The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-24

tracts nom our European newspaper files contain
ing very interesting resume of the progress
events-pohtical, municipal and financial-both /
France and England, at the date of our latest ma
advices.
Her Britannia Majestys gunboat Rinaldo, Com
mander Hewett, yesterday morning saluted tn
nag on Fort Hamilton with twenty-one guns
which was returned from the fort.
To-day the Union men of Virginia viii vote fol
members of the federal Congress in all the districts
al present unrepresented where no danger exists
nom the interference Of rebels. These will be The
Seventh, in which are the city of Alexandra and
frince William county; the Eleventh. to fill the
vacancy occasoned by the election of Hon. John
s. Garlic to the United States Senate the Twelfth
ana thirteenth distrcts-the three latter being in
the Western part of the State The Tenth is now
represented by Hon. VIM. G. Brown. The remain
1g eight districts will probably be unrelrcsented,
as the rebels viii not permit o vote to be cast
Inc loyal people will also vo n the ordinan, Q
passed by the Wheeling Convention to divide the
ga Dominion and call the Western portion the
State of Kanawha.
me twenty-iourth annual meeting Of the Penn
sylSahia Anti-Slavery Society will be held to-day
III Wcstchester, Pa.
Inc hchmond Wing says if the present policy
OF Jeif. DAVIS Il Co. is to be continued. 1--WE had az
wen be looking out for terms of submission, and
Tue sooner the better" We think SO too.
Inc Mobile papers admit that the Southern ac-
count of The affair between Colonel Wilson'S regi-
ment and the rebels on Santa Rosa Island was
hishly colored. They now report their loss 10
have been one hundred and thiriy-if killed, fifty
wounded and thirty taken prisoners. They took
only seven Union men prisoners
Tho Louisville CJa,ao. is now published in
Bowling Green. Ky, and printed m Nashville,
Tenn. 1t is edis,d by the same parties who ne.
Gently slipped through the fingers of the Provost
Marshal in Louisville.
hebo deserters from Tennessee are goitg into
lhe Union camps in kensaeky by scores.
CoI. Morrison's Black Barse cavalry regiment.
u Troy, is full, and will probably leave for the
seat OF war il the early part al aest week.
IAerc are about six thors,a,d men in canlrpin
Massachusetts,. The Twenty>snrd regim, Mt, VI
Iynnlicd; the Twenty-fith at Worcester, M tn
[wenty-sixth, at Lowell, are fss.l The TIVE nty
seventh, at Springfield, has abonu nine hun, red
re1.
ok thousand five hundred men, s:a;sted fo,~the
laval service, have passed through she receiyil g
mp ONO, at Boston, since tho Sth ofAsril
.. n. ana +. d. Flanders, editors OF he Franklin
y. f) Gazette have just been introd, setinto Fort
lafayette. Cause-secession prosliyi, tss:
Vine steamboats,, having on boaEd TIN ri ,Pennsyl-
mia regiments and one from Iowa in .sA,n~ynber 1
s upwards OF four thousand men III rive xhs Louis
lie On the 22d inst. P
The annual inspection Of the Thirty. SOW 9TH reri
ent, View York State Militia, took plac so-rlay.
ID passed off satisfactorily The regil nci alarmed
II abosIiouf llulrawsd members, unde c, aaaaani
Colonel Recme.
captain Thomas Hsanes Baker and til . ,-sw Of
9 rebel psisaseer SavaaNsah, numberiH &c rteen I
rsons were put OF trial yesterday, ins he lAiteG,
ates Court before yN'gea Nelson aud, Shi yaan
report OF the proceedings maybe fo md ii an \
hen column The coart room wss cro vdcd ~itLG
ccators, who cvinspIs dcep, inter est in .the.el
al. A
The ship Saa!nia, Cspt Psadk ton. arrived ycs4
rday from liverpool Sad on II eight 200 basrrl.
irits IF turpeattne.
Only 264 cmprants arrived q t this port du-in. 4
9 pas' week, which Suirgs he number, since.
n'ary !, upt0's9,I3l. Dhm . lmber that arrived l
re laH year to- the. cuinres bonding date wa,
SEQ, from wlsdi it wi be, " IN that the number
arrivals up to tiiisdxs II wear is Is. s2S less
In last year.
The market for fcef cx.fle, yesterday wos mnh
re sat sfactoryrtian fen aa 10 time. Prices were
. per- ib.. bettar all amw nd but considerably
re 'hai'tha'' ca no' @'n age, the proportion of
~ sto'H on sne' oeiihs larger. Prices ranged
m o1ac-to"c:- witii' MN lew sales at either cx-
me. nHcH c'"s WEN steady. Veals were
crnbfy active 1T ts,um Az N 6c Sbcen and
ms were mora ao'"t. and about 25c. per head
acr. SWINE 500 aas nc. 3a4c. for still fed
49, a. 40" n~ corn fed. The receipts
e:-Sif ofSr oa"U e. l3l cows 653 veals
i12 sheep and Ianshe and o 32s swine
mere Was hi"fs sffc1 and movement in tho cotton
ket sese'"afr ~cs8 prices were higher. The saes
'race% "o'"a A's$S oacs, large portion o. which
taSfn oy sissh@ss We quote middling upanls
4 Ae-a1-s' AS"a' 500 bales engaged for ship
~ u Lse ~ eS- an' going board yesterday.
n ircHN'r - il 81. The private adviccs by the
IA were cohS.aors TO be favorable for brcadstufrs.
uF "as cis"p lcnty more active, and closed at
aNahce +" :. to 1Oc. per barrel. Wheat
I've nhu iroii 1c. to &c. per bushc higher
IN opehea ~ % tier prices, and quite active, but
SEQ VIII tess' nimation sales freely made here
70 "r''e' .nclldng Western good mixed FOR export,
o97so. /" soc. Pork steady, with modcrat, sa,es
si5 sIo 70 for moss and 5, s7is $40 Cor prime
4hss wcfe iore active, and prices quite steady: the
as ema' ac' d about 900 hhds, ut prices given in
'tnef GNU nn Coffee firm, but quiet: the public
ho" stcrday embraced Santos, and rot Rio
eigh'eW re irncr and more active, especially to Eng
g'ls: roir cpcogements werc also mn % for Tho Can
emit "
"sSc ron Wharf.-The Military RESPONSE
biIities OF the President.
mh e the patriotic people Of our loyal States
les ain an unlimited faith ard confidence in
~ Ultimate and complete triumph OF their just
holy cause the integrity Of the Union
,tevcr may be the temporary disasters OF
lwbacks of the day, we cannot altogether
more the mutterings of public opinion in
eferencc to vigorous prosecution Of the war
The late unsatisfactory affair on the Upper Po
tomac and the reported effective blockade OF
| the Lower Potomac by the rebels, in the face
of our imposing grand army and river fotilla