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chase by tbe dteamsntp Vanderbilt, of the North Caro. tiua coast, on the 3d instant, aftor a rebel blockade rupwing steamer, which was apparently running for the port of Wilmington, ‘The pursuit was kept up for seve- or 3s ra! hours, and the Vanderbilt rapidly Bained ge the con- OOKNER OF FULTON anp NASSAU sta. | Mrébindoraft, whio® had tong drought alstect within Be J range of tho Union guns, when bight sét in, saved ber from capture, and rondered further chage futile. Late rebel papers contain the message of Governor Smith, of Virginia, laid before the rebel Legislature of that State op last Thursday. Be recommends a repeal! of the State law which exempta certato of the cilizens from conscription by Jel. Davis’ officers, and says he is utterly at a loss to understand why these men should not bo swept into the army as well ag others. Ho also ex- aself in favor of armtug the slaves, and thinks NEW YORK HERALD. pe tare ane Volume XXIX... AMUSKMEN(S THIS EVENING. AOADREMY OF MUSIC, Irving place. —Irauiy Oreram Ti. Puoratons WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—U acer, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Tue Streets oF New fone NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Rowery —Cnancoat Bor— | pres Fee DLae'ae sata etal a that the Legislature should pass some act to regulate the BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Snyen Escares~Six | prices of thenecessarios of life. Dronwes of Ontux The exchange of prisovers, which was broken off at Savannah a short time ago, is now progressing as rapidly as practicable in Charleston harbor. Ia consequence of this, and in accordauce with arrangements proviouély made, the bombardment of the city of Charleston bas been temporarily suspended, aud will not be resumed until tbe exchange ts concluded. The bombardment BROADWAY TUEATRS, Broadway.—Harrussr Dar or My Lire—Peorie’s Lawren. NIBLO'S GARDBN, bro war.—Coonis Soogaa. WALLAOK'S TREATRE, Broadway.—How Suz Loves my BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broadwar,—Panorawa—Taren AuMotH Pat Gints—THReS GIAnrs—Two Dwanrs— NDIANS@ FRENCH AUTOMA NS. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES@® yy and Evening. ceased on Sunday moroing, the 4th iost.,and the opera- gt ind MINSTRELS, Mechavics’ Mail, 472 Brond- | tions of tronsfercing prisopers soon after began. It was Babe. OPtAN Songs Dances, Heunusaves SIGH | oo cto that two or three weoks would bo roquired to WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, fi4 Broadway.—Roxsixq | Complete tho oxchange. “ tax BugoKape—U. 8. G.—Eruiortay Sones, DaNcKs, &C EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steamship Glasgow, whicn left Queenstown on the 24th of November for New York, put into Halifax, N. S., yesterday morning short of coal. The steamship Canuda,from Queenstown on the 27th of November reached Halifax yesterday evening on her voyage t 0 Boston. The news of the Canada is four days later thao the advices of the Hat My Tt was said in Engtand that very important informa. tion had boen cbtaiued from papers seized an board the privateer Florida, likely to implicate foreign officials of “bigh rank’? tu affording active aid and sympathy to the rebels, The Immense moral effect produced 11 favor of the Union by the mavcer in which ibe Presidential election was conducted by the people was developing itsclf moro and more, daily. Mr. Cobden doclared to bis constitu- ents that it was the ‘most sublime spectacte’’ ever be- fore witnorsed ia tho world, and Professor Goldwin Smith corroborates the statement ina letter dated at Boston, founding bis testimony on what he had himself seen of the exercige of the poputar franchise, Mr. Cobden declared against English intervention, and asked why the rebels had never published a list of griev- ances, They could not do this, he said, as they had only one. He bolieved that two separate goveraments could not exist within the limits of the Union. Meacrs, Slidell, Mason and Mann, the rebel agents, for- warded a copy of the manifesto adopted by tho Confede rate Copgress, in its last session, to the French govern- ment, adding, by way of postcript, @ united plaint about the ferocity” and disregard of “civilized” rules with which the war is now wagedby the North, A copy of the note was addressed to every Cabinet in Larope, with the exception of that in Constantinople. We are vot in- formed whetber the Sultan was complimented or slighted by tho omission, Some of the letding journals of Paris express the opin- jon that the Uoion will soon be re-established and slavery extinguisued. The rebel proposition of arming tho negroes in the South wus regarded in some quarters in London as an evidence of the near approach of ead of the rebellion and the ex- tivetion of slavery. The pocket abip Groat Western was released at Liver- pool by the English government, and permitted to go to ea with the alleged army agents on board. It ts Said that the owners of the ship tntend to sue the gov- ernment for damages. The Groat Western was detaived by stress of weather when the Canada sailed. Avery severe storm visited the eastern coast of King. land, causing many shipwrecks aud considerable loss of CAMPBF: 193 and 201 Bowery.— VARIED 4x so MRLANGE oF Etarorian Opprtias— Tue Biaok Buicavy SALLE DIABOL! QUE, 585 Brondway.—Roserr Meuse, MINSTRELS, HOPE CHAPEL, 72 wIAN THOUPE OF GLAS Broadway,-Woopnorra’s Bour- Ruowens. VAN AMBURGI & CO.S MAMMOTH. MENAGERIB, UN aod Gil Broadway.—Open from 10 A, M. to 10 P.M. HIPPOTHEATRON, Fourteenth street. —Egurstniay, GrMNAgriC AND ACROBATIC ENTERTAINMENTS. DODWORTH HALL, 803 Awona THE MORMONS AMERICAN THEATRE, ‘ANTOMIMES, BUXLESQUES, way.