The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1864, Page 4

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A report, originating in the Memphis Bulletin, which Teached bore by way of Cairo yesterday, to the effect hat Mobile bad surrendered to our naval forces under Farragut, created no little excitement in the public mind, nd produced ome effect in commercial circles. So far, Bowewrr, the bows bas not been officiatiy confirmed. Many doubte were thrown upon the rumor in Washington yesterday, when it reached there. Other rcports— @uch aa that of the capture of Geueral Early and a defeat of Grant’s army—were also in ciroula- Glew, but found ao credit. The programme, how- @ver, promises the speedy capture of LKarly’s @atire force, the oceupation of Lyachburg, and the cap. Gare of Richmond, together with the whole of the army @f General Lee. Such is the ‘‘situation,’’ as it is under- Stood la Weehingtoa. The military authorities there re- gard the heaviest work of crushing the rebellion as nearly Onished. G@horal Sheridan is not disposed to let his succession ef vigtories terminate without a rich fruition. He is BUM driving the rebels with heavy Joss from point t6 point, Thevielory at Fisher’s Hill ts quickly followed DylGnother at Mount Jackson, from which he had driven ‘Che ewemy without ‘an attempt on their part to accept the gage of battle. His despatches, ‘dated at eleven o'clock On Gasurday aight. from « point six miles south of New- markét, state that the rebels were then fiyiog, but Ge bed oo cavalry to pursue them or prevent their Might. It is secertained that twenty pieces of ar. tillery wore captured at Fisher’s Hill, and also eleven ‘hundred prisoners and a large quantity of ammunition, Calesors and other material, In his paseage the rebel Qospitais ia all the towns from Winchester to New Mar- kot were filled with wounded men. It is seid that General Breckiaridge bas taken command of the rebel Depart. ‘moat of the Southwest. General Torbert, who with his cavalry force had gone towards Luray, met and defeated ‘the revel force of General Wickbam at that place, and oaptured several prisoners. ‘Those facts we learn from the official despatches of Mr. Stanton; and from other sources we bave the statement Chat General Averill bas been relieved from his com- mand, greatly to the astopishment of the entire army. ‘The reason for this actien is not known, but it is sup {posed to arise from some question as to seniority of rank between Averill and Torbert. The parting of General Averili with bis officers and men was most aflecting. The official reports from Gen. Sherman's department state that the rebel Hood is moving towards the Alabama line, and that a large force of the rebels made ao attack ‘apon Atheos, Alabama. They were commanded by Gen. Forrest, eight thousand strong, with tea guce. After Ggbt of two bours cur troops, under Colonels Jamison aod Campbell, were compelled to surrender Several buildings were burned, and detachment of Union troops, fot as @ reinforcement from Decatur, were cap tured by the enemy. The rebels this die. triet are commanded by Geuerais Forrest, Roddy and Wheeler, the latter whom is said to bave gone to jein General Hood, At Inet accounts Forrest was moving on Pulaski, and beavy firing was oard in the direction of Sulpher Branch. The news from the Southwest confirms the reports Chat the rebel Generals Price, Kirby Smith and Shelby are meking determined inroads into Mireour!; but Gen- eral Rosecrans is prepared to receive them. Calls to arms of the citizens of Missouri have been issued by Gevorals Rosecrans and Pike. Price is said to have Ghirty thousand men, and Smith, with ten thousand, ie to join him in the central portion of the State. Our news from the Mexican frontier to-day \s \nterest- ing, as showing in detail the movements of Cortina in Dis late conflict with the rebel troops under Colonel Ford. It appears that the statement of the occupation of Brownsyille by the Mexican General ie not true, although the evemy evacuated the place for atime, That the French troops, who sailed from Bagdad on the 12th inst. for Matamoros, were met by Cortina on the 14th, were repulsed with severe loss and driven back to Bagdad is confirmed in MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The gold market Iabored under great excitement yee- torday and the panic of Saturday was intensified. Toe Price opened at 102, but rapidly declined to 185 a 186, partly under the rumor of the surrender of Mobile After rapid fectuations it rose to 199, but at five o'clock had rolapeed to 193. The stock market wae also greatly ex- cited and lower, w erling of panic ip the morning, which partially subsi the afternoon. Produee and merebandise of all descriptions declined heavily tn aym pathy with gold. The continued violent fuctustion in gold has begotten quite a panic in the merchandise marketer, and mmente Jonses will ensue, except in the event of « speedy re covery of gold, In some articles which were bought largely some