The New York Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1863, Page 6

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Advertisements in- sorted in the Wrex y Hmracp will thus be seen by a large portion of the act.ve and energetic people of the United States. SITUATION. f-m General Rosecrans, dated Sunday afternoon, state that the rebels had not made any atteck -)>ce the 2ist inst., and that he «did not fear they would make one at that late day. Goneral Meigs, who is with the Army of the Cum- verland, declare. its position ‘‘cannot be taken ge, which Bragg docs not secm to he attempting.” We give to-day further details of the late battie from our special correspondent on the field. News from Keoxville up to Thursday, 24th inst., had been receiy,, at Cincinuati, ond it is there stated that Gen. Burvside still had his headquar- ters atthatpia«. The rebel forces in East Ten- neaaee app ar to be quiet, and no danger is short of a regul; apprehended. Rumors were «float in Washington last evening that the Union forces in Georgia and Tennessee had met with a serious disaster; but nothing defi- nite had been a rtained from the War Depart- ment. If unfavorable news had been received by the government, if had been kept # profound se- oret frow those wo usually find out such intelli- wouce. It fs reports a force of about ten thousand men at Mount Jack: | sov, with the intenwion of making a raid through the Shenand y Hwy fling was heard F in the n ighborhood of Rac- coon Ford, but no particulars as to the cause had y mo been ascerta Y ohington last evening, The arrival of teamer 8. R. Spaulding puts usin posseme + ‘ Charleston Harbor dates to Frifay, the 2 t. The army under General Gilmore was engaged in remodelling bat- verios Gregg and sner,and were making rapid progress towur: inpleting the final arrange- ments for bomba the city of Charleston and Fort Moultrie Coleone! Trust vik, of the rebel army, his wife and two din ee were captured at Bolivar fanding, Arkaus»,on the ISth instant, and de« livered over to neral Baford, commanding at Helena, Colonel |'oik was General Holmes’ Judge Advocate General, snd is reported to have served with the rebel ( rees at New Madrid, Corinth, Tovk-a and Cold Sor ng. EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship \:nerica, which left Southampton onthe 16th inst., arrived at this port yesterday morning. Her news is one day later than the re- Port of the Anclia, By the America we received our European files complete to the day of her de- parture from England. with the latest financial and commercial intelligence from London and Liver pool, One of the rebel row rams had hoon removed from Laird’s yard to another anchorage. prepara. tory to making her trial trip. Mr. Laird, Jr., as. eured the Liverpool Most that the firm had not been notified of any intention on the part of the on he rams, replied to the memorial of the Union and Emanet) ton society of Manchester in raterence bo the raws. He saya that the question | the connection, they are at liberty to do ao. st the rebels have concentrated | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1863. —TRIPLE SHEET. of building and fitting out vessels of war for tho “ so-called Confederate States” has long occupied the attention of the government, und will continue to receive their anxious consideration. The London Herald—organ of the aristocrats— argues strongly against the detention of the ram vessels, but acknowledges that such a step had been decided on. rived in England, It was said they were to man some new rebel vessel. Should the French writ for money damages be levied on the Florida it was thought that she would be sold, The Paris Con- stitutionnel and other French journals go to con- siderable pains to prove that the shelter and re- pairing of the Florida at Brest are in atrict accord with the neutrality law of nations and within the | spirit of the Emperor's neutral proclamation. Mr. Slidell had not gone to Brest, as reported. He is represented as being invalided at Biarrits, where he enjoyed an audience of the Empress Eugenie. The steamer Star had cleared from the Clyde | with the intention of running the blockade. Three | steamers, destined for the same service, remained | in the river. The Archduke Maximilian awaited the arrival of the Mexican deputation anxiously. Some of the , Paris journals again say that he has announced his | acceptance of the throne to Napoleon. Letters | from ‘“spoilsmen’ and place hunters from “all | parts of the world’? reached Vienna daily, the | writers being all anxious to serve the future Em- peror of Mexico, 4 | M. de Montholon's departure for Mexico, as French Minister, had been postponed. The Russian replies to the notes of France, Aus tria and England on the Polish question indicate that the Czar has decided to pursue the