~Agrewus Wano 44 Broadsway.—Bauers, 4 Statce Biaxc. COOPER INSTITUTE, Bowery.—Pror. Donraus lunes RATED LECTURE ON PNEUMATIC CremistRy VANNUCHI'S MUSEUM, 600 Broadway.—Movina Wax FPiounes VARIBTIES, 87 and 39 Bowery.—Rartrrs, PaNtowrmns Benas, Buruxsgers, Ao. New York, Monday, Dee. 12, 1862. THE SITUATION, Tne Rickmond papers of Friday last report General Sherm in half way between Millen and Sayanveh, moving in the direction of the latter town, but do not give the date when he was at that point. This would leave him sbout forty mies from Savanngh. The Charleston Mer cowry Of the Sth inst. reported another fight to progress on the preceding day, near the Unarlestoa and Savannah Railroad, in the vicinity of Poootaligo, S. C., between Geueral Foster and the rebels, but was unable to state the result or give apy particulars, We this ‘morning Accompany our record of Generai Shermsn’s latest ro Ported movements by a sketch of his life and brilijant military career. From the James river armies wo have the parti: on. of another expedition which weut out from the Jeft of the Army of the Potomac on last Friday, ‘The expedi- tionary force was composed of three brigades of infantry and detachments from several regimonts of cavalry, all undor General Miles, aud travelled over the same route as that taken by the roconnoitering.gavalry on the pre- vious day, going along the Vaughn road to Hatcher's run, where, a‘ter some skirmishing, it drove the rebels from their intrenchments on the west side of that stream and took possoseion of them. The rebeis subsequeatly made demonstrations iadieating an intea- tion to endeavor to retake the works, but nally fell back about a mile and a half, to another position, and the Union soldiers retained their prize. General Miles’ loss in the skirmishing was only seventeen wounded men. Some adiditioual details are furnished of the moyemenia Of the columno under General Warren, consisting of the Fifth corps and a portion of tne Second aud some cavalry, which marched southward from the Army of the Potomac on last Wednesday morning The* two corps during the first day moved respectively on the Halifax and Jerusalom roads, both Tunning parallel with the Weldon Railroad, avd on Wed. nesday night they formed a juncti Nothing has been made public regarding Genoral Warren’s destination; but Bo doubt of his #uecess is entertained in the army. The Richmond papers of last Friaay soy that General War. fen's column struck the Weldon Railroad thirty.two Msi) Codrington, Royal Navy, bas been divorced from bis wife, after a protracted suit. It was thought that Thomas Hall Gladstone, an English bankrupt bank defaulter, had fied to New York, taking $300,000 in specie from a bank. A reward is offered tor his apprehention, The Bank of England reduced the rate of discount to seven per cent. Consols closed in London November 26 at 907, a 91 for money. The Liverpoo) cotton market was quiet, with prices un- changed, on the 25th of November. On the 26th ullimo the marke: was flat, and prices declined one-half a peany under the iefluence of the American news received by the Persia. Bres@stofis were quiet and eteady. Pro- visions quiet, witb prices unaltered. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The official vote for State officers at our recent election eon declared by the canvassore at Albany. For nor Reuben F.. Feuton received 369,557 voter, aud Horatio Seymour 361,254. Mr, Fenton's majority was therefore $295. A fire in the dwelling house No. 14 Weet Twelfth street last night destroyed about two thousand dollars’ worth miles south of Petersburg cp Thursday morning, | of furniture, and effected a damage to ihe building esti- and proceeded on in the direction of Weldon, | mated at twenty-Gve bundred dollars. Both the \bouse and furniture were inaured. Ni co is estim e * ‘orth Carolina. His force ie estimated at teu thou- | 4 seg occurred youterday morning at No. 17 Def'ftreet. @and, including a good allowance cf 'Y, but not } The damage by fire and water tothe stocks of goods in much cavalry. It t¢ said to be provided with eupplies for a long march; but the rebele are divided in opinion 86 to whetber it is intended merely for raidiog purposes or to capture Weldon, and thence, moving on, attack ¥ ‘ington in the rear, and take it too. Their previous re- Bort that a detachment from Butler's army bad offected a Jodgment on the south side of the James, between Drury's Pluif and the rebel position at the How is vow discredited by the Richmond pftss. Affaire along the front, thoy say, bad for some days been very ‘quiet but the grand attack by General Grant was stili hourly Sppreheuded. The map publithed in this morning’s Eixaaco shops the route of General Warren's march an¢ the field of General Miles’ success. There ie nothing later to notice regarding military operations at Naghbvilie. General Rosecrans has been removed from the com. mand of the Department of Missouri), avd har been suc- ceeded by General Grenville M. Dodge, A sketch of the Life and services Of General Dodge appears in thie morn- ing's Herauy, The quiet of the State of Miasour! ie now only distarbed by an occasional small gveritia foray and the relentiess war of extermination which the Union tababitants of the northern counties aro carrying On against the secession residents, in retaliation for the Dratel outrages of Price's men and the various bands of bushwhackers who lately beld that section under a reign of torror, The latest advices from the extin- guished General Prico represent that he is to wiater