The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1863, Page 6

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It will be noticed that he carefully re- frains from committing himself against any mea- sure of xccommodation. The implication through- out the whole document is that if compromise was possible—even if the rcbel government should indicate its willingness to accept it would find Mr. Lincoln not only eager and Willing to offer them terms, but, in the language of Mr. Seward at Buffalo, he would “kill the fatted calf” upon their return to the Union. The sentiments in this document substantiate the statement in the Henarp despatch from Washington on Tues- day Inst—that Mr. Lincoln bas a procla- mation in readiness to be issued either upon the fall of Charleston or some other equally signal military successy making an offer of amnesty to the South and inviting the return of the Scuthern States to the federal Uniom The letter, as was stated, is merely a feeler, and when the radical republicans understand what is going on at Washington there will be some swearing that will equal that of “ our army in Flanders.”” Mr. Lincoln’s willingness to Submit the emancipation proclamation to the courts is regarded as an abandonment of the whole radical programme of @ war of extermination against the South. The Supreme Court will decide that the emancipation proclamation is not lawful and constitutional, and there will be an end of the whole matter. The news from Arkansas is very encouraging. Gen. Steele reports to the commander of the De- partment of Missouri, which embraces Arkansas, that Gen. Davidson has defeated Marmaduke’s cavairy, driving them out of Brownsville. Gen. Glover was, at last accounts, in full pursuit of the flying rebels. Among those captured by David- eon is Col. Burbridge, said to be a greater loss to the rebels than that of the much vaunted Jeff. Thompson. Deserters from Arkansas report at Pilot Knob thut Price’s rebel forces were driven across the Arkansas river on the 29th; that Marmaduke’s command was completely routed; that Generals Steele and Davidson were jn hot pursuit of the main rebel force, and that Little Rock was within the grasp of the Union troops. General Gillmore replied to General Beaure- gard’s letter on the 22d alt., and completely upset the latter's arguments relative to the violation of military rules in the bombardment of Charleston. He contended that General Beauregard had had fall forty days’ notice in the fact that “during that time his (Gillmore’s) attack upon the de- fences had been steadily maintained, the ultimate object of which had at no time been doubtful.” He also contended that a city having its avennes in the rear open, whereby the non-combatants } could at any time be removed, “had no right to a notice of an intention of bombardment.” If any non-combatant had been in danger the blame rested with General Beauregard, who could and ought to have removed them; but for fear that any such remained in the city, he further suspend- ed the bombardment for twenty-six hours, thus giving him two clear days notice from the time of the reception of Genoral Gillmore’s first communi cation, . Washington is very much excited at the present vime, in consequence of rumors being afloat of flanking movements by Lee's army and extensive demonstrations by the rebel cavalry. “ large number of the latter had recently appeared at Matthow's, Cockpit and Ship Points along the Poto- mac, and # considerable force of rebels were said to be north of the Rappahannock, below Pred- ricksharg. Ifthis be trie thore ix danger of second blockade of the Potomac river. By the arrival of the Morning Star we have New Orleans nows to the 27th ult. Thore is a prospect of active work in this department, os Gen. Banks bad been engaged in reviewing the troops, and General Herron, who was about to visit the North, has had his leave of absence revoked. A vaiuable NEW YORK HERALD, TITURSDAY, | prize had recent'y been captured by the steamer | Gertrude of the lt appears blockading squadron, that the emancipation plan does not work at all well on the sugar plantations of Louisiana, in con- | sequence of the negroes being placed in the army, } and causing thereby a scarcity of the requisite. laborers to wofk the crops. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Republican State Convention met at Syra- cuse yesterday and nominated the following ticket for State officers: — Secr-tary of Compiroiter—Vh Attorney General Mate Treasurem—Gvorze W, Sehu Judge Couri of Appeals—Henry Canat Coun issianer—t Stale ane, of New York. of Tompkins, ce, —W., B. Taylor, James K, Baer. The Convention adopted a series of resolutions, and also a resolution endorsing the President's emancipation proclamation as a war measure. | The result of the proceedings is regarded as a de- feat of the radical section of the republican party. We are in receipt of important news from Mex- ico up to the 9th of August last, at which date the French troops had entered Tampico; but whether they had encountered any resistance or not our despatches do not inform us. It is rather to be presumed, however, that they took quiet poases- sion of the city, and that future operations have in contemplation an advance upon San Luis, where Juarez still retains the sembiance of Presidential authority, Juarez had invited the representatives ot foreign governments to San Luis, which invita- tion they evidently had declined, an attache of the Chilean Legation bging the only official who had gone there. The commissioners appointed to go to Europe to escort the Emperor Maximilian to Mexico, had taken their departure on their mis- sion. Great anxiety was felt as to what, if any, action would be taken by the United States gbvernment now that the policy of the French Emperor has been fully developed with regard to Mexico, We have advices from St. Thomas, West Indies, dated ‘on tie 17th of August. ‘There was a good demand for American breadstuffa, and prices were fully sustained. There were no late sales of pork ; or beef, Lumber of all descriptions was in good demand. The inquiry for treights was pretty ac- tive. The health of the, island continued good. A call for a special meeting of the Board of Al- wineer and S. engtyed in the suppression of the rebellion, bopiug tbat the wile would be of loug ea durance, dared to seize upon a portion of this Continent, and is now making every effort to Be bas | ender bis bold a permanent one. asso- weak Emperor of Austria; for of course if Prince Maximilian becomes the ruler of Mexico he a Wnt consent of the head of the family, France's Joseph. Thus we have arrayed against us in this matter France and Austria, and may count upon it that (ue sympathies of Englaud are with those wno boast that they will abrogate the Monroe doc- trine and stay the power and progress of the American people. We do not doubt that France and Austria, a3 well as Spain, will recognize the Davis govern- ment, and we believe that England, under the guidance of wily Palmerston, may be tempted then to do that which alone she dare not under- take. But those Powers will soon. awaken (rom their dream of hostility to this government, and the world shall learn the true power and grandeur of the republic of America. The en- mity and unfriendly offices of the Western Powers of Europe will but hasten the catastro- phe they thought to avoid by attempting our downfall. We shall shake off the impediments now in our way, and shall prove that we are capable of surmounting all obstacles ; that the resources of our country are unbonnded ; that as yet they are scarcely developed. Who can doubt the display of strength that this govern- ment could make were we attacked by those European Powers whose hostility so far has been too underhanded and mean for us to resent? Open enmity would rouse the people of the North to desperate measures, and woe then to their enemies. . We shall surely bave conquered the already terribly weakened South within a few months to come, and then, with the means of attack, we shall inevitably repay thé deep obligations we have incurred to England and France. We shall then prove to the world that the Monroe doctrine is not to be dermen for Friday (to-morrow , at one o'clock, is in course of signature. Judge Betts issued an order yesterday for ap- praisement of the prize steamers Merrimac aod Kate, and appointed Messrs. Elliott, Phelps and Delano as appraisers of the vessels, tackle and cargoes, ‘ The Roard of Education adjourned yesterday for want of a quorum. ; An application was made yesterday, before Judge Leonard, for an injunction to restrain the provost marshals from arresting Mr. Verren, son of the Rev. Doctor Verren, as an alleged deserter. In addition to other reasons set forth, it was stated by counsel for the motion that the plaintiff was drafted on the 13th of July last, and was served with notice to report himself on the 26th of August, at the rendezvous in Broadway, on the 24th of July. It was contended that this no- tice was invalid, inasmuch as it had not been served within ten days from the time of drafting, as required by the statute, and also because it required him to feport on a day which had passed. The Judge granted an order to show cause. In this caso the conatitutionality of the Conscription act will be fully tested. Messrs. Burdett, Jones & Co. sold at the Atlan- tic dock yesterday the prize steamer Eagle, for’ the sum of $16,000 (bought by Allen Steadwell), and the echooner C. P. King, for $2,600. The lat- ter was purchased by Mesers. Lovejoy and Lackie. The committee of the Supervisors which was appointed to consider the claims of firemen and others for exemption under the $2,000,000 ordi- nance met, yesterday afternoon, and decided about sixty epplications from persons who have been drafted and are accepted. The committee will meet again to-day, and