The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1861, Page 4

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The rabels do not appear to entertain any Immediate intention of attacking Washington, as far as our latest accounts would lead us to believe. Their advance guards have fallen back on Cen- treville, and there were indications yesterday of a hasty retreat, marked by all the appearances of a panic, as though they expected an attack by the Union army. The position of affairs around Wash" inton yesterday was marked by a grand review of the army of the Potomac by General McClellan, in which the President and most of the Cabinet par- ticipated. The enthusiam among the troops was immense, and their appearance is described to be most orderly and well disciplined. Apart from this interesting event we have nothing new 60 re- Cord ix the vicinity of the national capital. The Union spirit in Maryland appears to have obtained fresh vigor from the rumors of an attack being made upon Washington in that direction Home brigades for the defence of the soil of Maryland and the protection of Washington are teported as rapidly organizing in different parts of the State. We publish elsewhere the long expected report of the Union Defence Committee to the Common Council. It was presented and read at the meet- ing of the Com:nittee held yesterday afternoon. It Sppears that $998,298 has been expended by the Committee, of which $230,000 was given for the support of the families of our soldiers, $157,336 in aid of the militia regiments, $852,424 in aid of volunteer regiments, and $21,947 for military or- ganizations not yet completed. The sum of $226,589 was contributed for arms and ammunition. We understand that numerous complaints are made daily to the federal authoritics here respect- ing the inefficiency of the blockade at the Nar- tows, and that several vessels pass through nightly without let or hindrance. Loyal citizens witness the loading of vessels with salt, pork, oil and other things that would give comfort to the ene- my, but they do not send information to the United Btates Marshal, vainly supposing that the blockade (ls sufficient to prevent the passage of outward bound vessels, not duly authenticated for a legiti- mate voyage. Marshal Murray has plans lnid to bring up some of our shippers on charges of treason. We give to-day further particulars of the late battles in Missouri. The death of General Ben McCulloch is again reported, and the details of that tvent given by a prisoner who returned from the febcl lines. General Price is also reported badly wounded. THE NEWS. trival of the Edinb: from Liverpool aud the mails of the Bohemian from Quebec yesterday compleied our European files to the 8th of August. The details of the news to that date are very inte- testing. We publish to-day articlestfrem the London Post ant Ziinws on the question of the blocksde of the Southern ports, as well as on the policy of England in recognising successful revolt, which are very important. A cotton ship, which lett Mobile early in Jane, had arrived in Liverpool. Some four or five hundred of the Coventry (Eng- fand) ribbon weavers were out of work, and so destitute that one-half of them were in the parish poorhouse. The latest advices from Ireland con- tain accounts of the feeling created in the W Portion of the island by the news of the retreat from Bull run, as well as reports of the agricultu- fal and real estate prospects of the kingdom. The London Times has another article adverse to the idea of an American loan. By the arrival of the schooner Enphemia, Cap- tain Bagley, we have advices from Ponce, P. R., to August. The market for American provisions was extremely dull, Lumber abundant. Coopers’ stuff in great demand; scarcely any to be obtained. The sugar crop would be finished in about a month. Money it was nearly impossible to obtain; as high as three per cent a month being paid daily. Sugar had to be bonght on six months’ time—a thing gever known before. The war and the high raies of duty in the United States it was feared would eause disastrous effects upon the island. No bills Of exchange on the United States to be had, American gold—3}{ a 3% per cent premium. Si}- ver2 a3 per cent, Our correspondent at Ponce, Porto Rice, gives a full report of the arrival of the privateer Jeff. Davis in that ports. She mounted five guns and Bad sixty men on board. Ten men were sent @shore for provisions, but they not being allowed fo land, the privateer was compelled to ge in under the twenty-four hours neutrality rule of the Queen of Spain. The Captain General sent the wat steamer Herman Cortez outside the harbor to see that she obeyed, ag well as to watch her subsequent Booverments. The rebel captain boasted that he had | Baken six pri p New York vi 8, and was then about to }-o! sel with specie on board. Doarded 1) more brig Francis Jane and ¢ to her ver eunder a formidable looking