The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1863, Page 4

_uB BEBEL PLANS IN TEXAS. The New. Military Policy of the Insur- gents West of the Mississippi. Their Trans-Mississippi Army to be Con- centrated on the Sabine River. Arkansas and Louisiana to be Evacuated by the Main Strength of Their Armies. TEXAS TO- BE HELD AT ALL HAZARDS, ke Mx. DeB, Randolph Keim's Despatch. Nuw ORL¥ANS, Oct, 16, 1863, Since the reopening of the Mississippi river by the capit- ‘ulation of Vickebire sud Port Hudson, and the cense- quent severne (ue peeudo combination of States, under the high sounding appellation of “The Southern Con‘oderac, that part of the confederation lying west of tho river has figured in @ kind of isolation which the in- surgents at Richmond could not reach, This is a fact in the’ case of armed assistanec, yet in communication by courier or letter therohas, as yet, been no permanent interruption. In consideration of these facilities the enemy is able to direct, at least, if not to assist, tho operations of their troops west of the Mississippi. Until the present very {ttle attention, towover, has been given by’ tho rebel Ycaders to affairs in this far off region, The threatening ‘Qdvances of Rosecrans inio Georgia, tho demonstrations ‘of Moade in Virginia, and the approaches of Gillmore at ‘Charleston, combined to keep their attention more close- ly riveted upon the things present—that is, near at hand— than sacrifice thomse!yes at home for the consummation of an extremoly difficult and uncertain task abroad. Ac- cordingly all sorts of wild and unaccountable move- ments until! the present have been going on in their Trans-Mississippi Department. Theirfmilitary matters, however, are now assuming @ condition controlled by some of the principles of military operations. The prin - ciple of combatting our armies by the concentration of heavy bodies upon certain strategic points and the evacu- ation or mere patrol of the territory formerly held, has ‘been extended to the rebelarmics of Arkansas, Louisiana, ‘Texas and the frontier. The credulity of the dupes of the insurgent leaders, the entire Southern people, havo magnified the retrogressive movement of the Army of the Cumberland into a decisive and irremodiable disaster; and, enlivened by their belief in the permanent success of their arms there, they look for an inevitable counterpart of that success by similar means in the West. The manner in which this work is to be effected is thus:— ‘Tho armies now commanded by Holmes, Price and Parsons, in Arkansas; the forces of Smith, Hebart and Taylor, in Northern and central Louisiana; those of Greene, Straight and Major ,in the Southern part of the State, and part of tho troops of Magruder, in Texas, aro to be concentrated at Nibelt’s Bluffs, on the Sabine river, which, together with ‘the Iake of the same name, forms the boundary betweon Louisiana and Texas. The evacuated regions necessary to be occupied, for military reasons—for instance, demon- stration against the advance of our armies—will bo beld by a mere handful of mounted men, depending upon the co-operation of guerilla bands in cases of a move upon our part, The point of concentration chosen by the enemy, exbibiis xo fusignificant eagacity. Sabine Lake lies immediately upon the Gulf coazt, being con- nected with the Guif by a narrow channel known as Sabinc Pass. The lako is formed by the inflow of the waters of tho Sabine and Neches rivers. Upon the Louisiana side of the Sabine is situated Niblet’s Bluffs; tn almost the same latitude; on tho west side of tho Neches, lics Beaumont—a small town. Betweon tho two points by land across the peninsula formed by tho two rivors— thero lies an immense swamp, impagsable at some soa- Bons of tho year even to local conveyances; but for the Passage of an army, its infantry, cavalry, artillery, baggage and supp!y trains, would be at all times impracticable, However, by running from Nib- Jot’s Bluffs down the Sabine river, across the Jako, and thence up tho Neches to Beaumont, form, an excellent water communication between tho Bluffs and Beaument, the distance being but eighty-eight miles, For purposes of navigation by this route tho enemy has about twelve light draught steamers. Upon these excellent considerations Niblet’s Bluffs has ‘been chosen as the defensivo or offensive position of their Concentrated armies, and Beaumont the base of supplies, for from that place to Houston, Texas, the communication by road ts passable, and at Houston the cattle and entire agricultural resources of Texan can be centred for trans- Portation to Beaumcnt and thence to their