The New York Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1864, Page 4

td _ aa —-- NEW ORK HERALD. JamMES ae BENNETTS OFFICE W. W, CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. Sao - a = clume XXIX.. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING,+ arte ACADEMY OF MUSIC oweer ie Diane Irving place, —Matines NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Dexe’s Morro. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Bro» ‘way,—Fox Owass. BR GARDEN, Proadway.—Kvenrnopr’s Friexp— Tor OLYMPIC THEATRE Broadway.—Frsmssk—Jeney NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowerr.—! HayaakBiMOLeTERE OF ToLEDOmMinAM Anto—Irisn BOWERY THEATRE. Bowers.—Kyicuts or Sr, NLUOKY GOOSB—FiDELIO, Joun— BROADWAY THEATRE, 435 Br -v: Peorus’s Lawn Regetorny: <Vierre BARNUN’S MUSEUM. Broadway, — can—Tw Gunts Iwo Dwanrs, &c eg eee at al hours S—SiGNeT OF King So1omox—Love’s 9 Bauy—Day and Evening, New Years a Discu sEs— BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ wey.—Brmiorian Songs, Darcxs, Lurtix Me row trax Waite House Hall. 472 Broad BuRieseuns, &c.— WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermortan Gongs, Dawoxs. &0.—F4L0 oF ATLANTA. CAMPRELE MINSTRELS, 199 and 201 Bowery. — ano Kxcitwo Matancz or Etuoriae Oop Ame? BALLE DIABOLIQUE. 585 Broudway.—Roi ee Heues AMFRICAN THEATRE. No 444 Brosdwar,—! Pantominns, BURLASGUES, &¢.—Rit —— as WINKLR KEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 615 way.— Cuniomtigs asd LyowwaEs trom 9A Me eM UE e OOLEWS OPERa HOUSE, Boxes. Dances, Burtasanes, Brookiya.—Remrorrax New Vork, Saturday, Sept 24, 1864, General SITUATION. beridan’s offi al despatch, which wo publish bo day Diagniiice: but spiritedly, another o; his nocesses over the army of Karly, The rebels wore found posted in what appeared to be an al Mort impregnable position, at Fisher’s 1iil, about three milos beyond Strasburg, on Thursday, and bat (ocr toe 8 y At about four | could he aold only at @ great sacrifice, which holdors were e’ciock im the evening the attack on their lives was made, Genoral Crook furiously attacking them on their left, resting on North Mountain, and the Sixth fod Nineteenth corps in front. The onset of Crook's corps was furious, carring everything before it, bis men driving the revels in confusion and Gweeping down bebind their breastworks. The attack Of the Sixth and Nineteenth corps was equally eflective, end ‘coral Sheridan saya the whole rebel army ap. peared to be broken up, fleeing in the utmost confusion, i NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, Org - 7 ‘We have lotters from Turks Island to the 12tn of | The Prestd: Aligua: Tact, Teceved AL PHMatetphia by the ship Clare Ann. A correapondent writes —‘The last sale of salt ascended (o thirteen cents psr bushel, and the priucipal Proprietors have concluded tw raise their prices. This is occasioned by & succession of heavy raina when ieact ox- pected, as August is gonoraliy the best month for gather ing salt. The genoral impression is that our salt seasdn, such as it bas been, has arrived at a chasm. Yudeod, it Das beeo the worst Beason tn ten or fifteen years. As aaar as wo 6an arrive at {t,not more than one-quarter of our usual crop of salt will be obtained * The Independent Methodist Conference completed its labors yesterday and adjourned sing die, Retore adjoorn ing, ¢ vmittee on the State of the Country reported & series of resolutions, which were adopted, declartug that while war ie inconsistent with Christian principles, yet the only way to procure permanent peace for the is by ® vigorous prosecution of the present war til! the | rebellion is suppressed and slavery abolished The con: ing resolction nominates Grant, and his chosen lio tenants, Sherman and Sheridan, and Admiral Farragat, as the only real peace ambassadors. The seventh anniversary of the Fulton Street Noon Prayer Meeting was beld yesterday in the Norib Duteh church, which was well filled by av audience com of ladies aod gentlemen Rey. Dr. Buddington presi and brief addrosses were made by Rev Drs, Krebs, Ridgway, Scudder and Weston, and Messrs. Stewart and | WE. Dodge. The remarks of Dr. Soudder, who bas just returaed from India, expressive of his devotion to the Union, elicited lond applause, as did those of Mr. Stewart, tho President of the Christian Commission. The exer cises wore interapersed with abort prayers and singing. The drait for Jersey City will commouce at Newark to- day, atone P M., ag orders to that offect were reteived by the F'rovost Marshal yesterday, The Third ward of Hoboken aud Union township wore drafted for yester day John J. Duryea, proprietor of che Houston and Cort. landt Street line of stages, wae nrulcted in the sum of two hundred dollars yesterday, in the Marine Court, on ac- count of one of the passengers, nained Githooly, losing a thumb through the carelessness of one of the deiendavt’s drivers In the cage of Samuel P. Dinsmore va Guataye >. Clu- serot, where the intter applied for the removal of aa ia- Junction which rostrained him from carrying on che New A dge Clerke yesterday granted the motion, on that. the Litle of the plaintiff to the paper be the defendant, i be settled by a jury neral Sessions vesterday Charics Patterson robbery in the first degree, havi others, assaulted Mr. L. M rd, tn vn tha 29th of December. Tha robbery was yne. the particulars of which wil! be found of the trial i another colomn 2 ( pautey | the groun | tog deo In the ¢ Third a o ip ourr ” with ‘The groat (al in gold yesterday almost occasioned a panic fe (he market for some articles, All things were vominal, aud large amounts of goode of any description very reluctyat to submit to. Increased caution is ovory- where exercised now-a-days, and tho merchanta are en- doavortog to provide against every contingency, and are striving to “‘aail as near the wind” as possible, under the bolief that, in viow of the ancertainites connented with the immediate future, too much care cannot to taken. Cot- ton, groceries, petroleum, &c., were lower but nominal. On ‘Change, the four market was decided!y dul! and prices were fully 