The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1863, Page 6

6 <li YORK HERALD. JAMES “GORDON NNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFIC N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. Volume XXVIIE.... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. eaeccercccresbece ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Place.—Irautan Orzna.— Tox. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Pnoxxr or Bogota. WALLACK'® THEATRI road way.—ROsMDALM. WINTER QARDEN, Broadway,—Tuawixg tux Tastxs— x's Jack Suxrrand—Toovixs. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Purse as. Broadway. —Po-c4-WoN-t4s—M¢ NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Stnancer—Dna- mAtist—Gianox at New Youk—B. 7, Bi, CHARMED Rusy—Macic | BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broalway.—Tne Movina Wax Fic' uxs, Qiaxt Bor, Pyzuos, &c. at all hours. Manixt- fa—Vine Dresses Or Como.” Atiernoon and Bvening. BRYANI'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad. ay —Eriorian SoxGs, DANCRS, BURLESQUES, 4e.—MILis WOOD's MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Eraiorian €oncs, Dances, &c.—Panonsma or tux Nort River, GEO. CHRISTY'’S MINSTRE! ussqurs, Songs, Dances, &c.—Ri 685 Broadway.—Bur- HAN ADMIRAL. AMERICAN THEATRI Partomimxs, BURLESQUES. No. 444 Broatway.—Baciers, ore BLUNDERS THAN One, NEW YORK THEATRE, 48 RQRdway.—Taz Vivax, pisue—Itatian Buroanns, HOOLEY'S OPERA HOURS. Brooklyn.—Eruiorian sss ira sued TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Friday, October 30, 1863. ak THE SITUATION. The only news from General Meade’s army is, that the work on the repairs of the Orange and -Alexandria Railroad is going on briskly under the protection of 8 strong force. The rebels made a demonstration the day before yesterday against the Sixth Army corps and drove in their pickets, ‘but proceeded no farther. There was a rumor in the city yesterday that the people of Richmond had risen in insurrection ‘against the authorities, released the Union prison- ‘ers, seized the arsenals and held the rebel capital b their control. These rumors have not up to this jtime received any positive confirmation, but the lesperate condition of want and privation to Which the oitizens have been reduced might war- ‘rant the truth of some disturbance at almost any ‘moment, There are some lively movements. going on in the vicinity of Chattanooga. The enemy have been driven from the ridge of mountains on the outh side of the Tennessee river by a force of the Eleventh Ohio, under Colonel Stanley, who crossed fm porttoon boats which he floated down the \preem to Brown’s ferry. The enemy was thus ‘flanked, and their withdrawal from Lookout Moun- tain rendered almost indespensable. The com- {munication between Chattanooga and Bridgeport will now be opened immediately, | The batteries of General Gillmore on Morris {sland—Gregg and Wagner—together with two ‘Monitors, opened fire on Forte Sumter and John- 7 mn on Monday at eleven o’clock in the morning and continued until dusk. The batteries threw in that time one hundred shots, and the Monitors one jnwidred and sixty. The rebels responded from ‘ort Moultrie. " We give to-day numerous extracts from the Bouthern journals to date of the 27th. They de- vote much comment to the seizure of the rebel Yams in England, and affect to regard them as but ‘small loss to the confederacy, while at the same ‘time the disappointment created by the act of the British government is very poorly concealed, and Lord Russell comes in for @ fair share of vitupera- tion. > x Jeff. Davis arrived at Mobile on Saturday last, ‘and reviewed the troops there. It is denied by ithe Macon (Ga.) Telegraph that Mr. A. H. Ste- {phens has gone to England, but asserts that he is ‘still at his residence in Crawfordsville, where he has been for many months past. { Our correspondence from New Orleans Peveals curious and interesting plans of the rebels in ‘Texas, which will be found illustrated in the map, ze agg the history. "the Germa: a are anton on the 2ist, and the City of Washington from Queenstown on ,the 22d instant, passed Cape Race yesterday on their way to New York. They w we ars yy -our agent at that point, and a éuinma their news—which is-four days later—telegraphed from Newfoundland, appears in the Henaup to-day, > The "eh privateer fleet—consisting of the Ala- bama, jeorgia and Tuscaloosa—was cruising off and around the Cape of Good Hope. ' Captain Semmes, of the Alabama, had sold his prize, the Sea Bride. | The United States steamer Vanderbilt was re- pairing in Simon’s Bay. Semmes, of the Alabama, ‘acknowledged that he was afraid of the Vander- tilt, by stating that he would try to avoid an en- gagement with her, afid if she blockaded hfs vessel fn Simon's Bay that he would use all means to ‘elude her, as he did the San Jacinto at Martinigne. ‘The Vanderbilt is, be said, so ‘‘very much faster” than the Alabama, that if once engaged with the former he could not get away from her. \ Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered an address ‘In Exoter Hall on the 20th inst., before an imp ‘mense assemblage, and, although there were tome slight manifestations of dissent, they were quickly drowned in the intense applause with ‘which Mr. B. was greeted throughout his remarks. ( Two divisions of Russian infantry, with several Daticrics of artillery, had been ordered to Poland ‘gs reinforcements to the army of the Czar. The Black sea flotilla of Russia was being fully \ All officials of Polish descent residing in Poland ‘have been replaced by Russians. A revolutionary band of Poles had been com letely cut off near Lublin. 