The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1864, Page 4

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No. 644 Broadway. —@iccers, ARTOMINES, BURLESQUES, 4¢.—Kosuxrs oF tar Huata. BOP CHAPEL. 720 Broadway.—Woonnorra’s Boue- Bian Tnours or GLass BLowsns. BEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. 618 Brosdway.—= Coniosinies amp Lactonss, trom 9 a. M, ti! 10P. as HOOLET'S OPERA HOUSE Breokiys.—Ermon sores, Diwoes, Bonuasaves, £2 ye a New York, Sunday, October 30, THE BITUATION. The exceedingly interestins despatches which we pub- lish this morning give the details of the important recoa- Boissaace in force made on Thursday last by portions of the Second, Fifth and Ni.th corps, of the Army of the Potomac. This movement was desigued by General Grant to ascertain the situation, strength and exteat of the rebel lines, and was completely successful. The recon- Boltring force moved about two o'clock in the morning, fo three columns, which mot aad formed in line of battle ta the vicinity of the Boydtowa road, the Second corps on the left, the Fifth in the ceotre and the Nioth en the right, the former corps baving advanced some Miteen miles beyond the etarting point. The whoilo line then moved forward, driving the rebels before thom, until they reached their earthworks, whea brisk fightiog ensued. A small break occurring between the right of the Second corps and the left of the Fina, the enemy, about four o'clock in the after Bova, massed & division of Hill's corps, and assaulted the Secoud corps’ right, which fell back a short distance, but, being reinforced, soon vanced, and im tura drove the rebels, The fighting was kept up ‘antil after dark, The rebel cavalry force was cut in two Dy the movements of our army, and a part of {ts wagon train was captured. One portion, which attempted an attack om Grogg's Union cavalry, was soon driven off with joss. Our men took over mive hundred prisoners during the day, Our cosuaities in killed, wounded and missing aro catimated at between seven and eight bundred. Our iatest despatches leave the rebel General Price fear Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri, still tn full retreat, with the Union cavalry close on bis Beets, Jasper county i in the southwestern extremity of the State, and i i thus evident Seat Price was gid to get out of Kansas qgein, and will be still better pleased if be can get out of ‘Missour! into Arkansas, for the accomplishment of which Be is DOW making the most frantic eforts.. The rebel Gvorilia leader, Bill Anderson, and as portion of his band have been Killed. Gonera! Pleasanton, during his pur. walt of Rrice, was slightly injured by © (oll trom bie bow ‘We publish this morning what appears to be conclg- Give evidence (hat Dick Taylor and Hood bave, es we antlcipeted a (ow days since, moved into North alabama, end sre about to invade Middle Tennessee. Dick Taylor, commanding the rebel Army of the Gulf, has ebous ten thousand mon, and is reported at the Muscle Shoals, and near De- entur, Hood's advance ia said to have reached Gunters- ‘ville. If Hooa holds the mountain pass at Gadeden, Als., pear which Sherman {2 reported to be, he will force the latter, by reason of tne Impracticability of crossing Lovk- out Moamtam, to march to Chattapoogs and transfer bim- sol by rail the vicinity of Muatsville or Stevenson, and thus get im trent of Hogi's army again. This \enportast movement of tne (wo armies under Beonre- gard will be watched with interest, 1 ts stated in the cebel papers (hat the enemy cow have raitroad comme Biestion from Mobile Wroayh Corinth, Mine, to Tue oumbia, Als., thus bringing supplies for Benwregard to the Tonneases river, ‘The rebel General Teaghao, of whose operations ts Fast Tenvessee we have been (or some time Wetoly having Hod Eraadiiog est stories io the ol papers. was met ee ee ee Norrivtowe, and maguificest!y rooted. Gila * ®°* from him neariy five hundred prisoners and six pa °° of cannon, and the rebel killed and wounded wen ® left im the bands of our mee. The fighting is said to ‘Dave been of the liveliast ebaracter, our cavalry making Good use of their sabres, The rebels wore driven Coutusion many miles, and im their fight throw away Sdeie arms and abandoned much property. Among the Prisoners captured are ene coloucl, one major, six ca] tains and oigd} eurenauts, Another grand rebel invasion of Kentucky, wader Forre’,,, Chalmers and Buford, is in progress, The “pret part of the programme appears to be an al- tack om Paducah. General Meredith, commanding there, received despatches from General Sherman on Wednesday last warning bim of tho designs Of the rebels, who are concentrating on the Teanessee line, Large bodies of them are algo reported in diferent portions of the State. Every preparation is belog made- at Paducah to receive thom. Business there is sus pended, and goods are being removed te places of safety. Govervor Bramistte, of Keotucky, has isayed « pro- clamation, addressed to the election officers and citizens, im which, after recitiag that epprebensions of military interference im the approgching Presidential election have been entertained by many, owing to tho declaration of martiat law over Kentucky just before the Auguat elections, be procoeds te de- Clare the loyalty of the people