The New York Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1863, Page 6

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AoreRnsxumrrs, to a limited number, will be inserted ‘otoe Weesiy Hemap, apd im (he European and Califor- Be Faitions. NO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence. -We éo not return rejected communications sessereelf@, 265 | Volume XXVIII .... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. MIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway —Vixaixi0s. WINTER GARDEN, Broadw BhW BOWERY THEA’ Roweet Macarme—Witrve —Hancet. Bowery.—Nigat Devox— KK. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—Tar Mistetox BorGh— Foxuo—Loxr tux Lanones. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway —Tae Vyruos— xpias Carers. Warkiony ano Squaws, &c.. at eilhours BRUNWILDA—Gmosr. Afternoon and Kvening. BRYANT'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 4¥@ Broad. | way.—Eruiortan Songs, Dances, BuRLESQUES, &c.—HicH | Davow woop ‘8 MINSTREL BALL. ou Broadwar.—E1mioriax tones, Danks, de, THe Gu ost, AMERICAN THEATRE, No. ¢4{ Broadway,—Bateers, Vanicumxs, Bonsesaums, &£0.—Havsrep Inn, NEW YORK THEATRE, 485 Broudway. —Contranann- yi —@neeN Monster, TAVING HALL. Irving plact —Tue Steegorticox, NtW SORK MUSEUM OF AN ATOMY, (18 Broadway.—- rmiosimss any Lycrenxs, trom 9 . HL 10 P.M. | NOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, ooklyn.—Etmioriax Sonos, Daxcks, BURLESQUES, & TRIPLE SHEET. New band Tharsaay. Sept. 24, 186: K THE SITUATION. ‘The news from the battle ground in the vicinity of Chattanooga is highly important. General Roaecrans reports that the rebel attack upon General Thomas’ corps on Monday afternoon had and that the Union troops m&rched quietly to their intended position. been handsomely repulsed, Two divisions of Longstreet’s corps which threat- ened a flank attack retired without a fight, having ‘Twenty copies, to one address, one year, $35, and | | of the Secretary, seriatim. | had almost passed. | cles approving of Jeff. Davis’ plan to arm and freo NEW YORK Peau Soase 6n cotton, to the amount of a hundred { million of francs, or twenty millions of dollars, This requires confirmation. EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship China, from Queenstown on the 13th of September, arrived at this port early yos- terday morning. Her news is three days later than the report of the Etna. The most important point of the intelligence is the’ confirmation of the fact—first announced in, the Heraup yesterday morning, in a letter of our London correspondent—that the British govern- ment had determined to detain the Laird rebel iron rams in the Mersey. The London Post—the government organ—prepared the public mind for such a step by reporting that it would be taken, and the latest report from London assures us that | Earl Russell had given Mr. Adams, the United | States Minister, a written assurance to that effect. The privateer Florida has been seized in the port of Brest, under a French law writ sued out by a shipowner named Menier, who claims an in- demnity of 100,000 francs for one of his vessels | seized by the rebel commander. Mr. Slidell has- tened from Paris to Brest in order to relieve her if possible. A question was raised fn the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, France, as to whether the Alabama was a pirate or belligerent cruiser. It was decided that, under Napoleon's neutral | proclamation describing the rebels as belligerents, she must be regarded asa vessel engaged in legiti- mate warfare, We publish to-day a description of the two ships which are being built at Nantes, in France, and supposed to be destined for the service of the rebels. They are to bo of great speed, and will be delivered to their owners twenty miles out at sea. Their ultimate destination was not known. “A Confederate,” a correspondent of the Lon- don Times—who is described by that journalas “‘a gentleman who ought to understand what he undertakes to explain’’—replies at great length to Mr. Seward’s recent circular. He either flatly de- nies or endeavors to explain away the assertions The London Times notices the communication very favorably in an editorial; but the writer is obliged to confess, in the end, that the rebels have sustained signal re- verses of late, and that the day for intervention Earl Russell alluded pointedly to the American question in the eourse ofa public speech in Dundee, Scotland. He stated that England conld not be forced to depart from her neutrality, and that the rebel chances of intervention by the Palmerston Cabinet may be regarded as ended. La France and La Presse, of Paris, with the London Index—the Anglo-rebel organ—print arti- the slaves of the South as a final stroke of war policy. Lettera from Paris state that the French govern- ment was more and more perplexed daily relative to the affairs of Mexico. A correspondent says:— “With the United States menacing for attempting to subdue Mexico, and with the Confederates probably