The New York Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1863, Page 6

«, B we NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Opriog N. W. CORNSR OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. fore the 5th of January is one hundred and eight | deredaneasy capture to General McClellan. thousand and eighty-five. Pat we also understand that if, since the return MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. of Lee to Virginia, Gen. Meade has made it an ‘The steamship Etna, Captain McGuigan, from | object rather to decline than to seck a battle on Liverpool 14th and astown 15th inst., arrived | the Rapidan or the Rappahannock, or on the at Quarantine last might. Her advices, received | plains of Manaseas, it bas been in consequence from Cape Race, have already been published. | of instructions from Gen. Halleck, And where- The Canada, from Liverpool 17th and Queens- | forer Because of thia surpassing solicitude of town 18th inat., arrived off Cape Race yesterday afternoon. Her advices are three days later than the General-in-Ohief for the eafoly.ef Wasking- thove brought by the Etna; but owing to an inter. | 0—® weakness which was most strikingly ruption of telegraphic communication east of manifested in bis recall of MoClellan from the Sackville, we have received but meagre synopsis Richmond peninsula, when wiser counsels would of the news. The political intelligence is, how- | have retained him there, and strengthened him ever, unimportant. Henry Ward Beecher had | for a decisive movement by land and water made his debut in Liverpool. In London, on the | upon the rebel capital. 16th, consols closed at 93 a 9314 for money. The | = Let it suffice, however, for the present, that bullion in the Bank of England had decreased | the return of our army from the Rapidan to £285,000. At Liverpool the cotton market was Centreville without a general battle was in greatly excited, and prices had advanced 144.8 of instructions from the sae 2d. for American descriptions. Breadstaffs and | PUrsuance abd provisions were dull, with a downward tendency in Chief. We understand, further, that the Secre- prices, tary of War, who is a fighting man, advocated a The steamship North Star, Captain Jones, from | different polloy. He believes in “ the spirit of Aspinwall 17th inst., with passengers from San | the Lord;” but he believes, also, that the Lord Francisco, the Pacific mails and $296,705 in trea- helps those who help themselves. He does sure, arrived yesterday, The smallpox was prevail- | not understand much of that superfine strategy ing at Panama with considerable virulence; but few which marches a great army up a bill enly to fouoigners, However; tied hice: atheatiods ‘| march it down again; but he believes ‘The Board of Aldermen met yesterday st one ; 3 that, ‘as o'clock, President William Walsh in the, chair, | Meade’s army is in every way stronger than and transacted a vast quantity of routine business, | Lee's army, a great deal of the valuable time none of which calls for special notice. and shoe leather that have been wasted in our The Councilmen met at one o'clock yesterday, | late strategical marches and countermarches, being three hours earlier than their usual time of | advances and retreats, might have been turned to a profitable account in a decisive battle or two in the open country anywhere between the Rapidan and Centreville. But, as General Hal- meeting, for the purpose of clearing off all un- finished business, that a recess might be taken, leck’s judgment guides the movements of Gene- tal Meade, and as we know from experience and the members devote their undivided attention to the approaching elections. The preamble and that Halleck’s peculiar weakness is Washing- ton, we are afraid that henceforth the Army of resolutions from the Aldérmen in reference to the late Brigadier General, James E. Mallon were the Potomac will be employed simply as a de- fensive army of observation for five or six concurred in. A resolution of concurrence was adopted directing the Counsel to the Corporation to commence legal proceedings against all parties months to come. From this unpromising prospect in the East we turn to the prospect inthe West. The latest who have laid railroad tracks in any of the streets of the city without sufficient autho- rity for doing so. The Board aat nearly four hours, goes Wile ele & large amount of business was nsacted; but, the calendar not having been} reported military movements in Georgis, Ten- Fe ee at eae racqcigurned until Thureday even | nessee and Missisalppi indicate the preliminaries The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, and of an-active campaign over all that region. It adopted the report of the committee on the pro- is probable that Breckinridge and Hindman, viding of substitutes for drafted men, in favor of | With twenty or thirty thousand men, have been appropriating two millions of dollars to pay boun- detailed from Bragg’s army either to flank Chat- ties to all men who enlist and are tredited to the | tanooga on the east or to cut off General Burn- county under the new call for troops. Of the ap- | side. But against any