quarters in the vicinity of Washington, Arkansas, en Aoavoring to recruit hie army. The civil and military authorities in Detroit are in OPsseselon Of information which they say does vot admit of the shadow of a doubt that a band of rebels in Canada are still wailing their opportunity to and carry out their work the premises is estimated at fire thousand dollars, aud to tbe bailding @t fifteen hundred dollars, on all of which there are insurances. x A fire uroke out yesterday morning in No. 469 Broad. way, Lat was subdued after doing triding damage. The fire among the coal at the Brocklyn gas works ‘wes pot completely extinguished on Saturday morning, as thought at the time. It again broke out, and the fire- ave been consiaatly at work on it since In ition to the exertions on shore to ove eteamers provided with fire apparatus ha: Fast river opposite the work?, aud rendered valuable aid. ‘The damage thas far jf eetimated at (wo bundred thou. end dollare. The funcral of @ son of President Juarez, of Mexico, took place in this city op Saturday last, from the present residence of his mother. A laboring man, pamed Thomas Campbell, was yeeter- day committed for trial, in de‘au!t of one thousand do}. jars bail, charged with having passed two counterfeit ten dojlar bills on the State Bank of Newark, N.J., op a Hudson etreet butcher. James PD. Meyer wast yesterday locked up on the charge of baving swindled a Chatham square taiigr out of @ suit of clothes. The clothes were taken to tbe Everett House, according to Meyer's direction, and where he received thom, but, on the plea of going to bie room to try them om, he made his escape with the property. A man pamed Miles Emory received a verdict for seven thourand five bundred dollars, last week, in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, agaloat the Old Colony and New- port Ratiroad Company, for the loss of bie lege by-an accident on their ine. The Detroit Board of Trade have unanimously adopted a resolution favoring the continuance of the preseot Rect procity treaty with Canada until such time as commis siovers eal be appointed by the respective goveraments to revise it. House, Voiunreeninc.—Now that the harvest season ie over, and the work on the canala has come to an end for the season, quite a large number of young able-bodied men are joining the army, in the expectation that the war will be crows to that city. der and burning, and attempt to effect it is Lourly antic{pated is Paid : aiid ll ideas sav be fsx ai “a ‘ entied ina year; thus swelling up the ranks r eo ( fn ie on last W ¥ Me . arid *Y | with the finest material. This class find that night, and was only prevented by the mores accident. they can get etx hundred dollars bounty, with which, no doubt, they calonlate to purchase a | farm in the Weet when peace is restored. This sepmmjtnadialieets ~~ Aree alata | ie another ald to the developmest of the great 4 Toronto papet.faye tbe | Western country, which the war bas brought out, and jt will prove most fruitful of good re- bulte in afew years to come Upon the whole, volunteering {s proceeding on & very healthy basis. It ie quite common at the Supervisors’ Committee room for mento pay for a subatl- tute for oue, wo or three years, and thus re- lieve thelr mind of oll anxiety about a draft when it comes, In this way the county faod is released from so much outlay, and the money accumulates for the timo when it may be ne- NSA RK BABPZ: ihe wuthorities of Detroit are applying « towards a frustration of the Gorigne of these outlaws and their efforts i for their own protection, , roment bre been informed that a regiment of 1 re has been detailed from Richmond with LD f each man to find his way aloe te Canade, ' © detachment are to Concentrate as ' oko Geacente OD Our lake porte, from the Shenandoah valley re the ry 8 u there remaing un- enjoy ret and quiet, which (he wi pore ui ouenged, 1 Ond are cbcapys - in bwiding comfortable buts to protect mt ord rain and enow, YAM OMe QOTTOMROROGUNE Sone Mop — Seen eee, VET, TUM DHK 1Z, lout Se se ee ee eee Ryrws F Anprews on Tuvis.ow Weep—A Tent” Excortaroy—Tus Trovores CO THB “Harry FaMILy.”—As oné.of the most curiow® and caustic pelitiedl Brochures of the day, we Publish this morning o special letter from Rufus F. Andrews, late Surveyor of this port, to Thurlow Weed. In this letter the venerable chief cook and bottle washef, and compiler of statistics of the lobby, is handled without gloves. Mr. Audrews broadly hints or boldly charges that the venerable, reverend and patriotic Thurlow Weed is little better than “a demagogue, hypocrite and ingrate’’—the “Lucifer of the Lobby”—Fagin the Jew”—a dead man, who has come out of his grave—‘a melancholy Jacques”—Krook the Second” — “an unscrupulous old liar’’—“a wretch, who is by trade a liar’—and who is, withal, boldly set of being a slanderer of the President’s Grant—Sherman—Thomas—The Military Tet The active operations of the Union and the rebel armies are now. concentrated at three points, which represent an isosceles or pyra- midal triangle, with ite base line between Richmond and Savannab, and with Nasbville as the apex of the pyramid, Tho distance, as the crow. flies, from Nashville northeast to Richmond, is about five bundred miles, and southeast to Savannah nearly the sane, wiile between Savannah and Richmond the air tine does not,exceed four hundred miles. To the contracted grea within this triangle, the Davis confederacy, in a military , is now re- duced. Its existence..now depends upon the chances of repulsing and dispersing the army of Sherman in Georgia, of capturing Nashville and holding Richorond, ~ What are