The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1863, Page 4

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NEW YORK MUSRUN OF ANATOMY, 618 CuMonties any Lyeron ie add from #4. M."WIL10 P.M. NOOLEY'S OVERA MOUSE, Bi =! Bonus, Dasces, Buninsaces ao” OO —Ermroruan New York, Monday, October THE SITUATION. The Inst news from Charleston comes from re- bel sources, ‘and dates to the 3d instant. The Richmond Examiner of that day says that heavy fring was kept up all the previous night, but that tt slockened during that day. It says that the movements of General Gillmore's forces indicate Pormanent more than immediate operations, and that two of our Monitors still keep vigilant guard olf Morris Island, There is nothing to report from General Meade’s army. No movements have taken place on either side of the Rapidan for some days past. Very important information concerning the force and position of the rebel armies of Generals Lee and Bragg is given in our columns to-day. It shows how the forces of the latter have been re- inforced and disposed of. General Lee is said to command 90,000 men, the old regiments which were depleted being filled up by conscription. His reserve, consisting of 12,000 men, occupy Rich- mond, under command of General Elzy. Our latest news irom Chattanooga is to the 30th ult., by way of Cincinnati. At that time both armic# were busy fortifying their positions. The pickets were within stone’s throw of each other. Five hundred of our wounded were received under a flag of truce. They report that they were well treated by the enemy, who expressed their regret that they had not the means to provide them with better food than corn bread. The rebel accounts from Atlanta state that the rumors of General Rosecrans’ supplies being cut off are not credited, ‘that he is receiving his provisions by wagon trains from Stevenson, Ala., and that his defences are so strong that no attack will be made upon him. The news from the Southwest is interesting. Despatches from Cairo to the 3d state that over two thousand Arkansas Unionists have joined our army at diferent points ; that two newspapers have been revived at Little Rock, and that the railroad between Duvall’s Bluff and Little Rock is in charge of Colonel Meade, brother to General Meade, of the The, steamer Robert Army of the Potomac. Campbell, from St. Louis to Vicksburg, was fired by incendiaries, near Milliken’s Bend, on the 29th ult. ‘The flames spread so rapidly that the passengers were forced to jamp overboard before the boat conld be got to shore two lives have been lost, including several off of the federal army A despatch from Louisville yesterday saya that the rebels made an attack on McMinnville at noon, and that fighting was going on there at the time telegraphic communication closed. The result was therefore uot known. A steamer had arrived at Cairo, bringing two handred bales of cotton from below. The Memphis Bulletin of the Ist inst. says that a band of rebels entered Brownsville, broke up a religious meeting, secured aM the young men and negroes as conscripts, and rébbed the place of | all valuables, and that our cavalry from Fort Pil- low were then pursuing the guerillas. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Tarks Island Standard of the 12th of Sep- tember reports:—There is little change to note in our salt market eince last report. The weather continues fine, and proprietors are adding every day tothe stock on hand. Seven cents is the price asked; but we hear of transactions at a little*be- low this figure. The government market price, ‘on which crown duty of ten per cent ad valorem ia payable by the salt proprietor, has been fixed for September at seven centa per bushel. We have files of the Jornal do Comercio, of Rio Janeiro, Brazil, to the 24th of August. The newa the papers contain is entirely local, having scarcely any interest to the American public. The Emperor was engaged in a pleasant tour * through the various provinces of his empire. in apecting the fortifications, and ything in his power to incresee their atrer neeful ness, Several trials of rifled cann re ma in his presence at Fort Santa Cruz. The Oriental Republic was still auiferin ithe ravages of civil war. From Paraguay and the republics o the Pacific there is nothing of i tance to re The wih empire ¢ ‘oper. port. we cording to oar advices, was rapidly sdvancing 00 the path of prosperity. Commerce was increas ing, trade rapidly progressing, and, to all appear-. ‘ances, there was no drawback to the certain wel- fare of the whole empire. The United States steamer Vanderbilt and two other United States steamers sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 22d of August on a cruise, The Russian vessels-of-war at present lying in our harbor were yesterday visited by a large aum- ber of our population, male and female, who seemed much pleased with their examination of the Muscovite manner of conducting naval affairs. ‘The stock market was very strong on Saturday, closing with quite & buoyant feeling. The chief advance was in Michigan Southern, Michigan Central, Illinois Central and Canton. Money was easy; call