such enterprises on the Propriation previously made for the procurement | part of the enemy we rely upon the vigilance of substitutes for drafted men, or the payment of | and activity of General Grant and General the an tae money, $1,400,000 have been ex- | Thomas for a satisfactory checkmate. We hope pended. e Board appointed inspectors of the that General Grant, with his present enlarged coming election, and then adjourned. and most important field of operations, will be A verdict of $4,322 was rendered in the Su- adiek Yo on his 1 in the preme Court yesterday against the executors of per fi a kab vi P eae - the Burton estate, fora breach of contract on the | C#™palgn again icksburg; for with the same part spits deceased manager with the Eacott poco ceasiigitond we cca pean hae opera pe. ccessful mu e hope In the Surrogate’s Court yesterday the’ ac- | that General Halleck will be satisfied in dictat- counts of the estates of Jacob Zeiter, David | ing the strategy of the Army of the Potomac, Evans, Thomas A. Talmage, William W. Yardley, | and that in any event the President will restrain Elizabeth Badgley, Sigismund Fellner and Francis | him from intermeddling with the plans and pha! were Tony settled, and decrees of distribu- | gombinations of General Grant. ion le in each case. The Christy will case With this understanding, though our great was resumed and continued. Testimony was also taken in respect to the two disputed wills of Fran- a of the East benef be held to the polley of cis Callan, deceased. In the estate of Nathaniel masterly fnactivity” till next April or May, Gilman the Surrogate gave permission to compro- | OUT armies of the West, under the supreme mise debts: The number of letters of administra- | direction of General Grant, may still, even be- tion iasued in the Surrogate’s Court last week was | fore the meeting of Congress, do much towards nineteen, and twenty letters of guardianship. the suppression of the rebellion. But if Gen. Grant is to be guided in all his movements by orders from Washington, we can only anticipate some misfortune which will place him on the retired list of our unlucky generals, and add another witness to the charge that the adminis- tration is quite as anxious to kill off every general rising to a Presidential popularity as it Money was inactive demand yesterday at seven per cont for call loans. Gold was excited and higher at the is to break into pieces the armed combinations of Jeff. Davis. opening, mainly owing to the large oversalesof the Tar Army Pouice.—We publish in another bears. It opened at 151016154, but declined gradually, and closed at 148%{. There was alarge business done at the Stock Exchange, and every description of property showed an advance over the quotations of Saturday last. ‘There was rather more business activity yesterday than on Saturday, though, excepting flour and grain, busi- ness generally is dull, lhe upward movement in gold ad the effect to unsettle the calculations and embarrass the plans of merchants, especially those who have large stocks of foreign merchandise, for which they have ne- glected to provide payment while exchange was at a lower | Column an article from Stanton’s organ, the Tange. The violent fluctuations in gold also materially | Washington Chronicle, in regard to the opera- sib hciaetrde he oa pub leopabtiraal comedic nica billie” ee on ness 5 iyers , artm from etaneiertricheatlamline nate errr th wih ye HE ope pene ere mena po- important featare of yesterday's market was the material the most advance in breadstufts, the rise in flour belug from 10c. | lice were in the habit of committing & 26c. per bbi., caused by light receipts and the ad- | extensive depredations upon private property, vance in gold. Wheat a Skane and were, in fact, an organized band of cotton acne nagar aig y a strong speculative | robbers, We do not know hew much truth —— <td hggears et tee Pip be Banat Bal "bow: there is in these assertions; but we do know quest, and sellers had the advantage in establishing | that government officials have been guilty of values. similar outrages in other departments. The abolition missionaries who were sent down to South Carolina to convert the freedmen de- spoiled the dwellings of the rebels of pianos, furniture, and all sorts of articles of use and or- nament, from a gold watch to a coal scuttle. These articles were sent to New England, elther to friends or for sale, and may now be found there in many private residences. The same safe game was played at New Orleans and all along the Mississippi. Only yesterday our New Orleans correspondent exposed some such dis- graceful transactions. The commanding offi- cers, busied with their military duties, know nothing of these occurrences, and cannot be held responsible for them. The officials at Washington, who appoint men of no character, except a political one, to positions where this sort of wholesale plundering and grand larceny is possible and profitable, are alone to blame. Stanton’s organ, therefore, does not injure Rose- crans by this expose, but only befouls Stan- ton’s own nest. Tne Present Coyprrion oy THe Sovrnern Prorte.