the prospectat Beginving with Sherman, all the rebel reports of bis move- ments show that, so far, his progress to the seaboard has been deliberate and unopposed, save by a trifling guerilla resistance. De- pleting all the country from Petersburg down, we doubt whether the enemy can muster at Savannah so large a force as twenty thousand men; and in concentrating their strength at Savannah they are in danger of being cut off from Charleston by Foster, aud of losing that important centro of their remaining railroads. Sherman fs “out of the woods,” and may strike for Charleston or Savannab, as gircumstances invite. The capture of either place secures the fall of the otier, and in simply moving betwoen them ho flanks them both. With his compact, powerful and thoroughly equipped army of veterans he may keep the open field, and in compelling the enemy to come out tosccure their lines of com- munication, he may avoid the tedious opcra- tions of a siege. He may adopt atill another line of action. Leaving Foster and the navy to keep watch and ward over Savannah and Charleston, Sherman may-take sbip and move for Wilmington or to the James river for a, direct co-operation with General Grant. This last move is what the soroly troubled robels at Richmond are most afraid of. Savannah is in great danger, Charleston is not safe, Wilming- ton must bo held in readiness for an assault; but still it is possible that Sherman, to sim- plify the game, may develop the real object of his expedition in a flank movement against Richmond. Meantime, in the withdrawal of rebel troops which would otherwise be ab- sorbed in the army of Lee, Sherman may be considered where he is oqual to thirty thonsand soldiers to Grant, and mastor of the situation against any combinations or reinforcements which the rebels oan bring to bear agaiust him. Next, turniag to Nashvilic, we have no ap- prehensions whatever of the issue of evente in that quarter. We are satisfied that Hood has reached the end of his tether; that he will not attempt to storm the forts in his front; that he cannot flank the gunboats in the Cumberland; that he has neither the provisions nor ammuni- tion for a siege; that the season of rains and mud is upon bim, which renders his passage over the rough country into East Tennessee absolutely impossible; that he has nothing to gain by striking west for Memphis, another fortified city; and that he will be lucky indeed if he shall contrive to get yor over the Ten- nessee and into Alabama his wagons and artillery. mi What, then, is the situation of things at Rich- mond? It has at length come to this—that Lee must abandon that place'and Petersburg for a safer position, or ran the bazards of being com- pletely detached @rom his supplies by Grant and of being cagedon limited rations by the arrival of heavy Union reinforcements. The operations commenced by General Grant the other day may be retarded by rains and mud; but these impediments will more offectually arrest any forced matehes of Lee to save his threatened depots apd stations. We bave pretty good information that Lee’s army is reduced to less than fifty thousand men—a force which is safe only in its intrenchments against duty it is totake charge of disorderly persons. It ia the business of the coeductor to eee that the convenience of bis passengers is not dis- turbed by any such person, and when it is to band tho offender Aer to the police, who, it appears from their active co-operation at the time the fares wore raised, are quite willing to assist the conductors. Most of the conductors behave like gentlemen, and there is no trouble with them; but the reputation of the class generally is injured by the conduct of such chaps as the one who. committed the assault on Saturday. Passengers should take care that’the conductor or driver of a car who bobaves improperly, or makes any disturbance, should be promptly arrested, and, after a few examplesof this kind, we shall be able to travel fn peace. The Dawn the’ East—The Kxample of the American War. The present civil war in this country fs now fairly acknowledged by the most liberal minds all over tho civiliaed world to be a conflict of ideas—a war of democracy, in the true sense of the word, whether exercised by an oligarchy or an individual. And by a dim, mysterious sympathy, the far off lands which Ie in the shadow of batbarism are begianing to enter into a corresponding conflict. Light fs break- ing into the dark places, through tho holes made by cannon ball and shell; and under various forms of revolution and resistance the battles now fought by the armies of the Poto- mac, the Tennessee and the Shenandoah—by Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Thomas—will soon be fought by the almond-eyed denizens populous China and by the reticent people of fertile Japan, The great rebellion in China is by no means in its last days, although the imperial gov- ernment shows 8 promptitude in punishing its leading rebels that does not at all resemble the kid glove treatment awarded to those Southern generals who, as prisoners, find their way from the rebel confederacy to our Northern States. A Chinese rebel leader has just been sentenced to be cut into 4 thousand-pieces. It is a frightful punish- ment; bat the Chinese antborities might learn suggestions how to substitute something really more cruel and prolonged, by receiving a set of photographs of Union prisoners held by the confederacy at Andersonville and else- where. Jeff. Davis has the patent for this sytem for the Southern States; but there is no international law to prevent its introduction into foreign countries. Perbaps, if the