The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1863, Page 6

e: NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, NEW YORK - HERALD. JaAmES Gonvon” “BENNETT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N..W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 87S. Ne. 253 ve elume XxvIn . AMUSEMENTS THIS BVBNING. NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadway —Nagot-st. WALLACKS THEATRE, Broadway.—Toa 10 THE Last, WINTER GARDBN, Broadway.—Lapy Avpter’s Bronet SEW BOWERY THEATRB. Boworv.—Seinit Fatxxp— Guexx Sry—Waree Bor of iLerananY—Mxsuxntam, BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—Guost or ALTENBERG— BouooimasteR—Peti® BeLt—Nonam ORerNa. BSARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broad: Primo —.xoias Carers, Wangions ano Squa) 5 il bow Seecrax N Tax Daunkann. ‘Aiteruoon and brening, BRYANT'S gMINSTRELS, Mechanica’ Hall, 473 Broad. way.—Bruioffan Songs, Daxces, Buaixsquas, &c.—How Ane You, Grexwnacks? ard WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL, 614 Broadwav.—Ermoriun Fores, Dan ma, &c, Tux Gone, Batter, BOR. AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 ne: Pantoxiams, Bousesqums, A¢.—A P NSW YORK THBATRE, 486 Brosdway.—Vivanprsaa— Baoun. IRVING HALL. Irving, piace —1 “Tax Sraaxorticos. NEW YORK MUSEUM ‘OF ANATOMY, iy Broadway.— Ovatosities anv aeaupsii from ¥ A. 10P, M. ROOLBES ROTERA HOUSE. Brooklyn.—Eraiorian TRIPLE SHEET. New York, aturday, 8 Sep' THE SITUATION. Our special correspondent at Morris Island fur- nishes a very interesting account in full detail of the proceedings at Charleston up to Tuesday even- ing. The description of the bombardment of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg, with the assault upon and capture of these two works, is very fine. The acene witnessed in Fort Wagner was horrible in the extreme, and our troops had to be immedi- ately withdrawn. Beauregard sent his reply to the demand for the surrender of Sumter en the 8th. He declines to comply. The full extent of the danger done to Fort Moultrie by the explosion was not ascertained when our cor- respondent left; but the Moultrie House and a large portion of the buildings were in flames, and the conflagration approaching the garrison. We give s map on another page of Charleston, with the batteries, parallels and saps of General Gill- more. There were some rumors afloat yesterday that Charleston had surrendered, but nosuch news was received at Washington. General Burnside sends an official despatch from Cumberland Gap announcing the unccnditional surrender ef that place, as before reported. He says that the infantry brigade which participated ia the capture marched from Knoxville to the Gap, @ distance of sixty miles, in fifty-two hours. It is stated that General Burnside, after succeed- ing in olearing Kast lennessee of the rebels, has sent his resignation io the War Department. Gencral Rosecrans also forwarded yesterday an oficial despatch, in which he saya that Chatta- nooga is ours, Bast Tennessee is free, the pro- gress of our forces on the enemy's flank and rear is going on well, and that the tail of bis retreating army will not go unmolested. ‘The latest news from Arkansas is up to Thurs- day, and repeats the story of the evacuation of Little Rock. The rebels were preparing to make a stand at Washington, whither they had fled; but their numbers are aia not to exceed eight thou- sand men. The map which we give to-day will illustrate the whole theatre of operations in this now interesting section of country. We give a very interesting selection from the rebel journals in our columns to-day, among them an important message from Governor Letcher, of Virginia, and a letter from the Hon. W. C. Rives. They both make desperate efforts to put a good face upon the despairing cause of the South. A strong feeling against reconstruction is expressed in many of the papers. The Charleston Mercury has a savage article on Jeff. Davis. It says that he has lost the confidence of both the army and the people. By the arrival of the steamship Evening Star at this port at one o'clock this morning we have news from New Orleans to the evening of the 5th inst. lo what direction and for what purpose it would be improper to state. tending @ review, was thrown from his horse and injured internally. His injuries, however, though looking serious at first, do not prove to be dangerous. We have received files of the Bermuda Royal ‘The whole Army of the Galf was In motion, General Grant, while at- «Gozette to the let instant. Her Britannic Majesty's ship Rinaldo, from this port, ar- rived at 8t. Georges on the 28th of last month. According to our accounts the porte of Bermuda were literally crowded with ves- sels ongaged in ranning the blockade from the rebel porte, and the warehouses, public stores, and every other convenient place, wore crammed with cotton, &c., brought in from the blockaded towns and ports of the South. The vessels engaged in this Wlicit trade invariably car- ry the rebel flag, and on arriving in British porta are received with loud scclamations by the people. The rebel steamer Eugenia, from Wil- mington, North Carolina, arrived at St. Georges on the 26th ult, Large cargoes await rebel ves- sels in different parta of the island. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. By,the arrival of the City of Manchester off Cape Race yesterday evening we have European news to the 3d inst., three days later than that previously received. It is reported that the French Cabinet have had under debate the expediency of recognising the South, but that no decision had been arrived at, French joumals recommend the seizure of the rebel privateer Florida at Brest The market reports exhibit uo materigl change in the produce markets. Tho steamship Adriatic, Captain ¥icholson, from Galway Ist inst. via St. Johna, N. P., ar- rived at this port about, half-past two alclock this morning. Her advices“have been ani ted by the telegraph. igeii‘claen The Russian steam te ba, Commander Boutakoff, from Cadiz, arrived at this Port yester. aay. She is a propeller of two thomand sight handred tons burthen, has engines of tliree hun. spd and sizty horge power, carpley fyur huagreg Me aap ety wharves, and fifty men, @nd mounts thirty-five guns, On her arrival she saluted the fort on Governor's Island, which was responded to. She is at anchor off the Battery. By order of General Canby, a national salute, in honor of the recent successes of the Union at Morris Island, Chattanooga, Knoxville 1 Cumberland Gap, will be fired to-day at Sandy Hook, Fort Hamilton, Fort Lafayette, Castle William avd Fort Schuyler. Our citizens will doubtless see to it that the Stars and Btripes are given to the breeze throughout the city and harbor in response to the salute ordered. ‘The engine and two cars of the freight train from Philadelphia for Baltimore ran off thé bridge at Wilmington on Thursday night, in consequence of the draw having been left open. The engineer was cut to pieces and two others injured. The fireman escaped. Some of the prominent citizens of Philadelphia have recently tendered a public dinner to Admiral Dupont, which honor he has declined in a very characteristic letter. ‘The system of employing substitutes was prac- tised to a certain extent in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Elijah Gaylord, now or very recently a resi- dent of this State, and nearly one hundred years old, engaged as a substitute during the war of in- dependence at Hartford, Connecticut, where he was born, in consideration of a cow, @ suitable outfit of clothing, one blanket, a few farming uten- sils and twelve bushels of wheat per month. The patriots of the Revolution are fast passing away, and soon the fast will be summoned to his final resting place. The youngest of them now is about ninoty four years of age. On the lst of Ju- ly, 1862, there were but sixty-two of them living, since which time over one-third of the number have died. The quota of Newark, New Jersey, is filled, and cousequently there will be no draft in that city. Three Rhode Island Quaker conscripts, who re- fused to “fight, pay or emigrate,’’ have been sent to Fort Colurabus, in this harbor, to be tried by court martial as deserters. A meeting of the. Board of Supervisors took place yesterday afternoon; but the business trans- acted was merely ¢he passage of a few unimport- ant bills. The meeting of the Common Council Joint Re- lief Committee did not take place yesterday for want of a quorum. Doctor Cobel, who was convicted of causing the death of a lady under peculiar professional prac- tice, is stil in jail. Mr. Edmon Blankman obtain- ed a reversal of the judgment of conviction on argament before the General Term, Supreme Court. Mr. A. Oakey Hall, District Attorney, has carried the case to the Court of Appeals, where it will be argued on the 27th of this month. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be- fore City Judge McCunn, the trial of Bridget Hef- fern, indicted for arson in having set fire to Mont- gomery Hall in Prince street on tho 14th of May, was continued. A number of witnesses were exa- mined for the prosecution, one of whom testified that the prisoner had acknoweledged. to her that she had kindled a fire in the house for the purpose of buraing it down. At four o’clook in the after- noon the case was postponed until Wednesday next. The State of Maine is sending on unusual num- ber of cattle to market this fall. The stock murket was lower yesterday, thougna shade firmer at the decline in the afternoon. Governments were steady. Gold fluctuated between 120 and 129%;, clos- ing at five P.M, at 120. Exchange was at 142 a 142!¢. Money was in fair domand at 7 per ceat. Cotton was inactive and prices wero easior yesterday. Flour was generally lower, with loss doing. Wheat was aleo cheaper, without any gpecial activity. Corn de- clined 2¢. per bushel, and closed heavily. Oats wore in Detter supply and less request, at reduced Ggures. ‘The provision trade was spiritiess, though there were no re- markeble changes in prices. Sugars aud molasses were in fair demand, whilo coffee, teas and rice were quict. arn Whiskey was, less {freely porchased; but prices favored | sellers, A fair inquiry prevailed for hay, tallow, bides, leather, fruit, petroleum, spices, tobacco and coal. Tho freight market was inactive. Jobbers reported heavy salee of cotton goods at buoy- anf’prices iv the carly part of the weet, but the market has exhibited less activity since the reception of the favor- able pews from Charleston aad Chattanooga, though there have been no noticeable