The New York Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1862, Page 4

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BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Granp Acusnts—Leamyen Bax, Ac., at all hours. Coacve Mar- RL. afternoon and even: BRYANTS' MINSTRELS’ Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad: sHOPTAN BONGS, BURLESQUES, DaNcks, £0.—Tur LACK DRIGADE, CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 585 B =) Gonos, Danoxs, &c.—Tur Moxxy. sa as a WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 51 Bi =| Seman Baten aetna roadway.—Ersiorian HITCHCOCK'S THEATRE AND @treet.—SCEN&S AT THE ACAD MUSIC HALL, Canal Papo¥ Mites’ Boy. GAIRTIES CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway.—Drawixe Roow Exrenrainwents. PARISIAN CABINET @pen dally from 10 A. M. — THE SITUATION. The particulars of the advance of the rebel forces upon Frederick City, the present capital of Maryland, are given to-day. It appears that they crossed the Potomac at three different places @bove and below Point of Rocks. It is said that the occupying force numbers five thousand, under General Hill. Reports from Sykesville, Maryland, State that fully thirty thousand rebels have crossed the river near Point of Rocks and Nolan's Ford, and were assembling at Pooles- ville. The railroad track between Frederick Junction and Harper's Ferry is said to have been broken up by the rebels, thus cutting off connection with the latter point. Part of the troops advancing on Frederick turned off at Buckeyetown in the direction of the road to"Wash- ington, on the turnpike to Baltimore. The city of Frederick is now placed under the charge of Pro- vost Marshal Bradley P. Johnson. The rebel troops are encamped at Winan’s Woods, about a mile beyond the city, their pickets extending seven miles towards Hagerstown. ‘The rebels took possession of all the shoes, clothing and Other articles from the stores in Frederick, pay- ing for them, it is said, in Confederate scrip, of course. The news from the army in Virginia is interest- ing, and may be of vital importance to the future of this struggle. Major General Pope has been relieved from the command of the Army of Vir- ginia, aud has been assigned to the command of the Department of the Northwest—that is to say, west of the Mississippi. It is said that his late command has been consolidated with that of General Burnside, and ef course fails into line ander General McClellan's command. General McDowell has been granted leave of absence for fifteen days—for what specific purpose is not made known to the public. General Reno takes his place. These are but facts which we fore- shadowed in these columns some time ago. Now that our army is so well organized for stir- ring movements, it is to be hoped that our fleets will keep a sharp lookout at the mouths of the James and Mississippi rivers--the former especial- ly. No want of vigilance should permit any disas- ter to occur at these points. The gallant officer now in command at the mouth of the James should keep a careful watch upon the rebel gunboats— Merrimac No. 2 particularly—which may make an attempt to come down the river. General Julius White despatches to General Wool, at Baltimore, the account of a fight near Martinsbarg, with four hundred rebel cavalry whom he defeated, taking fifty prisoners and killing seve" tal. His own loess was only two killed. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, is taking vigorous measures to protect that State from the advance of the rebels, should they be rash enough make it, by sending all the troops at Harris- arg to the Cumberland Gap, and posting men all Jong the southern border. * The War Department has just issued an order stating that the quota of volunteers and enrol- ment of militia having been completed in the poveral States, the necessity for stringent enforce- meot of the orders of the War Department in re- spect to volunteering and drafting no longer ex- tote. Affairs in the Southwest look well. The order suspending business in Cincinnati bas been rescinded, and the panic there has considerably abated. The rebels, ander Gen. Heath, of South Carolina were reported to have passed Boyd's Btation, on the Lexington and Covington Railroad yesterday, and were probably at Williamstown Biteen miles from the latter city, last night. Gen Wallace commands the defences at Covington, with a strong force. Reports reached Louisville yesterday that the Union forces, very small ln pumbers, at Salt River Bridge, twenty miles from Louisville, were driven back by eo large force of rebel cavalry and ar- tillery, and that three bridges over Benson creek, on the Fraokfort Railroad, had been burned by the Poemy. Despatches from the same place recount p gallant encounter with the rebels at Morgans- Weld, Ky., by Col. Shackleford, in which he