The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1866, Page 1

- THE NEW YORK HERALD. 10,972. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1866. oer SS b PRICE FOUR CENTS. introduced to the people. General ho was @ Harrison county man, end the President had an opportunity to see some reapocta- bie men in Harrison county, He had the worst class of he had seen si cussing the meal the President and Sle was THE TOUR. Tho Presidential Party in Eastern Ohio | sar Ste'st"tory Miah neath “i Party rebels have rope Di dest nk Know Now Market is the home of every | Market than tn’all the country wogether? (Cries “You're right.”) come when we should reason together, and when passion and prejudice should cease, and concord and fraternal feakeg” prevail, Let us have entire union, conciliation au ce. These and other utterances met with generous re- sponses, in strong contrast with the behaviour at New Market. From nce to Steubenville was an uninterrupted Ave miles, where the party was again re- masic, and a display of national mber had assembled—for a place of ity of whom were decorous and well and Western Pennsylvania. Alternations of Enthusiasm and Opposition. Disgraceful Scenes at. New Market, Ohio. ‘tS 81z0—@ major behaved. The President was introduced, when some ‘one asked him to give them a few words. There were ed calls for Grant, and hbootings and groans and for Johnson. ‘The President in reply to the request said:—‘T doubt from the indications whether that could be done or not.” (Renewed groans and yells.) General Custer said:—‘‘Wait until next October, and worse groans than these will be heard,” (Laughter, yells and cries of ‘Hear bim.”’) The President said :—*Let them alone; they know not what they do.” The disturbances wi somewhat subsiding, the President said, single remark to that portion of my fellow here to-day who are disposed to treat mo as citizen, with civility, and, in addition, as the Chief Magi ith respect. I tender my thanks for their mani- ‘tions of regard. As to the other portion, I would ask, Shall I set my life upon a throw Beca use a bear is rude and surly? No. A clever, sensible, well-bred man ‘Will not'insult ind no other can. The President was cheered by his friends. The dis- turbance came principally from boys in the crowd. The President then retired to his seat in the car, Marshal Gooding three cheers for the consti- tution and the whole Union, then three cheers for the old flag, three cheers for Johnson and Grant, and three more for the army and navy. These were given with much enthusiasm. A_ Revolutionary soldier came board and shook hands with the President, As the. train moved three cheers were by a part of the crowd for President Jobnson. The Pittsburg Committee of Reception came on board at Steubenville, and informed the President that they bad bg: 7 Spend bo the Lge escort him to that city, It consisted of in. icKnight, Colonel McE!- BANQUBT IN THE BVENING | 25) close: Kerr, Mayor Duncan and sivers BURGETIBTOWN, PENNAYLYAMIA, ~~ was determined to improve the occasion to the beg] jelight o and really assembled the neighborhood. The d Preparations for a Brilliant Reception in GEN, CUSTER ASHAMED OF HIS TOWNSMEN He Declares Them Worse Than the Southern ‘Rebels. THE RECEPTION AT PITTSBURG. Refusal of the Mfayor to Take Part in the Proceedings. The President Interrupted and Debarred from Making a Response to the Welcoming Address. such as could get near the President and Grant bad no Dr. Bradley ta a‘neat speech, to which ve. respoade yr. a which he Washington on Saturday. saying that if the people do their duty all the States sod soon be in accord. He invoked them to con- de. de. &. sider the questions befere thocountry, and Wo 0 act as prevent the powers everament m eer sorbed in one branch of it. further dressed the Prerancrs, Sept. 13, 1866. ‘The Presidential party was called for an carly vreak- | "* fast at the Neil House, Columbus, this morning, and was @onveyed to the depot in carriages and escorted by a ‘band of music at balf-past seven A. M. Several hun- crowd, and was pot only listened to with attention, but peatedly cheered. INTERESTING INCIDENT. When about eight miles from Pittsburg the train halted, when Mr. J. E, McCabe hed dont on the platform, saying, “+1 ought not to be afraid to shake hande with for sbaken hands with - red persons were present to witness the departure, and | Gent Washington. His praciples Tiove, and E ie Detrayed the usual amount of anxiety to see the Presi- be soared ‘ advocate bis principles.” The t ao Gent. The train was at first composed of two passenger ears and a baggage car; but, the condition of Secretary Seward’s bealth being such that be required a bed to be made up for his accommodation on the train, an addi- fttonal car was acded for his exclusive use. “He has been too unwell to appear in public since leaving Louisville, ‘THE PARTY THINNING OUT. ‘The has diminished Vea Dut fe convalescent this morning, chats freely and en- | ¢,1B0 Parly has perceptibly = sum ie Cincinnati to wwe for al P diers’ and Sailors’ Convention thet, assembles in Clove. land next week. Colonel Morrow bade adieu, also, and