of the State, the sta: bility of their present State government, end its etli- ciency for all present needs, and to argue the incompati- bility of military with civil ru‘e, He protests against the enforcement of martial law in Kentucky at the pres- ent time, and specially deprecates any interference with the electors at the polls by solaiers. Officers of election, be says, are civil officers, and cannot re- gard or obey eny order im relation to eleotions from any military source whatever, If military force should be brought to bear at any of the polls, und thore should be sufficient power in the oltizens present to arrest the soldiers, it is pointed out as the duty of the sheriff to make the arrests. If the military force should be too strong, the aflcers of election are directed to close tbe polls, adjoura, and report the offendors to the grand jury of the county; for, says the Governor, “if you aro unable to hold a free election, your duty # to hoid nove at ali.” YIhe rebel gueriiias attadked the steamboat Beile of St Louw, at Randolph, on tho Mississippi, on Inet Thors- day aight, killing two paymasiers and wounding several of the crew. All remains quiet in the Sbevandosh valley. Although there Lave been reports that Euriy is reorganizing bis ofented and demoralized army, a recent reconnoissance as (ar an Woodstock failed to find any rebels. Tbe ‘mountains are (ull of rebei straggiors, who coatinue to “| be vrought in by our cavalry, Our entire oasuaitios in the battle of the 19th instant are now esi mated at about Beven thousand. Those of the enemy were about oine thousand. The barf emiy Ada, which arrived bere yesterday from Bettze, Bonduras, reports apeakiag oa Thursday last, in latitude 39, longitude 73 40, the United States gunboat Mobile, which was im chago of the rebel privateer ‘Taliahasece. Our rebel newspaper extracts of to-day coatain some further information and jourualistic comments reiahog to the proceedings of the recent extra eeasion of the Ala- bama Legislature Alexander B Stoptens’ pian for a reconstruction of the States, the latter being pronounced impracticable by toe Charleston Mercury, The Alabama Legislature, which has been so severely condemned by the rebel prees for not doing what was expected of it by tho Je. Davis gov ernment, was, it appears, guilty not only of the sian of omission, but of one of commission; for 1 passed a law imposing the penalty of impriscoment in tbe Penitentiary on any impravemect ciloor wh» violates the rebel impressment law im the course of its execution, in any shape or fcrm There farerumors from Mobile thet tte Yackee feet io tho bay bas been large:y increased, ani thet there is a force of six thousand Yankees at Pensacoia, General Bragg has been assigned to the commend at Wilmington, N.C. On this the Charlottesvile Chroniclesigaificant:y ox claims, “Goodbye, Wiimington.” Nineteen buodred Union prisoners were seat from Richmooi to Sa'isbury, N.C, on Tuosday and Wednesday last, The Nassau (N.P.) Guardian of the 224 of Octcber, noticing the movements of the Anglo-rebel blockade run- pers to and from the Babames, says thet the steamer Blenheim, 662 tons, 400 borse power and eteaming tour- teon kuots, bad arrived at Nassau from Engiand, via Bt Michael's, She was accompanied by ber tondor, the Bessie Eustace, a steamer, twenty feet long and five feet beam. The Iatter carrios coal for Gfeen hours only, and is navigated by one man asd aboy. The steamer W:iko’the Wisp arrived at Nassaa 10 © very dilapidated condition, Raving pat back, owing to wtrese Of weather, (rom off the port of Wilmingtou. The Eugiiehmen on the Bahamas were :cjoiced Dy the receipt of private edvices from Savan- ah, Georgia, dated 261b ult., which stated that Davanas and oranges from Nassaa were retailing as Charleston, 8. C., for $2 @ piece; bacon, $3 60 per peand; brown sugar, from $4 to $6 per pound, green tea from $35 to $40 per pound, coffee from $10 to $12 per pound; Sour, per barrel, from $250 td $289; cot- ton spool thread, $4 per spool; cloth for coats and pasta loons, $126 to $130 per yard; linen, $6 to $10 per yard; . cotton shirting, §5 to $7 per yard, eggs, $3 per dozen; butter from $7 to $10 per pound. EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steamship City of Manchester, from Queenstown on the 20th of October, passed Cape Race on last Friday Bight,on her voyage to New York. Ber news is four Gays later, A telecrapbic summary of its maia polots Qppears in the Hanan to dey. ‘The steamship Canada reached Boston from Hal!fax yesterday afternoon. Her mails were due in this city at an carly bour thie morning Twenty mercantile firms bad failed m Liverpool sioce the Canada sailed, on the 16cb inst., and the commercial crisis was Gtill marked by failures im other parte of England. It ts aonouneed from Londo that four South American Danks have suspended payment tn Rio Janeiro, ‘The Duke of Newcastle, who acoompanied tbe Prince of Wates to the United States, s deg. Consols closed tm London on the 20th ef October at 8834 © 6834 for money. Cotton bad declined one-half of a penny in Liverpool, and the market was dull. Bread. Guile were dull and provisions inactive, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The Court of Appeals of Maryland having affirmed the decision of the lower