defeat ed them, burning their camps and guns, aad falling back in good order. The statement of the Grenada Appeal of the Rah Wie rebel “er conepicnque [or it idis NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1862, ramors—which we alluded to afew days to the effect that the forts “below New Orleans,” meaning, of course, Forts St. Philip and Jackson, had surrendered to a fleet of rebel gunboats, and which we then declared to be not only untrue but impossible, is now positively contradicted by the news of the steamship Fulton, which arrived at this port on Saturday from New Orleans, and passed the forts referred to late on the night of the 28th without noticing any change whatever in them. The transport Arago, Captain Henry A. Gads- den, arrived yesterday from Fortress Monroe, whence she left at nine P. M. Friday, September 5. She is consigned to Col. D. D. Tompkins, Assistant Quartermaster General, United States Army. The Arago brings ninety-six released rebel prisoners, all of whom were captured at the late battles in Virginia and have since taken the oath of alle- giance to the United States government, refusing to be exchanged. We have later intelligence from Cuba, by the brig Francis J. King, Captain Furber, which ar- rived here yesterday, confirming our previous re- ports of the presence of the rebel privateer Oreto, or Florida (aa she is now called), in the port of Cardenas. It will be remembered that this is the vessel which recently left the port of. Nassau. She is said to have a crew of fifty men, and is in- tended to carry eight guns. Her commander is John N. Maffit, son of the famous Methodist parson, John Newland Maffit. A Spanish war steamer had been sent from Havana to watch her movements. The American naval force at Key West had also been apprised of her presence at Cardenas; and as she is reported as requiring re- pairs, and would not leave for several days, unless ordered off by the authorities, the impression was that she would not be able todo much damage before being overhauled by some of our cruisers. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A despatch from Calais, Me., states that the Norwegian has passed Cape Race, with later news from Europe. Owing to the non-working of the telegraph lines East we are unuble to lay this news before our readers this morning. The annual election will take place to-day in Maine. There are three candidates for Governor in the field, of the same political stripe as those who were run in 1861. The republicans are united upon Israel Washburne, Jr., and will re-elect him by @ large majority to the executive chair, The Union and war democrats, in order to preserve the party from utter ruin, have maintained their organization, and put forward again Gen. Charies D. Jamison, without, however, any hope of suc- cess, but merely to keep the machine from rust- ing. The copperhead democracy, or disorgan- izers, are running Bion Bradbury, on whom the secession strength of the State will be exhibited. The vote last year, for Governor, was as fol- lows:— Israel Washburne, Jr., republican...... Charles D. Jamison, Uniou democrat. 21,119 Johu W. Dana, copperhead democrat... . ..19,363 Five members of Congress are also to be elected. In consideration of the number of volunteers furnished already by Kansas, the government will not order a draft in that State. The active members of the Fire Department in Massachusetts have been exempted from the draft by order of the Governor, Justices of the peace, however, of whom thgre are about eight thousand in the State, must take their chance in the wheel. Representaiives from the various express com- panies in the Northern States met in convention at Chicago on the 2d inst., to confer on matters pertaining to the interests of the companies. The meeting was private. Vermont only requires one hundred and fifty volunteers te fill her quota of three years men. Affairs on the Eastern shore of Virginia are ina quiet state. The secessiouists have recently be- come a little bold in their assertions; but they do not seem inclined to commit any overt acts. The tugboat Union exploded her boiler at Chi- cago on the 2d inst., instantiy killing Thomas 8. Boyd, Timothy Daly and George W. Grierson, and severely injuring Captain Dall and Charles Hard- ing. The boat sunk, aad will sustain a loss of ten thousand dollars. The State bounty, which ceased for recruits iu new regiments on Saturday, will continue to be paid to volunteers for the oid regiments. The Board of Assessors of St. Louis have de- termined to assess the secesh office belders of that city the full amount of thei: Colonel Root, of the Ninety- fourth New York Volunteers, who was wounded twice in the late battles at Manassas, is now in Alexandria, doing well. He says the losses in his regiment were one hundred and fourteen killed and wounded and