loans 6 « 7 per eont. Gold rose to 1485, closing about 143. The export of the day was $593,000. Exchange closed on tho basis of 157a 1573 for bankers’ bills. Cotton was in good reqnest and quoted highor on Satur- day, Flour,dectined Sc. a 10c., and whoat 2c. a 8¢., ‘With more offering and toss selling. Corn advanced 1c., and was freely purchased, mainly on specula- tion. There was incrensed activity in oats, tho sales of which exceeded 200,000 bushels, including @ large por- tion to arrive. Prices were a shade Ormer. The provi- sion market was active for pork, butter and cheese, Duoyant rates. Lard was depressed and beef inact A fair inquiry existed for tho principal kinds of groce ries, motals, hides, leather, skins, olls,.flsh and fruit, at full quotations. Heavy sales of firecrackers were re- Ported, No. 1 Canton closing firmly at $2. Whiskey was much dearer, and in lively domand. Tallow was also ac- tively sought after and very firm. Hay, wool and tobac- Oo were selling freely, and were buoyant in price. The oe market was inactive, with icomattacabistireeniare in rates. fhe Electt Goor To-Day—The Union Elements of the South. The rebellious States of Georgia, Mississippi and Florida hold their annual elections to-day. In the two last named nothing but represen- tatives to the rebel Congress and the ordinary county officers are to be chosen; but in Geor- gia, upon the contest for the Governor, the issue assumes some degree of national import- ance, The two candidates for the office indicated are Joseph E. Brown, the present incumbent, and Joshua Hill. Brown is a notorious radical secession fire-eater, of the schoo! of Yancey; Hill is an old line Union whig, or was to the last hour in which he could avow such sentiments without danger to his life or personal liberty. If we are not mistaken he was among the two or three members of the extreme South who atill continued to linger in the House of Represen- tatives at Washington in 1861, when the rest of their colleagues from the seven original seced- ing States had packed up and packed off to Dixie, to serve in the cause of Jeff. Davis and his experimental Southern confederacy. We anticipate the election of Hill. The fire- eaters of the South, ever since our captures of Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans and Norfolk, have been losing ground in their, local elec- tions. In August, 1862, Zebulon Vance, an old line Union whig, was elected by a large majori- ty Governor of North Carolina, as @ conserva- tive candidate, against William Johnston, fire- eater, whose platform at the head of his ticket was blazoned abroad in these words:—“An un- Temitting prosecution of the war. The war to the last extremity. Absolute independence. Eternal separation from the North. No aban- donment of Southern territory. No diminution of Southern boundaries.” This, throughout the South, was, and is, the platform of the “last ditch” Yancey, Toombs, Mason, Slidell and Jeff. Davis party. Vance and his party, as has sub- sequently been abundantly proved, were, and are, opposed to the war to the “last extremity,” not very particular about “absolute indepen- dence,” and had very little faith in that extreme- ly absurd idea of a Southern confederacy, bound- ed on the north by the Potomac river and the Ohio and the northern line of Missouri. The people of North Carolina elected Vance their Governor last year, and now, with the first inviting opportunity, they are ready, under his leadership, to come back into the Union, from which they were dragged off in 1861 by fraud and by violence. Nor is this old Union leaven of the seceded States now confined to “the Old North State.” In August last John Gill Shorter, then Governor of Alabama, run- ning for another term as a fire-eater of the exact pattern of Johnston, of North Carolina, was defeated by Thomas H. Watts, old line Union whig; and a similar result has lately oc- curred in Texas, in the election of Pendleton Murrah Governor over an intractable “last ditch” secession opponent. From all these suggestive facts we conclude that the popular Southern reaction, first de- veloped in North Carolina last year against the secession destructives, has been spreading all over the rebellious States, and that accord- ingly the conservative candidate, Hill, will be elected Governor of Georgia to-day. If not, it will because of the dis- turbing influences the great army of Bragg. The evidence we have produced is, at all events, sufficient to show that there is a powerful conservative party still existing in | the rebellious States which is opposed to fol- lowing Jeff. Davis and bis ultras to the “last extremity.” What this great conservative par- | ty wants, we think, was broadly and clearly | indicated in the Kentucky election, in which the people of that State, by fifty thou- | sand majority, voted for the restoration of the Union, under the constitution, against the ex- treme war measures of the abolition radicals and the extreme peace projects of the copper- heads of the North, and against the impossible absurdities of the reckless Southera confede- racy fire-eaters of the Seuth. | Whatever, therefore, under