOOLEY'S OPERA merce, in reference to the defences of our harbor, Soxos, Dances, Buacsaui was presented. In the Assembly, the bill legalizing the bonds of Ly ad Brooklyn.—Etaiorian New York, Thursday, February 26,1663 ——= — = _ | the Corporation of this city for the relief ofsoldiers’ | geeced by these Wall street gold gam- | up his mind that ke was going to certain death; THE SITUATION. families was ordered to a third reading. Notice | bers, These speculators traffic in the | but still he determined to board her, or at any No movements have taken place in the Army of Was ivan of # bill $0 enable the Superrisars of ts |) Solna Gr shale country. They reap the | rate to kvep ber battling as long as possible, county to take land for a court house. Several local and private billa were introduced. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Jura, from Londonderry on the 13th of February, arrived at Portland, Me., yes- terday. Her news is five days later than the ad- vices of the Canada. She also brings a telegraphic synopsis of the news forwarded from Liverpool by benefits of the miseries of their fellow citizens. They grow fat by feeding upon the vitals of the nation. Their patriotism is in an inverse ratio to their profits. The smaller their souls the larger are their gains. The more rumors of defeat and disaster they can trump up the higher they can force gold. What does it mat to detain her till the fleet could have time to | come up and capture her, For that purpose Captain Blake was willing to give up his life, and fonnd the same senti- | ment shared by his officers and crew. He was | anxious to board tue Alabama, as he feit sure | he should mester her crew with his brave the Potomac. It is stated that the diminution in the rebel army at Fredericksburg is not so great as has been reported, although some troops have been sent to Charleston and some to Suffolk. Generals Lee and Jackson are still at Fredericks- burg. Despatches from Cairo state that a large fleet | the City of Washington on the 11th inst. The ad- | ter to them if the country be ruined? The | men. ur readers are aware tiat the of guaboats left Memphis on Sunday; and pro- | vices, telegraphed from Portland, are given inthe | greater the ruin the greater the premiu:a | rebels took a cowardiy advantage of the | ceeded down the river. One of our gunboats Henatp this morning. upon gold. Why should they work and } Hatteras, and_ into her a terrible broad- | Lord Palmerston had announced the restoration of the government subsidy to the Galway steam- ship line, subject to the approval of the Admiralty of the condition of the vessels. The fighting continued in Poland, success being generally with the Russians. The London Times says that the movement of the Poles is entirely national, and is generally headed by the pricsts. The British diplomatic correspondence from Italy shows a strong position taken in favor of the side after having announced that they were the British man-of-war Vixen. Captain Blake fought the Alabama for twenty minutes, during which time he put sixteen shots into her, some of them passing throught and through. One shot pierced her sterupost, which is thus much weakened. The Alabama fired severai time: large gua which sent a shot weighing within few pounds of as wich as the whole broadsi pray for the success of our arms and the salvation of the Union? Success would de crease their profits and reduce their ill-gotten wealth. The speculators in gold are our very worst enemies. The rebels fight because their leaders are ambitious. The abolitionists aid the rebels because they are fanatics. The specu- lators have a stronger and baser motive for in- juring our cause than either rebels or aboii- passed into Lake Providence, and found 2 band of rebels, with a large number of negroes, felling trees across the narrow passages to obstruct the pas- sage of our boats. She shelled one company of them away. Three thousand men are daily engaged in cutting the canal across the peninsula near Vicksburg. Our mortar boats are still in position and keep up | | some fime past, she bas been, and still is, le | % ¢ 4 joni: i of ‘leras, One of those shells struck the an occasional fire on the batteries of th , | Femoval of the French troops from Rome. The | tionists. Gold is more powerful than ambitio: @ Holler D ae! io A bg é © enemy | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy denied in | or fanaticism. Wall street assails the Union in | cylin er of the United es vessel and rendered | espatches from Cairo dated yesterday say that | pariiament a rumor to the effect that the Island order to make money. her heipless, She took flre, and was sinking while | nothing hay been heard there of the Queen of the | of Elba had been ceded to France. The throne of It is idle to prate to us about the effect of