forty-four missing. The color bearers were shot down three times, and fifteen bullet holes were found in the colors. ‘The stock market was quite dull on Saturday , but prices were % to { percent better. Both bulls and bears were very cautious i@ their movements. Gold declined to 118 5¢ a %. Exchange was beld at 130. Money was freely offered at 6 percent on call. Of specie we exported $555,000. ‘The usual trade tables for the week will be fowad in the money article. ‘The cotton market was again higher on Saturday, and more active, with sales of about 2,000 bales, closing on the basis of S3c. a 65)gc. per Ib. for middling uplands. ‘These prices give the value of a bale of cotton of 450 Ibs. (the average weight of square bales) at $238 5010 $240 75. The value of a bale before the present war com- menced was about $50. The supply of flour was light, apd the range of assortments limited. The market was less active, while prices were to the main firm, aud sales moderate. Wheat was less active, and firm—ic. to 2c. lower. Corn was also heavy, and prices easier. Pork was heavy and sales mo derate, including mess at $11 6234 a $11 75, and prime at $10. Sugars were quite steady and tn fair demand, with wales of 800 bhds. and 2$ boxes. Coffve was quiet. A sale of 700 bags Babia was made at p.t. Freights were steady, aad without change of moment in rates, while engagements were moderate. 57,475 Tae Revers tw Oxt0.—Some of the city jour- nals have been making a great fuss of iate with “extras” and 80 forth about the rebel raid in Ohio. Now what does it allamountto? A mere burglarious attack upon an insignificant village, with a very small population, probably not two hundred, in which they shot one un- armed man. Why, we have an efficient police in this city, and yet burglaries and highway robberies are sometimes committed. Taking advantage of the lowness of water at a narrow part of the river, the rebel burglars rushed across to the village of Racine, ecared the in- habitants, murdered a imam in cold blood, and then dashed back again. Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin have done bolder things many a time. Tae Revers ww a Trar.—For the last two or three months the rebels have been threatening to invade the North with their armies. hat old blusterer, Foote. who weed to keep the Senate at Washington alive wilh his noisy boasting, is now urging upon the rebel Con- | gress at Richmond the policy « sive war upon the Northe are trying it now. They have crovsed the Poto mac, and it will be a curious thing, when the history of this war is written, to see how many of them will get bagk again, Important Movements on the Potomac and Ohio—The Culminatix; Point of the Rebellion. Our advices from the new lines of operations in the East and West are of the most interest- ing and exciting nature. The rebels have crossed the Potomac with a force variously esti- mated at from ten to forty thousand, and have taken possession of Frederick City, Maryland. They are also threatening the Ohio river at two or three points, have made a raid at Racine, Ohio, and thus in every quarter they are active- ly at work attempting to execute the plans ma- tured at Richmond since the famous seven days’ battles on the Chickahominy. ‘The rebel leaders notified their agents in Eu- rope in May last that they should annihilate or capture McClellan’s army in front of Richmond, and thus secure the final triumph of their cause and establish their independence. They staked everything on the accomplishment of that ob- ject, Although they were assisted by the radi- cal conspirators in Washington, who stopped enlistments, withheld reinforcements and pre- vented the forces on the Rappahannock from forming a junction with the Army of the Po- tomac, the superior generalship of MoClellan prevented the fulfilment of this promise, not- withstanding they attacked him with their com- bined and consolidated armies, and with a force two or three to his one. Their failure in this movement was a severe blow to them. The critical position that they found themselves in at the end of that memorable contest called for the adoption of bold and desperate mea- sures. To remain quiet would be death to them. To attack MoClellan in his impregnable position on the James would likewise prove disastrous to their army and end in the loss of Richmond. In this eritical condition, suffering for supplies, and their army in no condition for another winter campaign, the only al- ternative left was in the adoption of bold but desperate movements northward. The withdrawal of MoClellan’s army from the peninsula, thus removing all danger from before Richmond, left them free to adopt their own plans and carry them into execution. They did not attack the Army of the Potomac in its retreat, because they were too glad to have it withdrawn. Finding that they were