The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1862, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDOS URNNETS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICEN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU S Volume XXV11.... AMUSBMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tux Coviauy Bawx, WALLACK'S THEATRE, No. 844 Broadway.—l'ma Disvoie—leisn Moumoy. WINTER GARDEN. Broadway,—Faxcuon—Ricugi.teo— Corwen Bawn Barticy at Last. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Lire axp 4p YENTURMS OF JACK Sunr/auD—ZELINA, BOWERY THFATRE, Bowery.—Wire or Sivan Hus Baxds—Moruge Baity—How TO AvoID Dwarti:@ NIXON'S CREMORNE GARDEN, Feurteenth street and Ath Avene. —Orkis, BALLS, 'ROMKNADE COMUKRT 4\D URBTRIANE BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEOM, Broadway.—Tor Le nxxp Smau Harry Fawicy, &0.. ai all hours, Iwo Proxoss—Nar axp Tuck, alte nvon aad evenum CHRISTY'S OPERA HOU Boxus, Dancxs, &4o.—Dovn. 585 Broadway. ~sBrmiorian pop Room. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 614 Brow way.—Bravortan Sond, Danoxs, 20.—Aixt Gor Tiax 10 Taner. HITORCOCK'S THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL, Cana! ‘@ireet—-oncs, Dances, BURLESgURS, uc. GareriEs CONCERT HALL, 616 Brosdwar.—Drawixa Roos BATEETAINXARTS, PARISIAN CABINET OF Wi pen daily from 10 A. M. ull 10 RS, 563 Broadway. New York, Tharsday, July 31, 1862. THE SITUATION. No military movements are reported in General McClellan's army since our last. Our correspon- dence from the headquartere will put our readers ‘in possession of everything iuteresting transpiring there. Tue wounded and sick continue to be sent down the river, and the personal attention to ‘their wants on the part of the Commanding Genera. is unremitting. Two fugitives from the rebel camp, who arrived &t Harrison’s Landing on Moniay, stated that the rebels at the Sight at Malvern Hill were panic stricken and retreated to Richmond. They could not be rallied. Hence the reasem for not following our troops. Had we had a few more men, they say that General McClellan might have marched into Richmond easily. A report was prevalent in Washington yester- day, which originated with some contrabands, that the rebels were evacuating Richmond. Large bodies of troops, it is stated, are crossing the James river aud moving southward. I¢ is pretty evident, however, that the movement of these ‘troops means something very different from an @bandonment of Richmond. General Pope reached his headquarte:s at War- fenton, Va., on Tuesday at noon and was received ‘with enthusiasm. The secessionists appeared to be considerably exercised upon his arrival, but it 4a said are not disposed to take the oath of alle- glance. A portion of Gen. Sicel’s advance drove out the rebel cavalry of Robertson from Madison Court House an Saturday without loss, The re bels ere making no demonstration aiong the rail- road, near Gordonsville, though from informatien Tooeived there appears te be little @oubt that General Ewell haequite as terge a force in that vieinity as we have before reported. It was rumored in Norfolk that the rebel gunboat “New Merrimac’ and @ ram, just Ginished in Richmond, intend to run through our Hoot im the James river, and attack the Minnesota and other vesscls at Norfolk, and make an attempt to take the city. This would be a bold effort; aod, if there be any truth in the ramor, our naval Suthorities on the river should be on the look out. Aspecial despatch fram Vicksburg, on the 23d, recounts the gallant but unsuccessful attempt to capture the rebel ram Askansas. It appears that, e@ccording to agreement between Commodores Davis and Farragut, the fleet from below was te engage the lower betteries, and the fect @beve would engage the upper ones, while the unboats Essex and Queen were in the meantime te attack the Arkarsas and tow her ont. Im consequence of s misunderstanding, only a few shells were fired from the mortars below, and had no other effect than to divert the fire from the Essex, which attempt- ed to run into the Arkansas and jam her against the levee, but the latter swung round and the Es- wex grazed her side. As she passed she gave the rebel craft three eleven-inch shot from her bow guns. Upon finding herself unsupported she dropped down the river. The Queen, coming to her aid, ran into the Arkansas, making her trem- tle ‘rom stem to stern. Recovering hervelf, the Queen ran on her again, but so forcibly as to strain her own works badly. Both boats thea re- turned up the river. It is to be regretted that after such a gallant affair » misconception of orders should have marred success. The guerilias in the West are becoming bold and troublesome. We learn from Louisville that the Kentucky wandering bands, ander Morgan, ook possession of Russellville on Thursday, after @ Jollision with the Home Guard, wounding ptain Kentucky volunteers and killing two lieutenants. lo counteract tie disastes, it appears tat on te following day e !