The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1861, Page 4

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Boros, Dances, Buniusquns, &c.—Cuicp or 7 KeGiMent CANTERBURY MUSIC ITALL, 685 Broadway.—Soxas, Daxcrs, Lvnixsquxs, dc. Mechanica’ Hall, 472 Broad- GAIETIES CONCERT ROOM, 616 Broadway.—Drawina Ewrxeracmenta Baucers, Pantomimms, Faces, £0. AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 444 Broadway.—Sonas, Ba- kurs, Paxtominxs, &¢.—BLACK STATOR, CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL. No, 45 Bowery.— Boresques, Songs, DANCHS, &C.—O'FLANIGAN aT THE Falk. " New York, Saturday, August 24, 1801. ° OUR WAR MAPS. We have issued another edition of the na Merous maps, plans and diagrams of the ope- rations of the Union and rebel troops in Vir- ginio, Missouri, Iinois, Florida, and on the Missis- sippi and Missouri rivers, and it is now ready for delivery. Agents desiring copies are requested to send in their orders immediately. Single copies six cents. Wholesale price the same as for the Werexiy Heraup. 5 THE SITUATION. Areconnoissance in force of infantry and artillery was made from Alexandria yesterday, without fall- ing in with any of the rebel forces. It is said that the cause of the retreat of the rebels from Centre- ville and Iairfax within the past few days origi- nated in a collision which took place between two bodies of their own pickets, each mistaking the othor for Union troops, and each reporting, upon falling back, that the enemy were advancing. Despatches received from Gen. Banks yesterday report that the rebels are withdrawing from the Potomac in the direction of his headquarters, General McClellan and staff are actively occu- pied in reviewing the army, and dividing it into brigades and divisions. The discipline of the whole force is expected to be perfected ina few days. The news from Missouri is not very important, but we learn that the Union men in the southwest- ern part of the State are greatly harassed by the rebel forces, thousands of them being compelled to abandon their homes. About ten thousand of General McCulloch’s army are marching north- ward, an advance guard having reacifd as far as Lebanon, on the road to Rolla. Intelligence has reached this city from THalifax, Nova Scotia, upon the authority of the commander of & French frigate stationed there, that as soon as reinforcements from the other side of the Atlantic, now on their way, grrive to jointhe English and French fleets, they will both sail for the southern coast of the United States, and open the blockade. It is not at all improba- ble that such is the ihtention of the governments of Fngland and France; but, at the same time, it may be that the French officer who mado this statement has no positive kuuwledge of the destination of the squadrons, although, of ceurse, the concentration of so large a naval force on the North American coast at this time would naturally indicate to the officers in command @ contemplated movement in the direction of our Southern porta, THI NEWS. The mails. of the Caneda, dated to the 10th of Angust, contain some very interesting detuils of our telegraphic report from St. Johns, Newfound laud. We publish to-day Mr. Russell's second and very piquant letter to the London Times on the subject of the battle at and retreat from Bull run, : 8 well as the speech of Mr. Bernal Osborne, M. P., in which he alleges that the operation of the Mor. rill tariff produced our home conflict. An editorial from the London Zimes on the position of Presi dent Lincoln is worthy of attention. The steamship North Star, Captain Jones, arrived last evening from Aspinwall. The news from New Granada is of the highest importance. Onthe 18th of July, after a sanguinary battle of five hours du- ration, in which the government army was com- pletely routed, General Mosquera entered Bogota, the capital, in triumph. Ex-President Ospina and the principal generals of the government forces wore captured. President Calvo fled to the French Consulate. This event brings us to the close of Snother chapter in South American history. Pa- nama was quiet, and, it was supposed, would sub" mit to the new order of things. From Nicaragua we learn that there is every Prospect of the Transit route being granted by that government to Commodore Vanderbilt. More cot- ton from that republic had been shipped to Eng- land. There is little or nothing from the other Central American States. In Chile the coming Presidential election conti- nued to cause considerable excitement, and there was little or no improvement in commercial mat- ters. Quiet reigns for the present in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. The North Star brought $1,176,434 from San Francisco. A letter from St. Thoma, W. I, of the 8th of August, states that Captain Semmes, of the priva- teer Sumter, had sent a polite message by Captain Duncan, of the brig Romance, from Trinidad, to Captain Scott, of the United States steamer Key- Btone State, requesting him to mect the rebel commander for a fight, either at St. Thomas, whi- ther the Sumter was bund, or in the Mona Pas- sage, where he would be found at a later date. General McClellan forbids the purchase of gray tniforms—the rebels’ color—and it is desired the