The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1862, Page 4

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The concentration of the rebel army along the line of that river and the Bapidan, and the massing of an immense Union force in front of Washington, would naturally at- tract such attention. This city was on Saturday fall of all sorts of rumors, some of which were very absurd, and the more absurd they were the more readily did they gain credence. Of course important inovements of troops are taking place in the vicinity of Washington; but at the ees accounts all was quiet along the line. Our forces are now so arranged and organized, and in such Strength, that whatever may take place, we have Bo fear of the result. The closing scenes of McClellan's army on the peninsula were of an interesting character. Not only did the Cencral succeed in getting his com- mand safely through from Harrison's Landing, but he personally superintended the movement, and was the last to leave any of the important points along the route. Secretary Seward has written a letter to the British Charge d’ Affairs to the effect that foreign- ers who have not taken out their full papers are got subject to draft. The London Times, how- ever, speculating on this question, says:—‘‘It will be impossible to extend the British egis to myri- @ds who may want its momentary protection.” In Missouri, the guerillas, who have almost had everything their own way latterly, are now being met by the vigorous measures of the ‘State mili- tary, and will soon have wholly to succumb. The fame active operations are being adopted in the neighboring States of Kentucky and Tennessee. From Cairo we learn that Hopkinsville, Ky., had been captured on Friday last by the rebel Johnson, who, with four hundred men, was march- ing on Smithland. An important military order bas been issued in New Orleans, by which all the inhabitants of that city have been deprived of their private arms, for the reason that at the battle of Baton Bouge it was discovered that numbers of the in- babitants of the latter city had been found among ithe slain on the battle field. They had joined the aebel ranks. ; ; The arrival of the Ariel from Aspinwall brings @s the intelligence that the United States gunboat Peaguin had chased a rebel steamer, gupposed to ‘We the Oveto, and had driven her on the Little Ba- thamas. The same gunboat bad chased another ®uspicious craft on to the same banks, and when the Ariel spoke her she was cruising about for the Purpose of cutting them off. ij From rebel sources we learn that the Sumter, recently captured from the rebels and transformed {nto a Union ram, grounded opposite Bayou Sara. The rebel authorities demanded her surrender; but, instead of complying with the demand, the crew and stores were removed and the vessel blown up. This report is not yet confirmed. The Kangaroo arrived off Cape Race on Friday evening and brings tidings of another correspon- dence between our Minister, Mr. Adams, and Ear! Russell. The London Times differs from Mr. Roe- buck with regard to England offering mediation in our affairs, as it “would do more harm than good.” The Daily News says that ‘Mr. Roebuck’s opinions have long since ceased to have the suallest value or interest for anybody but himself.” That jour- gal also compliments our government ‘‘for its friendly and straightforward dealings with Eng- land.” The St. Petersburg Journal atill asserts that the Russian Cabinet desires to see the present conflict ended by prudent and honorable compromise, bet oes not wish to see the country divided. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. We give this morning, in addition to what we Published in yesterday's Heraxd, despatches from Cape Race of the European news by the Kangaro, ‘whose dates are one day later than those previously received. The telegraphic synopsis will be found in another column, In another part of our paper of this morning ‘will be found the complete official list of the cx- whanges of prisoners lately effected between the Bovernmen’ and the rebel chiefs. This lst will no Houbt be to thonsands of our patriotic readers the most interesting piece of personal intelligence they have perused for some days, giving, as it does, to their relatives and friends the names of the Ballant men who are by this arrangement restored to soctoty or the service of their country. From the report we publish to-day in relation to the riot at the camp of General Spinola’s Empire Brigade, Bast New York, it appe: t the first Bocounts given of the allair were slightly exag- ” NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1862. gerated, and that the whole thing was nothing | Tennessee, cannot but result in the utmost | compared with that paid in time of peace. This: more than a drunken row, with which the bounty | good to both army and navy, and it shows difficulty had very little to do. The cartel for the exchange of prisoners, which was signed on the 22d of July, de- clares that “all prisoners of war are to be discharged on parole within ten days after their capture,” and on the 4thof August the rebel Major General Earl Van Dorn issued General Order No. 3 at Vicksburg, which states that that the government are awake to the ne- cersities of the times. The activity in our naval department, also, by which we shall have a new Geet of iron-clad gunboats launched with- in sixty days, unparalleled in the world, and the probable withdrawal of the heavy sailing vessels from the service, and the transfer of “hereafter all prisoners taken from the enemy | their veteran crews to our light gunboats and will not be paroled.’ Who violated the cartel? iron-clads, where they can do terrible damage At the general election which takes place im} to the enemy, all go to show that the govern- this State onthe 4th of November next there are to be chosen:— A Governor, in the piace of Edwin D. Morgan. . Lieutenant Governor, in the place of Robert Camp- ‘A Canal Commissioner, in the place of William 1. Skin- ner. An Inspector of State Prigons, in place of David P. Forrest. ment are resolved to bring matters to an issue promptly, and, we trust, successfully, The Southern leaders know this, and they are saza- cious enough to observe that time is all im- portant to them—that the crisis is upon them— and hence the concentration of their armies in ‘A Clerk of the Court of Appeals, in the place of Charles | Virginia, and the strategic measures by which Hughes. Also representatives in the Thirty-cighth Congress of the United States and members of the State Assembly. General Wilcox, who returned with General Corcoran to Washington from his long captivity at the South, has been the recipient of most flat- tering popular demonstrations on his route to the West. He is a forcible and eloquent speaker, and they hoped to divide the forces of Generals Pope and McClellan and cut off each in detail— @ movement which happily failed, though bold- ly planned. The activity of the government at Washing- ton is still further demonstrated by the frequent his remarks to the people at the various railroad | captures of late of steamers bringing aid and stations where he has had to address them are | comfort to the rebels from foreign ports, Said to have had an electrical effect. We under- stand that preparations are being made for ex- through the treachery of pretended neutrals. Thus large quantities of arms, intended for the tending to this distinguished officer a noteworthy rebels, fell into our hands—weakening the reception in the city of Detroit next Wednesday. ; enemy and strengthening ourselves. Such Every able-bodied male between the ages of * m‘asures have been now adopted with regard eighteen and forty-five, in Ohio, is subject to draft. There is no State law exempting any one. General Corcoran’s and General Wilcox’s back will be able to leave Nassau and enter South- pay, by reason of their commissions dating July 21, 1861, will amount to $4,205. ? The New York Central Railroad Company pro- | may refer to the wholesome policy inaugurated pose to raise a full regiment from among their employes along the Hne of the road. The regi- ment will be fully equipped at the expense of the | the Gulf States, by opening the way to a re- company and presented to the government. The steamers Emily and cargo and Ladona and cargo were condemned as prizes in Philadelphia, on the 22d inst. The Ninth New Hampshire regiment and the Eighteenth Maine will be in this city to-morrow. The quota of New Jersey to fill up the old re- giments is three thousand nine hundred. The first batch of rebel prisoners left Camp | There the guerilla bands have recently assumed Morton, Indianapolis, for Vicksburg on the 22d | g more hostile and annoying attitude. Loud in inst., and one thousand were to depart each day | threats, but comparatively insignificant in ac- thereafter until the whole number were ex- changed. The time for making the draft has been post- poned in Indiana, by order of Gov. Morton, to the 15th of September. Why cannot Gov. Morgan do | mischief which they work ia, after all, only local, the same thing in this State, by which time the whole quota will be full? It is understood by the State authorities in | viduals suffer from their raids both in life and Albany that one hundred and twenty thousand property, but it is only the annoyance which a men from New York will cover both calls of three hundred thousand men each, and dlso fill up the old regiments. Stocks openca weak on Saturday, but closed strong. At the board there was a decline of 3 per cent in government sixes, and 3481 per cent in the leading | Western country, and its inhabitants left to railway shares; but this decline was afterwards fully recovered. Moaey was easy at4 percent, Exchange dull at I Gold sold at 11534 The cotton market was more active on Saturday, and prices we on the basis of 46%Zc. 2 47c. for middling uplands. The advance in freights tended to depress the market for | the desperation of the rebels alike indicate this breadstuils. Flour was heavy and easier for common aad medium grades, while high qualities of extra were un- changed. The transactions were moderate, in great part to the home trade. Wheat was