The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1863, Page 4

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Latest despatches from Nashville represent that Marfreesboro is entirely deserted. Our army and General Rosecrans’ headquarters have advanced ten miles beyond that place. The rebel army is reported to be at Tullahoma, General Rosecrans orders all rebel officers to | remain in confinement until Jeff. Davis’ order relative to the treatment of our officers iy revoked. General Halleck has issued a most flattering order of thanks to General Rosecrans for his gal- lant eonduct and that of his army at Murfrees. | boro. He also thanks General Carter for bis brilliant cavalry raid into East Tennessee and the important services he rendered there. The news from the Army of the Potomac is not important. Our pickets extend from Falmouth to King George Court House, about twenty-two miles distant from the former point. Contrabands agree in stating that rebel incursions aro nightly made below the Court House for along distance and negroes are carried away and sentSouth. The greater portion, however, of the slaves on the leng neck of land betwoen the Rappahannock and Po- tomac rivers have already made their escape to @ur lines, bringing with them at night their mas- ters’ toame and other property. Our latest news from Springfield, Me., where General Brown was so badly assailed by the rebela under General Marmaduke, is up to yesterday, when the indications were notas favorable to our troops as they had previously been. Telegraphic communication had ceased at three o'clock in the morning and the enemy had entered our stock- @de on the pxevious afternoon. The opiaion in Bt. Louis fs thet the rebels had captured the place. General Brown, the dofender of the place, had re- ceived @ very bad wound in the shoulder. A large, amount of army stores, ammunition and arms were i Springfiold, and of course fell into the hands of the euemy. It waa reported that « portion of Gen. Biant's army, from Van Buren, Arkansas, had reinforced General Brown; but this is not con- firmed. It is said that General Corcoran advanced on the rebels on the Blackwater in force, from Suffolk on ‘Thursday, and will give General Pryor an opportu- nity for a fight if he desires it. Gen. Beauregard is in command at Charleston, in the district of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The Africa, at Halifax, telegraphs European news to the 28th of December—three days later. The City of Manchester and China had delivered fo England the reports of the battle of Fredericks- burg and the repulse of the Union troops under General Burnside. The intelligence excited a Widespread interest, and was the aniversal topic of conversation at the latest moment. The fricads of the Uuion wore greatly disap- Pointed at the result of the engagement, "and the Ampreastun prevailing in Liverpool was unfavora- Die to the hopes of an early peace. After the receipts of the first reports by the City of Maachoster, the London Times expressed the Pope tha: General Burnside would be able to re Rriove his position; bus vie writer Added thas U ue NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1863. failed to do so he would “put himself in the most disastrous position known to a general." The correspondent of the London Times, writing from Fredericksburg, says that the federal troops fought with “determined courage,” but ‘the posi- tion of General Lee was impregnable.” The London Times objects to Secretary Seward's official taste in publishing some of the letters con- | tained in his late correspondence with the English | authorities. The London News deprecates the irritative style of writing adopted by many English journals when treating subjects connected with the government | of the United States, The News thinks, however, that there will be no war between the two coun tries notwithstanding. Mr. Buxton, M. P.—son of Fowell Buxton—ques- | tions the good effect of President Lincoln's eman- cipation proclamation, and the London News re- plies to him in sustainment of the cause of aboli- tionism. ‘There was a report of ‘the existence of a new treaty between France and Spain relative to Mexico, but it was believed by many that it wag unfounded. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday a bill for fhe construc- tion of a ship canal from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan, so as to admit of the passage of armed vessels, and to enlarge the locks of Erie and Oswego canals in New York, to adapt them to the defence of the Northern lakos, was intro- duced and ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey gave notice of a bill to aid Western Virginia in the speedy and final extinguishment of slavery in that State. The‘ resolution censuring General Grant for his order expelling Jews from his depaytzhent was taken up. Mr. Hale said the order had already been revoked, whereupon the resoiu...on was laid onthe table. A bill providing for the punishment of persons convicted of crime in the Dis- trict of Columbia by confinement in the prisons of States, was passed. Mr. Collamer introduced a bill authorizing suits to be instituted by persons who may have been wronged by reason of aum- mary arrest, and for the transfer of such suits to the Circuit Court of the United states. The bill ; was referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill for the relief of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenheim was passed. The joint resolution for the prompt payment of the army and navy was re- ported back by the Finance Committee. A bill sus- pending the sale of lands in and about Port Royal, 8.C., was referrred to the Military Committee. The Dill to raise volunteers for the defence of Ken- tucky was discussed, and after am executive ses- sion, the Senate adjourned, Iu the House of Representatives reports for and against raising volunteers for the defence of ‘Ten- nessee, were presented by the Military Conunittee. A bill to establish a branch mint in Nevada was introduced and referred. The bill making appro- priations for the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the government was passed. The Post Office Appropriation bill was made the spe- cial order for Wednesday next. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was passed. A petition from shipowners was presented asking a reduction of the onerous tax impose.) on vessels by the internal tax act. The remainder of the session was devoted to general debate on nutional topics, in which Messrs. Bingham, Cos, Biddle and Norton participated. Both houses adjourned till Monday. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate of our State Legislature yesterday but little business was transacted. A bill was in- troduced to provide for the incorporation of Roman Catholic churches. There was some discussion in reference to appointing a clerk for the Cities and Villages Committee, and a proposition was made to have three clerks at large for the various com- i mittees. The subject was finally referred to the Committee on Employes. The death of Senator Willard was announced, and, after remarks of | eulogy from different members, the Senate ad- ; journed till Monday evening. In the Assembly the Canal Appraiser’s report was presented. A short synopsis of it will be found in our report of the proceedings. A motion was made by a mem- | ber to the effect that the mileage, per diem and | stationary allowagoes of the legiststors be paid in | apecie. It was laid over. The Mouse resauied its voting for speaker, but came no Bearer an election than on the previous days. The thirty-seventh | ballot was reached, when the vote stood 60 for Mr. | Dean, democrat, and 60 for Mr. Sherwood, repub. | lican—three members of each party having paired | off since the ious day. An adjournment then | took place till eleven o'clock to-day. | MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. | The = steamship City of Washington, trom | Queenstown on the 25th of December, reached | this port at alate hoor on Thursday night. Her | news has been fally anticipated. ‘The Africa, from Qi istown on the 28th of De- cember, reached Halifax yesterday morning on her voyage to Boston, Her news is Shree days later. Business wae almost completely suspended in England in consequence of the observance of the Christmas holidays, and the political news is of an unimportant character. Breadstuffs were firm in London on the 27tiMiltimo. The Liverpool report of the 27th of December siys:—Business is still suspended; but there is talk of quiet transactions in cotton, at a further advance.” Breadstufls were quiet, but firmer, Console closed in London on the 27th ultimo—the Stock Exchange having resumed business—at 9224 a 92%, for money. ‘the Paris Bourse was firm on the same day. A despatch from Liverpool, Gated on the 2%d ultimo, says:—The steamship Bonita, which arriv- ed this day from Nassau, suiled on the 2d instant, and brings about eight hundred bales of cotton. The steamship Prince Albert, from Wilmington, had arrived at Nassau on th with two hundred and fifty bales of cotton and three hundred and fifty barrels of 1 Also leit at Nassan, the steamships Herald, Leopard and Eliza Bonsall, the latter of which was to sail for Liverpool in « few days, with a cargo of cotton and naval stores. It was said that two of the European grea, Powers objected to the cession of the Tonian Islandg by England to Greece, on the ground that they will become a permanent focus of insurrection if the present protectorate of Greece should cease Pope Pius the Ninth had sent ten thousand francs to the Operatives’ Relief Fond of the department of the Seine, as a mark,of his gratitude ‘‘for tokens of devotion received from France.’ The Pope was slightly ill on Christmas Day. The Archbighop of Parig lay at the point of death. Garibaldi had arrived at Caprera. The will of James P. Taylor, of the firm of Lord & Taylor, has been admitted to bate by the Surrogate. The testator died in nd, where the will was made, leaving a large estate to his relatives exelnsiv The wills of A. P. Bd. wards, James Dully, Philip Nicbolaus and Cathe. rine Braun were also admitted to probate for Lancashire, England, with provisions for the No. 9 Kast river, yesterday and anchored in the North river. weather is favorable, will sail to-day, Before the ship left the pier a meeting of the members of the Relief Committee and other gentlomen waa held on board, and several eloquent speeches were made, Mr. Low, Treasvrer of the Committees, $108,000, and that there was on board the ship eleven thousand two hundred and thirty-six barrels of flour, two hundred boxes of bacon, fifty barrels of pork, five hundred busbela of corn and five hundred barrels and boxes of bread. Thege yet remained in hand $30,900 in caah. The new steam iron-olad battery Nahant arrived at thls port yesterday from Boston, and anchored @t the Navy Yard. Notwithstanding the fac speech that Jeff. Davis made to the Legislature of Mississippi, in order to keep the members up to the mark, that body has refused, by decided votes, to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, or to allow Confederate taxea to be collected by State officials or under State au- thority. The Grand Jury of the Oyer and Terminer yea- terday rendered a bill of indictmeat against Hen- ry Oliver, for manslaughter on board the ship Francis B. Cutting. ‘The abolition Tribune, of Chicago, pitches into some of its negro-worshipping friends im the sponsible. This is the lesson of the past, and we are justified in inculcating it for tbe future We know that very often our soldiers have had | to contend against two enemies—the rebels in | front and the military blunderers in the rear; and we know, also, that the rebels are the more easily overcome, There was a time when Mo- | Dowell was sevorely censured for not. reinfore. ing McClellan before Richmond ; but a court of inquiry has developed the fact that Mc- Dowell waa eager to advance, and was only restrained by orders from Washington. So, also, the Fredericksburg massacre was traced to the machinations of those Washington intriguants who removed a competent general from command and replaced him by a man who had repeatedly confessed himself in- competent for the position, who had refused it several times, and waa at last forced into itonly by an imperative military order‘ United States Senate, by telling truths that could hardly be expected to come from such a quarter, which left him no choice but to comply or leave the army. ‘The current inquiries now are, | Imaction of the Army of the Pote- mac. It is four weeks to-day since the battle of Fredericksburg was fought, aud yet the Army of the Potomac bas remained inactive ever since, on the northern bank of the Rappa- hannock, looking at the rebel army on the other side of the river. We have recently taken occasion to complain of this inaction, and to urge a vigorous prosecution of the campaign. The expenses of the army are going on equally when it is fighting and when it is not, and the question 1s, can the country afford to keep so large a military force idle, while the emergenoy calls for the greatest energy and promptitude, and the rebel stronghold at Richmond is still unscathed? For observations in this spirit and to this It sayy that petty demagogues—meaning most of | «Where is Banks?” and “Why was Sherman the republican Senators—tike Mr. Senator Lyman | peaten at Vicksburg?” We cae only reply Trumbull, of Mlinois, “have done nothing since | that Banks is where the administration has or- The new ship George Griswold, Captain Lunt | distressed operatives of that place, left her pier, | She was dressed in flags, and, if the | the rebellion broke ont but throw obstacles in tho way ofthe government, ita authorities, its generals and its armies. These wen ehould be taught their duty. The President should set the seal ofhis pow. er upon them, and teach them their places. They area set of pestiferous public gamblers, devoid of all genuine patriotic impulses or manly decency. They have thus far given more aid aud comfort to the government's enemies than they have to the government. They are fast rendering themselves infamous." Colton was firmer yesterday and moderately dealt ia, Prices of flour were 10c., wheat 2c. and corn Ic. higher, with increased activity in the market. The grocery trade was active in the line of cofes, rice, sugars and teas, which were advancing. There was more doing in provisions, particularly hog products, which