States should no longer furnish them. A. WW. Bradford, who was nominated for Go- vernor of Maryland by the Union Convention in Baltimore, has accepted the nomination in a letter, in which he defines his position and the platform ‘upon which he intends to enter the canvass. He ®ays that the interests of Maryland find their surest guarantee under the constitution of the United ‘Btates, and that the salvation of the State Gw the support of the government and adher Bader all circumstances, to the T @ne Reread Gormcu reg fon. t, of Ohio, when they went to’the war, took with them a Inundress for each company, ten in all, When the regimeut, with their Teutonic Indies, arrived at the fivid of operations in Virginia, General Rosencrans looked at them and then looked over the articles of war, and having assured himself that there was nothing therein contained allowing soldiers to have clean shirts, he despatched the ten washerwomen back to Cincinnati, where their safe arrival was chroni- cled on the 20th inst. A petition is in circulation in Kentucky, which has probably been set afloat by the followers of John C. Breckinridge and his man Magoffin, calling for an ‘armed neutrality” State Convention to be held in Frankfort on the 10th of September next. The rebels in that State are beginning to show their teeth. They have become more desperate of late, and have dropped the ‘peace’ dodge, and now boldly declare for ‘‘ armed neutrality.” Kontucky should be closely watched. Ex-Governor C. Fox Jackson, with his staff, left Memphis on the 13th instant for Missouri. The total number of troops transported over the New Jersey railroads since the Ist of June is as follows :— Total. ++ 45,102 J. P. Hollinworth, who registers himself as agent of the Treasury Department of the Southern con- federacy, is stumping the State of Tennessee in behalf of the Confederate loan. His appointments run from the 9th of August to the 6th of Septem- ber, during which time ‘he promises to speak in twenty-two diflerent places. During the past week a large quantity of cotton has arrived at this port from Providence, for the purpose of being shipped to Europe. This is ow- ing, no doubt, to most of the factories in Lowell being closed, and the price of cotton at present is from 16c. to 18¢. per lb. ‘The stores in Providence are said to be full. The weekly statement of the New Orleans banks, made up to the 3d of August, shows that during the previous seven days the deposits had decreased $181,600, the amount of specie had lessened $96 ,000 and the circulation had increased $152,000. A letter dated on board the United States steamer Iroquois, on duty in blockading the port of Savannah, states that the Iroquois is on the alert night and day, with fires lighted, men at guns, bat tery cut loose, and chain ready for shipping. She lies ten miles from the harbor, and can see three or four steamers manoeuvring inside. At Charleston the Seminole, gunboat, was repairing damages re- ceived from the frigate Wabash, the commander of which vessel attempted to run her down and sink her, mistaking her for the privateer Sumter. He discovered his mistake at the moment of colli” sion, and eased off after breaking away her bow sprit, head, &c. ‘The cotton market was firm yesterday, with sales of about 1,100 a 1,200 bales, part being taken by spinners, some of whom are exgaged on governmont contracts. Prices closed on the basis of 183¢c. 4 1834c. for middling uplands. The ship Guy Mannering, which arrived at this port day before yesterday from Liverpool, brought 500 bales of cotton consigned to a houso in this city. It con. sisted chiefly of good middling qualities, for which 191¢c- were offered and refused. ‘This was equal, it was raid, to a profit of $10 per bale, or $5,000 on the lot Flour was firm at previous quotations, and in fair demand both for export and for domestic use. Wheat was less bugyant, and closed with a tendency to easier rates, with fair sales, chicfly for ex” port, Corn was in good shipping demand, and closed rather firmer for good chipping lots of Western mixed: York was heavy and sales light, at $15 for mess anu at $10 for prime. Sugars were active and in good demand, with sales of 1,000 Lhds., 1,200 boxcs and 18,000 bags, at rates given in another column. Coffee was steady, with sales of about 4,000 bags on terms given in anothor placo. Freights were rathor firmer to British ports, with a fair amount of engagements. Mob Law--The Freedom of Speech and of the Press. Within the last ten days some four or five newspaper establishments in our Northern States, devoted more or less to the cause of our Southern rebellion, have been suppressed under the summary visitation of mob law- Considering the present critical position of our government and our free institutions, resulting from this Southern rebellion, and the tremen- dous losses and sacrifices which it has entailed upon all classes of our loyal people, it is not surprising that the excitable spirits of an indig- nant community, -here and there, should forget the counsels of prudence and law and order, and take the law into their own hands. But notwithstanding the peculiar provoca- tions of this awful crisis of life or death to our beneficent government, there can be no