—Though much misery will doubtless be experienced by the people of the South in the winter now nearly upon us, we should not suppose that that will materially assist us to end the war. Bread will not be wanted; and other wants are of no account. In those dis- tricts of the South where the soil has been tilled the crops have been good; and, though flour sells at forty dollars a barrel in the rebel currency, that price, if we count the deprecia- tion of the rebel money, isa lower one than flour can be purchased at in any Northern mar- ket. Starvation, then—that force of mere na- ture that impels man to any violence, and that moves him to its object irrespective of all moral restrainte—will not this winter arouse the Southern people to overthrow the rulers who have led them into this war; and no force less than starvation can be of any avail for that purpose in the Southern States. Privations of all kinds—all minor miseries—will be patiently and tamely borne by the Southern people; for those people make no attempt whatever to make themselves felt in the councils of the rebel government, and never will make such an attempt unless moved by those imperative | forces of which starvation is one. Tax New Frexon Irox-Ciavs.—We hear that XVI wo ececeseeeeseee veces NO, BOS AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. —Camitux. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Rosepsve. WINTTR GARDEN, Broadway.—Russiam ADMIRAL— Bones iv Tax Woops—My Naicuson's Wire. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Po-04-mon-tas—M¥ Pessenree, tam: NKW ROWERY THEATRE, Bowery.~Sraun or Panis— 8usoow—Tux Seouer. HOWERY THRATRE, Bowery.—Casaurp Rosy—Tar Sou Le AsTRR— WANDERING MINSTREL, BARNUM’S MUSEUM, Proadway.—Tax Movina Fra. nes, Giant Boy, Pytuoy, ret all hours, Manet ta—Vinx Duzssens or Como. Afternoon and Bvening. BRYANT'S MINSTRELS, Mechanic? Hall, Broad. way.—Briiortan Songs, Dances, BURLESQUES, 2nd, O'Ruty's Baxquer. WOOD's MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway. Orta foncs, Dancxs, &¢;~Panonama or tte Norte GEO. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, 685 Broadway.. uxsques, Soxes, Dances, 4¢.—Bussian ‘doa AMERICAN THEATRE, No, 444 Bi 7. —BALLers, Pisrouinea, Buauascvan’ bas Moun Busesees caarOee, Bat YORK THEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Diana Gopan- a IRVING HALL, Irving place.—Gorrsomatx's Concure. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUS: Brooklyn. —] Boxes, Dances, Boniusqums, fod ie i TRIPLE SHEET. Now York, Tucsday, October 27, 1863. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Weexiy Harap must be band- edin before ten o’clock every Wednesday evening. its circulation among tbe enterprising mechanics, farmers, ‘merchants, manufaetarers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- eerted in the Wamaty Hanarp will thus be seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United States. THE SITUATION. No general movement of the armies of the Poto- mac has as yet taken place. Heavy firing and ho doubt some important skirmishing occurred in the front yesterday, near Bealton Station. There {s no reason to believe that Lee’s forces are in any tumber on the north side of the Rappahannock. Our lines extend to the river, and everything was quiet yesterday in our camps. We give some important news to-day from North Carolina in our Newbern correspondence. It appears that & commissioner from the rebel ele- ment has arrived there with certain propositions regarding a ‘‘great National Convention” proposed to be held for the settlement of the war, but the precise plan nor its probable results do not seem very clear, further than that it is based upon the assumption that a large portion of the people of the other Southern States, as well as North Carolina, are disposed towards peace and reconstruction upon fair terms, and that a free ballot taken upon the decisions of the proposed convention shall regu- late the claims of both sections of the country, which are expected to be laid down on the prin- ciple of mutual forgiveness, &c. Meantime we await with anxiety the result of the ‘great Na- tional Convention’’ when it assembles. ‘The details of General Burnside’s movement from Knoxville and the fight at Blue Springs are given to-day in our correspondent’s letters from the headquarters of the Army of the Ohio, accom- panied by a map showing the topography of the country in that vicinity, which, it will be seen, is ‘extremely rough and difficult for the mancuvring of an army. The rebel accounts of Burnside’s march, which we give to-day, show the value and importance of his movement through East Tennes- see. Reports received at Washington yesterday also prove that General Burnside’s force is doing good service against the enemy. From Chattanooga, we learn, by despatches via Cincinnati yesterday, that a portion of the enemy's forces under Generals Breckinridge and Hindman had withdrawn from the front of General Grant's army, and were moving in large bodies to the left of our army. It was reported that an at- tack was made on both Atlanta and Rome in the rear. General McPherson drove the rebels from Canton, Miss., on the 15th inst., taking