for Knoxville, expecting to remain a started Tennessee, fortnight and then return to Washington, and the Co ‘pot be negro, “There, boya, is the cause of al 8 little mecident occasioned much the debris of a freight train wrecked the night before, | Sed that, in consequence of some exce 144 andon which one man was killed. Several cars were 7 of (hous ‘compasiog 4. porty. “HO viele of pitched down an embankment about six feet in beight | wrath will probably be no’ and the sour and broken to splinters. , AT KEWARE, Om10. On nearing Newark a salute was fred, and a band of RECEPTION, ines noered we nto the depot About Ave bondret | , Att matng ofthe commen in, Pung 7trday, people were at the station. Across the track # mammoth | and co-operation at ‘of recet Danner was suspended, with the inscription, “We stand gy Andy Johnson; no Indianapolis here.” A stand was (erected near the track, covered with boughs and wreaths of evergreens interspersed with smal) fags, presenting a Deastiful appearavce. Scattered around the grounds, and thrown out from 4 many peoads mks voc ting igen day i ee pretty banners and devices, such as, “Washington | President I should be pleased to Jackson and Johnson,” “Grant and Farragut,” “The | sist im doing pe ng Army and Navy Forever,” &c., &c. A large portrait of | tion ho Te the President was exhibited, surrounded with an im- | ferred to views menee wreath of evergreens and flowers, intertwined Se ae Sate pare with thirty-siz dablias, swinginggout conspicuously for | Andrew Joynson in other cli from be ‘the thirty-six States of the Union, Three cheers were wom Oe be Gale oe arian v : itation. @iven for the President, the constitution and the Union. an, Tespectt Places noti and accordingly did:—Unionto wnsville, Wheeling, Washington, Pa; Lawrence. @ould present to them the flag of the country, not with Epil Sharpabare, Etna, Port Perry, McKeesport, jure tows p. The Alleghany County Keforimn As- sociation also turned ont in large numbers, RECEPTION “pe and even sus; e entire city wore very much the same that greeted us in Louisville, The je were undoubtedly somewhat dif- In Louisville every one was friendly to the ad- ministration; in Pittsburg « large proportion of thoxe came from eurtonty, and wholly disagree As soon ata landing coold be effected the President was welcomed to the city in the following — ADDRRAB OF JUNGR M'CAWLIEK Mr. Presipent—The mae neg ll By meg Fo Allegheny, disregarding the popuiar voice, have ey ‘ite you here. The people, without distinction of im a town moeting assombied, have requested that stitution was the league by which he was bound, and mot the league which meets in the darkness of midnight pless It will not be between the North and the Soutb, but an internecine ‘wat. Then I ask you to come forward a2c prevent such | Hshould bd you welsome, to tis,sihele pm @ deplorable result by standing up (or the coust:iution of aoe” gomeens ‘Neaptality, a . yout bigh office the homage of iheir profound regard 8 Tuey honor “you for the native | talent, the ‘The President's remarks were frequently interrupted by ke engacit} bravery and independence of applause. Some persons in the crowd, as if to disturb the | siaracter’ and ihe honest impulses Mich ‘have elevated Proceedings, repeatedly shouted for Grant, when Gen- | you to a pinnacle where you are reed of all ‘eral Custer said— You cannot ineult the President | Bations of the earth. to great civil trial, from ite juception to ite termination, they found eheounter. ing the madness of potttiead herenies, inditfercnt to por sonal danger, resisting the common enemy, and coming up to the stature of the patriot, and soldier, aud rtatesmen Be then proposed three for the union of thirty-six States, whit were SANESVILLE ANXIOUS TO SEE THE PRESIDENT perperaste ‘of A delegation from Zanesville met the President bere, 5 impaired the constitution signed by and were greatly disappointed at his inability wo pas | Washington, the ine aie kas con career. Abd they cor late through that place and gratify their people. conmereaed ae ORANT, GRANT, ORANT—ROT @RANTED. atre of his earliest achievements, To you, General (rant, Cosmenen 0 calm, 80 quiet, so seemingly pulseless; yet when the ed and New Comerstown smal and intent | *ostitiuon and the Calon are in danger so pontive and enthusiastic gatherings awaited the tran. The cries | terrific, the first, the foremost and the most , with unparalleled military skill and the force of attrition, commanding obedience by the one and assuring solidity by the otber, I ai directed by (his enthumastic const ta. ou severe first, last, and all the time, “Grant, Grant, Grant," enry wi To you, Admiral hich prompted the insulte and riots elsewhere wan me ane Mississippi, eaptared Ne lopmast of your tagyhi to Mobile and the mingw |pecious pretence of applauding General Grant. These pod ig ag lng A eek aw = erowde had probably not read the General's character atic — totes ern rye Cy ry Serer. aot Ppeech at Cincinnati; of, having read It, believed it a | you, Mr fetles, who, io the a a wer oport 4 which is our pride and boast, Bovice of the enemy. The train stopped bat a few | Pierre Mie \indest wishes of thin community. To Moments at these pisces, The President and others you Mr. aoe Bg he aor Bee wore merely presented from the rear platform, when the jiiustrions cote he , so relat! government as in our pare carried them on. At the latir place the ptysiog: | Uytreuniy is pay aod defeat the dovighe of rival and Pomy and general appearance of the assembled crowd | jealous nations, this surging mass of my fellow citizens Senoted their Moravian and Pennsylvania Dutch descent, | oter the largest measure of public gratitade, And to you, Mr. President, let ne ae vay toes to dgnce you repose in (he people Is pot mipiaead, progres to the tomb of x gee = Dow or — of the ar ose volun traord| SO eee acess aot sats warncter and exaited position, a long life of meritorious pabhie In the perily of our history you have ex. bibied the virtue of the citizen, the elements : aod firm. ruler. of the same common ‘air having parental authority, an pad a alight stretch of the imagiaation would bave con. werted them into sine Hollanders, instead of tree and enlightowed Am eitrene AT DRENSISO®, advocacy of all manner of \ems and Soe Somrtoen woall place rd was fastened on Am. post wih “New Orleans; New Orieans;” No other man ‘eriation of Hl Peace, having been procieimed throughout the ‘aud, you are bracing (ot harmoniogr ation we dis cordant parte of yor wonderfal system of govermment. \'atac e8—pol ities personal you have beea com. peed doen = —— pottey omen you have shown equal te’ the time, and with the Delp of the ‘Will eatie them finally and forever Firm _ etoadiant |, a8 OE gives you to nee the raht Monntale you wil! soon cross, lofty in fiiriotion co Ke summit, and pire tnd cont im your purposes as ( first of the morning Wileh gid 4. Go om. eT. 0 on afi your great work of national regeneration until not a Single mac eball comain din in the bids Bie of the na- While Judge McCandless was delivering his address there were cries for Grant and Farragut, while others bellowed and ed, w and made all other con- ined ceivable kinds of noises. larger on oa the preven! ‘Th disorder, the delivery of any speeches, The q y as if to command silence. This effort was somewhat successfal, when the President commenced bis remarks, as follows :— THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE, Faitow Cirizans—Permit me through your honored chairman to tender my sincere thanks to the people and citizens of Pittsburg for the welcome which they bave given me and those who accompany me on this occasion. (Cheers, and cries of * Silence” in the crowd below and on the platform.) 1 feel honored in receiving this wel- come, more especiallly as it the le—the people, on whom IJ have ve tendered it to me under peculiar circumstances, in defiance of those who have held power and authority. (Shouts and groans and cries for Jobnson and “ on.”) A welcome to Pittsburg by the people, masters of those who refused welcome to a fellow citizen and to fe Chief May rea welcome from loved masters, I repeat, peculiarly gratifyiny ‘me (tl noise below contin’ nd in being here r I fet say in the few words to which I intend to give utterance that I come being welcomed by the people aa @ fellow citizen and the Chief Magistrate of not twenty-Ove but of thirty-six States. (Immense cheers.) I come as the Chief te of, as inscribed there (pointing to the words io ton the front of the hotel), the whole Ui not a part of the Union; and as baa been alluded to here to-night, with reference to this Union and the opening of the Mississippi river, I would ask & i any - maare (negeaated 10.8 . os a people ttsbu (Cheers, 5 Mtempe to soparate the Union Bag ‘0 let ‘me call attention to the influence it would bave the commerce, trade and manufacturing of a eG now, being for the whole Union, I T think I am for the individual interest of man who stands before me here to-night. Ls igare9 = restora Mot these Biates, and ) bas for @ y as been said by some one in the crowd as ‘oan elian” I will state that my policy is to restore Union (cheers and groans) and to bring about peace and recon- Ciliation and concord between the American people. I will submit one single proposition, ty countrymen. Let me suppose a cage to t)'s people, p Bie the eleven Southern States lay ov! de the ju \sdictiou, belonged to some foreign Power, and proposed -apnexation to the twenty-five States of this Union. With all their re- sources and fertility of soll, and with a demand for manufactured articles, where is would not say they should become a part of their confederacy? (A voice—‘Jeff Davis.) We look to the West and Youthwest, and want an outlet for this great city, and where is the man who would make an acc'ssion of this kind? (A volce—‘Tell ux about New Orleans!’") (The disorder and mingled and confused cries continued.) In coming here to-night and accepting the weicome—(Cries everywhere “Order’’}—I come pre- senting the flag of my country, not with twenty-five, but With thirty-nix siars on it, (Applause, ) . nt here paused; the noise was so that he could not be heard A large procession Northern Liberties was coming in with bands of m He waived his bat