alteration in values, All kinds of desirable winter woollena were in very brisk request throughout the week, chiefly for the Western markets, and the tendency of prices was toward a bighor range. Farly.in the week foreign goods wero quite active, at firmer prices; but the reaction in gold and exchange has tended to check business, though without lessening the confidence of importers. Stocks bave been greatly re- duced, and @& British goods unusually light supplies re- ‘main iv 61 ids. The week's imports of dry goods at this p&rt amounted to $1,657,000, including $1,592,742 entered for consumption direct, and only $64,258 entored for warchousing; while of the previous importations warehoveed there were goods to the value of $508,897 withdrawn, which, with the direct entries, made the total amount actually marketed during the week $2,101,639, or early half a million of dollars in excess of tho week's imports. reat Conservative Victory im the Coa! ventions—Niggerheads and Co heads Smashea. We publish, side by side, in another column, the platforms adopted by the recent Republican State Convention at Syracuse and the Demo- cratic State Convention at Albany. We desire all of our readers to perase them attentively, for they mark a significant era in the political history of these times, They are, in fact, the official evidences of a great conservative vic- tory in this State, and we rejoice over i almost as heartily as though it were a victory of our armies over the rebels. Practically, indeed, it is a victory over the rebels; for it is a decisive defeat of both those factions at the North which have been the political allies of Jeff. Davis and have given him much aid and comfort by di- viding the North and uniting the South. Let us then turn for afew moments from the con- sideration of the military, operations at Charles- ton and in Tenhessed and fake a glance at the important features of the political campaign. A careful and unprejudiced comparison of the two platforms will show that they are al- most precisely identical. The difference be- tween them is the difference between tweedle dum and tweedledee. There is not a single niggerhead plank in the one nora copperhead plank in the other. They are both entirely aonservative. They both return thanks to our brave soldiers who are now risking their lives in defence of the Union. They both pledge their supporters to sustain the government and the administration in all necessary measures for the suppression of the rebellion. They both express the desire of the people of the North for an honorable peace. They both op- pose disunion and maintain the integrity of the nation. Upon all of these great, vital issues they are singularly unanimous. The differences between them are but few, and may be very briefly stated. The republican platform eulo- gizes President Lincoln, while the democratic platform eulogizes Gov. Seymour. This is a mere matter of party discipline, and is compara- tively unimportant. Then the democratic plat- form criticises and condemns the odious Eman- clpation, Confiscation, Conscription and Indem- nity acts, while the republican platform sbuffies out of the responsibility of these outrageous measures, and only endorses the Emancipation act as “war measure,” which is equivalent to not endorsing it all; for as @ war measure it has accomplished absolutely nothing in qur moreover, a confession of weakness. The bune of yesterday also bauled down its flag, and honestly intimated that the democratic ticket was, on the whole, rather better than its own, of the conservatives and the acknowledged weakness of the radicals, we feel justified in predicting that, if the campaign be properly conducted, the democrats will carry the State by over fifty thousand majority. Then for the Presidential election. favor, and must cease to be operative when the war is over. Heré the democrats have the advantage of the republicans in boldly express- ing the sentiments of the peaple, and the people will therefore support the democratic platform at the polls. But, taking these two platforms asthey stand and considering their spirit as well as their phraseology, it is evident that both the nigger- head and copperhead factions have broken down, and that the conservative principles which the Hxkacp has constantly inculcated are now in the ascendancy. As we predicted, the defeat of Wadsworth killed the niggerbead faction in this State. Chase, Greeley, Opdyke and the other leaders of this clique made every effort to control the Syracuse Convention; but they were defeated at every turn by the Seward conservatives, and could not even pass one little resolution explicitly endorsing the emancipation procla- mation. In the same way the copperheads were killed by the election® in New England last fall, and the recent elections in Kentucky and California have buried them completely out of sight. They were admitted into the Albany Convention; but their detestable peace dogmas were unanimously scouted, and they could only muster « single vote against the adoption of a war platform. The result of these conventions precisely corresponds with the feelings of the people of this State, and we have not the slightest doubt that the other great Central States will follow the lead of New York in this conservative movement. The people know that