extraneous influ- | ences, may be the result of the Georgia elec- tions to-day, the general drift of public opinion throughout the South, since last August a year ago, has been sufficiently developed in the in- tervening elections in North Carolina, Ken- tucky, Alabama and Texas to indicate the true Union saving policy for President Lincoln. Let him make sure work of “Captain Bragg,” and secure a decisive victory over the last great army of the rebellion, which is now in Georgia, and, with any degree of encourage- ment to return to the ark of the Union, the | conservative Southern party, represented by | such men as Governor Vance, of North Caro- ‘lina, and Governor Watts, of Alabama, will, without further bloodshed, put an end to the political career of Jeff. Davis, (unless he shall | move off and set up bis confederacy in Mexico.) an end to the war, and open the way toa } peaceable and satisfactory restoration of the D . { ' The lenders and man be of late rs of the rebellion are intractable bec quences of their guilt; but the enffering people } they hate betrayed, and who are not re for the crimes of their masters, have ed to sympathize with their hopeless cause, disgusted with Jeff. Da and all bis ¢ | and | with the privileges of the State the conquerors, and are now in fuli and mined revolt against their European invaders. Spain, it appears, is fading out by bitter ox- perience that it is much easier to acquire territory than to keep it. About two years ago @ corrupt negotiation with the then ruter of Dominica, General Santana, resulted in her repossessing that ancient coloay of hers. The remonstrances of an indignant people, finding their independence thus bartered away, only served to make the Spanish rule more severe and oppressive, and the natural result has been that the Dominicans are now in arms, atruggling to gain back the nationality out of which they were basely swindled. ‘The ex- tracts which we publish to-day from the Turks Island. Standard show how well the revolution- ists—ae they must be called—are battling for their lost rights, and how dearly Spain is pay- ing for her treacherous dishonesty. The Emperor Napoleon is also beginning to realize what all but himself could see plainly enough from the beginning—that, however infe- rior the Mexican army might prove to be, as com- pared with the French army, and however suc- cessful the latter might be in penetrating to the heart of the country, no permanent conquest of Mexico could be made ; and the best thing he could have done would have been to take the advice of his cousin, Prince Napoleon, as given in the columns of the Opinion Nationale, and withdrawn his troops so soon as they had estab- lished the superiority of their arms. But the Emperor showed himself as obstinate and irra- tional in this Mexican invasion as his uncle did in the invasion of ; and it is not at all unlikely that he will meet with thessame terri- ble retribution. The Mexican ‘people are aroused at length to a sense of the humiliation inflicted upon them by the French occupation of their capital, and by the attempt to convert their republican form of government into imperialism, and they are animated by the most bitter and relentless hate against the invaders. Their government is atill in the ex- ercise of its legitimate functions, and is organiz- ing the forces of the republic for an over- whelming onslaught against the army of occu- pation. It appears easy enough to cut off the communication of that army with its base of supplies at Vera Cruz, and to reduce it to such a condition that it will have no resource but to surrender or fight its way back to the sea- board. It may do the latter, for it is brave and well constituted; but we do not think that it can long hold its ground in the interior of Mexico against a generat and properly organ- ized movement of the Mexican people. The Archduke Maximilian had better ponder all these facta before deciding to accept the offer of the imperial throne of Mexico. The Emperor Napoleon would do well also to turn them over in his mind. ‘These two series of facta—the rising against the French in Mexico and against the Spaniards in St. Domingo—are of very grave import- ance to the people of the United States, be- cause these two attempts on the part of Framce and Spain were but the opening acts to a grand plot to break up republican institutions on this continent and to re-establish European influence here. Spain was the first to take ad- vantage of our political troubles and set the Monroe doctrine at defiance, and France fol- lowed suit. Dominicans and Mexicans have now taken up arms to defend themselves and to expel their invaders, and we cannot but wish ardently for the success of their efforts. By and by the United States will be, we trust, in a position to extend to them practical sympathy; and if they have not by that time regained their independence the sword of this country will be thrown into the scale on their side, and will make the issue no longer doubt- ful. If the contest is to be between kingcraft on the one side and the righta of the people on the other, we care not how soon the question is to be met and decided, not only on this conti- nent, but also in Europe. TH. PROCLAMATION OF THE Prest- pent.