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' S?w York, Krlriay, Augutt 8, 1S6I4.
THE SITUATION.
Everything is quiet 1n the army of General
MoClellan. It was rumored that the rebels were
Roving in force from Richmond towards Slalvern
bill, with the intention of retaking that position if
possible. *
We publish in another column a full and highly
Interesting account, from one of our special ? lay
Wrespondents with Gen. McClellan's army, of the
recapturc of Malvern Hill by our troops on the
tth fast., tLv facts of which we announced
yesterday, a3 resulting in a defeat of a
divinou of rebel troop*, with a large num
ber of killed and wounded, and one hundred
prisoners. The Union troops engaged in this
affair were attached to General Hook r's divi
sion, and the attack was opened by that gal
lant officer In person. The issue reflects much
Credit on all those engaged, and shows that the
?ray of General McClellan has legained its usual
tlgor, and is ready tor another forward movement
towards Richmond. The casualties on our side
Were iu.-igni!icant compared with the advantages
faine d.
Our nows from the South to-d-iy possesses its
aaual interest. Among other items is a letter
from a neico of Jefferson L>avis, showing the con
dition of the rebel chiefs mind, and revealing
feany of the plans of the Southern leaders, part of
Which have already been fufllled.
General Gibbon's party from Pope's army re
turned yoatorday from their reconnoitering expe
dition, and report that they destroyed Frederick
Hall Station and cut up the railroad twe!e miles
from Gordonsville.
, The citizens and soldiers at Point Pleae-u'*. *?o.,
bad quite a riot lately, in which 1 oth aides, it is
?add, suffered considerably. It appears that the
Ciei* resisted the new enrolment or ler and re
d to be drafted. A body of troops were or
dered to coerce them, and a fight ensued in which
teveral were killed.
It la stated in our correspondence from Paris
fbat the Russian government has proposed to
tfVaaoe and England a mediation in the affairs of
^t!a country; nr.d it is rumored that the govern
ments of these latter nations have asseuted to the
^roposltlou. being considered a Power
ijeudly to this country, it was thought that an
of intervention would bo more acceptable
ttan if it oame from either England or France.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The mails oftho Araoia, which reached this city
yestoida? evening, brought our flies and corres
pondence to the 'i6th of July, contaiuing intvrest
(Bf deUkil* of the telegraphic summary of the
Mtri pubjrLec in the iiCRALU last Wednesday
yrniHg. As t\sn stated, a discussion took place
It the Ei ;! Hoi" , of < 'onfmons on th* r'jy pre
ftods, ei tii -fori t. .. iltieiii*. of C.iala.
the Mur il ; ir^r #e j?.*, ? ^ **-,rt the
?rent m. r? at' ji .-o o , ? . y ? * United
States a ?' j'i i f ? ..cm S.r G. C- L.? ?ia re
faro,! a* '> n.t-r is l*--t! t Can..] ?a-' must
deteui tii'?a Jv*i if chey r?; 1C_ u ,y upon
?eir tor.j.cUou with Knglanu. "ill tcportaof
? speeches of Mr. Disraeli and Lord Palmers
Ibn are given in oar oolumas to-day.
There are three classes of militia subject to
4nft, aad they will be taken la their numerical
?der as follows:?
First Claee?The organised, uniformed, armed
and equipped militia.
Second Class?The reserve militia between the
Sgea of eighteen and thirty.
Third Class?The reserve militia between the
?ffes of thirty and forty-Are. The first class
?11 be first drafted, and in oase its numbers are
At sufficient?and it i* certain they will not be?
P1 additional dratt will he made from the second
Cto supply the deficiency, leaving the third
till the last.
United States Senator Uoolittle, of Wisconsin,
Announces that be is not a candidate for the Su
Kerue Beech In the new di-trict of Michigan, Mi
ls and Wiaconsii.
Ben. John S. CarlUe Is receiving invitations from
Ahnost every Union meeting in West*? Virguua
to resifr bis seat in the United States Senate.
George C. Horsey, convicted of a capital offence
Iti poisouiag the lirrell girls, in Weymouth. Mn?s.,
toll be oxecuted to-day, within the walis oi tho
wedhstu Jail.
The Onion gunboats on the James river are re
Wvinf recruits from some of the Massachusetts
ftehnents along the bauks.
I xho seceah visitors at Cape M.iy, N. J., arc get
llof presttmptuons and bold- They have ordered
jt>e Staff and Stripes to be r- moved from the roof
? ou of tfca hotels, and the bund have been pre
^M>ta4 ftom pipylaa any of our national airs.
The efiiynoe for iriiich the editors and proprie
Am-s ef the frarrisbarg I'alt'iWnen arrested Vas
pr Isaalng a handbill announcing that aegroea
wnu'd be en'istcd on the same terms with white
iue?.
The R' fa Is'anit colored regiment, whl'li has
been ordered by Umubw Spr^g***, w-iil not t'e
equipped', received or | Bid by tin? government.
The' > ? *ecn new regiments and two batcries
of ai-iHery id luilmiu, oti the 1st in.st.. had nri i g
gr j,ste of uin ? thousand in-11 eniisted. U wm
ti.i-u.cSit thoy ? uld all be fu'l this wt ik.
