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VoUixr *\VII Mo. 343
AMUSEMENTS THI3 EVENINO.
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M iKT i'oUt. 1 H 'il ?JOCkO?Kl.TIX, TuaI'E/H
WALl.11%; > TTIL VTKL. No. S*4 Bru?dw?y.-fUrrastp
Vin usTBtu?tiLKv O'Connor.
NEW BOWEKV THEATEE. Bo?err.-Sr. M.MC-CU*
?L H'a r ill.
HOWF.RY TIIEATHK. Bowery ? Mi uktuy On IU*
l'str o UiT?VVizahu Suur.
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S?*?!i ?ve:i le ?L?rtii . IUuii, I ho*. <pr Co?-'kbt and
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BAK.NI MH AMERICAN MUSECVt. Broad*-?? ?Gut
Too IllUm;-! o* > TT-L*i?MuD >*11 Hil'fr KiMILT,
Ac., at ali ho.ira. Wipot or fiumiCi ?:teinoon ana
even inn.
HALL, Caoal
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VB3B3 SITUAl'IOK.
Th.-mu :.-rencofromGeacr.il MeCiellan's army
wh.ch we publish to-day contains nothing of vital
important if we except the correspondence be
tvm-n the rebel commander uud the General-in
< hief relative to repudiation of paroles and oaths
of allegiance. The language of the rebel General
L?C s ?o??naicatioii3 is considered by General
Ha Heck to be "coached in language exceedingly
moulting to the government of the United States,"'
and he ha, therefore "declined to receive them.'"
Hiey were, t litre fare, returned unanswered, except
a-^ above quoted.
Further particulars of the recent movements of
General Pope's army have been received. Gene
ral Bttford has sent in an official report of his pur
suit and partial engagement with the rebels. He
"4)U'i of tie enemy after Saturday's
u : it was most precipitate and iu great confusion.*'
'< further repoi Is 'ihc cnen.y Las had the benefit
of a hard rain whiVh put.s high ? ;itcr between the
contending forces."
Morgan, the guerilla chieftain, is reported as
wvmg crossed the Cumberland river and en
1 Ted Kentucky with eight hundred men. Louis
v.!le is almost wild with excitement, the war
etings Ueiug largely and enthusiastically at
tended. Seventy thousand dollars bounty was
unanimously voted for at the meeting held on the
evening of the 12th inst.
T he Memphis Bulletin has a report of the cap
ture of Baton Rouge, and states* that th? rebel
ram Arkansas, although delayed, had arrived in
front of that place on the evening of the day of
battle; that she immediately assailed our fleet, de
?troying two vessels, damaging two other.'and
driving the rest away. Breckinridge has already
officially reported the destruction of the ram
before she had reached that city, and, therefore,
w.; may safely b.-lieve that the advices "from re-'
liable source," are merely founded on the news
previously received here.
Ihe intelligence of the capture of Baton Rouge
by the rebels is not so positive as would appear at
first sight. Breckinridge a despatch is dated ten
miles from the city, which would hardly be the
case had he captured it. He may have defeated
our army, and even killed General Williams (a
?ketch of whom we give to-day), but as the Cnion
gunboats are on the river in front ol the plaee,
there is still *orne probability that, in fact, the'
I uion fon es ho.J possession thereof.
A ei riotis article appears in the Hichnond Ex
at'UMr relative to Fngland and foreign interren
tioo. WC republish it among our Sonthcrn intel
ligence.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The Paris .1fo,uf?, comm nting on a stalUtical
work just issued from the Ministry of Public lu
?truction in Fran"*. on the subject of aoiejdea
offers Home very sensible snggeaUons concerning
?ell-destruction. It soys that the inerease of sui
cides in France ia awful to contemplate. In the
?pace of thirty-two years, from 1VT to lh;<? iD,j.i
aively, hare committed h
France, bf'n an average < l i;i th-? e,.
The suicide* t.f ? l.frl, J :Ve , bwT|*t, '
d.tlnct in ? .mount-. . . ;n? ,r I
m.?!' , to ]? i i? ytai; :i-, , . joJ. j}lt
m?r b"ing 'i.io'j, and for the letter 't>7. This dif
ference is only to be explained by the la t that
the religious sentiment operates more powerful
ly on w>.imeu than on men. It in proved In the
official returns that the moxt religious provinces
pr-sont the fewe?t suicides, and that the propor
tion of suicides increases a? we approach Palis,
where it attains the maximum. Old age. even,
does not seem to allay the furor of self-destrnc
tion; the proportion constantly increases from
ohildhood to the age of eighty, when it begins to
decliue.
The armaments for Mexico sre going on in
hr.tnc e with greet activity, and a great number
ol veas. ls are being prepared for the ser
lice. The Suty- vmth and Ninety lifth re
giments, with tiattnliom of 1 ,r?tO mm each
?re on their nur.-h for Toulon. The steam
frizate Vanban. which was in the first eate
goryof the r- rvr. |, ?ow bete g fitted out as
a transport. The (Jomer has b?e? recalled from
the eoait of Italy for the same p?rp, an(1 ig t0
transfer h-r artillery and ciew to the Cacique,
ordered to the waters of ( ivitu Vec-hia. '
At latest daf s there were several infantry re?|.
tt'-nts, with dctachment*of ?ngine?.r? and artilb ry
awaiting embaikaUon at Cherbourg, for tb? Mexi
can sxjiedition. The transports Ulm, Tonrville,
Brealan, Vllle de Bordeaux, ViH# de I.yon, Tilsit,
Duqueane, and the fHgatea Orenoqoe, Ewre, Ar
deche. Jura and Allier were all ready to aail with
troop* for Vera Crux. The frigate Napoleon wss
alao arming, to sail for New York.