as if to secure sience, The ero elamored for Grant. The Fresident resumed, romarking:—I have only a fow more words to utter, ‘(There were renewed cries for Grant, when the President beckoned to General Grant, who stood near lim, to come tothe frout of the plat- form. General Grant did so, and bowed to the clamor- ous multitude, remained a and retired.) There were screechings, hurrahe, whistling and groans mingled with cries for Farragut, who appeared and received the plaudits of the people. Finding it impossi- Die to secure a further hearing, tho President merely aaid:—“I bid yon good night,” and withdrew, Three cheers wore then gives for the President by apart of the crowd, and then cheers followed for Grant and Far. ragut. GENERAL GRANT APPRALS TO THE MULTITUDE. ‘The crowd Sonttamed gromae and shouts for more then an hour, whea General Grant appeared on the balcony and told the People they had better disperse to their homes; that they had seen everything and should retire quietly. He endeavored to speak further, and waved his bat to the crowd in a deprecatory manner, but 90 great that he could not proceed, and was obliged to After this shouis of various kinds wore continued. Cries for Johnson were mingled with groans for every ninent political charact s The di oa of tlags that obno1 the crow is were rious to the a elicited pon fey Jeering and hooting, But aitogther the crowd was peaceably disposed, and with the excep- tion of afew small fights and several rudden dispersions, did not proceed to any serious act. After General Grant's remarks it commenced to thin out, but now and then seemed to acquire new vitality, and continued to announce its presence with considerabic loudness untila tate hour of the bight. , ‘Tae naNquer. A banquet wasgiven to-nicht at the St Charles Hotel. President Johnson having been toasted, merely returned bis thanks for the cordial welcome whieh bad been ex- tended to him instead of making @ . He left it ieee emetgeny 9 his speech would bo if made. (Ap- ase. vine next regular toast was—‘General Grant, second only to a im the affections of the American fc." Wecash Great wes sit present, but left his apeech, as follows:—"I thank you, gentlemen.” (Laughter and ap. Re, Poe ‘nur toast was—‘Seerotary Seward—a national bulwark against the encroachment of foreign nations." Seward was absent on account of rickness, but Mr. R. McKnight replied to the toast, saying Uiat Mr. Lynne oh ey a ———— and he a glowing y to bis talents and patriotiam, mathe fo wih toast was—'The Secretary of the Navy, who has made the Navy not only the pride and boast of , but the terror of the world. Mr. Welles said he would not make a speech, but would give the sentiment—The Union of the States and the rights of the States; it cannot be sustained by fecession en the one band or exclusion oo the other.” (Applause. Adwiral Farragut respondod to the toast in his honor, dniral Farragut, who, in the American can whip all the world.’” frome Unio ‘There were vociferous cheers for the President to re- ply. Ho did so at some length, saying the time bad come when we should consider the execution of connti tutional goveroment, With the constitution preserved we can have the Union preserved; with the constitution reserved, and the forced, we cau have goverament or liberty guage of 8m ancient orator, Vib ery the tone of law,” af accorded in the sentiment proposed by the Secretary of the Navy. On the one di we cannot bave union with seces. ion, aod on the other we cannot have anion with exclavton, The tact base been established that no State has the right to secede from the Union. Now we have approached the other extreme and find that concentration is equally destructive, The time bad arrived for every patriot to resist the concen tration of por It yas important that the legisiative Dep: id bot en roach Upon Lhe others These remarks were not tnade in a party but arose from the organic strocture of the government itself, If the loginiative department can pass law after law trenching on the executive and judicial branches by a two. third, majority, how far distant is the day when the government would be absorbed in Legiviative Department. In the language of the im. mortal Jeflerson—'‘ one hondred or two hundred men ean exercise more tyrauny than one man can. He asked, in resisting the encroachments of the Legisiative branch ofthe government, what power or prerogative had he exercised which was ‘usurping or despotic in iis character. And im this con- nection he defended the voto, which was @ ve er and intended to arrest improvident toa benty jstation. The President, im exereiving it, stood = betwoen Congress and the people to birds waerny , two-thiri 0 made measure a law aod was, therefore, tration The hr lature Could, therefore, be a tyrant, The Pres. ident to argue (bat withoot the restora tion of the Union the pubilo securities would mot be bawbee. remarks were listened to with pleasure throughout, “tye: party wit teave bere for Harrcbarg at sight A ‘M. \o-morrow. tion of the Presidential Party to Wash. tase, Wasmoton, Sept, 13, 1866, The joint committee appointed by the Washington City Councils to