The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1864, Page 4

e+ cl ne i scan es Atanas NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT EDNOR AMD FROPEISIUA orricr §. ¥, cones, OF FULTON AND Nassad STS. | Roe TERMS cash im advance, Mouey sent’ by mat! will be at the risk of the meader, Neue but bank bilis current ta Mow York (akon. THE DALY HERALD, Foor eenta pereopy. Annual Bubscription price’ @2a. ose N@, 245 an UsEMENTS THIS EVENING, BIDLO GARDEN, Brosawar.—-Canteun. WINTER GARDEN, Brosdway.—Byearsopr's Paurxp~ Rovan Diavonn KEW BOWKRY THKATAE, Flax ome Jack—Bean Bun tes BOWERY THEATRE, won—Baskant BSLLE— Bowery.—Recranatee Love sxp Morper. OrF.—— 5 GNuT OF King Soo 8 Taw Woopeutrer. BROADWAY THEATRE, 435 Broadway.—Manntz Losetsorte’s Lawree, BARNUN'S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Living Wear, Two GisxTs. Two DWARFS, ALBINO: S.uPH SS iu Dours JockomaAy LL A. Dhy Sand 1 P. _ ‘eae WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 614 Broadway.—Rrarortan Bonde, Dasews, &— Fue CONTKABANDS COLLEGH. CAMPBELL MINSTRELS, 199 and 201 Bowery.—Vani> anv bxcrmxg MeLanGs or Braiorian Opprrins. AMERICAN THBATRE, No 446 Broadway, Baccurs, Pantomiaxs, Boasxsquas, &.—Vol-au-Vax7, KEW YORE MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Rroadway.— Cumosmes and Licioums, from) a, M, Hi WP. M, HOOLFYS OPRRs HOUSS, Brovkiys.—Eraorcam Boros, Dances, Buxumsqums, 46. New York, Saturday, September 3, 1864. THE SITUATION. i The most vital news of the day is the captare of Atlanta | by Coneral Sherman, which he accomplished yesterday | Be by a very clever flank movement, Tho Twentieth corps occupied the city at noon yesterday, The main army was occupying a position om the Macon road, pear East Point, where, it is said, a Dattle occurred, in which Gene- ral Sherr sn succeeded in culting the army Ja two, and ‘wflicting heavy lvea upon them, Geveral Hardee ts re- ported among .oe killed. Sherman appears to have made @ fine strategic movement. Keeping the evemy employed with his cavairy while he was apparently retreating, he forced General Hood to come out and fight bim ata tor. | rible disadvantage, Thus while ho seemed to be aban- doning the siege of Atlanta, be was ln fact securing its oapture. Our despatches from Louisville and Nashvlile yeater- day show that the combinations in Tennessee coincided with Sherman’s moyements, A force of ten thousand rebels, with twelve pieces of artillery, under Generals Roddy, Wheeler and Forrest, made an attempt to destroy the ralload between Nashyille and the Tenuessee river. Thoy got whthir seventeen miles of Nashville on the Mur- freesboro’ road. General Rousseau advanced to meet them, and, it is said, drove them three miles towards Murfreesboro’, / last accounts Wheeles was ia Franklin. ‘The Navy Department received Admirai Farragut’s of- nt of tle surrender of Fort Morgan, yosterday, The Admira! complains of the condwct of the rebel Gea. Page and his officers, He states that the guns were spiked and the ammuuinion destroyed afier tho white Dag was hoisted; aise that peither General Page nor several of bis offic: bad swords to deliver op, while the weapons of many of those who bed any were found to be broken. Admiral Farragut draws a coutrast be- tween (his couduct of General Page and that of Colonel Anderson, of Fort Guinga, very much to the disparage. ment of the former, who, it will be remembered, de- nousced Colonel Anderson for surrendering Fort Gatnes. No change has jukep place in General Crant’s sry since our last reports. With the exception of some skir- mishing, avd a threatened attack of the rebols, Which has not yet taken place, everything wae porfectly atlil. 7 has forwarded an jmportant dea- relative to the draft, which we pub- ea) acco The Secretary of 9 patch to General lish today. He anuounces (hat the uavat and other credits which had not yet been reported to the Dopart- meat reduce the call of the Pres He (rock troops aro all that §3 required by Genoral to give @ finishing biow to the rebcilion, and that the | baat July to 200,000 | 199,009 mors men, ribermore, that Grant | residue wi the Hinos of ¢ b and protect trarcl and commerce from the tufested with ROPEAN NEWS, val ef the steamebips Hecla at Hatitaz * Cape %ace we bave telegraphic re. | ~dive daya } orilas io the differess States now | Ry the new! he k op ber voyage to New*York 03 by ropa romont had ordered that American ects, ied 1 watebiog the wea tu the privateer, supposed to be the t was thought wenld seoa gail ander erpool. The Portugaere gor 2 yessel should not leave the m the Inndon , on the & pence resulting from the ac- tion ‘ > Convention. Tue weiter eays that the luat body will bo fouowed by ao &rinis. hom|nations by tice, whict wil! lead to the adjustment of our dilficultios by the ation of two Amortoan governmenta, inde pondent in executive fonctions but united in seatiment, fivance, trade nnd tmililary ol ects, and ready to reward tho “selfish policy, or “irenchery,” or “cowardiee” of any ution of the Old World whieh worked for their cual only thinks tbat Mr, Lindoln oharees election are very *slim;” but ff she war ie to continue tho rebels prefer him to apy other po.son for Prosidont of the rth Despatches from Niagara Falls to the London Tims @xprosa the conviction that paaco would acon ensue in Amoricn—by ap arm afior the p tcc and eomveotion of the Statca— mination of @ denaooratic candidate for the bicag ‘cs hat Uhe war prospects of the g00d as over, Mf tho oporat! ‘do not cowaterbalance what itoalis