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

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMBS GURDON BENNSTB ‘BOMOR AND PROPRIETOR ‘OFFIOS H. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosaway.—Tax Ontoxer. WALLAOK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Loox Brronx You Luar. WINTER GARDEN, Brosdway—Sonoor or Reronu— Lora um Lavery. ‘OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Maarm Cavzsis- wr BBW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Convicr Man- quu—Ouancoal Bonxea—Umroniuxats Jonw Suita. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery. . —Lrsism—Sopian ror ‘Love -Micurers’ Hout ipay, ADWAY THEATE! es 8B -v — hr Soe he EB, roadway. —Vicrim: WIPPOTHEATRON, Fourteenth street. —Eqursraian, Grumastio AWD AOROBATIO ENTERTAINMENTS. BARKUM's MUSEUM. bal ae Tox Tavus—Two Two Dwanrs, £0, boure Prisowen or } pes Read or Tas Bussumeet aves Rarvan, oe! NTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanios' Hall, 472 Broad. OrtaN SONGS, , Pa ‘Bueiasues, &0.— Foor # Fauus on pe Kaxrer. ‘WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway. —Bemortan ence, Dawns, 20.—-Panronuine Door. Phan teed Fe ghar 199 and 201 Bowery.—Vanizp Ma.axos or Bruiorian Oppitims, SALLE DIABOLIQUE, 688 585, ree, —Rosear Heu.es DODWORTH HALL, £06 ‘Broadway. Aureus Wann Among Tam MOzaONS. heentoax THEATRE, No. “1 Broadway.—Bavcurs, Paxtomins, Bumunsquas, &6—Kovnuns oF tae Heard. BOPB CHAPEL. 729 “Broaaway,. —Woopzorrz’s Bous- wlan Taovre oF Giass Blows NIBLO'S SALOON, Bronitway.. Vocus and Insrtav- mural Concent. BEW YORK MUSEUM ‘OMY. 618 Broads - Cumosmas anv Lecrouys, from Ey wie HOOLIY’s OPERA Bows. Boncs. Dances, Bi | New York, Brooklyn. —Erarortas x HE sITo ATIO N. {tis reported from Nashville that Genoral Sherman ‘was quite recently (‘bough the date is not given) at Gayleaville, Alabama, a little north of the Coosa river, Pressing Hood, who is retreating southward towar's Gadsden, beyond the Coosa. It is said that Hood will bo Compelied either to move northward to the Tennessee tiver, or to keep on southward to Jacksonville, Alabama, most likely the latter, as he dare not stand and give Sherman battle, His army is represented to be suffering for food and shoes. The repairs to the railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta are expected to be complcied to- day. The evtire rajiroad damage offected by Hood in bis mortbern movement was the toaring up of about twenty-five miles of track; He did not take or destroy any railroad rolling stock, and only two wagon loads Of provisions, and bis captures of Our men only amounted to twelve hundred. This, we are @ssared by one of our Chattanooga correspondents, was (he dum of the injury done to Sherman’s communications and army by this expeditign which we wero so bovst fogty assured by rebels of all dogrees, from Joi, Davis own, was to effect tho starving or capture of all the ‘Union forces in the department, To offset this Hocd lost Gbous seventoca hundred men in fights and skirmishes, ‘and two or three thousand more by. desertion, and is now Oiyiog os fast as péssible before the pursuit of that very army which ere this he was to have anuibilated, Valuable work progresses in the armies of the James aad the Potomac; but there is no fighting to report, the woldiers being permitted to enjoy the delicious autumn ‘weather in peace and quietness. The Mexican Minis tor, Senor Romero, amd the Mexican patriot wenoral Doblado have been visiting General Grant at his headquarters. A great scamporing, according to the Richmond Whig, took place among the rebel gunboats in James river, near Drary's Diuff, on Saturday last, by the opening on them of a bundred.pound Parrott from a new ‘dattory which Geoeral Butler bas bad constructed near Obapin’s Biufl Considerable d mage was evidentiy done to the rebel fleet. 4 report comes by way of Cairofrom New Orleans €o the efiect that letters have been received in that city from prominent rebels in Richmond, stating that the ‘erchives and other rebel government property have been Femoved to Lynchburg. ‘We have no later intelligence than that published in ‘the Huravp yesterday rogarding the battie in Missouri on @unday last between the Union forces and the army of Price. We bave Richmond papers of Monday last. Thoy con- tato, among other matter, an account of a meeting of the Governors of Virginia, North Caroline, South Caroliua, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, held on the 17th inst., 4n Auguste, Georgia, at which a number of resolutions “were adopted, the spirit of which is that the last man, tbe last dollar and the last negro must be used, if mecessary, for the accomplishment of separation from the ‘Union. It is said that Yankee deserters state that sixty ‘vessels Of all classes, intended for an early attack on ‘Wilmington, are rendezvousing in the barbor of Beaufort, N.C, Yankee raids to the towns of Woodville, Port Gibson, Osyke and Skipwith Landing, in Mississippi, are meo- Pioned, 1a which large numbers of beef cattle were s0- cured. Those are but a few of the series of successful ‘and valuable expeditions from Vicksburg and vicinity which General Dana has been for some time sending Out, and which have frequently been alluded to in the Gensro. The extensive revel government wagon sbops fa Lycobburg were destroyed by fire on tbe at of ‘Batarday last. The Richmond Whig, with a great doal of satisfaction, figures out that the debt of the United ‘Btates is greater than that of Great Britain, Sheridan's maguillccnt victory of the 19th inst. was such a crusher te rebels that the Richmond editors ‘are making desperate endeavors to belittle it. The En- quirer, alluding to the turning point in the baitie, says:— “One of the most brilliant victories of the war had been qained by our troops, but in an evil hour, when '® portion of our mito were plundering the property they had captured, asmall force of Yankee cavalry appeared 0b oar left flank, the plunderers took fright,” aod thus heir whole army was thrown into panic, and Hed in & disorganized condition. Still, itargues, this de. oar is only a temporary disaster, and no solid result is at- ‘Qained by it for Shoridan, ‘disgraceful th ough it was for ‘ua.'’ The rebel cavalry, especially, are abused in strong f@erms for tbeir conduct on the occasion. Ten thousand Ma given as the whole number of Barly’s army in the bat- Mile, and thirty thousand as Sheridan's, Those Richmond Papers claim as their captures ninoteen hundred Union lwoldiere. 1 ‘We have received the address of General Beauregard On assuming control of the Milltary Division of the West, es he styles Bis new department, in which Hood's army te a subordinate command, In this manifesto General ‘Geaurezard, if be does not exactly betray fears of having © ‘miliary depertmont without an army, at least shows ‘Dis argent and immediate need of more men then he Ands =e ” bie orders, “The army of Sherman,” be says, Foae ant must! be driven from AUanta, “We have aban Mda0t provisions, There are men enough in (be couatry Gable th nnd adie for cervice to necomplish this résuit.’’ MBrt It seems they will not come forward, In fact many sheen wh * come forward bave gone back; OR ee llores aw wnovnaiWiowal patdoa Mt ghey NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY,: OCTOBER 27, 1564, to use their tnfuence to assist him i getting these won Into (he tele again. bs ‘Tho Navy Department has received intelligence of the capture by the gunboat Molus of the blockade runoing steamer Hope, Where or when she was captured is not stated. In yesterday's Hexatp we noticed the recent arrival of the Hope at Nassau, N. P., from Wilmington, N. ©, with fifteen hunared bales of cotton, She was built in England, aud is said tobe one of the best aud most costly of the blockade runners. The Anglo-rebel blockade running steamer Nando, cap: tured on her voyago from Wilmington, N. C., for Nassau, on the 2ist inat., by the United States steamer Fort Jack- fon, arrived at Boston yesterday. | She has oa board ive hundred bales of cotton. All the Vermont raiders now in Jail at St. Johns, Cana da, have been easily identified. Several depositions tn the case have been made, and it ts supposed that if the prisoners are committed their trial will be transferred to Montreal. Brigadier Genoral Dufo was captured by guerillas on Tuesday evening, as be was riding from Winchester towards Martiosburg, in an ambulance. The escort who accompanied him had fallen a short distance behind, and before they could come up to dis relief he was carried off out of reach. MISCELLANEOUS NEWB. ‘Wendoll Phillirs, Heq., delivered an oraiton lest even- tng at she Cooper Institute on tue issues of tho Preziden- tial election. Dr, Cheever presided ana made the intro ductory speech. A meeting was hold iast evening in the Athopzeum, Brooklyn, of the republicans of the Thied ward of that city, at wbich it was announced that the Hon. W. I, Fessenden, Secretary of tho 2reasury, would speak. During the proceeding:, as the evoning advanced, one of tho speakers stated that Mr. Fessoncen had been tn at- tendance, and had jutended to speak; but a eudden in- disposit ion, though of a trivial character, bed compelied him to relinquish the idea of so doing, adda he had conse quently left the meeting. This au: coment had tbe effect of materially clea:ing out the avdicoce, Several speeches were mad ud onusual enthusiasm was ex hibited on the m 1 political aspects of the couu- try ae presented by (Lo various speak ‘The Geverai Commitive of Tammany Hal! repudiated the nomination cf Anson Horrick in the Ninth Congros- sional district lastevening, All the otber nominations were endorsed, A meeting of tho special Committee on Retrenchiment and F o€ the Board of Aldermen, to whom was rererrettiicres of malpractice in the City Inspector's Department, particularly in @ communication from tho Mayor, was held yesterday in the City Hull, Alderman Hardy in the onsir. Owing, however, to the absence of Judge Whiting, the Ciiy Inspeagor’s counsel, tho exami- pation of the nume: cus witnesses in attendance was post- poned until Saturday next at one o'clock. A Grand Jury for the United States District Court was sworn in yesterday, beiore Judge Shipman, who mato the usual charge to that body, bricfy referring to the class of offences which would be submitted to them, par. toularly dwelling, however, on offences agaivst the Postal law, the counterfeiting of United States bills and cur- rency stamps, the smuggling of foreign goods into our ports and assaults and outrages committed by officers of vessels on seamen. The court then adjourned. The World libel euit was up again yesterday bofore Judge Leonard, in the Supreme Court, Chambers, oa @ motion of Mr. Opdyko's counzel to strike out the cor- respendence between Mr. Barlow and the plaiatif?s counsel from the answers to the Interrogotories relative to the owversbip of tho paper. The counsel for the plaintif held that the c.rrespondence in quostion was irrelevant; but the Court thought otherwise, aud decided that it should remain on the record. ‘A suit for seduction, under promise of