court, declining to issvean order restraining Governor Bradford from counting the votes Of the soldiers at the constitational election, that gentle man yesterday issued bis oficial proclamation declaring the adoption, by a majority of four hundred and seventy- five, of the new free constitution of that Biate, which ‘Will go into effect on Tuesday next, the let of Nevember, whea slavery will cease to exist te Maryland, The friende of the measore in Baltimore and other parte of the State manifested their delight by a liberal display of flags and banners. It fe reported that Doaohae, one of the persone charged witifracd in connection with the votes of the New Fork eoldiers, bas been convicted by the m'itary commission fn Baltimore, and senteneed to Ave years’ Governor Seymour bas appointed « eomm srinn to pro. 00d to Washington end iequire toto the causes of the erreate made in this affair. We have received Kingston, Jamnics, pspere of (bo ‘V6th inst, ‘We bare flies frog the Weal indice daied a} Kingston, pupepepnnaintnecresSete eee er ‘Sematea, on the°bth of October, A severe drought pre: | failure attend the caloulation the results of valled on tho vorth sige of the inland. The public mo Beye Of Jamaica bad been travaie:red fro:n the Treasury to tho Colonial Bank. George Burrell Smith, senior magistrate of Kingston, is dead, Admural Kingeomb, K Ay, ete commander-ti-chief of the British Pacidic auad- their course will prove equally short sigbted to the South in = war unparalleled tor its causolessnews and wickedness they have added and suloidal. By giving aid and countenance route to India, through Russie, te mest the | hardly be overrated in tts future importance cable under the Persian Gulf, will be completed | to the commercial interests of the whole com ja a few weeks. The lines, land aad eubme- | tinent of America rine, running south te China, and Australia, and Singapore and Java, present so little dim- ron giac’ érrived a& Port Royal, During Ud past five Years the expenditure in Trivided for imenagrati9P purposes bad weQ meariy two hundred thongand poundsygiving an ayeragé OF neurty forty thou- Band pounds a yoar> Two-thirds of ¢hie sum iell om the planters. Advices from Hayti, By way of Jamaica, report that the greatest tranquillity prevatied throughout the coun- try, and the first deliveries of coflce bad begun, wild very Promising prospects, ‘The commitice appointed by the Common Council to, investigate certain allegations matey Mayor Gunther againet the City Inspector, obarging the fatter official ‘with corruption, to allowing offces in his department to bo sold, &c., met at one o'clock yesterday, Both parties wore represented by counsel. A question was raised as was brought, and after the various poiuts wore discus: fed the committee adjourned the further hearing of the ease until Thursday moroing next. ‘Toe Tammany Hall Convention of the Ninth Congres- ional distriot mot Inst night, repudiated the nomination of Aneoe Herrick, and unanimously nominated Volouel George E. Baldwin es their candidate. Thirty-two mon suspected of having been engaged in the robbery of passengers om the Eric Railway trains on lest Tharsday night, aud who were arrested and tocked up by the Jersey City police on Friday evening, wore taken before a magistrate of that piace yesterday mern- ing for identification; but as no person was present to Adentify any of them as having been engaged tn the out- rageous affair, and as tbe enost of them bad friends pres- eat to swear to their good character, ail Dut Gve wore discharged. Last evening Miss Anna E. Dickinson delivered a lec- ture im tho Cooper Institute to a very large audience, ber subject being, “The Ubicago Platform ana the Last Ditoh."" ‘The investigation into the causes of the accident which occurred on (be morning of the 1018 inet. to One of the New Haven trains on the ¢rackof the Hariem Rallroad, im Fourth avenue, between Seventy-sixth and Seveaty seventh sireets, was continued yesterday. The Vice President of the Phornix ron Works was the only persow @xamined. He made a etatemont reiative to tbe tendoucy Of iron rails to spread and weaken from the friction pro duced by the running of the wheels over them, aod (bo case was thea adjourned for a fortoight The first of the winter series of the Seventh regiment Promenade concerts took place last might at tho regi- mental armory, over Tompkins market, and was partict. pated in by @ large, fasbionable and briliiant company. Three young men, named Isaac Domerell, Thomas Quinn aed Charles W. Clayton, employed in the store of Robbins, Calhouo & Co., 26 Vesey street, wore yesterday rested and committed to the Tombs, on tho charge of pbeing tho purtoipers of goods to the amount of about a ithousand dollars, which bave been for some time missed by thor employers Memerelt made a confession, aod totd where the property was dispoted of, and « sma't Portion gf it was recovered. . Werjicaro from San Franoisey that the batter of the steamer Sophie Mciupd oxploded oo Weinosdny tust, kitting and wounding a namber of persons. The stock market recovered yesterday morning from the Gligbt depression which marked tt on friday aftorvoon, and speculation was in favor of « tise The murket clowed steady at @ fractional dectine frum the bighest Prices of the day