heavy, and sales were restricted by the rise in freights, while prices for common and medium grades favored purchasers, Corn was heavy and rather lower and less active. The sales embraced new and old mixed, the lat- ter, part in store, at 5%. a 60c. Pork was less buoyant, but more abtive, with sales of mess at $11 95 a $12, and | may look for stirring scenes between Wash- of prime at $10 1234 a $10 25. The govornment contract for provisions was quoted as follows, via:—For pork, mess, 9,000 bbis. at $12 25 a $12 50: prime, 1.200 bbis. at $11 873<; beef, mess, 2,500 bbis. at $13 94 a $14 34; Dacon, 300,000 Ibs. at $7 20 a $7 75 per 100 lbs. Sugars were less active, while prices, though some less buoyant, | he War in Its Financial and Commer- Were without quotable change, while the sales embraced about 200 hhds. Coffee was steady. A sale of 126 mats of Java was made at 26'c., and 200 bagr St. Domingo were made at 2lc. a 21 gc. Freights were firmer; wheat, im bulk and ships’ bags, was engaged for Liverpool at 144. and flour at 3s. 9d. The Crisis of the Rebcllion—The Efforts of the Rebels and the Energy of the Government. The public mind has been experiencing con- siderable anxiety for the past week in conse- | form more correct estimates of their probable quence ofthe various rumors afloat relative to | result. Our own eyes had been blinded, our the movements of our armies and the threaten- ing aspect which the rebel generals have of | future blunted, by the frequent occurrence of These features of the cam- | unfriendly debate and murderous threats. We paign, it is true, are calculated to awaken fresh | had believed for so long a time that our go. interest in the progress of both armies, but | vernment was too good, our laws too just, and they indicate pretty clearly that a great crisis | our advantages too apparent, to allow of a dis- late assumed. is come for the rebel cause, and that the begin- ning of the end of the strife is near at hand. The recent proceedings of the rebel Congress, and the message of Jeff. Davis threatening re- taliation and cruelty for inhumanities falsely | bellion caused more surprise to ourselves than alleged to have been perpetrated by our army, are but evidences ef desperation which bespeak | been in full diffidence in the prospect before them. They | have been the wonder of the world. Our are but the efforts of a drowning man | immense resources, our untold wealth, the The message of | unexampled patriotism of our people, were all even | unknown or unappreciated facts by the people grasping at a straw. Davis, although tart and bitter to savageness, and boastful withal, still by ‘hes the tone of one for whom the safety of himself and his associate leaders is staked upon | willingness to devote their time, their money one last great struggle. Then the foolish boast of the Southern press that a quarter of a mil- lion more men are to be raised in the Southern | greatest surprise which we have caused is, per- States, while we know by the census returns | haps, that the immense sums of money requi- that rebeldom has been drained of almost its last fighting man. All these facts prove that | of that in which we are engaged should be the present position of the enemy is most criti- cal, and that he is hastening to an issue which perhaps one grand battle will decide. The call of President Lincoln for 600,000 fresh men, and the response it has met with, startles the South. This call really means 700,000; for the return of convalescents and | free from the imposition of taxes, is about to absentees to their respective regiments will add | submit, willingly, to the burden of taxation that difference to our army. This measure has | necessary for the support of our government. convinced the rebel chiefs that our government | A gigantic debt has been incurred; but is in earnest, and that no time is to be lost if} the people have determined that the inte- they would make 9 stand now with any pros-| rest thereon shall ever be promptly paid, pect of success against an army which, ine few | and that the debt itself shall before many days, will number a millien and a quarter of soldiers. The more desperate, then, the cause | has been furnished by our own countrymen ex- of the rebels, the more dangerous do they be- or, with sales of 1700 bales, closing sti | that the final issue of this great war is drawing to our cruisers that no more contraband vessels ern harbors, In addition to those points already cited we by the government in Louisiana, which cannot fail to produce tho most beneficial effects in all newal of commerce and inspiring hope and confidence, not only in the Union men, but in many of the hitherto recusant people. The exigencies of the rebel cause which have stimulated their armies in Virginia to make a desperate move have operated in like manner, though with less important effect, in the We tion, they are still a source of great trouble and suffering in the small villages, and do much da- mage to unprotected railroad bridges. But the and its result can have no permanent effect upon the general cause. Itis true that indi- patient