C4t Vrtss, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1801. WO THE FRIENDS OF THE SOLDIER IN EVERT votritrm ItION STATILMENTRAL COMMITTEE ROOMS. No. 1105 (Chestnut Street.—Our friends in every county and dis trict in Pennsylvania should Immediately, without one day's delay, send to the State Committee a correct copy • of their whole ticket, giving plainly the name of each candidate for eitery office. All this must be done to ena ble the tickets to be prepared to send to the several roe :merits of the State. County Committees should also preParo and Bend with the Commissions their several county tickets, or vuend a. special agent with the Commissions to carry them. What of. the Night t We shall . re-elect ABRAHAM. LINOLIsT President of the United. States. Of this - there is little doubt, and we make the state ment not as a prediction - but as the delibe rate judgment suggested by all the signs around us. At the same time we must say to our friends, that they are• not altogether acting as if they understood the vast im portance of this Campaign. There are two 'elements that enter into every canvass— enthuslaSm and purpose. The attraction in all multitudes that brings men together is a. .great power, and shrewd managers create and muse it by poetry and pagean . try. Deeper than this is the feeling of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood that Men calmly feel. A party with a purpose is More apt to be successful than a party - with enthusiasm. But: no , party can show purpose unless by enthusiasm. .plow is it vith the friends - of the Union? We have a cause that Surpasses.anSrin ,- volved in the campaigns of 9ye'Pnlitical f history. We have show - .o devotion f that cause by three sof consuro'gs ave ad vanee plii Our desolating war. „ er alumph against Arery clan tontest for and now we nave reached der and agony of effort that always pre th, s triumph. Heretofore the battle lies can with our brothers in the field—armed men whose mission is life and death. Pro vidence now brings it home to us. The political campaign is more important than the military campaign, and it- must be Sought at home. The enemy has arranged a platform whose_genius is a cowardly sub mission to rebellion.. The most available man that could be fomid, the only noted soldier who seems to be willing to forget the cause lie fought for, is the candidate, :and around him we see gathered a mighty, resolute, vindictive party. So far as the enthusiasm of this cam paign is concerned, the friends of General 111COLELISN are more active than the - friends of Mr. LINCOLN. They have as sumed the, offensive, and they fight with malignant audacity. With them it is a great stake. We do not allude to the mere -appetite of politicians for office ; the long ing of hungry men who must get bread or starve. That element is strong in every .opposition. They know that if they are successful these years of war will all be Vain. All the blood that has been shed— sll the money that has been spent—all the sacrifices that have been niade with an almost saintly feeling of self-denial—will be .as nothing. The fruits of these wars will be . in the hands of men whose grasp is death. They ask power to undo all that 'we have given the lives of our sons to ac complish. They ask power that they may go back from the goal that we have reached amid so much death and debt. They ask the country to say that, having given so much for liberty and stability, slavery and infamy shall be again placed in power. On this the issue is joined. We must - fight our battle with more earnestness than - we have shown. Advance the whole line and open every gun upon the. enemy I It "is'not enough that we can elect ABRAHAM iIICCOLN ; we must elect him by such a majority that the world will feel that we Are earnest. We must carry every State of the Union. We must so utterly rout and crush this Copperhead party, that inter vention will no longer be mentioned in the councils of the Tuilleries, and the Richmond conspirators will no longer rest their hopes :upon the success of their Northern allies. This must be done, and tlte people vitae do -it. We are tired waiting for leaders. We are tired resting upon our arms while those -who should lead us on are quarrelling over •the council board. Let us make our own or- ganizations in our own way. Not many -days remain. 'What we must do we must .do at once. In every township and county let the people meet and counsel one with - the other. Do not let us spend the precious lours cooing sweet songs of hope, and looking at the floating clouds like the sleepy mariners of the lotus land. This is - no time for rest or apathy. The country demands every citizen to give his genius to its service, and he who lags, or pouts, or strolls behind,.is as much the enemy of the cause as the active antagonist in the front. Friends, let us do our duty now, and our children will bless us for the sacrifice. Mns. NICKLEBY INGERSOLL has not been TeKessed. We did the old lady a great deal of injustice, for•which we express our sorrow. She did not make a speech, but she wrote a letter to her Copperhead ad mirers. On this occasion, she does not dis cuss the effect of leather upon French shoe makers, but wants to know if anybody .smells fire ? • Here is the whole passage : • " Will an Administration which, in Its first term, 'during its period of good behavior,.-stopped at .almost nothing, go all lengths in the second I Do these gentlemen smell fire 1 May not Ucalegon burn next 1 Why should the vaults of the banks, and the coffers of the rich, be more safe from the lingers of a beggared and 'desperate Government - than have been newspaper offices and printing .presses 1 I am, sir, &e., C. IrlearsoLL." We, of course, do not know what. the old lady means, which is the great charm about all. of Mrs. lirciainnY's efforts. "Do these gentlemen smell fire ? MO not trcalegon burn next?" If Mr. VAIIX can be spared from Girard . College we would like to hear him in reply to these questions. Is THERE no admirer of the little man bold enough to take out of the hands .of his friends ? That notorious and noted 'statesman, ISAIAB RYNDERS, has been say ing publicly "He knew McClellan when he was Indeed 4 Lit rtle Mac'—when he was a boy; long before this un holy, unnatural, foolish war was even thought of." 140.heeta.] " Unnatural, unholy, foolish"—very pro .l)ably: But why thus- denounce a war that' loiceismix• conducted himself for two yeirk' and which, as he is now a major :general "awaiting orders,"•he ndght at .anyttime be called upon to conduct again? Abuie the war, if :you • will;, but do" not do so in. the interest of a man to whom the War bas been bread' and meat and clothes ~and anctspending money. , • iks , rOny is fond of duplication and '''Yirr*i • itself in parallels. The French 'Zrifperor has as great a penchant for "little Max" as the Democratic party. MAximmAn on the throne of Mexico - be succeeded by IicCLELLAN in the Ex 4ccutive. chair of the United States ? Gen. WCOLELLAN wants Union, but it is a Mexi ,can kind of Union. God forbid that we should have a Mexican general for Presi dent with a Mexican kind of policy " all the Tan New York Express says conservative Whigs will vote for 31C6i.ELLAII." EDWARD EVERP,TT is an -old-line . conservative Whig, and win not Note for I)IcCIXW- There are , elrvds of thoutiarida. who will do likewise. Is the War a Failure ? Since the War commenced, the burden: Of.the Democratic song has been the fail4re Of the war. It has: been repeated hundreds of times in every Democratic newspaper in the land. It has been the text - and perora tion of every Democratic orator's harangue. It was the sum and substance of the Chi cago platform. The only significant plank in that platform, the only distinctive fea ture which looms up in the report of the proceedings, is the resolution demanding an armistice and a convention of all the States, upon the ground that the war s — or, as it i s termed, " the experiment of war"—has proved a failure. That is the creed of the Democratic party ta•day, as it has always been during the progress of this strife. That is the creed of GeneranIcOLELLAN himse/./to day, notwithstanding the fact 'that he has contrived, by the use of ambiguous phrases, to impress the public with an idea that he is 'rather a War than a Peace Democrat. In. his letter of acceptance he says : " The preservation of our Union liras the sole avowed object for which the war was com menced. It should have been conducted for that object only, and in accordance with those principles which I took occasion : - to declare when in active service. Tyn: conducted, the work of reconciliation ft wr-"a 1);: t' /and have been easy, and we might Ve la P td the benefits of our many victoriet: and sea." Can we avoid the ' u nelusiont LL AN be .fruitless ? If after this, that General it ly , that he Heves the war to have tue nomination for he had not so believecve would have receiv- : the Presidenc the hands of men so y up v.zs blinded by anship as to declare, as the delib e sense of the American peo ae experiment of war has proved the n afaAr ation .2?' Or is it likely that the news of his would have been hailed with mi n n lusty cheering in. LEE'S army 2 In further confirmation of the assertion that General McCLELLAN regards the war as fruitless, and would, not, if elected to the Presidency, endeavor very sedulously to disabuse himself of the idea, we find hun supported by such zealous opponents.of the war aiFinNANDO WOOD, who, at the New York meeting on Saturday night, said of him : "If elected, I am satisfied he will entertain the views and execute the princi ples of the great party he will represent, without regard to those he may himself possess. He will then be our agent, the creature of our voice, and, as such, cannot, if he would, and would 'not, if. he could, do otherwise than execute the public voice of the country, which, with the Constitu tion and laws, will be the commanding general over him, clothed with supreme power." It is hardly necessary to resort to argument to combat this peculiarly Democratic, dogma, • shared alike by the greatest and smallest men of the party, that the war has proved a failure. Vicksburg, Port Hudson, New