the niggerheads caused this war, and that both nigger- heads and copperheads have been playing into the hands of Jeff. Dgvis ever since the war began. No amount of partisan dexterity and political sophistry can delude the masses upon this subject. Men who have lost near and dear'relatives in this war are perfect- ly well aware whose misconduct has prolonged and embittered the contest, and cannot be humbugged by any ingenious journals or ora- tors. A great conservative reaction has set in, and both niggerheads and copperheads, the followers of Hore. Greeley and Ben. Wood, will be utterly overwhelmed by it. Another glorious conservative victory at the polls will follow this conservative victory in the conven- tions. We remember that after six years of disputa- tion about the Wilmot Proviso the two great political parties ran General Scott and General Pierce for the Presidency in 1852, npon almost identical platforms. democratic candidate was elected by a splendid majority. I¢ is probable that we shall see the same result at the next election in this State. The people will not again trust the republican party, even when it brings out a con- servative is closely allied to the radical and do not approve of this unholy alliance. Taught wisdom by dear experience, they fear that a wolf is concealed beneath the sheep's clothing, and suspect the radical Satan even when he ia attired in the garb of a conservative angel of light. party has taken a most popular step in con- demning the odious Emancipation, Confiacation, Conscription and Indemnity acts, while the course of the republicans in shirking these, measures, which they dared not andorse and The result was that the that it faction, platform. They know Besides this, the democratic were afraid to openly repudiate, appears like a political trick. The very fact that the Repub- lican Convention did shirk these measures i From these indications of the strength Senator Sumner on Our Foreign Ree lations The very voluminous speech of Mr. Senator Sumner, at the Cooper Institute the other even- ing, in two or three points, is a remarkable pro- duction. the hypocritical pleadings and false pretences of the British government, in justification of its His exposure aud denunciations of sneaking and perfidious neutrality in this war, are well administered, and, considering the ra- pidly dissolving Davis confederacy, these views of the learned Senator at this time can hardly fail to make a decided sensation, not only upon e public mind of England, but upon the rhi- noceros hides of the British Cabinet. The same may be said of the Senator's com- prehensive argument a@ applied to the com- paratively undisguised hostility of France to the United States. Heretofore Mr. Sumner has been one of those New England worshippers of old England who have held her up to the admiration of mankind as the model of all the virtues of an enligbtened Christianity. We are glad the scales have at length fallen from his eyes. Had he been a studious reader of the common sense instructions of the New York Heratp on the unscrupulous hatred and treachery of Eng- jand towards this great republic, Mr. Sumner would have reached his pregent conclusions on the subject within a week from the receipt of England's concession of “belligerent rights” to this Southern rebellion, over two yeurs ago. But Mr. Sutiner unfortunately sympathized with the rose colored peace and good will absurdities of such visionary philosophers as Hore. Greeley. Otherwise, as the head of the Committee of the Senate on Voreign Affairs—a position almost equal in importance to thet of the Secretary i ates Mr. = alga ie ago have put an end to these Anglo-rebel im cendiaries and pirates on the high seas, in such exposures of their infumous character as that which he has just delivered. But sill we trast this exposure is not too late to do a world of good on the other side of the water. But the whole of this exhaustive and exhaust- ing discourse “of the inexhaustible Senator is spoiled by his venomous and rabid denuncia- tions of African slavery. In view of this pecu- Mar Southern institution he becomes as fierce and remorseless as a vicious bull when a piece of red flannel is flaunted before his eyes, Had the Senator, however, remembered that upon the subject of African slavery ho could add little or nothing to the philippics of Wendell Phillips, we should have probably had # more compact and powerful discourse on the question in hand. We dare say, neverthe- less, that weightier considerations than the wrath of Mr. Sumner will govern President Lincotn upor this question of Southern slavery; and 0, without any very serions that the fanatical Senator is about to play the he haat neal aac subject. The Military Sitaation—Important Events im the Seuthcast and South- ‘west. General Gillmore is a practical man, and goes straight on. He can rule bis own spirit and take @ city too. See the report of our special correspondent in anotber column. Sumter in ruins is a sufficient monu- ment of bis abilities as an artillery offi- cer. To batter down those high walls with shots sent over the heads of their defenders more than a mile away is one of the hitherto “unattempted deeds” that enable us clearly to ealize how far our modern improvements have gone, and what is the real difference between