25c. lower. Whent deciinod fc. a 8c. Corn was Our army captured sixteen pieces of artillery anda great | mavy caissoni artillery horses, &c. General Sheri- pushing om up the valley so rapidly alter tho demoralized and panic stricken foe, that be ‘was uvahiv to tell his own or the rebel losses, or to state tho oumbor of prisoners he had captured. dan was He says:— “Only darkness bas saved the whole of Farly’s army from totai destruction,” The First and Third cavalry di- ‘Visions were sont on the same day through the Luray valley, but the result of their movement, which was ex- pected to be equally as successful as the main attack, had ‘aot been learned when the despatch was written, Mr. Stanton, im bis official despatch, mepntious the fact that Early’s command embraced the famous ‘‘Stonewall Brigade’ and the troops constituting Stonewall Jackson’s ld corps, and was the elete of the rebel army, Our special & trifle easier under a good demand. Oats were firmor The pork market was lower, witha fair business doing at tho decline. Beef and lard loss active and lower Whia- key and freights continued duil. Another Victory in the Valiey—The Battle of Fishor’s Hill. Once more we have glorious news from the Shenandoah valley. Sheridan has gained atill another victory over the redoubtable Early—a victory that he characterizes as ‘very com- plete’ —and a victory that goes far toward the accomplishment of what we expected of Gen- eral Sheridan—the actual dispersion of Early’s whole force. Only darkness prevented such an actual dispersion ia this fight. Fisher’s Hill, the scene of this last victory, is a little ways beyond Strasburg, and is a field on which it is reasonable to suppose that the enemy had the ground greatly in his favor. It is a position that Early long ago chose to fight despatch from Washington last night states that it has been | upon when he should be forced to fight any- @scortained that what is left of Farly’s army has aban- @oned tbe road to Staunton, and is retreating in disorder, es rapidly as possible, by way of Culpepper and Gor- doasvile, directly for Bichmond. Tne route to Lynchburg where near it. It will be remembered that The withdrawal of General Fre:xont from the field reduces the Presidential probtem to a contest between President Lincoln and Gsneral MoCiellan. The radical abolition war fasion is swallowed up, and the copperhead peace-™ any-price faction has been turned adrift. The republican candidate and the democratic can- didate stand upon the same platform—tte “maintenance of the Union at all hazards;”’ and this the paramount and all-absorbing issue with the masses of the people of the loyal States of both parties. The differences be tween the Baltimore and the Chicago platforms do not exist as between Lincoln and McClel- | lan; for the one is really as obnoxious to the radical abolitionists, such as Wendell Puillips Ton. Ben Wade and Greeley, as {s the other to auch intractable peace copperbeads as Vallan- digbam and the Hon. Ben Wood. The overwhelming pressure of the Uhion sentiment of tbe North, pure and simple, has thrown the radical disorganizers on both sides into the background. Lincoln is thus the republican candidate in spite of the abolition managers of that party, while McClellan has become the standard bearer of the democracy in spite of their dictatorial copperheads. Thus it is that, while Lincolm exercises bis own discretion in accepting or rejecting the radical resolutions of the Baltimore Convention, McClellan us coolly kicks over the Chicago platform. This is a very remarkable and encouraging state of things. It reveals a tendency of the public mind highly favorable to a restoration of the Union and @ reorganization of parties on a solid and durable footing The displacement of the abolitionists and the copperheads in tis canvass is a sure indication that their reign is ended, and that the country bas bad enongh of them Between Southern secessionists and Northern abolitionists this terrible civil war was fo mented. They played into each other’s hands for thirty years in view of the same objeot— disunion~-the one faction for the perpetuation and the other for the extirpation of Sonthera siavery Since the beginning of the war the fanatical abolitionists have left no stone un- turned to reluce this war to a siavery- uprooting crusade, Union or no Union, while our Northern copperheads are but a detachment of the original Southern secession democracy, taking up their cause where it was abandoned for war by Jeil. Davis, Mason, Yancey, Slidell, Floyd, Cobb, Thompson and Company. The implacable abolitionista.would atill rend the country into fragmenta to carry through their ono idea of “human freedom,” while the compromising copperheads would stoop to any degradation of submission to their former Southern masters in order to serve them again for a mess of pottage. Between thesetwo destructive factions the public sentiment of the North has faterposed and set them both aside. There were, but a few short months ago, many Teagons to fear that, what with the controlling influences of the radical abolitionists over the councils of the administration and the republi- can party, and what with the manifest disnnion designs of the copperhead directors of the democratic party, this Presidential campaign would probably, from its fierce excitementa, light up the combustibles of civil war in the North and involve the whole country in the horrors of anarchy. Now we have every reason to rejoice that all these dangers are avoided; that these afore- when forced up the valley in August, and just before he received his last reinforcement from Lee, he had concentrated his force at this fa thes unobstracted, and Lee can spare no troops from point, and evidently intended to dispute our Richmoad to send thither to oppose the victorious and | Passage {ndomitabie soldiers of Sheridan, Tho ton days truce between Generals Sherman and Hood ended on the 22d instant; but, in order to complete the removal of families from Atlanta, it has been re- wed, to continue for some days. G Das effected the exchange with General Hood ‘of two thousand prisoners. ral