no longer menaced by an army on the peninsula, and in view of their want of subsistence for their large armies, they decided to make another desperate effort by sending a large force, under Kirby Smith, through the centre of Kentucky, to obtain sup- plies from that productive State and threaten Louisville, Cincinnati and other cities on the Ohio. Also that the army under General Brag; should pass through East Tennessee into the Kanawha valley of Virginia, and threaten Ohio from that quarter, While this was being car- ‘tied out, Jackson, at the head of a large force; was to return to the Shenandoah valley, and push to the Potomac; Longstreet to threaten Pope in front, and Geuerals Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee work their way to his rear; cut off his communication with Wash- ington and intercept bis supplies, when the balance of the rebel army in Virginia was to attack Pope in front and on his flauks, and thus capture or utterly rout the Army of Virginia. This accomplished, Washington was to be threatened by a force in front, while a large ar- my was to proceed to the Potomac, cross into Maryland, form a junction with Jackson, arouse the disaffected element of that State, march to Baltimore, seize the railroad and line of com- munication with Washington, thus cutting off supplies from the North, recuperate and clothe their armies, and in the end force the capitula- tion of the national capital. The public under- stand to what extent these plans have already been carried inte execution. ‘The different divisions of the rebel army in the Wasi and West, in pushing way northward, are therefore fighting fur their stomachs as weil as for the independeuce of the Southern con fedevacy. Although their want of subsistence aod material for their army bas forced them into this desperate movement, we apprehend that they will soon find great differeoce in invading the North from fighting on the defensive in their own territory. They will soon find to their sorrow that these movements, adopted for their relief, will prove their ruin. On (he other hand, the rebel army now on the Upper Potomac, and invading Maryland to obtain supplies, and per- haps obtain recruits from the secessionisis of that State, will soon ascertain that our forces in and around Washington are ready for any emergency, and that it will be no easy task for them to escape from the hands of that general who foiled all their plans on the Chickahominy. Our advices from Washington assure us that Generals Halleck and McClellan fully compre- hend the position of affairs. and are equal to the exigencies of the occasion. The cordial and hearty co-operation between our generals and the heads of departments at the national capi- tal, under the new regime, with the fact that McCiellan is to lead our soldiers into the con- test, all assures us of decisive results. The necessities of the rebels and their desperate condition, which have forced them into Maryland and Kentuch, to subsist their aemiea, have be- yond a doubt brought the rebellion nearer its end than the public generally imagine. They are fast putting themselves into the very posi- tion that our generals desire them to occupy. In short, then, the rebels are pushing their way through Kentucky; they are in the Ka- nawha valley; their troops are threatening the Ohio and the cities on its banks; they are on the Upper Potomac; their forces are invading Mary- land; they are now, in a word, furnishing us an opportunity to annibilate them and finish the rebellion. Soldiers of the Union. up and at them' Is tae Navy Paerarep ror tak Conettcr.—Now that our forces are being so rapidly reinforced from ali the Northern States, and we are getting @ great army in the field ready for the most im- portant operations against the enemy, the navy should actively participate in the final effort to crush this rebellion. More vessels should be despatched to all points along the coast and in the Gulf. to prevent the entrance into Southern | ports of those Eng!ish steamers which are bring ing aid and giving strength to rebellion, We cannot plead the want of navy now; for we have veseels enough to-day to cover all the waters of the Babamas and of the Gulf. From this out not @ single vessel from Nassau or any other neutral port should be permitted to tc We have the capacity in abuad nd if any more rebei soil to prevent them, ord a allowed to run the blockade, with arms and } plies for the ener must be put dow | negl and ca: eleseness on the part of the Navy ‘Let the army and the navy puil together now awd strangle the rebellion. ‘The army is doiog ite duty; let it not suffer for want of co-operation trom the other branch of the service. ! conscription should The Military Resources ef the Union the Rebellion—The Crisis of the War. The rebels threaten the line of the Ohio and Potomac, and