The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1864, Page 4

£ 'NEW YORK HERALD. ee I FULTON AND NASSAU 8TS. ANUSEMENTS THIS BY. ENT NIBLO'S GABDEN, Brosdway.—Ricuriiev. WALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway.—Fox Cmasz. WINTER CARDEN, Brosuway Toopies ioururio THEATRE, Broadway. —Frvnssi AND. NEW BOWERY TREATRS, Bowery.—tue Ticket oF Krave Max—bviL Eix—Hinaw Dobee BOWERY TEEATRE, Bowery. — Goine 10 tue Racas—Tux 5 BROADWAY THEATRE, | Peoria s LAWYER, les: eal BARNUM'R MUSEUM, broad “. — Giarts. Two Dwaurs, & a mM ne} + CALLS—SIGNET OF Kine Ov UNK LOVE'S Digguisxs— Sones’ Bauy—Day and bs-ening, _ . sre a BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanior Hall, 4 =e! THIOPIAN § BONnGs, Daxces, Runpane. bee Dittia Mac oe tae Were Houss, * WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, Sis Broadway. —Ergrorta Goncs, Dances BGI alt OF ATLANTA ee rae CAMPARLL MINSTAGLS, 199 and 201 Bowery.<V a 4np Excitng M&LaNcw or Evmoriay Oppiries, BALLE DIABOLIQUE, Broadway,—Rovenr Henig AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Broad: Parrowraes, BURLESATES, a C.-K Vaw WINKLE. REW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. C18 B Cuniositine aND Lecrones, ru AM WE PM, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Brooklyn.—Rosent ux Diane, EOOLEWS OPERA Bones Dances, Boriwsoves, &c. Sew York, Tucsday, September 20, 1864. THE SITUATION. Our despatcties from the Army of the Potomac state that ov Sunday moruing there was very brisk skirmishing On tha extreme left of the line, but with what result had Bo: been ascertained when the mai! boat left City Point. ‘Tho cavairy expedition rent out in pursuit of the cattic Stealers had returned without accomplishing thoir object. At Atlanta, according to rebel authority, Sherman's forces are coustruoting powerful cofensive works and ‘Qmusing themselves with daucing and other feativities, Owing to the truce, there is, of course, no fighting going on. ‘We bave received advices from Hilton Head, §. C., to the 16th inst,; but they contain no news of military ope. rations Four or five fishing vessels were seen on fire off the Banks of Newtouadland on the 7th inst., and a rebel pi- rate was reported to be at work in that vicinity, From Louisville and Vicksburg we have important information relative to the movements of the fiying rebel forses im different portions of the Bouthwest Forrest is said to bave been with- im fifteen miles of Mompbis on the 12th inst., ‘whither he had moved from Jacksan, Mississippi, where he had previously concentrated all his available troops, estimated at twenty thoueané. Generai Prico is said to bo again threatenivg Little Rock, Arkansas, and Marma Guke ie reported to be across the St. Fraacis river wrth Seven thousand men, tn’ Dick Taylor was being observed in regard to their de nding mn invasion of Miss Joined Forrest, nud the greatest secresy Our correspondents in New Orleans and Mobile Bey oO. 262 -—Byeursopy's Fxinxp— JeNwE .—Knicuts or Sz, Joun— furnish very interesting letters descriptive of affairs fn the Department of the Gulf, The Union and rebel comulssionere for the exchange of prison- era had an interview at Morganzis, Louisiana, on the 12th ingtsnt, it is hoped that a geno ral exchange may be tho result, The attack on the city of Mobile had not yet commenced, An expedition font out from Fort Gainos had destroyed immense rebo! ealtworks And indicted severe dainag The rebela have been turpentine and rosin in the vict on the rebels great quantities of y of Mobile stroy to keep at from Accounte of some very s! events, of which the Sonthwe: falling Into the bands of our soldiers niar and important military n border, in the vicinity ite,on the Texan, and Matamoros, on the Mexican sido of the Rio Grande Is suid to bave been the eens, come to us from New Orleans, According to these accounts, on the 6th 8 force of five thou- rend French ecldiers attached to Maxtmtiian’s Imperial army left the tow. of Bagdad, at the mouth of the Rio Grande,” with the design of making ac attack ou Matamorog, held by General COrtina withsome two thousand troops of the republican armies of M exico. Cortina met the French between the two places, 20d, after a euarp engagement, drove them back three miles, who bie force was attacked in the rear by Colonel Ford, commander of the rebel forces at Browmsvilic, who had croveed over to the Mexican passed down the river for the purpose of delivering over to the Frouch a large drove of cattie, The combined bttacks, front and rear, of the Mexican imperialists and American rebels were too much for the emall force of Mexican republicans, aod 60 Cortina turned ov the Jeff Davie force and compelied them to retire, when he again attacked the imperialists, and for (he gecond time put them to fight. Toe Ninety-fires Mlioois regiment, of the Union’ army, rtationed at Brazos Santiago, hearing the firing, arrived in the peighborhood jn time to continue the por uit of Ford's rebels, which they did, capturing bis camp equipage avd some arms. Cortina then offered the ser vices of Limaclf and bis troops to the Union commander, end subsequeatly croseed to the Texan side of the Tioe Grand, lowered the Mexican flag and hojsted the fitars and Siripes, attacked Ford at Browzevile, drove {him out and captured the place, afier which owr mational fing was hoisted on the public bolldings of the town, | The cargo, a valuable one, mainly Delonged to the. gov- omidst the shouts of the citizens and of Cortina’ sol- vers. This inteliigence is discredited bos in Washington end New Orleans TAore was bo commencement of the draft in this city yortertay, end po orders bave yet been received for set- {ing the wheel in motion. On Friday laet the enemy disappeared cutirely in front of Govoral Sheridan's left wing, in the Sbonandoah valioy, ‘Which gave rise to some surmises as to their designs. It ‘Was Poon discovered that this was e feint to enable them firm. Lard without decided change tn value, Froights left, in which they | gu amd quotations nominal, to were oasiiy turow ® force on our frustrated. Briek