General Jose Gntierrex da la Curcha late Cap
tain Oeneral of the Island of Cuba, has been ap.
pointed Spamsh Mi,ii?ter ExtraoHmary to i'ans
and had a royal audience with Qu- eu Isabella nre
vioua to his departure for his new s<ene 0f labor*.
A letter from Fort de I rsn e, Martinique, dated
'??? l?th of Jnly, ?nd addresseu to the I'ny,
P'm.i, b:i_VB that the s md wounded ' rt n< h sol
I J Mexico tj ti .it inland v or- pro
J 1; ' * ? wraMy *? tl at tiiue, aud U at, in c<?u
*? ?*?? *e of thf great salubrity of tin iifaU-,
I most j t.iuvn: J* were preparing to r -<> n their
I fi it nds in fotxico.
! ' >I'- ?"???'*democrats of >! line will
: Tl v,-u' (?'?'??:ventioa to-du/, at fortland,
to J-'.r ? iinte a cun lidate fur Goveiuwr. Thi-t fac
t"n W',H t'r'' 'Hy in the trjiti of John C. Bre- kin
1 'nt. ut when that arch traitor deserted them
l i u re lor a wiule numbered -uuouk the lust
[l ' thfy were di?covi-r<d by Clement L.
? 'udig'... in, of Ohio, by whom tiiey were re
i ? : <*cd au 1 i-<>t again in working order. Tliey
uuwber in the Stme from fifteen to twenty thou
e ad. There i* already one candidate lor Gover
nor in the field General Charles f>. Jameson- -no
m nuUd by the Union wing ol the yiirlv, and
some of the " copperheads." it i.- repei i !*, arc
an.vona to endorse hint, and thus unite ihe party.
Th ? Legisl iture of Kentucky will meet to-day
in extra session, by order of Bcriah Magoffin,
Governor of the State. The members of both
houses are nearly all Union men; but as it is well
known that the Executive is a rebel masked bat
tery. and that hordes of guerillas, headed by the
notorious Morgan and other rebel chieftains, are
in close proximity to the seat of government in
Kentucky, it behooves our generals in that
section to have an eye to the movements
of this Legislature. It has been represent,
ed that attempts will be made to overawe
the Union members and force them to do the
bidding of Breckinridge, Buckner and the Gover
nor. and if possible to carry the State out of the
Linon. Some curiosity will be manifested to see
th# message of that old traitor Magoffin.
The famous Massachusetts Sixth regiment has
determined again to voluuteer for the nine months
call, it was ' this regiment that cut its way
through Baltimore on the 10th of April 1861
when the national capital was threatened by the
rebels.
The soldiers of Indiana will not bo allowed to
vote at the October election, as the constitution
declares that all persons entitled to rote must uo
so in the township in which they reside.
The first qnota of Connecticut (7,145) is filled,
and there is reported to be a rush on the second.
Commodore Footc was recognized on board the
Camden and Amboy Railroad boat on Monday
afternoon, and the passengers, by continuous
cheering, forced him to make a short speech.
There are volunteers enough in Camp Curtin,
Pennsylvania, to form twelve full regiments.
Senator Jim Lane has divided Kansas into two
military districts, and appointed a couple of
noted abolitionists as recruiting commissioners to
raise nigger regiments.
Senator Joseph A.Wright is stumping Indiana
on the war question, and probably with a slight
leaning towards the Union State ticket. His ap
pointments run through the month of August.
Nearly two hundred skedaddlers were hunted
out of the ship Z red, which sailed from Philadel
phia for Londonderry on Tuesday.
All the employes of the Philadelphia Gas Works
hive been required by a resolution of the Board of
Ti i:>tee9 to take the outL of allegiance. &,
'ihe oath of allcg'ance was administered to
another lot of three hundred prisoners in Fort
Delaware on Sunday last. They were all released
and went theii way rejoicing.
The War Department has decided that all per
sons who have furnished substitutes previous to
the draft mnst take their chance in the draft
wheel.
A Philadelphia paper says that the captain of
tiie steamboat John Brooks, formerly of the New
Vork &M Bridgeport line, was arrested on Mon
day, on the charge of using seditious language.
It is iu evidence that he was abusive to the sick
wounded and dying soldiers, calling them a lot of
thieves, Ac.
Up to the present time more than fourteen thou
sand residents of the city of New York have filed
at the County Clerk's office claims of exemption,
?rom \ urious causes?over age, general debility,
gout a>thma, non citizenship. Jack Falstaffism'
??n iiiinp I j kill, hm yet afraid to fight,*' short
? a., leg-, bad kidneys, and -the thousand
other Jli? tut ft rah is heir to.*' It is considered
Will be very numerous
The \\ issahtckon bridge, belonging to the Nor
nstown Railroad Company, and the large woollen
factory stat-diug near it. about a mile fromMana
*???. Pcans> 'vaii,'a. were destroyed by lire on the
1-th in?t. Loss about #50,000.
The nwicber of emigrants landed here la?t week
was 703, making the total since Jan. 1, 46,0t6.
The balance of the commutation lund to the credit
of the Emigration Commissioners at present is
114,674. K
Stacks were again buoyant yesterday, it* advance
being equal to 1 a l?t' |*r ccct in iLe Ehes, Galena IUj.
note Ceatral and the other act ire railway share. r? t0
the latest Ito-ir in the Jay bids came into the street for
si-ics, and the broker* w-re kej>t unusually busy. Got.
eminent im e were b.iiiU wanted al par. Gold and ex
change were ai-o higher; the former sold at 114!; tbe
latter wis beU by the bankers al 12C,'t. Money was
very abundant at 3 a 4 per cent. The Sub Treasury re
eel red over UOO.OOO on deposit at 4 per cent.
