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TIIK SITUATION.
Tho rebels attempted to capture another
schooner, lying off Harrison's Landing, on Wed
nesday night, but were driven back. The "New
Merrimac" was constantly looked for coming down
the river. Recovered soldiers are continually go
lug up the river to rejoin their regiments.
Tbe rebel batteries on the south side of the
Jaaies river opened fire at midnight on Thursday
upon tbe mail boat landing at the headquarters ol
Colonel In^alls, at Westover, killing four of our
den aud wounding five. Colonel Ingalls returned
the fire with thirty-two-pounders, and soon silenc
ed the enemy's guns. A few of our vessels were
struck by stray shots, but were not injured.
Our correspondence Mm Harrison's Landing
gives some interesting details of the condition o.
the army and the movemeuts of the fleet.
That portion of Commodore Porter's fleet which
has arrived at Hampton Roads is comprised of the
Racer, the Matthew Vas?ar, George Munchsn, I.
A. Ward, Adolph Huzel, Daniel Smith and Vrm.
Bacon. The other Qve are hourly expected to ?r
rive.
The Army of General Pope had advanced beyond
Warreuton at last accounts. General Hatch's
cavalry is r<*port:d to be actively scouring the
whole country from the enemy's 1 nes to Little
Washington, but is not meeting .with any lar^e
forces. He, however, is making it too hot for spies
and guerillas, many of whom are frequently cap
tured and < onsigned to the charge of the l'ro\ost
Marshal.
General P^p* insist? npon carrying ont bis or
der with regard to the oath of allegiance. Every
one who does not take it must go outside bis lines.
Th-! rebel citizens are correspondingly perplexed.
A most entertaining account of ten months' resi
dene in the South, and the difficulties of escaping
therefrom, app"ars in another column. It is the
hist, ry of a printer, who was permitted to com*
North under a purport from the British ( onstil at
Charleston, where he resided. Among other inci
d nts re' .ted is the fact which he positively states
was asserted in the Richmond Esaininrr office in
his prepare, that "General Lee had 220,000 m.-n
4n the late battles, nr.d 10,000 iu Richmond as a rc
Barve. Even th<- rebels accorded to Met ltllsn the
gre*tilt praise for hia ma.steily retreat. On
the 2d of July, the Examiner annoui c<d that he
?was surroun led, driven into a sw;fuip, and his
dtor* -, ammunition, artillery and wagons cap
tured. Ja k=on, it was said, was in hia
rear, Huger vb ^i? left, Hill and Long
street on his front, and Magruuer on his right, and
V?c next day it waa confidently expected he would
b< rs( ortcd through the streets in a cnge. Next
day, however, the tune bad changed, and the
E.aiiiittrr began its display head to the newt with
this line?"The bird has flown." The rebels
were outgeneralled, and McClel'an all right.
This atat ment tallies very badly with the in
sinuations of our radical journals, that the rebels
bad but a small force in Richmond when General
McClellan retired across the peninsula.
lly the arrival of the transport McClellan from
Tort Royal at this port yesterday, we are enabled
to give our readers a goodly amount of news from
that pla'e and from Charlefi'nn. The g.irrison at
tb<- latter city has been gr. ally reduced by the re
moval of tro'-ps to Richmond. Genera! G. W.
Rmith i? in coi uiand there. Much di? satisfaction
was felt berau-e General I ce d'd rot annih i ite
General M Clellan in tbe late battles, and the in-'
tilhh* nee that the rebels had lost forty thousand
?en in these actions d>i not lts?en the feeling oi
(loom and Hscih. Wt,
in our oorreapondenee from North Carolina we
{Ive an ac( ount ol Bome brisk fighting and a deci
victory for our troops oo the Trent road,'near
Newborn, which resulted in the occupation of
Tre^on by the Union forces.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
fhe British *< Uooner M ir_. Mains, trom Nutwuu.
K P-. entered at this port this ?r?-ek, brings a*
K>urt cargo 74 bale* cotton an J Uki barrel* spirits j
turpentine, and the British schooner Blanche, from
liimc port, 209 bales rot ton. It would appear, from
? he peculiar '?argoe* continually arriving here from
that p>rt. that the regular Ilnerabetwc.a that p>rt
iv.d Charh -ton still continue to make their trip*
regularly.
Tli? termor fteuator Chandler, of Micliigun, ex
pire* with th<? present Congress, on the 4th ot
March next. Ilia chances for re-election are said
to be small.
Fo ir hundred and eighteen rebel church bHls,
Which had been sent to New Orleans in response to
the ? <?f (Jen. Beauregard, and captured in thut
city, *<ro a<?ld la Boston no the 30th ult. They
w ' tog< tiier upwards of one hundred thou
?and V, nud brought about twenty four thou
?a- i
r<y papers ar? publishing th?> names of
a nlcea of the Illin?->ia rpgiin< nts.