has to endure in fever. It will soon pass away; for although the marauders may have free swing for a while, yet when the proper time comes they will be all swept out of the pursue their avocations in peace. Looking at the condition of the country in all its present aspects, we think it is apparent near. The vigor of our own government and fact. While our army is being increased by tens of thousands every day, the enemy has concentrated nearly his whole resources in Vir- ginia for a deadly trial. Delay, while it gives strength to us, is certain ruin to him; for it in- sures an opposing force which, by its very weight, must overwhelm him. Thus, then, we ington and Richmond. A week, nay, a day, may decide the fate of the rebels and see treason over-ridden by the victorious armies of the republic. cial Relations. The course of events in the United States during the past year and a half has excited amazement in all parts of the world. The fact of a rebellion having arisen did not cause in the minds of foreigners so much surprise, perhaps, as it did in our own. Ata great distance from the scene of the quarrels which so often arose between the sections of our land, they could sense of danger overcome, our fears for the ruption of the Union, that we could not imme- diately accept the new order of things and realize that a gigantic rebellion was inaugirat- ed. It is therefore proper to say that the re- to any one else. But since the war has and deadly operation we of other lands. No people have ever displayed a more hearty and their lives to the cause of country than have the citizens of the United States. The site to carry on a campaign of the magnitude forthcoming; that a financial system entirely new jn this country, and one year since not dreamed of, should have been so successfully inaugurated. Within the past year our national debt has increased enormously. The nation, heretofore be cancelled. The money loaned clusively, foreign people having neyer been come in the present crisis, and they must be | solicited for the smallest sum. In this lies one met in the same spirit. Reinforcements must | part of our strength; for patriotism and the continue to be poured down upon the armies | sense of right will cause the government to of the Potomae and the Rappahannock, and | carcfully provide means for the payment of those into Kentucky and Tennessee, and @ vigorous | who have 60 patriotically aided it in its time policy must be followed up. It is encouraging to see that the government of need. The debt incurred is one bearing an interest greatly inferior to that which, before comprehends the crisis, and that its action be- } the rebellion, was paid on every loan obtained. tokens decision, promptitude and vigor. This is | Then we thought that six per cent was a mode- manifested in various ways and in both branches of the service. The system of promotion for bravery in the field and patriotic bearing in captivity adopted in the cases of Generals Cor- coran and Wilcox; the recognition of valor in the promotion of Commander Porter to bea Commodore for destroying the rebel ram Ar- kansas, and of Commodores Farragut and Foote to be Admirals for their gallant actions in the Gulf aud on the Mississippi and rate sum to pay, and it was found necessary at one time to give double that rate in order to obtain the money of which the government was in need. But the people have so readily ab- sorbed the notes, without any interest whatever, issued since the rebellion was inaugurated, that the average interest on our entire debt is now So here we have the strange anomaly of the payment, in lime of war, of sa interest exceedingly small as not a fraction over three per cent. toa when public confidence has been constantly exposed to violent shocks and public faith often shaken. The nation is in earnest when it so liberally contributes its treasure and its life blood to the cause. . Our commerce, too, has been, during the war, in a most prosperous condition. Our sails still whiten every sea, and bear to us the products of every land. At the beginning of our troubles the importations of the country de- ereased rapidly; but as soon as the war was really commenced and the patriotism of the country was fairly aroused they again reached their ordinary limit. In consequence the go- vernment has been enabled to receive a large revenue from duties, and has been encouraged to pass laws from the operation of which still more will be derived. But many feared that such large importations would be exceedingly disadvantageous, inasmuch as they would cause a great expenditure of the wealth of the coun- try, and constantly draw away from us the gold which we need. But we have been unusually favored. The crops of the Northern and West- ern States have been abundant, and from our surplus stores we have sent across the sea the grain and food which Europe could not raise. With this we have paid our debts, in a great measure. Thus we see that, though engaged in a war, the most bloody and desperate ever waged, we have still enjoyed a great, an unexampled de- gree of prosperity. If our national vitality be 80 great in times ef war, will we not, by our life, spirit and enterprise, cast into the shade every other nation on the face of the globe when peace again blesses our native land? of Danger and the Hoar of Safety. Has there been a general battle in Virginia, on the line of the Rappahannock, within the last twenty-four hours? Has the enemy suc- ceeded in crossing that stream and in turning the right wing of General Pope?