TIm? cotton market, wa.. firm yeeterday^uh a.ilea of 300
a 400 balej. cloaing stiff on the basis otitic, a 4Sc for
middling uplands. Flour was in moderato demand but
rather firmer for common grades or State and Western
brands, while medium qualities aud extras were on
-hanged. Prime to choke wheat was scarco and tlrm
whi.e coiumen and medium grades wcra dull ,md ne
fleeted. Corn was rather firmer, specially for primo
inalities, which were ecar. e, wbilo Infetior was in g,<.d
supply, and heavy salr.^ ?r ;h? former were made a,
"t.a&Se. Pork was sf i.ly au<! ?? ralr demand, with
ales of mess at fit 21. a ,il . aui, (f 1T;mcat
tl' S<a $10. Sugars were tlrnn , . .. ,j the ,a,.
IiMivof v <7:1.- n.?, od r #1 y ;?c J
ti ;i. Hi: 'cm.iia'.ei woroC l>. lli-i ? ?> ,i ? t
*?1 If"*'-*. < WJ:.? ?)? is<* *t >'ly. A ?:.? , . oi'a.ll-! ll 1>,B
uf i:.. was .*>W Tuii ty afle;! sn ai SSI . , ?:n! I t. ><!??.
? o!'l yasterday at Sfc!?V. t'r- ghts were t>rm?r, c ?;* clalljr
. r grain u> Liverpool. t'> which |"i< wheal r a engaged
at I!1 ji!. in hoik. aiirt 13<l. :n ?lnpi' t.t, j. t ? v a<
I !,il, I"N< lv i't> t L>.c !nn auil <J!.??$"?* were un
changed
Rkcrcitino Torn of Ghiiai, Sick Mi* Tiik
Prmrr ?>r the Stath.?General Sick1?*?? Ins just
returned from a recruiting tour in tbe western
part of this Miite. along the line of the Erie
Railroad. and report* groat sttecets in hit mis
sion and great entbwiasm for the war. He
,?ays th?l the State, with the exception of Now
York city, will hare furnished more than its
quota before the appointed time of the 30(1,000
volunteersoalled for. The reason why volun
teering ha:1 not been so suoce'sftol in tbe city is
that in the raising of tin 76,000 u,en ealkd for
by tlic Prot-i'lent iu tbo beginning of the war,
a id the half a million of men subsequently
voted by Congress. Hew Y ork city did far more
than its share. Recruiting for the army, too,
during the latU year has been chiefly done in
I this city. Then, on account of want of ernploy
1 ment hore, owing to tbe stagnation of business
I arising from the war, ? large portion of the
; population removed to other localities. But,
I nnw that Archbishop Hughes has taken so
dccided a stand for the good cause as be has
dune at Dublin and Cork, and that the church
is throwing her weigh* in the scale of the Union,
there is every reason to believe that tbe volun
! tcering will receive a new Impetus in Now
York, aud ti<at Mie Irish alone wfl! flli up m< re
than half of the demanded from tho Em
i pire City.
. nttte.it ?r i<t< ur?an auw
On tit* \Vur.
I 1 '-e vd litional and eminently satisfactory
P''? ? olars which wo have published concein
1 'ate L?attl? at Cedar Alouutain and its
! ' cuJ?''natin?r in the flight of Stonewall
. Ul"r n' an<* 'n the vigorous pursuit of hw
force* by the cavalry ui;d artillery of General
I <?pe, will settle all doubts us to whether this
infr battle was a Union victory or defeat. An
we have claimed from the first, and from a sim
ple common sense and honest view of the facts
repoi.ed. we have gained the victory, and a
victory, too, of the highest importance.
From the name malignant spirit, however,
against General rope, which they have along
betrayed toward* General McClellan, and
e. ery other officer who gives tho cause of the
1 moii precedence over the cause of negro eman
cipation, several of our city contemporaries,
so lute as yesterday morning pronounced the
result a Union defeat, and ventilated their su
perior military wisdom very much to the preju
dice of General Pope and his army. How was"
it, they inquired, that General Banks, with his
seven thousand mea, was entrapped by twenty
tJousand of the enemy, and why was it that the
columns of General McDowell and General
? gel were so far in the rear that they did not
reach the scene of action until the battle was
over? Of course, our would-be military critics
jump to the conclusion that the whole affair
was badly managed by General Pope, if not by
General Banks, in persisting in his efforts to
dislodge the rebels from their strong position
after he had discovered that at the very point
which he had chosen for his assault they were
massed, under cover of the jungle, as three to
one against him.
Cut it appears that General Banks was sent
forward as on a reconnoissance, and that, shel
tered as the enemy were by the densely wooded
mountain sides which they occupied, the only |
way to ascertain their exact locality or their
strength was to stir them up. Iu view of a recon
noissance, the supporting columns of McDowell
and Sigel were sufficiently near for the protec
tion of General Danks; for, under ordinary
cucumstances, if brought into this collision with
a superior force of the enemy, he would have
fallen back towards the main body of the army.
But in this case the ground in the immediate
presence of the enomy afforded too good a po
sition for General Banks to be abandoned. He
therefore resolved to hold it, trusting to the
main body of the army to come to his support
in season to secure this position and to dislodge
the enemy; and all this has been don?.