—There is a peculiarity about the history of thanksgiving days and thanksgiving procla- mations worthy of note atthis time. Originally they came from the Puritans of New England, and were gradually adopted by the Governors of States as the country grew larger; but in every instance they emanated from the State Executive, and became, as it were, by concession of pub- lic sentiment, a part and parcel of State rights. After the Mexican war it was urged upon old Zachary Taylor, during his term of office, to ap- point a day of general thanksgiving for the victories of the Americaa arms; put he demur- red, upon the plea that it would be interfering which custom had so long sane guaranteed os ® prerogative. It happens now that President Lincoln has appointed for thanksgiving to the Almighty for the gene- ral prosperity of the country, even in its pre- sent difficulties, for the successes of the Union armies, and the abundance of the harvest, the @ they fear the conse- | same day that the Governor of Massachusetts has set apart for that purpose—namely, the last Thursday in November. It is probable that hereafter the day will be set apart as one of the national holidays. Tur Loxnon Ties wv Goop Ivewon.—The London Times indulges in a pleasant piece of ridicule over the President’s manifesto to the Tlinois delegation. Failing to damage this country by argument and abuse, and by its at- tempts to embroil the North and South atill deeper in the present quarrel, by giving aid and comfort, material aod moral, to the rebels, the press of England turns to ridiculing the public documents emanating from the national Execu- tive and the administration. It is not the first time that John Bull laughed at American pro- dueta of hand and brain, and was glad enough afterwards to adopt them. We remember that our agricultural implements were sneered at; but we see them now og many an English farm. Our navy, too, was adverted to with contempt; but the war of 1812 changed that | tune, and Ungland bas learned some lessons in | shipbuilding, we opine, from this side of the water within a few years past. So with our improvements in guns: our inventions were | Innghed at; but all England now stands aghast at the immensity of the power which our heavy guns exhibit both on sea and land. The Decla- works, are anxiously waiting their day of de- | ration of Independence was at one time ridien- liverance. led; but its validity was established for all that. curtous factein retation to the recall of the rebel Commissioner Mason. It appears that this step has been resorted to, not by way of an expree- sion of resentment on the partof the rebel gov- ernment at the manner in which Mason has been snudbed, bet to produce political effect, by showing how independent is the rebel con- federacy of English heip and countenance. In reality, however, it will notin any way affect the operations of the rebel agents in England. Mason was a mere show piece, and of no busi- ness ability whatever. None of the important negotiations which had to be transacted with public men or contractors were entrusted to him. Vain, pompous, and possessing some re~ commendations to the English aristocracy from his family connections, and the fact of his being one of the F. F. V.’s, he was sent out as a con- venient go-between, through whom other agents, more in the confidence of the rebel gov- ernment, might operate. He has strutted his hour on the political stage, and is now shuffled off to help another of those ingenious shams by which the rebel government has managed to bolster up its cause abroad. The removal of Mason will, however, as our correspondent shows, cause no hitch in the arrangements of the rebels in England. There is, im fact, a second rebel cabi- net there, which acts on its own responsi- bility and without awaiting instructions from Richmond. This is composed of Commander Bullock, Captain Maury, Major Huse, Major Ferguson and Mr. C. J. McRae, all having separate functions and acting independently in their separate departments. But, as there is a power behind every throne, so there is a con- fidential agent of Jeff. Davis behind this junta, who controls its operations and who appears to be invested with unlimited responsibility. Curious to say, this person is nearly blind, a defect which, so far from proving 4 disquali- fication, only serves to facilitate his operations, by warding off suspicion from his movements. This secret agent’s name is Hotze. He was born in Switzerland, but reared in this country, and was at one time connected with the Mobile Register. He speaks most of the European lan- guages, isa man of extensive attainments, and is unassuming and unpretentious in his de- meanor. Fertile in resources, prudent and re- gerved in his intercourse with others, and pos- sessed of as much audacity as caution, he has rendered the most important services to the rebel government both here and abroad, and appears to possess its confidence to an un- bounded extent. He is the man to whom was entrusted the delicate task of managing