—or have the rebels been repulsed, or are they still manceuvering on the south side of the river and feeling along its banks for some weak point at which to cross? Upon the answer to these questions depends the safety of Washington or the speedy suppression of this rebellion. It appears that “fighting of a desultory character has been going om for several days past;” that “the enemy has been repulsed at all points by our batteries, but not without some loss of artilierymen and horses.” Best of all is the news that the bulk of the army of General McClellan has arrived at Aquia creek (near Fredericksburg), and his forces are now within supporting distance of those of Pope and Burnside, and that in the aggregate they constitute a far more formidable army than that of McClellan at the opening of the seven days’ battles in front of Richmond. If, therefore, there has been a general engagement on the Rappahannock within the last twenty-four hour we have every reason to believe that it has resulted in an important Union victory; but if there has been no engagement thus far of any moment, then we may congratulate the country that the crisis of danger is past, that the hour of safety has dawned upon our army, and that a terrible and irresistible rebound against the insolent enemy will not long be de~ layed. From the facts and reports before us we conclude that there has not been any en" gagement with General Pope of any import- ance down to the latest news from his army. The heaviest columns of the rebels ap- pear to be moving up near the foot hills of the Blue Ridge against the right wing of General Pope, as if for the double pur- pose of flanking him in that direction and crossing “‘ the Ridge” by way of Sper- ryville into the Shenandoah valley. Their programme would thus seem to be the division of their forces into two columns should a trial with General Pope justify it—one column to move down by way of Manassas to menace Washington in front, while the second pushes down the Shenandoah valley under Stonewall Jackson for a dash into Maryland. Thus, with the defeat of Pope, the relative positions of the two armies would probably be very soon sub- stantially the same, from Harper’s erry to Manassas, as they were at this time a year ago. but, if General Pope to this day has not been called upon to grapple with a superior force, or, if called upon to fight, he has repulsed the enemy in an important engagement, we may safely conclude that Jackson will be denied the pleasure of another dash down upoa Har- per’s Ferry, and that General Lee will soon be compelled to turn his back upon the Rappa- hbaanock. q It is difficult to understand how a rebel army of one hundred and fifty or two hundred thou- sand men could have moved up by this time, in the rear of Pope, from Gordonsville-to the Upper Rappahannock, if we take into the esti- mate the important items of subsistence and transportation. “An army,” says Frederick the Great, “is like a snake ; it moves upon its belly.” The country north of Gordonsville has been drained of its supplies, and beyond their railroads the means of transportation possessed by the rebels are extremely timited. Undoubtedly Gen. Pope has broken up the numerous bridges on the railway behind him, and thus in the work of repairs for the purposes of subsistence Gen. Lee would be necessarily checked in his pursuits for several days. Hence we conclude there has been no important en- gagement with Gen. Pope, from the inability of the enemy to bring forward their army, and that by this time our forces on the Rappahan- nock are amply prepared and strengthened at all points to baffle and defeat the approaching enemy. Gen. Hatleck has accomplished s most diffi. cult and dangerous undertaking. Between our two armies of McClellan and Pope lay a rebel army at Richmond twice the strength of either, The object was to bring round the army of McClellan over two hundred miles by water to junction with Pope before the rebels could take the hint and cross over their whole force by railroad, sixty or seventy miles to the Rap- panannock, and cut Pope to pieces and push into Washington. Secondly, there was the danger to be avoided of the destruction of McClellan in the midst of the work of his evacuation. The diversion of Pope towards Gordonsville saved McClellan from an attack, although it increased the danger of the destruo- tion of Pope. But MoCleilan, nevertheless, has, by bis skilful arrangements, disappointed the enemy, and has effected his junction with Pope in the nick of time. veterans too formidable in numbers and too Thus Gen. Lee is confronted by an army of strong in their position to be assailed at a ven- ture, but rendered