We accordingly accept the battle and its re
sults as altogether satisfactory, and as betray
ing no want of precaution on the part of General
Pope and no lack of sound discretion on the
T>urt of General Banks. We accept the result
*s a most important one-a? a success substan
tially settling the question of the capabilities of
the army of General Pope to cope with that of
Stonewall Jackson. Nay, more, we conclude
from this experimental battle that the forward
movement of Jackson towards Washington
has been arrested, and that he has com
menced a retrograde march which will be fol
lowed up by General Pope. We hope and
trust, however, that we shall hear of no more
battles in which the rebel forces can be set
down as three or four times our own in point
ol numbers. We have had quite enough of
this sort of warfare, and we expect General
Ilalleck to see that there Is an end of it
While the aggregate armed forces of the re
bellion were of late nearly equal or even two
thirds of our own, it was almost impossible to
meet them at every point with ?n equal force,
considering the numerous points requiring a
special military force around our graud en
circling lines of occupation of three thousand
miles in extent by land and sea. At this time
last August we had conquered nothing from the
rebellion except some of its strongholds in
Western Virginia and the forts of Hatteras
Inlet; but since then we have recovered Mis
souri, Arkansas, substantially; Southern Ken
tucky, nearly the whole of Tennessee, tho
greater part of Eastern Virginia, including Nor
folk; nearly the whole of the extensive sea
board and inland sound region of North Caro
lina. important portions of the coasts of South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, including Pen
sacola; portions of Alabama and Mississippi
the most important portion of Louisiana, in
cluding New Orleans, and the whole line
of the Mississippi river from Cairo to the
Gulf. These extensive conquests, involving
the military occupation or numerous cities,
towns, forfs and other military stations, had
drawn so largely upon our army, in addi
tion to the casualties of war, that not until it
was almost too late was the government, by
the recent terrible battles near Richmond,
aroused to the necessity of immediate and
heavy reinforcements fresh from the people.
But now tLere is no longer any excise for
mating (lie rebels at any point with inf.-rior
numbi: e p. , ? dly in Vii inia. By t' <? end of
1 ' '?iere will l;c a u -w enrol
:t draft ii). n i!iu uiilita. 1 f? r; we ve posi
tive assurances of miccoiw. The rebellion will
bo put down. Within tbc la.*! fortnight the
prospect before us has changed from doubt and
despondency to conlidence and enthusiasm
nmong our loyal .States and people, because of
these late eflicient and energetic war measures
of the government. Under thes<> encouraging
measures we have the reinforcement* ahvady
raised to enable th* Army of the Potomac and
the Army of Virginia to move forward in irre
sistible strength upou the rebel capital, and the
country expects lhat (Jenejal flatlet k will draw
upon these three hundred thousand new volun
teers accordingly, and without delay.
It is prejudicial to our good cause abroad,
and gives a false idea of the comparative
strength of this rebellion, to bo over and
over e^ain compelled to confess our infe
riority of forces in thin, that and the other
important battle. The great secret of success
ful war is this tnperlority of numbers at the
right time and place. We havo the numbers,
aud we rely upon General lialleck to us? them
oo every occasion henceforward in an over
whelming pressure upon the enemy.
T a* a son Climatic.?General Butler has sup
pressed the New Orleans Picayune for speaking
disrespectfully of the nat ional government and
the Union generals. Why are not the Tri
bune and the Post, with their coadjutor Wendell
rbillips, Called to account for playing the ?ame
IL;ime? The only difference in the offence that
we enn se i? that h re at the North it is ''nir.g
mischief by di-couraging enlistments, whilst at
| the Si?u li, under tl: i^Uant rale ot'liui'or, it
I ca'i work "but little har<;i. Lj treason purely
, climatic? This uneven m 'mtr of dealing vri'li j
it would loail to 'he inference that^fce ^vgioa
ill which it is uttered give.- it iu complexion of
crime.
Strength of ft'a|?olvon*? Army l)orl?gthl
fnuih llevoluOou.
A morning paper noted for looking at facts
:uid events through a fog, and drawing oppo
site conclusion* from tbe public generally, has
just beeu parading before itb readers immense
figures purporting to be the strength of tbe
1 reach urmy under Napoleon, with the view
of endeavoring through this means to prove
that it is not accessary for our govern moot
to issue paper mooey to successfully pro
secute the war. Its writers are evidently not
very well versed in historical facts, or else mali
ciously take this course to destroy confidence in
our government. Thus, they put down the
strength of the French army in 1813 at about
one million, and also assert that it was
increased by drafting that year nearly a
million more, and with this enormous
force Napoleon conducted his operations,
by refusing to permit the issue of paper
money, and at the close of the long war the
national debt of France was only two hundred
and fifty millions, all of which statements are
wide of the mark.
It is a well known fact that the policy of
Napoleon was always ta fill up his armies and
support them from the nation that ho conquered,
or, in other words, make war maintain war.
His only provision for food and funds was in
levying contributions upon the country that he
conquered and invaded. At no one time during
the long war of the French Revolution did
France have over .eight hundred aud fifty
thousand men in the army. Nor did Napo
leon ever have over half a million of
Frenchmen under his command at anv
one time. In May, 18 J 2, Napoleon left
Paris to take command of his forces'gathered in
Poland to operate aguinit Russia, lie-had con
centrated tbere about five hundred thousand
men, and of this number only about two hun
dred thousand were native Frcuch; the balance
were Germans, Italians, Poles, Swiss und Atts
trians?all belonging to nations that he bad
conquered, and whom he bad forced into his
army. In this way he increased his forces, and
crossed the Niemcn and entered Russian terri
tory, according to the imperial muster roll, with
a force of six hundred and forty-soven thousand
men. This number was largely reduccd and
his ranks thinned before be reached Moscow.