On the 2.itii ot May Uie govi r. it ent made a sud
dou ? all on the uuiumiii-J mihiiit tor three months
service, and ten re^in e'lts ol thin State promptly
rc.-pouded. Their time will expire vn the loliow
Lug days:?
7th regiment. Arc. 2G CDth regiiuent...Aug. 30
22d legiuieui.. Air- 2s 47th regiment...Aug. i>0
7Ut regiment. .Aug. 2H l.'th regiment...Aug. 31
11th regiment.. Aug. 2S 2 ih reg uient...Scpt. 3
8th regiment.. Aug. 29 12th regiment...Sept. 0
The Memphis liiMutm is advocating peace. Let
it ad/ise the rebels to lay down their anna, aud
nui only p aee, but prosperity, "will tollow.
The coin belonging to the branch Batik of St.
Louis. at Booneville, aud to Trigg*' banking house,
at the same place, amounting to three hundred
thousand dollars, safely reached St. Louis on the
3d instant under military escort.
The rolled silver and brass factory of Samuel
Benson & Son, at Bloomfield, New Jersey, was
destroyed by tire on the 5th iast. Lobs $20,000.
The usual auuual regatta for yachts vill take
place at Coburg, Canada, to-duy and to-morrow.
The Hoard of Education had no meeting last
evening, lor want of a quorum.
The Montreal Gaztlte estimates the cost of
equipping the thirty thousand militia and the thirty
thon-und reserve volunteer force winch it is pro
posed to raise in Canada as follows:?
Uniforms, Ac $510,000
Hi ties ' 720,000
Flekl batteries 70,000
Armories 05 ,"00
(iu.u shtda 7-".COO
Cavalry equipments 100,000
Total $1,505,000
la the Cent of ^^eral Sessions yesterday,
William Mason, indieteWlr biliary in the second
degree, was convic'.cd of that 'Bence in the third
degreo, aad sentenced to the'Staia Prison for five
years. William Thompson, alias John Tilman,
pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with
having committed a grand larceny on the 28th of
July last; sentence deferred. Catherine Waters
pleaded not guilty to the charge of grand larceny
The jury acquitted her '.viihout leaving their seats.
Mary E. Tvins, a young colored woman, pleaded
uot guilty to the indictment charging her with
having kidnapped a young colored child named
Sarah S. E. Lee, on the 2d of September last year.
Acquitted.
There :iro now 6,793 inmates In our public insti
tutions?an increase of seventeen tor the last week.
Thj number admitted during the week was 2,i97*
an 1 the number discharged, transferred or who
died was 2.17-1. llesules these there are 4b3 sick
;.nd wounded soldiers in the institutions.
The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce was held i.t e.oe o'clock yesterday af
ternoon. Peletiah 1'erit, Esq., President, in the
chair. The minutes of the last regular meeting,
aud also a special meeting, having been read and
approved, the following were elected members,
after which the Chamber adjourned:?Hon. C.
lleech. Robert H. herd ell, Henry William Smith,
Richard. D. Lathrop, Duley P. Ely, Jasper T. Van
Vleck and Horatio Dorr.
Tiic cotton market was some loss active yesterday.
Prices, however, v*ere liriu fl' 47}jC. a48c. for mi t
dllng uplands. IIib sulofl ombr:i'0 i <iJO x 400 biles. The
market was pretty wall c!u? . i necessity lots, and
exhtbitol few w"ilc spots and less disposition to m.'ct
the views of buyers on the part of holders. Good ship
ping gradt-s of State and Wcstern brands of flour wero
firmer, while other kiuda were unchanged. Wheat was
rather better for good to prime qualities, while common
grade- wore unchanged. Coru was some firmer, with
gules of good to prime Western mixed, for shipment, at
Vic. a 58c. Pork was tirmer and more active, with sales
of mes.s at ?ll 12 * a $11 25, and of prime at |9 76
Sugars fell off about per lb. The sales embraced
about 2.749 hhds.of which 1,HOB consisted of New Or
leans, and sold by auction chiefly within tho range Of
7 Vc. for inferior and at ?c. a 10c. for good to prime do.,
and 30 do clarified at 11X. Coflee was steady, with aak?s
of 1,000 bags of Rio at 31 ^c Freight engagements were
moderate, while rates were easier for Liverpool and
lather slack to other ports.
Tub Suppression ok Treason at the North.?
We published yesterday a telegroj hie des
patch to the effect that General Wndsworth,
Military Governor of the District of Colur'MS
bad been sent to Harrisburg, by order of the
War Department, to arrest the editors and pub.
libbers of the FiUriot ami Union of that city, on
a charge of printing treasonable placards, cal
culated to embarrass recruiting in the otate of
Pennsylvania. It is added that General Wads
worth edited the arrests, and took the prison
ers with him to Washington. Jhis is right uad
proper. But the old adage, that what is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander, never ap.
plied more forcibly than it does here. We re
produce is another column a speech of Wendell
Phillips against the war end against en
listments. whose tendency and injurious con
sequences must far exceed all the evil that
could possibly be caused by all the posters that
could be printed at the Harri -burg newspaper
office in the course of ? whole ye*r.j?
