The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1863, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OPFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULT’ AND NASSAU STS. Volume XXVIII... No. 319 AMUSEMENTS THIS F) NING} ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Place ~{1aucay Oreza.— AMTHA. ‘NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET from our European newspaper files brought by the Asia. They will be found to be important aud in- teresting. We have files of the Royal Standard of Turk's Island (West Indies) to the 3lst ultimo. The latest paper says:— During the past week we have had an unusually heavy fall of rain, even for this season, which has filled the pans with fresh water, besides endangering the heaps of salt around the pond. As most of the salt in the colo- ny is exposed to the weather, a large percentage has been wasted, and, as there cannot be any more gathered until next April, if then, our pro- thousand men into Washington. This force, with the veteran reserves of General Augur, will constitute an efficient army of sixty or seventy thousand men for defensive purposes, and will render the national capital and its surroundings absolutely safe, even against the whole army of Lee. Having thus amply provided for the protec- tion of Washington against any possible con- tingency, the government will be free to trans- fer the Army of the Potomac to the Richmond peninsula. For this movement General Meade prictors are fully warranted in advancing the price. We have had a pretty fair demand this week; but the unfavorable weather has prevented the vessela from completing their loading. The NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadway —Gian iron will have some very important advantages which were not possessed by General McClel- lan with the landing of his army on the penin- WALLACK'S THBATKH, sroadway.—it )<co ice. : BN, Broadway.—Karmy < Mavoune i mine tunice Mannie, us sii peaks price is seven cents, with an upward tendency.” sula, We now control the James river to's OLYNPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Doxx 1 Morro~ | The papers are also much occupied with discuss- | Point within ten or fifteen miles of Richmond, bite he aarp ing the war in St. Domingo. No additional | the York river all the way up, and we hold the NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Mazcrra— | Spanish troops had arrived at Puerto Plata, The | peninsular strongholds of Yorktown and Wil- Mae Foak Fuiper-Toes Bix: Ooe, liamsburg. Without difficulty, by either the York or James river, the Army of the Potomac may be landed within twenty miles of Rich- mond, and with a base of supplies at Fortress Monroe, and a broad river line of transporta- tion which cannot be disturbed by the enemy. Nor can all the rains of the rainiest Virginia winter render the swamps of the peninsula as bad for the advance of the army as they were under the continual floods which poured down over that region from the Ist of May to the 3d of July in our unfortunate Richmond campaign of 1862. We have no doubt, on the other hand, that the frosts of December will render the Chickahominy swamps comparatively easy for the movement of men, horses and artillery. But there is yet another consideration, which ought to be conclusive in favor of the opera- tions indicated. Numerous and sanguinary as were the battles fought by General McClellan, from Williamsburg around to Malvern Hill, we have heard it said that they did not cost him the lives of so many soldiers as the deadly ma- laria of the Chickahominy. At all events, it is probable that, could he have been spared this malaria, he, in spite of all the blunders at Washington, would have overcome all obstacles offered by the enemy, and fought his way with- out a check into the rebel capital. But this summer ally of General Lee may be entirely avoided in a winter campaign on the peninsula, oron either side of it, and thus thousands of men may be saved by General Meade . whom he will probably lose from sickness by any route that he may take if his advance upon Richmond be delayed till the return of spring. Last, though not least, the cause of humani- ty—as we the other day suggested—calls for an immediate effort by the government to rescue and relieve our starving soldiers held as pris- oners of war at Richmond. They are literally. starving, and the local population of Richmond are reduced very nearly to the same extremity. The rebels, tn this ‘atraitened condition, how- ever strongly their city may be fortified, are not competent to withstand a siege of ten days’ duration. We would appeal once more, then, to President Lincoln to call a temporary militia force to hold the forts of Washington, and that General Meade, with his army, be moved to the James river peninsula; for we confidently be- lieve that by this plan of operations Richmond may now be speedily reduced to a surrender, and that, with Jeff. Davis expelled from the city, and with his rebel government and rebel scrip turned adrift, without a local habitation or a place of refuge, the rebellion will at once come to an end. Dominicans are in want of heavy artillery. Bri- gadier Primo de Rivera, who still commands the Spanish forces, had allowed several women and children to go into the country; but no men were permitted to accompany them. Several Domini- 1: “LS, y cans, however, who had been employed by the Faas ie Moen Baweaee Bosca tea A ee Spaniards, escaped from the fort and joined their ape Hats, countrymen. The Dominicans are said to be Png loti au BARI sit Broadway. —Eruiortan | “swarming” all round the town, and have strong- A es oes CES aon pe eee braearcaate Perineal cones REELS. y.