justifi- cation in the loyal States of the Union for the suppression of the liberty of speech or of the press by the dangerous interposition of mob law. This sort of law, always too much in vogue in our rebellious Southern States, has be- come the supreme law among them under the loose and irresponsible despotism of Jeff. Davis and his managing confederates; but even under all the stern necessities of this war in be half of the Union and of liberty, regulated by law, there is no necessity and no safety in any caso in a popular re sort to the tribunal of Judge Lynch. Our constituted legal authorities—federal, State and local—are armed with the necessary powers for meeting all cases of treason; for, with the very broad margin which in our federal constitution is given to the freedom of speech and of the press, this freedom has its coustitutional limita- tions. For example, the constitution declares that “treason against the United States shall consist ‘only in levying war against them, or in adher- ing to their enemies, giving them aid and com- fort.” This isa comprehensive definition, and doubtless may be justly applied at this time to every citizen and every public journal co- operating in any way in support of the treason of this Southern rebellion. But the remedy of mob law is as bad as the disease. Tho United States Marshal at Philadelphia, however, has lately interposed his authority against some of our Northern seditious and secession journals jn another form. He has caused the detention at Philadelphia of the mail packages of the Journal of Commerce, Daily News and Day Book, ef this city, destined further South and West; and here the question of the legal power of the Marshal in the premises, which, under a peace establishment, could be readily auswered in the negative, demands some con- sideration on the side of the government. We aro in a state of war, and inter arma si- lent leges—tho laws are silent pending a state of war. We are involved in a tremendous strug- gle for the maintenance of our government against a rebellion aiming at its overthrow—a rebellion which has to-day two hundred and fifty thousand men in arms against us of the loyal States. All our available resources and full harmony among our people are called for to put down this gigantic rebellion. Thoy who are not with us aré against us, for there can be “np half-way house of diplomatic rest” pending this terrible struggle. The whole country is more or less reduced to the necessities of the laws of cireums| nd if the government, y refuses to assist in the circulation of newspapers which are giving “aid and comfort to the enemy” in the wicked enterprise to overthrow the government, it must be conceded that this course of action against the enemy is consistent at least wiih the su- preme law of self-preservation, Pushed to the wall, a man is justified in taking the life of a murderous assailant; ard @ government, menaced by an armed rebellion, cannot be expected to stand upon legal technicalities in the work of putting this rebellion down. It cfnnot be expected to work with its hands tied, while its active enemy is released from all restraints, The rebellion must be met at every point, and especially with- in our own camp, We know not which are our most mischiev- ous organs of treason and discord, those such as the Tribune, the Anti-Slavery Standard and the Boston Liberator, which have been preach- ing the bloody extermination of slavery and “no uniof with slaveholders,” or those such as our Journal of Commerce, Daily News and Day Book, which have devoted themselves to the treason of giving “aid and comfort to the ene- my.” While the government is about it, it would perhaps be as well to deal alike with pes- tilent abolition and hypocritical secession peace organs, and exclude them all from the benefits of the United States mails. Tax TRisvne on THE SUPPRESSION OF FREEDOM ov Srexcu.—The Tribune denounces the Courrier des Itats Unis, printed in French, and the Na" tional Zeitung, printed in German, as “ pestilent sheets” which ought to be suppressed, and as advocates of the rebels’ cause. The former journal contends that as long as the opposition press does not attack the existence of the gov- ernment the liberty guaranteed by the constitu- tion should not'be taken away. The Tribune sees no distinction. It says these journals are giving aid and comfort to the enemy by oppos- ing the war. These journals are advocating the right of seeession, the policy of peaceable sepa- ration. Now in this the Tribune set them the example, in the case of the Mexican war; and last October and November, and many times since, it advocated the right of the Southern States to secede, founded upon.the principles of the Revolution and of human liberty. The Tri- bune, therefore, ought to be suppressed with the other secession s!.eets, and likewise the New York Independent and Garrison's Liberator, which pronounces the Union “an agreement with death and a covenent with hell.” It would be advisable, too, to make a number of arrests among the secession abolition leaders, beginning with Wendell Phillips. They are traitors to the Union just as much as the Southern rebels. The only difference is that the latter fight for their principles and the Northern abolitionists do not. Necessrry or Senpina ARMED ExPEprtioss TO tue Guir Srares.