hereditary ' course of Russia towards Poland, the Emperor tuking all the responsibility. The London Times says that the appeal of the Poles for foreign aid injured their cause and, justifies the course of Alex- ander. The Londow Times tells the Canadians—for the third or fourth time—that they must substantially | defend themsetves if they wish to remain out of the | American Union. England will help them to » considerable extent; but, if the people wish to cut Messrs. Glass & Elliott were making prepara- tions for the laying of an Atlantic telegraph cable next summer, according to contract. Charles Mathews’ appearance on the Paris stage created a decided sensation in France. It is noticed by all the Paris journals—from the Moniteur downwards—as an event of great inter- national importance, tending to ‘blend the na- tions’ still more in harmony. Consols closed in London on the 1th instant at 92% a 92% for delivery, and 92% a 92% for the 8th of October. The rebel cotton loan had re- | covered one per cent; American stocks and secu- Fighty mea belonging to the Florida had ar- | limited oem nd, and tending downward There was more doing im cera, mainly on speculation, at Armer rates. Oats were duing beter, Pork, lard, butter and | cheese were in good request, and sellers had any existug | Advantage, The trans .ctiona’ io sugars, rice, (ue. ty, | | Wool and tobacoe were to 4 fair extent, aud prices ere | well aupporied. The inquiry tor hops, tsb, fruit, metals, oils, seeds, spices an i molaasos was moderate, Whiskey waa also in moderate demand, without any poticeable al teration in value. Tue freight ougagem ois were | limited. | ther Biun- der at Washington—What Next? We have the positive information, from an intelligent source, that the late defeat of General Rosecrans was not the result of any deficiency of generalabip on his part, but the consequence of a blundering peremptory order from Wash- ingtoh, which compelled him, against his better judgment, to advance into the plains of Georgia against a vastly superior army, when he waa in the very act of falling back to the strong defen- sive heights around Chattanooga. It is only the old story of Bull run, the Richmond penin- eula, the disastrous retreat of Pope and the heights of Fredericksburg over again. Io this case of Rosecrans, however, it ap- pears that a special commissioner from the War Office did the business. The reader of his- tory will remember that the National Con- vention ef the first French republio detailed with each of its armies corps of com- missioners to watch and degide upon the conduct of the commanding general; but we are not aware that these commissioners interfered - with the direction of the army. The French Convention left the army in every case under the control of its general, but demanded suc- cess in all cases, Our War Office, on the other hand, sends out its commissioners with positive instructions to this or that general, and he, if defeated, must bear the responsibility. But is it not very strange that, with ali the valuable lessons of experience it has received on bothsides, our War Office should still adhere to its arbitrary instructions, against the opinions of our best officers in the field? General McGlellan was given a carte blanche in his Mary- land campaign, and the result was the victories of South Mountain and Antietam. So, too, General Meade achieved the victory of Get- tysburg, and so General Grant captured Vicks- burg and drove the remaining fragments of the rebel armies out of Mississippi. We hope that the President will return to this aound policy of leaving a liberal margin of discretion to the officer at the head of an army as to tue time for advancing or falling back, for seeking or declining a pitched battle. Napoleon himself, rities were flat. The Liverpool cotton market was still excited on the 15th instant, ana prices ad- vauced from three-fourths of a penny to one penny. Breadstuffs were dull. ‘The Russian Admiral and officers were enter- tained at dinner last evening at the Metropolitan | Hotel by Mr. James B, Eads, 8 citizon of St. Louis, | Speeches were made by Admiral Lipovsky, Admi- { yal Farragut, Captain Boutakoff, Collector Barney, General Walbridge, Hon. W. Wright, of Penbayl- venia, aad other gentlemen: . MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Trusten Polk, who is reported by telegraph as having been captured, was a Senator of the United States from the State of Missouri, and was expel- led trom his seat on the 10th of January, 1862, for compiicity with the rebellion, Since that time he has been a wandering vagabond, The title of “colonel,” with which his name is adorned, he picked up proviousto the war. ‘The suggestion of the Haware relative to a grand reception to the Russians is being acted upon. The Common Council are to get up a splendid banquet, and the citizens are arranging for a ball at the Academy of Music. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday after- noon at one o'clock, Alderman Henry in the chair. Colonel Salm Salm, of the Eighth regiment, sent in # petition asking for an appropriation of $10,000 to assist in placing his regiment in the field. On | motion of Alderman Mitchell, the petition was laid on the table. Alderman Farley offered compli- mentary resolut os to the officers of the Russian fleet now in our harbor, and tendering them the hospitalities of the city, which were adopted. A | communication was received from the Mayor vetoing the resolution directing the Corporation Counsel to take measures to dissolve the injunction | of the Supreme Court relative to the appropriation | for the draft exemption. By the report from the Comptroller it appears that the sum of $1,529 436 51 was the balance in the city treasury on | the 26th of September. A large amount of routine | business was transacted, and the Board adjourned | to Thursday next, at one o'clock. Aregular meeting of the Board of Councilmen | was held at four o'clock yesterday. A resolution | of concurrence was adopted tendering the hospi- talities of the city to Rear Admiral Lisovaki and | other officers of Russian navy who recently | arrived at this port, aud directing the special com- mittee of the Common Council to make suitable | arrangements for their reception. A resolution was adopted changing the polla of the election districts in the Fifth ward. In offering the resolu- | quest of Alderman'Heary. After transacting o | large amount of routine business, the Board ad- journed until Thursday evening next, at four o'clock, The contest for the championship of America, between the rival rowers, Hamill and Ward, came off yesterday afternoon, at Poughkeepsie, and resulted in the defeat of the latter, The distance rowed was five miles, which was done in the un- precedented time of thirty-seven minutes and fifty-eight seconds. Ward was the favorite in the betting at one hundred to eighty, previous to the start, owing to hls beating Hamil! in their previous contest. Hamill may now be acknowledged the champion oarsman of America, this being his third victory over Joshua Ward. In the extradition case of Miunce, alias Hodg- son, Mr. Commissioner Osborne, on application of counsel for the accused, adjourned the further hearing over till this day at one o'clock. According to the City Inapector’s report, there were 447 deaths in the city during the past | week—a decrease of 20 as compared with the previous weck, a stil further decrease of 40 | from the mortality of the week preceding, and 37 more than occurred during the correspond- | ing week iast year. The recapitulation table gives | 6 deaths of alcoholism, 2 of diseases of the bones, joints, &c.; 65 of the brain and nerves, 4 of the | generative organs, 11 of the heart and blood ves- | sels, 129 of the lungs, throat, &e.; 4 of old age, 10 of diseases of the skin and eruptive fevers, 7 premature births, 136 of diseases of stomach, bow- els and other digestive organs; 50 of uncertain seat and general fevers, 9 of diseases of the urinary organs, and 16 from violent causes. There were ‘287 natives of the United States, 107 of Ireland, 32 of Germany, & of England, 2 of Scotland, and the balance of various foreign countries, The stock market opens | rtrvug'y yerterday morning, but Leean@ feverish and lower we the day advanced, closing irregular, Money wan © Fy a. 6 percent. Gold rose to within @ fractha of 140, closing at 139%. bx. ch.DKe wan 16855 for bamkers’ bi ls, The bank etate. ment rhows & decrease of $3,177 472 in loans and $1,008, Homie, kw bly Retive yesterday, with sales and resales reported, which made a large ng. | eee to. prices rapidly advaucing from Tho. 10 860 for | tobidiing, ond closing onscitied. Flour was moro sought af.or, aud was L0e @ Ibe. por bol. bixber, Wheat was ia at Washington, could not safely undertake the command of the Army of the Cumberland; how much less, then, the lawyer at the head of the War Office, who has Nover get a squadron in the fold, Nor the diviston of a buttle kuows. But still the question recurs, what is now to be done? Rosecrans needs reinforcements. We are glad to kiow that.th y are pushing forward to him, and that considersble accessions bave already -been received; that-be can hold his present position till. ready- again: to ad- vance. © Bat at “the same time rein- forcemeats from all sides are pressing forward to Bragg; for Joff. Davis bas feciared that “the Yenkeos shall be expelled from Kast Tennessee if the work requires the combined armies of the South.” In addition to reinforce- ments, then, to Rosecrans, does not this concen- tration of the rebel forces in Georgia call for some active diversion against Mobile