The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1864, Page 4

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The distance from his base of operations Delog thus so great, communication 's rendered very a:Scult Large numbers of the prisoners captured by ia Drilliant Shenandoah operations have already arrivott at the East, One thousand passed through Balti- more yesterday ip one squad, Geveral Sherman is busily, but quietly, procecuting his pisos ot Atianta, and completing his preparations for forare work {a his own ch him i ristic and effective way. A oumbor of tine houses of the town are being torn down, anit the lumber from them is being used to construct bar- Hood is ewinging his army around so as to cover the Atlanta and, West Railroad, with advance of ra ka Point the Sherman has writ the design of preventing forces to Mobile. General tea another letter, which is marked by the, ueval decided and Straightforward style of Ite suthor. It is written toagsert the falsity of a recent despaich from Louisville which stated that the families sent out ef Atlanta were robbed of all their property before they reached the rebel lines. To show that this je an upmit- igated falsehood, Genera! Sherman gives the letter of the rebel officer conducting the flag of truce at Atlanta, waich ecknowledges deep obligations on his part for the kiodness and consideration shown to these people by the Officer acting 6a behalf of General S. a We published on Friday last extracts from the Rich ‘mond papers stating that General Sherman had proposed %o Mossra. Alexander A. Stephecs, Herscbe! V. Jobnson and Governor Brown, of Georgia, negotiations for the re- arn of the State of Georgia to ber rightful allegiance to the cational government. This morning we give a pare graph from Louisville, Ky., which says that Goyerner ‘Browo bas made peace propositions t General Sherman. ‘We wore apprised several weeks ago that emissaries from Governor Brown had reached Washington with pro. ‘positions for ap adjustment; but as to the precise pature of the propositions they had to present, or the authority they possessed (o negotiite, we have not been informed. Toorg is no important evens of later date In the armics ‘to frout of Richmond and Petersburg to potice. Skir- wiisting between the opposing pickets bas been resumed with considerable vigor, and casualties from this cause aro quite frequent. Grant's men are considerably elated with Sbetidan’s successer, and the shotted salutes ip honor thercol cause as much hilarity among them as exaspera- ton in the minds of their foes. From rome portions of our liges the rebels can be econ bueily engaged in strougtheutng their works, They are eiso erecting « aew line of interior works, and evince po design of evacuatiwg Petersburg, though, of course, ere long Grant wil compel them to dogo, They are rapidiy completing tbeir new terminus of the Southside Railroad, which will briog it into the city from the vorth side, and enable them for a Tittle longer to receive supplies by that route. Desertere coutinue to bring stories of tbe great suffering ‘o” (he people of Richmond from want of the neceesa- rica of Tife, and say that Lee must evacuate the city be- me discouragement prevs.'s OB sccount our fore long, Extr of Ea decent Our correspondent, writing from New Orleans on the (oth inst., meations a report, which bad reached thas city ou the day previous, of the capture of Little Rock by the rebels, We have since received files of Little Rock papers to the 10th inat., at which date there was no Appearance of @ rebel force near that place. lo obed ence to instructions from the War Department, ® caliona) salute of one hundred guns wae fred from Fort ( 8, on Governor's Island, yesterday, 1» bonor of General “heridac’s victories. The firing commenced at bals-pas ck ln the forewoon, and war kept ap until just b noon MI6CELLANEOUS NEWB. Toe steamship North American, froin Londonderry ou the 12th instant, passed Father Point on Satarday, on of her new ono day jater, appeared jo (he Hrws:o yesterday more ing, mud @ telegraphic report 0: the deta |e given in our columns to day. The British journals acknowledge the greater vigor which bas bees recently shown by the Unicon generals in the prosecution of tbe war, bul express the op niow that even tue very rapid fighiing that takes place will not produce any decisive resulte MeCletlan’s platform’ is clearly Gistinguisbed from Shot of the Chicago delegutee by the London press. It wan pretty generally conceded that General MeCiellan ap Freaviont coula co more than any other person to- wards repering the “errors” of Mr. Lincoln, which, it ie @nid, Are lending the republic,io ‘ruin.’ Th wae sakd io Leadon thas Mocielian « would consent to any arrange- ayant!’ which would terminate the war, The city of Nenmio hae bern taken by tbe Chinese im- peritaliets Console closed ip London on the 12th imetant ot 688 iy for movey Cotton wes firmer, at unchanged prices, io Liverpool, Breadeiute were inactive Pro viajons A By Whe arity gy of (be Orie Bellic Hunt ot tay pert we pointed him in all respecta. his energy, his immense activity, soon con- vinced Lee that he had played a hazardous 3 game in the detachment of Early. Stretching dering military service to the United States. his line to an immense length, he compelled | 4nd, strangely enough, the same supreme in- Lee to attenuate his line, and then, through | diferenee on the question of negro slavery that very weakness in Lee that was caused by the absence of Early, Grant was able to seize | 88 in the loyal States. The only real ques- the Weldon road. The rebel papers pretend tion now is, that of a united or of a divided that this was a matter of no consequence; but added one bundred dollars to the price of every barrel of flour sold in Richmond after it was made. with Early be might have prevented that seizure; but since he could not prevent, he had to make the best of it. an entirely new character to Early’s occupa- tion of the valley. He was now no longer there to threaten Washington or divert men from Grant’s army. By the lose of the Weldon road Lynchburg had become a place ef the most vital importance to Lee, and Early’s businese was now to cover that place, and, if | Congress was still sitting, ard pagsed'a Dill granting « coucession for the construciion of a telegraph betworn Buenos Ayres city aad Montevideo, also a payment of a monthly subsidy of exght hundred silver | origin, dollars to @ company which proposes to build a mor in Engluud for the navigation of the upper Uruguay & million stesling, The condiion of the country was rapidly improving. Trade was rathe Ayres. There was a project for (be conatrvetion of tost- | ing docks at Buenos Ayres ueder consideration and likely to be passed. “Emigration was fot Yo active as was wished, Hard working laborers were wanted by the thousand, 95 wages Were exorbitant, owing to tha great scarcity of bacds t. Michael's Mopastory of ttle Wost Hobokea, was formally noon. Was @ large concours {0 witness the eeremoni The United Sta anteer Lieutonant JW. Smith, wif! sal from the ’hi eiphia Navy Yard on Wednesday, 28th inst, Prepaid lotters aud packages sent to Osbon’s Bureau of Naval Information, No, 2 Dey street, New York city, before noon on Tuesday, will be forwarded by this vessel. No express charges beyond Philadelphia Ther of spectators present ‘ Shevidan’s Victo tcs—The Campaign tn the Valley. Sheridsa continues bis pursuit of Early’s routed forces with his glorious vigor. Only the most meagre accounts of his progress now come to hand, for the reason that he has gotten so far from his base that the communication with his army is not free. In fact no commu- nication is safe or even possible, except under strong eacort, as the country is infested with guerilias. He may, perhaps, next be heard from—as Hunter was in the same neigkbor- hood—through the Riebmond papers. In order thal the full value of Sheridan’s victories in the valley may be properly under- | stood it is necessary to glance over the move- meats lately made by Early. He was seut down the valley. it will be remem- bored, very soon after Grant had crossed the James river, and when the Army of the Potomac no longer literally “covered” our capital. In 1362 General Lee had been very fortunate with a similar manoeuvre. No sooner had the Army of the Potomac, by its movement to Harrison’s Landing in tbat year, gotten off the direct line between Richmond and Washington than Lee pushed a part of his army np to the Rapidan. This frightened General Halleck, ‘and cansed the withdrawal of our army from the James. Lee then immediately pushed his whole army on after the body with which he had made his first venture, and thus, at a single stroke, transferred the war from the neighbor- The | subactiption to the stock of the Argentine CeutraiRatiway | It 18 simply the naturat'y contiowed, A most important projet is that of an | up of what Mr. Seward so well characterized as “the irrepressible confliet: "’ For thirty years pounds, with right to emit convertible bank Uills for balf | gyq more the public mind & ad been kept agi- tated over the problem of the proper siatus of the negro, and debates as fier c¢ as any that nded religions dissensions , in the olden | times bad embittered the feotings'«”! the people of the Northern and Southern secti. 98 toward { each other, war on the most gigantic seale—war y bat bas Jeaicated yesterday after: | put the resources of the one side to the se. verest gis bank in, Cordova, capite! two hundred thousand | dull in Buenos , asoionist Fathers, at , al supply cteamer Bermuda, Vol- i German; dema (al Campaign. The War which bh ‘98 been desolating this land for the last three years anda half had its most great Ware bave had theirs, in a difference of opinion m 200 a religious question, and inevitable winding atl Finally and logically ca "¢ War test, and that has utterly ruined the other And now what do we fladin regard to on in dispute? That it is almost entirely lost sight of, and no longer forms aa issue of peace or war. Here we are in the Presidential contest, more than usus citing, more than usually important, on the st of a va Butane Ayres Ghede Wither $i ax” Atguat { Tne Anti-Siny °fy Element in the Prest- | is at stake, and to vindicate that no efforts or sacrifices should be spared. Besides, there were over tweuty thousand of our men either killed or wounded at Chancellorsville, aad it is due to their surviving relatives