The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1863, Page 4

EE —————— eee NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1863. 4 NEW YORK HED ALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROMRIETOR OFFi0s N. W. CORNER OF FULTO” Velume xxvin AMUSEMENTS THIS b)) NING KIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. —Lax: Tausn Tone. ails WAI LACKS THEATRE, Broadway.—R itp \ce, WINTER GARDEN, ax OLYMPIO THEATRE, Kroadway.—StarcK Aorcxss ux Daviigui—Yankee Lua icy. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory—Caui vx Bis Doc—Mazxrri—BrowN anv Soutu Brening. BRYABTS' MINSTRELS, Mec way.—Bruiortax Songs, Dances. Ui Tux Pout. ’ Hall, 472 Broad, QUES, ACE RMS WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 51 Broadway. —Ermortax aa, Damcus, &e.—Uamiiry. GEO, CUIRISTY'S MINSTRELS, 585 Broadway.—Bor- wxsges, Songs, Dances, 40.-Doun.x Bxppxn Room AMBRICAN THEATRE, No. 44 Broadway.—Batters, Pawtommns, Buxixsoues, &c.—Mountaty Ovitaw. BROADWAY AMPHITHEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Grw- BAT aww Kqvusretan Penrowiancys. Afternoon wud ning. HOPE CHAPEL, 718 Broadway.—Tus Srxrxoscortican SEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Cumtosrties anv Lxcrunss. from 94. M.‘UM110 P.M. HOOLEY'’S OPERA sous. Brooklyn.—Eraiorian ones, Dances, Bestserel, de ‘Thursday, Deeember 3, 1863, THE SITUATION. The news received up to this morning from General Meade's army show that the condition of the roads and the want of provisions have induced the Commanding General to fall back to his old ground at Brandy Station, which is now made the Trains laden with provisions oasis of supplies. were, at last accounts, rapidly reaching that point ‘rom Alexandria. General Lee evidently avoided an sgagement, knowing that his adversary’s supplies aust give out if the hour of conflict was protracted; or we perceive that the Richmond papers state xactly how many days’ rations our troops took ‘ith them when they cut off from their base of ipplies on making the advance movement from 1@ Rapidan. Under these circumstances it was ubtiess necessary for General Meade to return | his old position in order to supply his army. It therefore probable that the ‘M not be renewed in Eastern Virginia until the ring. Our army, after the check administered General Waaren at Mine river, on Monday, fell ck to the Rapidan, and crossed the river in ‘ety at night. Our loss in this transaction 8 about one thousand killed, wounded and saing. dur special correspondent at the front gives a description of the whole affair in our columns lay. he news from the Southwest is interesting, jough no new movements later than the 27th reported. Before Ringgvid was evacuated by erals Hooker aud Palmer, as we stated ycater- ) there was a severe fight there, which oc- ‘ed on the 27th ult., in which the rebels were rely worsted. The Seventh Ohio and Seventy- 4 Ohio suffered severely, the former losing its nel and lieutenant colonel, and its adjutant g wounded. The destruction of all the public fings, depots, milla and bridges by our troops campaign 1 importance, was abandoned, and General 6 took up his quarters there. The rebels driven back to Dalton in disorder. The ver of prisoners taken in the Chattanooga ‘will amount to about 7,000. The mountains Ware filled with rebels belonging to Ken- ‘and Tennessee, who are endeavoring to get + Itis said that the heads of many of our Ts who fell in the Chickamauga battles were severed from their bodies and stuck on The rebel accounts of the fight confirm jsaster to Bragg's army; but, as might be ex- 1, make as light as possible of the defeat. lespatches from Atlanta state that the loss is not a thousand, while ‘the ** lost 20,000. The Richmond papers are to hold him in favor. The defeat at thereupon, are not denied by the rebel Tuesday evening. the rebel commissioner. of our readers. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Peter Van Aradale. nee. by the Surrogate . but no business of tmport them. The number of emi week was 2,5 far, 146,519, against 69,499 to the period last year. The am ation fand at present in bank arkets were more settled ye of any marked advance or deolin no viotent changes ia the prices of merct domestic. Tho bulk of the business of the da yon ‘Change, bul the business there was to on te extent eady, without change ot, and the sales vory light at, with only a moderate bu nee ¢ corre ase fn AND NASSAU STS. or Kituanyer— Broadway.—Tick rt or Leave ¥ Heart AND FOWERY THRATRE, Bowery.