. ? irk (New Jersey) Corporation shin
f,u*' i ?<re put Id circulation yesterday. The
?ut? ar? of the denomination of ten, fifteen,
t?reoty-tH ?<1 fly cent*. Fif^jr thousand dollars
Wrtl. ki > I be -sued. There was a great ruah
ffcr 'hem
U Ji (jj.ii*. '.?! ;?a s ho t"? .Mntutei) !?/
the rebels at MurAreesWro whh Hmuu T. Orit
teiideu, of Indiana, au.l not Thomas L. Crittendeu,
or Kentucky. son of Hon. John J. Crittenden.
We have now in the \ uious military prisons an !
depots, at Camp Dou J is, Chicago; Alton. III.;
Camp Morton, Indium; Camp Chase, Ohio; Madi
son, Wisconsin; St. Louis*. John-ton's Island. near
Sandusky, Ohio; and on the Atlantic roast, about
twenty thousand rebel prisoners ol war.
J oka Van Ouren is seriously ill ?t l.ake George,
and doubts are entertained of his recovery.
During four days? from the ?2st to tin- 2>th alt.?
there arrived at New Orleans, from the interior of
Louisiana, 2,8'J4 hogsheads of sugar and oj'- bales
of cotton.
The number of vessel* entered at this port from
foreign ports daring the month of July was US, and
the number cleared for foreign ports during the
same period 508. The same month last year gave
4CI entries and 415 clearances.
The stock market wis better yesterday, and price*
were all higher, with the exception of governments
which are still languid. Money was abundmt%t 4 a 6
[iercent. Gold declined to 115.- ami exchange to 125 a
lxti V The inport entries of dry gooda for the week
were large.
The cotton market was firmer and higher yesterday
with sales of 2,500 bales, ch?r g stiff on the basts of
49*?c. a 60c. for middling uplauda. The flour market
was less active, and closed with a drooping tendency
for no^ descriptions. The p mcipal demand waa from
the home trade. Wheat was Heavy aud rather eaater,
especially for oommon qualltlea, while prime to choice
iota were scarce and sustained. Corn opened stiff, but
cioeed dull, with a fair am'xint of sales. Pork opened
firmer, but closed dull and easier, with sales of mees at
ill AV. aud which afterwards fell back te Sll; prime waa
at $<J 25 a 50. Beef was firm. Lard was active aud
still. Sug irs were steady, with sales of 1,700 hlida. The
i> iQM of the Messrs. Stuart lor tUetr refined sugars are
?iveu Id another coluTin. The stock of raw suxar
amounted to 37 329 hhds., against firt.7:;7 at the same
time last year : 6.300 boxes, against 22,812 last yea; >
39 ?05 I'ags, against 191,449 l.ift'year, aud 145 hhds. me
lado, against 7,781 last year. Coffee was quiet and slea !y
1 reights were las- buoyant and active; wtieat was taken
to Liverpool at 13 -3d a 14 aud flour ji S?. 'Jd. a 4s. To
London whe <t was at 14.1. and II ur nt 4.". a 4- 3d.
V ^ Isohmm \\ nr?i he Meant, Power*
nn?l Ucupuuiibitltlcii of Piealdcnt l.lu
lolii.
We congratulate our readers on tlse assur
ances which we have received from vVa<hiiig
tou, that "unwonted chivrfulness and anima
tion" are now visible there; that, "wIthout know
ing definitely what is to be done, all the friends
ot tLe Uniou in that quarter "exhibit an uir
usual confidence that a fresh impetus has been
.liven to our military operations;" that '-the
irrival of the mortar fleet at Hampton Road*,
tod the sudden clearing out from tbe capital of
mostT>f tbe officers who recently thronged the
.notels and places of public report," have creat
t-d the impression that important work has been
cut out for our two nojjle armies in Virginia,
and that its execution will be cotuutenced with
out delay.
All other Hcconnts from Washington substan.
t!ate this cheering report. Best of all, every
witness?soldier or civilian?who has rocentlv
conversed with President Lincoln gives the
-ame good testimony in his b-half. lie is tho
roughly aroused and inspired with the spirit of
our loyal States and people; ho fully conipre
Hends their expectations and his responsibili
and is resolved henceforward to use the
' jrces and the resourr es at his command, with
?ut stint and with sleepless vigilance and ener
gy. in order to bring this boastful and menacing
rebellion to a speedy conclusion. Ilia late
-tringent order regard.ng absentees from the
army will be equal, it is supposed, to the al.
lition of from forty to fifty thousand men to our
i loops in the field within the next fifteen days?
while the recruiting measures which ho has
.dopted, and others which he is considering, in
onjunction with the local authorities of our
loyal States, will soon fill up his late call for
three hundred thousand men. We are glad to
learn (hat ir federal. State, nninleip.il and indi
vidual bounties to volunteers fail to meet.this
r-quis lion in a very short perioi, a draft will
be made upon the militia; for our loyal people,
-/> Wise, instead of f. a ring this alternative,
hope that it will be adopted, considering the
trpa ^ing va tie of time at this crisis.