the English press—a job which he has certainly ac- complished to the satisfaction of his employers. It can readily be understood how advanta- geous the services of sueh a person, backed by an unlimited command of money, must have proved to the rebel cause. Through his insinu- ating manners and his position as a member of the leading clubs, he has enjoyed the fullest op- portunities of carrying out the objects of bis mis- sion without attracting attention to his move- ments. Public men who had a leaning towards the South, oran interest in its success, were naturally glad to be able to confer with an agent who possessed the entire confidence of the Richmond government, and whose unofficial position and cautionsness protected them against the risks to which intercourse with such a pom- pous and open mouthed fool as Mason would have exposed them. Our correspondent’s disclosures will, how- ever,damage this ingenious system of opera- tions. John Bull is extremely sensitive on the subject of his own perspieacity, and when he discovers how He is being fooled, he will carry his indignation to an extreme point. Mason’s recall, therefore, so far from producing the et- fect desired, will only quicken the reaction which is now setting in abroad against Southern pretensions and impostures. Discocrrestes or THe Drart Orrictats.— There are difficulties enough connected with the draft which cannot be avoided without adding any unnecessary grievances on the part of the officials appointed to carry out the system. Yet we hear frequent complaints of conscripted persons being subjected to odious and uncalled for indignities by the subordinate officers when they present themselves for examination or ex- emption. One case has been recently report- ed to us which admits of no justification. It occurred in the town of Jamaica, where com scripts from Queens, Suffolk and Richmond counties were ordered to report. Among those drawn from Richmond county was a Catholic clergyman, who, in conformity with the law, presented himself at the enrolling office. One might suppose that decency and respect for human feelings would suggest the use of a pri- vate room, or at least of some screen to protect the person undergoing surgical examination from the public gaze; but no such means were adopted in this instance. The parties were compelled to pass through the hands of the examining surgeon on a raised plat- form in a crowded room, notwithstanding the courteous remonstrance of the gentleman re- ferred to against the needless outrage of a pub- lic exposure. Now there is no possible reason why the examining surgeons should not per- forma their duties in private, and spare the sen- sibilities of those who are unfortunate enough to be drafted. And these are not the only in- dignities complained of. We would remind those officials that their duties can be as faithful- ly attended to without violating any rule of decency or wounding the feelings of any one who may come before them in obedience to law. Russta 4 Wievern on Tue Poxtricar Caras | Boarv.—The reply of the St. Petersburg Cabi- net to the last English note has placed the three governments which have undertaken the task of coercing her in a very awkward posi- tion. She refuses to concede anything to their demands, and they will now have either to go to war with her or to back down. The former they will not dare to do, in view of the critical character of their relations with this country. They will therefore be compelled to slink out of the scrape into which they have got them- selves the best way they can. What a dignified position is this for the ,2vernments of three great nations to occupy. And in regard to France it is the more dishonoring from the eagerness with which she profited by our diffi- culties to invade a weak country like Mexico. The world will ask what excuse Napoleon has for carrying out his pretended mission of civili- vation and humanity on the American conti- nent when in Europe he dare not intervene in behalf of the unfortunate Poles. _ Tumse @ Neramo Las Laarase—It is evi- dent that the Beston people carefully eubsoribe to this ancient and trite proverb. For example, fleet bave been received in this city ins man- ner befitting the oceasion of their visit, and justly demonstrative of the kindly feeling existing between the two nations. They were welcomed with military honors, treated to a display of civic éourtesy by our municipal authorities, and are to be dined and danced to the utmost of their capacity, at the expense of the-city; but no word concerning trade or the Profits thereof has been thrust upon them. The decorum for which the metropolis is proverbial in its treatment of strangers forbade it. They are now the reefpients of invitations to visit Baltimore and Boston. In the former city no doubt the quiet snd most welcome hospitality, as expressed in the resolutions of the Common Council, will be extended, as it was here, and will be as graciously received, should the Russian officers accept the invitation. The Mayor of Boston, however, in inviting the Russian Admiral, takes the trouble to acquaint him with the advantages which Boston holds out to the Russian empire in a commercial view. The “hub of the universe,”’ Mayor Lin- coln says, has # much larger trade with Russia than New York, and he has discovered and announced the important fact that there are actually seven Russian vessels now at sea boand for this country, five of which are coming to Boston, and only two to New York. Thus the Russian officers are reminded that Boston is the spot of all others for driving a little specu- lation ; that, while theZmagnanimous sovereign of the great empire they represent may receive a cordial and honest welcome in other cities on the seaboard, the Athens of America can add a few dollars in the way of trade to the hospi- tality she extends. There is nothing @ke leather. A Question ror THE Next Conoress.