Having provided no other means of feeding his
army than subsisting upon the country through
which he passed, and levying money contribu
tions upon the people, the plan of the Russians
in laying waste the country in their retreat
was a serious drawback to Napoleon's opera
tions. Ilis financial system was based upon
continued victories, aud hud no provision what
ever against a reverse. I pon entering Moscow,
therefore, aud finding it deserted, and soon after
laid in ashes, he found himself in an enemy's
country in midwinter, without shelter or food
for his men, or means to provide either, and
forced to beat a hasty retreat or perish. He
could no longer levy contributions upon the
people; for there was no one left. Disaster met
hi in at every step on his retreat, until finally be
left his army and fled to Paris. Out of the
forces that entered the Russian territory only
about eighty thousand ever returned, and of
this number over forty thousand were Aus
trians and Prussians?leaving only about thirty
five thousand surviving French soldiers.
Soon after Napoleon's return to Paris the
people became excited at the prospect of France
being invaded. The old army bad been de
stroyed in the Russian campaign, and a new
one bad to be raised to take its place. The
Senate, therefore, immediately voted ihnt a
draft of three hundred and fifty thousand men
should be made. But previous conscriptions
bad drained the country of those youths liable
to conscription. A change in the basis of the
draft was made, and by that means Napoleon
succeeded in placing un army of three hundred
and fifty thousand men on their march for the
Rhiue in April, 1813, to hold at bay the invad
ing army. Iu addition to this, there were about
two hundred thousand men stationed iMipain
and Portugal at this t ime. The disAaterWf the
campaign of 1813 were quite numerous and
materially reduced Napoleon's army. Out of
the four orders l'or comcript'on issued that
year, the number actually obtained only kept
the army at its strength at the commencement
of the campaign, its numbers falling far short
of the million and a half put down by a morn
ing journal.
Napoleon's maxim to make war maintain war
would no longer avail him anything, now that
he was compelled to light on French soil, in
stead of invading other nations. Ills allies wore
turning against him, and those generals who
one? fought in his rank* and led his men i nto
battle were now m ir-halling Ton s again.-t i.iin.
The "ati.i"- t'i i he had onco lettered and
f 1 to a:u ? !h his eiibrls will* n:ca and
iiioiii-y were a':0 a ?? ; c a. . nst him. Forc^l
to foil b.iek u.'. t ??? iv ??iv.'oj! i>i I -ai.re
alone, he found tliu-iii uno<iuwl to the tusk.
Absorbed in war, he left lite commerce and
trade of the country unprotected, ilia financial
system being entirely based upon continued
victories and in conquering nations, he had
no resources to fall back upon in the hour of
his adversity. His specie currency was inade
quate, and, although he made a desperate effort
in his Hundred Days' war, after his escape from
Elba, by appealing to the pride of the French
people, yet he was unable to concentrate sufli
cient force or provide the means for the defeat
of the allied forces at Waterloo. England, on
the other hand, discarded the idea of specie cur
rency, and relied upon paper money for her
currency. Through its influence she developed
h?r resources, built tip her manufactures, loaned
large sums to assist oth'-r nations in war against
France, and in the end came out of the long
struggle stronger than ever before, not only in
her internal trade and the wealth of her people,
but in her foreign commerce, in military and na
val power?all of which made her the first nation
of the world. I? not here a lesson for us and a
sufficient reply to the croakers and grumblers
at Mr. Chase's financial system. Napoleon had
no other financial system than specie and the
levying upon oonqutred territory for funds to
meet bis daily necessities. The result was that
the nation grew weaker every day, her trade
languished, and Napoleon was Anally made a
captive. England, on the other hand, organized
a financial system that would enable her to ob
tain the ?in?ws of war, and at the same time en
courage and strengthen her own Internal trade.
The result was (hat she increased in power
while France was gradually growing weaker,
l id finally caui<' oft C0u<iui't'0? -iud tXj*J lc
u.kiiou of the world.
Tn* Okdkr ok C :i>iUUL M' KJl&i.i.an Audit
TilE I*HOJ'?Unr OK THE lNBAbltAiiM 0if N Ut
oinia.?We publish to-day the important order
of General AlcClellan currying out thu order ot
tlie 1'residcnt in relation to property, which
fully accords with the previous practice of the
Geueral of the Army of the Potomac, 'i hu ol
der is admirable. It is that ot a statesman, as
well as a general and a Christian. Ho*' forci
bly doea General McOlellan observe:?
The i.teu thai private property may be plundered with
impunity is, lemaps, the veiy worst that can pervade ait
army. Marauding degrades aa laen and dew ra.izua as
soldiers all who eugnp? in It, and returns theui to their
hemes untitled for the purs in is of houebl industry, int.
ariny is comp<'=-c.l wostlv of young men; and the Ueneral
commanding, to whoeecare they are entrusted,owls it
U> the parents who Lave sent ibeir sous, and tu tlie com
munities thai have sent the flower of their youth luto
(he military service of their country, to warn and restrain
them from an evil so pernicious.
Tim general Commanding tJikos this occasion to remind
the officers and soldiers of this army that u o urc engaged
in supporting the constitution aud laws of the l ulled
States, and hi suppressing rebellion against their au
thority: that we arc ti"l engaged in a war ol rapine, re
venge or subjugation; that this Is not a contest against
populations, but against armed forces and political orgs
nidations; that it is a struggle carried on within the
United States, aud should be conducted by us upon tho
highest pi inciples known to Christian civilization.
This is sound philosophy, Christianity and
common sense, which will find but little favor
with the godless crcw of abolitionists, radicals,
socialists, infidels and atheists who are bent on
overthrowing our institutions and inaugurating
a reign of terror, substituting political chaos
for constitutions and written laws. Let all our
readers study this excellent document. Tho
most violent attacks have been made on
General McClcllan for his "placing a guard
over the house aud property of Hill Carter."