Gold opencd at 215}¢, reso to Lz, ‘and closed at 2205. Government svcuritics were esrong At a fractional advance The advance in gold bad a hardeving effect apon the market for most kinds of merchandise on Saturday, but thore was wo general ity Outside of the Produces fix- change Foreigo bandise wae very qaite, Cotton, Brocories, &c., were quiet but firm. Petroleum was dull, beavy aod lower. On ‘Change toe four market wes cory Active and 1fc. a 25c. higher, cloning heavy. Wheat wan 2o 3c higher, witha fair milliog demand. Coru was » Dut closed heavy Oats were lower. with ‘ate demand. Pork was Ormer, with « fair lo. bight Froighte att contin Napoleon and P on Sowing the deeds « Revo im Thets Uwn Coantries. . The course pursued by the rulers of England and France since the outbreak of the war hss been that of uniform bostility tu us. What they could not do openly they have doaw indirectly By their speecheS, the utterances oftheir or- gans and their diplomatic efforts they first gave moral countenance tu the rebellioa. ‘Then, by & perversion of the neutrality doctrine, they gave it substantial wid. Do Louis Napoleon and Lord Palmerston fotget what occurtedin the iast century from the similar part taken by the government: of France in oat own straggie foc independ. eoce? It lent us all the aid that 16 could with- out directly committing tteet{ to our cause, and by sending Lafayette acd others of its citizens to fight our battles it gave us earnest of its subsequent support. It was the return of these meu to France. fresh from the inspirations of republican associations and teachings, tbat sowed the seed of revolation in that country which produced such terrible fruits. Are Eng- lish and Freoch statesmen 80 ignerant of his- tory or so short of memory as not to be aware of this fact? And yet thore is no axiom more politically trne than that history is constantly repeating itself. There is scarcely an event which has occarred in our own times which does not find its parallel in eausesa» well as circumstances at some epoch-more or less remote. The pas- sions and motives of men de not vary. What in- flueaced them thousands of years ago influences them equally to-day. Despite this inoontesti- ble fact, we find politicians and statesmen wil- fully closing their eyes to the inevitablesresults of the events which they have bad a hand either in producing or precipitating, The lessons of our national career have in this manner been lost on the European governments and people. It is not for the want of frequent admonitions that this is so. Their own historical critios have nover ceased to impress upon them that it was to eur first revolution Europe owed all the similar troubles that it Las passed through. Undoubtedly it was from the exam- ple thus set, as well as from the speeches and writings of such men as Jefferson and Madison, that the republican party in France gained the strength which enabled it to over- throw the monarchy. But as we have premised, the royalists of France, under Louis XVI., were amongst (he first aiders and abettors in the movement which gained us our indepen- Gence. Indeed,'with the unwillingness which prevailed on the part of the colonies to resort to so extreme a step, it is a question whether, without the encouragement and promises which they received from that country, they would have pushed matters so far. The assistance thus aocorded us by a French monarch against the authority of @ constitutionally organized government was the fret recognition given te the doctrine ef the right of revolution, Such te be sure was not the intention, nor was it apprehended that the example thus set would act unfavorably on the interests ef rao narchical institutions In these matter how ever, preeedents once laid down ar 1 Seal disposed of, What governs one case will be apt to goverr all The conduct of Pagiand and ance, since the ooumencemens of the rubellion, has betrayed & strange forgetfviness of all this They have been, ne doubt, #9 impressed with the conviction of the poemanent disrup tion of the Uniom that they did not core to remember if But whother success og | Buphrates moot The whole longth of the othor * tremendous force to the principle recoguized by France in our first revolution. It is aeton- ishing that the experienced minds of European diplomatists chould have failed to appreciate this fact. In their calculation of present advantages they would seem to have Loat sight of or become utterly reckless of future conse quences. And yot these, weighed in the sante scale with the benefita which they hope to gain from the dismemberment of the Unies, fearfully ‘balance them. Subversive as were the éffecta produced mo European inetitutions by our first revolution, they will bear no com- parison with those that will result frem the one throngh which we are now passing. Since its outbreak all the ingenuity and eloquence of European statesmen and journalists have been strained to establish the same right on’ the partof the South, Tho arguments they bave employed have not fallen unprofitebly upon the ears to which they have been ad- dressed. From that well furnished moral areenal will be dragged many an effective weapon for future use. If the lessons that have been so industriously instilfed into the masses of Europe do not bear