from the convenient base of New Orleans? There aro probably not even five thousand rebel troops now at Mobile. The troops of the New Or- leans department, who cannot well be spared for Tennessee, may be rendered quite as ser- viceable to Rosecrans at Mobile as at Chatte- nooga, to say nothing of the capture of the great ecaport of Alabama, its military stores, factories and foundries. And whatof the Army ofthe Potomac? Ifthe season is too far advanced for General Meade to undertake the march to Richmond from the north, is notthe peninsula still open? Surely fifty thousand men, with a fleet of gunboats, may be spared for an expedition up the James or York river, and yet leave au army sufficient to pro- tect the front and rear of Washington. Or why not, if nothing better can now be done, send forward # strong column to the south side of Richmond to break up the railway communica- tions between that city and Bragg’s army. These suggestions, wo hope, may result in some corresponding action by the government; but above all things, noxt to the strengthening of the central army of Rosecrans, we regard in importance oar proposition for a levy upon the loyal States, Including also Tennessee, for two or three hundred thousand six months volun- teers and militia. With the addition of even two hundred thousand of such auxiliaries to | tion, Mr. Hayes stated that he did so at tho re- | the army at large, the war may still be brought to an ond within six mouths; and within » few weeks those auxiliaries may be raised and equipped, and made ready for active service in garrisoning the forts, cities, railroads, &c., in the rear of our advancing forces Kast and West. We return to this proposition in the hope of fixing it upon the favorable attention of President Lincoln; for the way to ond tho war most speedily is to push forward our rein- forcements now, when they can be most effect- ively employed against the limited, half de- stroyed but still desperate armies of the re- bellion. Newsraren Muaxness.—The newspaper organ started by Barlow & Company oopied in its yesterday's issue the brilliant account of the battle of Chattanooga written by our special correspondent, and published in the Herat of Sunday. The newspaper organ of Barlow & Company did aot give the Henan the usual credit for this letter. Now, Alpbabet Barlow, and Hiram Cranston, and Jobn Anderson, and Judge Barnard, and the other proprietors of this paper, may know a great deal about the brokerage business, and the tobacco trusiness, and the hotel business, and the legal business, but it Is evident that they know nothing about the newspaper business. Let us inform them, then, that the honor and etiquette of journal- ism require that when they copy an article they shall acknowledge the source from which they have borrowed it. By and by, when they | have thoroughly learned this lesson, we may perbaps teach these amateur editors how to procure splendid articles of their own. Until then, let them borrow from us and be honest enough to contoss it, Virauaty or te Norri.—The large number | of festivals that have taken place this year, and the extraordinary success of the booksellers’ trade sale, go far, in their individual cases, to | prove that, instead of New York being ruined | by the withdrawal of the Southern trade, our elty is more prosperous in 1863 than it was in Tow ' The Dipiom. jo Muddle About Fivet—Tho Greatest Joke of © tury. It is always best to hear both sides of a story. When the glosing ~ecouni of Thurlow Weed’s diplomatio success at Paris was pub- lished in the New York Times, a few weeks ago, we bad a strong suspicion that our ancient Warwick had given rather too rose colored @ report of his exploits, and that the truth, and the whole truth, would turn out to be not quite 80 gorgeous, The spicy letter from our Paris ourrespondent, which we published on Saturday, Conolusively proves that our suspicions were well founded. He gives the other side of Thurlow Weed’s brilliant story, and it is in every sense a reverse side and a very funny side. In order to properly appreciate this most stupendous diplomatic joke, which is now convulsing both the imperial court at Paria and the republican court at Washington with lwughter, it will be necessary to give a brief sketch of the plot of the affair. Thurlow Weed’s semi-official narrative, pub- lished in the Times, says that Minister Dayton and Consul Bigelow somelow or other obtained the information that in the annual message of the Emperor Napoleon to the Corps Legislatif was @ very hostile paragraph in regard to our stene blockade of Charleston harbor. The paragraph referred to this block- ade a8 a “monstrous and barbarous policy, which, from « mere sentiment of revenge upon @ people struggling for froe- dom, would forever close and destroy harbors necessary to the commerce