Orleans, Murfreesboro, Pittsburg Landing, Chicka mauga, Fort Donelson,' Gettysburg, Mo bile, Atlanta, and a score of victories scarcely less brilliant, sufficiently attest.the falsity.of the assumption ; and fresh evi dence upon this point may be speedily expected from the vicinity of Petersburg. With Atlanta, the last stand-point of the Confederacy in the West, in possession of SrimuirAtc,:and Richmond, the sole strong hold of the Confederacy in the East, so closely invested by GE.A.N . T that the rebel press has begun to discuss the expediency of removing the seat of Government, the theory that the war has proved a failure will probably commend itself with fresh earnestness to leading Democratic parti sans, and to none with such terrible earnest ness as to JEFFERSON DAVIS. Political Arithmetic. Figures of speech are to be tolerated in an oration, particularly when it may be held expedient only to glance at facts, if not wholly to cover them with words ; but figures of arithemetic are not to be de . - spised:a On Saturday evening, Mr. Earan sox ETti.t.RIDGE, in a flowery oration de livered in Indepe.ndence Square to an au dience so unappreciative that they greeted him with derisive cheers, frequently in terjected, and occasional requests that he would "shut up," informed a • patient public that our national independence had been proclaimed in this city somewhere about the year 1794. Mr. ETHERIDGE claims to be a highly cultivated man, as he is fond of jerking out little bits of Latin into his speeches ; but ,he knows as little of history as he does of arithmetic. He spoke of the good men and great of the past revisiting the earth, returning " to the spot from which, seventy years ayo, they promulgated their Constitution to this world." Now, the Declaration of Inde pendence was signed and promulgated in July, 1776, which is eighty-eight years ago, and the Constitution, actually completed in May, 1787, seventy-seven years ago, came into operation in March, 1789, which is seventy-five years ago. It is evident that Mr. ETHERIDGE did not know or had for gotten the facts ; but the looseness of his statement is characteristic of the careless ness, to say the least of it, of persons in his line of politics, when making orations to the multitude. Hood's RemofistranCe. General SHERMAN found it necessary to occupy Atlanta as a military station, and therefore gave orders for' the removal of its inhabitants, whose persons are to be un touched, and whose property is t 9 be se cured to them. A . truce of ten days, in which time they can go South, .has been granted, and the rebel general, J. It HOOD, has prommed to supply the means of trans portation. HOOD, the defeated, is naturally angry at • this ejection of his . friends, and" has written a letter. to• SHERMAN, the victor, in which he says " the unprecedented measure you propose transcends in studied and ingenious cruelty all acts before brought to my attention in the dark history of wan"- We wonder whether HooD aver heard of what . a rebel foice did, a . short time ago, in the city of Chambersburg, in .this State. That city, wholly ungarrisoned and cer tainly inoffensive, was entered by the rebel force" in question, and without provocation, without 'notice, without parley, the torch of the incendiary was applied to its dwel lings, the miserable inhabitants were driven thence without food or change of clothing, and the great part of the city was burned to the ground. This " studied and in genious cruelty" stands out in dark con trast with the clemency exercised by Gene ral SHERISIAN at Atlanta. TEE Cincinnati Gas s ette, one of the most liberal and prudent newspapers in the West, speaks of the withdrawal of Hr. VAI.LANDIGHAM from the canvass as a trick. It very justly says.: ' , Having deliberately engaged in the trick, was the fact that McClellan played it by the semblance of a Union-war letter of acceptance a reason why viar landigham should refuie to play it out? On th 3 contrary, it was all a part of the game. It was to be a peace platform, without coercion to save the Union in any case; with a war candidate, whose manner of making war has given tee submission. peace party its present strength, and who would be as dough in the hands of the Peace-Democratic ma= pagers. letter was strictly according to the programme. So was Vallandigham's affecta tion of scruples about supporting McClellan. His stump appointments were probably overruled by the party, for they know that Vallandigham's pub lic advocacy would injure the ticket. Therefore, he made a virtue of withdrawing them. They also en, courage the representation that he has refused to support, the ticket. But they could not drive kin from it if they were to try'. It is all a part of the grand rascality which a gang of party managers has deliberately planned to cheat a great people out of their political rights by the tricks of the petty swindler, the thimble-rigger, andthe dishonest gam bier." THE citizens of the First district have now an opportunity to redeem . themselves from the disgrace of a Democratic repre sentation in Congress. The Hon. JOHN M. BUTISB is a candidate worthy of their choke ; an experienced and able legislator, alit a gentleman of great popularity in his neighborhood. His election will do honor to the First district. _ 1 , Otii of the most - masterly retreats of MoCiaLali's_life is his retreat from the Chicago Ihtsis not, sorprising, for the I,lt&General cannot uianage a ntreat,'wlis4iiiliel'"-- did* for Sheriff, LL- the Union can- MR. HENRY' C.',Ho - arii 4l scarcely need his claims asserted-in a city wherehe welllnown. But it is of such radical im portance to - the interests of Philadelphia to h is a . s v : that the office of sheriff (in past years a mere party-mill for the 'manufacture of for tunes) should be in . the "control of an up right, loyal, and intelligent man, that Mr. HOWELL'S election cannot be too strongly urged. There is no better name on the city ticket, and Mr. HOWELL, *hen eleeted, will make one of the ablest, most faithful, and energetic officers that Philadelphia has ever chosen. / . Ms. ItcriAßD V I AUX, who boasts ofbeing President of the ,Penitentiary, has been cir culating Copperhead doctrine among the country - districts in amanies,cilculated to make convicts rather s,l4,conve , rts. VAux is also preside rl ,of the directors of Girard College,, p viartal governor of the, institution. , Ter his management, we do not woni llr that it is difficult' to. distin guish tb, • college from the penitentiary. Mr. FAUX will only account for . thp o'rainless way in which he has managed A interests of the poor and the orphan, he will labor with some prestige to deceive the poor and the ignorant Tar o New York Express notices the fact that one of the editors of that paper voted for the following loyal resolutions when Mr. GEORGE 11. PENDLETON did not : "WHIM/As, A most desperate, wicked, and bloody rebellion exists within the jurisdiction of the United States, and the safety and security of personal and national liberty depend upon its absolute and utter extinction; therefore, . "Resolved; That it. Is the political, civil, moral, and sacred duty of the people to meet it, fight it, crush it, and forever destroy IV) , Commenting upon this, the. Express en.. deavors to square with its candidate and platform, as follows : "One of the editors of this paper, we believe, voted for these humbug reSolutions of Green Clay Smith, but, upon the whole, we think he wasrather a block head therefor." We trust the public will not form so se vere a judgment of the editorial capacity of the Expiws. s THE NEW Youu TTRRALTI is anxious to know , what will become of GR&i'r and SHERMAN if Mc CLuLLAN is, elected. GRANT Will certainly be succeeded by FITZ JOHN PORTER, and SHERMAN will be returned to the command of the Benton Barracks, in St. Louis. It must be remembered that GRANT is too fond of fighting, while SHER MAN is "crazy." They mean to hurt the rebels. MCCLELLAN means to " concili ate 11 them. TIMER is a startling rumor in town to the effect that Mcdi. - ELLAN will not vote for PENDLETON, nor PENDLETON for Mc- CLELLAN. One is so unequivocally for peace that he cannot support a candidate who receives his pay from the War Department, and the other,• being " The Soldier's Friend," can scarcely be expected to en dorse a man who was in every respect the soldier's enemy.— A CONTEMPORARY intimates that PEN DLETON, the Cincinnati attorney, now mentioned in connection with the "Vice Presidency, has "refused to sign the war letter prepared for him." This-is natural. Because McCLELLAN becomes the partner in a great political swindle it is no reason that Attorney PENDLETON should do like wise. A DEMOCRATIC paper said on Saturday last : "The first armistice has been asked by General SnEumust, and granted' by Hoop." This is a mistake. The first armistice was asked for by General LEE, and granted by General MoCLELLAN, after the , battle of Antietam, under cover of which LEE escaped with his entire army acrossthe Potomac. TnE rebel General JonN•H. WINDER has at last been removed from the command of a Georgia prison for inhumanity to our prisoners.. And yet this man has been in charge of such prisons since the war began. General WrNnEn is one of the misguided Southern brethren whom it is our duty to " conciliate:" THE Chicago Convention declares that four years have shown the experiment of war to be a failure ; and yet two years of that war was managed by their candidate. Perhaps they think a man who did not fight will be the approved nominee of the cowardly friends of peace. Tnrs is perhaps the best reason we have seen assigned for the little man's refusal to abide by the decision of the Convention that placed him in nomination : “McClellan having, at one time in that life which constitutes his public record, been connected with railroads, doubtless came to regard it as dangerous to stand on the platform,' from those signs which are usually found on the doors of passenger cars.” A WESTERN JOURNAL Speaks of SHER MAN as the friend of MCCLELLAN, and takes credit for the Georgia campaign as an in spiration of the little commander. Gene ral,SnEnmkw was under TiIcOLELLAN, but that sagacious officer found.no better busi ness for him than commanding the barracks . at St. Louis. • WA.sixiNcrrrow. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19,1864, PENNSYLVANIANS TN WASIIINGTON. The entire ground in front of the Capitol is to be cleared of rubbish, sheds, &c., immediately, and put In the best possible order. Partially disabled vete rans are being given positions of profit and honor. It is to be hoped that the representatives in Con gress from Pennsylvania will see that your sons are remembered in this distribution. The following burials of Pennsylvania soldiers took place on the lith and 18th Instant: John C. Miller, 145th; ohilson Bunnell, 53d ; John Simp son, 104th ; Joseph 0, Tripp; lith Cavalry, and Pa trick Newton, ad Cavalry. The following officers, published as dismissed the service, have been restored, satisfactory defence having'been offered: Major J. H. THORPE, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry; Captain JOHN JOHNSON, • 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry. THE 74T11 PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. The 74th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Mies years' men), whose term of service ha s s expired, and who left the city last evening, bound to Pittsburg, where they are to be mustered out, marched to the White House yesterday afternoon, and were kindly re calved by the President. Major KLENICEU, in com mand of the regiment, addressed .the President thus: •" Mr. President, I am proud to fulfil the wishes of -the remainder of the 74th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers as well as those of my own heart. We sincerely thank you for. good and faithful manage ment of the .Government towards the soldiers, and they will not forget Lieut. Johnson. In the name of the men of the 74th Pennsylvania Volunteers, I .bid you farewell. Three cheers for the Honorable President of the United States." 'After the cheers had subsided the President ex pressed his gratification at the grateful feelings manifested towards him, and heartily shook the hands of those who presented themselves personally to him. This regiment, when passing under the Union ilags;oh the avenue, inscribed with the names of the candidates whom they will not forget, mani fested their respect by following the example of the commanding officer, by doffing their hats. In si lence they passed the one upon which are the names of the Chicago nominees, without any manifestation whatever. The 6th Pennsylvania Artillery, seventeen hun. fired strong, passed up the avenue this morning. MOSBY REPORTED WODRDED The Alexandria (ya.) Journal says Idosny was wounded in a skirmish near Centreville. It says the report comes so direct that we can hardly doubt it. • 4. COMPLIMENT TO OHIO TROOPS The President has addressed a complimentary order to the Ohio one-hundred-days troops, through their Governor, acknowledging the alacrity with which they responded to his call, and the faithful manner in which they performed their services. TIIE RUSSIAN ADMIRAL'S "VISIT TO TEE UNITED STATES. Information has been received here that toward the close of the last mouth Adruiral LBSBOFFSKI, by command of the Emperor, accompanied by ofil sers of the Russian squadron, lately in American waters, made a visit to the Legation of the United States at St. Petersburgh, for the purpose of expressing to the Minister of that Power their cordial thanks for the unprecedented hospi talities shown them during their sojourn in this country. The American minister replied in terms of the warmest admiration of his• Imperial Majesty, and of consideration for the brave and gentlemanly officers present; and, furthermore, gave utterance to his desire and conviction that no other rivalries were ever possible between the two countries than such as are based upon the wish to surpass each other in the performance of reciprocal benefit& GUERILLA. ROBS THIEVES. The guerillas are still operating in the country around Alexandria. Several nights ago they Made descent on a farm six or seven miles south of that ity and carried off tour horses. This is the third 11d Made by guerillas on citizens of - the MOntink alghbnrhocd. during the past ten (Jays. . THE PRESS.-PITILADKLPHIA; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1864: THE DRAFT. The draft was commenced to-day in the eastern portion of the county, or Twelfth district. Of the 225 drawn, 54 persons are colored. Nearly all of theta are in the Government employ, and connected with the corrals, stables, forage, and other depart ments at Glesboro. The persons drafted have only three days in which to report, to be exempted, for any cause. COURT MARTIAL. .General TERRY is detailed as a member of the general court martial, of which General BRICRIB is president. THE TREASURY LOAN. The subscriptions to the 7.30 loan, for the last two days, amount to $1,632,000 ; and to the 10-40 loan, to $27,000. Two-thirds of the new loan have been de. ivered.- THE WAR. STARTLING NEWS FROM TEXAS BROIINSTILLE CAPTURED BY CORTINAS. THE 'REBELS DRIVEN OUT AND THE UNION FLAG HOISTED. THE CITY HELD FOR THE UNITED STATES, THE MEXICAN SOLDIERS CHEERING THE STARS AND STRIPES. THE ARMY BEFORE PETERSBURG A REBEL ATTACK ON OUR PICKETS REPULSED. Escape of the Rebel Cattle Raiders. THE WAR ON . THE MISSISSIPPI. Forrest Reported Fifteen Miles from Metiphis 20,000 REBELS CONCENTRATED. A.T JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENTS OF MARMAPIINE AND PRICE. The Rebel Army in Georgia Depleted MEXICO AND TEXAS. IMPORTANT NEWS.FROM THE RIO GRANDE-THE CONFEDERATES AND IMPERIALISTS FIGHTING 0011TRIMS-CORTENAS, WITH 2,000 New, OCCII PIMS nitownavmmt—TAß REBELS DRIVEN OCT OP THE PLACE,. AND THE AMERICAN FLAG RAISED. CAIRO, Sept.lB.—The steamer James White, from New Orleans on the 12th, arrived here to-day. The steamer Shuey arrived there on the 12th. The transport Continental left on the same day for New York, via Fort Monroe. Mexicans who had just arrived at New Orleans report that Cortinas, being unable to cope with the French, crossed his force of 2,000 men and 16 can non over- the Rio Grande, and occupied Browns ville, driving out the Confederates under Colonel Ford. He hoisted the American flag and declared that as he IT as a citizen of tho United States he would hold Brownsville for that Government. He Imme diately notified the Federal commander at Brazos of his proceeding, and offered through him, to ti l t( United States Government, the services of himseif and his army. The Bagdad (Mexico) correspondent of the Pica , ?June, under date of the4th, says that from the cu polas of that place can be seen four armies In hos tile array—the Federal and Confederate on one side of the river, and the French and Mexican on the" other. The French were fortifying with !cotton bales, and it is reported they would march tom Monterey to Matamoros. The export duty on specie had been reduce ) one per cent. on gold, and five.per cent. on stiv . Many French persona ha,d i xemoved their resid es from Matamoros to.Bagdtul. • The rebel Colonel Ford; previous to ilng driven out of Brownsville, tendered protect* to ail the French subjects desiring to enter hisAdes. . Mr. Spenelle, -a merchant of 13441 ad, who had the American flag flying from his base, was arrest ed by the French. There was a good deal of cot at Matamoros, but it cannot be got down the rlv • Good middling is worth 40 cents. Greenbacks quoted at 33 cents on the dollar at Bagdad. C j AIRO, Sept. 19.—The stea Belle, from Mem phis, has arrived with blemp papers of yesterday evening. . .. ' . • • SergeaniT. S. Clark, of ' 91st Illinois InfancrY. i l furnishes'addition ' inform ion concerning affairs on the Rio Grande t . On the mortar, of the h the French marched out of - Bagdad wi Qrce estimated at 5,000, and commence d the as i o i r of the Rio Grande for the purpose ofla tacki ni tatamoros. - . The mare iva's * terrupted until theireached . kpoint opp le e White . Ranch, where they met ti If e f ortinas wll th Melican force prepared to con test their pproa h: A ' terrific artillery duel en sued, whe the • nch were compelled to fall back in confus• ,cl self followed for three miles, when, coming cha rai, they made a stand. Cortinas opened on : portal forces, with shot and shell, and while en red at this point the rebel com mander at B - nsville, Colonel Ford, came down on the Texas id of the Rio Grande with a large drove of cattle r the French, and on seeing the Confederacy's ends engaged with Cortinas, he promptly expo d their cause, and opened on the Mexican rear. i Seeing this, t ' rial arm ,npi _.y inade an attempt Ind charged the Mexicans with the determination to conquer or die, ven book in disorder under cover tri l' ought two piep i es of artillery to • g him to retie: the 91at IllinMstxt'Brazos Sant!• ring on the Rielirande, were or theal scene, a arrived there in repulse of th ,:ebels. The gal .. _ . to turn the tide. bayonet, with tt but they were d( of the chappara\ Cortina's thenl bear on Ford, fill About this.tlo ago, hearing thel dered to march I time to witness t ys then plte, lant "Sucker', capturing nd of arms. drove him five m and about thirty Cortinas suc flight, and In the meanti the Imperialiata del Rio, where h shelled them could not compe 4 with their shipboard, he :wit raw his for and crossed five h , dred men t lay on their arms ( . ing the ni side of the Aineriet troops. No sooner had C rtinas cross than he lowered t flag of his, and green, and hob ed the stare was.greeted with husiastie I can soldiers as wells the Am On the 9th, ()orifices folio Ford to the old battlefield of Res 4 de la • • a, where he rest. 'ed . his troops for ttio night, e Ford fell back to Brownsville. ZI Cortinas in the 'ad despatched courier to Matamoros to or.t. the forces there to prepare to move immediate nd early on the morning of the Bth, 500 Me • .5 moved up the Rio Grande, crossed the ri • ' /nd came down on the Texas side, attacking sville slinultane ously with Oortinas. The struggle for Brownsvi t as brief, and re sulted in the defeat of the re : who were driven from the town, and Cortinas ' c possession. The rebels retreated so hastily t a laft their " rags 13 floating on the court house a thor public build-' ings, but they were soon tor wn and the .stars and stripes hoisted amid th.. uts of the citizens and Mexican soldiers, who almost as proud of the " starry banner)! as o • • e boys. 0/duo, Sept. 18.