sieges of old and sieges now. And this, with what was done at Pulaski, might be enough for one man’s fame; but Gillmore goes on, and, thanks to him, the Richmond papers have be- come a very pleasant kind of light literature for these autumn days. They tell ‘us with a nice consideration of phrases that Beauregard, the Tremendous, found it “impossible” to keep Wagner, and that, therefore, he gave it up. Thus the boots of Bombastes are considerably displaced. So Gilmore has Wagner, and has also the northern point of Morris Island, “in full view of the city;” and Moultrie ia in a bad way and in flames from the fire of the iron-clads, Three of the vaunted de- fences of Charleston are thus out of the fight— three forts of very great strength have fallen, and the circle is broken—all through the genius of a modest young fellow, who quietly smokes his segar inside the Union lines, and does not particularly care to be a major general. And this but shows in a stronger light than ever the criminal action of the War Depart- ment as to the manner in which it sustains its pets to the cost of the country, What calcula- tor of astronomical distances can count for us how much better it would ‘have been to have had all this done a year ago, as it might have been? Yet there they kept General Hunter, month after month, in persistent idieness. He never fired a shot at Charleston; but he fooled very handsomely with niggers, and so it was all right. How long would it have been before a first class major general, of the real War De- partment stamp, like Hunter or Fremont, would have battered down Fert Sumter. It would puzzle Paddy Blake’s echo to answer that. Great events are in progress in the South- west too, and we may expect news of the first importance from that quarter at any hour. Chat- tanooga is now the headquarters of Rosecrans. Bragg’s army, weakened and broken in spirit, has been joined by that of Johnston, and the two together ought to make a very respectable fighting force. Johnston has the chief com- thand, and, despite all that has been said of his disposition to retreat, he is an adversary that no judicious gencral will despise. We regard itas no very good sign that we are without de- Gnite information avto the exact whereabouts of this force. Uy to Wednesday we only knew that it had disappeared from in front of Gene- ral Rosecrans, and the conjecture then was as to whether the rebels had abandoned that whole country with a view to an immense concentra- tion in Virginia, or whether Jobnston bad made a hasty march to strike Burnside before Rose- crans could give that General’ any support. Such a movement as the latter would appear to be a feasible one for the rebel general, and probably offers the best present chance for a rebel success in the Southwest. Johns- ton may outnumber Burnside. He has- con- siderable ability as a fleld officer, and can fight an excellent offensive battle, as the one at the Seven Pines wilt witness. He likes also, as shown at Williamsburg, to deliver a hard blow juat when he bas made up his mind to run away, and it may be, therefore, that we shall next hear of him on Burnside’s front. Burn- side, thongh he has blundered awfully in his late history, is a good soldier nevertheless. He has captured Knoxville and Cumberland Gap and cleared East Tennessee of the rebels, but he has resigned. We could very well have hoped that he would have had an oppor- tunity to retrieve his errors on a hard field and restore his reputation to that enviable condition in which it was when, having already served the country well, he led the gallant Ninth corps to share the dangers and glories of the Army of the Potomae in Virginia and Maryland, and when be protested so many times, and so prophetically, against his own ele- vation to the command of that army, urging that General McClellan was the man for that place. But he has done all that circumstances would permit him to do in East Tennes- see, and sends in his resignation to the War Department. Yesterday’s news from this theatre of operations was inconsistent with the possibility of a rebel move against Buraside, inasmuch as the rebel retreat was there said to have been brought about by Rose- crans manauvring by his left to get on the enemy’s communications and turn his right; but further particulars and a more exact de- scription of the country may explain this diffi- culty away. Should further news show that Johnsion and his army have disappeared from that country entirely, we may judge that a district of such importance to the rebellion will not be given up with any triyial design without a battle, and we may see in it only another evidence of the disposition to husband every resource for the grand concentration in Virginia already fore- shadowed —-for that one vast attempt by which the rebel leaders hope to retrieve ail, and for which it behooves the severest to prepare. Grumarixes erom Born Seuans or Rap cais.