protection Paper, | “ton flag in one corner, which will po rom all privateers, Baltimore, i ) port with them. An Am- ti ' to be the Keystone eron the 4th inst, way of steam, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1861. had also been off Ponce, He also reports the chasing of the schooner Joseph W. Webster and the bark Cordelia by privateers. From the market report of G. A. Phillips, Niles & Co., St. Thomas, W. I., July 30, we learn that they had received news of the arrival of the pri- vateer Jeff. Davis at San Juan, Porto Rico, on July 26; the overhauling of American vessels by the pri- vateer Echo, about two hundred miles to the north- west; a privateer schooner cruising in latitude 24, longitude 60,20, and the arrival of the privateer steamer Sumter at Curacoa. The Bermuda Mirror of the 14th of August re- ports the movements of @ portion of the British West India fleet thus:—Her Majesty's ship Spiteful has arrived safely at Port Royal, Jamaica. The steamer Cadmus left Barbadoes on the 20th ult., @m acruise. The gunboat Skipjack was at Barba- does on the 23a ult. The ship Driver, hence for Jamaica, was spoken on the 25th ult. by the schooner Harkaway, which vessel arrived at St. George's on the 5th inst, The ship Barracouta, which arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 22d of July, suffered greatly from yellow fever. The Governor of Pennsylvania, ina general order, publishes the names, occupations and residences of one lieutenant and three hundred and eighty-six non-commissioned officers and privates of the Second infantry regiment, Pennsylvania reserve corps, who refused to take their oaths preparatory to entering the service of the United States. The order dismisses them from the service of the State, and brands them with the charge of partaking of her bounty, and in the moment of her peril desert ing her. Will the Governor now give us the names of the officers, at least, who commanded the Fourth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, which Ge- neral McDowell said moved off the field, when the battle of Bull ran commenced, “to the sound of the enemy's cannon?” The secession majority in Tennessee, at the elec- tion held on the 8th of June, was 61,273. At the election on the first of August, when the vote way taken on the new constitution the disunion major” ty was reduced to 53,728. The act prohibiting the exportation of cotton, except through Southern ports, has been amended by the rebel Congress go as to cover rice, sugar, molasses and syrups. The prohibition is to be cvntinued during the existence of the blockade. One of the rebel prisoners conflued at Camp Chase, Ohio, had a “ letter of marque’ from Go- vernor Wise, in which he was empowered to “ pick off” Union scouts at five dollars a head. It is estimated that ninety-tive thousand new troops will be at the national capital by the mid” dle of next week. Forward to Washington! The Richmond papers say that Mrs. Henningsen, wife of the filibuster, who is now in General Wise’s staff, had arrived in that city from New York. They also state that she was closely searched by the Unionists, but that she “managed to get through with over thirty pounds of quinine, five re- volyers and a galvanic battery.” Smart woman, General Magruder, rebel, has two hundred and fifty men daily employed at Big Bethel, erecting fortifications, Twenty young men in the House of Refuge at Rochester enlisted in the United States cavalry service on the 20th inst. A man named Charles Vacaro, of Louisville, has been arrested in Memphis and thrown into prison for wearing a Union badge. The cod fishery is represented as being poor this season by the American, British and French fisher- men. A disastrous fire, by which five buildings were totully and nine partially destroyed, forty persons rendered houseless, and $50,000 worth of property lost, occurred yesterday morning in Delancey street, between Orchard and Ludlow, extending to the rear of the two latter streets. Several casual- ties occurred from the falling of walls, burns, &c. Frederick R. Lee, President wf the Stuyvesant In- surance Company, was badly bruised and burned; Henry Enger and Jacob Trauver, members of No. 5 Truck, were severely injured by a failing wall; William Tooker, a member of No. 19 Engine, was badly burned, and several other persous sustained injuries. The cattle market was again overstocked, and prices for beef receded fully 24c., the sales having been nearly all effected at from tic. to Xe., with but comparatively few at the outside price. Sheep and lambs were also in enormons supply, and though in fair demand prices were about 25c. per head lower. Swine were plenty, dull and fully le. per pound lower, sales having been eflected at Re. a 324. for still fed, and 3c. @ de. for corn fed. The total receipts were 4,608 beef cattle, 174 cows, 656 veals, 13,361 sheep and lambs, and 5,620 swine. The cotton market continued firm