—The, W , .le has a despatch from New Orleans of the 10 '. ting that a num ber of vessels which sailed hat port for Plata- mores, with cargoes into general markets, were se mouth of the Rio Grandi NEW ORLEANS, Sept. There is much dispute or it Is not generally hollow know assert positively th Oortinas is said to bt. guns bearing on Matanit COL Ford's rebel ear up the Rio Grande. The 'French had moved dad. • The news from Atlanta denoy among the rebel among the loyal people. TILE ABNEY B] Aralies , lN THE TWO PICILET LINE REP. =EEO Bayous. Pirraasntr position near the Wel its belligerent aspect. with esoitement. In redan, are swarms of arms, expecting a df enemy, and chatting,_ are ready and waiting placed In position. P on the spot where we A report came in 17 ning that seventeen toward Ream's .Statl were distinctly visibl there must have be( course the natural concentrated upon that these troops we) tion noar Ream's, ai they were alarmed morning our cavalry about their extreme z unnatural if our tak their military oracles Railroad. Baxter's brigade upon the last recur under arms, but in ri Between 7 and 8 o' , line west of the Wel driven in, with the rebels charged in ft was some time before and their advance complished, and the considerable loss, tared, and aro said Intoxication. This stubbornly zesistad. so heavy that It was become embroiled. Our old position In Just: before the Into Ford and camp equipage ded in putting ye them to Boca rAs hie artillery vy ordnance on to White Ranch, oxas, whore they , of the 6th, by the the Rl - 6 Grande ntry; white, red,. .d stripes, which ors by the Niezi The vote Last_ year In these towns stood : Cony, 59,923 ; Bradbury, 44,097. The vote in Aroostook county. Is close, the Demo crats claiming to have carried it by a small ma jority. 7HE BLOCKADE OP MANZANILLA R.AIBED-BUL- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.l7.—Advices from Mexico say that the Fran& blockade of Manzanilla had been raised, and communication with the interior reopened. The territory of Cofume has become part of the Empire, and all effective resistance to the. Empire has ceased in the Northern Pacific States. • -Cortinass or the e French at the Si. Lours, Sept. 19.—The draft was commenced 'here today in the first distriot. About a division of General A. T. Smith's troops have arrived at Jefferson Barracks, twelve Wles be low hero. CAino, Sept. 19. "ealoan news, and some who should •t Brown, with 19 EASTON', Sept. 19.—Richard Vatix has just de livered a speech in Centre Square, of Easton, to an audience of about .two hundred of the " Unterri fled " of this place. His remarks were mainly made up of denunciations of the Administration, clamors for 'peace, and abuse of the clergy, with a shameless perversion of the truths of history,-and a scrupulous evasion of truth generally. More ar rogant and ridiculous bombast., and silly vitupera tion, could not well have been pressed into a speech of equal length, and it was simply ridiculed by in. telligent men of his own party. Not one word fell from his lips in condemnation of those in rebellion against his Government. 000 LY. amped ten miles miles from Bag- td a great despon corresponding joy !ERBIUM°. 3BEL ATTACK ON OF A DB- -11 P. M.—Our . has not changed :ng seems bristling loubt, behind each soldiers, all under . . HAVER-DE-GRAOR Sept. 19.—The engine ',AI: B. AlcClellan, ,, dra;ving special car containing Lieutenant General Grant and one of his 'stag, going South, passed through this place at half past one o'clock yesterday, and after proceeding about a . Mile south of this point, the engine, in round ing a curve at a high rate of speed; sud denly dashed• into a truck car laden with cross ties, demolishing the trunk car and strewing the road with its fragments. The violence of the ma nsion may be conceived from the fact that it knocked the front end of the boiler out, and hurled the cross•ties entirely over the engine, some falling on the tender. The ,engine, astonishing to relata, kept on the trick, pushing the ruins ahead, and run ning full half a mile before being stopped, such was the momentum of the train. Had the engine left the track, the result must have been disastrous. The train returned to this point, and, after a deten tion of half an hour, proceeded onward again. It is said that the party in charge of the crosatie car Ras there without authority. The criminal neg lect which thus jeopardized the lives of those on the train demands the most rigid investigation. encounter with the while• Atabulanees ire. Batteries are lathered and trained assailants. toket line last eve td passed that way wnteen battle-flags ^ectly counted ; so regiments. Of was of a force being 'he probabilities arc !einforoe their posi of threatening us, 'wa safety. All the ry were fluttering would be nothing (ere interpreted by sing the South Side Gregg's cavalry while Bragg's was morning our picket as charged on and 'w prisoners. , The dat impetus, and it : •ve could be rallied :his was at last ac party repulsed with Is party were ear In a state of beastly teroe attack, anC I to the firing waxed . entire line would od over. We occupy A Pirate on the Banks of Nertfoundlanil. BOSTON, Sept. 18.—The - steamer 81. B. Smith ar rived at Beverly on Saturday and reports that she spoke, September 7, in lat. 44:40, long. 07.50, the schooner W. B. Lovett. The latter reported that, when twenty miles to the eastward, she saw four or five vessels on fire, and that there was a pirate on the banks, and that he immediately got under weigh to escape. INDJANAPOLTB, Sept. 18—Dr. Bowles, of Bowles , Sprina.B, Indiana, was arrested 'to-day, .by. order of ajor General Hovey, on the oharge of (reason. Ho w:_ ir. be broq4. thlisiu, • to . the pieliots a do- serterbad been stood up before his new-made grave, with a rough-looking conk by his side. Ills name was Sweeney. A court martial had condemned him to suffer the extreme penalty of military law. Last summer he desertedirom his regiment, the liat maryland, then encamped near Pony Mountain. He joined the rebels, and was captured at the Wilderness. As he was being marched to' Bees Plains, in company with a large squad of rebels, some of his old companions in arms recognized and exposed him. His case came to this complexion at last. A rough, uncouth man, apparently alone in the world, and dead to all feeling, he left it with re proaches on his lips and bitterness in his heart. A chaplain's services were refused, and all serious con versation laughed at. With wonderful firmness he met Ids fate, carrying out this reckless bravado till he dropped into his yawning grave a mutilated corpse. The Ist Maryland Regiment had been as sembled to witness his punishment; but ere they could be formed in hollow square the above-de scribed attack had been made on our skirmish lines, interrupting this portion of the ceremony by calling off most of the men to the trenches. Alone, the provost guard performed their solemn, tearful duty. Ten short paces from the doomed man stood his executioners. By his side was the rude, uninviting coffin ; at his back the open grave. The trying suspense was soon over. " Fire I" was the low command, followed by a sheet of flame, one explo- . alon, and the heavy fall of the deserter. ESCAPE OF TEE REBEL CATTLE -RAIDERS-ORDER RESPECTING LIQUORS-PROMOTION OF GENERAL • HEADQUARIIES ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Sept. 18.—Our troops, who started in pursuit of the raid ing party that carried off the cattle, did not succeed In overtaking the rebels in their retreat. The latter had too much the start, and safely effected their es cape with the entire herd,numboring 2,485, together with sixteen of the herders, but two of these were killed. The enemy, when first discovered, had almost completely surrounded the herd and its guard, and only a small number of the latter effected their es cape. The to of the guard and the Ist District of Co. lumbia Cavalry isnot known, but it was quite large. A few stragglers and a squad who were running od' a crowd of negroes were picked up by our troops and brought in. The cattle were a part of the supply (or the troops operating against Richmond, and'not for the Army of the Potomac generally, and the herd was under the charge of Capt. Richardson. Col. 'Morgan, chief commissary of subsistence of the armies, had selected the location for the herd on account of the good.quallly of the grazing there. • Lieutenant General Grant has issued an order that no spirituous, malt or vinous liquors shall be allowed to come into the armies, excepting through the commissary and medical departments. This Was induced by the large amounts brought down by sutlers and others on orders from officers, but which was usually kept on sale by dealers, who thus managed to evade the former orders issued In the matter. • • Brigadier General Mott has been breveted a major general byte President, for gallant services during the late campaign. Firing is kept up along the line, and no ex changes of papers, &c:, 'are made between the pickets. THE MOWER MISSISSIP X. • FORREST PIPTEEN MILES PROM MEMPHIS-.4OVE. 'WITS OP MARTIADIIKE AND PRICE. • LOITISTILLIC, Sept. 18.—Gen. Forrest crossed the Cold Water on Monday last, and camped within fif teen miles of Memphis. Gen. Marmadnke, with 7,000 men, is across the St. Francis, in .Arkansas, intending to invade Mis souri. Gen. Price le threatening Little Rock. ,Gen. Schofield and Brig. Gen. Sprague arrived here from the front to. night. CONCENTRATION OP REBELS AT JACKSON, MiSe 20,000 . MEN REPORTED ENCAMPED. CAIRO, Sept. 18.—The Violuburg . Herald of the 10th says there has been a concentration of the rebel forces at Jackson, Miss. The troops of Forrest, Taylor, Golsen, and Wirt Adams were encamped around the city for several miles.