—Poor Hore. Greeley and Ben Wood, the representatives of the niggerhead and cop- perhead factions, appear equally discontented with the actions of the Syracuse and Albany Conventions. Poor Hore. Greeley is so en- raged at finding himself amd all his pet mea- sures thrown overboard at Syracuse, and a con- servative platform adopted by the democrats at Albany also, that be turns around and furions- ly attacks poor little Jimmy Brooks. Well, we do not know bot that this is a wise course. Jimmy Brooks is a safe man to attack; for hes| does not amount to anything, knows nothing, and has no friends. As for Ben Wood, he takes the democratic platform as Pistol ate the bitter leek, awearing as he guips it down. The demo- cratic party stands over him, like Fluellen, and says, im Shakspere’s words:—“I beseech you heartily, scurvy, lousy knave, at my desires, and my requests, and my petitions, to eat, look you, this leek; because, look you, you do aot love it, nor your affections, and your appetites, and your digestions, does not agree with it, I woutd desire you to eat it.” So poor Ben Weod gtumbles and eats, but resolves, like a man who ha bought a lottery ticket and drawn a blank, to ty again some other time. | 1863,—T RIPLE SHEET. The Phenomena of the Rebelliom—News- paper Prosperity, When the rebellion broke out our enemies predicted that it would annihilate the trade of the North, and some of the faint hearted among our contemporaries suicidally anticipated the crash by putting an end to their own existence. We are now in the third year of the war, and bow has the prediction been verified? By a commercial and manufacturing activity without parallel, and by a prosperity in the newspaper business of which there is no previons example. During the whole of this week, with the excep- tion of one number, we have been compelled to publish triple sheets daily, and from the present appearance of things it is not likely that for the next three months we shall be able to return to the double sheet. To see a journal taking this extension during astruggle unéqualled for its magnitude and sacrifices is, it must be owned, phenomenal. And yet it is only in keeping with the other remarkable facts of the war. Where, in the history of similar contests, will it be found that, in proportion to the de- mands made on the financial resources; the physical energies and the numbers of a population, the capacity to meet them has inereased? And yet all this we have seen oc- cur in our own case. The greater the need the government has for money the more abundant ly does it flow into the treasury, the greater the difficulties our arms eneounter the more the national spirit rises with them, and. the more we draw upon the military element in our population the more rapidly is the void filled up by emigration. These phenomena have exercised a relative influence upon our personal interests. “Called upon to contribute a larger amount of taxation to the support of the government than the remainder of our city contemporaries put together, and compelled to incur enormously increased expenses in the maintenance of a large corps of war corres- pondents, our resources appear to multiply in even a greater ratio than the new claims ac- cumulate. As the condition of our advertising columns will show, our business patronage this fall is considerably larger than it has ever before been at the same season of the year. Our circulation has more than kept pace with it, the hot menths, during whieh but little business is done, show- ing not only no falling off, but, on the contrary, a steady increase. If this continues we shall again have to add to the number of our presses. To work off an edition double that of the London Times, and greater than that of the remainder of the New York press combined, taxes our present mechanical facilities to the utmost. There is suoh a thing as the circulation of a journal be- coming inconveniently large, and that is the point at which ours threatens to arrive. We congratulate the business community on the prosperity which these facts indicate. There ia nothing speculative or uncertain about it. The evidence of it may easily be gleaned in our columns. But it is to be found also in tho circumstance that the buyers from the Middle and Western States are arriving here in greater numbers than usual, and that a few from New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville have also made their appearance. Let our arms be blessed with the same good fortune that has attended them for severdl months past, and by spring next we may expect to have our eyes glad- dened with the presence of commercial repre- sentatives from every part of the revolted States. Tae Corxr Gvrowski’s New Brocnurr.— This capital work will soon be published. We understand that it will contain all the jokes that President Lincoln has made since he en- tered the White House. Apropos, it would be ® good idea for some one of onr enterprising publishers to pay the President ten thousand dollars for a monopoly of his jokes. It would pay well. Hore. Greeney’s Orton of THE STATE Coxventions.