time since on speculation, euch as cofes, ke. the prevailing quotations indicate losees to the ex- ‘ont of hundreds of thousands ef dollare, On the ove Stom of losses we are told that some of the leading speco- Intora, if competied to rel] now, would sink meariy or quite $900,000 a $1,000,000, All Kinds of produce de clined yesterday, but especially coon, Dresdstuffs, pre- visions, &e. On ‘Change four declined 600. # $1 per DD); wheat, 100. © 126. lower, Corn ceelined 1c. a2. Cate wore dull and lower, Pork opened dull and decidedly lower, but closed with rather mness. Beef dull, ‘rregular amd lower, Lard also dull and lower. Whiskey and freights dull and depreased. ‘The steamabip Nortn Star, trom Aspinwall, arrived at thie port yesterday afternoon, The news, as detailed by our Panama correspondent, is very interesting. From Peru we leare that preparations for hostilities were ett! progressing. A new Peruvian Monitor bad made her GN Hite MIA Kosher ovr roealia, Afiire in the terest trade and commerce. ‘The Board of Aldermen mot yooterday end tramencted ‘& large amount of business. A communication was re- ceived from the Mayor relative to the fat boiling nuisances timatising an abattoir and involve a vast outlay oaly 0 Cover up the mismanagement of the Street Department. was resolved that © committees be appointed to make early day. ‘The Board of Councilmen met yesterday and concarred with the Aldermen in appointing @ special committee of five to make arrangements for a general illumination of ll the public buildings, to colebrate the recent victories achieved by the Union forces on land and pea, Thoy also adopted a number of resolutions appointing certain loos- prohibiting fat boiling establishments was referred to Committee on Public Health. A number of reports oommittees were referred, and after the passage of a few upimpertaat genora! orders the Board adjourned Grau by ‘Pauline Castel, dhe Matian’ opera breach of contract, were honed, yesterday before Judge Grau, and should bave availed berself of the chances inatead of remaining in idievess.. The Judge took tho papers and promised to'Fender his decision at an sarily day. The City Inspector reports 497 deaths as occurring in the oity during the week ending on tke 26th of Septem- ber—a decrease of 63 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 50 more than occurred during the corresponding week last your. ‘The Salt Lake Daily Telegraph of Auguat 24 says that the express which left Virginia City on the morning of the 18th was stepped by four ‘road agents,” and the sssengers robbed of $23,700 m gold dust and ooin. The Decline in Gold—The Poltcy ef the Admi ration. The victories (under General Grant’s comb!- nations) of Sherman, Farragut and Sheridan have carried terror into the councils of the rebel chiefs at Richmond, and consternation among the gold gamblers of Wall street. Aa the armies of Jeff. Davis in the South are borne down from the front, his rear guard in the North is compel'el to beat a basty retreat. Thus, for example, General Sheridan, by his recent brilliant operations in the distant west, but has flanked the active legions of his financial emissaries, guerillas and allies in New York—unearthed them and put them to flight. The rapid decline in gold of the last few days is the work of our gallant soldiers and sailors in the field. Their victories have at the rebellion, and, in dissipating all doubts the Union cause, they have re-established the public confidence in the national credit and the national currency. A decline in gold is simply an advance in the value of “greenbacks.”” The lowest fall is equivalent to @ saving of three hundred millions to the Treasury, and a reduc- tion to the army and the people of at least twenty per cent in all the costs of living. The prices cf breadstuffs, meats and provisions of all kinds, groceries, dry goods, coal and every- thing entering into the expenses of every family and individual in the land, will go down as gold goes down, and gold will go down as the rebellion goes down, till some- thing like the real value of the government currency is reached with the final overthrow of Jeff. Davis. The good work already accomplished egainst the gold gamblers is the work of our practical peacemakers of the army and navy. But for" the timely interposition of Sherman, Farragut and Sherdian, the financiering of the adminia- tration would have carried us nearer and nearer a general collapse. There was a steady depreciation of the currency, for which the remedy adopted was an increase of paper issues, which, instead ot extinguishing, was only adding fuel to the fire. Such was the finan- ciering system of Mr. Secretary Chase. His successor, Mr. Fessenden, has not much im- proved upon it; for, at best, he appears to have been waiting, like Micawber, for ‘something to turn up.” He need not wait any longer. Grant, Sher- man, Farragut and Sheridan have come to his rescue, and bave extricated him from the Dis- mal Swamp of his embarrassments. Mr. Fes- senden