cannopading and Sharp skirmishing commenced betwoon the opporing armies on the west buok of Opequan creck yesterday morning, wiich were thought to be oither the cont mmoncement of the great battie or the prelude to it 1h fe maid thot the rebels havo = large fores concealed in the mountains tm the vicinity ready to be called into nection whenever they bave need of them. Karly te etitl closely guerding the Baltimore fod Obto Railroad between Harper's Forry and Cumber Jeud, to prevent it being Peopened by Coneral Sheridan, hi EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship Sidon, from Queenstowo on the 7th of Aepiember, pot into Liaiifax yeeterday op ber voyage to New York bie port. Frow these seurcot we be wlegraphic report of ‘Furopeso mews five days isver (nan the advices of tie Bootle ¢ morning, for the first time since the vacation. and disposed of a iarge amount of business. dar is a very beavy one, comprising cases or more, and will od for stealing nine ber, pleaded guiity to the ofeace abd was remanded for eeotence. Catbarine Griffin was tried on na indictment for side and | Mr. G.S. Bedford, Jr., was assigned by tue court to de- ‘The steamship Hibernian, from Londonderry @0 the Vib instant, passed Father Point yesterday on hor way lo Quebec. The Sido will leave Halifax to day for | as he values Lis life and quict in Westchester, The reports Of the continued prowrose of A tdase move. p one of the jNEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, I88t' rk <1 - ) ae . keke ve venue Tee DET ee eee eee ee ee, a, i. = meat fo America causeds very anxious canvass of the | +FRe Army Vote” ama the PavctGenty— eas = pa Me MoClelian. ee sake ‘the opinion that the ‘would approve of aa arms- tice, This idea te combatted im other quarters by the There is great controversy in political elrcles pce sealer ese Mes aac as about “the army vote” in Sonnection with the | IvPortaxce or 4 Lanoz Minonrry.—The sanctioned. 4 Presidency. It has been claimed in several | events of the last four years furnish The London Times of the @th inst. sceks P 7 ‘ger financial panic welch was produaed Ie Leadon ty vee | Sduministration organs here and clsowbere | tionable proof that one of the essential safe- peace rumors, by the assertion that peace cannot evsue | that General Grant bas avowed himself in fe. | guards of the people in this country is the ex- 80 long as the North insists on the restoration of the | vor of the re-election of Abraham Lincois. | istence of @ large minority party. With the Upton xs a first condition, Of this we do not believe one word. General | attack upon Fort Sumter in 1861 the people Pin pe trate orig a the demana for United | Grant is a man of great natural reticence, | dropped all party fecling and rallied as one She Lantin Simcsthinieathn taddenine tne of eee thinking more in an hour than he talks in a man in defence of their country. There was, is due in a great measure to aciextific causes—the supe- | Month, and it would be contrary to the whole | in fact, but one party. This fact gave the ad- rior artng tn the bands of the troops on either side, and | tenor of his character to have as yet declared | mipistration the idea that they could do as nes Prd iees whicb are thrown up. a any preference as between the present incum- | they pleased, They believed that they could ween Isabella of Spain had received the new Minister | bent of our chief magistracy and General | usurp power and issue edicts without the f ; ar Foy ga and (rlendly speeches were intercbanged oP | wiocietinn, Depend upon it Grant will not | shadow of law, and based merely upon their It ts said that the Emperor of Austria has recogvizod | talk until the time comes that his words will | own will. Secretary Seward, under this idea, the new kingdom of Italy. carry Onal weight in their utterance. inaugurated the system of arbitrary arrests, ; Gene bape occurred liek fetes basen ved But we bave heard a statement relative to a | which were carried on afterwards by Cameron ¥ t ib i 7 i collage ee See a” para pe from Generel Sherman pelea and Stanton until the people became alarmed, Napoleon's health 1s reported as failing cousiderably, ing the fol owing words, or words to this ef | These officials, in fact, assumed the powers © ‘The probubility of a peace adjustment in America, and | fcet:—'I believe that ninety-nine out of every | despots; but it aroused the people, and in the tho chances that a large amount of cotton would be let | Lundred soldiers in this army’——the laurelled | elections of 1862, although they declared if Rp eas earn ger ‘a Army of Atlanta—“wonld vote for General | favor of prosecuting the war, yet they rose up pen: sg nara sre i a predpase d Metilaii an; whether with or without my con iu their might in ail the Central States and re- declined one balf ;er cont—the heaviest fall experienced sent; but if my influence can enffice to make | pudiated tho general system of arbitrarily arrest- the | the bundredth man cast bis vote the same way it free from the Southern ports by the consequent reiaxa- i» ono day during many weeks—leaving ing individuals in at) parts of the North outside final quotations only ove half per cent above | shall not be wanting.” This report we give as | of the military lines, Tbe expression of the peo- the lowest point reached im 1967. fe ont PU) eae I Ie ane pce one known to us to be prevalent in ermy | ple at that election was so devisive that it cor paaytaiianan cna’ Saxpsoned “eh Ran thioester circles, but without vouching for its aceu- rected the-evil. The Cabinet offeials at Wasb- ing (0 £200,000, aud ascets aaid to be of the aame figure. | T@CY: If true it settles the question of the | ington saw at once that the people would not Console closed in London on the 9th inst, at 874 a 871; | Presidency; for es the wer-worn veterans of | approve any acts of despotism, however cor for money. Tho bullion in the Bank of Kogland decreased | Sherman’s army vote, so, im all human proba- | dially they might eupport them in the prosecu- ieee oat cereal se to | bility, will vote their