terrible fruit there is no truth ia the analogies of history. The right of revelution generally recognized as a principle, there ie no safety for monarchical institutions. The North needs no other avenger for its in- juries. In trying to destroy us the oligarchs und despots of Europe have destroyed them- selves. Igmorance of Modern olan: ‘ Wo have frequently remarked upon the igno- rance of the politicians of our day. The light of knowledge upon those grave questions which they uasume to discuss and settle seems to be shut out from them, and they more often blunder in darkness than illuminate the world or add anything to history which is moderately respectable. The laws which govern nations and races, the modifications to which these laws aro sub- jected by circumstances, they do mot esem to comprehend. They can conduct a local eleo- tion, manipulate the machinery of a caucus; they can enact laws of Congress, the aim of whigh, in some shape or other, tends to the benefit of their party; but when they come to grapple with those vital issues which the real Btutesman handles even as a plaything, our inedern politicians are tamestably befogged. We have showa ap, on previous occasions, the ignorance of some of the democratic leading politicians. We have now to deal with one of the acknowledged shining lights of the republican party, in Congress and out of it— Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania. He has been making a specch lately. He has been endeavoring either to illustrate 'the great laws which, rule nations in their domestic relations and in their. international compacts, or he bas been endeavoring to show how little he knows about the subject. If bis intention was to ac- complish the first he bas failed miserably. If it was to establish the second be has succeeded admirably. He has evidentiy no idea of ‘the distinction between the great organic law which makes and preserves the life of a nation, and the mere international laws or treaties which are made as an accemmodation, or a necessity of the passing hour, in order that pesce and harmony and commercial equality shall, to » certain extent, exist between differ- ent countries. The life of a)nation cannot be suspended by the voluntary action of any por- tion of its citizens; neither can the laws which support its structure be abrogated by the same Means. They are positive and immutablo while the nation maintains the independence of other powers. Mr. Stevens says:— ‘There are those of tender conscienecs who think we fare restrained by the constitution irom permitting the merican Peliti- abolition of mutual agreement, r . Every part of It, w ikea, wae binding upon ail. If individuals of States giolated it, such iu(ractivns Amounted to crime; but when whole States rose in rcbel- Von, and searly balf these quast sovereigns threw off their allegiance to the constitution, they have beeu ac knowindged as deltigerents by all the laws of war By the well koown \aw of nations, war abrogates all compacts. And such compacts are nover to be revived 2 they were. We are now governed by the Inws of war 0d (he inws of nations alone. Does Mr. Stevens mean to say that the laws of war govern the whole country, the loyal States as well as those in rebelliou, or that the compact represented by the constitution is abrogated by what he calls “the well known law of nations!” Is reconstraction impossible? Can the compact honestly and intelligently en- tered into never be revived because we are “governed by the laws of war” avd a portion of the country is in rebellion against the gov- ernment? When individuals violate the law they are anfenable therefer, may suffer punish- ment and be restored to society; but when whole communities do so they are to be cut off, according to the theory of Mr. Stevens, from future recognition by “the laws of war and the laws of mations.” Who will contend that the children of those rebels new in arms against the government cannot be restored to their property when the war is over. We know no law of attainder. The constitution explicitly provides against it. Sequestration of estates as a penalty for political offences is nowhere sanctioned ander our laws, but is emphatically discouraged. The punishment of the innocent for the sins‘of the guilty is a privilege claimed by despotism alone. Whén the sobthern portion of the Roman States rebelled against the centralized power in the imperial city, and waged a stubbern war for six years, and yet were subjugated, the belligerents were restored not only to their former rights as provincials, but were granted the higher and prouder right of ranking as Roman citizens. So in all the rebellions in England, even the groatest and bloodiest of all, that of Cromwell’s time, rebellion to the crown did not abrogate the right of the recusants to be restored to their original status, with few preminent exceptions. The law of war exists only while war iteelf has a living power. No longer. Mr. Stevens, then, is only another ox- ample of how little our politicians compre hend these great historical and legal questions, the knowledge of which is the frst essential of statesmanevip. Tae Proaness oF tas TsLeorara.