may now boldly proceed to do some- thing himself in support of the army and navy, fer the relief of the Treasury and the people. He may, by funding a considerable portion of his paper currency, so far increase the specie value of the remainder as to save additional hundreds of millions to the Treasury and to the people. Mr. Fessenden should try this ex- periment of a contraction of his paper curren- cy, the dangerous folly of Mr. Chase's experi- Untied States of Colombia wore euch us to greatiy in- | could to bring about the presént rebellion and complained of by City"Inspector Boole, in which his | Clty. A better and @ more appropriate ‘Hoar declined calling tho Board of Health together, oa | than Chittenden and Wood cannot be the ground that it probably would be the moans of leg! | One an original abolition disunionist at heart ‘In view of the late national victories by land and sea, it | arrangements for illuminating the public buildings at 8 | and the same result—disunion and final separa- tions for bolaing the polla at the approaching election,'| Southern confederacy, wes complaisant enough which wore passed by the other Board, The message of | to give two vagrant diplomatists bis ideas of the Mayor recommending the passage ef aa ordinance | the military situation, and to make a compari- “ son, for Northern circulation, of the respective ‘The three remaining suite commenced against Manager | was that he should “certainly say’ that the singer, fo! military position of ble goveranient was better varied fr thlafespect, that the plaintuf ‘had soVeral | €0y oircutistandes.. How many days would | Opportunities to get employment since her rupture with | the confederacy stand. if he should declare that Shenandoah valley, has not only uncovered | D8vis’ military judgment is or what a contempti- Richmond and Jeff. Davis on the north and | P!¢ opinion he had of the capacity of his au last in reality broken the b:ckbone of conclusion that they were made to stand for. in the loyal States as to the complete success of | tat could be said for the Southern prospects, present advance, if maintained, from their | "P the very cloudy view that he had of the | pocket? Is it to be given by an army made | found. course of action and doctrines all lead to one tion ef the North and South, including the suc- cosa of Jeff. Davis and associates. The Military Situation—Je@. Davis’ Views and the Facts. A short time ago Mr. Jefferson Davis, of the prospects of our government and of the govera- ment ever which he presides. His coaclusion: than'that ef ours, We biave always expected that Me. Davis would: “sey” just thot, ander the Sonth is beaten, and bas no chance of suc- ecast “But the reasons thet Davis gives for this conclusion are remarkable ones, especially for an ex-officer of the United States Army, who ought not to lie too notoriously, or be a greater fool than Magruder, and who ought to know the difference between a victory auda defeat. Davis’ reasons for the conclusion that his prospecta were better than ours were these:—I. That the Confederates are not shut up in Richmond, and that if there fa any capi- tal in danger it is the capital of the United States (Early was then in Maryland). 2. That Grant had been beaten by Lee and “driven” from the Rayjdan to the James, and waa held in check there, while Lea was able to invade the North, 3. That if Sherman should -take Atlanta it would still more increase the length of his line, aud make defeat the more disas- trous—when it came. The mere statement of these reasons shows either how contemptible ditors. Perhaps throughout the whole North there are not two other men besides Jacqass and Gilmore who could not have shown that there was no truth in any one of these reasons, and that there was a most ridiculous dispropor- tion between the reasons themselves and the If the resume made by Davis was the best then into what a hopeless condition must they be falien now. Since Davis spoke as above his view of the situation has been tried by the inevitable teat of time. Events have cleared future, and have shown how pitifully false and absurd was every one of the points from which he derived his conclusion that the pros- pects of the South were better than ours. He relied upon Early for his statement that Wash- ington was in danger. Early no sooner got in front of Washington than he ran away; and now his force, increased by ten thousand since that time, is scattered up and down the Shenandoah in the wildest rout. More than half the men of Early’s army are killed, wounded, or prisoners in our hands; half its artillery is taken, and its organization is lost. So mnch for that dan- get of Washington and invasion of the North, which Davis beld up as a bugbear to his visit- ors and which he pretended more than balanced the danger of Richmond through Grant’s presence on the James. Has the capture of Atlanta destroyed Sher- man? Not yet. It has added ten miles to his line. But one who has not, like Mr. Davis, been in the army, might suppose