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DRYANTS MINSrRELs,
ID Mechanics Hall Az Broadway above Grand street
Monday, Sept. % and every night during the week.
CROWDED. HOUSES. IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS
s. o. CAMPBEILi IN new ballads and warolipgs.
TIE RAW RECRUITS, TIN-PANONION,
RIVAL DARKIES.
EpH HORN, NEIL AND DAN BRYANT
new budget conicaies Revival the u
THE RUGGED PATH
On, TnEY De Sons or MALTA
Change of TneDoors open nj half pasB Curtain RISES
n a quarterto O'Clock. Tickets % cents
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WATERLEY HOTEL, BLOOMINGDALE ROAD.-THE
w uners ned would specially inform his friends
and patrons that he has attached his Hotel
and ladies' slaan, where will be served all hours all
the decacies of the season.
GEORGE W. JENKINS, Proprietor.
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT, PURSUANT TO
IN djournmcn the Annual Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the doccss of New York will meet In
ST. Johns chapel In the city Of New York. on Wednesday,
the of October A. d. 1851 mt ten o'clock IN the
morning WILLIAM L. EIGENBRODT, Secretary.
NEW Ser
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HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AT AUCTION-THIs DAY
~ at IL o'clock, 80 President street Brooklyn -Brusses
pm Ingram Carpets, Sofs Bureaus g-seats, Beds, Mir
rors, window Cnrin Gas Fixtures, Kiclea rurniturt q
Deposits required WELLINGTON A. CARTER, Auction
cer Stove " Norllsndt sr... Now York.
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CHERIFF'S SALE-wILLIAM ABBOTT, AUCTIONEER,
y saesroom No East Broadway viii sell at auction,
Saturday September ~ II O'Clock a. NJ, at 81 Jeier
street. York, Blacksmith and WheewfiLhts Tools,
Benches Iron Bellows, Forgcs, Auvils Anchors,
Bars, DC. JOHN KELLY, Sheriff
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A L. SMITH. AUCTIONEER WILL SELL THIS DAY
n. at lu O'Clock, the ene Furniture of family giving
housekeeping in the private Residence f3i Eighth street.
gnoar Broadway Everything must removed this day.
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MORTGAGE sALE-RICUARD WALTERS, AUCTION
~ Ger VIII sel this day, at va O'clock By yirtae o.
chatel igage the Barroo FAures and Stock OF bar
room 5S6 Pearl street of Elm, consisting OF Bar
Counter, Fixtures Beer Pumps, Copper Measures Glass
ware, Chairs Tables Desk qantiy Of superior Pipes
re CAsks and Kegs Refrigerator Dcmon and otaer bar
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

DLEECKER STREET UNIvERSAiIST CHURCH,
ID corner Downing stree"if religion is not 10 save
from ben aeeafer of what use Is m VIII be considered
by Rev. Masses Balon tomorrow evening, at ia o'clock
CHRIsTTAN CHAPEL, SEVENTEENTH STREET
" near SYih avenne-Servces Lords Day (Sep. 29>
0l A. NJ. and ~ I. NJ Preaching by the pastor, Urban
Q. Brewer. Subjcct, Mornng"Ns Neutrality" Evening
"Chrstiany aud Conscienccn
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TJENRY-D. MINER, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINER
IL will sell at auction, Saturday September % 1861
81 lGE O'clock al his saesroo 81 Nassau street
ne fost oee general assortment Of Household Furniture,
removed Tor convenience of sale consisting English
se tapestry and ingram Carpets rosewood Paror S ele-
ganty carved rosewood Buren gilt French
plate oval and square Mirrors Cottage u;ts ma
66osany and back walnut Warirobes Bookcase Chairs IA,
&c By order of w H. Ransom assignee pai,ncc of a 70,
itAilcrs stock of Segars, Tobacco Pipes, &c
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g 4 J. BOGART ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DAY, AT 10Y
-. O'Clock, the auction rooms No. North William
street. Household fgrnitue, consisting Of Sofas Tables,
LooSing Glasses Kitchen Furniture &C. also Store Coun
ter Carpenters Tools also rubber Bags lot OF
Linens. IL. also Parlor Suits.