the j in flames The Alabama, when she found her } Woes i the Indianola. The steamer Belle of prey nmaeaetacin 1862 show an ex. | VEE issues of paper money—the inflation of the | opponent helpless, assniaed a position which en- Memphis, while !anding passengers on Monday punk be revallie’ aide the bxpentitare: currency. There is no inflation of the currency. | abled er to firea raking broadside, and then, | might at a point thirty-six miles above Memphis, on the Arkansas side of the river, was boarded by * ® dozen guerillas, but she immediately backed out gad the enemy were compelled to jump ashore. We give to-day a most interesting account of the late sinking of the United States steamer Hatteras by the pirate Alabama, furnished by the’officers ‘and crew of the former vessel, who arrived here yesterday. From the facts detailed, it will be seen that it was # very gallant affair on the part of the and not ull then, did Captain Blake order that the boals be lowered. Tle was determined that | the Hatteras should not fall into the possession of the rebel privateer, and not till she was sinking did he abandon her. He never strack his fag. The Hatievas, whea she disap) eared in the waves, had ber pennant still attached to the masthead, | Th tal shot whic! stroyed the machinery , of the Hatteras prevensed the accomplishment | | 1 i You could not scrape together ten millions of dollars in United States bills from ail the ba: and brokers in this city to-day. A week « two ago the government was unable to obiai three millions of dollars worth of its own notes The country can absorb at least a thousand millions of paper currency. In the West t!« people hail the sight of a government note as « blessing. They have been swindled by wild cat banks for years. They have very litt! Jocal currency worth ten cents on tie do! ‘There were three hundred and ninety-four thou- sand bales of cotton on hand in Liverpool, of which sixty-five thousand were American. The market was very dull, at ¢ decline during the week, but closed firm on the 13th instant. breadstuffs were dull, and flour easier in price. Provisions were flat and logking downward. Consols closed in London, on the 13th instant, at 92% a 92% for money. It is reported that Gov. Seymour bas declared his intention to put thirty thousand of the National Guard of this State upon a war footing. of that purpose for which Captain blake. his Hatteras, and that, although destroyed, her officers | A portion of the Dupont powder works at Wil- | Jar. Only a couple of years ago the | officers and evew had devoted their lives, Un- and men, especially Captain Blake, the com- | mington, Del., exploded yesterday, causing the | notes of hand of responsible parties used to cir | alse to move his vessel, Captain Blake conld mander, had cheerfully staked their lives upon the death of thirteen of the workmen. culate as money in the West, and we have seen | not detaia the Alabama, so that he m bt render | encounter, and were prepared to brave tho worst. The Rev. Homer Osgood delivered a lecture last | these notes fairly covered with the endor« tare by our fleet inevitable. ~ But, | : ¢ ‘ evening on “‘ New Orleans as It was and as It Is,” | ments they bad received as they were passed {1011 rhe did not suceeed in this, the gal- | But she did not go down without inflicting severe | at the church corner of Christopher and Bedford hand to band. Government money snperseiic lantry of his conduct, the merit of his brave | damage upon the Alabama. Sixteen balls per- | streets. He contrasted the prosperity of the great | nig trasb, and is gladly welcomed. The pre. | action, are us great as iheugh ke had. No one | forated the Hatteras, shattering her sternpost crac a cbt ta nee bie _ mium on gold is caused by no over issue of | could have cast a siadow of blame upon Cap- | aud completely crippling her machinery just at shape algo showed how It had sip ialpdinphoved paper money. It is caused by speculation, like | ‘ain lake had he determined to avoid all en- | the moment when she was about boarding the counter rebel vexscl and was only twenty-five yards distant from her. The Conscription bill of the Senate, which passed the House yesterday, includes in those liable to be drafted into the army to serve for the term of the existence of the rebellion, not, how- ever, exceeding three years, congressmen, assem- blymen, aldermen, Quakers, clergymen, Indians and Negroes. It is, therefore, most sweeping in its provisions, and, if carried out, will leave but few homes iu the North without a representative in the arwy. The amendments of the bill will tarn over to the civil authorities all persons ar- rested by Provost Marshals for treasonable prac- tices, A report reaches us from Boston that General Banks was fired at by some unknown person on the night of the 12th instant, as