that if Sherman could hold two hundred miles of line he could hold two hundred and ten miles with a little effort. Perhaps it was the last inch that was to finish Sherman, as the last ounce did the camel. But this longer line was to make Sher- man’s defeat, when it came, all the more dis- | astrous. Whence is that defeat to come’ Is | the long-jawed and low-browed Hood, who was | to fight so desperately for Atlanta, to adminis- | ter it? Has Davis got an army in bis breeches up of regiments like that Georgia regiment | that has just laid down its arms and taken the | oath of allegiance; or is it to be inflicted by | hordes of Georgia militia, furnished by that Governor of Georgia who is making proposi- tions for peace to General Sherman’ Davis said that Lee had beaten Grant from tbe Rapidan to and across the James; that the Confederates were not shut up in Richmond, and that Richmond was not im danger. Grant began operations at sixty miles.from Rich- mental bubble of inflation baving been fully proved. We can hardly imagine that the Treasury cannot now get on,with s pretty large reduction of this “greenback” circulation, con- sidering that from our internal revenue taxes alone Mr. Feseenden is receiving some three hundred and fifty millions a year. As Honest Old Abe said to the late Portmas- ter General Blair the other day, we msy now say to the administration, “the time hae come for action.” The Treasury Department murt be made to do ite share of the work to bring this rebellion to a close, and experience and the opportunity point out the special work re- quired. Let Preeident Lincoln attend to this important business, or be may lose the full advantages offered from our late victories, and in losing them bis claim to a sbare of the bon- ors may go for little or nothing. Memnens or Coxcnese.— Both parties are buty making their nominations for Congress in differ- ent parts of the State. In some cases there is an improvement in the character of men seleci- ed. In othere mere windy and rowdy blowere are pushed forward for those poritions. The republicane in many instancee have selected their candidates a# though the question of slavery was the only iseue at etake. They do not seem to undertiand that it hae beceme ob- colete, but appear determined to barp upon it and continue ite agitation after it is effectually dead and buried as a political istue Greeley, still clinging to thie one idea, the negro--bis iem of the present time—veed the columns of the Tribune yesterday in his efforts to force by « flank movement &. B. Chittenden, of Brooklyn—a ermal), one idea man—apon the republicans of the Third Congressional district. Mr. Chittenden is an original abolitionist. About the only ides he ever did bave, or ever could get inte his bead, wae about the negro. Judging from bis associations, he must new be a thorough blood miscegenationist. He bas been an abolition agitator all his life, and, like This pusitanical colleagues, Gage a) that be mond, and was “driven’’ to within twenty | miles of it. He has bombarded a city that is | one of its dependencies; he bas reduced it to | one railroad for supplies, and the journals of that city urge the non-combatante to leave it for fear of famine. We should like to know bow General Lee likes the result of bis “vieto- ries.’ Are the rebele shut up in Richmond? Moet emphatically they are. Not by the mere fact that Grant lies on one of its railroads and that Sheridan is likely to seize the other, but by the greater fact that throngh our suc- cesses everywhere there ie no Southern con- fedesacy outside of that city. It fe the univer- eal recognition of even Southern men that the loss of Richmond is the lors of the cause, This fact sbuts them ap in Richmond. and there they must finally fight it out. To surrender and to leave that city ie thesame. Is Rich- mond in danger’ Ack those Richmond editors who denounce the Georgians for their dispori- | tion to leave the fight alter having “dragged Virginia into it.’ Ark Barly’s fugitives fying for their lives from the terrible pursuit of Sheri- dan. And jet Davis ask Lee, wearily wateb- ing ® line forty miles in length with forty thon- sand men. He can tell him that there never was a city in such danger since the ralvation } of Sodom depended upon whether or ne there | were ten Jews in it. Locat. Nomivations.