expect a rush of bu- siness. The stock market underwout a panic yesterday, and prices feli 2 a6 per cent, with very considerable excite- ment. Money was ratbor active; cali loaus 7 rather than 6 per cent. Gold advanced to 1283; , and exchange to 141. ‘The cotton market was moderately active, and prices were again higher, yesterday. The stock in port was 15,281 bales, of which 11,587 bates tere American, 2,532 ‘bales Surats, 673 bales Mexican, and 475 bales Pernam- Duco, There were 178,115 bales taken by spinners from this por® in the year ending August 31, showing an average weekly consumption of 3,425 bales, against a weekly average of 2,449 bales the preceding year. Broadstufls were tp fair demand ; desirable lots of flour and wheat were firm. Corn and cats were decidedly dearer. Pro- visions were moderately dealt in; pork declined 12\c. a 5c, per barrel, Whiskey advanced to 491<c. a 50c., with fair sales. Sugars were active and advancing. Hay, hops, hides, tallow and sole leather were selling frecly at hardening prices. Oils, metals and naval stores were quiet, as were also coffee, teas, rice, hemp, wool aud mo- lasses. All kinds of ary goods wore freoly purchasod, ! and the general tendency of prices was in (nvor of sellers, | The boot and Fhoe trace was improving; the auction sale | passed off quite spiritedly, ‘The freight market was inac- | tive. The Inevitable Results of the Hostility of the Westerg Powers of Europe ‘to This Republic The United States, before the outbreak of the present rebellion, were the wonder, fear and admiration of Europe. The governments dread- ed the example of a successful republic; the | subjects envied the prosperity and grandeur of a people whom they wished to imitate. The French Revolution produced a republic which was the fear of all other European govern- ments, uutil it became an empire under the command of the great captain who rose to such splendid power through the influence of the so | mueh dreaded republic. Since that date the despots of Europe have had naught to fear from republican institutions save from the example of these States. The revolutions of | 1830 and 1848 passed away quickly, leaving France under the rule of king or emperor. violated; that this continent contains no room for empires or kingdoms; that a vast. and mighty republic must rule it all; and then we shall see the people of Europe, daz- zled by the display of our great strength and power, overthrowing the despots who sought to drown in their petty malice the only form of government under which mankind can hope for freedom or happiness. We are not of*those who croak and groan because troubles and misfortunes have overtaken us; we have the assurance that we shall rise above all impedi- ments more powerful than ever, more fitted to assume our proper rank at the head of nations. If those now at the heli cannot accomplish this result, others to come will guide the great ship Union safely through the breakers. There is too much depending upon her safety, she is freighted with too much that is of interest to all mankind, to allow the belief that she may ever founder. ‘ Is rae Drarr a Fat.ore?’—The copperhead sympathizers with the rebellion are taking comfort from the assumption that the draft will produce less than a third of the number of men called for.. So far as its direct object is concerned, it is, no doubt, a failure; for all that the conscription -sought to effect could have been accomplished more promptly and satis- factorily by the voluntary efforts of the various States. It is not true, however, as the journals in the | interest of the rebels pretend, that the aggre- gate number of men that will be added direct- ly and indirectly to our armies by the opera- tion of this measure will not exceed sixty or seventy thousand. The whole number drawn under this call, including the fifty per cent al- lowed for contingencies, is 450,000. Of this aggregate one-third—say one hundred and fifty thousand—will be exompted. Of the remainder it is now pretty certain that one bundred thou- sand will be compelled to serve; at least fifty thousand will provide substitutes, and one hun- dred thousand will pay the exemption fee. This will give the government $30,000,000, which will enable it to bring back into the service, by three hundred dollar bounties, one hundred thousand of the returned volunteers. It will be seen that we omit from this caleu- lation, to mecé accidents of one sort or other, a sixth of the three hundred thousand drawn. The product, then, of thé conscription, directly and indirectly, will be at least two hundred and fifty thousand men—more than the gov ern- ment will probably ever stand in need of. This result does not alter the odious and op- pressive character of the measure. That there was no occasion for it is shown by the excep- tions made in favor of New -e-sey, Ohio 4nd Indiana, which are rapidly filling up their quo- tas without its aid. The fact that the