The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1864, Page 6

n Peay eee os emee tee medus what are. the! retative siekness.and mor- | | moch eaé ior 't is for Aoldicrs to come to an unde tai ty provailing ia the vicisity of offensive | i) H BE n t D AWN. Ahan is ig for politioiung, odot, as compared with other Jocalities, and Se theu they willebe able to judwe for theinselwes wietier aad jor what consideration ihey will subwit fo a gonetant exposure to such influ- ences, The city officials who are acting a8 con- servators of the public health owe it to the r consti to give the mitier early atteation. 4 NEW ,YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUSr 28) Weed ee ea eae and ale of riteate of Soda end | New York City tm Congres:—-Our Stree NEW YORK HERALD. | soe tgp ttors well worthy the immediste Duty Next November. ie potice of the Common Couneii. Tbe report shows that When we come to ask why it is that all the F lst their byes by \ugerbeing four | interests of the city ahd Siate of New York JaMB: RDON Baunare ainty Sao eycnine ‘ Siw i. ae men, twenty-four women, twelve boys and twenty-tWO | were alowed fo go by default in’ the lash ses- SDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, bia ea aa red sion of Congress, the twelve Sepators from the A largo warcbouve at Joliet, Ulinols, was dectrayed by ¢ . ) 1 OFFICE MN. W. CORNER OF wouros AND WASBA@Br. | gre on the 18th wet. Loss catimated at upwards o° | 8X New Engiand Stager currying al! matters to suit the interests of theire x Yankee constitu. ‘TERMS cash in ; advance. Money eeot by mail will be he fall jo gold and the momentous consequences | encics, the answer is very simple, aid one not fat the risk of tho sender, Noue but bank billseurrent in | involved in tho Chicago Coovention resdered buniness | 4 / top ng to the pride of the Hrpire Oty. We New York taken. circles very quiet on Saturday, Except ina few of the fied ‘nomen in Congress from) Manhatta THE DAYLY BERALD, Fove conts peroopy. dnnusl leading articies scarcely anything was done Values Island ‘ Ree . wore eutirely pominal, and eeurcoly any of the dealers | [!an the great commereial metropolis of the @udscription price $14. Would Bame prices at whicn thity would bny or sell. Cot. | Union—-who were adequate, socially, politically THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Frve ceuts } ton was nominally lower, Petroieum and groceries enw’ | or by education, to do more. than represent percopy. Annual subscription price: — rally lower, On "Change flour deciinad 15e, & 2i¢. WE | some ignorant election disirict ia a ward com: uli, and 30. a 4c. lower. Cora and oais were dull, snd le P ria ‘One Copy... .? id ee of col hop politi- Three ay lower. Pork wa: firmer. Beet and lard quiet, but firm. | Mitte of corner grocery and policy shop p Wive Costes Whiskey dull and lower, Freights unchanged, cians. They were men élecied by corrupt bar- ‘Ten Copies. s rey gains between the warring factions of our cor another cheng tl the Weldon Road—! runt city political organigations—Tammany ‘Another of the series of batiles that are to | Hall and the original “Koow Nothings” bar be fought for the possession of the Weldon | &&ing to elect Elijah Ward, James Brooks, road took place on Thursday, the 25th inst., Winthrop Chanler and Anson Herrick; while as will be seon by the War Department des- the brothers Ben. and Fernando Wood sold out patch in another column, Like the previous | Mozart Hall to elect themselves, Of the men ray ,—Hon i | thus elec! je n said, Elijah Ward Broadway. —HTonound@Ry battle of Sunday, it was a most desperate en- | thus elected little need be said. Elijah Ward WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Syxuraovr's Paiaxp— counter, and resulted in a victory for our is an excellent judge of oyster stews, and was Boven Diaxonn. 0 ; NEG BAW MeREne Peemiey come forces. Every circumstance indicates that the | ™Uch interested in the increased tax on the My Vou aay dix Paseach Jor—Mauas'a Hatta | rebel force making the attack was dreadfully { distilled productions ofour Western grain crops, pie aodesiea'ce Kina Sorg | Punished. Even though it held partial posses- Mr. Winthrop Chanler has the pride of 8 sopho- Sarorcanr, sion of the field of contest ‘on the night-after | ™Ore in talking verbosely and long windedly BROADWAY THEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Mai the battle, it withdrew leaving its wounded on | “P00 theoretical topics of no practical interest, Liem eorys's Lawra. the fleld. Only a force very severely crippled, Anson Herrick went “sloshing around” pro- and compelled by the most distinct necessity | M'scuously, laboring hagd to pick up little to admit its weakness, would bave done this, | {Vrs for his constituents, and nover venturing In character the battle was the same simple a speech except on the most well known points and straightforward one that has been fought | f Partisan discussion. Brother Ben. was far over many times ia this war, Our men held a | £0 deeply engrossed in his pecuttar “policies” strong position, and the enemy formed hia | ' P*Y auy heed to the policy of, the nation; men in the woods in front, and moved while as to Brother Fernando, thongh osten- in Mme across an intervening open sibly embracing the most violent doctrines of space to storm our position. As” they the “ peace-at-any-price” faction, there are moved across this open space the enemy's grave suspicions that,he has been, all the tine, EOOLFYS OPERA HOUSE, Evootlyn.