that the pre- cise manner of their “taking off’ should be at once set forth, Let Mr. Secretary Stanton com- Blais Resigna- tlon— Tits “Time Has Come.” The Hon, Montgomery Blair bas at last re- signed bis place ia the Cabinet, including, we presume, bis place as the right bower of the old man Blair inthe Kitchen Cabinet. The correspoudence on the subject between Old Abe and the retiring Blair is very sweet. Old Abe says:—“You have generously said to me— lly ex: | (al! in my eye)—more than once that when- ever your resignation would be a relief to me it was at my disposal. The time has come, How eloquent and compreheasive that simple posi | na¥ice—the time bas come.” You have bees a good and faithful but officer, old boy; your “time bas come.” Mr. Blair result of which the question of a contiauance of | 8taciously acknowledges the compliment, the war or of a restoration of the old Union is supposed to depend; and yet the point of dis- pute which produced the war—the moral and religions problem of slavery—has as little in- fluence on the public mind, and is as little thought of in connection with the great events transpiring, as any of the theological dogmas which set the faithful by the ears in the early ages of Christianity. Nor isthis phenomenon so strange as it may at first sight appear. It is nothing more thana repetition of history. The same thing has oc- curred ia connection with all the European wars arising out of moral and religious ques- tions. The religious diasensions introduced by Luther, Calvin, Zuingluis, Huss and the old reformers culminated in the most protracted and destru civil wars that ever cursed hu- manity, including the great thirty the war of the Girondists in France, the Hussite war in Bohemia aud the civil wars in England and Scotland. And nowy, after two centuries and a half spentin cutting each other's throats “for the greater glory of God,” and to decide the question as to the best way to get to Heaven, the nations of Europe bave settled down into an almost perfect indifference on the subject. tolerating all denominations of Christians, however heretical their doctrines may appear, and troubling themselves no more as to the distinction between consubstantiation and transubstantiation than if such hard words and harder questions had never been invented. hood of his own capital into a Northern State. | Even in Spain and Italy heretics may live in He counted upon a similar result in the pre- sent year, but ought to have remembered that he had not General Halleck to deal with any longer. His dentotive was a failure. Grant understood it fully and clearly from the first, detached just enough force to nullify Early, and that valiant rebel, though be made after two and a half centuries of dissensions and at léast half a century of flerce war, on the religious questions of those days, we have the time he made’ this movement made it in | Teached, after thirty years of political wran- perfect safety. There appeared to be no doubt that he could spare twenty thousand men for @ great noise, did no damage. Lee, to the best of any ordinary judgment, at comparative peace, and it is only on rare occa- sions, like the recent ones in Ireland, that any disgraceful revival of the religious animosities of the olden times is witnessed. Just so with ourselves. The beatific state of philosophic indifference which Europe reached gling and three and a half years of actual con- flict, on the anti-slavery question. Who cares this attempt, andno doubt but that he, with the | for it now? Neither party in the Presidential remainder of his army well posted in immense fortifications, could keep our force at bay. contest says a word about it. Lincoln cares as little about the negro as McClellan does. Moreover he, in common with all Rebeldom, | Seward shows no more sympathy for bim than confidently expected that our army was to sit down and die with fever. But Grant disap- His watchfulness, this seizure of the Weldon road Had Lee bad present the force Grant’s movement on the Weldon road gave possible, gain a victory for moral effect. He was even reinforced, in the hope that be might do this jast; but it soon became obvious that be was anonentity. He could “offer battle,”’ and did it every other day; but he could not force a battle. Lee saw that, having spared so many men to accomplish a certain purpose, and baving failed in that purpuse, the absence of those men from the circle around Richmond was to our advanta and not to his. Lynchburg could be. as well defended by troops within that circle, and within that circle also they would be handy as supports in case of emergency. It was imperative that he should cover Lynch- burg; but it was also imperative that he should have the occasional uee of the troope that covered that place for other purpeses, for men were geiting scarcer every day by the drain of desertion and large losses in battle. Early was, therefore, ordered to retire three weeks ago; but be found that it was an easier matter to come to the Potomac than to get away from it. Sheridan's vigilance and his force in cavalry rendered it impossible for Early to retreat without the danger of a most destruc- tive battle, and thus be was compelled to stand still There was