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

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Hood, it is Bupposed, is retreating soctuward. ‘Very jubilant over the recent movements of Hooil. 4 Richmond paper states that the rebel generai lis -Bunounced that Sherman wii! be no match for his in vinci Die littie bana No military news of importance bas been reve from the army in front of Rivbmoud, ‘the rebel ¢ the fight of the 15th wst., north of the James rive: . a 4 Breat victory for them. Our Now Orleans correspondence is important, ene fal Canby, in command of the Department of the | «lf, publishes a letter containing a despatch from the sel.- Styled Governor of Louisian, Heury W. Allen, to tho Webel Secretary of War, advocating the putting of every able bodied negro man in the tue army as a soldier. This, Mr. says, should be dono tmmediately. “He caused the dght, and be will nave his portion of the burthea to ‘bear.”” All the regimental and battle flags, to the number of Af- Seen, lost by qur tranpe in the Monartmente of Arkansas and the Gulf during the past year, have beea repaptured by Lieutenant Farie, of the Fourth Wisconsin ‘cavalry, while scouting with a number of bis men in the vicinity of Natchez. He also captured a very important robot mail Genera! Canby has issued « general order express- fing bis gratification respecting-the capture. The towns of Ciintom and Greensburg bave been captured by the Union forces, and an immense amount of rebel stores destroyed. A rebel militia camp was alse dispersed and a number of Prisoners taken. The rebel Dick Taylor bas issued a Circular forbidding the importation of luxuries into bis lines, but offering to pay in cotton for ordnance, medical, quartermaster and commissary stores brought in. A body of rebels, supported to be from Canada, yesterday invaded St. Albans, Vt., and robbod the banks’of between ue and two bundred thousand dollars, They shot Beveral citizens who resisted them, stole some twenty horses, and threatened to burn the town. They left in the direction of Canada. A party of citizens have armed ‘ad goue in pursuit, The Secretary of War bas issued an order thanting General sheridan and the officers and soldiers in bis command for the brilliant victories won in the Shensadoah valley on Sunday, the 9tb instant. The rebels are intrenched at Fisber’s Hill. Colenel Powell bas been operatiog « successfully on the extreme Jef of General Sheridsn’s line, in the direction @f Sperryville. He captured om bis expedition, com- menoed on the 2d inst., six thousand five hundred neud Of cattle and five hundred borses, destroyed thirty-two large flouring mills, thirty distilleries, four biast fur- ‘aces apd upwards of fifty barns. A rumor was curreat at Halifax, brought there by her Majesty’s steamer Steady, from Bermuda, that the Roan- Oke had been captured by Lieutenant Braine and party ead taken to Bermuda, whore her passengers were land. @d; Dut as the authorities refused to allow the vecsel to . be conled or provisioned Lieutenant Braise burned her Of the isiend, be and bis crow reaching Bermuda in boats, whore he was immediately arrested by the British Buthorities. To Missouri and Kentucky the rebels keep wp their Guerilla warfare. Towns are sacked and burned, rail- Woad trains captured aod destroyed, and altogether a Spirit of Hendishness developed. ‘We again publish this morning @ large batch of reve! @ews. Toey claim many victories, but declare their @avairy & diegrace to the service, The peace question ie very violently discussed, and Vice Prosident Stephens is @esounced for bis seattments. Awery interesting Obituary of Major General D. B. Birney will be found in our colnmns tonic moroing MISCELLANEOUS REWS. By @ despatch from Quebec we learn that the Cooadian confederation bas at length been decided on. The great Gifficulty of proportionate representation bas been over. come, Acsdia—which comprises Nova Scotia, X Brosswick and Privce Edward's Island—is to bave twenty-four members, Newfoundland four, and Upper 0d Lower Canada twenty-four each. The detatis re @pooting the constitution, represestation, lecal and fed- eral legisiation, &c., seem to be somewhat complicated; Dut when the whole scheme is made public—which it is Brated will be done at a dinner soon to be given to the joe at Meatreni--the public will be better able to ge «f the feasibility of the movement, The Nursan Guardian of the 26th of Beptomber con- Gatos the following persgraph-—Our latest intolligence from the Horry Irinnce ix to the Sist instant. On the morning of that date, about seyen o'clock , @ long United Btaies binck Fteamer, wild » yellow house aft, passed the Groat Mirrup’s Cay, Bbe appeared to bave come from Bho direction of Nassaa, When che arrived of the weet @nd of Little Stirrep*s Oy, = large three masted propel. Jer stoamer, brig rigged, with white walt eed funnel, the biack meamer from oighs ti! twelve o'clock. tether @hap Geamed oat coUtawon, cad wad Na organ mel! bodies af Une corpso! Le The rebel prea ved Aten *y confederacy into ‘| Ps Kagheh fing fying. Afler thi; the Uaited\ plates steamer enobored off he southwest of Little St trrup’s Cay. ‘The steamer