marriage, in which damages aro Inid at $20,000, was commenced yos- terday in the Superior Court, by Miss Rosa Desi-lés against Samucl Cline. The lady is ® music teacher and Mr, Cline a clothing merchant, and the two went together, in 1860, from this city to Key West, where they voth resided for some time. Their acquaintance on the voyage, according to the statement of Miss Losisies, ripened, during their sojourn in the South, toto mutual affection, and finally a pledge of marriage. But the geo- eman has up to this time failed to make ber bis wite, notwithstanding that the lady says be is the father of a child, between one and two years old, of which she is the mother, The only testimony of importence taken yesterday he statement of the lady herself, of which the above are the loading tacts. The case will be continued to-day. Nancy Trimbie recovered a judgment of $1,000 yester. day tn the Supreme Court, before Judge Davis, against the New York Consolidated Stage Company, for injuries sustained by being run over by one of the defendant's omnibuses, in October, 1863. The plaintii! had both of her ankles broken, and oue of them ts supposed to be per- manently dissbled* ‘The Fekbard abduction case was resumed yesterday before Judge Leonard, in the Supreme Court, Chambers. The counsel were engaged in taking the testimony of the witnesses for Mr. Slegriet, who were anxious to leave town, aud came on from Washington on purpose to tes- tity. By order of the Court the evidence is to be with- held from the reporters uatil the examination shall hayo beep concluded, Two men, named Patrick Coulan and Patrick Coleman, were yesterday arrested and committed to the Tombs, in default of Sve thousau.! dollars bail each, on chargt of having stolen fonr thousand five hundred doliars from Martio W. Feely, a Councilman aud merchant, of Pitts- burg, Pa., while the latter was asleep. Im August last siik gocds valued at five thousand dol- Jars were stolen from the store of Campbell & Linn, De- troit, Mich. A few days ago Gfty-one pieces of thezo goods were discovered tn an auction store in Murray Birect, in this city, when the police set to work and traced them back to varlous persons through whose bands they bad passed since their surreptitious departure from Detroit, but have not yet been able to fasten the robbery on the guilty person, though they expect soon to do so. The examination in the case of Mr. Manning, charged with passing some of the Treasury notes stolen from Brewster, Sweet & Co.,of Boston, in August last, was con tinued yesterday in the Tombs ce Court; but nothing additional of importance was elicited. The investigation will be coptinued to-day. ‘The twenty-inch Rodman gun was tested yesterday at Fort Hamiiton. It was first fired with a blank cartridge of one bundred pounds of powder; then with fifty pounds 8nd a solid shot of one thousand and eighty pounds, and floally with one hundred pounds and a solid sbot, Atan angie of twenty-five degrees this shot was thrown four miles, The full range of the gun is thought to be be. tween five and six miles, The stock m-rket showed a better feeling yesterday morning, which continued during the day, but without much activity, The gold market was irregular, and tho price varied from 2163¢ to 21234, closing at 215%. Gov- ernment securities were dull. The fall in gold late on Tuesday night, and the low quotations of yesterday morning, tended to dopress the markets for almost Gescription of mere chandise, foreign and domestic Prices of the former wero not matorially changed before gold was again quoted higher. There was an unsettled feeling througbout the day, however, and business was restricted within oar- row limits. This was particularly the case with foreiga goods. Cotton, groceries, &c., were quiet. Petroleum was dull and 1c. a 2c. lower, ange the four mar- ket opened 10c, a 15c. lower, but closed rather orm, Wheat was 2c. a 8c, dearor, with an increased business. Corn was scarco and 20, dearer. Oats were firm. Pork opened firm and more active, but closed dull and droop ing. Beef was steady and in good demand. Lard was more active, but lower. Whiskey and freights were very a) the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Compasy’s monthiy eale of Scranton coal yesterday twenty-five thousand tons were sold, at am advance over the prices realized at the last momthty sale of from one Gollar to one dollar and afhalf, Five thousand tops of #tove coal, which in September broughy only from eight dollars and three quarters to eight dollars and eighty- seven cenis, sold yesterday for nine ami three quarters And ten dollars, The attendance at the eale was large, and the bidding very spirited, ‘ (a By ree ee = Qoany.—it Valiandigham fs af the*hend of five handred thousand pantie against this government, as Judge Advocate Holt, Mary Ann Pitman and Horace Greeley assert, why ie he not arrested at once? Tax Movers Fatstarr—Greeley, with bis five bundred thousand mea in buckram, The Chicago platform denounces this war for the Union as “a failure,” and demands thet “jmmediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities.” In this libel upon our gallant and victorious soldiers and sailors, in this scanda- lous peace offering of peace-at-any-price, the leaders of the rebellion recognize “a ray of light.” They bave accordingly become, al- though in “the last ditch,” more insolent and defiant than ever before. They avail them- selves of every occasion to tell us of the loyal States that they will have no peace which does not recognize a Southern confederacy; 00 armistice