~—The lines of teieproph which are destined one day— nnd that not for disient-—to “put a gurdieground oul the earth” ate progeacting with gr at 4 The line belween Bngiand an Toadies, by why of Pagdad and Buesorah in reported to be fir in working order with the @xespti fone hundred ad pinty wiles of jand telegraph, between Diwanyeh and Korn, where the rivers ‘Tigris ead shed aud the circle of the Eastern Hemisphere, and will science in the present age. gir-wce-surewtinpemenonit-ot The Abolition of Slavery—Strange Re- omits. When the abolition of slavery was first vic~ Tently agitated on this side the Atiantic, about thirty years agé, it was the fashionuble philan- thropy of the time. There had been anti- slavery societies before that, bu’ they were merely little coteries of the “unco-good”—old gentlemen aad ladies of Philadelphia and Bos- ton, who met now and then of a sunny after- toon and droned one another to sleep with Prosy sermons about slavery. But in 1834 atavery wes abolished in the British West In- dies, and that gave a great impulse to the ques- tlom. That event was declared by a British statesman to be the death blow of this Union; end in that phrase the British statesman seunded a key note for the British aristocracy. From that time forth English aristocrats lent their energics to stimulate the abolition agita- tion in these States, and mado it almost a new crusade. All their “sympathies” were with the agitators, and they spent money freely for the support of abolition papers. But all this agitation was carried on under the cover of philanthropy. It was a humanitarian move- ment. As such it was commended to the pious men and women of New England, and as.such it enlisted a fanatic zeal. Pictures of the horrors of slavery—the pain of the lash, that brought blood at every touch— moved the sympathies of every lecture room, and the Chadband and Mrs. Jollaby of every circle kept up the chorus on the miseries of the negro. “Abolition of slavery was agitated then by these deluded people parely as a hu- manitarian movement that would relieve from misery hundreds of thousands of our fellow creatures, We have had now a fair taste of the results ofthis English philanthropy—this humanita- tian movement of the pious men and women of New England—this movement that was to relieve so much human misery. it dove? Within the past four years it has cost us the lives of five hundred thousand white citizens of the United Statea, who have been killed in battle or have died in the hospitals. Over this result those Englishmen, who believe im the English declaration given above, rub their hands and chuokle with delight. They see in that so much of material loss of strength for these States. Through the death of all these white men there is good reason to believe that one million of negroes have been made free. Between two and three hundred thou- sand of these—the able-bodied men—are in the army, as soldiers, teamsters and servants, Many were old men and old women and children, and these, and immense number of others, have died and where are the real? an miserably. Far the larger part of the million have died from the exposures incident to war and from starvation--the consequence of aban- donment by those who labored for their sup- port, But there are three millions left in slavery. The Southern leaders now propose to put into the Southern army all the able-bodied men of those three millions. By this means there will be left immense numbers of old men and women and children-—all belpless and without Will the few whites that are left labor for the support of these old All the helpless and decrepit of a pepulation of three the means of subsistence. negroest No: they must starve. millions must starve. Such are and will be the results of this great philanthropic and humanitarian movement for tie emancipation of the negro and the aboli- tion of slavery. Slavery is abolished, and the On the one band, the humanitarian fanatics have de- stroyed what they labored for—have almost annihilated whut they desired to save—and, on the other hand, the Southern leaders have done These Southern leaders announced their intention to found a nation om slavery. Slavery, the Southern Vice President said, was to be the corner stone of the Southern con- negro is likely to be abolished also. the same. federacy. But now these leaders abolish slavery for the sake of their own existence; and, having boasted of their chivalry and their intention to found an empire on the necks of negroes, they call upon these poor negroes to come forward and fight the battles of this proud chivairy. So strange is the progress of events--so wonderful the workings of Provi- dence. New Lanp Rove ro tar Pactric.