—Bur- e Spaniards to keep within the range of the SOE Pani ONTO NENT: guns of the fort. A schooner had arrived from America with lumber, which the Spaniards have taken to build temporary barracks on the -fort point. They are suffering from exposure to the heavy rains, which may be expected to continue at this season. There is no news whatever from St. Domingo City and Samana, and no information can be obtained from the interior. The statement of a Washington paper, which has been going the rounds of the press, that the government vessels now in the service consume one and a half million of tons of coal in a year, of which amount the Ironsides alone uses sixteen thousand, is denied by a Philadelphia journal, which says government has not taken half 9 million tons within that time. Advertisements for the Wuexiy Hireatp must bo band. A grand farewell banquet was given to the din before ten o'clock every Wodnesday evening. Its | French Admiral Reynaud and the officers of the ‘circulation among tbe enterprising mechanica, farmers, | Imperial Navy now in port, at Irving Hall last merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the | night. It was @ splendid affair and was most bril- country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in. | Hiantly attended. More than one hundred and fifty ecrtod tn tho Waray Herat will thus be seen by a large covers were laid for the guests. As @ matter of course the proceedings were conducted entirely in Bartlon of the active and energetic poople of the United | tn Brench language. We give a report of the Stites. proceedings elsewhere. The memorial services of the late Dr. James Floy, a distinguished member of the Methodist body, were held last evening in the Seventh street Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. E. G. Griswold, the presiding elder, presided, and elo- quent addresses were delivered by Bishop Janes, Drs. True and Curry, and Rev. R. M. Hatfield. Dr. Floy was a ripe scholar, a celebrated reviewer, and one of the pioneers in the anti-slavery move- ments of the Methodist Church. A meeting was held in Clinton Hall last evening for the purpose of taking steps to encourage the enlistment of colored troops in this State. A committee of twenty-five was appointed, of which Mr. Peter Cooper is chairman, to proceed. to Washington to confer with the President upon the subject. The iron-clad ram Dictator will be launched at the Delamater Iron Works, foot of Thirteenth street, North river, on Thanksgiving Day, 26th instant. Judge McCunn’s majority is now ascertained to BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Lity Dawson—Foun Lovans—Parse CoLons. BARNUM'S M Rroadway.—Grant Girt. Giant ts atall hours. Manetre—Jo- ng. AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Broadway.— LETS, Paxrouinns, BuRLKsgues, &e—Moustain OUrean HOPE CHAPEL, 713 Broadway.—Tug Srerxoscorrican MEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 61 - Cumoumes axd Luorones, from) AM, thu Ee HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Bi & foxos, Dances, Bumnsores. ao OOK —Bamorian TRIPLE SHEE Sew Work, Tuesday, November 17, 1863. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. THE SITUATION. We lay before our readers to-day further par- ticulars of the great Texas expedition, the main points of which, together with a full account of its success on the Rio Grande, we gave exclusively yesterday, from the pen of our special correspondent onthe flagship McClellan, ‘The account which we publish in another column to-day gives still more minutely all the incidents of this important expedition, from its starting to fta successful and eventful close. The maps which @ccompany our correspondent’s statement will be found most valuable in illustrating the course and Objects of the expedition. They show the spot where our troops were landed on the 2d inst. at Brazos Island and the mouth of the Rio Grande, together with Brownsville and Point Isabel, and other points now invested with a peculiar interest. J ‘The latest news from Charleston is by way of bet tacamr yi acai an icsatatria: Richmond, to the 14th inst. On the 13th the firing terday, for want of a quorum. from our batteries averaged about two shots a The Board of Councilmen did not organize last minute throughout the night, and continued with ie ne bla a bsivamg pean jurrogate Tucker yesterday decide: a = Sap pte ofsasltios. “ware probate the contested will of James Fowler, de oO le ceased. The trial of the will of Charles Breusing, A despatch from Atlanta, Ga., on the 13th, says late music dealer in this city, was commenced, that a fight between the rebel