in a very uncertain cue, and, if eager for his alliance, in too critical a position to be alto- gether acceptable allies, the direction of his future transatlantic policy must at the present moment be the Emperor’s greatest perplexity.” A despatch from Paris, dated on the 11th instant, states positively that Maximilian had accepted the crown of Mexico. M. Michel Chevalier made a speech at the Coun- cil General of his department, in which he said that a true democracy was spreading over the world from France. The London Times, in a very apparently been merely sent out on a re- connoissance. The whole of Rosecrans’ army concentrated upon Chattanooga before midnight on Monday, and is now considered perfectly safe until reinforcements arrive, when “in two or three days he will be able to assume offensive ope- rations again.”’ It is known at Washington that General Rosecrans has sufficient stores and sup- plies to last him for many days to come, so that ao fears need be entertained relative to the army trains being ont off. Assistance is on its way, and ‘s expected to reach himintime to be of great service. The battle was expected to be renewed yesterday, but a despatch from Nashville states that all was quiet. Each hour makes Rosecrans #'ronger, and confidence is entertained by the gov- ernment that he will be able successfully to repel at attacks until he is ready to move, ‘The rebel news from Chattanooga reports a loss including Major General Hood and five brigadier geneyals The Rich- mond papers are quite desponding with regard to to their army of five thousand men, killed and seven generals wounded. atairs in northern Georgia. General Bragg re- porta that after two days’ fighting the Union troops him. “still confront” It is reported in Richmond that “Rosecrans bas b eavily reinforced by troops from Grant's a . This is partially con- firmed by a despatch from Louiaville, Major General Meade visited Washington yester- day, and after an hour's consultation with the Vresident, the Secretary of War and General Hal- leck, promptly returned to the front. A con- siderable portion of the Army of the Potomac were south of the Rapidan last evening, and intel- ligence is enxiously looked for from Buford's cay- alry commas which started a few days since on @n important expedition. ‘The arrival of the Blackstone from Hilton Head vod Charleston bar brings dates to the 19th inst. The equinootial storm had been very severe, 80 much #0 as to stop all active operations of the fleet. ‘The weather had, however, cleared up, and the veasela were now ready tions, = The had this storm to destroy the iron-clad on Charleston and on the Isth announced in the RichmoriQgapers that the pre- vious day's storm had “ ditpersed the fleet, and that on the evening of that day there were no federal vessels in sight.’’ Later advices to the eebel papers estate that up to the 22d the feet were, much to their apparemt disappointment, ‘within the bar unhurt bythe gale,” and that | General Gillmore’s “ activity om Morris Istana continued unabated, notwithstanding their tire,” which had been conducted with great vigor. Advices have for active opera: looked forward to fleet instant | rebela Bar, been received from (jeneral Blint's Frontier army to the 10th inst. quiet in the vicinity of Fort Smith, and the rebels All wae under Kieby Smith were falling back upon Shreves port, La. General Blunt, although in poor health, had issued ay address to the people of Western Arkansas aod vi assuring them that the Union occupation and all the rebel troops had been driven beyond the Red river, followed by the most anxious rebel citi. vena.’ According to the Richmond Dispatch it would appear that the rebels had effected in France a inity, ‘was permanent severe article, denies this, and says that the French government ts merely a refined military de&po- tism, and that Napoleon cannot compare with Francia Joseph, of Austria, or even the Czar Alex- ander, in their appreciation and development of the principles of free and popular institutions. An official return shows that the French army— on a ‘peace footing”—numbers four hundred and twelve thousand men and eighty thousand horses. By calling on the reserves it can be swelled to seven hundred thousand men, The Russian replies to the Western Powers on the subject of Poland were expected in London, Paris and Vienna when the China sailed. The Poles had sustained some severe defeats in the field. The King of the Greeks was to leave Copen- hagen for Athens on the 17th inst. He was to visit St. Petersburg, Paris and London en route. Mr. Cyrus W. Field returned home in the China, the contract for laying the Atlantic telegraph cable in 1864 being perfected. When Mr. Field was on board the China at Queenstown, on the 13th inst., he received telegraphic news from Omsk, in Siberia, a distance of five thousand miles, dated on the 12th inst., the day previons; also news from Alexandria, Egypt—a distance of two thousand five hundred miles, fourteen hun- dred being