yosterday, with more doing. The sales einbraced about 2,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by spinners. Prices closed fl:m on the basis of 18 4c. for middling uplands. The cotton year on the first of September next, or in about ten days ¢. Hithorto the receipts of the new crop at the ports during the month of Angust, have been embraced within 6s of tho current year. They have varied , aml have sometimes ¢ 20.000 car they will fall far below that amonnt- 3 will not éxéred os many hundreds $ and plante fiyored the plan of reg taining the cotton on the plantations. This detention of the uscat supplies in the interior during the month o- August will lessen the estimate of the erop for 1860-61 ‘The peobsbilities ave that the crop for the year ending Ist of September next will not vary materially from 3,600,000 bales, against 4,600.00 bales the previous year, showing a decreasir of $1,000,066 bales, Accounts speak favorably of the present growing crop so fur as heard from; and mak ing due for the diminished quantity of land roised culture of geain, the fold do not go below 3,500,000 suppose it may reach frem Flour was again heavy, and ne Of Be, to We. per bb, mestly at the at the coucession the demand was neat was 2c. per bushel lower, and active at the Corn was without change of moment, wh . Pork was mou: 3g.and of pritn with sales of 1 oxtimates \ bales, wh 1,600,000 uw partie *00 000 Dale closed ata latter fi + wh ealt in, wi at $10. Sw 200 hh's., 40 boxes, anc at rater giv ther eolume A sales limited. Gi ghts were more especially to British ports, while rates were unchanged. Lega EusarnassMents or ovr Troors—We much regret to learn that advantee has been taken of the absence of many of our volunteers, at the seat of war, by individuals having donbt- fal pecuniary claims against them, to institute proceedings which have resulted in obtaining jndgments, attachments, injunctions, &c., which, under the circumsfinces, must be regarded as very vexatious and unpatriotic. The thes are Tt has become necessary for nearly every one with moderate incoines, to economize éx- per » and to ask indulgence from those to whom they are indebted. If ever such induk genoe were proper and just, it is in the case of those whe » perilling their lives and future welfare, in fighting the battles of the republic and endeavoring to snppress rebellion and restore the integrity of the Union. In Penn- ia and other States, “stay bills” have passed the local Legislatures, and oppressive » have been rendered illegal. The Le- gis of this State is not now in session, but public opinion should frown down the avari- cious tyranny Which is being so ruthlessly sed by merciless and unreasonable credi- tors. Claims wi] be rendered none the less available by reasonable delay: in enforcing them, and this should ceriainly be granted to the gallant absentees from our midst, on a ser- vice which should insure for each individual private as well as public gratitude, The Armies in Virginia—Who Will Gain the Next Battle? Whether the reports that have reached this ‘elty from Washington, within the last few days, of an impending attack upon the national capi- tal by the rebel forces, are true or exaggera- ted, it is certain that a battle, upon the fate of which the future destinies of the republic. must more or less depend, cannot be fur distant, The government of Jefferson Davis has succeed- ed in congregating armies with an aggregate numerical strength of two hundred thousand men, upon the soil of Virginia, and it has be- come a condition of their maintenance that they should be led, at the earliest possible mo- ment, into action. The Richmond authorities have as much to fear from inactivity as from defeat, IN) clothed, poorly fed, badly diseiplin- ed, unaccustomed to subordination, the greater number of them forced into service against their will, with a cause they beliove to be des- perate, and, secretly possessed, in many in- stances, with Union sentiments, the Southern army may, at any moment, fall asunder, and its leaders know that, if the war cannot be ren- dered a short and quick one, no violence they can employ will suffice to keep their tollowers up to fighting mark. Despotism which pays in irredeemable, worthless shinplasters, and is sure of eventual defeat, can retain no lengthy control over hungry subjects, The latter either rebel, desert, or go openly over to the enemy+ General Beauregard, under such circumstances, will not dare to permit the hordes he commands to think on what they are doing, and, were he unwise enough to do so, General McClellan will, for reasons equally cogent, gond him on to action, The battle of Bull run was a disaster mn- paralleled, since the days preceding the battle of Valmy, when the armies of the French republic met with invariable defeat, on account of the incapacity of their generals, and the want of discipline among their troops. The Carmagnole levies—the raw