govern- ment reserves to itself the right to favor, for | political or other purposes, particular States, is in itself the strongest argument that can be used against it. The American people will never tolerate a system by which a ruling party can effectually control the ballot box and perpetuate the evils of a military despot- ism. For present purposes the conscription | will accomplish all that is militarily desirable; but as a political engine it will utterly fail. Congress will have no sooner reassembled than & pressure will be brought to bear on it* which | will compel it to repeal the obnoxious powers with which it arms the Executive. But the United States were steadily progress- ing, and e@th yeat saw their power and vast | | prosperity increase, until at last it was evident | | that the thrones of the despots of Europe were | tottering. Their downtrodden subjects pointed | to the glorious career of the great American | | republic as an unanswerable argument in favor | of such institutions, and the moment seemed | drawing near when a universal change waa at | hand. The long endured governments of Europe j. | Seemed to have reached that point where the | forbearance and sufferance of the people could no longer be counted upon. At this moment came the rebellion of the Southern States, and the frightened despots saw in this fearful mistake of a portion of the Ame- rican people a chance for safety, for a continua. | tion of their power. They hastily seized upon the opportunity to injure the republic they so feared and hated. How quickly they recognized | the rebels as belligerents the world knows. How England has aided the South with money, arms and ships is too well known to need com- ment here. In England, France and Spain the press at once espoused the cause of our traitor- ous subjects. Misrepresentations, all bitter and inimical, have been made against our govern- ment, until we have learned to be callous to these evidences of malignant and unscrupulous | hatred. The Emperor of the Frenoh, seeipg us Mr. Bravy Decuines THe Hoxons.-—The ‘republican journals have recently been in- sinuating that Mr. 3 T. Brady would be their candidate for Attorney General at the | Syracuse Convention. The following brief, curt and explicit letter shows, in the most decided manner, that that fish will not bite:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE NkaLD. New Yorn, Sept. 2, 1863. Please state in your columns that 1 am not a candidate for any office, and will vot accept a nomination from the Union Convention @t Syracuse or any other Nation. | Yoars, 4 DY. | It is very probablo that My. Brady has had his eyes opened to the events of the last two | years, including the fate of Daniel S. Dickinson. i Mr. Brady, it is true, has made war speeches. | So have we all. But he regards the vigorous | prosecution of the wer as one thing, and its mis management a8 another. He clearly sees the distinction between supporting the administra- tion when it is right and supporting it when it is wrong. Poor old Dickinson cannot sce the difference; but he is more of a women than his namesake, Anna Dickinson, with whom he ought to have exchanged his sex and pan- taloons. Mr. Brady is a war democrat, and wants the Union restored under the constitu- tion; but he is not prepared to endorse all the bad measures of the last Congress and of the sdministration, against which the gorge of the people hes risen with loathing and disgust. ciated with him in this filibustering scheme the | SEPTEMBER 38, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET. Nr. Linco a's Letter to Gen-ral Grant Most of our readers havo no doutt sver the | curous and almost unigne letter of Mrs Lin- col to General Grant; but, lest it should ive | escaped the notice of any, we bere republish it | in the most conspicuous Place in our col- umns:— Exrcunve Mansioy, ‘Wasuixarow, July 13, 1863. and I sul ace Major General Grawr:— MY Dik Goxwitat—f do aot remomber that ever inet personally, IT write this vow as a Knowledgment jor’ the almost inestimabie you have doue the country, 1 wish to say # word further. When you firse reached the vicinity of Vicksburg f thought yi do w: ou tina.ly did—march the batteries with the trans- a! : I never bad any faith ex- ‘al hope that you knew betier than T, that the Yazou ‘ass expedition and the like could succead, When t below and took Port Gibson. nd Gull and vi- V. 1 to ought you should go down tho river and join ral Baoks; and when you turned northward, east of the Hig Blaek, 1 feared it was ® mistake. | Bow wish to muke the personal ack.owledgment that you were right and | was wrong. A. LIMCULN. This is m which does equal honor to the head ‘the heart of the President. It de- serves to be-printed in letters of gold. It car- ries us back to the candor, dignity and sim- plicity of George Washington ; and, contrasting it with 80 mavy other acts of Mr. Lincoln, we cannot help exclaiming, 0 si sic