army at the Bluffs. The entirc force of the enemy when here centred will not excced thirty thousand. Thoir armies in the extremo West havo suffered a greater depletion than thoso of the East, aod more from discaso than by the casualties of ‘a battle or campaign. ‘Tho enemy is resolutely determined to hold Toxas, for the possession of that State by us will put an ond to the existence as an aggrogation of their armies on tho west Bide of the river. AS @ consequence, they have wisely determined to gather in their forces, and if it bo their fortune to fall before tho indomitable prowess, the in- vVincible arms of the undivided republic, they choose to die together, having failed at eyery otber point to sacri- fice themselves, upon the last defensive position against the progress of our soldiers and disenthral/mont of Texas. An Unparalleled Feat in Iron Founding. GEVENTY-TWO TONS OF METAL AT ONE ‘‘HBAT.”” . [From the Pittsburg () Dispatch, Oct. 25.) We have already noticed the fact that preparations wore progressing at the Fort Pitt Works, in this city, for the manufacture of twenty-inch gussy the lathe, patterns, &o., boing inan advanced condition. Ag the experimen’ of manufacturing a gun of such a calibre, however, is one of great risk, It was determined to settle at loast one print practically before attompting to mould the great gun, by melting, at a single heat, nearly the samo qu ‘Uty of metal as would be required for u y-inch, For this purpose two guns wero moulded of the fifteen- {nch navy pattern, and each furnished with a twelve inch justead of a fifieen-inch holiow core, making the rough weight of each of the guns nearly as groat as that of the eclambiad fifteen-inch. These moulds wero ‘sido by side in the pits of the new foundry, and on surday morning five of the furnaces in the foundry woke charged, three for the spegial purpose of casting the roat guns, and two for t din work of the shop. She respective weights of these charges will give some idea of the capacity of theso enormous furnaces, being | tbirty-four, nineteen, thirtéen and eight and a-haif tons, | te of nearly ninety-four tons, and a far greater | metal, wo believe, than was ever reduced in single establishment in one day. Seventy- two tons his metal, being the charges of the threo | furnaces, were designed for the casting of the expe- | rimental guns. The metal was led from each of these | furbaces ton large pool, equidistant from each of the | woulda, and communicating by two'‘rcnners” with tho | two ‘gates’ of each, About one o'clock the three furnaces wore tapped in quick succession, and in a moment three streams of molton irov were porns Into the pool, from which, as ‘the meta) roro to the level of tne openings, two flery lines aces tease ee ome —— beat ot ae fee seven streams, with the molten in the ir, to bave no extraordinary men, who performed their accustomed o ‘spar! Familiarity with such situations ts jer, but we believe that no Oocurred at the works during the $Parrarsstor of the experiment. ou Saturday, every- om every- aud interlacing on tbeir way, the 1 aceldent. Wool's Removal. Major General Wool, in a letter recently published thus refers to bis removal:-— No reasons wore assigned, and Tam not aware that! Dave at apy time, oither before or since the rebellion me », done or omitted to do, anything which from the cemmand’ le New York tne seit day afer nd io New Yor! day after the Trot nad been Pat down and quiet Iyenored toi itt. A ‘whee the ircth is tande known It will Serdiscoverea \ tit could not bave Leen in consequence of my noglect of duty to prevent (be riot, or to fut it {toceurred. On the contrary, if my earnest wh (e appeals (o guard the city and harbor bad been od uyon, J am confident thers ered fa New York usp be, ct However thi hatever may ba’ Ms a, a. he a been (he enute or motive which In. Jent to remove me from (he command in 10 doudt (be resblt of false representations. got produced {ho wllgbleet change (a Or views ap review Nertained of the i Wprovent ine from doing all in wy power to own. put it Death of Mev. Wilitain Horton. Pom, Oot. 60, 1263. toctor of Bt, Paul's catch, Now fu (bat he veday Rov. tr, Wo. Noy Yorrport, ted » sd dou EW Niblet’s Bluff and Beaumont, RI: eats XS, uTTLe praRe >> Ss SP BiG CREEK t) } ence wee THE REBE MARKSVICLE “ECHES/RLVER ———— eee + the Purpose. of Ste : AGkson a’. NE % PONICHATOULAP** ‘a \Q SPRINGFIELD e,. Ay - Ve ssiper , Bit Cane a ae ¢ Ree bd Te ST CHARLES ‘¢ . BIG.WooUs . / oad =D 7AN y SSN SAFIN Eb AKE. BE Monto? ZZ IN ee} = Sse an WOODVILLE © Bat (Nd ‘ aN * f WEST LIBERTY y, OL 4 GENERAL FOSTER’S