artisans and tradesmen, the clumsy burghers, the base mechan and low peasant churls, a8 it had been the fashion to term the middle and lower classes, of France— atlength, however, found their Kellermann, just as the grand army of America, be-ridivuled as. it may be by an English snob, has found its McClellan. Under the latier as under the for- mer, enthusiastic but inexperienced recruits, conscious that their tives ave in the hands of a chieftain they can trust, will face cannon balls, be able to pull triggers, stand their ground, or, if need be, cross bayonets with any of the mili- tary machines that may be placed in antago- nism against them. It may be said that the loyal army of the North has already become awuke to an instinct of its own soldiership. Since the “primary meeting,” colonels, gencrals, und majors of the first act of the war, have been swept into oblivion, and tried officers have been substituted in their places; since the services, in warfare, of experienced army officers have been recognized as superior to the seli-bedazzled confidence of epaaletted, grogsbop aspirants for fame, the prospects of the federal army have so changed that'no sensible person can doubt in which direction success must hereafter tend. Were a battle to take place to-morrow, we should be safe in predicting that a victory would be gained by the federal troops. Under the régime of the “On to Richmond” outside politicians, success was next to impos- sible. The confessions of General Scott; the revelations of Colonel Richardson, and of the members of Congress; the confidential declara- tions of Secretary of the Treasuay Chase, during his recent stay in this city; and the details that have been given to the community in official reports, and by returned volunteer officers, afford abundunt proof that the affair at Bull run wus a causeless massacre, which might have re- sulted in the utter overthrow of secessionism in Virginia, had we properly understood our own strength and the cnemy’s weakness, The repe- tition of such a disasier is next to impossible, Then they were united and we were divided. Now we are a unit and the elements of insubor- dination and division exist largely among the rebel troops. Their very leaders have ceased to agree. General Jefferson Davis, eaten up by jealousy and ambition, views with dismay the doubtful successes of bis own generals; men like Generals Lee and Johnston are thrust into the background, and Beauregard issues Na. poleonic proclamations in which the words “17 and “my” abound, and “my troops,” “my generals,” “my movements,” are the staple of # preparation by him for revolt against the es- tablished authorities at Richmond, and the pvo- clamation of a sort of Santa Anna dictatorsbip, which is, most clearly, what he has, for some time past aspired to. Experience has demonstrated that ten thou- sand Northern troops, can, at all times, cope, successfully, with three, if not four, times that number of the levies of the Confederate States, under equal leadership. The “relative man- hood” question has been settled, over and over again. All that the loyal States have had to tear has been that the officers in command of | our armies would prove cowardly or ineflicient. General McClellan has nobly remedied this and no doubt whatever can remain wi to the future destinies of the Bat! evilable, sooner or later. Whether, however, our forces are atiacked, or whether the federal army marches towards Richmond, to drive re- bellion out of Virginia, it has reduced itself to a nearly mathematical certainty that the next battle will decide the ultimate issue of the war, and that the fictitious laurels obtained by the enemy will shortly be rent from them forever, Keerine tik Corton Sare.—We perceive tha; the cotton factors of Charleston have addressed a circular to the planters of South Carolina, submitting that, as cotton, if sent to the sea ports, could not be exported, it would inconve- niently crowd the stores and wharves, and the ordinary risks of fire and robbery would be in- creased. They therefore recommend the planters of that and other States to send none of their cotton to market until the blockade is removed from all the Southern ports, but to make arrangements to store it carefully under their own sheds and gin houses. There is no doubt that the chief object of this ts to prevent... if poseible, the capture of the cotton crop by the United States forces. It is probably thoaght “down South” that the storage of any large quantity of the fibre at any one port wight offer too great an inducement to our ships-of- war to enter and take possession of if. But if the rebela think that allowing it to remain on the plantations will prevent our taking posses- sion of it when the proper time comes, they are very much mistaken. It is quite immaterial to us whether it is stored on the plantations or at the water side, Hither wil) be almost equally convenient. } } Lord