—Docs or rux Juxcie— | Fuving Dotcumas—Mitiiwens Houiipay BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Anamray , Giaxt Gini, Giant Boy, Linurorisn Kine, &o. at all ra, Forest Bawpit—Kovan Diamonn—Afterno0n and articles there was 60 especial movement or change. Freights were dull, and both the engagements and char- tors wore (ow and far between. Longstreet’s Retreat from Knoxvitle— The War East and West. Longstreet, from information which appears to be reliable, has not only abandoned his siege of Knoxville as a hopeless enterprise, but, as if despairing of a junction with Bragg, has turned his face eastward, and is moving to- wards Virginia. In addition to the danger of being cut off in moving southward, Longstreet’s retreat to- wards Virginia may have been influenced by two other important considerations:— First, t' e supplies of East Tennessee; and secondly, the danger of Lee’s army. From East Tennessee | and Southwestern Virginia Longstreet, if not | interrupted, may furnish sufficient provisions to subsist not only his own column, but the army of Lee, through the winter. We presume, however, that Gen. Grant will exercise the casting vote upon this question, and will not suspend active operations short of the com- plete liberation of loyal, ever faithful East Tennessee. Beyond this important work we can hardly anticipate from him avy forward movement for perhaps a month or two to come. Having routed the enemy from Chat- tanooga and secured all its approaches, his first care will be to establish there a bountiful depot of supplies, and to strengthen his defences, 80 that he may have a safe ard convenient base of operations from which to advance in the spring. There are no meadows filled with fat cattle, no barns and mills bursting with their stores of grain and flour in Northern Georgia, like those which invited the balf famished army of Lee complete, and Ringgold, not being a point of on Bragg, and urge his removal, though tly without any hope that the demand acceded to, as Jeff. Davis is very much , however, the doubtful position of t, and the despondency of the Southern ports that Longstreet is retreating from Knoxville towards Virginia are strength- y despatches from Tazewell, Tennessee, bliah to-day some very interesting news Southern journals as late as the 30th ult. wersy concerning the exchange of between Mr. Ould and General Meredith atinues with its accustomed acerbity on the General D. H. plishes @ card exonerating himself from any ity in General Bragg’s late failure to tage of the fruits of the battle of . Senator Herachell V. Johnson and iba have been making two remarkable on the war, which we commend to the Surrogate'’s Court yesterday, the will of B. Decker was admitted to probate. of sate of real estate was made in the An attachment was fgainat the executor of Henry Leffman, The contested claim for letters nistration on the estate of Joseph Shilton igtation Commissioners met yesterday ame up ante landed a, making the total for the Flour, grain and provisions were re Groceries con Petroleum ovner | last summer into Southern Pennsylvania; but, on the contrary, in pursuing the enemy below Chattanooga, not only will General Grant be compelled to furnish everything eaten by his army, but considerable amounts to the starving local population of the country. Hence the necessity of laying in a heavy store of supplies before resuming his pursuit of Bragg. We understand, too, that the late unfavorable weather for military operations in Eastern Vir- ginia has so far retarded the contemplated object of General Meade’s advance, upon a limited supply of rations, as to constrain him to fall back for provisions, and we have intel- ligence that supplies are rapidly reaching him at Brandy Station, by trains from Alexandria. Hence we may venture to pronounce the cam- paign in Eastern Virginia at an end, and that no further advances against the enemy may be expected in that quarter till April or May, un- less the administration shall be brought to realize the advantages offered in favor of an active winter campaign, by way of the York or the James river, up the Richmond peninsula. But assuming that neither General Grant nor General Meade will finish up the work before them till the return of spring, there are three other generals with whom active operations may still be prosecuted. We refer to General Butler on the North Carolina seaboard, General Gillmere at Charleston and General Banks in ane spies of a crime ia sometimes the best excuse for it. If one man kills another we call him a murderer; but if he kills several thou- sand he become¥a hero. So the shoddy con- tractor may argue that to steal a few dollars is a State prison offence, but to steal a few thousands is rather noble and mag- nificent. Then, again, there is the old argument that to cheat one man may be knavish, but to cheat an aggregation of men, called a nation, is by no means dishonorable. Conscience ex- poses all these contemptible sophistries, In the pathetic words of our repentant fellow citl- zen, it is impossible “to make conscience be- lieve” any such fallacies, We can imagine nothing more painful than the workings of a shoddy contractor’s conscience in regard to these matters. The wretched man does not enjoy his dinner and talks wildly in his sleop. He is afraid to ride in his carriage, for the creaking of the wheels sounds like shrieks of agony. In the sparkle of his wife's diamonds he sees the mocking winks of exulting fiends. The family Bible becomes a nuisance to him, and his favorite pastor preaches at him with the disagreeable emphasis of a prosecuting at- torney. If he goes to beautiful Broad- way he sees brave soldiers with his condemned muskets upon their shoulders, or his shoddy uniforms on their backs, or his spoil- ed beef under their belts. If he goes down to the docks, with an