Now, what are the facts? When the advance
guard reached Carter's farm, in the retreat from
the Chickahominy to the James river, with some
six hundred of our wounded, the family de
voted their whole attention to their care, tore
up all their linen and cotton sheets, towels,
everything in tho house, for bandages and lint.
Over six hundred head of the cattlft of this
family were taken by Geueral McClellan loi
his aruiy, the horses of the farm, and all the
slaves, to work in the trenches; and yet the
fiendish abolitionists denounce General McClel
lan because he protected the women and chil
dren of this family from outrage or insult.
Such is a sample of the diabolical course
pursued towards General Me' leilau by Growle.t .
of the Tribune, and the other leaders of the
radical revolutionists, for the purpose of weak
ening the confidence of the army in his general
ship and integrity, aud throwing a dumper on
the warlike enthusiasm of fee people.
Archbishop llt'OHEs" Ei'uopka.v Mission*.
Archbishop Hughes has returned to New York
with increased claims to the esteem and grati
tude of the American people. He lias discharg
ed his duty to the country while abroad in a
manner that has not only pro\ed highly ser
viceable to it, but that marks the firmness ot
his character and his unswerving patriotism.
Nothing could be more opportune or beneficial
to the Union cause than the speeches recently '
delivered by htui in Dublin nnd Cork. While
they cannot but produce a great impression upon
uU the Catholic populations of Europe, they
will unite that of Ireland to a man in opposi
tion to any attempt at interference with us by
England. " They place fairly and squarely be
fore the latter the hazards which it will have to
encounter in case it should ever resolve to take
so desperate and ill-considered a step. It is
for this reason that the English tory journals,
which have distinguished themselves by their
ardent advocacy of .Southern interests, are
so furious at the outspoken boldness of
the Archbishop's sentiments. They have
had bitter experience of the weight that attaches
in political controversies to the opinions of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy. The latter arc slow
to put themselves forward in this way, but
when they do their example and advice exercise
a tremendous influence amongst their own per
suasion. Were a war to break out between
this country and England to-morrow, we will
venture to say that not a single Irishman could
be prevailed upon to enlist in the English set
vice. Here, on the contrary, every Irishman
would spring to arms, glad to have the oppor
tunity of paying back the old scores that he and
his forefathers have accumulated against their
English oppressors. Even ts regards the pre
sent war. the Archbishop s recent speeches and
the onslaughts that have been made upon him
by the English press will have a powerful effect
upon the Irish mind in this country. They will
do more to stimulate enlistments among our
fellow citizens of that nationality than all the
heavy money inducements that are being
offered.
Thk World axd Its Straw Hath, Bors'
Sizk*. ?That, broken-winded journal, ?he ?Vorld,
is obliged "reluctantly" to publish a certificate
of character from a straw hat dealer on Hroad
war. The certificate amounts to nothing, ex
cept as an admission that the World was engaged
in th" straw hat busings. Whatever the World
ir. ay y about th? sixes of the straw hats whi !i
it l:i ni-lic.l to the a'my. t,ho evidence of Captain
Uft :?? ??. !'iiii-? ! ."it.'u'i Anuy ? ? .'V?
at V,': :in s n, s-itle tb? tiv..:.er coiioiu nely.
Tiie World will find ti>I.~ >rWwe> on Qn forty
Hot page ?f the second or supplement uy re
port or the Select Committee on Government
Contractu, 7>Ir. Washburne chairman. Captain
Beckwith, testifying in regard to tho shipments
inadi- by Alexander Cummlngs. of the World.
says:?"Then there were thirty-two cases of
palm-loaf hats. Most of them icere of duttinn
tlwgkt, and a thing not furnished to the soldiers
by government. I should say, in a general
some, they are good for nothing. They io*rt
cry small. There wcro shipped, also, by the
ChesapeukG, seventeen cases of linen pantu
loons. They were in m^ny casea not well
sowed together, and almost worthless." Now
what does the World say to that ? We shall
give il a dose ol army ale and porter in a day
or two, to enable it to recover from this terrible
blow, and in the meantime we advise the
Broadway dealers and the World editors, whe
consider tlicac straw bats "full large sizes" and
"cheap, considering the fineness," to read a
little of the report referred to. and not provoke
U" again this warm weather.
Opk Grain Lxioirrs.?The London Tim**
congratulates its readers on the fact that the
present British harvest will render it indepen
dent of foreign exports and enable it to keep
its gold at home. Now this ia directly in con
flict with the statement* of the Economist and
the Mark Lrtnt Express, the great English agri
cultural authoritiea, both of which report a
falling off in it, both in quantity and quality.
From the Continent the reports aro far from fa
vorable; so that the demand upon us for bread
stuffs promises to exceed that of mo?t former
years. For the last three weeks our exports in
product) buvu been little abort of $12,0U0,(>0&
J'orluuately, our present harvest places ua in ?
position to be able to moot any flemnndt thai
may be nude upon u# from abroad. It in one
of the finest and most tbuuduat that the coun
try has ever beeu blessed with, aud bcems W
have been specially fc.j* l>y fYjrktence to de
feat the hopes and -illations of those who
looked forward to see tiie rebellion aided by a
scarcity of gold among us uud tUe pleasure ot
financial distress.
Kecrutting in the SiUtr of New York?Ma
Draft Probable.
Aunttr, A i j'ust 18, lHOi
Reports rceolved at th" Adjutant General's office to
night show that thirty thousand moa are already e*~
roiled, under the last call for three hundred thousand rtt
untoers, In addition to those locruiteJ for regiments to
the tU?J. The most favorable report* arc rec"ived iroas
*11 Parts of the Staie relative to enlistment, ami it is con
fldently expected that the quota under tho lust not m*f
be furnished without resort to the draft.