have invaded Maryland. Hunger and desperation have compelled them to adopt this new policy. Allis now cast on the single throw of the die. One of the members of the rebel Congress proposed the other day to raise two hundred and fifty thoysand more men for the re- bel army, and the Richmond Dispatch of the 26th ult. calls for the raising of half a million of men to invade the North. In the rebel House of Representatives, on the 25th ult., Mr. Foote offered a series of resolutions favoring an ag- gressive war, also favoring a proclamation to the inhabitants of the Northwestern States offering to guarantee the free navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to their mouths, if they will desist from the further prosecution of the war. With these facts before us, and in view of the pending struggle of the rebels and the extraordinary exertions which are being made by the Union on one side and the rebellion on the other, it may not be uninteresting to our readers to give a statement of the relative muscular strength of the combatants, according to the census of 1860, in ofder to show that the rebel- lion has reached its culminating point, and is about to be crushed by the overwhelming power of the loyal people of the republic. The whole population of the United States in 1860 was 31,641,977—that of the free States being 18,802,124, of the slave States 12,433,508, and of the Territories 406,345. The white popula- tion of the Southern States, however, is only 8,434,169, the slaves being 3,999,353. But, as the rebellious States will not and dare not put arms into the hands of the black population, we can- not take negroes into the estimate of their mili- tary strength. Whatever the South do with the negroes, we have an equal power to make use of them for all necessary labor about the camps. The white males between the ages of 18 and 45 inclusive, in both sections, are, in round numbers, 5,433,000, who are apportioned as follows:— WHITE MALES FROM EIGHTEEN TO FORTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE FREE STATES. WHITS MALES FROM EIGHTEEN TO FORTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE SLAVE STATES, however, is too favorable a view ae the military strength of the rebels. They cannot claim all the slave States, but only those which -render allegiance to the confederacy. Mary- land, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri must therefore be omitted from the list, which would then give the following resu Eleven Confederate States. . Four border siave Staves .. But as, on an average, three-| fourths of the population in these four border slave States may be set down as in favor of the Union, and one-fourth in favor of the confederacy, the population of the military age on either side would stand as follows For tho Union... . 192,250 For the contederacy. $240,760 ‘The foregoing figures are at the rate of about one in five of the population—men, women and children, But as large allowance must be~ made for sickness and incompetency, one in seven of the population would be as high a figure as either section could bring into the field. Such is the experience of nations, even one in ten being regarded an extremely high conscription. The figuces would stand, in round nambers, with one fighting man in seven:— Per the Union, effective me 294,000 For the confederacy . 836 ,000 We are thus nearly three and abalf to one, after making the most liberal estimate in favor of the enemy. This is the highest amount of military strength, in white men, the Southern confederacy can claim. Thus 886,000 is the very utinost that it could ever command. Of this number one hundred thousand at least have been placed iors du combat in the battles and skirmishes of the war. According to the estimates of the Southern papers, there are now in the field 450,000 effective men, dis- tributed as follows:— On the line of the Potomac. On the live of ihe Ohio. En route for Kentucky En route for Weste in Louisiana In Arkansas Abont Charleston About Savannah... Un the line of the Mis Gueritias, &e... sees 2352855332 Saabs “Total in the feld.... Before the conscri: sage, said there were four hundred regiments in the field. These regiments have been swelled by the conscription. Of these, three hundred thousand men are in Virginia, and the remainder elsewhere. For instance, it is ascertained that the rebel troops who fought on James Island were lately on the Rapidun and Rappabannock, and are now on the Potomac. All the exiles from the South agree that, previous to the move- ment against Pope, there were not less than two bundred and fifty thousand in and sround Richmond. One of the Virginia opposition ae estimated the number at three hundred thousand fighting men. According to these calculations there would only remaina reserve of 331,000 out of the 886,000 fighting men ori- ginally