Columbia, Barton, from Havana, arrived ‘at this port yosterday. The news from Cube is not very important, if we except some rumers concersing the missing steamer Roavoke, From Venezuela we have in- telligence of anew revolution which may once more Plunge that country into bloody war. There is nothing new from Mexico. ‘The Freach transport steamer Allier, Captain Delisle, from Vera Cruz, arrived yesteraay morning. She has or, ‘Doard one thousand troops from Mextoo (or Brest, France. Bho touched here dro carne sob eat provisions, Accounts from #8 the 8d inst. represent Anat the yellow fever is still bad. The blockade runner @team- er Wild Rose arrived on the 84 inst, from Wilmington, with seven bundred and sixteen bales of cotton The Banshee sailed on the S0tb ult. for Wilmington. The Beige of the 29th nyse says that tho Union frigate Niagara entered gthe .port of Anvers on the 26th ult., where she hoisted and saluted the Belgiaa flag. The salate was promptly returned by the foris, ‘The Niagara is expected -to remain in port three weeks taking in provisions. The public ware about to visit thie |. magnificent vessel. In Indians the republicans now concede two majority in the State Senate to the democrats, A portion of the machinery of the Baltimore city gas works exploded ear!y on Tuesday morning. The building in which the explosion took place was torn to atoms— doors, windows, shutters, piles of brick, rabbish, toots, machinery, &c., being thrown and strown in every di- rectioa, What remained of the building was almost completely ééstroyed by fire, caused by the burning ges. ‘The loss is from $30,000 to $40,000, which the company lose themseives, being their own insurers. ‘Ube Breoxiyn City Mills were destroyed by fire yester- day morning. The total loss is ostimatéd at $250,000, oa which thero is an insurance of $112,000. A very destructive fire occurred on tne night of the , 15th inst, at Brownstown, one of the suburbs of vbe city of Pittsburg; Pa. The extensive tack factory of Chess, smyth & Co. wag totaily destroyed. The entire loss is estimated at weerly $200,060, on which there is au insur- ance oi $68,000 At Oltawa, Ill, on the night of the 16th tust,, the City Dark building and four other buildings, occupied as | etores, were burned, ‘The loss is quite heavy, but mostly | covered by insurance. | The first graud mass meeting of the Veteran Union | Club was held Inst evening in the Cooper Institute, which | was crowded by’ an audience mainly composed of veteran Boldiers who have been disibled iu the various battles of the Union since the commencement of the war. Cannon, shell and ovher implements of warfare were piaced on the platiorm, acd everything connected with the pro- ceedings breathed a warlike spirit The chairman of the club, in oiling the mecting to order, said that their club | was organized to secure the re-election of Mr, Lincoln, and from information receiyed from the army ho pledged the vote of the coldiers of the Kmpire State for tho Union. General John Cochrane was selected to preside, and made &n eloquent specch in fayor of a prosecution. of the war, which was loudly applauded. He was followed by Colonel | Van Buren and others, whose remarks were received | Witt great enthusiasm. In the Superior Court, before Judge Barbour, yesterday, | Mira, Jane Bryant, aged seventy years, obtained a vor- | dict of $1,900 against the administrator of her son's estate, for services redered deveased a3 his housekceper during a period of six years, during which time ehe took are of bis cbildren und managed bis affairs generally. cuso created unusual joterest, and lasted two days, At the meeting of the Board of Rducation last evening the Fiuance Committee reported in favor of an appropria- tuun of $270,048 26 for genoral current expenses. This includes $200,000 for teachers’ salaries. The appropria, tion was made, No further business of public interest oceupied the attention of tbe Boerd. ue Grand Jury of the General Se-sious were discharged Ihey have dispored of a great deal of busi- ce they have been in session, having founa ov udred indictments and dismissed twenty-four com- | ptaines. ; | The nutaber of emigrants landed at this port iast week 3, making altogether 156,876 since Jan. 1, aguivst to this time tast year, The commutation balance now in bunk 1 $17,524 07. ‘The stock market opened heavy and irregular, but sub- sequently underwent a slight improvement, In the after. noon St became weak, and there was a general, although not a heavy, decline. Tue gold market was steady, with & dowuward tendency, Tho opening quotation was 210/¢, and the closing one 208%. There was not much apparent change in the commer- cial status yeeserday, be gold fluctuations engaged the attention of (ie merchants; but they exert far less influ- ence in values of merchandise than they formerly did. ‘The fact is known that the radical changes are the result Of speculative dodges, including bogus war news, and so tbe merchadts are less controlled by the “ups”? and “downe’’ of the yellow motal. The war and the tenor of the wat news exert infinitely more influence. In cot- ton, groceries, pstroleum, &c., there was but little