of mankind,” and strongly intimated that the Emperor would take immediate measures to correct “these irregularities of the United States’ and this “outrage against the rights of nations.” Day- ton and Bigelow, alarmed at this monace, and anticipating the speedy recognition of the rebels by France, aud perhaps a war between that country and our own, instantly telegraphed to London for Thurlow Weed to come over and belp them. Mr. Woed arrived at Paris on Friday. The message was to be delivered on Monday, No time was to be lost, therefore, and Thurlow Weed at once set his sharp wits to werk, Dayton and Bigelow ransacked the consular library for facta and precedents. Thuriow Weed, with his finger upon his reflect- ive nose, incubated upon a pile of official docu- ments and ancient histories. At last Dayton and Bigelow found an idea in embryo, and the profound Weed hatched it out. It seems that, by the treaty of Utrecht, second paragraph, thirty-second line, France had consented, at the dictation. of England and Hol- land, to close up the important harbor of Dunkirk, and two years after had sealed up the port with stone barriers. ‘Hurrah !” éried Dayton; “the French cannot blame us for doing at Charleston what they once did at Dunkirk.” Thurlow Weed, overjoyed at this discovery, yleided to the elation of the moment, and danced’ a double shuffle with Bigelow, while Dayton whistled the music. Then he calied a ob. Then he drove to the hotel of the Count de Moray, Thon he equivocated, and diplomat- ined, and angled, and inveigied, and hum- bugged, and-aggravated, and puzzled De Morny for ovér two hours. Finally he let off his grand secret. De Morny was struck by if, and anxiously ingaired about the. health of Thur- low’s daughter, the Mademoiselle Weed. Thur- low bowed himself gut and ran to see the Prince Napoleon. Pilon Pion rubbed his hands and exclaimed, “You have him!’ On Monday the Emperor dolivered his annual message. The obnoxious paragraph about the stone feet was not init. Everybody noticed the omission, and Thurlow Weed was a great man. That is the ex-diplomat’s side of the story. Now for that of our correspondent. It appears that the Emperor bas a retainer named Moc- quard, who used to bea play writer and a beau, and whose business now is to assist Na- poleon in all his little follies and escapades, aud to accept presen‘s from anybody who offers them. Slidell, the rebel agent, and Eustis, his secretary, hired Mocquard to got the E:nperor to abuse the United States in relation to the stone fleet business. Mocquard, whose influence over Napoleon in matters of State may b, represented by zero, took a piuch of snuff, pocketed the douc ur and promised everything. In a few days after Mocquard produced tho paragraph which we have quoted above, and confidentially informed the rebel agents that he bad copied it from the Emperor's mes- sage. The paragraph was written ia excellent French, and a legible hand, and Slidell and Enstis saw ho reason to doubt Mocquard’s as- sertion. Consequently they paid him over again, in rebel bonds, and went off in high glee to tell all the Southerners in Paris. The Southerners, frantic at thoir good fortune, gang “ Dixio’s Land” and the “ Bonnie Bing Flag” night and day. Mr. Dayton heard tho noise, and, by a judicions expenditure of time and light wine—charged to the secret service fund—he ascertained the cause of the jubilation. Then the stout American Minister hunted up Mocquard, and with an outlay of an imméase sum—also charged to the secret service fund— for » copy of this wonderful paragraph. With this important document in his pocket, Mr. Day- ton rushed to his office; but, upon putting on his spectacles, he found he could not read it, as it was written in French. Mocquard was again huated up, and for another large sum—-also charged to the secret service fund—translated the paragraph into English. Then comes the tele- grapbing for Thurlow Weed, and the romance as aforesaid. But the cream of the whole mat. tor is that this stone fleet paragraph which Stidell bribed Mocquard to put into the Emperor's message, and which Thurlow Weed succeeded in striking out, never was in the message at all. The mperor had never heard of it. De Mor- ny knew nothing about it. Mocquard had in- vented the entire affuir in order to fleece the Northern and Southern diplomatists. Stidell and Eustis were sold. All the other Southern- ers in Paris were sold. Dayton and Bigelow were sold. Thurlow Weed was sold. De Morny was badly sold; for he could not make out what Thurlow was driving at during that long interview about Utrecht and Dunkirk. The Prince Napoleon was sold; for he declared, “You have him!” The joke spread like the influenza, and sold President Lincoln and Sec- retary Seward, who had raised Weeds salary on the strength of his diplomatic success. The