New York Times, The (Newspaper) - September 4, 1861, New York, New York VOL 3105 NEW-YORK WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1861 PRICE TWO CENTS GREAT REBELLION IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON More Fortifications Being Erected by the Rebels the National Pickets from Hill Congratulations to Com IMPORTANT FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA Safety of Gen Assured Condition of the Retal Army in Virginia Plentiful of Shoes and Clothing PIRATICAL CRAFT GONE of the Privateer Jeff Davis St Augustine off SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON Tuesday Sept 3 yesterday resigned the Colonelcy the Thirty-seventh and to-day the was accepted by the General i THI CABINET f There was no Cabinet meeting to-day although was regular Cabinet indicates that everything is running smoothly From ati parts of the country the Government baa assurances that recruiting is going on with great briskness The average number recruiting Is about fire thousand a day The new recruits are generally men who in addition to gratifying patriotic instincts are seeking the service as legitimate means of employment The pay of thirteen dollars a month with clothing and sub- is about as much as any laboring man or mechanic can earn the year round The men thna enlist for employment are generally apt to obey orders and to do a duty with alacrity and without grumbling no PASSES No passes were granted to anybody to-day not even at the urgent request of heads ol De- CONSULS In reply to numerous inquiries it is to state that Secretary will not appoint special Consuls under the unless tl ere is an absolute necessity for the presence of such an officer at a foreign port Jen to-day reviewed the ments of Col BAKES and Col Yesterday Gen reviewed Gen Brigade near this city VISIT TO THE NEW The President and Secretary visited the new works erecting at the junction of Seventh and Fourteenth streets The werd drawn in line and warmly cheered their visitors A SKIRMISH Or PICKETS In skirmish to-day between our pickets ami those of the rebels four men were killed ing to Col Regiment and two of the Garibaldi Guards MEN HOSPITAL There is an increase over last week in tlie ber of patients at the hospitals There arc at thr rti Washington 124 Columbia College Alexandria 135 eruptive 24 Seminary Georgetown 183 Union Georgetown 183 Total 805 In the samo hospitals at the report there were 597 showing an increase of 208 Notwithstanding this increase the ary condition of the troops is most excellent and the proportion of sick is very small the number of men The following appointments Brigadier A on mil Eleazor A Paine oi Illinois Justus rU S A O Howard an 1 Charles D of A D of H Mihoy and Wallace ol of The to a brigade of Brigadiers the aging five a day A BOOKS has been reinstated as Com- mander in the Navy JONATHAN C BURNETT oJ Ins appointed Register of the Jot and WILLIAM HOLLAND ol souri of the at Mr Thorn unusual influx of a crowd as doubly sure no professed however much the eminent may be by covert During last night rt experienced a fright along their linos liver The long lOll was beet and their pickets a retreat to their camps amid the frequent firing of guns The artillery on Munson's Hill tired a number of shots toward our pickets at Bailey's Crosa Roads causing them to lall back It is not known what was the occasion of the fright CANNONADING ACROSS THE BITER Heavy cannonading heard in different directions from the city this morning excited apprehensions of an attack on our lines It proved to be a lute fired at the Navy-yard on the occasion of a visit by the President and Secretary CAMERON and the trial of some large guns at Chain Bridge gome pieces at Port Ellsworth which had been loaded for some time were also fired THE AT CHAIN BRinGE Intelligence has been received that the enemy appeared in force to-day opposite Gen SMITH'S command at Chain Bridge GEN COMMAND FRANKLIN is in command of NEY'S and MITCHELL'S Brigades Col MCLEOD is Acting until Gen MITCHELL assumes command Gen FRANKLIN'S composed as follows Capt W JOHNSTON Acting Assistant FRANK HAMILTON Lieut J P BAKER First Cavalry C W TOWLES Fifteenth In Acting Quartermaster and Commissary A CARGO The sloop taken recently with contraband arti- cles arrived to-day She is a mere of twenty-two feet in length yet had a cargo worth fifteen hundred dollars The revolvers were of COLT'S pattern London make HOWITZER DRILL The Master's Mates were the howitzer drill to-day at the Navy-yard THE OF CREEK The propeller C C Alger from Philadelphia arrived this afternoon She