President Lincoln has the confidence of the
eourdry. No man doubts ln's honesty or his
patriotism. Down to the recent seven (fays'
bloody battles near Richmond he may, perbapt.
have shared with the whole people of the
North the belief that this war iu a week
or two would be substantially ended; but
those memorable seven days have convinced
him, as they have convinced the North and
all our loyal States, that we had vastly
underrated the numbers of the rebel army and
exaggerated our own. But if, in anticipation
of a crowning victory at Richmond, the ener
gies and vi^ilanco of the administration in re
gard to our urniy were slackened, the severe
disappointment wb'ch followed has brought its
compensating reaction. It has taught us gov
ernment and people?that while our warlike
means, resources and larilitios are absolutely
overwhelming, they go for nothing unless we
bring I hem to bear ;n superior strength against
Uie uctivs forces of this rebellion.
Ib-re. then?government and people?we takw
a new dej arture, and enter upon a new cum.
(>aign equal to the full measure of the great
work before us. The whole strength of the re
bellion is now staked upon its great army in
\ ir.Mnia. We have only to demolish that army
.n order to end this war. Granted that it is an
irmj of three hundred thousand men; we (fee no
rei on why it should be pennitte I to hold Vir
ginia beyond t >e 1st of October. President
Lincoln ha? the p jwer ind the means to put to
fl i,rht and di-per>o this defi.int rehel army w ith
<n the next sixty d.yr?. Congress has invested
biin with absolute authority over the men,
money, means and facilities 0f the nation of
every kind, for a brief and overwhelming cam.
paign. At this moment no monarch in Christen
dom, not even the Emperor of Russia, poweues
a more ampb- ransre or authority than our
mod-?t and unpretending President. Tlds au
thority has been bestowed upon him to save
the life and restore tbo health and integrity of
the nitron. With the free and full consent of
our twenty-three millions of loyal people, Con
gress has given to President Lincoln the?e
powers, meam and responsibilities of n tempo
rary dictator; and our loyal people look to him
oufldenco for tbe most beneficent results '
the country and to mankind in the w,lv j
restoration of the Union. ' !
T ho new campaign ope?* with every promise
o government appears at length
to be fully impress(l w|th t(l0 Vl?n , ?
of our loyal Mute,., and our worthy Pres ent
fully realizing the dangers and demands or the
crisis, and the means and gr-.-at advantages with
in his grasp, is proceed^ to business in the
moat satisfactory way. The great I.*,,,, <fl |jig
hands is the life or death of the nation and its
popular inst tu(ions; nnd the rcwatd that In
i e? him on in his path of duty is u place In
" i ' 1 maokiiuj ijecoud Only to that vf
W I U 'v'"-a. ' I
Tl*r Pluaucial System of-llie Ovrern
Ull'Ut.
The enemie* of the government?the mnnpy
cro:il<ers and the opponents of tie financial
pystem eitabliibed by the admlnhitrition to
cany the country through the war?are still
Industriously at work endeavoring to br
discredit u].i n ti e i>?:ie of le;jal tender not.*,
or paper money. and thereby weaken the hand*
of tb* government, and thus emban ks its ope
r: t:"n8 in litis its trying hour. Tl.ey are con
stantly assailing tl e system at every point, and
charging upon it all fhe existing evils. With
their eye# upon the Sub-Treasury and bullion,
they are continually asserting that the paper
money of Secretary Chase is ruining the conn
try. If our army Is dereated Chafe's paper
money is the cause; if a merchant fails. Chase's
lepal tender notes ruined h'm: if Wa'l street
is thrown into excitement, and the bulls and
bears are frantically running up the price of
gold. Secretary Chase's paper money i* respon
sib'e: and so on. through a long catalogue of
evils imaginary and otherwise. It matters not
what may happen, it is alt la'd at the door of
the government currency. But with all their
denunciations, long and labored articles, mis
construction of facts and effort* to destroy pub
lic confidence in the financial system of the
ffovernment, the fact st'll exists that its adop
tion was a necessity and Its continuation indis
pensable at this time. We still maintain that
it is the best system that could have been
adopted, and the only one that is adapted to
the present cris's. In the labored eTor ts of the
panic makers to prove that the same fate awaits
it that followed the is?ue of the paper money in
the American revolution, of Franco in the
French Revolution, and that there is no resem
bianco between the pre?ent system and that oF
England under the auspice* of William Pitt,
they are in every instance lame and wi<le of
the mark, as any person who will take the tron
ble to inform himself will see.
The paper money issued during the Ameri
can Revolution had no basis for its support, no
provision for redemption. We had at that time
no commerce, national tax or revenue. With a
sparsely settled country, and about three mil
lions of inhabitants struggling for their inde
pendence against almost the entire world, this
paper money was pnt forth, and formed the
circulating medium of the liat'.on in its struggle
for existence. With its use we were successful
in obtaining our independence. But, there being
no basis for its issue, nor provisions for its re
demption, It was never redeemed, and millions
can be to-day found among families who have
?nherited it from their Revolutionary aucestors.