Palmerston’s Op’ of the Block- 4 ade—Warning to Our Government. We publish to-day an article on the sblockade from the London Post, the organ of Lord Palmerston. Its tone is bit- ter and defiant, and deserves the attention of our government. It defies the United States to annex Cuba or Canada, and says that “Maine and the agricultural West have a far greater chance of separating from the Union and joining Canada than British North America has of throwing its fortunes with the enfeebied, dislocated and dismembered neighboring re- public.” It adds that “the government of Eng- land can only deal with de jure governments,” and that “it is a fact that the South has achieved its independence.” This shows the malignant animus of the British government, and it is well that we are forewarned, provided we are also forearmed. {t is very evident that, in consequence of the battle at Manassas, the British authorities are meditating the acknow- ledgement of the independence of “the South,” and that the Post is throwing out its feelers in this article, the practical part of which bears on the blockade, The Post says that “Admiral Milne, the commander of the British North American squadron, has officially reported that the blockdde is totally insufficient.” From this statement Lord Palmerston, in bis organ, draws the inference that “the cotton ports in the South are practically more free than those of the North” (alluding to the tarif’)—an inference which not only Admiral Milne’s assertion enabled the British government to draw, but the hard facts, which cannot be gainsayed, of numerous ships escaping the blockade. In our telegraphic news by the Canada, published yes- tergay, the following paragraphs appeared:— ‘The Cana reports the arrival out of the folowing ves sels from blockaded ports of the South:— Arrived from Savannah, Genoa, at Deal. Arrived from New Orleans, Kuler, at Barcelona, By an article from the Liverpool Post of Angust 6, which we publish to-day, it appears that the ship Harriet, of Dublin, had arrived at Liverpool, laden with cotton, from Mobile. We are all aware that recently ships laden with turpentine, hemp, and other naval stores, had run the blockade from ports of North Carolina to Nova Scotia, and yesterday a ship arrived at this port from the West Indies with turpentine. which had also undoubtedly run the blockade from North Carolina, but to legalise its entry was compelled ty clear from a neutral port. British merchants and shipowners are well aware of these facts, and will embarrass their government if they do not act upon them. The English ambassador at Washington assures our government that his government will re- spect the blockude, and has no intention of breaking it. But in the language of diplomacy this evidently means that it will be respected provided it is efficient; but if not, not. Eng- land is a commercial country, and commercia) interests are paramount to all others. When a committee from the New York merchants ap- pealed to Mr. Seward against the Morrill tariff, his answer was that the commercial interest was only a fraction of the whole interests of this country, while the case was different in Eng- land, where an appeal from the merchants would settle any question with the government. It is, therefore, extremely probable that unless the blockade is very soon made effective and sufficient, the British government will be so urged by the mercantile interest to pronounce it null and void that it will have to yield to clamor. Our government, therefore, ought to take warning in time, and instead of being angry (as it is stated they were) with Capt. Hickley, of the Gladiator, for reporting to Commodore Stringham that the blockade was inefficient, we think they ought to thank him for putting them on their guard. He Was only doing his duty, and the fact that he is able to pilot himself in and ont of this port proves that he is an efficient officer, who will know how to do his duty on a more stern occa- sion, should it ever arise. The civcumstance of his refusing a pilot, we think, is not without its significance. But however that may be, if the representations Capt. Hickley made be true, he is not to blame, but the imbecility which per- mitted such a loose blockade. If the blockude was not eff eit ought to have been made so. It is the part of true wisdom and states- manship to give heed to all those premonitions, instead of repenting when it is too late, Naval anp Minirary Mistaxes.