through these three weeks more ad- vantage te us in that than there could bave been in a victory; but Lee wanted men, and urged Early tosend a detachment, if be could not bring all. He accordingly, on the 14th in- stant, sent away General Anderson with at least one division, perhaps with more. He bad kept this force from Lee through all the time when Lee most wanted it, and he sent it to Loe just et the time whem he more than ever wanted it bimeelf, ‘That detachment left him at Sheridan's mercy, and the destructive blow at Winchetter was given when Anderson had | who allege that Hooker never made apy report of this, bis only defeat; but such rumors we entirely refuse to credit. We therefore call upon Mr. Secretary Stanton to at once give us all the reperts relative to the parallel and co- Lee counted upon to relieve his overworked | relative operations which resnited in “Fighting meo at Petersburg. Lee hae lost his rein- forcementa, and Lynchburg ie at our meroy; or, if he detacbes a force to Lynchburg, Grant can | of gotten no furtber than Gordonsville. By the battle at Winchester, then, and the battle at Fisber’s Hill, Sheridan has destroyed the force that covered Lynchburg and the force that break his line at Petersburg with ease. Sheri dan’s Uatiles will prove decisive ones in their 1 Pecalla. Vallandigham does. Grant does not seem to attach any more importance to his existence than doesSherman, who, in clearing Atlanta of its population, gave the negroes their choice of either going South with their owners or ren- seems to prevail as completely in the rebel republic. And it is not on this side of the Atlantic alone that this curious result is observable. The public mind in Europe bas undergone pre- cisely the same change. The religious senti- ment there adverse to slavery, if it has not entirely disappeared, has been so toned down as to lose all its offensive features. It has sub- sided there just as it has done here, giving place to a feeling of indifference. There, as here, the real question is now recognized to be whether this republic is to be divided up into a multitude of contemptible, petty, jarring States, or whether it shall be rehabilitated in all its territorial integrity, but with military, naval and industrial resources so wondrously developed by the conflict as to make it the first Power on the globe. The European nations are interested in that question, and will throw all their influence in the scale against us. But we have an abiding faith in the genius of the republic, and believe that we have successfully passed the dangerous points in the terrible straggle for national existence. If the rebel- lion is not yet virtually subdued, we are in a fair way, with such armies and fleets as we pos- sess, of soon seeing the national banner float, honored and respected, over every leaguo of the republic and on every highway of com- merce. The religious question which produced the war is passing away; but the effects of the war itself will have a lasting and powerful in- fluence on the nation and on the world. Generats Hooker axp Pecr iy a Peck oF Trovste—Pesiic Documents Canuep Pror.— We publish in another eolumn a card from Major General Peck, which will command very wide attention. In its statements are involved the truth of history, the reputation of two prominent officers, and the official action of the Secretary of War. General Peck claims, and with great apparent justice, that he bas been unjustly made a scapegoat before the public for the failure of Gen. Hooker in the battle of Chancellorsville. in a dilemma. This places General Hooker say. Jemma involved in General Peck’s communi- cation. All this trouble arises from the fact that Mr. Secretary Stanton withholds from the public General Hooker's official report of the , and the reports of battle of Chancellorsvil bis subordinate commanders. There are some Joe's” defeat at Chancellorsville and the suc- coss of General Peck in holding the rebel forces Longstrect #t bay before the works of a card from General Hooker, and cnother card from the Secretary os War, upon this subject. The teu of history Suffolk.” We demand What may be the character or upslfot of the dilemma we cannot pretend to In fact, no one but General Hooker him- self or the Secretary of War could predict very much about the trae character of the di- gracefully takes the hint, and bows himself out with asmile. This is drowning a victim In rose water. But this is the front view of the picture. Turning to the other side, we get the true inter- pretation. Here we find the republican radi- cals gathered around Old Abe, and reminding him that a certain resolution of the Baltimore Convention demands the removal of Biair and Seward, but of Bluir anyhow; that he has be- trayed the administration in Missouri, and sold the State to the copperheads, and that the place is the Cabinet held by this obnoxious Blair, if bestowed upon Mr. Dennison, chairman of the Baltimore Convention, would go far to con- te Mr, Chase and_ his friends ia Ohio, and in season, too, for the Ohio October election. And we hear Old Abe replyi “What am L to do, gentlemen? How am I to get rid of this Postmaster General Blair without incurring the wrath of Old Blair, the head of my Kitchen NEW ‘YOh’K HERALD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1864. ~— ean nnn ee eens Sea eee a movoment on ‘te part of the police and the nibus nuisance, and it will soon be corrected, un*ess Gunther, the nuisance Mayor, interferes to protct it, as he does the bone boiling nuisance. If, to all this, some en- terprising person or company weuld adda num- ber of cheap aud comfortable cabs, like those of Paris and London—and there is a certain fortune in this speculation—we should have no more complaints, and no more cause to public against complaia. Taw Fave ty Goio.anv Prices.