4 The Hotel de Nille, at Warsaw, was burned by ‘Yncendiartes. ( eThe Paris Moniteur says that the movementis n ‘the Cancasus “‘are very serious.” ( The Paris Pays says that England and Austria ‘were negotiating for an identical note on the Po- lish question. France did not, the Pays alleges, pargelpate in the negotiations, as France will ad- per to every act which satisfies pablic opinion in Eu ope, and is in accord with “existing ciroum- @tar ces. ‘Tho statements of the Vienna press agree in the Morin with that of the Paris Pays. \ large body of Danish troops was to be massed he Southern frontier of Schleswig. ue Tonian Islands are to be annexed to Greece in sediately. Whe English Neot, under Admiral Kooper, had ar- or ive) off Hagosoma, Jopag, Admiral Keeper, net a 4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTUBER 30, obtaining the e required from the Japanese officials, besie qe the city and ultimately levelled it to the ground, leaving ite palaces, fac- tories and arsenals a mass of ruins. On the 2ist of October console were steady at 9334 for money, and 9134 8 9124 for the account. The rebel cotton loan had again declined. The Liverpool cotton market continued excited on the 19th and 20th of October, and prices had advanced from one-halfto one penny per pound. Bread- stuffs were steady and quiet. Provisions were steady. The Germania has on board the United States mail, a full cargo, and six hundred and eighty pas- sengers. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A Union mass ratification meeting, strong in numbers as well as influence, was held last even- ing in the Cooper Institute, at which Mr. William Curtis Noyes presided. The resolutions, reported by Mr. E. Delafield Smith, United States District Attorney, comprised one trinitarian in its charac- ter, which paid homage at once to Seward, Chase and Lincoln, by recognizing the masterly diplo- macy of this administration, the towering ability and the success of its financial head, and the statesmanship and patriotism of its chief. Speeches were made by Mr. Noyes, Mr, Lewis Barker, of Maine, Governor Yates, of Ilinois, Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of In- diana, and ex-Speaker Grow, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Barker's speech was full of amusing illustra- tions and anecdotes. He claimed to have been and still to remain a democrat; but he admitted that, let black republicans be abused as they might be, there was not a black republican to-day in arms against his government, nor even a hunted, mobbed abolitionist. The only men in arms against the government were men of his,own party. He declared himself in favor of letting slavery die, as it had had its origin in hell, and had come up to earth all dripping with the dark dews of the pit. Governor Yates also took strong grounds against slavery. Althongh being himself a Southern man, born in Kentucky, he declared that he hated slavery as he did the devil, but still had been willing to abide by the bond. If now that pet institution died, he would say, “let it die and be damned forever.” Ifhe had the power he would write in flaming fires that not a solitary slave should ever clank his chains on American soil. Mr. Lincoln was not his choice for the Presidency. Mr. Lincoln did not travel fast enough for him; and yet it was not in the councils of Providence that he should have travelled faster. When he telegraphed to him urging him to radical measures, Mr. Lincoln’s response to him by telegraph tas—like that of Moses to the murmuring Israelites at the Red Sea—‘Dick, hold still and see the salvation of God.” The Board of Aldermen met yesterday, and af- ter transacting some routine business adjourned, to meet again to-day at one o’clock. The Board of Councilmen did not organize last evening for want ofa quorum. A call for a spe- cial meeting, to be hejd at one o'clock to-day, has already received a large number of signatures. In the Surrogate’s Court, yesterday, the matter of Thomas Kelly’s will was postponed on account of sickness o} a yaxd 4nd the contested will of Susan Cross was Jak i The attesting wit- nesses were @; tained '0s8-examined at con- siderable length. ms is attacked upon alle- gations of jrental incompetency and undue in- fluence. The names of the merchants arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette, as stated in yesterday’s Heratp, are John McKee, republican—who made an administration speech in the suburbs a few evenings ago—Edward Gomez and John Groot, The Marshal's deputies who executed the war- rants are Messrs. Boorst, Horton, McCay and Dwire. Six boxes, containing torpedoes and field