Is tish to be made of one and fleslnbf anatl.er?
Jte small fry newspaper men to be arrested
I and imprisoned forjinterfering with enlistments,
; and traitors of such large dimensions as Phil
lips to be allowed to go at large, and stalk
over the land, uttering foul treason at
every meeting, to be published in every news
paper? This arch traitor demands a dissolution
of tho Union, and that another life shall not bo
lost to prolong the war; and U makes an in
flammatory appeal to the passions of the public
to supersede "the present turtle at the bead or
the government"'?in other words, the President
of the United States. What more could Jeff.
Davis propose than this? He says "the preset.t
war is conducted without a reasonable object,
and is a total loss of blood and treasure." What
more could be said to retard the progress of
enlistments than this ? IS ever troaaon was ut
tered, here it is. Yet VNendell Phillips is let
loose propagating such incendiary sentiments.
In the same way Greeley, of^he New York TVt
hure, is permitted, day after day, to publish
articles against the government and the gene
rals in the field of the most seditious character
their palpable object being to put a stop to enlist
ments and to break down the wur for the Union.
The obscure editors und publisher; of a llurrls
burg paper -ire caged, while Greeley aud all
the editors and publishers of the Tribune, l ail
ing from the Krrpire City, the great coromertol
metropolis or ti<e country, can Indulge with im
punity in tieason of a blacker dye.
is there not a screw loose somewhere at
Washington, and are n-t "the times out oi"
joint," when men glaring inconsistency pre
vails at the War Department? tnlisting has
received a heavy blow and a great discourage
aient through the articles and speeches of
Horato Greeloy and Wendell Phillips. Let
General Wads worth pay a visit to both these
gentlemen, and the result, will bo that the im
partial vigor of the government will give an
immense impetus to volunteering and afford
tho best guarantee of a successful proMQuUoB
of war lor tj*o Ui^vH*
Jitf. L'?v!a in J;? juilr? Interesting n??ii
lusporlMitt Pl^luaurrs.
TJo fortunes unit accidents of war Lave
pi iced ik in |n>*. I'.tMiva ?> the tory intereat'ng
cnfi kmti il letter fiutn tie family circle-of
?teir. I>avis which we publish to-duy. It s
frem ft ftieee Of the - Ii lid President, and the
wiie of au officer of ti c army of Stonewall
Jackson, in May last. It i. the caino-t, sincere
nmi Comprehensive letter of an intcll gent,
pimip ul(1 clc ir headed but unhappy woman;
and ti e view which it gives us behind the
scenes at Richmond is worth all 'he report* of
ftU the refugees from that quauer since the
rebel evacuation of Manassas.
This letter was written on the 7th and 9th
of May last. Passing: over its information con
cerning Dr. Gwin, late Senator from California,
and his family, the first statement of the writer
on military affairs which attracts our attention
is that General Jackson and his army "expect
a battle shortly with the Yankees under
General Banks." This shows that Mrs
Keary was well posted with regard to Jack
son's movements; for it was a fortnight
later than the date of the letter in question
that Jackson dashed down upon General
Banks at Strasburg, by way of the Front Royal
valley, and pushed him and his army and bag
gage train, sixty-five miles in two days, out of
Virginia, and across the Potomac river into
Maryland. We are next told that "there is a
probability of General Jackson's army falling
back on Richmond; and, in view of this, no lady
is allowed to go up to Gordonsville, for fear of
incommoding the army." Here wo see that
Jackson's return to Richmond, after driving Ge
neral Banks out of the Shenandoah valley, was
arranged at the rebel capital long ago, as an
importaut part of General Lee's programme for
the diversion of a large portion of our forces to
protect Washington, and the concentration of
his own to destroy, if possible, the army of
General McClellanin front of Richmond.
We are next informed that General Jackson's
forces "have been obliged (officers and men)
to sleep on the ground, with very scant cover
ing and no tents, since last February,
when the army retreated from Manas
sas." Here the secret of those numer
ous rebel cantonments of log cabins at Manas
sas is explained. The rebels did not build
them because they knew General McClellan
would remain in camp all winter; but they were
built to supply their deficiencies in tents.
Next, e.ij's tnis well informed lady, "If John
ston fails as Tar back as Richmond, all our
tioops from Gordonevlllc aud Swift Run Gap
\ri!l also fill back to this place, and make one
desperate stand against McClellnp.'' Thus it is
apparent that t'ue .pham of tlic rebel? in regard
to McClellan were all matured before he ap
proached the gloomy swamps of the Cliicka
hominy.
In the mutt place, after deploring the loss op
New Orleans a* a heavy blow, we have a very
important and suggestive confession of tl,e
misery of Jetf. Davis. II:s devoted niece, as
from the very depthi of despair, crjes
out?"Oh! mother. unole Jeff, is miserable.