omnia. We have, fram the very outset of his career as Chief Magistrate till the present time, given him full credit for honesty, integrity of purpose and truthfulness, We knew that he always meant well to the country, And not only so, but we folt that his mind was above the average stand- ard. His letter to General Grant proves that we were not mistaken in our estimate, All that was necessary to render his Presidency a complete suecess was to have freed himself from the malign influenceg of the radicals, and to have acted-frem his own honest impulses. This letter shows bow near Grant's cam- paign of the Mississippi was being defeated, like that of McClellan in Virginia, by the sin- ister advice of the two third'rate lawyers who rale the War Department and the Satanic Com- mittee on the Conduct of the War. Had Gene- ral Grant been as near to Washington as was McCiellan, it is certain that the brilliant victo- ries which crowned his. arms would not have been won, and his campaign, instead of ending in the capture of Vicksburg, would have re- sulted ia disastrous failure. But General Grant, being at a safe distance, paid very little attention to the advice or orders of civilians at the federal capital, who knew nothing of the circumstances, and who, if they did, would still be disqualified from forming a correct military judgment. He pursued his own gourse as a soldier, and therefore was succetsful, The President admits that he was wrong in what he wanted Grant to do, and that’ Graat was right. That is, the mili- tary inspirations from Halleck and Stanton, conveyed to General Grant through the Presi- dent, are demonstrated to have been foolish- ness, and Mr. Lincoln has honorably and man- fully made the acknowledgment. What now becomes of the stolen piumes in which Halleck and Stanton strutted on thé Fourth of July, when, in their speeches at Washington, they took to themselves all the credit of the succoss of Grant? This letter of the President lays them out stiff and cold. Perhaps there never was a more impudent attempt to filch from a great and gallant soldier his laurels, and never, perhaps, was such an attempt so effectually rebuked. We shall be anxious to learn if hereafter Hal- leck and Stanton will venture to hold up their heads in any decent society. In justice to himself the President ought im- mediately to write a similar letter to General McClellan, acknowledging his error in prevent- ing McDowell’s corps from forming a junction with the Army of the Potomac, and in removing McClellan after his important victory of Antic- tam, just when he was on the eve of another grent battle with Lee; and to render the act of reparation the more complete, and to efface the injustice done to an accomplished soldier, Mc- Clellan ought to be recalled to the command ofthe Army of the Potomac, which Gapera! Meade has declared his . willingness to resign. Had McCtellan, like Grant, been permitted to carry out his own military views, it cannot be doubted that Richmond would have been cap- tured more than twelve months ago, and the rebellion would be now a thing of the past. This letter of the President clearly shows that, had he been left alone to work out his own conscientious ideas, and not been interfered with and led astray by the radical leaders in the Cabinet and out of it, he would long since have had the war finished and the Union reestablished. The President’s great failing does not consist in want of intellect, integrity @r love of truth, but in a deficiency of moral courage in giving way to the clamors of a faction, and to the weductive advice of the knot of fanatical and treacherous politicians who aspire to lead it. These men have been the prime cause of the whole mismanagement of the war. They have succeeded in rendering Mr. Lincola odious to the South and in making the people of that section almost a unit against the federal authority. But this is not all: they have been eminently successful in making Mr. Lincoln’s administration unpopular in the loyal States. The Emancipation act and the Cohfis- cation act only affect the South. The three thousand arbitrary and unconstitutional ar- fests, and the enforcement of the abominable Conseription act, directly affect the North. But the letter of the President to General Grant shows that he is awaking to a sense of the falue position in which he has been placed before the country by a selfish and desperate clique, dhd that he is preparing to cut loose from the diabolical machinations with which they seek to entangle him. He seems to be turning a new leaf and opening a new era. | Let him, even now at the eleventh hour, sever ‘his conuection with the juggling knaves anf visionary fools who have hitherto swayed his counsels, and let bim act in obedience to his own instinots, regulated by the voice of the Deople, and, notwithstanding all the errora of the past, he will soon become the most popular man in the United States, and find himself, moreover, in the proud position of having. it in his power to bring the war to a successiu! issue, not only before his present tenure of office ex- pires, but before the nominations of the candi- dates for the next Precidontial election. What, below u mits not of the shadow of a doubt. Apverristxa Dovors.