—Not standing the notorieus inefliviency of the block- ade and the inadequacy of our eruising squad- ron to capture or prevent the depredations ot privateers, ihe government has so far hesitated or declined (o purchase the fleet of five large steamers oftcved ata fair valuation by Commo" dore Vanderbilt that he has at length with’ drawn them. It has acted similarly with regard to other offers from our merchants of highly serviceable craft, and, having thus thrown away opportunities that would have been seized with avidity by the rebels, the result is that our com- merce js the prey of pirates, and vessels to and sh provinces and the Seuthern wlurty running the blockake. The tin thus acting is repeating the authorities in refusing the men who volunteered enlist, when, soon after the bombard ment of Fort Sumter, military enthusiasm reached its highest point. The goverrment would not have them when it could get them: and now, when it wants them, they are not to be got, or are at least slow to come forward A little more than three months ago volunteer offered themselves by thousands for the Sickle: brigade, but they could not get accepted, ani the result is that at the present time recruit: sufficient to complete the five regiments are not forthcoming. This is the great evil of a bling procrastination resulting from the want of pro. per foresight. The mistaken policy, whether arising from false ideas of economy or not, is working badly in the army, and will be still more disastrous in the case of the navy. from the i pe Navy Dunder of the y haif million of gare rc Deparhac to SystTEM ox THE Canaplan Bor- pex-—The introduction of the passport system was @ very timely measure; but one feature in it appears to have escaped the attention of the government, and that is, to extend its operation along the Canadian frontier, If this isnot done: passports might a8 well not be required from passengers arriving or departing seaward, for all the rebel agents and other suspicious charac- tem—as a check upon whose proceedings the system has been introduced—would certainly come and go by way of Canada, there being every facility for this, now that the steamer the Montreal and Quebee bine runni: weekly to and from Europe. We theretoy trust that the government will perceive the nx cessity of making the same rule apply to Rovsi Point and other border railway stations as t the seaports, Lorat Oxp Keyroccy—Tur Ricut Sort or Peace Mezrma.—tIn another part of this paper the reader will find an interesting report of the Proceedings of alate great peace meeting of men of all parties in the loyal city of Louis- ville, the commercial metropolis of that inflexi bly loyal border slave State, Kentucky. In the State of New York, and in some of the other free States in this section of the Union, we have had of late a number of so-called peace meetings, here and there, organized and conducted by little squads of desperate politicians and vaga- bond sympathizers in the cause of our Southern rebellion, and at these treasonable gatherings the recognition of the Jeff. Davis confederacy has been the paramount idea. The peace men of Louisville, of the great slaveholding State of Kentucky, have been reading these Northern traitors in the disguise of peace makers a whole- some lesson. The peace men of Louisville have a direct and absorbing interest in the subject under con- sideration which enables them thoroughly to understand it. And what do they say? Hear them. Thousands of them in council, they de- clare, in a series of patriotic resolutions, “That we behold in the dissolution of the Union a remedy for no evil, but an aggravation of them all;” that they do not see how ‘a substantial peace is to be attained by the establishment of two independent governments within the present limits of the United States; that atl sectional parties should be abandoned; that a spirit of “justice and conciliation should inspire al] political action,” but that “the rights of the government should not-be abandoned at (be dictates of an armed rebellion.” ‘This has the ring of the true coin, fresh from the mint; and when these Union men of Ken- \ucky further declare that they are “unwilling (Lut any foreign Power shail own the moutks of the Mississippi or any of the ports of the United States, and we are, therefore, unalterably op- posed to the dissolution of the Union,” they disclose « reason for their loyalty which cannot be answered without changing’ the course and ‘he outlet of the Mississippi. ‘The whole series of these Kentucky peace resolutions we subinit fo the careful digestion of our smooth and hypocritical Journal of Commerce; our pious and weeping Jeremiah, the Hon, Ben. Wood; our incurable nigger-worshipper, the Hon, Massa Gieeley, and to the special consideration of Dean Richmond and his treasonubie rump of the Albany Regency. In the last of these Louisville resolutions the people concerned declare their sympathy for Missouri, “over whose territory a great army of invasion (Southern rebels) and of coercion is marching, notwithstanding the vote of her peo- ple so recently for the Union,” which is well put; for in this rebel invasion of Missouri. in contempt of the repeated popular elections of the State in favor of the Union, the most stupid secessionist can discover the blackest ingre- dients of a military despotism. We like these peace resolutions of this Union meeting at Louisville. The good people of that city are in the very best position to know all gbout the drawbacks and disastrous conse- quences of a dissolution of the Union, and they will, therefore, listen to no propositions of peace demanding «@ separate Southern con- federacy. When such are the sentiments of the people of Louisville, it is somewhat remarkab!