The Brut regiment under the lost calt for volunteers*
Col. V?n Valkenburgh, left Elmira to night for the mm
of war. Iho Albany regiment numbers over 1,100 omb,
and is under orders to march on the 19th.
The State ordor regulating the draft wilt bo iss *4 to
morrow.
UuOi, August IS, IMS.
Tho new Oneida county regiments it full with some
hundreds to spare, an# another regiment can be tilled
within two weeks !n this county by volunteering. Re
cruiting for the old regiments Is very brisk.
Recruiting in Buffalo.
BiTfAU), August 13, IMS.
Enlistments fbr old and new rogimeuts are progressing
rapidly, and tlite number daily Increases. Thore are now
about five hundred men at Camp M >rgan, in this city.
The Pennsylvania Mllltla.
PUILADKtFHU, August 13, IMS.
1 nited States Marshal Millward was to-day connli.
sloncd by the Governor to make an enrolment of the
m:litia of the State in the Eastern district, and Hoe.
Alexander Murdock, Marshal of the Western district, has
received similar authority.
I.Hrc.1- ami Enthusiastic War meeting la
hnuiivlllf, Ky.
Loi ihvilt.k, Ky., August 13, IMS.
A large and enthusiastic war meeting was held at the
Court. House last night. Resolutions wore unanimously
adopted urging the < ity Councils to appropriate seventy
thousand dollars for bounties to voluntatis.
Call for the Nrw York Democratic "title
Convention.
?Albanv, August 13,1802.
Th'.; Democratic Ptato Committee met to-day,
iosueel the folk wing call for a State Convention:
?' crVm;nl,!r" a' a run mooting, held on th*
9th day o< Jmy last, res -!v. ! that th ? democracy of New
,, " ,,u' "'ldv to unite with all patriotic citizens
wl.hont re.eren ee to former party combinations, who
agio*- in sustaining the government in tho prosecution of
?beesi-ting w:ir iigiliist t'.ie rebellion by all the mean*
V , , ";,pov:?r."f n !r,v'u P00ph?. Tor the purpose of
testorlng the tnfon us it was and maintaining th*
constitution JUi it is, and having declared its
purpose m calling the ne.rt State Convonti n to invite the
co operation ot all citizens ou the simple but dlsMMt
!i!o t of'ih ? iw co"al,"uion> tho Union, and the enforce
Ihf undersigned, reiterating and carrying out these
view. h?rebv .-nil a convention of the democracy or the
State of .Now ^ . r k. and nf all in favor of such co-opor?.
lion, to consist ot ouo delegate from each A??oiuMy dis
trict, to m ot ar *li? city of Albany on tho loth day of
sepfe'iib-r next, at twIveM , to nominate oifl.-ers lobe
.t > at.tbo election, and to transact such
otnir business the Convention may doem exi>cdient.
Homing .llatchrs at Philadelphia*
ParUMftPHU, August 13,1808.
Tiio rowing match between Ward, of Xcwburg,an4
llamniill, ot Pittsburg, came off in tue Schuylkill to-day.
Ilamtnill came in sixt}' yards ahead, sculling tnree mliea
in twenty-two minutes and a half. The race to-morrow
Is for the-championship, distance five miles.
Burning of a Cotton Mill.
l'KOVIDKXCK, n. I., August 13,1849.
Si-roeder's print work.* in Kast Greenwich, consisting of
machinery and nearly twenty buildings, valued at
$ifl,00.i, and containing 30.000 pieces of print eiottw
valued <a $100,000, were destroyed by Ore this morni^
The goods were Insured.
Lulled State* Circuit Court.
Bei'aro H'.n. Judge Shipman.
Amcrr 12.?the Grand Jury brought in bills of h*
dietmeut against Abraham X. llaight and Nelson Evane
lor destroying letters in the New Lebanon 1'ost "gift
TheOrand Jury then adjourned to ^cptemtKir 10. *
reman, ino Dioianchia, convictod of murder, vi|
brought up for sentence.
Mr. Kdwin .fames said he intended In this case, which
was oce ol gi tat importance, to move au arrest of iudn.
early diy ? *'** ct>t lbon prepared. Me U> sired aa
lhe Court set the matter down lor Thursdav nw*?
at ten o'clock. ? ?
Mr. Joatiiim.-sen applied for tbe discharge of Jttmm
Ward, who \va? detained as a witness against a mw
named Chart#" Norvdle. It appears that Nurvilie waa
dtschargeu trcin custody, while the witness against hlia
WA' a I" !soncr. Counsel also moved for the
jper ciein rouiponsati^ri to which witnesses are entlUwl
Tho witness had beeu arretted without warrant end
merely upon the authority of one of tbe Marshal's' effi
ctri.
The Co-irt C ' lld not discharge a man who was not ar
rested under th warrant of the Court, except on e writ
of habrus corpus. ,\ man held in custody without
warrant or authority of the Court would not bs entitled
loonycomjicasaUoii or witnetis fee. *
Mr. Ji?(i!.iti!"?n then haiided in application for s writ
of halieas corfms.
Adj..urned to this (Wednesday) morning.
Coroner*' Inquest*.
CaonanTO HtcAiH Wmia Kaii.nt,.?William Hinea, aa^
tivc of Ireland. *<(?'<! thirty-live joarx, vraa choked
4eath yrtord.iy .uteinoon by a piece of meat lodging la
hia throat while eating hla dinner. Coroner Wildey hal4
aa tnq'iemt upon the y.