He tries to be cbeerfu'. und to bear up against
such a cotinuatlon troubles; but, oh! I fear
he cannot live long if he does not get some
rest and quiet. Our reverses distress him so
much, and he is fo weak and feeble, it makes my
heart ache to look ut him." How different this
from the ."ace wl'oh -Uncle Jteff." has presented
all a'lOi'g to the world, aud especially to Eng
land and Fiance, in bis official proclamations,
tr'ssages reports of his victories in the
field.
But the most remarkable and important
statement of this interesting letter is this: that
"three gunboats are now in the James river on
their way to this city," and that "I am afraid
that Richmondwill fall into the hands of the
enemy, as there is no way to keep back the
gunboats. James river is so high that all the
r>1 tractions that our people have tried to place
: c river have been washed away, so there
^ uelp for the city." This was
on the 9th of May last. Thea there was that tide
in the James river "which, taken at the flood
lead* 011 to fortune." On the 11th that iron
clad rebel bugbear of Norfolk, tho Merrimac<
having been blown up by her commander to
esdi*; capture, the James river was opened:
and on tin- loth tho.-e three gunboats referred
to?the Monitor, Gak-na and Naugntuck?were
repulsed from Fort Darling. At that point
there were obstructions in th<^ channel which
had not been washed away. Two or three
regiments of lund troops were needed to carry
the fort, and then those obstructions would
have been removed, and the coust would have
been clear to Richmond. Two or three regi
ments at Fort Darling on the lfcth of May would
have saved us. no doubt, all the losses of the
many subsequent bloody battles on the Chicka.
hominy. Why were those regiments not fatten
up with the gunboats? We cannot answer.
Perhaps Admiral Goldsborough can. We can
enly resrret that the golden opportunity wa^
lost for taking Richmond by our naval forces, as
New C'rleans was taken by Com. Farragnt. We
believe, however, that the presence of General
McC'lelian's amy within reach of the to
operating broadsides of our gunboat* will soon
enable us to clear the way to Richmond by
land and water.
Finally, it appears that, with his prospects in
this world blasted and destroyed, our rebet Pre
sident of our rebellious Confederate States has
thought it wise to prepare for the world to
come. "Uuc'.e Jeff, was confirmed last Tues
day in St. Paul's (Episcopal church.by Bishop
Johns;" but his confirmation, we apprehend
will not avail him should he be cut off while
still engaged in the unholy work of this rebel
lion. Let It suffice (or the present, however,
that In this letter from a witness wLo knows
bis litua'.ion, his plans, his movements and his
opinions, we Lave rcry satisfactory evidence
that be consider* his Southern confederacy a
deplorable failure. Let ils, thep, actively co- '
operating v ith the government, push on the
trnr; for thus ti e end is close at Land.
Sf.vator Wjlnok.?We publish Hi! ir.nraing
a letter from tho Hon Ileiiry Wilson, of
Moasaolmsetts, in reply to the itricttirc passed
by as on his speech'.1* in Hie Senate and else
where on the enlistment question. We tiiMigiit
that we had killed and tightly screwed d j- ? in
his coffin the irrepressible Senator, n <1 were
busy making preparation* to give him ? splen
did funeral. But we bad, by the coinun nicu
ti' n to which we refer, that the Senator still
lives. Unwilling to do anything that might
look like an injustice, we ba/e concluded to
delay the funeial until, by a furtLcr Maruii
over the proceedings of the Senate, we can
satisfy ourselves m to the fact of his political
death. In the meanwMl? intending mourn?!"#
rrlli wewe t**0 vl Uiv puaipQueuwut.
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I Id ) eaten! I 'its v .0 ? cry lull rc. tls
j of the j twclit'- ?:? ? ? t'wft- 1 i! i! ?? i> eetin .u<l,
I wit', I. '.* i ?< .i of <.hnt '"td by
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I LIiicch, tw': v T by n?? inea'.'? uut o. m ft
eomnau vuy. aa?l rcMiin.' it a nt www- 1
went. Most .f t'. <? s?- tnarl-vrt up'-n t' I
dark a: -' <,t?/i ie wilrcct the iuetit:ih!a
nejrro, 8 <i t! e opinions er preyed in r<?;ud to
this individual wfre B^inewiiHt fwTiIik'tliig. On
the whole, howtvcr a. o.io up-;ale T aa.-werj<l
the other, Ui-J Out'?: ilcu balanced Boutwell>
and us the audlcucu wa* quito large, very eu"
thusiastic aud very profuw of applause, the
meeting was sutisf.ictuiy, uud may be called a
SUCC6SS.
President Lincoln, it appears, did not intend
to speak, and only came forward in response to
the impatient demands of the audience, and
after a brief consultation with tho Cabinet
officers" who sat near him. His remarks were
very brief and exceedingly amiable. lie never
mentioned the negro, and referred only indi'
rectly to the war. Leaving these popnlar
topics to the other speakers, the Presidcut
"could think of but one thing, just now, not
likely to be better said by some one else, ?:nd
that was a matter in which we have beard some
other persons blamed for wliat he hud done
himself." This matter was lie iroiib'o paid to
exist between General McClellan and Secretary
Stanton, and the President proceeded to expla n
that neither McClellan nor Stanton was to
blame, aud that he had no fault to flail with
either of them. This is very gent rous a id s eiy
characteristic of our kind hearted President.