gallant confreres of the} tion of the war. With that election came the TeMaa atm Cliiber ateeaes 53 sais sala Army of the Potomac and all our other armies: | end of these arrests, execpt for violation of the Cotton dectitied 1d. to 2424, om the week in Liverpool, | Witb the solid vote of our armies in his favor, owing to peace rumors from America avd an advance in | 20d with the influence which org soldiers inthe | eases Pike Vallandighbam. The latter has re- tho Bank of England rate, Breadatuffs were dull and | field exercise over their relatives at home, the | turned, and now defies the admizisiration, slightly lower, and provigiony mactive im Liverpool on | chances of Little Mac would amount to an | eraking the whole thing a farce. Lesa ae ee wEws absolute certainty of success. Pat we remain There is no telling where we should have ss Ravan nelaniee cabin we sary akdea “os Ghai 6th soe still in doubt as to whether either Sherman or | drifled if tue people Lad nes rebuled the au- Geptaiabac! ‘Thai (averbad abated’ta thelsend or ak Grant hoe expressed any opinion vthaiever. thovities at Washington in the fali of 1862 Georger, but continued, with @ heavy mortatity list, fo In this dilemma we call upon the Secretary | That election and the powcr ehown iy the the port and on board the shipping in the berbor. The | of War for authentic information at %he earliest | minority, which @aly lacked a few of having pe musi alaiy beat bind one bundred | possible moment. Mr. Stanton is a noble and control in the lower house of Congress, saved sattemce ee Maat a Monee cate true bearted, impetuous Hitle fellow-—some- | us from despotism. It developed a minority one of two from Halifax, and two of’ seven from Canada | timex apt te blunder, but always ready to ac-| party too powerful to be oyvertooked. which succumbed, All have been attacked, and for a ebort time | Knowledge his meistekes. Whenever he has }-etood ready te tuke advantage of every arbi- the whole medical duty of the garrisom devolved on the | made an error in his laborious zeal Zor “the |’ trary act of the adw‘nistration art use it es a prions ica i ca bas pa oe The | best interests of the service,” no pubiie mau | weapon against the party in power before the ea stale tol Giiniine Seas asthe Be eee that we-know of is quieker to confess hia folly | people. In this was owr country’s sutety. As yesterday in relation to the death of Alderman McMahon, | 274 to retrace bis steps. He is honest and | it was in 1862 s0-it will be bereafter. In the and, out of respect to the memory of deceased, adjourned | fiery—nct’a great maa, perhaps; but, then; he is | existence of a large minority party resis the without transacting any public business. an extremely interesting and picturesque ob- | sa‘ety ofa nation, tue guarantees of the rights, Pade So dca le naar ve ject, with: bis long beard, gleaming spectacles | personal and political, ot our pcosple. The dartnuneAsdMine! ic 50h iaiddan des th obadiariiec sas. and nevey ending energy. It is to Stanton, | larger’ amd more powerful the minority—in Mahon. After a few remarks by Mr. Jacquer, who enoke | therefore, we look; an@ it is upon Slantom we | fact, the nearer our political parties are in comptimentary tertas of the affabiiity and personat | Call for offivial intelligence as to the drif} of | balanced iz strength and power—the greater worth of the deceased, the resolutions were unanimously | “the army vote.” We demand that he send a | security the people have for the preservation rt tie aa out of respeet |'tolegraph upon this subject, addressed to Major | of their liberties. The greatest misfortune that ‘k ‘apecial tleating et: tie inet at Sisiarniiatins General John A. Dix, every day, and, if neces- | can befall this country is the existence of a place yesterday, but the business which came upwag | S84ry, that he should send two or three per | weak and powerless minority. It makes more ebtirely routine and devoid of public interest diem, in case a8 many fluctuations of opinio» | difference rew that arbitrary acts have been Mr. Abram Wakemss bas accepted the sppolatment of should come within his knowledge. used than ever before. The prevertive of ADArek fumies Sea ee aEES A ee ce On no subject of more public interest could | despotism in the future rests in the existence of duties of the office. Mr. Willixm Kelly, President of the the Secretary of War send us bulletins. If | two powerfu!-political parties. Stuyverant tosurance Company, succeeds Biz. Wakeman | the army vote be for General McCiellan the ee a6 Postmaster of this city. game is up with-Mr. Lincoln. If shoddy cloth- es peated = ncaa cir ama be hibit ing, commissary rations and the greenbacks of pase Na. 3: venue took fire os being FS carelessly iat burning to vent the window framo.on tbe | tH" PAY department cannot control the amy, then “Uncle Abe” may sharpen up his axe again, preparatory:to a new spell at railsp’ ting. 1t will then only remain fer hiin to with- draw, retiring gracefully on the laurels of Lis Single term; and it will becdme the duty of the Republican National Convention to reconvene Ferxanpo Woop Painteo py Hnespnr.—It seems: that Fernande Wood made an obscure speech in some obseure corner of the great McCieHan meeting on Saturduy. We find the speech reported in an obsevre columr of bis obgeure organ, the ars, and we understand that it has been printed on slips for private circulation iu obscure grogshops. This speech was very-curious:; Fernando sald that bo-was third floor, The fiaures extended to the roof, and com- muniosted with the roofs of ell the build in the block between Twenty-tift and Twenty-sixth streets, damaging the upper stories of c is estimated at twenty the nday morning, abont threo oel 1 fro was dia- covered on the third igor of the building No, 506 Broad 4 way, occupied by Wood Brothers as a carriago deposi. | at Baltimore and pr&tlaim of ly whetler | OPPO to the-nomination of McClellan, and tory; Langs, Morwin & Co., book auctioneers; C. 2. | General Sherman or Gen Grant shall be | Went to Obicago to oppoee him, becan