- They were esti- mated to number 20,000 men, with extensive wagon, pontoon, and artillery trains. All the wagons are marked "U. 5.," being those captured from Sturgis at Guntown. All the movements are conducted with secrecy. Forrest is compelled to walk on crutches, from the wound received at Tupelo, but can ride on a horse. Advices from Memphis say Forrest has issued an order, dated the 2d, positively prohibiting all exit or egress from his lines after the 15th, and peremp torily forbidding the transportation of cotton out side of the territory under his control. This Is con jectured to mean, that he has some important ex pedition on foot, which, says the 'Vicksburg Herald, doubtless refers to.Calro. DEPAWFRIENT OF THE GULF. REPORTS PROM HOOD'S. ARMY—EPPECT OF THE PALL OF ATLANTA-THE REBEL TRANS•MIBdIB• Nxw ORLEANS, Sept. 12. 1 Hood's army is report" ed through loyal sources to be greatly demoralized. All the Trans• Mississippi rebel army, with the ca tion of Buckner's brigade, has moved'up towards White ricer. Buckner confronts the remnantof our army at Morganzia. Our main force has been sent away from that point. The statement of its destl. tion would be contraband. Col. S. Seymanski, the rebel:commissioner of ox change, and Col. Dwight, the Federal commission er, were in consultation at Morganzia yesterday. I. is hoped that a general exchange of prisoners wil result. There is nothing new from THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.. _ 0.1 . 3 DE R. BEsrao:rnici COBRESPO.NDESTe. FERRY,.Sept. P.. Ross Smith, provost marshal of this department, has issaed an order respecting correspondents, somewhat similar but, more stringent than that enforced in the Army of the Potomac. -No attention or heed Is given to Col. Smith's approval of despatches by the military authorities in Baltimore, and it scams strange he . should issue one to correspondents when his own au thority iaset at nought by those of another depart ment. Nothing new here. • FROA E ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. HEAVY SKIRMISHING ON THE LEFT.. WASRINGTON, Sept. 19.—Passengers from city Point state that when the mail-boat left yesterday morning; at 10 o'clock, the skirmishing on our ex treme left, which commenced at an early houi in the morning, had become very brisk, FORTRESS MONROE. FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 18.—The following deaths have occurred in Hampton Hospital since the last report: Adam 0-rune, 9th Now Jersey; B. T. (lobby, 58th Pennsylvania; Maurice Ragon, 2d Pennsylvania Artillery. As the steamer 0. Vanderbilt was coming down the bay from Washington last night a disturbance took place betireen two soldiers (names not men tioned), in which one stabbed the other, killing him almost instantly. The corpse and the assassin were both taken to the front. The 4th New Hampshire Regiment started for home this afternoon, their time having expired. POLITICAL. THE 'ELAINE- ELECTION. GARDINSR, Me., Sept. 19.—The ,Bangor Whig of this morning has the unofficial returns from 86 towns in addition. to official returns from 275 towns previously telegraphed, making in all 361 towns, cities, and plantations, giving Cony 54,868, and Howard 39,706. ' CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO. LION BBIPPICD. The bark Edward, for Hong Kong, takes $204,000 n bullion. ST. LOUIS. Mr. Faux at Easton. Special Despatch to The Press.] Gen. Grant's Escape from Accident: Arrest for treason In bagllona. U It 0 P E. ARRIVAL OF THE SIDON. AT EIaTFAX, Debate on the Progieets of art kiniletlee: HALIvAx, Sept. 19.—The steamer Sidon, from Liverpool on the 6th instant, via Queenstown on the 7th, has arrived at this port. The Sidon reports on the 9th instant, ten miles .west of Fastnet Rock, exchanged signals with the steamship Erin, bound to Europe ; 13thinstant, lat. GI, long. 52, passed a steamer, bark rigged, showing colored night signals, supposed to be one of the Montrealeteamers bound east. The Sidon will sail early on Tuesday morning for New York. The Eteamship St. Patrick, from Quebec, arrived ont on the Gth. The political news is very unimportant. The prospect of an armistice in America is very anxiously debated la England. THE LONDON TIKES ON THE WAR, The Times continues to represent that the feeling of the North in-favor of an armistice is rapidly in creasing," but the idea is strongly combatted by many who refuse to believe in an armistice, be cause it would at once necessitate the raising of the blockade. The Times, in its city article of the 6th, under the feeling of panic which the peace prospects had created, seeks to modify the financial apprehen sions it has raised by arguing that it is premature to regard peace as certain, owing to , the North maintaining the restoration of the Union as one of its absolute conditions. It, however, labors to show that if the ports of the Sonth are absomtely thrown open by an armistice, and the flood of cotton seri ously aggravates the existing pressure for money, counteracting influences will be at work to prevent the drain of money which is feared. Funds were greatly depressed on the 6th. Con sols experienced a decline 01 g per cent., which Is a heavier fall than has occurred on any single day for some years. The quotations are only one per cent..above the lowest point during the panic of 1857. Rumors of failure were rife, which added to the depression, but they all proved false. There was an active demand for discount at the banks and open market at fulkrates. The TiMes attributes the indecisive character of the war to breach-loaders and earthworks. It con tinues : "A quarter of ah hour of such fire as good troops, well armed, can now maintain, Is enough to stretch whole divisions on the ground. In Virginia and Georgia both armies are entrenched alike. The result is that the main body of each army holds a secure position; and the opposing bodies fight each other, as it wore, by sorties." Frankton advices show renewed activity in 'United States bonds, and improvement in prices. • 'Nathaniel Palmer & Co., merchants of London, have suspended. Their liabilities amount to £200,000 sterling ;. their assets to the same. .. The Prince and Princess of Wales embarked on the 3d, at Dundee, for Denmark. It is reported that Princess Dagmar, second daughter of King Christian, of Denmark, is about to be betrothed to thfrOzarwitch, the eldest son of the Emperor of Russia;. also, that the King of Greece is to marry a Russian princess. It is rumored that the Emperor, intends to es• tablish a new nobility, as a counterpoise to demo cracy. Bourse' steady ; renter 66f. 700. AUSTRIA. • The official Wienerzeitung denies the rumor that Austria intends forming ten new infantry regiments. Prussian papers refer to hitchesin the peace nego tiations, owing to the tenacity of Denmark on the financial question. The breaking of the negotiations is threatened. SPAIN. The Queen has received the new 'Mexican mi nister. The speeches on both sides expressed sym pathy and good understanding between the two Go. vernment. LoNnow, 7th.—There Is no European news today of importanoe. Livaaroon, 7th.—Steamship City of Baltimore, from New York has arrived. SHANGHAE,JuIy 22.—Teas and Silks are advanc ing Freights are firm. UanTorr, July 27.—Exchange 4s 9d44s 9K.d. • CALourre, Aug. i.e.—Exchange 2s INd. Accounts from the Indigo coops are unfavorable. Arrival of the Hibernian. FAT.= POINT, Sept. 19.—The steamship Hiber nian, from Liverpool on the Bth, via Londonderry on the 9th, passed thispint this evening. The Erin arrived at Queenstown on the Bth, and the North American at Londonderry on the Bth. THE LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 9.—lt is rumored that Austria 18 about to recognize the Kingdom of Italy. POSITIONS BY BRAZIL. It is rumored that the Brazilian Government has rejected the propositions for a renewal of diploma tic relations with England, as recommended by the Portuguese Government, and accepted by the Bri tish Cabinet. HEALTH OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The Paris correspondent of the• Daily News says the general opinion prevailed there that the Empo ekes health was in a very unsatisfactory state. The Paris Bourse on the 7th opened heavy, but subsequently improved. Rentes closed at 60@70. . Telegrams from Shanghae announce an important decline of 231 per cent. in the rate of exchange. At Calcutta exchange had risen 3 1 per cent. and the rate of discount was 2 per cent. / Exchange at Bombay was X per cent. higher. A.dvices from Japan to July 15th state that Gene ral Brown and Sk it. Aloock were both at Nagasaki. It is understood the resolution to open the Inland Sea to foreign vessels has been definitely taken. Lownox Alonsy lilAnirivr, Sept. 19.—The de mandsifor discount on the 7 th continuedgrood but not pressing. The terms in the general market remained at 73a8 $9 cent. Consols were dull and un changed, Foreign stocks closed firm. The Con federate loan was buoyant at a furthei advance. The Bank of England had advanced its rate of dis count to 9 cent on the Bth. - The Times oily article says " A glance at the Bank return will- show there could no longer have been any hesitation in raising the Bank rate. There is nothing is the situation to Inspire either surprise or regret." Intelligence. has been received at the Lloyd's, London, that two more Confederate cruisers had evaded the Federal war steamers and successfully run out of the harbor of Wilmington, N. C. and since then had destroyed no less than thirty-three Ainerican merchantmen. The Herald, says : It is stated that the Govern ment are about to order the holding of a commis sion of inquiry into the late riots. The War Department is ready to receive esti mates from gunmakers for the conversion of Field rifles into breech-loaders. . Commercial Intelligence. Lormori, Sept. 9.—Sugai dull and lower. Coffee slightly declined. Tea favors purchasers. Liv - ERPoor., Sept. 9.—Wheat slow, and 2d lower. Flour easier for barrels. Sales of Western at 20$ 6d. Indian Corn in moderate demand at 29s for mixed. Arriied from Philadelphia, ship Pembroke, at Queenstown. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 9.—The sales of cotton for the week amount to 28,000 bales, including '4,250 bales to speculators and 7,500 bales for export. The mar ket declined 1@231.d., owing to the peace rumors from America and the advance in the Bank rate. The following are the authorized quotations: Fair. Middling. New Orleans 3130. 