He throws his mantle of charity over his pre
sent Secretary of War just as he did over Secre
tary Cameron. If there has been any dirty
linen in the Cabinet, it was washed, dried and
nicely ironed at the White House, and when it
came to be exhibited to the gaze of the multi
tude in East Capitol square it seemed as pure
aud white as any laundress could make it. No
one who sees this beautifully clean linen, how
ever, can fail to believe that it has beon recent
ly washed, and that it was once very dirty.
Th? President says that "General McClellan
has sometimes asked for things that the Secre
tary of War did not give him; and that General
McClellan is not to blame for asking for what
he wanted and needed, and the Secretary of
War is not to blame tor not giving when he had
none to give." Thi3 looks very spotless; but
it would appear differently if the President
lind added that McClellan "asked for.
wanted and needed" more men; that
the Secretary of War "had none to
give" because he-had foolishly stopped recruit
ing, and that he was led to do this by the in
trigues of the Jacobin Club of Congress. This
is really the dirty linea of *he past which the
appointment of General Halleck to the office of
Commander-in-Chief has washed clean for the
present.
President Lincoln, therefore, though he
means to fay very little, revels enough to
show us where the difticnlty has hitherto been,
aud why he has entrusted to General llalleck
he chief practical control cf our urmies in the
fiold, leaving Secretary Stanton to raise re
cruit*, contrive contracts, aud manage the rou
tine business of the War Department We can
afford to imitate the charity of the President;
and speak mildly and compassionately of Mr.
Stanton, now that we are sure that an able and
experienced general is managing our war mat
ters. aud that no able and oxpt < ienced lawyer
will Be permitted to interfere with or annoy
him. Indeed, as the President insinuates, Mr.
Stanton may not be so much to blame after all.
Undoubtedly he meant well, and tried to do
everything for the be3t; but, -'nfortunately, he
was weak enough to listen to the voice of his
Jacobin tempters, and the result was that his
achievements by no means equalled his fjpod
intentions. It is to the Jaccbins of Con*
gr ess, then, that we arc indebted for
the disasters for which so very many
persons have blamed Mr. Stanton. This the
Hkhalo has rep atedly asserted before, and
President Lincoln's endorse; n'i?t of our opinion
settles the matter beyond a doubt. Tho Jaco
bin Club* under the leadersh'p of Senator Wade
has neutralized the best effcrtj of this govern
ment from the very tir&t. It hurried General
Scott into tho defeat s t Boll run in spite of the
remonstrances of the nob'.o veteran. When
McClcllu took Scott's place, this Jacobin Club
hurried nim off, also, before he v. as prepared to
move, and the result was another defeat. In
vain General MeClellan endeavored to resist
the influences ol tbe Jacobius. If Genera'.
Scott, with all bis j-ts, services, exporienco,
fame aud authority, was j. werlf ss against the
lacobln intrigues, what coul 1 young McCieilau
di?? He went to the pen; tsula, u* Scott's army
advanced to Mauassas, with his plans disar
ranged. with his army not fully prepared, with
too few men for the work before him. and with
McDowell held back to be his Grouchy or his
Putlurson.
The other results of Jacobin intrigues arj
well known to the public. We see them in the
increased duration and expense of the wur. We
see them in the draft soon to be imposed upon
men who volunteered and were refused a few
months ago. Every man now suffers in bis
own person, property or pocket from these in
trigues, just as our generals and soldiers have
already suffered. The public may forgive aud
forget Mr. Stanton; but they will neither for
give nor forget the Jacobin Congressmen. The
security for public oonfidence now is that the
President understands the real state of the
case, and will not permit General Halleck to be
disturbed, bis plans to be disarranged, his ad.
vice to he disregarded or bis requests to be
refused, no matter what Congressmen intrigue
against hftn. If the same conrse had been pur
sued with McClellan the war would have been
over long ago; but the public have equal con
lid' nee in Halleck, and if he be sustained by
the President the eud of the war is not dis
tant.
How thk Civii. OrrtciM of tiik Govk,in
miat Mat Am TBC W.\u.?Wc publish in
Mother column a correspondence of Mr.
V itKenmn. Postmaster of tliis city, who. from
the 'Ujrge tion In the IlffltvU) a few days a^o
hin issued a circular to the employes in the
lost "flice, whose first fruits uie an expres
sion of patriotic sentiment and contributions
for the procurement of substitutes amounting
to -r >,000. Mr. Wake man has proved himself a
patri t by Initiating this movement, and he has
had the -tart ol Mr. U.iruev, who presides over
tfie Custom House, where the employes are far
more numerous, have much higher salaries than
in tbe Post Office, and are therefore better able
to give aid and comfort to tbe government
lr<Nt 4*7 de^re their Utlng. Let tbe
May ^ or); Cistern iioitSv' iu>itate the example
<>( lh- OHi< <?, Had lei th<> postmasters and
t eiltuiten II roil houttfee t.'untry imitute the
laudultV j i??c (i t mm. bj Mr. Wakeman, and
i ery'eoon w ? atuitl lmre mere n< jney and more
rftiu/s ior vhc w.u than tLo government will
know ;?hat to uo wit It. Every federal official
uu Lt tiller to rolunlPer himself, procure a
i>r pay un equivalent iu money in
default t^ere. f.