indefinite idea of drowning himself, he beholds government transports which he sold, knowing them to be no better than coffins, or rotten ships which he has dis- posed of at extravagant prices. Life is a bur- then to sucha man—a burthen which he can hardly bear and is yet afraid to throw off. Let him take our advice and refund. Let him sit down at once and write a letter and a check for Secretary Chase. The notes which we published last Saturday will do very well for models, with a slight change in the amount of money returned. How comfortable will he be then, and how happy. He may have to ride in an omnibus instead of a carriage; but the wheels will creak a different tune. His wife’s jewelry may be of steel Instead of diamonds; but he will discover that it sparkles quite as brilliantly and much more honestly. He can open his family Bible with complacency, which will be all the sweeter if he pastes a copy of his letter of repentance inside the cover. He will see his own portrait in his pastor’s picture of God’s noblest work—an honest man. Broadway and the docks will be equally free to him, and the sight of soldiers or of ships-of-war will excite his patriotism and not his conscience. His wife and his children will be very happy, even if they are not very rich; for they will feel that they have a strictly virtuous patriot in the family. There should be a strictly virtuous patriot in every contractor’s family. Like Mrs, Toodles’ coffin, such a character is handy to have in the house. We know of no cheaper, no easier, no better, no more certain method of obtaining one than that which we have here pointed out. Let us hope that many uncom- Texas. Thus, if from this time forward we may accomplish nothing more during the win- ter, we may certainly accomplish the capture of Wilmington and Charleston and the com- plete subjugation of the rebel forces in Texas. We only insist that the government shall not rest upon its late victories, when the country demands at every available point a vigorous prosecution of the war in order to bring it as soon as possible to an end. Cases of Conscience—A 8: Comtractors. In last Saturday’ 's Henatp we published two very remarkable letters addressed to Secretary Chase by parties who had defrauded the gov- ernment. The first letter returned to the Treasury one hundred and fifteen dollars, “due U.S. Taken by default.” The writer of the second letter says :—‘Enclosed you will find one hundred and ten dollars, which I received from my country by fraud, a short time ago. It was my first offence, and, so help me God, it shall be my last. I was induced to take this under the fallacy that to cheat the government was not a wrong; but I have sig nally failed to make my conscience believe it.” It is thus that conscience makes cowards of us all. But if this age of shoddy is to be transformed into an age of conscience, and if the example of these repentant petty swindlers is to be fol- lowed by all the large swindlers who have been deluded by ‘‘the fallacy that to cheat the gov- ernment was not a wrong,” Secretary Chase may make his mind easy in regard to the finances of the country. Shoddy contractors, gun contractors, shipbrokers, and merchants who have foisted spoiled meats and bad bread upon the Army and Navy Departments, will soon be walking up to the Treasury office to restore a large portion of their ill-gotten gains. Instead of one hundred and ten dollars, these fellows will plank down a hundred and ten thousand each. Secretary Chase will then have money enough to resume specie payments and discharge the national debt, and conclude the war, without asking Congress for another cent. Why, without knowing it, we are upon the very eve of the millennium. Conscience is becoming master of the situation. The gates of Paradise are ajar, and we can hear the sweet voices of angele singing songs of triumph over these returning sinners. After such miracles of grace we shall cease to be as- tonished at anything. And yet, even in a profit and loss point of view, the shoddy contractors cannot fail to be gainers by repentance and reparation. Their poekets will be lighter; but so will their hearts. Our long experience of the world has taught us that sinners are very uncomfortable beings. To be perfectly comfortable it is necessary to be perfectly virtuous. Honesty is the best policy for those who wish to enjoy themselves and have an easy time of it. A rogue may cheat the government and the law; but he cannot cheat conscience and Beelzebub. When # man swindles the nation in @ gun contract or robs the national treasury of an extra per- | centage on the sale of ships he ewindles himself of all ease in this world and robs himself of all est in the next. The workings of his con- | science torment and annoy him while he lives, and the prospect of infernal and eternal fire and brimstone after death is as certain as it ts For the sake of their terre omfort, therefore, we ad rs and jobbers of ever, ially our dear but w m for Shoddy | | | unpleasant trial elestial « contract br } an and degree, ant friends of the 7y e Association, to imitate the example of the poor persons to whose let ters we have just referred, and thus ire a quiet conse da complimentary notice in | our valuable and widely cireulated paper fortable sinners will walk in that path at once. It is narrow, and it may prove a little thorny; but it is the path of pleasantness and peace. Brethren, the services will conclude with the doxology in long metre. Tae Coat Question Once More.