The New York Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETE ESITOR AND PROPRISTUR . magnnaanneient OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FU TERME cash ip advance, Money sent by mal! will be et tbe rink of the ender. None dut bank bills current In Bow York (koa. TRE DAILY BERALD, Tanar cents per copy, occasion was considerable, and tbere were ifluminations anda display of fireworks, be General made ® short address to the citizens, in which be thanked them for the honor they bad conferred upon bim. ‘Thegrest bulk of the busivess places tp our city were closed yesterday, 1p compliauce with President Lincoln's request to observe the day as une of fasting and prayer. LEON AND NASSAU STS. | The suspension of business, however, was about the only evidence that a Rational fast wes in progress; for ont in the streets there was to be noticed everything suggesting the idea of a holiday, The mags o! people enjoyed them- g¢ives and went on excursions, while the pious minority went te church, end, it 18 to be hoped, fasted. Rey. Dr. Sunderland, late chaplain to Congress, vester- THY WEKKLK BERALD, evéry Saturday, at Fivs cents | 48y preachod a sermon in Dr. Burcburd’s cburch, show per copy, Annual subsorijtion price— Ove Copy... «15 per oopy Any iarger Dumber, addresse 0 names of subscribers, $2 GO cach. Av extra copy wili be gent to every club of ten, Twenty copies, to one address, one year, $35, and ing in plain.terms the causes of our trouble. As 4 nation we wore the most wicked and God-defying people $3 | on the face of the earth, and until we humbied ourselves, confessed our sins and returned to the ways of our fathers, 4° 8 | >to truth and justice, we could not expect the hand of jus- tice to be stayed and our nation saved from desolation and rain, Lindiey Spring delivered an address Jast evoning on “Peace and Reconciliation,’? at Cooper Institute, to a very small audience, including « sprinkling of Indies and boys. The address consisted maicly of wituporatton and per- ‘any larger number at same price. An extra copy will be | sony! abuse of the soldiers of the North, fighting for the fent & clubs of twenty. Thaw rales make the Waxety | Union, characterizing the war as illegal, unjust and dis- Bixrain che cheapest publication wn the couniry. ‘The Evaorkan Eprion, every Wednesday, at Five cents percopy, $4 per annum to any part of Great Britain, OF | jquq); 66 to any part of the Continent, both to include postage. ‘The Caurrorsna Evrnow, on the 34, 13th and 23d of each month, at Six cents per copy, or $3 per annum, VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing import- ent pews, solicited from any quarter of the world; if used, graceful. ‘The South was held up as a mnch abused peo. ple, and as certain to secure their independence. In big coarser and more unfeéling allusions to the North no was applaudea, and wo must hope that ovly a cortqin f our people were represented. We publish to-day some highly interesting news from Mexico, embracing the letter of our special correspond- ent and a translation of the letter addressed on the 6th ultimo by Maximilian to bis Secretary of State. In this letter he orders that seyeral commissions shall be formed, oli will be Mberally paid for. sqg- Ove Forman Connes. | to inquire into thy actual stato of the country, to roviso POMDENTS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL Ltr JERS4ND PACKAGES SENT US. NO NOTICE taken of anonymous corresponsence,, We donot return rejected communications. Volume XXIX...., jo. 216 a ne AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING... RIBLO‘'S GARDBN, Brosdway.—Sza or Ios. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Myrizs-na-Cor- PALEEN. NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—Rrrnosate Box—Jaok Sunrranp—Euir to Rioumoxd—Rexvezvovs. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Frenxow Srr— Lavr or Lroxs, ~ BARNUN'S MUSEUM. Broadway.—Two Dwarrs, ALPINOE, BARPENTs, dc, at all 2ULM—AL LL A. My Sand ji P.M. tants, Two hours) Ma. the several departments of public administration and Suggest apy reforms necessary, to examine into domestic and foreign debts, and to encourage immigration. - By the arrival of the steamsbip Liberty, Captain Wil- gon, we bave advices from Havana to the 30th ult. They, however, contain no news of special importance. Captain Marsh, of the schooner Saladin, at this port, from Arroyo, Porto Rico, 25th ult., states that the news of the sinking of the privateer Alabama caused considera- ble excitement there, the merchants and politicians being geverally in favor of the rebels, There wase general opinion throughout the island that there would be a boun- tiful crop of sugar and molasses next yoar, as there was & groat deal of rain sooner than was expected. The cane looks very thrifty. A theeting of the Actors’ Protective Association was held at the Cooper Institute yesterday, and was largely attended, Mr. Davidge took the chair, and made a very spirited defence of the action of the body in demanding an adyande of salaries, The Workingmen’s Association gent a sympathizing deputation to the actors,and a con- WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermiorian | forence was arranged betwoen the bodies. Several new Dances, &C.—BOMBARDMENT OF PRIERSBURG. CAMPBELL MINS and 201 Bowery. —Vant axp-bxoirixg Netan aks raw Oppiti es. KEW YORK MUSEU: NATOMY, C18 Brostway.< Gentosires ann Lecru fi isp rom 9A. M. tll 10P. M. HOOLEY’S' OPERA HOUSS, Brooklya.