A vew rebel loan wae spoken of ix London, Volted States bonds had experionced a decline of | worse than useless. But yet some Ubree per cent in Pranks was (wing faith advices from New Yor by macy houses weil it rt:and it was said that Germany thodnvestment in consequence of ord om eagerness to ai! evinced raed om American affairs, ¢ fipancial vf the Mexican empire were muoh elvod, Mt Laying been reported that the monarchy woe rapidly consolidating. The Kiug of Spain had let Paria He visited Queen Obrietina on bie way to Madrid, It was thougat thet Frivce Humbert, of taly, would be Barriod bo ee Princess Anna Maret, of France, Prussia and Austria had decided on taking possession of Rolotein The Gear of Ruseia had commenced a large reduction in dis army The ait Ev yptlae govorome affair ulty between the Taitet States C was amicably adjusted. riot tlog in shedding of blood, bad tekon place if Genera, Seitveriand, No dwturbance had coourrod to Belfast, Ireland, siuoe | edt o © 19tu of August, Briss arm ‘ew Zealaad had gone into winter aga ond the ters nye ‘ he Caledonts rfinenelal report (to Augast svost markets are dated to sod ln Tondom at 66% @ 6° for money 5 )\bon market cloned | regu- tr, but good qualitioe wore Iu {air demand, previous quotations being fully maiotuan. Breadswitly word y. generaily duit MISCELLANEOUS NEWs, Thore wor a apocial meeting of the Board of Aldermen Gallo’ for yerlerday, bata quoram failing to attend, 10 Dudiome war travsactod, A uupber of We Aldermen of the 24th of August ¢ The Live quot and @ tous we: | Weldon road. | pation by the Tweatieth corps uader Gen elated as delegates Coloago Convention, aad have not yet returbed to their Homes. Monday noxt, the Sta instant, ts the day that was ep. pointed by the President fof the draft to tako piace In all districts throughout the country which eball pot have lied theie quotas-of the call for ave nunared tnousabd men prior to (Bat time; but @p «o- Naat evening Aeveral Hays, the Ageistant Provost Marshal Genera! 10 this city, * bad received uo orders to commence drafting on tho day pamed. Major Geperal Fenjamin F. Butler arrived tu this olty yesterday from Fortress Monroe, oa @ short leave of ab- sence from bis command. ‘ ‘The Sixty-ffth regiment of New York Volunteers, who Grrived home from the seat of war on Thursday Inst, aftor @ three years term of service, had s formal reception and parade yesterday. They were escorted by three companies of the Seventh regiment, National Guard. Ip the evening they were entertained at # supper ia the armory of the Seventh regiment. ‘The Constitutional Union General Committes met last evening at the Sinclair House, Mr. J. L. Noyes in the chair. Most of its members were announced to be absont still at Obicago, and the business was of a trivial nasure. The chairman announced also that in the Twenty-first ward @ new campaign ball has been erected, near the Harlem depot, by a few citizens of the ward, ‘The Dry Goods Protective Association held a meeting at No. 110 Grand street ast Thursday evening, the }resl- dent, Mr, Chaddocks, ia the obair, & number of cow members’baying been admitted, the question of au, in- crease of salaries was discussed. The President advo- cated @ gold basis ag the only proper one whon tie our- rency fivetuations wore so uncertain as at present. Mr, Altman proposed a committee of conforeace to mort euch from other societies, and deemed fifty per cent & suilcient advance for a beginning. A member of tho Marly Cios'ng Association atated that his soctety were carrying forward the regoives of the late Dry Goods Clerks’ masg meeting, and i$ was regolved that this Association cordially on- forse the resolutions of the said mass meeting 60 far as an increase of salary to fifty per cont (s cencerned. The general opinion wae that the gold basis ia the only true one; but ® majority. believed that it would not be con. ceded at present, A comuittce was appointed to iaform the Early Closing Association of the conourronce tu the fe demanded for the present. In the United States Commissioner's oMlce yesterday Commissioner Stillwell discharged two mon, named Richard Turner and John Wilson, who, with anosier pre- viously discharged, were charged with enticing & colored man to desert, the government failing to produce auy witnesses or testimony in the case, By a fire at the Troy (N. Y.) Nai! Works on Weduesday morning property to the value of $20,000 was de- stroyed. : ‘The ups and downs of gola yesterday had @ very vn- favorable effect ou the market for gonerai merchandise, and values were completely ypsetticd, Some of the mer+ cbante would not name prices at which they would elthor buy or sell, and prices of nearly overything were merely nominal, The transactions elsewhere chronicied are, ia the present stage ofthe markets, of especial value. Cot- ton was eteady, Petroleum was frreguiar. On ’Chanco the flour market was lfc. a 80c. higher, Wheat was 20 a 4c. highor, with only a moderate business doing, Corn was lc. higher, and oats were a shade firmor. Jork opened active and firiwer, but clozed dull and heavy. Reef was quict, Tard was quite active and Grmee, Whiskey quict, Froighis were a shade firmer. Brflitant Stratcgioal Movement of Sher man—Fall of Atiunta~The Progress of the War—Our Prospeets, &e. General Sherman on the night of the 26th ult. raised the siege of Atlanta, and moved from his position in front of it to draw Hood from his defences and force a fight in the open fleld, which would give him the benefit of his old troops