e aay see . eg dee bapa cee the candidate of their party to ran in competi- fe wae @ bie ial ia ire bk er of valuable paintings belonging to Mr. Witiinm: Nibio } |. ; ms ny 2 consistent Fernando de ny the and E. A. Simonson ‘abies ‘Seaer The r fle tion with Little Mao for the army vote. Let “a rsa nae lh okadaic os a Lt nS ipegf oe Dias ’ ate me he Bec: f Wer Bs . would now support MoCicllan, because be felt of No. nied by un Odd F lodge, sofferea | the Secretary of Wer commence telegraphing satisfied that McClellan meant peace when he seid wer, and was not at atl in earnest in: his letter of aecepiancs. Now, to put this casein plain words, Fer- ght Gamage, as did also P. A, Vrede’s furniture fssiory in theeame building, The total loss of property: is esti- mated at one hundred thousand dollars. The Supreme Court,"general term, assembled yesterday immediately; for the interest in reference to the rumors about Grant end Sberm: intense. Ovenpone Evtoey.—The World, the Express and the Journal of Commerse the silliest of the | nando Weed, jadging from@is own experience lot—are making @ great blunder about McClel- | of politicians, publicly states that be believes lan, They profess to be bis organs; but they | MeCieliam to be a-falsifier and a cheat. More grind out bis praisos. in rather too bigh a key. | than this, he says tbat be will support NeClel- If we are to believe what they say of him, be | Jan becauso be isa cheat anda falsifier. If is the greatest warrior, general, statesman, ora- tor and patriot thatever lived. ‘he centuries are searched in vain to find hisequal. He towers, he soars, he leaves Cssar, Napoleon, grevd larceny in etealing forty-five doliars io movey from | Washington and. all such little men com- Mary Do\an,19-Dutavia street, on the rd ivat, Apacket | pletely out of eight. Ae for Grant and book which the complainant swore was Kors was fourdin | Sherman, they are not to be named on the the prisoaér's tates by the ofloer who arvestediber; but'} Joe tere with him, except with a. ancer, that suepicious circumstance wae satisfactorily oxplained by the clork of ajunk store, who swore that he gave bora | Whyrically, mentally end morally he is the best pocket book similar to the one produced. The jury | and biggest man under the sum. Now, Gene- acquitted the detendant withont leaving their rents. | ral MeClellea certainly bas merits: but Thomas Kehoe was arrai;ned for the murder of Georg? | evan his friends are becoming disgusted with this exaggerated praise. Gardner, and pleading not guilty, was romanded for trial When General Seott was nominated the whig Leona: . Clorke and Sothermnd presided on th threes bundred probably dsvelop,some interest- ing lew potnts. In the Gereral Sessions yesterday, Robert unten, indiet- ars worth of tools, tbe proporty of 29 Lowery , on the 10th ef Septem anything oan give-a better iden of the morst status of it. Hi icians we skould like todenow re is .@ man turning State’s evidence st the politicians with whom be hae been so long connected, end openly stating, first, thai ho thinks Generai McClellan a political swin- dier, and, second, that be is in favor of A. Natburtas, it. We w that 'Tne German Opera. The Academy of Music wae crowded to aufvetion lat fend the prisoner, Mary Roder, wdicted for stabbing laws of the land, except it may be one or two |’ pimens by stoning the transparenoi: for this very reason, an@ would not sepport |] Alderman Joxws moved f him if he were not a awind'er. POLITICAL RIOT AT ST. LOUIS. | A MeGer: ee Breken Up by Sotaiers— A man and Several Smit are nm Over—Three M. Baaly Weended—Ca pture of Flags and Trans- peattustag, &e., &e. if the St. Lous Faery y (republican organ), Last night the street in frout of the Lindell Hotel was the acene of one of those ouvbreaks of violence of which the political cunvass Dow in OFrogress proniises to be pro- lite, It is always difficult tor, twit ube exact origin and cause of a mob, and iv this’ case wo shall state only what we saw apd heard, i About baif-past seven o'clock the friends of Co unel Tom her beid yoadon’s on Waahing- ue, between Fifth and Sixeh streets. This meet. ing was largely attended, and wes comducted iD an ordur! nut the slightest aXsturbance At the sare hour a MeCiviian “meeting was Caled on the ame Street, and witbin a square of the Kietehar meeting. Bands of music were playing at noth meetings, and skyrockets were gent up from both pinces, The Pletcher meeting was organived. and Judge Dalley was acarsasing an wt- tentive audicuce, while the leadere of the Mevdetlan Party were grouped around @ stand in frout of the Lin Gell, a few paces west of the insin eu'rance. This stand Was Purmoupted by two Amertcan Lage, apd @ nuwder Of transparencies Were upbo'd 0: sud over the stand. inscribed with gveh rv Roport,’’ Does this remind you of ary joke,’ *] owe ne thanks to any one in Wasbinston,”” &o, A lseomotive head-)ight as mounted on a tui) box or tabie ay the cast side of the stand, apd there was « table for reporters, but no reporter badteken @ coat on the plaiform. About a quarter bofore eight o'ctock, Judge Krum, Jon FE, Yore, B, Doran Kiiliaa, and ozter loading Mo@ieliap men, were standing tn t nidet of the obnoxious gang: Parencies, and & large crowd was collected in the osreet id xround @ bontire at tbe corner of Soysuth Among the crowd immediately in front of the stand were thirty or forty soldiers, without arms, Exe of whom gave an occagions! cheer for “Old Aba." "While the leaders were preparing to organtm the meeting a stone was thrown, striking one of the transparencies and kwooking it down, but the map who ! g 1 it righted it up again, Then a shower of 8 was thrown at and the crowd parted in the mide, same akedaadiingy towards the east, and othors rushing petl mel! in tbe op posite direction, a few taking refuge in the hotel. For a moment the stones fell (ast and furious, knocking down the transparencier and breaking one of the large giass windows (suveu (eet im height) and four or five of tho lights in the front wiodows. [tis said shat stoves wore , throw at the