stronger every hour and at every point by incoming reinforcements, With the cool and sagacious Hallock at Washington as superintending General-in-Chief, and with such officers, tried in the fire, as McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Banks, Sigel, McDowell, Fitz Jobn Porter, Heintzelman, Sumuer, Kearney, Keyes, Hooker, &c., to execute the work ia the field, our combined armies of the Potomac and of Virginia may be relied upon from this day a8 fully equal to the task of disposing of a rebel army of either one hundred and fifty or two hundred and fifty thousand men, Before the end of the week our forces in Vir- ginia and along the Potomac will probably be hard upon three hundred thousand men. Let us make it fully that number, so that before the end of the month we may see the end of the last desperate struggle of this sinking rebel- lion. A New Prosect-—Recrvrrine on THE Srumy.— General Walbridge, whose position as @ Union man is well known from his speeches published in our columns, is about,to proceed to the West to stump for recruits for the war. The General was always of opinion that we never had half enough of men in the field, and it is well known that he made representations to that effect at Washingywn in the beginning of this war, and contended that we wanted at least a million of troops; but the War ° ment did not comprehend the magnitude . struggle in which we were engaged. General Walbridge was a brigadier many years ago, and he takes the stump because he thinks he can serve his country best in that way. He is a good speaker, and there is no doubt that his addresses in the Western country will be at- tended with great effect. Now, some two hundred brigadier generals have been appointed by Mr. Lincoln since the beginning of the struggle for the Union. More than two-thirds of them know nothing about war and are not fighting men. They are talkers—men of words. The best disposition to be made of these is to send them over every part of the country to recruit on the stump—there will be ample scope for their talents—and let the remaining third part stay with the army to fight—men like Sickles and Meagher, who have shown the way how to stump for recruits, and have now returned to their commands to lead them to death or victory. Among the speak- ing brigadiers is Cassius M. Ciay, who will do wguch better service on the stump than else- where. Then there is Carl Schurz, who is no fighting man—wheo was onty an orator even in “faderiand.” He is wonderfully voluble. Let him be sent out to raise recruits among the Teutons. He will earn his pay in this manver and swell the ranks of the “Hessians.” Another min of the same stamp is Dick Busteed, whose Milesian name would be more appropriate it the final “ed” were cut off and an “r” substi- tuted. He is a prodigious “buster.” He is just the mght kind of recruiting sergeant, and can accomplish great things among the sons of tlhe Emerald Isle. Let him go to work in earnest and raise not merely oue, but half a dozen brigades. Another general who ougit to go forth to raise troops for the war is Gen. Wil-on, Senator of Massachusetts. He will be at home among the abolitionists of New England, native and to the manor born. It is well known he is no fighting man. He unfortunately advised the reduction of our army by 150,90) men when it would have been the hizhest wisdom to have increased it by that number. Let him make amends now by entering upon a recruiting mis- sion as a stump speaker, and raising even one- third of 150,000, aud his grave offence ugainst the republic may be yet forgiven, and forgotten. Let one hundred and fifty moge: of the briga- diers who know nothing about fighting, but have great experience in taiking, and not a few of them in blowing and pufling, take the field in acampaign of recruiting, fram which far more beneficial services will foltow than any they are likely to render in battle-array. In talk they may give an equivalent for a brigadier's salary. From the teated field and the shock of arms they are well away. Their forte does not lie in that direction, and their services would be dear at any price. Better to-pay them for their absence—doing nothing. Let them, there- fore, be put to the use for which their nature and habits have fitted them, and. let the men of deeds take their place at the head. of our gal- lant troops. On the stump the talkers would be in their element; in battle they would be only like so many fish out of water. With such a host of declaimers--each of them almost equal to Peter the Hermit, Jaunch- ing into the North, and East and West—an army would be speedily enrolled which would be sure to put down the rebellion before the first frost. Rerease or Srark Prisonzrs-—It appears that Phumb, the first abolitionist. arrested for disloyal sentiments, has been released on giv- ing pledges of good behavior in the future. He was liberated, probably, because he was teo insignificant to. be retained in custody. But no sooner does*he obtain his liverty than he comes out with an impudent card, admitting he gave pledges of loyalty, but explaining them