two hun- dred prisoners and occupying the town. The Army of the Cumberland is detained for the pre- sent from making any general movement in con- sequence of the delay in bringing up supplies. General Rosecrans had a splendid reception on bis return to Cincinnati, In his speech he said that he had received a letter of approval from the President since the battle of Chicamauga, in regard to his action in that affair; and, whatever charges appeared in the Eastern papers against him, he was satisfied that the government in no way responsible for them. Jn allusion to the statements made with regard to his health, and the allegations that Generals Crit- tenden and McCook were about to make charges against him, he said, good hamoredly, ‘Some friends of mine in New York are very solicitous about my health. The Army of the Cumberland thinks I am well enough, and so dol. As for the quantity of opium I have taken, consult my drug- gist. New York and Washington papers have said that Generals Crittenden and MoCook intended to make charges against me. They have assured me thatthey regret exceedingly that such false re- Ports should be started.’” The rebel blockade runner Venus, one of the fastest of the entire fleet, with a valuable cargo, was recently ran ashore off New Inlet, Wilming- ton, N. ©. by the United States steamer Nanse- mond, and totally destroyed. Her cargo consisted of tar and turpentine. The number of Yankee prisoners held in Rich- mond ap to the 124 was,recorded at the Libby pri- fon as 4 fraction under twelve thousand. One | treme caution of our General-in-Chief that Gen. of the the prisoners, a member of the Pennsylvania | Lee is indebted for the ree > tat . “oy annibilation last July. cavalry, was shot @ night or two previous bya i cine een ta the eppreention the new French tron-clads on their trial trip guard, while attempting an escape, and was in- Gen. Halleck Corinth, In the spring of | were caught ina storm, and that they rolled stantly killed. 186), enabled regard deliberately to pack | dresdfully, the sea washed over them continu- By a despatch received yesterday at the Rxecu- up and pack off from that place, when, if our | ally and the guns could not be tried. It is evi- tive Department, in Albany, from Provost Marshal | general had “moved upon the enemy's works” ; dent these vessels could not cross the Atlantic. General Fry, it appears that the quota of volun- | a day sooner, Beauregard might have been cut It may perhaps be of interest to our Southern tors which the State of New York is to raise be- to pieces and Richmond might have been rea- contemporaries to learn these facts. bd The Approach of the Wimter Season=— Our Military Prospects. The season for active military operations in Northern Virginia is rapidly stealing away. The winter is close upon us, and with every passing day the prospect of our occupation of the rebel capital during the present year be- comes ‘‘small by degrees and beautifully less.” General Meade is no nearer Richmond to-day tban was General McClellan a year ago; and if the Army of the Potomac is to do anything be- fore the return of spring the contemplated work must be done in the interval to the 15th of December, or the rains, snows, thaws and muddy roads of a Virginia winter will re-estab- lish their overland blockade till April or May. Since the battle of Gettysburg the Army of the Potomac has lost several opportunities for a decisive movement against the army of Lee or against the rebel capital. When the rebel army, last July, was arrested at the flooded Potomac, and hemmed in there by General Meade’s victorious columns, the war would probably have been ended with that campaign had General Meade closed in with the enemy on Sunday or Monday, instead of waiting till Tuesday. Upon that brief but inestimable day of grace—Monday—depended the capture, destruction or dispersion of the rebel army or its salvation; but that day of grace was accorded him, and Lee, with his army, escaped. Where lies the responsibility for this delay? It was given out at the time that on the Sunday preceding Lee's escape General Meade held « council of war, and that, | upon the question between attacking the enemy next morning or waiting a day longer, there was a tie, and that, in order to be on the safe side, the Commanding General yielded his own opinions and waited that other day. We now understand, however, that the question was submitted to the decision of General Halleck, and that, being satisfied that for a day or two the enemy could not get over the river, he ad- vised General Meade to wait yet another day, so that his reserves might be brought up, and thus enable him to make a sure thing of it against all contingencies. According to this information, it is to the ex- was NEW YOR HERALD, TURSDAY, OUTOBER 27, '1868—TRIPLE SHEET Thurlow Weed’s Strategy in City Poll- tics. Mr. Thurlow Weed, leaving the State politics to take care of themselves, bas come down to New York, established his headquarters at the Astor House, and is now taking a hand in among our city politicians, Whether his object in this new move is to defeat the little echemes of Opdyke, Greeley and the other