reports the rebel tery at Aquia Creek much strengthened and that a force was still working upon the DISCHARGED FOR ILL-HEALTH Owing to the lax manner in which many geons of volunteer regiments have their duly in examining recruits many of our troops are daily being discharged on account of ill health A little move care avoid this difficulty and save money to the Government PORTRAIT OF UR DATES A splendid portrait of Hon EDWARD BATES has just been completed by A J CONAUT of St Louisi and has been suspended with those of in the office of the Attorney-General PRICES IN VIRGINIA A gentleman who has just escaped from ern Virginia VIA states that the following arc the ruling prices Coffee 60 cents sugar 37 cents Hour though wheat is only from 40 to 50 cents per bushel spool cotton 12 cents boots to per There were no to be had at any price The place was not About men were posted along the route to Junction TUa New-York and Baltimore papers were smuggled across and were to be had at IV Sixteen wrc brought to the city day from Ball imore They arc daily intercepted at Havre de and Baltimore on way North MR OP TENNESSEE Hon arrived this evening from the West and is stopping Brown's Tho object of his visit was to get possession of his children who wore in West Tennessee Through the cooperation of personal friends he in his purpose TO THK ASSOCIATED i Tuesday Sept 3 The ot thr has addicted fn lolloping to Commodore NAVY Sept 2 1651 Thr you and of join unJ aKo tlie era and of the Army v uli you on Ihr induction o Forts and the of the forces employed in their defence Tlie result thus fai of an expedition with cure and the of tlie positions the most important inlet on the lina will be with consequences that cau scarcely be This ment vt the loss of a man on your part or one in senice has carried joy and to the of friend of the Union It is 1 trust bul ihc beginning of re- nits Hint ill soon eventuate in the confirming moie strongly Integrity of the Union Convey to the anil men of the re- vessels under your command the thanks of Depai for their gallant conduct und tlie assurance that is luat in the great emergency lhat is now upon us the country rely of old and the aiui the of I im WELLES F II cornin B tiding Tbc ot llu mull tho and of f iii of id tur nl to Jut ccis as u io i ihc in tlu cases which ma be Uln and The Preside i if 01 tlie i i i ncl t-y A CUM II L IJ H BRADLEY Corporation Attorney In place of Al resigned Col O O of the Third Maine Regiment and Col JAMESON of the Second Maine Regiment have been appointed The firing across the river this forenoon of heavier have heretofore been heard at tills point was occasioned simply by tlie exercise of the men at the guns stationed In some of tho United States In the vicinity of the Chain Bridge and near Alexandria The enemy also fired this forenoon from rifled guns on Munson's 11111 at the Union pickets without however wounding a man The following is compiled from this afternoon's I of troops and assume her portion of the military tax putting Government lo tlie trouble of collecting It Kentucky Is all right This may be relied upon ANOTHER PIRATE CONE having been selected by Gov In order to enable the citizens of to pay that tribute of respect to the memory of tlie de- ceased which all desire to do STATE POLITICS t ill 101.1 C ol ni< P i's by bit til and Mt Th in Army A ol of J V i i O mil D M A Mi of o i II mil ALC ipi ii 111 It v Mime days since in al's i ion lo be E Tlie ti uth ol this vus denied in oil the but tin H I- a His i MI 0113 u oi been and to n i liave Hid 111 as a j in Ihr I ol in the and WILLIS of uf Monies at raw Mo The sidvii-es that all is with liis since tho account of wler to LKE which of course was Tlie Mayor of Washington lias JOSEPH btl 1 i 1 In- r Fifteen or twenty vessels have arrived here in the last twenty-four hours and with one tion the crews report all quiet down the river ing seen no batteries and no men on the Virginia shore The exception Is the schooner Chas West which arrived and reports while opposite Matthias Point the Captain had a fine glass he was trying to get a peep at the ates when a shell came whizzing over his head and dropped in the water about 400 yards beyond Ills sel He made no further observations in that locality At the Potomac Creek below Aquia and above the Maryland noticed some tion Just above the old steamboat landing at the mouth of tho Creek taking his glass he saw tho men as thick as blackberries apparently throwing up In- and twenty or thirty horsemen and ox learns hauling earth One team had six oxen at- and appeared to be drawing a gun A Virginia