Sherman army seems to beso demoralized that he can place no liance oo his best soldiers. Twenty-one out of ene hur. dred of bis picked men on duty with a flag of trace at Rough and Ready recently deserted. t prevails among the citizens tn the @outheastora portion of Missouri, owing to rumors rela- Cive to the invasion of that section of the State by the rebel forces from Arkansas. ibere are reports that the Missouri militia have been defeated, and that a fight was Feceatly going on on the Whitewater river; but nothing nite relative to the affair has been received. Great exci The stoumship Emily B. day (rom New Orleans. bringing despatches from our Correspondents in thatycity, dated to the 16th inst, No movement of importance bad been made in the Depart. wont of the Gulf since the date of our previous ac- Souder arrived here yester- ounta The court martial to investigate the charges against the robel Geueral Daj ie Bpiking the guvs at Fort Morgan after fhe liad hoisted a flag in token of surrender was still in bession. Tuere was a secession rumor in New Urloans Ghat the revels bad captured Little Rock, Arkansas. A Btoamor bad been despatched from New Orleans with a Supply o” clothing for the suffering Union prisoners at Camp Ford, toxas, Ge of our correspondents at Detroit furnishes us a Aciailed and very interesting account of the late capture on Lake Erie, by the rebel pirates from Canads, of the gtoamers Pailo Parsons and Island Queen The com mander of the gunboat Michigan and otber United Biates officers on the lake bad secured information Defureband which lod them to anticipate some such foray, and they were therefore prepared to prevent Quy extensive depredations, The plans of the pirates ork, and their carcer was therefore equally glorious. We have no later news from the armies opersting Against Kicbmoud aud Petersburg than that publisbed yesterday morning Several rebel prisoners declined | jy Doing exchanged, and took the oath of allegiasce. Hoods | Sienidan thus there. He had then, probably, recon- noitred and studied the ground op which he has now been beaten; for all his advantages of position and fortification have not enabled him to arrest the triumphant progress of Sheri- dan’s victorious column. Sheridan’s cavalry, at the latest acconnts be- fore the news of the battle, were beating up ‘arly’s flanks and Crook was feeling his tront. arned where Early was, and then went at him at once, as he is not a timid fighter. Crook swept on the enemy’s flank like an avalanche, and the veteran Sixth and Nine- teenth corps stormed the position im front. Sixteen guns were taken, and that fact isa positive assurance of the complete demoralizm tion of Early’s command. It was unwise in Early to fight again so near the scene of his former discomfiture. Had be not been tempted by his previously chosen and reconnoitred field, but kept doggedly on his retreat, he might have gotten to Staunton in time to organize there a resistance that would have bothered Sheridan very greatly; but hav- ing been thus badly beaten and even broken up at Fisher’s Hill, it is not possible that he can make another stand at Staunton or an; where else in the valley, and thus Sheridan's way to Lynchburg is open. Sheridan will thus in all probability, having settled Partly, settle | also the fate of the rebel capital. Tamaasy Hatt ano THE Crry Nominations.— What is Tammany Hall doing towards making the nominations for Congress and the city officers to be elected this fall? We have been anxious- ly waiting to see some move of the managers to call the primary meetings or some step to- | wards placing a ticket in the field. But why | all this delay? Are the managers waiting to | make bargains again, or is this delay for the | purpose of permitting certain persons agreed | upon to pack the primary meetings and nomi- nating conventions? If the managers of the ‘Tammany faction expect to succeed this fall { they must conduct their nominating conventions | in an open and liberal manner, and make the nominations early. We want no eleventh hour ! barter and sale ticket or clique nominations, | but a ticket composed of some of the ablest men in the city, nominated by the democracy Our special despatch from Matamoros, Mexico, brougbt 41 @ fair and houest convention, and no ing: Dy the steamer which arrived from New Orleans yester day, gives full details of ihe recent operations of the Moxioan General Cortina at and in the vicinity of Browns. ‘ville and Matamoros, aud of the movemente o'ghe French | army on the Mexican border, The narrative isof « bighly fovorestiog character. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Montgomory Blair, Postmaster General, hue resignea | Bis place in the President's Cabinet, and it is understood that ex-Governor Dennison, of Ohio, is to Jrucosed him. ‘The first working party connected with Captain Buck Boy's great expedition for the construction of Ruvelan and American Telegraph jive left this port yesterday wo the stoamer Golden Rule for San Francisco, via Nica agua The party consisis of Mr. Conway, telegraphic ‘eoginese, and a number of axsinants, w directions of Captain Buckley, will proceed wo points im British Columbia to make the necessary sur- ‘veys preparatory to more active operations next apring. » The United States wteener Vanderbilt was off Halifax 2 the 20h inet., and exohanged signals with the British | qronmahip Gidea, whiok arrived «i this vort yeatorday, | bas nothing to do with is | glery. With a ticket nominated in that way, | made up of the right materials, Tammany can go into the fight, rallying its supporters under the McClellan banuer, and success will be cer- tain. The nominations, however, must be made | at once. Every day’s delay strengthens the op- | posing factions in the party. Tum Staveny Qrestion.