—George H. Yeatman has the certificate of election as a representative to Congress in the Second dis- trict of Kentucky; but his right to the seat will be contested by John H. McHenry, his copper- head antagonist, on the ground that the electors were required to take the oath of allegiance before voting; or, as Mr. McHenry terms it, a test oath, was administered. Jobn W. Noell received a majority of the votes for representa- tive in the Third district of Missouri; but his republican adversary, Mr. Lindsay, will appear in the House at the opening of Congress to contest Mr. Noell’s right to the seat, basing his own claims on the fact that the oath of alle- giance was in some of the precincts entirely dispensed with, and secessionists were thereby permitted to exercise the right of franchise. When both claims come before the House of Representatives, we think the members will be a little puzzled. Arrarrs at Cuattaxooga.—All our late news from Chattanooga goes to show that the posi- tion of General Rosecrans is perfectly secure, and that the attempts of the enemy to dislodge him so far have met with nothing but repulse. If the activity which is now apparently being exercised by the military authorities of the gov- ernment, and which should’ have been used before, is only continued, there is no reason to doubt that Rosecrans can yet accomplish all be ever designed, and that the declaration of Jeff. Davis, that East Tennessee shall be “snatched from the clutches of the Yankees,” will prove ®& vague and impotent boast. Gexenat Werrzet..—The value of rebel news may be calculated by the fact that despatches from Richmond recently announced that Gen. Weitzel had not only been defeated in a Tate action in the interior of Louisiana, but was killed on the field. The steamer George Washington, which arrived at this port on Saturday from New Orleans, brought news that there is no truth whatever in the report either of General Weitzel’s defeat or death. The October Term of the Law Courts. ‘The winter campaign of the legal profession will com- mence to-day, and the host of lawyers who swarm around the different courts are expecting a rich harvest to be reaped during the term. The calendar of the Superior Court, general term, where Judges Moncrief, Monell and Robertson will preside, presents forty-nine caser. ‘Ihe Superior Court, special term, before vudge Bar. dour, has one hondred and twenty-eight cases on the calendar. In the Superior Court, trial verm, before Judge Bos- worth, there are thirty cases. In the Common Pleas, trial term, before Judge Daly, there are fiftecn cases. In the Marine Court, trial term, there are forty-one cases. ‘ Judge Parnard will sit in the Court of Gyer and Termi- ner and try the following cases:— Joseph Sands—Murder. Mathew Power, Patrick Kiernan, Fredk. Hanner and Bernard Fagan—Arson, first degree. Henry Saulsman, Jas. Galvin and Thomas Kelly—Areon, first degree Thomas 8, Sutherland. Wm. Cruiso—Attempt at arson. Wm. Gurney, alias Newton—Forgery, second degree (second offence). Wm. Houghey and Thomas Houghey—Forgery, second degree ‘Wm. Stanton—Riot and assault and battery Wm. Butuey—Murder. Dennis Carey and Mai Adam Chairman—Riot Daniel MeGovern an j.8 jurder nd battery. ummeskie—ftobbery, firet degree Fergus Brennan—Riot and assanit and battery. Francis X. Crawley—Riot and assault and battery The Supreme Court, general term, will not again sit until the 17th inst.,and the United States Circuit Court will algo commence the term on the same date On the whole the winter campaign, legally considered, promises to be an interesting one. ‘The Octover term of the Court of General Sessions will commence this morning at eleven o’clock—Reoorder Hofman on the bench and Assistant District Attorney Samuel B. Garvin as prosecuting officer, The calendar for the term is a very heavy one, snd contains many cases of importance. The first case to be tried ia,that of Dr. Edward M. Browne, on an indictment for murder, | charging him with haying caused the death of Miss Cle mentina Anderson in November iast. This case has al- ready been brovght up in the Court of Oyer and Term!. ber, where a failure to empanel a full jury caused it to be postponed until this month. Several of the alleged rioters, who are charged with having taken part in the disturbances during the early part of last suty, will also be tried this term, CALENDAR FOR THI® DAY. Scrgeme Covar—Cincurr.