—Eemrorran fones, Dances, Burimsquxs, 40. New York, Friday, August 5, 1862. ©f®HE sSITrTuaTiIon. Nothing of importance has transpired in front of Peters- burg during the past twenty-four hours, Picket fring in front of the Ninth corps is kept up almost unceasingly, members were admitted, aud the meeting adjourned to the 18th fost, ‘The whole people @ these United States must receive with una%oyed gratification every assurance that comes to thom of the success of the sanitary fairs held through. out the country for the relief and succor of the brave men who have devoted themselves to wounds and death that the Union may live, To-the many evidences from time to time published in the HzraLp of the generous contri- Dations made by the originators of the various sanitary fairs we have now to add the contributions of the Ladies’ Sanitary Fair lately held in Baltimore. The President of the Fair, on behalf of the ladies of that city, has for- warded within the last few days $35,000 to the Treasurer of the Sanitary Commission, ‘‘on account of the motety to which the Saniary Commission is entitled from the with ome shelling at intervals. The enemy have been | proceeds of the Maryland State Fair.” The ladies and busy io repairing their lines, and our skirmishers con- tinue to annoy them. General Hooker arrived in Washington yesterday and got quite an ovation at bis hotel last night, upon which occasion he made a brie! speech. A Court of Inquiry bas been convened at City Point to investigate the facts of the late disaster at Petersburg. Goueral Hancock presides. ‘The exact amount of our losses in the action of Satur- citizens of the Monumental City have done well in this matter. The Treasurer has also lately acknowledged the receipt of $5,000 donated for the same good purpose by two American citizens residing in Japan. ‘The Board of Councilmen will meet on Monday, the 8th inst., nO meeting Baving been held yesterday. The Campaign im Georgia—Petersburg— The Invesion of the North. Our successes in Georgia amply balance the unsatisfactory:state of the struggle at other day ts now ascertained to be Sve thousand sixbundred | points, We may now eonsider the destruction ‘end forty. ‘There is not much of importance from the Pennsylva- of the rebel army of Tennessee as something that hardly hess thana miracle can prevent. hia raid. Rumors were still alarming in the Cumberland | The map we give to-day illustrates the ex- vatley. Banks and brokers were sending their valu. ables to Carlisle and othor points, but the rebels bave not made their appearance, It is denied in Harrisburg that «@ force entered Hagerstown on Wednesday night. A telegram received at headquar- tremity to which Hood has been driven, de- spite his desperate attempts and dreadful losses of the 20th and 22d ultimo. His third line for the defence of Atlanta is drawn within and across the streets of that city. Upon the fers from there yesterday afternoon makes no | paesage of Peachtree creek by our army the mention of the presence of the enemy on this side of | rebel army was posted in an admirable posi- the Potomac. It is positively known, however, that a considerable force of rebels occupy the town of Spring- tion a few miles north of the city, that had doubtless been chosen by Johnston. H was a field, who are thought to be waiting to form a junction | P8ition from which it could advance to battle with avother body said to be marching northward. Genera! Couch issued an appeal to the Pennsylvanians yesterday to prepare themselves for defehoe, put their guns in order and get into cover in their cora flelds, forests, mountains, buildings, &o., asa rebel raid is not impossible at any time during the summer and fall, ) with the ground greatly in its favor. Had it, moreover, been successful in an advance from that point, the reverse would have been very destructive to us, as it would have been almost impossible for our line te have withdrawn in good order over the difficult ground near the stream. But the enemy’s advance on the 20th = fe mabery movements me Holes wate, by) Dit was repulsed, his position turned, and he General Washburne in the Southwest. It is ascertained that our loss at the battle of Tupelo was one buodred retired to a second line in the outskirts of the city. From tbat position he advanced for the kil'ed and five hundred wounded. The rebel General | assault on our left om the 22d ult., and that Forrest is said to bave died at Columbus, Miss., from lock- jaw. Advices from Arkansas report that the rebel General Sholby is noar Jacksonport, with three thousand or four thousand rebels. ‘We learn by a despatch from Cairo yesterday that the stoamer Commercial, from Duvail’s Bail, arrived at Memphis, and reports all quit along the river. Boats | impracticable. ‘wore running without convoy; but the country, for seve- rai mik@ bick from the river, in the vicinity of Mount Adams, was reported swarming with bushwhackers, Preparations were being made at St. Charles to meet an anticipated attack from Marmaduke, who was reported ad venciag on that piace in force. Thore is nothing new from Atlanta to-day, except the report from Noeshville that Geueral Stoneman, with bis cavalry, bad out the Macon Rajiroad at Proctor’s creck and badly defeated the rebel General Wheeler, who is Gald to bave lost s iarge Lumber of men and left bis dead fod wounded inour bands. We give a map of the city of Atinata to-day, Rebel gueritias are hovering around near Henderson, Keaweky, Between six and eeven bundre of them are at that piace, and another force at Paris, Tennessee, from whence small detachments are being sent into Kentucky. From North Carolina we learn that the expedition which Goneral Palmer recently sent from Newbern to the Chowan river, in command of Lieutenant position he was