—All discussion of the question of slavery during this political | canvass is useless, It is a dead iseue, and we tre live men. It would be just as sensible to drag the old tariff question, or the old Maine Liquor law question, into the present contest. aor the | We have gone beyond all these little contro- various versies, and are brought face to face with the great national issue of Union or no Union. That is the question which must decide the Presidential election, The slavery question said disorganizing and revolutionary factions are cast into a lasting disgrace by the quiet bat irresistible pressure upon the two great parties of the day of a conservative and en- lightened public opinion. We see that radical war abolitionists and radical peace copper- heads are alike disarmed and rendered power- lesa for further mischief; that with the re-elec- tion of Lincoln the pressure of public opinion will restrain him from pushing the war beyond the necessities of the Union, and will as power- fully hold the democratic party, with General McClellan, to his Union platform, should he’be the successful candidate. Looking confidently now to the defeat and dispersion of the rebel armies, the submission of the rebellious States and the restoration of the Union, the people wiil be trified with no longer by factious poli- ticians. And so we regard this Presidential contest as now simplified to an issue between the qualifi- cations of Mr. Lincoln and those of Gen. McClel- lan for the great responsibilities of the White House in view of the work of reconstruction before us. At all events, the radical abolition candidates having withdrawn from the fight and the copperhead peace agitators having been cut adrift by General McClellan, we may con- gratulate the country that the designs of South- ern traitors and Northern disunionists, aboli- tion warmakers and copperbead peacemakers, are already and permanently defeated. Lain- coln or McClellan, an intelligent people have decreed that the Union shall not be sacrificed in prosecuting the war nor in negotiations for peace. Tue Danish Qvestion.—The settlement of the Danish question seems to be retarded by finan- cial considerations. Now that an armistice has been entered into, aud, in fact, peace become almost a matter of certainty, the contest seems to have resolved itself into how much Denmark shall pay, how much the duchies shall pay, and, finally, in what manner Prussia shall re- ceive repayment for her outlay in this war. A serious diffleulty seems to exist in the partition of the war debt. The conference still sitting at Vienna has evidently a hard ‘ask to reconcile these conflicting elements of discord. It is rumored that France, England and Russia have become concerned in the Danish question, and that their active but pacific intervention may speedily setile the disputed points which stand in the way of a permanent peace. Await- ing such a consummation, it is asserted that a prolongation of the armistice will meet with no opposition. Tne Crry Iysrecron on tum Fat Borne Norsances.—In reply to the communication of a number of gentlemen of the Twentieth ward, with reference to the disgusting and unbealthy nuisances in that region, Mr. Boole answers that he bas done all within his jurisdiction to abate the nuisance, and that the officers under him have done their duty faithfully; but be adds that nothing short of a total prohibition of the fat boiling business in the city will remedy the evil, and that can only be done by the Board of Health, of which Mayor Gunther is chair- man, Mr. Boole says that the Mayor has been called upon to summon the Board of Health for that purpose, and has deolined to do so. Mr, Boole advocates the meusure of the Com- aon Coungil gonstitutiug iwelf temporarily « Board of Health in this criste, which be says they have power to do; but the members have some doubt of their legal rights in the matter. It is well to know upon whom the responsi- bility falls in this affair. According to Mr. Boole, the Mayor is the responsible party: Wat Srrewr Discounting Prace.—The heavy fall in gold and stocks which has been in pro- gress for the last three weeks received an ine petus yesterday which almost created a panic, not only on the Stock Exchange wd in the gold room, but in commercial cireles generally. There was u heavy fall in the market price of produce, und merchandise of all descriptions was pressed for sale at lower rates. Gold dropped to 21!1—the lowest price it has touched since the 22d of June-and the probabilities are strongly in favor of a con- siderable further decline. Wall street is evidentiy discounting that pease towards which our victories in the field are so rapidly paving the way. Confidence in the restoration of the Union is practically reasserting itself, both by the deoline of the gold premium and the firm- ness of national securities on the market, while everything else is falling. Meanwhile, the entire people are reaping the benefit of this auspicious state of affairs by the reduction of the cost of all the necessaries, aa well as the luxuries, of life, or, in other words, by the in- creasing purchasing power of the paper dollar. EXPEDITION TO THE RAPIDAN Destruction of a Bridge—Capture of Two Handred Horses and Mules—Brisk Encounter with Early'’s Advance—The Expedition Cute ts Way Through and Kncapes, &o., do. OUR FALL'S CHURCH CORRESPONDENCE. Kars? Cora, Va., Sept, 21, 18d4. Tax stant. It having become icnown that the rebels had constructed aturge and valuable bridge over the Rapidan about fifteen mites from Culpepper, for the double purpo pleting tho railway commusicatioan from that Richmond and aifording an easy oxit from the Sheoan- doan valley of ail the harvest and plunder collected by Rarly in bis late occupation of that district, Colonel H Af Lazolle, of the Sixteenth regimeut New York volun- wer cavalry, commanding the cavalry brigade near Fall's church, was ordered to effect ats destruction. Accordingly, on the morning of tho LTth Inet, that ofcor started at throa o'clock, with throe bund. rod mon of the Sixteenth New York volunteer cavalry, and {fifty men of the Thirteenth Now York cavairy, for the scene of action, Tue party were furnished with the hecoasary rations, and fully provided with axes, do, for tho contemplated work. ROUTH OF MARCH. The command moved through Parifax county, and crossing Wolf Run Shoals after a severe march, bivouack. od at Elk run, Next morning at