—Part ]—Nos. 2979, 2981, 2089, 2991, 2995, 2099, 3008, 9007; 3009, S011, 3015, 9019, 3021, 9025, 3027, 2029, 2031, 3035, 3035, 3007. Part 2—Nos. 3410, 9412, 3416, 341%. 9420, 3422, 9424, 342%, 3430, 3432. Part 3—Nos. 3244, 5284, 1858, 605, 1384, 758, 2063, 1872, 1876, 1875, 1896, 1590, 1892, 1894, 1004, 1910, 1918, 1982, 1944, 1070. , Sorenson Coret.—Part 1—Nos. 2765, 693, 2695, 2535, 2541, 2548, 2563, 1915, D011. 190, 1167, 1820, O89, 833, 323. Part'3—Noa. 1734, 1810, 2248, 2006, 2210, 1798, 2210, 2082, 1256, 2330, 425, 1040, 1040s, Josme’ Woon Frativats.—The festivals in Jones’ Wood Are pot yet all over, as ts manifestei by the fact that « | shooting festival, on the plan of the Swins festival, is to | take place on Monday and Tuesday, October 19 aud 13. The affair is to be given by Company Hf, Fourth re giment New York troops, Captain Lenarta, in behalf of | one of tts members who lost a limo in derence of his country. Festivals given in such a cause are worthy of patronage Ocr New Ontaaxs Parctis.—Our thanks aro due Mr. from New Orleans, and letters for the early delivery of our papers the Russian Admiral and the officers of the }- F. T. Allen, Purser of the steamship George Washington, | Wasmmoron, Get. 4, 1968 VEIGATS ON HES WAY 70 OMASLESTON. It is otated bere that e French wer friguie ts cow on (the way to Charteaten harbor, for wimt purpose ts oot known. This vesse! will bave the sane right as the British vessels of wer ¢o pass the blockade and enter the port to-comunicate with the Freach Consul there. GBM, HRINTABLMAN €O BS PLAOSD IN COMMAND OF ‘Texas. It is very probable that Maj. Gea. Heintsaimen will be immodiately relieved free the commaad of the Depart mont of Washingtoo, and placed in command of that of Yoxas, for which bets well Atted by tong servicethore. It t@ understood that either Gen. Barnard or Gen. Sickles will succeed Heintzoiman in (Re command of this Popart- ment. It is urged that Gen. Barnard should bo aclected ‘on account of bis familiarity with the relative atrengse and value of all the fortifications, as they bave beon le cated and constructed under “his supervision as tho chief enginter of the dofences of Washington end he necessarily khows more about them than any one cise. It 1s under stood that General Sickles ia unwilling to accept the posi tion, if the assignment ts to beconstrued into ® dodiers tion of hig unfitness for field service, Ho does not wish te be shelved for disability, or to be considered unable te commang his corps in the lexi: FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS. Gommander Bell, commanding the West Gulf squadrow pro tem., has informed the Navy Department that ® per- nictous fever bes appeared on board the United States steamers repairing at New Orleaus; from which several Graths have resulted. Some of the cases have been welt @ofined yellow fever, and others are recognized by the names of pernicious and congestive fevers. He says the disorder has pot extended rapidly so far, and expresses tho hope that the approaching ootd’ weather will soon check it. The vessels which have suffered the most are those lying the longest off the cltv, via:—The storoshig Fear Not, the tug Hollyhook aud the sloop-of-war Ponss- cola, ‘THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF VIROINI«. ‘The formation of the State goverament of Virginia ie now complete: The capital is tempotarily ontablished ‘at Alexandtia. The foliowing are the uames of the State officers: — Francis Hi Pierpoat, Governor. L. P. C. Cowper, Lieutenaat Governor: L.A. ans, Secretary of State. G. P, Smith, Treasurer. L. W. Webb, Auditor. ¥. E. Foster, Adjutant General P. R. Bowden, Attorney General. THE PROPOSED’ THSTIMONIAL TO GEN. M'OLBLLAN. Considerable amusement, not unmingle¢’ with com tempt, bas been excited in the army by the offtrts on the part of onrtain officers, unknown outside-of their own brigades, to thrust themselves before the public in the newspapers by discovering their connection with the attempt to raise: funds for a tostimonial to: Gonered McClellan, Had their flimsy ruse for gaining an ephomorab notoriety been leas presumptuous, it would havo excited very little attention ; but, affecting to represent tho wont!- ments of a majority of the troops, the indiduals havo not only rendered themselves ridiculous, but have entirely misrepresented the spirit of the, army. The firat proposal to present a tostimonial to General McCletlan met with unexpected approbation, and corps and division commanders, without exception, favored the project, many of them heading the lists with munificont sama. All contributions were to be voluntary, and it was found necessary to limit the amount givon by privates, lest more money should’ be raised than could be properly disposed of. Twelve thousand doltars were raised’ in single corps. Every member of General Moade's ataff, efcept one, contributed, the General himself setting the example, and when the order was recoived from Washington to discontinue the collection, and refund the monoy, the astonishment of tho officers: amd meu was only equalled by thoir chagrin, nearly every