—Commu- nications continue to pour upon us in reference to this important subject, and various sugges- tions are made to meet and to overcome the grievances complained of. Some suggest econo- my, some one thing and some another. Every one knows that .the poor suffer more by the inordinate prices for fuel than any other class of people, and suggestions as to economy come with chilling effect upon them; for they have nothing to economize upon. Two tons of coal may, a8 one correspondent mentions, be made to go as far as three tons, if proper economy in its use be observed, by supplying the grate or the stove with cinders as fast as the supply of the fresh coal is exhausted. But the difficulty in the case of the poor isto get the first two tons. In cases like these the wealthy can very properly come forward and apply a remedy in instances known to exist, and which will un- doubtedly be largely increased as the winter progresses. We mean that the rich and chari- table should contribute a sufficient amount of funds, aided by the city authorities, to buy say 20,000 or 30,000 tons of coal, which shall be distributed at cost or a less price, or gratui- tously, as the case may require, to the necessi- tons. This will relieve one great class of suf- ferers. In Wilkesbarre, one of the great coal marts of Pennsylvania, coal is sold for three dollars per ton of'2,240 Ibs., delivered in boate or cars; and it is a notorious fact that consumers in Wilkesbarre, as well as in New York, are the victims of a monopoly, consisting of coal ope- rators and railroad corporations together. As @ correspondent writing from the coal regions remarks:—‘‘There is no earthly reason why coal should be $10 50 to $11 per ton in New York.” There should be some means of reaching these coal operators and railroad corporations, either by State or Congressional legislation. The in. terests of coal consumers everywhere earnestly demand some interference of the kind. That we might have a greater supply of coal, at acheaper rate, if the duty on the importa tion of the foreign article were taken off alto- gether, is possibly true; but the amount im- ported is insignificant in comparison with the amount consumed. The whole value of coal imported in 1861 was $1,064,672, the duties reaching $272,505. But what should be done, and that by law, in the earliest part of the approaching session of Congress, is the opening up of the coasting coal trade to the provinces of Nova Scotia, to Cape Breton, New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward Island, under all of which lie vast beds of bituminous coal, some of the seams being over thirty feet in thickne: and of the finest quality. We have the t mony of excellent physicians that bituminous coal is far more healthy for dwellings, and especially bedchambers, than anthracite, and the bringing to our own doors of this vast amount of excellent fuel at a cheap rate would open, at the same moment, the eyes of the con- sumers and those of the managers of coal mining companies, who devote more attention to stockjobbing than either to the interests of sharebs rs or the demands and necessi Congress should act r, and afford to the wharves of thi which abounds in the ¢ community. y in this lity to the | city this super ma every bring or coal, hbori By this means itish provinces. x coal dealers of Peansylvania | and coaljobbers everywhere will be taught a lesson that will be of service to themselves the monop It is true, although it ought not to be go, that | and of ingalculable beuefit to coal coasumers | Mr. George PEE wog Bala arrived in this city by the last-eteamer from England. His intention is to “do” this country for ¢he London . Mr. Sala is the last of a long and illustrious line of writers who have come to the United States upon eimilar missions. Thirty or forty years ago we had a visit from Captain Basil Hall, who knew nothing but ships, and consequently thought himself capable of criticising everything. His book about us was a fine specimen of bad abuse. It died long ago, and eo did he. Selah! Then Mrs. Trollope came over with Fanny Wright, and started a milli- nery store at Cincinnati. Her bonnets would not gell, and 80 she began to make books. Her first effort was an attack upon Amerioa and the Americans, who bad not taste enough to admire her bonnets. We bad rather buy her bonnets than read her books. Sela’! Fanny Kemble followed Mrs. Trollope, and pitched into us savagely because we did not use finger glasses. It is consoling te know that she also pitched into her busband, although that poor fellow did use finger glasses. Slavery was the rock upon which Fanny and her worse half split, and the United States bavé imitated the example ona grand scale. Selah! Old Cap- tain Marryatt was next in order. The Captain was half seas overhalf the time, and allowed himself to be dreadfully