On-- (tovtiintent nuA Its Pittances.
Futv.ro historian* vi il Lavo to give to the
American republic the creuit of gathering a
larger army tl.an has ever been amazed by
either king, emperor or monarch in the history
of the world. We have now on the line of
operations from Virginia to Kansas upwards of
five hundred thousand soldiers, and as soon as
the order for drafting is complied with, which
will place six hundred thousand additional men
in the field, we shall have an army numbering
more than a million of men. In addition to this
our navy will soon number five hundred vessels
all told, with about fifty thousand .men to man
them. Such an exhibition of military strength
is unparalleled and without precedence. It is
true that the great army of Xerxes is reputed
to have contained a million of men, which must
bo considered a fabulous number by every per
son who look* into the facts and takes into con
sideration tho facilities that he had to feed so
large a force on his long march. To our demo,
cratic government must, then, be given the credit
of being the first to enroll a million of soldiers,
with a navy of corresponding strength. The
gathering of such an army cannot fail to open
the eyes of the European governments, create
amazement in England and France, and con
vinco their croaking statesmen and editors that
wo havo the strength ^and power to p^ down
the rebellion, and that right speedily, extensive
as it is.
The march of a million of soldiers, with their
glistening bayonets, w<-ll trained cannon, and
military tread, is a spectaole which even Na"
poleon never witnessed, and before which the
e ormous armies enrolled during the French
Revolution sink into insignificance. To clothe,
equip, feed and transport sucu an army it will
require a vast amount of treasure and a cor
responding expenditure of money. Has our
government the financial means necessary to
meet tho draft required to make this enormous
army effectual? Did the last Congress place in
the hands of Secretary Chase the facilities to
respond to this increased expenditure? This
additional tsi\ hundred thousand men are all
expected to be in the field within the next six
weeks. What, then, are our resources, and
how is this army to be provided lor?
We take it for granted that tlie tlrst i^suo of
one hundred and fifty millions of legal tender
notes has already been absorbed. If so; this
will leave in thj bauds of Mr. Chase, available
to j)ay our soldiers and sailors between this
aud the Jirst of next December, the ono hun
dred and fifty millions of Treasury notes autho
rised by Congress in .July. It is estimated iiat
it will need SOC,000,000 to support an army of
a million of men month. Thus it will be seen
that the Treasury notes already authorized will
only last about t"vo months. Mr. Chase has no
other resources except certificates of indebted
noss, which he is authorized to is~ue to con
tractors in sums of ono thousind and five thou
sand dollars to an unlimited amount; deposits
on call, of which be may receive thirty-five
millions more, and fire hundred millions of six
per cent bonds, five years to run, which he can
not by la at sell under par. With these issues
of certificates of credit the payments to con
tractors cun be postponed six, nine and twelve
months; but the soldiers will require their daily
rations and to be promptly paid. IIow is this
to be met?
Our large exports of preduce reveal tho fact
that our rcsuurces have increased since the
commencement of the war. Notwithstanding
the loss of cotton our exports during the year
will probably,reach one hundred and seventy or
one hundred and dgbty millions, showing that
England and Prance are compelled to rely
upon us for the food for their arti^.ns and
laborers. This adds to our wealth and in
creases our resources. The first is?ue of legal
tender Treasury notes has also proved n bene
ficial inea-un? to our irVornal traffic. Owing to
the withdrawal of at least one-half of the cir
culation of the local banks, these government
notes have been absorbed without becoming
redundant or foliating prices. They have aided
our internal commerce and assisted in develop
ing the country. The activity of our expom
and the prosperity of our internal trade are in
every particular encouraging. All that i*
necessary to meet the increased expenditur ?
required by the increased army is that the
government mjy be able to make available the
increase 1 re.-ources of the country. Put, un
fortunately, Cougres has not given Secretary
Chase the necessary power. The incr a o\ ex
penditure of the government under tL's jew
oi ler of things will doubtless I. p. uc'olj
government securities and prevent S"<v. ury
Chase disposing of the five hundred r-i'.ton'
six i>er cent bonds at par. as rest rice 1 *?>!???? i
and therefore render them unavui c.1 ?e. li.--v
is additional evidence of the foil} aid ahfcT?.
sightedness of the last Co.'f^ss. In
the issue of postage stamps for change
they placed no limit upon the amount
that he might issue, but left it entirely to hi8
discretion; but in an important measure for
raising the funds Tor prosecuting the war they
tied his hands, and deoided that he should not
make a loan except upon such and such terms.