compelled to relinquish by the result of that battle. His present posi- tion of course does not protect Atlanta, since Sherman can shell that city. Neither does it prevent our operations now in progress for complete investment. Every line by which Hood could get away is occupied or rendered Retreat is impossible; supply equally so, and battle is no doubt hopeless. Hood must surrender at discretion before many days go by, or utterly destroy his army in one great final attempt to cut his way through. Considerable mortification and chagrin ap- pear to be felt in the Army of the Potomac over the failure of the recent attempt to carry the enemy's lines by storm. It is very natural and proper that thie should be so. No one ven- tures to deny that we had on that occasion four corps massed against a position held by three divisions, and the army may naturally wonder whether it will ever succeed ‘again if it is to fail with such odds in ds favor. No stratagem to gain an advantage in numbers at the point of contact was ever more admirably contrived or more successful than that by which General Grant got the bulk of Lee’s army over at Deep Bottom at the time when this assault was to be made; but it was a great failure not to seize resolutely what this advantage placed Ward, lag revurved with om@ hundred and three | within our reach. Whiepers that the army did Dales of cotton and & ‘urge aimouat of tobacco, cap. tured from the enemy, from which the Treasery Depart. ment will realize over one hundred thousand dollars, The Oxpedition also recaptured the duepatch eteamer Arrow from the rebels, some prisoners avd many articies of value, besides destroying 0 large amount of rebel com missary stores. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A cumber of McClellan ward meetings wore held last evening in various parts of the city. Tbe enthusiasm for “Litule Mae’ eeome to be largely on the inorease, much to the chagrin of Hopest Old Abe and his followers, Ton. Ril P. Norton addressed ® large meeting in the Fourth ward, in which he contrasted the vices of Lin- colo With the virtues of BM lan, much to the gratin cation of (he audieuce, who manifested their preference for Ube latter by the most nded applause; while the name of Litcoin was re with demonstrations of Ginapprobation, The Moci Club of the Twenty. second ward alse held @ meeting last evening, at which Hiram Ketchum, Jr, and Dr. Stevens made speeches, bighly oulagiaiie of Gevorsi MteClollan, atrongly urging tan Dis nomination at the Coicay e m From the present appearance of thing an wiki awoep Lin 09In aud Fremoat from the political cugee board without a airugg'e. Oo Wednesday ovor jas General MoCiolian was waited gpon by about tw thousand of the citizens 6 Greens counyy gf Hempsiond. The evihusicam on the not figbt well are absurd, as applied to this event; for not enough of the army was put in to give it a chance to win, Were our generals over sanguine of the result? Were they so certain of success that they did not employ mén enough to secure it? Were they saving the troops for a great day’s work after Poters- burg bad been taken? Praiseworthy as cuch calculations might be under certain circum. Stances, we must yet hope that they did not stand in the way of our success in the late at- tempt. In view of what appears now to be In pro- gress in Maryland, Penosylvania and the She- nandoah valley, itis an unploasant truth that the late attempt by the Army of the Potomac hes werved General Leo in the light of an ex- periment, It seems to bage given bim a great aud valuable piece of information a& to how fow men an hold the Petersburg defences. Three divisions beld those lincs when the as. satlants bad the assistance of a mine tliat bad cost a month’s labor, and it follows that Lee conld have reinforced Katly with a yreat many mea if he had only known it. He knows it now, and it is not too late to act upon the knowledge. We'shal! soon, in all probability, bave larger operations near the Pennsylvania border than we have bad tately, and we must prepare to bear, ere the summer is over, of avotber real invasion of the North, Perhaps a real invasion may accomplisa what so many demonstrations have failed to accomplish, and draw Graot from the James river. But i Grant is st.ll to stay there who shall repel the invasion, No confidence would be felt by the country in any other man than Genera! McClel- lan. But from General Mewlelian it seems the President requires “pledges,” McClellan must relinquish one of the righta of a citizen before be can be permitted to serve bis couu- try. But we shall see. Perhaps even the Presi- deut may forget bis political*schemes when there are fifty thousand rebel soldiers on their way down the valley, Joha Bu Bill Against the Untted States—Indemnity Claims, We have received a copy of an important return made to the British Housé of Commons by the British government, which will doubt- less bo found very interesting on this side the Atlantic. This return is a schedule of all the claims made to the British government by British subjects for indemnity for injuries which they suppose to have been inflicted upon them by the United States in the course of the present war. There are four hundred and fifty claims, and, though there is no means of arriving at the exact amount involved in the whole number, it must be very large, inasmuch as one-half the claims are for the value of ves- sels captured as blockade runners by United States cruisers. This return is a very import- ant document in many points of view; but it is especially important as being one side of a very heavy account between the United States and