The New York Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1862, Page 4

4 se Mines. ae ae Mane NEW YORK HERALD. |<: JAMES GORDON BENAETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFPICEN. W. CORNER or iN AND NASSAU STS. Money sent dy uysil will be at the — Nona lit Bank vills yn tn New York DAILY a aR4ie. treo cente per copy. ST per anv. TH) WEEKLY every Sadurc ean ih Eatin sary Was to pies ci sini edirew et Stes bli frie Tah ni 2b sick “ak ois “Wit OLE Y UERALD, on ‘on Wednesday, at four cente ber ty WPAnY CO (CORRESPONDENCE Cert ng (mportans ictled from pass ber oy the will be ioral Son Fousies ConaxsrosDeara Ane Famnco deny Baqumsren ro Seat ati Letrens ano Pace. AMUSEMENTS bared EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadway. —Forrexe’s Froucs— Sutow's Misuars—F LYING Trapeze. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Ne. Broadway.—Fra Disroto—Logp Fianican. i . GARDEN, Broadway.—Loox Ovt FoR TRB Dearr—| MCOR, NEW BOWERY THEATBE, Bowery.—Orapito~Fac- voay SruiKe. WERY THEA’ Bowery. —Mac. 5 ra o Dir—Biace Erie Senae, et en NIXON'S CREMORD! \— orenue.—Orens, BARNUM’S AMBRICAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—' ‘Laamwep Saat, Harry Famity, 4c. at ali hours. Tee AULEOMANtANS—NiP Amp Tuck, aiternoon and evening. (RISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 585 Bi -—ETR10! sae ScuuunuoRs S BOR GARDEN, Fourteenth street and ALLEY, PROMENADE CONCKRT 4sD senen Danae WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 5lé Broadway.—Eratoriax ‘Songs, Dances, £c.—Aint Gor Tore 70 Tsar, HIFORCOCK’S THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL, Canal street.—Soaus, Dances, B aE coNncEat Hal HALL, L, 616 Broadway, =Dnawing om ENTERTAINMENTS, PARISIAN CABINET OF oe 863 Broadw: m daily from 10 A. M. till 1 New York, Tucsday, React 5, 1862. THE SITUATION, Some activity marks the course of General Me- Clellaa’s army since the firing upon eur mai! boat landing by tho rebel batteries from the south side of the James river. Our troops occupying that shore made a recounvissance to within fourteen miles of Petersburg on Sunday. At Cox's mills, five miles back, they met the Thirteenth Virginia cavalry in line. Our men charged on them, when they broke and ran. They drove them to their encampment at Sycamore church, two and & half miles further, where they again formed, but were put to flight, leaving behind alitheir tents, camp equipage and commissary stores, which our troops gathered together ani burnt. The rebels had two horses killed, six men wounded and two taken prisoners. Our loss was one horse killed. After scouring the country a short distance further they returned to the river. There is no further evidence of rebel gunboats on the river below Fort Darling. Two of our gunboats were shelling the shore above City Point on Sunday afternoon. The health of Genera! McClellan's army is excellent, and has been improved since the receipt of the vegetables recently sent to them, Major General Pope has pushed ‘a reconnoitering eoiumn as far as Orange Conrt House and defeated two cavalry regiments of the enemy, under Gen. Robertsoa. In his official despatch he describes the affair in these words:—‘“The reconnoitering column, under Gen. Crawford, crossed the Rapidan and pushed forward to Orange Court House yester- dayand took possession of the town, which was oc- oupied by two regiments of the euemy’s cavalry, under (ten. Robertson. Eleven of the enemy were killed and fifty-two taken prisoners; among the latter are one major, two captains and two lieu- * tenants. Our loss was two killed and three wounded. The enemy retired in such haste as to leave their wounded in our hands. The railroad and telegraph line between Orange Court Honse and Gordonsville were destroyed.” Intelligence from General Pope's headquarters, partially confirmed by reports prevalent and be- lieved in Washington, states that the rebels are really evacuating Richmond and taking up their position on the south bank cf the James river, Other reports were abroad thet their object in abandoning the rebel capitel wax to make an im- mediate march on Washington. The Secretary of War has issued an order call- ing for @ draft of the militia on the 15th inst., to fill up the number of soldiers required by the *President’s recent proclamation. In another column We give all the details connected with the law governing the drafting system and the mode upon which it is to be conducted. Upon an offer being made to the President yes- terday of two negro regiments, he peremptorily re- fused to accept them—-declining to put the negro onan equality with the white man in the army of the republic, which is engaged in restoring the in- tegrity of the Union and the constitution erected for the benefit of the white race. Mr. Lincoln's r@olution not to degrade the gallant and patriotic volunteers now in arms for the government, by compelling them to associate with negroes as com. rades in an honorable cause, will still more en- dear him to the houest portion of the com- munity. ; The {llinois officers have coropiled each a list of the absontees from their reepective commands. The Chicago papers are officially publishing the same lists. Alghough the document has a formidable sppearance—the list of some twenty regiments Occupying eight lengthy columne—yet such papers are interesting to the friends of those