In this dilemma, brought about by the reckless
mode of doing business by the last Congress,
what Is to be done? Our army must be equip
ped and kept in the field until the rebellion is
crushed out. To do this tho government must
have meaus. it is well known that Mr. Pitt was
compelled to soil the securities of England?
during the French war?at s?xty cents on the
dollar. He was obliged to dispose of them at
that price or abandon the war. It is impossible
to tell to what extent tho enormous ex
penditures of our government will re
duce its securities; but that It will
be obliged to dispose of its bomls at
some price we consider certain, under the
present condition of B Hairs. We can see no
other mode but for Secretary Chase to nego
tiate the live hundred millions of six per cent
bonds upon tho best possible terms that he cnu
obtuln, and rely upon Congress, at its next ses
sion, to ratify the act. It will not do to have
this new. dee sive and final movement against
the rebels fail for want of mean*, even if the
responsibility can bo thrown upon the sffoiildois
of a theoretical and impracticable *s.
Let, then, th?? President and his advisors take
this subject under their immediate e.ilnsideru
Uon bH to Wo late, and, If toetned ncwe
eary, authorize Secretary Chase \v dispose dt
these bonds at the highest market price, ftp'
peulhig to Congress to ratify the act. ?f
means our military and financial meas* rea ma^
be able to keep step with eauit other, * IU^
rebellion brought to a speedy end.
The available funds at Secretary Chase't dis
posal, as we have already shown, will be 9* '?*
clent to carry the goverumeut through the uflk ^
two months without resorting to the five hua *
drud million five year bonds. In the meantime
the progress of events, tinder the new pro-'
gramme, with General llalleck as Commander
in-Chief, may be of such importance that public
confidence will be increased and govern meal
securities kept at par. Should the movement*
of the armies in the field within the next twe
months be of such a nature as to accomplish im
portant results, and prove that the rebel army
will be driven out of Virginia before the 1st of
October, and that the campaign will be a short
and decisive one, the money market will bl
buoyant, enabling Mr. Chase to dispose of the
five-twenty year bonds at par or nearly so, and
thus avoid the crisis which the shortsighted
Congress appears now to have brought upon us.
All will, however, depend upon the activity
and success of our armies. Knowing, there*
fore, what can be done by our generals, the
administration will kuow how to shape Its
finances to meet the exigencies of the hour, and
thus secure the early final triumph of our arms
by an active, short and decisive campaign.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsnHfGTO.r, August 7,1682.
effect op thk president's speech at the CUBA*
WAR MEETING.
The proceedings of the war meeting Inst overling have
bocti the exclusive topto In Washington to day. Tin
speech of the President has fallen like a thunderbolt
from a clour ?ky upon the radii al McClellau haters. Ike
President's public ondorremcnt of the Commander of the
A:mjr of the Potomac was more than thoy expected. It
has struck them dumb, and left them totally disarmed*
They growl out their dlsj-atlsfict ion very lugubriously.
The masses of the p?,cpie arc delighted with bis fraak
and manly defence of their favorito genoml, and express
more contidenco in "Honest Old Abe''' than ever. The
spirit manifested yotterd.iy Is emulated?a brigade of re*
iunteers will be offero-i from the District.
The fact that the rentlmonts espresso,1 'n the spoeohce
of Messrs. Chittenden and Swett meet the hearty ap?
pioval of the President, is a strong Indication of the
ctiurse determined upon by the administration in ooo
ductino: the war. Tho resolution demanding that
! stringent measures shall l?e Immedmtoly adopt
od to weed out from our midst all rebate
and sympathizers with the rtlKllhB, a id aid rs aa<l
abettors of it, .was an honest ntternnoe of the
popul ir dec ire here. Th" s'. timen'. of Mr. Chittenden la
reference to thi Cluss cf the popuhtl r. of tho capital are
not exaggerations.
In consequence of this public demonstration therots
quite a flatter to-day among the peoplo pointed at In the
resolution, as they understand th .f known robots aaA
rebel sympathizers will soon bo offered tho alternative
of taking the oath of tillegiaace or iravinj tho Distiiot.
An Immer se " bl 'ck list" is already to the hands of the
authorities
TlU.iTY TUOUSAND PRESS WESTERN TROOPS READY
KO". THE FIET.D.
Fr:>m intelligence received at tho War Department' H
is ascertained that thirty thousand Western troopa,ef
lb* new levy, will be ready to go Into the floM tht?
week. This 10port dell;'hta the President as much as M
will the loyal people who are anxiously watching hH
| eflorts to hurry up tue end or the rebellion.
ItEPOKl'KD APPOINTMENT OK ltlCTTAKD BU8TEBD AM
BUIOADIKR : KNKHAL.
It is said that Richard BuMeed, of New York, mi ta
I day appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers. Ha ta
| ordered to report at ono* to Governor Morgan for duty la
the State until otherwise Instructed. It is undorstotf
tho appointment wus solicited by Alderman Dayton aai
Surveyor Andrews, who nrrlred here thin morning.
NO PASSES ORANTEI) TO GENERAL M'OLEL LAN'S
ARMY.
Numerous applications hare been made for paaeet la
the Army of tho Potomac, but they are invariably Ik
fused. It is tho request of General McClcllan that private
visitors be excluded from hi* linn. All tho siok are ta
i be removed thence; therefore the friends of many of tha
patients cannot urge the neoe.sity of tbulr presence tbera
for nursery purposes.