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THE NEWS.

We published despatch from Washington yes
terday stating that the troops on re-enlatng for
the war individually receive thirty dollars bounty;
when they re-enlist by companies of not less than
sixty-four men they each receive fifty dollars, and
when an entire regiment re-enlists every man re-
ceives seventy-fve dollars bounty. Inrelation to
the pay of volunteers we find that the recent laws
of Congress expressly declare that all non-com-
missioned officers and privates shall receive two
dollars month additional to the former pay that
in lieu of clothing they shall be paid three dollars
and fifty cents month additional; that they shall
receive rations computed at nine dollars month;
that if wounded in battle they will be awarded the
same pension as is given disabled soldier Of the
regular army; and if death ensues from wounds
received, the widow, or if there be none, the legal
heirs shall receive in addition to oil arrearages Of
pay and allowances, the sum Of one hundred dol
lars.
According to our Interpretation Of the Direct
Tax law of Congress, all dwellings, lots, gardens
and farms upon which the owners thereof reside,
if they exceed in value the sum Of five hundred dol
Jars, are exempt from the government tax. The
law reads as follows" Property belonging to any
individual who actually resides thereon, as shall be
worth the sum Of five hundred dollars, shall be ex-
empted from the aforesaid enumeration and valua-
ton and from the direct tax aforesaid"
The number of rebel troops in Virginia is given
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City-the oapital-and reoapture 1t. The posses
sion of the lead mines however, is manifestly all
important to the rebels, for their store must be
nearly run out.
We give to-day highly graphic account In de-
tail of the battle at Dug Spring, Missouri. where
Lieutenant M. J. Kelly, Of the First cavalry, with
only twenty men, made his desperate "Balaklava'
charge upon the whole Of the enemy's infantry in
the face of bayonets and bullets and cut his way
through them, putting them oil to fight.
One of the wounded rebels asked Lieutenant
Kelly, with great earnestness, after the terrific
charge was over, whether his cavalry were men or
devils. To which Kelly naively replied, that twas
quite possible they might be composition OF
both.
Our correspondents description of the affair Will
be found intensely interesting.
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THE DURATION OF THE WAR-When Louis
Napoleon decided upon entering upon the
Italian war he foreshadowed the event by de-
claring, in somewhat ambiguous but prophetic
language, which all Europe understood that
war between Austria and France was imminent.
This was on the LIST of January Before the
month Of September of the same year was
closed he had concluded the terrific campaign,
in which over three hundred thousand men
were engaged had driven back the Austrians
across the Mincio, and dictated peace to Francis
Joseph in the village of Villa Franca
Thus, in nine months from the very incipiency
of that great war, peace was restored to Europe.
Why cannot we do likewise with our war?
Why cannot our rebellion be crushed out before
next May? If it is possible to be done at all
and who doubts TIT may be done within that
time by proper management and a judicious
employment Of the power in the hands of the
government. If the people were convinced
that such would be the result of the present
campaign, that rebellion would be annihilated
and the Union restored to its pristine grandeur
and prosperity by the LIST Of May 1862, they
would chcerfully furnish an amount of men and
money sufficient to carry out work of double
the labor.
While, then, the people are so ready to do
their duty, let us hope that the government
will not foil in theirs, even to The minutest
detail.
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any adequate protection to the shipping interest.
The question now is, what is best to be done!
The merchants and shipowners Of New York
ought to hold meeting Immediately, for the
purpose Of getting up an armed feet OF private
ships on their own account. There are sailors
in abundance, there is gold enough in Wall
street. and there are numerous ships rotting idly
at their docks. Let every steamer be en-
gagged, and every fast sailing clipper, and
let them be armed, equipped and manned
for active service. Let commissions be de-
handed for them from the government, and let
them scour the coast from Maine to Texas, and
in very short time every privateer will be
swept from the seas, and American commerce
will again resume its supremacy. The expense
of such an expedition would be heavy; tut the
interests at stake are immense, and no one can
doubt that Congress will refund the mo- on
seeing the important results achieved. The
people will insist upon it. The safety of the re.