—Brmroran | men were exposed to an awful fire in secret league with Mr. Lincoln and working Dances, Boruesaue: : : 2 Abe A from artillery and musketry. Hence it nal the fei of “ hn aon would be only reasonable to assume that his TA | NOS “ORS OUs OF the “whole crows losseatwere quite as great as the most extrava- “s nk ee entes cow “3 hee ‘ant account would represent them to be. 1 PU and simple, o! . Though we have ee had another fies at | 2°% Proposition affecting the complex manu- the point that Grant’s strategy has compelled facturing, commercial and political’ relations Bre enemy to come out and fight for, we must . ok ae tg nt had — keep in mind that this was a battle in whieb ia mtion ; and not jhe ire was barely turned in our favor. ne site og selene to pees ur Hines were too thinly held, and men “a Be i fl y Upon which Gettysburg, hud to be hurried eae aaenehhe they bad foisied themsdlves, against the astute to another to increase the power of resistance. ia Vizorously organized domination of the All the enemy’s Yorce massed on so thin a line ee bveraie: cone in wales house, naturally broke it, and it would appear fi wap ‘Rains between the various local the scldaetes pal if only the ae organizations of the democratic party, the cavalry turned the scale of this desperate slention to important offices of such meas we ee OE begat oP RE claees ape, te unday’s batile, we showed that more des- P ess buckstering that the fied snot scgiaining_seartil Ss, the | perate battles on the same ground, and fouztt pennies our city are deprived of all choice em par 8, leaving their | for the me purpose, nist necessarily | 2% t¢ the men who shonld, be selected to repre- and wounded behind them, The battle lasted | fellow. We showed then that the seizure | 8¢nt their interests in the greatest’ conclave of enti! dark, It 48 reported by General Haneock to beoue | of the Weldon road was what Grant now | 22 cpuntry, and in this most critical period of Of the most despereto battles of the war- Our Toss (not | declares it to.be—“# blow to the enemy that ‘our Country’s‘history. Let us have done with Yot ascertained) {s said to be very heavy. The enemy | be canoot stand.” We showed that Lee must | *l! Sch trfling in the face of this supreme mo- bed eotirely lett the Geld on Fridey moring at day- | hurl against us there all the force that ke could | ™e2t of out national destiny. Let us have Nght, Tho cethe ot!'the action ts desoribed as most | gather, and we urged carnestly the reiuforce- } Me™ elected to Congress next November, by Awful to bendld; the doad ard wounded lying ‘a } ment of Grant. This battle ebows nothing the democratic party, who shall be capable of henes, (rleud emt foe intermingled jn death and'{ More clearly than that men are Grant's great comprehending the commercial and other in- SCOUTING IN MARYLAND Me. Theodore C, Wilson” 3 Despatenecs. | our cavaly are swmuting to-day in Maryland, all Hacxwmown, Atigast 26,1354. way from Ragersiown tud Wiliamaport to this point, Ik wax about five o'clock last evening when the enemy ~ commenced his demonstrations ngainst’Geberal Aversit’s , ,. Taree Feney, Augast 27, 1864, lings, by attacking @ picket post near Pating Waters. CONER'S CAVALRY OPERATIONS, The abiack at ebis point was made very s00n alter Gen. Your cavairy correspobden\ cave an account of the. @*a! Torbort had ratired from tie encounter with Breck- | saZement betwoom Kearneysvite and Leetown two turkige's corps. : age, and the subsequent witndravai of all our cavalry GENERAL CUSTER'S RSCAVE—SHRVARRDSTOWN SARLLED, The vicinity of Halltown, except uater’s brigade, During tho night General Custer, who was cut of from | became separated from the main cenmand in come be Torbert, fordsd the Potomac river pear Shepherdstown, | A2d tks retreat towards Harper's Rery entirely ent God went ou to Sharpadurg, Custor was clogely foliowed | Some fears were entortained for tis. skety at first: but to the river bank by a force of the enemy. in the night | WS Subsequently ascortuined to Lave kxeu to the the rebe's who entered Shepherdstown shelled a emall | Crossed the Potomac above hore, and taken up a positi picket force thit General Averitt bad gtationed on the | (@ front of Shephordsiown, north side of the river, WHSON'H CAVALRY OPERATIONS. WILLIAMAPORT SHRLUED, Late in the evening Wilson’ ision We ordered This morning the euomy mado his appearance intwo | ever the rosd from Halliown to the first s\tion a or three places slong the river line, At \Villismsport taore | !t; bus were eubsequently marched to th pontesa| was quite a spirited engagement, resulting ia eur provent- | Dridgé & mile above the ferry, and transfornd to thal tog the enemy from crosaing at that place, Thaenemy, | North sideof the river by daylight, From ther it pre-| in trying ¢> cover the ford with his artillery ahd Im shell. | ceded yesterday In the diroction of Boonesbor, with ing our lines, throw shelis into the town, eausinic a fow | the nominal intention of jolning Merritt and Averh, ang] casualties, The force directly engaged on our, aide was | ™*King such demvnstrations of strength and resigange the Firat Virgivia cavalry, under command of Tteutenant | 02 the Upper Potomac a would deter the enemy toma] Colonel Cophart, Our men being arined with Spencor | Crossing.” During yesterday everything wus quiet tn bay rifles, the enemy could uot tell the foros oppored to tim, } direction, Dut judged tt to be largor than it really was. The rarsepRa = DisastTeR—Bornsipg OR Meavs.