and necessarily rob Hood of tlie ser- vice of his recent reinforcements of militia; for these, though effeotive enough in the position st Atlanta, would be useless, or worse, in open battle. One corps of Sherman’s army—the on the Chattahoochee to hold Slerman’s line of communication. With the rest this enterprising commander turned Hood's left, flanked the im- portant strategic point where the Montgomery and Macon roads to Atlanta unite, and marcued for Jonesboro—a point on the Macon road trenty milos sonth of Atfanta. This move- ment of course cut Hood's line of communica- tion and broke up the deadlock at“Atlante hy compelling Hasd'to come out and fight, just as Grant has lately compelied Lee to do on the The result of this strategical movement is the full of Atlanta, and its coou Slocum. Sberman engaged) Hood near Point—the juvetion of the two railroads—an is reported to have cut the rebel army in two. The ecemy’s loss was very leary, and General Hardee was killed. Our tclegra 1 at ie commun cation is now complete h Atlanta direct. All accounts agree as (o the present almost hopeless condition of the rebel cause. Accounts from rebel papers, po leas than the its of our own correspondents, indicak that the rebel armies are worn out with the incessant toil and battle of the lost four months. Militia—a coutempttble crowd of trembl‘ng, nerveless old men and barefvote now the principal r ce fox the & certain important p: the confi All the able bodied mex into the army, and th have been slain in battle | have escaped from rebe! prisons and traversed sections of the Southern States greater in ox tent than the space between New Work and Philadelphia, unanimously declare that they never saw an able bodied man. The armies to compose which the Southern conntry has been thus swept are used up, and there can be no renewai of their numbers. This’ is now ec knowledged in the acts of the rebel authorities. Southern Governors and generals uo le pretend to force more men into their bat they call upoa the population to rise aud do what can be doue. Mobile isnow held by tL collections of fecble -old mea, and boys thot can hardly carry a musket. Hood could only be reinforced with the same materinl, For much woik as Lee has lately done on ‘Le ya--are long since f rion & rai ‘8 Of | Weldon road, or as Hood required of hiv man when Sherman Grst crossed the Chattaboor this material would of courae be a great des) ffeoive service may be gotten out of them in dele ing intrenched positions like Aclanta ov). Mobile. And it is now the tactics of the reve leaders to carry om the war so as lo: them effective in juat that way, T'e plan now is to make th: longest ‘put possible in their Satreuched posiiions, and te deflz out the straggie tu that way till possible momeut, iu the hope that Vallen digham and bis fellow laborers mer ve able t oring about a revolution Ig the Nuit! ft will do more for their cause than a armies have been able to do. Jui done all that he can do, and the con now only waits to sep what Yollar do, and cherishes the faint hope that able to bold out till this ern friends oan reach it, How different ro al! the appoaran at (Le North, Men were never moro plentifal. nov was the activity in military preparaviou cya grecter than now, Three aud four columns « military advertisoments appear fn our paye: every day. Many of these are advert'se for substitutes, for which many person vow giving o thousand and twelve hundre dollars, This is not a governmont exporee- ft is the munifigeut price that private individusls ne last ve from f nie pay to be rid of the draft in advance, And | cagity to ignore the Cliesgo platform and come this large price brings forward good men— inen lity; format oir out boldly i de plate fair chance of election, because he will not be WOO @Xamiues the offered man makes his stand: | bound to a cowgrdly policy if he be olected. apd. of acceptance pretty high. Thus, under | But what could Washington himself do if be | the present excellent management, the | wore pledged to negotiate for “an immediate oall for mon is yielding the govero- meat a full regiment a day of »robnst cessation a _SERRIDAN. tins Beare dene ‘as sera ee} Having been with the Third CayNry division, f have Bot been able to give @ correct acoonné Of the operations of hostilities?” The Chicago plat- | of the pirat anit! the pfesent moment, sad, although a form will encourage the rebels to hold out | (ow days have elapsed aioe the rocouncissance ovourrea, and willing soldiers, and these, many of | ati! election, aud, as things stand at present, them veterans even, are going forward to our armies with groat rapidity. Our armies also | of two are handled as they have never been hitherto: On the James river tho fighting has been suoh | rebels will, have ‘the upperhard of us; that the rebels could trust no militia there. They have kept In that field the best mon had. Yot even with those the position is now tmmensely in our favor. At Atlanta they have trusted to militia, In the immense intrench- ments with which that place is fortified they the peace copperheads have proralsed them one things: either the re-elestion of Lincoln and a Nerthera or, in the event of McCletlan’s election, “ an fi the rebels will have everything their own way. Gen. McClellan can destroy these schemes by framlug bis own platform out of sound Union timber and being cleoled upon ii, Then a did good service,and it would have been a | Northorn ineurrection will be impossible; and, bloody business to carry the place by