—Common prudence demands that, with the first frost, a force of at least one hundred thousand men should be fully pre- pared to embark for the principal seaports of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. We have vessels in abundance, and, from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Fortress Monroe, four fleets might sail simulte- neously for Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and Mobile. Not only could these cities be taken, but the cotton, rice, tobacco and other Southern pradice which is stored in them might be seized, confiscated and sold for the benefit of the national treasury. By the lst of September the cotton will have been everywhere picked | and vast stores of it will be heaped up. Such a diversion is moreover needed to relieve our armies in Virginia and on the Potomac, and no measure could be adopted which would more certainly bring the war to a speedy cluse. Tue Riout or tus Unirep States To CLose on Keep Oren wuat Ports rr Preases.—The first war between Great Britain and China was caused, exclusively, by the demand of the for- mer that the ports of the latter should be opened for its commerce. Subsequently the govern- ment of Queen Victoria procured the aid of the Emperor of the French to accomplish the same object. Their united endeavors failed. They were compelled to recognise the perfect right of the Celestial authorities to prescribe what ports shoull remain open, and which should be closed. They recognized as an acknowledged international principle that every independent nation may deteymine and dictate, at will, through what channels, and by what means, it will communicate with other Powers. The at- tempt to violate this principle now, with respect to the United States, would be absurd and mon- strous. We heve no fear that it will be at- tempted. To do so would involve an amount of self stultification of which even the ministry of Lord Palmerston will not be capable. ‘Views or THe Enorish Press on Tak War— How tHE Conruicr Witt Exp.—The London Morning Chronicle, in an article which we pub- lish to-day, takes a philosophical and rather curious view of the war. It accounts for the defeat in the late battle at Manassas upon en- tirely new grounds. It shows that the North and the South are peopled by men of entirely different principles and ideas; that the diffe- rence is hereditary, having begun in England and continued here to the present day. The Southern population are the descendants of the Cavaliers—the Northern people of the Puritans. Hence the antagonism is such that the Chronicle thinks the wonder is a war and a separation did not take place long ago, When the war did begin the Southern men were better prepared, for they filled the military academies with their students, while the Northerners were en- grossed by the almighty dollar. Hence the success of the South at the battle of Bull run, In the same way the Cavaliers in England suc. ceeded at first. They were better drilled and had better generals, till Cromwell arose, and by his gonius trained an army which was invin- cible@and the Roundheads triumphed at last, The Roundheads had better endurance in that war, and so with the North in this. Its gencrals and armies will be brave by experience, though dearly bought. Inthe end the English people put both factions down, and they have subsided into silence ever since. It will be the same here, only it will require a shorter time than of old, though the Chronicle thinks it will be “jong and obstinate war,” and that the “deadly animosity will be such os can be only washed out in oceans of blood.” From the time the contest began in England till it was partially ended by the Restoration was about thirty years, and about the same time afterwards elapsed till the troubles were finally setiled by the Revolution of 1688—a_period of sixty year’ in all, We, however, live in the age of st j and the telegraph. The ir tion are far more deadl time. It is about thiriy years ee t sent controversy “began in the United States. ts of des: the olden 2 pres It has now culminated, and it will take but a short time to finish it. But in this combat there is one good thing of which our British cotem- porary assures us, and in which we agree with him, and that is, that the North and South will be so well matched and so thoroughly ex” hausted that all boasting and all thoughts of subjugation or tyranny over each other will 800n Cease, The Conspiracy Against the Cabinct Again in Full Blast. A conspiracy against the Cabinet was set on foot even before Mr. Lincoln came into power. As soon as it was known who the members were to be, Horace Greeley and a number of the barnburner faction, with some red radical republicans, went to work ostensibly to over- throw the administration, but really to get rid of Seward. This was more fully developed af. ter the battle of Bull run, when the clamors of the conspirators knew no bounds. They cried in public against the Cabinet in general; but in secret they demanded the sacrifice of Seward: asasort of Jonah, to appease the angry winds and waves. Grinnell and Marshall, however made a flank movement and charged furiously on