were held with more firmness, as also in hay, motals, tallow, whiskey, apiees and refined petroleum, the latter articio closing decidedly dearer. Hops, fish, candles, seed and tobacco were in moderate demand. There was more activity tu ocean freights, with an upward tendency in Stocke were again very active yesterday, and prices were higher in many instances, though net uniformly. ‘The market continued extremely active, though not uni- form, till the close. Gold rose to 138, olosing at 13734 bid. Demand notes sold at 1263{, closing at 13514 bid. Exchange advanced to 161.4152. Money was easy at 5 a6 por cent. f The General Mismanagement of the War, It is rumored that the administration will ac- cept the proffered resignation of General Burn- side as commander of the Army of the Potomac as soon as his successor ean be selected. Really, as it appears to us, any delay in this selection is entirely unnecessary. The proper «general to succeed Burnside is undoubtedly the general who preceded Burnside—Major General McClellan. The army and the people will unanimously approve this choice. General Burnside himgelf advises it, and, as he appears to be, with the exception of the President, the onty honest man in or around Washingion, we candidly believe that his advice should be re garded. Burnside is a good soldier, and would be only too glad to resume his old command under his old commander. The soldiers would | be excited to the highest pitch of enthusiasm at the return of their favorite leader. The coun- try would accept the réappointment of MeClellan as a token of repentance and a pledge of future good conduct on the part of the administration, and the public confidence would be immediately revived. In short, everybody would be satisfied except the rebels, the negro-worshippers and the two imbecile California lawyers who pretend to control the War Department. ‘From past experience, how- ever, we are forced to believe that the recall of McClellan is a step too wise, judicious, popu- lar, just, patriotic and necessary ever to be taken by the present apology for an adminis- tration. Next to McClelian, the most popular general would probably be Rosecrans. But the‘people of the West would assuredly rise en masse to resist any attempt to sacrifice Rosecrans by subjecting him to the deadly influence of the upas iree at Washington. This narrows down the choice, therefore, to two candidates. rals Frankiin and Hooker. General Franklin | is, we understand, the favorite candidate with those officers and soldiers who would have to serve under him if he were appointed. General Hooker is most vehemently urged by the radi- ; but, although a brave mafi and a brilliant fighter, he has not the confidence of the army as a commanding general, and, like Burnside, will be of the most service in a subordinate position. For these reasons, as the administra- | tion secins incapable of doing anything proper- lyy it is more than probable that Hooker, and not [ranklin, will be selected. Im that case | ‘another error will but be added to the already long list of blunders and imbecilities. We hold that the administration ix wholly responsible for every defeat ant disaster during this war. | With the single exeeption of Secretary Seward, | not one prominent Cabinet member has accom- | plished anything of real benefit to the nation, | while mosf of them have injured vs more dan- } gerously than the rebels themselves. Looking at the administration as depicted by the sworn evidence before the Congressiona! committee on the Fredericksburg “accident,” before the McDowell Court of Inquiry and before the Por- } ter Court Martial, we are forced to the conclu- | sion that we kgye no administration at aH. | There are, to be sure, @ set of men who call themselves Secretaries; but they are only shal- low, silly pretenders. If we have a Secre- | tary of the Treasury, why are not the | soldiers paid, and why is gold at nearly | forty per cent premium * If we have a Secre- ; tary of the Navy, why does one rebel vessel ntrol the seas? If we have a Secretary of War and a General Commanding, where is the proof of their efficiency in successfully plan- ning and triumphantly conducting our cam- paigns ’ What movement have they ever ordered | that resulted in a victory’ Why was Burnside expected to look after his pontoons and sup- plies! Why do we always win battles out West when the telegraph line has been cut, and lore | them when “ instructions’ are received from Washiagton’ We are aw that we have a | President; for we saw his name recently at the | end of a proclamation of emancipation. But so long as this travestie of an adminis. | tration holds to, and insists upon assum- | lng the contro! of on army and navy, it must | incur the responsibil! os involved in that as- sumption. [tis unfair and anjusi to say that Gen, eral This, That