batteries and our | The will ion his hsptriede de mcd at plete to @ young lady name a , con- by jgerep eae Meee aieapmue sim kate poh ike next of Ted motion ‘tor a eat: hat time, and that our troops have made a diver- | to in the estate of Abraham R. Lawrence was sion from right to left, with a view probably to at- ‘tack Lookout Mountain, or, it may be, to send | was directed-to be attached for not filing his ac- The Union Occupat! Grande. Yesterday, while other city papers announced that there was no news from the expedition under General Banks, we gave to the readers of the Heratp exclusively a full account of that important movement, with the description from of the Rio argued. The executor of Ellen Holland’s estate ‘¢roops to reinforce Gen. Burnside, We give some further interesting particulars | potwoen 147 and 147%, and closing in the evening at 147%, Stocks were unsteady throughout the day, and considerable business was done at reduced prices. The money market was unchanged, with seven percent as the ruling rate, The bank statement shows a further reduction in loans and a considerablefalting off in de. posits. The market, with the exception of government day evening. Her news is four days later than | *curities and gold, was very unhealthy and uncertain. ‘to-day concerning the great Canadian plot which thas fizzled out so completely. EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steamship City of London, from Queenstown on the 6th of November, reached this port yester- the report of the Asia. The case of the suspected rebel gunboat Alex- sandra was again up in the Court of Exchequer, ‘London, and it seems probable that the Attorney waising all the points of the case, will be granted, ‘of the Laird rams. The United States frigate Niagara, the war were expected at Southampton, England. ‘he Kearsarge was at Queenstown short of coal. The session of the French Legislature was opened by Napoleon in person. His,speech was of @ pacific character. He made only a passing allusion to American affairs, expressed the hope that Maximilian’s arrival in Mexico would prove the assemblage of an European congress on the Polish question. The Emperor acknowledged that the financial exhibit did not realize his expecta- tions. Reforms are promised in favor of the French people. or and an article in Za France, the organ of the Bmprens, there is little doubt that Maximilian will attempt to rule Mexico as Emperor. Messrs. Cornell, Jewett and Vallandigham had French mediation in America. Adespatch from Southampton on the 4th inst. says:—The Teutonia, steamer, which was to have taken out the American mail from Southampton heard of since. ‘Tho ship Amazon, 1,790 tons, Hovey, from Lon- don for New York, caught fire on Tuesday night, November 3, off the North Foreland, and was totally destroyed. The passengers and crew were all saved and landed at Margate on the morning of the 4th instant. The atate of affairs in Poland was unchanged. The Bank of England advanced the rate of dis- count to six percent on the Sth instant. Consols | mischief before he can be overtaken. cloned in London on the 5th instant at 92% for money. There were no sales of American secu- tities. In the Liverpool cotton market business was checked on the 6th instant by the advance in the Fate of discount in London. Breadstuffs were quiet and steady. Provisions were inactive. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ‘The steamship Champion, Capt. Wilson, arrived At this port yesterday from Aspinwall, with the Pacific mails and $231,910 intreasure, The news from the West Coast is important, as will be seen * by the letter of our Panama correspondent, given in to-day’s paper. War was imminent between New Granada and Ecuador. The New Granadian Minister had received his passports from Quito. Remarkable yields of gold and silver are reported fn the northern provinces of Chile. The United sBtates sloop-of-war Cyane had arrived at Panama from San Francisco. counts, yesterday, the fluctuations in gold and storling exchange and the rain storm having interfered with qperations con. siderably. Im imported merchandise but little was done, . while at tbe various changes business was very light. General's motion for a new trial, with a view of | 1, breadstuffs, provisions, &., the transactions were limited to the wants of the trade, while in petroleum, and that the ruling now had will decide the case | &c., scarcely any business was done. Freights were still dull, without signs of any improvement. The ex- cess of tonnage in port precludes the possibility of aay steamer Kearsarge, and the privateer Georgia | material advance in rates. The Army of the Potomac—The Oppor- isnot encouraging. It leads us to the suspicion that General Meade is preparing to settle down " into winter quarters, Having pushed the rebel advantageous to the country, and recommended atnay ankolld the Bapamiay he Bua th: to6 stcang: ly intrenched on the heights on the opposite side to attempt to carry them by storm, and so we are apprehensive that he will remain in front of the enemy, watching and waiting for Judging from the remarks of the French Empe- | an opportunity which may