29%d. Mobile 31 29 Uplands • sog 283 The stock in port is estimateffat 847,000 bales, of which 8,500 bales are American. The sales to-day are estimated at 3,000 bales, the market closing . dull, with a downward tendency, but the quotations unchanged. Brea6stuffs are dull, and all qualitieS slightly lower. Provisions aro active. Lard has an upward tendency. LONDON, Sept. 9.—The bullion in the Bank has decreased £9,500. Consols for money E731(0873a ; Illinois Central 41418 per cent. discount ; Erie shares 45. [By the Sidon.] ' LivEnrooL, Sept. 6.—Cotton—Sales for two days 6,000 bales ; market dull at a decline of one penny. Breadstuffs quiet. Provisions inactive, except Lard, which is advancing. Lornozr, Sept. 6.—Consols 8734 for money. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 7.—The steamer City of Balti more;from New York, arrived to-day. Cotton sales for two days, 8,000 bales. Market dull and unchanged. Breadatuffs quiet. Provisions inactive. LoprnoN, Sept. 7.—Consols closed at 87K for Money. American securities firmer. Dlineis Central Rail road 4644 percent. discount. Erie 406 1 425. • The steamer City of Dublin, from Liverpool on the ad instant, for New York, put back on the 6th with her machinery damaged. Shipping Intelligence. Arrived from New York—Planet and Eliza, at Deal; Brothers. at Falmouth; Bianca Salvatore, at Bristol: Dorothea Henrietta/ at Antwerp; Gabriel, at Tarrago na; Indus and hi (, Dyer, at Catte; Louisa Nichols, at Rochelle; Calhoun', at Liverpool; Zigzag, at Belfast; Geo. Tweed and Otto at Queenstown; Promise and White Eagle, at Hong Kong. Arrived from Philadelphia—Ella, at Liverpool. Arrived from San Francisco—salamander, at Batavia. Ship Joe. Holmes, from Bassein, previously reported Wrecked, put back on the 6th of July, very leaky, having been aground. Arrived from New York-2d, Aqullla, at Warren Point; let, Georgina, at Altona; Junior, at Hamburg; Carolan; at Bremen; 2d, D H Watgen, Slither, Olden burg, and -Blue Jacket, at do; 4th, Yon Laden, and Lehsen, at Queenstown; steamship lowa, at London;, 9d, Lone Star, and .Lamont, at Havre; 3d Frederick' Gerstacker, Bordeaux:hal, Nereide , and'Pauline.at Dublin. Arrived from Portland-3d, Flora Southard. in the Clyde. Arrived from Baltimore-2d, Criatel, at Bremen; sth, Carrie Davis, at Belfast. ailed for New York 3d, Atalanta, (steamer,) from! . ineenstov n; 4th, William Tapscott, from Liverpool. [Latest via QneenstOwn. LONDON, 7th.—There in no European news to-day of importance. I,lvEnrooL. 7th.—Steamship City of Baltimore, from New 'York, has arrived. SHANGHAI:. July 22.—Teas and silks' are advancing; freights are Arm. OANTON, July 27. Bxchange 4s thVi 93(d. CALCUTTA., August 16. —Exchange 134 d. Accounts from the indigo crops are unfavorable. BUTINORN. A SOLDIER. KILLER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ES- A. soldier in attempting to escape the guard a few minutes since, near Centre Market, was shot by the guard and instantly killed. The affair caused some excitement in the vicinity. SOUTH CAROLINA PRISONERS. There arrived here on Saturday evening, from the Valley, a lot of South Carolina prisoners, 207 in number. They wore poorly clad, some being bare footed. They left for Elmira, N. V., yesterday. GENERA' GRAZiT General Grant arrived here yesterday afternoon from his visit to Philadelphia. He left in the Norfolk steamer last evening for the front. He was heartily oheered as the boat was leaving the wharf. THE MARKETS. Flour lower; family has declined 50c. Wheat steady ; red $2.50@2.53. Yellow Corn lower; sales of 3,000 bus white at $1.85@1.89. Whisky firm at bd.86)4. Coffee dull; Rio 41016 c. • The Draft In Pongh.keepsie. * POiteinnisersis, Sept. 10.—The draft for tie Twelfth Congressional district commenced to-day. The proceedings were conducted in a quiet and orderly manner, and no excitement prevailed. - The drawing will probably be finished on . Wednesday. The Draft Commenced -at Norristown. NOIpIUSTOWIi, Sept. 19.—The draft was com menced here by Major Haddocic, provost marshal of the Sixth district, at 9 o'clock this morning. THE ART 0 Derromo, as a brilliant part of all the vivacity and motion which go to make up sect°. ty, will, of course, receive the' attention of young ladles and gentlemen in view of the regular social season which is approaching. Madame • Egerle. Martin, relict of the late, .accc.mplished and estima: blo Mr. Jules Martin, makes. announcement of the opening of her • much-admixed private classes in dancing at her .residence, 1346 Sprece street, on October 3d. Parents who wish to secure the pecu liar advantages of a . private school, and young la. dies who desire to learn from an extremely versatile and ladY•like, inetrti tress, will profit from the ex-' cellent teaching afforded in her select classes E'iy Madame Martin. To thoae who• desire to give to the social accomplishment a finish, hich very few academies 'can' ttePart i , rfc commend,the C. , 1t00l or . • tilt=etluctattd Adv. • • -• • - FRANCE .Iro4ll CITY. Eppetial Cornmpciadente of The Pram. I NEw YOWX, September 19, IliB4, TWE inogrros of young Mr. IVlcOlellan and of "one Sepricur,"" were out in full.demonstrative force on SatwdaY night. The streets were crowded with sight seers ..attracted by the procession, and Union Square was aensely peeked. The affair was festive. Lanterns, a fultrigged ship, banners, fireworks ; in fact, any thing and everything which could allure the masses, and excite the , enthusiasm of the Great trnwashed, were had and resorted to. Speeches were made, and not a few pockets plc - ked. The tone of the meeting was thei same old vituperative tone which has clang to the pppositionaddresses. since the com mencement of the War. The Young Napoleon, the . Large-headed Pericles, .the Complete Letter-writer, the Noble Railroad Titan, was eulogized and petted:. Every one who did not love lair: with , a school-girl: love was objected to, and in some instances abjur gated. A TOB£ZDO BOAT, constructed under the supervision of Capt. Boggs; U..S. N., has been subjected to test in our waters, and, it is said,, answered all reasonable expecta tions. A desire to keep the plan of. the boat from the public knowledge characterizes those whotavo had it in charge. Consequently, Jenkini, of the' prOss, has not succeeded in convey - Mg to a wonder- - ing people the idea of the thing. It is said that an opportunity will soon be accorded the inventor to prove in actual conflict the virtues of his craft. TER POSTMASTERBEIP has not, it seems, passed into the' hands of Mr. A. J. Williamson, although that was the- general un derstanding. The fortunate recipient is James Kelly, Esq., ex-collector of taxes. Mr. Wakemaia, to whom he succeeds, .entered upon his dirties as surveyor of . the port to-day. These changes appear to have excited wrath in certain quarters, and It is more 'than hinted in political oiroles that " T. W." is the Mephistopheles who has wrought them. A MILITARY FUNERAL. The remains of the late Colonel Grower, who was ..slain while leading his men on the rebel works at Jonesboro, will be buried late this afternoon. The 7th Regiment N. Y. S. N. G. is to act as an escort upon the occasion. OBJECTS OF INTEREST. The U. S: steamer Queen, which arrived at this port yesterday, brought the following wretched beings ; Commander J. 0. Johnston, of the great ram Tennessee; Lieutenant Commanding Murphy, of the Selma ; and Lieutenants Bradford and Whar ton, of the rebel navy at large. These unfortunates seem to take the matter coolly. The Queen - reports the health of our squadron and forces at Mobile and • - Pensacola as being good. [By Telegraph.] ARRIVAL PROM NEW ORLEANS New Yostlc, Sept. 19.—The steamer Continental, from Nair Orleans on the 12th, arrived here to-day. Among her passengers is F. Mills, Anierican con sul at Mazatlan. VIE GOLD MARKET. Gold closed at the evening exchange at 2269. i. MARINE TITTBLLIGENCE. Arrived—Steamer Cosmopolitan, from Port Royal, with 112 sick and wounded soldiers. Also arrived, ships - Hornet, from San Francisco in 92 days ; Orient, from Liverpool. DESTRITORTVE BIBS. A lire broke out this morning at 3.80 o'clock in Wood & Brothers' carriage depository, 'No. 596 Broadway.-,;-The building was also occuphid by Bangs, Kerwin, & Co., book auctioneers. The building and the stock of Bangs, Kerwin, & Co., were totally destroyed, but the carriages of Wood & Brothers were Fayed. The total loss -is about $2a0,000, of which Bangs, Merwln, & Co. are the principal losers. BANK STATBN_BNT. The following is a statement of the condition of the New York banks for the week ending Septem ber 19 : Loans, decrease .967,608 Specie, decrease 418,660 Circulation, decrease 12,103 Deposits, decrease 1,589,400 'The 84th Regiment P. V. Gl.Ltda . NEAR PETERSBURG, Sept. 14,1864. After a few days of cessation from hostilities, we are quiet, but the mass of new recruits is filling up our army to an immense strength. We are fully prepared for the stiuggle, and will give a glorious account of our allegiance and fealty to the strength and power of our mighty and invincible hosts, 'now under the command of the lieutenant general of the armies of the loyal States of an impregnable em pire. Politically, my company, " K, ,, 64th Penn sylvania Volunteers, will cast, as we now stand, 88 votes for Lincoln, and 6 for Clellan. Satisfied McClellan is nowhere in the Army of the Potomac, we will stand to the true flag of our country. M. ATLANTA. lien. Sherman's Congratulatory Order to his Troops. lizepqe , s MIL. DIY. OP THE MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, ATLANTA, Ga., Thursday, September 8, 1864. SPECIAL vnILD ORDERS NO. 68. The officers and soldiers of the Armies of the Cumberland, Ohio, and Tennessee have already received the thanks of the nation through its Pre sident and Commander- in-chief ; and It now remains only for him who has been with you from the begin ning, and who Intends to stay all the time, to thank the officers and men for their intelligence, fidelity, and courage, dlaplayed in the campaign of Atlanta. On the Ist of May our armies were lying in garri son, seemingly quiet, from Knoxville to Huntsville, and our enemy lay behind his rocky-faced barrier at Dalton, proud, defiant, and exulting. He had had