submarine—dated on the 12th inst., with the very latest intelligence from the conti- nental capitals, all of which appears in our columns this morning. Our correspondents in Berlin furnish some in- teresting matter detailing the latest aspect of the great Prusso-Germanic question, the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the German patriot, Korner, with an account of the assemblage and organization of the Social Science Congress in the capital. Consols closed in London on the 12th jnst. at 934% a 93% for money. The rebel cotton loan was entirely neglected. The Liverpool cotton market was buoyant on the 12th inst., and holders de- manded an advance, Breadstuff’ were inactive and prices unchanged. Provisions were quict, but steady. The steamship America, from Liverpool on the 10th, via Londonderry on the 11th inst., passed Father Point at seven o'clock yesterday morn- ing. The news has been anticipated by the ad- vices by the China. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. We have another accession to our list of foreign naval visitors, the two Russian steam frigates whose presence off New London and other points to the east has been noticed inthe Hxnaxp for the past two days having arrived in the East river sterday, They came through the Sound, and ‘© now anchored in Flushing Bay. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday after- noon. The report of the Committee on Annual Taxes came up again asa special order. After a prolonged disenssion on several minor items, the annnal estimate of the county expenditores for | 1863 was passed as it has already been published, with a trifling alteration. | In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be- fore City Judge MeCunn, the trial of Joseph R, | Lowenstein, indicted for 1eceiving stolen goods, was concluded, Messrs, K, Blankman and Levi | Chatfield sammed ap at considerable length for the defence, followed by Assistant District Attorney O. L. Stuart for the prose ‘on. Judge MeCunn then charged the jury, informing them that the only question to be determined was the guilty | knowledge of the party by whom the goods had | been purchased. After an absence of about five minutes the jury returned ond rendered a verdict of guilty, The prisoner was remanded for sen. tence. ‘Tho stock market was again lower yesterday morning, and better in the afternoon. The look of the market ia the afternoon was healthy, Gold fell to 19714, cloning, at BP. M.; at 197%. Bxchango, at tho close, was 151 9 151). Money was unchanged; call loanw 5 4 6 per cent, Cotton was decidediv brisker and quoted firmer ver. HERALD, THURSDAY, torday. There was a fair business transacted in four, which wns steady. Wheat was in less request and tending downward, Corn was actively dealt in, Partly by speculators, and olesed buoyaatly. Pork wee firm, with & fair inquiry. Lard was depressed ‘end tonding downward. There was more activity in but- ter, which was held with increased confidence, Whiskey less froely purchased, but was dearer, Tho maia business in groceries was transacted in sugars, at 0 109 ‘Ant rates. Spices were in moredemand. A good inquiry existed for tallow, Tobacoo was more sought after. Hay, hops and seeds were gelling to a fale extent ab full .u0 tations. Tho auction sale of boots and shoes passed off quite epiritedly, all the catalogue baving been gold at (air prices. The freight market was more active, and large engagements of flour were offected, mostly for Liverpool. Cheering News from General Resecrans— Important Rebel Information and Movements, The news which we publish this morning from the army of General Rosecrans {s substantially corroborated by the official report of Satur- day’s and Sunday’s engagements from the rebel commanding general, Bragg; and, in connection with our reports of Monday’s opera- tions, this intelligence dissipates our late appre- hensions, and encourages us to believe that the day is near at hand when the Army of the Cum- berland will turn the tables upon the enemy. After a desperate and sanguinary struggle of three days, in which the impetuous masses of the-rebels were baffled in all their efforts to break up in detail or to flank his army, General Rosecrans on Monday night had succeeded in concentrating his forces in a strong position, where, it appears, they rested all day Tuesday without molestation. This fact, together with the postscript to Bragg’s official despatch, that “Rosecrans bas been heavily reinforced by troops from Grant's army,” we interpret as signifying the with- drawal of Bragg to repair damages, to reorganize his shattered columns, and to consider the im- portant question what he is next to do. His postscript is a broad hint to the rebel anthori- ties at Richmond that he needs reinforcements, and that his well contrived plans for the destruction of Rosecrans, or for his dislodge. ment from Chattanooga, have ended in a failure. In every great struggle of the war in the open field, where the rebels have not gained a deci- sive