Great Britain. This is England’s side of the account, and is tolerably heavy. Our side of the account is yet to be made out. But we have already at band one considera- ble item that can be put down on our side. Unquestionably the large figures on our side will be due to the depredations of the British pirates that have cruised against our com- merce for the last three years. under rebel colors, It would be unwise to make upa statement of the depredations of these ships while some of them are yet afloat; but the most destructive of them has finished her career. The Alabama has gone down in the English Channel, under the guns of an Ame- rican ship, not with “her colors” fiying, as the French papers erroneously state, but flying the white flag. She went down making in her last hour a pitiful appeal for truce, though in her dealings with unarmed merchantmen no truce of any kind was ever thought upon. She is re- cognized now more thanever as an English ship. Some of the English papers say “she was as much an English as a Confederate ves- sel.” @ne of them says “her end was English, too,” as if they had already acknowledged that the rest of her was English. She was built in England, armed in England, and manned by English sailors. Two-thirds of her of- ficers were Englishmen. She has given the last proof in her power that she was English by striking her colors to her natural master—an American ship of the same size. There is no possible doubt that this English ship has destroyed two hundred American merchantmen. Here is just the number of sbips for which indemnity is claimed by Brit ish subjects. We need go no further than this to establish a large balance in our favor; for our claims are undoubted, while many of the English claims are for notorious blockade run- ners. If we want to go further than the ships and establish any balance on elaims for or against persons, we can ask John Bull whether those British officers from the Alabama have violated the neutrality of England. In the present schedule we have the data for a history of the part that commercial Jobn Bull has taken in the war. He is a model of injured innocence here as everywhere else. He has many grievances, and he claims indemnity on many scores but his largest score is the mercantile one. John is a thrifty tradesman and bold. He will take a large risk to send his goods where they are worth five hundred per cent, and so he tries the blockade and the blockaders to the utmost. But with all bis skill, out of three hundred ships two hundred will be caught. Assoonas John has heard of the loss of “his two hundred ships he ceases to be a thrifty tradesman. He be- comesa “British subject.” He tells the public of his bitter grievances through the press. He speaks of the freedom of the seas. He de- nounces the right of search and the impudent Yankees who have once more inaulted the “flag that's braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze.” Finally, he thinks that his natural impudence and some hard lying may save his precious property even yet, and so he makes an application for indemnity, and tells her Majes- ty’s government that two hundred and twenty of bis ships have fallen victims to our ineffeetive blockade. Some of John’s ships are very un- fortunate, having been captured two or three times. In these cases it appears that the ships were restored from the first capture, the evi- deace perhaps not being sufficieat to condemn them. But they stuck to the business, and were caught again, when the evidence was better. Though tho greater number of the claims are referable to blockade running, some are upon other subjects, Many refer to the draft and claim damages for alleged “improfter econ- scription,” “enforced enlistment,” “imprison- meut,” &. In nearly all of those cases in which British subjects claimed exemption it was found that the claimant had oxercised the rights of citizenship in the United States and was “not entitled to protection.” ), Jarmay complained in September, 1863, 0” tue “alleged intention of the United States government to detaia him in the United States.” He proba- bly wanted to go to Oaneda be’ re another Graft was made. One indignant British subject complained to her Majesty's government of his imprisonment, who was fouad to bo imprisoned for the crime of larceny. The Dritish govern- ment did not consider that it could guarantee to its subjects the right to stoal. Another right that the British government does not guarantee to itssubjects is the right to an offensive public expression of their opinions abuat the war. Major Longley and Mr. Nolaa were imprisoned in Baltimore and St. Louis for such a cause, and the British govorament “refed to inter foro,” ovideatly considering that it served them right. In about twenty cases tho British gov- ernment refused to interfere, “under advice of law officers that the facts stated would not justify interference,” In three cases in which Lord Lyons cou'd not officially interfere he used his “good offices.” In only threo of this large number of grievances haa the United SNEW (YORK HERALD, ‘FitiDAy, ‘AUGUST 6," ‘i864. Stites pald damages; aud the Unii :d Stateg has propoed a mixed commission to determine this class of cases between the two govern- ments. Documents like this, though they appear to represent 80 much that is merely trivial, repre- sent what is really veryimportant in the bis- tory of nations, Here is the expression of all the fancied grievances that Englishmen have snff-red at our hands'in the past three years. In ths document is an official and formal ac count of the circumstances that have been mado use of to embitter the