—Greeley says that he Ifkes the Democratic Convention much better than he did the Republican; for the democrats kicked out Jimmy Brooks, and the republicans kept that “Little Villain” Raymond in. I Salute in Honor ‘of a Victories. SPECIAL ORDERS—NO. 54. Hrapgearrers, Usirep States nara,” | ir Recent New Yor« Crry ayp Harwor, Naw Yonx, Sept. 11, 1863. ‘Ine national ealute will be fired at noon to-morrow, from the fort at Sandy Hook, Fort Lafayette, Castle Wil- liam and Fort Sebuyter, in honor of the recent Union vic- tories at Morris Island, Knoxville and Chattanooga, By order of Brigadier General CANBY. C. S, Camwrensey, Assistant Adjutant General, Newe from San Francisco. THE CREW OF THE PRIVATEKR J. W, CHAPMAN AD- MITTED TO BalL, San Francisoo, Sept. 16, 1663, } ‘The prigouers captured io thie harbor last winter on | rnsclihtantiometinnesincnenesteiieistiapaae tho privateer J. W, Chapman have been allowed to pros cure bail, the leaders tn $15,000 and the others in $10,000, euch, Only one of the privateeremen, named Great. house, bas thus far succeeded in obtaining bail. Sas Fraxcisoo, Sopt. I, 1863. The ateamor Orizaba salle for Panama to-morrow. Monoy easy. Atlantic curreuey exchango rangea at from 2527 premium for gold in Now York; legal ten- dere 8. Storline exchange unchanged. ‘Since the sailing of the last stosmer there has been a fair offering trade, but importers have done little, Job bore are iudisposed to replenish stocks, anticipating bet* ter opportunities after the arrival of {rosb goods by ves sels nearly due. Charles Birt, Treasurer of Sacramento, has abseonded to Mexico, being & defauiter to the extent of about $20,000. Ho had previouriy held » good character, and owes his proscut diegrace to gambling. Cenadian Bleckade Runners Building, - a. Toronto, Sept. 11, 1869, The Keening fimes pablishs » saying that the steamers Bowmanville and Caledonian are understood to be fitting out in Quebec to rum the Southern blockade, and that Hon. Mr. Cauchen ts inte- Tested im tho speculation. hein Hat—Tue Sommorneny.—This wonderfal in- vention achieved afeat night before last which greatly pleased and astonished the audience. It produced the first page of the New Yoru Henann of the 10¢b, enlarged to twenty-five feet square, covering @ surface of eix bur. dred equare feet. it was received with great applause, ag ov this occasion the HegaLit announced a series of vic. tories achieved by our arme. Mr. Harrieon haa bad a brilliant idea in thua reproducing what is #0 familiar to the public, be has by eo doing given a groater proof of the capabilities of the instrument than he could have accomplished in almost any other manner. We recom. to the aoe bh bas mpm Fm Most amusing ax Lacwcn ov an Tnon-Crav.—Tho Erieseon battery Tecum seh will be launched thie morning from the yard of Secor BCo., Jervey City, at ight o'clock. This veere! ie one of the new baten of iron-clada which has all of the pew improvements that active service hag A ber of the Prgate aisbe, wh officers of preaent a the Roasian which arrived hore yesterday, will be Lavyor.—Jobo Engl; yard, foot of Kent » Greenpoint, this, morning, at half-past ntze o'clock, for Olyphant & Co., of Kiang. Fler dimensions are as — Se See NEWS FRO WASHINGTON. Wa-ninaton, Sept. 11, 1603. RETURN OF THE SECKBTARY OF THE NAVY. Hon. Gidoon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, has re- turned from his tour of inspection of tho different navy yards and resumed his duties at the Navy Department. ‘Wm. Faxon, Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, has returned to his post atter a short leave of absenee. SILVER BARS PROM NEVADA FOR THB SANITARY COMMISSION. The Sanitary Commission have advices of the shipment Of ten thousand dollars in silver bars from San Francisce on the 3d instant, @ contribution from the citizens of Story county, Nevada, for the use of the commission. A similar contribution, of the value of thirty thousand dol- lara, has been previously received from the same Ter- ritory, The Commission is shipping largo supplies of articles required for the comfort and sanitary benefit of the forces employed in the steve of Charleston, particu- larly of vegetables, lemons, ice, &o. ARRIVAL OF REBEL DESERTERS. Fifty prisoners arrived hore to-night from the army, and wore consigned to the Old Capitol prison, The party i8 composed of deserters from the robels, guorilla seces- sion farmors and cavalrymen captured. by our scouting parties. THE GUERILLAS. ‘White's cavairy is encamped in the vicinity of Aldie, end has for the last week remained perfectly quiet. A fow squads patrol Loudon county enforcing the consorip- tion, but since- the wounding of Mosby-no. attempt bas ‘been made to capture sutler or army trains. LARGE NUMBRRS OF SUBSTITUTES ARRIVING. Large numbers of substitutes are daily going,out to the- army. 4 DESEBTIONS PROM THE ARMY: ORRCKED. ‘The cxamplo-made of the deserters in tho Fifth corpa has had a most salutary effect, and dosertions have ceaséd: almost entirely, In the Second corps not-a man has beom reported absent without leave sinco- the exceutious. DETENTION OF THD MAILS.. In consequence:of the accident om the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad last night the-New York mail, dae hero at @ix o'clock this morning, did not arrive until halr- pest eight this evening, Tho mail<due-this evening has not yet arrived, and we are therefore without our supply of to-day’s Herald. DISMISSED FROM THE ARMY. Col. Fowler, of the Sixty-fifth New York Volupteess, ‘has been dismissed from the service, THE ARMY. Captain Ryan, formerly Assistant Adjutant General to General Sykes, has been appointed Gotonel of tho 146th regiment, N. Y. V. CAPTAIN DEKRAPT RELIEVED. Captain Dekraft, executive officer of tho Washington Navy Yard, is to be relieved by Captain Guest omdhe ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN PENNOCK. Captain A. M. Pennock, Fleet