_sge party of guevillas from Boo: county attacked Meant Sterling, and were repulxed by the Home Guard defending that place. Duriag the retreat the guerillas were met by @ party of the Kighth Kentucky Volunteers, under command of Major Bracit, who drove them back towards the town, where they were again attacked by the Home Guard. The result was « complete stam- pode of the guerillas, whe jost all their horses, wight killed and forty-eight taken prisoners. Tho number wounded is not known. The loss on our side was three wounded. This class of marauders, which seems DOW to comprise She remaining portion of the rebel armies fn the Southwest, have also shown themselves in Missouri, having crossed the river from Arkansas tn large gangs, and are now encamped beyond the fitate line in the counties of Howell and Texas. Our troops stationed at Houston, Texas county, however, are said to be numerous enough to repress fay advance of the guerillas. We learn by © despatch from Nushville, that @ rebel mail from Chattanooga bas beea captured by purermy. The letters contained valuable informa- Lion. Beauregard has ree'yned, avd gone to the porings in Alabama. bragg is at Vicksburg, With twenty thousand men, bus is eoarce of horses. An artillery company from Geor ld hob be supplidd with either gue or horses, ‘The rebel letters seized were from Tupello, Miss., fifty wiles south of Corinth. The writers are an- ticipating the early reoccupation of Tennessee by rebel troops, and every rebel warlike indication favors the supposition, The rebels are reported to have evacuated Lebanon, with the intention to mass their troops at a given point for a sudden dash on Nashville. — The guerillas along the Mississippi banks are equally active. Despatches from Rolla, Mo., state that at Stillville, on Sunday night, at least fifteen hundred mounted and armed men bad crossed the State road from Potosi to Jefferson, within ten miles of that place. About fifteen hundred have organized and put out from Salem and vicinity within the last three days. Within that time they have passed across the railrvad in great numbers between Rolla aud Merrimac, They take horses, clothing and ammunition, and supplies of every kind they require wherever they find it. The steamer Platte Valley, to Cairo, brings the news of the cupture of the despatch boat Sallie Wood by the rebels, one hundred and fifty miles above Vicksburg. The rebels had a masked batte- ry, and succeeded in hitting her steam pipe, dis- abling her. They took quite a number of prisoners aud destroyed the boat. The Queen of the West was also fired intoon her way up. Twoor were killed and several wounded. ‘Thus at afl points in the West wandering bands of rebels are annoying our troops aud obstructing the river navigation. Our news from the South to-day will well repay perusal. The admission of the rebel prees of the savage vandalism of their soldiery isu fair set-off to the charges they have been waking against ‘‘the Yankees’’ in thia respect. The Australasian, which arrived at this port yesterday, brings us three days later news from Europe. The American question had reached fever ~ heat from the publication of a bogus telegram in the London Times (another Aprowsmith humbug) announcing the surrender, unconditionally, of Gen- eral McClellan’s army to General Lee, and a good deat move of the same kind. The next day, how- ever, dispelled the illusion, and matters wore a different aspect. An important discusgion took place in Perliament on Mr. Lindsey’s motion to offer mediation and recognise the Southern confederacy. After a lenghtene@ discussion, which we give in another column, Mr. Lindsay’s motion was withdrawn. Lord Palmerston made ® remarkable speech on the occasion, appeal- ing to the House to leave the matter in the hands of the government. The effect of the Times’ canard apon the .cotton market was a fal! of two cents per pound, but on the evening of the 19th, when the Australasian sailed, the market had recovered, when the news by the Arabia put en end to the hoax. The Paris correspondent of the London Herald again asserts that the Emperor Napoleon is about to offer the mediation of France to America, says that the drift of public opinioa is in favor of such a course. The Paris Pays says the departure of General Forcy for Mexico appears to be postponed. The Patrie says the United States government has offered to purchase the province of Sonora for $6,000,000. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Australasian, from Liverpool 19th and Qneenstown 20th insts., arrived at this port yesterday morning. Her advices are three days later than those previously received. The news is jmportant, as will be seen by the compila- tion given in our columns this mornings We have files of the Diario del Comercio, of La- guayra, Venezuela, to the Sth of July instant. The fifty-first anniversary of the independence of the Venezuelan republic was duly celebrated om the 5th instant. It is stated that on the 27th of fast month Falcon, the rebel leader, attacked tle ofty of Coro, and after a combat of nine hours was to- tally routed. There is no other military news of interest. The Comercio of the 28th June says the cholera is creating great bavoc in Brezil, efght bundred victims having fallen before the plague in a very brief period. The disasters