change. On ’Change the flour market opened lic. 256. higher, but closed duli and lower. Wheat opened 3c. 6c. higher, but at the close prices favored the purchaser. Corn opened firmer, but closed dull at yesterday's prices. Oats were firmer, with a fair business doing, Pork opened firmer, but closed dull and heavy. Rye and lard were more active and firm. Whiskey aud freights con- tinued dull. i Interesting from Louisiana—Negro Sol- * diers im the Rebel Armies, To another column we give an order from General Canby, publishing for information an extract froma letter to the rebel Secretary of War, written by Henry W. Allen, who claims, in the interest of the rebellion, to be the Gov- ernor of Louisiana. In this letter the rebol dignitary uses very distinct language in rela- tion to putting negre troops im the rebel army. He declares that “the time has come” for the Sdeption and enforcement of that measure. He would put into the rebel army “every able- bodied negro man.’ He would put negroes there, not as laborers or teamsters, but “as soldiers.” And he would put them thore im- mediately. His" reasons for this are good. One of them is that the negro is the cause of the war, and ought to bear part of the burden of it; and another is that he is convinced, “by dear bought experience, that negroes can be taught to ight.” His third reason is that men are scarce, and that all the white men are killed or have run away, and that the negro will be better than no men at all to “swell the now depleted ranks” of the rebel army. We guve a few days ago an oxtract from a Richmond paper urging the rebel government to put a quarter of a million of negroes in the rebel army, and we now have the same em- ployment of negro soldiers urged from the other extremity of the rebellious States, It is apparent, therefore, that the subject has taken 8 firm hold of the minds of the rebel leaders, and is extensively agitated by persons of high position in the rebel councils. This mat- “ter has only made ite way into those councils by the desperate pressure of great necessity. These rebel leaders see that more men are necessary, and that unless they immediately bave more men the rebel cause is gone. They see, also, that they have no longer any white men, and 60 they fall, as their last and only «resource, upon the niggers.. But Mr. Allen also declares that the nigger is the cause of the war. Thus we see this high-etrung confederacy—this last home of chivalry on earth—this government of men too good for association with ordinary mor- tale--disposed to employ as its soldiers, as the champions ef its cause, that despised race which it bas trampled under It acknowledges that it fights for the perpetu- ation of slavery, and that it has x0 one left to fight its battles bat those very slaves whore freedom it fights against. It remains to be seen whether the rebel ont will put mégroes into its armies; end when it does, it wif! then remain to be soon whether negroes who can be taught to fight will not also want to be taught what they are to Gght fos, Po Ste ee ei Se RE AP AR i Le a OES NE A A ae NPL NS RIOT Ae AE IT SSE Sn RO TES as AE AAA i pn > LEN le DESI Ea I DE Pe A Pi I 3 7 RESO eee eee ee ane ee ee ne ee eee ee ee ee ee Petrotia asa Rage. We live in a gay and flashing era. The Americans are a live and progressive peo- ple. Whatever they touch tells. They make discoveries in the Arctic Ovean, where they hunt after lost Englishmen and Pick up and educate the rude Esquimaux. ‘They divest the ocean of its treasures. They invent impenetrable locks, reaping machines, sewing machines, telegraphic and photographic machines, steam engines and caloric engines— and, in short, they invent «nything that can be of service to mankind. When out of any other material for excitement they get up and run at tremendous costa gigantic rebellion. This is a bloody piece of work, and is not one of their own inventions. Satan first began the busi- ness in the purple realess of heaven. A weak and undeveloped nation, they carried on two feat wars.with the then greatest Power on earth. ‘They have subdued hordes of hostile savages, redeemed millions of acres of soil, and made the desert Blossom as the rose. They wrenched gold from the rocks of California, where it had bi hidden for ages. They spread open the rich placers of the same region, and with tin pans of Yankee invention produced that “dust” which some people find 80 difficult to lay down. They had once a diet of worms which set them almost crazy—the morus multicaulis fever came near being the death of many of them. The rage for rail- road stock gambling seized them for a while. But they survived that, A specu- lative distemper peculiar to the American disposition and character possesses them almost at atl times. Now Potrolis is the rage. In the ab- sence of a regular board for the sale of stocks, parties struck with the petroleum fever strike for the petroleum stock brokers. Hence Kingsland is sought for the stock of all the dividend paying oil companies, and for a new idea christened the “Astor Burn- ing Spring Petroleum Land Association;” for the “Nobie Well’ Company, with ‘its dividend of two per cent per