Glasses, and some contraband letters, were found with the parties. The United States steam sloop Mohican, Com- mander Glisson, was at Rio Janciro on the 15th ult. The fact of a general convention of telegraphic operators in the United States being formed is already known. A meeting of the telegraphers in Baltimore, held yesterday, resulted in the unani- mous election of Mr. James N. Ward, of the Inde- pendent, and A. Wilson; Jr., of the American Telegraph Company, as delegates to the National Telegraph Convention, to be held in New York on Monday, the 24 6f November. The objects of this association are mutual protection and benefit of the operating fraternity, as well as to further the interests of the respective companies generally. The prize fight party who were arrested and taken to Fort Delaware have been released, with the exception of Wilson, who was a principal in the first fight, and Con, Orem, who was in the second. : The last accounts from Vallandigham represent him as yet ‘‘ waiting and watching over the bor- der.” There is great complaint of scarcity of Schuyl- kill water in Philadelphia. In many cases the people are forced to resort to wells. Money was quite active yesterday, the market being unsettled on account of some changes in loans. Gold opened higher, and advanced to 148%, but feil back in the afférnoon, and closed at 14614. Exchange was un- settled on account of the fluctuations in gold, but closed ull. The stock market was affected by the tightness of money, and was geverally lower throughout the list. revival of speculation in brendstuffs and 100, up, wheat fo, a 2., and corn a fraction. Pork ad- vanced 25¢., and other kinds of provisions were un- changed. In other departments things were ratber quiet, and prices without special change, New York Ciry as a Mvstcan Carrrar.— Director Maretzek announces an operatic sea- son of twelve nights, and “Lucrezia Borgia,” “Don Giovanni,” “Judith” and “Faust” are to make the twelve nights brilliant with their rapid succession. After the twelve nights are fiddled away the illustrious Max is to retire to “fresh fields and pastures new,” and there is to be an irruption of the Germang What those too tonic men will give us we cannot say; but of eourse it will be classical, and will include “Der Freischutz” and ,“Martha.” Grau has his foot upon his native heath, but is for the pre- sent wisely shy and grandly reticent. He keeps his finger on the dexter ala of his nasal protu- berance, and does not communicate his plans. But of course he has plans, and will give us music, and so we are in hourly expec- tation of the development from him of some grand piece of operatic strategy that will leave him without a competitor, musically speaking, for the popular purse, Thus, between Maretzek, the Germans and Grau, we shall have a lively winter. New York has plenty of mo- ney, and grows in taste. The cultivated part of the community patronize the Opera as 4 re- fined amusement, and the shoddy element, having sense enough to want to seem refined, goes the same way. Immense amounts of | money are therefore to be spent on the Opera here. That will give us all the talent, and our public will educate its taste to the bighest point. We shall produce artists of our own also, and send them to Europe, as Europe now sends artiste to us. Pattiis a nice little evi- dence of what we can do in that way. Now, it is necessary that artists ould establish thelr fame upon the approval o London’ and Pa ia; but by and by we shall substitute for the ap- proval of London abd Paris the approval of N ow York; and that Lampe necessary and suf- clont for all euch put] Eohd, So We grow, oon Bet hai:. Ape ®) * ' The Ball Reopened at Cheriestom—The General Prospect. The ominous silence which has for some time prevailed at Charleston is broken. The Rich- mond Enquirer informs us that on morning last, at eleven o’clock, General Gill- more’s batteries Gregg and Wagner opened fire upon Forts Sumter and Johnston, and that, without damage to the rebels, the firing had continued till dark, when it ceased. Two Monj- tors were also engaged. The rebels replied from Moultrie, The firing against Sumter was probably for the purpose of ascertaining whether the rebels had been engaged in the construction of a sand battery among the ruins of the fort, and, if so, what progress they had made in the work. From the fact that there was no response from Sumter, we conclude that either they were pre- maturely interrupted or that the enemy had abandoned the project as unadvisable. We cannot imagine, however, that General Gill- more has all this time, since his occupation of the head of Morris Island, been engaged in’ planting his heavy batteries for the bombard- ment of Forts Sumter and Johnston. On the contrary, we suspect that this firing of Monday last was only the preliminary warning of an impending bombardment of Charleston itself. These batteries Gregg and Wagner are a mile and a half nearer than was the “Swamp An- gel” when it discharged its experimental in- cendiary shells into the very heaft of the city. From Gregg and Wagner, therefore, there can be no doubt of the fact that Charleston