DEPARTMENT. Mr. Wm. H. Stiner’s Despatches. Forraess Mownoz, Oct. 20, 1863, EWS YROM CHARLESTON {s hourly expeoted, on the arrival of the steamship 8. R. Spaulding, which has now been absent nearly twelve days. By this arrival we may hear that General Gillmore ‘bas commenced to shell the city from Morrris Island and the “Swamp Angel,” and given the rebellious inhabitants another taste of the Greek fire. ‘THE HEALTH OF ADMIRAL DAHLGREN ig said to be very poor, according to accounts furnished by arecent arrival from the South Atlantic blockading squadron; Most of the time the Admiral is confined to bis cabin, and thus the inactivity of the fleet is ac- counted for. It1s also reported that ho has requested to ‘de relieved from duty before Charleston; but as the state- ment is merely a rumor, I give it for what it is worth, COMMODORE ROWAN, the popular commander of the New Ironsides, is talked of as the successor of Admiral Dahlgren in case his requost to be relieved from service is granted, unless the gallant Admiral Farregut is sent down. Commodore Rowan is noted for his intrepid spirit and enterprise, and his re- commendation for commander-in-chief of the navy in Charleston barbor would be bailed with delight by all the men serving in that ch of the service. ‘THR REBEL TORPEDO, which struck the Ironsides and waa intended to blow up this monster frigate, might have played havoc gene- rally bad it boen directed against tho sides of a wooden vessel. At the time it exploded tne peg Fah-Keo, Captains Webb, with despatches from ere, was lying alongside of the Ironsides, and the shock caused by the explosion was distinctly felt by all on board. Had the topedo been sent to the other side of the frigate, between her and the Fah Kee, it is almost cer- tain that tho latter sbip would have been blown to atoms, But it seems that the sole desire of the enemy was to an- nihilate the Ironsides, which they both hate and fear, on account of her destructive battery and invulnerable sides. A TRIP TO YORKTOWN was mado this morning by Major General Foster and etaiT, for the purpose of jospecting the troops and fortifl. cations, Tho steamer George Washington, ‘raham, carried the General's party. Owing eautifyl weather a yoyage to Yorktown is a most delight. fui sail. THR UNITED STATES GUNROAT FLORIDA, Captain Walter W, Queen, having been thoroughly over- hauled at tho Portsmouth’ Navy Yard, and taken In hor stores at this place, left here this morning for Wilming. ton, to resume her position in the blockading business, Several changes in the officers having recently been made, Igend you a complete list, kindly Curnished me by Cap- tale Queen, The following It (be lst of officers of the Florida:— Licuenant Commander Nv. W. Queen, Commanding. Liewtenan’ and Executive (ficer—¥. C, Morriman, Atsistant Paymacter—Wrn, Redler. ‘Assistant Surgeon—Hi. Hi. James. Acting Masters—John MoGowan, Jr., 8. P. Crafts. “Acting rnelius Washburn, Peter Williams, Charles E. Ri Sapineers—C ital Jobe @. A. Zalgicr; Socond chief, . A. Zoigier; Assistants, Mason, David M. Lane; Third Assistants, Geo. F. Smith, Jonathan W. Hockets. ‘Acting Master's Mates—T. W. Rack, W. H. Knowlton, D. F. Lader, Robert F. Clifford. Passenger—Third Assistant Engineer Chas. M. Goodwin. ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION {s received by the Quartermaster’s ee ment periodi- cally. The istest arrival in the way is the new and very neat little tug ‘John E. Mul! |,"’ named in honor Mulford, of the Third regimont New York infantry, of truce * iso by Messrs. E. A. Louder & Co., of Philadelphia, who are also the proprietors of the flag of truce steamer New York and sevoral other fine vessels in government employ. ‘BURINER® AT THR SHIP TARD at Portemourth is very brisk. There are a large number p Ragen wmgn Pig y Brey Uy nes ee at yon time, w ice ‘tan, Captain b Savage Fah-Kee, Ca in Webb; Shawshens, J. Te Lock: |, Commodore ry aod others, mostly all from North Carolina. Mr. Edwin F. De Nyse's Despatch. Nonvour, Va, Oct. 19, 1863, ‘THE OAPTCRE OF THe J. 8, WTR, while making hor way through the canal, has occa stoned no little stir among the military authorities here Genoral Potter, chief of Major General Foster's staff, has artod off with bis body guard, to make @ personal in- Spection of the canal itself, Whether in a military view or not, I cannot say. A GURRITLA CAMP BROKEN UP, Colonel Upham of the Fiftcenth Connecticut regiment, With bis own command, and five hundred cavalrymen io addition, left camp near Portamonth, on the 13th inst., sa mored Warguah the cowutry ju (ho diregtion of South ‘Milla, raiding in fine style, but