Celes- tial Emperor were to enter into af altiance with Davis, the latter could spare a few hotel bitraers for his new friend. To be sure they failed ‘Yw.New York; but they may be more succeasful in the cities and towns of China, where black travelling bags are not yet looked upon with suspicion. Our usually placid friends in Japan are also having an experience which must.agitate the'im- perlurbable dignity of the most majestic of the No-Kamis. Not only are their primitive arrows impotent ageinst the Armstrong guns of the allied fleet, but some of their own people, in- cluding « powerful Daimio on the sea coast, are rather disposed than otherwise to break down the barrier of traditional exclusivencss, and let the light of civilization shine in upon Japan. It would be a good thing. Indeed, more than that: ree magna est... Paper pocke'- handkerchiefs and blocks of wood, worn for hats, might disappear, greatly to the alarm of the Japanese conservatives; but the masses of the people would find linen and straw quite as use- ful, and infinitely more sensible. The final struggles of Japanese and Chinese conservatism will read curious!y enough a few years hence. It appears that several of the Japanese ambassadors, who lately took as agreeable a tour through Europe as was ever enjoyed by the most asthmatic and petted of New York clergymen, transcended their powers and were at once sentenced to death, but granted the privilege of the ‘hari-kari, or happy despatch—an institution which may be less civilized, but is certainly vastly more eco- This last charge, according to Mr. Andrews, involves the secret of his removal from the office of surveyor of this port. Ho had in- formed Mrs. Lincoln that Weed had openly accused her of “treasonable conduct,” and had followed up this accusation with the ex- traordinary news “that by an order of the Secretary of War that Jady had been banished the Capitol.” Weed posted off to Washington, as the story goes, putin his explanations, and was forgiven. But Andrews was not forgiven ; for Weed, as it appcars, made the removal of Andrews from bis office the condition upon which depended Thurlow’s support of Old Abe in the late Presidential election. Thus Andrews fell, and thus Weed had his revenge. It is a strange story. this of Andrews, an awful budgot of sharp practices on the part of the accused, which, if only half true, would justify the change of the familiar title of “the old man” to that of the old fool. Andrews has evidently been “taken in and done for;” but in making a sworn enemy of him Weed bas as evidently made a bad blunder. This rupture, however, between Weed and Andrews is but another item chargeable to the account of the original rupture between Seward and Greeley in 1860. Since. that flare- up we have had in this State a Seward faction of republicans and an anti-Seward faction, a Weed and Raymond faction ang a Greeley and Opdyke faction, a Chase-Barney faction and an anti-Chase-Draper faction, a Weed-shoddy fac- tlon and anti-Weed-shoddy faction—all of which may be comprised now.in one Prosiden- tial faction for Seward and two or three againat him. This letter of Andrews reopens the fight against Seward’ssgood man Friday, while it lets up the Secretary of State as a first class statesman. The Opdyke libel suit, before it is ended; will probably* throw a good deal more light upon the subject. We want more light. Let us have it. Meantime, if half the charges of Andrews can be made good against Weed, we can only say, in view of his age and infirmi- ties, “Lord have meroy upon him, miserable sinoer.” Tue Nava Arrrenticesnir Sysrem.—~Among. the suggestions contained in the report of the Secretary of the Navy is one which will com- mend itself favorably to the. attention of Con- gress. He recommends that one-half tho ap- pointments of midshipmen be selected from the naval apprentice school—a plan that has re- cently been revived with success to replenish the navy with young and efficient seamen. he apprentice schoolsbip, the frigate Sabine, commanded by Captain R. B. Lowry, now stationed near Norfolk, haw on board some two hundred and fifty healthy and intelligent youths, whose ages range from fourteen to eighteen years. They are regularly instructed in all the minu- tie of man-of-war details, including rigging. and uorigging masts and yards, bending and unbending sails, knotting, .eplicing, strapping blocks, heaving the lead, stecring, making sig- nals, pointing, grafting, weaviag mats, making gaskets, reefing, furling, using muskets, pistols and cutlasses, exercising great guns, target firing, pulling oars, &c., &c According to in- structions from the department, schoolmasters will *be assigned to each schoolship, to teach the army of Grant. The object of Grant is to care of time and money'than our plan of | 11,9 radimente of education, including compel bia adversary to come out, and we dare trial y jury, “aia =e martial. The navigation; and a proper allowance of say that the man who has marched his armies Daimios sro terribly alarmed. at tiie condition: books, stationery and necessary instru- of things, for, like Jeff. Davis and his satellites, they see at hand the end of their attempt to perpetuate a despotism. The allied ficet in Simonosaki, and Shermar in Georgia, are both letting in a great deal of light in dark places. Nearer home, where the opposers of despotic power, who, from long and bitter experience, are, till the proper moment arrives, as wary and quiet as they are firm and determined— among the liberals of Earope the ond of our war and the triumph of the national cause is awalted with an earnest anxiety which, per- haps, we