he was leaving the City Hotel at New Orleans to attend the French @pera. The ball, however, did not take effect tither upon the General or any one clec; neither hhas there been any trace of the would-be assassin, mut has any news of this attempt upon the life of the Commanding Geocral arrived here, although our dates from New Orleans are to the 13th. EUROPEAN NEWS. By the Jura, at Portland, we have newa from er Europe to the 13th instant—tive days later. Mr. Mason, the rebel Commissioner in London, had been entertained by the Lord Mayor of the city at his annual banquet. Bfr. Mason responded to the toast of “ Our Visitors,”’ alter a complimen- tary call from the Lord Mayor and the guests. The Coinmissivner expressed his regret that England had not recognized the Southern confederacy, spoke of the immense trade which his “ country’’ would do with foreign nations, and prophecied that the day was near at hand whon the most inti- mate relations would be established between the @ity of London and the Southern territory. The London Times etates, in an editorial, that neither the remarks of Mz. Mason nor the fuct of his be- ing present af the cntertainment have any politi- cal significance. The movement in favor of negro emancipation was still sustained Uy the English people. Reso- lutions in favor of secessioniam were voted down at one of the meetings, after # very lively dcbate, by a large majority The Sumter (late a rebel -privateer, but now foamed the Gibraltar,) bad put to sca from the harbor of Gibraltar, although closed; itched by the United States steamer Chippewa. The Paris Moniteur disclaims the recent action Of the ‘so-called consul'’ of the Emperor in Texas. the premium upon silver and the premium npor nickel cents. Silver coin is at discount i Canada, and it would be equally plentiful i: did not speculators keep it from the people Nickel cents are furnished in immense quin'i ties by the United States mints at par for Un ted States money. What, then, causes the pre mium upon nickel? Ask the speculators wh: buy up these cents in order to compel re!a!' dealers either to pay twenty per cent prem ui) for nickel or to issue shinplasters for al) valuc: below half a dime. With plenty of silver in tix country—for comparatively none has been ex ported, and none can be except at a loxs—ani! with plenty of nickel cents issued from te mints, we are without small change. Why Because the “old clo’ ” shops in Cliatham stree and the Bowery are deserted by their owner: who have turned money gamblers, and boar: small change for the premium. For the sane reason gold is at 173, and prices proportionute ly high. ‘There is a noticeable difference between the speculations in gold and these in silver anc nickel—vis: that gold is reully almwet unneces- sary in ordinary business transactions. The government needs some gold to pay tie inte- rest on its bonds, and importers need some gold to pay their duties; but beyond this in- significant demand gold isin fact a drug out- side of Wall street. Even in Wall street the gold sold is never delivered and never wanted. A certificate that so much gold is deposited in such a place is transferred from the seller to the buyer, who disposes of it again at an ad- vance, if he can. If all the gold purchased in Wall strect ina week was carted from broker to broker at the close of each day's sales, all the drays in the city would be in requisition. More than this : men sell gold who never really own a dollar of it to men who never truly pos- sess the specie they have bought. A broker's promise to deliver so much gold at such a time is saleable, and the broker runs bis. chances of being able to buy the gold, before the time appointed, at a less price than that at which he sold it. At the date agreed upon he sometimes prodaces the certifcate of deposit for the gold, but generally he only pays the difference be- tween the premium rates on the day he sold and the day he delivers. Consequently, » man who has a few thousand dollars to pay these “differences” can buy and sell millions of dol- lars worth of gold. The dealings in gold are done in paper, therefore—the papet of banks, and bankers, and brokers. The dealings of the people are in the paper of the United States government, which will endure when Wall th the Alabama. The disproportion beiween his ship aad the rebel privateer was enormous, and that be should have fought her sheds glory upon himself and those he com- monded. Heroes all, they deserve much at the hands of the government for whose honor and glory they devoted their lives. The conflict they went through was terrible while it | tasied. They bore their part in it’ with | honor. The country owes them a debt of rattude for proving to the world that the Mcers of th United States Navy are still of that metile which fursished a Panl