controlled by the confederacy. But even from this we ought to deduct the following able bodied men :— In the Cnion sections of Virginie. Dodging conser iptions In New Orleaus In Nashy of Tennes Other sections of th Io Union army from rebel States. Hscaped tw the North : Total The and to would be up it balance 31,900 mon; make this is sar ® vanging from thirty-five ve years of who are by no ineans s men from cightee Therefore 2 » ¢ war 1 to 99,000, in round numbers, are all the rebels have in reserve to fill up their ranks and supply the losses to be experieaced in the coming casualties of the war Jef. Davis, in his late message, urges that the thirty-five years be amended so as to include men between thirty-five and for- | ty-five years of. age—the forced draft hith- erto extending only to men to thirty-five years from eighteen in view of the large in- rr of forces recently called into the field by the President of the United States, “Prudence,” ee ae ee i he argues, “dictates eome provision for the in-| ame Radical Press and Omr Generals. crease of tue army, in the event of contingencies not now anticipated. A wise foresight requires that if a necessity should be suddenly develop: ed during the recess of Congress requiring in- creased forces for defence, means should exist for calling such forces into the field without awaiting the reassembling of the legislative de- partment of the government.” On the heels of this message it is proposed in the rebel Con- gress to raise immediately 250,000 men. But this additional force will avail little for a line extending from the Mississippi to the Chesapeake. It would require every available man ip the confederacy, to say nothing of the pro- ject of Northern invasion with which we are threatened, and which would require double the number of men. The Rich- mond papers are clamoring for an extension of the draft below the age of eighteen, down to six- teen, the youth between these two ages to be taken into the cavalry service, and the older men now in the cavalry to be transferred to the infantry. Such are the straits to which the lead- ers ef the rebellion feel themselves reduced in view of the call of the President of the United States for 600,000 more men, and the ready, ea- thusiastic response. given by the Northera States. Against the last reserve, therefore, of the rebels, 250,000? Mr. Lincoln has called out 600,000, in addition to the 520,000 previously enrolled, making nearly a million and a quar” ter in all. The old regiments are to be filled up to the original standard. The whole army in the field will thus number 1,120,000 men, against 500,000, or over two to one, without, however, including any addition to the rebel army. It is therefore evident that if the Southern confederacy should put every available man into the field, and strip every plantation of every effective man, Unionists as well as rebelsy from eighteen to forty-five years of age. their fogce would bea quarter of a million less than the loyal States will actually have organized and in the field on the 1st of October next. Add to this the tremendous naval power suddenly improvised by the North, equal to half a million of troops more, and what chance is there for the rebels? None. Absolutely none. In face of these facts, what do the raids across the Ohio and into Maryland mean? Nothing but the desperate throes of the rebel leaders. Tue Steamer Nasavitce—Way Can’t We Carrors Her!—Our latest advices from Hilton Head report the destruction of this notorious rebel craft at Savannah; but the informa- tion is evidently incorrect. By intelligence from Nassau we learn that she was daily expected at that port with a cargo of cotton. {t will be recollected that this steamer left Charleston, soon after the breaking out of the rebellion, for Europe, where she remained for some months, closely watched by the United States steamer Tuscarora, from which vessel, by the act of the English authorities, she finally escaped. On her return she was supplied with coal by the British ship Mohawk, at one of the British West India islands, by which she was enabled to run the blockade at Beaufort, N. C., whence she again escaped our cruisers when the place was occupied by our forces. Since that time very little information has been obtained with regard to her whereabouts or business, except from occasional reports that she was in the ser- vice of the rebels. We now have information from a source en- tirely reliable that after running into Beanfort she was abandoned by her owners, when she was taken in charge by the rebel government, which, finding her unfit for a war vessel, sold her to Trenholm, Fraser & Co., of Charleston, by whom she is now owned; and it should be borne in mind that this concern has a branch office in this city. In their hands she has been engaged in run- ning between Nassau