meeting with no force of | Gates mad Chowan, but no main body of rebels were met the enemy en route. At the latter place a junction was | with. fact made with a proportionate force from North Carolina, | THE RECRPTION OF OUR TROOPE—1HER MARCH AND REEM- } P. and thus strengtboned the little army sconted and scoured the country far and near, with n0 mean success; for near L PLANS IN TEXAS. LAKE tp I 4 . LTCKAFALAYA ORELOUSAS Holding Texas. Gr (7 UBKE PONTCHARTRAI } } ] i ‘ IVER \ © BATON ROUGE j Wi Sf ey: aan BERWICK AE Ba ALCASIED i AKG, BARKATION. ‘The people were, asa general thing, mucb pleased wittr Elizabeth City our men came unexpectedly upon 8 camp | tho presence of the Union troops. A strong Unien feeling or lurking place of guorilins. The nest was broken up, | has at all times prevailed in that sectton; White Col. several captures made, Persed in all directions. captured, the dented display of agility. OFPORTENITIFS FOR OFFICERS. Officers find in thore raids many opportunities for the ae abilities which otherwise might lie dorimant beneath the weight of inferior rank. It is a fact worthy of notice that of Inte titere seems to have been a new Policy inaugurated in the managerzent of these affairs, alternating the commanders. This gives each wort! officer an opportunity of acting for himself untrammetle@ by the higher decrees. on whose wisdom he is accustomed to lean with blind confidence. Thus freed and throww upon his own resources as a commander, hie best points Must inevitatily manifest themselves. This ts the true school of grand commanders. ‘RERKI CHANGES. Information from the front of our forces gives us know- ledge of the fact that Generals French and Wise, with their troops, have been removed respectively from the Blackwater and the peninsula to some more important int further south. General Pickett commands the de- fences of Richmond and the area over which the former two generals kept surveillance. ‘Tho rebel force is repre- sented as very weak indeod. owing to the constant drafts toward Rosecrans and Meade. Fortress Moxnor, Get. 24, 1863 ‘The propeller Virginia, Captain Snyder, arrived this morning from New York, with about 200 rebel prisoners, They were captured at tho battle-ot Gettysburg, Nearly allare wounded, aud have lost either an arm or a log. DEATHS. In Hampton Hospitat. Flisha F. Lefarge, 99th New Yerk, Octo ser 17. Warren Needham, 9th Vermont, October 23, Daniel Sexton, 170th New York, October 25. In Chesapeake’ Hospital. Porter S. Niles, 9th Vermont, October 17. George W. Hubbard, 9th Vermont, October 16. In Balfour Hospital. Jerome Nichols, 7th Connecticut, October 17. The propeller City of Richmond arrived here this morning from Washington, with F. A. Holbrook, the Commissioner of Vermont, who will take all the dis- abled Vermont soldiers from this place on tho City of ‘and those who escaped were dis- | Mix with nisfores passed overland, the fleet, whieh had I delieve that but five were | been left beliind at Elizabeth City, rest eveaping Dy reason of their umprece- | Edenton, about seventy-five miles distant from the for- mer place, where it was met on Thursday aight by our | mitted to troops, who struck down for that point a8 per previous arrangement. The troops re-embarked at Edenton short- Jy after their arrival there, and sot sail for Newbern, reacling here on Saturday and Sunday following. AGRICULTURAL, The section of coantry passed through is the most high. ly colttvated in North Carolina. The corn crop is very large, motwithstanding negro labor is scarce in conse- | data on which to base a quence of most of the slaves having been run off to pre- ‘vent them from getting within the Union lines. A large majority of the people met with claim to be in favor of “the old Union, and daclare that they prefer death to rebel conscription, GENERAL WESSELS. Large numbers of refugees escape daily to Plymouth, the headquarters ot Brigadier General Wessels’ Union forces in this State, to avoid the rebel conscript gangs. Many came in with Cotone! Mix’s expedition to Newbern for the samo purpose. Of the rofugees escaped to Ply- mouth quite a number have already enlisted in the Seeond regiment North Carolina Union Yelunteere, which is there forming. INTERESTING FROM ‘MISsoURI. Our St, Louis Correspond: Sr. Loria, Mo., Oct. 26, 1963, The President’s Reply to the Radicals—How & lakeso~A Sketch of Mr. Drake, the Radical Leader—The Coming Election im Missowri—Opening of the Mississippi —Gen. Blunt Retievet—Military Changea—Arrival of Majer General Herron, dc., de. ‘The President’s reply to the radieal delegation fet! like & wet blanket