—The modes of transit from the Western to the Pacific coasts of this continent have hitherto beer con- fined to those by land, through the Isthmus of Panama, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the rail- roads through our Western Territories and the British possessione, and the long and dangerous toute by sea around Cape Horn. The inbabi- tants of the Atlantic coast of South America were thus compelled to keep up a connection with the other side of the centinent mainly by the latter route, which has always been re- garded with terror by navigators, or by the somewhat eafer passage of the Straits of Magellan. A new route, however, has just been dis- covered over the Andes, apposed to be availa- ble for a railroad, in the construction of which it is probable the governments of Chile and the Argentine Confederation will anite,and thus form « connection between Valparaiso and Buenos Ayros. The Andes, this stupendous backbone of South America, has presented an obstacle deemed insuperable, except for the slow pasgage of mules, between coast and Coast, If this discovery cam be made available, not only will the voyage by the Horn be dis- pensed with, but it will Induce a new South American emigration tothe rich Pacific coast, where many Huropean cdlonies have already a prusperous existence. It will have the effect so of etimotating en emigration from the ¥) American States on the Atlantic to oar on wealihy moneral Territories of Idaho Mentana, we well as turning Burepeaa capital very largels apon Amovicen comtinent Ifudeed, the ostab- of a Land oommaateation between the terpriss wad culty, im consequence of the shallowness of the water to be crossed, that it is not doubted that within three years daily telegrams may be received in London fram Hong Kong, Melbourne and Sydney. This will complete be just intime to meet our Atlantic telegraph on the chores of the Western, which will be then completed; and we shall lave the whole | world in the grasp of the electric fluid—a fact which will represent the greatest triumph of And what has MEWS FROM WASHINGTON eRe ererEeeee ‘Wasmigaron, Oct. 29, 1864 THE RECENT MOVEMENT OF GENERAL GRANT. ‘There seems 10 be we doubt, from concurring teat ; mony, that Geveral Grant's recont movement was im tonded only as @ reconnoissance to obtain knowledge of the situation, extent and strength of the rebel lines. FINANOIAL MATTRES. ‘The Issue of seven-thir'y bonds fms not been suspend ed, but as there is aeufficient number on hend no mere aro to be printed at preseat, It ts belicved that the balances tm the hands of Treasury agepts will be suficiess to cover expenses untit some arrangement i# mede by Congress to meet the acsumutating pubiio debt, TROPHIES OF THB BATTLE OF GEDAK ORBHK. ‘Twouty-three pieces of artillery and a numbor of ext wons, captured by Sheridan at Cedar creek, arrived hore to-day om the cars from Martinsburg, and were pre- sevted by General Tordert to the War Departurems, Owing tothe iateness of their arrival the Secretary of ‘War was not present at the department, and, without. \ any formaiity, Adjutant General Townsend received’ the |. guns and ordered them to be parked in the grounds: a@- jacent to thé War Office, when the gates are to: bo thrown open:to the public @-morrow. Mavy of the car riages aro Broken down, and all exhibit marks of haré } usage. General Toxbert reteras to the front to morrow. CAPTUR® OF THE SOHOONER ANNI® VERDEN. Admiral Farrrgut commusicates to the Navy Dopas® ) ment the capture of the schooner Annie Vorden, under British colovs, some sixty miles southward: of Velaseo, Texas, by the United States steamer Mobile, She has & cargo of seventy-three bales ef cotton. PUBLIG LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM BALE, ie J “tnstractions were to-day eoat to the Register of the: Land Office s& Marquette, to withdraw from sale the pubs tie lands for three miles exch side of the New Mili read from Houghton, on the Fortage Lake to Greos Bay, Wim consig, the same haviag bees appropriated io eid the com struction of oaid road. The Frenoh Theatre. OPENING OF THE SEASON, After byt little preliminary announcement M, Juignet: opened iast might bis season of french plays et Niblo’s Sa Joon, The little theatre was crowded to excess, aud over e bundred eager spectators @tood up dui'ng the entire: performance. Tse avdience included most 0’ our Prominent French Gitizens and many obner foreigners now in the city, M. Juignet’s company, though substantially the same as last season, yet shows several important changes. Among tho ladies, Ale Delange, Nathalie Dumas an@ Stephanie Berzeon with others among the gontlomen we recognize the familiar names of Edgard, Chol and Fay. A pew comer, Sopbie Larmet, however, takes the piace of Madomoiseile Hombourg, and Gravier, who is no longer with the company, Gudsa substitute in Albert Larmet. Thore are algo several now actors who will appear this week. ‘The play last night was George Saod’s Le Marquis ée Villemer, a long, compltoated four aet comody, first prev duced at the Odeon, Paris, in Fevruary last. It is gener- ally said in theatrical circles that the younger Dumas as- sisted ¢he author in adapting the work for the stage; and, avy way, tt contains many skiliful passages aad tellag situations, A bumorous sceno, where two sous implore, on their knees, a mother’s permrssion for one of them ¢ marry, excited much mirth, though, asa genoral thiog,’ the play is rathor an uninterrupted elucidation of an te- teresting plot than a vehicle for amusing points and mere displays of eitber comic or serious acting. The londjng chase acters are the brothers, Uroain and Gactou, well reg resented by Faye and Larmet, a mother of the'true mere © noble type, the Marquise de Villemer, ably reprosented by Madame Bergeon, and the part of Caroline, the forte jeune premure, jo which charagter Sophie Larmet met withe favorabie reception, The various porformers, who acted throughout with the grace and tact vo characteristic of ‘he