to our fleet in the late fight on the Yaroe ississippi rivers with the rebel ram Arkansas, although quite bad enough, are not so discouraging a8 the secessionists desire to make them appear. Only two of our vessels—the Benton and Tyler—were rendered unfit for immediate ser- vice, and they hawe both gone up the river fer re- pairs. No boat was sunk, and none were blewn up. The Lancaster received a shot in her boiler. The total loss and the number of shots received by each vessel will be found in the following table:— 69 bi The commander of the rebel ram Arkansas is Isaac N. Brown, formerly lieutenant commanding the steam frigate Niagara. Livatenant Brown was born in Kentucky, and entere® the United States service from Tennessee, in 1834. He was commis- sioned a lieutenant in the navy in 1846. ‘The talk of drafting in Ohie has meade all parts of the State suddenly very unhealthy. The dix” eases are mostly prevalent among able. bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. The Mayor of Baltimore has ordered the elec- tion to fill the places of the resigned secesh Goun- cilmen to take place to-morrow, The military prisons at Louisville are crowded with guerillas, What does the President propose to do with them? The number of emigrapts landed at this port last week waa 1,996, which makes the camber since January 1, 43,502. The ‘-lance in bank to the credit of the Emigration Commissioners, from the Commutation Fuid, Is at pr-sent $41,764 08. The stock market was strong peaterday, and prices were from I ws 144 per cont highes ow governments srs New York Contra), the whole market sympothizing to some extent. Goid was lower, selling down to 114%. Kxchunge was unsaleable at 146 im the afternoon. Money ry abut per cont. The fereign news was construed very favorably in the street. Owing to the favorable character of the Liverpool re- ports by the Australasian tYe cotton taarket yesterday was wotive aad higher, and @ise4 a) an advance of 2c. a 2:0. per Ib. The sales ombrased about 1,600 balex, cloning on the basis of 4c. 047 \g@ for middling uplands. The four market openod @-mer, bu. closed without chi Of moment ia prices, The Armuers in ‘reights and lower rates for sterling hada teudeucy te check any improve. ment in prises, Wheat opened rather higher, but was heavy at the lors whi’ antes wore tolorabiy active. Corn was lone buoyant and active, and lightly fell off in prices. Balos of good ( shipping Iota of Western mixed were 1 Fork was firm, with @ goed domand, Sale of © mato at $11, and of prime at $3 8TH age. ft Gwerefim, & wore aouiwe, but O " so 4 one 60, Coffee was quiet ane tiem. brig 4 Orme Paik OMUURE ) bemspeen ig 1B NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1862. The Proposed Recognition of the Rebel | The Rebe! Guertilas of the West—The Confideracy—Verdict of the Premier end Parliament of England, The news from Europe by tue steamer Austra” Jasian is of the bighest interest and importance’ especially the proceedings in the British Par- liament on the evening of the 18th inst, Op that oecasion Mr. Lindsay, the representative of Sunderland in the House of Commons, brought up his long-threatened motion for the recognition of the independence “of the States which have seceded from the Union of the re- public of the United States.” The honorable entleman accompanied his resolution with a leagthy speech, in which he vainly endeavored to show that there was sufficient cause for the inter- ference of Engiaud in ourdomestie affairs. For- tunately for the peace of the world, the sagacious Prime Minister of Great Britain set his face firmly against the proposition, and eloquently rebuked the indecent haste of Mr. Lindsay. In the course of one of those neat speeches which Lerd Palmerston knows so well how to deliver, the Premier expressed his deep regret that the subject was brought up for discussion at all, and earnestly hoped that the House would not agree to the motion, but would leave “a matter of such difficulty, of such delicacy, and of such immense importance, in the hands of the responsible government of | the day.” These discreet words of Lord Palmers- ton were greeted with the loud applause of the House; and in continuation the Prime Minister gave some very cogent reasons for a policy of non-intervention on the part of Eng- land. He alluded to the case of the South American republics cited by Mr. Lindsay, and showed that they were not acknowledged until some fifteen years after they had revolted against the distant government of Spain. In regard to the belligerent rights accorded to the South he was equally explicit, ehowing that Vattel and. other high authorities on the laws of nations have decided that in cases of civil war the two parties may be dealt with as belli. gerents without any acknowledgment of the revolutionary part of the country. The speech of Lord Palmerston’ met with the hearty con- currence of the House, and the strong senti- ment of opposition to all interference so con- vinced Mr. Lindsay of the futility of his efforts that he withdrew his motion without submitting it to the test of a division. § Tius all fear of the intervention of England