refugee was picked up by the Tigress reports that the Confederates are ing batteries at Cockpit Point and opposite Ferry about forty miles below Alexandria He that the officers in charge of the batteries have orders not to fire on any vessel until all the works are completed The Confederates on Munson's Hill can be dis- seen with a good glass and their ments rendered perfectly visible Most of each ing is devoted to drill and small bodies of troops can be distinctly seen their various tions Officers of the slate that from Alexandria to the River a distance of nearly 150 miles not a soulu visible on Virginia shore the whole country bearing the mark of desolation no horses cattle or animals of any kind are seen and not a particle of smoke to note the habitation of a single individual is perceptible Complete silence and loneliness pervades the whole extent of country as though It had been devastated by a pestilence The late Municipal Police of this city having ceased to exist as such before their successors are installed in office for the due protection of person and property here In the meanwhile shal Gen directed that the Commanders of battalions of the Provost Marshal's guard hold their several commands in readiness to turn out at any alarm of lire which may occur each in his own Dis- He has also directed them to inform selves of the position of the each in his and to them to tlie best advantage in ex- any fire that may occur has been received here that a ment of a regiment captured two of the Charleston Home Guard at Harper's Ferry yesterday nnd took them to Gen BANKS Camp REPORTS FROM ALEXANDRIA Tuesday Sept 3 The Disunion troops are erecting a fortification about a mile below Murray Mason's on the laud of Lrw five miles out on the Lillle River turnpike The Southern pickets have possession of the upper part of the farm tlie Union pickets the lover pait In Uw Mr has thought to leave IMPORTANT FROM VIRGINIA DESPERATE OF THE REBELS From the Baltimore American Sept 3 Through a direct and undoubted source we are in of interesting facts in relation to the condition of things in The man to whom we arc under obligations for these items is a man of eminence and his statements be implicitly Last theie Confederate troops at Winchester except a few sick At wci c thiec or four regiments and one at i little above the Point of There was un- other at Goose Creek From letters rent by Hirer different parties young men in the ranks at Richmond to -ons in widely different localities we learn lhat at Richmond and vicinity the Confederate forces were in a sad state of destitution especially was the of- felt in their ments that the soldiers weie barefooted anil in want in suitable They warned other young men their old associates to away from Richmond In confirmation further of fact relative to the of it was stated the in the of the tannery at the hair scarcely removed from them them off to convert them into rhoes Joi the troops The most strenuous efforts on all hides to fin needed articles of of the campaign they seized only the Union men to mount their bul tl f-ir that they scion to of in ten ing intense st Want uf confidence 1 sml was by Mich a rendition of things With fie hi impressing Uir belief the Government had not more than men mid that it was impossible for it to any more It was by such reports that they managed to the hopes of their follow cis IMPORTANT FROM RICHMOND LOUISVILLE Ky Tuesday Sept 3 A just arrived in this city ironi Richmond the Junn al that he captured at Point on his way to the North and for lo Richmond lie reports the ber of troops in Virginia are greatly exaggerated in Iho and Richmond and that the numbers will not reach In the State many of w hom down ith sickness in substance orating the statements of fie Southern papers that full fifty per cent of the fighting are in the pital He further says that on Saturday last I wis was ill little hopes of recovery The Journal's informant at the trial at Richmond proved himself an Englishman and was released A letter fiom Dublin County Ky says that two brothers named EAILEY with had killed BUCK SMITH and hi u rel which arose fiom a political The BAILEYS are Union men POSITION OF GOV MAGOFFIN 3 lias declared to several members of the his determination to tain the action of tho whatever it may be to the extent of his power Neither House has yet done anything officially ex- cept the organization of the Lower The Is occupied In settling but 1 am that the will abandon jajte WRECK OF THE PRIVATEER JEFF In the Louisville Courier of Saturday we find the following paragraph from the Charleston