or the Other is at fuult, excep, upon the most direct and positive testimony, | endorsed by the punishmeat of the offender. | { ' | } | | | } | | Our generals have enough to codure from the | hardships and perils of the field, without being blamed whea they fail to achieve victories, The natural presumption is, in the case of every repulse, either at Richmond, Vredericksbarg dered him, and that Sherman failed through some fault of the administration. No court of inquiry or military committee proceeds far with ita investigations without discovering that the administration, and not the general named ia the charges, is really on trial and must be con- demned. This was especially the case at Frede- ricksburg, where the evidence elicited was so direct an indictment of the administration that the committee handed it to Congress without comment, and the administration Congressmen have no more dared to meddle with the report than they would venture to play at football with a loaded shell. We ask the President, therefore, to make changes which shall prevent any further general mismanagement of the war before he proceeds to change the. commander of the Army of the Potomac. It is an axiom that the greater reform includes the lesser. Send Stanton and Halleck away from Washington, and let Chase and Welles follow by the next train, and an incubus will be lifted from the country and the army worth a dozen victories over the less dangerous rebels. A Goon Financtat Speeou.—-One of the best financial speeches yet made in Congress is that of Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, in the Senate, pub- lished in yesterday’s Heasty. As he well observes, it is difficult amidst the exciting events of the day to gain the attention of the Senate to a question purely of a busineas charac- ter and that is dry and full of details and diffi- culiy. Yet the tinances of the country must be attended to very soon, else they will “go to the dogs.” Itis necessary for the federal govern- ment to issue more and more paper money; it isfor the same reason necessary to arrest the issues of the banks and to tax them to that end. The federal issues and State issues cannot both exist together without ruin to the people. Al- Teady paper money is fearfully depreciated. What would it be if the State issues were per- mitted, in addition to the new federal issues? ‘The State issues must’ be abolished or kept down by high taxation. The country is overrun with banks—some sixteen hundred of then— and they are making fortunes from the people without eapital. A hundred dollar bank note does not cost a cent to make. The interest upon one hundred dollars is therelore realized with- out any bona fide capital. Bauks of issue are therefore entitled to no consideration, espe- cially since they repudiated specie payment. They ought, therefore, to be taxed heavily. The issuing department is only incidental, and to cut it off completely, therefore, could not affect the legitimate business of banking. But with the usual Congressional ignorance the is- suing depariment has escaped scot free in the Tax bill, while the really useful department— that of discount—is heavily taxed. As Mr. Sherman observes:— Banks of circulation aro more creatures of law. Their privilege to isaue billie is in ite natu clusive. All other iucidents of banking can be ¢ wn’ without chartered privileges. ‘This privilege is not at all neces. sary for the business of banking. fhe largest banks in this and other countries do not issue notes. The Bank of Commerce, millions, has @ circula- tion of le: lace. ‘The famous bank- ing hous t hilas, Barings and Pea- body—issue no notes, Ihe Bank of England has two dis. tinct depariments—the one attends to the business of banking; the other issues notes. The weakest banks have me ‘n proportion to capital, and yet an obvions on is inade by our laws in favor circulation and against banks of ex- change The discrimination jg thus made on the wrong side, and the sooner the error is corrected the better. Will the present rabid. ignorant Con- gress do anything practical or useful, even when it is demonstrated to them! We doubt it, but hope for the best against hope. Mar ov Kenrecky any Tennessen—The Tribune yesterday published a map of the field of operations in Kentucky and Tennessee, which they stated to be “by far the most accurate and complete of any yet published.” We endorse this statement. It seems that the Tribune has lately taken to complimenting the Heratp and its enterprise. The map given by our negro- worshipping contempornry is reduced copy of one we published on the Sth of October) 1861, and republished on the 3d of September, 1862. It is really refreshing to find that the Tribune will give us credit for what we do. That we did our work well is acknowledged by that journal in these words:— ry place, railroad and stream of consequence is plainly set down,” and we cannot find in the copy any additional place that was not published in the original fifteen months ago.