month, or $120,000 per annum; for the “Maple Shade,’”’ with its three percent per month, or $180,000 per an- num; for the Knickerbocker,” with its one per cent per mouth, or $120,000 per year; for the “United States,” with its one per cent per month, or $60,000 per annum; for the “Con- solidated,” with its one and a half per cent per month, @ $154,000 per year; for the “Sne- cess,” with its two and a quarter per cent per month, or $30,000 per annum on $100,000 capital; for the “Manbattan,”” located on the Blood and Story and part of the Rynd farms, with its magnificent dividend of four per cent per month, or $240,000 per annum on a capital of only $500,000; for the “Buchanan Farm Oil Com- pany,” with its one per cent per month, or $480,000 per annum on its capital stock of $4,000,000; for the “Rynd Farm Oil Com- pany,” a new one, with brilliant prospects; for the “Columbia,” of Pittsburg, with its dividend of four per cent per month-—the lowest for the last year, the highest baving been ten per cent per month--in the aggregate $1,200,000 per annum; for the “Noble and De la Mater,” with its dividend of ten per cent per month for six months, or $600,000 per annum--$100,000 above its capital. Kingsland advances the dividends on all dividend paying oil stocks. ‘Then pass to I’red. W. Clarke’s exchange. Here the seeker after oleaginous wealth finds the “Central Petroleum Company,” with its dividend of one per cent per month, or $600,000 per year; the “Blood Farm Petroleum Company,” paying $70,000 per anoum; the “IIome” Company, whose re- ceipts go into the development of other com- panies; the “American Petroleum Company,” on the celebrated Tarr farm—-the oldest in ex- istence—paying one per cent per month, or $50,000 per annum; the “Tarr Farm Petroleum Company,” with its dividend of one per cent per month, or $30,000 per annum; the “United Petroleum Farms Association,” just formed, with $15,000,000 capital—$2,000,000 already subscribed—proposed to be made into three companies. This property includes the well known Reed well. Then the wealth secker goes to L. H. Simpson & Company, where he finds the “President Oil Company,” with its $5,000,000 capital, and only one dollar sub- scription-- $800,000 are subscribed, and five bank presidents are among the subscribers. Then be may go to Albert H. Nicolay, and we do not know how many others, and take his choice. Thus ig Petrolia the present rage, ang our people see it and know it. You cannot find ten Petrolians together in one place where you do not find at least ten millions of capital represented. Why should not New York be benefitted by this new rage? As Enxexisn Secesston Docummnr.—A very extraordinary document. in the shape of an ap- peal to the people of the United States from “the people” of Great Britain to make peace with the South and acknowledge its independ- ence, has been recently sent to this country, and no doubt pretty extensively circulated. It was forwaeded to Governor Seymour, with a private note signed by a certain Henry de Hoghton, Baronet; but copies of the paper, with other lithographed “private” notes, were also sent to the editors of several newspapers. Upon the spirit or ‘style of this document we have no comment to make; but as its purport is evidently not understood either by the public or the other journals which have remarked upon it, we will state’that we know positively, and have known for some time, that it was got up in London by the secession agents there, and that the names—which we are told number three hundred and fifty thousand—were ob- tuined through the affiliation of these same agents, of whom Sir Henry de Hoghton may be one for all we know. The object of it is to make capital for Jefferson Davis, and nothing else. We Dave seen for a long time that the rebel- lion was giving way. The indications of every day show more and more that its hours are numbered, and that not the most desperate efforts of its adherents can save it. The weak and illogical letter of Mr. Stephens, the admis- sions forced from Jeff. Davis in his late speeches that the Southern cause was desperate admissions withheld as long ag pessible, for Davis is not the man to “give @p the ship”>while two planks hold tegether— all prove that every hope is lost, But the strengest evidence of ali ls the determination to free their negroes and call them into the field es soldiers. The rebel Governor of Louisiane has already urged this measure, The wer was undertaken by the Bouth to protect and perpetuate slavery. When they give freedom to the slaves themselves, for what parpose le tho wart Amd now we have ia (hig epcengion document of transatlaatic birth another piece of testimony to show that a cause which bas to resort to such miserable shi!ts is indeed a rained one. Revelutions in South America—How They. May be Prevented. The latest news from South America informs us that the flames of civil war are on the eve of once more breaking out among these interesting and industrious but ever unfortunate pepple. New Granada has just emerged from @ bloody conflict, and yet there are'numerous indications that she will not be permitted to enjoy a protracted peace. Echador is