may be reduced to ashes. Whether thisshall be done or not by Gene- ral Gillmore is purely a military question. The South Carolina chivalry have defiantly proclaimed that they will themselves destroy the city before they’abandon it to the hated Yankees, if compelled to abandon it after ex- hausting’ all the means of defence. It is pro- bable, therefore, that General Gillmore will at once .submit to General Beauregard the alter- native of a surrender of the city and its de- fences or its destruction. The question then recurs, what advantage will be gained by this expedient of destruction? The fortifications which defend the harbor will still remain in the hands of the enemy, and we shall be no nearer to its possession than before. But, on the otter hand, of what use will all this elaborate system of fortifications be to the enemy, when the ob- ject for which they were erected—Charleston— shall have ceased to be?” At all events, itis our impression that General Gillmore’s new batte- ries, now ready for action, have heen erected for the purpose of bombarding Charleston, and that he will act upon the idea that if the cap- turg of the intervening rebel forts and batteries will give him the city, the destruction of the ‘city will necessitate the evacuation of the forts, Whatever may be the designs of General Gillmore, we are gratified to hear that he has broken the long interval of silence which has pre~ailed at Charleston; for, if he should do nothing else, in giving the rebels active and earnest employment there he will divert to or retain at Charleston some consider- able detachments of their forces, which might otherwise be sent to the support of Bragg. We expect, however, <ome- thing more important than a mere military di- version at Charleston this ti ime—some results, in short, whith will very materially simplify the work of the Army of the Potomac and the western armies of General Grant. Meantime, if regarded only as a military di- version, we think the Army of the Potomac is doing good service in pushing forward close upon the heels of General Lee. But as there will be yet some four, five or six weeks of good campaigning weather in Virginia, judging fran the last two autumnal seasons on the Rappa- hannock, and as each of the two hostile armies appears to be manceuvring for the vantage ground of a battle field, we may perhaps have a decisive general engagement between Meade .| and Lee before the return of Christrias. All the roads in Eastern Virginia were in good order for military operations when General Burnside, on the 13th of December last, at- tempted to carry the heights of Fredericksburg by storm. Beyond that date experience ad- monishes us of the suspension of all military operations between Washington and Richmond, from the embargo of the rains, snows, thaws and mud of a Virginia winter. In the Southwest, on the other hand, our ex- perience is in favor of an active winter cam- paign. The winter was far advanced when General Thomas won our first positive and im- portant Western victory of Mill Spring, and it was on the 2d of January last that Bragg was driven from Murfreesboro. Our latest news from Chattanooga and East Tennessee indicates anything but'a suspension of active operations in that quarter. It encourages the belief that the preliminary movements of a grand and de- cisive campaign are being carried out, and with every promise of complete success, This cheering prospect in the West is now extended to Charleston in the East, and we expect soon to hear such tidings from the cradle of the rebellion as, East and West, will wonderfully shorten its road to the grave. Tas Lecrure Srason.—New York has never been a great place for lectures. The reason fis that the people are so busy .with the engrossing thought of making money that they have very little time to devote to this sort of amusement. Buf these money making people sometimes o’erleap them- selves. Some of the lectures announced in this city are well worthy of encouragement and at- tention. There are some so called lecturers who pick out their ideas frem books of travel and encyclopedias. But people can read these things at home themselves. Among the nume- rous lectures now announced there are three or four which are of great importance. The lec. tures on Turkish life are interesting because we know nothing of Turkish women, never having been in their harems. Then the lectures on Mexico and Poland naturally atftact attention; for they are real live subjects, affecting and in- teresting the people of the world. Very few politicians, however, attend intellectual leo- tures of this kind. They prefor war meetings and political conventions. These are the chosen lectures of our politicians, because there is some kind of a chance of making money out of them and having « hearty laugh at an unsuccessful candidate at the same time. This is what gives | so much piquancy to political lectures, an therefore no one need expect many of this class | at the popular historical lectures now In course | of delivery. Five Weatier anv Tre Pans.