quizzed, especially by Western men, who never told a word of truth in those days except by accident. We are hap- py to say that they have since reformed. Selah! About the first literary visitor of any note, however, was Dickens, then in the height of his popularity. Sir Walter Scott never came. Lord Byron threatened to come. Tom Moore came and behaved himself like a poet and a gentleman. He was even complimentary enough to affect to discover something poetical about Canada, which is as difficult as to get blood out ofa stone. Selah! To return to our muttons: Dickens was totally overcome by his reception here. He had just been a London reporter, and we treated him like a great man. He did not know how to dance, and we gave hin plenty of balls. He made himself ridiculous, and so did we. That would have ended the matter had not he seen fit to caricature and sneer at us. This did not come with a very good grace from the recipient of our extrava- gant hospitalities, and some ill feeling was the consequence. It has all blown over years ago, however, as all ill feelings should. Selah ! De Tocqueville, a Frenchman, also paid us @ visit and perpetrated a book about us some time since. His book is very sensible and phi- losophical and appreciative. Selah! Martin Farquhar Tupper, the author of a good deal of very feeble poetry, was also here, and is to this day a favorite with many strong-minded women and weak-minded men, boarding school misses and irreclaimable old maids. Selah! Then came a lot of small fry, of whom we shall say nothing at present, as we have larger game for our candle. Thacke- ray gave us a lecture tour, and suffered con- siderably from the Heraxp, our steamboats and our American ladies, to all of which he pleas- antly refers in recent writings. Just after this war broke out Mr. Anthony Trollope arrived, and wrote another book aboutus. It was much better than his motber’s, and could not very well bave been otherwise. Selah! Then Bull Run Russell made his appearance on these shores, and afforded us food for mirth for many months. A more thoroughly confounded and amazed Englishman never returned to his native isle after seeing foreign parts. Selah! After Russell came Mackay, also sent out by the Lon- don Times. Mackay is a good-natured poet and eater of puddings, but his letters are @ mere rehash of the trash, twaddle and bun- combe of the copperhead press. Ruseell’s let- ters were at least amusing and original; Mackay’s are as patchworky as an old-fashioned bed quilt and as flat as stale beer. Selah! Really we must ask Mr. Sala’s pardon for wading to bim through such a mass of rubbish and rubbish makers as these; but it is as well that he should know who have been before him and whom he has to surpass. Mr. Sala is a literary man, well known in London and beginning to be known outside of London. He commenced his career upon Household Words, and has lately edited Temple Bar,a magazine, and the Daily Telegraph, a paper which has twice the circulation of the Times. Of this newspaper he will be a sort of roving correspondent, writing when he likes and what he pleases. He has considerable talent, and can rattle off an article upon any subject at an hour’s notice and in a very reada- ble style. Our advice to him is either to be- lieve everything he hears in this country or to believe nothing at all. Perhaps the former course is the better. At @&y rate it is easier, and will result in funnier and more popular letters. As for understanding us or our institutions, or what we are about, or what we shall achigve, the sooner Mr. Sala gives up that idea the sooner he will sleep soundly and recover his peace of mind. We do not understund ourselves. We push ahead like a locomotive, without any settled track before us. The events of every day astonish us as well as the rest of the world. We only know that what is to be will be, and tbat it is our duty to push on and to believe we shall bring up all right somewhere at some time. The people who live in the year 2163 will comprehend us thoroughly; but we are rushing on so fast now that the people of 1863 are obliged to rush ahead to keep up with us. Instead of using our brains to think and re- flect, we have trouble enough to prevent them being completely turned by the rapid rate of our progress. If Mr. Sala could get as far ahead of us as 2163, and write from that stand- point, he would make his reputation. If, on the contrary, he sits calmly down and tries to play as @ railway train passes @ post. The only | sensible course left for him is to join with us _ | inthe general pellmell. We are manufactur- ing history so fast that we find it impossible | to understand it as we make it, and we are ex- | tremely doubtful whether Mr. Sala is designed by Providence to be our extemporeinterpreter. | Selah! Tuk Evexcr of Our Late Vicrory iw Evrore.