the other portion of the Cabinet, in- cluding Cameron and Chase, The intriguers went on to Washington primed against the dif- ferent Cabinet ministers who were not of their faction. The struggle was fierce, but the Presi- dent refused to give either side the victory, so it was a drawn battle, like that of Davis’ creek, in Missouri. They all promised to support the Cabinet, without exception, and to work toge- ther in harness and in harmony for the common good, and all seemed happy as a marriage bell. But it appears that yesterday a committee of merchants, inspired by Mr. Secretary Chase, who was lately here, proceeded to Washington to renew the war against certain members of the Calinet, in connection with the purchasing and chartering of vessels in this port, Here is 4 new hostile movement in the rear, and the whole proceedings appear as ludicrous as when Nero fiddled when Rome was burning. We would not be surprised if the President, in utter disgust, should make a‘clean sweep, and, dis. missing them, all, choose their successors by putting the names of any number of candidates in one of Ben. Wood's lottery boxes, and drawing out with his own hand the lucky num- ‘bers representing those who are to supersede the present unfortunate Cabinet, who are all conspiring against each other with far greater animus than against the enemy. All this slows what an incompetent, impracticable and selfish set of fellows the republican leaders and jour- nalists are, destroying in their mutual jealousies and animosities their own government, and with it the hopes of the coyntry. For our part we don’t wish to see the Cabinet changed; but if there be any change, let all go out together—all or none. We are in favor of keeping the whole Cabinet in, just becatse the bankers are against it. They are no statesmen, On the contrary, they are a set of men who can- not see further beyond their noses than’ the length of a broken bank bill or a Treasury note A change would probably be from. bad to worse; and after all the Union is not to be restored by any Cabinet, but by the generals of the army. The government can. only supply the means. It isto General McClellan, therefore, General Fre- mont, and all the other skilful and energetic generals, that the country must look for success in the war, and for the re-establishment of peace law and order once more, from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Fautaciss or THE WorKINGMEN.—A commit- tee, appointed by an organization professing to be composed of the workingmen of New York, waited ‘recently on Mayor Wood to demand that the city and State authorities should fur- nish work to the large number of unemployed operatives whom they alleged had been thrown out of employment by the war. It was urged that such action had a precedent in the conduct of the President, who had not hesitated to out- step the constitutional limits of his functions when the safety of the government demanded it, In the same way that Congress had en- dorsed his acts, it was argued that the State Legislature could legalize such measures as the city and State authorities might decide upon for the relief of the distressed working- men and their families. The Mayor, as might have been expected, declined to assume any responsibility in the matter/but stated that he would submit the requests of the deputation to the consideration of the two boards. The demands thus preferred are based on two fallacies:—First, that there is any real ne- cessity for the intervention of the authorities} and secondly, that, supposing it to exist, they would be justified in taking the steps indicated. It is nonsense to say that there is any larger amount of distress than is usual at this time of the year among the working classes of our city. If there has been since the outbreak of the war a stagnation in many branches of in- dustry, in others there has been a vastly in- creased activity. Tailors, shoemakers and seamstresses—who constitute by far the largest number of persons engaged in mechanical occu. pations, and who are generally the frst to suffer from commercial depression—have had as much work as they oould do for the last three months in making uniforms for the troops, Tt has been the same with all those engaged in the manufacture of knapsacks, tents, arms, am- munition, &c.—branches of trade that hitherto have only been carried on on a limited scale: but which have now taken a vast expansion, Then, again, it should be remembered that while there has been a largely increased demand for hands in all these industries, all the surplus labor in the market has been drafted off to the army. If there be still, as alleged, a considcra- ble number of workingmen unemployed, it is their own fault. The government is in want of soldiers, and pays liberally for them. Thirteen dollars a month, with rations, is equivalent to a dollar a day in wages, and with this the mecha- nic can contribute as effectually to the support of his family as by the uncertain employment which, in the most prosperous times—owing to the competition of labor existing in the large cities—he can obtain as his share. It is true that he incurs in the army some personal risks, but it isa question whether they are as great in the way of mortality