—Our ‘allure to take Petersburg,6n Juve 30, wien the mine was exploded, was owing to the tact that no court martial bas ever sentenced a goneral to be shot in onr armies. We preach a great deal about diso:- pline in the ranks; but the truth is that we have @soipline ia tho ranks and nowbere elae, Every general seams to suppose thit he is his own étandard—that no rules or idoas of duty apply ‘to him excopt such as he Chooses; and it fs the pr-vince of the War Department to encourase and foster this supposition and elevate it into a ru'e of conduct. Certain generals appear to be advanced and kept in place exsotly in proportion to their witfulness and failures. We euppose the court of inquiry now in session on the causes of failure of Burnside’s assault will prove as amiable as many pre vious ones have, hecause it anpears likely that the burden of blame for that failure will fai! on General Meade. General Buroside’s ghou!- ders will certainly be lightened of a great part of it. In the first moments after the explosion of the ming wuy kind of troops contd have gone ahead and taken the enemy’s first line— negroes a8 well as white man, ne doubt. Had the negroes beea so used, and then the od veterins pushed immediately forward agains’ the ‘Reoond fine, their steady valor must have been crowned With success; and sur) a disyo- sition of his means wig fe reral Burns de’s plan for a week before the asswlt, But ou the day be'ore it General Meade most unwar rantably inter’ered w.th the corps commander, and compelled the fatal chance that cansed the whole enccess of the attempt to turn on the stéiliness or cowrdice of the half trained darkeys. So far, then, General Meade is to ‘blame, But who knows wha’ orders Meade may have had fram: Washington éo putin the dankeys where the chances looked wood, and where they might, maybe, get a greatdea! of elory nt Pttle risk? Can any conrt of inquiry squeeze Meade hard Snough to bring out that order? i Volume XXIX.......... BIBLO'S GARDEN, Broaaw WALLACK'S THEATRI REFORTS OF A RCOUT. A Union scout, who left Harper’s Ferry fa the ing, returned tn the afternoon, and reported that he: Deon in Shepherdstown over an bour. The place oconpied by two compauies of rebel cavairy as an vanced picket force. There was no indication of Presence or approach of any other rebel forces, could he learn from the soldiers and citizens encour fn the streets that any were expected, It currently reported.at Shevherdstown that General « wall’ Jackson, commanding a division of rebe! cav: hear Shepherdstown, was severely wounded in the ¢ the day before by the accidental discharge of bis pistol. Averii/4 Oavacer, Iw tim Firtp, August 27—T A. ‘The enomy made another effort to cross fast night at Dam No. 4, but wes prevented from doing eo by encoun: tering a portion of this command. Up to this time there are uo indications of the exemy having crossed the river at any point between Harper’s Ferry and Cherry run, ‘Thik morning the enemy #eems to have fallen back from before Williamsport, Auvotachment from this command last night crossed the river, made a reconnolssence towards. Mertinsburg and North Mountain, got {a the enemy's rear, and escer- tained the enemy’s position, BOWERY THEATRI MOR DASEMENT BL. BARNUN'S NUSERUM, ecto Lire W Two Giants, Two Dwarrs, aAvriwos, 8, 8. AC al Qu hours Jucuomagdi AM, Sand Tee ee vies WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL, 514 Broadway, —Ermorngt Bones, Dancus, Ae. Cosuauands Contre RoORS. Rumors prevailed hero later in the day that the enemy, was throwing a béavy body of infantry across the river] at Williamsport; but they could be ‘traced to no rolinete| source, and have not becn coniirmed af the present writ bg. RECONNOTSANGR I FORCE In tho afternoon of yostcrday @ reconnoissance tp forew was determined ow along the ‘Charlestown road, and twelve regimonts of infantry and three batteries of nrtf- lery were deepatched under the immediate command of Geveral Crook, General Sheridan accompanied wt, and witnenssd the operations. Toe enemy's packets were driven in about a mile boyoud the fraud of the Nineteenth corps, anda skirinish line soon erooum put to flight. ‘The rec'onnoisrance was pushed aint about three miles trom Halitown, where the rebe Is were found etrongly posted in force, and pare tisliy intrenched, Itboing no pnre of the futont to uring on @ general ongegement, our fo retired after a brisk ekirmish and lively caunous of thirty minutes’ duration, The rebel troops om front were necertafned to be Rhodes’ and Ramsaen's diwh fiona. Our onset was se deterniined, vigorous and nueE. pected, that nearly one hundred Brisoners, inctuding @- lieutenant colonel, major cud other commiseioued officers, fell tmto our hands. CAMPBELL MINST 199 and 201 Powery,— anp Exciting Wsuanae oF Krwion,ay Opprtma oN? AYERILI’S CAVALRY Dryision, August 27—P, M. The day has passed without the enemy making avy further attempts to crores, Tonight the enemy bas prsted a strong picket four miles from Williamaport, on the south gide of the river, Severa! deserters came tb to-day, Tt was Fitzhugh Lee we prevented from crossing at Willhamsport yesterday. Jee, in retiring from the river, Diew up twooe? his caisson, Imboden’s was vko com. mand which attempted to croas at McCoy's ferry. AMERICAN THEATRR. No. 444 Broadway,—} Pantownas, Beauesaues, &e—lOveer ano — ERW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATO: 8 Coxcomes any Lemunus-ttom 9 4, WT figyea THE SITU ATION. The