nominally at peace, but her central position between two revolution- ary States may at any smoment plunge her into the sanguinary difficulties of war. Vene- zuela, whose history is one contiaual struggle, has enjoyed order and unity a very short time. But a few months ago we were told that the republic was, completély picified and that all revolutions were at an end. Our Havana cor- respondent ‘now informs us, on positive data, that a new revolution has broken out in that country. In the meantime the war in St. Domingo and Mexico is still drawing its slow length along, while serious troubles, if not actual war, are darkening the peaceful skies of Peru, Chile, Uruguay and, the other small republics of the South. Now, while these small and independent comimunities are wasting their strength and energy on the consideration of useless tocal questions, the Powers of Europe haye been ‘nd are Btill seeking for opportunities to destroy their nationality. The intestine divi- sions of the United States led. to the war in which the North and South are now engaged; and had it not betn for our formidable strength Ewrope would long since have inter- fered in our domestic quarrel. The nations of the Old World, however, dare not come between the wrath. of such a-nation as this. With the petty republics of South America they may and do interfere, because the greatest of all republics, which gives tone to all the governments of the world, is now engaged in a strife that admits of no other consideration. Yet the cause of the smaller republics is the cause of the United States. We look with regret upon the intestine divisions of the South Ame- rican nationalities; for in their differences European nations find their opportunity and strike at them accordingly. ‘The duty of these republics is to combolidate their streagth and to improve all their means of defence. While they must be alwaya pre- pared to do justice to European nations, they must be as fally prepared to insist on justice for themselves. All divisions and prejudices must be set aside when a common danger threatens the well-being of a common cause. Fer the present, neither Mexico nor Peru can expect any aid from the United Siates, which, properiy speaking, is the “big brother” of the American republics; but let each of them do their duty ia as far as their power will permit, and when the rebellion ig crushed, as it must soon be, the despots of Europe had better look out for hard knocks in recompense for their dastardly conduct to those weak nations of this continent which cannot cope with them in physical power, but whom it is a part of the duty of the United States to assist and protect. A Turwar Watca Suovtp pe Reaarpep 13s A Warxina.—The Richmond Whig, in di ing the sweeping work of dsaclakos done by General Sheridan in the Shenundoah valley, in order to render it untenable to a rebel ary, suggests a scheme of retaliation of which we have had some intimations heretofore. This scheme is the appropriation by the rebel author- ities of the sum of one million of @pKiars for the hiring of a gang of trusty and intelligent incendiaries “to burn one of the chief cities of the enemy.” The Wiig says “nothing would be easier;” that “the men to execute the work are already there;” that, for instance, “twenty men, with plans ali preconcerted and means provided, selecting some dry, windy night, might fire Boston in a hundred places,” and that if the Yankees retaliate, “it is a gate at which we ean beat them. New York is worth twenty Ricbmonds.” Finally, says the Whig, “if the executive is not ready for this, we com- mend the matter to the secret deliberations of the Congress gbout to meet.” We ure assured that guardians of law and order, civil and military, are on the watch; but they eanno! be too vigilant heuce- forward tothe ninth of November. We woald also admonish our fellow citizens who have a substantial interest in the maintenance of law and order not only in this city, but in all the other great cities of the loyal States to be vigilant and active till after the Presidential election; and to bear in :nind this timely warn- ing from Richmond, that “twenty men, with plans all preconcerted and means provided,” could lay Boston, New York or Cincinnati ashes, and that ‘the men to execute the work” are already on the ground. uss- our Tae Crvermxart Prace Coxventioy-—“Mon- sizer Toxson Comm —A little cluster of implacable copperhead peace-mongers have been figuring away for a day or two in a Presi- dential peace convention, in Mozart Hall, Cin- cinnati, Among the shining lights thus assem- bled in council we find Hon. Alexander Long, of Ohio; Hon. J. W. Singleton, of Illinois; the visionary W. M. Corry, of Ohio, formerly a revolution-making associate of George Sanders, and the inevitable and irrepressible Colorado Jewett. Singleton and Jewett appear to be the master spirits of the concern. The objects of their convention is difficult to conjecture. If Lincoln or McClellan will only accept thei peace platform they will take either Lincoln or McOlellan, if not both. But they are very bitter om McClellan. The delegates say they were treated shabbily at Chicago, and scurvily by McClellan, and so they are all required to pledge themselves against McClellan. “They think his dawdling in politics is like his shilly- shally military policy,” and they “profer the sharp and vigorous policy of the administra- tion.” But, for all that, they talk of Long for President and Singleton for Vice President, as their ticket for peace-at-any-price. What this Monsieur Tonson convention is really driving at we shall probably learn in a day or twe in another peace manifesto from Jewett to Queen Victoria, Leuls Napoleon or the Pepe of ———— Tan Resour w Panxsyivanu.