radical sere- hoads in this metropolis, or'whether he designs to secure the election of safe and serviceable men to the next Legislature, we are not yet in- formed. Perhaps, as he always hashalf a dozen irons in the fire at the same time, both of these motives may have united to impel his errant footsteps in this direction. The selection of building site upon the Jersey shore of the beau- tiful Hudson and the superintendence of the erection of a stately Chateau de Weed have also something to do, possibly, with this change of base. At any rate, here he is, and he is very busy. The gleam of light which we threw upon city politics on Sunday is brightened by s glimmer. from Mr. Weed’s dark lantern. Grown bold by suecess and experience, Lord Thurlow plays much more open and above board game now than he has ever played before. Doubiless it will prove to be, as usual, the winning game; ‘and this renders it all the more curious and amusing to those who, like us, are outside and attentive spectators. Mr. Weed’s cardinal prin- ciple—if he has any principle in the matter—is that this city is sure to give a democratic ma- jority, and will elect almost @ full delegation of democrats to the State Senate and Assembly. This truth poor Greeley never can comprehend, as be is incapable of recognizing anything true, real and practical. Consequently Thurlow Weed always gets ahead of Greeley, in politica as well as in gun contracts. Heaven knows that we have tried hard to teach the Tribune philosopher a little common sense; but he is so ignorant, obstinate and incorrigible that our endeavors are of no avail, and we are forced to see one of our especial pets and favorites con- stantly worsted, worried and outwitted atevery turn by our astute and clever friend from Albany. Acting upon the cardinal principle or axiom which we have just stated, Mr. Weed does not waste time in laboring to elect republican legislators. On the contrary, he devotes his talents to securing the right sort of democrats for the chairs in the State Capitol. Show hima district in which a republican has @ chance of success, and Mr. Weed will make that chance a certainty. Those districts, however, which are very strongly democratic are greatly in the majority in this city, and in these Mr. Weed displays his tactics to the most admirable ad- vantage. If the regular democratic candidate is the proper kind of a man, then Thurlow Weed assists him by rebuffing and annibilating the democratic soreheads and giving the repub- lican nomination to a regular radical, who can poll none but the bluest and the blackest re publican votes. The consequence is that the democrats have no one to vote for except their regular Tammany and Mozart can- didate, and he is elected by alarge majority over his radical opponent, If, on the other hand, the regular democratic nominee is not the right sort of man for Weed’s purposes, then the acute political manager resorts to another and equally charming device. He seeks out the democratic soreheads and consults with them. He advises them to nominate somebody in opposition to the regular democratic ticket. He obtains for this sorehead nominee the en- dorsement of the Republican Convention, and thus gives him a double strength. The result is that either Weed’s sorehead is elected, orelse the majority of the regular democrat is cut down eo alarmingly that the democratic mana- gers are only too glad to compromise with Mr. Weed and grant him the candidate he desires at the next election. These marvellously dextrous and successful operations demand ond receive our sincerest admiration. The marvellously dextrous and successful operator demands nothing, but re- ceives a similar tribute. He makes po- litics @ business, and he conducts it with unrivalled sagacity and business tact. Popularly he is regarded as the enemy and rival of the democratic leaders, and Greeley often speaks of him as the ally of the opposition managers; but truly and practically he is their master. They serve themselves by serving him. He uses them as an adroit workman uses sharp tools, and, deeply as he may cut other people with them, he never allows them to injure him. The democratic soreheads are his easiest and most useful instruments. He develops their puny passions and prejudices, excites them with vain hopes of office, and then moulds and fash- fons them to the shape he wants, or quietly places his foot upon them and grinds them into dust. Ii we praise and esteem a general who defeats an equal force of the enemy in a fair fight, what meed of eulogy can be too great for an officer who marches serenely into the ene- my’s camp and makes them slay each other in order to gain him a victory? Such a political general is Thurlow Weed, and that is the stra- tegy he employs in local politics. Tus Rvsstan Batt.—Public opinion, having effervesced a little upon the Russian question, has settled into the conviction that the contem- plated ball is most inapropos, and should be given up. The committee is said to have col- lected about six thousand dollars for this ball. Let this sum be donated to our sick and wounded soldiers, or to the widows and orphans of those who have already sacrificed their lives for their country. Let every person who in- tended to buy a ticket for the ball walk up, like a man, and hand over his fifteen dollars for the same noble objects. This is no time for fiddling, and flirting, and waltzing, and polka- ing. The balls in vogue just now are iron, not I Brockaps sy tHe Frexcn or MExIcAN Ports.