* But it is exactly as stated by Gay in hie letter to their correspondent on the peninsula:—“The Hunan is olwaye ahead, and we have to copy from it.” Watt Srreer on tHe Rawrace.—Never has there been witnessed anything im the way of financia! or commercial excitement like that which has prevailed in Wall street for the last few days. Bulls and bears have both gone mad, and io their frenzy are tilting against and running down every one. The canse of this is the sudden and remarkable rise in stocks, some of which have gone up as high as from twenty to thirty per cent in « couple of days. The epidemic is so infectious that the usual ebannels of business have proved insufficient. New stock boards are accordingly being or- ganized at the corner of every street, and in- stead of half we are obliged to publish a whole column of stock sales daily. If things go on at this rate, the excitement created by the opera- tions of the celebrated financier Law in Paris | wil! sink into insiguificance before that agitating our own market. In Law’s time the women became just as crazy on this subject asthe men, and duchesses and grisettes were daily to be seen thronging the avenues to the Bourse. We are hurrying fast towards the same pitch of financial insanity. Unless something occurs to check this wild spirit of speculation, we too may expect to see our wives and daughters stated joa) phe purowat gayiibuted yay ayer (oF Vigksburk, Uk ie eduulpipaljgm ia pes (fuisand auene ja lhe (emule of Mauuvou, effect the Tribune takes us to task, and charges us and other journals with causing the demorali. zation of the army. It also, for the tenth time since the battle of Predericksburg, us of unjustly holding the administration fesponsi- ble for that defeat; whereas the testimony shows that Burnside alone is responsible for having “rushed the army upon impregnable batteries, in deflance of ali military opinion.” If the army be “discouraged, demoralized and disaf- fected,” as the Tribune represents it to be, the cause is‘ partly to be found in the late pro- clamation, which we were told would squelch the rebellion like magic, and partly in the mis- management at Washington. General Sumner, inwhbis testimony, said his corps was ‘“demo- ralized” in consequence of the disastrous result of the battle. Ho added that there was “a great deal of cronking”—in other words, the troops believed that their comrades had been sacrificed through the mismanagement of the War De- partment and General Halleck. What in- fluence could the press have had upon this battle? The public journals did not pian, ad- vise. or control the movement; they did not even know anything about it till after all was over. The whole testimony taken by the committee shows that but for the delay of the pontoons— chargeable to Stanton, Hafleok and their subor- dinates at Washington—the heights of Frede- ricksburg could have been occupied by our army without the loss of a man. It is worthy of remark that the Committee on the Conduct of the War make no comment on the facts—a very unusual course, and very extra- ordinary under the circumstances. How is this remarkable omission to be explained? By the fact that the committee found something they did not expest—the testimony was so decidedly against the War Department that it was impos- sible to explain it away by any ingenuity, and they concluded that the |: 4 said the better. The testimony shows that McClellan was re- moved from the command when he was about to bring on a battle between Warrenton and Gordonsville, when ho would have whipped Leo againas he did before at Antietam; and the army was given in charge, while on the march, and in the middle of a snow storm, to a very good leader of twenty thousand men, but a general who knew less of the pesitions of the different corps and divisions than apy of the other gene: rals with that army, @n& who felt conscious that he was forced to ufdertake a task to which he was not competent. Tf there were no positive orders to attack the fortifications behind Frede- ricksburg, the War Department and General Halleck are responsible for the appointment of the man who made the assault, and no mortal power can shift that responsibility from their shoulders. But it has from the beginning been very generally belleved among. the officers. of the army, who have a right to know, that General Burnside, in the counoil of war, did state that he had his orders from Washiag- ton. Certain itis his whitewashing letter and his sworn testimony do not agree. Now we prefer to believe his statement on oath rather than the letter wheedled from his generosity by the authorities at Washington to cover up their confusion. It is worthy