Jones. Sare- te struc le between the Hatieras 1s galiantan exploit as haat w, 1 aul Jones. The coun- | try will hear with pride of the gallant conduct of Captain Blake, his officers aad men. The example will be beneficial to those now serving their country, ether on laud orsea. All alike will | be stirred io emulation of the calm, courageous , devotion of tie commander and crew of the | Halwras, wio, to destroyan eneiny of our | coverument, were willing to lay down their | lives. All honor w these brave men, whose | ‘ames shajl live in cur national hisiory. socially and morally under the administration of Gen. Butler. Rev. J. C. Fletcher delivered his secoud iecture on Brazil at the Cooper Iiistitute last evening. It was an excecdingly interesting discourse. There was not a quorum present yesterday at the meeting of the Emigration Commissioners. The number of emigrants to last week was 420, making the number since January 1 4,185. The balance of the commutation fund now amounts to $9,228 34. The case of Jacob Weiler, indicted in the Court of General Sessions for the murder of his wife, by shooting her with a pistol, in August last, was re- sumed yesterday. The examination of witnesses occupied the whole day, and the case will be given to the jury this morning. 4 ‘The stock market was steady yesterday morning, but lower in tho afternoon, c'osing with rathor a dowoward tendency. Gold ductuated between 171 and 173, closing at about 172. Money was worth 6 percent. Exchange closed at 189. There was decidedly loss activity in breadstaffs yester- day, and priceselosed with a downward tendency. There were no important movements in cotton, caffe, salt, hemp or naval stores. The sales of provisions were large and eollers bad any exiating advantage. Heavy transactions were reported in sugars, which were %{c. @ \{c. higher. The demand for spices and tallow was active. A fair business was reporie’ in fish, hides, leather and cloversced. Mine trogne mnarial at Roior. Tur Coxscurtios Bui.—Criscermen, Sirak- Rs, QUAKERS, Ixprans, NiGakiks aNp ALL.—The | Conscription bill, which has passed both houses | of Congress, and which may now be considered | a law of the land, is a sweeping measure, It | embraces men of ail colors, all parties, all creeds, | all professions, all pursuits—Congresemen, As- | semblymen, Aldermen, clergymen, Shakers, | Quakers, Indians, niggers and all. Mr. Thad- | deus Stevens tried to get off the Quakers on | conscientious scruples; vat he failed. The able- | bodied Qua} ers, like the rest of their fellow- citizens between twenty and forty-five years of age. if called upon, must pocket their consci- evtions scruples and go forth to fight, or fork out three hundred dollars each for a substitute. It is nonsense to talk of resistance. The laws must be obeyed. .The Quakers and Shakers, we know, will not resist; the Indians are always ready for war purposes, and the niggers, like white ‘mea, baye no choice. Atteution, Onu- casians and Africans, Indians, Shakerd and, Quakers! To the right about, face! Shoulder arose! % a Tae Ficnttxa Porters.—The family of the Porters, of which that famous old sea lion, Commodore Porter, of the Essex, was the head, are true to the heroic blood of their chieftain. Admiral D. D. Porter, of the Mississippi gun- boat squadron, is one of his boys, and so is Commodore W. D. Porter, of the Mississippi Tue Pesavties or Greatness.—We have re- ceived, and willingly publish, the following card from the veteran Lieutenant General Scott -— A CARD, General Scott once more Lay to be excused by correspondents. Rheamatism in the hand makes it difficult to write. Hence the mass of unacknow- ledged letters—mostly asking for autographs—is daily increasing upon him. As it is impossible to answer one in ny he must, in future, neglect all not on matters of importance. These requests for autographs, invitations to public dinners, calls to preside over popular meetings, applications for offices or for aid in obtaining offices, appeals for assistance or for influence, and similar demands upon time, pa- tience and attention, are some of the penalties of greatness. For these General Scott con- quered Mexico and achieved his unrivalled fame ae the great American soldier. We remember that the great English fleld marshal, the Duke of Wellington, was troubled, during the last few years of his life, just as our field marshal, General Scott, now is. In spite of the Duke's temporary unpopularity—the. consequence of his turning politician—when the mob stoned the windows of Apsley House, he was never free from the annoyances of visits and letters from those who sought to see him or to obtain a scrap of his handwriting, and was subjected to all sorts of tricks end intrigues by the anxious hero worshippers, Finally the , tion was paid to this advice, and our cause has FEBRUARY 