In no particular was this like our present i,?ue,
us wo shall soon bhow.
The financial system of England under Wil
liam Titt?which the panic makers and those
who are at work trying to break down the
credit of the government have been trying to
prove does not in the least resemble Mr.Chase's
system- grew out of the necessities of the
contest of England with the continental Powers
and the first Napoleon, during what is termed
the French Revolution. The important opoch
in the financial operation# of Titt wa*
n 1797. In the early part of that year,
owing to the events connected with the
war in which England was engaged,
and to the advances made to the government
by the Bank of England, which prevented the
directors from having full control over the
issues of the Bank, the pnblic miud at the time
in an excited condition about the war, the pro
vincial bankers failing in every direction, all
Kngland wus thrown into a panic, and the bullion
of the Bank was fast being reduced, with a pros
pect of a general run upon that institution. In
this emergency a council of the government
was called on Sunday, February 2(5, and an
order issued prohibiting the directors from
paying their notes in cash until the sen?e of
Parliament could be taken upon the subject
Parliament immediately considered the uia'ler,
ucd, after discussing it at much length, ap
proved of the prohibitive order of the govern
pient council, and ordered that the restriction
should continue until six months after a definite
treaty of peace had been signed. The Bank
was under this prohibition of the government
until the passage of Sir Robert Peel's act in
1819. declaring that cash payments should bo
resumed in 1825. The directors, however,
commenced specie payment in 1821. During
the period that the government prohibited tho
Hank rrom redeeming its bills it or
dered that tbe notes of the Bank should bo
received at par for all government dues, and
ill ho in payment of all taxes. Although uot
declared to be legal tender In every particular,
they were rendered so in fact by being re
ceived and paid out ns cash in all tran?actions
of the government. The value of these notes,
as measured by the price of gold, fluctuated
during this government prohibition from par
to twenty per cent discount. But these fluc
tuations were the re-ult of cheering or
depressing news in regard to the war and
the failure or success of the crops of the
country. The greatest discount wis when
the success of the British arms looked
the most doubtful. These facts are conclusive
that the government of England is responsible
for making paper money the sole currency of
the Country. By its means they were success
ful in their long struggle, and came out of the
content the leading nation of the worbV
Our present financial system is unlike that of
the American Revolution for (tie reason that our
cuj rency now has a national revenue and pro
visions for its redemption. It recognizes tlio
?u]ii<' principle as that of England under J'itf,
but is better arranged in detail and superior in
every particular to even that under which
England was ?<> successful. Our government
found itself engaged in ?n extensive rebellion,
all communication with one section cut off", our
foreign commerce entirely changed, and forced
by events to rely upon our resources, and
compelled to adapt ourselves, as was England,
to our internal trado and commerce. The
bank-* suspended specie payments. *nd gold,
instead of being a circulating medium, is an ar
ticle of commerce; tho loeal banks in the differ
ent ritatea failing. and the trade of one section
with the mIIm r being rrlpplod hy the currency
of one J-ftate being almost valueless in another;
the government crippled for the want of incntiH,
all combined, rendered It imperatively neces
sary that some financial system abould he
adopted that would bring relief to the country,
adapt itself to our internal trade, and ah! h'
government in the prosecution <>f the war In
this condition of affairs Secretary G'lia-o ma
tured a plnn for tho issue of Treasury n?cos,
(?i b?? declared n legal tender, fiese n??tes t>? be
convertible at p?r at any Mine bito United
elates bonds, wltli Inteie^t pavaWalu > ,e> e
th<? bond* secured Uy tbe pledge of the public
rereuM and a direct tax?the beat pessible se
curity that could be bud. Congress approved
of the plan, and tbe Treasury notes are bow tbe
curreucy of the country, placing it on a far
better l>u-U tlma was tu? currency of England
daring 1 er l<>ng war.
We contend that the financial system of Me
Chase and tl.at of Mr. Pitt are established on
the same principle, recognizing as the first ob
ject tl.e necessities of tbe internal traffic of the
country and the wants of the government, as
well as in making paper money the circulating
medium of the government. Our system differs
from that of Englmd in the mode of carrying it
into operation, because it is necessary to adapt
it to the condition aod exigencies of tiie country.
The Btnk of England is the financial medium o'
that government, through which all their finan'
ciul operations are managed; but we hare no
national bank or any otber possessing tbe finan
cial strength to become the agent of the govern
ment. The result is, the same principle that
was successful in England had to be put iu
operation in some other form, and that which
bus been adopted is far superior to thvt of Eng
land; and every person must admit that the cur
rency to which is pledged the entire resources
of the country is far preferable to the issues of
private banking institutions, which suspend
specie payments at option. Its effect upon the
traffic of tbe country has been beneficial, and
through its agency we shall be enabled to come
out of our present trials immensely developed
in our iuternal resources; and as Englaud,4>ver
half a century ago, emerged from her trials the
leading Power on earth, bo will' the United
States after the suppre slon of this stupendous
! rebellion, become tbe strongest nation of the
worhl.