not be offered till the return of spring. Lee may amuse his adversary with a thin line of troops along his front, so disposed as to i " present the appearance of a great army, while addressed letters to a Liverpool paper in favor of sending ‘olf tweiity ot thirty naka thal to the support of Bragg. now is the opportunity for the administration to-day has not arrived from Hamburg. She left | ¢o settle with that port on Sunday morning, and has not been | ginia, The difficulty with President Lincoln, as we understand it, is involved in the sup- posed necessity of keeping the Army of the Potomac between the city of Washington and the rebel army. Meade should attempt to flank Lee the latter might slip in behind our army, and, by forced marches, get back into Maryland and in the rear of Washington, and do very considerable The gold market yesterday was firm, prices ranging There wag only a moderate movement in trade circles tunity and the Duty of the Adminis. tration. Our latest news from the Army ofthe Potomac In the meantime General We contend that this isthe time and that the rebel army of Vir- It is feared that if General But against any danger of this kind we would yet again call the attention of President Lincoln to the very simple plan of operations which here- tofore, on several occasions, we have suggested. It is the simple plan of moving the Army of the Potomac towards Richmond by way of the peninsula or on the south side of James river, and of providing, at the same time, an addi- tional army for the special duty of protecting Washington. But how is this additional army to be pro- vided in season for an active winter campaign ? We answer, readily enough. All that President Lincoln will have to do will be to issue a call upon Pennsylvania and New York each for twenty thousand militia, armed and equipped, say for ninety days’ service, and within ten days these two States, properly assisted by the We atve in the Hanavp to-day copious extracts | government, can throw the aggregate of forty our special correspondent of the debarkation of the troops on the Texas frontier. about the fortieth time since the war began, the Heratp has completely distanced the other papers in that great requisite of a journal—a correct and early publication of the news. In- deed, we have beaten the other city papers so often that we cannot be said to have any city contemporaries—inasmuch as we are-always and normally at least a day ahead of every other city paper. Thus, for The force with which the United States has thus occupied the line of the Rio Grande is a very considerable one, both in ships and men, and is apparently sufficient for the object in view. Regarded as an army for the observa- tion of the French in Mexico, or from any other point of view that had reference to the inten- tions of France, the force certainly would not be a sufficient one, and the whole country would doubtless deem that the army corps of which it is composed would be used to better purpose in the reinforcement of General Thomas at Chattanooga, or General Meade on the Rapidan. But the real and practical pur- pose of the expedition is the interruption and destruction of the immense contraband trade car- ried on between Europe and the SouthernStates by way of Mexico. be remembered, counted twenty-seven blockade runners in sight of the vessels of the expedi- tion in the Mexican waters; and a certain por- tion of the cargoes contracted for by Huse, the rebel agent, with the Mercantile Trading Com- pany, were to goto Matamoros. Matamoros, indeed, bade fair to become a great entrepot for the Southern States. Arms, ammunition, war materiel of every description—that the South can- not possibly produce within its limits, and that Our correspondent, it will have kept the war alive—went in by Charles- ton, Wilmington and Matamoros, and the cotton that paid for all went out by the same places, Charleston has been well sealed up sinve the Monitors have lain in its harbor; Wilmington not less so since appropriate vessels have been employed for the purpose; and now the gov- ernment adopts adequate ‘measures to close up the trade by the last of these places. An army corps will be well employed in this labor; and if, by and by, Mexican complications should arise, General Dana’s men will be handy. Tue Cuarrer Exectioy.—The politicians are now exceedingly busy over the nominations for the December election, The usual number of rows and porterhouse broils take place almost every night, and, from all indications, they are trying to see how much noise they can make and how worthless candidates they can nominate for Aldermen, Councilmen, Police and Civil Justices, There seoms to be little or no interest taken in those positions outside of the round of politicians. All parties are alike in this, and, from present appearances, it will be Hobson’s choice all round. It will make but little difference who are elected: matters will run along after election in the old channel, with the usual cry of corruption, bribery, &. Peace ana the Shaksperian Drama. Some time ago we announced that President Lincoln, tired of the diplomacy of Seward and the blunderings of poor