aoldiers, and that they returned the com but there Ie some doubt about this, the probability being that the soldiers considered thomes'ves insulted by the inscriptions on } the transparencies, nnd took this method to retaliate. i; After the crowd had dispersed, several so‘diers weet forward, knocked down and tore up tho transparencies, pulled down the plattorm, upset and broke the locomotive tomp, an@ bore off the two American flags; etouling “‘Sorreu for Lincoln.” About haif-past eight o'clock a nunvber of persons wero ‘aarembted in the office of the hotel, talking over the affair, and expreneing different opmions in regara to it, Some ex: Preased indigvation, while others said the soldiers were right 10 breaking up'adigioyninssemblage, Among them was av officer who made some retnirk favorable to Lin coln, when several excited citizens rasbed toward bim in an angry mauner. A citizen handed him a revolver (as we are ioformed) and with thie be kept the crowd off for @ moraent and thea rotreated bebied the counter. Cries were raised of ‘Dring bim out,’ “Put bim out,’ &c. Me. Parks, the proprietor, and the clerks bebind the coun. ter kept the crowd from the officer, and he was conducted intoa private apartment. Severs) policemen gatherod around the counter and Wept the angry citizens from going bebind it, avd Captain Jones, of the Tenth Kansas, went bebind the counter xnd faced the mob like a tiger, Prepared to spring upon the (rat man who attempted to follow tke officer. Az the commercement of thts disturb- ance ingidle the building, a stampece was crented emong- the crowd,and & cusb' w-8 mado m all directions — some getting bebind doors, some running up stairs, and some ske¢addiing into the street. Threa men, in their fright, rusbed through two of the gives doors on each side of the entrance, aud were egverely cut by the breaking of the thick plute gins, Thoy fe!l upon tho eleps, & distance of seven or eixbt (eet, and wero utken tuto tho Grug store on the corver f Sixth street avd Washington svenus, where their wounds were dressed ‘The accident to these men canted & ramor to be spread that gevoral men were killed by being cot with a knife, No knives were used by aay one, and aot a shot was fired during the riot. During the frat rtampede on te street an old woman and several littie girls weretmookod'down apd trampled by the crovd,and an old gentle nan was struck in the side wiite stone, Seversl ca! were standing in front of the bote! at (he bogivors of the riot, but they formed 1» ambulance order and moved rapidly to the rear to waiifor the wouvded. The Drage FIFTH DISTRICT. Orders hove cot yet been received in thts district to ret | tho wheel of fortane in motion, This is because the num Der of vaval en)istments to whictr it in entitled Dave not yet Leen fully aveorluined. Everything is ready, however, the | moment the order is received to jroneed with the draw- ing of the nations! prizes. More veora have beon enlisted in the Fifth district thon im any. other fa the city, mainly th of its overgetic Pro- at, Capiain West the other hand, betitutes have been ared, becanse tha inhebitupts are pot so wealthy na in other districts, There was little interest apparently tnieen in the sub yesterday, and the office locked muck the same as usual, BEVENTIT DISTRICT. ‘There wae no draft in th!s district yesterday, nor haz the Provost Marsha! received ang orders to enfores the conscription law undor the Iast ceil for volupteera There is a slight defclency in this. cistriet which will probably be filled up im (de course of few daya, Povenserram, N.Y, Sent, 19, 1864, ‘The drefe for the ‘Vwellth Congrearion:. district com: monced iw this city today. ‘Tho proceedings were con. | ducted tmaquiat and orderiy manner, no excitema: whatever prevailing, It wt!l continus temorrow, ance will probably be finished on Wosnesday. TE DRAFT IN MISSOURI. Sz. Loum, Sept, 19, 1864, ‘The Craft commenced bers-to day in the First Com groxsional iztrict, About a division of Goneral A. J Smith’s troops bave arrived st Jotigreon: Barracks, Uwe! as ules below here. Hoard of Atdorman. ‘Tho .tboard of /idermen met yeeterday aflerncor Preniaoat Jotn J. Henry im the chair THR Dhar OF ALDERMAN MereAUON, suspousion of the regpiar orderof business for the parpose of reeniving a mesenga | ivorashia Honor the Mayor relytive to the death of Uder. man James MoMahon. Agrosd to. Tivo mesaoge from Mazor then row, Wherewpon Aldcrman Jaxm™ prese aseries of roeahe tloue enlogistic of decesced, and: making proviaon for A poblic funersi, to take. place to-day. The resolutinos por was Jobo O'Koote, residing at 210 Centre streot, on tho 15th | journals, led: off by the #rivune, indulged in ovoning. Op this cecusion Manayer Groger had all the ae aNd oe yg Alderman! hare De of August, with a dirk knife, pleaded gulity to assault and | the same sort of overdone oulogy. Scott was | doors open, but could not ncevmmodate thethousands | Gt#ped in mourntog, hat the faces oa the City.fak be battery. As there was nome difficulty between the parties a ‘1 ‘ ge ; penfheantboneg ; pact arc eta rnd degen a the Court suspended judgment for tho present, Joba then the greatest military man we had in the | who w i dd to hoar Meyerbeor’s yrand ont, Robert Le |! se civeed on the day of the ose qites ered for stusiiny ‘Oty thee Gaiare trom | country; Dut the whigs added fiction to | Pirbie, There wore ervugh people turncdcaway from | AMerman JaawocAM, in Reormssbg the resolusinne, paid — “ (ue opara house to fll ol) other pluces of amusement | *8 hendsome srivate to ibe memory of the deseased. | It fact until the old General was made to figure os the tallcat man and the most gigantic genius Max Roch, on the 7th inst, Isavelia Wiliams was joimtiy ndictea. with the prisoner, and pleaded guilty, she having stolen the money from Rich aa he was passing throush which pealled pack thoronghly faehionan! The aadience et tho opening was a one, s or ea sl of any age. Presently the people began to “anja Wilette; W Hack, the habizuee of the the street, ‘The complainant, however, testified that the | ) ating 4, | Acad ned Ous 6n mass, add tho sight was | ace P augh od this;.and then they grew sick of i'3 | traiy pratont Th male prisoner aagaulted bim and banded the pocket book Tho opera of Heel! is always a great ettenction in New and finally they all went over to poor Pierce, who bad previously been assailed, and, we think, not without reason, as an intemperate to another man, Counsel for the defence introduced wit- nesses to show that Williams was vot pregeut at the time, which threw some doubt om the testimony of the York, Witt added to this karl Formee yes to thake bis rst appearance here for muny years, in the arduous ‘vole of Bertvam bo eviteatiy gave gatia(agtion to the audience, as be was much appianded, a, femmer har coltetiniel, someiing = 5 temereaaes the jury. pi man. We believe that General Scott could | tot avite recovered hare ele eiticloe bt or u prosecul otlcer ie prisoner was un 0 Titiciae biae ee git si avd would have been elected if he had acted | part-manee. Mme. Rotter, ua Alico, and Mmo. ebarged. te he Johannsen, as Isabella, aeng’ end accad to the eatis ac- The Memphie papers contain full particulare of the | With common sense, and if his friends had been | p00 Orne ne ro dl nvape yooh sinxing of the steamer Jobn J. Roe, on the Mississippi } more prudent in their use of his military pres- | Reimaud was elewoted to mors. tham ite uaval insportanes by the excellent | rformancsof Hablemann river, wd on bapa itos of the 12th Brrr From | tige. But the people soon tire of @ continual | je was eothiviaetiowiy appieudod, ahd most deservedly twenty to twenty-five persons are suppored to bave per. q ya b n la The: so. have seidom beard the aria tu the second act * ished. One hundrod and forty horres ware also drowaed. diet of sugay and honey and molasses. 7 | gupe with £0 much oxpreesion and fealing. object to hearing one tune perpetually, eepe- cisliy if i} be played upon a single string. They know enough of history, ancient and to. 4 2 On Wednerday evening tho German agtists give thot modern, to laugh at this constant blowing of | tust perfo: spenoe-of Faust Tiegeman will ake Tie raat > ‘ 5 ra Peareoce OM LNis-GCCsFIoN BR MephiatopRelee. Or Tharse advance op Saturday's prices, The moveraeat a tra the trump of fame. Is there not a lesson for | Gay evening The Merry Wives of Wiudaor, Rad aa Friday’ contivved very slow, howorer, and the aggregate salen | the organs of McClellan in the expétionce of | Hialevy's grand opera. the Jowem, were light.” In petroleum there was no cerential change. | Geucral Scott? Det wore lower, On 'Cham the flow: . cama yan al ee prices favored the aad whens Tratsan Overs.--Max Maretzek will begin was tn {air domand, and Ic. a 2%. dearor. Corn wos | bis season of Italian Opera at the Academy of Girm, with a good demand Oats wero dull and drooping. | Music on the 31 of October. Pork was firm, with a fair demand. Beot activo and | new singers, new operas and new scenery, and tice, axsurnod the part to bo played by Mr. Hotaion, who will undoubtedly make plenty of money. | hutly’ Wo reserve @ {ui notise of fiveres wawal ee Everybody is rick, and every rich person must | ™orrew patronize the Opera. These facta secure Maret zok a successful season, with a long series of brilliant audiences The choruees ondoreuestra were remarkably offective, d the porformance asa whole was certainly a success, he Robert wit be gives ut the Lroeklyn Acaceny” ¥ ernment. Gold was rather higher, and commorcial affairs accord- ingly sevumed a firmer, if not bucvant, aspect yoaterday, The holders of nearly «!i commodities demanded some of The Thents OLYMPIC. Fineste, tha now London comecy, wer™brougas out last evening before a very good houses, Tho scouerrane He bas plenty of | dresses were excellent, Mr. Solwyn at a moments now Whiskey firm. Caromnies or THE Trieuns axp Wornn.—The Triune and World still continue their base elanders upon the candidates before the people aggre mr a and the parties supporting thom. Are the Wuere 1 Mr. Penpieton’—We he t editors of those Saat aware of the tenden- | poatedly asked where, ifr. Pendleton, of Ohio, | rin et st thie ancstre, “Those acu ‘rol un ciety cice of thelr malignant diatribes in revolutiona- | stands, and what haf become of hie letter of | ftory ty epochs like the present? They are pursuing | acceptance? The World replies that Mr. Pen- the very course to atonse the people to revolu- | dleton accepted the Chicago nomination on the tiouary proceedings and preparing the way fur } Boor of the Convention, and that no letter of ¢ scenes of the French Revolution to be en- | acceptance is therefore necessary from him. acted in this country. If revolutionary pro- | This does mot meet the case, We want to ceedings commence here nt, the North it will | know whetber Mr. Pendieton stands upon the not be the guillotine, as in France, but a rope | Chicago platform or the McClellan platform. and the lainppost, or perhaps the trees in the | The Chicago platform is a secession platform, a Park and along ovr streets, We warn Greeley, | peace platform, and a cowardly platform. The ‘WALLAOK'S. If any pergons have hitherse doudted the glustios of our criticise upon the mismanagement of “Waliack’s theatre, they murt bare been convinced and converted las: evouimg. Itwos the opening night of “ihe season there was anew" comedy to be played: the weather Kewa trom Califounfa, Say Francie, Sept. 18, 1864. Dr. Reymond, recidont physican of tus county bospltal, committed suicide yoaterday. The bark Edward, for Hong "ong, vousol hero, taking out $264,000 io bullion, The Matne Kiection. Gauonem, Mo,, Sept, 19, 1364 ‘The Fengor Whig of this moroing bas anofficial rotari from eighty-six towne, In Addition tothe oficial returne MoCiellan piatform is » Union platform, a war | Yoo. wma sindred and meventy five, towne Pere to beware how he thcites the people and on- | platform, and a mauly and statestaanlike plat. | wens, sive: acd plasvisione, giving Cony 64,508 and , Leet year the voto Dradbary, 44,007, there towns stood, Cony , 60,023; clone one, the domorata Sania 4 have