- ‘hat New York should furnish two or three newspaper organs in the interest of this Southern rebellion, the recognition of which would he fatal to the liberties of the North and the Sonth, and the beginning of Mexican anarchy. Geyexat Lyoy, I ENT BLocKane ani Rep Tare.—The latest accounts from Missouri show conelusively that the death of the gellant Lyon, and his loss to the country at this trying hour, is the direct result of the eircumtocution of red tape on the part of the administration. We are told that the troops which had arrived ai Rolla were ordered to push on to Sp h seven days before the batile took piace, In could not go for the reason that they Jad i wagons for transportation, nor ceuid get t+ suthority to purchase any, the War De; having sevi tions to p: i vom any person but their slow-coach vania contractors. Llis about tie that we some other gr ms obj has been rung fa our ears for the } 8 Man ¢ modate au when any enterpr enough to acco lion in sixty de maiy af There is no red tap The same rule applies to merchant of this city oflered a0] ment of the war to blockade eve Southern States in eixiy days. so of any size could either obtain but it beems that this was 1 aulee with red tape, and we are therefore competes to submit to all manner of depr lutions few a fair prospect of a war wit! rs, with the priv England, It: to be very easy tor the do partments to drop cireuntlocution when it aie the interests of their favori tors, Why vests of t! ean they not do it whe: country are at stake’ A OF Pe) its those responsible for not senc ance to General Lyon; and other misdeeds in the War Department are too 1 A like storm is prep for the navy um of the service for the misernble way the blockade has been conducted, and Wie vulcial in both of those branches of the government had better beware. lest theiv crime be increased and the storm made more furious by a repeti tion of the blunders of the past. N. NIN A w Licat.—The jnestion is asked by one of the London jour- tals," Why is Prince Napoleon about to he United States?” and it procceds to answer it hy ¢ that the majority of the people of he pded States are of Preach extraction, n strong feeljngs to- and that in spirit prevails ont fe assis erous to men tion, snd consequently enter wards the land of th Lauisiana much of the ( with its langnage. Fur that it is well understood by all who know “ the aristocratic disposition of the whele of the Southern States” that they are ripe for monarchical institutions id authority, and by the system of universal suffrage so long familiar to them, they have a ready instrument in their hands to bring about 1 desired change in their form of government ind select Prince Napoleon as their future sove~ veign. A strong, nation backed by France, would thus, we are told, b tablished in the New World, and the bala power in Ba- pipe would be affected by this new phase of he main cotton supply being directly under the power of Napoleon. A more foolish r fore surmise than «ve seldom read, and it would appear theres} 0) that journalists in London ave Jeluded thao some of th rom ente in this country. The question, “ Why ia Prince Napoleon about to visit the United States?” was obviously suggested by the cur ous statement of one of the latter—that the peo ple of the South were in want of a king—an as- sertion that has been indignantly contradicted and scouted, and laughed at by the whole com- munity to which the sentiment was imputed. It is notorious that since his arrival in the United States the Prince has maintained a strict seclusion from all public demonstrations, and’ that he even refused to go to Richmond, when beyond the rebel lines, so making his among the disloyal as brief as possible. Ne oue would feel more surprised than the Prinee himself to hear of such a motive being attri- buted to him in this visit to America. Evousn Nevrraurry—Srarrina Devevore MENTS—Among the papers said to have been found on the rebel emissary Muir, who was ar- rested just as he was taking his departure for ngland on the Persia, is the following :-— Mr. B. showed mo confidentially Mr. Russell's letter about the battle. His letter Denti all Thave vet seen print about the Yankees running. ys we could have had Washington by merely nae Te i ‘a He said Lord Lyons had an inclination to ask Mr. Soward “it the Confederate States of America had uot the bellige rent rights, eccorcing to his notion, he would certainly adinit they bad the belligerent power.” On oath of se crecy be communicated to me that the first step of recognition was taken, He and Mr. Bouligny together