as those arising from the close quarters, the fetid atmosphere and the in- sufficient and freqrently unwholesome food to which he is obliged to submit in the pursuit of his ordinary avocations. In any case, neither the city nor State autho- rities can afford him assistance in the manner prescribed, It is contrary to all sound policy 1 experience that they should interfere with lato} eve undertaken to s' « to the ur NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1861. from the public resources they have only helped to swell the ranks of pauperism by destroying the self-reliance of the operative. Who does not recollect the terrible disorders that resulted from the attempt to realize the visionary theories of Louis Blane in this regard? The workingmen of Paris became complete masters of that city, and but for the energetic conduct of Cavaignac would have inaugurated a second reign of terror. Mhe present movement 6riginates less with the workingmen, as a class, than with a small knot of restless and unprincipled agitators, who for the last twenty years have been en- deavoring to make use of them as a stepping stone to political notoriety and influence. No encouragement should be given to the efforts of these men. The only agitation we want now is an agitation that wil! fill up the ranks of the army with loyal and able bodied recruits, Suoppy—Tim Devi, AMona THE TaTLoRs.— We notice that the Albany Evening Journal and the Atlas and Argus—which means Thur- low Weed and Confidence Cassidy—are engaged in a controversy over that highly interesting subject which is just now creating a great deal of noise all over the country, and through which our soldiers have been outrageously cheated—namely, shoddy contracts. Thus while our army is fighting the rebels on the banks of the Potomac, those political editors are fighting on the banks of the Hudson about shoddy, which they seem to consider of more importance than the rebels. Cassidy charges Weed with having his hand in the shoddy busi- ness; but Weed, in turn, Genies having anything to do with it; and thus the battle seems to have resulted in a draw game, neither coming of vietorious, but remaining on the ground occu- picd before the fight commenced, evidently preparing for another engagement. It appears that this shoddy business origi- nated with the first enlistment of troops to crush out the monster rebellion which is now agitating the country from one end to the other. The late Military Board made a contract that resulted in clothing a portion of the volunteers from this State in shoddy garments. A great cry was made about it; whereupon the Military Board pretended to investigate it,and made a report exonerating themselves, and placing the responsibility of the shoddy upon the sheulders of the inspectors and tailors. The Inspecting Commitiee then followed with a report in reply, in which they argue that the Military Board actually made the shoddy contract—also that Thurlow Weed had a finger in this shoddy pie. These reports fur- nished the basis of the shoddy warfare that is now going on on the banks of the Hudson. Notwithstanding these reports and the war- fare have been somewhat amusing to the pub- lic, neither of them haye as yet shown how poor soldiers were cheated and the shoddy uni- forms placed upon them. There is as yet a great deal of mystery on this subject; but the public will be enlightened and the mystery removed through the developements of a certain libel suit against the New York Heratp commenced by a member of the late Military Board, acting, as we suppose, for himself and as agent for the balance of his colleagues. This libel suit was commenced by virtue of certain statements made in the columns of the Herawp connecting the Military Board with this shoddy business. We placed the matter in the hands of our lawyer, Mr. Galbraith, who has spent considerable time in investi, gating it, and will make his report in a few days. He has secured some thirty odd affidavits from tailors and others on this subject, which reveal some astounding facts about this shoddy transaction, and show that the devil isto pay all around among the tailors. We advise Generals Weed and Cassidy to suspend opera- tions until this report is published, which shall be forthcoming in a few days, when they will have the true state of the case and something worth fighting about. When that appears they will know all about this mysterious shoddy operation. Secession FROM Secesston.