time since Christmas to recover from his discom fiture on the Mission Ridge, with his ranks filled and a new commander-in-cklef 'second to none of. the Confederacy in. reputation. for skill, sagacity, and extreme popularity. All at once our armies assumed life and action, and appeared before Dal ton; threatening Rocky Face, we threw ourselves upon Resaca, and the rebel army only escaped by the rapidity of its retreat, aided by the numerous roads with which he was familiar and which were strange to us. Again he took post in Allatoona, but we - gave him no -rest, and by a circuit towards Dallas; and subsequent movement to Ackwortb, we gained the Allatoona Pass. Then followed the eventful battles about Kenesaw, and the escape of the enemy across Chattahoocide river. The crossing of the Chattalloochie and breaking of the Augusta road was most handsomely executed by us, and will be Studied as an example in the art of war. At this stage of our game, our enemies be came dissatisfied with- their old and. skilful com mander, and-selected one more bold and rash. New tactics were adopted. Hood first boldly and rapidly, on the 20;h of - July, fell on' our right at Peach Tree Creek and lost; again on the 22d he struck our ex treme left and was severely punished, and finally again on the 28th he repeated, the attempt on our right, and that time must haw been satisfied, for since that date he has remained on the defensive. We slowly and gradually drew our lines about At lanta, feeling for the railroads which supplied the re bet army and made Atlanta a place of importance. We must concede to our enemy that he met these ef forts patiently and skilfully, but at last he made the mistake we had waited for so long, and sent his cavalry to our rear t far beyond 'the reach of recall. Instantly our cavalry was on his only remaining road, and we followed quickly with our principal army, and .Atlanta fell into our . possession as the fruit of all concerted measures, backed by a brave and competent army. This completed the grand task which had had been assigned us by our Govern ment, and your General again repeats his per sonal and official thanks to all the officers and men, composing this army, for the indomitable courage and perseverance which alone could give success. We have beaten our enemy on every ground he has chosen, and have wrested from him his own Gate City, where were Ideated his - fbandries, arse• nals, and workshops, deemed secure on account of their distance from our base and the seemingly im pregnable obstacles intervening. Nothing is impos • sible to an army like this determined to vindicate a Government which has rights wherever our flag has once floated, and is resolved to maintain them at any and all costs. In cur campaign manly, yes, very many, of our noble and gallant comrades have preceded us to our common destination, the grave ; but they have left the memory of deeds on which a nation can build a proud .history. McPherson, Harker ale Cook, and others dear to us all, are now the binding links in our minds that should attach more closely together the living, who have to complete the task which still lays befbre us in the dim future. I . ask all to continue 'as they have so well began, the cultivation of the soldierly virtues that have ennobled our own and other countries. Courage, patience, obedience to the laws and constituted authorities of our Govern ment, fidelity to our trusts, and good feeling among each other, each "trying to excel the other in the practice of those high qualities, and it will then re quire no prophet to foretell that our country will in time emerge from this was! purified by the fires of War, and worthy its great founder, 4, Washington.' , W. T. SHERMAN, • Major General Commanding. Official: L. W. DAYTON, Aid-de-Camp. The Rel►el Capital. HOW RICHMOND IS SUPFLLED-WIDIRE THE REBEL GOVERNMENT WILL GO NEXT-TILE DA,NVILLE RAILROAD. . We extract the -following from the pabllshed ac count of a refugeci who recently left the rebel capi tal: Whence cornea the food necessary to the support of the large mass of human Whin and around Rich mond is a question not unfrequently asked. The stoppage of the Weldon Railroad has shut off another avenue of supply, and it was supposed by many would soon bring the inmates of the belea guered city to terms. The main dependence for food is now, and has been, in the large supplies from the extensive Piedmont region, a section of country which has been but llttle subjected to the ravages of war. From this quarter long trains of wagons are continually arriving, bringing in supplies. The James river and Kanawha Canal is also used to its utmost capacity in the transportation of food. It is not thought that the want of food will ever effect much in obliging the surrender of the rebel capital unless this other source of supply be wrested from their grasp. If you have plenty of money you can get plenty to eat. Hunger will Subdue the most vohtment patriotism, and we may soon hear cries of "Blood or bread" in the streets of Richmond. The tinio when _this shall come Cannot be far dis tant. Even now the Government slaughter houses are besieged by crowds of won meath await the killing of animals 'and beg for This cannot last long. What shall be the next move in event of the evacuation, of Richmond has already become a theme of frequent discussion. The most popular course's to fall back to Columbia, South Carolina. This plan engaged the attention of the authorities once before, and many of the most valuable State documents were then removed to that point. It is Still further said that the 'leaders of the rebellion have given up all idea. of overcoming the North, and it is now the intention of Mr. Davis & Company, when thesee they are on the verge of final defeat, to hand the so-called Confederacy over to the French Government. The new railroad from Danville to reensboro, which the rebels have been building for sonic time, is not yet finished. Working parties are still en gaged upon it, but the inconvenience of transporta tion and scarcity of material, particularly :iron, have, In a great degree, delayed the completion of the road. - All the railroads. around Richmond are considerably out of repair. for want of iron. The motive power, too. is greatly suffering from want of proper mechanical skill. TEIIRIBLIC EXPLOSION dT 117 E 1 rP 1 118.—The Mem phie Bulletin o f f a particulars of the explosion, at that place, of a magazine at Fort Pickering. On the morning of the 13th the magazine of battery A, 3d Regular (colored) Heavy Artillery; located int mediately on the river bank at the foot of the bluff, suddenly exploded, producing a concussion felt throughout lithe greater portion of the city. There were about 800 pounds of powder, besides a number of shells. It is estimated that about 150 shells exploded, the fragments being scattered in all directions. There is no 'vestige of the magazine left standing, and the ground in the immediate vi cinity is ploughed up to the depth of several feet. The casualties were: Killed—Private Cleo, Wash ington, Company A, 3d United States Colored Heavy Artillery, and Thomas Knevals, white Go vernment employee. Wounded --Sergeant Rice, Company A, ad United States. Colored ,Heavy A.r tillery ; David Macklin, Company C I 3d United States Heavy Artillery ; and Pat Sinuly, a white Government employee. No injury was done to the armament of the fort, and the damages otherwise can speedily be repaired.- -it has been discovered that the explosion was caused by the accidental discharge of a musket in the hands of a sentry. the charge lodging in a bezel cartridges. ~, -'-'! , - pule fie Eutertalementt - - Tan OctraA SaAsoN I's Nan- y our butt', of yeiterdayoepeaks as follows of Opera : Last week .has been a most ex success for tt e opera, not simply he re but lyn. .‘ Dor. Freischutz 7 wits played. on Frt, and 'Faust' at. a Saturday ar e r tnue. Robert le Diable,' with Formes as Ben, Grover has most emphatically come in ti time and tune. •-; Maretzek announces that the, scifirtlon seats and boxes for his Ant seat pan Operis•will commence trt. Wednesday. - son is to begin on the &ref October. As introduces several artists as yet nohow. c ountry, thp beau monde Is In a state of .1 4 pectancy.'n • LARGE PIEGTIVE SALE ONBOOTE, SE A GANS, ARM? GOODS, TRAVELLING 134 a1., —The early attention of purchasers- is re l . .the large assortment of boots; shoes, breg t goods, travelling bags, Fie., &C., induct voice of boots partially damaged, emSn k4 pies of 1,100 paclsages of first-clasa seassei, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be pt, ly-sold, by catalogue; on four - months' err, mencing this morning, at 10 , Volocir pr Et John B: Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 2,4 Market street. mgs. Woopqr . l,ll"gif NOVEL .--% B. p e .. t Brother have in press., and will publish ter day, a new novel, by this popular miter. titled "The Haunted Tower,' , and we a , for it a large sale, as Mrs. Wood is On e writers whose fertile invention and skill in , the plot of a story keep the reader's atter sorbed from beginning to end. LARGE SALE To-DAY—VALUABLE R TATE, STOCKS, PEWS, &C.—See Thomas advertisements and pamphlet catalogues. The Richmond-Enquirer-on WU!, Letter. We have received. from our eorrespondt the army, the Richmond papers of the 14th They contain no news of impOrtance. The Ing is the leading editorial of the Enquirer: IeCLILLLAN'S MUTED.. Having.prndently plaoed ourselves in the. .