cury of Aug Capt now made sail for the Florida coast On Friday evening insl he was off St Augustine but the wind having increased to half a gale he could not venture in He remained outside the bar the whole of Saturday out observing any of LINCOLN'S fleet On Sunday morning at half past six while trying to cross the bar the Jiff Davis struck and though every sible exertion was made to relieve her by throwing the heavy guns overboard yet the noble vessel after her perilous voyage and the running of Innumerable blockades became a total wreck All the small arms and clothing of tho crew with many valuable dries were however saved On the arrival of the brave but unfortunate crew in St Augustine they were received with a ness they can never forget The town bells rang out a joyous peal of welcome and people vied with each other in their courtesies to the shipwrecked ones to the noble of the the men soon recovered from their fatigue They are expected to arrive in Charleston on Wednesday next The name of the privateer Davis had become n word of terror to the Yankees The number of her prizes and the amount of merchandise which she captured have no parallel since the days of the Jack The above news Is confirmed by the following dis- patch PHILADELPHIA Tuesday Sept 3 The Richmond Enquirer of the of publishes from Fla dated the 21st which has been received at Savannah Geo saying the crew of the Davis had arrived there the vessel having been wrecked on the ban while trying to get into St Angustine Fla THE PIRATE HEARD FROM BALTIMORE Tuesday Sept 3 A letter from Key West to the Baltimore American dated Aug 20 on board the frigate Santee says that on the evening of the 14th the steamer Powhatan came in off saying that they had captured a prize to the secession steamer Sumter which was trying to into the river with a large containing ters to JEFF DAVIS and others Some of the letters stated that the Sumter was going to a certain post or and would be there for a stated number of days So the commander sent tlie hatan immediately to look for her All was quiet a1 Pickens when the Santee left The steamer Louisiana was disabled on her ward trip by an accident to her machinery She was towed down by the Adelaide and towed up again ar- riving here tills afternoon She brings no news from Fortress Monroe MORE ARRESTS OF ALLEGED TRAITORS JOHN C a merchant of this City was arrested on Monday night at the Instance of the Secretary of State nnd confined the rebels tors and other enemies of the Government al Fort Lafayette He is charged with having held out In- to the nf Ihc schooner called the Arctic to take a trip lo Nassau N P and convey thence a of cannon to Wilmington N C for the use of the Secessionist The Captain having a fear that he should he unable to run the blockade withstood Mr offer was of a ing character and the cannon as far as is known to tiie contrary arc at the Bahamas The prisoner Is a West Indian by birth and carried on at No 36 On Monday a merchant named DAMEL was arrested by Detective for using seditious language toward the Government He gave utterance to Ids treasonable sentiments while add rest ing a few individuals in front of the Park Barracks did not regard tlie evidence sufficient to warrant his detention nnd he was discharged Mr also a merchant was at- by Officer LEWIS of tho Ward on suspicion of holding treasonable with rebels In this case also Hie did not the allegation and v us liom custody ROACH and of the Sixteenth Ward found a man In tlie actively engaged in denuding men ingat the recruiting UN against Government weie thai it was bankrupt and that the war was crusade against our own In one instance he deterred a man from join ing tin Sixty-ninth Regiment and as lie appeared to be doing much mischief wilh his artful tongue the led him to Police He is confined there pending an examination lie is an of considerable about 31 arso age by name and suys that he Middle tow a N J Yesterday United States Marshal MURRAY arrested the editor of the L I Republican in this Cily and sent him immediately to Fort Lafayette Some days ago the Marshal received several copies of the paper from parties m Greenport accompanied by an inquiry as lo United States ought not to arrest the editor The copies were sent on to Washington and ward the an order lor his He was seized as ho gelling on boaid the cms on liii way to the Democratic Mule FROM MISSOURI ROLLA IMo Tuesday Sept 3 The correspondent ol tlie St Louw Democrat the following A gentleman from lhat Louisiana and Arkansas troops was moving towards Ar- kansas He last heard from at lie Chalybeate Springs