For*? Phowvkii?The body of an unknown man, la A
nude pfate, who found tlontiug in tbe water at the foot off
Twenty-third ?treet yesterday. Deceased (.-? 'aappoaed ta
have boon drowned while bathing. Coroner JUnnojr or
dered the body to he n ot to tho dead house at Bellaraa
llifi ital for id ntiOeMM.
A Br (Mil T'' r.:::?!?? Oi i >rr. ha* been established by t%*
Amniicm Coin finny it tho Merchant*' Kxchaug*
v'e. ti ,n, Vi> i.o hi ! ?>'i Pi atreat,connecting with
?? nr. ? Ii.li <||R . li". Hi ' Iw i)'. nit the oflcra
:? < - ? ? VI. ' will b i i great
< -a ' t' ? i ' id ' '"if P3 men.
I' i soji ?. I ! it< lllfl* n?
II ?>.. I '? I U'tos. oi the United
M ti . . mid ! ii';*. 11 1 i. to n><? * day, and art oa
c i rig n. moiit-i ir, I t tfctru|" litaa Hotel.
Iter. A. IVtter. of Ti?y: Cry l?-r V.mVcrhten, vt
Alban; M.?r hiti llw# ami party, of Waahlngtcn, O. M*
Wilbur, o P'ik'.oi '? li. I 'iowr, afchina, nud H. R
Hi.-hop of Cuba, wert uraciie the .n i ivalK ut the fifth
Avi nuc II did \ m '?rday.
M >,or >1 i o or iho l i. ifd M t' Army: f'a;>tAin Oray,
Of J/?HlivllUv. fi. W. Cor-lirai* i nd .1. W. Kirp, ol Wash
ington ato flopping at the Metropolitan Hotel.
W franklin. <>i t'^e i nited Slate* Army; N. R. Vail.
Of XowiV'.iDd'a::'' )'? Vigel, of Pa~ia; K.I'. Mattbewa, aC
New York. and T. I). Ives, of Providence, R. I., aro atop
pii.f * the Bravoort Houce
The fi.llow.ng new amoPK the arrirala at the St*
Yicholas Hotel yesterday?lien, (.iilii'lii A. urow, of
Pennsylvania 11- n. \ r. (<rnni.of 0*w?h?>; W. fi. 8t*M
.nid family, and Green < lay. of KonWMkjr; ,1. Mo. itiead
and family. ofPei-.wrirania. .1. T. tVvliraa of Pi'tfbnrg;
I R. Armatrnng. m Virninl*. I.. 0. 'VoodrnlV, of HilO?u>;
i. m. fitch, of Hyracuae Oflonc! P. Hurt, 04 Aloanyi
p, 1. Pack of N.i.'-hviile, l'fttii.. nnd Major tfeddiugs ana
Lieut. foot, i f the t riti'i! States 'rmy.
H K. Pweroyk. er j ond<-ti II Seri diT nnd tvlfe. of
Vi?w Y?rk *tr" Hiitohor. of Hamburg; Mr. Kaittirk of
Vienna H !!? ?* and Mi Ivrm? Iimiv, of l.-.rlHi: Mi.
Krum-.r, of Barton linden: II. W. \udro ? and .m",of
l'hiladtHphla, nud fviijiedot "lcoi.ria,nf 1 ;i, 1,nreKh'p
ping *t th? tlarindoB w :? I.
1) ib. d" 'leneral Btrongo o 0, III. il<>a. A. J. An
d koo, ?( Waihi t >n; lie; It. M. Hint (i u ! f.
S alman, of 1 . cln .H'i I! ???. II nr? TAIlroa, 01 Ma
< h'lsott- , li. L While *!??' ttlf< "I y;-. c V No.il, "?
Cblepgo; I .P"ivn, of Alhnn)"'1*. M Mli . ,i, rf (igdnM
bnru, nnd !>r. f iicn aad wll'c, of Ntwiiwi, wita mnouf
the arnv.'U ai Uie At'ci- ii /use j *ter.:./
Lilt of Airericaiu reg?leied #1 O.m ft Co.'a Amnfk a
MtWf Room*, 10Strand, Lou,Ion, i.ugh.id, T v (hi ae, k
ending Augu.it 3, ISM:?Hudaon <i. WolM, Now York;
Kobert J. hurbonk and wife. AlheiI li.t"?, J. im rniiE.
.Tn^nwn.Ro?ion R< v S. 11. ryng.Jr., 1. K B iley.Jr.,
New York: t'. Pitt, Maine II iriiinu Com it* >, Pnitudei I ? g
H. A. Main, New >?rk. .??? S. lli.g neon, IV-ion, r<ie.
|)hen Oiniber,PhilHue!ph 11 i' Thoni X*-no, N. !(.}
Aaa t nfiimnu. Proriii R. Ma fa'lane. catoa^oi
.1.8. Huger, Hen fruiviIlih;r, It. WlUiruu^, 8?
JeMQrln, ri liartim W li M011 ? i- ^twYork; T. B.
.lankine, Itonini dv,Kv.: k Ptinnlv. Xew York; K. W?
Pratt, WerceJtt r, M >??-?-. 1? *1 /n d daugh
Ur.ft Louis, it- v. 1. ? ? u ' ? . I. st ah 'i New York;
Hymn Mvd< in,Me; Kev < . W. HOWon nnt wife,
w v. Mahme, Hi v . I'o.i iiwn, N w Yoihi
Mark W. ' i-bi.rx, Va, ChnVk* M*J , 'uhller,
III t V lot n h 1 hnptid, im ,? k??.??-W, Y,;
Archd.aid M. Or Wn ,sen Irani c