—We have received « card of invitation to the thirty-fifth annual fair of the Aincrican Institnte, We shall dis- pense with’the honor of attending it. ‘The ob- ject of these gatherings is simply to cheat the newspapers out of their advertising business by getting them to notice gratuitously the products that would otherwise have to pay for pubiicity. Had these exhibitions really contributed to the in that event, a grateful people would do ad- | advancement of American industry, or pro- ) “ieecmsain! moted the interests of our inventors, we should wilingly continue to give them every aid in our power, Bat when on all sides we hear them denounced as mere advertising dodges, we do not see why we should sacrifice space that is valuable to the public, and rob ourseives of our just dués,in order to economize the profits of individuats, ~ Forr Sumrsr as Ir Is.—We publish in an- other part of to-day’s paper an illustration of Fort Sumter as it appeared on the day of the night that General Gillmore finished the siege of that work, followed by sending shells and Greek fire into Charleston, the 234 ult. Every- body who has sailed up Charleston harbor will remember, as they approached the city from the sea, the towering and formidable propor- tions of the fort; yet that great work, by the superior military skill of General Gillmore, with the aid of big guns and the unerring accu- racy of aim of our cannoniers, after a few days’ bombardment, bas been reduced to the con- dition exhibited by our illustration—a mass of debris and ruins—a heap of rubbish. The fort, with the artificial island upon which it is built, was constructed regardless of expense, un- der the superintendence of one of the best en- gineers in our servicé—Captain (now Brigadier General) McCullum. Its walls were built of brick and concrete, and were from eight and one-half to twelve feet in thickness. Since its | Aiped - _ THE Sike ARLES ‘O%. General Gilitmore’s Keply to General Beaaregard—Twenty-fouar & Al. lowed for the Removai of Non-Combau ants from the City, &e. Wasmnoron, Sept. 2, 1863. The following is Geueral Gillmure’s reply, # brief aotice of which bag been published from the rebel payers, to General Beauregard’s commuuicativa, «lready print ab length — Figavguaicrens in tie FikuD, Mornis Istanv, 8. €., August 22—) i’. Me Sin—I bave the houor to acknowledge the reoupt of your Communication of this date complaining that oue of my batteries bad opened upon the city of Charleston, and: thrown a number of heavy riilo shell into the city, the jobabitants o: which, of course, were aslocp and uvarmed. Aly lotier to you demandia the surrender of bort Sum- ter and Morris Isiand, and threatening ia defwult thereor to open fire upon Charleston, was delivered near For Waguor at @ quarter-past cleven o'clock A. M. of the 2st {nst., and should have arrived at your beadquarters im time to have permitted your auswer to rexch me withla the limit assigned—mamely, lour hours, ‘The faet that you were absent trom your headquarters at the time of its ar- rival may be rogarded ag au unfortunate circumstance for the city of Charleston, but it is one for which | clearly am not responsibie. This letter bore date at my head- quarters, and was officially delivered by am officer of my staff, The inadvertant omission of my signature doubtless affords grounds for special pleading. But it i# ‘Rot the argument of a commander solicitous ouly for the safety of’sleeping women and children and unarmed men. Your threats of retaliation for acts of mine, which you de Rot allege to be in-violation of the usages of civilized war- Derarraunr of THR of possession by the rebels its supposed original formidability was strengthened by the aid of sandbags and heavy timber, and long ago and at different times the rebel journals, military men and engineers announced its impreg- nability. How wide of the mark these opinions are to the facts of to-day. The face of our illustration shows the southweat angle of the fort. The gorge, lately crowned with a heavy line of ordnance, looking%over Morris Island, is but a mass of ruins. Portions of the left angle still stand; but it is considerably shattered and honeycombed. The centre and right are completely battered to fragments, and from the crest of the parapet to the water’s edge are covered with debris. The sallyport is buried by masses of brick and mortar falling from the parapet upon the heavy sand barri- cades the rebels had but partly finished. The angle is battered down, and from that point to the extweme edge of the southeast face the wall is full of buge craters. Adil the guns on the gorge are dismounted. The fort is no longer of value to the rebels asa work of defence. Practically its reduction is accomplished. To- day it isa monument to the folly of secession’ and the immense force of Heaven and heavy artillery. A New Newspaper in Watt Srreet.