public is the supreme law
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TROUBLES OF ARMY OFFIcERs.-Why is Lieu
tenant Colonel Smith, one of the most intrepid
heroes of the Mexican war, who was brevetted
twice for gallant conduct in the battles of Con-
treras and Cherubusco, left at Governors Island
to rust away his most vigorous years, while
ignorant civilians are put at the heads of
brigades and regiments? Why are so many
other of the officers whose chivalric spirit
is known throughout the country also excluded
from participation in the gloriessand hazards of
the war that is wagirg on the Potomac? In
New York city alone, dozen officers could be
named who pant to be seut to the seat of war.
but whose repeated applications to that eject
have, litler.o, been treated with neglect.
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The TNEFFIClENcY OF THE BLoCKADE.-Many
instances have been recently developed going
to show that the blockade of the Southern ports
is miscrably inefficient, and it is not at all I'm,
likely that the evil effects of the neglect on the
part Of those who are responsible will be more
severely felt at no distant day.
We saw not along ago the rebel privateer
Sumter escaping from New Orleans, which Is
nominally in a state of blockade, and we arc
familiar with the depredations she has since
committed on our merchant marine. Then,
we find the Niagara leaving Charleston exposed
for two days; and again, we see the Wabash
leaving the same port unprotected for fifty
hours at time, and then the necessity of the
Niagara deserving the waters of Pensacola for
two or three days in search of the privateer
Sumter, because the Brooklyn let her slip
by at New Orleans. And yet we have not
heard that any court of inquiry has been
established, or any investigation ordered into
the cause of these apparent derelictions Of
duty. What is the blockade worth, thus
managed?
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The CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE DE-
CREASE OF POPULATION IN IRErAND.-The Irish
census, just published discloses to us the start
ling fact that during the last ten years the popu-
lation of Ireland has 9ecEeased to the number Of
7s7, S42, or 1902 per cent upon the gross amount
In order TO account for this it is only necessary
to take into consideration the one item of emil
grafton Within the period mentioned, no fewer
than 1,23O,oS6 Irishmen sailed from ports of
the United Kingdom, 1,174,l79 of whom were
represented rs permanent emigrants. The
causes of this exodus are obvious poverty at
home and the prospect of good labor market
and comparative wealth abroad. Emigration to
this country has recently received a check, ow-
ing to the intelligence of the war and general
stagnation of trade; but when things resume
their normal condition the tide will again set in,
and the exodus will still continue in advance of
the natural increase, and gradually the popula-
ton of Erin will decline.
The disposition of the Irish to seek fortune in
foreign land is owing to so few Of them having
proprietary interest in their native soil. Ac-
cording to statistical table, published some
years ago. the number of landed proprietors
in Ireland was 10000, in Scotland 5000,
and in England 10000, while in France the
number was 100000. Scotland, although
showing only 5000, was formerly divided
among an immense number of lairds, or
small land owners. But with the progress of
society the habits Of these underwent change,
and the lairds, in the majority of cases. found
that their estates no longer yielded them in
comes sufficient to maintain them as gentlemen,
consequence of which was that they sold them
to their richer neighbors; and So in the course
of time, the entire number of landed proprietors
in all Scotland became reduced to the number
stated. We quote this to show that similar
movement is in progress in Ireland, and that it
has been rather assisted than retarded by the
operation Of the Encountered Estates Court
The same is the case all over the United King
DOM and now property is daily falling into the
hands of great -monopolists. The result of this
is to increase individual wealth, but to make
the mass of the population dissatisfied. This
was the case in France prior to the Revolution
of 1887, and to the revolutionary condition Of
France at that time England Ireland and Scot
land are now approaching. The causes may
be swept away and the disaster averted, but
the probability Of such occurring is in the
highest degree remote.
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regiment partly concealed in cump Of small pines n
an old held the rst Ore they broke and the greater
nrng over the heads OF their comrades In 'front.' at tho
same moment they were charged by company Of seces
two y wo tSs Se
Zouaves Killed four and wounded one dspersing them.
the discontinue Of this cavalry was completed by hre
which killed and wounded several men. Colonel Farm
ham, with some Of his officers and men, behaved gal
not sppear again On the aed Many Of the men joined
other regiments and did good service skirmshers.