—When the news of General Grant's vietory reaches Europe the effect produced will ke immense. We shall see the rebel bonds go as low as the cause of Davis and his fellow traitors, who will meet with the fate of all such men—utter contempt when failure The Powers of Europe will to understand that the North overtakes them. at last be made is not only determined, but capable, to subdue | the rebellion, and we shall see these nations towards the South. The sovereigas of Europe the disinterested observer, we shall pass him | | Thoman, Pt withdrawing from even a semblance of favor | will fear to stand in a hostile light towards us. ‘They will appreciate our great power aod dread the possibility of any war with us. We mow bave generals who are achieving great victories and proving themselves poo Roa to conduct Campaigns with success. We have immense armies and the most powerful fleet in the world. All these are arguments which will-be most conclusively in our favor in Europe, where we eball find a decided sympa- ~ for us, now that we are vindicating oar real power. Tho ati and ity always have friends. — ane -Tue Warime Preraranions or Rossta.— Russia is getting ready for war. Her prepa- rations for such an event are immense. The promotions of officers in the armies have been very great in order to supply by advancement @ full complement of officers of an inferior grade. All leaves of absence are refused, all absent officers recalled. An immense army is fully equipped and put on a war footing in the Caucasus. Another large army is encamped in Finland, while the regular or “active” army is being immensely reinforced. The whole ma- chinery of the Russian government is brought to bear to aid the’ War and Navy Departments of that empire. On all sides may be seen evi- dences that Russia expects war in the spring, and also that she is determined to aubdue the Poles. By an overwhelming display of force the Czar perhaps imagines that he may terrify his ene- mies; but it must be noticed that France is quite ready to attack Russia the moment the season shall have arrived. France is always on a war footing, and the preparations of the Czar will not cause Napoleon to abandon any idea of attack he may have conceived. If Russia has numbers of iron-clad gunboats, France has a greater number of more formidable vessels; in fact, it is not any display of force on the part ot Rus- sia which will avert a war if Napoleon decides upon one. There is every probability that in case of a conflict Prussia would side with Russia, while Austria, as the participator in the robbery of Poland, would have to side with these Powers. France would not attack them unaided. She would bave Italy and Spain at her side, and, with her own immense forces, her chances for victory would be very great. All these con- siderations may cause the Czar at the last mo- ment to adopt a peaceful method of solving the Polish question; but we fear there is little hope of this, and are inclined to look upon a war as inevitable. The proposed Congress to settle the affairs of Europe will not, it is likely, be found feasible, as already England, Russia and Austria demand explanations from France ere they can consent to any conference. Of course Napoleon can make no explanations, and hence the probability of a general war in Europe be- comes the more likely. From the preparations ow all sides it will be a gigantic struggle, which will, as a certain result, change the pre- sent aspect of Europe. THE CHARTER ELECTION. ‘There js but one republican left in the Board of Alder- men. The returns for Councilmen are yet imperfect; but the probabilities are that two republicans are elected in the Sixth Senatorial district. The following changes have been made in our table of Schoo] Commissioners:— Fifth Ward—Jai M. ea Ninth Ward—J. C. Bogert blican. Bleventh Ward—Charles Perley, Jr., democrat, Hifteenth Ward—Washingtoa array, democrat. Twentieth Ward—J. L. Hastie, republican. Fall returns may make some further change. COUNCILMEN. FITERNTH WARD—RIGHIA DISTRICT. « 137 McGrath. Second district. Fourth district........... .. Name of the Mayor Elect. TO THE BDITOR OP THE HERALD. New Yonx, Dec. 2, 1863, In your remarks and heading of the Mayorality contest I notice that the successful candidate is pamed Christian Godfrey Gunther, which i¢ @ mistake. Charles Godfrey Gunther is the Mayor elect. Christian Godfrey ts my |, having the same initials, | write myself as C. Having beeo nicknamed Kres from Ry ‘hoo! days, many of my friends are led to believe it my frst dnitial stands for Christian. This correction will mach oblige me and save many from large and emall bets, as bas beep the case during the Mayor. alty cunvass, ‘Very truly yours, The Board of Education met iast evening, President Curtis in the chair, The Dusiness transacted was entirely routine, however, and of no importance outside of the Board, The following is @ list of the members of the Poard as they will stand next year:— Wards. Wards. 1—Patrick Maber, 12—James Willetts, William Jennett. 2—Jomes F. Horan, Jobo P. Hi 4 ’ 3—Kadward B. Heath, 14—Henry P. West, John Patten John ‘Hayes. 4—Arthur 0’Donnoll, 15—Washington Murray, Felix Murphy. Erastus G, Benedict. 6—Jomes B. Tuthtt!, 16—Samuel B. H. Vance, Orlando P. Smith. 17—James L.. Miller, John A. MeLaught “i 18—William H, Nei John N. Hayward.’ 19—Thomas MeSpedon, Witham Hitchman. 20—James |. Hastie, Edmond Connelly. 21—Charles Guidet, James M. Mclean. 22—Ben), F. Fairchild, Frederick Smyth. James B Dupignak, 6—Timothy Brenan, wen Kinney. 