threo o'clock, the party resumed its marob, and crossing tho Rappahanock at Kelty's Ford, passed through Step! burg, capturing the rebol videttes on the route, Then crossed the Rapi- dan at Raccoon ford, and following tho courae of the rivor recrossed it at Rapidan station. charged through the village, capturing the enemy’s advacced line of pickets CAPTURE OF HORS84 AND MULKS. At this potut information was obtained of a largo corral of the revel goverament’s borses, mules, &c., being in the veighborhood, and a dash was made at them, reaulting in the capture of the guard, aud upwards 0( two bundred fine horses and muigs that wore quietly grazing there, were duly collecied and cared for. DESTRUCTION OF THR BRIDGE, REC. ‘The work of destroying the tridge, about two hundred feet in tength by one Dundred and fifty in height, then commenced, under Coi.,L.velie'8 supervision, Moaawhiie naother party procbeded to fire a large mill containing five thousand barreia of flour, the telegraph office, railroad depot and otbor pub- lio buildings, which were all soos consumed, to gether with the bridge. During these operations a large train was approaching, but having observed the smoke of the buratng buildings did not come near enough to admit of its capture. PART OF BARLY'L ORCE RNCOUNTERED, ‘The work of destruction having been thoroughly com- pleted the command, togetberswith the prisoners (of whom some were officers) and. capvured property, moved on toCulpepper where it was met by the advance of Early’s army, consisting of McCioud’s division, number- ing about four thousand men, two hundred cayairy and Six proces of artillery, tbat had been sent expressly to guard against the decd just so effectually sc complished. During the march from the Rapidan to Culpepper the enemy in small bodies barrassed the rear guard considerably until the column came on the main body of Mo(loud’s division, which at once opened a heavy fite on ite flank. Colonel Lazelie thea marched his commsod on three,parallel lines. and struck the feot of the mountain, where two rezimoate of in fantry had been sent to endeavor to cnt off our retreat, The advance was allowed to pass, and oa the approach of ‘ork cavalry, ably nasisied by Iieutenants Ravel and Dougherty, of the Thirteenth and ~ixteeuth respectively, charged with their commands im the hepes of routing the infantry ; but Owing to the positions the enemy had taken up, with’ & swamp in thelr front, were repulsed with love. my's cavalry seeing this charge repulsed , at once charged on the rear of the column, with the view of cutting off the only road now left for retreat; but were defeated in their main object with heavy loss, and ouly succeeded recapturing @ goodly portion of the horses and mules, having beon again charged in turn by Captain Leahy and his command. Colonel Lazetl now seeing, by the new forces moment- arily developing themselves, that be was so greatly out numbered, commenced his retreat, without gratiiying the evideot wish and intention of the rebel commander of charging oa the bresstworks, 19 which case the whole command must foevitably have been captured or cut to eces. eon this was the iden is self evident from the fact of the gradual development of his force, as he hoped by that means to entice Colonel Lazelle on; but in this case “tbe Early bird” did not get bis worm, and the columa retreated in good order, although for ‘many miles the enewy’s cavalry kept barrassiog the rear guard, which consisted of Captain Leaby’s squadron, embodying what fe left of the Washington Tight cavairy, consolidated with the Sixteenth in October last. Our total loss in killed, wounded and missing was officer @jeutenant French, Sixteenth, missing) and forty men, Of this namber the Thirteenth’ lost four and the Sixteenth Ove oificor and thirty-six nen, The Richmond tzaminer of September 21, publishes the toliowing account, which it is authentic, of the Yankee raid into the county of Orange on Monday :-— The raiding party wan about five hundred strong, and are the same with whom Mosby bus recently been fght- ing in the vicinity of Leesburg and Alexandria. They caine down through Culpepper, and on Monday morn- ing arrived at the Orange aud Alexandria Hail road bridge over the Rapidan, which they at- empted to destroy, but the timbers belng green and the structure bus a mere trestle, their success was not commengurate with thei ts. The injury to the The raiders then and burnt iHolliday’s otviping a large q bridge ts trifling, it being only sin crossed the Rapidan into Orang mill near Rapidan station, Company. They then started for Orange Court House, but had proceeded but about two miles wheu they were ambuscaded by some of our infantry who captured forty, killed firteom, and drove tho rest helter skelter over the Rapidan and into Culpepper. In their flight the tright- ened raiders turned loose @ number of our horses and mules which they had picked 1p of pastures in Culpepper, ‘This ts the fast of this raid. The raiders are now inaking tracks for \lexandris, The only real damago done by them was the burning Of Holliday’s mili, and the wheat it contained. rica Mr. aod Mrs, Berney Williams begin their fail campaign at Washington next week, They will open at Niblo’s Gorden, with several new dramas, in December. We Wish them ail the success they deserve. Oscanyan will give bis celebrated Turkish entertain mont at Irviog fall on the Sd of October. The entertain ment is attractive enough to be continued all winter, if otber engagoments permitted. Movements of Blockade Ranners. Hauieax, N.B , Sept. 23, 1864. The blockade runners Lady Sterling and Armstrong cleared for Bermuda yesterday The blockade runner Little Hattie, which General Dix arrived hore yosterday, nnd left jast night for candusky, to inquire into the recent plot and take @ffdetual mesures for the future. he Philadelphia and Tre tom Raliroad. ‘The “‘ow!"’ train from New York was o'clock this morning by Adama’ Express train near ‘Torresdale, The passenger train was waiting for 0 Iattar to croas the bridge. The locomotiver, were dam: Auuy or Tas Poromao, Sept. 20—5 A. M. At ap early