storm. | if the people do their duty in the meantime, | through the fieids on the right in @ line parallel with there will be no rebollion Joft to make terme | Custer, But General Sherman, as we have seen, has done better. And with such operations as that with, and no Jeff. Davis in existence to receive 1 trust it wil! not be devoid of intorest to the renders of ‘THe ADVANOM OF MERRITT’S DIVIRON, The First division marched from ite eamp, + Shep- insurrection—in which case the | berdstown, at ceven o'clock A. M, on Thursday, she 2610 fustunt, oo the Winchester road, Genoral Custer taking Imme- | the advaneo, foltowed by tho brigades of ‘Colonels Gesnola and Gibbs. At Walper’s crossroads the division met they | diate cessation of hostilities,” in which case Wiioobits ceusavaod, ofl Tsldibd in 0. feriuer denpatch’%be First and Second brigades massed on the right of the road, while the Third dismounted, leaving their borsos im the road. Tho croseroads ment'oned wore reached at eleven o'clock A, M. Soon aiter Custer’s brigade moved out towards Karneyaviile, followed by the reserve brig- aus, while Colone) Ceanola, wish Second, advanced ‘THR REBRL ADVANCE MAP. About three huncred yards from the railroad (the now in progress under Sherman; with Grant’s | 80 offer for “an immodiate coeation of bestili- | patimcre and Oblo) wo met, the enomy’s advance, activity on the James, and with old Farragut ties.” This is as great a crisis az that ot Har- and Granger at Mobile, our prospects are 60 riaon’s Landing or at Auntietsin. Let Little good that the country can afford to scorn the | Muc reflect deeply and act wisely. labors of the Vallandigham plotters, certain that if they can even effect an apparent change in Northérn sentiment, that change will come too late to save the rebellion. The Prestdential Question-Shali We Have en Insurrection at the North? During tho political canvass im 1860 we warned both parties that the election might be followed by a revolution, Our warnings were not heeded thea, and the consequence was that the election of Lincoln was quickly succeeded | by the secession of the Southern. States. Now, | at the opening of the canvass in 1864, we havo the same warning to utter; but it is in regard to an insurrection at the North. Tho experience of the past four years ought to have taught the American people that the Hunarp does not pre- dict rashly, and that lis prophecies are worthy of the most earnest attention. When every other paper sald that thore was no dinger of disunion, we assured the people that disunion would coriainly be the result of Mr. Lincoln's election. Now we as solemnly assure them that, unless careful precautions are taken, 9 Northern {insurrection will be the certain result of Mr. Liucoln’s re-clection. We have not the slightest doubt thet there is aiontual understanding between the Seymours, the Woods, Vallaadigham and tho rebels, This understanding is shown in the secession plat- form adopted by the Clicago Conveution, and in the nomination of Mr. Pendieton, of O@hio—who is a practical secessionis—tfor Vice President. We have now driven the rebels complete- } ly tothe wall. General Grant bas the best | we dare say, eppear quite cs pretty in them. of them at Richmond, and General Sher- man has succeeded in capturing Atlanta, This is not the time, then, that any reasonable man would be talking abeut “an immediate cessation of hostilities.” We are in favor of an armistice, like that belween Prussia and Den- mark, where both sides hold their ground and are ready to begin the conflict at any moment; bat armistice and the “immediate cessation of hos- tilities’ which the Chicago platform vequires, Nothing can explain such a platform except the hypothesis that it was dictated by Jeff. Davis to the peace demoerats, and that these peace men } postime will, ere long, become a matter of foisted ft wpon the Chicago Convention as the | necessity, d co of tholr onderseineat of General MoCtel- | not play at a reform in dress, The time for nomination. For three years past the Herarp has sus- tained and defended the hero of Antictam. We have done fail justice to hi: a f But when McClellan takes his stand upon a cowardly peace platform we are at a loss h to follow him and defend him, This Otis eral has not yet done, and we hope that b4 will er be {golish endugh to do it. advise irge him to come out boldly and declare {his only piatform is his past record as & Union gene that bis « nts are those expressed in bie letier from Terrison’s fon at West Point. If he o must be We > wad ng and bis o { bevitates to do th | no prevarieation n: | Orteago plattorm mi } MeCietta n substituied. Li | betier a thousand f lin than to aceept it upon such conditions as Vio: y the Conve Jefent, and it must he broken rer by MeCietlan biniself or | st be kicked to pice n, The Chicago p 8 volee he people at the polls. We condidly and sincerely bel eace copperheads at the North do not 1 the election of MeClellan ony Re ssionisis desired tho clection s or Breckenridge in 1860, They bil- ‘ | } ' i | { t lerly opposed McClellan at Chiengo, and opel | ly denounced hin aga tyrant and a usurper. | Final®y they accepted him, upon condition that ' | ] } | they should have the platform and the Vioe Vreaident. But even now the copperbeads aro not carnest in his support.