• of those who expect nothing at the hands of politicians, we have been blessed in-meet, no disappointment in thit letter of General . lan, accepting the Democratic nomination :Presidency. We can imagine how each was written, upon consultation with the pea. the war men, and those who seek spot any basis. We can fancy how those menta,upon-the text came in by letter or ference, and , the original mist have bees blurred ' with erasures and interlinations. our disasters at Atlanta and Mobile may hi volved a recast of the whole communicatie with a prospect of success, of course tta Yankee people will be clamorous for a rigors sedition of the war. So oar friends of the party seem to have only got a sentence here au into the acceptance. .When McClellan, utt , J pressure of the spoilers and his own anxiety for had written, "The re-establishment of the in all its integrity is, and must continue to indispensable condition . in any settlement.' peace men secured the adoption of a phrase is either tautology or nothing: "The Unita one condition of peace. We ask no more. any one State is willing to return to the should be received at once, with a full anal all its original rights." The letter contains the usual professions of tion to a Constitution its writer has assisted t late, of economy in the expenditures of the O ment which his partisans do not intend ' keep, and an appeal to the Supreme Beir Invoked by every hypocrite, who, entertai; self no respect for Divine influences, thin may be, perhaps, some fools who do. Sawa; his speech of blood and ruin by a similar sip] Beinginflnitely good and merciful. The lintel thensignifleslittle, except that the present sei of the North is for war. He has " hung hi mill into the'popular-is aura, " and will so t sails as to grind , his own rist. With all have nothing to do. The sooner the public m disabused of all vain expectations the better. repeat, that it Is the returns from the precit Atlanta and Richmond which will deals Presidential campaign of the Yankees. Ha sends a barrel of flour to the army, or she knits a pair of socks for a soldier, does for the cause than a whole batch of Cam diplomatists, backed by the entire Quaker: ment at Chicago. One by one oar delusion vanished, and left us none the worse or tve For months we were looking across the war recognition like so many famished colonists corn ship. When we found two tridingobst in the way—first, that foreign powers could not next, that they would not aid us—we dear, from our signal station by this sea-side, from we used to see the wonderful mirage of 3t fleets coming to raise the blockade ; and titto plough and reap on our own ac'r next interruption to our labors was the vol teer diplomacy of Messrs. Sanders, Holcombe. al This excited hopes among some of our people,, have been disabused again by the united sennot of the North in favor of a prosecution of the . 1 It is better we should be undeceived, and we to our thanks to those counsellors of General DIN;; lan who, have put words of coercion into his mor Better this than the deception which must haw lowed professions of peace upon his part whici law and treaty making departments of his GE ment would never ratify. PERSONALS.—The following porsonal pear in the same paper : .To d. H. Myers, Philadelphia, Pa.: Send letter to you by flag of truce. We al well, Send much love to yon, sisters and brot: Write to us soon. Like to hear from you. Sew your direction. Your true brother, S. H. Mimi. Mrs. 7'. P. Webb Philadelphia : lam well and in Petersburg. Friends shad. Have written two or three times. No answer ra ceived.. Write by flag of truce to Miss Jennie Tont P. Wsse, LT27OHIMEG, Va., August 23, 1861.—The Medi of C. W. Mercer, Virginia Cavalry, prisoner of cm in Fort Delaware, are well, and have heard fon him. MEW [FOR ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS SEE FOURTH PAT& The Dedication of Concert Hall. DISPLAY OF PIREWORES-A LARGE GATHERlNG sraatcmas BY EX-GOVERNOR POLLOCK, JUDGE SHANNON, OF PITTSBURG, HON. WM. D. KELLEY, AND MORTON WMICEAEL. Last night Concert Hall was daylicated as, in the words of Judge Kelley, " the headquarters of the Union army in Philadelphia." The large and bean• tiful hall was densely packed long before the hour announced for the meeting. The stage was oacu. pied by members of the Union League and other prominent citizens. At eight o'clock tho meetinr organized by calling EvGov. Pollock to the chap. Upon assuming that position Gov. Pollock stated the objecti for which the immense meeting had Wee I convened, and exhorted his audience to spare n) effort to elect Abraham Lincoln in the November election. They should determine to crash thus men who were aiding their brethren in the South to rend the Union of our fathers to pieces. Only a resolution to defend it, whether they survived or perished, could protect it from the traitors who 'wooe plunged in a depth of infamy so dark and so deep that the darkness of hell is light In comparison. lie asked all the young men, especially, to have, dada! this time of trial,the motto : "Onward and forward!' Now was the time to make a proud and honorailo record for themselves by periling life, ever - Atari in defence of the country. He would like to see tto youths of this Union like the youth of Paris. lea when listening to Blirabeau eloquently defendk? the liberties of France, fell fainting, and the yon knew. that he was dying from loss of blood. Bark; his arm to the lancet, "Take my blood," cried ha, "take all, rather than Mirabeau, the defender el the liberties of France, should perish." A glary greater than Pdirabeau , s is ours. Our country!! struggling in its death-throes. Then come up yo with your motto "Onward and forward!" readyti do all that you can for the preservation of this rs• public, so that it may come out again a united sal powerful country. The ox-Governor retired andl bursts of cheers. He then introduced JUDGE BEANNON,, OF PITTSBURG. • I have come hither at the invitation of friends to be present at the dedication of this Hall to the par' poses of the Union and the Constitution. To unite together with the great powers of the people to pre. pars for the moment of peril to the country ;f) unite with Americans in vindicating Abraham Li? coin., I never voted for a President, except a pt. mocratic President. I never voted for Abraham Lie coin, but I will say to-night to this grand asserk blage, who have all read in the pages of history Jefferson and Jackson, that if I live to November next I will vote for Abraham Lincoln. [Great ap plausis . .] Ido not know what some people mean bi the word Democracy. I have been puzzling Lai brain to find out the meaning of this word—l have tried to trace Its origin and from whence derived-I have sought in vain, in the words of Jackson aft! Jefferson, and have asked the leaders of the pre• sent party what Democracy is I And now think I have found it out. It has not the meanie= that is now attached to it. Not the professions a the gutter politicians is Democracy. I was taught at my mother's knee that VA' next duty to my dtai to God was that'l owed to my country. lam hear. and soul with the good cause in which you are ea' gaged to-night. • I met the loyal men of Norristeav on Thursday evening, and I have mot the men of Christiana. On Saturday night I - beheld the lope enthusiasm within two miles of the miserable how of that miserable politician, James Buchanan. Rat our population away in the west is not superabund ant. We have not so much wealth of taste and it telllgence as is to be found in this great city, ani our demonstrations are not so great. But in the country they do not fall behind' you in their deter mination to maintain the Union against the assanlts of men led by the manufacturers of the Chicago platform. When I was a boy, in the western part of this State, I was delighted' with a certain book-3% may have read it, 2Esop's Fables. You may to* member the fable of the countryman and the soala The countryman went out early in the morning, and in the wintry dusk he found a snake nearly frozen and almost dead. He looked at & thefsnake and said : " You must live ; you have a right to life as well as other creatures." And, so tie carefully picked it up and took itback to his house, and petit by the hearth-stone by the fireside Milt was wane. ed into life. But when his vigor recovered, the us' gratefulreptile stung, the hand of his benefactor. .ZEsop, lived many centuries ago, and be has not told us what kind of a snake this was. But I hare come to the conclusion that it must have been Copperhead. Now, let me speak of George B. McClellan—Col bless him, personally. -There can bo no defence fey him for having accepted the Chicago nominatioa What a proud name he would have made for idol' self had he spurned it,.and Come out with the wear arm that his hopes wore for the triumph of Of Union carafe,. and the death of the 'rebellion. ! George B. McClellan thmight that the South syffs right, then he must have thought the Chicago e' c i form right. These principles he must have n `,. , when hie accepted the command of the Linton arfh._ or he Would not have led 200,000 brave men undr . the star-spangled banner, to death and defeat_ But with a right mind, and right belief, that el which has cost BB thDBEIBMS would have ' been ours : The Speaker then discussed at length the claim: of McClellan to the Presidency, based upon the (ir e cago platform, and his former political acts- It_ directed attention to the fact that he could nom have worn the stars and spurs had it not been to; the kindness of Abraham Lincoln, who dfigrag" young man with the highest office. HON. WILLIAM D. SZLLEY. FRLLOW-CITIZIMS : I have not forgotten the 1 2, t history of the war. I have not fin.gotten the re eez " or George B. McClellan, while in coMmand of as armies of the United States 5., and I causet ;f , 6es- "Amen "to the remark which hasjeJi been mad - • " God blei3s him." I may nolsay L , Goa bless him:: while the untiffirived spirits of tens of thousam - are slumbering in the morasses of the chick:lt; rainy. - With- their memory we can breathe 9 prayer for him. There is still fighting for the , i.' 4 l!" session of Richmond, because he failed to talV'l We do not offer a single prayer for " es lN3 ' lt Clellan." [Laughter.l Withal, he b. Y ‘ ite i gas tleman ; but if he is a silldler, then he ui ‘'t . is, v e; a .... : :. cepted the command of our army with such " V„ serration as that with which he professes to . 1 ‘!!•• the Chicago platform. . We are engaged In " a war fierce and desperlza. and the work our army has before it is the dotro:. Lion of a powerful organised Confederacy. 1-s . Douglas said towards the ()Jose of his life, There !* a only room for two parties—patriots and traitors -1 . a:struggle like this [Applause.] Thme who era no' for the country are against it e nd for its et3M k ' Bekkg Womb, wo Ilave- eti, , ,, , a.h - ott thli nail tar tti
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