26, 1863, < --» ~ lurontaxce or Tax LocpiTs Ocovréwon oF | tion, encouraged an sustained by an imbecile | Texas. The Chamber of Commerce has recent- administration, can raise gold t such extrava- | ly dilated upon the advantage of the recovery of Texas trom the posseasion of the rebels. The importance of this achievement has been long | recognized by every one possessing any infor- mation om the subject. It is notorious that who will certainly lose by their bargain, sither | from Texas the rebel armies are chiefly fed; } and it is across the Mexican frontier, through Texas, that they derive their chief supplies of clothing, blankets, arms, ammunition, medi- cines and other n aries, to say nothing of the purely local trade of Mexieo with the South. The Rio Grande frontier of Texas (or rather that portion of it not held by General Canby’s forces) ought therefore to be occupied at once. What are the statistical facts in our posses- sion in regard to the trade that has sprung up between the rebel government and the mer- chants, stock raisers and manufacturers of Mexi- co’ Passing by for the present the data in regard'to the foreign goods of all sorts, gun- powder, caps, lead, &c., Kc., a8 well as the live ‘stock, that have been obtained in Mexico, and paid for with the cotton obtained, through ter- rorism and extortion, by Jeff. Davis, we will Bow cpnfine ourselves to the manufacture and growth of cotton in Mexico. There are in the tepublic of Mexico sixty-nine cotton factories, and several new ones are under way. These factories chiefly manufacture brown domestics, mantus and rebozos, or Mexican scarfs. Eight of them are situated in Northeastern Mexico, and a ninth is about to be erected in that re- gion by Don Carlos Sanchez Navarro, at his hacienda La Florida. ‘The cotton factories of Mexico produce se- venteen millions of varas (a vara is about thirty- three inches) of fabrics less than is required for tie annual consumption of the country. Zu- | lara, at his hacienda of Los Urnos, and Xi- menes, at his hacienda of Santa Rosa, are the only cotton growers worthy of ncte in North- easiera Mexico. Between them, in good years, & quantity equal to one thousand five hundred bales of cotion—counting five bundred pounds as a bule—is produced. About as much more is grown on the Pacific slope. Hence, from in- formation we have as to the amount of the raw material required by these sixty-nine factories, not counting what may be needed by Don Carlos Sanchez, and by the new factory about to be erected by Dr. McManug in Chibuahua, Mexico has to import annually for home con- sumption, from the United States, not less than twenty eight thonsand bales of cotton. For deriving her entire supply from Texas. Be- sides, much eotton has been shipped {rom Texas, by way of Matamoros, to Europe. No wonder our commercial men are at last waking up to thelr interest. In case the Cabi- not should still be fast asteep, we beg leave to inform them that the rebels removed the guns from Fort Lrown to Ringgold Barracks in July ' last, and abauduned the lower Rio Grande country. At present there are only six hun- | dred Confederate troops on the Rio Grande, and there are one thousand three hundred | Lexan refugees on the other side of the river, waiting tor caps and powder to fight them. If the administration cannot spare thearms, sup- piies and men to attend to this frontier (which is (he only region in Rebeldom in contact with a foreign country, and is the only portion of | Sece-sia through which cotton can be exported), we wouid be willing to undertake to attend to it on contract, and on very reusonable terms. Is the government willing to give all the public property that belongs to the Southern confede- racy, that mey be seized by a rapid campaign in that region, to whatsoever person or persons are willing to provide the outfit and accom- piish the job? Ifo, let it speak out. Sovramen Ineucexce with THE Evrorean Press—The London News brings forward evi- dence to show that a number of the writers for ive Mnglish and Continental press are sub- sidized by the South. We are surprised that this conviction should have been so long in forcing itself on the mind of our contemporary. It is now more than eighteen months since we brought forward facts to prove that such was , the case, and called upon the government to take steps to counteract its pernicious effect, by either estabiishing Nortiern journals in the great European cities or by such other mea- sires as might be deemed advisable. No atten- suffered accordingly. Of the unscruputous- ness of the foreign press in our regard we have a fact to relate which will show Low necessary was some counter- acting infimence of the iind. recommended. It happened that some months since an Ameri- can had occasion to visit London on his private affuirs, and to