enemy appear to have set thelr hearts upon dis- lodging oor troops from’ the Weldon Railroad, but eo far thoy hi Thurs Heapquarrenrs, CAvaLny or Srerinan’s Aptey, August 7-—". My il reports of the evemy baving crossed the river are ovtrae. The roport that there {a.a heavy rebel force in front of Hancock i: uiso untrue, To wight everything fe very quict A’ Sheyberdstown, Willlams;ort and Hayerstown, At the reconnnissince wads on Thursday by General Torbert our loss only reached ona hundred, according to official returns, Breckinyidge, with his corps, followed our forces, but gained nothing, We sccomplished al! we moved for, , i ve made no progress in thet direction, _On a‘ternoon they renewed the attempte made on the Sunday end, Friduy of the preeeding week; but this time more desperately, more dicastrously, and with like failure. General Hancock's Second corpe: held the position attacked at four o'clock PM on Thursday by the whole of A, P. Hill's rebel corps. | The figbt was eevere, hand to hand, uud the grotnd was con- fested almost inch by inch. The Second corps appears Wo bave beon gradually. talling back, when the’ Fifth came up to their rupport, and the forsunes of the hour ‘were changed. The enemy withdrew from THR CASUALTIES. ‘Tho casualties 1b the battle were very trifing on ow side, Bad probably not important on the enemy's. WITHDRAWAL OF THE REBELS, Careful reconnoiseances thia morning revealed the feat that the rpbels bad withdrawn under cover of the night, and had apparently moved around further to our rigtt, A detachment of our cavairy was moved on the Charlestowa road early ia the morntag, and oecppied that place beforo moon wil opposition from the onemy. The oninion is evenly @& vided here ag tothe canso of the sudden disappearanes: of {hs rebela, on our immediate front, ome ome are @ fe fo mean their intention to ae ryland at SNepherdstown or "williamsport, & more probable byothesis, im, thos Tocca na alarmed at General Grant's operations op the Wel Ratiroad, the rebel authorities have recalled Farly from the fleld of ao many exploits, and that bis whole come mand ia double quicking Riohtrondwards at the present writing. Much surprise fs also exprersef here that General Ste- ridao should constantly retire before the rebet without @ single battie, All unite in emribeting tte Me. Francis ©. Loniss DespateR. GavALRy Corps, iv Tur Kinin, August 26, 1864. mur £NRMY's Position, General McIuivsb, of the Third cavalry division, made @ reconnolgsance on Tuesday evontnz, with three regi« ments of bis ~britade—the Second Ohio, Fitth Now Yorke and Second New York. He tound ® considerable forde.of the enemy near Falting Springs, on the Charles. town an@ Shepherdstown road, oecupying a strong posi- tion, “He did tot engage the enemy, his, orders being to Fécontoftre Ins position. A sttong column of cavalry Yegan to. deploy on Mcintosh’s right, when ho fel! pack, thoy evidently trying to cut him off Grand $6 force, bef b: Harper's Ferry. ‘The force ie our tmmediate front proves that (bere is ‘no force at Hanovek 80 heavy as Our scouts bave report- Rewtefous Inrorrrance i Tre Army.—In the Heratp of Monday last we published a let- ter’ ftom the McDougall General Hosp tal, UniteadStates Army, Fort Schuyler, in which it was charged that a soldier named M¢Grath was permitted to dic ip that establishment without the consolation.of bis réligion, in consequence of the abgolutd‘refusal of a, person named Port, empfoyéd in the hospital,.to send for a Gatholie priest,in reply tothe eathtat entreatics of the dying'niun. ‘Phe writer of the letter alleged, also, that a Catholic clergyman’ was infofmed of MoGrath’s condition through a ¥hird party, ‘bat Raion on his hastening to the hospital he found that }'cd. The icssés’ in tho Third division at Summit Point itt from Washington. The bravery. wectk y. Mr. Stanton received brief official despatobes | Recessity. Ten thousand more might beve ote “i our’ elty, and who will Spend McGrath was‘dead. We editorially called the | were two officers and seven men killed, sixty-one wound- ean eral eee febting “quelit es of General % baa verals Grant, Meade and Hancock embodying the } Completed the destruction of this attacking | Wosht, ta ent and stamina enough before the attention of General Dix to these. statements{ ° snd six m sf Winchemerrsour“Kitied, forty, Calede geek & Fusing pone saysikoare beta noace ncaa, “HMBC be semi ie botfetn'to | force. We lost an opportunity in not being public t@ expose and beat down the insolent the same day. wounded end sixty-six miseing Br. DeB. Randolph, Ketu’s Deepatet. Batrmorw, August 26, 1860 ‘THE BNEMY IN THE VALLEY. ‘Me reconnoitering party went ont on the 24th, to dip © cover if possible the, whereabouts and doings of tbe enemy, has retarned with the ‘mportent fret that he fe atit! in our front with his pickets, the main body of Mir army being in camp in the vicinity of Charlestown. Since then, however, Kerir has shown signs of activity. Featerday a cavalry reconnolssanco, under Goneral Fase low, discovered @ movement of @ portion of Early’s fores towards Lectown. esterday. ‘The rebels mado an-attack in | Avie to do that, and this necessity for men con- i ruinous ascendancy of New England ideas, > this aliatr coctirred on General Butler's | #2UeS as great now as ever—for even this bat- wae and onli in the Grand Council of we them in; But the pickots goon } {2 Of Thursday is not the last that will be he lon. Whatever may be the fate of : the Presidential