—The French have officially announced to our State Department that they will block- ade the Mexican ports. It is asserted in France that we furnish arms and munitions of war to the Mexicans. Perhaps it is supposed that the blockade may in some manner interfere with these transactions, When General Banks gets to the Rio Grande we shall be enabled to far- nish all we wish to Mexico, should the block- fade be ever 0 effective. Tur Esxorisa Conscuts anp Jerr. Davis.— The President of the self-styled confederacy has dismissed all the English consuls. What a Dlow to old England, and how Earl Russell will writhe when he hears of this. Why con- suls should have been kept in Secessia until now is more than we can imagine, and we rather “guess” that he has not quite laid out the British lion by that blow, A Taio or Ivranzsrmo Larrens.— We publish this morning two interesting communications, ‘The firet is from the Hon. A. Oakey Hall, Dis- trict Attorney, in relation to Greeley’s vulgar abuse of Mr. Samuel B, Garvin. The other is from the Hon. Joha Cochrane, in reference to some statements of the World concerning his relations with the rebel confederacy. These two letters are all right, and so we give them to the public. Now we are daily expecting a letter from Miles O'Reilly. The politicians have tried hard to get hold of him; but he was too discreet to drop into their clutches. He has, however, accepted the invitation of the President to go on to Washington, where he will doubtless have a good time. In a fow days he will give his own impressions of the politicians and his trip to the national capital. ‘Wasmmaron, Oct. 26, 1868. THE EXOHANGE OF Paidoieal OF WAR. ‘The last declaration of exchange made by Commissioner ‘Oulds adds ten thousand men to the excess of exchanged prisoners previously existing io favor. of the rebels. The excess now, at the most favorable estimate for the rebels which oan be made, is not less than fifteen thousand, for ‘which no equivalent has been rendered. The delivery of Prisoners on both sides has practically ceased, owing to ‘the action of the rebel authorities in declaring their pri- soners on parole exchanged as fast a8 they are delivered. ‘The Savannah Republican states that Brigadier General Neal Dow is on his way to Richmond to be exchangell for Joba Morgan. 4 BAID ON THE NEW YORE OPFION HOLDERS. Pending the New York election there is the usual pres- gure upon the different branches of the governments to make changes and removals of its officers in that State, ‘upon the ground that such changes are necessary to en- Sure soccess to the Union ticket. The approach of a gene- ral election is usually seized updn to secare the appoint- ment of parties desiring to serve the country in fat offices, and to obtain the removal of others who are obmoxious to Certain citizens and factions in the dominant party; but experience has proved that such action almost invariably makes more enemjes than {t does friends, and tt is not kely that any great concern from this cause need be felt by those holding off:ces. ABREST OF STATE AGENTS OF SOLDIERS’ RELIEF AS- SOCIATIONS. Considerable fluttering has been caused among the re- Presentatives of the relief associations of the several States stationed here by the arrest of Messrs. Williamson and Blogs, agents for the associations of Pennsylvania and Michigan. These gentlemen occupied rooms in the Indian Department, where they received and assisted all sick and wounded soldiers belonging to those States who applied to them. During the past two years a large num- ber of knapeacks, blankets, &e., have been collecting in their offices, and were recently examined, when it was found thatthe moths had rendered the blankets and clothing utterly worthiess, These were sold and the proceeds applied to sanitary purposes. Dr. Williamson ‘was arrested and placed ig the Old Cxpitol, but through the interference of the Secretary of the Interior was soon after released. Meauwhile Dr. Bloss bad gone to Detroit, where a telegram ordering him to be taken into custody rie ae te Nectar cas alc Aa the It ig stated that an order has beed issued for the arrest of the agent of the New York Association, but it is be- Neved that the explanations made in regard to the affair will exonerate the gentlemen from blame and restore them to their respective positions. Although govern- ment property, the articles were utterly worthless except to the rag dealers, and could not have been disposed of in a morecreditable manner, ‘The affair bas produced a good deal of acerbity be- tween two of the departments, and menaces have been made to make the arrests and the manner in which they ‘were made the subject of a Cabinet consultation. MEETING OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS. At a meeting of the telegraph operators of this city this