—The Jocal politicians are now exceedingly busy and active. The re publicane are holding their primary meetings, The McKeoniter and Wood's Mozart are at work trying to upite ageing: Tammany. The Generel Committee of Tammany Hall meet to- night to call their primsry meetings, and will probably make their nominations in the early part ef next week. We onall therefore very soon have an army of namee befere ne for the several offices to be filled this fall. Ten days or two weeks at the farthest wii see the lists completed on all sides. The people gan thep 90 Whot bind of men ase sookina thelz setem } mium. NEW YORK BRRALD TUESDAY, SEPPemmeR 27, be * We would again warn ¢he partisan press that the manner in which the rival claims of Mr. Limoola and General MoClellan @e being pressed fs a disgrace to the enlightenment of our country end a source of serious perl to the public peace. The Lincoln papers assail the character of General McClellan with every epithet of obloquy. He is denounced as s “gunboat general,” “coward,” “traitor,” and so forth, while all the many thousand loyal and gallant men who support him ceme in for a liberal sprinkliog of the same abolition dirty water. The MoClellan papers are not behind in the aame unwholesome and disgraceful ac- tivity. Not content with challenging the per- sonal honesty of our national Chief Magistrate, they have of late, both through their daily and weekly organs, put forth insinuations to the discredit of Mr. Lincoln’s wife, charging her in one instance with: accepting bribes, and in another with some: paltry peculation in a crockery bill. rth Unless these abominable practices of the Partisan prose.are chécked.in time, we shall most | ‘ides of next November: “This ié's revolutionary period, and the.minds of:.mea are ioflamed by uowonted: passions. As to the attacks upen ‘Mrs. Lincoln, they -ovly injure, and. that seri- ously, the side from which they emanate. She has outlived and lived down, by her modest courtesy and gentleness, the slanders with whigh secession sympathizers at Washington assailed her on her advent to the White House. “Let us fight it out as men,” says General Sher- man in his recent pithy and characteristic let- ter to General food; and so will say all de- cent citizens in reference to these attacks upon the matron and wife who is, by national comity, the first lady of our land. We feel con- fident that General McCleilan must disapprove this style of warfare ia his behalf, and, how- ever reluctant he may be to interfere in such matters, would suggest to him the propriety of giving bis partisanaa hint to improve their manners. As to the attacks upon General McClellan made by the Lincoln organa, they are foul and disgraceful beyond any parallel in partisaa warfare. Is it really the wish of the Lincoln papers to persuade the American people and the world at large that every citizen who sup- ports General McClellan’s claims to the Presi- dency is at heart a traitor, desiring the disrup- tion of our Union and the success of the Jeff. Davis conspiracy? Or how long do the chief ergans of this Lincoln faction believe that they can with impunity pursue the work of villifylng General McClellan as a “coward,” “poltroon,” “traitor,” and so forth, in a city which will, beyond any peradventure, cast from sixty to eighty thousand votes in his favor ‘at the next election? In the present inflamed and revolutionary. conditioa of the public mind any spark may serve to kindle a conflagration that will nos be extinguished without bloodshed. There will, we fear, be attacks upon the offices of the newspapers engaged in these scurrilous out- pourings, and we shall have the misfortune to see the editor of one Lincoln organ sus- pended on a lamppost at his own corner, while the editor of another Lincoln organ keeps him company on the lamppost oppo- site. Every act of violenee thus committed in the democratic metropolis will be re- taliated in some one or other of those rural districts in which the Lincoln men are strong, and, as the upshot of the whole scandalous quarrel, the loyal States will be plunged into riot, anareby and indiscriminate lynching. These consequences we regard as inevitable unless greater moderation of tone be imme- diately evinced by the partisan writers of the Lincoln and McClellaa press. Everything Com! Dowa With a Crash. Gold has been coming down for several days past, and is now considerably below two hun- dred. Before long it must be at one hundred and forty, which is about the legitimate pre- The prices of everything are coming down with gold. Stewart has marked his goods down to two hundred; but be must mark them lower now that gold has again fallen. Provisions are coming down. The butchers and bakers are coming down. The tailors and batters acd shoemakers are coming down. Those who want to buy sbould wait for the crash. It will soon come, Speculators and speculating merchants and speculating dealers are begiuning to come down, and the people generally will be benefited. Everything is coming down, and coming down with a crash. The reason of all this is that the rebellion is coming down, Early has come down already. Se bas Mobile, if the current reports be true. Grant will move presently, and then Lee will come down. Then Sherman will come down on Hood like a thunderbolt, and nothing will be left of the so-called confederacy but a few starved negroes, a good deal of waste paper, and the mortal remains of Jeff. Davis. Then Maximilian will come down from the throne now tottering upon French bayonets. Lonis Napoleon, who begins to feel very weak, ac- cording to the foreign correspondents, will come down also. Lord Palmerston will come down, with Earl Russell