—The terrific tumble in gold, consequent upou onr reeent splendid victories, has caused a pavic among ourmerchants. They see that the ¢ warand of war prices is near at hand. speculators in dry goods, pro and necessaries of life’ will soon be brought to the verge of ruin, and many of them will topple over. The only thing that supper now is {ue conduct of. the so-called aa of the The Cabinet, in spite of Forney?” And the radi- eal committee reply:—‘If Mr. Montgomery Blair will not understand the broad hint of the Baltimore Convention you must tell him flatly to go.” Thus driven to the last resort, Old Abe puts on his blandest manner, and says to Mr. Montgomery Blair, “Your time bas come,” and the thing is done. The Blairs, with the wrath of Hannibal, made war upon Secretary Chase until they got him out of the Cabinet. The removal of the Cabi- net Blair thus became a necessity towards a treaty of peace with the unfortunate Chase, and to this end Old Abe, in notifying the Cabinet Blair that bis time had come, politely inti- mated that be bad been waiting for a resigna- tion till he could wait no longer. What next? What will Old Blair do? He can’t do much, and we dare say that Mr. Seward has been giving some useful hints to this effect, in order “to save bis own bacon. necessary to the harmony of the “happy fami- ly” in New York till the November election. After that evén the Secretary of State may be But Mr. Seward is notified that his ‘time has come.” Rome was not built in a day. Tne Omnibus Nuiteance and How to RNetorm It. The omnibus nuisance is becoming as intol- erable as the bone boiling nuisance. Every day we are overwhelmed with letters from in- dignant citizens, who have been insulted or have seen ladies insulted by the drivers of the stages. trated upon passengers. Keep a supply of bad money, which they en- deavor to pass off in change. contracts to carry its passengers to Thirty- fourth street stops at Twenty-sixth street and forces them to change omnibuses. possible way the public is being outraged, swindled and humbugged by the stage compa- nies, which bave recently raised their fare and cut down their accommodations. The ticket swindle is regularly perpe- Some of the drivers The line which In every A person who undertakes to ride up or down Broadway in an omnibus exposes himself to physical discomforts and vexations of spirit al- most too numerous to mention. place he works his passage by passing up other people’s fares. When exhausted by this graceful and pleasing exercise, he is expected to give up his seat to alady and hang on by a strap. Gallantly consenting, he becomes involved in a personal squabble, apparently tending to a In the first personal conflict with the insolent driver, who persists in giving the lady a ticket instead of her change. If anybody hands up a fifty cent stamp, the driver keeps it a few moments and then returns it with the remark that it is coun- terfeit. The passenger examines his stamp, and finds that the driver has substituted a counterfeit for the one originally banded to bim; but of course there is no legal evidence upon this point, and, after an animated dis- cussion and a few oaths, the driver re- maine master of the situation. In the meanwhile all the other passengers sre without their change, and some of them, arriving at their places of destination, get out without it, greatly to the emolument of the driver. The ladies, worried by ail this clatter and bard swearing, take any sort of change they can obtain, and hurry eut of the omnibus, to be jerked off their feet and thrown upon the slippery pavement by the premature starting of the vehicle. So the old victime are shuffled off and new victims are crowded in, and the omnibus rattles along, the woret managed in- stitution in the country. Now, if these stages are to be a permanent institution they must be very thoroughly re- formed. A conductor must be provided, and the system of overcrowding must be broken up. In London and Paris the omnibuses are very comfortable, and there is no reason what ever why those of New York ebould not be as well managed. i/ this were done the stage lines would pay better than at present, and would not be superseded for many years to come. Thie reform depends upon the pro- prietors, however, and we regret to say that we see but very little prospect of ite inauguration, But an immediate reform can be made by eub- jecting the stages to the strictest police regula- tious. The Broadway squad have compara- tively little to do, and might he advantageously employed in looking after theee ewindles. A detective or two, in citizen's dress, ought to be detailed to