make arrangements to receive the Pres. dent on bis return to this city on Saturday evening next, met (hie evening to complete the oeter of ceremonies, ‘and the following programme was agreed apon —The procession will form in front of the City Hall at four o'clock P. M. and move to the depot. On the arrivat of the President be will be received by the Mayor and the city authorities, who will escort him to the City Malt, where the address of welcome will be delivered by Mayor Wallach, At the conclusion of the o@- teas the procession will move down Third street im the following order :—Chief Marshal and Aids, the Military (which will be composed of infantry, United ‘States marines an4 an escort of cavairy), (he President aod party, the Mayors of Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria, with the reception Committees; Corporate Authorities of Washington, Georgetown and Alexan- @ria ; Commisioners of the Fire Department, President of the Executive Commition of the Philadel. Convention, Execative Committer, oldest inhabit Trade, Arm 4aFs ward Johnson clubs in their numerical order, steam fre Zens. Srigade — bei yen the rene - oh erected at suitable points along the rou The Mayor of Washington to-day. received a telegram from the lent thanking the citizens for ie “4 to apd requ that the ceremonies tight be Poase as 0 be as brief as possible, MEXICO, « of the American Expeditionary Force at Lopez—Thelr Welcome by the People— Another Liberal Victory—C d Prepara- tions Among the French for her Prose- War—Sonera te be Occupled— tian, &e. San FRanciaco, Sept. 13, 1866. The steamer Colorado brings full particulars of the landing of the expedition of Generals Vega and Urmy at Lopez, Mexico, The sailors accompanying the ex- Pedition mado some trouble about extra pay, but were discharged and subsequently re-enlisted, The two di- visions under Urmy and Vega made their headquarters at Sarragosa, the inhabitants of which place received them enthusiastically, going out six miles toymect them. This expedition is supposed to have eigh##kgusmnd stands of artis, and Waa expecsed to make Alamas, Sonora (now occupied by the Frénch), their first point of attack, The party of McDaniel and Hungerford arrived.-eby Port Isabel on the 2644 of August, with the intention of Joining Vega and Urmyy ‘Vega issued a stirring adress to his countrymen on Augygt 1pth, Lanora, an Indian bandit, commesding the imperial forces, two thousand “five hundred strong, at West So- bora, was defeated by the liberals under Pesquiera. On account of this action the French garrison at Guaymas had gone to their relief at Hermosillo, leaving the feet to defend the harbor, Guay mas, Mazatlan, news of August 23 says the French had received orders to occupy Sonora permanently as in- demnity for French claims, These ordors are said to have been received from France and based upon the suppos tion that Maximilian was unable to offer any other form of indemnity. Corona has four thousand mon before Mazatlan. Governor Ruby bas issued a proclamation outlawing all traitors who bave taken up arms for the empire, Navaretas, Governor of Lower California, bas declared the port of Lodos santos yd to commer: At Caliacan a letter of Secretary Seward announcing the withdrawal of the French was read in nection with the Declaration of American Independence. he Rio Grande Fronticr. Matamonoa, Mexico, August 26, 1866, Ther: is a rumor that the French are concentrating at San Luis Potost, for the purpose of advancing to retake Tampico, which, it i# supposed, they wish to holdas a point of embarkation for Vera Cruz and for France. The Information which is received hero frum the front, Dear Saltillo, indicates that at every point the French consider that they occupy the towns forthe last time. The wholesale robberies committed and the general treat- ment of the people are strong evidences of this, At Monterey, on the 8th of September, there is to be a great fair held by the interior trade. The war has heretofore interrupted these annual trading periods, which wit- nessed the gathering of merchants for many bundred miles around, to exchange and barter the products of the country. BROWNSVILLE PROFITING BY MATAMOROS’ DIFTRERA, Matamoros is suffering under the imposition of a forced loan of $100,000, which, in the present condition of the city, is scarcely bearable. The merchants bave been taxed first by imperialists, then by liberals, until (though (he sponge inay appear moist to the gubernatorial touch yet) it coutains scarcely adrop. Wi! ithe it ‘a Pressed out with @ perfectly iron squeeze. yeom Fepublie, bt 10 the tenebt of the. few, are eae bees and their commercial relations and es htenl Consens te ‘usurper of the ATI unrecognized as legitimate Governor of Taman! Mae tee Affairs 2 F i 7 i i zt z i the be aadly d 7" pop na akeaey nf gael samara x ‘this city. We bave many people sick hero and at Brownsv: with fever, oot of aight type General eck with i At Whit bet Mexico in the *ame position as British America with re- ference to the abipment of goods in transit across United States territory, Mevieo, thus enabled to use Point Isa- bel for the