concerned, eapeotlly a8 each individual named is ‘‘notified to return or be reported a deserter.” MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Aepinwali mail steamer Northern Light, Captain Tinklepaugh commanding, arrived at this port yesterday morning. She brings nearly million in treasure from California, and very in- teresting news from Central and South Ameri Great excitement was created in the city of Pana- me on the 20d of July by an order of the Bishop to take all the valuable ornaments and jowe!s from he charches aud deposit them im some safe place t© provent their falling into the hands of General Mosquera, should he isaue an order for their con- isoation. Senor Jovane had alkeady removed these valuwblem from some of the churches; but, 00 its being known outside the city that te intended taking those from the church of Santa Ana, there was a general outory among the outside and handreds of women crowded into the squaic, determived to rosint thelr removal. The rioters provailed’in the end, assaulting the priest and the eartmen, and thus preventing the removal of the sacrod vesscls, ‘There ts a famine in many towns of Nicaragua, and pe Rak hove wablered poyorely. subsiiwusing cote — _~- and pinuela, a species of the agave plant, for bread d moat. The production of indigo is on the in. crease, and the cocao crop was very large. A savings bank bas beon established in Yalparaiso, much to the satisfaction of the people; the small- est deposit is to be fifty cents and the largest three hundred dollars. A new pronunciamiento has taken place in Panama, and another Goveruor been called topower. The export duties collected on copper shipped at Coquimbo for England, in the month of May alone, amounted to $14,786, From all quar- ters of Peru deputies have gone to Lima to joia the Congress. It is believed thas the Vice Presi” dency and the Mexican question will be debated during the coming session, Trede was getting brisk, and the health of the various republics is represented as middling. Our dates from San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, are to the 17th of July, The uear approach of the completion of the Nicaragua Transit was engross- ing public attention, to the exclusion of every- thing else. The anniversary of American Inde- pendence was duly celebrated on the Fourth of July, and the festivities were highly attraetive. News had been received at San Juan to the effect that the sister of the King of Mosquito has assassi. nated her husband. The report lacks conflrma- tion. Ata special meeting of the Board of Aldermen yesterday, resolutions in favor of offering a bounty of fifty dollars to volunteers, and an ordinance di- recting the Comptroller to pay a sum not exceed- ing $250,000 for bounties, were preaented, and laid over under the rule applicable to measures involv" ing the expenditure of money. A resolution that 4 call of nine members should be suificiout to con- vene a meeting of the Board" was adopted, Commu- nications were received from the Mayor relative to the defences of the harbor, the old flag of Fort Pickus, and the proposed hospital for soldiers in Central Park, all of which are given in full in our report of the proceedings published in another column. Aregular meeting of the Board of Councilmen was held last evening, when a resolution was adopted directing the park at Union square to be kept open after nine o'clock in the evening. A resolution was gifered to appropriate — asand dollars to each or any of onr State militia regi- ments at present serving for three months, and who may desire to reorganize for the war, the amount to be paid over for the henetit of the regi- mental fund as soon as eight full battalion compa- nies ave enlisted and mastered into the service of the United States. The resolution was referred to the Committee on National Affairs. A commu- nication was received irom his Honor the Mayor recommending that an appropriation of one mil- lion dollars be made for the purpose of building iron-clad batteries for the defence of our harbor. It was referred to the Committee on National Affairs. The Board adjourned until the first Mon- day in September. At the mecting of the Supervisors yesterday the Board agreed to postpone the appointunent of In- spectors and Canvassers of Election till their first meeting in September. No other subject of pub- lic interest came up. They adjoarned till this day week. The Board of Supervisors have notas yet decid- edupon the appointment of a successor to the late Surrogate West. The principal candidates for the office are Nelson J. Waterbury, Malcolm Campbell and Gideon J, Tucker. Jobn W. Reid, of Missouri, who resigned bis seat in che last Congress to take up arms against the goverament, and has since been doing a very brisk” basiness in the guerilla linc, was arrested last week, and given in charge of Col. Dan Hus- ton, who commands the military post at Lexing- ton. Col. Hnston paroled Reid on the same day he was arrested, Some of the regiments iu Massachusetts are nearly fall. ‘The Thirty-thtrd has 908, the Thirty- fourth 974 and the Thirty-tifth 996. The War Claim Commission at Cairo closed its business on the Ist inst. The whole uumber of claims filed is 1,698, amounting to $599,219 36. Of these, claims to the amount of $451,105 81 were allowed. All of Quartermaster Meteh’s claims were allowed, the investigation vot having estab- lished anything of frand or corruption in them. John Bird, of Bird's Point, filed claims amounting to upwards of 833,600, all of which were dismiss- ed, on acconnt of his disloyalty. Recruiting is very active in Llinois, and it is thonght that her sixteen regiments—aumber from seventy-two to eighty-sevea—wi!l be all fall by the Ist of September. The Property Commission under the Confisca- tion act have reported nearly two hundred pieves of property in Memphis for ¢ontiscation. The Rochester regiment numbered six hundred and eighteen men on Saturday. The volunteer or militia force of Canada may be seen in the following figures officially pre- sented to the House of Assembly: —- c oe Offwers. Men. . Aut 1,491 Infantry ‘et as oso Dian . Inginésts. . 