—We no- ice an advertisement in our columns which bodes no good to the Journal of: Commerce. “Several gentlemen, capitalists and professional men,” says the advertisement, “have receatly formed an association for the issue in this city of a new daily journal, of the largest size and of the folio form, to be devoted mainly to the com- mercial interests of the community.” “In poli- tics it will be staunchly loyal.” “The stock of the association is divided into one hundred and fifty shares of $1,000 each, of which one hun- dred shares have already been taken.” All this looks bad for the Journal of Commerce, which will collapse if any of its present patronage be withdrawn. We remember the time,'some twenty years ago, when the Wall street journals ruled the roast. The Heratp has extinguished nearly all of them, and now this new paper will’ be the death of the Journal of Commerce, as the World swallowed up the Courier and Enquirer. Of course the new -paper will die immediately afterwards ; but that will not save the Journal, which was started as a niggerhead organ, is now published as a copperhead organ, and will soon be a deadhead organ. Let its editors pur- chase a lot in Greenwood and make prepara- tions for a decent funeral. We will volunteer to write the epitaph. Who will be chief mourner ? : Gevera MoCue.iay’s Revorts.—It was stated in our Washington correspondence yes- terday that the War Department has given General Hunter eharge of General McClelian’s reports of his campaigns in Virginia, in order to examine them witb a view to decide whether they are worthy of publication. The idea of insulting General McClellan by submitting his reports to: the judgment of an officer who ranks beneath him in the service, and who so signally failed in South Carolina, is worthy of Mr. Stanton and quite in keeping with the rest of his conduct towards General McClellan. The bulk of the reports and the expense of fure, except as regards the length of time allowed ag notice of my intention, are passed by without comment. I will, however, call your attention to the well established prim- Ciple that the commander of a place attacked, but not in- Vested. having its avenues of escape open and practicable, has nv right to a notice of an intention’ of bombard- ment other than that which {8 given by the threatening attitude of his adversary, Even had not this letter beem written, the city of Charleston has nad, according to yeur wn computation, forty days notice of her dunger. Dur- ing that time my attack upon her defonces has steadily progrossed. ‘Tho ultimate object of that attack has at ne time-been doubtful. If, under the circumstances, the life of @ single nop-combatant is exposed to peril by the bombardment of the city, the respousi- Dillty rests with those who have first failed to remove the pou-combatants or to secure the safety of the city, after having held control of all its approaches for @ period of nearly two years and ao half in the pre- sence of a threatening force, and who afterwards rofused to accept the terms upon which the bombardment might have been postponed. From various sources, official an@ otherwise, 1am ted to believe that most of tho womem and children of Charleston were long since removed from that city; but, apon your assurance that the city ts ssilé full of them, I shall suspena the bombardment until eleves: o’clock P. M. to-morrow, thus giving you two days from the time you acknowledge to have received my comma- Bication of the 2ist inst. Very respectfully, your oe- dient servant, Q, A. GILLMORE, Brigadier General Commanding. General P. T. Bravredaro, commanding the Confederate forces, Charleston, 8. C. It appears that the Spanish and British Consuls ree pectively addressed General Gilimore on behai’ of the Subjects of thelr couvtries in Charleston, and be cheer- Sully suspended the bombardment for twenty-féur hours, to give thom time to leave thy city. Nothing was farther, he says, from his wish than to endanger their lives an@ Property. NEWS FRCM WASHINGTON. Wasumaton, Sept. 2, 1868. GENSATION RUMORS REGARDING RESEL MOVEMENTS. Numerous reports are jo circulation here today of flanking movements by Lee’s army, and of exteusive demonstrations made by the rebel cavalry, There is ae foundation for these reporte other than some small caval- ry demonstrations oo the Lower . They axe Dut a revival of similar sensation rj which were circulated three or four weeks since. There is not the slightest prospect at present of any immediate movement Of either of the armies om the Rappabannock. © THE REBELS NORTH OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, BELOW FREDERICKSBURG. A large number of rebel cavalry have recently appeared along