tickets in the field, it amy back, capturing twp off fought on the Weldon road. At that point the io Oeers enemy bas yet to make his most” dédperate at- is incontestibly certain that New York city will he locally cast an overwhelming vote for the demo- : tempt, and we ought to be able to anticipate sg Fs ee ne ae berid i de no at | with certainty 9 favorable. resiiti, But nee cratic candidates within her power to elect; : te Oh tornnt to cross the Potomac, restora” Sante had } would not be wise unless a large rar oacieapenesy Fie wilt Vaxpigie.codagast) ors at Dam No. don friday #9S reptilied. Se goes to Grant at once. sabe iapisiip matter tn the rightgpirit, and ta put Yesterday we received a letter, dated in the | McDougall Hospital and, signed “Justitia,” ine which it is claimed that Mr, Post possesses a | great many good qualities, and that our’ first informant was actuated by malice in making the accusations. We have nothing to do with the offloial character of Mr. Post; and if his adyo- ente had proved that he really did not, in Mc- Grath’s ease, violate the right of liberty of con- sclence,. which is supposed to prevail in every public institution in the land, we would be very happy to annonnee the fact. This, we think, he has failed todo. On the contrary, he says, after referring to McGrath’s caso:— “While it was impossible to send for, priest that evening he (Mr. Post) would try to do so. the following morning. If it was not done it was simply because, in the multiplicity of his Mr. N. Davidson's Derpatches. ( op 9 FRRDRRIO€, Md., Augast 26; 18% ” TIM REBEL SYMPATHIZERS, 4 ‘The citizen pathizers wie were ordered out of our Mines by Geoern! Hunter kome weeks ago are still here, uoder the surveillance of the Provodt Marshal. It wil ‘be remembered Gxeontion of the order in here cages at the instance of Senator Johnson, of thie State THR HOsPrrara, jow about five hundred and forty cases in the United’States hospitals here, They are convaleeaing rapidly updor the excetient care of, the purveon in ohvrge, Dr Weir, tnd the effect of the salubrious atmosphere of ‘this climate, General Dix 5 he morniog whe Wickert. Liggs, and Ct “acd the ony Ghee mw Railied and for wid Otipenin “ttlog mm men, ery thin fe r i " “Averill’s cavalry eery gailantly.y) E*erstbiAe WA amet The position on the Potomac and the vatisied ar mh Goneeene te bari 35 wy pee p, Withan\sport and UGK | manoruvres of Sheridan and Early, would have! bi tt “Sais a, by ne tise nee a aback from before Willizms- } considerable interest. just now if Lee bad Seeites a pas pr oo Po : m4 beat ton Th Gt b Bis cag fmapotaee ada x pre! grandest Bays of her history, and that the popn- the river bi half a dozen points to see what he site bn ce aaeiae sa ae. ond Qo with it; but there is aman riding down | “0” : . ’ ty@2 of sup | the Shenandoah Valley now—if he is wot candidates the Old Wigwam may put forward ERP UE to a triumphant» election. © Sheriffs, county ‘ne Ma | a in Barly’s cump ar : dae prucicn (om oe np mith ovubrezae Kase clerks and coroners are matiers of minor mo- RIDNL DESIGNS, ‘The rebel movement of yesterday and their continued demonstration against Shepherdetown are rather com vincing of the fact that Early wii attempt another cam paigu north of the Potomac. Leetown lies m!iway be tween Charlestown and Martinsburg and on the mais road to Shepherdstown. At Shepherdstown the Potrmag fe fordable, and on the other side isa good road through Sharpsburg, Boonsboro and thenes by diverging toads i= any diredtion, Shepherdstown, however, is closely Ya: night at Shopherdsto t port yestorésy morning. The enemy bad saliew, FRADERICK is aclty of some teu thousand inbabitants, or was bofore the war, and the contre of much business activity. ‘There {5 Low considerable travel, and the hotels are generally “aL; but the peopte live in constant preparation for iava- sion by the enemy, and on each orrival of the atage from Hagerstown the inquiry ts, ‘Whether the rebols are Yn sooty’ WO have details ot! stoity of Atixnta, rom Geveral Sterman' Ge Hilpotrick’s Yate raid ta the wi @ro nd which be made a compiete : one hynlred men, burntig a ta, destroying fourteen mites of » revit, rescuing <isidhies ” 2 haya, duties, the request had esoaped his mind.” 7 watched. The advance to Leetown ts In reality nothing ern‘ cilroad, taking two bundrea pritovers, six cam | tO bei away {0a ss pitan tf he om find Lurry important in themselves, but of an This e. noaee fully aera PE ae Sore ere — more than a stolen march upon Martinsburg, and also for fend | ur stands of colors. On his resura it appears | #0 the capital of tbe Covtederate § States. srost thot dwindles out of sight when con- |) 1)! pid sts bre * eakek tention Mr. S. Cadwatiader's Despatches. the’ prese@it! a ruse, menacing Sbepberdstown _ae@ be was bara pressed by * large force of the encmy, =| Presipestiat, Max@uvaes at Onrcaco id trasted with the immense significance of our Sarre a oo Haarea’s eert, August 27, 1804 covering the movements of the rest of the rebel & brave soldier, who lost his life in defeace of the United States government, to die in one of its hospitals without the attendance of a clergy- man of his church, notwithstanding his earnest entreaties to be permitted to have one. No ex cuse can palliate such forgetfulness as the let- ter acknowledges, and we again call on Gene- ral Dix to read the first letter given in the Heratp, and then institnte a searching inguiry into the case of McGrath in all its