upon tho party represented by those seventy travellers. When they started for Washing- Richmond to Now Haven, Conn., en rowle to tho United | #2, some weeks ago, they had no thought of States General Hospital at Brattleboro, Vt. Our Newbern Correspondence. Nuewnern, N. C., Oct. 20, 1869, AN EXPROITION AGAINST THE REMRL CONSCRIPTION PARTIES. anything but success, On reaching the capital they found that Mr. Lineoin did not receive them. with open arms as. they had fondly anticipated. ‘They hoped on, and day by day their prospects grew more gloomy. When at length they returnod, leaving where the Rebel Trans-Mississippi Army is to Concentrate fo @GROBINSON { Ri ¢ steamed round to | noise oyer a small Major General Peck, commanding Army and District of | their chairman bobind to await the President's reply, | North Carolina, having received information on Saturday | they shook their beads dudionsly over the fubare before afternoon, October 10, that a body of Georgia troops and | them. A strong robuff wee expected, and it has come. “Louisiana Tigers’? had been sent into the northeastern Inhabitants for the rebel army, immediately sent out an ‘The President’s letter was published hore two days | r an old veteram soldier, who bled more’ than once for his section of this State for the purpose of conseripting the | 860. The radieale aro unhappy over it, while the conser- | tcsoved country in Mexico and elsewhere, ie used aftor vatives arecxultant, The radical orgao set the document expedition to frustrate the movement. A fleet of trans- in solid nonpariel while the conservative ongan leaded it. ports, having on board cavalry, artillery and infantry, and convoyed by gunboats, sailed from Newbern for Eli ‘The former sheet precedes it with a long csticle from Mr. ‘rake, which is. intended to 'let the disappointees down zabeth City, on the Pasquotank river, the same night, | ® gently as possible, The latter journal has no preface The expedition was under the command of Colonel Simon | + make. A. Mix, of the Third Now York cavalry. Owing to One point is conceded to the radicaln, the necessity of rough soas and heavy head winds the fleot did not roach. | 9% Order that shall prevent rebele from woting. General Elizabeth City until the Tuesday following at two P. M. Schofield bas already issued that order, and it will be en: ‘The gunboats then took position above and below the forced in the coming election. Every other request made town, the transports wero immediately run to the wharves, and THM FORCES DISEMRARKRD. No opposition was offered, as there were but a few by them the President has mildly but Ormly replied to.in the negative. Mr. Drake in bis profatory article makes @ most bitter complaint of the ankiad course of the Presi- dont, In his attempts to render Mr. Lincotn’s letter of straggling rebel soldiers in the town, who fled on the ap- | 90 welght Mr. Drake bas an up hill task. All who are not proach of the gunboats. Colonel Mix with bis force pene- trated the interior, passing through the counties of Pas- committed to the radicals acknow edge the letter to be an able doeument, and a fitting answer to the complaints of | om quotank, Perquimous, Gates and Chowan, Threo days | te dissatisfied. worospent in these counties, looking after rebel troops and guerillas, Georgians and ‘Tigers’? having left a fow days previous for Tennessee or Virginia. DESTRUCTION OF A GURRILLA CAMP, At Parkville, in Pasquotank county, Cotonol Mix meta | f force of Union cavalry and infantry, under Colonel Upton, which had been sent down by General Fostor from Norfolk, to co-operate with the force from New. bern. Most of the leading papers of the country have hada But few, however, were discovered, the | Word to say of Mr. Drake, but I have horoto omited to mention him promizently, Mr. Drake is a writer of some ability and a speaker of great wind. I use the last word in Doth ite sirfiiflcations. fe is nothing moro than weatbercock poi dician, with ® fanatioal turn of mind. of the most earnest school, For many yoars he was a half-and-half r(tache of the Republican, and was as bitter in bie denunciations of the Democrat as he now is of his old ally, ‘Cho abuse was not all on one side, for the A guerilla camp was surprised aod barned | Democra/, in the olden times, was accustomed to score ‘aii within ® hort time he was a pro-slavery advocate | 80d Many moro our due. Parkville, bi at fow sold him Fariously, Mr, Drake ts {iliberal—aimost fa- ab Parkville, but there were but fow soldiors In it, moet | Atl, PACmualy, Mt Dee Toate, Tle always of whom were mado prisoners, Several important ar: | appyies tho epithet “damnable” to " everything Tests of quorilia captalyg gnd ioutconuts wore made ja | be opposes Twa weare wo the Abolitioniaty were Waammaron, Oot. 29, 1863. Tn the recent announcement of the quotas to the several ‘States, under President Lincoln's proclamation of October 11, calling out an additional three hundred thousand mea , the deficiencies of the States, under former calls and under the recont draft, are taken account of only in reference to @ gubsequent draft, in case another is rendered necessary by tho failure to furnish tho full quota of volunteers, It is presumed that there will be no draft in those States which raise their quota of the three hundred thou- ond volunteers oalled for by the President's prociama- tion, but in States where, through failure to raise theit quota of the three hundred thousand tvolunteers, the draft bas to be resorted to, all deficiencies at the time ox isting in such State will be taken into account, Dragted men and substitutes are entitled to the one bundrea dot. lara bounty provided by law, and not to the imereased bounty (three bundred dollars) offered to vigunteer re cruits The Quota ot Massach.Gsetts, Boston, Oot. 29, 1863. Governor Andrew has issuéd *a order assigning the quotas of the several cities and Yowns under the Presi- dent’s last call for troops, “ad designating new regiments to be'raises, The bouxsties offered for rocraite aro $302, in addition to a Stare Lounty of $50 to new recruits, and £402 and the State bounty of $60 to veterans. The Gov- ornor Calls upon tho whole people to unite with fervid devotion to % cause sacred a all our hopes, and secure to the national armies @ reinforcement which will render them invincible aad I & ‘assure them of victory whonever and bt they 4 meet an onemy. The work of recruiting will be entered > LAKE SHESTIMACHA § ‘on in carnoat and prosecuted with diligence antit the Cult quota of the State ts obtained. oo The Loyal Natio: League and the New Call for Troops. IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS BY MR, OBISON LES coud x2 BUUNT. peers ‘The Council of the Loya: Nattaual League mst BF pnote headquarters, in Broadway, last evening, whon Mr. Orisow Blunt offered a lengthy report, recommending suitable ‘action respecting the raising of volunteers under the new call, The roport, after calling forth the loyalty and patri- otism of the people of New York city, notwithstanding the late riotous demonstrations, proceeds to explain the success of the volunteering system compared with draft- ing, as exhibited in the results of the passage of tho two million exemption ordinance by tho Board of Supervisors. By this ordinance the Supervisors raised nearly two thousand willing men in the place of the same number of unwilling conscripts; and substitutes, the report repre gented, were stili offering themselves far beyond the needs of the committco, The report continued as fol- lows :-— Under the new call for 300,000 men, the quota of New York State is 00,378. Add doficit of 47,657 under the present draft and New York State has to provide by the Sth of January next 108,085 mon. Of this number, be- tween 20,000 and 30,000 is likely to be the quota of the city of New York. ‘That the quota of the city of New-York can be raised before the Sth of January—the time allowed by the President—there is no doubt, So convinced of this are the authorities of the county, that the Su isors have already appropriated. $2,000,600 to that ond, and propose to raise the men under the same system which has worked so admirably in providing substitutes for con- scripts under the present draft. But the Supervisors of the county should not be left lone in this matter. In their cfforts to save the city From auother draft, they should receive the support of every loyal citizen, but more especially should the Loyal National League come to their aid; for this isan object which ig in perfect consonance with the object ‘and pur- poses of tho League. Let tho League, then, at once open a public subscription; let every man» sub- scribe what he can afford; let the fund thus sub- scribed be offered as a Loyal National Longue j bount= , in addition to all other bounties offered; and if tt bs be but five dollars per man it will at least practically de. Oe, monstrate that the ‘al National Loaguo {s an associa- é tion whose principles mean something moro than words, yZ “mere sound and fury, ei notl ye? : am "To make offectivo the orgs action proposed by the eens 2 undersigned, he would respectfully offer the following for Regolved, That this Executive Committos be consti- tutéd a committee