his surprice was wait- ed upon shortly after his arrival by the editor, of the London Herald. ‘The tatter inquired whether be would be disposed to coniri- bute some articles on the war to that journal, and, the terms being satisfactory, be agreed to do #0. The articles were furnished, but were sent back to the writer on the ground that they were Unien, and not secession, in sentiment, the editor having made a mistake in his man. Of course the unchecked employment of influences such as this could not fail to work immense mischief to our cause. Our gevernment, which bad the means of counteracting them, failed in its duty in not using them. Itis too late now te remedy the omission; for all the harm bas been done that could possibly result from this source. Never Too Larz to Learx.—The Military Committee of the Senate have summoned be- fore them Generals McClellan and McDowell, in order to examine them as to the measures to be taken to effect a thorough reform and reor- ganization of the army. A very sensible step this. It is only a pity it was not sooner taken. The committee have been occupied upon this in- vestigation for nearly two years, and they have made little or no progress,in it. Now, that they | are going to have s couple of witnesses before them whe are competent to give them all the information they require, let us hope that they “will exhibit s result of some kind for their la- bors. If they can only make up their minds to fron-clad Essex, with which he settled the busi- *pess with the terrible rebel jiron-clad ram Tron Duke had «form printed, whieh ran some- thing like this:— street is but a memory. The*paper of Wall street is secured by the personal and real Ht says he had no official character at the moment, @nd that Napoleon's instructions relative to the Freach policy in Texas ara of a friendly charneter. F.M., the Duke of We! acknow! pl fen amounting to jy nothing— | Arkansas. Another of these Vorters was “the Za France, of Pavia, the organ of the Empress tna reesipt a) pe fom ios ane reqeeniee of the speculators. The paper of the govern- | executive officer of the Hatteras at the time of Bagenio, calls attention to the fact that the French bas no tise to atte | ment is secured by all the national property | her glorious Aght with tho rebel steamer Ala- troppg found in the fort at Acapulco, Mexico, @ ‘qnaatity of firearms ‘from American sources.” CONGRESS, In the Senate yesterday the Indian Appropriae Dal was passed. Bilis authorizing the Presi it te confer brevet rank, aud to promote the somfort and efficiency of the army, were bama; and, if we are nos jwistaken, General Fitz John Porter, the commander of the reat- guard of the Army of the Potomac, in its torr ble eeven days battles before Richmond, is & blood relation of these other Porters. In wat, these are the sort of porters to sustain the heat and busden of he day, ‘ and by the integrity and honor of the country fteelf. The people are the endorsers of the notes of the government, Patriotism and se!f- interest alike make it our duty to endeavor a keep the national currency ap pany Pa must depreciate @ little, perhaps, in conse- aneace of certain igeecpized fowocia) laws; the Duke's secre pondent and the nature of the request required, and by this means the Duke was relieved of much importunity, We advice General Scott to adopt a similar plan, ip case the dint givep in Bis cap is not eBeptua ‘ ane iy a ee cd ty ) found « report on‘such recommendations as they will make them the country will not be disposed to find fault with it | Pocket Lofautr.—“The pocket,” says a Spanish proverb, “is the test of a man’s sin- cerity.” In an article on the paper duty, in the Independent, Henry Ward Beecher offers this significant warning to Congress :—“Step out printing presses to-day, arid to-morrow we shall be ready for Jeff. Davis.” The admission iss It means that the loyalty of the | frank | writer is worth ouly the priog of cheap paper. Tas Wort w 4 Bap War.—In Congre: on Tuesday last, pending the debate on tb Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, roferred to the Ne ork, World, which contained ‘@ statement in regard . Val 3 f ‘ > b 7 Mr. Renjamir. Wood, of Now York, stated that the Ne nese = eee om The World was started as a religions lation; but, failing to fatten on piety, its orig, nal manager became a government contractol in straw hats, bootjacks, paper shirt collars an root beer for the army. It was next smoke out of this lucrative business by » Con; sional investigating committee, and was ¢ thrown upon the market. Thurlow Weed, w’ the profits of his patriotism, it was next rf mored, was nibbling at the dainty morsel, an) ‘was about to be taken in and done for; but b ‘was téo old a fish to be fooled by a hook ¢ thinly baited. Then, asa last resort, by hoo! or by crook, the World became the forty-nin' experiment in the a democratie orgs) for New York city. it has lived and sti, survives in this capacity may be nobody's ness; but it is everybody's wonder. It it is ev dent, fo, in descending from the prayer mee ing to the Pewter Mug, the witlings of th World have not improved their fortunes f this world or the world to come. Vallandi - ham says it is “an abolition paper in disguise Ben Wood says it does mot speak the sentimeni | of the New York democracy. And so goes t World. Let it go. Genera Cameron In. Bap Lvucx.