Yittle suspect. If democratic prin- ciples and republican institutions succeed here and survive the efforts of Southern oligarchs and the influence of foreign potentates, the ex- periment will again be tried in Europe, as now, in preliminary stages, it is undergoing trial in Asia, where our little river steamers on the Chinese waters are opening the eyes of the natives to the realities of the world. The United States arc but takipg the lead ia this great conflict of progress against old fogyism, of civilization against barbarism, of repub- licanism against despotism; and there can be no doubt that they will emerge first from the smoke of battle which then will darken the eastern horizon and stretch as far as the anti- podes and elsewhere. over the swamps of tie Mississippi will not be embargoed by the mud of Old Virginia. We have all the advantages of numbers, equipments, position, eubsistence and facilities of communition at Richmond, Nashville and in Georgia. Iu the triangle marked by these three points-there are ne means of railway commu- nication between Lee and Hood, nor between Hood and Savannah. They have been de- stroyed, or are strongly held in our possession. Hood is completely detached and dependent upon his own resources. Tee's only remaining communications are with Breckinridge, in East Tennessee; with Early, in the Shenandoah valley, and with Wilmington, Charleston, Sa- vanmab and Augusta, His railway lines are limited, practicaliy, to one side of the triangle described, and these, if not now cut off, he may lose at any moment. Two years ago he pos- sessed euch a vast and perfect system of inte- rior railway lines, that be could beat us in concentrating a superior army at almost any point. Reduced now to three inferior armies, each with its bands full, all demanding rein- forcements, and with only, we may say, a single track of railroad between Richmond and Georgia, and none between Georgia and Hood, the great strugglé draws to a close, and the iseue at all points is in the hands of Grant. ments. Practically, this naval apprenticeship system is of more eervice to the national navy in supplying it with able and efficient men than the highly scientific and aristocratic Naval Academy at Newport; ond it is therefore but just that the youths employed in it should be entitled to a share in the disposition of the higher grades of naval appointments. Captain Lowry, who has so acceptably discharged his duties as commander of the schoolship, has been careful in the selection of his subordinate officers and instructors. They are all humane and capa- ble persons; and not a word of complaint has been heard from the schoolship in regard to harsh treatment, improper or scanti- ness of food, uncomfortable quarters, insuffi- cient clothing, medical care and attention, or in regard to hours of rational recreation and liberty. By their evolutions in battalion drill and rifle exercise on shore the boys beceme familiar with military duties, while the band- ling, loading and firing of great guns and tar- get practice make them aoquainted with ar- tillery practice, serviceable both ashore and afloat. The discipline is strict, moderated with kindness; for it must be understood that the naval schoolship {s not a reformatory institu- tion, to which bad and intractable boys can be sent for correction. As at present eonducted, it fs an honor for any boy to enter it, and many of our most respectable citizens have sent their boys thither, and have had no cause to regret it. Under the new suggestions of the Secre- tary of the Navy an additional inducement will be offered to respectable families to haye their sons placed in the school, and we have no doubt that, in a fow months, not one, but perhaps half a dozen ships, including steamers, will com- prise the naval apprentice school flect. Maxmiuran To His Sovsecrs.—Maximilian’s firat edict to his subjects since his return from his recéat tour bas been published. It fore- tells the policy he intends to pursue in order to harmohize the old republican sentiment of the country with the new imperial order of things, and is altogether a tolerably sensible sort of ukase. He seems to be perfectly satisfied with the state of the country, and with the prospect that his reign will prove auspitious to the people. How long will it last? A New Evyterrnise.——The blockade runners carrying ootton from Wilmington, Charleston and Matamoras to Nussau and Bermuda have been pretty closely watched of late by our armed vessels, and in several instences were chased so sharply that they had to throw quan- tities of cotton overboard. These vessels run always ina regular track after they get out- side the blockading line, so that ships coming from the West Indies with fruit have fre- quently found « rich harvest of cotton afloat, for which they occasionally sacrifice their cargo, permitting it to rot while they are gathering in the more valuable castaways of the blockade runners. Recently the rebels have been in the habit of ripping open tho balesbefore throwing them overboard, and thus the sea, for miles in their track, is whitened with floating cotton, This was too tempting aa opportunity for Yankee enterprise to overlook, and we understand that a com- pany bas beon formed in this city which om- ploys vessels to follow the path of the blockade runfers and pick up the cotton, and that they are making quite a good thing out it. This is certainly a new kind of maritime enterprise. We have now not only our blockading equad- ron, a blockade running squadron, hut ® squad: 90 9 walle gad pers. Viotwnt Assavit ox a Crry Rattroap.