outlet of her Northern States, will soom pour down an immense trade to this solitary harbor of the coast, While being of vast advantage to her, it will be of no less benelit to our own commercial ‘enterprise, which is already boginning to recover the energies par: alyzed by the late eit war. DSORDERH ON THR ROAD TO THE INTKRIOR OF MEXICO. News from Monterey reaches me that on the route from that place to (his four Americans have been mur- wagon tran to enter thie city for fear it may be robbed by Canales. THE MISCEGENS. Their Reception Last Nig Brethren To-Mo Though nearly all the miscegens bad loft the city for Boston and other points, a number of them returned here yesterday from Paterson, New Jersey, where they bad addreswed a crowd of people The regular monthly meeting of the Union League took place last evening at the club rooms, where a sump- twous repast was prepared, af which tbe following mis- cogens were present:—G. P. Strong, Professor Hol- combe, F. T. Ledergerver, KB. Hiestand, Weston Flint, Lorenzo Sherwood and J. KR. 8 Vao Viest, The a‘feir was of a private and social character, It ie oo that thean delegates will leave for Albany to-day, whe iy a few da y leave for various points ia thu State, ty cou entrat io at Erie. The Miscegens i ¢ ARTFOR ‘oanecticat, Sept. 13, 1806 A large meeting was held in the North veh this evening to bear speeches from the Southern “ loyalists.” Hon Heo made by ‘of Alabama ; and others asm was great, and the ep with applanee, The meeting adjourned Niberty and the right, The “ Southern Loyaliets’’ addressed dienes in Breed | tonight Ex Goverver Bocaing- ham presided — Addremes were made by Cotonel Stoker, Of Teonesee, Mr, Moree, of Nimourt, Colomel “tabael, of Texas, and Dr. Randolph, a Oreole cf Louisiana Nearly Ali (bo speakers took strong grounds in favor of negro suffrage, and the meeting was very euthusinetic, aud was kept up till » tate bour. NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. OUR FORTRESS. MONROE conResPONDENCE General Mites. Important Items Kean the United Mtntes Coast Survey Service-Change of Boston Steamers, Ac. Yorramm Moxnon, Sept. 11, 1866, Very great and bitter indignation \s expressed here by both regular and volunteer offerrs, and in fect I may tay by nearly everybody, at the late sasanit poo Major General Miles, appeering in the Richmond Bnquirer. Catling meh «man as General Miles a coward, poltroon, looked open a# te ercine Of the freedom of Jet Davia, whieh than Billinesgste otversare, Showed, as 4!| know bere, & courtesy and clemency for Which coming biswty, When ngbtly written, wii! do bim fall justice have arieen from changes «' hich required remedying a4 readjustment. ‘of bis work he has rece'ved rigna! eit trom Ka. of the guabost Zante, Counected wth the vervice | may mention the srrivel ot Nor’ Tes fiat - 3 atl pe Hd PENNSYLVANIA }POLITICS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Laxcasran,’Pa., Sept, 11, 1866, Tur PoLTical mtCdnON, Here I am, right in the centre pf Thad Stevens’ dis- tnct—~in his town—and yet in po part of Pennsylvania have I found the democracy mote’bopeful or umited than they are in Lancaster, The county is « republican one, and Thad Stevens will probably be re-elected to Congress, bat it will be by @ decreased majority thas will astonish the old radical. THR CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR. : Throughout the Btate, however, the contest not be so unev itis in this county. Clymer’s chances for Governor have improved wonderfully of late, and even bets are now made on bis election by prominent democrats .in this town, The disgusting exbibition at Philadelphia Inst week, where men, white and black, and women in breeches and with@ul, were assembled to give expression to the sentiments of the radical wing of the republican party on the question of negro suffrage and wom: rights, has drawn at least Gye thousand votes from Geary's standard, and rendered the chances, if any, in favor of the opposing candidate, Mr. Clym General Geary is not so popular among the returned soldiers as most people imagine. In this town alone there are three hundred organized veterans who express their determination to stand by Clymer to the fast, need military record is not so very brilliant. It is trug he sent us several slowing despatches from the nawdoah Valley once in a while, but until Sheridan Users nothing was accomplished worth mentioning Large trom Bedrord Springs yesterday, but wlarted red rom or rings yesterday, but start: off off an electioneering tap te same event He is in véry feeble health, and ts easily Irritated, hia in- tollect is as strong as ever, and devoted he ye to the cause of the negro to the entige exciust his white brethren. He is a curious old fellow, Thad; always riding some hobby or other, and keeping himsell conspicuously before the public. Hie Oret hobby was anti-Masoury, and he actu coeeded in pushing bim- self into office upon that imsue, and to-day there is no ‘ater anti-Masonry community than the one in which ‘had Stevens resides. His next hobby was to build a railroad from Gettyebufy acros# the mountains into Maryland. The scheme was @ wild, impracticable one, and cost the State $750,000. "It was called the Gettysburg tape worm’? because it began nowhere and ended in the woods. Uncbaritable people say that the scheme was intended to make valuable some frou mines ‘and furnaces belonging to Thad, which>were located on the route of the proposed road, and that the Canal Board, divining his selfish inotives, puta stop to the work ere it was scarce commenced. These same tron works were burned by the rebels during the war, leaving the pro- prietor comparatively poor. However, ax the works had made bankrupts of all the owners preceding Stevens, it is not supposed he was such a heavy loses Hobby No. 3, the negro, has been the greatest hobby of bis it 1838 ne refused to sign State constitu. nde “white citizens’ 0c an the only member of the Convent.on wh the document, and from that day to this voted himself to the shrine of anti-stavery, Tegardiess of the consequences Yet, with all his earnest. ess and sucesss a# a politician, he is by no means a pop. ular man in bis party. He generally rons a thousand votes behind his teket in this county, and it is expected that this fall the falling off will be was. greater than ever it RX-PRERIDENT POCTANAN pave ose vieit very frequently now. He looks remark. ably welt, better than he bas for five or six years, and i he takes po part in polities his sympathies are with jt Jobneon and the government. “Ord Buck’ can do a great deal in a quiet way if he chooses, although he js under a cloud. A coon max, Applications for offee are made daity known and prominent repabiicans in the cry in good old democratic days gone by; bot, alas! since Buchanan's time the State has been given over to fanaticiam, and it hex just been the other way. Berks county i# still the stronghold of the demo- erecy and « desperate effort is being made to prove the truth of the old adage, but with what success yet remains to be determined. The county gave 7,000 majority for Buchanan, and bas vever yet faltered tm ite loyalty to the democratic standard, and bets are now made that it will tarp out stronger than itever has. Betz, the democratic nominee for Congress, is as smiling as a basket of chipe over the contest, and calculates on an increase of at least three os four Cop. gresemen from this State. HOW THE OLD DUTCH SeTTURKA WHE, yore it is somewhat difficult to determine. They area very feticent class of people, living just as they did sev: five years ago, never changing their dress of custome, and rermaining stationary in everything except the culu- vation of the soil In this Instr have no superiors in this co ” in a great measure for the ol , in this xection of the country, ¥ com 1 , Ber’ countien, the: matters leant this year, Th Berks county i# full of them, are a very conservative class of citizens, and pot easily ewayed by passion of pre Jodie, The Mennonites and Dankers chiefly inhabiting Lancaster and Franklin counties, go off on the very op = tack and swear by Thad Ste whom they we followed as a leader ever since hie war pon masonry. The anti masonry ery asppenied to their parions and prejudices rather than to their reason, and although it was contrary to their religions faith meddie in politics, old Thad amoked them out of ther holo and mans ie since then the Mennoniter beon found at the polis when wanting, and it is surpry to nee how heavily they will torn owt, 7 inferior as @ clasw to the Lath and bie a# a mountain on the has got these fellows in fiw RPPECT OF THE MAINE ELP TH ‘The Maine election followed too clowe upon the die | ereshel proceedings of the miscegenstore at fiadetphia to effect the reeult in No one expected anything else but a republean io Maine, but they id look for something different from the Philadelphia gathering, so that, in any case, one event ix but a fair offeet for the other, Kome republien re confident on a majo tty of ton thousand for 4 are Making bets th way, but jemocracy keep & still upper lip and are sanguine of will in all probability prove an intere are four candidates in the brid, ia going on to secure friends (and they are the bent, while the Cameron men are equally certain © old Simon If wire pulling wiraingy and a liberal out ley of money oo & plish anything, certamnty the en-secretary will secure the powition Stevens pow has seriously interfered with the plane of both Cartin and Cameron, and it remaine to be reen yor who will be mont tadly damaged by the appearance of old Thad in the Geld As to Forney, he will interfere with bited Mates Seow ous derigns to become « RADICAL MEETING AT ERIE Berean, Hep. 18, 1% held at Kirin yesterday ft Gemere OD, Wy A large radical meets Avsonrs, Kept. | The Keanehee J wrnal of tha morn mg turns trom 514 cities, towns and plaotetions, which give as follows — Chamberiain, rep 1,218 Pidebury, dem Moe Chamberiaia's majority thas far a we The mame towne inst year mood Cony, rep. Howard, dem Cony '# major: The net rade these towne ie 5 63 ‘The aggregate ote 07.197 again 12,706 lest year, ame of Ti, 8) vovme The remaning towne in the Muate Cony lant your i Howsrt 4.000 ven Tatimating the roe of thee by feck revere as we fave wre