Greeley, had at length resolved to take the peace negotiations into his own hands, and had despatched as a special, se- eret envoy to Richmond the celebrated Doctor Zacharie, the chiropodist, the corncutter, the wearer of a big diamond breastpin and the pos- sessor of the finest Roman nose which has ever as- tonished the world since the time ofCwsar. We are now sorry to say that the Doctor has appa- rently failed in his mission, in spite of his wisdom and science, which far surpass those of Hippo- crates, Galen and Harvey combined, and in spite of his magnificent nose, which is the sign that nature always hangs outside of the head when she has placed a mighty mind within. Nobody knows anything of Zacharie. Nobody has heard of him. Jeff. Devis may have slaugh- tered him in order to steal his diamonds, or he may be traitorously cutting the corns of the rebel army, preparatory to another invasion of the North. At any rate, President Lincoln has given him up as.a gone chiropodist, and has turned his attention to another sort of ambassa- dors. We will not admit, however, that any dis- credit attaches either to Doctor Zacharie or the President, even if our worst fears are realized and the rebels have robbed earth of its choicest corncutter. When all our other diplomats have failed, why should we hope that the eru- dite Zacharie would succeed? Secretary Sew- ard has sent the Chevalier Weed, Archbishop Hughes and Parson Beecher to Europe, in order to secure peace in that way. The Chevalier Weed went to play the devil in contracts, Archbishop Hughes went to lay the devil by sermons, and Parson Beecher went to raise the devil generally, They ali succeeded pretty well in their undertakings—especially Parson Beecher, who bas left all England in hot wa- ter—but we have not had any peace. Greeley authorized Colorado Jewett to buy a peace with his gold mines; but the Chevalier expended all his gold for letter paper and postage, and is now sharing the misery of Greeley’s other friend, Vallandigham, on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, and is exhibited to tourists with the other natural curiosities of that region. The Chevalier ‘Barney, who would not leave the ‘girls alone, took the trouble to get captured by the rebels in order to argue them into a peace; but Bar- ney only achieved a fiasco. The Cheva- lier J. Wesley Green left the State Prison for the White House, and received one hundred dollars from the verdant Chase for his news of peace, which turned out to be a forgery, asa matter of course. Last, but not least, the Hon. Fernando Wood tried to start a peace corres- pondence with somebody, but could only ob- tain a letter from Lamar about a cotton specu- lation, which fell through on account of our invincible blockaders. These were Zacha- tie’s predecessors. After so many failures, what chance had he of being the lucky diplo- mat? And yet it was by no means a bad idea of President Lincoln’s to send Zacharie to Rich- mond. He has a better idea now; but the first was very good. In life asin an abolition con- vention, extremes oftén meet. Who could say but that the direct road to rebel hearts and heads was through rebel toes? To use the metaphorical language of the East, Zacharie had removed the corn of inactivity from the feet of our armies, and why should he not be able to cut the corns of rebellion from both extremities of Jeff. Davis? Still, he has not done so, and we shall say no more about him. These people greatly mistake President Lin- coln’s character, however, who suppose that Zacharie’s failure has disheartened him. On the contrary, he has another diplomatic gun read: be fired into the enemy’s camp. That gun is a Parrott of tremendous kore and weight. It is Fel Haokett, the great Shaksperian co , the pratrié flowar, the great farmer of the great West. . As our read- ers will see by the announcement in another column, President Lincoln has invited Mr. Hackett to play before him at Washington during the session of Congress next month. It is rumored that he has also invited Mr. Hack- ett’s friend and colaborer, Edwin Forrest, an- other very heavy and effective gun. Can any one suppose that these invitations are merely for the purpose of gratifying Mr. Lincoln’s taste for the drama? Would he turn aside from the war simply to enjoy Hackett’s comicalities and Forrest’s heroics without any ulterior and superior object in view? Patriotism forbid! President Lincoln is no such man. With two eyes—not “a single eye’’—to the salvation of his distracted eoua- try, with a heart brimfull of zeal for the Union, witha mind continually on the rack to devise some plan to honorably end the war, Honest Old Abe sees in corn doctors, chevaliers, arch- bishops, parsons and players the means which Providence has provided to accomplish the su- preme end of his existence and his administra- tion. Undoubtedly, after a little preliminary training, he will send Hackett and Forrest to Richmond. But let him not send them together. Remember the fate of the cats of Kilkenny. This scheme of the President’s isa shrewd one; but it is not original. Hamlet informed us, long age, that the “play’s the thing in which to catch