6 15 287 Totals. ...... 8 829 13,390 British troops. se eeeeeeeeeeseeeees A2,000 Fightiig 1ore@.....0.02 0: sac0-00 ereeveenees 25,390 According to the City Inspector's report, there were 457 deaths in the city during the past woek-- a decrease of 42 a4 compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 128 less than oc- ewred during the corresponding week last year. The recapitulation table gives 8 deaths of alcoholism, 78 of diseases of the brain and nerves, 3 of the generative organs, 8 of the heart and blood veasels, 11f of the lungs, throat, & 6 of old age, 15 of diseases of the skin and ernptive fevers,5 premature births, 175 of dis- eases of the stomach, bowels “and other digestive organs; 3L of uncertain seat and general fevers, % of diseases of the urinary organs, and 14 from violent causes. There were 327 natives of the United States, 7 of England, 83 of [ré- land, 27 of Germany, and the balance of various foreign countries. Attention is invited to the very healihy condition of the city. The subjoined table shows the mortality for the corresponding weeks for the last ten years:— Years. 1858 Years. Deaths. Deaths. » 685 «+ M67 The stock taarket was better yosterday, and a tuiuch more hopeful feeling prevailed. New York Central ad- vanced 1 per cent above Saturday's price, and other seer. rities in proportion. Money was vory easy at 4 por cent. Exchange 125 for grain bills and 12655 ® 121 for bank- ers’ bills, Gold closed at 114%. The banks show an io- creage of $4,586,759 in deposits, $057,981 iu apecie, and $749,551 in loans, The cotton market yesterday was quiet, and nies too Mimite to form a basi® for quotations, Spinners were pretty much out of market, while holders exhibited oo sigue of folexation in tuoir views, The trangactions wore conined to 60 a 76 bales. Iu the abseuce of sales of moment prices were nominal on the basis of 44 gc. 4 60¢, for middling uplands. ‘The flour market was beavy for nearly alt deseriptions, while alos were moderate, and chiefly to the local and custom trade, Wheat was heavy, with @ \endoncy to lower prices, especially for inferior aad com. pene of State and Western, while prime to choice lots wee scarce and dw. Corn was in good demand and closed at an advanes of about te. per bushel, closing At 6.4 G70. for good and prime qualities of Weetern mixed, Pork was Grawr for prime aad dull for mess with Hates of rat tle. att ige. and $9 60.0 $0 78 for prime, Scyars ware steady, but not activo. Sales wore made of 600 bit Cubos aad 90 do. New Orien: ‘The Messrs. Stuart's prices will be found in anotle column, Coffee was steady, with rales of 600 Uags \'i0 we BWyc.a at Froights wore without obauge of im. omer Poe whilg thers was leas offering, Wo facgr to macties vlad (or quelMtiaea, "the crisis turned, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1862. Important from Washington—New Vigor Infased into the War—The Final Cam- paign in Virginia. ‘The telegraph informs us that General Pope hes pushed forward a portion of his forces, under General Crawford, across the Rapidaa river, and routed two regiments of rebel cavalry at Orange Court House. With this cheeriag in- telligence comes the announcement that Presi dent Lincoln has issued a general order for the Governors of all the States to commence drafting on the 15th inst. if the three hundred thousand men called for ave not made up by volunteer enlistments by that time. In addi- tion to this the President bas called for three hundred thorsand more troops. With these new levies we shall have the overwhelining force of over one million of men in the field. With such an army there can be no child’s play. The facts contained in these few lines are of the greatest significance. They assure us that @ new and vigorous campaign is about to open in Virginio. They are also a guarantee that the veil which has obscured the movements in that quarter from the view of the public will soon be removed by a series of brilliant events, which cannot fail to inspire publie confidence and entirely remove the doubts and misgivings which have existed since the termination of the seven days’ battles of General McClellan on the Chickshominy. Since the genoral mannge- ment of military affairs at Woshingion has been taken out of the hands of lawyers and politicians, and placed under the charge of o inilitary mind, order has been bronght out of chaos, our forces strengthened and concen- trated, our ficet on the James augmented, and the movements on the military chessboard have once more assumed the appearance of a general co-operation and a singleness of purpose, with a