at hisheels. We sball bave the Jack and Gill business all around. A great many people, at home and abroad, on thrones and off thrones, at the North and at the South, copperheads and abolitioniste, bond and free, white and black, will certainly come down when the rebel rag ie bauled to the ground and the flag of our Union goes up and floats proudly from every fiagstaf! upon ¢! great continerit. The politicians are getting ready for a de- scent. Fremont bas -come down. Ben Wade, after all bis bard swearing. Henry Winter Davis bas come down, after all his crowing. Greeley bas come down, and bae bi nose to the administration grindstone. Pome- roy bar come down, after his circular gyration. The Beening Post bat come down, in spite of the arrest of its publisber, and, eooth to say, it comes not like a galley slave at night, scourged tw ite dungeon: but, sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust in offices to come, it sneaks inte the administration fold humbly but wil- ling!y. Best of all, Old Blair bas come down, like Captaia Seott’s coon, without waiting for eahot,as soon as Captain Lincein said “the time has come.” Seward begins to look s jittle anxious, and is casing bimself and saying his prayers, #0 as to come down gracefully when hia time errives, Here in the city all the Codne have come down, and Tammany is climb- ey i! Cannenten, hgeme ran fer . be {s coming dows, io tox. Abet aldaea So has old | Clotien The Lincoln newspapers are already coming down. The MoClellan papers may also come down before long. The printers have come down. The price ef paper must come down,| from twenty-five cents to twelve er fifteen cents per pound. Then the price of the Har- ap will come down; alse the price of adver- tisementa, which are now coming down upon us in such floods that we have the utmost difii- culty to make room for them. When that hap- pens all the other papers must come down or burst up, and the latter is the likelier fate. Let the ladies wait a week or two before making their fall and winter purchases. The milliners and dressmakers must come down. One hun- dred dollar bonnets will come down within reach of people with moderate means. Those places ef amusement which have raised their rates of admittance will have to come down to the old and gold ‘standard. The play of Humpity' Dampity on the wall and bow be caught @ fall will bo popular everywhere.” ‘All sorts of peepte will.take -part init, That wéll known slang phrase, “comé down,” will ‘be upon every lip. In every part of the coun- try where the stats and bars now insult. the skies—on the seas where the rebel privateers will soon go below with the Alabama—in Europe and in Mexico—on Wall street and on Broadway—at Washington and at Richmond— {n politics and in business—everything is com- ing down with a great crash. Military Succ: and Presidential As- pirants—Tho Real Heroes of Our War. It would be extremely amusing were it not 80 pitiable to watch the efforts being made by the various partisans of Mr. Lincoln and General McClellan to appropriate, each for the benefit of his particular candidate, the glory of the recent series of magnificent victories achieved by tho genius of Grant, Sheridan and Sherman oa land, and the noble old Viking Farragut in the waters of Mobile Bay. “ Another cam- paign document in favor of Mr. Lincoln,” scream the partisan papers in Mr. Lincoln’s in- terest whenever the telegraph krings us tidings of some new success achieved by Grant, Sheri- dan or Sherman. “The credit don’t belong to you at all,” shout in chorus the partisan Mc- Clellan papers. “The glory of every victory must gbe credited to Little Mac, and we can prove his title to the glory by firing bigger guns and more guns for the triumph than ever you dared to salute with.” The result is that we are deafened with incessant | cannonadiags in the lower part of the city, and that all nervous old ladies now take the pre- caution of stuffing their ears with cotton before venturing in the vicinity of our City Mall Park. All this is the sheerest nonsense and-some- thing worse. It is an attempt of the Presidential paftisans on either side to array their candi- dates in borrowed plymes—plames rudely plucked from the wings of the four great war eagles of our country and age—Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Farragut. To Grant, as the directing mind of all our army combina- tiona, must be given the supreme credit for every military success achieved by Sherman and Sheridan, while to these two latter will be accorded the honor, only second to that of General Grant—the honor of having faith- fully, zealously and magnificently carried out in executi details the great plans con- fided to their genius, experience and valor by the wise selection of the Lieutenant General. As to Admiral Farragut, no leaf from the thick laurel wreaths that adorn his brow can be claimed in any other quarter. He is sole judge and master of his own movements, and may be said to have succeeded rather in de- spite of the