Mount Vemon Ilis also being moved fiom the Hospital and taken On the nil PARSONS anil moved towards with a force of some men When last heard from they towards on road between and Only a of Gen Division remained in Thirty-eight of the Dent County Home Guards were Sunday morning early at Bennett's Mills by 350 rebels and 2 of them killed and 8 Bounded one moi tally The killed and wounded of the rebels filled a iv agon but their number could nol be ascertained The Homo retreated Eighteen secession who were taken by the Guards the day be- fore weio confined in a hoXise by and the rebels mistaking them for Union men on them lug several REPORTS CAIRO Tuesday Sept 3 Lieut who was sent with a ilag of truee from Gen camp at re- turned luht night Col terms were by Gen PILLOW and an exchange of prisoners tako place Fit teen aic reported to be at Mew OF THE REMAINS OF GEN The remains of Gen LYON which were ed on Monday In the car which had been prepared for then aild which was appropriately black left tho depot yesterday by the train for There was no ceremony at- Uic cf Utf train this hour TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE OF THE ARABIA AT HALIFAX THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION Tuesday Sept 3 Contention bids fair to be one of the strongest in point of numbers and character of delegates held for years bythe Democracy of New-York There is already a large embracing prominent Democrats of the State many of whom are here merely as evince a lively interest In the action of the Convention There Is evidently unanimity of in respect to the policy to be pursued by the party and the expression IB generally In favor of a vigorous and earnest prosecution of the war against any ration of the States and In favor of holding forth to the rebel States the offer of peace at any moment they will return to allegiance The resolutions will embody these propositions united with a con- of the State policy of the Republican Party and In favor of a reconstruction of the net on a baits calculated to secure public confidence In the Administration The threadbare annual quarrel between Mozart and Tammany excites some interest Nearly the whole of both delegations arc on hand and are nest in pressing their claims although in the absence of WOOD and other ter partisans and the On to Richmond policy of TUCKER and the fight lacks much of its ancient personality and bitterness It Is said that the Tammany delegates threaten to repudiate the Convention as an party if they are not ad- mitted alone and declared to be regular and unite with the Republicans next week in nominations On the oilier hand there Is a report that a bargain Is on hand between WOOD and the Republicans by DICKINSON and two nominees of WOOD are to be 1 on the Republican ticket and Mozart Is to These of course arc rumors started by those In the Interest of the different factions The probability Is that Tammany will be admitted and Mozart entirely rejected as Irregular and opposed to the war Many of the country delegates are against Mozart on this ground while ihc Soft politicians regard this as a favorublc time for a final of tho York quarrel and a recognition of their old friends of Tammany There is However a not Insignificant force for the admission of both sets pf delegates ing the preference on the of regularity lo Tammany but calling on her If she Is in her of patriotism to lay aside factional rels and regularity of organization upon the alter of the country Tho A Green organization have cut clear from Mozart and declare their to indorse any platform and any candidates thai may be professing wish is to the Republicans electing the ticket nominated morrow indications favor the of for man and J for Permanent dent There is not much talk of candidates yet but the chances are that COMSTOCK Secretary JONES and Engineer RICHMOND will be For Comptroller the name of JOHN J TAYLOR of cca appears most prominent Judge ALLEK of wego Judge PAIGE of Schenectady Judge SCOTT of Saratoga are named The choice for will be between and MAN TRSMAIH Prison Inspector RHODES and liave the inside truck for In- spector but RUSSELL alto In the field W W will probably he nominated fur Canal DEAN tors are at tlie Syracuse House where Hie Delegates arc mustered and arc ai the Voorhies House The principle arc rapidly filling up THE VERMONT ELECTION Vt Tuesday Sept 3 Our Stale held Parly HUPS the campaign been badly up so no comparison of the vote that of last year can with propriety be Hon ol by the Republicans and a portion I1 e liberal Democrat Hon B II of was by straight and i ol