bearings. RECONNOS"RANCR ON THE LAPT. Yesterday evening oue brigade of Genotal Crook's command and Colonel Lowell's brigade of cavalry made a reconpoissance from our extreme ieft, aud captured about seventy prisovers, among them a lieutenast colonel, The jufantry pressed up suddenly upow their front and delivered a very rapid musketry fire. driving thera buck upon Col. Lowell's command, who took thera on their flank and rear, capturing about sixty of them. Tho artillery then shelled them quite briskly, driving them back into the woods, Onr fereee they returned to their lines, baying accomplished the design of General ‘Sheridan. fotcer to Martinsburg. and thence by the main travelled Toute to Williameport, Hencock or some inrermediate crossing. We may next expect to Doar of the enemy’ as Martinsburg if his plans be not frustrated by Generel Sheridan. Sungreesional representation at such a time as € vu Als prisonors readers will notice in the xecounts . Let Old Tammany, therefore, take heart A revel force attempted to gather in gome con-| day of the Chicago Convention one (a 1! grace, repudiate all idea of continuing te Hots for the army at Greeusboro, North Carolina, on | great significance: this is, thal the moots | share a divided empire by corrupt bargeinings element of the. republican purty ie 0 active | with the Woods and the Know Nothings; ant operation there. Tuken alone, tie (uve | jet ber put forward a Congressional ticke( presence of these men at Ohicegy is ver re quel to the grandeur of our city and the es, ‘val xeqnirements of our people. With such phe us in the field, there esn be no RAIEROADA. Several weeks since we suvgested the propristy of @ Strong revonnolssxace towards the railroads north of Richmmd, mentioning at the same time the porsibilt of their repair. We have since: learned from sever: sources, and upon very food authority, that those por oes the three connecting roads pecessary to rexei Calpenper have been roraired, nod that trains aro rum. ping. bearing to Bichmonc erain and papplies rent to Cab popper'by Early. The truth of this should be knowm> officially to the goveroment, and if true-the ronds should f be again deatroyed, even if tt takes a special army to de it. If itbe not done the Washingtonian authorities ‘Weds caduy Inst; but the citizens turned ont to oppese the cons"! tor, not recognizing the right of the governmen: to tos men from thelr hoines and expose them to the utor -y of the battle field. The result wos that the wore driven out of the town, their com tr, Major Whitford, mortally wounded, and wirkable: but their preteu iseven more sv. They as capouared te withd was compelled to abandon (our of the guns end = coms vo Wirnprkaw ¥rrow tag Canvas maod | Tom the Presidential canvass: ancient Why vie of our Local democracy Tae Auny Vorr.—There is no doubt a megbers, and that t! ance, judging 1m the vpplces, gave great satisfaction, | ting hungry, eappove we stop a while and tole 9\: Captain enot abd Colona Le Saves, Untied Bees, Weeeems, vccurred im stables and unocenpied built: | 6 the complaints and promptly apply a cer- Army, and Cotene! @ G, Pride neu Lincoth = PALM ALAC b rtinate, Captain Reyoe, killed, ior ; 1 ‘ake Ye mornit d find the Bar; portion ee Pie seb, to addition to berotbier sue | remains to be geen what their apthoriiy vs Soursny Coxptrion oF Tim Crry.—{t is, of | Scheme fs on foot to carry the army vote for cid <i St cmurhat anaman aa ake epee the gaten of the capital or wove ee . we know preity well in the p “ht t0:be. enol own that thet existy | Lincoln, jos! as Jef. Davis secured the North | ere Teported te have mv Heeereeee oe ace | Roms the soll of Khe Noreh agaia-dessorsted by the treed sea, dea:royed twonty two American fishing ves | One fact ; 4 ought to be, generally known that ts River road, near the lines of Colonel Gemot’s cavalry | ofan enemy. With a railroad at conimand it wil nod e@enses, deairey eaty “2 J fessrs. Pomeroy, Chase and Spra i jati led the New Yort | Carolina rebel army vote for Vance. What is ore require long to transport a targe army to Nortdern Vin North Cape, Prince Edward's Island, on | career of 3 in this ciiy wn association called the } 2 P brigade, on our right. The men oi the Sixth corms were | Teauire long to transport a large army te Noribern Vie. seis «©. North Cape, Prince Ea’ . . they have been bitterly hostile to the moma dso. qute of Medicine, embracing in is list of | to binder the Lincolnites from carrying the | at once notitied and prepared to re vet, | Ricnteond'te onde oF abe Graake presaure trom Oreck. a ‘Thurs ‘ay. Somebsdy ought to whisper to Mr. tion of Mr. Lincoln, aud if he has Lidgollp a large number of men of leara- | amy vote for their candidates, just as they did | however, wo hea tale report, J ca } person of the remarkable abilities of Leo will not lowe ile: h be found awake, that there : mnewmbdrebip # ta Pads P hae Any oppormnity unemployed, no matter how an, Welles, if he can A over to their eid cn them authority fer experience, to which might poperly the same vote in the last elections in Now | #0 it con diaconcert our plans, These railronir, tf fs verso! called the Tallahassee afloat. Ar an 80 Goaté be with his duty of desig Hampst Connectient and other States? | ee Stee Giheintoe no doubt, im @ be dovast rate vessel we hove the | | aa er rere i : beissilaapeathaes siete 8! ms name, it £10} commission to inquire into the c Accomst 1) Savon Goxtnea’s Davemmm.