the conscience of the King.” Probably, therefore, this notable plan was the result of the President’s recent Shaksperian studies. It is most apropos at present, because the rebels are greatly in want of actors, and have sent to England for them. Only a few montbs agoa fall troupe arrived here, en route for Richmond, but were stopped at Fortress Monroe. Thisis the beauty of the President's ideas: they are always so timely. Then, too, consider the acute intelligence which has se- lected only Shakesperian actors. Shakspere is the mostloyal of playwriters, Rebels find no mercy at his pen. He ridicules, abuses, de- nounces and kills them off gloriously. Two weeks of him at Richmond would make the rebels sick of their evil works, Hackett and Forrest on alternate nights in Shaksperian characters would bring the whole confederacy to the dust. Hackett would make them roar and Forrest would roar at them. One would split their sides with laughter and the other would split their heads with noise or their hearts with pathos. No rebels could stand this course of treatment long. They would secure peace either by slaying the actors or returning to the Union at the end of the first ‘week's performances, Which of these two courses President Lincoln expects the Richmond rebels to pursue it is not for us to aay. That is the only doubtful point about the whole transac- tem Vourezema ww New Yorx—Lanos “| WEWS FROM WASHINGTON. onuass 1 rus Bourms.—It will be o® >Y the subjoined announcement, copied f° SUF advertising columns, that the authr<ties have Promptly acted upon the si thrown out in this paper. From the prest date recruits Will reveive $300 cash dor 00 enlistment, which, with the State "uty of $75, the United States A $302, and the ad- ditional bounty of $100 to returned ol- diers, will make pt segregate of $777—per- haps the larges sum ever offered as an inducement to <oldiers. The objection which has hithertestood in the way of recruiting in this Stat-—that the volunteer could not receive sufi-ent of the bounties offered to provide for im family before his departure—is now remov- ed, and the $300 which he receives down will amply suffice to support it until he receives his next instalment. The result, we need not say, will be to give an enormous impetus to recruit- ing in this city; and we have not the doubt that we shall furnish the full quota re- quired of us long before the time fixed by the President’s proclamation, In order that there may be ne misunder- standing as to the nature of the new arrange- ments entered into by the Board of Supervisors, we give its advertisement, .just as it has been sent to us:— MEW YORK COUNTY VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, Office 240 Broadway. WILLIAM B. STEWART, Supervisor, WILLIAM. M. TWEED, Supervisor, ORISON BLUNT, Chairman, New Yorx, Nov. 16, 1863. We trust that now, that all reasonable objec- tions on the part of volunteers are removed, the enrolling officers will do their duty. Pa- tience and civility will help greatly the work of recruitment; for we believe that in many instances good men are lost by the lack of these qualities on the part of the officers employed. Crvetrr To Carpren.—The report of a coro- ner’s inquest, held the day before yesterday, brings to light some facts in connection with our public schools which demand immediate attention. The deceased, Louisa Schneider, was a child only four years of age, and had been an attendant at the Twenty-fourth ward public school. It is the habit, it seems, in this institution to detain after school hours such of the children as have been backward in their lessons, or misconducted themselves during the day. This poor little creature was kept in, with twelve others, tolearn a spelling lesson‘ which she had been unable to master in the forenoen, and she took it 80 much to heart that on returning to her seat she was seized with syncope, and in a few minutes expired. We know nothing more calculated to shook humane: and sensitive minds than this stete- ment. The idea of a child of such an age be- ing set down to task work at all is repugnant to common sense; but the fact of. her inability to- accomplish it being followed by punish- ment is still more revolting. We do not know which to censure most—the parents for sending an infant Hike her to school, or the teachers for treating her thus inhumanly. If Cobbett de- serves to live in, the memory of future ages, it will be more for the important truths which he proclaimed in regard to the education of chil- dren than for any of his other teachings. It was his maxim that the age of ten was early enough to send a child to school, as up to that time the whole cate of the parents should be devoted to its physical development. The ex- perience of all.who bave been engaged in edu- cational 1 bears out this theory. We have, besides, the fate of infant prodigies to sustain it. They never come to anything in mature agé, mentally or physically, and in the majority of instances pay for their pre- cocity by premature decay. ‘The idea of inflicting punishment of any kind upon infants of tender years is as absurd as it is barbarous. Not having arrived at the age of