which does pot concede the equality of the spurious government at Richmond with the national government at Washington; no convention of all the States which does not involve the complete dissolution of the Union; they will, ina word, have nothing but South- ern independence or Southern subjugation. The subjugation of the rebel armies thus becomos the first essential to peace. We have no alternative. Our only peacemakers are Lieutenant General Grant and his able subor- dinate major generals and tho armies of the Union, co-operating with Admirals Farragut, Porter and the navy. We &re satisfied, too, with the progress of their negotiations, and we are sure that they will result ina solid and enduring peace. This, then, is the ground- work, the foundation of the Heratp Presiden- tial platform—tbe demolition, dispersion, dis- solution, and absolute subjugation of the armed forces and war leaders of the so-called “Confederate States.” They will have it so. We must put them down or they will put us down. We must make good the great and glorious fabric of the Amorican Union, or they will destroy it. Short of a Southern confede- racy, there is nothing in the futuro for Jeff. Davis and bis associate rulers bat an infamous death or an ignominious exile. Of course, then, they will fight to the last, and we can have no peace, if we would maintain the Union, except in their overthrow and expulsion from the country. The organization of their mock confederacy was the work of a reckless conspiracy, in which fraud, robbery, terrorism and the most outrageous usurpations were the means em- ployed. Excepting South Carolina, every State involved in this rebellion was thus drag- ged into it against the wishes of a majority of its people. Virginia, for instance, upon the direct question of the Union or a Southern con- federacy, elected @ February, 1861, a State convention by an overwhelming popular ma- jority, and by a corresponding majority in the convention, in favor of the Union; and yet that Convention was dragooned by a seecssion mob, and by the bombardment of Fort Sumter, into the service of South Carolina, and, as her drudge and packhorse, to bear the heaviest burdens of this war. Thus, too, were all the unguarded border slave States coerced and be- trayed. The conspirators who did this work still hold the whip hand over the Southern peo- ple thus entangled in this suicidal revolt. Let them be relieved of their despotic rulers, and we shall bave no difficulty in restoring the Union. General Graut, therefore, beads our peace commissioners in this business. That great bag of wind, Vallandigham, tbe Hon. Ben. Wood, and all the noisy copper- beads of the North, have much to say of th's Lincoln despotism; but it is a despotism over- flowing with milk and boney—it is Paradise Lost to the Southern people, compared with the savage, remorseless and frightful despot- ism of Jeff, Davis. A prominent Seuth Caro- linian, the Hon. Mr. Boyce, before his own peo- ple, bas recently sketched it, and a more re- volting picture of a military reign of terror and absolute despotism has not been exhibited since the days of Draco among any intelligent people under’ the sun. The legitimate and absolute autocrat of all the Russias, in at- tempting such despotic powers as those exer- cised by Jeff. Davis, would be specdily hurled from bis throne. Nor can Mr. Boyce promise anything better than an absolute monarchy or a military despotism with the success of Davis. The necessities of bis position, if successful in this war, will make him just such another dis- penser of Souttern rights as the late Dr. Francia, that terrible tyrant of Paraguay. We contend, therefore, that, even for the salvation and liberation of tke Southern people, groaning under the horrible despotism of Jeff. Davia, the Union bayonet fs our only peacemaker. There is no other. This is our position; this is the verdict of the people in our late September and October State elections; and this is the main test, the great issue upon which the Presidential election will be deter- mined. The intelligent, experienced and sagacious people of the loyal States are not to be deluded by false issues, side issues or dead issues. Democratic principles are all claptrap. Republican principles are as weak as moon- shine if they standin the way of this first great necessity to the life of the republic—the sup- pression of the rebellion. Hore, then, the question reeurs, how stands President Lincoln, bow stands General McClel- lan, upon this vital proposition? We know the position of Mr. Lincoln. He is prosecuting the war and is pledged to fight it out. So far, therefore, we are answered in his bebalf. But what says McClellan? He says “the Union at all hazards.” Good. But what else does he He says in hisletter of acceptance to the Chicago committee, ‘‘so soon as it is clear or even probable that our present adversaries are ready for peace upon the basis of the Union, we should exhaust all the re- sources of statesmanship pretised by civilized nations and taught by the traditions of the American people” in bebalf of peace. This is good, liWerally construed; but we want some- thing more definite from General McClellan. His leading New York organs, the World and Journal of Commerce, advocate an experiment with “the resources of statesmanship,” upon the peace programme of the rebel Vice Prosi dent Stephens—a convention of all the States— in which the absolute sovereignty of every State shall be conceded. The World thinks that under this programme “our present adver- saries are ready for peace upon the basis of the Union.” It is plain to see, however, that this thing, in the condition precedent, means a dis- solution of the Union. Does the World, speaking by authority of Mr. Belmont, speak the voice of General MoClel- lan on this subject?’ We do not like this beat- {ng about the bush. What we want to know from General McClellan is this:-Is be in favor of war, or General Greni’s peace polley, until the war leaders of the rebellion are. put dows, or #0 far subdued as to signify their readiness to disband their armies, in order that the rebel- lious States may be restored to the Union, with The of all the restoration of their representatives te both houses of the Congress of the United States We bave three planks in our Presidential p\at- form. Upon this frst plank we accept Mr, Lincoln as he stands. But we want an answer from General McClellan. Reported Draft a Fic! It bas been widely reported that there is to be another draft immediately after the elec- tion. This story is false. course, for electioneering purposes by the party which just now makes it its principal business to let the people know a great deal about the horrors of war and the beauties of peace. triously, in the hope to frighten a man here and there, and thus to influence a vote against It was invented, of This party has spread the fiction indus- Mr. Lincoln, who is understood to be the father the drafts—though, we believe, there is no doubt that the man who first urged the en- forcement of the draft was General McClellan. There is not to be another draft, either be- fore the election or after it; but of course the government: will soon want more men, and we are therefore glad to learn that measures are finally to be taken to establish a sensible, per- masent recruiting system. Men are.not scarce in this country, and the last call has demon- strated that by proper measures and a liberal bounty any number can be had. Men can be bad in the Western States for three bundred dollars, It is proposed to offer five hundred dollars as @ permanent bounty. This sum makes an, allowance for the various expenses of the recruit, or even of those who find bim and bring him forward, and still leaves @ good margin for tte benefit of the recruit or his family. It gives a good sum, also, as a@ basis for the opera- tions and activity of that large number of persons who will thus be induced to lend their energies to the good cause of filling our armies. Recruiting will thus become a permanent busi- ness in the country, with ramifications in every city and village, and will, for the first time in the history of our war, be effective and produc- tive of great results. Not ovly will this system enablo the army to draw regularly and properly upon our own population, but it will also tap for our benefit the immense and discontented population of Europe. Much bas been said in British papers of the activity of United States army agents in England, Ireland and Germany. Up to the present time the army has not been greatly in- creased by their efforts; but It may be supposed that those efforts have by this time made it pretty well knowe in those countries that large sums are paid here for soldiers, and that is enough. Hundreds and thousands of families that have looked longingly towards a life of comparative affluence in this country, but bardly boped that they would ever have the means: to come here, wiil now see the way clear. One son can pay the passage of father, mother and two or three sisters. Two sons can pay the passage of all the family, and have enough left to buy a farm in the fruitful Western acres. Let it not be thought that this is visionary. For generations the German and French peasants have reasoned in this very way. One son has gone into the army to insure the comfort of the rest of the family, in mil- lions of instances,in that very class of peasants who now have the most ardent longing to come to the United States. Thus, this system of-per- manent bounty, while it will keep up the army, will also’ prove to be a great system of induce- ment to emigration. Properly worked, there is hardly a limit to what can be done by such a system both here and in Europe. It can be made to give us half a million of men by next May—and should do so. This system will, we have no doubt, most triumphantly prove that we should bave done better if we bad never bad any draft at all. Newsraren Entererise.—One of the oity journals, in calling attention to Jeff. Davis’ speech at Columbia, S. C., assumes to itself credit for great enterprise in publishing seve- ral extracis from rebel papera ahead, as it claims, of the other city dailies. All these ex- tracts, including Jeff. Davis’ specch, were in the Heratp office on Monday, and the speech could bave been published a day earlier than it was given by our enterprising journalist; but it was deemed a mere rehash, and as such we left it over for more important matter. But while our republican neighbor is thus boasting of publishing rebel news ahead of all others itbas nota word to say why it did net give accounts of the late splendid Union victory of Sheridan in the Valley. A Cvriovs Rowor From Wasmrvatox.