Our OUa?lrr? in Viryliiln^WllMMi and
Convjmnjr ltt-hpoiiftiblc.
The sentiments expressed by Senator Wilson
in his speech in the Senale on the 2*th of last
March, in reference to slopping enlistments and
reducing thf* army, were also the views of Wade
Sumner and Chandler. It is likewi se clearly
shown by the speech of Mr. Wilson that all our
| disasters iu Virginia were brought about through
the intercession and influence of this band of
radicals at the War Department, with Wilson
at the;r head. Says Wilson, "I have over and
| over again been to the War Office and urged
upon the department to Plop recruiting in every
part of the counlry." In the same speech he
a'so stated, "I believe that we havo to-day one
hundred and 111ty thousand more men than we
need or can well use."* With such representa
tions as these at the War Department they suc
ceeded in stopping enlistments; and now, when
we want men, it is hard lo get them. With this
proof of his guilt staring him in the face, he
goes before the people of his own State and de
nies ever saying any such thing.
The truth of the matter is, this is but a small '
portion of the crimes that Wilson, Wade,
Surnuer and Company committed against their
country during the last session. There is
a long black list standing against them, which
even Wilson, with all his impudence and lies,
cannot remove. They acted aa a secret com
mittee, and, like the Jacobins iu the French
Revolution, undertook to control the entire
action of the War Department and the admin
istration. It was through their importuning
that Fremont was appointed to a department in
^ iiginia; and then, in order to give him a
chance to do something, they secured the trans
fer of the main body of General Banks'division
over to McDowell, just as Banks was ubout to
give to Stonewall Jackson the finishing blow,
resulting in a raid of Jackson down the va'ley.
driving the reduced forces of General llanks
before him. Fremont was ordered to cross the
mountains and intercept Jackson in hi> retreat;
but he disobeyed orders and took the wrong
road, thus giving Jackson an opportunity to
escape. Nut satisfied with the disasters that
they had caused in the valley, they commenced
thvir at'ncks on the army on the peninsula, and
did all within their power to harass the com
manding general and divert him from the real
work that he was there to sccompli.-h.
The work of this ?ab?l was the more danger
ous because it was secret and under the pre
tence of friendship. At every point their hate of
General McClellan wa* made mahifest, and every
representation luade and every schemo devised
that could be to destroy him and build up some
officer who would become their tool and be
controlled by them. Like the Jacobins, with
Robespierre at their head, they endeavored to
build up their own faction at the peril of the
Union cause; and we all now see the result.
From the brilliant victories in the oarly part of
the season we have now to turn and witness the
darkest hour of the Union cause since the re
bellion commenced. Our forces redo red b~
disease and battle, and no men ready to fiil up
the ranks, because, forsooth, Wilson and his as
sociates stopped enlistments. The rebels, on the
other hand, have been all tho time swelling
| their ranks and increasing their army, and are
I lc^lng no stone unturned to improve the op
portunity now offered. Unless reinforcements
are immediately forwarded, and the thinned
ranks of our army tilled up, events will show
that we have seen but the beginning of the die
asters that will result from this interference
and importuning at the War Department
by Senator \\ ilsou and his radical associates.
They have, through their pernicious influence,
done serious injury to the Union cause, and it
now depends upon the fpergy of the adminis
tration and the response of the people whethei*
this injury will be fatal or temporary. Every- !
thing now depends upon tho reinforcements to
our armies, and that, too, at once. There is not
a day or an hour to be lost. The President is
determined not to bo deceived any wore. Our
army is to be swelled to its proper size. Jfen
are to be thrown forward with vigor. The
rebellion is to be crushed. Tho country ex
pects every Union mnn to do his duty. Shall
we be the greatest power or the world, or shall
we cease to eti*t as a nation ? Men of the
North! now is the hour to decide that ques
tlon.
W'l'sT Poi.vr Sn-nKvrs am. tun Ahmv.- The
highest cla*? of West Point students are now
three years in the academy, and it would be a
very jndiclots step to xivo tlx in Commissions
in the ariny wh*r< Micro an now vacancies, or
to give them appointments in the now regi
ments whieli are being iai cd under the Pr? d- '
dent s call. Th-v would be infinitely better |
Mian any political generals or captu-ns who arc '
likely to be tppoinled. wtd they wnnld perfect
their edit' ,li.m mm. by practical operations in
fl,Ml ?'> 'beory at Went Point. Their ;
| !.u < in :!? ic,i?le-ny be supplied by !