evening, William H. Young, of the American telegraph office, was appointed a delegate to the National Telegraph Operators Convention, which meets in New York next Monday. COLONEL WILSON TO RAISE A BRIGADE. Colonel Billy Wilson is to be restored to his original rank, with authority to raise a of volunteers in New York. The work of raising brigade is to be be- gan immediately after the State election, in which Colo- nel Wilson has pledged bimself to use every exertion for the success of the Union tickes, THE BLOCKADE RUNNER VENUS CHASED ASHORE—THB BLOCKADE OF WILMINGTON, N. C. Lieutenant Commanding R. H. Lamson, of the United States steamer Nansemond, reports to the Navy Depart. ment the running ashore of the blockade runner steamer Venus, off New Inlet, Wilmington, N. C. This is the second large steamer that has been chased ashore at this point by this steamer within one week. Could they have Deen captured, Lieutenant Lamson's share of prize money alone would bave been twonty thousand dollars. The Nansemond is a very fast boat, not long since purchased by the Navy Department especially for this duty, and when first sent out would steam twenty miles per hour. ‘The wrecks of three large and fine steamers, which haye- been driven ashore at New Inlet within @ short time, attest tbe increasing efficiency of the blockade at Wil mington. Lieutenant Lamson is doing good service to the cause, even though the prize money accruing to the of'cers and men of tho Nansemond is small. Acting Rear Admiral Lee, in a telegram dated from Newport's News yesterday, says:—‘The Newbern has arrived from Beaufort with five hundred barrels of tar and crude turpentine. The Nansemond has driven ashore the Venus, one of the largest and swiftest of the blockade runners, with » valuable cargo. She is totally destroyed.”” ‘THB CAPTURE AND RECAPTURE OF THE STEAMER LEVIATHAN. ‘The Navy Department bas received information that the steamship De Soto, during the iatter part of October, ‘when in the Southwest Pass, received information that « steamer had been boarded by a band of rebels and car ried out of the river. After a ron of thirty-five miles she was captured and proved to be the Leviathan. Sho is a new and vory fast screw steamer, and was amply sup- plied with coal and provisions for a cruise, with a picked crew. Captain Walker says he feels great satisfaction in an- nouncing this success, for when the Boston,a much in- ferior vessel, was carried off by the rebels, some months since, by « similar enterprise on their part, we soon fell upon her track ,and thus had the opportunity of witness ing the desolation she spread in ber path, blackening the foas in ber wake with the charred memorials of many fine ships. The Leviathan with her desperate band has deen sent to New Orleans, CAPTURES ON THE COAST OF TEXAS. Commodore Bell, in a communication to the depart. ment, dated ‘Steamship Pensacola, off New Orleans, October 16th,” says:— ‘The steamer Teunesses returned the day before yester- day from the Rio Grande, whither sho bad been despateh- ed with Capt,’ Babu, United States Engineers, to examine the coast of Texas. The lennessee left Rio Grande on the 10th instant. On her return, when off Brazos, she cap- tured the British schooner Friendship, loaded with mani- tons of war from Havana, and at the same time chased an- other schooner, which was fired and blown up, when three miles distant from the Tennessee. The explosion was heard at Galveston, thirty miles distant. She was dis- covered to be the Jane, of Nassau, New Providence. Commander Rolando, of the United States steamer Seminole, off Sabine Passe, bas informed Commander Bell that the steamers Clifton and Sachem, with three cottonclad steamers, were daily seen steaming on the tiver there. From all information Commander Rolando could obtain he inferred that every blockade runner, either from or into Mobilo bas been captured, and that the coast of Texas wiil be henceforth the principal theatre for blockade runners. REBEL POWDER VESSELS DESTROYED. Licutenant Wm. H. Dana, in the Cayuga, has been successful in destroying ‘by fire two schooners on the ‘coast of Louisiana, loaded with powder of French manu- facture. Five hundred and thirty rebel prisoners are to be sent from the Uid Capitol to Point Lookout to-morrow, These, with others, are to be exchanged and sent Seath as soon Ae the necessary arrangements can be made. PAYMENT OF THA WESTERN TROOPS. MEADE’S ARMY. Lively Cavalry Skirmishes Along the Lines. REBEL ACCOUNTS FROM LEE’S ARMY. Fhe Campaign Declared Closed for the Season, Rees Be, Mr. I. R. Trembly’s Despatch, ‘In 1a Fina, Oot. 25, 1668, ae. light, by orders to march at seven o'clock, amidst a drenching rain, which bad continued all night, Tents were wet, acold north wind was blowing, and # ‘was e most uninviting time to turn out fora march; bus the soldiers had enjoyed a good rest for over three days, ‘and wore inthe best of spirits and promptly ready. A- i general. supply of winter clothing, overooets, Diankote, he., was issued to them the day proviows—quite . opportune for protection from the storm, but adding mas to the fatigues of am all day’s march in theraia. The rain