7—Wileon Small, Edward L. Cary 8—Walter W. Adams, Samuel J. Montgomery. 9—Jacobd C. Bogert, James W. Farr 10—Andrew J. Kaemire, Jeremia Welc 1—Charies Perley, Jr., William J. O'Connor. Tae IMPORTANT REBKL TRIANGLE OURS.—The operations of Grant's armies virtually give {nto our possession the im. portant railroad triangle—Chattanooga, Dalton and Cleve- land—which has so long been regartied by the South as the military beart of the rebel confederacy. Tue Macmimers’ Strixe.—The Plasterers’ Society of Brooklyn on Wednesday tendered to the machinists of New York, who are on @ strike, the sum of forty-nine dollars, which had been subscribed for that purpose. Arrivals and Departeres. DEPARTURES, Larnarente Seamanip, fopsen tare Blakney and son, Mra J Weill, Mrand M un Jr, i". jafants and servant; J H age. 8 York Z speas and wife, Mrand M: Richardson, te dud New York; Mr and Mrs Edw Cooper, ‘eeks, Nassau; RA Joy, New Grane * EN ‘Oliver, Montreal, mouth, Mase, J V. hy G Rath. bun, New York: Misa Chance, m nglany 7, Montren |; IM Perry, Bogiand. DA iM Prather: | wane: «Bam! Bell, Mist Montreal; G'W Heywood, treal; A Galliuger nd servant, T B Or matrenl. O. Mcdedrge Torranes, Montrcal; we: JD Blanch. pec: @ BM nd RR Morris, Britt chudren and servant, y Waits, England; E Beaul re A Fernandes And bila Onmada! A Bitieots, vag Bullet Mr Thos M land. dos Rarwieks Won’ Jorany’ Jas Pottane hin Smith, Rngland; Gee ust, England, Jno Meart- I Oliver, Pordand, Me: Robert Donnie, Liver: pool: England; Russell, 8B Hawes, Witter th | ney, Nessa: molt James Porter, L Ricard Weller W ieee land; W Bash, Wall, New York; lg "Blanotiard, Mr and Mrs Kiohard (lovee, | United States Army; NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasumaron, Dec, 2, 1868. DESPATCH PROM GENERAL BANKS. The fofiowing bas been received from General Banka, dated Brow Deville, Texas, November 9:— Hie Froollondy Aumanau Lixco.x, President of the United pation of Brazos Inland, edranig eat te, Men, oat tat nt thee realized. Thver revolutions best occurred in Mata. moros affecting the Forerament of Tamaulipas. The fed was ndverse to the iawerests of Mexico and the Uolted ‘States. baa ge? i# now as favorable as could be.de eired. N. P. BANKS, Major General Commanding. THE APPROACHING SESSION OF CONGRESS, The influx of members of Congress is rapidly mcremsing, and the hotels are becoming crowded. The canvass few the officers of the House of Representatives is becoming more active. Mr. Colfax’s friends are more than over confident of his election, while the friends of Mr. Wash, burne are less sanguine of the success of thoir candidme, 8. S. Cox, of Ohio, is talked of as the opposition candidate for the Speakership. FURTHER TROUBLE WITH THE B{0UK INDIANS AN- ‘TICIPATED. ‘Tho forthcoming report of thc Commissioner of Indiam Affairs wiil disclose the facta that the Sioux, who were driven from Minnesota, in consequence: of the horrible atrocities committed by thom in that State last autumn, have takea refuge among their ‘brethren, formerty friendly, of Dakota Territory, and, neither expecting new desiring forbearance at the bands of the government until they have received the chastisement due them for their crimes, have done ail in their power, and doubtless with success, to induce their brethern to make common cause with them in an endea- vor to exterminate or drive all whites froin the territery. Many of the Sioux of Dakota were already unfriendly, and the remainder, being deprived of that protection to which, under the provisions of the Fort Laramie treaty of 1861 they were entitied, have yielded to the influences brought to bear upon them. We will doubtless haveon our hands, in addition to the gigantic war we are now waging against rebellion, an Indian war of no mean importance, The Commissioner, in bis report, also represents that i= January and March last he recommended in the strongest torms the urgent necessity for the establishment of milt- tary posts on the Upper Missour!, and complains, by tm- plication, against the war authority for failure to estab lish such protection to friendly Indians and white settlers to Dacota Territory. ANOTHER PROPOSITION FOR REORGANIZATION OF THS LOUISIANA STATE GOVERNMENT. C. L. Riddle, Postmaster at New Orleans ander Buchanan’s administration, bas arrived here, for the purpose of effecting an arrangement with the federal authorities for reorganizing the State government of Louisiana. COLONEL BAKER'S BATTALION, The statement that Colonel Baker’s battalion was te be disbanded is incorrect. It is being recruited, and will soon bea full regiment. It was at first intended to alow to this battalion only one hundred dollars bounty toeach man, but when it was directed to be raised toa regiment, the three hundred dollars bounty was agreed to be given. THE STATUE OF FRREDOM ON THE OAPITOL. ‘The head or crowning feature of the statuo of Freedom was successfully hoisted to its position on the dome of the Capitol to-day, amid the cheers of the spectators be- low, and a salute of cannon. The figure is made of bronze, is nineteen feet high, weighs 15,000 pounds, was designed: by Crawford, and cast by Clark Mills. THE RUSSIAN