sont Mr. Trescott to Richmond yesterday w ask Jeff, Das President, to accept the treaty of commerce, to the neutral flag ca-rying neutral goods, This is the first step of direct treating with our govern ment, Prepared for active businces by 1st January you may rely @v all goirg right, Crops good and fine, There ia more corn made than ever known. Cotton will be tour million bales, with what was Joft from last crop. Have no doubt that there will be soon direct opportum- ties with the South by steam. All our privateers do re- murkably weil, thongh some less good than others, The animus that dictated Russell’s letter de seribing the Bull run fight is clearly ac counted for by the above. His early let ters from New York and the South led to the suspicion that he was sent out on a specias mission to write up and aid secessionism. We have now positive evidence of the fact. But ot this more by and bye. What we have immediately to deal with is the statement that envoys were sent to Rich- mond on the part of, or with the connivance of, Lord Lyons, to ask the rebel government whether they would accept the provisions of the treaty of Paris and enter into a treaty of com- merce with England. We may observe, paren- thetically, that the Confederate Congress have since aceepted two of the clauses of the formar treaty, and rejected that about privateering. © It will be said, perhaps, that we are assuming i too much in connecting the English beens) with these proceedings. The comment made by the writer of the letter from which the state- ment is taken seems to leave no doubt upon the j point. “This,” he says, “is the first step of | direct treating with our government.” There could be no direct treating except with the English Minister or his authorized agents. Has the attention of the State Department} been directed to this extraordinary documentt | If, as published, it has really been found among Muir’s papers, not & moment should be lost in calling on Lord Lyons for an explane} tion, Tue Tone or THe Canavran Parers.—In th tone of the Canadian papers it is easy to see the malignity of the mother country reflecte tn commenting on the order of Gen. McClell to shoot dowu the mutiucers of the Seventy- ninth regiment if they did not submit, the ‘Taken in conjunction with other cireumstances regiments of ‘igners now in the service of the folly of any man, not being @ nath ting in the conflict. North rd. They are wiiling that y foreign born folk, and evince & strong desire themseives te keep out of it much as possible; but what thanks will the foreigners coive in the end?’ ‘Think you that they are cared for copt as stop-gap, who tay be shot dawn without bein: Aissed® G ome time neo. ie malice of this is very apparent. Tb Sovonto Globe, in a long article headed “Joh! Hrown, Jr..” glorifies that criminal for his ay, ling to the colored race of Canada to pre ve to nid in the present war, for whieh b rays he is himself enlisted. Tle adds, we knov nat by what authority:-—* You need not be we vised: if our govanarignt should soon acee, silored regiments. Please do all you can to 0} canize and drilf in such an event.” The effec! this, whieh the Globe so high!y applaud yd be to embarrass the government an itievly defeat the war. Whatever the Canadi: jpers advise or approve it will be a safe ru or our government ty slo the very opposite. ¢ Twenty-first Massachusetts Reg || tatanminntion of the Allege|) cr Oattitters, &e. ke. | Bosrox, August 21, 1861. pasture of the twentyitest regiment from We) it] a Noviwich. “ Severat other re) Tits in Tie ye AHL Potter, 0 out the whale ship Vrut « Bedford, charged with iets | ook piece tox ‘The evider r to Austria, was a passenger Vermont Union State Convention. Montrnaser, Vt., August 21, 1 ‘The Union Convention called 10 nominate candicater citices met here to-day, W.G. Ferrin, of Mou ior presiied, ‘The folowing (= the ticket placed ia noi ation —For Govertior, Hon, Andrew Tracy, of Woodsto} for Lieu Thor, Hon, Levi Underwood, of linwton ; T. Thurston, Esq. , of Montpeli The convention harmonious and enthusi Body Found Off Nerwalk. Nonwarx, August 21, 1867 The body of aman was fovnd today off Norwalk 8, sr ppoed to be the Gnilford captain, that Jacka, Tt had evidently been a long time in the wal le body had on thick clothing and oflcloth pants) | British War Steamer Driven Ash ar steamer driv ably prove a total wreck, but titr materials will saved. Onitury. HMANDON, Vt., Anguet 21, 1 Hon. A. G. Dara. M. D., L, L. D- a distinguished ei of Vermont, died at lis residence fn this town yes Rein Storm In Cincinnati. CINCIBNARI, AUiguist BL, 18 ‘The heaviest rain ever known in this ‘city fell ( hour anda hal? this afteruoon, Gooding the survets, cedars and washing roads away. Great damage oard of Aldermen. Aspocini meeting of the Board of Aldermen was evening, the President, Alderman Geno} tion & Boar! of Aidernen ath of No regunent of Fite Zonaves, ‘the resol Board