and Warsaw Sound, this last being her third trip to the latter place, with arms and ammunition for the rebels. Not- withstanding the numerous reports of her ar- rival at and departure from Charleston during the last year, the fact has been clearly estab- lished that she has not been at that port since her return from Europe. ‘The report of her being at Savannah is also untrue, the water communication between War- saw Sound and Savannah river not being of sufficient depth for her to pass through. Her cargoes are taken on board and landed by means of small light draught steamers and lighters, which ply between the towns along the shores of the long chain of inland bays and creeks which line the coast from Charleston to Fernandina. As the rebel terminus of her route is now definitely eettled, it is to be hoped that the Navy Department will lose no time in devising some plan to put an effectual stop to her traffic between her Majesty’s neutral port of Nassau and the rebel ports of Secessia. So.piers or Are Figutina For.—Lat those who are entering the new levies not feel discouraged or faint hearted at being put early in the Geld. The necessities of the country demand that their services shall be made available as soon as pos- sible. It is all nonsense to say that raw troops cannot fight well. At Shiloh, and recently in Virginia, some regiments only a few weeks un- der arms distinguished themselves by their steadiness and gallantry. What were the ma- jority of the veterans who are massed under McClellan but raw troops when they were first put into the field? It is moral courage and faith in the justice of the cause that he is Gghting for tbat constitute, after all, the great arms of the soldier; and, though training will undoubtedly do much to develope bis physical qualities, there isno reason why great deeds may not be accomplished without it. Soldiers of the Union, let the belief that you are fighting for the most sacred cause that ever animated the breast of man; let the conscious- ness that if this rebellion triumphs not only will your own liberties, but those of the whole human race, be imperiled; let the knowledge that if you fail you will be held up to the scorn and contempt of the civilized world, nerve up your courage and brace your armin the hour of conflict. If we cannot say to you, in the poetic Language of the first Napoleon, that forty centuries look down upon you from the colos- sal monuments of the past, we can offer to you a truer and more heart stirring exhortation. Soldiers of the Union, the destinies of countiess ages, the happiness of anborn millions, the pro- gress of civilization, depend upon your fidelity to your political creed and to your duty to the country. Let these, the most sacred and in- spiriting of all influences, supply the place of military experience, and fire your hearts to deeds that will render humanity proud of you, No class of men have been worse abused by the radical joutnals than have our leading generala. The Tribune, Times, World, and other Journals of their stripe, have, ever since the commencement of the rebellion, been con- tantly assaiting the commanders ef our armies, sometimes one, sometimes the other, and endeavoring to destroy confidence in them, and thus weaken the Union cause. They com- menced their assaults upon the veteran Seott,. whose age and scars received on the battle field and invaluable service rendered to his . country did not in the least shield him from their venomous assaults or soften their lan- guage. Age compelling him to return to pri- vate life, and leave the active operations im the field to the bands of younger men, the batteries of the radical press were immediately opened upon his successor, McClellan. Through all the events of the war, down to the present time, they have made a target of some one of our generals, and assailed them just in accordance with the importance of the commands assigned to them by the President. One day they as sail McClellan with all the vituperation that they can concentrate in their articles; the nex? day it is General Halleck, and then General Pope, and so on through the whole list. They charge in turn upon each of them the mis management of the campaign and the responsi- bility of every failure to conquer the rebel army, when, in reality, the responsl- bility rests upon other shoulders. The other day the Tribune bitterly assailed McClellan, the Times charged McDowell with treachery, and the World accused Pope of incompeten- ey. They have been charging General Buell with indolence, while he has been ma turing plans for decisive work in the West. This course can have no other effect but to divide and discourage the public, create doubts, distrust and misgivings, and destroy confidence in the success of the Union arms, and thus to @ corresponding extent strengthen the South. They