English people against the people of the United States during that time. In that _ bitterness grows up the spirit’ that eventually plunges great nations into flerce and cruel wars; and not only is that bitterness of spirit’ excited, but many wars have actually had their origin in questions just like those that are agi- tated here, When we consider tbis, and when we consider how few of this large number of claims are honestly made, and in how many casé® the claimants knew that they had no Tights, and only used ernment as @ tool, it certainly seems as if that goverament ought to make some provision for the -punish- ment of such of its subjects as make claims for indemnity in the full knowledge that they have no right to any. In one of the ancient repub- lica of Greece they had a wise provision against new laws. Whoever proposed new laws went inte the pubfic assembly with a rope round his neck. If his law was‘adopted he was regarded asa public benefactor; if it was rejeoted his neck was broken with his own rope. Men were careful how they proposed new laws. And if every Englishman who claims indem- nity of the British government were certain of severe punishment if his claim were found to be not a real and honest one the list of claims would be shorter. Tae Cmtcaco Convention.—The bvuston Courier, a model copperhead concern, says:— “We cannot help thinking that the New York Herap is needlessly anxious about the future doings of the Chicago Convention;” that “there willbe a great many men of sound judgment as well as true patriotie spirit in that anx- iously awaited assembly,” and that “we think the spirit of the Convention will be far above any low, selfish party views,” and so on. The men of “sound judgment and true patri- otic spirit” referred to are doubtless the men of the Albany Regency and other men of the same stripe, who are so “far above low, selfish party views” that they deliberately brought about the disruption of the party and the country at the Charleston and Baltimore conventions of 1860, We confess that, between a peace plat- form and a war platform at the shent-per-shent Convention at Chicago, we fear there will be another collapse. A wag of the Bohemian school has said that “if Grant whales Lee, then the democracy at Chicago will go war; but that if Lee whales Grant, then the Convention will go for peace.” LEntertaining some such idea as the only chance for democratic har- mony, we confess that we are anxious that “Grant shall whale Lee” out of his boots. What says our Boston peace contemporary? Is he for Grant or Lee? A fair question. Let us have an honest answer. Reoatn or MoCtetLax.—The people are de- manding of the administration to recall McClel- lan, that the country in its trying hour may have the benefit of his superior skill and genius, This demand is so strong that even the radical journals like the Post aud Commercial join in the ory. Mr. Lincoln must not think from this that the public will be satisfied in placing him in command while he retains Stanton in the War Department to interfere and upset all bis plans and defeat his efforts to crush out the rebellion. The only hope for Old Abe js in the immediate removal of all such Marplots as Stanton and Halleck, and in giving McClellan ® command commensurate with his ability and skill. Has Mr. Lincoln patriotism enough left to do this? Is Greecey a Tralron?—From his hobnob- bing with that late strange gathering of rebel Jeremy Diddlers, adventurers, mountebanks and lunatics at Niagara Falls, the question naturally occurs, is Greeley a traitor? From the secession of South Carolina down to this day, in fact, the course of Greeley has, in vari- ous things, been wholly inconsistent with his noisy professions of loyalty. At the outset he squarely maintained tho State right of seces- sion, and advocated the policy of turning over to Jeff. Davis as many States as might be pleased to join him. A year later he pleaded that if the rebellion could not be sub- stantially put down’ by the Ist of May it would be wise to accept such terms of peace as would be agreeable to the rebel junta at Richmond. Next we find him insisting upon the extermination of slavery by fire and sword as the shortest cut to peace; and, lastly, he ap- pears with the rebel George Sanders aad company as a jolly good peacemaker of the same stripe, corresponding and consorting with traitors, in palpable violation of his duty asa loyal citizen to have nothing to do, asa “hail, fellow, well met,” with such customers, Granted that in this business Dogberry would “write him down an ass,’’ the question still re- ens, is Greeley simply a blundering fool ora traitor? Quire Exoven.—The fussy little ekipjack of the Times calls for “ail the correspondence” that passed between Greeley and the President touching the late Niagara Peace Conference, All? Has not the indefatigable Jowett given us all? Con there beany more of this rubbish? Ifao, let it be given to Jewett to send to the Emperor Napoleon or the Queen of Madagascar. We bave had enough of it. Tne Mrx mw tux Cocoanutr,—The London Times says that “the best service” that Eng- land “can render to the cause of peace is to let events run their course, and not to inier- fere in American politics by word or deed,” the meaning of which is that Jobn Bull is be- ginning to discover that his past active sympa- thy for Jof. Davis, in words and doeds, is likely to prove @ bad speculation. Fast Day.