of the whole, for the purpose of solicit. ing and raising subscriptions, to be called “The Loyal National League Bounty Subscription Fund.’” . That a committee of three be appointed by this Exe- cutive Committes, who sball be a finance committee, acd who shall bave charge of the funds thus raised, of whom Se PAU A Se arrest tener ert ae . Such sub-committee is horeby authorized aud : ion the moneys 4 raised as 8 fund for ‘—— copies of this report be printed, utider the dingction of the Finance Committee, provided for herelm, his N of Rep gd cf * same be seat eee damaabie in bis eyes. in this je, wi recommendation beads the parties taken by the League in this county be followed elsewhere. ri All of which is respectfully submitted. ORISON BLUNT. Some exceptions were made to a few passages in the report, and the consideration of the document was post- poned to a future evening. tor entitied to the Of the party than this sam ° Mr, Drako, and itis strange that they bare slow eeuo | ‘The Draft and the Rellef Committees. ll matter, as is evident from: the row be ‘The Supervisors’ Substitute amd Relief Committee will hhas managed to kick up. | No poace ean be Jeoked for Ye \' close its Inbors on Saturday, and it has proved far more successful, especially in the procurement of substitutes, 4 than the members composing It or the public had reason expect. Nearly two thousand volunteers have been ei ‘tained by this committee during the short time {t has be % acting, and the army is increased to this extent thr, vugh the judicious policy it adopted and enforced. TN \¢ action of the committee has proved also how much mon ° politic and efficient the system of volunteering ie tham that of conscription. Mer ¢ men have been obtained inthis way, and are more ava te die as soldiers, because their action is voluntary, than % ‘the barsher process of a draft. Through this means 4 180 men have been procured more rapidly and af jess cost per man than by conscription, The report of the committe ¢ to tho Board is admirable, especially in refer- ence to th © superiority of the mode of volunteoring over that of een scription. The oxperionce of the committee taas fully & emonstrated this fact if any proof was requi- and t¢ its successful action may doubtless be at- ke hattcally be fe a candle (or taper, rather,) bid under a bushel, ‘The political otruggle ia Missouri will be on the can- Gidates for election as Supreme Judges. Nobody cares much'for the Lng ye but the election will be an important one in showing relative strength of the two parties. The redicals swear they will give Mr. Lincoln an assur- ance that the State of Missouri is in favor of immediate emancipation. Thoy will give this assurance by tire elec- tion of the officers they have nominated. ‘There aro no ‘supposition as tothe result. Io an ordinary year the-election would be of little moment, but it is this year to be conducted with flerceness, The men of flexible tongues were already at work. But little headway is made ia’ securing the opsning of the Mississippi to commerce. General BI ly. to Mr. Blow, which was published by you on Friday; has called forth,rejoinders (rom Mr. Biair’s enemies. Yesterday the Democrat publishe? a bill of liquors, certified to by General Blair and staff, which was sent for in Juno last, It seems that Genoral Grant would not allow the tiquors to sand after they had arrived at’ Vieksburg; and this fa: ig assigned by the radicals as the cause of Geperal Bist hostility to Mr. Chase. A friena’ of General Blaie pub: Hshes a roply im the Republican of | to-day, } irinuted, in part at least, the course of tho President im and we are _ promised further: developments 9 on both sides tomorow: Thos the fight goes | suspending tthe draft and resorting again to the more on. Meantime the river is not open and the indications are that it is not likely to be at present. Cotton is held ‘at enormous figures there is very litte allowed to come from below. pers complain of the resirictions upon the sending of od down tie stream ,and are 1ook- generous plan of volunteering, which, in our opinion, should never bave been departed from. Too much crodit cannot be awarded to this committee. The constant attenticn and datty labors in the porform- ance of the dutfes assigned by Comptroller Brennan and by Supervisors Purdy, Blunt, Tweed and Stewart show the spirit with which thes entered upon their business and continued to the last... The sagacity displayed, thé close attention to the duties impozed upon him as chairman, the clear wnderstandirgg evinced of each case brought up for examination, and It prompt and just