Th? TiUWNb's EdTIMATB OK TUB ReUKL
Armt in Vijk. ima.?The Tribune of yesterday
"?eta down the en lire rebel army It Virginia at
the !ii>;heat estimate us oi'ly one hundred ami
fifty thousand, and thinks that one hundred and
twonty thousand it-; nearer the truth. This was
the sort of stuff that was uttered by the Tribune
about the strength of the rebel army at Centre*
i ville, ?rnl which has since led to so many dis
asters. If this statement of tlie Tribune be
true, then the insurgent force must have
been greatly smaller when Freiuout was n
the valley of the Shenandoah; for the rebeln
have boon ninco largely, reinforced. Why, then,
with such paucity of numbers as Ihey then had,
did not Frenmnt cut up the little handful that
came to his share, instead of permitting them to
defeat him and go and uwell the army that
assailed General McClellun. I3wi the Path
finder disposed of Jackson's little band, or had
McDowell kept him at bay, McCletlan would
huve taken good care of the rest, and a very
different result would have been the conse
quence. If the statement of the Tribune be
true, what is the necessity for any more enlist
ments, unless-we-are to confess that one South
ern man is equal to two Northern me*, and that
with more than twice the population* of white
men we need ateo the niggers to whip the
rebels.
Tub Chicago Papers ani>tuk Mobit.i News.?
The Chicago papers are competing with the
London Times as to which shall tell the great
est lies. The distance of London from the se.it
of war gives the Chicago papers rather the ad
vantage. To say nothing of the stories about
Ilalleck's army?'which would have killed Hal
leek if he had been a nervous man?the Chicago
papers have abounded in tremondous miscella
neous Roorbacks. To outrival the London
Times' capture of McClellan's army, these en
terprising journals frightened Wall street, Slate
street and the Philadelphia Exchange out of
iheir propriety on Thursday by presenting the
rebels at Mobile with ten gunboats, covered
with six-inch iron. Only the other day, also,
in defiance of the census returns, which give
the rebels only 700,000 fighting men, the Chi
cago papers declared that the rebel conscription
had already put 1,400,000 soldiers in the field
against us. If this raising immense armies and
building iron-clad navies for the rebels is not
giving aid and comfort to Jeff. Davis, it is hard
to iell what is.
Postage Stamps kor Cihcumtion.?Some
foolish rumors have been going around tha<
postage stamps, in consequence of the expect
od issue of the new kind from the Treasury De
partment, are not as good as they were. That
is a mistake. Tho stamps, if not injured or de
faced, if not pasted upon any other substance,
and if in a condition to be affixed to letters,
are worth what their face declares; for they
will be redeemed and exchanged for the new
postage stamps to be issued by the Treasury
as the circulating medium for change, in de
nominations of five cents, ten cents, twenty five
cento and fifty cents. The object iu limiting
the issue to these denominations is to preserve
the character of our decimal system. The pre
sent postage stamps are just as good for nil
ordinary purposes as silver or cent coinago.
There will be no three or one cent stamps, for
their place w ill be supplied by the nickel cent,
which is in great abundance.
Ui krt Off the Recbcits.?Gen. Fitz John
Porter, in a letter to Gov. Andrew, of Massa
chusetts, urges that recruits for the old regi
ments be sent on in squads of ten at a time, it
no more can be procured; and the recruiting
officers of the Harris Light Cavalry in this city
send on every recruit Just a* soon as he enlisb,
without waiting for any more to join him.
This is the way to fill up our army, and it
ought to be generally adopted. In the army a
recruit is learning his business, and adds one to
our available forces. Hero he does nothing but
idle about tho streets and spend his bounty
money. I)o not wait until regiments or compa
nies are raised, therefore, but hurry off the re
cruits. Ono vote ' is elected a Governor of a
State. One sol t save a battle and ts
us a brilliant victory. Onward!
PhomotIxo i rom the RiXia.?Half of Napo
1 eon's wonderful success was due to hla sys
tem of promoting from the ranks to fill up the
places of commissioned officers who had
fallen in battle. Skill and bravery were thu?
rewarded, and a powerful incentive was given
to the best qualities of the soldier. Instead of
appointing mere politicians over troops to lead
them to destruction, let intelligent sergeants
or corporals, or private? who have feen ser.
vice and stood fire, nnd know by experience
something of actual war, be placed In command.*
and soon we shall see a veteran army that will
whip everything that comes in its path.
Tur, Ol!l>ER OK THE PnKSIDKMT ToLCll.NO FlT.
WVQHH,?Thn order of the President compel
ling soldiers absent from the army by furlough
or those who had been flick und are now con
valesetnt, to return to their regiments, will
have the most extraordinary effect in swelling
tin* ranks of the array. It will beat the re
cruiting sergeants completely. It will ad? in
a fow days, fifty thousand men to the several
corps of the army of the Union. This vigorous
administration of the officers of the War De
partment will inspire new confidence In the
sucoesa of the struggle to restore the Union
I imd yyt down faction North and South.
COTTON and Gold.-An order has been issued
by some of our generals in South againt t
paying gold for cotton. This is unless
Ih?* premium will be allowed on tho pi?.,!<J
gold. The bills of the United States are
good enough currency, and we have no
doubt they will bring forth very soon an abun
dance of the precious ttbre. The high prices
paid will feteh the cotton from its hiding places
where the planters have slowed it away. The
planters see the humbug of this cotton burning
as well as anybody else, and will act accord
ingly whenever the} have an opportunity.