perfect understanding and a hearty eo- operation between General Halleck at Wash- ington, Generals McClellan and Vope in the field, and Commodores Wilkes and Porter in the navy. With the decision of the government to render them all the support required. every- thing promizes active, quick and decisive work, and the end of the Virginia campaign within the next six weeks, by the capture of Richmond and the expulsion or capture of the army now defending the rebel capital. Our information from various sources justifies the assertion thet our forces in Virginia far ex ceed the nwaber that is generally understood to be under the different generals in command there, and that we are to-day able to present a much stronger front at every point than the most sanguine have heretofore imagined. This view of the position of affairs is borne ont by the confidence that is manifested in Cabinet and military circles in Washington. as well as by the hesitation of the rebels, their fear of attack- ing either McClellan or Pope, and ia thelr bur- rying troops from the Gulf States to Richmond. The qufet but effective system inaugvraled by Halleck, and carried into operation by McClel- Jan and Pope, with the assistance of the James river fleet, may well allay all fears of any dis. asters iu Virginia, and will soon put an end (to the work of the panic makers, hero and else- where. We are assured that the different divi- sions of the army are in a good condition, the pavy ready for operation, and it is now only necessary to harry on the recruits and fill up the ranks of the depleted regiments to have active operations commenced in every portion of Virginia upon a scale far exceeding anything that has taken place heretofore. In this view the order of the President is a timely one, and seciies, beyond a shadow of doubt, the concentration vf a force at different poinis iv Virginia thai will give the finishing blow to the rebellion withia a comparatively short time. The incendiary and mischievous courses of the “infernal republicans” and Jacobins in the last Congress: the efforts of such men as Wick- life and Vallandigham in arguing iu their speeches to Western audiences that the admin- istration is pledged to a war for the negro, thus creating dissensions; the “wet blanket” articles and attacks upon the President and our gene- ralsby such abolition sheets as the Tribune, Post and kindred journals, in their determina- tion to force the administration into a wer against the ivstitution of the South, instead of war for the Union, and the constant decrying of our financial system by the jobbing journals, have all aided in confusing the public mind, cansiog a general Gespondeacy, retarding en- listments and embarrassing the administration, They have kept the public mind in a feverish condition, and caused great hesitation, doubt and misgivings on the part of the masses of the people, when there should have been but one fecling, and that a zealous and cordial response to all demands of the government. Had it not been for their course the aa- thorities would never have had to en- tertain the idea of drafting. But Congress has adjourned, and its members are no longer prying into the secrets of our generals. The Secretary of War is relieved from the hourly visits of the virtuous Wilsons, Wades and Chandlers, with threats to bombard his office unless he acceded to their wishes and adopted their political strategy of dividing up «nd de- feating our armies, and in the place of those Jacovins the President has placed a military mind as the general manager of all military affairs. It is now only necessary that the con- spirators on the stump in the West and the abo- lition and jobbing journals here and elsewhere should be made to cease their assaults upon the government, to remove from the public mind the desponding fecling that has existed, On the other hand, the silent but effective work that has been accomplished under the establishment of 4 military instead of the po- litical system that existed in Washington while Congress was in session, the nev vigor whi; b has been fofwed into all war operations, of which the order of the President in regard to drafting is » guarantee, with the dispersion of Congress, all assure us that we are on the eve of start- ling and thrilling events of the most momen- tous consequence. The public may rely with perfect confidence that the abolitionists are at the end of their work of creating dis- sension, that the daye of the rebellion are num- bered, and that such effective blows will be administered to the rebel army before the first frost ag will effectually clove this monstrous Southern conspiracy, or at least drive it into the Gulf. Now, that the Rubicon ie pavsed, Jet one and all put their shoulders to the wheel and hasten the day of the final triumph of the Union armies. Browne Hor axu Baowina Covn.