success on the first day, Northern endurance has turned the tide against them. Thus it was at Pea Ridge, at Shiloh, on the Richmond peninsula, at Antictam, at Murfreesboro and Gettysburg, to say nothing of General Hooker's three days at Chancellorsville, which closed with his unnecessary retreat’ over a flooded river, where his army might have been cut to pieces had not that of the enemy been com- pletely exhausted and really at his mercy. So, in a broader view, the spasmodic and unsubstantial successes of the rebel armies, here and there, bave resulted only in tempora- rily checking the irresistible pressure of the more powerful forces of the Union, and the inevitable contraction on every side of the boundaries of the so-called Southern confede- racy. And so this late desperate movement of the enemy against Rosecrans bas only tem- porarily arrested his advanee into the heart of Georgia. We assume that Bragg speaks from reliable information in reporting Rosecrans to be heavily reinforced. and from Grant’s army. We have had our misgivings that the forces of General Grant and of General Banks had been scattered about in cotton hunting ex- peditions in Arkansas, Western Louisiana and Texas, and that Rosecrans was thus in great danger of being overwhelmed by a concentra- tion of all the odds and ends of the rebel armies, guerillas and home guards against him that could be scraped together from Virginia to Mississippi. At all events, it is certain that had one- half or one-third of the army of General Grant been promptly moved from Vicksburg to the army of General Rosecrans the government would now have bad in Georgia, South Caro- lina and Alabama a much more prolific cotton field than wo are apt to acquire with the complete possession of the cotton States west of the Mississippi. But, dispensing with further commentaries on what has been done, we return to the question: what is the administra- tion now called upon to do in reference to this army of General Rosecrans? Gen. Graham, an exchanged prisoner, returned from Rich- mond, says that he saw there the other day eighty-one cannon cressing the bridge, said to be going to Gen. Bragg. We have no doubt of the truth of this report, from the enormous captures of rebel field artillery made by General Grant in Mississippi. Thus Joe Jobn- ston went up to Gen. Bragg with a very scanty supply, and Lee has been called upon to make up his deficiencies from Vir- ginia., But can Lee spare even eighty-one— and he has probably sent over a hundred field pieces to Georgia—but can he spare even eighty-one without materially weakening his own army? Itshould be the immediate busi- ness of the Army of the Potomac to answer this question; for a movoment of this army now towards Richmond is the readiest and most effective way to strengthen the army of General Rosecrans. At the same time, against the superior num- bers opposed to him, General Rosecrans cannot be too soon or too liberally reinforced at Chattanooga. We presume that the govern- ment is fully sensible of this necessity, and is acting accordingly; but, in this connection, we would impress upon President Lincoln the feasibility and expediency of a powerful auxiliary force of ninety days volunteers from Tennessee and Kentucky. From those two States thirty or forty thousand such volunteers might be raised in thirty or forty days, equipped and marehed forward for immediate service. In gnarding depots of supplies, railway bridges, &c., they would relieve as many veteran troops and strengthen to this extent the active army of Rosecrans. In the same way let the Eastern and Central States be ealled upon to sup- port the advance of General Meade, and in ® few weeks, as he advances southward, hit army may be kept full by reinforcements of veteran soldiers from Washington and other military stations, while these ninety days volua- | teers take their places fn the forts and at the de- | pots, bridges, &c., in the rear of General Meade, ' The rebels have tanght us many valuable lessons in this war; and this one of volunteers for a short term of service, not materially dis- turbing their private business affairs, is an ex- pedient whereby any further enlistments or con- | scriptions for three years or the war may be , dispensed with; for we are entirely satistied that | with the employment, as indicated, of even two | hundred thousand or one bundred thousand | ninety days volunteers and militia the rebellion can be extinguished before fhe expiration of their term of service. Surety the time has at length come when Mr. Seward’s oft-repeated | prophecy may thus be fulfillea. SHEPLEMBER 24, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET. 2 The New Banking Sysicm. Several small fry financiers and their » ws- paper satellites im amd around Wall street aro trying to make a great noise about the national banking system now in course of formation under the late law of Congress. They pretend to have discovered a wonderful mare’s nest in the idea that the banks thus formed are to