—Yesterday was a very fast dey. The people celebrated it by excursions on fast steamers aud drives bebind fast horses. But there wes very little fasting, except among those too poor to eat; and-very ttle praying, (in the cburches, where the parsons ars paid so much a year for that business, Qcery--Thurlow Weed has been summoned to Washington. Has he gone there to take Forney’s place as botilebolder, or is there a screw loovo Im regard to the Custom Jiouse officials in this oltv? The DiMeuit's of the Sew Mexican Emptre—Maxim ‘fan ja s Quandary. Our advices from Mexioo are of the highest interest. They go to show that the great oon- test between constitutional and absolute gov- ernment is only just begun, while the forces of both parties are gathering for another and more embittered struggle. The embarrass- ments which surround Maximilian’s govern- ment are every day on the increase, and he will require—what he is said to lack—all the ability of a skilful ruler to steer his why through the storm with which he is threatened. He is waking up to the necessity of having some order in his financial affairs, and-has ad- dressed to his Minister of State an urgent re- quest that reformatory measures shall be car- ried out. The measures proposed by him are very proper in their way, and would be highly laudatory were it not that as yet the whole country does not acknowledge the sway of the Austrian, By the latest advices from the Mexican capital we learn that the republicans are still vigorously resisting their French ad- versaries. Were they to achieve a victory over the invaders the cause of resistance would’ at once become all the more popular and formid- able; and, as there ts no certainty that they may not gain some such victory, the foundation of the new empire is as yet by no means a settled one. When Maximilian has obtained control over the whole republic, then, and not till then, shall we deem his speeches of much moment. In the American mind there is one fact which renders the acts of Maximilian more or less unimportant, We know, we feel instinetive- ly, that sooner or later we must drive from this continent the French and Austrian forces which have obtained as foothold upon it by taking advantage of our intestine troubles. Seeing us engaged in a war which they fondly hoped could but terminate disastrously to our power and influence, they have invaded and still hold portions of Mexico, in direct opposi- tion to the well known and oftexpressed will of this people, To secure the permanence of their rule upon this continent they will do all in their power to render a reconstruction of the Union impossible; but these schemes must fail; and, once relieved from our present cares, we shall, with an overwhelming force to back the demand, impress upon Maximilian and his French, Aastrian and Belgian troops the abso- lute necessity of their withdrawing, bag and baggage, from the New World. Exancrparion Accorpina ‘To BurnstpeE—Pash- ing forward whole regiments of ignorant and bewildered negro troops to be slaughtered by rebel broadsides of grape and canister. Tee Kircuen Cartnet.—For three years past we have been hammering away at Old Abe’s upstairs Cabinet as the source of all the diffi- culties and blunders end disasters of his ad- ministration. We have- been mistaken. A Washington correspondent has lifted the cur- tain and disclosed the real souree of all our troubles in the Kitchen Cabinet. With the fiood of light thus thrown upon the subject the removal of Stanton and poor old Welles be- comes a secondary matter, and the first essen- tial, as we see, is the expulsion of old Blair and all the Blairs from the kitchen. ‘That's what's the matter.” Query.—The Tribune déclares that “eman- cipation is peace.” Then why did we not have peace as soon as Lincoln issued his emancipa- tion proclamation? Let Greeley answer this question or cease his silly gabble about the nigger. Doctors Disacreeisc.—Greeley and Ray- mond are keeping up # tremendous fight about the recent peace diplomacy at Niagara Falls. “H. G.” letters are as plentiful as blackber- ties, and from the vigor displayed by both the combatants we imagine that the afféir will end like that between the cats of Kilkenny. More Peace Necottations.—Colorado Jewett telegraphs us that Ben Wood, Dean Richmond and a number of other democrats are now at Niagara Falls, consulting with Clay, Holcombe, Sanders and other rebel agents. Since Gree- ley and Lincoln failed these democrats want to see what they can do towards making peace. We rely upon Jewett for a full report of the negotiations, and advise those who are trying to hinder him by keeping up a fire on his rear in our courts and through the press to desist from their vain attacks and let him alone in his glory. He telegraphs us that “the trial in Stevens’ casé willeestablish. that the alleged facts are untrue, and that the property was not delivered.” Wedo not know anything about the Stevens’ case; but we think it very hard that.this apostle of peace and Colorado should be bothered by lawsuits while all his energies are emp loyed in the great work he has under- taken. A Srrance Arrain.