FLEET AT ALEXANDRIA. ‘The Kussian fleet arrived at Alexandria early this after- Boon. AUTHORIZATION OF A NEW INFANTRY REGIMENT. Colonel] Ray Tompkins, of Staten Island, has bees authorized by the War Department to raise a regiment of infantry. ARMY ORDER. Lieutenant Schenck, formerly Acting Quartermaster of the old New York Iron Brigade, has been appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, and assigned te duty at Cincimnati. Theatre Franca! ‘This place was filled by a most jonable audienee on Tuesday evening. The programme was most atirac- tive—an operctta in one act, a comedy and a vaudeville. Jn the operetta Mile. Maillet, who made so successful m debut few evenings since, was charming. She sings welland acts with great spirit and naturel. The plot of this little piece she appeared in is simple enough:—& young flower girl loves a rough but honest workman, who is unconscious of the preference he entertains for her, until she for the moment lays aside her bashfu® timidity and allows a fop—a muscadin—to pay court to her before her boorish friend. He suddenly becomes jealous and awakens to the fact that be loves the girl an@ obtains from her an avowal of her affection for him. M. Juignet played the part of Jean le Sot exceedingly well, Mr. Edgard, as the fop, was very funny. This artist is certainly very clever. In the one act comedy of ‘La Pluie et le Beau Tempe’? Mme. Levasseur and M.Gravier were very successful. The role of the Baronne is one requiring ease and ele- gance of style, and these qualifications Mme Levasseer certainly possesses. She was much applauded. M. Gravier acted admirably. He is easy and natural, an@ arene Os 0 nee of anaes SS ate, He has be- come & great favorite with the public. The evening's entertainment concinded with the vag- Goville, im one act, “Le Tigre au af feos ’ In this side splitting affair Mesers. Roche and tien were intent tably droll. They caused roars of leughter. Mile Na- th:le Dumas, as the innocent Bt wife of tbe toreibly pte jerlous Pont. oe rene ae vu ition artiste 1 imaprov Ime. was ag eg ph} pod ae more attractive ten the longer and more impor- tant comedies, and we advise M. bg eed waging nm 4 often. With seach artiste as Roche, and Fagar@ he can do so most successfully. nels thet be Soateetoes = mt in of Lh we ae ae ave jas an from Offen| Tes promises most attractive pertormocoee a4 the Thee ree night there will be an extra performance to intro. Fille de L'Avare’ and the farce ‘Tambour Ballans’? will be played. Coroners’ In A Daxoxnovs Srot on Tae Harem RaiLroap.—There @ & spot op the Harlem Railroad, near the corner of Fourt avenue and Ninety-fourth street, which, judging from the number of accidents that have occurred there, ough to be known as the ‘‘man trap.'’ We have reference to the unguarded condition of the deop cut at the above point, and call the attention of the proper authorities t@ the subject. On Monday a colored mao,named Joba Sweeny, fell down the dccltvity to question, and was a most instantly killed. The flagman in the employment of the Harlem Katiroad, who was examined on the inquest, tostified that this was the third accident of ‘he kind withio his remembrance, ana tho neighbors say that Jess than seven persons have fallen victims to the <a within the last ten or twelve years. The } ze be & verdict censuring the city authorities for embankment to rema! such an unprotected condi The matter ought to Svrerpe oF an Lwaane May.—Coroner Naumann held am inquest yesterday, at No, 4 New Bowery, upon the body of William Langer, native of Germany, aged twenty- pine years, who committed suicide te by cutting his throag with @ razor. » it appeared been demented for some time past, in consequence of a too free indal~ gence in liquor, and tn a fit of delirium tremens commite ted the fatal act. Verdict in accordaace with the above Hl facts. Fouxn Dnownnn.—Pairick Hayes, a native of Ireland, aged forty years, found drowned yesterday, at pier 43 East river Deceased had been missing since the pre- vious day, and i# supposed to have fallen overboard aeai- dentally. Fara. Vemoue Casvarty.—A child, about ten years old, + son of Patrick McNiney, of Madison street, was run over enterday by a truck belonging to Ward B. ae at Tostantly 6 Coroner Nocmann was notified to an inquest, Personal Intell: Brigadier General Ames, of the ig stopping at the Brevoort House. Hon. Jobn McDonald, of Toronto, and member of the Preetncial Parliament of oe sailed for Kugland yos- Verday in the steamship Persia. and Dr. J. mee. nited States Army, Soe aragr i ‘fe, albert 2 ve Amor eran ant ee New York: L. Turnbull, fashington Risie} Gardner R. Coty of Dunkirk thd “Robert Ms * MacGillivray se Titioh mail oficer, Toronto, are etna on the Astor House. | Hom, Charles Sumner, of Boston: Tirizadier General c &. Mason, Capt, J. Green and Dr. Wm. D. Bailey, Varied oath Hon. W. D. Meindoe, of Wisconsin Col #. 8. Smoot, of Washington; J. R. Bancroft, of Phi delpbia, and PD. B, Packet, of Rochester, are stopping 8% tbe Mearopotitan Hotel. A court martin’ boon convened in this cl,y for the trint of General Brayma. Cavtmin Hartt was dismicsed pestorda;y, by ordors of tho War Department.