notorious blunders and inefficiency of the Navy Department than through any assistance derived from Mr. Rip Van Winkle Welles. The true issues of our Presidential campaign can never be oyerclouded in the popular mind by the smoke of salutes tired in honor of victo- ries with which neither Mr. Lincoln nor General McClellan can have any further connection than belongs to the humblest citizen; and any at- tempt to secure popularity for either candidate on such grounds should be at once denounced as an attempt either to retain or to obtain power and popularity on “false and fraudulent pretences.” This Presidential contest, now narrowed down to two candidates by the withdrawal of General J. ©. Fremont, will be decided in public judgment by a com- parison of the relative fitness of General McClellan and Mr. Lincoln for the responsible duties of the chief executive of the nation. It will not be forgotten that our present military successes are solely due to Mr. Lincoln being compelled by the strong will of General Grant to cease all intermeddling with our and General McClellan, we sbould bas been himself too long a soldier to countenance these silly attempts of his partisans to decorate him with honors not his own. The two candidates are up before the American people for judgment on their antecedents, abilities, characters and the diversity of policy which they represent; and on these issues alone will the final vote be recorded. Any attempts, therefore, to bolster up either by firing salutes fer victories in the field are both unwise and dishonest. The men who to-day stand out before the country, and who will eventually stand out on the page of history, as the great men of our war for national preservation, were not ro much as | mentioned in either of the partisan conventions | by which Mr. Lincolo and General McClellan ere put in nomination. The time for doing justice to Grant, Sheridan, Sherman and Far- ‘agut will not bave arrived until after the com- pletion of their work. The best the people can now do is to select that candidate who will least embarrass the concluding operations of these leviatbane of our civil conflict; and in yenrs to come, when peace and unity chal! have | | been restored through their exertions and euc- | cetses, Our country will knew how to repay its | real heroes with a magnificence and even pro- Captain John Coonan, of the Six b regiment (Cor. cores Legion), now known aa the One Hundred and Kighty- The Draft im Ohie an: tawa. Cmownan, Sept, 26, 1864. ‘The draft tm yore = Lee TL progressing ———e_. ‘Ten Umon Hous amp Bcnoo1.—A fair in aid of this in- stitation, established for the edneation and maintenance cbiliren of eur volontesr soldiers, will at Ball, New York, ov Monday, the tint Cover \,Priee, Shelby and Kirby Smith Advancing. Vigo\-eus Preparations to Re- , sist Them, Ben &e. fe Gr. Looms, Sept, 26, 1664. Joo Shelby's eavalry are said to be four er fia thousad strong, Occupied’ Fredertoktown, twenty miles east of Prot Kim'®, yesterday, Bhelby's designs are not yet developed. General Ewing, commands '2t Of the district of Bt. Louis, took a brigade of A.J. Sasif'’S troops down last night, and Reprairhyy tng adhidon: Np an Pilot Knob is well fortified and garri Fiver, cam stand @ siege; and the aly damage the rebels can do is temporarily tocut the [me Mountain Ratiroag ‘When Price crossed the Arkaosea river some ince, at leest « part of his forces moval towards Fredericktown Is doubtless the advance of this oolumm, which is estimated to be ten or twelve thousand strong. General Mower, with part of the Sixteenth corps, lett ‘Brownsville, on the Davall’s Blu and Little Rock Radl- read, a Cow days since, golug north, and Shelby will scos have to look sharply after his rear. The situation will probably develop itaeif ia a very (ew days. Sr. Lov, Sept. 25, 1864. It ie aow said that Price hag entered Missouri with forces estimated at thirty thousand strong. His pian a supposed to be to march tothe central portion of the State with three columns, and, capturing all the importams points, bold the country. It is expected that Kirby Smith will join bum with from ten thousand to twelve thousand men. Tho Arkansas guerillas are also soucontrating to ald im the movement of the column now in the southeast, doubtless under Shelby, who bas some six thousand of eight thousand men. Reporte are circulating to-night that part of the force which occupied Fredericktown yesterday captured Cape Girardeau to-day; but they are very doubtful. The enemy may be domonstrating in that direction; but the post is (90 strong to be taken by cavairy. Military preparations here are very active, and troops are already moving southward. ‘The blacksmiths’ shops have been busy al day shoe ing cavalry horses. Ordvance and ammunition are being sont to dilferont points, Everything is being put inte Gne condition for immediate active service. Brigadier Genera! Pike bas called out all the yerolied militia, General Rosecrans will issue an appezi o.moe- row calling the people to arms. Major General Bhir ar- rived here to-day. P The trains are still running on the Iron Mountain Ratt road, which, so far as is koown, bas not yet poon me leaied, NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasanctom, Sept. 26, 1864. THE RUMORS OF THE TOWN—THE MILITARY SITUA> TION—THE HSAVY WORK OF THE WAR ABOUT ovar. ‘There has been to-day an avalanche of rumors without feund.tion, Among these wore the capture of Medile by Farragut, a serious disester to Grant’s army, anothes Sheridan. The facts are that there is o0 infos mation here lending to,.