—The tide fortune, upon which for many years Gen. Cam ron was borne along to political honors and fina cial succegses, seems to have turned against bi with his late return from Russia. He return to make sure of another election to the Unit | States Senate, and failed. Next he loses tj mission to St. Petersburg, and General Cassi M. Clay is restored to it. Next we are told tl General Cameron is to head a negro brigu but the negroes do not appear to be forthco} ing. Lastly, we are informed, from Washir ton, that “the ex-Secretary of War—Simon ( meron—was robbed at his hotel-this morni (Tuesday last) of everything in his roonr,” a that “all the private papers he had with h were taken by the thieves.” Is it not abo time, with all these warnings, for the Gener to go home, turn philosopher and philanth: pist, cultivate his cabbages, and prepare for f kingdom of Heaven. Tux Sovra Gerrme tax CoLp Suovtper! Exotanp.—The tone of the recent debates American affairs ia the British Parliament ¢ hibits.a remarkable cooling down of the zeal, the partisans of the South in that body. Int vention is now admitted to be out of the qr ™4 tion and mediation hopeless. Even the Lond’ Times is turning the cold shoulder on ite Sou ern proteges. At the Lord Mayor's dinn Mason, the rebel commissioner, gave utterar to one of his usual. platitudes about the pr pect of a close and.speedy relationship betwe the British and rebel governments. The Zr calls him to aceount for it, and denies its p bability. This shows ciearly which way ' wind blows. The ministry and the opposit have both become alarmed at the demonst tions in the manufacturing districts in favor, the North. } Theatries}. ‘NRLL GWYNNE” AT THE WINTER GARDEN. Tom Taylor and Charles Reade's prize play, “? Gwynne,” was revived at the Winter Garden last ev ing, befere @ very excellent audiomee. Miss Mary ! ‘vost, who is playing a bricf star engagement at this t!! tre, appeared as the herviue of the jieco, and carried the greater part of tho honors. “Nell Gwyone’! not up‘amiliar to the New York public, there was nothing fm the cast, scenery or appo ments last evening to call for unusual notice. Miss | Ciifwoa was a charming } vances Stewart, sud Mr. Barr ‘& tolerable Duke of Riehmond. Mr. Deviige pis Pepys quaintly, and Mr. Wilkins doserves eredit for mad scene in act third. Miss Provost’s conception rendition of ber favorite chmracter, Noll Gwynne, te pt Mar and popular. We have few actronses who 8) & pletely identify themselves with their pacts and go th oughty quay, thee audiences ulong with them. V written as play m. it peally owes all of its succes the Winter Garden to Miss Provost's efforts; for very Of the otber actors and actroases yet understand ber si! well ht» give her @ steady and roliable supp) That fi will beremedid in time, however. ‘) Gwynne’ will be repeated this evening. Miss Provo benefit on Friday. Additional Facts im Relation te the B cemt Burglaries in Brooulym. | Charles U1. Gordon, alias Grant, tho burgiar art dotectives Frost aud Curwin, was brought bofore Ju Perry yogterdvy for examination on four distinot preferred by the tollawing parties -— } Charles Christmas, Second piace, near Fieury street, Israel W. Levison, No, 254 Heury streot. t Q. Have you anything to xay, and, if 80, role tothe cunge cawereicted teume you? a. Nott, om. The Justice asked to rhemee | to sign his Bame to dociment. ie at first ined, but after consuit. cunsenied, aud wrote, in alegibie hand, the name Chas rant. He was remandet to jail, to await H. action of the Grand Jury. The acoused, Rie three months’ residence at Summit strect, succeeded in making himself acqua: with a number of woaltby families, Being very g manly in bis deportment, ana believed to be or « ‘wealth, he was invited ta balis aud parties, attence |; whe oupcerts at the Academy of Mw the social clubs, was lavish in his expeud:! to ladioy (with whom he we ; i F z worth $300) were ( See nuaiad te iittle kowwn; bat it ts at the ume amatt ‘meob curiosity, aud is worth les vi ae about. met eonngon ls woll qualified ¢ Nigpten any ‘audience upoa this subject. ——_—__—_ Republican Somtuation; Mayor. Rocussren, N. Y., Lan Foal u Pwtoe tonvention nomial mee for Mayor, Thomas Hawks for Trew fone! ‘The convention wa ‘and Wm. Charles for Justire bermon yim