in our affairs is for the present at anend. The whole matter has practically been left in the hands of the British Cabinet, and there is little doubt that its counsels will be guided and governed by the same prudence thathas, in this respect, marked its proceedings up to the present ‘ime. Mr. Lindsay and his motion have been unceremoniously shelved, and it will be long before tuat gentleman seeks to revive the de~ funct idea, The sound good sense of Parlia. ment was so much against him that he would not trust the resolution to a division, justly fearing that it would be rejected, and he be re- duced to something worse than linsey-woolsey. The member from Sunderland is a gentleman of much importance in his own estimation. He prides himself on his great influence with the shipping interest of the United Kingdom, and carries its charter in his pockets. Not long since he was in the United States, when, of course, he took advantage of the opportunity to air the document before the members of the Chambers of Commerce of our principal cities. Altogether, he acted in this country like a very indiscreet John Bull; for, to do them justice, there are a good many discreet and gentlemanly Jobn Bulls. Mr. Lindsay, however, is not one of this latter class, He travelled around, making superficial observations, and attracting very little attention in the North. Then he was off to the South for a little while, on another voyage of discovery. On his return he was fully posted as to the resources and capabilities of the South to carry on a war. He decided at once that all the agitation among the Confederates was mere moonshine—a flurry in the heavens; that they did not seriously contemplate fighting, and that if the North insisted firmly the South |. would:fave to cave in. But his failure to carry out his navigation schemes in this country irri- tated his bile. His design was to entangle us in an arrangement with England by which we would give her an equal right with ourselves to navigate our great coast and inland streams, from Passamaquoddy on the Atlantic to Columbia river on the Pacific: Having told his English countrymen that he was the man to settle the Yankees, and that they knew nothing at all about them, they na- turally expected that he would have returned home with his navigation treaty all right. He was, however, doomed to disappointment. The American people did not recognize his import- ance nor the utility of his navigation ideas, and, beyond a glass of wine here and there, and oc- casionally a good dinner, he was not treated with more attention than any ordinary visitor to our shores. Our distinguished member of Parliament was by no means satisfied with this reception, cordial though it was. Ordinary Jobn Bulls are generally satisfied with a good beMyfull. But this indiscreet John wanted his navigation treaty also. Hence he bas taken hold of the Southern rebellion as a means of repaying us for our hospitality; and the best way he proposes to do this is by mak- ing an attempt to obtain the recognition of the Jeff. Davis confederacy. Here, how- ever he failed again most dismally, although he was backed up by the bogus news announc” ing the capitulatiogof McClellan, and by the unfounded preten: of the London Times that the federal army had surrendered. The sofind plum pudding and roast beef common senseof John Bull prevailed on this ogcasion and triumphed over the trade and navigation schemes of the member from Sund ‘The importance of the aéifon of the House of Commons canuot be exaggerated. In view of the approaching conference of the Emperors of France and Russia and the King of Prussia, this decision of the Premier and Parliament of England is most opportune. At that august meeting, as we have the Emperor Alexander with us, and Lord Palmerston opposed to recog- nizing the South, the chances are that Prussia will go with her ally, England, and we shall have no intervention for some time. But we must not rely too much on such contingencies, It is the dutyof the federal government to carry on the war with renewed vigor, and not to be shaken from its purpose in the slightest degree in consequence of the suffering and misery of the European manufacturing districts. Let our blows at the rebellion be fast and furious, and in afew months we will bring the so-called Southern opnfederacy to complete submission to the legitimate government of the whole country, ign intervention will beoome an ybso. and fo Che dem gorge NT ai caseo ond Mis War im Kentucky, Te: sourt, Beriah Magoffin, the secession Governor of loyal Kentucky, has just {ssiia 38 proclama. flop, getting Os Bute Legislature fo méey oS the 14th day of August, in consequence of the ominous condition of things in the Common- wealth, resulting from the late ivsolent fcrays of rebel guerillas. The Governor says; “A civil conflict is impend- ing over us;” that Le is “withoul a soldier or a do'lar to protect the lives, property or liber- ties of the people, or to enforce the laws;” that “daily appeals are being made” to him for pro- tection against marauding banda, but that being left without power, he has no aiternative than this appeal to