oartlod i by ermal mejoriyy, . rages them with his ealumnies. He is a marked | form. Now, which of these dooa.Mr. Pendlesa man, and if revolution commences he will be | occupy? If he refuse to reply it will clearly first victims of the enraged people. | be necossary for Belmont to call together his to The The boxes were ali filled | ‘foetings of zegrot t | twar the second death Unit bed Ocearred in ,the Board aince he besame a tm Vit wag with co ordinary to lament the jogs of one who was seimuch admired to publie as well as e. reseiations of Alderman Jones having been unan! monaly adopted, tha Paeorer appointed aldermen Jenves, Sdaunon, Otttwoll ‘oy! and MeSnighi a coms mites to dake chargo of the fumerai, ‘The Beard theo wuroed Personal Intelifgenos. Goneral Wiliam Schouler, Ady + Gecaral of the State fol Massechusetts, is at the Astor House Covemnor Jobs A. Andrew, of Massachusetts, is expoct- *ed in the city today, He will stop at the Astor Hove, Among the military mom at the Astor Honae yesterday M. were Coloo Curtia, commanding a brigade ia the Tenen atviy core: Lieutenant Coieno: Alonzo Alden, One Hundred end Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers; Major Joseph Nobie, Ninth Massachusetts Volanteers, and Cep- tain D, B. Magi, of the One fundred aod Seveuseonth Movs York Volunteors. Mejor Pomeroy, Pay muster United Stace Army, proceeds from this city to-day to pay of the tropa at Elmira, in trie State, Agsistant Adjutant General J, Bk Stonehours, of Gov ornor Seymour's etait, paged through this city durriedly 04 Sunday evening, .4 route for Boston, Mase, The bealta of the venerable Coif Justice Tavay, of the United States Supreme Court, bas teon unusially excel. Jont, for bia great age, tbroughouttbe rummer juat closed, Jndge Taney did pot leave his Baltimore home duriag the goneon for any other purpose than to eatertain rao. trons 1a Chambers incident to Franoleco Aluija, M. D., of Regia, Cuba, @ stopping at the South Amorican Hotel Captain Rogers, United Suter Na Hamilton and R. Stewart, of abe same Fifth Avenue Hotel, aod Mecers. J. arvica, arent the, | The Union Sordieys Go ng Up tho Mie« * ppl. [From the Richmond Teamnicer, dept 1.) Oficial advices received yveewrday state thet owe Mis | aissinpt river scouis re nd largo wh ead sporte atill going up-that river mden wit! ive can't mopone ware all the Fankess come from who are veporied wp te hoping’ , but the genorai be. ior Ir, tbat tney are coming to Aeip Grant in Ol eof Potorsvurg. He stands in ueeG of holp, and ® groat deal ANy pcouts around Mobile thay report rary of the troore recently operating agatnat Fort Morgan Wave been soot to Now Orleans, Wo cannot kee why they abr do sont to New Orloans unless it is to join he multitude who are already “gong up the Mississipp,”’ Wo hope aincercly the whole rebel army wil come to Virginia. The conceit will goon be taken Out of them thors, Deernvoner Fiat mw Livorsren, Mses.—-The Worcester reports het a fire bree out in the factory of More! os jana, In Cherry Valley, Leicester, at two o’e! Baturday morning, 474 the building and content wore entirely destroyed, ¢ xcept a rinall wnioudtof oloth and wool, The buildivd’, wore owned by kKdward Thayor, of Lawrenes, and valued at from fori to fi'ty thousand’ jag | which thore was a partial Ineurance, The }, Machinery, ke, wor owned hy Moray 9. ard and was valid at (rom $0,000 to $56,000, partially in- } reaching the Valley piko, about er | friend, Averit, driving io our | took a tilt at Bim gain, delving bim back to Bunker Hi SHEN ANDOAEH. Mr. Charles H. Farreti’s Despatch, ‘Hanran’s Feenr, Ve., Sept. 19, 180q ‘As was generally supposed, the recevt visit Of Lieg tenant Goveral Grant to this department was to put motion some active movement of the army. The ving was briet and significant. Ou Frxtay morving last the enemy disappeared eptireiy from the left wing of our army, on the Winchester ang Perryville pike, and only made a faint show on our right, This gave rise to the surmise that they bad either takes up their line of retreat towards Strasonrg, or had massed over to their left (our right) for a coaceutreted move ment against na, Gevoral Shoritan at onee tock mosgures to ascertate the facts in the caso, md from be information obtained soon exme igtbe conclusion that thie attempted clever movement of Generis! Karly was only a feint to get trope on. our left over to the west side of tho Opequan cresk. The trap was discovered and the rebel general (hwarted jo bis destgns, General Sberidan did not baye any ap prebension of any result but viviory bad he crossed whou the rebuls fel! bach; but be was not ready at the time. ‘ Tho affair yesterday morning at Martiosburg, betwoon the rebets, copeistiig of artery and infantry, end our | troops under General Avoriif, showed that tho rébele were stoutly guarding (he Battignore and Onio Railroad, with a view§of preventing ise reopening from hore Cumberland. Svortiy alter daylight this morving tho chemy were Gismverad im fores on the west bunk of the Opequan, when sbarp skirmishing and 4 brigk capponades took olaes between the ermies, Major General Crook, with: Bie | noble vetersnsof the West Virginia army, ocgunied the right of our line, the Nineteenth corps the contre, and the Sixth corps the left. The gro t battle for the posreasion ef the Valley of the Shenandoah has either commenced or sonnof Jong -be de- tayed. Ja is said that the robels have a large reserve concealed in the valley, between North Mountains ang ‘Third Hil! Mountaing, with headquarters at Jamesburg. ‘The reports of rebet doserters and others in regard to the strength of this force ars @ conflicting that it is difficalt to aettle down upon any stated number as accurate. The fact of the enemy offering Goneral Sheridar battle shows thoy’have a good ‘sized army and hopo-to meet with success, RESEL ACCOUNTS. The Rebels in Occupation of the Battt- move and Ohto Ka!troud—Alleged Feary Fu? Repulse at Berryviite. [From the Richmond Examiner, Sept. 25.) From the valloy there ts nothing of importance. Our troops hold the Baltimore and Obio