Woodstock the Union The election off very and iLe vote teem unusually We have oi the from -7 v thing more than of tlie totes of 851 year KAH Republican J In fiom that of Irom the opposition lo Republic ii THE AT THIS PORT Important from Oar Paris Correspondent Sympathy Napoleon III the Union Our Ability to Borrow Money in France Arrival and Reception of the Queen In 47 of 39 are said to bo Republican 8 I Of tin Union air lo strong MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN WILMINGTON Wn Del Tuesday Sept 3 At the city diction held to-day tinion ticket was elected 0 GILPIN Mayor by 772 majority out of 1 300 oles REPORTS FISOM WESTERN VIRGINIA WHEELING Sept 3 The leli here to the in the outbreak in reached is ui the from the s NATIONAL LOAN IN PHILADELPHIA Sept It was ID Nu Loan lion ihn UNION AT IO Hon JOHNSON to an immense Union meeting al were MASSACHUSETTS I Col and Ins u dispatch fiom the Sociality ol Wav Ii in his as Col B In lo a all the dm v-r- to linn il V A company will this and iii lew Thi H Col for the of wai I lully aimed ami for service TESTIMONIAL TO COM The serenade to Commodore STRING pi to have been given by his in Brooklyn was postponed on account of tic of Band been en- gaged for Die occasion They did not their en- gagement probably on account of the storm lint the people were not to be ttm In patriotism by the elements and two thousand or more bled in the Pal k at 10 the hour of the of stated owing to the absence of Die band tci erado would be postponed until evening when the demonstration be the weather fair or foul band or no band cheers were then given for Commodore three cheers tor the troops who participated in the engagement al Inlet and three cf the and then the Toleration of Protestantism to Fr MICC DESTRUCTION Olf A TOWN IN ITALY TOE ADVANCE CONSOLS a 91 The Royal Mail Arabia from Liverpool at 10 A It OB the 24th town on the afternoon rived at Halifax at 11 and will sail again at ehc will be to morrow of the of August ar- o'clock yesterday morning 2 P M for Boston Wednesday evening 102 passengers and in specie j The steamship Arago Capt LINES from Southampton Aug at this port at an early hour The Arago brings passengers the usual mails and 250 tons cargo Amongst her we notice Hon John B Stockton and family late United States ter to Rome Hon Henry C Murphy and family late United States Minister to the Hague A French Esq late Uni ed States Consul at Aix la Chapelle 0 Henry Esq late to United Stales Legation Vienna E C West Esq Surrogate of City of New-York Lieut 8 C- Barney and family U 8 N and Lieut Oscar ol the Swedish Array The steamship Africa from had ar- rived at Liverpool Aug 25 Tiie steamship from ar- rived at on the at midnight The dates by the Arabia are two days later than thereby the North American at Quebec and three da j s later than those by the Arago RICHARD the factory philanthropist is id I Queen VICTORIA enthusiastically re- al Dublin Cotton scod is regularly shipped to India from Suez The election under the new lion of Seats took place in South shire on and resulted in the return of Mr CHARLES the Chairman of the Mei sey and the candidate of the Conservative Party A letter Irom Turin the states that of Jl nine Ipas entered into a contract the house ol W H Co of York foi Ilie construction of two iron-cased The of Milan gives some p.irliriilari Tiie signed by Mr of New-York has just been QS follows 1 A reduction of 2 percent lias been obtained on the price first agreed on ol lires for each frigate 2 Of the Uva systems English and French as sented by and tho the ence IIMS beon the French system The to be completed at the in tuo cars and a half Baron i lias been to a year's for the assault on his son and the latter to a Month's imprisonment for refusing to 11 his parent Mn o Public Instruction has ol lo open The i f publishes ihc sub- A r from the in the Hi r if Ihc condition of the present status quo will look well in nn The ib excellent Syria ol tiie Department of War loi the jear Lc more than the vear The has been less firm Rentes i orn cry it of tli London Times gives of of affairs at A lit had at A company ot soldiers upon there uero Oil iho and the IMC with but while they partaking oi the them I IIP people and them next the Iroons town ill ol the lire One i- ii to marry It is 3 f t are dead j to enter i 1 r n They escaped j t I them waa wounded TI r made an to land a ii ji but were repulsed l formally dissolved on tji u new cne is lo lie called v c i passed both tho ot the Diet protecting con- I f I Tlie collection o t 1 force I he rigidly A collision hml pt icr between the r