away and repeating the same obnoxious and seditious sentiments for which he was in- carcerated. We also learn that the editors and proprietors of @ Harrisburg paper have beep released from the prison imtire Old Capitol, as it turns out that the placard printed at their offiee was a mere joke, which was got up by a reporter and one or two apprenticed printers. It is certainly high time to discharge such offenders as these when Horace Greeley and Wendel! Phillips continue: to go at large. There are other prisoners to be released, and among them we haye reason to believe, from what we learn from New Orleans and elsewhere, will be Mr. Sowle, who was sent here by the order of Gea. Butler. It appears, from the report of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, that there is not sufficiont evidence to. hold Mr. Soule, and that this is.one of the asts of Gen. Butler which, though well meant, have been searcely discreet. The seizure of the funds in the possession of the foreign Consuls at New Orleans is another act which cannot be fully justified by the law of nations, and is rescinded by the government. On the arrival of General Dix to take his place General Butler will re- turn, and Mr. Soule, who was always a Union man and opposed to Slidell, and only gave his adhession to the cause of secession when he could no longer resist with safety, will proba- bly proceed to New Orleans, where he has great influence, and embark in the work of restoring the State of Louisiana to the Union upon proper grounds. There is very little doubt that, with the judicious aid of General Dix and! the new Provisional Goveruor, Mr. Reverdy Johneon, he will be completely suc- cessful in his vatrintic undertaking, ‘Tux leon Massacnes.—The recent horrible atrocities committed by the Indians in Minne- sota say little for the poficy which our govera- ment has for more than balf a century pursued in their regard. Enormous sums have, during that period, been spent in annuities to the red men, in the building of forts and in the em- ployment of our whole army on the frontier; and yet notwithstanding all this we have again an outbreak compared to which the massacre of Wyoming and al! other similar eatastrophes recorded in our history fade into insignificance. Is it straining a point when we say that we owe this dreadful occurrence to the rebelo? In his message to the Richmond Congress Jeff. Da~ vis lays particular stress on the loyalty of the Indians to the Confederate government. There is but little doubt, therefore, that the devilish spirit that instigated this wholesale massacre of an unoffending population could bave beon re- strained, if indeed it was not prompted, by him or his agents. And yet this is the man who, by the most shameful perversions of truth, seeks to saddle upon our government the charge of carrying on the war in a spirit of barbarism an® in a manner contrary to the usages of civilined® countries; this, too, in the face of the fact that he has inaugurated a system of wholesale mur- der and brigandage in the organization of guer- illa bands, whom Napoleon declared to be be- yond the palo of civilized warfare, and bungan@ shot accordingly. History will judge between us as to which side has adhered most strictly to the dictates of humanity and established precedents in the conduct of the war. In the meanwhile this unprovoked massacre of our citizens in Minnesota cries aloud for vengeance. Apprenenvep Scarcity or Lasor.—Fears are expressed by some of our contemporaries that heavy losses will be occasioned to our farmers in the grain growing regions out West by the scarcity of labor that will be caused by the large drafts made on our population for the army. sone inconvenience will of conrse re sult from them, but it will be only temporary. Foreign immigration will very soon supply the places of those who are called off te serve the government. An impulse has recently beem given to emigration from Ireland and Germany by the fact that this drain is being made on the ,abor market. As soon as it is more generally known abroad that laborers are in demand here at highly remunerative wages, and that aliens can under no circumstances be compelled to serve in the army, this industrial hegira wilt ake a development equal to that of any former period since 1847. We have no-apprekensions, therefore, that a scarcity of labor will make it- self loug felt. Weare differently situated im this respect from. other nations; for what we lose in one way we are sure to have rapidly filled up in another. Tax Brrree Frors or Tae Decistation ow Concress.