The report of Colonel Miles, of the Fifth divi-
sion, discloses the circumstances of his being
sick from fatigue on the day of the battle, yet
he appears to have good ground for complaining
of being superseded by Colonel Richardson in
the command of the brigade. Colonel Reyes,
of the First brigade First divison), in his report
states that half an hour before the retreat he
imagined the victory to be ours. In the report
of Colonel Sherman we find this reference to
the death of Colonel Haggerty:-
Lieutenant Colonel Haggorty Of the sixty reg,
men without orders, rode over ana % w and
short range, shot Haggerty, and be tell aeaa Vpn u~
horse. tsa ,.a
This officer gives an Intensely graphic de-
scrlption of the fight between the Sixty-ninth
and Seventy-ninth regiments of the Union army
and the rebels. Captain Griffin, of the Fifth
artillery, in describing the operations of the
battery under his command, which was ulti-
mately charged upon by rebel infantry, thus
speaks:--
This infantry was mistaken for own forces, an
officer the field having stated that II was regiment
by Colonel Heintzelman to support the battery In
thla CHARGE the cannOnier cut down
and large number of horses killed, leaving the battery
(Which was without support except in name) perfectly
helpless
On the whole, the official reports of this battle
display high order of critical acumen and mi
litary intelligence and are eminently distin'
guishcd with respect to accuracy of details and
candor of design. And the conclusions to be
drawn from the evidence which they have pre-
sented to us is that our troops were, wher
evenly matched against the rebels, more thar
their equals in battle, and in nowise deficien
in courage or stamina, but that by being led, il
an exhausted condition, against the far su
perior numbers of the enemy, they I'll
timatcly yielded to panic. The bes
disciplined troops in the world have actet
similarly, and it would have been unreasonable
under such circumstances, to suppose tina
novioes would have showed themselves NOR
selfpossessed than veterans. The result of thu
battle has, however, taught us a grand lesson
which, like adversely, will not be without it
uses Our army has yet to put forward it
full strength, and under skilful guidance it will
be the finest in the world, and conquer all be
fore it in the accomplishment of its gloriou
mission for preserving the integrity Of thi
great Union.
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ANohEAsH ON TAXATION THE PENALTY PAID BIZ
: AiHiofisA'-As our readers have seen, the fede-
i"i taxes ior the support of the government and
ior putting down rebellion become a serious
matter. We have now taxes on most of
the necessaries Of life--tca, sugar and other
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with the income tax, the
most obnoxious Of all. But in addition to these
there are State and city taxes arising out of the
war which must be paid. The State has appro-
prated three millions of dollars. The city has
appropriated q million, and now calls for a loan
OF half million more to support the families Of
the volunteers. The interest on these loans.
with other expenses yet to be incurred, will
make the whole debt about two million dollars.
This will of course increase the city taxes upon
people already overburthened beyond any
free people in the world; and, what is worst of
all, from the destruction Of business the ability
to pay taxes is diminished in the same ratio as
taxation is increased.
This is q severe test OF patriotism, but it is
the penalty which it must pay if true to
itself and to the national cause; and we have no
hesitation in saying that the people will
willingly bear all these burthens if the war
is only prosecuted with vigor and brought to
speedy termination. But if it langushes, and
there are other disasters like that at Bull
run, and in the continued capture Of our
ships by rebel privateers, there will be
revolt against such heavy taxation with
out any adequate results, and the President.
