The New York herald., 1864-10-18

nlates her dress till she resembles balloon com
presses her feet beyond the point OF comfort lie ad
mcnished the young physicians ao to submit too much
70 the fashion Of administering Intoxicating drink as
general remedy, 10 abandon altogether Is has too
often been the laiery in procssou tho remedy
OF blood letting He rebuked many other absurdties;
and altogether the lecture eloquent and instructive
The winter of lectures at the College OF Phys
clans and Surgeons corner II Fourth avenue and
Twenty third street. naugurated last evening" when
addresses delivered by Dr. DelaAed the President,
and Professor +. G. Thomas.
The Republican Judiciary Convention (the Darling
wng) held adjourned meeting last evening at their
rooms. corner OF Twenty third street and Broadway.
They nominated Mr. w. R. Stafford for District Attorney,
and gave unlimited rower to the standing Committee on
Conference to adopt the candidate Of the other
II was deemed best to do One Of the republican
leaders, at the close Of the proceedings sad Is only
afarcc running body against Oakley (meaning Mr. A.
Oakley Hail. the present District Attorney, for he has
troops OF friends among us who win vote for him."
The English blockade running Bat captur ed OF
Wilmington the 10Th inst, arrived Boston yeser
4ay, In charge Of United statos prize She
now steel clad vessel, and has board very valuable
cargo Of machinery.
The steamer J. c. Irvine blew up near Eddyve, on
the Cumberland river last Saturday morning, and
seven Of her killed.
In another part of this mornings paper will be found
an interesting account Of the interview with President
Lincoln Of the delegation OF Tennessecans who recently
visited Washington for the purpose OF presenting their
protest against the conditions prescribed by Governor
johnson In hts proclamation relative to the Presidential
election In Tennessee.
The markets irregular yesterday, owing TO the
fluctuations in gold. When gold At 222k there
decidedly 1rmness commercial circles but the
subsequent decline unsettled tho markets. and prices
ruI huq in
small and only moderate s,les reported in domestic
produce Petroleum higher, except free. Groco.
ries Hrmer. Cotton steady. On 'Change tho
-four market opened 20c 25c. higher, with fair de-
mant but closed dull and heavy Wheat opened &C.
&c. higher but closed dali and lower. Oats were NOR
with lair demand. Corn opened To- higher, but closed
dull at Saturdays prices Pork less active and
Beef was quiet Lard hrmer, with an improved de.
mand whiskey was hrmer. Frelghts were dull.
The Rebel Vice Prcsident's Letter-Gcn.
Mcclellan IN Danger from His Own
Friends.
Napoleon the Great, in his pithy remark that
"the Bourbons never forget anything and
never learn anything" graphically portrayed
that stupid obstinacy which held them fast to
their exploded heresies Of tho divine rights of
kings, and closed their eyes to the terrible les
sons of their own experience. The leaders of
our Northern democracy of the present day
belong to this old, bigoted, selfconceited and
stupid Bourbon family of politicians. They
cannot forget their old Southern party leaders,
and they will not learn that this monstrous
rebellion, like the first great continental
French Revolution, has overthrown their an
cient dynasty and brought about a new order
of things.
This ircurable Bourbonsm crops out in
perpendicular line in the New York Daily Ne,cs,
and at an angle of forty-fve degrees in the
World, in their commentaries upon the late
peace manifesto of the rebel Vice President
Stephens, Of Georgia. The Hon. Ben Wood
consistently glorifes the whole peace pro-
gramme of his rebel instructor; but Messrs.
Belmont and Barlow, the master spirits OF the
World, in playing second fiddle 10 tho rebel
Vice President overlook their duty to General
Mcclellan. They think that the objection in
the North to this Southern doctrine Of "abso-
Lutte State sovereignty" "goes pretty deep;" but
that 'it ought to be received merely as q salve
demasded by the wounded pride Of the South"
To be sure, it is the plaything Of lighted
torch In powder magazine; but as "this
right claimed for the Southern States to choose
their associations and to dissolve them at plea
sure, would operate in our favor 10 the present
copjuncture, however dangerous 1t might be
in its future tendencies" why not let them
favor Of submission to JEFF. Davis, and as
.'salve to the wounded pride Of the South"
This is the Chicago peace platform, pure
and simple. In thus reproducing 1t for the
admiration Of the war democracy, does Mr..
Belmont repudiate the platform OF General
Mcclellan This thing must be stopped or it
will devolve upon General Mcclellan, as
matter of simple justice to himself and the
war democracy, to set himself right before the
country. MIR. Belmont is supposed to be his
confidential friend and advisers Mr.. Belmont's
newspaper, claiming to be also the directing
democratic organ in behalf of General McClel
Ian, endorses the peace platform Of The rebel
Vice President, which is nothing more nor less
to begin with than the dissolution Of the Union
into as many fragments as there are States and
Territories The question, then, recurs is this
peace policy OF Mr.. Belmont calculated to
help the democratic candidates? We think not.
We apprehend that Pendleton Il as much Of
the Chicago platform as Mcclellan can possibly
carry, and that be will be completely broken
down il saddled with tho additional dead
weight Of the head rebel Stephens, Of Georgia
But while the World advocates the accept
auce OF the Stephens programme, on the plea Of
expedency, as "a salve to wounded Southern
pride,' the Hon. Ben Wood urges the recogni
ton Of "absolute State sovereignty" as "the
only road now poss BILE for reunion But
this State sovereignty is a thing which never
has existed, ana which never can exist without
an immediate dissolution Of the Union. What
are the attributes of "absolute State sovereign
tyf" The sovereign powers Of . nation, among
u,b;rh tho foIlouing aurrandavsd ~ ho