—We have re- ceived the official vote of over one-half of the couatics in Peansylvania and: the reported majorities of the balance, most of which are stated to be official, which removes all doubt as to the result of the election on the 11th inst. fn that State. The democrats bave carried the State om the home vote by abost fourteen N&W YOKK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1564, regiments in the field, received at show a decided democratic preponder- ance, but not sufficient to counterbalance the republican majorities heretofore reported from the soldiers, © ; The republicans still claim sixteen Congress- men. As a sample how they figure this ayd how well founded their assertion is will be seen from the Twelfth Congressional district. They elaim the election of Ketcham, republi- can, when the official vote of the district shows that Charles Dennison, democrat, has twelve hundred and forty-three majority in this dis- trict. This certainly does not look very much as if they have elected as many as they claim. In two other districts, put down in the Tribune as having elected republican Congress- men, the democratic candidates have received & majority on the home vote, and no statement of the soldiers’ vote has yet been made show- ing that their majorites have been overcome. If lying will give the republicans sixteen Con- gressmen they may secure them, for they pave done enough of that to entitle them to a uaani- mous republican délegation from the State. It also appears that the political complexion of the State Senate is in doubt, both sides claiming two majority. ‘ Waar vue Sovra Are Ficating For.—The attempt of the rebel leaders to convince their friends in England that they are only fighting for their independence, by which statement they hoped to retain their support and sympathy, is of the same character with most of their other pretences. We copy from a late Richmond paper a paragraph which gives the lie to those who assert they are fightiag for their inde- Bendence:— Our dootrine is thir :-— We are fighting for independence, that our great and necessary domestic institution of slavery shall be preserved, avd for the preservation of other institutions of which slavery is the groundwork. - Slavery has exisied more through the guar- antees of the constitution than by any ether means. But for the treason of the South it would have remained what it was, and if it is overthrown, a3 a necessity of war, the rebels may blame themeclves for its destruction. Now the rebels intend to free half a million of slaves and make soldiers of them for the preservation of the institution! THE MISSOURI INVASION. Glasgow Captared by the Rebels—Towns Piundered and Burned by Guorlle las, &e. . St. Louis, Oct, 19, 1804. Glasgow, fn Howard county, was captured on saturday by a large rebol force under General Clark. ‘the placo was held by six companies of the Forty-third Missouri, twelve months meu, under Colonel Harding. Toby fought bravely for five hours, but were ‘nally ever. powered by superior numbers and surreodored Tho enomy had fourcannou, Tho steamer Westward, ly tag at her wharf, was sunk, ‘The City Hui! and soveral other butidings were burned. . Ridgely, ja Platts county, was pligdered by guorilias Sunday night, and Northville, Clay coanty, burned oa Monday. Thornton and Thrailkit!, notorious guarilixs, entered Platte county with a large force of on Vrjday. Business was suspended » ph and “Kagsas City. Leavenworth is being (ortitled The Democrals Jefersen ( Fiske returned this moroio Booneville, The paroled garrison of Glavgow, between ilva aad six hondred men, end two end three tumdred citizens, wo aceisted in tho defence of the place (also paroled), arrived at Booneville Monday night, wader an escort of fitty rebel troops, to protect them from bushwhackers. The rebe! force that atiacked Glasgow, under Geooral Clark, was fully four thousand strong ome two thousand, shelled the town trom the oy posite sido of tho river. hundred killed and wounded, Que toss was thirty or forty. 