Ps.'>:e? ur.d permits within other military Hues are art
so froely gnen as herot'fore. as it is Unown there hava
been abusea or privile'.-?* t -dors having been tempted
by large profits to ?m u^'e - ill and othor necessary say
plies icto the 'obel markets.
GOVERNOR M'HAhtB'B NEGRO REGIMENT.
Governor Spragno, Of Rhode Inland, has arrived hero.
It is reported that Governor Sprague cornea to ooaault
with the Vrosidcnt in regard to the enlistment of nagia
regiments
OrFIftJiRg DISMISSED ritOM THE ARMY.
Fly direction of the President the following namtd
officers aro dismissed from the service or the (rnlte4
States ?Captain Amos Stiles, Klghty-Arst Pennsylvania;
I.ieutot.ant Alor.sto Miller, Sixty-first Ohio; I.ieutenaat
.T.im-?*?V. Dun'.ap, Thirty-Eighth New York; Le tenant
Joseph 0. CUrk, Thirty-eighth New York, Second Uaa
te:.aut W.C. Hutchlus, Seventeenth W.? owim.
AKJIT ORDEK3.
Major Gcorgj K. IlaiU.viu, additional paymaster, Unit*
States Army, is assigned to duty as mustering and dla
burring officer in the Mute or No.. York, and ordered ta
report for duty to Major Central K, I). Morgan.
Swgeon Charles McMillan, New York Vol .r.t - rs, it
I o lerwl to report for duty without delay, vail al a Maj. p
George W. WallHce, Sixth infantry, to Ibgor (.enoral
Morgan.
Brigadier Geneva! G. W. Davidson is assigned to tempa
rary duty in the*Depirtm< nt ut the Mississippi, and la
or lered to report without delay to General Scl oljiU.to*.
mending District of Missouri.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARitE-TKD EOITOKg OP TBI HARRIS*
HI HO PATRIOT AND UNION.
Y**trr<tny a ;? ta#,a' thrco o'clock, Brigadier Oinerai
V,'with I,lco"aftnt Baker and two privates,
fiv u;-'On. "-cud O. Barrett and Thus. C. Maa
4' *o'l, ei.aeis si J p i?U- Iters of thtPo'tW end Unimi,
r iVi i.l>> ,mi .be charge of treasonable con duet
V'.u. si th it' ?'?rm. , ihe evidence having been -teemed
aUUctett! \?a. ..nl their arrest.- Montgomery Keater,
au employed editor, Lr.ah J. Jones, local editor, wba
confessed to have written the negro placard, and all tha
compositors In the office coimeetod with the amir, iiava
also bean rrreated. The four principals were brought ta
this oily yesterday afternoon, and were lodged in tha
Old Capitol prison.
These parties are said to have forged the Impriat of tka
Washington Star to the placards above mentioned. They
protest to treat tho anir as merely a Jeke on their fart;
bat it has proved a sorry Joke to thorn.
LIEUT. RAYMOND, OP TIER PROVOfT QUART*.
IJeut. Raymond, of the Eighty-sixth New York Volua
teers, who has been for several months most efficiently
connrrted with the Provost Guard of this c?ty, bits boaa
relieved ou acoouatof ill health from that duty, rind,
being a clergyman, has been assigned to duty as chp plaia
or tho Trinity and Thirteenth stroot ISnptist C'hu{v b Moa
pitsls.
RBPUATIKO CAXNON EXPERIMENTS.,
The President, attended by a number of dr .imgolahed
gentlemen, visited the Kavy Yard thif afternoon,
to witness o pei imebta with a new revo^ ,Ugnim aad
projectile, which has pi oved s-> successful at it it believe*
It will i ccasion the introduction into the n:mv oi an en
tirely new cor,!- roi the i^e uf this wea' w hich Is said
tosurpas* in elhuiency all the rue*# t uuproveui.nti m
artaa.
ArpontrMENT# nrMtt V ik tax dim..
The following uppointme.iU Ua? < betu tno-.e ua.ler tha
Intei nal Itcvenue bill
New Hampshire?First tuf l ic(| James M I^wrlng,
or Exatar. ?>Uaaloi-, and Use J , Ji. Herring, of r?; mag
ton. Assessor; Third dlstritv . t^nlel Wlieeler, of Oxford*
Co''.- ctor. Calvin May, of ITpene, Assessor.
VermoDt?-Flr8t distrh* ( Joseph Paland, of Montpetjor,
Collvclor; M'm. C? K/ttrldk*. of fair Hsvon. A?se?^<or,
Sceaad OWtrict/IhoWos Towers, ef tVoed-t 'ck^oH'Cto^i
Get rue A. Merrill, of at. Jonesbitry, Asteswor; thlr I <ua?
tiict, (jarloa Bax ter, of Rurllngtea, Collator, asl
HetTry C. Adany , of (Iran J Isle, 4ateeaor. <
1 BB CATTUV. Of Til AVOT.O-COXfEDXRiTB VTBAMB
tlRRAkD.
Captai^banaevoort, of tfef /HiroiMi Ml lallrMl