Cabinet and COMMANDMENT Chief will be held
personally responsible for the failure. The
American people are generous to a fault in
money matters, and they are willing to pay well
when they receive valuable consideration But
they will not tolerate shams. If the govern
ment will do its duty, and rise to the height of
the lofty position it seems to aim at, there is no
danger that the country will not sustain it. On
the contrary, there are no sacrifices which
| loyal people will not make to restore the con-
| federation to harmony, and to vindcate the con-
sitution as understood and expounded by our
| fathers-to overthrow secession on the one hand
and abolitionism on the other-the two extremes
which are equally inimical to the integrity Of
the Union. But the people will not long con.
sent to have the national treasury made the
prey of harpies, while the great object for
which the money of the people is levied is
either lost sight Of or the war Sc mismanaged
as to become worse than nullity-a national
disgrace. Congress has done its duty. The
people will do theirs. The responsibility now
rests entirely upon the shoulders Of the admin
istration, and they will be held to strict 40
count Of their stewardship.
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THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN-A CURIOUS CO.
NcIDENcE.--t appears from the published
statements of the battle of Bull run that
Gen Tyler, who commanded the advance
division of the army, made an attack or
reconnaissance, with the greater part of his
forces, on Thursday the 18th of July, and
that he did so without authority from the
commanding officer, Gen. Mcdowell, who did
not know of the affair till it was all over. He
was repulsed on that occasion, or, at best, he
failed to obtain any advantage and retired. It
may be somewhat remarkable, then, to find that
in the battle of the following Sunday, the 2lst
Gen. Tyler is still found in command Of the
advance division, occupying the post of honor
1t was not usual with the great captains of
old-such as Napoleon, Wellington, Frederick
the Great or Peter the Great-to assign the post
of honor to an officer who was guilty of such
breach of discipline as it is said Gen. Tyler
committed.
However, it is evident now that, whatever
might have been the instructions given to Gen.
Tyler, if his reconnaissance towards Manassas
on Thursday, the 18th, had been supported by
the rest Of the army. the great battle would
been fought before Johnston could have effected
a junction with Beauregard, because the troops
Of the latter did not begin to leave Winchester
till that day.
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The new stamped envelopes have been at the
Post Office since the 9TH inst, and the public are al
lowed but two more days to exchange the old ones.
No more of the old stamped envelopes will be al.
lowed to pass through the Post Office. The follow
ing is list of the prices Of the three, six and ten
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OUR CLASSIC BATTLE FIELDs.-In the history
of this country we have had three wars and one
rebellion--the present still existing conflict.
Many and glorious have been the battles, and
chivalrous the deeds that marked the war of the
Revolution, the war of 1872, and the conquest of
Mexico. and it may be curious to contrast the
names by which the battles Of these three epochs
are known with the names of the principal con-
licts in the present war. The euphony of the
former contrasts strongly with the unpleasant
sound Of the latter. In the Revolution we had
such battles as those of Lexington, Yorktown
and Saratoga In 1872 we read of the contests
at Chippewa, Queenstown, Badensburg and
New Orleans. In the Mexican war the liquid
Spanish tongue furnishes such names as Moline
del Rey, Bucna Vista, Chepultepec, Cherubusce
and Resaca de la Palma as the scenes of our greai
battles. But in the present war we cannot soal
any higher in the realms of euphony than Bull
Run, Big Bethel, Scary Creek, Dug Spring, Hoke
Run, Bull Town and Pig Point. Alas, for our
present classic battle fields!
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ABUNDANCE OF SAILoRs.-When the President
issued his proclamation for eighteen thousand
sailors for service in the war, it was thought
that considerable difficulty would be expert
enced in procuring that large number. 1t hap
pens a hey tha! there il no scarcity Of sail
ora. The general depression in commerce, con-
sequent upon the war; has thrown so much OF
our merchant marine out of service that our
seamen are willing enough to enter the navy
for want Of other employment
The receiving ship North Carolina, at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, has almost always COM
plement of thousand men on board, and the
influx Of seamen at the different recruiting de-
pots is at the present time very large. There
is another cause besides the depression of COM
merce which initiates against the employment
Of our seamen at the present time, and that is
the discovery Of the oil springs in Pennsylvania
and elsewhere, which, together with the fami-
liar use Of gas and the various inflammable
fluids, have rendered the whale fisheries of the
Eastern States less profitable, and have thus
thrown unemployed upon the world hundreds
OF seamen, well trained and admirably fitted for
our naval service.
1t is manifest, then, that it Is not the want of
sailors which renders the blockade inefficient.