decistons, have shown Supervisor Blumt to be posreased of rare executive abilities, and most admirably fitted for the special an@ difficult duties Imposed upon (be committee. It is only necessary to compare the number of com- soripts held for duty with the number of volunteers oF substitutes obtained to show how much more successful the committee has Deen than the government with te policy, avd armice of soldiers and civilians to carry 6 out. The latter wilheount afow bundred obtained, white the former are numbered by thousands, If proper plans are adopted by the commiies—ané we have no doubt bus there will bein carrying into offect projects for receiving volunteers under the sow ordisance of the Board of Supervisors, 10 compliance with the pre- clamation of the President, we have little fears of svecess. To succeed, then, the commilites, as ia aa'te csten tion, should be independent and uncontrolled by any govermment authority or miliary ccuise. Tee committee, or ite chatrmen, should ressive tbe proper aa thorization.from the State or general government te ratee volunteers. for the army, avd he shoald be sloibell with all the necessary powers beyood-the move action ef the Board of Sapervisore, such as woull give to the com. mittee a vational or military etetes. The committes echoed be allowed to procure thq men in their own way, making uieot the osnnty bowations aa well ag thote of the Steterand general Any ing for asplondid trade whenever the hindranoes are removed. The guerillas in the interior have subsided into a con- dition of quiet, and the prospects are that we shall hear ‘no more of ther for the present. Shelby’s fraid was 60 unprofitable that they aro. not likely to renew-it, last heard of the remnant of Sheiby’s force} it was mov- ing towards the Arkansas rivor at a rapid rate, with Col, Cloud in pursuit. The other troops that were in pursuit have been recalied. ‘An order has deer issued rolieving General Blunt from command in the Southwest and sending him. to Fort Leaveoworth, Thepobarges against him are that he has repeatedly disobeye d orders, aad allowed his command to become sadly demoralized. He is succeeded dy. General McNeil, Generad Se nborn goes to the command of the dis- trict of the Southw est, with headquarters at Springfield, made vacant by tie transfer of General McNeil. jor General ‘Herrzon, from the Department of the Gulf, arrived ia te-wn this morning, He 1 om his roturn to Now Orleans. General I as been for somatime in low health, butt is now recovering. Letter from a Ve Bee TO YAR EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Feoliclt your usual impartiality to make it knowa how most devoted sacrifice to the Union, After serving fifveen years in the army of sho United States and being discharged ‘with the good charactef “Good soldier, intelligent, coder, honest and obediong,”’ in March, 1855, 1 settled in Bexar county , Texas, and. was a successful fermer until May, 1861, when I jeft my tfee hundred and eleven acres, nine cows and, five horses, as devoted Union man, Last year! served in the-renks of my native State, Peoosyivania, and on the Ist of September, 1963, | cmliatod In the Thirteenth ton and promised to be pasa right off. Bat again we wore marched, with a guard before and bebind us, to a trans. cane 4 Port w Ang By nested only our pay. I have for my wife, Ellen e or one in whee & NOW reer fa’ ‘Yonkers, N. ¥., or fete pi pam ban Though T have fou yi ti pe Nie fo exclasivoty, het the volut Poop t bare few As the 7 country and srori- | committee for daty, #1 co Ag ficed my property {1 cannot got my due. 3 do not policit toor may aot be kept renatng about « pA ine i Fn Mg La pA hf more ‘seeking & doctor t pronounce him fit or unit for @ i Le yp Aged Crane cay ea wie wo we Aad ey in | soldier. ee went of oo a = Spee i scaly we tbe prope wathor tie Yo mitecd during most fn the Hens (> will arouse IP GO! hich can only be corrected by uniting some me PHIL N Batter’, D, Thirteenth New York Heavy Artillery, Fort Kings’ sry, Gotty's divi. Por semovra, Va., Oot. 24, 1868, great ev! proper joal gentioman directly with that body. ~ ari such plan as hero indicated, maitiog the committee of the Board of Supervisors a species of mi'h ite Court ne Sg thar Day. tary commission , great force woGild bo added to its cape alike t¢ Scrremz Covrt—Cicort.- rned for term. | city for procuring volunteers, resuiting in good | part" B Nom *aoat, A148, 810, 4168, BaAs, 4136, 404, ths agate and. queeeh and raining 9ur QM £198, 4076, 6888, 4878, 4394, 4290, 4200, 6E51, 4900, Part taore oxroditiousty than by any other means. a S—Aliowraed,