Dhaktinh. --It is snid that if our State quota
is not tilled tip by the ltttli August drafting
will be resorted to by ( *ov. Morgan, if this
be true we shall certainly fill up our <pioU
before that time; for when dialling begins th?
bounty ceases. Drafts for the bounty money,
therefore, will preclude all necosalty of draft
ing for the army.
\kmiso nih Xk.'ikokh.?The abolitionists are
in ik ng a great (Itss ubout arming tin negroes.
Wo shall have to arm the negroes f.i-t enough,
bj and t>y, if iliey continue t. ) eoino N rib as
th* y do. They need no proolum Uions from the
I'resident to Ineit'' tf em to come. Fitly pro
' clamation* couldn't *lo? i!' m,
Ruitri, Piusoxkiw Dkoomqio Lotai..?We pn*
lished yesterday by tele^raj.h the most gratify
ing intelligence from Philadelphia that four hun
dred uf the Southeru prisouers confined in Furl
Delaware voluntarily took the oath of allegi
ance. This Is a most remarkable fact, con
stdering that the new# from all other quarters
about the unrelenting bitterness of the rebels
is very tJecidod. It shows these men must have
been pressed into a service that was distasteful
to them, and that they are heartily sick of so
bad a cause. There are thousands in the rebel
army of the same miud, who are longing for ?
similiar opportunity of being delivered from
the thraldom in which they are held ; and let
us roll up our Bleeves and go to work to
liver them.
War Not Blo<k Up tub Yazoo RivkiiT? Ae
eord'ng to the truthful acoounts of the exceed
ingly reliable Western papers, the rebels hare
gunboats and rams enough in the Yazoo river
to dostroy all our ffeets. Why, then, do not
our naval authorities put their heads together
and hive these vessels in by blocking, up the
mouth of the river ?
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
WASlHMflTOH, August 1, INt
ISfTORTAVT OBOMION Iff KUUARD TO BXtilSK*.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that hi*
order In regard lo excises, Intended by the bill to Uke
effect oa August 1, does not take affect until September 1.
Whorovcr August 1 Is ru?d m the bill, September 1
should bo read.
THK APPROPRIATIONS MAPI BY 0O5MJRBSS.
The official list or appropriations made by tho roceat
Congress is not yet o>mpletod. Enough, however, to
known to verify the assertion made lu this coriv8|?oa
dence lust summer, that tha appropriations required
mould t >uch very nearly one thousti;! millions. Then the
announcement was startling; uo?v th?j, j?plw aie prepared
to bear and bear It.
tub ISSUE OP SMALI, thbatry NOTES.
The Treasury Department will issue fthe ones and two#
of the smuil notes a< syun as tnoy c m b > prepa eA,
which will probably be two weeks from this
date. The issuo of threes is under ojnsidcratluo, tut
will not be imme liateJy ueedud.
APPOINTMENTS t'NDKR THE TAX Btt.L.
David W hitter taw boeu a.|>;>oiut?'t AaaeaBor, and fieorge
W. Brown Collector lor Colorado, and Jesse C. L ttle Aa
sessor, an I Robert T. Itarton Collector for Utali Territory,
under the Internal Tax bill.
DRIVING TDK RXJHHSIOXISTS FAUTEKlt SOUTH*
General Pope'* Order No. 6 is bo ng slowly enforce 1. H
will entitle tho disunion men of that section to take their
arras and ammunition and go over to the enemy. Ill*
Orange; and Alexandria Railroad Is In running order to
Warrenton; but It la allowed that beyond there the roU
is Infested with guorlllna, who must be reduced to aub
mission beforo the road oau be made available.
SUPPLIES NEMiRD BY OKNBRAL FOFR'S ABUT.
ShioB au l olothiac are much nee led In the Army ef
Virginia, but the recent orders of General I'opn forbid
anything being carried thither except aa oommii
sary or quartermaster's stores. The order tor
1'oragtag on the enemy includes only forage and
sublitence, of which the troops can And abundano*
without the aid or a commissary; but already tboreare
complaints that guards have been sot around the property
of prominent rebols, and that It has been by special order
excepted from the otteralion of General Order No. 5.
THE BRLEA38 OF GBKBRAL BOWIE, OF MARYLAND.
General Thos. F. Bowie, who was brought here a few
days ago as a State prisoner, has been reloaded. It'ay
pears that no order for his arrest has yet boeu Issued
General Bowie holds thtt while Maryland remains In the
Union he owes allegiance to both iho State and federal
governments, and claims that as yet he has done nothing
to contraveno either, but holds himself amenable to both.
He assarts that the time has not yet arrived for him M
deci le whether be will follow a State or fedural alia ?
glanco, and ciaims that the federal authorities have made
a mistake In arresting him prematurely.
TUB BXTRA SESSION OF TUB KENTUCKY LEOISLA
TURE?ARMINU TBI MILITIA OF TUB STATE.
The cdl of Governor Magofin, of Kentucky, for an extra
session or the legislature is understood hero to be the
result of the pressure of the Union men. Fears ara la
somo quarters outorl unad that ho will endeavor to obtain
I?rmlsalon to organize the State militia; but, as he la
understood to bo at heart a reb.l, tho authority will not
ba granted.