—According to a report in the Hon. Ben Wood’s Daily News, there was recently a meeting of twenty thousand copper- head peace men in Illinois, which passed off without @ bloody riot. NEWS Ld od WASHINGTON. ~ _- Wastuwarow, August 4, 1864, ARRIVAL, REUSPTION AND SPEECH OF GEN, HO! Gen, Hooker reached here this morning, and is at Wil- jard’e Hotel. This ovening he received the compliment of aeerenade, Quite acrowd waa collected by the music, and in response to calls from some in@iyiduals Gen, Hook. er made a few brief remarks, exonsing himeelf by saying ‘that thie was no time for speech making, but for the sup- Preasion of the rebellion by bullets youets; t enough speech-making had been done already to sup) forty such rebellions, if speech-making would do it, It ig vot yet definitely known what command he Is to have, ABRIVAL OF GOVENNOR ANDREW, Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, arrived to-day tnd is stopping at Willard’s, \ ABRIVAL OF THURLOW WEED.) Thurlow Weed arrived hore this morning, and bad a long interview with the President to-day, RIOT BETWEEN SOLDIELG AND NEGROES. ‘Thore was quite an extensive riot on Capttol Hill this afternoon, tome twenty or thirty soldiers from the Lin- coln Hospital attacking # number of colored men. Fors time the aijair throatened to be serious, stones, brickbate ond crowbars boing extensively used, Finally & colored mao got an axe and made on assault upon the eoldiers, killing one and wounding another, it je believed mortally, The soldiers finally set fire to the shanties, ‘and gome half dozen of them wore burned. The police At lawt succeeded in queiling the riot, and made many arrests, Cause of the dieturbanceswhiskey. RETURN OF ORIEF CLANK FAXON. Me, Faxon, the popular ch ot clerk of the Navy Depart. nt, retul ast evening (rom Connecticut, where bo bat been for two or three weeks past on a sick leave, THE REVOLUILONARY PENSIONERS. ‘Tho death of the Rev. Daniel Waldo, at Byracann, at the advanced age of one houdred atid two yorrs, reduces the number of Revolutionary popsionora to olevon. BUSPENSION OF CARTHA’S SENTENCE, ‘The execution of Carton, the blockade runnor, who was to ‘have beon bung to-morrow, hae beon suspended, by order of the Presiden’, . . GENERAL MCLELLAN. MoClelian Meeting im the Second Ward. Alarge and evthusiastic Moiellan meeting wasteld last evening in the Second ward, at No. 76 Maideo Leve, W. G Hurd tm the chair, who. delivered aa ‘adarxes which cvlied for the repeated applause and exprosse§ the sentiu\ents of every patriot and true Union man, We Tegcet much that we are pot able to give tt ontire; but we have no dowbé it will be published in paropniet form tor distribution, and it should hayé a wide circulation. Speceh- 8 were also made by John Donneily, K Kerrigan, Albert Wiiliains, M. Ryan ood Lake Kerrigan, which were all Fery well recaived, showing tho strong. fest ng existing in this city in favor of MoUielian, aud the deterinmation on their part thst he shat! eocupy the place be is so well oniculated to fill, belevin, is (Le only man who bas the requisite abilities to guide tho heim of State in this fexritil origis aud restore pedce aud barmooy to the uation, Meeting of the &. tn Ward MeCicliesa ub. ‘The friends of General MoCiclian turned out gn mae lst eveniug'to attend tho regulag mecting of the’ ward McClellan organization, The meeting was held at the club rooms, corser of Oliver and Henry streets, aud, 1 withatanding the severe rain storm which provailed, the Buliding Was packed with the most respectable citizeas of the ward. The obair was occupied by Mr. P, Curtiss Ackerman, who introduced as the first speaker Hon. Ell P. Norton, “After reviewing vory ably the miserable policy of the present administration, he paid a bigh com. plimost to the patriotic services rendered by Geuérat McClollan in the great-struggie between the North and South, The people of the Soutn who are not in arma, notwithstanding Mr. Lincoln's opinion’ to the oontresy, should be respected as our fellow citizens. He kaew that the people of the South would return, State by State, to the Union if McClellan was elected, und as that was Ame wishes of fonr-fi(ths of the people of all tho States be hoped thas next November their patriotic wishes would be realized, The Powers of Europe, he said, were walt- ing to see the North go down—they were waiting (o.qee the imbecile who has brought the country to the. of destruction elected for four years more, bpd in company recently with a number of Englighmes, andhe felt humiliated to hear their strictures upou this. ary. They consider that wo are a prostrate govern ourselves; but if George B. President these enemies of our free tions will lemme that the American people are fully able to take care of their own affairs, If MoClolian should be olocted all our troubies would vanish ag if by ic, and the dark fispelled, and the bright, sun Of prosperity, pesos and iT and the bri sun prosperity, peace bepploess would again piace us in Saget position from which we have fullon by tho false policy of Linceta and his advisers, (Applauee.) i 4 McClellan Meeting in the Twenty-se cond Ward. : An enthusiastic meeting of the Twenty-scoond Ward MeCleliau Club was held last evening at 586 Kighth ave- nue. In the absence of the President, Mr. Charles Rt. Romain, Mr. Willlam Garrett performed the duties of the chair. ‘The meeting was called-to order about eight o’olock, ‘and after the transaction of some routiue business, the Chairman introduced Hiram Ketchum, Jr., Chairman of the Executive Committee, who delivered a very elo- quent address, reviewing io general terms the political situation of the country. He recount. ed the many arbitrary and umjustifiable acts of Mr. Lincoln, showing the necessity of filling the Presidential ebair with a man who loves the constitution more thaa the abolition of slavery. He contrasted McClellan’ \- paign with the prosent campaiga of Grant; and the com- parison was decidedly in favor of the former. Mr, Ketchum’s remarks were very moderate, and wore couched in the most respectful terms towards Seueres Grant, admitting his great-ability ag a com Cy free to carry out his own views in rolation to the cap. ture of Riclimoud, He charged Mr. Lincoln with having, interfered in the plans of Grant, und asserted that General McCletlan should be elected to the Presidency