Chamberisin 0,000, Piltebary 6,176, end make | sine probabil won tah tar bas reewit will iy bot fall far bevow thie eggrogaey vote 6 (he remaining wae il) femets 118,972 ¢ the lergen rote Gesersl “Lemberiain bes received over polled for say man in the Hate of Maine EUROPE. News by the Cable to Wednes- day, September 12, Noon. A Special Mission from Napo leon to Maximilian. Prussia Alarmed at the Russian Move- ment Towards the East. SPHCOInD FOR NEW YORE. ke, ke. &s MEXICO. A Special Mission from Napoleon to Maxt- millan, . Pans, Bept, 12—Noon, Tho Emperor Napoleon has sent a special mission to Mexico to confer with Maximilian, England About te Abandon the Empire. Laxpox, Sept. 12—Noon. The Times of to-day editorially admits that the empire of Mexico bas withered away, and thinks that the coun try should be left to itself, THE EASTERN QUESTION. ch to the “Sick Mua’? arming. The Russian Ap i", Pept. 12--Noon. The Aligemeine Zeitung of to-day has an article on the Eastern question, the reopening of which by Ruseia, it says, cannot be from pacific motives or for a peaceful purpore. Mission from the Principal * te the P Bocnaneet, Sept. 12— Noon It bas been determined that two members of Vrince Charles’ Cabinet shail go on a miasion to Constantinople to urge the Porte to recognize the Honpodar, ITALY. with Austria, Views, Sept. 12-—Noon, botween Austria and Italy are making : oem aree Flow of Specie. Livenroot, Zope 12—Noon. The stea OP Tondon nailed to-day for New York, taking £101,000 sterling in gold. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The London Mency Market. Loxvon, Bopt. 12—Noon, Consola for money, 604 AMER AS BRCURITIER United States fve-twenties, TL, Erie Railway shares, 644. Iheete Centra! Railway shares, 7854. The Liverpee! Cotton Market. Lavexroat, Kept 12—Noon. The cotton market is unchanged, but steady The sales to-day foot up 10,000 baler, Middling uplands are quoted at 134. Shortly before eight o'clock Inst on the third floor of the grate and fender factory No 16 East Nineteenth street, owned by William H. Jackson & Co, The fremen were very promptiy a: the promiser and soon extinguished the fames Damage to the stock by water aboot § ured for $10,000 in the Mechanics’ aud Eradere’ Insurance Company, The building * owned by Mr, Geolet It i damaged abowt $25, aud is insured in the Kagie Insarance Company. The fire is supposed to have been cansed by epuntancous combustion, Onweo, NY, Sept 15, 1864, A fire broke out early this’ morning Im the knit factory owned by Harbara Lieb, aod leased by Vietcber which ly consumed, together with Scott and Newbitt's planing milt and boat yard. The flames spread to the new building recently con- structed for the Canal Collector and Weighmaster's offices, and to Hubbard & North's tannery, ere considerably damaged, The total low ie estimated at $20,000 18 Was AO Insurance oD the knitting far Of $1,200. Fletcher and Wentworth’s low ix 612,000, * insured for $7,000, Keott & Nesbitt’s loa on ubbard & North were insured om their botid for $3,000 ing and stock for $24,000, while thelr lons wae $2,000 Vire tn Phite, The Fairinow foillon slrents, was destroyed by Gre at ein © orang Lone $12,000, of which ooe-half ie Insured CTY pour Tan New Yous Pow ¢ understand that it has be * of the several departunente im arly (he New York Postmaster, wo 00 the salaries of rent month, 1 be the employés of tie off ‘ enforced op the Lat p © purpose of dafraying the loal expensnn present political cam. pawn. It is thought that by (his foreed tam eyetem upwards of 910,000 will be collected, to be paid tuto somebody's pra whome the enwiling fonore have not ot intimation The Recretary of the Treas then and for ail future of (hie feet, and yon he persiate in doung that . Knows wae forty in Co-ordinate federel departments We protert againes niiection of the amtiipaied (st es Umjust, ootrage. as and highly reprehensibia If money is wanted to defray the expenses of the present election campaign +. it be collected from those who are amptranu for offen and thone that feel dinpesed tw coniribate volam larly The dey tor red tov ee om wubordinaces 2 public offe he tewrd when the somptre departed fre party. Thin 4 & wubject for ta er Generel ee Nenovat Unew Cum A meeting of thin eocety wae held inet wight, F J. Con. polly Chairmas Revolvtions were pamed appointing cnmittes wo omparen ee for the grees mase me 8 is Union square, Major Warner be menting (6 greeter efforts im apbolding the dente py WLW ARSE POLITICS ermen Demorratie Club w owe, im Harmony He tnnet chee 112 Homer stgcet, In the * erameres fore ome. » bold » large oot eothasiantio meciing on Wetoestay evening st the Uews League Rooms, end oe HL A Themes oe their Presdent. Speeches were pring the saree deine Oh the coming irpation of the Kr Support Wo the repobiican cam eeruoue EPOCRATIC CONGRESS NAL KOmMATON F ILLIOS The Nemorretic Teettin arenes of Morriess for Ce Uewe ¢ Pexaeneenn, Wert Vo. Bept 1), ie ‘The Obie river O: thin polnt, (#0 bewéred tise teow Prtisherg, 4 (48 [eet ned wing. Kavigaio® * opera tr Ge oan ore deny oe fer Meyeritie Portemouth Cvscinnedt (our B [7mie, be eth Western trecwhs