—We bave been enjoying the most delightful season of the year— tho Yesther Doantiful, {he air bracing, and sour gcc! Park more lovely thaw i} hee eyes : a Tio uk * eee By f “(22 A seus 1863.—THIPLS SHEET. been before. There is not much sickness in the city, but plenty of money, and the crowds of strangers among us are enjoying themselves to the top of their bent. Let them nos forget the | nation. Opera, the theatres and the Park. The Rumors from Richmond—The Rebel Situation. There was a rumor in town yesterday that the people in Richmond had risen against the authorities, and, by a spontaneous move- ment, had attacked the prisons containing Union captives, setting the poor fellows free; that they bad seized the arsenals and imme- diate public defences, and that they were, in fact, masters of the seat of the rebel govern- ment. Whether these reports are true or not we have not the means at hand at the present moment to decide. But thgt events of an equally momentous character may at any hour be expected to occur within the rebel lines we have competent authority for believing. Those who will be patient enough to listen to a rela- tion of the lamentable grievances under which the werking classes in the Southern States labor, and be candid enough to express their belief after receiving the intelligence we have to im- part, must concur with us in this view. The fact is well known—but it is a fact that is endeavored to be concealed by those inter- ested in the success of the causé of the South— that while the ourrency of that section has enormously. depreciated, and the price of ev commodity has increased in a corresponding proportion, there has been no adequate rise in the wages of labor or in the pay of the sol- diers. The horrors of starvation for the want of ability to purchase articles of food have been presented in more than one frightful picture, but in none more striking than in the case where, flour being seventy-five dollars per bar- rel in Richmond, poor woman appealed toa shopkeeper for relief. She was denied} and she cried, “ What am I todo to live?” “Eat your children,” was the reply. The bread riots in Mobile and in other parts of Alabama; the well known starving condition of the poor in the interior of the States of Vir- ginia, North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida; the lamentable distress known to exist among the Union refugeesin all parts of the South; and, above all—especially for the potency of its effects upon the social and physical condition of the Sonth—the pres- ent position of that downtrodden, spurned and despised class, known as poor mechanics and workingmen, all aid in fortifying the conclusion that the Southern confederacy is at this mo- ment in the throes of a domestic convulsion, and that events are occurring within its own boundaries more powerful for its destruction than all that the armies of the Union can ac- complish. That there exists wretchedness unspeakable among certain people in Richmond is beyond all doubt; and that it is, and bas fora long time been, the fear of the Davis government that there will be a domestic outbreak, is none the less true. Reports of such matters seldom reach the North, and never through the chan- nels of the Richmond press. No man or woman ever is allowed to leave the Southern lines, un- der a flag of truce, unless a pledge of honor— Which it is found women stick to better than men—is given that no information shall be Im- parted wiiich shall be calculated to projudice the Southern cause. It is for this reason that the people of the North have been kept in igno- rance of the actual social condition of the Southern people. And it is noteworthy that all those domestic relations with which women are supposed to be particularly familiar are scarcely ever mentioned in accounts from the South. We mean everything that connects itself with domestic affairs, from a christening to the price of a piece of calfeo. The women fight, as they did in Mobile, and “grasp,” as one did in Richmond, at the throat of a rebel official; but we only hear partial and unsatis- factory reports of euch things. We hear that the people of Richmond are enraged at high prices; .that they combine to fix a rate of charges, appeal to the Legislature to sustain them, are denied and spurned because they are poor mechanics, “poor white trash;” and no wonder that they rise, break open prisons containing thousands of sympathizers, and possess themselves of the power which has been exercised against themselves. The greater, wonder is that there has not been an outbreak of this domestic nature before. The masses have been ripe for it for a long time, and the opportunity was all that was waited for. Another thing. How are the reports of con- flicts between companies and regiments in rebel armies to be accounted for? We seldom, if ever, hear of any such contests in the Union armies, and they are composed of materials far more distinct than those of the Southern forces. We hear of fights between Georgia and Tennes- see troops, and the sacrifice of many lives. We never hear of anything of the kind between the Maine and Maryland or the Wisconsin and Tennessee loyal troops. But the Southerners, it seems, fight not only for their cause, but against themselves; and the consequence is, or will be, a general revuleion in popular feeling among the masses of the South, not only in the army, but afong that derided and downtro@- den class, the mechanics and workingmen of the South. Why not? Ovr - Resources—Corron Veasvs Corn.