hour yesterday morning the oavairy Pickets of General Kaeutr's command. on our extreme Jeft, were driven tn, and large bodies of troops reported moving in that direction, The Second division was as once ordered under arms, and the Firat brigeds under Colonel Stedman, gent owt on a reconnoixsance. A long, wearigom,and dus ty march on she left and fromt of ithe Fifth corps failed to discover apy signs of the eneury, and the rumored advance was ottributed to the destoried imag ination of some new recruit who sees au enemy in every bush. Sines the recent raid upon our cattle herdgour pick. etehave been oxiremely vizilont aad determined, ile the man wae locked his otabio door afser his Lerse was Heapquartams, Grida's Cavaray Dr =} stolen, thet sach an occurrence should aot baypen again KPORTED PROMOTION OF COLONRE GREGG Information was received iagt aight that Colouef Irving Gregg, who has iong commanded a Brigade 19 this division, bad been appoinied e brigadier ganeral. ‘This js one of the most deserving eppoimtinents txat bis been made during the war. He bas fairly won the b ferred upon hiay by galluntry ta many hard (ong! Sles, @ud the nows Of bia good fortune gives unl satisfaction in the division UNUSUALLY QUzar. Ts has been unurcally quiet in fropt of Petersburg for the past twenty-four bours. Au occasional abet from either side has bees ail Uaat has oocurced Since trains have omnsenced ruaning on the brauch road {rom City Point to the Weldon road the enemy have veraal shelled them at one point where they were oxposed in passing. Whenever this occurred our batteries would open on Petersburg. uatil they have ceased entirely Sring ab tho trains. PRRSON AL, Captain W. R. Robbins, of the Virst New Jersey cay- airy, who has been aveent for sevorai weeks recovering from 9 severe wound recerved In battle,’ bas rejoined hia command. He has been detached temporarily tor Geveral on the staff of General Davies. 1, rowannith, of Goneral Grogg's stall, bas also returned. News from Fortress Momree. MK, Whl, H. STINER'S DESPATCH. Vorrress. Mownox, Sept. 21, 1864, ‘THE POOR OF NORFOLM AND PORTSMOTTH. When the rebels evacuated Norfolk aud Portsmouth they forgot to take with them the poor psople resident to both places, A large number of families, veing de prived of Uneir naturat protectors, fell to the seader care of the (mited States governinont, Iu order te. aystema- tize this business, or General Butler constituted a commission, eousisting of two olligars and a civilian, who have charge of providing the poor paopie of Norfolk and Fortsmouth with provisious and fuel. The following 18 a report of thie commission, setting (orth the account of thelr issuex:—fo four bundro® and vaventy fami hes, consisting of one thousand two bunared and forty three persons (five hundred and fifteca” vduits and) coven bundred and twenty-eight children), in Portsmouth, were issued the following sup plies'—Salt beef, 11,725 pounds; tour, 492 ponnds; mea! and hominy, 22,623 pounds, rice. 164 pounds; tea, 20% pounda: sugar, 1,133 povnds, candles, 27 pounds; galions.’ Yo six hundred and filty four families, cousisting of one thousand seven hundred and forty five persons (aix hundred and ninety-live adults and one thousand aud fi'ty-aix children), in Nortoik, + “eteaaings eer a, durivg August, were issued —Bacop, 15,947 pounds meal, 35.676 pounds; molas-08, 545 5-16 gallons, fresh beet, 908 pounds: tour, 1,:'62 pounds, tor, 37%, pounds Tice, $71 poruds; candles, 75 56 pounds; suger, 499 pouflda: cotiee, 8 pounds, In addition to: this outdoor relief the commissioners have tssued to the Norfolk almshouse, in August:—Flour, 1,960 pounce; pork, 649 pounds, fresu beer, 242 pounds, sugar, 102 pounds. cotfee, 66 pounds; rice, 43 pounds: soap, 53 pounds: candles, '25 pounds; vinegar, 9 gations: molasses, 20 gallons: galt, 60 pounds. The subjects of charity 1b the almenouse ate chiefly invalids, and some of them incurabie. ROW UNCLE 5AM 18 REWARDED FOR Bis OAR. From the above it will be seen whut the United States government is doing for the poor 10 Norfok and Porta mouth, Still among those receiving assistance are is bitterest enemies. We aro fcodiaz the families, wives ard children of men, who are iu the rapks of the rebels, Aghting and killing those who provid their belpiess family, This was illustrated a fow da: news of the destruction of the mail boat Fawn in Albe- marie canal and of ber passengers became koown, Brigadier General Shepley, com. mandiog the district of Eastern Virginia, started out with en escorts to find out the particulars of tho affair. He lexened thata man named Hopkias, a ™" ange of the sationa! administration, which, im bie mation was sure to be effected at the November électioa. MBW YORK OONGRBSSIONAL NOMINATION, ‘The independent democrats of the Second Cougressiousg district (Brooklyn) have uominated DouasS. Barnes foe ‘The district s cow ropresent? by Martm Kaibtiersch (demoorat.) NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Resignation of Postmaster General Blair. Ex-Gevervor Dennison, of Ohie, hp- pointed in Wis Place. INTERESTING FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE, on &e ee. Wasnorom, Sept. 28, 186m RESOMATION OF THE PORTMASTER GBNERAT, ‘When the resoiution of the lato Haltimors Convention, declaring that they “doomer it osgential to the gonera\ wolfare that harmony aba! prevali! ip the national coam,, oils, and regarding as worthy of public confidence aad, official trust those only who cordially endorse the pre.) siples proposed in tho series of resolutions, and whiam svould characteri7e the admimstration of the govera. mont,’ wag sbortly after ite passage read by Postmaster Genoral Biair, be at at once verdally tendorad bis ren nation, which was not formally made and acceptem until (o day, as will be seen from the following correm pondonce ft is nodersiood that ey Governor Dourianm,, of Ohio; will be bis successor: — TUR PARSIDENT 10 TEN MSTNARTAR GENT er Exnov Tvs Mansion, Wasmincro, Sept. 2%, Hon, Mormoomery Bear -— My Dean See:-—You beve gacerousiy said to me more than once that whenever sour resignation could be a retie! to ma