of wynark that General Burnside is the only general the President has publicly absolved from blame for losing a bat- Ue. There is more in that than will be soon likely to meet the public eye. There is reason to believe that all the despatches, orders and correspondence were not produced at the in- vestigation. Why was not Mr. Stanton put on the stand? We kaow that when McClelian was in command of the army on the peninsula, and McDowell was in the vicinity of Fredevieks- burg, the President, Stanton and Halleck, gave orders each on his own hook, and these orders contradictory and conflicting. The result was that the General was mystified an® bewildered, and then was abandoned to his fate and his plans destroyed. How was it possible for a campaign to prosper under such elrcum- stances! There is too much reason to believe that the same secret meddling on the part of the politicians at Washington produced the same disastrous results in the case of Burnside as in the previous campaign. But one thing is clear, and that is that the administration are responsible for the appointment of Barnside to the chief command and for the failure which 80 soon followed. The hostility of the radicals to General McClellan has been the great stumbling block in the way of the success of the war in Vir- ginia from first to last. When Mr. Cameron was Secretary of War General McClellan had matters his own way, and everything was going on prosperously. When any person applied to the Secretary of War upon matters connected with the army he referred him to the General- in-Chief, The President at that time was the fast friend of General McClellan, and firmly believed in him. The radicals, utterly recess of consequences, determined to de- stroy his legitimate influence with the Presi- dent. Stanton was appointed Secretary of War, and the plan waste assail General McClellan and bring him into discredit for not giving battle to Beauregard’s and Jobnston’s armies at Manassas and Centreville before they es- caped from his grasp. Now, what are the facts? These very radieals pyevented his success, and then charged bim with failure. They endeavored to worm out of him the secrets of his plan of campaign. But, like a wise general, he refused to tell his plan even to the Cabinet; but said he would tell the President, and him alone, if he desired him, as Commander-in-Chief. The radicals then indaced the President to obtain the plan from General McClejlan, and the President, satisfied that the Goneral was right, told the Cabinet so, and explained the why and the wherefore. In twenty-four hours the secret was in the possession of the rebel gene- rala, and they retreated to avoid the net which | | McClellan had prepared for their ‘feet. The radicals then turned round on McClellan for allowing Beauregard to escape, after having caused it thomselves. But this is only of a piege With the reat Qf theix meyemeate for tha nr destruction of MoClollan. They succeeded first in stripping him of the ohief command, and de- priving him of a large portion of his army. They succeeded at last in removing him from all command of the army, after he had saved Washington, Maryland and Pepnsylvania by « great battle, and was about to give Lee’s army the finishing blow. The loss of the battle of Fredericksburg and the inaction and paralysis that have since ensued are the necessary conse- quences. The only way the error in removing McClel- lan can now be redeemed by the President is to place that General at the head of the War Department, clean out the Cabinet of the radicals, give him a clear stage and no favor, and the armies of the rebels in the field will be crushed in three months. But something more than that will be necded to bring about a cor- dial reunion of North and South and heal the wounds of our bleeding country. Not to the radicals, but to the conservative elements, do we look for th is consummation. Tax Bartz or Murrrexssono—Newsrarse Exterrre.—The efforts made by the press of New York since the commencement of the war to keep pace with and satisfy the interest of the public in the events by which it has beon marked have extorted even from those foreign journals which are most hostile to the North amany a tribute of admiration. Certainly no- thing exhibiting the same energy andedisregard of expense has as yet becn attempted by the English or French press. Of the many feats that have been accomplished in this way the reports given by our special correspondents of the battles of Port Royal, Now Orleans, New- bern, Pea Ridge, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Vicks- burg and Murfreesboro are especially deserv- ing of praise. Tho account that we published yesterday of the desperately contested series of ongagoments at the latter point yields to none in the energy displayed by the writer, or in the graphio and thrilling