— Nobody ever claimed that cotton was anything more than a king; and kings in these days are very paltry fellows. Cottcn, in whose greatness his votaries had ample faith, and who, it was thought, could tie down the world with his fine fibres, has been tested pretty well of late, and has been found to be the most paltry of the royal race; and the last illusion of.his power has finally faded out of the minds of those who most implicitly believed in it. In the last “Monthly Report on the Condition of the Crops,” emitted from the Department of the Interior, there are some facts in relation to corn, wheat, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, flour, &c., which will suggest to the mind of the im- partial that if the world is in any sense govern- ed by its products, it is rather by a congress of these fellows than by the pseudo Southern ruler. By that circular we learn that this year's crop of wheat in the Northern States is, in round numbers, one hundred and ninety-one million bushels—or enough to feed a popula- tion one-half greater than the population that we have to eat it. That gives us a very re- spectable surplus to subsidize Europe with, and | establishes the very respectable position of wheat as @ potentate. Yet wheat must bow ‘to corn, who runs into the grand development of four hundred and forty-nine million bushels. Corn is supported by ninety- POY Oe Widiion kuslois of Uoiaiccs bad eovenieen hundred and fifty-eight million pounds of to- he gad ready to soothe the nerves of the In the first six months of this year we sold to England eight million dollars worth of Indian corn, nine million dollars worth of wheat and four million dollars worth of flour—out of last year’s crop, of course; and out of this year’s crop we will doubtless sell even larger bills than those. And at the same time we are in the midst of @ war whose “devastation” is lamented by sentimental Great Britain, and upon the “fabulous barbarity” of which Lord Brougham holds forth after having breakfaste? on rolls made of American flour. Such facts as these may give some idea of the resources of these States, and will modify everywhere the popular opinion as to the sovereignty of cotton. The Names of Our Vessels-of-War—The Dai id Growiers. Among the many strange and absurd things which have occurred in American naval affaira since Mr. Welles was called to preside over their destinies is the manner 4n which our vessels have been named, some of them bearing such uncouth and unpronounceable cognomens as to entirely puzzle Jack and the public in general. The first batch of vessels. built at the com- mencement of the rebellion were-twenty-seven gunboats, each bearing an Indian name, the name being taken from a town whose locality was near the place where the vessel was built, These names did pretty well; but Jack could not for along time get some of them so that he could report them properly to the officer of the deck. An instance occurs to us where the quartermaster of a certain ship could not pro- nounce the name of the gunboat Wissahickon rightly; but, so as to make it an easy one, they called her the Widow Higgins; and to’ the present time she goes by that name throughout the navy. Next come the new sloops-of-war of the Tuscarora class. These were appropri- ately named after rivers of some note. Then of the purchased and captured vessels, but few of their original names have been changed, and to day we have more than one vessel in the navy which bears the name of some promi- nent rebel. It is true some of them were cap- tured. We have the Beauregard, General Pil- low, General Bragg, Little Rebel and a dozen more. In this way we are perpetuating tho names of these traitors to their country. Tron-clads and double-enders next en- gross the attention of the Bureau of Con- struction, and of course they must have names; and lo! the poor Indian; he is again called upon to furnish the required number. Many of these are really difficult to pronounce, and others are Pee ridiculous when pro- nounced. for Instance, we have the Sassa- cus, Mohongo, Kickapoo, Neosho, Miantono- moh, Monadnock, Keokuk, Nipsic, Yantic; and these are not by.any means the most ill favored enes of the new vessels. Then come the tugs: Tulips, Daisies, Pansies, Daffodils, Dandelions, Carautions. In fact one would be led to think that Mr. Welles had lain all his days on a bed of roses, and from a botanical work called the names for his fleet of tugboats. Just think of a Daisy towing a frigate called the Snorter, or a Dandelion carrying despatches, or a Tulip buoying out a harbor under fire. The idea is full of sweet perfume; but the sailor prefers the scent of tar or saltpetre. It seems when Mr. Welles was tired of the Indian he went into flowers; but where he will bring up no one knows. He is now naming vessels after places where we have had naval engagements. We now