3 Colonel Harding surrendered on condition that bis mea should be paroled aad furnisted an escort through the rebel lines; the oflicers to be permitted to wear choir sido orms, retain the:r horses and other property. Quantrell and Jackman were with the rebol army with commands, they beiug recognise’ ng rebel oflicers. Bill Anderson, Price encamped at Marshal:, Lafayette county, on Sun- day night, and occupied the country between that plice and Lexington. He ts said to be, greatly encouraged at the small (crces to oppoao him. etalk confidently of wintering in the Stat Anderson, Jackman and othe: have enlisted a large number of recruits in Nori Misoyrt. Chariton and Howard couuties have each furnished 1,600. Boone, 2,000; Randolph, 1,000; Calloway and Moneve, $00each In additio# io the recruits the rebels are constantly gathor- ing arms from the captured garrisous, aod their army is aseuming alarming proportions, GUERILLA RAID IN KENTUCKY. Attack on @ Kaliroad Traim—The Citi- tens Ordered to Suspend Business ana Kepel the tnvaders, &, > Crncommati, Oct, 19, 1864. The traia which lott here yester afternoon for Lox- ington, Ky., Was fired into nine miles this aide of Paris last evening by a band of guerillas, The train was stopped and the passengers got out, when another volley was fired, slightly injuring one or two paseengers. train immediately put back, arriving st Covington at eleven o'clock last night. Caino, Oot. 19, 1864. Great excitement prevails in thie section of country in consequence of a raid into Western Kentucky by For- rest’s force. General Meredith, commanding the dis- trict, has iasued a proclamation calling on the citizens to suspend business, rally to arms and drive back the rebel horde, Forrest himself is reported at Corinth, witha strong cavalry force, and expresses his intention to free Western Kentucky from the hand of the oppressor, and Allow the people to vote as they plonse at the coming election. The rebel force left at Eastport, Miss., ia estimated at three bundred. Lovmvitia, Oct. 19, 1664. Captain Freeman, representing bimself as the com- mander of Jossie’s rear guard, appeared at Georgewws to-day: Garrattsburg, Ky.,ie im great excitemeot from the reports of the approach of the rebels. Fight With the Querilia Jesste. Laxmroron, Ky., Oot, 19, 1664, Captain Bolden, of the First Kentucky cavalry, re- turned from Owingsville to-day, haying enoountered Jessie at Mud Lick Spring, with throe hundred mea. Belden Jost one man killed, Lieut. Dobson and threé pri- vates missing. Rebel loss, eight Killed and twelve wounded. We took twelve horses, Safety of Montgomery Blair. Ciworrmart, Ost. 19, 1864, Ron. Mootgomery Blair arrived safely at Letington to- jay. ‘The Opers. ‘The fact that Gounod is the most attractive composer of the day was again exemplified by the large andieoce drawn to the Academy Inst night by the announcsmer; of 5 | new Temperance Hall in Brook- “Mayor Hall, and not by Mr, Patriok (he Howth Sooty, the ‘dite i boanou 6.00. - } # if while Sheiby, with | The revels lost between two and three |* So is} Sr ‘Wasmumarom, Oct..10, 1864. SPRecad OF THE PREAIDENT AT A SBREWADE—3E CONGRATULATES MARYLAND, THE NATION AND ‘MAS WORLD ON THE ADOPTION OF TBE FEES STATE CONSTITUTION IN MARYLAND. To-night the President was sorenaded, and, appearing at an upper window, spoue as follows, being frequently interrupted by appiause:-— iii tion adjourned not sine die, but to meet @o so by @ particular individual, as the intimation of @ purl that if the nominee shall be elected he will once seize control of government. 2 hope the good people will permit themselves to sailer ne uneasiness on either point. 1 am struggiing se-maintats the government—not to overthwow it. I therefore that if I shall live J ebali remaia President uptil the of next March, and that whoever snail ve constitutionally: @loctod, therefore, in November. shail be duty installed 4th of March; and that in the interval re) on Tshall do my utmost, that whoever 1s to hold the bein for the next be! wie! shall start with the best possibie they should deliberately resolve to have immediate ace, even at the loss of the country and thelr liberties, I know not the power or the to resist them. It is their own business, und they must do as they pleose with thelr owa. { be lieve, howe ver, they are still resolved to preserve sheit country apd their uartagee in this, in oifice or out of it, 1am resolved tu stand'By them. I may add that, ip thia purpose to sive the country and its liberties, no classes Of people seenmao nearly URADIMOUs a5 tO soldiers in the field and the seamen afloat. Do they not have the hardest of 1t? Who should quail when they de not? God bless the soldiers «od seamen and all thei brave commanders, IMPORTANT MILITARY MOVEMENTS IM OPBRATION. There is realiy no news in the city to-day of saflicient interost to telograph not of @ contraband character ‘There are indications which forbode izaportant military movements and operations soon, which will be calculated to change materially, and there is every reason to be lieve for the better, the present situation of affairs. The Juil at present precedes astorm which will sorely try the ability aud endurance of the rebel leaders and armies, ‘and must seriously impéril the continued existence ever of the-confederacy itself. CHANG OF ROULS OF THE OVERLAND MAIT.. The proprietor of the Overland Stage Line has decided to change tho route from the river road over the cut of and ruv the Salt Lake and California mail direct to Dea- Heretofore Denver bas been supplied wit mails by iw ver. a branch road from Latham, in Colorado, By th arrangement tho delivery will be greatly facilitated, Ve OMTEY TwRTroRSTP, - Considerable ‘oppssition bo the appointment