— aignificantjocrnal, the World, excels in blowing hot and blowing cold with the same breath, In yesterday's frone it bl hot againat such me Wickliffe and Vallandigham whom it a of aiding the rebellion; Wat in the ene tha World itaolf qica the ceboliion by a ee ee en ee a a ee ee ee oe eS ae carrying on the war. If ignorance has led the World to adopt this course, let it correct its errors and be wiser ii future. If, however, the HWorld is trying treason, after having stufled itself’ with government ale, porter and herri let it look out for trouble ahead, take the oath of allegiance and refor Troubles in Recruiting. The President has ordered a goneral draft, to begin on the 15th inst., if the three huadred thousand troops recently called for are not re- cruited by that time, and of three bundred thou- sand additional troops. It is for the best interests of every citizen that this draft shall be rendered unnecessary by the prompt response of volun- teers. Particularly is it to be desired that the Empire State of New York shall send no un- willing soldier to the fleld, and that every man in the ranks of her regiments shall be entitled to the name of a patriot, not of a conscript: Now that we know both the work to be done and the time we have to do it in, let us fill up our quota speedily and zealously, To aid in recruiting for the New York regi- ments already in the field, the Army of the Potomac has sent us some of its best and most popular officers. Among these are Generals Meagher and Sickles, to whom we have before alluded, and now Colonel John McLeod Murphy has arrived, and asks two hundred men to fill up his gallant engineer regiment. In spite of the presence of such-ofticers as these, however, and in spite of the liberal bountics offered by the federal aud State governments, as well as hy private individuals, it is notorious that re- eruiting is not half so brisk as it should be to render a draft superfluous. There sre difficul- ties in the way of recruiting which can and must be removed, and we are sorry to say that the chief of these difficulties is in some of our cruiting officers. When a man enlists s to know something about the officers and the reputation of the regiment he is to join; something about his bounty money and his pay, and something about the services be will be called upon te perform. A recruit would be a fool to enlist without asking qnes- tions in regard to such matters as these. Yet we aye most reliably informed that the State re- cruiting ofiicers, with a few notable exceptions, answer euch questions most cavalierly aud inso- jently, aod seem to regard a parley with a per son who intends to enlist as something very minch above, or beneath, their business. If we can ascertain the names of such popinjay re- eruiting officers we shall be after them with a pen sharper than their own swords, The autho- rities who appointed them should be ashamed of theiz work; for a recruiting officer should be a gentleman of ability, tact, experience and courtesy, comprehending that hia work is most important and necessary, and prepared to con- duct it property. Another difficully in the way of recruiting is the publication of such slanderous, treasonable articles as those in which the Tribune, Post and Independent indulge. These articles assuit the President and the generala ia the field. and the iajury they do recruiting ia incalculable. Men, who have no better sense than to credit the assertions and swallow the rubbish put forth in the abolition organs. go about throw- ing aold water upon those who are willing to ewist. In public and in private alike these Jetluws talk against this general or that gene- tal, deride the idea of enlisting in this regi- ment or that regiment, declare that it is sheer stifoTde fer a man to join an army under the feadership of such a President, assure the em- tryo wocruit that before long negro regiments will be placed in the field. and that he will have to abare his tent, his blanket, his rations and bis anununition with a patriotic darkey. Sach representations are transparently and ma- liciowsly false; but they deceive and discourage many who would otherwise join the army- Whether uttered in public or private, they can and must be suppressed. No loyal man should hesitate to resent and refute such lying state- menis wherever he hears them; and if, as is currently reported, the abolition agents circu- late such stories in the vicinity of the reeruit- ing booths, we insist that the police shall arrest every such traitor and force him to enlist in the army he condemns or occupy « cell in Fort Lafayette. The newspapers which furnish the material for these discouragers of recruiting we commend to the especial attention of the government. This is no time to be mealy mouthed or light handed. Most of the aboli- tion journals have grown fat upon government patronage or government contracts, and we have a right to demand that they shall support the government, whatever its polloy, or be squelcbed as summarily as the former peace organs, These measures are necessary to remove the dificulties in the way of recruiting, and there is one other measure necessary to stimulate re- cruiting. The collectors aud surveyors of ports and the postmasters throughout the country, with every chief official of every department in every loyal State, should compel al! of their employes who are exempt from drafting to supply substitutes before the 15th inst., or re- sign their sitaations. We call upon Collector Barney, Surveyor Andrews. Postmaster Wake- man and the other federal officials in this city to inaugurate this system. The members of our State and city governments should adopt the same course. Make every clerk and em- ploye send a substitute to the war or turn him out of his situation. These men, who have lived upon and are now supported by this gov- ernment, should do something to sustain it against rebellion. Send them out as recruiting ofcers, and let them work as hard for substi- tutes as they did for their government situa- tions, and ourarmy will soon be filled to over- flowing. With every office holder thus repre- sented in the field, and with the obstacles to legitimate recruiting thus removed, drafting will be unnecessary aud our armies invincible. Gaverat, Porw’s Armr Ruousations.