ride up and down the various linos and watch the change. The law against the tickets ought to be gorously enforced. Above all, the people shania submit toa trifling in- convenience andgsome pedestrian exercise, and reitise to ride ip the omnibuees, éxcept in cases of Urgent negmagity, until they are reformed, Many people now fae in the stoges who would gain be “igh, *E¢o money and avuld gpétor’s bills by Wiking. Lot us bave 9, Gombined which ar¢ loaning them mote prices. But the crash is -not must inevitably come. Everything that people need to eat, wear or use is now sold at an exorbitant rate, aot jus- tified by the law of demand and supp!y or by the premium on gold. Potatoes, for example, are selling here at three dollars the bushel, when they can be bought in Boston for eighty cents. Silks are at double the prices they should be. Flour, meat and vegetables are held by the epeculators in the hope of forcing tlre people to buy them at extortionate rates. Cot- ton goods are sold at their weight in green- backs. All other articles are disposed of at proportionate prices, and the public are ewin- dled that the speculators may get rich. Now, we advise all our readers not to buy anything which they can possibly do without until the merchants and dealers are brought to their senses. We forced the price of coal down by this means. and if properly applied it will rednee the price of everything. Ladies ean cer- tainly wait a few weeks for their dress goods and cotton goods, and gentlemen wear their old clothes for ® month longer. There has been more speculation recently among our merchants than among the brokers of Wail street, and they must not expect their custom- ers to come to the reacue uow that gold has fallen and the mercantile world is on the eve of a great revulsion. kee far dista up and Musical. THE GERMAN OPERA. To-night the German artists give their last performance of Halevy’s grand opera, the Jewess. To-morrow even- ing they give Don Giovanni, with several new artists in the cast, and then Mr. Crover’a most successful season closes. When it is recalled to mind that this same Ger: man operatic troupe failed here last season the success of Mr. Grover’s venture is ail the more noteworthy. He bes displayed great liberality 2ad given to the eaterprise that attention which, combined with the able musical direction of Mr, Carl Anschutz, bas insured tbe popularity and success of the German Oyera. With artists—several of whom bave taste and cultivation, ‘but medium Yoices—an ensemble bas been nevertheless furmed which insures the satisfactory production of the must cele- brated operas. The German artists are tomake a tour through the West this winter, and their success may be considered a certainty, if, as there is every reason to believe, will be the case, Manoger Grover continues to bestow the same care and attention apou bis enterprise. The Jewess will be produced this week iu Brooklyn, and then the Grover troupe goes to Boston. ITALIAN OPERA, Next Monday eveving Mr. Maretzek wil! open bis fall season of Italian Opera, There is more than the usual promise Of a brilliant and foshionable patronage for this undertaking, to judge {rom the great umber of boxes and seats sold for the season. Fach year the Opera be comes more of a necessity in the metropolis, and am ins creasing liberality 1s displayed by the public towards tina evtertainment, thus encouraging Mr. Maretzek in bis ef- forts to render Itatlan Opera in New York with due eciat. This season € to have several new artists pre- sented to us, and Mr. Maretzek bas secured Mile. Morensi, the young contralto, who made so great an impression when ebe appeared bere some two seasons ago. Since then this artist bas vastly improved. Sbe hasa fine City ppearacoe, and ber voice is unusually sympathetic and powerful. She will doubtless make a moet successful rentree, The new tenor will make bis first bow as tho Trovatore—a ro’e which seems destined to introduce the new comers. There will be great anxiety to see und bear the new prima donna. In fact, there ie an amount of Bovelty in the coming seagon quite cbarming—new artists and three new operas. Besices whicb, Mr. Maret rek is ruminating over some combinations, which we are Bot at liberty to mention yet, but which promises great results. the regular sale of tickets will begis on Thure- day. Army Intelligence. STAFF APPOINTMENT. Major George 8. Dodge, U. &. A., has been announced upon the staff of Major General B. F Butler, commanding the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, as chief quartermaster of the Army of the James. Major Nedge, who is about to receive (be deserved compliment of addi- tionai and considerable promotion, ig am Oilicer of rare executive talent, and will bring to the diecharge of the important duties of bie port unequalled industry and ca- pacity, Captein A. P Blunt, of the Vermont infantry, hitherto chief of water travepertation under the chief quartermaster, will continue, under Majer Dedge, to fill that position at Bermuda Hundred. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE ARMY. Pr igadier General Lysauder Cutler bee been ordered by Ger Grapt to vieit the Middle aud Mastern “tates, to hasten the (orwarding (o the front of regiments and de- tachments of troope that have recently entered ibe ser vice. The Genera! bos already fipished with the State of Pennrylvenin. Kis labore there were very eucee pumbere of fresh m re now continually pouring into There is a regiment ix this city ton te move, ard will probably . Now it the time when every soldier sbould post, and ready to participate in the grang fal! campaign which will coop be jnauguraved ERIGADIER GENERAL JACKSON ORDERED TO THE FIRLD. the armies fn the field. Hart's Island and ordered to report for duty in the IMPORTANT MILITARY MOVEMENTS ON FOOT. Colone! J. B. Stopebouse, Arsistant Adjutant Ceceral of thie State, was iv the city on Saturday, ‘np coneultation with General Haye, Provost Marebal, and other off coals, im relation to matters of grave pubic interest, the onject of which will probably be made known during this week Fran cisco. SAN Fravciaco, Sept. 22, 1664. A large and enthusiastic Uniow meeiing was heid let wight. At the close severa) bupdred disorderly partivans of McClellan attempted to head off and bresk up the proeeseion. A general riot seemed imminent, but the forbearance of the assailed and activity of tue ple prevented jt. Only one man was jojured, ‘The receipte of bullion since the last steamer are over two millions and & quarter. News from addrese fn bebaif of the Sanitary Commission thie evening He starts for iba Past to-morrow. San Franxcreco, Sept, 23, 1864, ‘The mail steamer Golden City sailed to-day for Payama with three bundred nd seventeen passengers, and $1,166,000 in dujitow. ‘A fair business has been done in Masters ey:change, currency bills, 110 per cent premiom, lelegreph trane fers, 5 3¢ percent premium; coim bills, 23a a 4 per cont premium ‘The Chamber of Commerce jseues & ciptular pointing out the defects im the portal service OB this coast, Advices from the @andwich Islands to August 25 says the King dissolved the Coastitational Convention, abre- Gated tho copscitation and eubseqhe mtly prociaimed a new Govatitution, under whieh ali the mombore of the government were aworn, An election for representa: tives wae orders to take place Sepiember 20, ond the Lew Legisintyte meets Ootober 15, The atepe wore well Tooeived Sy the paola generally and (he net sometiny, Ho ig Browounge’! BD Iwbrovement. NEWS FROM WASHINGTO Wasainrow, Sept. 25, 1364, MORE CABINST CHANGES SXPECTED—ALL H4wps BY TURNED ADBIFT EXCEPT STANTON AND suq ARD~THY BADICALS MASTERS OF THE sity. TION, Bre. Donbis are expressed whether Governor Denvison w Accept the position of Postmaster General, if be sbow decline, it is supposed that tuo position wit! be offerea Schuyler Coifwx, if be ts acceptable to the radicals. 11 latter Bavenow complete control. It was ascerteme that without toeir assiatance there was Imminent dang: that Lincola would go overboard in Novemb ‘Their first demand was the expulsion of regarded 9 & notice to quit to Seward, Welles aud The latier ts to be appointed to the vacant judgosb’y i Indiana, and Judge Lewis, at present Commissioner ternal Revenus, is looking tows) lotertor Department, It is aap) $ the succession iv ed the radical axe wi next fall upon the neck of Assistant Secretary of ub Navy Fox, as be is @ wember of Bia: family, every branch of ¥ ia. pecudiarly obuoxiodl to radical nostrils Mr mauss a!s0 walk the plan to make room for @ radical in bls place ia the Gabino 80 that Premier Soward, being loft standing alone gu monumess of the exiled o tyeism, ebull in dered powerlvas, The Secretaty of War bas joined tt radica! faction, aud while they do not like him they ha Agreed to let bim remain, believing that his batred Seward will prevent amy combination in oppvsition the other radicals in tite reformed Cab{net. AUMY PLOMOTIONS. 4 Col, E. D, Townsend, Agting Adjutant Gonerat, has boot | appointed Brigadier General, and Major Thomas M. Vin cent, Acsistant Adjutant Gonerai, promotes to Coiocel. THE PAY OF THA TRO It is said the provision receatiy made for the pay of (hy armies covers seventy-thrce millions of doliaes, THE DRAFT iN TUM DISTAICN OF COLUMBIA. The draft is slowly progressing here, and will probably be continued for some time, omiug to the failure on the part of the District to improve the opportunitioe alorded for Alling its quota, Nearly all the oligiable substitutes were allowed to be abducted by ageste from Now England, and the city is left tothe tender mercy of the Provost Marshal's wheel. Very little Las been done by thecommunity towards filling the quota, a large pro. NATIONAL BANS, T Lnioa Bank of Weymov First National Bas riret National Bauk B t National Bank, Leom|: Blacketope Bank, soston, Mass Nationa! Bank of Redemption, Boat First Natio nk, Yarmouth, Mass First Natio ole, Quincy, Mat Kenduskoag Vank, Rapgor, Mo... First Nationa! Bauk, Oueida, NY First Nationai Bauk, Warren, Penn, KE REPTEMBER 10 ee 150,000 Tota! capita! of natioval banka... Previously ereated..... 