Captain of the Missiesippt squadron and commandant of the naval depot at Cairo, Il., has arrived here on @ short leave of absence, SEIZURES UNDER THE CONFISCATION ACT. Colonel James T. Chase, United States Marahai of Vir- ginia, has seized, under: the Confiscation act, recently, over three hundred thousand dottars worth of property belonging to former citizens of Alexandria, Ya,, but bead im league with the rebellion. SALE OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY. ‘The sale of confiscated property which took place here Wodnesday, having been poatpened from last Wednesday, drew together quite a crowd. The bidding was spirited, and the estates brought very good prices, considering the conditions upon which they wore sold, the title vesting fa the purchasers only during the lifetime of the absconding rebel proprietors, and some of the most valuable of the buildings being im the possession and eccupation of the military authorities, who, it was announced, would re- tain possession of the sanie during their pleasure. The total proceeds of the salo wore aboat twenty-cight thou- saad dollars. ‘THR SIGNAL CORPS. In filling up the signal corps of the army pow organ- izing, under the law passed at tho last sassion of Coa- gfess, one or two expert tolographors aro to be commis- stoned as Hentenants. Those officers will have charge of the working of the light Geld telograph—the lines which ‘are under the control of the signal corps,andé which ts battles or at sieges are run out and worked on the Seid or {a trenches uoder fre. NAVAL ORDERS, Commander Guest has beon ordered to the command of the Galatea, and Lieutenant Commander Flemming te age Pla pose Post Office Order. 1h DEPARTMENT, APPOINTMENT a | September 8. 1863. The palitieation: of the fier ye gerne of the new pecelh append law in regard to \t of packages which t free through the mafis, 1s deemed important. to the public, and especially to pes connected with tho several Executive Departments and Bureaus at Wash- ton: — maximum weight of which may be sent through the mails is limited to four pounds, exeept Con- documents and books published or . it was not tho latention of the lew ibe a smaler limit to franked packages to or from any of the Executive Departments or Bureaus, as that would exclude from the mails a large portion of "the official correspondence of the government. The limitation of packages to four ounces, in the forty- second séction of the law, wns intended to enlarge Priviiege of members of Congress, two ounees: and the omission in the words ‘‘to Senators and members of .* (a8 i tae original bili,) after the word ‘granted’ in the last sen- tence of that section, leads to an erronc vas construction of the true fotent and meaning of the law, The Postmaster General, therefore, directs that alt packages, otherwise entitled to go free to and from the Gen executive department bureaus at Washington, and not exceeding four pounds im weight, be allowed free transmission through the mail. ALEXANDER W. RANDALL, First Asalstant Postmaster letter to the Cincin- ; "dated at Frankfort (Ky.) te the Sim ‘Sint ult., Saye: ~Gieneral Green Smith, has just returned fr from Washin, jon, travelled “ek it pl dering our trip he t Sethe otees te ational capi an interview with Mr. Lincoin ‘relative to ite ee s proclamation offering a amnesty to all now in Qrms against the government who py J of rebeltion and eS a. He ad- vised the President to il protection to the person and proporty of all myo Specks ad the | el ” to inclade slaves, as well aa eve, proclamation. eral Smit didnt want one wi him to do s0, Dut simply asked that rebels be porenistea to test the Teel of the edict in civil courts. President expressed himeeif ily willing thag perfect! they should do this, and said he would abide by the judt- cial decisions when made. The interview was quite factory to both parties. Im conclusion, Mr. Lincoln he thirsted neither for blood nor the property of the bela, The war could not terminate too scon for him; if af its close it was found that the institution of had suffered, its friends and pot he would be to News from Fortresd Malas. TM® REBEL FORCE ON THE BLACKWATER, ETO. Fonrumss Moxmon, Sept. 10, 1963. Five deserters arrived in Norfolk iast evening from the Beoond Louisiana regiment, stationed on the Blackwater. ‘They report that the rebel force there consiste of infan- try, cavalry and artillery, numbering about ove thousand in all, Longstreet was in North Carolina, looking after General Peck. ‘The Minnesote arti Hampton Roads to-day, —— ee, Arrest of the Preprictors of the Baltt- mere Kepablican. THE DISLOYALISTS KENT ACROSS OUR LINES. Bautrwonm, Sept. 10, 1563, B. H. Richardson and bis son, Frank A. Richardson, and Stephen J. Joyce, proprictors ef the Baltimore Republican, were to-day arrested by order of General Schenck for veuting their disloyalty by publishing in their paper of yesterday evening piece of poetry en- ted the ‘Southern Cross,” and ordered South, The three were sent acroes our lines this evening. The pro- Prietors of the Republican had been frequently warned by the authorities here against the publication of disloyal sentiments in their paper. r co +4 of our se rated to No Toren ‘ond it ° Supiain Bets stable memdrinl of on regard i ana fcommanter. Sled saga he as si aes shtey a