—A short time ago we published a letter from Cap tain Samuel Harrison, whose absence from the Army of Virginia induced General Pope to issue an order concerning him. {n that letier Captain Murvison gave the reasons for his ab- seuce, contending that his resiguation had been duly offered to his colonel and accepted. To- day we. publish a letter from General Pope bag og eo to every officer as well as Union army. Coming froin such ane per fenced and educated general officer, merits the serious attention of all our soldiers General Pope shows that a regard for proper disciy line and the true efficioncy of the amy demands that every soldier, commissioned or | not, shall be present with hia regiment while a | dango rous and watolfil foo ia in the Held ‘Phege views are quire gocredt ing tris previous order, which is of the | The War—The Administration aud the . Border Slave States. From his veto of the sweeping emancipation and confiscation edict of General Fremont in Missouri down to the late order issued through the War Department touching the employment of slaves in the army, President Lincoin, in all his acts, has faithfully labored to convince the border slave States that the great object of this war is not the extinction of slavery, but the restoration of the Union. Nor have his labors to this end been without their reward. Through this sagacious policy the well laid schemes of the secession elements in Kentucky and Missouri for dragging these two powerful slave States into the service of Jeff. Davis were defeated, and from the solid footing thus gained our Western fleets and armies have almost finished the work of putting down the rebellion, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. Thus have been cut off from the rebellion the abundant supplies of bread, beef, pork, &., of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri, upon which the rebel armies, during the first year of this war, were mainly subsisted; and “thus the inland lines of our armies of the West have been moved hundreds of miles from the Ohio river and the Missouri down into the Gulf States. Ali this, and much more, we have gained from President Lincoln’s wise and con- ciliatory course of action in regard to the bor- der slave States. Had he adopted in the out- set, or had he been subsequently drawn into, the violent measures of our abolition radicals, Kentucky and Missouri would have been turned against us by the secession faction in each of those States, and, in all. probability, we should have been to-day no farther advanced down the Mississippi than the north side of the rebel ‘or- tifications of Columbus. ‘Thus the border State policy of President Lincoln ia amply justified by its fruits. But since the dispersion of Beauregard’s army of Jorinth, and the seattoring of General Balleck’s over a wider field of operations, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri have been. and continue to be, harassed and threatened on every side by rebel guerilias. These pre- datory bands have been emboldened by the Inte events before Richmond to make another desperate effort to drag these aforesaid States into the abyss of this rebellion. The rebel vonspirators in these movements have also an active sympathizer in Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky. He bas called a special session of the State Legislature, to mect on the 15th inst.. and if Presidens Lincoln would only now push to extreme ineasures in our border slave States. iaclnding Kentucky, the Confiscation and Eman- cipation act of the late Congress, we might, before the end of Auzust, have a task prepared for us in Keutucky which would require a hun- dred thousand men to win her back to her atle- giance. But the President, wisely exercising the dis- eretion given him in the enforcement of the late acts of Congress. adheres to his border State policy of moderation and kindness. Ac- cordiagly, we have no fears of any serious con- sequences from these rebel guerillas of the West. On the contrary, while the government at Washington is directing all its energies to the paramouat work of putting down the great rebel army in Virginia, we are satisfied that the local authorities of Kentucky and Missouri will be competent to teke cure of those States, and that Governor Johnson, in Tennessce, mean- time, has a sufficient force at his service to hold his geound until we shall have settied with Jett Davis at Richmond. Such silly, weak headed old border slave State politicians, therofore, as ex-Governor Wickliffe, and such South side Northern peace democrats as Vallandigham, of Ohio, and all the mischief which they can do. will go for nothing. But those matign abolition influences are still at work which—in Congress and the Cabi_ net-—have desiroyed the plans of our hest offi. cers, and brought disaster upon our finest ar- mies. It isto these malign influences in the West and in the Rast that we would still direct the attention of President Lincoln. With all his