- Like the rebels, they want to see Lincoln re-elected. There ia ne caging but (bat Mr. Lincoln may bo elected Ly acmall mejorily, and iv that event the cop | perheads intend to raise « revolution at the | North. This they can very readily do if the people do not beware of the Suppose | the election to be de 1 by only a few thou [i votes, then the dex majnority will be nearly os strong as the repubNcan majority, the minority will be stronger; for the role will fight, while the pbolitionists will ‘i nA 86 & thousand domocrats are more equal ta two thousand abolition repub! What, thon, is to hinder a revoluiio } is it (he army? The moment the ar put down an ineurr ow bere th 1 come out of ‘hel r Wast on , part of the copperhead iL with put an t f ard the coma 5 f avast N | beoween the copperheads and the 1 ov bear i evidene fivus suo [a svention, instead of ac ventions usual) vin Ob tho call or tie t This ia équivalent Levolutionary bed | | ff to lee tion beging, These mover tly cousideded. yu teow that rouble is brewing. Gen that trouble aud re ay prepar noche avert 4 namiie sddongy if be bave the pluck wud on: ) gry f'toder iuveaugaiion br oneralship, his femanship, bis honesty and his patriotism. | | | | | Tax ExrravaGanca or ta Day.—For four years wo have been engaged in a war which has greatly taxed the resources of the country, cost the lives of hundreds of thousande, and on tailed the expenditure of an immense amoua of treasure. Still the metropolis*has given no signs of this, More than ever brilliant and gay,.Now York soctety revels in amusements of every description with an ever Incroasing zest. Tho extravagance of the #o-styled beau monde knows no hounds. Tigh prices do not affect the newly enriched, nor cannot subdue shoddy, Ladies now sweep along Broadway with dvesses which cost hundreds of detlars; their bonnets. alone represent @ prica which a fow years aince would more than havo paid for an entire outfit. Silks, satins and laces have riseu in price to an extent which would scem beyond the means of any save millionaires, and yet the sate of these articles is groater than ever. The wonder of it all is where do people procure the means to indulge in the frightful extravagancies of the day. “This war may last years yet, and, to judge from what tias occarred up to the present time, prices will increase as the war lasts, With the decrease of the value of our currency the luxuries above meutioned will increase in price, until it will cost a fortune to equip a lady 14 such style as may now be witnessed at every step on Broadway. In the South the ladies, who are by far mere bitter secessionists than the men, have long sinco discarded the use of silks ond satins. They we arcotton goods, and, With us the same sentiment bas not as yet ob- tained. A few ladies of fashion, who were anxious to getup a sensation, did, it is true, make last season a suow of a dress reform; but then the whole uffaire was a humbug. The ladies got up meetings where they wore cheap dreases, but covered them with laces and dia- monds. They went to these meetings in eplen- Twentieth, under Gen. H. W. Slocam—was left ; there is @ vast daal of difference between such an | did carriages, with liveried servants in wailing upon them, and, by the contrast with the object they seemed to have in view, made themselves and the subject ridiculous. What the ladies we refer to underiook asa exiravagance is rapidly drawing to a close. Economy will force itself upon the considera- tion of all, Even shoddy will have to suecumb to bigh prices if this fearful civil strife is tq oon. tinue much longer. To urge that what seems inevitable suould be met half way is, we know, eS a ~ “ i fost. The people will not reform uctil Atre necessity forces them to such a ceurse, aud it is merely as a chronicle of the day that we poiut ong the wasteful extravagance of the me- tropolis. Bie ‘ ‘ Pp, that Gener try and has offered be Tribune anys MeOletian is a traitor to his coun- ig sword to Oght for the d says the White House at Washington is “filled with infamy. Who are responsible for such atrocious charges in a coutest that should be conducted in a mild and (iveeley, with his seven- teen jointa, is responsible for tha matiznant with Lis ig sin Wall stroet, the Rothschilds, are the financial controtiers of the World, and re- sponsible for the vileness of the Bohemians in that concern, We advio these gent en to overlook their orgaas and make them decent, or lake the responsibility of the filth and groes- negs that besmear ibeir columns, Cavtion.—We bad occa Barlow, ¢ stocks and 5 ond Belnont, the ayent of on a few days sines to caution the public against the operations of , 210" Teebune, $7; Avening Past, $9 reiniteaves, to a. Joyce, N York. We repeat that this Joyce bas no anthority to offer the Heratn for sole, and that it is ts possible to furnish tiie journal atthe pr nied In his advertisomept, People would, therefore, take care bow thoy bite ar tho bait held out to them, « Gueat Peace Nevoriatons.