pein weg could yet be auited aud happy uuder the constitution of the United States. Dr. Stevens and Mr, IL ae followed in the same strain and were loudly applau Mr. 0. ei HoLpine was Cry upon for a song, ppc after, a few preliminary remar! sang & cal ong in epleadid style, with the (ollowiog chorus to each ‘Verse :— He'll win the raco—to the White Rouse Re’ll go, Whether Lincoiu and Chage are willing oro. The Tweoty-secoud ward ts thoroughly organized and the members of the club are determined that their ward shall be fully represented atthe grcst wasy meoting ia Union square on the 10th, The Demonstration at Hempstead— Speech from “Little Mac,” do. ‘The little’ village of Hempstead was all abiaze with. McClellan enthusiasm on Wednesday evening last. The rain fell in torrents; bat while this kept away a few of the more delicate of those who determined to honor the here of Antictam with a welcome, it interfered very little with the general programme, which the citizens deter- mined to carry out regardicas of the weather, At six o'clock the delegations (rom the various towns of the county had arrived and assembled at Howlitt’s Hotel, Two hours afterwards several houses in the village were iMuminated, reworks were set off in every direction, ang the village resounded with cheers for Genoral MoCiellan. The procession pow moved from the botel to Colonel Lansing’s residence, where Supervisor ker, of Hempstead, introduced General McClellan te the people, who numbered from fifteen hundred to two thousand, add, notwithstanding the rain storm, wag the largest meeting which ever took place in the county of.» Queens. Some one calied for three times three cheers for cheers for Antietam were next called for, and responded to with a perfect enthasiasm. ; General McCimtiax then made his appearance at the ball door, with his head uncovered, and when the cheers ing bad subsided he spoke in substance as follows:— Cmizeys ov Qveaws Covnrr—You must have beem courageous to have turned out to-night. I canoot think that you came to see me, but to testi(y your de votion to the cause which I represent. 1 feel gratt fled for the compliment you have paid me in turning out tonight, You have bonored meas a representative of the hograheh-/ ano “si Aidan by a aan at T receive thi iment more for Seam tase ee pee eat caueae . commanded. | personally, The bly and faithfully ia the ars I once on pay Prepared to make sepecch, and I hope — ad from detalving you any longer W-oighh (Cheers). Alter the General concluded this short address ‘was announced that he would receive any iriends who desired to shake hands with the house. In this work of friendship engaged till midnight, Among those with wi shook bands were several old soldiers, who usder him, whom he recognized and asked, “ ment were you in?’ and on being answered them warmly in every instance and said, “41 see you,’ or, Il am very happy to moet yi ‘The ‘ladies presented Mrs. MoCiellaa with @ ‘ fo th of ry é “4 around it In fowers every hue. The assemblage broke up with repeated cheers. for General McClellan, and the citizens returned to shomes long after midnight, or to the special trains which had conveyed many of them to He: . While this demonstration was in progress @ meeting a8 the hotel was addressed Morris, of Brooklyn, and F, O. Perrin, of Newtowa,L, 1, Both these gontie- men reviewed tbe public career of eral McCisilan, and showed how much titude the nation owed the deii- the proveedings. #2 Eetre, He i i i verer of iis capital, Music enlivened all The Great McC! m Mase Meeting. ‘The attention of McClellan Clube at a distatce, intend- Ing to participate in the mass meeting je Union square om the 10th instant, is invited to au advertisement ia another column. whe Peace Sere tile: MECTING OF THE MOZART GENERAL COMMITTEE INSPRUCTIONS TO THS en TO culcago— OZART HARMONTO! Ce Tote committee met vast evening, a attendances being present, Hon. Joho MoOool was to the chair fn the absence of the chairman: Mr. P. Daley, socretary, ‘Mr. H. K. BLavvenr offered the following resolutions, which, on motion, were unanimously adopted:— 4, That the masses of the democratic party of thi raaieh te ie ea namie? pes ; an Tor eudieg the present war, and that we demand a piatiore rmistioe and & convention of States she fav t dential Convention . Meer That he geauemen, belonging, to, thie General tiee who have laced from Sistate to the Chi ention be instr the wago Cu a remainder of that delegation be apt sey ae, NSE ee ith yy ya necordacice Ly cy ‘sottully Pecommende of hove we represents to, cade. thait ve candidate of the democrawa parts tin ree of (tg further prosecution of this uscless,, Fulnous War, |, That we approve of the ed mage conven. tian tor pekce to. be bald av Syracuse 13th fost, and shall five it our hearty support On motion of Mr, Meeriy the following reroluttons wore submitted, and adopted, on the ayes aud noes, peerage ye Jhief elements of the astra hia one of the chief eloments of the stron, 1 noe che Movert Halt o:cuntation haa beam. le parmowy, nad she unanimity Wid which its counsels have Deon sustaine ts is harmony and foot feeling etl! come eet aastaaiting the false repreevmsavions anc etorte (iscarded inembgrs and she iuwiguing of rival onra- id twenty irom ive berm Waalna a2 one, orved, het bers of thie Gem discover bat two trai. man” coun ’ PeRnolveds That now, as heretatars, wg ace nila and is, having too much orange ym the Serre o ‘And the strength of out prlo* pies to ba affected tious Apirt oF onpoaition, created by men who een rejected by Uk wad driv gn from our counsel, tm Conscawance of Voeit insrevikQa”,, gerfhay and COrrUDLIORR