well seasoned moderation towards the bor- der slave States, let him exercise something of old Hickory’s energy and emphasis of avtion against the disorganizers of his own party camp, and the country will cheer him on. If there are hitches and discords among the mem- bers of his Cabinet upon this everlasting negro question, which cannot otherwise be reconciled, let bim reconstruet his Cabinet, and let him do this once in every six weeks if required to make his Cabinet and his party a unit with himself, and the country will say well done. Let him put his foot down firmly against all such reck- less abolition Marplots and destructives as Se- nators Wilson, Sumner and Chandler and all their ungodly crew, and the President will soon discover beyond a doubt the real secret of the confidence in which he is held by the masses of our loyal people. Tur Wan tx tie Sournwest—The guerilla warfare in the Southwest, including Tennessee and Missouri, bas become very troublesome, and apprebensions are entertained that Kentucky will soon again be visited by the rebels. But these efforts can have no permanent influence on the fate of the war. It is true that affairs at Vicks- burg and its vicinity are not what they ought to be, and might bave been had more vigilance }and greater exertion been put forth. The ram Arkansas appears to have created a panic. But this is only a convulsive effort on the part of the rebels, With the aid of Northern me- chanics and by great energy they have suc- ceeded in building a farmidable gunboat. This proves American.ingenuity. But what will this avail againet the flect of fron-clad gunboats now being built, which will be able to sweep the Mississippi and its tributaries, to take all the seaport towns of the South, and to whip avy ficet in the world besides. Any gunboats that the rebels now possess will not be able to stand long before such an overwhelming naval force. We hold Memphis, Nashville, New Or- leans, Fernandina, Fort Paluski at Savan- nah, Beaufort, Norfolk and several ports in North Carolina. The movements of the guerillas, therefore, do not smount to anything substantial, Halleck demoralized the rebel army of Corinth, and the small bodies of marauders have no main boily to fall back upon for protection. In despite pf thom, therefore, the Army of the West will march upon Virgmia and its eapital, opening such a fire in the rear as will make it too hot to hold the rebels, snd at the same time cutting off their supplios from the South. The revel- lion being crushed in Virginia, and Richmond captured, the aotion of the guerillas ia the West wili be of small consequence, and soon thoy will be comapelled | to la, peal their arms or be oub to spot at whioh to strike is Richmond; Fare after iis fall the rebellion wiit collapse ia every Southern State, defined by the constitution? ~ oe tn titctnenenetipe intent ernie es ae OR AO blowing cold against our financial system, thus endeavoring to weaken public confidence in the government and to deprive us of the means of Tas Oaru ov Aniuounos 2.1 TEST ¥OR THR Onists.—Phe government has ve."Y properly de- cided that in this crisis, brought .00 ne ele tion and secession + ~tiors, the oth of alle- giance is the test of .yulty, and the"efore all government employes are forced to ta’ko the oath or give up their situations, The wo. kmem employed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard are 2OW having the oath administered to them, and ewer . in that government establishment we notive that a few traitors have been discovered. Now, we intend to follow the excellent example off the government. We sball appoint an early day upon which every employe of the Haranp establishment shall take the oath of allegianee to support the constitution, with all its amend- ments, as interpreted by the Supreme Conrt, the highest authority of the nation. Every om- ploye who refuses to take this oath of alle- giance shall be immediately discharged. We give fair notice, therefore, that we shall insiet upon a similar course in every newspaper office in this city and throughout the country. There j8 treason. somewhere—there is a newspaper conspiracy against the government somewhero— and we are determined that it shall be ‘rooted out. The government must hold the noses ‘of Massa Greeley and the other infornat abolitionists who conduct such papers as the Tribune, Post and Independent to: the grind- stone of the constitution. Now is the time to determine who are and who are not traitora here at the North, and the oath of allegiance ia the test for the crisis. We shall thus discever whether those abolitionists who call our con- stitution a “covenant with death and a league with Hell” will swear to support that constitu. tion; and if they refuse the oath we shall place ther where they belong. We hope that every business firm throughout the country will adopt this plan, and especially we forewarn Greeley; Brycnt, Beecher and Company that their time has come. and that they shall sail under false colors no longer. Greeiny ano tue Asonrrion Trartors.