report to a bank superintendent at Washington. In this“they see all manner of hobgoblins, ghosts and other supernatural objects. The most prominent of these visions that float before their narrow financial view is the idea that the system will be an enormous political machine. They are barping upon that cry, and endeavor- ing to prejudice the public mind against that class of banks. This silly idea can have no weight or influence with those who view the subject in a comprehensive light. We have had for several years past banking superintendents at every State capital. They have not been able to make that department in a single State & political power, nor can it be made such by a superintendent at Washington for the whole country. In the first place, those who engage in banking under the system established by the law of Congress, or any other, cannot convert their banks into political machines if they desire, nor is at all probable that any such desire will exist to any great extent. Men engaged in banking have other subjects to consider. They have to deal with the financial interests of the country and its internal and foreign commerce. When a set of men associate themselves together in the business of banking they do it to make money, the same as a merchant enters the dry goods or any other trade. To do this they are compelled to watoh closely and study the in- terests of their own locality, and its commercial relations with other sections of the country. The moment that they travel outside of this limit they are swamped. Ruin and disaster will as surely follow as night follows day. This fact is not only true with the present sys- tem of State banks, but it will also prove true with the system now being established by the Secretary of the.Treasury. The fate of Biddle’s National Bank is proof positive on this point. General Jackson was never so strong before the people as he was when he put his foot upon the attempt to make that institution a political power and throttled it at the outset. With that result before the public no set of politicians or financiers will dare to venture upon any such experiment with the banks under the new sys- tem. They know beforehand that political annihilation and financial ruin await any man or setof men who undertake it. Under the system now proposed all banks have to make regular reports to the Banking Superintendent at Washington, the same ag now to the super- intendenta at the capitals of their respec- tive States. These reports are on file, subject to the examination of the public. Any move of a political character will very soon be discovered by some member of Con- gress and be spread before the country. It could not be long kept from the public. No official conniving at or aiding in creating a political power through the banks could stand before the storm of publle indignation. The framers of. nstitution left the duty of. the ‘currency of the country to Congress. They did not delegate that power to the respective States, but to the law making branch of the general government. Heretofore Congress has allowed the several States to establish their own forms of banking. They have winked at this interpretation and tole- rated it, for the reason that in the rapid pro- gresé’snd déevelopment.of the country they had other subjects to absorb thelr attention. But this system of State regulation has proved a failure, and has worked disastrously in many respects. The, bank notes in one State were almost worth- less*jn another, and became a drawback, in fact almost blocked the wheels of our internal commerce, To obviate this difficulty Congress has now taken the matter in hand, and bas provided for a system under national super- vision that will insure us @ uniform currency the country over. Every business man must see that this will be a great blessing, and facili- tate trade with every section of the republic. It is further said by the opponents of the system that this is no time te make so im- portant a change in our financial policy. This nasertion amounts to nothing. We believe it to be just the time. Everything is flow under- going a revolution, and there is no better time than this to make this needed and necessaty reform in banking. It will meet with less opposition now than in time of peace, and be feit less by the country at large. When the time comes for the affairs of the country to settle down into their natural chan- nel it will assimilate itself to the new order of things, and enable us to push forward with greater sirides than ever before. With it organized we can start off with the return of peace, without being compelled to await long months to prepare a ourrency suited to the demands of the country. We do not like many things that Secretary Chase has done. No person bas denounced some of his acts more than we have; but we support this reform in our system, because it isan excellent move, and is, in fact, not only a neceasity, but de- manded by the best interests of the country. By all means let it be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Now is the time. Submission on “Ret NIONY —The Daily News says:— We distinctly deny the Heratn’s state- ment that ‘the people are for crushing out the rebellion by force of arms.’ Well, every election which has been held since the war began is a proof that we are right and the News wrong. Peace candidates have been everywhere defeated. War candidates, whether called democrats or republicans, have been everywhere elected. The people know that Ben Wood's “pence” means submission to the rebels, They know that crushing out the re- bellion by force of arms means reunion. They a | dignities, and fe j are opposed to submission and in favor of re- | union, He who denies this nothing of public sentiment. Tae Wan tm tae Camer.—Our recent ex- posures of the war in the Cabinet have at- understands tracted great attention, and everybody is wait- | which would have won bim a string of titles and ing for further developments. Wendell Phil- lips once said that the Cabinet had resolved itself into a committee to manage the next Pre- sidential election. He may correct this remark | with “ pistols | American Percy’ The Detention of the Rebel Rams by the J Britten Government, The London Post, Lord Palmerston's of- ficial organ, announces in the most emphatic terms that the rebel rams now building in the Mersey will not be allowed to sail. The Eng- lish government will detain these vessels until their real nature and destination are ascertained. The London Times takes up the oue and hastens to inform the Eng- lish public that if these vessels are in- tended for the rebel government they should be detamed, and adds remarks which are the most scathing rebuke-—quite uninten- tionally, of course—upon the British govern- ment for its former course as regards the pirate ships which were let loose to prey upon our commerce. ‘In addition to the assurances of the Post and Times, we hear that Earl Rus- sell has given to Mr. Adams, our Minister at the Court of St. James, the assurance that the rams would be prevented from sailing. All this would be most satisfactory could we place any reliance upon the promises and as- surances of the British Minister of Foreign Affairs or those of the London journals. But we are aware that we cannot; and we urge upon our government the utmost watchfulness in this matter. We are inclined to doubt the good faith of the English government in this affair, and shall expect to hear that, by some quibble, the rams have evaded the restriction and sailed. We have the right to expect this, because ever since the com- mencement of our rebellion England has acted towards us with the most barefaced want of good faith. It is true that circumstances have changed since the days when the Alabama and Florida were allowed to slip out to sea; till, we must repeat our caution to our administration against placing any reliance upon the promises of John Bull. Whereas but ashort time since the rebels were glorying in the fact that their resistance was most successful, now on all sides they are beaten and conquered. Since the time we refer to Vicksburg and Port Hudson have fallen, Gettys- burg has proved a disastrous defeat for the rebels, and Sumter has fallen in ruins. These evidences of our enormous power and resources have filled the English wind with wonder and dismay, and, reviewing our series of triumphs achieved through the instrumentality of ord- nance which surprises them, and of iron-clads which cause them a wholesome fear, to say nothing of the prowess of our troops, whom they were inclined to underrate, they now clamor against all measures which might cause a war between the two countries, and will now retain the rebel rams in. the Mersey. The very fact that the English government will retain these vessels is a self-condemnation of their former course as regards the pirates which have done so much harm to our com- merce, and clearly indicates the fact that we have a right to demand from England satisfac- tion for the outrages committed by vessels which were built in England, paid for with English money, manned with English sailors, and allowed to depart upon their evil missions unmolested. In due time we shall surely call the proper parties to account for all this. At present we are engaged in quelling a rebellion which is now on its last legs. Once freed from the pressure of such an undertaking, we shall then be at liberty to turn our attention elsewhere; and this England fully appreciates and dreads; and now we shall see her assuming a new stand as regards the affairs of Davis and his compeers; and so will France, for that matter; for both England and France are astounded at the powerand energy we have displayed, and both are beginning to compre- hend that even as yet we have not put forth all our strength. We conclude by asserting once more that we place no reliance upon the good faith of Eng- land or France towards this country; but we kuow that by working upon their fears we may obtain their