—It will be seen by our Washington telegraphic despatches that it is understood there that a letter from Mr. S. L. M. Barlow, of this city, to the rebel Secretary of State, in which the former is reported to intercede for the release of a Heratp correspondent imprisoned in Rich- mond, bad been intercepted and was in the hands of the government. This is news to us. We had about a dozen or more corres- Pondents in rebel prisons and camps. Some Tewained there only a day or a night, and managed to esoape without the inter- cession of anybody, especially that of Barlow. Another escaped while discussing with Stone- wall Jackson a point of international law respecting the rights of correspondents to their pereonal property. While the discussion was going on the Union forces made a rally anda dash, and Jackson skedaddled without settling the point in dispute, leaving the correspondent to look out for himself, minus bis horse. Other Heratp correspondents have been imprisoned for various terms, from six months to one year, and yet we never knew that Mr. Barlow inter- ceded for any of them. We would like to see this intercepted letter. It should be published. Bey. Woon’s Twisttvas axp TuRNINos.—The Hon. Ben. Wood wrote a letter on Monday to the Mozarters of the Fourth district; declining their little nomination fer Congress. In this letter he claims thet the offer of 8 nomination was an endorsement of bis peace principles. Immediately after hearing the letter read the Mozarters endorsed the nomination of Morgan Jones, who fs a Tammany man and a war man all the way through. What, then, becomes of Ben. Wood's peace principles? We are glad that Ben. fa going to leave politics and attend “to bis policies. He understands the lottery business better than any other, and among the congenial desociations of 4—11—44 he will be more distinguished than he ever was in Con- gress. Tane® Pourrtcan Wrrense—Judge Advockte ‘Holt, Mary Aon Pitman and Horace Greeley. The Chicago Convention Turned In- side Out. The letter from Valiandigham, which we pub- lish fp another column this , is a new proof of our repeated assertion that political conventions are meré conglomeratiens of roguery, hambuggery, deception and intrigue. Teritated at the attack made upon him by Con- fidence Cassidy, of the Albany Argus, Vallan- digham epitefully turns the Chicago Conven- tion inside oat and exposes its rascality. If somebody would be good enough to serve the Baltimore Convention in the same way it would be found just as outrageous a bumbug. What the Chicago Convention was, all the political conventions have been for the past twenty years. They may be briefly and truthfully described as gréat congregations of unscrupulous politi- claus, among whom bargaining takes the place of principle and expediency is substituted for patriotism. Mr. Vatiandigham informs us that there were two “rings” in the Chicago Convention. One of these was the Northwestern, or copperhead ring, which was led by Vallandigham himeelf. The other was the Eastern ring, which was led by Confidence Cassidy, the butcher boy of the Regency, and may be called the brasenhead ting, om account of the immense amount of brass in the faces of Cassidy and bis supporters. Vallandigham was backed by the five hundred thousand men in buckram, who, according to Judge Advocate Holt, Mary Ana Pitman aud Horace Greeley, constitute a chosen band of Northwestern conspirators. Cassidy, on tho other hand, was backed by Dean Richmond, Peter Cagger, Goveraor Seymour and the rest of the Regency. Seymour was @ compromise candidate for chairman, being supported by both rings, and the real battles occurred, as Vallandigbam hints, upon the platform and the nomination. . With the triumphant air of a mighty conqueror Vallan- digham announces that he won the platform, and that he “wrote the second—the material— resolution, ard carried it through the sub-com- mittee and the general commiltee in spite of the most desperate and persistent opposition on the part of Cassidy and his friends.” This victory, of which Vallandigham seems se proud, will stamp him as more infamous than ever. It is the Chicago platform, and particularly the second resolution of it, which is so unpopular. The second resolution calls the war a failure and prates about the cessation of hostilities; and it is this which Vallandigham glories in having written and carried through. In this, Vallandigham, like Dogberry, writes himself down an ass. If McClellan be defeated he will owe his defeat to that second resolution; and if he be elected it will be in spite of the Chicago platform. Thus Mr. Vallandigham incurs the odium of McClellan’s defeat, if he be defeated, and debars himself from deriving any bonefit from “McClellan’s election, in case Little Mac carties the day. We thought that the Obio martyr was more sane than this. ‘We did not imagine that the great copperhead, like the small vipers, would sting bimself to death because Confidence Cassidy’s fire grew a little hot. Mr. Vallandigham goes en to say that he voted against General McClellan on the first ballot—which was very complimentary to the hero of Antietam—but afterwards changed his vote and tried to injure McClellan by voting for him. Then he asserts that he has spoken as often for McClellan—which we are very sorry to hear—as any other democratic orator. He denies that he was “in a miserable minority at the Chicago Convention’’-—although his faction polled only twenty-three and,a half votes—and insists that he managed the entire concern, with the exception of McClellan’s nomination, and that he not only built up the platform, but even defeated Guthrie, of Kentucky, w yhom the Eastern ring desired to have for Vice President. If this be true, it completely justifies all that we have ever anid of the deceit and swindling of political couventions. It. shows, too, how snch a contemptible and insignificant wire- puller as Vallandigham can hamper the move- ments-and damage the prospects of such a can- didate