the Legisiature, tc provide for the defence of the State and to consider the policy to be adopted in regard to “the late action’ of Congress and the President touching slavery,” and to provide “for the safety of our institutions and the peace and tranquillity of the Common- wealth.” This is very good for Magoffin, and we have every reason to’believe that the Legis. lature will very soon provide the ways and means for the expulsion from Kentucky of these gangs of rebel banditti which, eo long as they exist within her borders, area burning shame and reproach to her chivalry and loyalty. But Kentucky is not the only State suffering from these bands of rebel marauders. From the debris of Beauregard’s late grand rebel Army of the Southwest, Tennessee is extensively infested with theso rebel freebooters. Along the southern border of that State they have de- stroyed or appropriated within the last three weeks millions of property belonging to the government and to loyal citzens, and they are still plundering and burning, and committing all sorte of atrocities upon loyal people, right and left. It also appears that the withdrawal of General Curtis from Arkansas has not only left that State and its Union inhabitants at the mercy of the rebel General Hindman and bis local confederates, but that these desperate traitors have been emboldened to detail a marauding guerilla expedition or two for the invasion of Missouri, in co-oporation with se cession bushwhackers there that had been driven out of the State into their holes and cor- ners by the army of Gen. Curtis. Unquestionably all these predatory opera- tions of rebel robber bands in Kentucky, Ten- nessce and Missouri are parts of the general programme of Jeff. Davis and bis confederates at Richmond. Their Secretary of War has very lately promulgated this fact to the world in an official edict. The object is apparent. It is to divert twenty, thirty or fifty thousand regular Union troops to each of these aforesaid States to the work of suppressing these guerillas, @nd thus to weaken, to the ex- tent of seventy-five or a hundred thousand men, the forces from which we might otherwise immediately reinforce our two all-important armies in Virginia. ‘We have no doubt, however, that Gen. Hal- leck thoroughly understands the game of the re- «bel leaders, and that he will not be diverted from the great work before him in Virginia by these guerilla tactics of the enemy in the West. The Governor of Missouri, @ trusty, loyal man, has gone the right way to work in calling out the militia of the State to put down these guerilla brigands therein. We are confident that this movement will speedily re-establish law and order in Missouri, and enable the Governor to place twenty or thirty thousand soldiers, armed and equipped, at the service of the President, and for the relief of Arkansas. The President’s Provisional Governor,of Ten- nessee, Andrew Johuson, should, we think, be authorized to call out the militia of that State, and to enforce the requisition by our regular army in that quarter. Thus Tennessee could soon be placed in the possession of a local army sufficient for her own protection against the rebel guerillas with which she is harassed ; for we have no doubt that, even at this day twenty or thirty thousand first rate Union sol- diers may be raise@ in a month in Tennessee under a levy upon the militia. With regard to Kentucky, we rely upon her loyal Legislature and loyal people. Beriah Magoffin, her Governor, has no power, because the Legislature found him to be in league with secession traitors, and so all power to appro- priate money or soldiers was taken away from him or rigidly denied him. In a word, President Lincoln, with General Halleck at his elbow, and in co-operation with the local authorities of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missou- ri, can amply provide, not only for the expul_ sion of the rebel guerillas of said States, with. out drawing upon our military forces im any other quarter, ‘but can render those States of great service to the general cause, im their contributions of soldiers for active service in other States; and we hope that this plan of operations, or something like it, will, as fast as possible, be put into execution. Governor Macorrin Acarn Sreaxs—It wil! be seen by our despatches from Louisville that Governor Magoffin has issued a proclamation calling together the Legislature. It is not cer- tain, from the wording of the short despatch, what Beriah means this time. He declares that “daily appeals have been made to him to pro- tect the citizens from marauding bands and in the peaceful enjoyment of their property and rights under the constitution,” and that “any attempt’ on my part to organize a force for that purpose wil) certainly precipitate the evil,’ and therefore he convenes the Legislature. Whether he does this for the purpose of endea- voring to secure the passage of o secession ordinance, or to really adopt such measures ab ht pat a quiotus apon the raids of the rebel bands, is somewhat uncertain; but since the Legislature is to assemble on the 14th of August all doubts will soon be removed, and Beriab be found either for or against the Union. He can hardly attempt to carry water on both shoulders again. Navat. Prowortox.