has continued all day, thé march has lasted all day, and we occupy am important point, ina new direetion, which will be made known at the proper march has probably been the hardest done since the famous “mud Dut the boys have endured it compiaint, the late recruits with the old soldiers. The patient {e another proof that the heart of the majerity of troops is in the work, and they gladly hail apy call perform any duty in the way of a forward move. THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT, Tbave to-day passed over the scene of the railroa@ Accident of last night, between Gainesville and Manassas Junction. cars were tumbled down eu embang- ment of eight or ten feet in height, and lie ina masse ruins, mingled with dead horses, piles of saddles and as- coutrements, arme and, in short, all manner of army pre- perty. Some twelve or fifteen men were wounded, aad two are reported to have since died. All sorte of rumors ‘are, as usval in such cases, afloat regarding the cause ef the disaster. One of which is, that a Rouse had bees burned in the vicinity the day previous, and, that citizens in retaliation therefor had drawn the to all railroads, caused by the spreading of the rails where the ties had become weak or soft, delay of some ten hours, but all is right again now, and the trains are running regularly. By the way,1 thials our best railroad managers could learn lessons of value by the thorough and efficient manner in which these milé- tary roads are kept in order by Colonels MoCaliam aad Devereaux and their host of faithful operatives. Ihave often wondered at the mount of work they perform, and ‘the clockwork regularity of it all, in circumstances of ee Mr. William Young's Despatch. ARMY OF THE Potomac, Oct. 96, 1868. BRAVY FIRING HEAR BUALTON. Heavy artillery firing at the extreme front, appeartag to be near and to the left of Bealton, has been heard to- day at intervals. It ceased about five o’clock. The pre- sumption is that it was another artillery and cavalry skirmish, though infantry may have been efigaged in ‘SXIRMISHES. When the First Maine and the Second Penneyivanie cavalry, of Colonel Grogg’s brigade, in General Gregy’a Givision, had the skirmish with dismounted rebel cavairy on Friday, a portion of Lee’s trains were on this side of the Rappahannock. During Friday afternoon and evea- ing the rebels were not only engaged in pushing these trains over to the south side of the river, but they werd also bending their energies to the destruction of the rail- road beyond Bealten, ‘There is no reason to suppose that any of Lee's forces ave returned from the south side of the Rappabannock, ‘and the encounter on Friday was = mere scoident, Cel. Gregg’s instructions having been to picket as far as he could on the Fayetteville and Bealton road. The two re- giments that skirmished with the rebels were sent out om picket, and the remainder of the brigade pitched their tents at Fayetteville. After the skirmishing commenced they were drawn up in line of bette awaiting the rebels if they advanced, but as the First Maine ead Second Pennsylvania held their position, thé reserve, not being Drought into action, fell back, towards night, 8 mile and ahalf. After dark the other two regiments also fell baci about three-fourths of a mile. The rede! loss in killed is known to have besa three, and the number of their wounded probably excsedeé our own. Our Washington Despateh. Wasmmvarom, Uct. 28, 1868. and the army is quietly resting in ite camps. whatever of importance has occarred aside from events already described in the Hamatp. The account of these skirmishes given by the Hanae correspondent in Monday’s Hematp are entirely oorrest. ‘The other statements published bere and in New Yor are altogether erroneous. ‘There are rumors here t~->ight of fighting going on a6 the front all day, but officers who left Galnesvite at noos Tepert all quiet. The military authorities have no te- formation of any engagement beyond mere picket skir- mishing, and are convinced that there is no very formida- bie infantry force of the enemy on the Rappahannock, and believe that our Army of the Potomac will be abundantly able to crush completely what may be leitof thate? ‘Lee whenever a general engagement can be brought on. ma Day before yesterday Lieutenant Boice, of Company A Fifth New York cavalry, then stationed at Thoroughfere Gap, rode out in the direction of Aldie for the purpose of secertaining whether any of Mosby's guerillas were is that vicinity, the infantry picket having been withdraws. Taking but one man with him he proceeded with great caution until be came upon 8 perty of cavairy dressed in our uniform and numbering about a dozen, whom he sup posed to be our own meo. Upon riding up they surround ed bim and ordered him to deliver up bis arms. Handing ord and revolver ho rode with them until sight of another party, when the lioutenags ‘er from his boot, shot three of the guerillas, and with his orderly escaped. The gueriliss fired upom him wounding him in five places, but not mortally. He ia now undergoing surgical treatment here and ie in a fate way of recovery. REBEL ACCOUNTS. nil ia if i i} ff te. § 4 it i i