as McClellan. Here is a mean and treasonable resolution put forth as the platform of agreat party, and yet itturns out to be written and carried through, “ in spite of the most desperate and persistent opposition,” by a half-crazy, balf-rebel peace politician! Here is an officer, a patriot and a gentleman, like General McClellan, called upon to endorse and sustain the silly concoction of a malicious little copperbead! We could ask no more damn- ing commentary upon the political convention system. Instead of representing the people and the sentiments of the people, it represents only such fellows as Val- landigham and such sentiments as their lunatic or traitorous pens choose to put upon paper. It is well that General Mc- Clellan bad the manliness and the independ- ence to throw aside the Chicago-Vallandig- ham abortion and lay down a true Union plat- form of his own, and it fs well also that Pendleton has at length discarded Vallandig- bam and all his works in letters which endorse McClellan’s platform. Every intelligent demo- crat knows that if McClellan had been noml- nated without any political convention or Political platform he eould be elected much more easily, and that the Chicago Convention, with its disgraceful resolutions, has been al- most the sole obstacle in his progress to the White House. Every intelligent democrat knows that Vallandigham’s presence at Chi- eago, his share in the platform, his vote for the nominee and his speeches since the nomi- nation have done McClellan great harm. Val- landigham is not a great man in any sense of the word, but, like other small fry, he is a great nuisance, and the convention system gives such Duisances great opportunities to do injury to the candidate and the party. Let us all re- member this when another election season comes reund, and let General McClellan and President Lincoln strike the first blow at the tystem by replying to the Heratp platform and the Heraip nomination. An Enron Corneorsd.—Vallandigham says that “the people leek confidence in Cassidy.” Why; the very name of the butcher boy of the Regency is Confidence Cassidy. He ie 8 poli- tical confideace man. Braazma Ur.—The solicitude of the Daily News for the welfare of Hood and Hood’s army— with which Davis proposed to, help elect » peace candidate—is, as our readers know, vory Great. The News cin always tell to the amallest e@tom the exact danger that Sherman stands in, and bow magnificent Hood’s prospects are. Ite refusal to believe that Atlanta bad been surrendered was a groat plece of #lf-denial. But the Hon. Ben. Wood has found i¢ neqessary i bim that to leave the political field, and we can assure fellow laborer, Hood, will soon have to leave the military one in the came hopeless and helpless way. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. ‘Wasemaron , Oct. 26, 1864. OFFICIAL BSFUTATION OF UNFOUNDED REPORTS KE~ LATIVE TO THE CONSCRIPTION AND & PRESH DRAFT OF SOLDIERS, ETO, ‘The statomen: in the World, purporting to have beea sens from Washingtoa, that Provost Marshal General Fry bad officially represented that the coascription law is @ fatlure in obtaining soldiers, and recommending the Fepeal of the substitute clause, and the compulsion of the peraonal service of drafted mon, and also that Mr. Lineoln will, if re-elected, cali for @ peremptory draft of ‘bree hundred thousand men on the let of January, © Prouounced by General Fry utterly unfounded and devold of treth, THES OMSSAPEAES AND ONIO CANAL AGAIN OPEN. ‘The Chesapeake and Obio Canal is again tp sucocesfal operation throughout ite whole length: Through the | exertions of Colonel Spates, twenty boats, containing each one bundred and fifteen toms of coal, arrive daily at Georgetown. RUMORED “INTERORPTED LETTER FROM G. L. M. BAR- Low. It ts understood that the government bas received aa intercepted letter from G. L, M. Barlow, of New York, te the rebel Secretary of State, (Beajamin), in which, it te stated, he (Barlow) urged upon the revel anthoritics, an ‘® perdonal favor, the release of one of the HemaLy corres. | pondents, imprisoned in Richmond. Weare curious te | know bero what this means. THE REVENUB DARIVED PROM INTERNAL TAXES. ‘The fast report ot the Commissioner of Jaternal Reve’ ‘nue shows that the income of the government [rom inter- nal taxes Is about $16,000,000 a month, or nearly) $200,000,000 a year. BUDSORIPTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT LOAN. ‘The subscriptions to the seven thirty loan reported te tho Troasury Department on Monday and awe amounted to $667,700. PLOMOTION UP GENERAL RIORErtd. General Rickotts has been made s breyvot major genora’) f j | by tho Prosidont for gallant conduct during tho war — particularly in the battles of the present campaiga under © General Grant, the Monocacy, and the Opequen, Fisher's Hill and Cedar creek, in the Shenandoah campaign of General Sheridan. Tho commission dates from the 196? {ostant, The General is now recovoring rapidly from bt wound, SOME OF SITERIDAN’S PRISONERS SBNT TO BLMIRA. A large number of the prisoners captured by (enere Shoridan have been sent to the camp at Elmira, MOVEMENTS OF MOSBY'S GUERILLAS. Since General Augur placed tho guerillas on the train ‘andria Mosby has ceased annoying th railroad and abandoned that section of the country. Fo runving from several days nothing has been heard of his gang. ™ MESTING OF TH@ BOARD OF THB SANITAB) COMMISSION. The qaarterly meoting of the Board of the Sanitar They bav ‘under conaideration -and will probably decide to \ssue financial statement of the reooipts and