reason, it is not to be expected that it will have any effect upon their minds. One result it may be attended with, and what that is we havea melancholy example of in the death of this poor child. We call upon the Board of Education at once to put a stop to these inhuman practices. Their recurrence would inflict lasting disgrace upon a system that is otherwise admirable. Theatrical. PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN. ‘Last night Mr. Gabriel Harrison, the lessee and mana- rer of the Brooklyn Park theatre, made bis first appear. ance at that establishment, and played the part of Julian St. Pierre in Sheridan Knowles’ play of ‘The Wife,” or, as the bills had it, ‘made his debut” ina part ‘which has been performed by him on several occasions with great success.’ The house was crowded to excess in every part; the play was well put upon the stage, and well played in the general cast, and the debut was a de- cided success. “The Wife’’ is not, in any sense, a pleasant play. It is written in imitation of the worst class of the Eliza. bethan plays, and the misery meted out to the Principal personages is none the leas disagreeable in being an arbitrary infliction of the story and not the consequence of crime or sin. Of those scenes that abound in the better class of the Elizabethan plays, written par- posely to make men happy,there is not one in “The Wife.” But the part of Julian St. Pierre is a striking one, and popular with actors. Faith io it involves faith in those two popular paradoxes—a magnificent beggar and ‘an honest rogue. St. Pierre is @ cool and hardened vil- Iain, perfectly indifferent to crime, and a gener man, grieved at the thonght of evil. part lies in the soanrans of eoneiions sat Remere—t vigorous expreasions brusquerie. ir. ‘Harri. son conceived and seted the part in this spirit and with considerable power, He has a nervous, ener- manner, and an excellent voice, which he well. Perfectly at cage om the stage, he is also utterly without the affected poses, exite and other traditional nonsense of the , and will make ® valuable addition to the list of our actors. Mr. Whiting did excellontly as Leonardo Gonzaga. Miss Irving played the Duchess admirabiy. This lady aennen juaitfeation for an actress—-great i and study certainly make her one, THR THRATRE AT NORFOLK. Tho Webb Sisters concluded a long engagement at Glenn's theatre on Saturday last, and Mr. B. Eddy ap- peared there last evening. During the engagement of the Webb Sisters they brought out anew vaudeville, oy Mr. EF. Do Nyse, called “The Pot of the Family,” and also ‘8 new comedy, calied ‘(The Gypsies,” by a gentioman of ‘New York city. The vaudeville made @ great hit, and will be played at Yord’s theatre, Washingion, before long, the Webb Sisters being engaged there. MACKETT, THE COMEDIAN. We have been notified that Mr. Hackett, the Shaks- pertan comedian, bas returned from along visit to his agrioultural property on the Westera prairies, and has accepted an invitation from President Liscoln to act be- fore him and his Cabinet owsbe 2ist, 22d and 234 of De cember. During bis abatnee Mr, Hackett bas made the prairie blossom Like the rose, He has set out a forest of trees, which bave grown ten feet in two years. He bas built a chateau of briak manufactured neat by. Tie has Inid ont lawns, dug ponds, bridged rivers and fenced in his section. He has erected & magnificent greenhouse, and a chaéd, and a billiard house, and 2 bowling alley, and a darn,’ and several splendid stables, and various summer arbors. Now he returns, bronzed with the sun a inv! ‘by voll, to play Faista before our joe Pro at 7 a veensuity f genius a mest woo ‘al Banks, | trict, vice Shannon WAR GAZETTE OFFIOIAG. Ohanges and Appointments Under the Enroiment Act. -ARTHENT, Mansua, Guwenat's Ornos, Wasumarom, D. C., Nov. 16, 1663, ‘The following changes and appointments are announce? es having been made by the Prosideat of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of the act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, ke., approved. March 3, 1863:— Holits H. Chub! ox, Gargete, ity seventh dis- Pr. 5 buck, Tweat trict, vice Graves, dismissed; Samuel G. Avion’ Commas sioner, Seventh district, vico Baldwin, deceased; Thee. D Bronson, Provost Marshal, Sixth district, vice Farr, revoked; Robert Edwards, Commissioner, Sixt® distrtot, vice Lamont, revoked; Dr, Alfred L. Loomis, Gurgeom,, Sixth district, vice Powell, revoked. TLLINO®. Dr. Robort Beal, Surgeon, Fifth district, vice ait, re~ signed: Dr. Samuel McClure, Surgeon, Eleventh district, Payne, resigned. KANSAS. A. J. Snannon, Provost Marshal Southern district, view , Fevoked ; F. B, Baker, loner, Cd , promoted. & maine ‘wisconsin, ham, resigned. i i Dr. James 8. Doboavillo, Surgeoa, First district, viee ‘Maseolis, revoked. : ‘ ° ono. Montgomery P, Alston, pinneara » Third’ distrigt, William 8, tsa xen Single, Commissioner, Righth district, vise ‘MABSACHUBETTS. Dr. Fred. H. Hoo) First on : per, Surgeon, district, vice Fes womaar. Millard M. MeConnell, Firth district, Provost Marshal, Firth district, vice Drupers Fevoked: In ineae Peagess? 