it was at my disp tima bap come, You very weil kaow that this proceeds from*no dinsatte faction of mine with you personally or oiliciaily. Yous uniform kindness haa been unsurpassed oy that of asy wine it i@ true chat the war does not se 1864, 10 the difficulties of your department an te g-otbers, it i# yet mach to way, oa I most Graig ean, that in the three years iT have administered the Genera: 2 i no singio CompiAiMt against you te enonection therewit Yours, as svar, A LINCOLN: THK POOTNASTRR ORKKRAL FO TINE an Poxr Oriek Devanrwctns, v4, 1806. My DRAn Six—I Bave recoived your ‘note of this date reterring to ty oilers to resigu whenever you shout doom it advisable (or the public inyerests that I souk do 80, Siatiay that. mM your sndgment, that time baw now " , therefore, formally tecder my remtge nation of the ofle6 of Lostmaster General, 1 cannot tale: leave of you without renewing the expressions of coy gratitude for the- uniform kindness whicb hes verked your course towards yours, very truly, M. BLAU The Parsipenr Ex-Govornor Deantson, of Ohio, {a to be appointed: Postmaster General in the place of Mr. Blair, It is was@ that Mr. Blair bas taken this step to Oe at liberty te stump the border States in favor of Liacoin abd Johnsomg but it 's believed that there are othor reasons impaling: hum to resign FINANCIAL MATTERS. The wanta-of the Treasury Department, In these feats houra of tho robellion, are receiving ail possible- atiention; but as the army aud navy require te ve first looked after, the unpaid roquisitione- are daily: accumulating. They already far excee@. the immediate ability of the departmens, The- Seoretary ia unwilling to ack (or another Joan immediately, and will resort to ail other avaltable means to keep the governmental machinery in motion. To compicte the payment of the army, an arrangement ago. When the | has been made with the national banks to furnish fifteem: miltions dellars of their notes in exchange for seven thirty bonds These will be supplied, and the payments to the- army will proceed witnout delay, but other creditors roust wait till new resources cau be devised Cor theur commissioned pilot of the rebel navy, on the ram Aibe- | Paymeut. marie, led a party of twenty-five sailogs, belouging to ‘the rebel irou-ciad, and they were the parties who burned the Fawn, and carried off the crow and paseengers. The sequol to the story is that the family of this Hopkins re- sides in Norfolk, and has been drawing rations from the government for upwards of a year. To the credit of General Shepley be it said that on ascertaining theas facts he at oace seut Hopkinn’ family across tbe lines, to be supported: by the authorities who commission the husband and father to carry on @ guerilia warfare against the United States. THE PRESS DESPATOR. Fortress Monnor, Sept. 22, 1864. Thoro have been no arrivals from City Pointfthis after. noon, An arrival from Aikeo’s Landing this morning re} that yesterday Major Mulford was apparently making the exchange of the one thousand robel prisoners taken upon the 19th inst, LIST OF DRATHR IN BAMPTON MOSPITAL, Amherst (evnant, 4th Massachusetts ; Isaac Joboson, 98th New York; C, W. Starkweather, 1st Connecticut ar- tillery ; George Percy, Ist Connecticut artillery; Jobn Worthiy, 4th Naw Hainpabire; George H. Woodward, 11th The subscriptions-to the seven-thirty toan for the pas® two days amount to $1,706,000, Thus far the entire amount aubscribed 19 $80,500,000, THA PRACE RUMORS WITHOUT FOUNDATION, It is announced in official circlos that there is not @ word of truth in ang of the stories in circulation abow® peace propositions. The Richmond papers of Wednesday maxe no aliasion to. the subject, and no communication of any kind has been received in regard to negotiattoas: between General Sherman and the rebel authorities t reference to terms.of peace; nor has any messenger an rived here with letters from either Jeff Davis or Jake- ‘Thompson on this subject, Telegraphic communication with Gneral Sherman is uninterrupted, and all the stories are treated as simple canards, manufactured in the interes® of heavy stock speculations, RAYMOND TAKES GRERELEY'S PLACE AS PBACB NEGO TIATOR. A prominent gentioman from New York informs ma- that be had.ao interview with Mr. Greoley, since the great MeClelian domonstration in your city, in referenes- Maine; Joseph Rice, 22d United States, colored; Frederick | to allowing one of the commissioners now at Niagara- Smith, 22d United States, colored; W. H. Nelson (un+ known, robel); H. A. Thurston, 34 Pennsylvania ertiiler; D. M, Huntoon, 12th New Hampbshire; Ira D. Tootinak lth Maive; David Ayres, 7th United States, colored Adam Greene, 9tb New 4 ; Aaron You A. G. Otis, 11th Maine Hardenourg, 16th 13th York artillery; (rebor); R. 0. Webb, 7th’ Virginia (rebel): J. Miller, J. R. Fergusou, 3d Penasyivania artillery; 80th New York; George J. Wheeler, 8in ; Freeman Seaith, ‘vy; J. H. Lunn, 8th North Carolina The Presidency. ‘The Louisville Journal says:— The members of our (Kentucky) State government Falls to visit Washwgton, and then, if thought best, allow ‘one of two persons to accompany him to Richmoud. Te which, be states, Mr. Greely replied that he had nee abandoned his efforts for settioment; that the strength developed for McCiellan was such that be considered important that the question should be pushed al! that could; but, says Greeley, “Raymond has got the inside track of me in the peace negotiations; he bas that matter i charge vow. 1 bave no doubt, if you see bim, you cam get his consent to your proposition.’” ‘This conversation took place two days before the ramen was started bere that Jake Thompson bad sent a totter te stand as a unit in favor of McClellan, aod are working as | Washington from Jef. Davia, @ unit for bis election, MCCLELLAN ARMY AND NAVY LEGION. A large and enthusiastic meeting of veterans, officers, and privates of the army, in favor of General MoClelian MK. CHASK TO BE FOOLBD. It 1s reported tn admioistration circles that there ts ae intenticn of giving ex-Secretary Chase any position what ever; tbat the policy ts to keep him along until