-The President has ap, pointed the rear admirals of the navy in the retired and ative list, under the late act of Congress. At the head of the retired list is Charles Stewart, the gallant officer who per. formed such brilliant deeds in the war of 1812, and is recognized the country over as the father of our navy. At the head of the active list is L. M. Goldsborough, who neither exhibited great skill nor performed brilliant deeds while in command of the James river fleet. The list of naval officers will therefore stand with Gommodore Ckarles Stewart at the head of the retired list and Commodore I. M. Golds- borough at the head of the active list, Com much jp super dugg. Vr ORB ¥ ———————— The Great Gob -tipuche of Engtand, It will be seen by the extracts from our Eng- lish files, published in another column this morning, that the London “imes, through the simple agencies of a special telegram and a pondsroi editorlal, has captured the whole of McCivlNan@ atmy and burried oif McCietlan himself to parts agknown, & fugitive on board the Galena, ‘Tha special telegram which has achieved this triumph is said to have arrived at the Irish port of Cork, in the steamer Glasgow, on the 18th July. It was dated at Daltimore, July 3, and was based upon a private communication pur- porting to be received from Fortress Monroe on July 2. Thlz communication stated that Generals German and Meade bad arrived wounded at the fortress, and had repurted that the divisions of MoCall and Reynolds had sur- rendered to the Confederates; that McClellan, having offered to capitu!ate conditionally, had retired on board the Galena; that the Confede- rate General Lee bad refused to grant any terms to McClellan; that General Jackson was in the rear of our army and Genera! Price in front of it; and that, in consequence of this ex- traordinary news, “the Union flags had been taken down from the newspaper offices in Balti- more.”’ Such as it was, however, the telegram served the purpose of the London Times, and was immediately given to the world in an extra edition. The excitement it created was tremendous. Singularly enough, the debate upon Lindsay’s motion to recognive the South ern confederacy came off on the very evening that the Zimes issued its sangu nary bulletin; an@ Mr. A. Egerton rose and solemnly asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Alluirs whether he had received any con- firmaation of the news, to which question Mr. Layard, the Under Secretary aforesaid. as solemnly replied in the negative. The re- port was generally credited, bowever, excep, by the Americans in London; and the next morning the Times commented upon it in a grave, ponderous, detiberate style, which would have done credit to @ first rata burlesque actor, like Eurton or Blake, in the character of an intoxicated Lord Chancellor, ‘This hoax exceeds any which has ever before been practised upon the London Times, or by that journal upon ,the public, and even goes beyond Arrowsrnith’s narrative or Bull Run Russell’s reports. It com pares better with the Times’ special tele gram announcing the capture of Sebastopol some months before that place was taken. {f this Baltimore telegram was concocted in the Times office to influence the decision of Parliament upon Mr. Lindsay's motion, it does no credit to its originators; for it did not accom- plish its purpose, and has greatly damaged the secession cause in Europe, raising the interven. tion feeling toa fever only to have it cooled off with a sudden chill. Imagine Slideli and Mason, for example, rushing franti- cally ‘¢o the Emperor Napoleon’ with the Times telegram, and being summurily ejected ‘from Vichy as impoetors, upon the arrival of later news. If, on the other hand, the seces sionists of Baltimore have purposely hoaxed the Times, the case is no better for the rebe! cause, and the Times will receive no sympathy. When a foolish child sits with its mouth open and its eyes shut, trying to catch flies, no one pities it if it swallows a wasp now and then. The Times bas caught its wasp now, and we hope it may be stung into » better appreciation of the accuracy of intelligence from rebel sources, and a greater respect for the American press, which, as it appears, is less influenced by Secretary Stanton than the Times itself. In conclusion, we heartily wish the English publi® better sense; for, as the London Times re- marks, “It is of the highest impertance that England should commit no rash and ill-consi- dered act, and that not even a word uttered by any person in power should hereafter require modification or retraction.” American Potitica Wingruniina Intro puceD i Evrors.