5 Sixth district, vice Galbraith, revoked JAMES B. FRY, Provost’ Marshal General, GENERAL NEWS. ‘Wasmmaron, Nov, 16, 1868. THE TRIAL OF CQL. ¥'REYNOLDS. ‘The court martial for the triat of Col, McReynolds a@- Journed this morning until Wednesday, in order to alter@ Judge Advocate Gaines an opportunity to prepare the ewi> dence but recently collected at Martinsburg. DEATH OF THE REBEL COL. J. B. SORVGGS. Information has been received at the War Departmen® of the death, at Johnson’s Island, of Col. J. E. Sorugge, formerly editor of the Warrenton (Vs.) Whig. ARRIVAL OF A PRIZE. The prize schooner Alma, captured; near Charleston, and laden with salt and other merchandise, arrived here to-day. THE ARMY. Captain Shaw, aid to Major General Augur, bas boom, ordered from New Orleans to the headquarters of this department. Lieutenant Colonel Groen has been relieved from duty as Chief Quartermaster of this department by Oaptais Perry, and will be assigned to another field. Brigadier General Charles K. Graham has been by order of the Secretary of War, from bis command the Army of the Potomac, and directed to report te Gem eral Butler. General Graham will go to the front -to-mer- row to bid farewell to his old companions in arms. THE NAVY. Commanier Harrison has been detached from the com» mand of the Minnesota, and is awaiting orders. SUTLERS ROBBED BY GUERILLAS. Night before iast a gang of gueritias made.a descent upon a party of sutliers near Vienna, im Fairfax county, robbing them of all their money and goods, including three hundrea dollars worth of fine buckskin gauntie® gloves. Several horses were also taken froni citizens tm the neighborhood. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. Progress of the Siege of Charlestes< Cai adin, Chattanooga—Movee mm of the Union Forces—A@airs tm West Virginia, &., &e. Foarauss Mowaoz, Nov, 16, 1868. { The Richmond Whig of November 14 contains the fale lowtng:— OBARLESTON. “alte besrcepateiypat sk ‘The enemy kept up a moderate fireon Sumter all Gap from their mortar batteries and two Monitors, One Monitor and a wooden gunboat moved up to Bulle van's Island at noon and shelled the batteries one hour. { Cusntaston, Nov. 18, 1868. The firing of thé*enemy froin their mortars aad rig@ pieces averaged two per minute all last night, and i¢ ime creasing and still going on this morning. The casualties: last night were two killed and one wounded. + OHATTANOOGA. Artanta, Nov. 18, 1668. ‘The Oring between our batteries and the enemy eomsm hues briskly. The enemy has made 8 movement from right to left, either with a view of diversion, in. order te attack Lookout, or to send troops to Burnside. WEST VIRGINIA. The Richmond Whig has the following:— : Geveral Imboden is in Alleghany county co-operating with General Echols. The report of bis having e fight ‘and being wounded is doubtless premature. The Yankeos, under Averell, have advanced to Coving- ton, Alieghany county. Interesting from Arkansas. Carmo, Nov, 17, 1868, The Little Rock Democrat of the 34 says:—Deserters rer port Marmaduke as fallen back south of the Little Mis. souri river, and having joined Price on the road leading from Camden to Washington. The whole rebei force-ia ‘estimated at six or eight thousand. Marmaduke’s men were scouring the country dresse@ in Union uniforms to detect Union sympathizers, many ef whom have been shot or hung, Reoruiting is atill pro- gressing. Little Rock private advices from Memphis say there. dels are reported working. The Mobile, Ohio and Misete sippi railroads north are repairing as rapidly as possible, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher arrived in this ity early yesterday morning, in the eight o’clock special Sum- day evening train of the shore route, He was accom. panied by a few compagnons du voyage; but, desirous of avoiding public recognition, they maintained the strictest secresy, and not even the conductor was aware of their Presence on the train. Arrived in this city, the party took a carriage for Brooklyn, and reached Mr. Beecher» fesidence, No. 82 Columbia street, just as the sombre hues of night were blending With the gray of carly mora. ‘They found the family unprepared for them, of course, as it was generally thought that since he had missed the Sate urday evening train he would not start until Monday mera. , ing, which would bring him home in theevening. But the fact of it was that Mr. Beecher had become really bome- sick, and he was considerably irrated at not being able te como on the Saturday night train; so, at the advice of bis ‘The joy of his arrival was somewhat alloyed by bis find. ‘ing bis little child rather dangerously ill, it ba ving been, taken sick on Sunda; {the Tece; © at Plymouth church to-night. Among the 100 cbut visitors who did obese: iiniasion, however, were a few ropresenug™ tbe alter which the second section of the Ste bition will a hundred ‘reopticon exp. be given. This exhibition will comprine about ‘and ity viows, illustrative of Mr, Brecherts Boss here, evening. Knowing . Beechor’s passion Soins Gave boos tava to have a liboral floral display, ‘and despite the lateness of the season the zommittee have eucooeded quuied, iq procuring most of (be flowara Kar