—We learn by re- cent arrivals from the South that the Governor of Georgia has recalled the troops of that State from Virginia in order to suppress insurrection athome. This is probably an excuse—the real reason being hostility to Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, on the ground of their interfering with State rights, and organizing forces in Georgia for the war without the authority of the Governor, in derogation of the sovereignty of the State, and in opposition to the constitu- tion and the principles of the Revolution of 1776. The quarrel has been going on for some time, having been first developed in the case of General Bartow, who lost his life at Bull run and who had taken troops and arms from the State in obedience to Jefferson Davis and in despite of Governor Brown. The quarrel cul. minated on the 2d inst., when the Governor dis- banded a brigade at Atlanta, commanded by General Phillips. Governor Brown seized the opportunity to assail Davis & Co. He said, “ the great battle of sovereignty which was fought at the Revolution had to be fought over again,” as there was an attempt now be- ing made at the South “ to destroy State sove- reignty and build upon its ruins either a mo- narchy or ® consolidated aristocracy.” That this quarrel will end in the secession of Georgian from the seceded States there appears to be little doubt; and as, according to their own doc- trines, a State has a right to secede, the Confe- derate government are without any remedy, Such is the absurdity to which the principle of secession leads, and such the denouement which we long since predicted. The practical working’ of the doctrines of the rebels leads to the disintegration of their own government, and shows that they will all go to pieces. But if the evil were to be confined to the South we would not have so much reason to regret it; but if the South succeeds in es- tablishing its independence, and with it the principle of secession, the same evil will pre. vail at the North, and secession after secession will be the result, till at last the thirty-four States will be thirty-four independent military republics, all warring against each other. The way to prevent this catastrophe is to render the struggle for the Union triumphant by giving it all the moral and physical aid which it needs. A Sucur Mistaxe.—The London Morning Chronicle says the general who led the attack at Big Bethel was ex-President Pierce, who was appointed for want of an educated military man, We need not tell our readers that ex-Presidest Pierce is not in the army, and has not been since the war began. iis blunder is almost as ludicrous as that by which @ Galway editor im- agines that the Virginia Black Horse were mounted negrocs. Privist Jovrnatasrs i ras Unrrep States.—~ The comments that have been made upon Ame- rican affairs by English correspondents in thie country, during the progress of the war be- tween the loyal aud the seceding States, have beoii seandalous in the extreme. They have been equally insulting to the North and to the South, While penning their letters from re ions south of the Roanoke, they have reflect ed in the most equivocal manner upon citizens of the insurrectionary portion of the republic; betraying their sccvels; exposing their weak- bess; und sneering at their social manners, in a manner as false in detail as opposed to good breeding. Aiter passing the boundary of re- bellion, and. while enjoying the hospitality of Cabinet members, Governors of States, and dis- tinguished citizens of the North, they have re viled their hosts as “ drunken vagabonds,” the very offscouring of humanity, and have depict ed, for the amusement of gaping cockney read- ers, Scenes upon steamboats and in railroads, drawn from their own imaginations, and which they never witnessed. Finally, our troops have been represented as the most puaillanimous cowards, led by officers shrieking and howling with bodily fear, and generalled in-a manner that wotld have been disgraceful’ to savages, Battles from which they fled in such terror that it was impossible for them to have witnessed any part of the action, have been described by these mendacious snobs with an accuracy of detail only to be paralleled in the biography of Baron Munchausen, or the annals of the explorer of Lilliput. The truth is that the individuals who make ® living by, travelling through America to in* sult both North and South, by slandering the institutions and people of both sections of the country, belong to the very basest class of literary hirelings, and are the pimps of an aris tocracy which views with jealousy the free government of the United States, and is ready to employ any means, however base, to over” throw it. They inoculate the Loudon press with their falschoods which are greedily de voured all over Europe, and do an incalculable amount of injury to the cause of democracy and popular sovereignty. Their presence here ought not to be allowed. National eeif-respect and prudence equaliy forbid it. If there is any class of persons who should be at once sub. jected to the influence of martial law, it is these British correspondents, They violate the first laws of hospitality, trample upon decency, and are a nuisance which ought to be eschewed and denounced by every upright and patriotio citizen. Such fellows, from Russell of the London Times, down to the lowest vagabond who follows in his train should be belched forth from the community, They should be arrested, and packed off to the country from which they come, at the shortest possible notice, City Intelligence. Tom Fongra, or Lisurenant Weer.—The funeral of Lieutenant West has been postponed until this morning, at ten o'clock. It takes placo from the Baptist church as Piscataway, N.J.,and cars leave Cortiaudt street forry at seven o'clock. i Danagrovs Hons ix Houston SrRxkt,—Many complainta are being made daily respecting the dangerous situation of Houston street, betweon Thempson and Sullivan. There is a holo in the street, caused by unworkmanlike sewer- Ing which makes it very dangerous for carriages to 4 Jt has boen in the present situation for months, and al though the Strect Commissioner has been notified, no attention has becn paid to it. ‘The matter should be at tended to without further delay, Deata or A Writ Kxown Srort.