interest of its de tails. Previous to the arrival of our correspon- dent we had nothing but the telegraphic descriptions, which were brief, unsatisfactory, and at one time more calculated to inspire alarm than confidence. Our correspondent only left the battle field on Sunday, and yester- day we were enabled to give his full narrative of the events of which he had been an eye wit- ness. There is another feature of this achieve- ment which it would be unjust towards the other parties who contributed to its success to pass over in silence. Our correspondent did not reach New York until near eleven at night, when the diagrams of the battle field which he bad brought with him were placed in the hands of our artists—Messrs. Waters & Son— drawn on wood, engraved and published with his narrative by five o’clock next morning. There is probably no such instance of journal- istic and artistic expedition as this on record. It ahows what can be accomplished by deter- mination, energy and @ liberal outlay . of money. : Mayor Orprse anv Ths New Court Housn— ~ The stranger in New York who sees the north- ern side of the City Hall Park fenced off for the accommodation of the bill posters could hardly be persuaded to believe that behind those bills and boards is a new Court House in embryo, and that, although the Court House is groatly needed, Mayor Opdyke persists in keep- ing it in embryo by rofusing to sign the war- rants for paying the workmen. The present accommodations of our courts have been pre- sented by the Grand Jury a3 nuisances, and several of our judges have resigned rather than preside in such court rooms. Yet Mayor Opdyke persists in preventing the building of the new Court House, in which all our courts would be excellently located. The judgment rolls and other public records are now kept in the City Hall, which is not a fireproof building, and are liable to be destroyed any day, aa they very nearly were “luring the fire on the day of the cable celebration, in which case half the property in the city would be involved in endless litigation, only equalled by that which sueceeded the great fire in London. Yet) Mayor Opdyke persists in preventing the completion of the new Court House, in which these documents would be safely preserved. The city and county are now paying immense sums of money for the rent of rooms and build- ings for the use of city and county officials, who, if the new Court House were finished, would have their offices in the public buildings in the Park. This, it is believed, is the reason why Mayor Opdgke persists in preventing the completion of the new Court House. The Times Association lets about two-thirds of its offices to the city and county; the Tribune Association lets part of its building as a storeroom for the public stationery, and almost every poli- tician who owns any real estate manages, as the new Court House is unfinished, to rent part of his buildings to the city or county. We are afraid that these men influence Mayor Opdyke, and, just ashe seems to veto evory measure not calculated to benefit the pookets of his political friends, so he refuses to sign the pay warrants for work on the new Court House be- cause his political friends have offices aad newspapers to rent, and find the city and county their best paying tenants. Srevexs, Tae Usp Up Rapicat.—The first French republic was extinguished in blood, anarohy and confusion, because a few wicked, foolish men rose to power. Marat, Danton, Robespierre, and such like, became the leaders of the republic; and, ae they had none of the at- tributes befitting the stationa chance had flung them into, they killed the newborn govern- ment and themselves by mad excesses. We have several such characters in our midst, who, if left alone todo the will of their dis- ordered fancies, would bring specdy ruin upon this country. Prominent among those stands Stevens, negro- worshipper, of Pennsylvania, whose present purpose seems to be the introduction of ill feeling and discord in Congress. We under- stand the man’s great annoyance at the late successes of the great conservative party, these successes reducing such as himself to a con. dition far from comfortable or promising; but we neither understand nor approve of his re- cent demonstrations in the House of Represen- tatives. We should judge from the tone of his remarks that he was an aspirant for the high office of chief engineer of tho steam guillotine department. Any future attompt on his part to breed a riot in Congress should be sternly repressed. Loyal citizens mast be scoured against his unwarrantable attacks. The out- cries of such fanatios as biinself will cost us the border States if persisted in. These party dia cussions ate odious to the whole country, and divgrece our legislutive balls, At this cvisis ia ai fale ab vetty questions, all naraonal am