tune ovly man who was not sold was that rogue | is to defeat the republican ticket, | Tee Address of the Governors of the Trans Missi: We published on Saturday am address to the people emanating from the rebel Gov- ernors of the four slave States—Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri—which lay west of the Mississippi river. The manifesto indicates « desire on the part of these functionaries to establish a separate con- federacy, independent “both of Jeff. Davis and the Washington government. But thts point we do not propose now to discus. We only wish to show the weakness of the positions that three at least of these pompous officials now occupy, with the prospect of a speedy further curtailment of their power and influence. Texas is the only one of these four States where the’ power of the local rebel government is in any way recognized and enforced; aod even there we expect soon to hear of some im- portant movements that will force the authori- ties to join the itinerancy. Governor Frank R. Lubbook, one of the signers to the address, was elected on the secession ticket in Texas, in 1861, and succeeded Sam Houston. He has only three months longer to serve, when he will leave the executive chair to make room for Pendieton Murral, who was chosen in Au- gust. His influence and opinions, therefore, like those of nearly al! outgoing functionaries, are not much respected. The heart, the wealth, four-fifths of the popu- lation and two-thirds of the territory of Loui- slana are now under the power of the govern- ment of the Union, leaving little more than the swamps and sand plains under the control of Governor Moore, another of the signers. Thomas Overton Moore was once a very re- spectable citizen of New Orleans, he having éprang from the first and oldest families, and at one time was acknowledged as one of the lead- ing men of Louisiana. He was elected to the executive chair in the fall of 1859 on the demo- cratio ticket, in opposition to Know Notbingism, aud in tne following January was inaugurated. His term expires with the close of the present year; but, as it will be impossible to bold a rebel election in November in that State, we presume he will construe the constitution into an acknowledgment of his right to hold over. He became a wanderer on the taking of Baton Rouge, the capital, by the Union forces, and bas since been dodging around between Ar- kansas and Texas, for the most of the time located along the banks of the Mississippi river bayous, with boats at hand to transport him- self aud suite from one locality to another, as approaching danger might dictate. About one-half of Arkansas, in whch is in cluded the Stute capital, now acknowledges the authority of the Union, and the other half will soon admit a gentle subjugation. Mr. Harris Flannagin, the wandering Governor of the State, we know nothing about, except that he was elected in 1862, and took ‘his seat st the commencement of the present year as the successor of. Heary M. Rector. _ The most-ridicatous position is thet assumed by Thomas C. Reyaolis, as rebel “Governor of ‘the State of Missouri,” who is represented as the chairman of this shadowy congress of “Governors. Missouri has never shown a dispo- sition to throw off her allegiance to the general government, and she is to-day as loyal as New England. Mr. Reynolds was elected Lieutenant Governor on the Douglas ticket with Claiborne ¥. Jackson, in 1860. He ran away with Jack- son from Jefferson City, the State capital, in 1861, and both followed for a while the for- tunes of General Sterling Price. Governor Jackson subsequently died in a hovel among the hills of Arkansas, and Mc. Reynolds an- nounced in a pruciamation that be would as- sume the “duties” of the Executive; but we believe he has not placed his foot inside the confines of the State since the burthens of the atation fell upon him. He is a personal friend of Quantrell, the guerilla chief, who beaded the Lawrence massaore. These are the individuals who talk of « sepa- We notice that the Hon. Bea Wood still con- tinues to oppose the democratic State platform, while professing to support the democratic State ticket. The Hon. Horc. Greeley, the sorebead of the other party, will not enderse either the republican platform or the repub- lican candidates, nis fs a very ourioue and musing political muddle. We verily believe that if these two sotcheads and leatherheads were to be removed from the country politics would cease to be funny and become merely sensible and stupid. - By opposing the democratic platform and supporting the democratic candidates Ben Wood is simply trying to do Jeff. Davis‘all the service he can without harming himself. This may be considered a very shrewd dodge in the Daily News office; but the rest of the world regards it as a very silly subterfuge. The