have a Grand Gulf, a Vicksburg anda Fort Jackson. Why should a ship be named after a fort? Was it ever heard of before? The truth is, very little pains are taken or care mani- fested in naming our naval vessels. When the Keokuk was being built, the Navy Department gave her a name which we will not now repeat. A Russian officer, then in this city, when he heard the name was horrified. “That word,” said he, “in my language, is the name of something I know you would not give toa ship.” The Department was informed of the fact, and a poor Indian furnished the name for the ship after the first one had been officially announced by Mr. Welles. We quote this to show how careless even high officials, on a bed of roses, can be and will be sometimes, if they are not watohed carefully and warned o6 their errors. - It would have been better to have named our vessels after our States, capitals, cities, towns, mountains, rivers and battle fields; and in this hi, Sega class of vessel could have been recog- by her name. We cannot see the impro- priety of having named some of our vessels after the Presidents, ‘If they were worthy to occupy that place of powerfwhy not perpetuate their names? The battle fields of the Revolution, of the war of 1812, and with Mexico, would have furnished scores of names for our ships; and in support of our pro , ier or argument we have precedents for this manner of naming ves- sels. But in the present method no system is manifest, and we shall ere long regret that our vessels are sailing under such unpleasant names. The names of the late battle fields of France are borne by her finest ships. Solferino and Magenta will ever live in history on land, and by sea as long as the ships float that bear these names. Why then should not those on which we gained our independence be thus re- membered ? The Secretary of the Navy has some strange fancies; buf we never imagined that he bad such a love for the poor Indian until he began to name the vessels after him. It is too bad, Mr. Welles, that we should drive the Indian out of the land, and then steal his name and take it to sea. Crry Poxtrics anp Next Torspar’s Evecriox.— As the hour for election approaches the poli- ticians increase their activity and take hold with greater energy and a more desperate de- termination to conquer or die. The mixed and uncertain condition of the parties, factions and their candidates causes still greater activity on all sides, and increases the excitement and con- fusion of the canvass. Whilst a most desperate contest is raging in reference to the possession of the judicial ermine, there is also nicosquab- ble between the political factions in regard to operations in the Albany lobby and elsewhere. Taking it altogether, the olection of next Tues- day will be an interesting and important affair, and the result one in which not a few of our in. nthe few days that now intervene before election will be improved by the politicians in the canvass, and the public may expect all manner of charges, counter charges and re- criminations to pour forth from all sides to euch en teas © af sS6y will dnd it ag oxgerdt ingly notice that James T. Brady end Van Buren are to hold forth at the Cooper tute to-night on the judiciary and legislation. This will no doubt be an inter- esting occasion, and we trust that John Vam Buren will inform the public where the “little joker” on city railroads is. ‘All political factions are after it, while some of them try to deny it publicly and pThy the hypocrite. There is a chance for a telling point under that head. Whether this gathering will have any effect whatever upon the result of the election events must decide. Butone thing is certain: the constant assaults uppn the united organization of Tammany and Mozart have caused thom to strengthen their fortification in every particu- lar. They now claim to have made themselves secure at every point, and that they are also ready for any new strategical movement that may be started by the allied forces against them. Whatever may be the result-of all this wrangling and ‘bitter political controversy, it will make but little or no difference. After election they are all alike; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. Let us'then patient- ly wait until the storm is over, and then we can quietly enjoy the amusement of seeing whe is out in the cold and needs a blanket. Ove or THe Watt Srregr Bussixs.—We publish to-day Judge Hogeboom’s opinion upom the Herlem Railroad prime This is, of course, but one opinion, and there may be, and doubtless are, many and various opinions upom the subject. We think it our duty to call at tention, however, to the Judge’s ideas upom this matter, as itis jfst that innocent people who are concerned in the Harlem stock opera- tions may know what “to think of the whole business. We take it to be very clear that stock which rises from 25 to 190, goes back to 74 but to rise again to 115, all within sixty days, and without any apparent reason, must be a bubble—a Wall street bubble. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. ‘Wasminctom, Oct. 29, 1868, OFFICIAL RECEPTION OF THE MEXICAN MINISTER BY THR PRESIDENT. Senor Don Matias Romero was to-day presented to the President by the Secretary of State, as Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Mexican re public. On delivering his credentials he made the re- marks of which the following is a translation:— ADDRESS OF THE MEXICAN MINISTER. I heve the honor to place in your Excell "s Gone the letters of the Constitutional President of Un Mexican States, which accredit me as En Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexioo near your Excellency’s government. neigh- boring and frierdiy governments, which divide between them? the richest portion of this continent, and which are ruled by identical Institutions, can no have identical cetera which will be augment in a great degree Grawing more closely to gotber th. friendly sett Be which happily exist between them, and by Soe: the commercial interests through which both in the resu.: will be materially beve- fitted. The government and people of Mexico profess the greatest friendship and consideration for the govern ment and people of the United States of America, and fer- vontly desire the prosperity. andizement and welfare eta A On me has fal! goodly go he ese sentiments of good wi Sonera ot ‘my offlolal duties, ny di to the ‘eorompli Cre gait or my jn ernment, which are a: ho ery maintain and ‘on the bonds of Sieedenip: which connect spiny with the elopment of the co-operation of It will be very satt RESPONSE OF THE PRESIDENT. To which the President replied as follows:— Mr. barnes have hitherto resided oo. Hy i t! HH E HF lid 8 s UNITED STATES CRUISERS pin OUT OF BRITISH rorrs. ~ The United States armed veesels George Manghan and Ethan Allen, engaged in cruising among the British Islands, bave been summarily ordered from some of the ports of Prince Edward Island, A private letter from an officer attached to the former vessel states that when at Charlottetown an order came from the Governor, re- quiring both vessels to put to sea, a proclamation in the name of the Queen having been making the de- mand, which was promptly complied with. United States Treasury notes are at a heavy discount at the various ports of those islands. Ship supplies and stores can only be obtained by the payment of coin. HE PUBLIC DEBT. The annual tmtercst and charges upon the whole public debt of the United Statts at this time amount to about thirty-four millions, ‘The debt itself is a little over eight percentum of all taxable property, and the interest and charges amount to about one dollar and forty conte per enoum to each individual of the population. THE FIVE-TWENTY BONDS. Deposits made for the five-twenty bonds on Monday next, the 2d of November, will not, it is ascertained at the Treasury Department, entitle depositors to bonds with full coupons from the 1st of November. RECOVERY OF MR. FIELD. The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Field, bas sufficiently recovered from his illness to resume his official duties. RXCHANGED PRISONERS. - Major Malford, in charge of the flag of trace boat from City Point, arrived at Annapolis to-day, with two hua- drea and fifty Union prigonors, enlisted men. They wore chiefly invalids. Three of them died upon the passage down. NAVAL ORDERS, Commander Pierce Crosby has been detached as Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, and ordered to command the Florida, THE ARREST QF DR. WILLIAMSON, Last night a large meeting of Pennsylvanians was held, for the purpose of considering the arrest of Dr. Wi- Namson by Colonel Baker. Hom. J. E. Brady presided. Hon. &. McPherson reported, on bebalf of the comnsittee appointed to investigate the matter, that no reasons justifying theerrest had been discovered, and that the circumstances exonerated the agents of the Relief Associations in every particular. During the pro- gress of the meeting Colonel Baker called for the purpose of offering an explanation, which request, however, was not acceded to. Dr. Williamson is released om parole, but will probably resume"bis duties in the department very noon. REMOVAL OF SICK SOLDIERS TO NEW YORK. , About twenty-five hundred sick and wounded soldiers are being removed (rom the hospitals here to New York, for the purpose of enabling ther to vote in the coming election and to facilitate recruiting. Many of them will ro@ive thirty days furioagh. THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA TAX COMMIB- BIONERS. For some time past ® sort of Kilkenny cat fight hae been in progress among the Tax Commissioners for Florida and South Carofina, The pending difieulties were to day the subject of consultation between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Internal eal aii sid. S508 oe ‘ety ond relce | Revenne. The result will probably tnvolve a total change politicians w ae In the appointees to those States, MARYLAND POLITICS. The diMculties among the Union men in the Third Con- grossional district of Maryland have been settled. Mr. Thomas Swan, who was importuned to become a candt date, bas declined to allow bis name to bo ured. This leaves the course clear for Honry Winter Davis. It ia estimated now that the whole of the unomditie 2 Shee