—The leaders of the abolitionists are constantly mak ing representations to the government that that disloyal faction are so strong in numbers that if the President would only adopt their policy they would join the army and soon put down the rebellion; but if he will not do that, then they will fold their arms, keep aloof, and let the Uniou perish. Greeley. for example, saya ¢ that the fighting mon of the party, who have never smelt battle, number 900,000. More shame for them. They have beon the chiet cause of the war, and they ought to do some thing to assist the nation out of its dilticultios But he says they are ready to fight if the flag of emancipation be unfurled. If there be any truth in the statement of Greeley about the numbers of the fighting. men of the abolition- ists, it would make the abolition population at least nine millions—a manifest absurdity om the face of it. The abolition voters, young and old, sick and disabled, never numbered in any election more than 300,000, all told. This was the vote cast in 1848, and the abolitionists bave not increased since. Now, not more than one- third of this number would be physically com- petent for military serviee. The question ia, would it be good policy for the government to “execrate and spit upon” the constitution, aa Greeley once told us is his habit. and risk the warm support of the millions of conservatives who are williag to fight for the Union, aa it ia The President has too much good sense and too great a rem spect for the constitution and the rights o States to take the advice of the organ of the fanatics, The Kentacky Election. Louisrrine, Ky., August 4, 1868 * ‘The ratacns thue far indicate the election of ail the the- rough Union candidates in the county election to dag. Up to ten o'clock this evening 09 reports word recaived Alleged Captare masters. ‘ Loviavitix, Ky., Auguat 4, 1862. Latest Memphis advices mention rumors prevatent there of the capture of eight federal paymasters by cia rebels at Humboldt, Tenn., including Jacob A. Camp: Gatvmer, Coon, Haana, Zonker and Hazleton, with aa aggregate of $1,800,000. Army citcles bore give these rumors no credence, ed States Pay- The Prize Steamer Memphis. ‘The Rritisu prize steamer Mempbis, captured by the Suited States gunboat Magnolia, off Charleston, Soutt Carolina, on the 3iet ult. , now lies at anchor off the Brook- iyn Navy Yard. To the superficial observer the appear- ance of the Memphis is not particularly striking, aa the symmetry of the vessel ts obscured under a thick coat of lead colored paint, ‘To the connoisseur of marine archi- teeture the case is different. In the captured steamer they vee a vessel of superior symmetry , graceful, sharp pihes, and other indications of swiftness and great speed. Indeed, the Memphis has all the architectural orpament and improvements for which the British iron v 80 justly celebrated, viz:The sharp bow, inclinod sidea and graceful round siern. Her engine in itectf ia aaa perb pieco of mechanism, works toa charm, and drives the vessel with uncommon speed. The Memphis Las good carrying capacity, and will make an excolient govera, ment freighter of troop transport. When captured Lec ship's furniture was all that could be desired for the com- fort and luxury of the officers and crew. Apropos of the capiure of the Memphis: As before stated, she waa cap- tured by the United States steamer Magnolia, herself « recently captured prize, which was on her first cruise under the federal flag, aud had been but a few days ony from this port when she had the good luck to ovorhau, this rich prize, the proceeds of which are to bo divided among a small crew. The Magnolia only sucoseded in capturiag tho Memphis by her superior spood, The Brooklyn Navy Yard. Tho work of administering the oath of allegiance to the operatives of (his naval station was resumed yesterday. Contrary to expectations, those who wore suspooted of holding scession ideas came forward manfulty, and took the outh without the slightest hesitation. A large num. ber were sworn, and all subscribed without any reserva. ion whatever. ‘Thero are upwards of twonty vessels here now, inde pendent of those on the stocks, undergoing ropairte Brery department is in full blast, and the domanas ow this yard are increasing 80 rapidly that it will be noees- Sary to tnke on # now batch of men in order to moot thom with promptoeys. At the Marine barracks there are about 200 moa on tha rolls. Yesterday Capt. Cohen reported ag executive om. cer of the barracks, and Capt, Haywood bas beon ap. pointed te the rendezvous im this city. Recruiting for the marine corps doos not progress as briskly as it should, yet there is a decided improvement the past two weeks. Young mon desirous of serving tho coum try bave greater inducements in the marine service (han in the army, for they share the prize money made hy the ships on which they are serving, Those on the Bien ville alone have now due them al 000 ovo Tue New Miran “Law. C. Root, Anthony & Co. No, 16 Nansau street, have jst published in aeat patnphiot forma the now Militia law of the State of Naw York, containing all biank forms for tolls, returns, orders, reports, &c., as required by the provisions of the Act for the onrolnent of tho militia and the orgaaiestion and discipline of the National Guard of tho State of Now York. As it also contains tho law showing those whoare exempt from military duty thore is oe doubt that thoy sands will dad it neesssary (9 purchase it. Disaster on Lake Vor? Conwonns, ‘August 4, 1862 Tho schooner Potomac, bound for Bialo, cotiidod with on voknown tog ast aight §She put in Hero with Cm magod bowl gor, and will bo towed (0 Batata, The tug Jost hor an oksalaok,