after for President, was held at No. $34 Broadway, last even- | election with promises, apd then throw bim and his friends. ing, and an organization formed under the above title, Arrangements were made for auother meeting on Wed- nesday next, of which due notice wil be giv Great entbueiaem prevaided, and the meeting adjo d I with nine cheers for the old commander and next President, General MoCleliaa, GUNFRAL HOOKER AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB. Major General Hooker visited the Union League Club of this city on Thursday evening, and was welcomed by a large number of members, Mir. Jonathan Sturges made the reception speech, as follow: Gexrixtes—This is not a partisan club, as many sup- pose. bubaclub whose deciared object is to cultivace a love for our Union, and to sustain the goveroment in restoring its authority in those states which are in rebellion. We agree with General Me(lelian in bis report, page 442, where he expreeses the opinion “Arter ® calm, impartial, patient consideration of the subject, that @ necersary preliminary to the re-estab- lighment of the Vion js the entire defeat or virtual destruction of the or; ower of the confedervcy, and the veh @ result should be fol. lowed by conciliatory measures,’ Believing thie We cannot sustain Any MAD WhO goes upon an “immediate armistice” platform, with such men as Mr. Pendleton, of overboard, This the anti Chase republicans all say they ave been assured will be the rasult THE RKBEL MOSBY'S WOUNDS, Information bas been receivod showing that (he wounds. recently iaflicted upon the rebel Mosby will iacepacitase him during life for further sapvice in the saddle, if thage should aot prove mortal, PRISONERS SENT TO FORT WARREN. Nineteen prisoners of Sinte wore gout from the OM Capitol to Fort Warren yoatarday. THE QUERILLAS. Nothing bas been beard from guerillas ia Virginia east. of Buil ron for some time, their operations having beam, confined almost exclusively to the Sheaandoab vailey, Fairfax, Loudon and Prince William counties are agai. habitable for a few Union loving citizens, and refugees. are slowly returning te their homes and abandoned crepa, SENTENCED TO BE STOT. Sixteen deserters from cer army, who were tried by court martial and. sentenced to be shot to doath with Ohio. We (eel it to be more consistent to do honor to | musketry, bave bad their sentencescommutsd to tam. to fight tt out on th: Several of these are wi 1 have the honor of introducing to the club thas night. gallant soldier, Major General Joveph Hooker Genetal Hocker, in reply, observed that the Loyat Leagues were not aware of the service they had rendered the army. They had formed a good reserve, and for this the army felt strong in front. The fighting is now nearly { t. 23,1866, | oO he attendaaee} today was quite large. The aggregate receipts are 000. ‘afterncon Hon, Lewis T, Alven, of Hiaak Rock, read am cloned. There will bo a fow sparmodic plunges, but they | memorial on the laie Gen. Jas. 8. Wadsworth, and appre are ihe natural manitestations of dying. The govera- ment bas beon slow: the people have deen fast, aud bao ted the administration, but tho Iatter has rd to suppome the soldiers can vote way. They will vote as they have fought, to put down the rebellion. We havo vot ooly fought the rebellion, but lnghind. She has fnenished | their arms apd clothing, and for these on the whole South, | don’t think to foreclose it. General Hooker no time felt any dowbt i of the success of the w Thers had been mistakes and mismanagement in + the Union arms had made steady progress, 0 the close of each year had geen the ‘srca of the Tebellion narrowed and ite relative power materially weakened. He copfidently dolicrad that we wore now vory near the end-—nearer than most of ua belleved. Mut he wonld have no over- tures rade to the rebel chief, at the proper time, they | heen completed. 7 time te iqnify their gee og to give |t up. ‘the bee! tiating Wes when we n ‘a fol ve alle or it Hil we bave whipped oat our one- mien and swept away the nore Bp ‘tne rebellion. The constitution must be interpr principles of humanity, nor can we have & permaneut till we do 80. mast B04 peace in such that act wet cuore ensngh to 0ur enomie= on avon to a fanit—and thay invariably construed our lenity Into weakness. ed. None of the passengers were injured. The en- and greaser were scalded. Base THR ATLANTIO CUB OF BROOKLYN DEFEAT THB 1864. The Avlantic deteated the Ontario Club of thia ofty at a game of base be'll to-day, by a score See” Tuo Atlante play Ube Weloa Chub oa Gavarday “ iy ‘ AM BX-RBPURLIOAN TOR ON THE STUMP FOR LirAn Mao. Hon. Wm. M. MoCartay, of Minnesota, and formorig of Indiana, from whieh Simte the republicans elected himand Hen. H. & Lane United States Senators, but whoes seats wore successfullptented by J.D. Bright and G, N. Fiteh, spoke at a demoeratic meeting in St Jeseph county, Ind., Drogainyse, that (be only Rape of tne counsey lies 9 @ , on the whole, dove tolerably | and an address was di fceordance with the | riate resolutions were offered by ex-Governor John & ing. Hon, A. B. Conger, of Rockland, read a memorial on the late Hon. F. G. F Preaideat of the sock iv by Dr. Anderson, of Rochester University. Tne fair bas been a very great success. Biltiara Mateh in Boston. Hosron, Sept. 28, 1994. ‘The dilliard match played iast aight between R. Mm. Wilmarth, of Boston, aad Harry Raton, of Californie for ® parse of $1,000, was won by Wilmarth by Tem porte, CONSTANTINOPLE COMING NBARKIL TO LONDON. (Froia the Londoa Times, sept, ‘The submarine cable between Otrasto x daroed = 4 revious at in Fel vt savare gales, which drove p waa DORCCASRfY! OM ACeOUNt Of SeVEre gales fad finished the Oghting. | the vessel out of her cures, and caused the on: of tae i@ to | but the repairing expedition, under able to ive font, Dur palring 44 Personal super rision of the couteaotor, MF. Henley, Row succeeded in picking it ap from & doy a eodeoied in any press recovery, Of Ove Bram dred and pine fathome. ‘of this line will bring Constoath, au ore oe cons jeation with London, — Ar ee SSt He ea Conan ah i. ao ARRIVAL. nt a