of ex-Seo- retary Chase as Chief Justice ofj the Supreme Court is de veloping itseif here, and his chances are not regarded as 2 good as they were a few days since. No appointment “will be made until after the Preqdential election, and probably not until about the time of the nasembliug of Congress. Judge Advocate General Holt is regarded a the next strongest man to Mc, Chase for the succession, RETURN OF &Y PRSSENDEN TO WASNINGYON, Secretary ad his party, amovg whom wae Collector Sima of Now York, returmed to-day from their visit to City Point, They were very muck pleased with their vieit and returacd with repowed and inereasea o 6 (he oot distant triumph of Gem eral Grant v orious fermiowsion of bis protracted campaign agaist the great army aud capitat-of the te bait ished persona at preagnt im the New York, and (eneral Lew. £0 THE GOVERNMUNT LOAM, to the seven.thirty loan for the pass ted to the Vreusury Department, { winonnt to 00, The entire subscription te | 954,000 000. SPAREN DNR OF A FRENCH OEIZROBR CO THE FRENCH EKG ATION. Ry order of tho War epartmect a private of the Yourteouth Connecticat Ve 6, a deserter from the Trench Navy, was today surrendered to the Freno® Logation NEWS FROM BERMUDA. The Steamer Roanoke ts Reported © tured and Barned—Glockade Run at Wilmington, cc. Haurax, N.S., Oct. 19, 1884. Steady, {rom Bermuda, re ports. that it was rumored that the Roanoke was captured by the rode! Lieutenant Braine, who took her “to Bermuda and ianded the pas- sengers; but he was not aliowed coal or provisions. Ho then proceeded to§sex, and burned the Roanoke, off Rormuda, returning with the crew in boats.. He wae inowediately arrested by the British authorities. ‘Tho Steady also reports the biocksde ranners’ Falcon, Ow!, Hope and Helen at Wilmington, loaded, and wait- ing an opportunity to ran out, also the arrival at Ber muda ‘tgm Wilmington of the Lady Stanley and (ot Hee Rip. | The British steamer The RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED DACI. i a OF ALL THE STATES—THKY REPUDIATY MCLELLAN, AND CALL FOR & CONVANTION OF THE STATES TO SUTTLE THB DIFFICULTIRS, ETC. Cinommatt, Oot. 10, 1864 ‘The Convention consumed the day in discussing the re Port of the Committee on Resolutions an& Address, which, with iittle modification, were adopted. The reso, lutions are for @ peace basis of absolute sovereignty of States, and do not materialiy differ in that respect from the views of A. H. Stephens in hie late letter. They oom demn the action of the Chicago Convention, repudiate McClellan aud spit upon his letter of seceptance. They are wordy, windy, philosophical, hair splitting, but mean uncondtional peace apon the best terms that cas bo made with the rebels, and call for a convention of the States to adjust the difficulties, and a cessation of hostill Uies' pending the negotiations. Coiorado Jewett is out for Lincoln tn preferen Me Cielinn ag the best peace man of the two, A number of influential Western peace men refused to go into the Convention, because a pledge was exacted beforchand of each del to makea nomination. Many democrats re oad whole affair, and do not allow thomee! to seen buttonholing the radicals for fear they wi ander suapicton. ‘Long and Singleton will undoubtedly be aominated. Muvzio’s New Courostions,—Signor Muzio bas indes triously employed the leisure afforded him by his seces- ston from the post of chef d’orchestre at tho Opera im ‘bringing outa number of new compositions, which are among the best of hia lighter works. Of those wo may specify the “‘Stornolio Toecano,” “La Narra,” ‘‘La Ve dova,” ‘Ti Sospiro,”* “L'Affesione,” “All? Aura,” “L7Ute timo Dono,” “Camsone Napostaine,’’ ‘‘La Tarantella,” » bolere, a Mazurka, a “Duetto por due Soprani,’”’ and ‘‘La Laguna,” @ barcarole, dedicated to King Victor Emanuel. When it ( taken into account thet the distinguiahed maestro’s time 18 engrossed from morning to evening by pupils we cannot but admire the industry which impels im to sacrifice 0 many ef the hours that ghould be de ‘voted to rest to this labor of love, Signor Muzio is,we delieve, now in the enjoyment of the largest professional income that has been made by teaching in this city. We fare glad te find that he does n0¢ allow his avooations t that way to rob as of the results of the tnspirations which bave given him such a fair rank atong the com. powers ot tbe day, Nimto’s Qarven.—Madame Methaa Scheller made her first appearance as Pauline, ia the Lady of Lyons, at thie bouse Last night, before about as large an audionce as the theatre could acoommodate. Hur impersonation of the part could not fail to give satisfaction fully equal to the mant- foatations of tat, amd of that appre- ciative rooted her in the two Inst acts. I ia not too much te bay that Mme, Scbelier's Paaline was e charming piece of acting, sufficiently dignified, without being cold or nth. apd tmpassioned, without that molo-dramatic eort tm #1: the tender prasages which so often dentroys both the see ing ee eas Sor reading was |, the Garde thane’ biemuebe Mr wen ee wend uh ote Yun slowness giotten, more excellent, amd the cast ‘“ ‘wefore 4 Mew an eatley quot gratifying to 0a eriide—wbich *