expenditures: the commission from the commencement. to th Present time, This statement will show the vali to exceed seven millions « doltars. They have algo to devise measures to reawak« the interest of the public in the operations of the cor mission, the contributions of supplies, &c., baving falle Off throo-fourthe sinoe the series of fairs {bp aid of t ‘These fairs in their resu! Commission is still in session in this city. of the contributions funds were inaugurated. ‘wore of queationable benefit, as they have caused large a dimioution of private contributions, upon wht. ‘the commission bad previously relied to carry out {— work. 4 COLORED UNION SEAMAN HANGED BY REBELS. ‘One of the returned naval prisoners reports to the Beery tary of the Navy officially that after the captere of the ps t ty, of which bo was io command, on Magnolia beach, ne | Murrel's Inlet, 8, C., on December 5, George Brinsmaid, j colored landsman, was takeu by two of thecavairy whom they were captared, and was by them hung a— then shot, he being @ prisover of war atthe time. 1 t of these men was subsequently confirmed several officers. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL WOOL, Major General Wool arrived here this morning fr Now York. ENLISTMENTS POR THE NAVY. Nearly five bundred men have enlisted here for ¢ Bavy since last.April,of which number but three w Fejected upon examination. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE INDIANS. ‘The Army and Navy Gazelle this week publishes av lengthy report of General Sully Of bis Northyese: dian campaion, He says that 08 Is perfectly satisfies wha haiprballeabiliy of & road {yr emnigranls over Foute, He reporte that all the -y in che vicinit; Little Missouri river is broken, aad forms exenivet 1 teotion im every part, THR TRIAL OF HAMILTON, BASTER & CO., Of Baltimore, charged with. 1g goods 10 block Tunners, was commpenced to day. Pardon Worsley the principal witoeds for the government. The evide was pretty much the same as that against Johnsor Button, After bis testimony the trial was postponed til Friday to enable the defence to procure their: nesses. Tax Orera.—A son of silks and diamonds, of fair fr and bright smiles filed the Academy of Music Inst n! at the repetition of Faust. The opera was given wit usual cast and its usual success. It will be repoate the Saturday matinee, This evening Polluto will be ; duced in Brooklyn, and to-morrow evening {t will given again in this city. Next week Mrs. Ven Zand: make ber debut in Rigoletto, The Chicago ssaesey oo ras Tarnea insi ate LETTER FROM HON. C. L. ee aaa ie f Siumaman Hovsr, Curcago, Oct. 22, 186 In the World of the 20th mee-| an article, co from the Albany Argus, relating to Judge Adyo Hoit’s “Great Copperhead Conspiracy,” and which tains the foliowing:— Mr. Vallandigham was in o palesretle minority tn Chicage Convention. He sought to beehairman of Committeo-en Resolutions, and was beaten two to one. Jed the oj ition to McClellan, at. after his letter of ceptance threw up his engagements to speak. Now | bave refrained io every firgt—and I have made many io 51 cratic candidates for President and Vice Presideat—f _ pistory of the Chicago + any allusion to the private vention, and did pot to refer to i} further after the election. But J do not choose to suffer the going to pass vnnoticed even now. {it would be dim to compress more misrepresentation, in # small v within the same compass. 1, Mr. Valiandigbam was not ‘‘in a miserable mino a Chicago Convention,” and ro one knows it be than the man aa who wrote, and Marbie. « endorses the ‘statement. The latter 1 hand over to or ‘Opdyke f for judgment, 2, Mr. V. was not ‘beaten two to one” for thechalrm | ship of the Committce on Resolutions, Through the + fices of Cassidy, Tilden and other New York politich: | Mr. Guthrie, of Kent twelve votes to eight for tbat post; bul G. was Bimsel{ afterwarde tically repudiated by the Convention when preset yy ‘the ving” as fet het for the Vice Presider ir. V. wrote the second, the material resviutios of Chicago platform, amd carried it through the enb-¢ mittee aba the General Committee, in spite of the n | a and on tbe part of Case | bis friends, Mr, © , ta an adjoining ro laboring to defeat it, But x0 various substitutes ne eg received more than three 8. Mr. V. did not ‘lead the opponiti McCleita Genoral for him oa the revised ballot, faa hE fort the nomination be made unanimous: wh Hi Cassidy threw up hie has and shouted, and he all bis fellows proclaimed Vallandigham » very pre ay As to en ‘We apes io support of she mocratic cand! —\ Mr, Y. bas folfiiied as many as democratic speaker in any State, and is now here in Bote on the same errand; and, without immodest: fon to Dut confined his ate Almost exclusively to the ques “cont 6. Tho secret ofthe Sd har suann, haat ® certain elass of New Y as. y not ‘use’ Mr. Vellandigham. them be sagurege-nelther ona Mey iil bim, 6. Aa to the of * iracy’’ sot forth ip J Advocate Holt’s nphles, the eleven apecificat A Greeley, | have to ena ee OP oe soncerned, talk lee i A aad fabrications from mg oot oie Be) false in the aggregate and fave More 1 3 Cn a an and aciontoun as they a ah] A p~ Judge Advi Plott, Mary Firmen ir, Horace well kaow. WaLLANDIOH Pire om the Lake. Banna, 0, W., Oo 26,18 #4 adout six o’clock this afternoon the proj Kenosha, of the Grand Trimk line, plyteg botweer cage and Sarnia, waa discovered te be on fire | alongside the elevator, to save which aa@ the ooig | ing bulldogs she was-ent adrift, and te vow fic down thy, river in full blaze, Wothing of valuq cou waved,