Railroad, and have dostroved it, as far ac burning the ties and twisting the rails cau Be said to destroy e road. Earty Dectining to Attack Sheridan. {erem the Richmond’ Examiner, Sept. 16.) We get hitle nows from the Valley, for some ressor or otber. “A private lester from au officer, dutod Septe tember 8, aays:— All of Sheridan's army bae moved down to Perryville Anderson ind a ebarp litte affair with the Fighth corpa | near that place, on Saturday, drivivg them back on Ce Sixth corps On Suaday all of us wevt over there to af tack the Yavkee army, but found them strenyly ¢n, | trenched, and Karly very wisely gave it up aga dad jo, We returned? yesterday, having Accompliehed netabar except to harten baci: their cavairy force, which had re tired as far ne Vront Royal—in a raid it is supposed. OF set, we found our olf valry; 600ur divistot HEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wastinaton, Sopt. 19, 18%. RUMORED RUSINATION OF SHURB'ABY F/SSUNDER— THIS “SUCCESSOR. It ts well known that My, Fessenden accepted the post ton of Secretary of the Trensury with great reluctance, and with the wocerstanding thas be was not to be re quired to rematn there longer than a few mouthe. i is pow understood among the keowing ones shat he bas demended to be reicnsed from tho labors of thie office. Thers are indications that Mr. Cbase bas besa invited to resumo the position, ond it is not improbable that he will accept, To beprovided for his pon-woept ance, however, Robert J. Welker bas beon sect Or, and hia return fs expected within twe weeks. Ine! probe bility either Chaco or Walkor will be Secret®y of the Treasury on the 1st of Octoker, MvyicT OF THA x'O}, AM DEMONS@ATION gy BATURTY NIGHT. The character oF the demonstration in fayT. of McCleb law on Saturday uigh? has produced great constinaties im the republican comp here. There ts & convocatroret the leaders bere to-nizet to consult as to whet 1s tobe Gone to insure Lincola’a chano ’ fen THE NEWS YROM THE BIO GRANDS. The reported conilict,ou the Rio Grande Setwoen On tink and the repel forces. at Brownsville, is ctiorly im credited here, Tbe-story as told is regarded: as unfaoe. able to the caugo of the rebels, and cxlculatod to proaos greater unanimity than ever im the loyal Staves, THE DKAWT IN WASHINGTON. The only excyiement in Washington to-dey has bee im regina to the draft, whieh was began Ip the conntyite. triets this moraing. The various ward eramption @e cations have, however, been very active, and it isbe lieved that most of the wards will Mil the'e quotes Dore the Lnol enforcezont of tho dratt. SERENADES. Ex Secretary Ghuso nud Generel Jim Rane are tbe serenaded to night THE NGW SENATOR FROM OF@QON, Tre United Siaies Souetor elect from Oregon, tithe pince of Mr. Harding, is Hon. George H. Williams ex Chief Justice of the State. Tle was c@ active Dodass Gemocrat. GUBRILLAS NEAR ALEXANDALA. Gueriiias ure oil operating to tye country arané Alexandria. Several nighsa ago thay made a deent upon & farm six ,or sovea miles sooth of thes cityane carried off four horses. This is tho third raat mae By guerilias cathe citizens of the Ascotive noighbchood during the past tea days, MUSSIAN OFFICIAL VISIT TO TER AMDRICAN Mott TKR AT BY. PRTELABURG. Information has beep received Lore that toward the close of ast month Compte Admiral Licetteky, eeom panied by tho officers of the Rasaian squedron ,lawly ie America, by command of the Czar, wad>s visit © the United States Logation at St, Petersburg, for tie pur- poss oh expressing to the Minister of the oitoé States thoir cordial thanks fer tbe unarecedenwd bes pitalitios shown them during their sojowrn ip this.coum try. The Amorican Minister replied m torms of te warmess admiration of his Imperial Majesty, and > oa sidevation for the brave end gentiemaciy oficors peced | and Jurthoriaore gave utterance to his dosire and :cod« tion that ne other rivairiss could bo poseible hawee the two countries than such as were baged up th wish to surpass eack oiber ia the performance of swipre cal beuedis. Outrage on » Party of Germans. ONB OF THEM BRUTALLY MURDERED —Tos reReD TRATOR UBOAPES, RTO, A cowardly end brotal assault, resulting in gne murde of ono man Gnd the severe boating of several others, tool place on Sunday aftarnoon ia Weebawkeu, X,J. It ap pears that Mir, Daniel Sckrnidt, necompeniad by Revers friends residing ia tho citg, crossed (ho Weonavke: ferzy oma pdesourotrtp, and while they were onjeyitt themseiverson Lie jawn, & sbort distance tmok from ie river, (bree rough looking men unceremeadousiy intrude shomselyes aud brought to an Abrupt termination, o Innceent game thon in progress. The Gormaps with their Indies, bad formed of which they were at play, the three mon, mere adusive ‘and brotel tha tho rest, eatered the ring He was politely reqaoste to retire, instoed of which, however, he gaized M Schmi¢t by the shonicer and -stenck him a. powerf blow on the head with © stick oF club searly four treet’ length snd about two incbes io diamoter, knockina/ht jngepsidie to tte groued. The father of Mr, Gevmi deing presont tntorfered to save his fon, whoo tes m also struck bim a heavy blow with the alub. Sever other men, whose pames were not lawned sbarr the anme fate for simply Oxpostulaivng with 0 individual usiog tho clud. The layter and b frioode then walked leisurely away, bea ater pr cooding a few steps the same mat. tursed and 4 ennrged hots from a revolver at the Germar Dove of the bullets iovk effect, After Lime tho younger Sobuidt partialle tecovered from t efiecis of the blow, and was brought baek over the riv and conveyed to bis roeidenoc, 42 avemae A. A doct waseniiod, and afer meking an oxwmination of the | tent pronovoced hie skull to be fractured. Myr, Schm: aay rapidly worse, aod died late @m Sunday night, fT ro the party left Now Ja mation was rocoty which let them to believe dorer wee Kelly © too mds of juction yesterday to Woohawken confer with the eo vorlties, and, argea upon them ¢ necessity of taking ag towar! arreatiog ¢ Deccaned wan a nagie toaa, NOAHEGwo Peate ct age, 8 @bative of Germany. re