— Some time ago, when the city railroads and stage Ines advanced the rate of fare, constant equabbles were occurring between passengers and conductors, who, in many instances, were less civil than they shonld have been. But of late everything bas gone on peaceably on our lines of travel until Saturday, when a gross eutrage was perpetrated by a conductor and driver of a Fourth avenue car on a gentleman passenger. It appears that the gentleman discovered, on proceeding to pay bis fare, that he had for- gotten bis pocketbook, and was therefore with- out money. Forthwith the conductor ordered him ‘ont of the car, The passenger remon- strated; explained that he had been travelling on that line for many years, and promised to pay bis fare on returning. The conductor would accept no compromise, and the gentle- man left the car. In doing eo be made some remark not agreeable to the official, whore- upon the conductor and driver both left the oar and attacked the gentleman on the street, assanitiog bim violently. The conductor was then arrested, and we hope we may bear of bis being properly punished. Conductors have no business to put any one off the cars, or create any disturbance io them. Tho otcevte pre Lined with nolicemen, These. Orexina Trape wirt Tus Sovuru.—We per- ceive that the government has acceded to the request of the rebel authorities to furnish thirty thousand blankets to tnoir prisoners in the North, in return for om thousand bales of cot. ton, and that the Union General Payne and the rebel General Deals are egpoiated co garry tt ett ene out the contract. They are now in this city! This is the reopening of trade between thd North and South, and may lead*o further ex- oosnges of merchandise, and ultimately to « return 2f the old commorcial relations be- tween the setons. Presipent Livcoty’s Message my Canapa.—~ The Toronto Globe has an editorial review of President Lincoln’s Message, in which the writer takes occasion to express himself in complimentary terms regarding the document. In view of the fact that the editor of the Globe holds an important official positien, in Canada, and that the President used protty strong lan- guage toward the Canadian government for tolerating raiders and other rebel marauders, this favorable criticism of the Message may be regarded as significant. It is to be hoped that the Canadian authorities will come to thele senses, and cease harboring the gangs of con: spirators known to exist within their juris: diction. Lite ry Intelligence. Charles Francis Hall's ‘*Arctio Researches,” epleadyary iilustrated, ba just been published by the Harpers ‘Those who have read Dr. Kane’s interesting narrative will find It necessary to read Mr, Hall’s valuable work. ‘Tho first volume of a ‘History of the World,” by Mr. Philip Smith—an Engtish writer who has contributed largely to Dr, Smith’s “Dictionary of Greek and Romas Antiquities”"—bas just been republished here by Appletoa. The plan of the work cannot be better stated than fo the words of the preface. Avoiding the disjointed system pursued in the treatment of all previous bistories of the game kind, it attempts to trace story of Divine Providence aod human progress in one connected narra. tive, preserving that organic unity which is the chiet aim of its author, The first volume brings us from (he Creation of the-world to the accession of Philip of Mace- don, and Mr. Smith exhibits a spirit of close analytical investigation fn the manner in which he separates the fabulous from the probable in the accounts of tho ourlp Jowlsh, Greek and Roman writers, In other respects thé book ts equally dezerving of commendation. Although the style is somewhat ponderous, it bears evidences of that care and attention to accuracy as to authorities which ghould disttoguish @ work of go much fraportance. Anow illustrated edition of “Webster's Unabridged Dictionary’ has just mado its appoarance frow the prose Of G. & C. Morriar,Springfold, Mass. ‘The additions sad {mproveménis made on the pictorial editioy of 1859 2 ofa very important character, J0 the first. place, tin whole etymological portion of the work has beea revised and extended by Dr. Mabo, of BéFfin, a most dis- tinguished lly, there has beon added to it a history of t1 language by Professor Hadloy, of Yale College, W Gualifications for the task will be generally admitted, “In tne “Vocabulery’’ additions bave been made which bring up the number of words from (be seventy or eighty thousand, of which it origivally consisted, to one hundred and fourteen thou- sand, being ten thousand more than are to be found (a any other dictionary in the language. in “Definitions,” “Orthography"’ and “Pronunciation” similar improve ments have been made by the best qualified echolirs to both hemispheres, As a monument of arduons literary labor, scholarly investigation and satistactcry resulte this {mproved edition of Webster may bo said to bave at equal among dictionaries, ‘That octogenarian dandy, the Hon, Grantley Berkeley, whose sporting visit to the Western Statos alow yoars ago brought him tuto notice in this country, has just publisned an autobiography which gives a carious tnsight into the habits and associations of the British ariste. cracy. In ite earliest pages he does not scruple to les his roadors know that his mother was a petty trades. man’s daughter, and that she was hig father’s mistress, oder the name of Miss Tudor. From his description of her it would appear that she wis vulgarand unfeeling, and that father, by his brutality, was worthy of matching with her, Tho facts ralated imeonnection with his duol with Dr. Magion exhibit ia @ still more shame- less light the character of the writer. He does his at- most to show that. Magion was «@ coward, aad that Mr. -Frasor had instigated him to shoot his opponent poder threat of arrest for debt if ho failed. ‘Magion had uever handléd a pistol in his life. “Ha fought with my copper John Manton’s pistols, that I was used to, I could nave hit any button on my adversary’s coat,” Among the directions agreed to, wa find, ‘You are to hold your arms pendent by your sides, and to take Bo aim.” Two pages after Mr. Boerkoloy says, “I awaited bis discharge, and delivered mine immediately, after taking a hasty aim at his leg!’ Comment on this ‘would be superfluous. Under tho title of “Explorations in Southwest Africa,” Mr. Baines, the artist to the Zambesi expedition under Dr. Livingstone, has published an account of the journey which he made in the years 1861 and 1962 from Walvisch bay, on the Western coast, to Lake Ngami and the Vie- toria Falls, The book, though full of interesting facte, reads rather tedious!y, owing to the task of editing tt having been performed by the author's father, who, with more tenderness for bis. gon’s labors than for his literary reputation, has preserved all the commonplace incideuts and trivialities of bis jou.nal. From his description of tho Victoria Falls—one of the G@randest sights in all Afrioa, rivaling, if not exceeding, ‘that of Niagara in magnificence—we extract the following as a specimen of Mr, Baines’ style when warmed into ea- thasiasm :— ards more cast, commenced the first grand fall, comprising in one view near a mile of cataract, ‘stretchtog in magnificent perspective from the three ‘rill cliff to the western side of Garden Island, ‘The cliff was here of ita original and the edge boing appareatiy unworn, the height of the fall was greater, but of course the depth of water flowing over it was less, Beside this, from the absence of any matorial slope like that in the channel ot the leaping water, tha stream did not gather way, but flowed eatmiy and ma- jestically onward. Shallows and ledges of rock caused ud miniature cascadesy but eae cal. aed 1e repose of the deep blue surface, Toad! the cantie of ite course, the Wmighty took Place. Wherever an equahty of the rock { a hollow te conduct a mass of water, there fell, sweeping more or less outward in direct proportion to iis strength: and volume, @ jet moro or pa ge. and traos- lucent for the firet few yards, but quickly break: masses, (rom which tho lighter particles, Ubeir descent, formed comet or rocket-like trains ef ‘and vapor, tilt the whole, bofore reacting the abyss, transformed into a broken, sw white, sre bearing but little resembiance to agtual liquid reminding me more of the descriptions I the Staubbach in the Alps than anything Now stand and look through the dim and Live till it loses itself in the cloud of ‘Think nothing of the orizzling mist, Dut tell me if heart of man ever conceived anything more gorgeous than those two lovely rainbows, eo brilliant that the eye shrinks from looking on them , segments of which ri from the abyss, au the rays cag it, Overarch: 8 i and forest, Ti ristng'to the jest paint they fail to find refracting moisture to the arth. Nadar, the amateur wronant, whose Daloom expert- ments and failures have furnished such a prolific theme tothe Paris wits, bas come out with a volume under the title of Memoires du Geant, which for garrulity, egregious vanity and unreserved frankness, beats every- thing of the kind that has been put into print. It ts all the more amusing from tho fact that Nadar having followed. in turns the pursuits of cartcaturiet, comic journalist end photographer, has acquired a certain humorous and artistic way of viewing things which im- part an indescribable piquancy to the book. The follow- tog will serve as a specimon:— Four days before the ascent he writ Brofecture of the Police to see the head Police, M. Nusse. 1 found ® man Tint said Pts‘ Noses. tT appreciate. thes e wea- ‘vieo, eir,’” }. Nusse, ‘* pon bh ‘boon put into my hands the firet quality ge, precision, nothing wanting to bit my mark ish. But this fine and good tool is the very ove which would best serve for me to blow out my brains if you do not inaure me the safe enjoyment ite possessi You know what the populace of Paris is on in days and I have no need to recail to you fromthe bistors mroatation precedente such as Miolan and Janinet, Doghen, de x, &C. The Masses are hostile to noveition; balloons, like railwaya, have remained to be still a new thing and ® Peculiar oxcitement. Thero are always people on a bridge to throw beams and stones om the rail bofore the train passes: there are always miscreants who can but hair devour their desire to do a miscbie! to overy mronaut: there are, above 8 groedy with the necessity of boing » It bad not, ten times for once, te of boing well coversd by yoo, pelt} muntoipal pollgs reagenred Se, Pieri ten 1 went to the the Muatoipal of politeness and Mars at my ser- cort bead of the mun) grant mo all the foreo necessary. to combine with that of the troop obligingly placed at my disposal by Marshal Magan. To reassure mo otitt A ie advlnod me to pare ‘visit (0 the Prefect of th Police himself, M, Boittelle, * * M, Boitteile, wi had not till then had the advantage of meeting, : to mea man of dircet and frank bearing, aud a clear blue look (regard blew) always meoting one ful in the If at oase In crossing such glances. Tiros it wast tmpogatble for Me, not to recollect shat bil adminiatration hea made no noise, 7 = people without a history,’> somo one ssid. pel 8 Erte ieee, iailiy, Unes Ie viistie Wea foud opie ‘and 18.¢ some’ vory good ones rannd wh All promingd wall, 7 Z :