The New York herald., 1862-10-14

traiion. drew disheartcning picture Of the difl,-
cuties OF the war in which the nation - engaged.
amused his audience by ridiculous sketches OF DicK
inson. Fremont Greeley and the republican leaders,
aud paid high compliment TO General Mcclellan
which drew down enthusiastic applause. He In
formed the republican enemies of General McCiei
Ian that if they would keep on they world make
him President of the United States He de-
nounced Mr. Wadsworth IA bitterly hostile to
General Mcclellan and as q dsunonist; and he
declared the purpose Of the democracy to be to
stand by President Lincoln as long as he would
let them, and to stand by General Mcclellan
whether he would let them or not. The most
contemplate government ON the face OF the
earth he declared to be the republican
government Of the Northern States; and
after making that declaration he cried,
"And now, no for Fort Lafayettew He had
been dieting himself for he last ten months,
and thought he could stand ,rt Lafayette for two
months It could not hold mtte than five hundred.
who would not be missed out Of the demoeratic
majority, and then the fort would be better garri-
soned than it ever was before. His plan was that
Mcclellan should move on to Richmond, that then
brethren invited to il. The constitution might
then be altered or its provisions made more dis
tinct so that they all should hereafter live In
peace; and II the South would not stay, he would
say to them, in the language of General
Scott "wayward sisters, depart in peace"
He professed his conviction of the triumph Of the
democracy at the coming election, and said that
what was first wanted was that New York
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the ballot boxes. They should not lose their time
in talking, and if people did call them traitors they
must not stop to talk, but just knock them down
and 60 to the polls. They had been told that the
Southern people would not live, and, in his judg
ment, they ought not to live, under abolition sway,
and he would not live with them if they would.
Mr.. O'Gorman followed, defining his position ON
the slavery question and on the question of Cas-
sius M. Clay's attack upon him.
The elections for delegates to the various
nominating conventions Of the three factions
Tammany, Mozart and Jenersonian- composing
the democratic party, took place last evening
cording to arrangement, and passed OF without
any incident worthy Of notice.
The Republican County Convention last evening
nominated Sheridan Shook for Supervisor, and
Sabel Van Colt for Surrogate.
The Graaf Reinet (Cape of Good Hope) Herald
of the 18th of August reports:-Mr. Haupt has
moved and the House OF Assembly passed the fol.
lowing resolution -" That his Excellency the
Governor be requested, by respectful address. to
take such steps during the recess as may lead to
the introduction of negro immigrants, either by
arrangements with the Admiralty for landing here
those captured by her Msjestys ships-of-war, or
otherwise introducing them, to be distributed as
agricultural laborers only, and to expend for that
purpose Q sum not exceeding IS 900, to be paid
either as bounty or passage money, IS his Excel.
lency may deem expedient; such immigrants to be
bound as under the regulations previously observ-
ed on this subject" Upon this the Herald re-
marks =" The public will be utterly amazed that
such resolution should have been carried. We
can conceive of no greater mistake than, in such
. colony as ours, to invite the immigration of
coored people quite as low in the scale Of civili
zation az our own natives"
We have news from South America, dated at
Rio Janeiro on the 9th of September with later
advices from Bahia and Pernambuco. At Rio good
first coffee was at G,O00 to 1000 reis. Shipments
since the departure Of the last steamer II 500
bags; stock, l6O 900 bags. Freghts fat to the
Channel-25s. to s2s. 3D. At Bahia cotton was
nominal. Sugar-l,s5 to l 300; white, 2,450 to
$500. Exchange at Pernsmbuco, 26A. Sugar
White, no sales; brown, l,700 to 1000. Cotton,
10000 reis.
The news from Washington relative to the
Indian war gives an intimation that it is "sub-
stantially at an end" Our regular correspon.
dence and private advices give quite diff.
fercnt complexion to the affair. The winnebago
Indians have evidently joined the Sioux. and
it is highly probable that we shall have more
m.xl &Lok~-
the recent treaty. Gen. Pope is arranging.
however, to give the Indians ample chastisement
for all the barbarities they have committed.
The Boston Courier q few days since asserted
that Governor Andrew had said. in conversation,
that not another regiment should leave the State of
Massachusetts, for the war until he was satisfied
that the right man was to be in command of the
Union forces. About the truth of this statement
we know nothing; but we do know that on Satur
day last fifteen thousand two hundred and thirty
three men were in camp in that state, ready for
the field
Brigader General Ben. Loan has assessed five
thousand dollars on the dsloyal inhabitants Of
jefferson City, Missouri, for subsistng the enrolled
militia in that place and for the relief OF the des
titute families of soldiers in the same.
The men-about fifty in number-who were en-.
gagged in the act of resisting the draft in Black
ford county, Indiana, are to be arrested and re-
turned to the military camp at Indianapolis, for
duty during the war.
At the meeting Of the Board Of Aldermen yes
terday the Mayor sent in the name OF Charles A..
Dana for Street Commissioner. The nomination
was rejected forthwith, by vote Of ten to three
Alderman Smith offered q resolution authorizing
the appointment of suitable person to collect
claims against the government in this city by the
wives, families and friends Of deceased soldiers, Of
| bounties, back pay, &c. The motion was adopted,
and also one limiting the salary Of the agent and
his clerk 70 $S, 900 a year. Considerable routine