@ belief that Mobdile es been captured. Although preparations foe that purpose are in progross, they were not at last accounts quite completed. Grant’s army has sustained no disaster whatever, and is not likely to mest with any. It is stronger and in better spirits and conde tion than ever, and only waiting the moment for tp order to be given to strike the final blow at the reb@ capital, Nothing bas been received from Sheridan be youd what was mentioned in the Secretary of War's dew patch of this morning. ‘The next advices from that quarter are expected to contain intelligence of the cap ture of the remnant of Farly’s army and the victorious progress of Sheridaa towards Lynchburg. ‘The reinforce ments going to him afford ample protection'for all cup plies required, and will enable him to defeat any army Lee can send to oppose bim. : Other arrangements are in process of execution whi@ insure the early cepture of Richmond, and probably @ the whole rebel army under Lee. The heavy work @ the job of crushing tbe rebellion is regarded by the mlb tary authorities as about finished. POSTMASTER GENERAL BLAIR'S RETIREMENT. Montgomery Biair, in a letter to an afternoon papes says:—"‘My offers toresign were not made because th principles adopted at Baltimore were objectionable to mm but, om the contrary, they were made in good fais, with a view to allay animosities among the friends: those principles, and in order to secure their triampt* Mr. Biair will, by request of the President, continusia office until his successor qualifies, Nothing bas yet bem heard from Mr. Dennison, who 18 canvassing in Ohio s@ points where there is no telegraphic connection. Ie doubt is entertained that he will accept the office. THR REPORTED PEACK PROPOSITIONS PROM GEORGE. The government has not, apart from newspaper pe lioations, any information of peace propositions throgiy the lines of Atlanta or from any other quarter, MINISTER ADAMS NOT AROUT TO RESIGN. There is no truth in the report that Minister Adams about to retire from bis diplomatic position. SENTENCE OF LIGUT. W. ©. LONG, Lieutenant Wm. C. Long, Ninety-ffth New York rep ment, bas been sentenced by court martial to imprieae ment at hard labor in the Albany Penitentiary, ENLISTMENTS IN THE NAVY, The Secretary of the Navy bas issued an order diree ing that no more substitutes, except seamen or firemes, sball be accepted in the navy, SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT LOAN, ‘The subscriptions to the eeven-thirty loan for the pam two days, as reported to the Treasury Jepartment amount to $1,632,600, and to the ten-forty loan $374,000 RESUMPTION OF THE OVERLAND MALL SBRVIOR. ‘The overland mail service to the Pacific is to be imme diately resumed, and to-day the Postmaster General a@® vised the postmagters jo the principal cities aceordingly. mM TRE @ BA. inely tung last evening by the Ger. 1g to the fact that more rehearsals ha@ been gone through, and that @ day, or rather night of rest had recruited the severely taxed singers, last even ning’s performance was & great improvement upon the firet of the Jewess. The leading artiete were ail in fine horuses were admirably sung, the orchest ual entertainment a decided Ly a 0 Karl Former as Leporetto, bis reiet, and Hermanne as the Commandatore, There w' be ab immense audience, as pearly ail the seate in ti house are sold. On Wednesday evening the Grover troape will Jewess at the Acad Insie, then commence brough the lower tow Kast, windin grand eenson in Boetor THE OCTATED ARTIST®’ COMPANY. Mme. Virginia Whiting, Mme. Fanny Natalie Testa, Signore Stefani, Amodio and Teste, have just closed @ very successful season of opera in Columbus, Obire These artists contempiate giving & series of operatie pary formances in al! the jarge cities, under the 7 of De Vivo. Thit week they will appear io Pbilsaelphie, Paltimore and Warbington GRAND PREEBNTATION CONORAT. ' This long-talked about affair wit! take piace on Fridagy evening next, The performance promises to be attrag, tive, as many popular artiste will lend their assistance cn this occasion. by was Wounded. ‘VA., CORRESPONDENOR. Va., Sept. 23, 1864. gappoved that the guoritia Mosby wer It ia generally | wounded je a regviar afiair Wetween & detachmons of owe This Ga mutake The facie in the ‘these, Tbe Thirteenth New York cavairy wae from & jong seout through Faitfax coanty, Va, men of the regiment, Corporal Burgess, a ivate Emith, of Il towards Con P “