neutrality, and hence we call upon the administration to make every possible display of strength and to use all endeavors to crush the rebellion. Every blow struck at the South is a blow aimed at foreign intervention and interference, and when these blows are successful we injure all our enemies thereby. Like the first French republic, we have all against us. With more power and intelligence than she bad, we shall have the same success with better results, because wesappreciate the benefits of a free government and have the as- surance that any other cannot carry out the great future which must be before this country. Let us, then, use every effort to defeat all’our enemies, and success must be the result. Even now they are cowed; yet a few blows, and they shall be conquered. Coronet Sin Percy Wrxpuam, U.S. A., Ver- svs Hox. Percy 8. Wyxpuam, M. P.—Colonel Sir Percy Wyndbam, of the United States Army of volunteers, has made out a completely satis- factory and conclusive vindication of his cha- racter, his name and his right to his title, against the indignant but somewhat too hasty Percy 8. Wyndham, M. P., of Belgrave square, London. The American Perey has produced the preofs and the documents against the English Percy, and the latter goes to the wall, He now appears in the light of a mana little too touchy in the matter of his titles, and ily escutcheon—a man, in fact, eomewhat of the siyle and pattern of the Chevalier Webb, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States near the Court of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. | But when the Chevalier Webb cannot make | out his case by writing he is ready to do it by | fighting. If he cannot demolish his adversary by ink he is prepared for gunpowder. We | commend his example to the Hon. Percy S. Wyndbam, M. P., against Colonel Sir Percy | | Wyndham, of the Virst New Jersey cavalry, and commander of a cayalry brigade, U.S. A. Let the English Percy, then, “ acknowledge the corn,” or col and settle his difficulty | coffee for two; for the not well be spared from | thé Army of the Potomac. He bas distinguished now; for the Cabinet bas become a collection of | rival candidates for the Presidency, all wran- | gling with each other and attacking President | Lincoln. The management of Barnum's Happy Family is nothing to President Tdncotn’s task. The only relaxation he has is laughing at Arte- mas Ward's and the blunders of Stanton | and Welles. Who would be a President? himself as a soldier of the Union in a manner honors and emoluments in England, and we. are well assured that bis promotion to the rank and title of a brigadier general would be cor- dially endorsed by the army and the country. He has proved that there is good stuff in the Wyndbam family; and if the other Wyndham can produce an equal record as a knight who has earned bis title, like the knights of old, by his good right arm, we shall move that he, too, shall be admitted, on application, imto the army | of the Union, \ | fievenas, "MoCiataan ano THR Tampows.—e With tus characteristio spirit of malignity oad meanness, {nc Tridune continues, day after day, to assail the Former Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Fatachoods of every are retailed by that jouepal naturally; but whear the falsehood, the slander or the little vitupe. rative epithet relates to General MeOlellan it is given with an especial gusto and glee, an it the serpent had an ecstacy in the ejection of its venom. Such persistent maligaity ts dis- Graceful in an organ that pretends to public decenoy, and is especially vile under the present circumstances. General McClellan no longer commands a gréat army. He has no official Position that his enemies might wish to give to another. He is in retirement, and lives with his family, quietly, as any private gentleman may. It is true that he has some “position” im the hearts of the people. There are thousands of men in the country who believe him to bea man of the true heroic material, and possessed of eminent abilities. He was the first man te . LJ organize the armies of the United States, now . so treméndousa power. He brought order out _. of our military chaos, He was our first gene. * ral. When, the war began. we had all our old Mexican scholars—colonels, majors and captaina—in plenty. We bad no generale They have grown taught by the misfortunes and errors since—many of them. of General McClellan, who was not permitted | time to profit by the errors that he saw as clearly as otbers did. was deprived of his position just as he had learned how to fill it. ut had he, even white in position, had full control of the armies he organized and the campaigns he projected, we believe—and this opinion is also entertaiged by many military men—our cause would have triumphed ere this, and the war would now be over. Now, however, General McCleilan, and his campaigns, errors, possibilities and all, are part of our history ; and, whatever view pos- terity may take of him, as a soldier, patriot, an Ametican and