the Potomac, at Matthews, Cockpit and Ship Points. ‘Thore can be no doubt of the existence of » large fores of Febels north of the Rappabannock, below Fredericksburg. That section ts quite productive, and the crops at this time would prove of infinite value to the infantry. Im Addition to this the facilities for smuggling are unswr- passed, and afford an opportunity for ofticers to supply themselves with clothing and other necessaries seldom ‘enjoyed by tho rebels. : GUERILLAS STILL AT WORK, _ White's cavalry still infest Loudon county and the Borthern portion of Fairfax. Three bundred rebel infam- try are stationed at Shicker’s Gap as a support for the” cavalry, and @ro actively engaged enforcing the conserip- tion, The cavairy is divided into small detachments, which dash upon our trains from time to time, and ccs monally make @ raid across the Potamac, venturing but a short distance, however, from the river. Yesterday morning a squad crossed at Edwards’ Ferry, but did very little damage, Our cavairy is energetically pursuing the rebels, an@ Dave during the last few days mado several captures, Six guerillas arrived hore to-day, captured by General King’s scouting parties beyond Centreville. Day before yesterday five rebel soldiers wero captored ‘at Breatsvilie, Prince Wiiliam county, by General Pat- rick's scouts. A farmer named Montazue, who has twice * frea the Kettie Run bridge, on tte Orango and Alexan- ria Railroad, and another, xamed Ewell, a notorious guerilia, wore also captured. Ewell i known to have shot two of our cavalry men and sold the arms to* rebelx, The horses and equipments were found in his publication are urged as objections. If the War Department does not want them published at the expense of the Treasury, just let it return them to General McClellan, who can easily find ® publisher in New York who will give twenty thousand dollars for the manuscript. If they are not published at once the country will come to the conclusion that it is because there is too much truth in them for the Washington offisials. Tut Comno Battie Fixtp.—The positions of the Union armies now form a mili- tary triangle, the base of which is determined by a line drawn from Mobile to Charleston, while the apex is centred at Chattanooga. The intervening space will be the scene of the com- ing military operations, and, in fact, the site of the great struggle about to be contested. Meade’s army in Virginia is at present inactive; and, although « battle is expected in Arkansas, still its operations will not materially affect the principal seat of war, which is embraced in the before prescribed space. Our map, published on the first page of this day’s issue, sets forth clearly and comprehensively the principal fea- tures of that part of the country. — Tue Grear Eastern,—We print in another column an account of a visit to this ship, now at anchor in our waters. “Built for the Pacific trade, she was, notwithstanding the great im- petus given to affairs in that part of the world by the gold discbveries, drawn away by the necessities of the great carrying trade between Groat Britain and the United States. She now runs regularly on the Atlantic steam ferry, and ives another indication 6f the progress and development of the United States, which, even | in the midst of this great war, is sending im- mense quantities of grain to hungry Europe, ‘and will, when the war is over, send immensely greater quantities—to Europe on the one hand SAPATonA, Soph. 2, 1068, | De. Lavi Wood was arrested at Ballstan Spa, yesterday, bribe fsten conse, en omen a eeacalniag possersion. ’ A rumor is widely circulated that the train of onc haa- red sutlers’ wagons which loft Aloxandria on Mooday, uader an escort of a regiment of cavalry, has been at- tacked and captured by the rebel guorillas. it ie ascer- tained to be as baseless as that other story of Lee’s army having ¢rossed the Rappahannock. NAVAL ORDERS. Commander Thatcher has been ordered to the West Galf Blockading Squadron, to command the steam frigate Colorado. ni Commander Bowers has been detached from the saval readexvous at Portémouth, N.H., and ordered to comman@ the receiving ship Vandalia. Commander Leroy bas been ordered to command the sloop-of-war Oneida, Lieutenant Commander F. P. Williams hee been de tached from the Powhatan and ordered to command the Huroa. Lieutenant Commander Charles F. Fleming bas re- evived preparatory ordors to command the Sagamore, Lieutenant Commander Robert Boyd has beon detache® trom the receiving ship at Boston and ordered to the Powhatan. The Asia Outward Bound. Boston , Sept. 2, 1863. " ‘The steamship Asia sailed this forenoon, with ten pas for Halifax and ferty-two for Liverpool. She takes out $100,000 in specie. Arfivals and Departares. ARRIVALS. New Onreaxe—Steamsh te Baserit, Wo iach 506, servant, P Daread, Benwett, ry. a Col Clarke, : D. sien w fon MeCarty, Mile. 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