-Last Frida oe ec neolasion to know that @ blockade rapner—the Lillian, + ’ A ht y Wheeler te Invade arty ee and exe of wees Wh © wure, ooneletin, layor Guother, his ¢ a oom party histo the : nuisauses W & party coneieting of Mayor Gupth: pte ag Doond fr Neesev—tas been captured by two of our gun only pve r é elieved that thi samily acd & number of friends. ivetuding Indies nnd gon Lovrevintm, Ky., August 27, 1804. beats 01 Wiimington. She wee loaded with seven DUB: | Ot minsion of these uiea of disease—is one of the ‘tata gpg, 2 the sloop yacht Richmond, down Tho Nashville Times has the (ollowing:— Gred ani twenty-one bales of ontton, and wascommanded | 4 Oy care Convention te nom the range of medical science este els rth Vid aie baat en Heepatebes from es — abbey srt pp Maw r athe * } uires ite Byala . - > Wheeler's flank say they Lave learned that it 19 Gy Captain Macht, formerty, of the pirste Fietdn: all repubiteans opposed to ert edig it is one which requires for its party starved to roturo tothe city, Whee off the High wothais'st Cilakeah Weta sh igéee Maat chy. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Fremont can vote for, their presence & ] a thorough and intelligent invesgition ef | iands the. yacht jtbea, the ropea of the boom catching fbn kcal Acanvass of the various delegations to the Chiesgo | the Gonvention is much more intelligible aod | facts; and it is with a view to secit sup aa | Miss Amelin A. Gunther acrons the neck ard forcing hor x News teom San Fronoisce. Presicentiv! Nominating Convention, which meets to . aint er important mn 9 advocate the volniment | (verboned. The next moment.all was excitement. rhe a wa v fan Franence, Angust 26, 1866 mo-row, w F talon Inst migdat, aed resulted io evtabtien- | OO MECH MC igatlon evans grt ‘in oN ‘ py | Yacht was golne very fant, and in n few foconds more tien Genorat Sheridan exbivite the pat peiivas Seater ‘The Christian Commineion Fair, now in provreas ip thie Joy the fect tha’ Ceuersl MoCletlan will be the nominee, s commission of qualided mer L ow ther would have been teyond help. Captain J. Man lance in watebing the movimenta of the enemr * Roroo city, (9. a greet ouccoss, and will realize « largo sum of The rm cereed tpan will, Ht 8 reported, stipulate it will be ascertained by the propqd inquliy | son, without nesitating a moment to consider his chances | DOMeANCeR In force ure made daily by beth en ry avd | money. Ghee the Mecieilan admintsteotion shall exbaust every Js to what extent our bille of morfly are in- | of succacs, plonzed bravely into the water and succeeded | bib cot bay a Srmrethp he sett asta ‘The opposition steamer Africn azrived Inst evening @Mrt known to civillextica ead bawnwmity to settle our | ProRdway om i aeed by the soap and bone Ming, glue | 19 resehiag Miss Gaither in time to rencue ber. By this | Se! Lowell's brigada takes on an svernes twenty to thirty J from Pamama, weeticnal t no eltitaat tas to be bromght tn. to by our ci we salle veecdeill ‘Se, which, fe fay to day, toe the yacht bad gone ab nt one handred yards trom } P*wemers daily, Recovt rains have raised the rivers in tho intertor Py the arrival of the cteamebtp Nowth Btur, Captain A.) vance wag justified by making pra agama ace asa 0rd where the untortapate ceeident occurred to the young | 4 deserter trot the Nineteenth Misiveipp! regiment | *Wshteen inches. ©. ‘once, at thr ne rt yooterday, from Aspl on the ery commodity. 1 and a bot was lowered and gent to the assistance | came into the vixth corps tines this morning. He is an Subseriptions to the soven-thirty loam are coming Brtd invt., we have late ond important Intellige on n to the rise in price of Captaio Manwn, Daring sl. tbis timerthe wildest con | intenizent mn and is tired of fighting tor the rebellion, | feely. They were oyened yerterday. Tho wan te Ade South Pacific, brought to Penama by the eteare nip ve cubanced ttock of } that sickaess bed m srtalily pre r fusion preyatted, and Mayor Gunther was cigh fran. The first quastion ‘ie Adked the officer of the day was, | * ught after by many for tnvestiment, who olfor gream. Recromente, that verte! t pps 5 are cver- | these ntitauees exist there w]mo longer | te, for al on board had given the young lady uy | whether ho would be impressed to Abe agatost the | MKS se (erty censwce the dollar, Pork ov the 16h feet. which pit tilieg of ects. ibe any doabt about the néce heir abiale res At teat the stil beat pont tho canta, who, | woattif” Peiby answered fc the nezhtive, be remarked | yvimzo/maCuram—On Monday everiog Matilda) Berom me tear en ; + Ab Woitehh ebbbaey, cos [heat No oly government withstand | Sr Piecing Mise Gunther to tt, climbed in Bimeolr. and | hat the four thes they would be, as aewured by ticit | wi commence a short ongagemnent of iz nights ab snip The ext adition enee of f of ruder ot downright robbery, com: “7 iu 9 few minutes more Mics dwells A. Ganther was offcers, deterred lerge numbers of privates from coming tre, for the purpore.of Produeing for the Inet time i yeeto fore Untte < Commizstoner Ne -s tilled by drivers on cotaa of the Broadway | the importunate de . Placed ia herfather's arms. Mayor Gunther was £040 | over, Fe ange two dtvietcns of Longétrret’s corps bave her romarkable imperson tien of Daiwa’ Camila > fhe Vcmmiseiover, after betring si! the evicence wile | 3. Thess drivers azo Fopgrted to us as | convinced that they are suff lighted at ond mora recovering bis daaghter that he pre: | gine arly, They wagon their eupptier frors St.unton. | rusing the week aho will havo completed, in the perk @ise wn the argummente of counsel wher eile, gr tt tatng: HK. bot os ‘to nm Me bus to Indy rots jovi the influen tenet the po Captala Stuuson with a check for one Culpepper woold Be's shorter route, bot ws not corvidered | 4+ seven youry, the thousandth performanss of this chars aise or Oa rieover was thea | bel vi aly t i : ; ovaind dollars, and anoyhorofthe guests, a Mr. Peter i his certitieat e p gl: my . 