83,804,080 sevecee sees $86,050,780 BANKS 10 WHOSE CAPITAL ADDITIONS HAVE BARN MADE SINCE BEPTEMBEM 10, First Nationat Bank of Altoona, I’a...... Firet Natioual Bank of Kittaning, I’a First National Bank of Brattleboro, Vv. First National Bank of Kaston, Blass First Nationa! Bank of Sal Ohio... first National Bank of Lafayette, ind t National Bank of Warertown, N, First National Bank of Westchester, Pi . First National Bank of Cooperstown, N, YQ. Total amount of capital... . $56,018 THR MAILS CAPTURKD IN THR DESPATCH BOAT FAWN. Tho Postmaster at Newbveru, N, C,, in communicating to the Second Assistant Postmaster Geveral the fact of the capture and destruction of the steamer Fawn by the robels, a short distance (rom the soutbero terminus of the Albemarle canal, says the mail was demanded of the steamer, wbo gave them oa bag of Quartermaster’s despatches; and in answer to an inquiry said ‘‘that was all there was] on board,” upon which the steamer was fired, and the United States mail thus destroyed, none of it being, Obteined vy the rebels. Tho regular post bills mit are those of the Sth from Boston and the 6th uod 6eB%ait, from New York. No mali (rom Baitimore or Washing- ton is lost,as that was sent by steamer to Haltoras Iniet. Whe Prestdency. ANOTHER MICHIGAN PAPER FOR M’CLALLAN. ‘The Coldwater Union Sentinel, which, as ao indepead. et journal in politics, bas given a most cordial aod hearty support to both 41 miniovetration and the gov- ernment, bas, sivce Genera! McClelian's letter of accept- ance was given to the public, come out for the Chicago nominees. The sentinei is one of the ablest papers pub lished ia the southern tier of counties in Michigan, VOTE OF THE SOLDIERS {N FORT SNELLING. The votes of U/ieen buadred soldiers at Fort Snelling, Minn. @ beeuw taken, and forwarded tn sealed en- the proper parties ut St Paul. The vote For Lincoln, 1,200 McClellan, 300, The soldiere were composed of new recruits. {QueRy.—It the law reguiating the soldiers voting ta that State, which requires ihat eacn soidier eball place bis vote w ap eavelope and eeni it, to remain sealed until Cloction day, ls tived up to, how la it possible for ai person to give the precire result without violating the law by opening of tampering with tho envelopest—Ep. beaty.) SIGNIFICANT. A Bangor (Maine) paper publishes an extract froma private letter of a soldier io Virginia, who gives the bames of six Maine officers, who, he says, “were placed under arrest for cbeering for General McClellan.” REVERDT JOUNSON SUPPORT® M’CLELLAF. Hon. Reverdy Johnson. of Marsiand, is another trong letter for McClellan, in which the grievances, abortcomings and (aiiures of Lincoln's administration, end (hen declares (bat “thie mnat be ar- rested, or, ih my opinion, the country wil be ruined.” New York Congressional Nomtnatton: The democracy of the Twenty ninth Congressional die. trict of this Store bare arminated Colonel James M. Willett, of Batavia, for Congress. He volunteered in 1862, and wag elected major in (he pet regiment of Westero York, commanded by the !amented Peter A. Perter, Colone! Porter was killed in the bastie of Coai Harbor. the lieutenant colone! war.eubsequently killed at Peters. burg. when Major Willett was promoted to the coloveley. ing from 4 seve! be able to do duty district attorney junteered. fle i8 an sbie, brave and meritorious oil'cer. The republicans have com! Niagara, @ theoretical abolitionie ied Bort Van Horn, ef as bia competitor. Political Dis KRY CP—TAAER PRRSONS. A DEMOCRATIC MEBTING £1 Troy, Licpin couaty, om # Of a gross outrage com Th wae tho ro the particulars ju that place on that day wa bi Ling of the Cirouit Court, and 10 ac pn A aM with . time bonored custom the demoocrate advertieed some timo ago that there would be a MoCiclian meeting {0 the Court House on the occasion, which woule be addresssa by Robert Campbell, o aud.cthern two later tbe rad tised Sacliog: tw’ ve hela the game place avd om the Ye occasion, od accordingly tha come fe ‘yea, ib otder to avoid the possibility of aciifloul en ‘the piace of their meeting (rom the Court Hs \ ‘Methodist ebureb, Here they met toxoiher on y to hear Mr. Campbell epeak, while the radials the Court House to Lear anjaddrees ‘rom How. nbn Heuderson. Before the democratic meetng was coyan- zed, however, several sokiiere entered the ber it ‘one of the number eceogied the first man be mat. gray-headed citizen—aud desired to know whether ‘toi Was a conservative meeting.” The old geptioran replied that it was, and was iromediately riruck OveE the head, Severs! of his friende ipterioret their firearms Prom/scvousiy a ‘olonel Aleck Rend, was Shot dead. His tatoshor, Cay tain was seriously wounded. dliltou Sandiord arm, ro the Pegiuning ry Hb North Miseoor! these gentlemen. were ag the frst 10 take a firm and deowed stand for iba and all belonged to the early miStie organizationy Ab roow as the Had discharged their firean tboy got away and made their esoare cut of town. wi the Colone: Parker, ia litia, ordered out ® portion of bem. ‘but who bad comm! the outrage bad disap: peared, and up to Tuseday, ib Uwo o'olook Ik M., every thing was quiet. aus News from Colerado Tertitory. Danven Cry, Bopt. 24, 1868. The constitutional clection was thie territory of Teoeday, the 18th, The returns Gome in slowly, dul enough dave beon received to show {Aat the Ktate coneth tation has been defeated. AlleayYA. Bradford is elect dgegate to Congress, The ove land mal! coaches cogum: rutping to da) Tae road is evrrded wy (rope, ao a8 to folly protect 1of seaches and Lratns,