officer of note in the army having been permitted to re. ceive testimoniats, ‘The troops were at a loss to account for this unexpected proceeding, until the malignity whol prompted the measure'was betrayed in the treatment of ofcers who interested themselves in the movement, Colonel Davis, Assistant {inspector General on the staff of General Meade, a classmate and intimate {rien of General McClellan, who took the subscription list around among the offic’ of Major, and ordered to Santa Fe. under the ban, while the troops, mortified and indignant, pocket their contributions and wait for a more conveniemt season. REINSTATED IN THR SERVICE. Major Charles J. Hoyt, Paymaster of Volunteers, whe was summarily dismissed the service, has been reap- pointed, it having been ascertained that the dismissal was based upon charges madeagainat another officer of the same name, and that Major Charles J. Hoyt beara the highest reputation for integrity and correctness, and that his accounts are considered at the Paymaster Generale office as satisfactory and correct as those of any paymas- ter in the army. CONFISOATED PROPERTY. The advertisements of rebet property , under the Cow- fiscation act, are daily oa the (ncreage in Alexandria. The loyal people there are exceedingly fearful lest some of the most deserving of the penalty may bave their property protected by flimsy transfor. PROTECTION AGAINST GUBRILLAS. The people of Loudon county are becoming sroused'te the necessity of protecting themselves against guerilias. ‘Measures are in progress among them, und will alse oom be taken in other districts adjacent, for offictent organiza- tion to this end” RELIEVED FROM DUTY IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Col. Percy Wyndham, who only a few days ago re sumed command of bis brig ade of cavalry, has been re- Heved from duty in the Army of the Potomac. MOVEMENTS OF PENNSYLVANIA POLITICIANS, The friends of Gov. Curtin are sedulously but vainly endeavoring to get some of the generals commanding Pennsylvania troops in the Army of the Potomac to par. ticipate actively in the political campaign in the Key- stone State. While many of them are friends of Gov. Curtin, aone are willing to leave their commands ia the field to make political speeches at home. PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL OF THE ARMY. General Patrice wil! for the prevent continue nis dution as Provost Marsha! General of the Army of the Potomac, General Meade finding it extremely difficult to dispense with bis servicer ARRIVAL OF COLONEL DAMLGREN Col, Ulric Dabigren arrived in town lasteveuing. Mie wound {s of a very painful and complicated character. Two amputations have beey performed, desides several other operations; but the @ \s now sanguine of effecting even a more satisfactory cure than bas beea for some time anticipated UNITED STATES MARSHAL POR VIRGINIA John Underwood, of Occoquan, Va, who was recently captured by guerilias, an@ subsequently released, has been appointed United States Marshal for the Rastera dee trict of ¥ irgini Alexandria aur, Pr 5 Hon, EB. Wa al Gray and | wife, of Albany, Mr. Loubet, of Paris. and Francis Al- ger, of Boston, are stopping at the St, Nicholas Hotel Fon. H.R. Low, of New York: 4. 8 Green, of Minsourt, Lieutenant Colonel CF. Smith United States army, E. P. Fenton, of Syracuse, J. R. MoBride, of Oregon, are among the latest arrivals at the Metropoli- tan Hatel Governor Washburne, of Maine, and Bradford, of Maryland, are in Washingt Major General Barnes, the vew mi Nortolk, arrived in that city on Thurs upon the duties of his office Foo. Joba B. Alley, Massachusetts M.C., ie in Wase, ington. rernor A. W. 7 governor ot y, aud entered General Patrick has resigned his position aa Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac Major Genera! Schenck now at his bome in Dayton, Ohio Geveral Heary A. Thompaon has been elected Pres dent of the Back of Baltimore, rice ©. C. Jamon, de consed. General Wm. Preston, one of the rebel generals wound- ed atthe Chickamaugs battle, way at one time United States Minimer to Spain Io 1856 four officers (9 ovr regniar army, three of whom helen, to one regiment, imported four French sabres, exactly alike io pattern and workmacabip, for their owa vee 0 Of these officers—Robert K. Lae and Fitvhugh Lee—are sow in the army, sed the other two— Colonel DB. Sackett an ‘enant Colonel A. P. Porter— are ip the army of the I/nloa. | Dr James P. Hambietoa, who, in 1858-0, published = | Southern righta paper io Chagtanooga, Teunessee, cal led for oe Ny ha aod | North severe! mooths since, incarcerated (n Fort Lafayetts. He now visite Wasbing- | too, we understand, to obtain permission to roturn home.+ The Richmond Digarh says —Cbarles Halleck, son itor of the New York Journal of Oom arri boy) fons (i 6 months since ag a ‘refuges, an: obtained & sito 00 4 2ewapaper there, doserte® | to the enemy iast w: the 7 0. 5.8. Wott, been ordered to the steam frigate Niagara, tc! ‘s00n to sail for the Mediterranean John Hay, Private Secretary of the Presi A for the West oa Sacurday morvin | Me "s absence Mr. Suxidard wil perform duties of principal. A ®t *