1 ‘ =: gueqe vate, oor ee from W for bis rend ion ivin tr f os) he ev a r sanitary reg oi ken of his appreciation for bis fact that there is ne ant. ‘ersonal Inteliigonee, @pcil an order wrriver from Bton for driving, their ind 5 ag to the for Y Garipg and courage, Mim ‘Armen A’ Gort eben It te 8 singular but significant J WF dus Ceuitmiea | Cirkettle, Bpramun and. toeyy aioe “ fe the British ourbortiter 2 pacsengers fn letting then fn or owt eu ‘time to come. elwht yours oid, aud in onburt, save a rlightwed mark | Mosity of fevling between the privates . Gonoral Sta}th and Goveral Theman Bagi, Unite4 Atte By the arrivai at bins port yesterany of the bark Alvor . f. or | Todo thie work properly af rd qualified | aerow ter noek, where the rene Devisod the Fkiu. ‘Ihe | ‘They ere acwerimen caught enjopiog their own little pri. | Zenoral sta tien, of Puseavipuia, dea Gees kewae Bra, (arteic Olmerend, from Vern Crmiz, we bave dates to | potty thi a in toh using to meke change, hy A toedsieie the: sere eae ret srfforiog a Tittle from preateation, crowed | care pruges and armistices on the pickes lines O# such | Adama, of Now York, ere stovpiug mt the Agtor five, Bric taunts aime porn fom Canpeacryw fer | fisting, vpoa pesengare bile of pactoboerd | exports ere required, and |’ mention, the | Gy ina pus ibe aston ur vtoren, Tin bent | TAS ote change page, tpt, mst coon, | ty MilevurdG:', De, 2 Tmo Pror, and from thence to Matemorve, are open, the | proton’ » represefit monoy, bat in reality | Academy of Medicine as boo! cratlom alford- | of Captaln Midon for teecuing the young Indy from A! trade colle for tobacco, ke, in the covt amionbis Je, Glovalandy Wentoatt, mor estieco, nod O Lat Birenet Diocksde having been ratsod #inos the Tth alt, of no value whatever, besides being cleat! ing the beat chance of secur watery grave. oe manner, A most amuring ocourrence happened o8 | gq w. f, Powers, Of Llilvois, are stepping et the Metro Fico Warvual Saker bas presented te the Otime | niawiul, are matiers becoming #0 notorious fsuch experts, because it ne Park Concert, oem ES eats th thecear (CAGE PN, Ae and, 18 ce\! bis eemi-annual report, Ae weual, 1 coptatue | * M The concert in the Park yesterday afternoon wae at- | had got miffed avout something, has beea shocsing General Firth, of Engten: a. Clark, of San Francis na to Gewaad the Interference gf guthori. | sumed that an associatior y ay bing.” One ‘fellow finally r oo, Pedro Armenteros, of iavana; Joba Peabody, of Naw Valuable enggestions, togetber with @ correct state | o va " ealous of the dignity of tended by abMW as many pedestrians as on the previous | at each other all the mor; Uy Oe" | rienbe; Captain Mule, of New York, (. Kertrechty of oot oF all tho fires and fire alarms during the six monthe } gies, untéds the proprictors of the lines upon | jealous Saturday; fet the Carrtiges wore tess numerous, ‘The | Up from behind his shelter, makivg some kin Mompbik; R. Alexander, of Naseau; $, 6. Alcon, of ibm J, ding tho ies cf May, 1606. Over one third of these which such practices occur personally, atten are qer scrupulous Pi fine aelaction of pieces, and tho perform: | Mason sign, and shouts ou! uy: & Hi. Chapin, of New York: A. Voruman, of ' | mayter Very suggestive es to their origin, The tt ‘i secustomed to ac! ‘The weacher wae almort epring-like, and the verdure, | Reb avewera, "Well, Yank, ony wo do, will you agree Jouls, are stopping at the Fifth Aven number of free during that period wae one hundred | rective. 0! our citisens will ase tie bess iat {oterest in any hiputy that may be | owing to the recent rains, added to the decoittad effect— | The word was prseed Mlowg the lines, and all porvies mado 1K, Markon avd family, of Poston, Mrs. Gea. Stoxeman ¢ ninety Svegbelng tweoty.five more than took pikes | cars altogether, and the war sguinst a Broad- } especi be y to city will | the eos, presenting thse Leautga! velvety appearance | thelr coe, tbe reba drioking sham ud the Ysoxs ron! | svt ‘arly, ohm Steteon, and Gecrye Liva-tare,c? Bom reg tuerempenciag st wont. The abel se | way rallrogd, salong and\eo enrncslly wared, yaad tems |e SHO Tas onjoos | otamsaarte Soret erors 7. tag heg teen che. When tay wre trough Yam sar, vareyor | iS, Mrs Namen tient ®t haem te Aber b * tie 1 asmall matter com, y tald on thronel the Park, and the Casino @ now ready over there?” “Y: “Well, then, the w ts | opp r " pear to be rather bewty, amounting to $7,612,406; io by the omuibus interests, iil be concluded | be ap DLiiadlty vite soe Gunton vumcin ne tee. Ae viwn teaen ia” haw ou . atopping at the Astor House. feos ts,seeget. tos pai erie eae Camara f the pubiie in 1 by tho hearty co-operation o pub posite wuss, Dour coaneuias ng { constructing auch @ road. | acught to be attained. enmrmodated wit reirestronts di the eveulsg uney | 0 S.A. and George Wheeler, of Was ‘belt -oas) tea. * a accidental causes, Mr, Biker's eneseations tare | the Work A ILOA ete, ; Geo. Hiroe, Let the people ka this ar sae other : ape. (ions Soatea ant ba cena wx gutme | neon etaBe Ao SM,