a man, present slanders and Like General Buell, he ~ vituperation will not change that view. But” he has “ position” in the hearts of the people. If that is the secret of the continued assaulta, malignity way do its worst. It will effect ne change: but rather it takes the very way te commend him all the more to popular love; and if the Trine fears General McClellan a6 a candidate for the Presidency we may give ft every assurance that ils assaults on him wit make him more formidable in that view thea he has ever hitherto been. And if that be not the secret of its malevolence we can see in its con- duct only a natnral analogy with the fabled vampyre, that sated a horrible thirst only” where no defence could he made, AN Abprrioy to Poraticat. Purasnotoor.— The copperheads an‘ the niggerheads are poH- tical factions pretty well known to the pubtio, aud despised wherever known. Now we have the sorehead faction, which is composed of Hore. Greeley and Ben Wood. Greeley is) working against the republican ticket in this State, and Ben Wood is doing his utmost to de- feat the democrats. Creeley was swamped at the Syracuse Convention, and Ben Wood was swamped atthe Albany Convention. Greeley says that the republican ticket is a “Weed ticket” and a “Séward ticket,” and he will not support it. Ben Wood says that the democratie ticket isa “war ticket” anda “Union ticket,” and grumbles dreadfully about it. Greeley fe a nigger sorehead, and Ben Wood i a copper sorebead. They ought to be allowed to but® out their brains, if they have any, against each other. Bernsipg AND side’s position is just now a somewhat equivocal one. He was said some days ago to have re- signed, and then to have retained his position upon the receipt of one of those agreeable let- ters from the President which that old gentleman knows so well how to write. General Burnside ranks Rosecrans, and ifthe affair is as above stated it reflects credit upon both parties ; fer the President is certainly justified in a great public necessity, such as exists in the South west, in keeping in command the right mem without any regard to military technicalities, and if Burnside has consented to serve fn the” same field, under an officer whom he ranks, he has but added another evidence to the many he has already given that he regards the publie service more than his personal dignities. Bex Woon ox tue: Stare Evectioy. Bem Wood says in bis paper that he opposes: the democratic. platform, because it ie a war plat form, but is in favor of the democratic candi dates, because they are peace men. If this be so, then the Convention must have deceived the candidates, and the candidates must have de- ceived the Convention. How else, pray, could peace candidates be placed on a war platform by a war Convention? We are rather disponed to believe that Ben Wood is mistaken, instead of the Convention and the candidates, They know very well what they are about. Ben Wood ap- parently does not. = Tuy Srave Caxvass—The canvare fn thie State is proceeding vigorously. The people | willmake up their minds between this time and November which ticket is the more con- servative, the more national and the more strongly in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war. They will elect this ticket by a large majority. Everything depends upon their decision. ; vont Racertion axp ‘Sune av To ADMIRAL. | Fanmaoce, +The og a officer of our Davy recently received a letter of acknowledgment of his public services, signed bye large number of merchante sed other citi ens and at their request he har consented to meet thew at ths reome Of the Chamber of Commerce, at one o'clock today. The reception will be an cecasion «f gre inte. rest, apd the members of the Chamber ane other citizens are invited to be present to express their appreciation of the servies rea. dered to the country by the hero of the Mississippe, Forte Jackson and &t. Phillip, New Orleans and Port Hud son. Ip the ever ng the gailant Admira! will be sereaaée@ at the Astor House, when, doubtless, ail who are unable to be present at the reception in the Chamber of Com merce will aitend to do honor to the brave defender of the Stare eo Str! Vievt oF Gevmmat, Sienues To 1m How tats —Oo Tues. day General Sickler, in company with Surgeon Andrews and © party of gentlemen, visited the hospitele om the islands in the neighborhood of the city. Among the patients were many whe bad served ander Generat Sickles, who were overcome with \« commander. The revenge cutter had been placed at the Generals service, and very means taken bind the etharsion & p erat oe Taane's Derren at Coorm Inenreveoiie Be. 6 Tharin, of Alabama, will deliver a lecture this evening At the Cooper Institute, the subject being «our Fe Relations and [Omestic Complications,” which he shall be a review of Mr. Charles Sumner's address. ‘Thie tact im itself, apart from thefgreat interest felt in the aut oct that Mr. Tharin expects to treat, should be the meang: Of abtracting a larva andinne Rosxerans.—General Burn-