A deputation of border State men are here, who Insist
that the loyal citlz>na of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana
shall be thoroughly armed for the protection of
Kentucky from the raids of rebel guerilla par'
ties. The Military Bnrd of Kentucky, towards whicb
Governor Magoffin in his proclamation manifests much
tealousy, is empowered to coutrol the militia of the Stato.
It Ls not likely that the legislature will disturb their an?
thority; b it It ls anticipated that Governor Magoffin wilj
be deposed and the Secretary of the >tat? Senate b? made
acting Governor to carry out the wishes and objonta o?
~ ?--- u rt.naerr .
loyal Keniucklant.
MOVBMKM3 OF CAPTAIN FORTEB , OF THB MORTAB
FLEET.
Caotain Porter, of thj mortar flot.lla, baa lofl
Washington tor a brief visit North to recruit his health,
previous to res iium^ his c^m:nand.
APPOINTMENT OF A COMMt-iSIOXBB OF FCRLOUOIID
SOLDIERS.
Simeon l?raper, Esq., of Now Vork, has been appointed
i sp?!cial commusiouer by the War Department tosuj?er?
intend the execution of the ordor of the 31st of July
restarting absent officers and privates. Communic alma
uu the bub.ict of sad order may bo addressed to bun, at
the War Department, Washington.
AITOINl Mfc'N r OF ASHOCI ITS JODOE ADVOCAT*.
The Mod. L. 0. Turner, of Now York, has been ap
pointed an Axf-cisl" Judge Advocate for the army armind
Va Mnflon. He is aliased with tho Investigation and
(iat rmiuatioa of all ca>o? <T Stale pritouers and of mili
tary arresta lu thj District of Columbia an4 the aitjaoeat
count es of Virginia, and of all other cai?s whero.n tho
action of a JiidftO a Ivouate in iy be required.
CONSULAR BECOOStTIONS.
Tumdoro Babwarts has t?-#u recognized by the Preel
dent as Consul of Saxony, lor Koolucky, at l^xiisvlUe.
THE ACTIVE LIST OF REAR ADMIRALS.
Tl>'? name o( (.ulihb trough was erroneously printed la
some of the new ijiaie.s as the head oi the active list of
Kesr Admirals. *1 hey rank ah follows ?Farrugul, l>o.da
borough, Dupont sud Foote.
INDIAN TBK4TTB*.
commissioner nf Indian Ailairs Do!e Is absent from
Washington, lin: Uttng a treaty with the Indians wf No. lb
em Minnesota, located on the Ked river of the Nertb*
and up to the Britisu provinces
AarUoa 8alo of New Orleans Hugar,
?nil Molaseee at Philadelphia.
rnii.aioLPHiA, Au.usi 1, IMS
There were sold by sU"tr>u this loreno >n COO hogsheads
of Now Orleans tu.'sr, tho cargo of the schuonvr K ?.
Stewart, at 9'fc a 10%o., cash. There was a largo
stten lance, and tho bidding was spirited
A lot of molassns sold at 37o. a fio.
ri *J,
Wttck of tho Steamer lit. Aanferd.
Boston, August 1,1889.
fbe st on met* M Stanford .from Baugorfor Boston, struck
on the Salvages, off Cbpo Ann, at Hire? o'clock this mom
Ing. The pa ;renK'ers wore landed at Bockport. Assist
ance bis beon sent to her.
The M. San lord has bilped, and Is full of water
She will probably lie a total l<vs,
Wisraa Cards* ? Mrs. Sedley Brown (a daughter at
ibe well known comedian W. H. Smith, of the Bostoa
theatre*.) made her debut In this house last night ao
M ?rgery In the conitidy of "The Rough Diamond," sup
ported by Mr. Fi ke as cousin Joe. Mrs. Brown possesses
many qualities which pertain to a good coinedlenne?
anioig the ri<st au excellent voice for light ballads, a
Mveline*' of action and a graceful person. A little more
?e<|uainfance with the stage will, of course, correot the
fa ill prominent last nigh t--that ol a little too ni icb
a< tion, an exHitgerntlon quite natural to an artist not en
tiiely "up" in Haye clTect. She was very warruly re
ceived, the nudlence being most generous In thuirap
planse, and liberal with their bouquets. It would bo un*
Ju?t t > Mr. Ki-<kn not to say that lie rendered Ms psrf ad
mtiabiy in his fopr-isertatloii of the I'.ngllsh country
biimBklB. I he t'crfoTiuan* e* Includeil Coliran's drama
or >-Tkoli'8Cbost," in which Mr. Flsmiag Jlayed (Hr
Kdward .Mortimer with great oCert.aad coiiciaAed witk
the H w far' e nt ''Colleen Ita'.tn Foil led s. I.islrreei>??
i> produi) in Loudon, bill vr*w*M<l ladt aighl fas Ma
in jt time M':ie