—The intelligence from the Continent is to the effect that the secessionists in Paris have all left that city for the watering places, and have mostly taken up quarters at Vichy, in the hope of influencing the Emperor, who is now sojourning there. This is an old dodge, Yong in vogue in this country. Politi" cians who were desirous of manufacturing pub- lic opinion would resort to Washington during the session of Congress, and there hold forth in the barrooms and other public places, and with loud talk and vain boastings endeavor to obtain converts. As soon as the heat of summer com- menced they would take their departure to the watering places of the North, such as Cape May, Saratoga and Newport, and there endeavor to monopolize everything and manufacture public opinion for their schemes. The secessionists who have been hanging about the barrooms and gambling saloons of Paris have now, it appears, resorted to their old customs practised here, and taken their departure for Vichy, in the hope of creating secession atmosphere about Napoleon and inducing him to recognize the so-called Southern confederacy. The Em- peror will no doubt hear all the secession talk that he desires, spiced with all manner of canards about rebel victories, including the Roorback— the capture of McClellan’s entire army—that was put im circulation in London on the evening of the debate in Parliament on the motion of Mr. Lindsey for the recognition of the Southern confederacy. These agents of the South are playing a desperate game, and it matters not to them how big lies they tell if they only accom- plish their object. The public may be prepared to hear all manner ef rumors about the recog- nition of the Southerm confederacy, emanating m the new base of operations of the seces- sionists at Vichy. New Brunswick on t1# Rampaoe.—The Blue Noses of New Brunswick have torn down the office of the St. Croix Herald because it spoke well of the United States, New Brunswick is province of two hundred thousand inhabitants, who are fed by the United States, and who would starve to death in six weeks if their sup plies of food from this country were cut off. The chief city, St. John, is a group of buts, many of them inhabited by rogues who have made a few pennies since the war broke out by lending their names to the illicit traders who have run the blockade: With an area more than four times the size of Martachusetts, the province has never been self-supporting; and if it were sub- merged in the sea, and its inhabitants swept away, nobody would miss either the on@or the other. The wonder is not that such people tore down a newsprper office, bus that tey bad a b gpanee pewspaper at uly $n ln SEs eel Tue Pay or Ove Sovucns—Ixcourerency ov TH ParMasrers—A private who was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, aug.bas since been in one of the hospitals under nedi- cal treatment, cal'ed at our office yesterday with @ complaint thet he could not get his pay. He has been six months in the army, and has not received the first gent in payment for his services. His family is suflering for the neces- aaries of ue and the moment that he could bob- ble ont of the hosp'tal Td applied to the pay- master who is now in this city, bué was informed that an order had just been recejyed nos to pay any of the privates. TTL What is the meauing of this? We all expect every American to do his duty; but does the War Department expect that men will leave their families aud risk their lives in battle if they are thus shabbily treated? Afflicted with wounds, bis papera correct and vouchers perfect, he is told, with out any other explanation, that the goverament has ordered that no privates are to be paid, and theretore he is obliged to see his family suffer, while tle money due him, which would relieve them, is withheld. His story is that of hundreds of uthers, and demands immediate at- tention of the authorities at Washington, To expect every man to exert every effort, under such circumstances, or men to rapidly enlist, is expecting too wuch of weak human nature. Secretary Stanton should immediately fasue one of his bulletins against shese negligent paymasters, and also establish some plain and simple rules for the payment of the men—rules that every private could under- stand, and such as would give the paymaster no chance to take advantage of the poor sol- jiers, it matters not how great the temptation This is an evil that demands immediate asten- tion. its importance cannot be overestimated. Let Seeretary Stanton see that it is atteuded to and he will get men enough for the army. Greet Errorr to Evupe tux New Tarwe-- Wo see by our European advices that there is a creat rush for transportation. and desperaie ef- fort made by merchants to get their goods ship- ped and the vessels started in time to reach some one of our porta before the Ist of August, in order to escape the duties under the new tarifl which goes into operation at that date. Our Custom House officials are no doubt baving » busy time justnow. Some of the shipments wil no doubt be delayed, and the receipts at the Custom House during the first week in Augvat will be largely im advance of what they have bees. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wacunaron, July 80,1668. MR. SYWARD RFMON@TRATING AGAINST THE PEXSENOB OF THB FRENCH FLERT IN THR GULF. It is stated, on good authority, that when the newe of he departure of the three ironclad frigaves—La Couroane, Invincible and La Normandie—ior the Gulf of Mextoe, ogether with several wooden frigates and line-of-bause ships, reached Wasbington, our Secreiavy of State, ar. Seward, wroteriminediately to the Freuch government | and made strong remonstrances against the pr io the vicinity of the United States,of such a trod toot. Mr, Saward gave an the reason for his protest he Mexican expedition being of tvo little o.usequence to justify the sending of such & tremendous armament is American waters, the American government could mf help thioking shat it ia Cestined to act against the United States. It would, im consequence, ask frum tho French government an explanation on that subject, THE PORTS OF TAMPICO AND ALVAKADO BLOCKADES BY THE FRENUB. Information bas been received at the State Depart ment from Charles M. Proctor, United States Consal at Vora Cruz, that, by an order of the Commander of the French forces at that place, tbe ports of Tampico and Alvarado would on the 16th instant be blockaded by French naval force, and that the blockade woule be ‘maintained until there was ® cessation of hostilities. RUMOKRD EVACUATION OF RICHMOND. ‘There is a report bere, through contraband sourees, te the effeet that large bodies of rebel troops are creasing the James river southward. The eontrabands say they are evacuating Richmond. FALSE REPORT RESPECTING GENERAL M'OLELLAN. ‘The report sent from here last aight that General Mo- Clellan had arrived here and had am isterview with the President is entirely without foundation. General Me Ciellan has not left bis army for a single hour siace he went to the peninsula. THE HERALD'S BXPOSE OF SENATOR WILSON, ‘The Hanato’s exposition of Senator Wilson is the enl® versa) topic of couversation throughout Washington. Iw completeness ts everywhere commended. It is the ealy thing that has afforded a sexsation bere to-day. THE MERRIMAC NO. 2 TO KUN THROUGH OUR PLEBT AND CAPTURE NORFOLE—ARR&ST OF OOLONBS BOWIE, BTC., BTC. ‘The Mount Washington arrived at the Navy Yard at ew early bour this morning, bringing up from the Norf.ik Navy Yard » lot of scrap copper and the diving beli for’ merly in use there. Captain Germain says there is a rumor in Norfetk, which is believed by some, that the Merrimac No, 3 ané anew ram which the rebels have at Richmond intend ta ron through our fleet in the James river, and atiack the ‘Munnesota and other vessels at NoMbik, and take the city. It 1 also said, and it is believed by the Unioninte, th af the secessionists there have a full snpply of arma ia their houses, an@ that they are ready to sirike a biow simultaneousiy with the approach of the rebel steamers. On the way up quite ap unususl number of boats were seonon the bay, crossing either way, which Captain Germain thinks are in the employ of the rebels, and te of the opinion, as most of our guubvats are elsewhere em- ployed, that the sesrasiouists in Lower Maryland ané Eastera Virgtia are in consiant communication with other by this means. “~~ AT: HAP At an early hour yesterday morning a squad of cavalry Proceeded wo the residence of Colonel T. F. Bowie, ness Upper Mariboro, and took him into custody. He wae brought to the city yesterday afternoon, and after being taken before the Provost Marshal was sent to the olf Capitol, where be is stil! confined. The charge againet him is sald to bo that of endeavoring to induce Uniew soldiers to desert. ‘The arrent of Hon. Taomas J. Bowie, of Maryland, is regarded by‘the Union mom thore aa astep in the right direction. There wit! be wo powsibility of keeping Mary~ land quiet until there rebe! agitators are made tu fo0! the heavy hand of the goverumont, It ie earnestly desired by the Union mem there that stringent measures shall be adopted by the government, and the recent Confasation Dill enforced against ali wbo are openly ulding and abetting the rebellion. BEAR APMIRALS COMMTSS:ONRD. The President to-day comminienet the following captains to be rear sdinirais om the reiired list, under the recent act to establish and equatze the rate of Hae officers of the navy:—charles & Willem B, Shobrick, Josoph Smi Froscis H, Gregory, Kli A. Lavaletie, Silas M, String bam, Hiram Paulding. ‘The following named Captains are to be rear adinirate on the active list :—L, M. Guldeborough, David G, Face gut, Samuel F. Dupont and A. H. Foote The law provites that rour admirain ehall be reloctad by the President, by and with the advice and conson® of the Seuate, from these capiaius whe have given the most faithful service to thelr country. THE NEW STAMP CURRENCY. The Vostwonster Goneral aad the Commissioner of Tm, ternal Hevenve to-cay approved of the specimens fer the pomiage stomp currecey, which will ‘be for five, te c fifty cents. The desigus embraes th cont portage stampa, tasteful that they cannot be separated and used for pe They will bear on thor face the following insoription-—"Postage etamps furnished the Assistant ‘Treasurers, and designated deposi ay sof the Bnited States, reccivable fer poutage Flume; post office.” Gpon the back will bo @ large Agurey denoting tho denomination, with thase words Fae + for United States notor by sng Astistant Drove ve Goel cwpled Uae ebelee emeps Al Uk BMRA | . ta. |, lls present Lv arranged in rie ovany