—Among the bitter fruits of the siMy legislation of the last Congress is the exaspera- tion of the whole Southern people, as evinced in the message of Jeff. Davis and the violent. proceedings in the rebel Congress threatening ineasures of retaliation, which will probably convert the war into one of ruthless barbariam unworthy of the present age and disgraceful. to an enlightened Christian people. From pre- sent appearances-the war in. the future seema likely to rival the butcheries and atrocities of the French Revolution, the perusal of which even at thie distant time causes one’s bloed te run cold. Obituary. SKETCH OF TUE LATE REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE CAMP BELL READ, UNITED STATES NAVY. Rear Admiral George Campbell Read, United States Navy, who died in Philadelphia on the 22d inst., waa born im Ireland, and entered the navy of the United States on the 2d of April, 1604. His commission-.ew lieutenant was dated on the 25th of April, 1810; in the- year 1814 he stood number ten ou the list of lieutenants, ‘and was attached to the brig Chippewa on the Mediterra-- nean station. In 1827 his name stood number tweaty- nine on the list of captains, which ranis-be-held to withia. ten days ot bis death, when, by the late aot of Congress,. he was promoted to the grade of rear admiral on the re- tired list. In 1832 Admiral Read commanded the frigate Constels lation on the Mediterranean station; in 1940 he had hie- broad peonant.on board the frigate Columbia as- Commodore of the East India squadron. Im 1846 he had his broad pennant on board ther frigate United States as Commodore of the African, and afterwards of the Mediterranean, squedree.. @his was his lust cruise, being, by the action of the first: — Board, in 1859, pl on the list of retired cap- tains. ‘The Navy Register of 1861 gives him twenty-three. years and eleven months sea service, six.years and months shore or other duty, and twentywix years six months unemployed. Admiral Read figured conspicuously during the last war with Great, Britain. He wok ‘tin several actions, among them the capture of the British. frigate Guerriere: by the United states frigate Constitution, and his conduct was benorably noticed on that occasion. His death oo- curred ficty years and three duys afterwards, the action. having bees ‘ought August 19, 1812. He -vasa gallant offi. cer aud courteous gentiemau, aud a man of cot persunal appearance. He was exceedingly particular re- garding etiquette, aud had great respect for rank, apd. his reputation. in the service was that. of a severe dis- ciplinarian, but very just with ail. TheAdmiral retained through Life a strong brogue, aud mauy amusing stories. wre told of him, iu whieb the Lrishiman forms the veut part. Gue of them, familiar to almost every officer of the United States Navy, is characteristic of the .maa, aad we givett:— On one occasion, when in command of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia, he was travelling between Baltimore and the latter city, aud in the cars made. the acquaintance of" 4 young gentieman, whose appearance and convorsation. pieased him. Ou arriving at ’hiladelphia they parted, the Admiral expressing himself much gratified and desiring a contimutuce of the aequaintance. ‘the next morn: the Admiral was seated in his oice, when whe shou! enter but the friend of the day before in the un:‘erm of & passed intushipman, for the purpose of reporting far duty. ‘The Admizal looked up, astonished ; and, after ®& panse, remarked , -* Be jabs ouly « passed micabipman? Sure, andl thought you were a diplomat.” Admiral Read married a daughter of Commedare sisier of Kuward C. Dale, kaq., of Philadelphie, whe sat> vives.bim. He leaves ne children. ‘The Bece ption of Captain John Downey. MIS ARRIVAL IN NEWARK—THE YIREMEN’S PARADE, Captain John Downey, of the First regiment Fire Zounves, reached Newark early om Sunday morning, and under egeort of a special committee was quartered at the First Ward Hotel, where he will remain until noon,to, day. The Fire Department intend giving him a grand' reception. About two thousand are expested to join inj the ovation. Qwing to the into hour at which he, will orrive, the city pong he gpgeesS it 5 — to change Toute, w: a as follows:—y Up Cortiindt sirsot to Broadway, up Broadway to Grand ‘street, through Grand street to the ee dept myctegnal bag ov Baion square, down, way to yr atroet, down Bloecker street to Carmina: street, through Carmine street to Hudnon street, up Hud son street to Christopher street, where they will counter. march and dismiss. Kogine Cog a No. 34, Andrew Hotley, Foreman, avd tho Kighth Precinct Police, under a im Te Oe of oe w compan! will assembie on Parade Ground at three o'clock, Chief Eugincer oba. Decker acting as Grand Marshal, assisted by the Board of Assintant Engineers. of Colonel George 7. Roberts, of Seventh Vermont Regiment. Tho remains of this galiant officer, who fell at the head of his regiment in the recent battle at Baton Rouge, ar- rived in New York on Saturday evening, on the steamer Blackstone, (rom New Orleans, having been embalmed ara sent home by the officers of his command, who were de votedly attacked tobim Col. Roberts? brother-in Iawa= Gen. H. A. Baxter, of Rutland, Vt.—who has been im this city for several days, awaiting the arrival of the remains, in company with Cod Howe, State Agent of Vermont; Mr Holbrook, son of the Governor of that Stute: Major George Brown, the ‘ econ iiee of it to a private house, where it will be p parture to Vermont on Monday, byt train. A deputation of the Sons of England Association will accompany Lhe Hudson River Raiiroas { é ' j