—The Rey. & Co. (Gitmore and Greeley being pany) are ia asad bother at betug re diated by I oa sols Orgau in Washiogton mT great ponce re their feo! Jaqaea wilt drone e eudject, Gilmore OCR Inet nipbt neolt & Martin, ort # Martin, airee bi ” —Retreen on owe and two ololock oo nt Ip tallon'® sore, No. 15a niog® oorver of Thhiy-aitth tore were desifoved. Lede avon Globe Fasuravoe Company, ne wat, The coptante of 00) Inaured for $800 a owned by Marke ; foupied by 49. be ined ‘the ‘origin or te hoser, Vea is owned by Gone i" faliy ingused et he ‘Marana ire and people will bave to make, aud | onsi ' e } ' wirtch was eoming up thé road evidently to meet us. Thoy were driven back sbout half a mile tato the woods, Custer then dismounted tis contmend and went into the woods after the enemy, and soon became Lolly engaged. ‘Tue Third division soon camo up and formed ou bis left, as IT havo proviously stated, The other two brigades formed in the rear, facing to the right, to bod the Win- chester road and guard against @ fank movement, Ran- gom’s battery was put io ition a little to the jeft, and shelled tie woods, briskly firmg over a jart of General tos'v’a line, Cueter engaged the enexy for abont an ur, when be was ordered to fail back, which be did, © Teeerve brigade covering the ‘rear, and the Firat United States cavalry being deployed as skirmishers to silow the dismounted men to reti Major James Starr, with his regimect (Sixth *Penoaylvapia), also formed fn clono column of squadrons near tho wood, with the Firat New York dragoons upon bis left, until the dismounted men cov't jeave the ficld alter which Cesnols, with his brigade, retired, followed ‘Dy Cuator alittle to tae right. The enemy seoing thas We swore retiring, advanced rapidly, but were gallant j met and held la clock while ihe First New Yor | dragoons aud Sixth Penneyivania retired to tho railroad, followed by the skirmishers, At the railroad the two regimoute montioved broke into coluinn of fours and retwwed under asbaryp ‘ivefrum the left, tbe onemy aay- ing take possession of the ground where Whisen’s divi sion had tately been formed. TH PLAGE TO NE NRLD, ‘The Civision fell back, skirmishing sharply, “aptain A.B. Morrow, with a squadron of the Sxith Peomeyt. vania, covering ovr left tank uatil we reached a point within a mile of Shepuerdatowu. At this point orders wers recetyed from Genoral Merill to bold thig place unlit Custor could establieh a picket line. Soon after the’ First United States was rellovod by the Firet New York dragoonz, who then joined the brigade—Major Smith having orders to buldthe position If possible; but if too hotly preseed, to break accoss the country to the Charlestown road. . THE ATTACK—CUSTER CUT OFF, The regiment was eovn attacked in heavy force, doth ifrontand on both sanks, aud to xvoid capture Major Smith was obliged to retire through the town, ey 1 down the Ciarlestown ros: for abouts bulf fm mile, the enemy following witlt infantry ‘n the mamediate rear and cavairy of thorizht flank, fere tae rogimet Nalied wad formed tu line, and succeeded in holding the enomy until General Custer came up. Mesnwhils Colonels Gibbs and Cesnols. had moved on some distance t wards Hd!town, leav19 @ cousideravie interval beiween themselves aud General Cusqer, Which the enemy Coot advuntago of, and (hrew & column of bis iufantry betwoon them, thus eflestuaily sovorlug the latter from his div‘ston, RANEOW’S BATIBRY RNGAGRD. Hearing the firing in the rear, Custer tarned the head of bis column about and weut back to soo, whal was ‘the matter, and found the robela in the act of chargiog upon Ravsom’s daitery, who was gailantly defending bimself, dlschargiog nis guns into the ranks of the advancing rebeis as fastag they could be shotted, Whon support arrived Kausom removed his battery sonie two hundred yarda to the rear, to tue crest of & bili which commacded the whole Geld, when he again uolimbered aud commenced a fierce fra, ui cover of which the brigade was formed on either side of the battery. a ate ‘The position being di dod wita so munch determina- tin, the enemy appeared to waverand hesitate, Finally SEX be sent @ column of infautry of upon our left to take, po: of the Harper's Ferry roo), and another at the Bame t:me om our right (0 bar our rotroat to Shepherds- town ‘ord. CAPR OF CURTER, ‘The moment was a critical one for the brigade, as it Was Aimos! surrounded ; but, fortunatoly, Geu. Custer bed already perceived the Intec: ‘on of the e.emy , and without, delay bo basteved with bie galiagt little band to the rivor, the Firs’ New York dragoons taking the advance, wed by (he battery, with a regiment on the left evkers, to protect the column from a suddea & Igor, with bis regiment, brought up the roar, facing the hottest part of the pursuiag enemy's fire, Tho brigade crossed the Pot tthout diffieulty, and evcamped for the night midway bobw cca the ford and Sharpsburg, which ts about two uifles distant, leav- Ing a heavy picket force #t the river, GRNERAL AVERILL was engaged with the enemy further up tho river, 29 the booming of Ris cannons could he distinctly heard. Jearn- ing of Cusier’s proximity, he sont to hin requesting bis co-operation, to which be (Custer) readily sesoule |. Herrirg friag in the Cirection oF Williamsport, tae bri gade moved out ou the Hagerstown road, intending to go to AverAl’s aupport, Dwt pt Sharpsburg a despatch was reecived from Generel Merritt ordering the brigade te join the ctyiaton at Harper's Ferry. Custer witantly Btarted for Harper's Ferry, compiinat to the order, but fio had. not marched his command far when # fresh order came for him 10 remain ru j Command at antionm ord Gh Tarther Steers Accordingly ho repatred fy that pleco, where be still remajay, The Firet Now York dragoovs, which belongs to the resorve brigade, with thé First, having been cut off from thé column with Custer, ie/t bite at Anuieiam ford and rojofned ite brigade near Harper's Ferry yostorday afters on, cod thig, witD «© fist of tke casualties, Oriogs ie to tuo and ef the revenuoissancy, Ry, Avgust 24, 1864 OLONRL Gumus’ RYO YO ANCR, Colvnel Gibbs, with the Second brigude, waat out oa ® recomnoienneo yesterday, but did not meet any siderable force of the eaemy. The brigade broke into j cotw { regimouts and scoured the conatry pretty | thoroughly for a number of miles, Captata Swetiror, with the First United |Stetes ca through Shophertstown, whit was ocoupied by # siaail fo of rebels, Lifting two of them and wounding and captor. ing apember more, The citizen of sbepherdstown aay that tho rebola anffered severoly in their engagement at Kearne with our cavalry. Two c ire ke Own to have boun kfite!. The First divis 10d on AN expedition of some kind thit mor loaving their zone aud pack trains bebind, aad taking subsistence for thres daye with thom, Dir, Gheedore C. Wilson's Desparen, Fatuwa Warres, August 21+Eventog. GHNGRAL AVRPILL’S MOVEMENTS MARINER RO. For two days past General Averill has been demon. Siratip’ against the enemy, feinting, with » view of fa- Cilitating the execation of the plans and the carrying out Of the orders ofGenoral Sheridan, To-tay we attacked the enemy on three diferent roads for the purpov of making bim develop his sivength, Ov the Charlostown and Gerrardstown rowds thore wee vothing but yery light chirmishes, whileon the Wiuchsetor pike there was all that we bed boped for and desired, On thin rord, aarly in the moralag, te attacked the cuemy’s otports aud drove bis pickets in apon tueir reserves, and towards Darksvilie, To the afternoon, agala, we made another at. tack ou tha samo line, when tLe rebels placed a division of infantry Inve ihe and advanced, no doubt to ascer | Oia the strongth of the party so persistently anvoying the wo, Lerween ove and two o'otook theenemy’sline had Teached the cutsitrts of Martirsburg. At this time we opener Aro from two aections of Wier's battery—Battery Jy Fifth Veitod Statos artillery. Soon after the evemy rétursed ‘ue dre (rom four planted on au emirence rotuewhat to the right of Martinsuorg from the rebel po- sition, At this time the rebel infautry ine pressed our right and contre, whore was dep'o, a portion of Colonel Jas. M, Schoomaltor's brigade. On cur teft, where was { stacioned Colovol Powell's brigads, there ‘waa pot fo | hoavy @ teeesere, Toochells from th the rebel and the * Union guns pasuec over ibe town without airiking any of | tue houses tn it Soma of the Rcenea and Incidents of the eccaston were of sathor an sniwaing character. The United <tates mail | er ack mayo ite exiLout of town. full of passengers, walle | the gute op both sides were hoomihg, and ata rate of | spool bigh.y fvorabic toa fying wip between Martins: borg and Hag tietown, ‘the Press Despatch, . Caentectown, Va., Sept. 2 1866. Reconnoiagancer havo eptabliabed tne fet thet Early o oof left, and bas po lotention of leaving, the yaltey+ | Hut beodquartere are at Bunker Fill, ualt way betwoen npborg and Wiacheater, Hayia buelly engaged 1a gard pring Ma telegraph line, and ho bas ale vay lie communication witit Ricbmoud from uit aide of Woodstock, Karly is aiso receiving relaforcements, and Fiteh i ‘ Vy | onvelry, which Is said to namber seven thousm There \7 a repular atage from Winchester to Stannton, | which rune every day, ana geveral oficers and soldiers are receiving suort furloughs to go home and retura to j Winchester, which doos not look e# (hough the enemy {a- \oud leaving the vailoy, Mastic att Tho Park Commissioners announce that there will be rausie on the Mall to-day, commonving at four o’cloom tn tho afternoon, if the weather ts fine, by the Park Band, |, wader Wo leadorehip of B.B, Douworte. ce, sanepeeneeegnmmanemanmanummanel THe ORAFT. — Official Despatch from ths See- retary of War. Gur Naval Enlistments to be Cre : dited on Our Quota, Grant Asks but One Handred Thousand Mew to Give the Rebellion Its Finishing Blow, be. &e., &e. Sceretary Stanton toGenerat Dix. Was Deraurnanr, Wasiunczon, Sept, 2, 1066 To Major Ceneral Dix, Now York:— It ig ascoriained with reasonable certainty that the naval aod other credits required by the aot of Congress will amount to about 200,000, including New York, waieh has pot been reported yet to the Department; so thas the President’s call of July 10 is practically reduced te 800,000 men, to meet and take the place of— First—The new enlistments in the navy; Second—The casualties of battle, sicknoss, prisoners and desertion, and Third—Tbo hundred days troops and all others going ‘vut by expiration of service this fall, : One hundred thousand now troops, promptly furofehed, are alltthat Gen, Grant asks for the capture of Richmon@ and to give a Gulshing blow to the rebel armics yet in the fold, The residue of the call would be adequate for gar. risong in forts and to guard all the ines of comnfunication and supply, frea the country from guerillas, give seew- rity to trade, protect commerce and travel, and catd®- Mah peace, order and tranquility in every State. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, No Orders ¥ot Heceived for the Daforee=- ment of the Draft om the Appointed Day im This City. Provost Marshal General Hays bas not yet received any orders for the enforcement of the draft on Monday next; but something relative to the matter wiil probably be known to-day, Every arrangement, howeyer, bag been maco for the drawing to take place on ove day, should the authorities at Washington give the ne cossary instructions. Py Preparations for the Draft in Brookiym. ‘Tho Provost Marsbal of tho Third Congressional district, which consists of @ large portion of the city of Brooklym, is now fully prepared for the draft, which is expected to take place on Monday next. A large number of per physically disabied, have thus. Py exempted by im surgeon, and all otbers not li-bie are requested to preseat themsolves before eleven. o'clock to-day, After thas ne Person will be examued with & viow to oxemption until after the draft, ‘Tho total number Of men roquired under the last call io the Third distriot i8 3,674, Of thts number nine bun- drod aad forty-five only have been enlisted and accredited to thy quota, leaving 2,629 men still to be raised, The fol- lowing ligures show the deficiency in each ward:— No. of Aten, No. of Men, Ward, Ward, ‘Ata mestiog of committees of the jalut Boards of Al mon and Eupervisors, beld yesterday morofog, Supervi- sor Bloom and Aldermau Turton were @ppoivted & come mittee to proceed to Washingtou for tho purpose of curing, if iblg, either a postponement of tho drat securing @ furtongh of thirty days for drafied men, ie order to give time to make @ jon of ‘the enrolment Hsts, which are claimed to be excessive, Tboy are like wise to obtain credit for recruits eullsted ip the pavy prior tv Febrnary, 1864. Bon. Messrs, Odoll and Kalb- fie:doh will probably accompany the committes, z Increase of the Bounty in Jersey City. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen of Jersey City was ooavened lust nigd}, at the City Hall, for the purpoge of considering the subject of bounties, A comminnieation wag received from Mayor Cleveland setting forth that a new régiment is now being ralzed im tho district, which could bo readily filled if the sake inducementa wore oifercd to Jersey City as are offered in Newark and Bergen county, and recommended that the bounty for volunteers be increased Ww Ove huudred or eae your men, fore! the toliowing preamble and resolution which was adopied:— Vhereas, Orher counties, cities and townships in our revparing higher bounties than our © ty; tucrof ved, That to pluot our city ia ws favorad!e ® As olver, localities, the Cowmittes on Kulisiments be ave thort_ed t) olfer seek bonny as they may deom exped.eah no: to exceed alx huudres colines, for ome your Yeuneere OF suvativiies, to the extent of the quota, POLITICAL AFFAIRS, no * i errr eee es eeaetatinnmen ieee a een denen eR oe: Phe Proposed Witndrawsat of Lincois and Freemont. OUR sPROLAT Sr, LOLA bédeAtdn. _ Sr. Lovrs, Sept. 2, 1864, A call fs being privately circulated or a mase conven- tion At Cincinnati ou the 28th of this mouth, with the dee sign of bringing suMicient pressure to bear to eecure the Withdrawal of Linoyly and Fremont and the vomina- tion of a consolidated ticket, The cal! fs without sigoa- ture, but the movement is understood to be in the Coase iptorost. MeCiclian ond Pendieton Ratification Mecting im this City. Tho Democratic Union Association, with the ald of tne various county organizatioas aud MoCielion clubs, wilt hod a mass recting at Union square on ibursday even ing next, the 8ih justant, A number of the Ohionge delegates from this and other States will be here to a dress the meeting, iucinting Governor Seymour, Gover. nor Rigler, of Penusyiva: Senator Weller, of Catifor- RA; Ho. James Guthrie, of Kentucky Shannon, Senator Buckaiew , of Poonsylyant Rumbor of prominent men from all parts of the Union, ‘There will be eight siaucs erected around the square ang lamenso ba errors mace for the reception of the dis tinguished gentiemen expected, intended McCicllan Mess Meeting tm Breoktyn, The democracy of King’s county are making arrange. ments for a grand McClellan mass meeting, 0 be held some time noxt week, The tine bar not yet been desig. neted, Tae Union Democratic General Committee have | placed a Moe bauser aud transparency in frout of teeter hesdquartere at Montague Hull, bearing the names of the cand) nominated by the Chicago Convention. ry lato meeting of the committees & resolution wea unamt- ol adopted endorsing tho candidates and the plate jor, The Breoklyn Det The King’s county republicens have selected the fel owing delegates in the nevoral Aneembiy districts desig. mated, to reprosout the party in the State Convention ab Syracge:— rf Firn District —Dologates—Charioe W. Goddard, Alonse H. Gale, John McDermott. Altornates—D. ©. Wiaslow, George W. Stiiwel!, John 1, Spader. ‘Second Distriet.—De'egates—Joha Cashow, W. 8. Gwe, Jan, Johnnoa,. Alteruater—Begyamin Haskell, J. Walsee Btvups, ©. ‘elt. Third District. —soth R, Cote was clocted delegate, alter which the Convention adjourned. Pourth District, —Delegates—Heary Quigley, George J. Hardy, Wm. W. Hallock. Altoruaics—a, G. Decade, Sidney Sanderson, Henuis Downey. Fifth District. Delogaten—Charion T. Benedict, M. B. Roberts, A. F. Canpbeli, aiornates—Joha Trusiow, Francis © Kirby, Wm G. Boggs. In the Sixth district no nominations were made. § ant G. Hf. Rose, D. Maufsr, Wm. Cobb, alter m it PRiledeiphias Parapeuera, Sopt 2, 1806. The frat public demonstration in this olty tn favor of the Gbicago pomiuees was made to-vight at the Coot. ental theatre, The building was crowded, end speeches were made by Messrs, Chatlos Ingersoll, Richard Vauty Charlton Barnet,and otbere, The meeting was very ea- thumiastio, and adjourned 10 moet the Keystone Oted, which ls expected to arrive from Chicago at midnight ‘The procession was quite large, notwithstanding the short notioe gizen of the expected arrival of the Club, Prepa- rae tre makiag for a ratification mocting «+ au early ny. NeClellow Rata Base Ball. MUTUAL V6. APLANTIO. The grand matoh between these two crack clube—the former of New York.aed the latter of Brooklye—will tale places on Monday next, at die capitnn Balt Crean, Dadford L1.The ataret fe thle pine amone are