democratic candidates stand upon the democratic platform. If elected they will be elected not only upon the platform, but be- cause of the platform. The platform is. com- posed of war planks, and the candidates are all in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war. What will the Hon. Ben Wood say if they all come out and pledge themselves to this principle? We invite them to do so. Each one of them should at once write a brief letter endorsing the ap tang upon which they were nominated, and these letters should be pub- lished, in order to satisfy—not the Hon. Ben Wood; for he is of little account—but the con- servative people of this State, who will cer- tainly not elect any man who repudiates the war democracy and yet runs for office upon a democratic war ticket. The Hon, Hore. Greeley is not as open in his opposition as the Hon. Ben Wood. He creeps and crawls and tries to stab the republicans ih the back. His oppesition is disguised by his hypocrisy, and takes the form of indifference. He is not bold enough to defy the party whip; but he cringes and dodges the blows. [le dis- likes the republican platform because it is not radical enough. He will not heartily work for the republican ticket because Secretary Seward and Thurlow Weed made it. Chase is his master now, and he bates Seward with all the venom which a discharged servant feels to- | his former employer. His object and wards Mocquard, who shrugs his sboulders, pats his | then turn round to Seward and Weed pockets, and chuckles over the way be | and say:—“I told you so. We would have outwitted the Yankees, whenever he is closeted with the Emperor, but keeps a very solema face before the world. No wonder that two succeeded if you had only allowed me to write the platform and select the ticket.” We have very littie donbt that continents are roaring at this immense joke, | the Hon. liore, Greeley’s wishes will be It is te beat of the ceatury, and will make | gratified in this matter; but we can assure him Mocquard immortal—to say nothing of our | that if he bad been permitted to manage the ! nor iriend, Thurlow Weed, the ex-divlomat. republican party this year the opposition ma jority would have been at least doubled. The same comforting assurange is due to the Hoa, Ben Wood, who would have ruined bis party it he could have ruled it for a few months, and who is now trying in vain to ruin it, out of spite at his ill success in the Albany Conven- tion. Nine-tenths of the people of this State are decidedly in favor of the war for the Union, and for nothing else. Politicians make all thie muddle about peace. If the conservative peo- ple of all parties could only get together once and have a fair and square vote upon this mat- ter we should never be troubled with nigger- heads, copperheads or sorebeads again. Gen. Hooxen—Weat. Done.—It is understood that Gen. Hooker, late commender of the Army of the Potomao, has been appointed to the com- mand of that column of the army in Tennessee lately under Gen. Burnside, and that (Burnside’s resignation having. been accepted) “Fighting Joe” hus accepted the appointment. Well done. ‘The country will recognize the patriotism of Gen. Hooker in this matter. He does not stand upon questions of rank or dignity, but his readi- ness to serve the country rises above all such paltry considerations. We are sure that he will be welcomed by the soldiers of his new com- mand as the man to repeat with them in Tea. nessee and Georgia his brave exploits on the Richmond peninsula, at Manassas and at Antietam. It hundred thousand men are be- yond his grasp, he has ehown that with twenty or thirty thousand he can do as much as any man in the army. We commend his example to bis brother officers, of high and low degree, and we wish him the fullest success. The Fine Arte, INOIDENTS OF THE WAt-—AN ‘' INSTITUTION OP THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ, BTU. Under this caption we have a sorios of three large sized photographs beiore us, from the establishment of Gard- ner, at Washington. No. 1 reproseuts the “ Ammar Headquarters" preparatory to a m>ve—tho correspon. dents and messengers on hand for the work, This picture comprises the front of a pretty grove, io the shaie of wh ch there are several spaci sus touts; in the furaground, on tho right, we the Hikatp wagon, marked“ N. Y¥. H. Headquarters,” with the horses attached and the driver stauding by them, whi'e in the ceutre three of our active fled correspondents, eacn holding his horae, are Histoning to the instructious of their chief, woo, seated on a camp stool, is reading the orders of the day from the payer in his bunds, No. 2 represents the fight as having come off, The Hyxit> corps iro ongaged im writing up their accounts. The chief sends the * an- nouncement,” The messenger on horseback ts ready to *¢ put out,” In fromt of the tout are three camp eneste piled up agtinst a tree, and, the top one beiug open. we discover that it ig devoted to rereshments, Two of the corps are scrutchiug away on their kuces, and bobind them stands an “intelligent contraband,’ who appears to have detect d a bus or # fy in the glass which be holde ig ono hand, just as be wis abou tochargo it frome fixsk which be bas elevated in the other hand = No. 3 represcats the corps with thelr “ despatches «if taking it easy—tho Hseacp abe.d, as usual.'’ The group g sthered infront of their tent are discassing their victory, and also a glass of sulphir water, (rom which we ornel de these views wore taken aear the Wirronten Waite sql- phur Springs. Tey are beautifuy dene; for ie the ar- ~pangempnt of his groups, as wll #1 1u the oxecuttn of | the: work, Me Gaedmer bus atiowa thet be.te an arties |. who..unéerstands tis business, Tne Hexacp ‘ institu: * thom’ wcoompavying the army ef the ‘Potomac is depict. “od! to the life jm those. pheiograptis, aud they furnish, ‘to, aumething of su idewo! the. liberal expenditures re. quired tegupply the news which is given in tne knwo from sil yur armies and fleets, and (rom ali parte o° the country and the'world, trom day vo day, for three coats, Theatrical. ‘NIBLO'S GARDEN, Signora Fellotta Vestvali appears for tho first time te English drawe .t this theatre this evening. ‘The pay ie called “Games, or the Jewish Mother.” It was writes by Victor Sejour, ascribed to Monsieur Mocquard, and founded upun the celebrated Mortara cuse. The presont version is adapted and trunsinted by Matida Heron, with incidental music by Robert Stoepel Vestvall te so well kuown in this city that sho may almost be crnsidered an American, shebas made u very felicitous seloctivw of @ play fur her debut, and we hope to Le able te folicitate her upon ® success. She may then be called Folicita Vostvali in a doubie sense. THE OLYMIIO. Mrs, Wood and Mr. Jobu laff are making very oxtea- Sive alterations and improvements in tho theatre formeriy occupied by Laura Keone. the house will be completly rofurnwhed aud decorated. The ste.» bas beou eutirely rebuilt, The fcotlights are pliced below the at ge level, G- a8 not to obstruct the view, The svenery wili be ar- ranged fp @ ovvel manner, 6 as to slide on and of \uickly,or to be lowered beneath tho stage. Mr. Hayes tg painting new scevery, The decorations of the front of the house will be im bivé and g id. The theatre wil, be upholstered with bine. Tue orchesten chairs witl be nowly arranged,'and they are withcut arms, 90 as Dot tot tarfore with the Jadios’ dre ses, dir, Guidiciut is the architect. Wheu Completed, the interior of the theatre WULDG YOry beZaiivul, The company at proseut engages consists «of Mesere = Jamieson, Walsott, LaVidge, Kea and others, and Mesdames Waicoit, «rattan, Walters, Ulare, with other ladies too nume ug to men- tion, and a strong billet The Viympic wil open noxt week with a comedy and burtetta. * + papain tek apie ok poe es “16 Trouvere” and the batlet -liaveliva,”” at the Impe At the Udeon; “Los Faux Bonsboniies,” at the ville: Charon Mathows in “tn Am mie Timb 6, Variotion: “Le Lemon de Jeu,’ at the Gymnase: Diables Rises,’ at the Vain Rey Les PP Diable,” at the Porte Saint M Gaite: “La Sorciere,’' at tbe Awbigu Aurore Floyd,” Mr. Joba” Hondersoa as Dramatiques; ‘Les Bones” at ments i 80a Troupier, “Le Capitaive Baltha marchais; and ‘Le Mauvais Suet, iar. The Aztecs, (rom Mexico, are on exhivition at the Hippodrome. The usual numer of couce ts, baile and concerts were an: , and several theatres were clored. When will New York equal this? “ Commissary of Subsistence, died at Clarksburg, Westorn Virginia, ou the evening of Wedngstay, September 9, 1863, and was buried in the 7 yy 7 ‘of that plage at 2000 Of Friday, September 11. Tho Nashville A So 5 Alea wes in ), Oblo, in November, 1684. His assoctations and training were ep the town of jor Zaneaville and vicinity. He was present one term tn the 'y department of Marietia ( 0, Ohio, ao€ 8 longer time a student at Oderiin, Obio. was early in it1@ placed in 4 telegraph of!ce, and speedily became 6 ‘ayher be will be remom- nealing, Va.; in Paducah, Orleans, La.,and latterly ab of the Mins be wan at ditorent “i cus coe ryet at Pase al'Oatre Just prior 0 the ny a awl ui Tevellion, and had oune ateack poo Fort Sumter. Withont delay posit'on in Louisiana and entiaed ip the ranks of a com pany Phen organizing at Zagesville, On Upon tbe or- aation this ho wae apprinted or ene, Upon the serival of bis company im exmp it was incorporated inte Third regiment of Oh © Volun teor iniantry, and as quarto: master of the After & (ew weeks at Aten was er SE Camp Denison the regiment ro- for three Lieutenant Allen mepp into er ah nm private, Uj oe the oryaniza o elected rst sit 3 ie if Fi