The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-26
8. BANMAN, Major Comdt


placed allowing for the Casualties will reduce the
Continental Army to less than 5000 men.
That since the state the Council above Referred to- the
Enemy have brought detachment of about 5000 men
from Charles Town to New York. which makes the pre-
operating Force in this Quarter between Ten and
Eleven Thousand men,
That the Enemies Force in the Southern States
not been lately ascertaned by any distinct accounts but
the general spposes cannot be less than o which
about 1900 at Savannah) in this estimate the Dmnu-
ton by the Casualties Of the Climate is supposed TO be
equa to the increase of Force derived from the Dis
That added the loss of Charles Town and its Garrison
accounts OF recent misfortune are just arrived from
Major General GSt giving advice Of general action
which the army under his Command met with total de-
feat and in all probability the whole Of the Continental
cut H of: '' @'''''' '''' pun % 70
That the State Virginia has been sometime exerting
itself raise Body Of 5000 Troops to serve till the end
December 1871, but how far it has succeeded is not
known.
That Maryland had Resolved to raise 1000 Men of
which sufficient number to compose one Battalion was
to have come to this army The remainder recruit the
Mary land lnebut in consequence of the late advces
order has been sent to march the whole Southwark.
Thatthe Enemies Force in Canada Halifax st. Angus.
tine and at Penobscot remains much the stated in
the preceding Council
That there still to believe the Court Of France
will prosecute its Original Intention Of giving eecual
succor to this Country as soon as Circumstances will
arrive in the course OF the fall.
That Fleet greatly superior to that Of the Enemy in
the West Indies and formidable land Force had sailed
sometime since from Martinique to makea Combined at
tack upon the Island of Jamaica that there is possb
y OF reinforcement from this quarter Also to the Fleet
of our Ally at Rhode Island.
The Commander in Chief having thus given the Coun.
Gil full view Of our present Situation and future pros
pects requests the Opinion of each Member in writing
what plan it will be advisable pursue to what objects
Our Attention ought to be directed in the of this
fall and winter taking into consideration the alternative
OF having or not having Naval Superiority, whether
any Offensive operations be Immediately undertaken
and against what Point what ought to be immediate
can afford or ought to send any from this
Army to the Southern States and to what amount the
General Requests to be favored with these opinions by
the 10th Instant at farthest.
This concludes the famous andres Papers" A
more remarkable set of documents no man surely
set foot on before. The papers themselves look
yellow, are much crampled and worn, and bear evil
dent marks Of age. We are justly proud to be the
first TO lay them before the readers of the Herald
and the world, a favor for which both we and they
are duly indebted to Colonel Beekman, who has
promised to let us know still more of what is con-
tanned in those seventeen trunks
We need not remind our readers ofthe infinite i'm
portance of these papers. Had they been permitted
to reach their ultimate destination, in the boot of
Major Andre, according to the hopes and expecta-
tons OF the high contracting parties, Benedict Ar
mold and Major Andre, what change would have
come over the destinies of these United States =
Everlasting gratitude, however, TO those three i'm
mortal names, john PAuLDrNe, DAVID WILLIAMS
and ISAAC VAN WARr-they arrested the spy-ex-
posed the traltor-and saved the country.
GJ- CEkEsrE commences her engagement at the
Bowery Theatre this evening, and will no doubt
cause the house to be filled to overflowInp and
thus tend something towards the renovation Of this
recently sinking concern She will be more attrac-
tive than Fanny Ellsler was while here, and will
make much more noise, and as much money in the
same time, as she did. One thing she must do or
the public will forgive herr that is to see that
she is paid regularly every night for her services
The degradation TO which Hamblin had recently
reduced This theatre, by exhibitions of scenes Of
prize fights, &C., would render any attempt to re.
suscitate il perfectly poweress, in any other hands
save those Of Celeste But see TO the money.
VINO MARRIED CArTArN ScHINDLEY I'VE under.
stand that Mrs. Inglis's Boarding School for Young
Ladies, kept at New Brighton, has now been closed
and is ready to take another tenant, who will
keep better lookout after those Captains with
lnoustachios,' 1t is capital house and capital To-
cation for Ladies Boarding School.