are on a par with the intrigues of the Revolution, the assaults upon Washington, and the charges made against him of mis- management and of pursuing a Fabian pelicy. We all know that there has been a great deal of mismanagement ever since the war com- menced; but, as it was in the days of the Revo lution, that part of the business is the work of the politicians and the radicals in Congress. In the early part of the Revolutionary struggle the press of New England and the politicians and Tepresentatives in Congress from that section, commenced their assaults upon Washington, and zealously labored to supersede him with Gates: Soon after the success of Gates at Saratoga, which he secured by the execution of the plans of Washington and the indomitable energy of Arnold, this cabal renewed their "attack upoa Washington, succeeded to a certain extent in carrying their point in Congress, placed General Gates in the position of President of the Mili- tary Board, removed Washington's efficient quartermaster, and placed men in charge of the subsistence and supplies whose only qualifi- cations were in the fact of their belonging to the Gates and Conway cabal. They hoped by this move to force Washington to retire, and thus have matters their own way. But the blunders and disasters that resyjted from this movement, the critical and starving condition that the army was forced into by their manage- ment, and the sufferings that toek place during the winter at Valley Forge, owing to the incom- petency of the quartermasters, aroused publis opinion, and soon forced this cabal into retire- ment without accomplishing their designs, when Washington was again permitted to manage the war unembarrassed as commander-in-chief, and victories once more took the place of dis- asters. The action of this cabal extended the Revolutionary war, increased the expense and added largely to the loss of life. The same part that was played by the New England conspirators against Washington has been re-enacted during the present war by the radical politicians of New Eogland, and by the radical representatives in both houses of Con- gress, sustained and urged on by the radical journals in this city and throughout the North. Their intrigues and schemes have produced all our defeats. Upon their shoulders rests the re- sponsibility of all our disasters. Through the importuning of the radicals at Washington and their continual efforts upon the Cabinet our generals have been constantly forced into criti- cal positions, from which it was difficult to ex- tricate themselves. Their evil work has been carried to such an extent that no general, it mattered not how skilfully or carefully he might prepare his army, could not be successful unless he was in command of a division so far re moved from Washington that these Marplots could not bave any influence over his forces or movements. They compelled our army to move unprepared into the trap at Bull ran. Silenced for atime by the indignation of the publio, they next exhibited their hands against McClel- lan. The radical journals assailed him day after day, and the radical Congressmen plotted and schemed for his overthrow, as is conclusively shown by Wilson's and Fessenden’s Congressional speeches. Through their intrigues and pretended contra- band reports that a large force was marching upon Washington they prevailed upon the ad- ministration to keop a large army on the Rap- pahannock, and thus forced McClellan, single handed, to contend with the combined and con- solidated rebel army on the Chickahominy. Having, a8 they supposed, disposed of McClellan, the radical journals assailed Genoral Halleck, and finally opened out upon General Pope the moment that his movements placed him in a position to enable them to assail him, and are now busy charging him with mie management. Disastrous as the intrigues of the radicals have been, rujgous as their councils have by events proven to be, there is yet no cause for despondency. We have the men, the means, and the generals to put down this monstrous rebellion, although the South haa been made desperate and infuriated by the radical legisla- tion in last Congress. McOlellan has been recalled to the command at Washington, as he was after the first battle of Buly Run. General Scott, who was Commander-in-Ohief of tho Union armice at the first battle of Bull Run, looked upon McClellan as the only man to re- trieve that disaster. Te i Halleck, the Commander-in-Chief at the second battle of Bull Run, like Scott at the first, falls back on MoUlelian as the forlorn hope, and again places him in command of the army around the na- tional capital. Let the admiuéstration now#l@ profit by experience, learn wisdom from the past, and turn a deaf ear to the radical con- spirators and all will yet go well, victories will paain be the order of (ue duy, and the rebels