— Little Willie Riley,” a woll known ornament and illustriovs Light of that ae complished confratornity known as prefessional gamblers, has been gathered to his fathers, having ‘shuttled off ‘nis mortal coil” on last Saturday at the State prison. It will be remembered Riley was convicted before Judge Russell of shooting a fireman, and sentenced to two years? confinoment in the Stato prison. At the time of his doath ho had served out about eighteen months of his time; and, therefore, in a fow months more, would have been re- stored to freedom and the black a ee itt not death interposed. But peace to the ashes of “. Willie Riley!” ‘Wro best that can be said of him is that he was @ most accomplished scamp, who early in life bad deen exposed to the contamination of evil associations, and fell, His remains were interrod on last Monday ia Greenwood Cemotery. Terexce Beuizw McManvs.—A sub-committce of those selected to receive the honored remains of Terence Rellew McManus—of 1848—met last evening at the Astor House to take the necessary measures of doing due reverence te the true Irish patriot, im transite to their last resting place, the land he loved so well, the land of his birth—hig native Erin, Many of those who arsumed to take the first place, and who for a timo won it too, in the hearts of the young mer of Ireland, have been driven ignominionsly from tho shrine they so falscly usurped. But there ie one name, and one that shall not bo forgotten, one who, while he struggled for freedom—while he sacrificed his ail in the couse he had embarked in—while turning hie sword against the country insiand), where he had for years lived and prospered, his exclamation was “I love not England leas, but Ireland more.” McManus, tho Irish patriot, though sentenced to death, a sentence which was afterwards changed to expatriation, effected his es- cape—one of tho first of those who, like himsetf, were compelled to succumb to English power. Ho reachid Ca- Lfornia, whore he acquired name and charactor as a mer- chant and a man of probity and honor, There he died m the full enjoyment of his popularity, and from thence his Trish friends have determined to take his remains to de- posit them in the sepuichres of his forefather2, The re- mains wiilarrive here by the next Culiforuin eteamory aud the object of the meeting last evening was to do ho- nor to the departed patriot. Fire mt Joux Strset.—Shortly before eleven o’clock om Thursday night a fire was discovered on the third floor of building No. 49 John street, in the premises of F. F, Sawyer, silver plater, The fire burned through into the premises of Many, Paldwin & Many, when tho flames were extinguished. Mr. Sawyer’s loss will probably amount to $200; insured for $1,008 in the Relief Insurance Company. The to the stock of hardware of Many, Baldwin & Many, on the first floor, principally by water, wil! amount to about $10,000; insured for $42,600, + $5,000 Market. 508 1P8, OM Insured for the accond floor, owned by J. W. Graves. $1,000 in the Brooklyn Insurance Company. The building is ownod by Thomas A. Davios. maged_about $100, and insured for $2,500 in the New York Equitable and $2,500 inthe Excelsior 'nsurance Company. ‘The origin of the fire is under investigation 6 Fil It is da by iro Marshal. ‘Tur Burrish Votuntesrs at S24.—Jereminh Bradley, one of the British volunteers, stated to havo drifted out te soa on Thursday last, writes to us that he fs safe in the city, having resigned from tho regiment about a weet sined, and was consequently not one of the party to which the accident happenod. THE MUTINEERS AT WASHINGTON. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Naw York, August 22, 1861. In this cay’s Henarp I perceive the nam» of George Venable wader the heading of ‘“Mutineors at the Navy i rtugas.” FE Kesireyou tote does, wot allude. t0- ane" or my bro thor, Charles J. Vorables, who is @ wounded prisoner a8 . ¥ respectful} Richmond. Yours, respec! tally Rok w. ABLES, Company D, Kighth regiment N. Y. 8. V. A VALUABLE DONATION. Peter Lorillard, Esq. , the tobacconist, it seems, has bees: presenting the Oregon Riiles with seventy-cight packages of smoking tobacco, which certainly comes very accepia- ble to our soldiers. The following is Colone) Williamson's: reply for the g nerous gift:— HeADQUARTERS, 43 COURTLAND STREET, First Reoiment Onscon RIvces, Nuiw You, August 22, 1861. Permr LORmLARD, Fsq.:—Dear sir—Your very kind’ do- nation of seventy-eight half dozen packages of smoking tobacco has just been receivod by us. We tender you on behalf of the regiment our sincere thanks for such an acceptable gilt, hoping that you may be successful in all your business operations, 9s you are liberal in your gifts to the men who voluntarily go forth: to battle for tie maintenance of one of the best govern- meuts God ever gave to man, Pah scrvante We aro, very respectfully, your most obedie ly ee eee DOW WILLS MSON, Col. Com. HENRY D. JOB 1 Jt. Major. oul, Wa, Ml. Fowisn, Secretary.