French stage, were heartily applauded, and the oow play was voted a decided success. Noxt Tuesday evening La Joie de ta Matson, with MA Juignet as Hector, and Le Pour et le Contre, will be pre duced, 4 The Seventh Regtm ce While our soldiers to anmi baving their promenades: to the music of cannon aud the cheers of victory, on the banks of the James and the Sbevandoan, our soldiers a& home bavo inaugurated a series of promenade concerta, jm which a differen t kind of melody prevails. We allude to the new feature in our city amusements, the prem menade concerts of the Seventh Regiment band, uoder the leaderghip of Mr. Grafulla, at the regimental armory, Over Tompkins Market, the first of which came off test night, which are te be repeated every alternate Saturday wotil the eventful 4th of March. The ab tendance on the epening night was immense. The large ball looked like a hive of bees, busy with pleasure, if not with profit. Those who pre‘erred: luxurious ease lounged on the sofas end chairs, some in groups, some tefe-a-tete; but the promenaders were in a farge majority. It was @ pleasant reunion, partaking of that easeand freedom so consonant wi promenade concert, aud presenting In the toilets of the visitors an appropriate simplicity and elegance. The abrence of military uniforms was remarkable. Here an@ there a portion of the fatigue drese, and in some instances a star or cross of honor on the civilian’s costume, sione suggested that it was @ military occasion on which one was prosont, The familiar gray uniform of the Seveotm was wowbere visible. Tweat, @ or thirty years ago it could bardiy have been said that there was @ fully orgacized band in the country. ‘The first waa probably te be found in Boston, and was called the Brigade Band; but ft consisted only of @ few pieces. Stilt tt was greatly in demand; and, anticipating (he time when artists of the highest cast are as plentiful as sum- mer birds, in the covcert line, it used to travel from city tocity, giving concerts, which were then rogarded aa great musical treats and created almost as* much of @ furor in those comparatively primitive days es the finest renderings of Verdi, Donizetti, Meyerbeor and Gounod do in ours. Seon after another organization sprung up, known as the foston Brass Band; and these were the only two which the country had to rely upon a8 thattime, Kendall, afterwards se weil koown by bis performance on the bugle, was the leader of the Iatter. ‘The Boston bands comprived the primt tenori, soprans, bast and contraiti of that age, in their clarionet, ute, bugie and basson, the other instruments Ol! cluding the bass dram and ¢ymbals—to mi orchostra. With the scarcity of bands and Sppreciation—or, in fact, the necessity for t usual reen't of the priaciple of supply and demand came: up in our midst, Kendall, the re a9 rguoh ail rvebee of meek cal ncleton or taste of the community by own devotion to [ed mai yo pe teee aes i Eo eruen Srcariee instrumental music, wnt a militia regiment ew 8 political association that bad not its band, many them a very full drum corps. Indeed,in many of our imposing open air celebrations the musicians some times excelled in number, aad always in bride Hancy of costume, the civic or mili bodies whe Bi iat fats Leactn S say ti ps marie at ihe oom time, sloug the line of Broadway on gome great national ceicbration. The war has ebanges ¢ Promenade Com grew thisconsiderably, but only to transfer music to field with the volunteer regiments, every one whi as tts Own band to cheer the hours of the camp, or the more wear, enliven parade, ang taspire the battling phelamx with martial ardor, Mi fe essential to tbat spirit which makes countries and enviable. No nation that despised it ever im war, and nove that neglected it was Migbiy cultivated, in perce, Tyrteus, the soldier poet, mang war songs the Spartan camp Ores, and even the Ley rigianess that people metted under the charm, so that the inspira tion quickened their arms jv the hour of vate. ‘The Seventh regiment, National Guard, has been a8 com jcnous for its fine regimental band as for its pert diacipline and erprit du corps. Under the leadership Mr. Grafulla it has attained perbaps # reputation which the best military bands in Europe aight envy? The bien artiatic proficiency displayed last night deserved the f merit awarded to the performances by an audience im which intelligenoe was combined with musical judgment, beanty, and muoh of that stamp of intellectnality whic ps some 80 high a charm te assemblages of refined character, —_S ‘Ine Twestt.tmeo Reoiment, Natiovat Gvann—Inermp q10N ano Promenape Concent.—On Monday next the ‘Twenty-third regiment, National Guard, of Brooklyn, wi be formally inspected. They will also bi ast New York. On Tuesday evening they will give © Promenade concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Muste, which promises v0 be quite a uritt parade af it affair, ‘Tre Uwrow Fain Concent —Irving Hai! wee about te Abirda fall at the Coucert given lat aight for the Heo Ae of tr Uoton Home and School for Sotdvers’ Oh! oe Heveral of our leading m a gave Wie Rererion @ band of Ory neonm + Je ang, nude bie 4 rection, the charitable objet, au agenns wo iar south Of the ald coutes Ona ¢ would lave ylelded 0 favgcr eum to the ORve retained, an@ | —s